ILLINOIS’ OHMS WINS FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE LBL DIVISION EVENT ON KENTUCKY LAKE PRESENTED BY POWER-POLE

ILLINOIS’ OHMS WINS FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE LBL DIVISION EVENT ON KENTUCKY LAKE PRESENTED BY POWER-POLE

Miller wins co-angler title

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GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. (July 11, 2016) – Adam Ohms of Edwardsville, Illinois, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 24 pounds, 5 ounces, Saturday to win the fourth FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) LBL Division tournament on Kentucky and Barkley lakes presented by Power-Pole. For his victory, Ohms earned $6,199.

“I won this event doing the exact opposite of what people would expect from a tournament on Kentucky Lake this time of year,” said Ohms, who earned the first win of his FLW career. “There was high water due to rain, so I decided to fish this tournament shallow.

“I spent the day fishing ditches in the backs of creeks north of Paris Landing,” Ohms continued. “There was a strong current coming in that was littered with baitfish and bass that were moving up shallow. I had 22 pounds in the boat by 7:30 a.m.”

Ohms said he used one bait to catch his limit – a black and blue-colored 3/8-ounce Z-Man ChatterBait.

“Every fish I caught came from less than 2 feet of water,” said Ohms. “They attacked the bait in open water and tried to bring it into the bushes. I didn’t go longer than 10 minutes without catching a fish all day long. I could go back and forth over the same cover and they just kept reloading. It was a lot of fun.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st:          Adam Ohms, Edwardsville, Ill., five bass, 24-5, $4,199 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd:         Thomas Sandefur, Kuttawa, Ky., five bass, 23-9, $2,100

3^rd:          Mark Robbins, Murray, Ky., five bass, 21-7, $1,398

4^th:          Josh Malone, Alma, Ill., five bass, 20-13, $980

5^th:          Dan Morehead, Paducah, Ky., five bass, 20-10, $1,140

6^th:          Robert Behrens Jr., Dyersburg, Tenn., five bass, 20-3, $770

7^th:          Craig Hipsher, Benton, Ky., five bass, 20-0, $700

8^th:          Jamie Muench, McDonald, Tenn., five bass, 18-9, $630

9^th:          John Euler, Chandler, Ind., five bass, 18-7, $560

10^th:        Billy Schroeder, Paducah, Ky., five bass, 18-5, $490

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Barry Goen of Marthasville, Missouri, caught a bass weighing 6 pounds, 15 ounces – the biggest of the tournament in the pro division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $585.

Brett Miller of Fairdale, Kentucky, weighed in five bass totaling 21 pounds, 8 ounces, Saturday to win the co-angler division and earn $2,100.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st:          Brett Miller, Fairdale, Ky., five bass, 21-8, $2,100

2^nd:         Dennis Taylor, Murray, Ky., five bass, 17-13, $1,050

3^rd:          Dustin Baker, Bowling Green, Ky., five bass, 17-5, $701

4^th:          Ray Arning Jr., Walnut Hill, Ill., five bass, 15-14, $636

5^th:          Thomas White, Iron City, Tenn., five bass, 14-12, $420

6^th:          Ricky Boehringer, Troy, Ohio, five bass, 14-8, $385

7^th:          James Wathen, Louisville, Ky., four bass, 14-7, $350

8^th:          Gabe Montgomery, Jackson, Mo., five bass, 14-5, $315

9^th:          Jacob Greco, Edwardsville, Ill., five bass, 13-11, $280

10^th:        Jerry Perry, Olive Branch, Miss., four bass, 13-5, $245

Arning caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the co-angler division, a fish weighing 6 pounds, 4 ounces and earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $146.

The top 50 boaters and 50 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 6-8 Regional Championship on Lake Chickamauga in Dayton, Tennessee. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.

The BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 120 tournaments throughout the season, five in each division. The top 50 boaters and co-anglers from each division qualify for a regional tournament and are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. Top winners in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the Walmart FLW Tour.

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