| Boater winner Josh Womack of Gallatin, Tennessee, and co-angler winner Kyle Pillars of Ashland City, Tennessee. |
| Ashland City’s Pillars Tops Co-Angler Division GALLATIN, Tenn. (June 30, 2025) – Boater Josh Womack of Gallatin, Tennessee, caught a three-bass limit weighing 11 pounds, 14 ounces, Saturday to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Old Hickory Lake . The tournament was the fourth event of the season for the BFL Music City Division. Womack earned $10,434, including the lucrative $7,000 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus, for his victory. “I started out this morning, just went up shallow and threw a frog around and caught several keepers,” Womack said. “I think maybe one of the fish I weighed in was one of the ones I caught on a frog, but I didn’t have any big ones. The rest of the day I just kind of ran around and flipped shallow wood with a (Zoom) Brush Hog. And that’s how I caught the rest of my fish.” Womack’s frog bite was primarily around water willow grass. When he switched to wood, Womack flipped targets on the main river in 5 to 6 feet of water – some wood he could see and some that was submerged. He caught 15 to 20 keepers. The top 11 boaters finished the tournament: 1st: Josh Womack, Gallatin, Tenn., three bass, 11-14, $10,434 (includes $7,000 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus) 2nd: Austin True, Dickson, Tenn., three bass, 11-8, $1,802 3rd: Daniel Johnson, Lebanon, Tenn., three bass, 11-3, $830 3rd: Brandon Edel, Hendersonville, Tenn., three bass, 11-3, $830 5th: Hunter Bouldin, McMinnville, Tenn., three bass, 10-12, $587 6th: John Hopkins, Hendersonville, Tenn., three bass, 10-10, $538 7th: Tim Messer, Hendersonville, Tenn., three bass, 10-8, $489 8th: Larry Crisp, Gallatin, Tenn., three bass, 10-7, $440 9th: Christopher Stites Sr., Lebanon, Tenn., three bass, 10-2, $391 10th: Trevor Sanford, Lebanon, Tenn., three bass, 10-0, $325 10th: Corey Steakley, Lebanon, Tenn., three bass, 10-0, $325 Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com. Austin True of Dickson, Tennessee, caught a bass that weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces, and earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award of $335.  Kyle Pillars of Ashland City, Tennessee, won the co-angler division and $1,467 Saturday, after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 10 pounds, 5 ounces. The top 10 co-anglers finished: 1st: Kyle Pillars, Ashland City, Tenn., three bass, 10-5, $1,467 2nd: Chris Seese, Ten Mile, Tenn., three bass, 9-2, $733 3rd: Josh Underhill, Watertown, Tenn., three bass, 8-2, $490 4th: Scott Duncan, Lebanon, Tenn., three bass, 7-14, $317 4th: Trevor Medley, Sparta, Tenn., three bass, 7-14, $317 6th: Tommy Pritchard, Bargersville, Ind., three bass, 7-13, $486 7th: David Marr, Cleveland, Tenn., three bass, 7-9, $232 7th: Wayne Crouch, Jamestown, Tenn., three bass, 7-9, $332 9th: Mark Redman, Scottsville, Ky., three bass, 7-4, $196 10th: Brad Thacher, Murray, Ky., three bass, 7-2, $171 Tommy Pritchard of Bargersville, Indiana, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award of $167, catching a bass that weighed in at 4 pounds, 8 ounces – the largest co-angler catch of the day. After four events, Hunter Bouldin of McMinnville, Tennessee, now leads the Fishing Clash Music City Division Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 985 points, while Tommy Pritchard of Bargersville, Indiana, leads the Fishing Clash Music City Division Co-Angler of the Year race with 974 points. The next event for BFL Music City Division anglers will be held Sept. 13-14, at Kentucky Lake out of Buchanan, Tennessee. To register for the event as a boater or a co-angler, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com or call (270)-252-1000. The top 60 boaters and co-anglers in the division based on point standings, along with the five tournament winners of each qualifying event, will qualify for the Oct. 10-11 BFL Regional tournament on Douglas Lake in Dandridge, Tennessee. Boaters will fish for a top award of a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard worth $50,000, while co-anglers will compete for a top award of $20,000. The 2025 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 134 events throughout the season, five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 60 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying tournament winners, will advance to one of 12 BFL Regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top three, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. |