GETTYS WINS WALMART BASS FISHING LEAGUE MUSIC CITY DIVISION EVENT ON KENTUCKY LAKE

                                                                                          

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CAMDEN, Tenn. (June 15, 2015) – Edward Gettys of Columbia, Tennessee, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 20 pounds, 4 ounces Saturday to win the third Walmart Bass Fishing League Music City Division tournament of 2015 on Kentucky Lake. For his victory, Gettys earned $4,601.

“It was another great day of Kentucky Lake fishing,” said Gettys, who has eight career wins in FLW competition. “I was able to dial in on the bite early and fish my area how I wanted.”

Gettys said he built his winning stringer by focusing on 12-foot deep ledges near Paris Landing.

“I caught my first fish at 7 a.m. and my two biggest around 10:30,” Gettys said. “The stretch that I targeted was small. The bass were in a very specific spot. I used a Carolina-rigged plum-colored Berkley Power Worm all day. I would just drag it slow near the bottom, that’s where they seemed to like it.”

Getty said every fish he brought to the scale came from that location.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st:          Edward Gettys, Columbia, Tenn., five bass, 20-4, $2,601 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd:         William Merrick, Mount Juliet, Tenn., five bass, 19-14, $1,301

3^rd:          Densmore Goodson, Letcher, Ky., five bass, 18-14, $867

4^th:          Jeffery Archie, Paris, Tenn., five bass, 17-4, $607

5^th:          Bryan Dowdy, Florence, Ala., four bass, 16-0, $520

6^th:          Robert Reagan, Byrdstown, Tenn., five bass, 15-15, $455

6^th:          Adam Wagner, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 15-15, $455

8^th:          Scott Brummett, Brentwood, Tenn., five bass, 15-9, $390

9^th:          Phillip Bates, Bon Aqua, Tenn., five bass, 15-4, $347

10^th:        Tim Staley, Dowelltown, Tenn., five bass, 14-5, $303

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Gettys also caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the pro division, a fish weighing 4 pounds, 13 ounces and earned the day’s Big Bass award of $280.

Chris Tarpley of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, weighed in five bass totaling 19 pounds, 5 ounces Saturday to win $1,301 in the co-angler division.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st:          Chris Tarpley, Murfreesboro, Tenn., five bass, 19-5, $1,301

2^nd:         Ken Fresh, Sparta, Tenn., five bass, 16-3, $650

3^rd:          Rick Mayberry, Harriman, Tenn., four bass, 14-8, $434

4^th:          Tim Rampaul, Burns, Tenn., five bass, 13-6, $303

5^th:          Billy Gardner, Livingston, Tenn., five bass, 12-5, $260

6^th:          Michael Marlin, Nesbit, Miss., five bass, 11-11, $238

7^th:          Greg Barnes, Rock Island, Tenn., four bass, 10-9, $217

8^th:          Mike Todd, Thompsons Station, Tenn., four bass, 10-1, $195

9^th:          Doug Garrett, Allardt, Tenn., five bass, 9-7, $173

10^th:        John Wilkerson, Nashville, Tenn., four bass, 8-14, $152

Mayberry also caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the co-angler division and earned the day’s Big Bass award of $140.

The top 50 boaters and 50 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 8-10 Regional Championship on Lake Sinclair in Milledgeville, Georgia. 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 compete to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Walmart BFL All-American. Top winners in the BFL can move up to the Rayovac FLW Series or even the Walmart FLW Tour.