| Boater winner Preston Cook of Miami, Oklahoma, and co-angler winner Thad Hewitt of Delaware, Oklahoma. |
| Oklahoma’s Hewitt Claims Co-Angler Division GROVE, Okla. (Sept. 8, 2025) – Boater Preston Cook of Miami, Oklahoma, caught a total of 10 bass weighing 36 pounds, 3 ounces, over two days to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Super Tournament (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Grand Lake Presented by Suzuki Marine . The tournament, hosted by the City of Grove, was the fifth and final regular-season event of the season for the BFL Okie Division. Cook earned $13,188 plus a $7,000 Phoenix Bonus for his victory. “It was super slow,” said Cook, who has fished Grand Lake for the past 35 years. “It was tough to even get a limit. I was mixing in flipping docks with a Strike King Rage Bug, a Heddon Zara Spook or a small (River2Sea) Whopper Plopper.” Cook said he also caught a big fish each day on a glidebait. His approach was to cruise down banks and target isolated brush piles and docks. The strategy provided five keepers Saturday and eight on Sunday. “Sunday, between 1 and 1:45, I culled three times,” Cook said, adding the midday Spook bite was the key to his victory. “They finally started biting when the sun was high. “This win is amazing,” Cook added. “I can’t even describe what I’m feeling. It hasn’t even really sunk in yet.” The top 10 boaters finished the tournament: 1st: Preston Cook, Miami, Okla., 10 bass, 36-3, $13,188 (includes $7,000 Phoenix Bonus) 2nd: Micah Littlejohn, Grove, Okla., 10 bass, 33-13, $3,094 3rd: Lane Stephens, Owasso, Okla., 10 bass, 32-1, $2,062 4th: Darrin Thomas, Kiefer, Okla., 10 bass, 31-13, $1,444 5th: Curt Warren, Rose, Okla., 10 bass, 29-13, $1,238 6th: Dillon Roberts, Oologah, Okla., 10 bass, 29-2, $1,134 7th: Kyle Kitts, Joplin, Mo., 10 bass, 29-0, $1,031 8th: Justin Barbour, Tulsa, Okla., 10 bass, 28-15, $928 9th: Doug Johnson, Grove, Okla., 10 bass, 28-10, $825 10th: Jason Thompson, Galena, Kan., 10 bass, 28-2, $722 Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com. Vance Montgomery of Claremore, Oklahoma, caught a bass that weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces, and earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award of $862.  Thad Hewitt of Delaware, Oklahoma, won the co-angler division and $3,344 Sunday, after bringing six bass to the scale that totaled 19 pounds, 6 ounces. The top 10 co-anglers finished: 1st: Thad Hewitt, Delaware, Okla., six bass, 19-6, $3,344 2nd: Mitch Baskett, Yukon, Okla., six bass, 16-12, $1,547 3rd: James West, Spiro, Okla., six bass, 14-15, $1,029 4th: J.R. Foster, Miami, Okla., five bass, 14-12, $722 5th: Jordan Clayton, Wichita Falls, Texas, six bass, 13-8, $619 6th: Mark Taylor, Oklahoma City, Okla., six bass, 13-5, $567 7th: Fred Fielder, Afton, Okla., four bass, 13-4, $566 8th: Tad Harp, Cave Springs, Ark., five bass, 12-9, $464 9th: Brian Radford, Bixby, Okla., six bass, 12-6, $413 10th: Dalton Brake, Mountain View, Mo., five bass, 12-5, $361 Travis McKee of Fayetteville, Arkansas, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award of $431, catching a bass that weighed in at 5 pounds, 10 ounces. With all five events in the division now complete, boater Nick Kincaid of Brookeland, Texas, won the Fishing Clash Okie Division Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 1,336 points and earned the $1,000 prize, while James West of Spiro, Oklahoma, won the Fishing Clash Okie Division Co-Angler of the Year race with 1,331 points and earned the $500 payout. 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 Grand Lake in Grove, Oklahoma. 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. Proud sponsors of the 2025 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, BUBBA, Deep Dive App, E3 Sport Apparel, Epic Baits, Fishing Clash, Grizzly, Humminbird, Lew’s, Li Time Batteries, Mercury, Minn Kota, Mossy Oak, Mystik Lubricants, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, Polaris, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Strike King, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, WIX Filters and YETI. For complete details and updated tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. 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