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Smith Mountain Lake Fishing Report by Captain Dale Wilson November 2017

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Smith Mountain Lake Fishing Report by Captain Dale Wilson November 2017

SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE FISHING REPORT
November 2017
DALE WILSON’S
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PHONE NO: 540-297-5650 / 540-874-4950
www.captaindalewilson.com

Picture: My son Chris & my granddaughter Addi Wilson with her first striper caught while fishing with grandpa (Captain Dale Wilson) last month.

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OVERVIEW-  The fishing has been fair the past several weeks! This is a transitional time of the year for fishing! The water temperature has started to drop. Fishing for bass has been fair to good this past month! Water temperature will be in the 60’s. Best times will be early morning, late afternoon and cloudy days. Night fishing can be good this month. Fishing usually picks up later during the month of November.

Largemouth Bass- Fishing for largemouth bass should get better this month. Best lures will be large plastic worms, top water lures, shaky heads, shallow running crank baits, jigs, spinner baits and Carolina rigs. Points, coves, brush piles, rocky areas, ledges, stumps and shallow docks will be the best areas to try your luck. Best depths will be from the surface to 30 feet deep. Remember to take care of the bass and release them! Bass fishing should improve with the cooler water temperatures. Most bass will start to follow schools of shad as they migrate back into the coves and up stream.

Smallmouth Bass- Fishing will be good. Best areas will be ledges, humps, stumpy areas and rocky points. Best lures will be tubes, jig & pig, hair jigs, drop shots, top water and medium running crank baits. Best areas will be in the mid to the lower sections of the lake. Cloudy days with wind are good times to try your luck! Look for areas with rocks and ledges close to the deep water. Look for isolated rock piles near deep water. Smallmouth bass feed heavily on crawfish around the full moon each month. They will also suspend around schools of bait in the main lake.

Striped Bass- Fishing will improve this month. Stripers will be caught in the mid to upper sections of the lake and in the large creeks. Best lures will be swim baits, buck tails, spoons and Zoom flukes fished on 1/4 to 1/2 oz. lead heads. Best time to fish is cloudy days, early mornings and late afternoons. Night fishing will be fair. The best depths will be from the surface to 50 feet deep. Live bait fished on down lines and planner boards work good this month. This is also a good month to troll as the stripers will be shallower. The stripers will constantly be on the move. Look for large schools of stripers with your electronics. Some schools of stripers will surface this month. We should have some seagulls this month. The seagulls will help locate feeding stripers.

Crappie- Fishing for crappie will be good this month. The best depths will be 5 to 15 ft. deep. Crappie will be found around docks, brush piles, and fallen trees. Docks with brush piles are usually good areas to hold crappie. Small live minnows and 1½ to 2 inch tubes or shad shaped plastic lures fished on 1/32 to 1/16 oz. lead heads will work best to catch crappie this month. Best areas are the main creeks and the upper sections of the lake.

TIP OF THE Month- Start looking for seagulls! Fishing will improve as the water temperatures fall! Schools of shad are migrating up stream and into the creeks. Always wear your life jacket and make sure your running lights are on after dark!!! You can also hear reports about local fishing on the website: THE BASS CAST RADIO SHOW & WSLK 98.3 radio. Remember: TAKE A KID FISHING! SEE YOU ON THE LAKE!!! GOOD FISHING!

The Summit, Sevierville, and El Salto – October 26,2017 by Ken Duke

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The Summit, Sevierville, and El Salto – October 26,2017 by Ken Duke

For many of you, being on the road for nearly three weeks is no big deal. For me, it’s a classic example of a blessing and a curse.

My road trip started close to home at Clearwater Beach in Florida — about an hour and 45 minutes from Orlando, where I live. That part of the trip was for the ASA Summit, the annual meeting of the people who work to keep the sportfishing ship headed in the right direction.

The Summit is what you make of it, which basically guarantees it will be good and bad, thrilling and frustrating. If someone tells you something else, they’re trying to sell you something … or maybe they just weren’t paying attention.

How To Maximize Your Time (And Fun) On The Water – MTB – October 26,2017

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How To Maximize Your Time (And Fun) On The Water – MTB – October 26,2017

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Being prepared and planning your fishing trip in advance will help you maximize your time on the water, which is especially important for those anglers who can only fish on weekends.

clear lake bass

The most important step to follow when planning your trip is to keep track of the weather in the area you plan to fish and find out what the lake or river is doing, whether it’s rising or falling. Paying attention to these details gives you a pretty good indication of where and how to fish when you get to the water.

Getting your tackle ready is pretty much dictated by the weather and water conditions. If there has been a lot of rain in the area you know the water will be dirtier and you need to be using certain baits with heavier tackle. If it’s been real dry there for a few weeks, the water is probably going to be real clear and you have to downsize your tackle.

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Tackle organization is so important for saving time. You can lose so much time untangling lures in your tackle box or trying to find what you need for certain situations. The more you have your tackle in order, the more time you are going to save. I keep my tackle organized in plastic boxes, which allow me to put certain styles of lure in certain boxes and then label them so I know exactly where to find what I need.

Accurate casts are very critical for helping reduce wasted time on the water. Good casts just make you a more efficient angler.

The number of casts you make to a certain target depends on the water. If you are in a real positive weather situation where you feel bass ought to be biting and you are in a water temperature zone that you feel the fish ought to be very aggressive, then you can probably cover the water fairly fast with one or two casts to a target or an area. However in a cold-front situation or a drop in the water level where you know the fish might not be very aggressive, then you need to slow down and make repeated casts to key spots in the area.

Picking out a bad backlash in your baitcast reel can be time-consuming so be prepared for this situation and have a couple of backup reels ready to save time.

 
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Bryan Cottrell & Ellis Jones Win CATT Kerr October 22,2017

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Bryan Cottrell & Ellis Jones Win CATT Kerr October 22,2017

The fishing remains competitive on Kerr with the top 4 teams only separated by a pound or so!

Next Fall Kerr Qualifier is November 18th at Occonnechee so come on out and join us! You only have to enter 1 Qualifier to be eligible for the Kerr Fall Final Dec 2nd!

Bryan Cottrell & Ellis Jones topped the 26 boat field with 5 bass weighing 15.75 lbs! Their BF weighed in at 5.75 lbs which was the 1st BF of the tournament plus they claimed the 1st BONUS $! Total take hone for the day was $1,827.00!

Joe Talbot & Michael Deen finished 2nd with 5 bass weighing 15.53 lbs and they brought in the 2nd BF at 4.44 lbs.! With the 2nd BONS $ included they collected $883.00!

Bobby Crisman & Austin Slayton took 3rd with a limit weighing 14.66 lbs and earned $420.00 with the 3rd BONUS $ added in.

Mark Inman & Bryan Welch took home $200.00 for 4th with 14.18 lbs

Last money paying place went to Tom Wilkerson with 13.68 lbs worth $100.00.

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Set the Hook! with Pat Rose – Oct 14, 2017 Featuring Jesse Wiggins & Mark Daniels JR

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Set the Hook! with Pat Rose – Oct 14, 2017 Featuring Jesse Wiggins & Mark Daniels JR

Set the Hook! with Pat Rose – Oct 14, 2017

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Our guests were Bassmaster Elite Series Pro Jesse Wiggins and Bassmaster Elite Series Pro Mark Daniels, Jr.

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3 Tube Fishing Tips To Help You This Fall – MTB

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3 Tube Fishing Tips To Help You This Fall – MTB

3 Tube Fishing Tips To Help You This Fall

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Some anglers make the mistake of putting away their tube baits when bass are done spawning, but besides being a great lure for springtime, the tube bait is also a productive lure in the fall. Bass favor tube fishing this time of year because it looks just like a shad, which bass crave in the fall.

3. Where To Throw Tubes For Bass Fishing
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Concentrating on docks is the best way to fish the tube in the fall. A Texas-rigged 4-inch tube on a 3/0 wide gap hook with a 1/8-ounce sinker will work on any lake that has docks, especially those that have sunken brush piles near the docks. Bass usually will suspend under the docks or over the brush piles.

Bass will hit the lure most of the time when it’s falling. Let the tube fall down into the brush, then crank it out of the cover, hop it and then let it fall back in the cover again. If nothing happens after that, reel in the lure and make another cast. With this presentation, you can fish fast and cover a lot of water quickly.
For fishing around docks in the fall, use 10-pound test fluorocarbon with a 6 1/2-foot, 3-power spinning rod and spinning reel.

2. Color Selection For Fall Tube Fishing
fall bass tube fishing

The best colors for fishing tubes in the fall are any hues resembling a shad or crawfish. Green pumpkin, pumpkinseed, clear sparkle and silver flake are some of the best tube colors for imitating crawfish and shad. A black-and-blue tube has also been a productive lure for me in the fall for fishing in either clear or murky water.

A tube bait can be fished effectively down to 15 to 20 feet in the fall, but it takes a lot of patience to wait for the lure to drop that deep. Water color will determine how deep the fish will be holding. In off-colored water, bass will be shallower but in clear water the fish will be at least 10 to 20 feet deep during autumn.

3. Skipping Tubes For Fall Bass


A skip cast is just as effective in the fall as it is in the spring. Skipping the tube across the surface during your cast is always important because it draws bass to your bait.

If you plan on fishing a lake loaded with docks this fall, remember to keep tube baits in your tackle box. The tube baits natural looks make it the best imitation of a shad to trick bass.

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Final Berth Remains For 2018 Bassmaster Classic On Lake Hartwell

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Final Berth Remains For 2018 Bassmaster Classic On Lake Hartwell

The 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods, to be held on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell March 16-18, will feature 13 former Classic champions. Casey Ashley of Donalds, S.C., won the Classic on Lake Hartwell, his home waters, in 2015.

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Oct. 24, 2017

Final Berth Remains For 2018 Bassmaster Classic On Lake Hartwell

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GREENVILLE/ANDERSON, S.C. — A star-studded field of 51 bass anglers has qualified to compete for more than $1 million in the 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods. Only one spot remains to be filled in the world championship of bass fishing. It will go to the individual winner of the Toyota Bonus Bucks Bassmaster Team Championship, to be held in December.

Long known as the Super Bowl of Bass Fishing, the Classic will take place — for the third time — on Lake Hartwell at Anderson, S.C., March 16-18. Morning takeoffs will be from the modern Green Pond Landing and Event Center in Anderson, and weigh-ins and the popular Bassmaster Classic Outdoors Expo presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods will be held in Greenville on those dates.

Among the 13 former Classic champions competing for the $300,000 first prize are two who have won on Hartwell: Casey Ashley of Donalds, S.C., the winner in 2015, and Alton Jones of Lorena, Texas, the 2008 champion. Also aiming for bass fishing’s biggest prize are defending champion Jordan Lee of Guntersville, Ala., and four-time Classic winner Kevin VanDam of Kalamazoo, Mich.

VanDam also owns seven Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year titles. Reigning Angler of the Year Brandon Palaniuk of Hayden, Idaho, will join him and five other AOY titleholders in the 2018 Classic.

A dozen rookies hope to achieve a rare feat by winning the Classic on their first try. No angler has done so since Boyd Duckett captured the trophy in 2007.

Among the first-timers are the Top 3 finishers in last week’s Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Championship presented by Magellan Outdoors, which also was held on Lake Hartwell. They are Caleb Sumrall of New Iberia, La., the newly crowned B.A.S.S. Nation champion; Marty Giddens of Eclectic, Ala.; and Luke Gritter of Otsego, Mich., who competed in the Elite Series in 2009.

In addition, 19-year-old college freshman Jacob Foutz of Charleston, Tenn., qualified through the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series. And four more-seasoned competitors earned invitations by winning a Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens tournament: John Cox of DeBary, Fla.; Rick Morris of Lake Gaston, Va.; Carl Svebek of Orange, Texas; and Stanley Sypeck Jr. of Sugarloaf, Pa. Morris was an Elite Series angler from 2006 to 2014, and Svebek competed on the Bassmaster Top 100 circuit, a predecessor to the Elite Series, in 1996 and 1997.

Three current Elite Series anglers also earned bids to the Classic by winning Opens this year. They are Mike McClelland of Bella Vista, Ark.; James Elam of Tulsa, Okla.; and Jesse Wiggins of Cullman, Ala., and they are among 43 Elite anglers who will be competing in the 2018 Classic. They know that simply qualifying for the Classic solidifies a professional angler’s career. Winning often is worth more than $1 million in endorsements, bonuses and public appearance fees.

Alabama, the adopted home of numerous touring pros, accounts for 11 of the Classic qualifiers to date. Tennessee will send six to the event and Texas, four.

The 2015 Greenville Classic drew an attendance of more than 103,000 over the three-day event. Weigh-ins will be held each competition day in the Bon Secours Wellness Center arena in downtown Greenville. The Classic Expo, featuring the newest boats, motors, electronics, tackle and lures, will spread across 260,000 square feet in the TD Convention Center. The Expo rivals the annual American Sportfishing Association ICAST trade show in attention focused on new fishing gear, and numerous manufacturers use the venue to introduce new products for the coming fishing season.

At full pool, Lake Hartwell comprises nearly 56,000 acres and offers anglers 962 miles of shoreline in their search for the heaviest five-bass daily limits. The 2018 Classic is almost four weeks later in the year than the 2015 event, which was the coldest Classic on record. The air temperature for the opening round that year was 9 degrees, and the takeoff was delayed briefly as crews struggled to free boats that were frozen to trailer bunks.

Still, Ashley was able to string together three daily limits totaling 50 pounds, 1 ounce. He’s a favorite to repeat as champion, but another South Carolina pro, Jason Williamson of Wagener, has a home-state advantage as well. Until recently, anglers competing on their home waters were considered jinxed, but three of the four most recent winners, including Ashley, Randy Howell of Alabama in 2014 and 2016 champion Edwin Evers of Oklahoma, overcame those odds. Alabama’s Lee broke the string with a record-setting come-from-behind victory on Lake Conroe, Texas, this year.

Catches should be heavier than in previous Hartwell Classics but aren’t likely to exceed the Classic record of 69-11 set by VanDam in the Louisiana Delta out of New Orleans in 2011. Hartwell is ranked 21st in the Southeast Division of Bassmaster Magazine’s 100 Best Bass Lakes list for 2017.

Hartwell, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers impoundment of the Savannah, Tugaloo and Seneca rivers, is shared by South Carolina and Georgia. The two previous Classics there were won in offshore locations, but the mid-March timing of the 2018 event should play into the strategies of shallow-water experts.

The Classic will be hosted by VisitGreenvilleSC and Visit Anderson.

The final qualifier for the 48th Classic will be named Dec. 9, following the Bassmaster Team Championship, which includes the top two-angler teams from 54 sanctioned team trails across the country. More than 200 teams are expected to battle for the national team title Dec. 6-7 on Norfork Lake in Mountain Home, Ark. The next two days, members of the Top 3 teams will fish solo with the individual winner earning an invitation to the Classic.

2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods Contenders
Casey Ashley, Donalds, S.C. (9)                           
Josh Bertrand, Gilbert, Ariz. (3)                           
Hank Cherry, Lincolnton, N.C. (4)
Jason Christie, Park Hill, Okla. (6)                           
Luke Clausen, Spokane, Wash. (4)                           
Keith Combs, Huntington, Texas (7)
Dustin Connell, Clanton, Ala. (1)                           
Brandon Coulter, Knoxville, Tenn. (1)
John Crews, Salem, Va. (11)                          
John Cox, DeBary, Fla. (1)                           
Mark Daniels Jr., Tuskegee, Ala. (1)
Mark Davis, Mount Ida, Ark. (20)                          
Ott DeFoe, Knoxville, Tenn. (7)                           
Brent Ehrler, Newport Beach, Calif. (3)
James Elam, Tulsa, Okla. (3)                           
Edwin Evers, Talala, Okla. (17)                          
Todd Faircloth, Jasper, Texas (16)                          
Seth Feider, Bloomington, Minn. (1)
Jacob Foutz, Charleston, Tenn. (1)
Micah Frazier, Newnan, Ga. (2)                           
Marty Giddens, Eclectic, Ala. (1)                           
Luke Gritter, Otsego, Mich. (1)                           
Greg Hackney, Gonzales, La. (15)                          
Jamie Hartman, Newport, N.Y. (1)
Randy Howell, Guntersville, Ala. (16)
Michael Iaconelli, Pittsgrove, N.J. (19)
Alton Jones, Lorena, Texas (19)                          
Steve Kennedy, Auburn, Ala. (9)                           
Bobby Lane, Lakeland, Fla. (11)                          
Russ Lane, Prattville, Ala. (7)                           
Jordan Lee, Guntersville, Ala. (4)                           
Matt Lee, Guntersville, Ala. (2)                           
Brandon Lester, Fayetteville, Tenn. (3)
Aaron Martens, Leeds, Ala. (19)                          
Mike McClelland, Bella Vista, Ark. (11)
Rick Morris, Lake Gaston, Va. (6)                           
Cliff Pace, Petal, Miss. (7)                           
Brandon Palaniuk, Hayden, Idaho (8)
Clifford Pirch, Payson, Ariz. (5)                           
Jacob Powroznik, Port Haywood, Va. (4)
Skeet Reese, Auburn, Calif. (18)                          
Bradley Roy, Lancaster, Ky. (2)                           
Caleb Sumrall, New Iberia, La. (1)                           
Carl Svebek, Orange, Texas (1)                           
Gerald Swindle, Guntersville, Ala. (17)
Stanley Sypeck Jr., Sugarloaf, Pa. (1)
Kevin VanDam, Kalamazoo, Mich. (27)
David Walker, Sevierville, Tenn. (12)
Jacob Wheeler, Harrison, Tenn. (2)
Jesse Wiggins, Cullman, Ala. (2)                           
Jason Williamson, Wagener, S.C. (3)
(Note: Number in parentheses indicates number of Classics qualified, including the 2018 Classic.)

Robert Parker & Philip Jarabeck win HillCity Bassmasters 2017 Classic on Leesville Lake October 21,2017

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Robert Parker & Philip Jarabeck win HillCity Bassmasters 2017 Classic on Leesville Lake October 21,2017

1st Place Philip Jarabeck & Robert Parker with 7.92lbs & 2.40lb Lunker

2nd Place Matt Harrup & Tyree lee with 4.15lbs

3rd Place Chris Primm & Earl Primm with 1.77lbs

4th Place Jacob Stephens with 1.00lbs

5th Place Chris Kimbrough with 0.96lbs

LEXINGTON’S SANDERS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT ON BARREN RIVER PRESENTED BY LOWRANCE

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LEXINGTON’S SANDERS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT ON BARREN RIVER PRESENTED BY LOWRANCE

 

LEXINGTON’S SANDERS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT ON BARREN RIVER PRESENTED BY LOWRANCE

Indiana’s Stone Grabs Co-angler Title

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GLASGOW, Ky. (Oct. 23, 2017) – Boater Eric Sanders of Lexington, Kentucky, caught a three-day cumulative total of 12 bass weighing 33 pounds, 10 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Regional event on the Barren River presented by Lowrance. Sanders earned $65,000 for his efforts, including a new Ranger Z518C boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and automatic entry into the 2018 BFL All-American Championship.

Sanders spent the weekend targeting brush piles and deep rock about 25 feet deep. He said his best brush was located off the ends of bluffs outside main-lake pockets.

“The (U.S. Army) Corps of Engineers started the winter drawdown about a week ago, and it kind of screwed up the shallow bite,” said Sanders, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “I just knew I had to fish out deep.”

All week, Sanders slowly dragged a 1/2-ounce Stan Sloan’s Zorro Bait Co. Booza Brush Bug jig. He used a Strike King Rage Twin Tail Menace Grub trailer Thursday and Friday, and a Zoom Twin Tail Grub trailer on Saturday.

“As soon as you felt rock or wood with the jig and pulled off of it, that’s when they ate it,” said Sanders. “You had to feel the cover – that was crucial.”

The top six boaters that qualified for the 2018 BFL All-American were:

1st:          Eric Sanders, Lexington, Ky., 12 bass, 33-10, $65,000

2nd:         Tim Rhoades, Bowling Green, Ky., 14 bass, 33-2, $10,000

3rd:          Clint Bissonett, Beavercreek, Ohio, 12 bass, 27-1, $5,200

4th:          Jack Dalzell, Elyria, Ohio, 12 bass, 27-0, $3,100

5th:          Kyle Weisenburger, Ottawa, Ohio, 11 bass, 25-11, $2,000

6th:          Brad Leifermann, Andover, Minn., 11 bass, 25-3, $1,800

Rounding out the top-10 boaters were:

7th:          Ronny Webb, Dyersburg, Tenn., 10 bass, 25-2, $1,600

8th:          Dick Shaffer, Rockford, Ohio, 11 bass, 24-11, $1,400

9th:          Brandon Houston, Burlington, Ky., 11 bass, 24-7, $1,200

10th:        Heath Wagner, Angola, Ind., 12 bass, 23-15, $1,000

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Jim Stone of Greenwood, Indiana, won the Co-angler Division and a new Ranger Z518C boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard with a three-day cumulative catch of eight bass weighing 23 pounds, 5 ounces.

The top six co-anglers that qualified for the 2018 BFL All-American were:

1st:          Jim Stone, Greenwood, Ind., eight bass, 23-5, $45,100

2nd:         Philip Borsa, Redford, Mich., 11 bass, 20-2, $5,000

3rd:          Andrew Gilliland, McArthur, Ohio, nine bass, 16-9, $2,500

4th:          Danny Nicklin, Highland, Ill., eight bass, 15-9, $1,500

5th:          Paul Vonwald, La Crosse, Wis., five bass, 14-11, $1,000

6th:          Joseph Gulash, Edwardsville, Ill., five bass, 14-2, $900

Rounding out the top-10 co-anglers were:

7th:          James Wathen, Royal Oak, Mich., six bass, 13-1, $800

8th:          Mark Saunders, Medina, Ohio, six bass, 12-2, $700

9th:          David Dieling, Eddyville, Ky., five bass, 11-5, $600

10th:        Hunter Fillmore, Waynesville, Ohio, five bass, 11-5, $550

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League Regional Tournament on the Barren River was hosted by the Glasgow-Barren County Tourist & Convention Commission.

The 2017 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they 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. The 2018 All-American will be held on Cross Lake in Shreveport, Louisiana, May 31-June 2 and is hosted by the Shreveport-Bossier City Sports Commission and the Red River Waterway Commission. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the BFL on Facebook at Facebook.com/FLWFishing and on Twitter at Twitter.com/FLWFishing.

Adam Richardson Wins Wildcard Event October 16, 2017 By Jeffrey Davis

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Adam Richardson Wins Wildcard Event October 16, 2017 By Jeffrey Davis

Adam Richardson Wins Wildcard Event

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Jeffrey Davis

North Carolina hosted their last qualifier of the 2017 season with six state team spots left. The top three boaters and top three non-boaters advance. Forty-Nine Boaters and Non-boaters were vying for the top three spots available to compete at the 2018 BASS Regional hosted by B.A.S.S. with all hoping to continue on the road to qualify for a shot at the BASSMASTER CLASSIC!

Adam Richardson of the Hog Snatchers Bass Masters led from Day 1 to the end of the tourney, AGAIN! His first day catch of 16.17 gave him the extra nudge he needed. On Day 2 he brought 12.37 pounds to the scale to seal the deal! Not only was he was crowned the CHAMPION of the event but was also the 2017 NC B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional Boater Champion by in May. Adam is flexing his muscle in 2017 and out to prove he is here to stay as a force in this exciting sport.

Adam was again challenged however by a couple of anglers. Randy Groves and Chuck Murray of the Sandy Creek Bassmasters finished second and third in the event by bringing 26.29 lbs and 25.74 lbs to the scales clinching their way to the state’s 20 man team to compete at the next level. Due to Adam’s double qualification, it left one remaining spot on the team available. JT Palmore captured the 4th spot by bringing 25.00 to the scales. These anglers have punched their ticket to the B.A.S.S. Eastern Regional hosted by B.A.S.S. in order to qualify to the National Championship vying to make it to the BASS Master CLASSIC!

As a believe it or not moment, the last time a qualifier was held on Lake Gaston, Randy Groves, Chuck Murray and JT Palmore had a 123 finish! How many times can that happen? Only time will tell.

On the non-boater side, Mikey Anderson lapped the field to claim his first non-boater championship with a two day weight of 17.84 pounds. This is his first championship and his first time making it to the state team and the “Big Dance” as we call it. Jeffrey Davis took second place on the non-boater side with a two day total of 13.95 pounds and third place went to Aaron Digh who caught 13.39 lbs. These three anglers will represent the NCBN as non-boaters at the 2018 BASS Regional hosted by B.A.S.S.

Triton Big Fish Honors were Day 1 (boater) Dale Luckey 5.99 lbs; (non-boater) Eric Lochner 5.04 lbs
Lowrance Big Bass award Day 2 (boater) Adam Haithcock 6.16 lbs (non-boater) Ronnie Bridgers 3.10 lbs

Special thanks go out to Lenny and Vicky Smathers, Lori Murray, Danny Hayes, Roger thomas and Allison Wright and others for their hard work as helpers during the tourney.

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BOATERS FINAL
Name Weight
Adam Richardson 28.29
Randy Groves 26.29
Chuck Murray 25.74
JT Palmore 25.00
Jeff Hager 23.71
Allen White 23.13
Jeremy Sabo 22.02
Raymond Jones 21.97
Adam Petty 20.50
Mike Belter 19.42
Dale Luckey 18.76
Patrick King 18.36
Adam Haithcock 17.31
Ivan Morris 15.90
Tim Wiltfong 15.43
Mike Marion 14.60
Trey Nanney 14.26
Tommy Chapman 13.77
Mark Swink 12.96
Carl Enos 12.24
Keith Patterson 11.67
Zack Blayock 11.28
George Lambert 10.56
Rob Digh 10.22
Eric Schell 10.12
Aaron Hardee 9.82
Jeff Farmer 9.77
Darrell Pons Jr 9.38
Jay Wright 9.27
Craig Scalf 9.26
Jeff Narron 8.84
Greg Creech 8.41
Alden Patterson 7.21
Jim Sampson 6.50
Alan Haigh 5.28
Phil Bain 5.21
Ethan Howard 5.10
Jerry Draper 4.87
William Frazier 3.79
Coy Riggins 3.54
Jim Sheehan 2.93
Scotty Kinney 1.99
Mitch Burgin 1.38
Thaigo Moreira 1.34
John Jackson 1.20
Mike Nadeau –
Kyle Joyce –
Jerry Deese –
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Mikey Anderson 17.84
Jeffrey Davis 13.95
Aaron Digh 13.39
Mike Bankes 12.03
Chris Moss 10.14
John K Mayo 9.19
David Swain 8.39
Ryan Hayes 7.85
Eric Lochner 6.27
Eddie Yahya 6.26
Matt Priode 6.22
Ronnie Bridgers 5.83
DJ Timms 5.48
Jacob Steele 5.24
Daniel Jenkins 5.06
Julian Doby 4.92
Dean Copeland 4.12
Jason Tew 3.88
Scott Spencer 3.82
Ken Brady 3.77
Tony Gupton 3.13
John W. Mayo 3.03
Clifton Jenkins 2.98
Nick Kincaid 2.83
John Harrell 2.70
JJ Morse 2.31
Samantha Gay 2.00
Greg Skerven 1.98
Dewey Castleberry 1.71
John Orchard 1.48
Bud Amend 1.41
Scott Shrewsbury 1.41
Randy Parker 1.32
Brent Enos 1.31
Matt Little 1.21
Brian Reneau 1.14
Daniel Norman –
Dekota Shaw –
David Martin –
Andy Evans –
Keith Thompson –
Chris Martin –
Reggie Guffey –
Joseph Campbell –
Billy Scoggins –
Brandon Honaker –
Matt Fuhr –
Marvin Edwards –
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