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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING TOURNAMENT AT CLEAR LAKE

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October 3, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING TOURNAMENT AT CLEAR LAKE

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LAKEPORT, Calif. (Oct. 3, 2017) – The University of Oregon duo of Ryan Habenicht and Daniel Marshall, both of Eugene, Oregon, won the YETI FLW College Fishing Western Conference tournament at Clear Lake Saturday with a five-bass limit weighing 18 pounds, 15 ounces. The victory earned the Ducks bass club $2,000 and the team will now advance to compete at the 2018 FLW College Fishing National Championship, scheduled for May 30-June 2 on the Red River in Shreveport, Louisiana.

It was the second Western Conference victory of the season for Habenicht, who won the Lake Havasu tournament in February despite fishing the two-man team event solo. Marshall was registered to compete alongside Habenicht in that event but was unable to join his partner in Arizona due to travel issues. It was also the second-consecutive year that the duo from Oregon has won the annual FLW College Fishing event on Clear Lake, joining Chico State as the only two-time winners on the fishery.

“I grew up fishing this lake and I feel like I’m usually in tune with what’s going on here,” said Habenicht, a senior business major. “We had an unbelievable practice and I thought we were going to crush them. Then the tournament rolls around and three hours into the day, we’ve got no bites. We had to scramble.”

Around 11 a.m. the duo finally got their first bite of the day off of a point – a 7-pounder – on a (bluegill) Z-Man Custom ChatterBait.

“Every fish that we caught in the tournament was not a spot that we practiced in and was on a different lure,” Habenicht said. “We ended up catching about 15 to 20 fish between 11 and 1:30. The 7-pounder was our biggest, but the best lure for us was a (Frenzy Baits) Wack-A-Sack jig with a 3-inch shad-colored (Reaction Innovations) Smallie Beaver.

“The key for us was figuring out that we needed to slow way down. Traditionally, we like to fish extremely fast. But the lake was fishing tough and we had to make multiple casts sometimes. At one point it took 11 casts to catch a fish off of a dock.”

The top 10 teams that advanced to the 2018 College Fishing National Championship are:

1^st: University of Oregon – Ryan Habenicht and Daniel Marshall, both of Eugene, Oregon, five bass, 18-15, $2,000

2^nd: California State University-East Bay – Yuan Liu, Hayward, Calif., and Herbert Rounds, Oakley, Calif., five bass, 16-4, $1,000

3^rd: California Polytechnic State University – Johan Eide, San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Colton Farquer, Oakdale, Calif., five bass, 15-2, $500

4^th: California Polytechnic State University – Patrick Ellis, San Diego, Calif., and Sam Morita, Sebastopol, Calif., five bass, 14-6, $500

5^th: California State University-Chico – Travis Gonsalves, Modesto, Calif., and Thoma Avilla, Escalon, Calif., five bass, 13-3, $900

6^th: Oregon State University – Biagio Capp, Discovery Bay, Calif., and Joseph Billmaier, San Jose, Calif., five bass, 13-1

7^th: California State University-Chico – Cole Lauchland, Chico, Calif., and Logan Schwab, Davis, Calif., five bass, 12-13, $200

8^th: California State University-Chico – Nicolas Fortino, Chico, Calif., and Mason Van Wagoner, San Jose, Calif., five bass, 11-15

9^th: California State University-Chico – Austin Crane and David Griswold, both of Oroville, Calif., five bass, 11-13, $200

10^th: California State University-Chico – Tyler Firebaugh, Danville, Calif., and Chad Sweitzer, Chico, Calif., five bass, 11-9

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

This YETI FLW College Fishing Western Conference event at Clear Lake was hosted by the Konocti Vista Casino Resort & Marina and was the third and final regular-season qualifying tournament for Western Conference anglers in 2017. The next YETI FLW College Fishing event will be a Central Conference tournament, scheduled for Oct. 7 on the Mississippi River in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

FLW College Fishing teams compete in three regular-season qualifying tournaments in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. The top ten teams from each division’s three regular-season tournaments and the top 20 teams from the annual FLW College Fishing Open will advance to the 2018 FLW College Fishing National Championship on the Red River, hosted by the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission & Red River Waterway Commission. Additional teams will qualify for the National Championship if the field size in regular-season events exceeds 100 boats.

College Fishing is free to enter. All participants must be registered, full-time students at a college, university or community college and members of a college fishing club that is recognized by their school.

For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow College Fishing on Facebook at Facebook.com/FLWFishing and on Twitter at Twitter.com/FLWFishing. Visit FLWFishing.com to sign up or to start a club at your school.

2018 Ram Truck Open Series Schedules October 2, 2017

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October 3, 2017

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2018 Ram Truck Open Series Schedules

October 2, 2017

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Athens, AL. American Bass Anglers announced today the 2018 Ram Truck Open Series schedules with 81 tournaments in 18 divisions, in a Pro/Am style format. The series offers a guaranteed $5,000 minimum to the first place to Boaters at all one-day events and at the two-day Area Championships a guaranteed $10,000 minimum for first place Boater and $5,000 for first place Co-Anglers. At the end of the season, qualified anglers will advance to the 2019 Ray Scott Championship, named after the legend Ray Scott who started modern day bass tournaments.

One new division will be introduced in 2018, South Texas. Texas anglers can now compete on Lake Conroe in the same region as South-East Texas. These two divisions will compete on Toledo Bend in late September at the Area 6 Championship.

Each division will hold four one-day qualifying events and anglers who compete in three or more events in their home division will division will qualify to enter the two-day Area Championship.

Area Championships are held on a lake that both divisions compete on, a local but neutral lake, or in some cases the location will be flipped between the two divisions within their area annually. The locations are selected to level the playing field as much as possible for the anglers while reducing travel. At Area Championships the full field competes both days which gives all anglers a much better opportunity at qualifying for the Ray Scott Championship.

Entry fees for Divisional one-day events are $200 for Boaters and $100 for Co-Anglers. The two-day Area Championships entry fee is $300 for Boaters and $150 for Co-Anglers. The Ray Scott Championship has no entry fee.

To advance to the Area Championship anglers must have fished as either a Boater in three one-day events or a Co-Angler in three one-day events or a combination of four one-day events within their region.

Each division will advance anglers to the Ray Scott Championship. The top ten (10) Boaters and top ten (10) Co-Anglers from each division by points after the Area Championship will advance. The top five (5) Boaters and top five (5) Co-Anglers at the Area Championship by place of finish, who do not advance by divisional points, will also advance. Divisional points are awarded to each angler who competes in events within a division including the Area Championship.

The top angler (Boater and Co-Angler) by points from each division, after the Area Championship, will be awarded Divisional Angler of the Year. Divisional Anglers of the Year will have their 2019 entry fee (Boaters – $1,100, Co-Anglers $550) waived for the division of their choice. Total points accumulated from four one-day events within a division plus Area championship determines the Divisional Angler of the Year.

Boaters are always guaranteed use of their boats at all events. Co-Anglers registering as a package entry will receive priority entry into each event in that division. Co-Anglers can guarantee their spot in an event by “linking” with a registered Boater.

More information can be viewed on the RamOpenSeries.com website including payouts, schedules, and additional information.

Registration will open at 8 AM CST October 20, 2017, on the RamOpenSeries.com website or by calling 256-232-0406.

Boater and Co-Angler Package Registrations from October 20 through December 1, 2017, will each receive special incentives.

2018 Schedules

Division	Dates	Lake	Launch Ramp

Area 1
North Alabama	02/03	Guntersville	Goose Pond
	03/17	Wheeler	Joe Wheeler State Park
	04/28	Neely Henry	Coosa Landing
	06/09	Weiss	Leesburg Landing

Mississippi	03/03	Columbus Pool	Columbus Marina
	04/14	Ross Barnett	Tommys Trading Post
	05/05	Ross Barnett	Tommys Trading Post
	08/18	Pickwick	JP Coleman State Park

Championship	09/08-09	Pickwick	McFarland Park

Area 2
Kentucky/TN	03/10	Kentucky	Moors Resort
	04/14	Kentucky	Paris Landing State Park
	06/23	Kentucky	Kentucky Dam Marina
	08/25	Kentucky	Paris Landing State Park

Central Tennessee	02/24	Center Hill	Ragland Bottom
	03/24	Percy Priest	Fate Sanders
	05/05	Old Hickory	Sanders Ferry
	06/16	Old Hickory	Sanders Ferry

Championship	10/13-14	Kentucky	Paris Landing State Park

Area 3
South Alabama	02/03	Eufaula	Lakepoint Resort State Park
	04/21	Martin	Wind Creek State Park
	05/19	Jordan	Bonners Landing
	06/16	Logan Martin	Lakeside Park

Geogia	02/10	Eufaula	Lakepoint Resort State Park
	03/10	Seminole	Reynolds Landing (Big Jims)
	04/28	Sinclair	Little River Park
	06/09	Oconee	Sugar Creek Marina

Championship	10/13-14	Eufaula	Lakepoint Resort State Park

Area 4
North Carolina	02/10	Norman	Pinnacle
	03/24	Hickory	Wittenburg
	04/28	Kerr	Nutbush
	05/19	High Rock	Tamarac Marina

South Carolina	01/27	Keowee	South Cove County Park
	02/17	Murray	Dreher Island State Park
	04/21	Hartwell	Green Pond
	06/09	Clark’s Hill	Dorn Facility

Championship	10/13-14	Norman	Blythe Landing

Area 5
Florida Central	01/20	Toho	Lakefront Park
	02/24	Kissimmee Chain	Camp Mack
	03/17	Harris Chain	Hickory Point Recreation Facility
	05/05	Toho	Lakefront Park

Florida South	01/13	Okeechobee	Roland Martin Marina & Resort
	02/17	Okeechobee	Scott Driver
	03/24	Okeechobee	Scott Driver
	05/12	Okeechobee	Roland Martin Marina & Resort

Championship	09/29-30	Kissimmee Chain	Camp Mack

Area 6
Southeast Texas	02/24	Sam Rayburn	Umphrey Pavillion
	04/28	Sam Rayburn	Umphrey Pavillion
	06/09	Sam Rayburn	Umphrey Pavillion
	09/15	Sam Rayburn	Umphrey Pavillion

South Texas	03/17	Lake Conroe	Lakeview Marina
	05/19	Lake Conroe	Lakeview Marina
	06/23	Lake Conroe	Lakeview Marina
	08/25	Lake Conroe	Lakeview Marina

Championship	10/20-21	Toledo Bend	Cypress Bend Park

Area 7
Texas Central	02/03	Cedar Creek	Log Cabin
	03/24	Lake Palestine	Villages Marina
	06/30	Lake of the Pines	Johnson Creek
	09/08	Toledo Bend	Cypress Bend

Oklahoma	03/10	Arkansas River	Three Forks Harbor
	04/21	Eufaula	South Cove
	05/12	Grand Lake	Wolf Creek
	06/16	Ft Gibson	Taylor’s Ferry North

Championship	10/06-07	Lake Texoma	Highport Marina

Area 8
Virginia	02/24	Kerr	Nutbush
	04/14	Gaston	Holly Grove Marina
	06/23	Kerr	Nutbush
	08/11	Gaston	Holly Grove Marina

Maryland	03/31	Potomac	Smallwood
	04/21	Chesapeake Bay	Anchor Boats Marina
	05/12	Potomac	Smallwood
	06/02	Chesapeake Bay	Anchor Boats Marina

Championship	09/22-23	Kerr	Nutbush

Area 9
Ohio	05/12	Indian	Moundwood State Park
	06/02	St. Mary’s	West Bank
	07/14	Ohio River/ Tanner’s Creek	Lawrenceburg City Ramp
	08/04	Ohio River/Maysville	Maysville River Park

New York	06/16	Lake Champlain	Ticonderoga
	07/07	Cayuga	Union Springs
	07/21	1000 Islands	French Creek Marina
	08/18	Lake Champlain	Plattsburgh

Championship	09/15-16	Chautauqua	Mayville Park

To learn more about the Ram Trucks Open Series, visit www.RamOpenSeries.com

About American Bass Anglers: American Bass Anglers is committed to providing low cost, close to home tournaments for the weekend angler and at the same time offer each competitor an upward path for individual angler progression. For more information about American Bass Anglers, the Ram Truck Open Series, the American Fishing Tour or the American Couples Series, visit www.americanbassanglers.com

American Bass Anglers, Inc. is supported by Ram Trucks, Triton Boats, Mercury Outboards, Carlisle Tires, GEICO, Berkley, Abu Garcia, T-H Marine, Livingston Lures, Best Western Hotels, Maui Jim, Power Pole, Simms, Garmin, and SiriusXM Marine Weather. American Bass Anglers, Inc. can be contacted at (256) 232-0406 or by visiting www.americanbassanglers.com

SPRING GROVE’S ESTES WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE SHENANDOAH DIVISION FINALE ON JAMES RIVER PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

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October 3, 2017

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SPRING GROVE’S ESTES WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE SHENANDOAH DIVISION FINALE ON JAMES RIVER PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Wytheville’s Sayers Claims Co-angler Title

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HENRICO, Va. (Oct. 2, 2017) – Boater Keith Estes of Spring Grove, Virginia, weighed a two-day cumulative total of 10 bass weighing 28 pounds even to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Shenandoah Division tournament on the James River. For his efforts, Estes received $4,101.

Estes said he concentrated on an array of creeks at the mouth of the Chickahominy River, near Jamestown. He targeted bass near trees and submerged wood in the 3- to 5-foot range.

“The main thing with tidal fisheries is that you have to pick whether you’re going to run the incoming or outgoing tide,” said Estes, who clinched his first career win in FLW competition. “Normally I like to fish the outgoing tide, but it was a very small window later in the day so I decided to run the incoming tide.”

Estes said a Blue Fleck-colored Berkley Power Worm caught the most fish, while crankbaits produced the big bites.

“I was fortunate to find fish in practice that I could save for Sunday,” said Estes.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Keith Estes, Spring Grove, Va., 10 bass, 28-0, $4,101

2^nd: Brian LaClair, Denton, Md., 10 bass, 26-14, $1,951

3^rd: Ben Reynolds, Callands, Va., 10 bass, 26-13, $1,301

4^th: Wayne Dorman, Louisa, Va., 10 bass, 26-4, $910

5^th: Mike Morris, Dover, Del., 10 bass, 25-12, $780

6^th: Steven Wiseman, Bryans Road, Md., 10 bass, 25-6, $815

7^th: Zachary Whitt, Newport News, Va., 10 bass, 24-7, $650

8^th: Donald Estes, Richmond, Va., 10 bass, 21-7, $585

9^th: Shaun Hunter, Mount Airy, N.C., nine bass, 18-2, $520

10^th: Derek Brown, Charlottesville, Va., eight bass, 17-1, $455

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Dennis Middleton of Madison Heights, Virginia, caught a bass weighing 6 pounds even – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the Boater Big Bass award of $420.

Jonathan Sayers of Wytheville, Virginia, caught a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 19 pounds, 10 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $2,151.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Jonathan Sayers, Wytheville, Va., 10 bass, 19-10, $2,151

2^nd: Ronald Fulwider, Moneta, Va., eight bass, 17-10, $975

3^rd: Chad Poteat, Mount Airy, N.C., nine bass, 15-15, $699

4^th: David Kennedy, Woodbridge, Va., nine bass, 15-14, $455

5^th: Kenny Main, Colonial Heights, Va., eight bass, 13-15, $390

6^th: Lenny Baird, Stafford, Va., seven bass, 13-9, $358

7^th: Travis Garrett, Charlottesville, Va., seven bass, 11-3, $325

8^th: William Lane, Midlothian, Va., five bass, 10-6, $293

9^th: Chris Whittaker, Waverly, Va., six bass, 10-1, $260

10^th: Nelson Bailey, Virginia Beach, Va., five bass, 9-6, $228

Dick Allen of Sumerduck, Virginia, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 4 pounds, 9 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $210.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 19-21 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Georgia. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

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.

ATKINS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MISSISSIPPI DIVISION FINALE ON ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR

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October 3, 2017

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ATKINS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MISSISSIPPI DIVISION FINALE ON ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR

Tennessee’s Utley Wins Co-angler Title

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BRANDON, Miss. (Oct. 2, 2017) – Reigning Forrest Wood Cup Champion Justin Atkins of Florence, Alabama, added to his stellar 2017 campaign Sunday, winning the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mississippi Division tournament on Ross Barnett Reservoir with a two-day cumulative total of 10 bass weighing 24 pounds, 6 ounces. Atkins was awarded $7,646 for his victory.

Atkins said he spent the tournament on the lower end of the lake targeting offshore fish. He said he caught the majority of his fish throughout the weekend using a 10-inch black Berkley Power Worm.

“I had one big school that was 10- to 14-feet deep,” said Atkins, who had seven prior top-10 finishes in BFL competition. “That’s where’d I’d start each morning to get a limit.”

Atkins said he moved to shallower brush piles around 10:30 a.m. each day.

“My Humminbird electronics helped me locate the brush piles and which of them were holding fish,” said Atkins. “I could also see the subtle changes on the bottom. I’ve never owned a unit that you could see fish that shallow.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Justin Atkins, Florence, Ala., 10 bass, 24-6, $5,646 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd: Teddy Cranford, Seminary, Miss., 10 bass, 24-5, $2,823

3^rd: Dan Love, Pearl, Miss., seven bass, 20-0, $1,816

4^th: Shannon Denson, Brandon, Miss., 10 bass, 19-10, $1,271

5^th: Marty Torrence, Crystal Springs, Miss., nine bass, 19-6, $1,089

6^th: Mitch Crane, Columbus, Miss., seven bass, 18-10, $998

7^th: Darrell Hunter, Lena, Miss., seven bass, 18-8, $908

8^th: Bobby McDill, Raleigh, Miss., seven bass, 18-3, $817

9^th: Chris Wooten, West Point, Miss., seven bass, 17-4, $1,074

10^th: Timmy Smith, Petal, Miss., eight bass, 17-4, $635

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Larry Savell of Brandon, Mississippi, caught a 6-pound, 8-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the Boater Big Bass award of $348.

Hunter Utley of Cordova, Tennessee, caught a two-day total of eight bass weighing 19 pounds even to win the Co-angler Division and $3,272.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Hunter Utley, Cordova, Tenn., eight bass, 19-0, $3,272

2^nd: Mike Allen, Crystal Springs, Miss., eight bass , 16-15, $1,411

3^rd: Jason Mitchell, Hamilton, Miss., six bass, 13-5, $908

4^th: Ray Higginbotham, Brooksville, Miss., six bass, 10-12, $635

5^th: Kevin Culpepper, Seminary, Miss., four bass, 10-8, $545

6^th: Charles Conn, Pearl, Miss., six bass, 10-0, $499

7^th: Mike Hall, Purvis, Miss., four bass, 9-13, $454

8^th: Bobby Murphy, Florence, Miss., five bass, 9-13, $408

9^th: Jimmy Tisdale, Ellisville, Miss., five bass, 9-4, $363

10^th: Lance Jackson, Starkville, Miss., three bass, 9-2, $318

Utley also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 5 pounds, 1 ounce – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $349.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 19-21 BFL Regional Championship on the Red River in Bossier City, Louisiana. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

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.

GEORGIA’S MCMULLEN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION FINALE ON LAKE WYLIE

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October 3, 2017

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GEORGIA’S MCMULLEN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION FINALE ON LAKE WYLIE

Gaston’s Wingate Nabs Co-angler Title

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ROCK HILL, S.C. (Oct. 2, 2017) – Boater Willie McMullen of Oxford, Georgia, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) South Carolina Division tournament on Lake Wylie with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 26 pounds, 3 ounces. For his win, McMullen pocketed $5,082.

“I caught everything fairly shallow from isolated wood and docks,” said McMullen, who earned his first career-win in FLW competition. “I spent the tournament in the South Fork Catawba River arm and was able to catch seven keepers on Saturday and nine on Sunday.”

McMullen estimated that 12 of his bass bit a white Z-Man ChatterBait while the other four preferred a black Picasso Din R Bel Buzzbait or a June Bug-colored Zoom Dead Ringer Worm.

“I had a little milk run and hit the same stuff each day,” said McMullen. “Everything came from less than 3 feet of water. The water level actually dropped throughout the weekend, which both helped and hurt me. It isolated targets to where I could pick apart areas without fan casting, but it also dried out some spots by Sunday.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Willie McMullen, Oxford, Ga., 10 bass, 26-3, $5,082

2^nd: Scott Hamrick, Denver, N.C., 10 bass, 23-8, $2,541

3^rd: Timmy Thompkins, Myrtle Beach, S.C., nine bass, 22-8, $1,925

4^th: Mel Long, Hampton, S.C., 10 bass, 21-11, $1,139

5^th: Chuck Howard, Elloree, S.C., 10 bass, 20-15, $976

6^th: Ron Brown, Santee, S.C., 10 bass, 20-13, $895

7^th: Nathan Webber, Lake Wylie, S.C., 10 bass, 20-6, $814

8^th: Shane Lineberger , Lincolnton, N.C., nine bass, 20-3, $732

9^th: Bryan New, Belmont, N.C., nine bass, 19-9, $651

10^th: Cole Huskins, Mount Holly, N.C., 10 bass, 18-15, $570

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

John Haas of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, caught a 4-pound, 12-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the Boater Big Bass award of $600.

Mark Wingate of Gaston, South Carolina, caught a two-day total of seven bass weighing 16 pounds, 4 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $2,634.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Mark Wingate, Gaston, S.C., seven bass, 16-4, $2,634

2^nd: Jared Upchurch, Lugoff, S.C., seven bass, 14-6, $1,217

3^rd: Tommy Floyd, Coward, S.C., seven bass, 14-1, $813

4^th: Marcus Leech, Gastonia, N.C., seven bass, 13-7, $568

5^th: Thomas Robbins, Jackson, S.C., eight bass, 13-2, $537

6^th: Brandon Jeffcoat, Columbia, S.C., seven bass, 11-14, $446

7^th: Terry Carteret, Charlotte, N.C., four bass, 10-13, $406

8^th: Charles Wood, Thomasville, N.C., four bass, 10-12, $657

9^th: Tristen Trull, Mount Holly, N.C., six bass, 10-8, $325

10^th: Terry Coleman, Sumter, S.C., four bass, 9-5, $284

Wood caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 4 pounds, 12 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $292.

The T-H Marine FLW BFL South Carolina Division tournament on Lake Wylie was hosted by the Rock Hill/York County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 19-21 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Georgia. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

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.

Frank Harris & Mike Garner Win BASS Nation Of VA 2017 Fall Classic Kerr Lake October 1,2017

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October 3, 2017

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Frank Harris & Mike Garner Win BASS Nation Of VA 2017 Fall Classic Kerr Lake October 1,2017

On a beautiful weekend in early Fall 71 teams landed on Buggs Island to fish the Bass Nation of VA Fall Classic for their chance of winning their place on the State Team. Saturday Started off with a bang with a lot of the anglers bringing in good weight’s. But Sunday was a different story, with weights averaging in the 9lb mark it made it rough on those leading or in the top ten on day 1. With the average two day bag weight of 14lbs it was rough on a lot of the teams. But one team was able to figure it all out the team of Frank Harris & Mike Garner bringing in a two day weight of 28.45lbs. Congratulations to everyone that made the state team in 2017 & we wish them all the best of luck at the Team Championship.

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FLW ANNOUNCES KENTUCKY/BARKLEY LAKES AS 2017 T-H MARINE BFL WILD CARD VENUE

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FLW ANNOUNCES KENTUCKY/BARKLEY LAKES AS 2017 T-H MARINE BFL WILD CARD VENUE

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MINNEAPOLIS (Oct. 2, 2017) – FLW announced today that the 2017 T-H Marine BFL Wild Card tournament will take place on Kentucky and Barkley lakes, Nov. 10-11. The previously reported date of Oct. 27-28 was changed due to a scheduling conflict. The event will launch from the Kentucky Dam Marina, located at 466 Marina Drive in Gilbertsville, Kentucky.

In order to be eligible to fish the no-entry-fee BFL Wild Card tournament, anglers must have entered all five events within a BFL division during the 2017 season and fished at least two of them. In addition, anglers who have already qualified for a BFL regional are ineligible.

During the BFL Wild Card tournament, the full field competes both days, with winners determined by the heaviest two-day catch. The top six boaters and top six co-anglers will advance to the 2018 T-H Marine BFL All-American, held on Cross Lake in Shreveport, Louisiana, May 31-June 2, hosted by the Shreveport-Bossier City Sports Commission and the Red River Waterway Commission.

An optional pot is available to anglers who elect to participate at the BFL Wild Card tournament. Entry fees for the optional pot will be $230 for boaters and $115 for co-anglers, with the top 20 percent of anglers who elect to participate in the optional pot receiving checks. There will be no official practice period or off-limits period prior to the pretournament meeting for the Wild Card. No contestant may be on tournament waters for the purpose of locating bass or potential fishing waters after the start of the pretournament meeting except during tournament hours.

Entry for the BFL Wild Card is now open and runs through Thursday, November 9, 2017, at 6 p.m. Central time. You may enter by phone on or before Wednesday, November 8, at 270.252.1000. Entries on November 9 will be taken onsite at the pretournament meeting at the Kentucky Dam Marina. The 2017 T-H Marine BFL Wild Card tournament is being hosted by the Kentucky Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau.

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. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

ZWOLLE’S FREEMAN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE COWBOY DIVISION FINALE ON TOLEDO BEND LAKE

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ZWOLLE’S FREEMAN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE COWBOY DIVISION FINALE ON TOLEDO BEND LAKE

Texas’ Shelton Takes Co-angler Title

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MANY, La. (Oct. 2, 2017) – Boater Glen Freeman of Zwolle, Louisiana, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Cowboy Division tournament on Toledo Bend Lake Sunday with a two-day cumulative total of 10 bass weighing 37 pounds, 11 ounces. For his efforts, Freeman took home $8,074.

“I fished offshore ridges, just above the Pendleton Bridge, in 15 to 20 feet of water,” said Freeman, who notched his ninth career win on Toledo Bend in BFL competition. “The main thing for me this weekend was timing. They’d bite early in some spots one day, and the next day they’d bite late in those spots. You had to be in the right place at the right time.”

Freeman said he rotated between two lures to catch his fish – a Red Bug-colored Texas-rigged Double Z Lures Magnum-T Worm and a Mister Twister worm. He said he caught seven keepers Saturday and around 10 on Sunday.

“It was a lot of basic, offshore, old-fashioned Texas-rig worm fishing out there,” said Freeman.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Glen Freeman, Zwolle, La., 10 bass, 37-11, $6,074 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd: Albert Collins, Nacogdoches, Texas, 10 bass, 36-7, $3,037

3^rd: Nick Lebrun, Bossier City, La., 10 bass, 32-7, $1,957

4^th: Randy Deaver, Blanchard, La., 10 bass, 30-13, $1,371

5^th: Charles DuBroc, Hessmer, La., nine bass, 29-4, $1,865

6^th: Darold Gleason, Many, La., 10 bass, 28-3, $1,077

7^th: Kyle Guidry, Opelousas, La., nine bass, 25-10, $979

8^th: Kevin Jeane, Natchitoches, La., 10 bass, 25-7, $881

9^th: Brian Martin, Hemphill, Texas, 10 bass, 24-15, $783

10^th: Philip Crelia, Center, Texas, 10 bass, 24-10, $685

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Stephen Reitzell of Colfax, Louisiana, caught an 8-pound, 9-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the Boater Big Bass award of $390.

Justin Shelton of Kemp, Texas, caught a two-day total of eight bass weighing 27 pounds, 7 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $3,037.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Justin Shelton, Kemp, Texas, eight bass, 27-7, $3,037

2^nd: David Kayda, Huffman, Texas, five bass, 21-12, $1,518

3^rd: Charles Dellard, Burleson, Texas, nine bass, 21-0, $979

4^th: Russell Lewis, Pineville, La., 10 bass, 20-8, $685

5^th: Cedric Jackson, Sicily Island, La., five bass, 17-9, $587

6^th: Doug Estep, Baton Rouge, La., eight bass, 14-4, $538

7^th: Gary Medley, Vidor, Texas, six bass, 14-0, $489

8^th: Logan Slaughter, Dallas, Texas, seven bass, 13-15, $441

9^th: Dwayne Dennis, Colmesneil, Texas, five bass, 13-15, $392

10^th: Alexander Phillips, Bossier, La., seven bass, 13-0, $343

Tim Woodard of Rosepine, Louisiana, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 7 pounds, 1 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $390.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 19-21 BFL Regional Championship on the Red River in Bossier City, Louisiana. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

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.

DAVIS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE CHOO CHOO DIVISION FINALE ON LAKE GUNTERSVILLE PRESENTED BY MUD HOLE CUSTOM TACKLE

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DAVIS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE CHOO CHOO DIVISION FINALE ON LAKE GUNTERSVILLE PRESENTED BY MUD HOLE CUSTOM TACKLE

Dawson’s Harcrow Nabs Co-angler Title

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SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (Oct. 2, 2017) – FLW Tour pro Alex Davis of Albertville, Alabama, weighed a two-day cumulative of 10 bass totaling 34 pounds, 9 ounces to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Choo Choo Division tournament on Lake Guntersville presented by Mud Hole Custom Tackle. For his win, Davis pocketed $7,704.

“On Saturday I caught 20 keepers – it was a great day,” said Davis, who earned his third career-victory in BFL competition. “My heaviest came from a 20-yard stretch that had hollow milfoil surrounded by hydrilla. It was near shore and ended up being the area that carried me through the tournament.”

Davis said 8 of 10 fish that he weighed in were caught on a black Jackall Kaera Frog.

“I started out at the stretch Sunday, but wasn’t able to put anything in the boat,” said Davis. “After letting the area rest, I returned and caught two keepers including a 5-pounder using a (black and blue) Jackall Archelon.”

Following those fish, Davis said he was forced to leave his area due to large waves.

“I went to a spot where I had gotten couple of bites in practice, but when I got there, my trolling motor cable broke,” said Davis. “I spent the rest of the day putting my Power-Poles down, fishing and then moving the boat with my outboard. Luckily, I was in an area that didn’t really need a trolling motor to be productive.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Alex Davis, Albertville, Ala., 10 bass, 34-9, $5,704 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd: Blake Hall, Hartselle, Ala., 10 bass, 34-2, $2,752

3^rd: Douglas Webster, Pinson, Ala., 10 bass, 33-9, $1,935

4^th: Lealand Johnson, Arab, Ala., 10 bass, 32-6, $1,584

5^th: Triston Crowder, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., 10 bass, 30-1, $1,101

6^th: Dennis Barnes, Boaz, Ala., nine bass, 28-5, $1,009

7^th: John Davenport, Huntsville, Ala., 10 bass, 27-14, $917

8^th: James Smith, Huntsville, Ala., nine bass, 27-10, $826

9^th: James Stoler, Decatur, Ala., seven bass, 22-11, $734

10^th: Ryan Salzman, Huntsville, Ala., nine bass, 21-15, $642

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Pat Kelly of Guntersville, Alabama, caught a bass weighing 7 pounds even – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the Boater Big Bass award of $705.

Chris Harcrow of Dawson, Alabama, caught a two-day total of eight bass weighing 22 pounds, 5 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $2,635.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Chris Harcrow, Dawson, Al a., eight bass, 22-5, $2,635

2^nd: Stephen Barday, Acworth, Ga., eight bass, 21-0, $1,317

3^rd: Danny Moss, Glencoe, Ala., six bass, 20-7, $1,217

4^th: Corey Williams, Lenoir City, Tenn., six bass, 19-4, $715

5^th: Lee Graves, Southside, Ala., eight bass, 18-15, $527

6^th: Dan Basham, Taylorsville, Ky., six bass, 16-7, $533

7^th: Dennis Sandoval, Decatur, Ala., five bass, 13-10, $439

8^th: Randy Hill, Athens, Ala., five bass, 11-10, $395

9^th: David Perron, Dayton, Tenn., four bass, 11-0, $351

10^th: Chris Walters, Dayton, Tenn., four bass, 10-15, $307

Moss caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 5 pounds, 12 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $337.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 12-14 BFL Regional Championship on Wheeler Lake in Decatur, Alabama. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

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.

Jeff & Clay Ross Win HillCity Bassmaster SML September 30,2017

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Jeff & Clay Ross Win HillCity Bassmaster SML September 30,2017

We would like to thank everyone for showing up today to fish with the guys from SML. We had 13 boats that compted in todays event & congratulations goes out to Jeff & Clay Ross with a total weight of 15.15lbs

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Jeff & Clay Ross Win HillCity Bassmaster SML September 30,2017

We would like to thank everyone for showing up today to fish with the guys from SML. We had 13 boats that compted in todays event & congratulations goes out to Jeff & Clay Ross with a total weight of 15.15lbs

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