Tackle Talk: Gene Larew Rattlin’ Crawler By Walker Smith June 27,2017

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Tackle Talk: Gene Larew Rattlin’ Crawler

Walker Smith

June 27,2017

There’s much more to this soft-plastic bass fishing bait than initially meets the eye.

Soft plastic pitching and flipping baits aren’t necessarily the most exciting things to read—or write—about. I totally get it. So when I put together a review on something like this, it’s simply because it works. Hang with me for a second, because this particular bait is worth a few minutes of your time.

I’ve been tinkering with the Gene Larew Rattlin’ Crawler for quite a while now and it has been catching ‘em in some pretty tough conditions. It’s working in both shallow and deep water, so I think a lot of anglers will be able to put it to good use.

INAVX ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF NAVIONICS+ CHARTS IN THE INAVX IN-APP CHART STORE

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INAVX ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF NAVIONICS+ CHARTS IN THE INAVX IN-APP CHART STORE

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The Most Powerful Marine Navigation App Now Offers Even More Chart Options for iOS Users
San Francisco, Calif. – iNavX, the benchmark marine navigation mobile application, announced today, in partnership with Navionics, the availability of Navionics+ charts in the iNavX In-App Chart Store. This is another first for the industry and solidifies iNavX as the premier and market leading marine navigation application available.
Navionics+, a powerful electronic chart solution for navigators – provides greater content and access to more marine areas and lakes than other products on the market, and ensures that content remains up to date. With Navionics+, users can select the most accurate navigational data – an exclusive one-foot HD bathymetry map – from one of seven extensive global regions. For the U.S. & Canada region, boaters can choose both freshwater and saltwater charts throughout the entire region. Navionics+ chart features include both Nautical Chart and SonarChartTM.
“We are constantly pushing the envelope to offer our users an unparalleled level of capabilities and options when it comes to the charts that they can use. No other marine navigation application offers users the breadth of chart provider choices,” said Shaun Steingold, CEO, NavX Studios. “With their Navionics+ charts, Navionics has proven again why they are the most popular chart provider. We are honored to partner with them and bring their award-winning charts to our iNavX users.”
“iNavX is an ideal pairing with our award-winning Navionics+ charts,” said Don Black, senior vice president of global sales and marketing at Navionics. “The extensive iNavX user base will reap the ample rewards of safer boating and more successful fishing thanks to the combination of intuitive navigation and incredible accuracy.”
iNavX is the leading marine navigation app and the only application that supports hundreds of worldwide charts from all the top chart providers. The perfect marine navigation chartplotter that also fits in the palm of your hand, iNavX can be used as a full-color chartplotter, a toolkit or as a redundancy system. The feature-rich app is capable of displaying current position in real-time using a mobile device’s built-in GPS, as well as plotting course, bearing and waypoints. Supporting NMEA data over TCP/IP, iNavX also integrates with external GPS, AIS receivers and transponders, and networked instruments including depth, speed, wind, engine data, and battery voltage meters. Users can easily manipulate data by panning, zooming and rotating charts, as well as downloading GRIB weather forecasts.
Availability iNavX is available for Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPads from the App Store, and is priced at $24.99. Worldwide Navionics+ Charts are available for purchase within iNavX. Prices vary by region. For more information on iNavX, contact [email protected] or visit www.inavx.com.

MILLS, BECKLEY TIE FOR WIN AT T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE LBL DIVISION EVENT ON KENTUCKY/BARKLEY LAKES

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MILLS, BECKLEY TIE FOR WIN AT T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE LBL DIVISION EVENT ON KENTUCKY/BARKLEY LAKES

Taylorsville’s Basham Takes Co-angler Title

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GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. (June 26, 2017) – Hunter Mills of Mayfield, Kentucky, and Don Beckley of Paducah, Kentucky, each brought five bass weighing 21 pounds, 12 ounces, to the scale Saturday to tie for the win at the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) LBL Division tournament on Kentucky and Barkley lakes. For their limits, Mills earned $5,462 after contingency bonuses, while Beckley took home $3,462.

“I fished north of Jonathan Creek on the east side of the main-river channel,” said Beckley, who notched his first career-win in BFL competition. “I sat in 25 to 30 feet of water, which is a lot deeper than most people go. When I got to my area, I stayed there all day because there was a lot of wind and boat traffic.”

Beckley said he was able to catch 12 to 15 keepers throughout the tournament.

“I stayed south of the sweet spot about 50 yards, and every hour I’d ease in there and catch a 4-pounder,” said Beckley. “It was important that I let the fish rest. I used a ¾-ounce football-head jig with a green pumpkin-colored (Strike King Rage Tail) Craw trailer and dragged it as slow as I possibly could.”

“I did a lot of cranking, mostly in 25 to 27 feet of water,” said Mills, a current FLW College Fishing Murray State University angler who also earned his first career-win on the BFL circuit. “The Tennessee Valley Authority was pulling water which created a lot of current and that was a big factor for the crankbait bite.”

Mills said he spent his morning on the north side of Eggner’s Ferry Bridge, and after 9:30 a.m. he moved south. Mills said he fished around eight areas throughout the event, and used a Profound Outdoors Randy Haynes’ Azuma Z Boss 25 crankbait to catch his fish.

“Some of the bass were on top of the ledges, and some were hanging right off of the lip,” said Mills. “There was a north wind that impacted how I fished. Normally the wind is from the south and I have to face it and cast into it, but on Saturday, I had to reposition the boat a few times because they would only bite the bait if it was coming from a certain direction.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Hunter Mills, Mayfield, Ky., five bass, 21-12, $3,462 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

1^st: Don Beckley, Paducah, Ky., five bass, 21-12, $3,462

3^rd: Cole Floyd, Leesburg, Ohio, five bass, 21-11, $1,551

4^th: Brent Anderson, Kingston Springs, Tenn., five bass, 21-5, $942

4^th: Stuart Eversole, Middletown, Ohio, five bass, 21-5, $942

6^th: Jordan Hartman, Murray, Ky., five bass, 20-12, $798

7^th: David Young, Mayfield, Ky., five bass, 20-6, $725

8^th: Tommy Williams, Shepherdsville, Ky., five bass, 19-4, $653

9^th: Thomas O’Bryant, Cedar Grove, Tenn., five bass, 17-11, $515

9^th: Sam White, Gilbertsville, Ky., five bass, 17-11, $515

9^th: Keith Amerson, Bethel Springs, Tenn., five bass, 17-11, $515

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Rob Vannerson of Benton, Kentucky, caught a fish weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $615.

Dan Basham of Taylorsville, Kentucky, won the Co-angler Division and $2,375 Saturday after weighing five bass totaling 18 pounds, 2 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Dan Basham, Taylorsville, Ky., five bass, 18-2, $2,375

2^nd: Bryce Morrison, Collierville, Tenn., five bass, 17-12, $1,138

3^rd: Mike Beasley, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 17-2, $726

4^th: Taylor Genz, Indian Mound, Tenn., five bass, 16-8, $507

5^th: Benton Peoples, Bardstown, Ky., five bass, 16-3, $742

6^th: Craig Middleton, Harrodsburg, Ky., five bass, 15-8, $399

7^th: Jake Steinkuhl, Evansville, Ind., five bass, 15-6, $363

8^th: Scott Sims, Morgantown, Ind., five bass, 15-3, $326

9^th: Dean Dearwester, Cincinnati, Ohio, four bass, 14-2, $290

10^th: Colby Shaver, Owensboro, Ky., five bass, 13-8, $254

Peoples caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 5 pounds, 10 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $307.

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 the Barren River in Scottsville, Kentucky. 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. 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.

SAMO, FELDERMANN TIE FOR WIN AT T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE GREAT LAKES DIVISION EVENT ON WOLF RIVER CHAIN

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SAMO, FELDERMANN TIE FOR WIN AT T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE GREAT LAKES DIVISION EVENT ON WOLF RIVER CHAIN

Knox, Pliwko Tie for Co-angler Title

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WINNECONNE, Wis. (June 26, 2017) – Curtis Samo of Rochelle, Illinois, and Mike Feldermann of Galena, Illinois, each caught five bass Saturday weighing 13 pounds, 10 ounces, Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Great Lakes Division tournament on the Wolf River Chain. For their efforts, Feldermann earned $5,731 after contingency bonuses, while Samo took home $3,431.

“I flipped brush, grass and rocks in Lake Winneconne,” said Samo, who logged his fifth career-win in BFL competition. “It was post-frontal conditions, and in my opinion, flipping is the best technique after a front moves through.”

Samo said he had five areas that he focused on, and that he caught every fish on a green-pumpkin and purple-colored Chompers Ultra Pro Tube.

“I dipped the tail in orange as well,” said Samo. “A little bit of orange flash works great on Winneconne because when you open the livewell, it’s filled with orange crawdads that the bass regurgitate.”

“I targeted bass in a slough right off of the main river that had some good grass, coontail and laydowns in it,” said Feldermann, who earned his ninth career-win on the BFL circuit. “I used a black and blue-colored (Berkley Havoc Grass Pig) swimbait in about 3 feet of clean water. The stretch was about a mile long. I stayed in there all day and only had five bites.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Curtis Samo, Rochelle, Ill., five bass, 13-10, $3,431

1^st: Mike Feldermann, Galena, Ill., five bass, 13-10, $3,731 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

3^rd: Jim Jones, Big Bend, Wis., five bass, 13-6, $1,725

4^th: Cade Laufenberg, Winona, Minn., five bass, 13-0, $1,168

5^th: Jason Howland, Albert Lea, Minn., five bass, 12-15, $877

5^th: Clayton Reitz, Morton, Ill., four bass, 12-15, $877

7^th: Brad Leifermann, Andover, Minn., five bass, 12-12, $763

8^th: Mike Wilmoth, Onalaska, Wis., five bass, 12-11, $686

9^th: Rick Martin, Winter, Wis., five bass, 12-6, $610

10^th: Kyler Chelminiak, McKenzie, Tenn., five bass, 12-3, $534

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Mike Ratz of Hudson, Wisconsin, caught a 4-pound, 5-ounce bass – the heaviest of the day in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $665.

Matt Knox of Metamora, Illinois, and John Pliwko of Plover, Wisconsin, each weighed five bass totaling 10 pounds, 7 ounces, to tie for the win in the Co-angler Division. Each angler pocketed $1,716 for their limits.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Matt Knox, Metamora, Ill., five bass, 10-7, $1,716

1^st: John Pliwko, Plover, Wis., five bass, 10-7, $1,716

3^rd: Mongshoua Xiong, La Crosse, Wis., five bass, 9-8, $762

4^th: Mike Puterbaugh, Montello, Wis., three bass, 8-15, $534

5^th: Tom Lyskawka, Arlington Heights, Ill., four bass, 8-11, $458

6^th: Steve Ubersox, Cherry Valley, Ill., four bass, 8-3, $419

7^th: Paul Vonwald, La Crosse, Wis., four bass, 7-14, $362

7^th: Jaz Duncan, Eau Claire, Wis., four bass, 7-14, $362

9^th: Mike Kochanski, Bolingbrook, Ill., four bass, 7-9, $305

10^th: Charles Novotny, Mauston, Wis., three bass, 7-7, $267

Rex McTier of Endeavor, Wisconsin, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 3 pounds, 7 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $332.

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 the Barren River in Scottsville, Kentucky. 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. 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.

FENTON’S CUNNINGHAM WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MICHIGAN DIVISION OPENER ON DETROIT RIVER

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FENTON’S CUNNINGHAM WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MICHIGAN DIVISION OPENER ON DETROIT RIVER

Redford’s Borsa Claims Co-angler Title

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TRENTON, Mich. (June 26, 2017) – Mike Cunningham of Fenton, Michigan, caught five bass weighing 23 pounds, 1 ounce, Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Michigan Division opener on the Detroit River. Cunningham took home $3,718 for his victory.

“I’ve been fishing BFL tournaments for a long time and this is my first win – it’s pretty special,” said Cunningham, whose previous top finish in BFL competition was a 19^th-place showing on Lake St. Clair in 2015. “I targeted a ridge in Lake Erie that had a nice flat. It stayed active until noon and then it shut down.”

Cunningham said he began his day using a green pumpkin-colored Smack Daddy Baby Elite Tube. He said he put a couple of good fish in the boat, but decided to switch techniques after losing two 4- and 5-pounders.

“After I lost the bigger fish I picked up my drop-shot rod and went to work,” said Cunningham. “I used a Poor Boy’s Erie Darter in 12 feet of water and stuck them hard. I probably caught 40 fish, and was releasing 4-pounders at one point. It ended up being a great day out there.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Mike Cunningham, Fenton, Mich., five bass, 23-1, $3,718

2^nd: Arthur Teper, Lake Orion, Mich., five bass, 22-1, $2,544

3^rd: Kyle Greene, Ortonville, Mich., five bass, 21-12, $1,338

4^th: Dan Mittlestat, Woodhaven, Mich., five bass, 20-9, $867

5^th: David Reault, Livonia, Mich., five bass, 19-11, $744

6^th: Mark Modrak, China Township, Mich., five bass, 19-5, $982

7^th: Randy Ramsey, Burlington, Mich., five bass, 19-0, $620

8^th: Michael Sitko, Pinckney, Mich., five bass, 18-12, $558

9^th: Freddy Hurley, Somerset, Ky., five bass, 18-10, $496

10^th: Jerry Arnett, Mexico, Ind., five bass, 18-9, $434

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Teper caught a 5-pound, 11-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $485.

Philip Borsa of Redford, Michigan, caught five bass weighing 19 pounds, 5 ounces, Saturday to win the Co-angler Division and $1,859.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Philip Borsa, Redford, Mich., five bass, 19-5, $1,859

2^nd: Aaron Stahley, Batavia, Ohio, five bass, 18-4, $974

2^nd: Jeffrey Thomson, Birmingham, Mich., five bass, 18-4, $774

4^th: John Lovin, Fayetteville, Ohio, five bass, 17-14, $555

5^th: Jerry Propst, Jasper, Texas, five bass, 17-11, $422

6^th: Cyril Haxton, Peru, Ind., five bass, 17-10, $325

6^th: Robert Hernandez, Canton, Mich., five bass, 17-10, $325

8^th: Jamie Elliott, Warsaw, Ind., five bass, 17-9, $279

9^th: Erik Jacques, Harrison Township, Mich., five bass, 17-5, $248

10^th: Matt Vermilyea, Perrysburg, Ohio, five bass, 16-12, $206

10^th: Dan O’Neil, Canton, Mich., five bass, 16-12, $206

John Murphy of Mooresville, Indiana, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 4 pounds, 12 ounces – and earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $121.

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 the Barren River in Scottsville, Kentucky. 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. 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.

Smith Mountain Lake Fishing Report July 2017 By Captain Dale Wilson

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Smith Mountain Lake Fishing Report July 2017 By Captain Dale Wilson

SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE FISHING REPORT
July 2017
DALE WILSON’S
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PHONE NO: 540-297-5650 / 540-874-4950
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Picture: Tom Brook from Pennsylvania with a nice large mouth bass caught while fishing with Captain Dale Wilson last month.

OVERVIEW- The fishing has been slow the past several weeks! The water conditions have changed from the heavy rains and the above average air temperature. Fishing for bass has been fair at night this past month! Water temperature will be in the upper 70’s to low 80’s. Best times will be early morning, late afternoon and at night. July is usually a good month to fish at night, for most species of fish, except stripers.

Largemouth Bass- Fishing for largemouth bass will be fair this month. Best lures will be large plastic worms, jigs, drop shots, deep diving crank baits and Carolina rigs. Main points, brush piles, deep rocks, ledges and deep docks will be the best areas to try your luck. Best depths will be from surface to 20 feet deep. Remember to take care of the bass and release them! Fishing will be fair at night when the shad are shallow. Best lures at night are wake baits, spinner baits, jigs and shallow running crank baits.

Smallmouth Bass- Fishing will be fair. Best areas will be humps, rocky areas and long main channel points. Best lures will be tubes, jig & pig, hair jigs, drop shots and medium diving crank baits. Best areas will be in the mid to the lower sections of the lake. Cloudy days with wind and at night are good times to try your luck! Look for areas with rocks, stumps and deep ledges close to the creek channels. Look for humps and isolated rocks near deep water. Smallmouth bass feed heavily on crawfish around the full moon.

Striped Bass- Fishing will be good this month. Stripers will be caught in the mid to lower sections of the lake and in the large creeks. Best lures will be swim baits, buck tails and Zoom flukes fished on 1/2 to 3/4 oz. lead heads. Best time to fish is cloudy days and early mornings. The best depths will be from the 25 to 60 feet deep. Live bait fished on down lines and planner boards work good this month. The stripers will constantly be on the move. Find the largest concentration of shad. Night fishing will be poor this month. Look for large schools of stripers with your electronics.

Crappie- Fishing for crappie will be poor this month. The best depths will be 10 to 25 ft. deep. Crappie will be found around deep 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 1/16 to 1/8 oz. lead heads will work best to catch crappie this month. Best areas are the main creeks and the upper section of the lake.

TIP OF THE Month- Always wear your life jacket. Most fish will be caught early morning and at night. When fishing at night you need to fish with a partner, for safety! Find areas with the largest concentration of bait fish. You can also hear reports about local fishing on the website: THE BASS CAST RADIO SHOW & WSLK radio each month. Make sure your running lights are on after dark! Remember to TAKE A KID FISHING!

TROY’S MURPHY WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE BUCKEYE DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON INDIAN LAKE

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TROY’S MURPHY WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE BUCKEYE DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON INDIAN LAKE

Hamilton’s Wilkens Claims Co-angler Title

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LAKEVIEW, Ohio (June 26, 2017) – Michael Murphy of Troy, Ohio, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Buckeye Division tournament on Indian Lake Saturday with a five-bass limit weighing 11 pounds, 2 ounces. For his win, Murphy took home $4,610.

“When I found out I won, it was unbelievable,” said Murphy, who earned his first career-victory in FLW competition. “I’ve wanted that trophy for a long time. I never expected it in a million years.”

To craft his limit, Murphy said he sat in 3 feet of water and threw a shad-colored Luck-E-Strike RC2 crankbait along small rock patches between seawalls.

“I hit a 150-yard stretch around Wolf Island,” said Murphy. “I caught my limit within the first 40 minutes of the event, culled one in the next hour and caught my biggest fish at 9:15 (a.m.). The wind was blowing into the bank, and I think it was pushing baitfish into the rock patches. It was one of those magical mornings.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Michael Murphy, Troy, Ohio, five bass, 11-2, $4,610

2^nd: Daniel Sepeck, West Union, Ohio, five bass, 10-10, $2,505

3^rd: Chris Bulaw, Wheaton, Ill., five bass, 10-1, $1,536

4^th: Dan Moran, London, Ohio, five bass, 9-10, $1,176

5^th: James Mayle, Newark, Ohio, five bass, 9-6, $845

5^th: John Roth, Lawrenceburg, Ind., four bass, 9-6, $845

5^th: James Hailstones, Cincinnati, Ohio, five bass, 9-6, $845

8^th: Kyle Weisenburger, Ottawa, Ohio, five bass, 9-4, $614

8^th: Tony Newland, Belle Center, Ohio, five bass, 9-4, $614

8^th: Brandon Good, Fort Jennings, Ohio, four bass, 9-4, $614

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Dave Perry of Trenton, Ohio, caught a bass weighing 4 pounds, 7 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $670.

Brent Wilkens of Hamilton, Ohio, won the Co-angler Division and $2,505 Saturday after weighing five bass totaling 10 pounds, 5 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Brent Wilkens, Hamilton, Ohio, five bass, 10-5, $2,505

2^nd: Adam Coleman, Canal Winchester, Ohio, five bass, 8-7, $1,152

3^rd: Ryan McCusker, Beaver Falls, Pa., five bass, 7-3, $768

4^th: Alexander Datz, Thornville, Ohio, three bass, 6-15, $923

5^th: Jon Angstmann, Saint Marys, Ohio, five bass, 6-13, $461

6^th: Dennis Blakely, Norwalk, Ohio, four bass, 6-6, $423

7^th: Bradley Fulton, Ray, Ohio, four bass, 6-3, $384

8^th: Roy Lester, Hamilton, Ohio, three bass, 5-15, $346

9^th: Alfie Bricker, West Portsmouth, Ohio, three bass, 5-8, $307

10^th: Jeffrey Lewis, Greenup, Ky., three bass, 5-5, $269

Datz weighed the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a 4-pound, 12-ouncer. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $335.

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 the Barren River in Scottsville, Kentucky. 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. 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.

Seth Brogan & Roger Castillo Win Region 2 VA Bass Nation SMl June 25,2017

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Seth Brogan & Roger Castillo Win Region 2 VA Bass Nation SMl June 25,2017

1st Place Seth Brogan & Roger Castillo with five fish weighing 19.10lbs.

2nd Place John Cole & Jay Nicely with five fish weighing 15.38lbs.

3rd Place Jeff Hitt & Costas Melendez with five fish weighing 14.35lbs

Lunker Went to Eddie Fore weighing 4.87lbs.

CARTHAGE’S WAGGONER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OZARK DIVISION EVENT ON LAKE OF THE OZARKS

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CARTHAGE’S WAGGONER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OZARK DIVISION EVENT ON LAKE OF THE OZARKS

Kansas’ Sloan Earns Co-angler Title

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WARSAW, Mo. (June 26, 2017) – Joe Waggoner of Carthage, Missouri, caught a five-bass limit weighing 18 pounds, 15 ounces, Saturday to earn top honors at the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Ozark Division tournament on Lake of the Ozarks. For his efforts, Waggoner pocketed $4,672.

“I focused on main-lake and secondary points with brush, from mid-lake down to the lower end,” said Waggoner, who earned his first career-victory as a boater in BFL competition. “I probably hit 12 areas and revisited the ones that were the most productive.”

Waggoner said his primary points were littered with bait after local authorities pulled water to bring the lake level down.

“My Lowrance units helped me see the bait on the points, which gave me more confidence to stop and fish them,” said Waggoner. “I caught almost all of my weight by 8 (a.m.) and after that it died off. They actually stopped pulling water the morning of the tournament, and I think that’s what scattered them.”

Waggoner said he caught his limit on a plum-colored Zoom Ol’ Monster Worm with a ½-ounce Bullet Weights tungsten slip sinker.

“In the afternoon I caught three good ones on points that were across from each other to finish out my day,” said Waggoner. “I guess I just ran the right points at the right time.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Joe Waggoner, Carthage, Mo., five bass, 18-15, $4,672

2^nd: Stan Tucker, Festus, Mo., five bass, 18-11, $2,236

3^rd: Brett Govreau, House Springs, Mo., five bass, 18-9, $1,492

4^th: Jeremy Johnson, Kansas City, Kan., five bass, 17-14, $968

4^th: Tom Alsop, Overland Park, Kan., five bass, 17-14, $1,068

6^th: Bryan Tracy, Saint Peters, Mo., five bass, 17-8, $820

7^th: Matthew Roberts, Osage Beach, Mo., five bass, 17-5, $745

8^th: Mike Roller, Purdy, Mo., five bass, 15-15, $671

9^th: Drew Sanford, Springfield, Mo., five bass, 15-12, $596

10^th: Wesley Myers, Raytown, Mo., five bass, 15-9, $522

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Roger Fitzpatrick of Eldon, Missouri, caught a bass weighing 6 pounds, 9 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $650.

Jacob Sloan of Paola, Kansas, won the Co-angler Division and $2,436 Saturday after catching a five-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 13 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Jacob Sloan, Paola, Kan., five bass, 17-13, $2,436

2^nd: Derrick Tyree, Owensville, Mo., five bass, 16-4, $1,168

3^rd: Kory Ries, Union, Mo., five bass, 15-3, $745

4^th: Matt Wertheimer, Arnold, Mo., five bass, 15-2, $522

5^th: Daniel Ashby, Independence, Mo., five bass, 15-1, $447

6^th: Chris Dale, Chanute, Kan., five bass, 14-1, $410

7^th: Rich Carpenter, Parkville, Mo., five bass, 12-11, $373

8^th: Quenten Reed, Osage Beach, Mo., five bass, 11-13, $335

9^th: Alan Quick, Springfield, Mo., four bass, 11-10, $298

10^th: Brandon Hecker, Camdenton, Mo., four bass, 10-11, $261

Charles Frick of Saint Louis, Missouri, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 5 pounds, 11 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $325.

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. 5-7 BFL Regional Championship on Kentucky Lake in Gilbertsville, Kentucky. 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. 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.

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