Tackle Talk: Gene Larew Hoodaddy By Walker Smith April 11,2017

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Tackle Talk: Gene Larew Hoodaddy

Walker Smith

April 11,2017

This soft plastic bass fishing bait has an excellent blend of bulk and profile that allows for lots of bites all year long.

I’m in the process of weeding out a bunch of plastics from my boat. They add a bunch of unnecessary weight and let’s be honest—many of them look just alike. It’s hard to reinvent soft plastics. So if I haven’t fished ‘em in a while, they go straight into my bulk storage bins.

One bait that will never leave my boat is the Gene Larew Hoodaddy. I’ve fished this bait for years and it’s one of my favorite flipping and pitching baits. I know that regardless of where I’m fishing, this thing will catch ‘em. Period.

Here’s why it’s such an important part of my lineup.

B.A.S.S. Adds Western High School Open To 2017 Schedule

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B.A.S.S. Adds Western High School Open To 2017 Schedule

High school anglers in the western half of the country will get another opportunity to qualify for the 2017 Costa Bassmaster High School National Championship presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods. Turner Mason (left) and Ryan Wood of the Front Range Bass Club in Colorado won the 2016 Costa Bassmaster High School National Championship held on Kentucky Lake out of Paris, Tenn., with a three-day total weight of 49 pounds, 4 ounces.

Photo by Ronnie Moore/B.A.S.S.

April 12, 2017

B.A.S.S. Adds Western High School Open To 2017 Schedule

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — High school anglers on the western side of the country now have another way to qualify for the 2017 Costa Bassmaster High School National Championship presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods.

On April 29 on Lake Oroville in Oroville, Calif., high school anglers from all of the western states can compete in a one-day tournament, the 2017 Costa Bassmaster High School Western Open presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods, for a chance to compete for the national title.

“We are pleased to offer a Western Open for our high school series,” said Hank Weldon, B.A.S.S. High School senior tournament manager. “Partnering with the California and Arizona B.A.S.S. Nations has been a very smooth and professional experience. I have no doubt this will be a fantastic event.”

High school anglers from Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming are eligible to compete. One two-person team for every 10 teams that participate will be offered a berth in the national championship.

The tournament was previously scheduled to host California clubs, but B.A.S.S. sanctioned it as a High School Western Open as an opportunity to get more high school anglers involved.

“We are proud to get to host this event,” said Mike Landy, California B.A.S.S. Nation youth director and tournament director for this Open. “We are also excited to see what the young anglers catch out on Oroville. It’s a great fishery.”

Lake Oroville made national headlines earlier this year when heavy rains in California threatened to destroy the dam.

Previously scheduled High School Opens are the Central Open in Louisiana that took place in March, the Midwest Open in April in Missouri, and the Southern Open in Tennessee. The Southern Open and the Western Open will take place on the same day, filling the last Open spots in the championship. Other berths are filled by state championships across the country.

“We want to get more of our Western high school anglers involved,” said Weldon, “and I definitely don’t think this will be our last Open out there.”

Takeoffs and weigh-ins will be held at Bidwell Marina in Oroville. The registration deadline is April 15. A tournament briefing will be held April 28 at 6 p.m. at North Valley Tackle in Oroville.

To register, contact Mike Landy, tournament director, at 916-233-7797 or [email protected].

COSTA FLW SERIES SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION HEADS TO GRAND LAKE FOR EVENT PRESENTED BY RANGER BOATS

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COSTA FLW SERIES SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION HEADS TO GRAND LAKE FOR EVENT PRESENTED BY RANGER BOATS

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GROVE, Okla. (April 11, 2017) – As many as 400 pros and co-anglers are set to compete in the Costa FLW Series Southwestern Division event on Grand Lake, April 20-22. The tournament, which is presented by Ranger Boats, is the second of three regular-season events scheduled in the Southwestern Division. Pros will be competing for a top award of up to $40,000 in cash and a new Ranger Z518C boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

“This is going to be a great tournament,” said FLW Tour pro James Watson of Lampe, Missouri, who finished in 11^th place on Grand Lake when the FLW Series visited in 2016. “There’s still going to be some prespawn activity going on and it could also be a good sight-fishing tournament, depending on water clarity.

“The whole lake will be in play,” continued Watson. “If I were fishing it, I’d pitch a jig or a Luck-E-Strike Ringmaster Creature bait in green-pumpkin or black colors. I’d also slow-roll a big ½-ounce double-willow War Eagle spinnerbait, or throw a Luck-E-Strike Rick Clunn RC2 square-billed crankbait and a G5 American Original crankbait.”

Watson said water clarity will be the key determinant in where anglers choose to fish.

“The sight-fishing will likely be best on the lower end where the water tends to be clearer,” said Watson. “When the Costa Series visited Grand Lake a couple of years ago, it was the best sight-fishing tournament I’ve ever competed in. On the upper end, there’s more color in the water and plenty of rock and laydowns for flipping and pitching. Fish will be setting up well on all of that stuff right now.”

Watson added that boat docks will also be popular, as long as competitors can navigate around their support cables.

“Boat docks will provide a good mix of prespawners and spawners,” said Watson. “If those don’t play out, get cranking down the banks.”

The Missouri pro said that a three-day cumulative weight ranging from 55 to 60 pounds should be enough to take home top honors.

Anglers will take off from Wolf Creek Park, located at 963 N. 16th St. in Grove at 6:30 a.m. CDT each day. Thursday and Friday’s weigh-ins will be held at the park beginning at 2:30 p.m. Saturday’s final weigh-in will be held at Walmart, located at 2115 S. Main St. in Grove, and will also begin at 2:30 p.m. Takeoffs and weigh-ins are free and open to the public. The event is hosted by the City of Grove.

In Costa FLW Series regular-season competition, payouts are based on the number of participants competing in the event. At Grand Lake, pros will fish for as much as $40,000 and a Ranger Z518C boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard if Ranger Cup qualified. Co-anglers will cast for a Ranger Z175 boat with a 90-horsepower Evinrude outboard and an additional $5,000 if Ranger Cup qualified.

The Costa FLW Series consists of five U.S. divisions – Central, Northern, Southeastern, Southwestern and Western. Each division consists of three tournaments with competitors vying for valuable points that could earn them the opportunity to fish in the Costa FLW Series Championship. The 2017 Costa FLW Series Championship is being held Nov. 2-4 on Kentucky Lake in Paris, Tennessee.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Costa FLW Series on Facebook at Facebook.com/FLWFishing and on Twitter at Twitter.com/FLWFishing.

BOAZ’S BARNES WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE CHOO CHOO DIVISION EVENT ON LAKE GUNTERSVILLE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

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BOAZ’S BARNES WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE CHOO CHOO DIVISION EVENT ON LAKE GUNTERSVILLE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Tennessee’s Armstrong tops Co-angler Division

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GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (April 11, 2017) – Boater Dennis Barnes of Boaz, Alabama, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 22 pounds, 1 ounce, Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Choo Choo Division event on Lake Guntersville presented by Navionics. Barnes took home $6,046 for his victory.

According to post-tournament reports, Barnes caught his limit fishing grass in the mid-lake area. He threw a Rat-L-Trap and a swimbait, with the majority of his fish coming from depths of 6 to 8 feet. It was Barnes’ fourth career victory in BFL competition.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Dennis Barnes, Boaz, Ala., five bass, 22-1, $4,046 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd: Derek Remitz, Grant, Ala., five bass, 21-15, $2,578

3^rd: Wayne Christopher, Huntsville, Ala., five bass, 20-12, $1,348

4^th: Daniel Whitaker, Phil Campbell, Ala., five bass, 20-6, $944

5^th: Tyler Stewart, Killen, Ala.., five bass, 19-11, $809

6^th: Jerry Perkins, Cullman, Ala.., five bass, 19-10, $742

7^th: Casey Martin, New Hope, Ala., five bass, 19-2, $974

8^th: Josh Butler, Athens, Ala., five bass, 18-13, $807

9^th: Scott Towry, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., five bass, 17-10, $639

10^th: Clayton Joyce, Chapel Hill, Tenn., five bass, 17-4, $472

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Remitz caught a 6-pound, 9-ounce bass, which was the heaviest of the tournament in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $555.

Jerry Armstrong of Shelbyville, Tennessee, weighed in five bass totaling 17 pounds, 14 ounces, Saturday to win the Co-angler Division and the top prize of $2,300.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Jerry Armstrong, Shelbyville, Tenn., five bass, 17-14, $2,300

2^nd: Rich Frey, Owens Cross Roads, Ala., five bass, 16-11, $1,011

3^rd: Jacob Coil, Huntsville, Ala., five bass, 16-4, $774

4^th: Jody Evans, Toney, Ala., five bass, 14-5, $472

5^th: Tony Hill, Chatsworth, Ga., five bass, 12-8, $455

6^th: Keith Chadwell, Decatur, Ala., five bass, 12-7, $371

7^th: Thomas Helton, Charleston, Tenn., five bass, 12-5, $337

8^th: Heath Frizzell, Dunlap, Tenn., five bass, 11-14, $303

9^th: Chad Biddle, Shelbyville, Ky., five bass, 11-1, $270

10^th: Ray Elmore, Calhoun, Ga., five bass, 10-15, $236

Armstrong also weighed a 7-pound, 4-ounce bass which earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $277.

The T-H Marine BFL at Lake Guntersville presented by Navionics was hosted by the Marshall County Convention and Visitor’s 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. 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. 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.

Bassmaster High School All-American Team Welcomes 12 New Members

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Bassmaster High School All-American Team Welcomes 12 New Members

Twelve standout high school anglers from across the country have been selected as members of the exclusive 2017 Bassmaster High School All-American Fishing Team presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods. The team will be invited to participate in a special tournament held in conjunction with the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on Sam Rayburn Reservoir this May.

April 11, 2017

Bassmaster High School All-American Team Welcomes 12 New Members

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — For the third consecutive year, 12 standout high school anglers have been selected as members of the exclusive Bassmaster High School All-American Fishing Team presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods.

“We are proud to welcome an exceptional group of anglers to our 2017 class of High School All-Americans,” said Bruce Akin, B.A.S.S. CEO. “Each year we see competitive applications from across the country and every angler is so impressive. This class is made up of exceptional young fishermen who also excel in academics, conservation initiatives and community service.”

More than 380 applications from students grades 10-12 were submitted from 40 states across the nation. Of these, 69 were chosen as Bassmaster All-State anglers. After reviewing tournament résumés, community service activities and recommendations from coaches and school officials, a panel of judges further narrowed the field to the Top 12 high school anglers in the country.

The team has been invited to participate in a special Bassmaster High School All-American Bass Tournament being held in conjunction with the 2017 Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department event, a fan-favorite festival that will be held May 17-21 on Sam Rayburn Reservoir out of Lufkin, Texas. Each All-American angler will be paired with an Elite Series pro for the one-day derby to be held on a nearby fishery.

Congratulations to the following student athletes for being named to the 2017 Bassmaster High School All-American Fishing Team. Following are short biographies of the 2017 Team members, listed alphabetically. (Judges only considered tournament records for the past 12 months.)

Dalton Combs, Ozark, Mo.
A junior at Ozark High School, Combs has earned seven Top 20 finishes, including a win in a Southwest Missouri High School Fishing Association event on Table Rock Lake. Combs fishes events with his sister, Keeley, and the team had the highest points and total weight caught over three qualifying events with more than 170 other teams.

“Dalton has placed in nearly every tournament that he has participated in, and he and his partner were crowned the very first Missouri State champions in the Missouri Teen Angler Tournament Series,” wrote Jeremy Sisco, Ozark High School fishing coach.

In addition to his tournament success, Combs helps with the Fishing for Dreams organization, which gives children with disabilities an opportunity to get out on the water. Combs believes in keeping the lake environment as clean as possible. He has organized shoreline trash pickups on Table Rock Lake, as well as taught other anglers about the importance of maintaining a clean, zebra mussel-free boat.

Oakley Connor, Travelers Rest, S.C.
Connor, a senior at Travelers Rest High School, has earned three wins in high school tournaments, including the TBF/SAF South Carolina High School State Championship in which he and his partner competed against 66 other teams. He also has 10 Top 20 finishes to his credit.

“He helped start our school’s fishing team and has been an integral part of its success over the past three and a half years,” wrote Michael Eudy, Connor’s fishing coach. “Oakley is a model student of TRHS and a model citizen for our Travelers Rest community.”

Connor served as the 2016 Travelers Rest High School Devildog bass fishing team’s vice president, and participates as an instructor in four teach-to-fish classes, serving three elementary schools and 265 students. Last summer, Connor served as a weekly route driver for Meals on Wheels and delivered warm meals to individuals and families in the Travelers Rest community.

Cade Fortenberry, Prairieville, La.
Fortenberry is a senior at St. Amant High School and will be competing in his third Bassmaster High School National Championship in June. In 2016, Fortenberry earned two wins in high school state tournament qualifiers — one where he bested 131 teams on the Red River.

As a member of the Ascension Anglers bass team, Fortenberry has taken part in multiple cleanup days, volunteered with the Angling Against Autism team bass tournament and helped to provide relief aid for victims of the 2016 Louisiana floods.

During local childcare facility field trips, Fortenberry served as the fishing guide. “He baited their poles, took their catches off the hooks and enjoyed sharing his knowledge of the sport,” according to his father, Gilbert.

Jared Gobel, Lumberton, Texas
A member of the Lumberton High School Fishing Team, Gobel has earned three tournament wins in the past year — most notably, a victory over 517 teams in the Southeast Texas High School Fishing Association (SETX) tournament on Sam Rayburn. Additionally, he landed in the Top 20 three other times, including a third-place showing at the Lake Fork National High School Open with a field of 165 teams.

Gobel has worked as the treasurer of the Lumberton High School Fishing Team, and currently serves as the team’s president. “Along with fishing every possible event, he has served as a leader in the club the last two years,” wrote Bryan Thomas, advisor of the Lumberton High School Fishing Team. Gobel has also volunteered at The Giving Field, a nonprofit garden, as well as charity skeet shoots and the Lumberton Middle School Activity Day.

Reese Jones, Rogers, Ark.
A senior on the Rogers High School Bass Team, Jones has tallied an impressive four wins in the past 12 months. Jones also chalked up 10 other Top 10 finishes, including four second-place showings at events on Beaver Lake and Lake Tenkiller.

Jones is the three-year president of his bass fishing team and is a member of the National Honor Society, DECA Leadership Team and the F.C.A. He has been awarded the Kansas State University Purple and White Leadership Scholarship and the Buck Family Foundation Local Scholarship, and he plans to pursue a business degree.

“‘Service Above Self’ could very well be Reese’s personal motto as he has accumulated over 200 hours of community service through his church and school outreach projects,” wrote DECA Advisor Tom Woodruff.

Tyler Lubbat, Wheeling, Ill.
A junior at Buffalo Grove High School, Lubbat has placed in the Top 5 of nearly every tournament he has entered in the past 12 months. He won eight of those events and earned a second-place finish in the 322-field Bassmaster High School Southern Open on Lake Guntersville. Lubbat set a new record for the five-fish limit in the Golden Sabre High School tournament series.

He participates in the Illinois B.A.S.S. Nation program to use recycled plastics to make fishing awards and plaques. In addition to his fishing accomplishments, Lubbat has qualified for the state math competition the last two years, and recently qualified for state with DECA, an organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs. He also made sectionals for the World Youth Science and Engineering Organization’s high school academic competition.

“Tyler has been the face of the class board as an elected treasurer for three consecutive years,” wrote Francesca Murphy, Buffalo Grove High School counselor. “It is evident that he is a positive role model as his classmates have elected him every year … Our district has even accepted him into our medical academy, a very competitive program that only accepts 15 students per year.”

Perry Marvin, Peru, N.Y.
Marvin, a senior at Peru Central High School and member of the Adirondack Anglers bass fishing team, has earn two championship wins in the past year — a high school state championship on the St. Lawrence River and a high school regional championship on Lake Champlain. He is a three-time New York State SAF High School champion, the 2016 SAF High School Regional champion and is the youngest angler to ever represent New York on the 2016 TBF State Fishing Team.

As president of his bass fishing club, Marvin coordinated the building and installation of a used line depository at the local Peru boat ramp, and he has served as a guest speaker at Plattsburgh State University. In addition to his time spent on the water, Marvin is the school captain for the Math League, a United Nations school delegate and recipient of the Intermediate Value Theorem Award — Peru Central School.

“He is a team player who understands that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” wrote Peru High School Principal Christopher Mazzella. “Perry Marvin is respected by his peers and is seen as a leader in our school.”

Colby Miller, Elmer, La.
A junior at Oak Hill High School, Miller has earned two wins in tournaments this year, including a 120 boat-field ALBC State Champion event and B.A.S.S. Nation State Championship on Toledo Bend. Miller also has three Top 5 finishes on his 2016-2017 résumé.

Miller frequently takes younger kids fishing in hopes they will carry on the sportfishing legacy, and he is an active member in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

“He is one of the founding members of the Oak Hill High School Bass Club,” wrote Brandon Cedus, teacher and coach at Oak Hill High School. “He has led his team to back-to-back Association of Louisiana Bass Clubs High School State Championships and is currently seeking his third.”

Trace O’Dell, Buna, Texas
O’Dell, a senior on the Buna High School fishing team, won a Southeast Texas High School Fishing Association (SETX) event on Sam Rayburn with a field topping 472 teams. He has two Top 5 finishes and six Top 20s to his credit. He also earned a ninth-place finish in the 2016 SETX Angler of the Year points standings with entries averaging 500 teams per year.

“Working with Trace through the local Buna High School fishing team, I have seen him grow into a young man who has the willingness to gain knowledge, skills and leadership attributes that will carry him far in life,” wrote John VanDevender, Buna High School fishing team sponsor.

Off the water, O’Dell has been the president of his high school fishing team for the past three years and leads a “Work 2 Fish” program, which helps kids earn money to participate in high school tournaments. He has also been a member of the Buna High School Student Council for four years. O’Dell served on a youth board that oversaw the development of the “02 system” for fish care at all SETX events.

Kyle Palmer, Estill Springs, Tenn.
A senior on the Grundy County High School fishing team, Palmer has tallied an impressive six wins in the past 12 months, including a 160-boat Bassmaster High School divisional on Lake Chickamauga and a 93-boat event on Percy Priest. Palmer also earned five other Top 10 finishes and was awarded Grundy County High School Team of the Year with his fishing partner, Kyle Ingleburger.

Palmer is currently serving his second year as the president of his high school bass team, and assisted with two major fundraisers for a freshman teammate with cancer.

“He is the leader of the Faith Unleashed club …” wrote Rita Sliger, Franklin County High School. “They discussed positive and proper ways to handle situations. This also included trying to find morally good and fair solutions to problems they each have to face.”

Palmer has just recently received a fishing scholarship for Bethel University in Tennessee for the fall 2017 semester.

Logan Parks, Auburn, Ala.
Parks, a senior at Auburn High School, has an impressive record in the past 12 months, earning four victories in tournaments with fields of 100 or more boats. In addition to his wins, Parks has also earned six Top 5 finishes and three Top 20s.

Parks started his fishing team — Auburn Anglers — when he was in the eighth grade, and the team has since grown to five times its original size. “Logan served as the main leader on the team, even as an underclassman,” wrote Drew Morgan, coach of the Auburn Anglers. “He was elected by his peers as president, and led the team with his desire, perseverance and dedication to improving.”

Off the water, Parks is the project leader and designer of a fishing line recycling project on Lake Martin. He started his own lure business. And he volunteered at the Alabama Power Water Willow Planting Project, among other volunteer activities.

A member of the National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta National Mathematics Honor Society, Parks has received multiple college scholarships, including the Spirit of Auburn Scholarship.

Bryer Pennington, Prescott, Ark.
Pennington is a junior at Prescott High School and has been the captain of his bass fishing team the past two years. This year, Pennington has had four tournament wins, six Top 5 finishes and six Top 20s to his name, including a Top 5 finish in the Arkansas B.A.S.S. High School Nation State tournament.

Pennington and his fishing partner finished the 2016 season in second place for Team of the Year with an Arkansas youth fishing trail. In addition, he visits a third-grade classroom to talk with students about fishing tournaments. He also is active in efforts to combat drug addiction and is a member of the Arkansas Stream Team, with which he practices conservation and aquatic life management at a local stream.

“Bryer recently wrote a grant through the Arkansas Game and Fish,” wrote Shannon Collier, Prescott High School English teacher. “The grant will benefit students in grades K-6. He will lead his team to teach elementary age students about fishing and promoting ‘Saying No to Drugs.’”

Josh & Tanner Took Home the First Win @ Hurricane Creek Bass Tournament Trail On J Percy Priest Lake April 9,2017

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Josh & Tanner Took Home the First Win @ Hurricane Creek Bass Tournament Trail On J Percy Priest Lake April 9,2017

Josh & Tanner took home 1st place for a $290.00 payout with their bag weighing in at 12.42lbs

C.C. & Matt went home with $90 for their 2nd place 11.76lb bag
Dowell landed himself in 3rd place with 9.22lb one of which was a 7.38lb Bucket Mouth
Dowell decided not to gamble for big fish payout which left Josh & Tanner taking home $60 for their 4.22lb Stud, a grand total of $350 for the both of them.

It was a slow bite on J. Percy Priest, we had a cold snap the night before and with a north wind it seemed to really shut the bite off. The first couple of hours offered up some of the biggest key bites leaving the last three hours feeling unlucky for some. Most fish were caught between 3′-12′ range on T-Rigged setups and also shallow diving crank baits. Each angler explained how it was one of those 1/2” short kinda days, a bunch of dinks and no quality.

Eddy Glascock & Billy Dunn Win Cashion Fishing Rods T.T.B.T. Qualifier #4 April 8,2017 on Kerr Lake

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Eddy Glascock & Billy Dunn Win Cashion Fishing Rods T.T.B.T. Qualifier #4 April 8,2017 on Kerr Lake

CASHION FISHING RODS SPRING TEAM TOURNAMENT BASS TRAIL QUALIFIER #4 Saturday April 8th, 2017 ~ ~ Kerr Lake ~ ~ Flemingtown Landing Wildlife Ramp

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Saturday April 8th, 2017 ~ ~ Kerr Lake ~ ~ Flemingtown Landing Wildlife Ramp

A beautiful day for the 41 boats fishing the Cashion Fishing Rods Spring Team Tournament Bass Trail Qualifier #4 at Kerr Lake. The weather was very nice for April with winds very light in the am and up to 7 mph in the afternoon, the air temps ranged from 33 to 69 and the water level was about 2′ high and in the bushes! Surface water temps averaged 57 degrees and the water was fairly clear! The bite was a little tough with the cold front causing most of the problem. The fish are just starting the spawn and were caught in mostly 1 to 10′ of water. With the warm weather forecasted in the coming week the spawn should begin!

The Virginia team of Eddy Glascock & Billy Dunn caught 5 bass weighing a total of 17.46 lbs to take 1st Place and 1st Place TWT for a total of $1,750 in winnings!

Dunn on left and Glascock..1ST The 2nd Place was won by Ken McNeill, fishing without his partner Thomas Sheffer, giving him a good day with 5 bass weighing 16.99 lbs. and took home $575 in winnings. The 3rd Place team of Keith Deal & Ricky Kenworthy landed 5 bass weighing 16.70 lbs. winning $460. Big fish for the day (5.91 lbs.) was caught by the
team of Garrett Allred & Joe Broome and filled their pockets with $410 in cash!

131 bass were brought to the scales for a total of 355 pounds averaging 2.71 lbs. each. Flippin’ jigs, wacky  worms, crankbaits and jerkbaits in the more shallow water seemed to be the lures of choice.  I want to thank Cashion Fishing Rods and all the anglers that participated. Our next tournament will be the  2017 Cashion Fishing Rods Spring Team Bass Trail Final Qualifier #5 , Saturday April 15th at Falls Lake  out of Ledge Rock Wildlife Ramp. On Saturday April 22nd, the Qualifier #4 for the Piedmont Bass Classics  $10,000 Spring Trail will be held at Kerr Lake out of Flemingtown Landing. All the information on our  tournaments and dates can be found http://piedmontbassclassics.com/  

Now here are the full results:
1st Place: Eddy Glascock & Billy Dunn of Scottsburg, VA & South Boston, VA…5 bass…17.46 lbs…$1,000
2nd Place: Thomas Sheffer & Ken McNeill of Cary & Raleigh…5 bass…16.99 lbs…$575
3rd Place: Keith Deal & Ricky Kenworthy of Holly Springs & Cary…5 bass…16.70 lbs…$460
4th Place: Derek Bowden & Trevor McGhee or Louisburg & Wendell…5 bass…14.82 lbs...$360
5th Place: Jerry Marshburn & Kevin Woodall of Sanford & Angier…5 bass…14.71 lbs…$295
6th Place: Raeford Faircloth & Joe Smith of Clinton & Newton Grove…5 bass…13.51 lbs…$230
7th Place: Brad McLaurin & Mike Marchant of Eastover…5 bass…13.30 lbs…$195
8th Place: Mike & Billy Eggers of Garner…5 bass…13.24 lbs…$165

1st Place Big Fish: Garrett Allred & Joe Broome of Cary & Wilmington…5.91 lbs…$410

1st Place TWT: 1st Place Team above: 17.46 lbs…$750

Contact Information:
Phil McCarson…Tournament Director—922 Valetta Rd.—Durham, NC   27712
Home: 919-471-1571     Cell: 919-971-5042
email: [email protected]            website: http://piedmontbassclassics.com/

LAMPE’S LIPPE WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OZARK DIVISION EVENT ON TABLE ROCK LAKE

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LAMPE’S LIPPE WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OZARK DIVISION EVENT ON TABLE ROCK LAKE

Oklahoma’s Torkleson tops Co-angler Division

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IUKA, Miss. (April 10, 2017) – Boater Dustin Lippe of Lampe, Missouri, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 16 pounds, 5 ounces, Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Ozark Division event on Table Rock Lake. Lippe took home $4,948 for his victory.

“It was really windy and a tough day on the water, but I was very happy to get the win,” said Lippe, who earned his first career win in FLW competition. “I only had five keepers all day long, but they were all the same size – a good quality fish. I fished a 10-mile stretch, from the dam down to lower end of the lake. I was focusing on staging areas where I figured the fish would be getting ready to move up.”

Lippe said that he caught his fish on a Luck-E-Strike Rick Clunn STX Jerkbait and a peanut butter and jelly-colored Bass X football jig with a green-pumpkin twin-tailed trailer and an Alabama rig.

“I’ve been smashing them on a jig for the past couple of weeks, but it was a bit too windy for it to be as effective as it had been,” Lippe said. “The key for me was really my Denali Lithium rods. It was a light bite and I couldn’t really feel the fish hit, but I could feel the rod load up and that really helped me in the windy conditions.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Dustin Lippe, Lampe, Mo., five bass, 16-5, $4,948

2^nd: Randall Hutson, Washburn, Mo., five bass, 15-8, $2,474

3^rd: Dustin Blevins, Harrison, Ark., five bass, 14-5, $1,649

4^th: Nick Morris, Princeton, Mo., three bass, 14-4, $1,910

5^th: Joel Douglas, Blue Eye, Mo., five bass, 13-11, $990

6^th: Andy Newcomb, Camdenton, Mo., five bass, 13-10, $907

7^th: Wes Endicott, Joplin, Mo., five bass, 13-8, $825

8^th: Brian Hansen, Fenton, Mo., five bass, 13-7, $742

9^th: Tim Kube, Imperial, Mo., five bass, 12-14, $860

10^th: Richard Bower III, Jefferson City, Mo., five bass, 12-12, $577

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Morris caught a 5-pound, 11-ounce bass, which was the heaviest of the tournament in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $755.

Alex Torkleson of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, weighed in four bass totaling 13 pounds, 8 ounces Saturday to win the Co-angler Division and the top prize of $2,469.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Alex Torkleson, Sand Springs, Okla., four bass, 13-8, $2,469

2^nd: Joshua Pullins, Bonne Terre, Mo., five bass, 11-15, $1,235

3^rd: Alan Quick, Springfield, Mo., five bass, 9-7, $823

4^th: Joe Dietz, O’Fallon, Mo., four bass, 9-6, $676

5^th: Brian Huber, Saint Peters, Mo., five bass, 9-3, $494

6^th: Joe Cook, Rogersville, Mo., four bass, 8-10, $453

7^th: Steve Grigsby, Washington, Ill., four bass, 8-6, $412

8^th: Trey Schroeder, Crestwood, Mo., four bass, 8-4, $420

9^th: Rich Purington, Platsmouth, Neb., two bass, 7-9, $701

10^th: Tom O’Connor, Reeds Spring, Mo., three bass, 7-0, $288

Purington weighed a 5-pound, 8-ounce bass which earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award and $372.

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.

NOBLESVILLE’S CARNS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE HOOSIER DIVISION OPENER ON LAKE PATOKA PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

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NOBLESVILLE’S CARNS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE HOOSIER DIVISION OPENER ON LAKE PATOKA PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Hobart’s McBrayer tops Co-angler Division

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BIRDSEYE, Ind. (April 10, 2017) – Boater Craig Carns of Noblesville, Indiana, weighed four bass totaling 20 pounds, 12 ounces, Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Hoosier Division event on Lake Patoka presented by Navionics. Carns took home $4,872 for his victory.

“I only managed four bites, but I’m lucky that they were big bites,” said Carns, who earned the first win of his BFL career in his second career event. “I’m originally from Pennsylvania, and it was only my second time fishing the lake. I had gone out last weekend for a day and I found a little bit of a pattern – wind-blown main-lake points. I was catching them with a swimbait and jerkbait, so I went with that again in the tournament.

“I hit several different points throughout the day,” Carns continued. “The fish were still pretty deep, but they were coming up from 16 feet and just hammering my bait. I just cruised around and was trying to find the cleaner water with the wind-blown points. I had several followers but it was tough getting them to commit.”

Carns credited his 7-foot, 6-inch heavy-action Kistler rod as being the key to his win, along with some jerkbait tips that he had gotten back in Pennsylvania.

“I relied on advice that I was given from my pals at Susquehanna Fishing Tackle store in Columbia, Pennsylvania,” Carns said. “They taught me how to fish a jerkbait at this time of year and how to use the sun to my advantage.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Craig Carns, Noblesville, Ind., four bass, 20-12, $4,872

2^nd: Jim Pickett, Trafalgar, Ind., five bass, 18-4, $2,436

3^rd: Billy Baar, New Whiteland, Ind., four bass, 14-15, $1,623

4^th: Stu Moyer, Indianapolis, Ind., four bass, 13-0, $1,337

5^th: Scott Bateman, Jasper, Ind., three bass, 12-14, $1,074

6^th: Chris Myers, Madison, Ind., three bass, 12-10, $893

7^th: Todd Hensley, New Albany, Ind., three bass, 11-14, $812

8^th: Dick Shaffer, Rockford, Ohio, three bass, 11-9, $1,466

9^th: Jeremy New, Yorktown, Ind., three bass, 11-2, $650

10^th: Daniel Langton, Haubstadt, Ind., three bass, 11-0, $568

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Shaffer caught a 7-pound, 2-ounce bass, which was the heaviest of the tournament in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $735

Laithen McBrayer of Hobart, Indiana, weighed in one bass totaling 7 pounds, 5 ounces Saturday to win the Co-angler Division and the top prize of $2,765, along with the Co-angler Big Bass Award of $362.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Laithen McBrayer, Hobart, Ind., one bass, 7-5, $2,765

2^nd: Nicole Foor, Greens Fork, Ind., two bass, 7-4, $1,301

3^rd: Jordan Nauert, Fillmore, Ind., two bass, 7-2, $806

4^th: Garron Sneed, Charlestown, Ind., one bass, 5-10, $561

5^th: Ronnie Gill, Indianapolis, Ind., one bass, 5-7, $481

6^th: Vincent Dellolio, Brownsburg, Ind., one bass, 5-5, $441

7^th: Michael Fairgrief, Indianapolis, Ind., one bass, 5-3, $380

7^th: Robert Trey Lenear, Owenton, Ky., one bass, 5-3, $380

9^th: John Harpold, Terre Haute, Ind., two bass, 4-14, $320

10^th: Eli Lubbehusen, Huntingburg, Ind., two bass, 4-12, $280

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.

ALABAMA’S WEAVER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MISSISSIPPI DIVISION EVENT ON PICKWICK LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

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ALABAMA’S WEAVER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MISSISSIPPI DIVISION EVENT ON PICKWICK LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

New Albany’s Wray tops Co-angler Division

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IUKA, Miss. (April 10, 2017) – Boater Austin Weaver of Sheffield, Alabama, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 20 pounds, 5 ounces, Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mississippi Division event on Pickwick Lake presented by Navionics. Weaver took home $5,197 for his victory.

“We had a nearly two-hour fog delay that almost messed everything up for me,” said Weaver, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “I had an area up river that was a long run – 78 miles round trip. I knew that it was going to take me an hour and a half to get up there and back, so with the added fog delay I was only going to have 3 to 4 hours of fishing time.

“I have a lot of trust in my Triton boat and Mercury outboard and I knew that getting there and back in time wasn’t going to be the gamble, but whether or not the fish were still there,” Weaver continued. “I had found this spot last weekend and my best five weighed more than 26 pounds. I didn’t want anyone else to find it, so I didn’t practice all week because I didn’t want anyone to see me there. I knew that if they were still there and biting, I would win. They were.”

Weaver described his area as a big flat that had a ditch running through it. On top of the flat it was 5 to 6 feet deep, but it dropped to 8 to 9 feet in the ditch. Weaver said that he focused on the ditch and caught his winning limit with a green-pumpkin-colored Johnson Lures shaky-head rig with both a Zoom Trick Worm and a Zoom Finesse Worm.

“I put seven keepers in the boat,” Weaver said. “It was fun to do well on my home lake.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Austin Weaver, Sheffield, Ala., five bass, 20-5, $5,197

2^nd: James Byrd, Florence, Ala., five bass, 19-1, $2,598

3^rd: Heath Gilmore, Meridian, Miss., five bass, 17-12, $1,933

4^th: Christopher Whitehead, Tupelo, Miss., five bass, 15-11, $1,313

5^th: Mitch Crane, Columbus, Miss., five bass, 14-7, $1,039

6^th: Teddy Cranford, Seminary, Miss., five bass, 14-3, $953

7^th: John Bailey, Terry, Miss., five bass, 13-14, $866

8^th: Brandon Perkins, Counce, Tenn., five bass, 13-9, $780

9^th: Chris Quaintance, Muscle Shoals, Ala., five bass, 13-8, $693

10^th: Jade Keeton, Florence, Ala., five bass, 13-3, $606

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Jason Hannah of Forest, Mississippi, caught a 7-pound, 12-ounce bass, which was the heaviest of the tournament in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $810.

Marty Wray of New Albany, Mississippi, weighed in five bass totaling 14 pounds, 1 ounce Saturday to win the Co-angler Division and the top prize of $2,528.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Marty Wray, New Albany, Miss., five bass, 14-1, $2,528

2^nd: Daniel Corkern, Florence, Miss., five bass, 13-12, $1,264

3^rd: Weston Smedley, Birmingham, Ala., five bass, 12-14, $845

4^th: Ryan Lecompte, Picayune, Miss., four bass, 12-10, $1,180

5^th: Curtis Powell, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 12-3, $506

6^th: Jeff Carter, Pontotoc, Miss., four bass, 11-14, $464

7^th: Benny Brown, Corinth, Miss., five bass, 11-11, $471

8^th: Brian Dodd, Florence, Ala., five bass, 11-10, $379

9^th: Jason Mitchell, Hamilton, Miss., five bass, 11-8, $337

10^th: Daniel Stover, Hernando, Miss., five bass, 11-5, $295

Lecompte weighed a 5-pound, 6-ounce bass which earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award and $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. 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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