POTOMAC RIVER SET FOR FLW COLLEGE FISHING NORTHERN CONFERENCE EVENT

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May 25, 2016

POTOMAC RIVER SET FOR FLW COLLEGE FISHING NORTHERN CONFERENCE EVENT

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MARBURY, Md. (May 24, 2016) – FLW College Fishing is headed to the Potomac River June 4 for the second of three regular-season stops in the Northern Conference. A full field of college teams will be competing for a top award of $2,000 and a berth into the 2017 College Fishing National Championship.

“The Potomac River offers a lot of different opportunities to catch bass,” said Walmart FLW Tour pro Clark Wendlandt, of Leander, Texas, who won on the Potomac River when the FLW Tour visited in 2015. “There’s a lot of hard cover like wood pilings and riprap to hit, as well as grass. No matter what anglers choose, though, they’ll be in shallow water. Areas ranging from 1 to 5 feet deep will be dominant.

“It seems like the majority of tournaments on the Potomac over the past two years have been won by staying in one area and figuring out how to catch bass at low and high tide,” continued Wendlandt. “I think shallow hydrilla and milfoil will produce the most fish. As for baits, anything that cuts through the grass, like a swimjig or a vibrating jig, will be a good choice. I also see fish being caught on topwater baits. It will all depend on the tide.”

Wendlandt said that bait colors will hinge on what type of cover teams choose to focus on.

“For moving baits, anything in the shad variety will be the deal,” said Wendlandt. “If competitors decide to flip a jig or a tube into hard cover, I’d go with green-pumpkin.”

The Texas veteran finished by saying that he expects the winning team to weigh in a five-bass limit nearing 18 pounds.

Anglers will take off from Smallwood State Park, located at 2750 Sweden Point Road in Marbury, at 6:30 a.m. EDT Saturday. Weigh-in will be held at the park beginning at 2:30 p.m. Takeoff and weigh-in are free and open to the public.

Schools are allowed to register up until the morning of the tournament. Entries may be made either by phone or at CollegeFishing.com.

Schools currently registered to compete in the Potomac River tournament, which is hosted by the Charles County Government, include:

Adrian College – Ben Barrus, Blissfield, Mich., and Chase Serafin, Highland, Mich.

Adrian College – Dalton Breckel, Onsted, Mich., and Jeff Morton, Troy, Mich.

Adrian College – Jarrett Martin, Gallipolis, Ohio, and Jacob Bayer, Westfield, Mich.

Anne Arundel Community College – Sam Schmidt, Davidsonville, Md., and Andrew Green, Crofton, Md.

Christopher Newport University – Tanner Knecht, Spotsylvania, Va., and Taylor Godsey, Chester, Va.

Kent State University – Alec Gabriel and Logan Willoughby, both of New Philadelphia, Ohio

Liberty University – Zachary Phillips, New Hartford, Conn., and Andrew Johnson, Gainesville, Ga.

Mansfield University – Tyler Grabowski, Fairless Hills, Pa., and Ryan Fluharty, Perkiomenville, Pa.

Ohio State University – Kain Fadeley, New Philadelphia, Ohio, and Sidney Hoover, Findlay, Ohio

Pennsylvania State University – Sean Cummins, Huntingdon, Pa., and Maurice Hudson Jr., Broomall, Pa.

Ramapo College – Andrew Annuzzi, Old Bridge, N.J., and Marc Concato, Wayne, N.J.

Rochester Institute of Technology – Zach Coutu, East Hampton, Conn., and Jacob Zaremski, Rochester, N.Y.

Saint Vincent College – Justin Yeckel and Jesse Yeckel, both of South Park, Pa.

Shippensburg University – Colton Pifer, Telford, Pa., and Dan Cornelius, Downingtown, Pa.

Slippery Rock University – Cody Neal, Evans City, Pa., and Kyle Brown, Wexford, Pa.

Slippery Rock University – Joel Hixon, Butler, Pa., and Evan Kretz, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Slippery Rock University – Logan Pollman, Slippery Rock, Pa., and Tyler Sheppard, Hermitage, Pa.

Slippery Rock University – Ryan Kozlowski and Nathan Quince, both of Pittsburgh, Pa.

State University of New York-Brockport – Austin Littler, Camden, N.Y., and Adam Kettle, Johnson City, N.Y.

Stockton University – Kyle Castellini, Vineland, N.J., and Owen McFerron, Fairfax, Va.

University of Pittsburgh – Michael Dunn and Henry Colberg, both of Pittsburgh, Pa.

West Chester University – Matt Woolcock, Springville, Pa., and Thomas Arena, Carlisle, Pa.

West Virginia University – Steven Slayton, Manasses, Va., and Matthew Combs, Dayton, Ohio

West Virginia University – Tyler Barnes, Morgantown, W. Va., and Kyle McHenry, Hamilton, Va.

Youngstown State University – Jeffrey Grope and Jared Latone, both of Youngstown, Ohio

FLW College Fishing teams compete in 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 15 teams from the annual FLW College Fishing Open will advance to the 2017 FLW College Fishing National Championship.

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.

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.

Pros Pick 1 Lure to Catch a Giant Bass at 2016 Toyota Texas Fest by Alan McGuckin

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May 24, 2016

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Pros Pick 1 Lure to Catch a Giant Bass at 2016 Toyota Texas Fest

Alan McGuckin

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Whoever catches the biggest bass in the 2016 Toyota Texas Fest wins a Toyota Tundra, so the anglers are putting in a lot of effort to find the biggest bite possible.

The pro angler that catches the biggest bass of the three-day Toyota Texas Fest event on Lake Ray Roberts in North Texas will win a Toyota Tundra. And while practice reports were tough, the field of 38 best-in-the-world bass pros are very aware of the giant largemouth that live in Ray Roberts.

In fact, the lake record was caught a little more than one year ago: A 15-pound behemoth landed by Shannon Elvington on a Lucky Craft jerkbait in cold March waters.

Four pros were asked what lure they’d choose in an effort to catch a bass big enough to win a Toyota Tundra. Here’s what they said:

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PENNSYLVANIA’S JANERELLA WINS FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE NORTHEAST DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON CHESAPEAKE BAY

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May 24, 2016

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PENNSYLVANIA’S JANERELLA WINS FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE NORTHEAST DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON CHESAPEAKE BAY

Virginia’s Naron wins co-angler title

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NORTH EAST, Md. (May 23, 2016) – Adam Janerella of Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 22 pounds, 10 ounces, Saturday to win the second FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Northeast Division tournament of 2016 on the Chesapeake Bay. For his victory, Janerella took home $4,037.

“I was fishing the flats on the upper Chesapeake Bay,” said Janerella, who earned his first career win in FLW competition. “I stayed in one 50 to 75 yard area for the entire day, fishing isolated milfoil clumps. I caught both prespawn and postspawn fish and managed to get nine keepers throughout the day.”

Janerella said that he used just two baits throughout the day – a black and blue Dirty Jigs No-Jack Swimjig with a black Keitech Swing Impact FAT 3.8-inch swimbait and a Missile Baits D-Bomb with a 3/8-ounce Reins tungsten weight.

“I used the swimjig in the morning with the low tide, then as the tide came up I switched to flipping the milfoil clumps with the D-Bomb,” Janerella said. “My Quantum rods and reels paired with Seaguar line were key for me. I didn’t miss any bites or lose any fish.

“It was also pretty important to fish very slowly,” Janerella continued. “The fish didn’t want a fast bait. You almost had to hit them on the head with your bait to get them to bite. I got lucky and found an area that had the big ones in it – all of my fish that I weighed in were right around 4½ pounds.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Adam Janerella, Jersey Shore, Pa., five bass, 22-10, $4,037

2^nd: Ronald Penders, Rochester, N.Y., five bass, 22-9, $2,019

3^rd: John Schoener, Womelsdorf, Pa., five bass, 21-6, $1,143

3^rd: Michael Sentore, Gloucester City, N.J., five bass, 21-6, $1,143

5^th: Craig Townsend, Columbus, N.J., five bass, 20-12, $807

6^th: Ryan Bauman, Fleetwood, Pa., five bass, 20-10, $740

7^th: Robert Steiner, Middle River, Md., five bass, 20-7, $673

8^th: Reno Regalbuto, Bridgeton, N.J., five bass, 20-2, $606

9^th: Chuck Bellerby, Croydon, Pa., five bass, 20-1, $538

10^th: Robert Parmer, Linden, Pa., five bass, 19-7, $471

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Zachary Cappon of Williamson, New York, caught a 6-pound, 3-ounce bass – the biggest of the tournament in the boater division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $545.

Bill Naron of Beaverdam, Virginia, weighed in five bass totaling 21 pounds, 6 ounces Saturday to earn $1,981 and win the co-angler division.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Bill Naron, Beaverdam, Va., five bass, 21-6, $1,981

2^nd: Allen Leister, Quakertown, Pa., five bass, 20-4, $991

3^rd: Griffen Hurt, Bound Brook, N.J., five bass, 17-5, $662

4^th: Taurean Relyea, Fairport, N.Y., five bass, 17-2, $462

5^th: Mike Wotanowski, Randolph, N.J., five bass, 16-13, $396

6^th: Greg Rzeplinski, Wellsville, Pa., five bass, 16-12, $363

7^th: Kyle Gabriele, Baltimore, Md., four bass, 16-3, $330

8^th: Humberto Quinones, Dover, Del., four bass, 13-15, $297

9^th: Curtis Glover, Wynnewood, Pa., three bass, 12-7, $531

10^th: Roland Gittings, Perryville, Md., three bass, 11-14, $231

Glover caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the co-angler division, a fish weighing 6 pounds, 2 ounces and earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $267.

The top 50 boaters and 50 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 6-8 Regional Championship on Kerr Lake in Henderson, North Carolina. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.

The BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 120 tournaments throughout the season, five in each division. The top 50 boaters and co-anglers from each division qualify for a regional tournament and 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 winners in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the Walmart 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.

INDIANA’S WILKINSON WINS FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE BUCKEYE DIVISION TOURNEY ON OHIO RIVER PRESENTED BY POWER-POLE

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May 24, 2016

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INDIANA’S WILKINSON WINS FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE BUCKEYE DIVISION TOURNEY ON OHIO RIVER PRESENTED BY POWER-POLE

Continental’s Weisenburger wins co-angler title

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LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (May 23, 2016) – Chris Wilkinson of Farmersburg, Indiana, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 14 pounds, 7 ounces, Saturday to win the second FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Buckeye Division tournament of 2016 on the Ohio River, presented by Power-Pole. For his victory, Wilkinson took home $4,905.

“This was my fourth BFL win with FLW, but it had been awhile and you never really know when you’re going to win the next one,” said Wilkinson, who was a 2013 BFL All-American qualifer. “It was awesome to grind out a win in a very tough tournament.

“It was overcast and rainy, and I was looking for and fishing patches of river grass that had the wind blowing into it,” Wilkinson continued. “I caught a small limit early in the morning on a 1/8-ounce white and chartreuse Hawgback Lures spinnerbait, but I knew that the winning fish weren’t there.

“I ended up moving back into a cut that was out of the current and wind and caught a 4-pound, 6-ounce kicker on my third cast. I was throwing a black Hawgback Lures buzzbait, and I ended up upgrading my entire limit there. I caught around 12 keepers on the day.”

Wilkinson credited his G. Loomis rod and Shimano Aldebaran reel as being the difference on a tough day of fishing.

“Once I figured out that the fish were in areas that were out of the current, it was an awesome day,” Wilkinson said. “I fished clean all day long and didn’t lose any.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Chris Wilkinson, Farmersburg, Ind., five bass, 14-7, $4,905

2^nd: Sean Wieda, Florence, Ky., five bass, 12-7, $2,453

3^rd: Miles Johnson, Kettering, Ohio, five bass, 12-1, $1,935

4^th: Neal Ramsey, Harrison, Ohio, five bass, 11-2, $1,145

5^th: Dick Schaffer, Rockford, Ohio, five bass, 10-13, $981

6^th: Cody Seeger, Lewistown, Ohio, five bass, 10-7, $899

7^th: Daniel Sepeck, Bethel, Ohio, five bass, 10-1, $818

8^th: Scott Manson, Covington, Ohio, four bass, 9-12, $736

9^th: Jim Vitaro, Wooster, Ohio, four bass, 8-13, $654

10^th: Kyle Weisenburger, Ottawa, Ohio, five bass, 8-11, $572

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Charlie Smith of Union, Kentucky, caught a 4-pound, 11-ounce bass – the biggest of the tournament in the boater division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $740.

Ron Weisenburger of Continental, Ohio, weighed in five bass totaling 10 pounds, 6 ounces Saturday to earn $2,348 and win the co-angler division.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Ron Weisenburger, Continental, Ohio, five bass, 10-6, $2,348

2^nd: Brody Campbell, Oxford, Ohio, five bass, 8-11, $1,174

3^rd: J.R. Selke, Waynesville, Ohio, five bass, 7-14, $1,131

4^th: Brent Jones, Okeana, Ohio, five bass, 6-3, $548

5^th: Steve Garman, Dayton, Ohio, three bass, 6-1, $470

6^th: Brett Warrick, Westerville, Ohio, four bass, 5-15, $430

7^th: James Wilcox, Cincinnati, Ohio, four bass, 5-11, $391

8^th: Tad Bosley, Canton, Ohio, four bass, 5-9, $352

9^th: Gary Hoffman, Stoutsville, Ohio, four bass, 5-8, $293

9^th: Aaron Kuhlmann, Hamilton, Ohio, four bass, 5-8, $293

Selke caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the co-angler division, a fish weighing 2 pounds, 15 ounces and earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $350.

The top 50 boaters and 50 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 13-15 Regional Championship on Kentucky and Barkley lakes in Gilbertsville, Kentucky. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.

The BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 120 tournaments throughout the season, five in each division. The top 50 boaters and co-anglers from each division qualify for a regional tournament and 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 winners in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the Walmart 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.

WALTON’S SMITH WINS FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE LBL DIVISION TOURNEY ON KENTUCKY/BARKLEY LAKES

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May 24, 2016

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WALTON’S SMITH WINS FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE LBL DIVISION TOURNEY ON KENTUCKY/BARKLEY LAKES

Tennessee’s Jones wins co-angler title

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GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. (May 23, 2016) – Ron Smith of Walton, Kentucky, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 22 pounds, 4 ounces, Saturday to win the third FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) LBL Division tournament of 2016 on Kentucky and Barkley lakes. For his victory, Smith took home $5,394.

“It feels great to get the win, but I was definitely very lucky,” said Smith, who earned his first career win in FLW competition. “I thought I was going to catch one 4- or 5-pounder in my area, but I ended up catching four.”

Smith said that he caught 12 keepers throughout the day on just one bait – a shaky-head jig rigged with a green-pumpkin Z-Man Finesse Wormz.

“I was fishing transitions and channel creek swings on Kentucky Lake, catching fish in 7 to 9 feet of water,” Smith said. “I only fished in two different areas all day long.

“I’d finished in every place from second to last,” Smith went on to say. “I’m shocked that I won by the margin that I did, but it feels great to finally get a win.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Ron Smith, Walton, Ky., five bass, 22-4, $5,394

2^nd: Cole Floyd, Leesburg, Ohio, five bass, 17-13, $2,197

3^rd: Bobby McMullin, Pevely, Mo., five bass, 17-11, $1,464

4^th: Roger Smith, Auburn, Ind., five bass, 17-6, $1,025

5^th: Kelly Noonan, Gilbertsville, Ky., five bass, 16-3, $879

6^th: Craig Hipsher, Benton, Ky., five bass, 15-11, $805

7^th: Scott McGlinchey, Gilbertsville, Ky., five bass, 15-9, $695

7^th: Roger Hensley, Jonesboro, Ind., five bass, 15-9, $695

9^th: Mike Saleeba, Manitou, Ky., five bass, 15-6, $586

10^th: Bob Drake, Noblesville, Ind., five bass, 15-0, $513

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Daniel Maiden of McHenry, Kentucky, caught a 5-pound, 9-ounce bass – the biggest of the tournament in the boater division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $630.

Jeremy Jones of Gallatin, Tennessee, weighed in five bass totaling 17 pounds, 2 ounces Saturday to earn $2,197 and win the co-angler division.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Jeremy Jones, Gallatin, Tenn., five bass, 17-2, $2,197

2^nd: John Wilkerson, Nashville, Tenn., five bass, 15-13, $1,413

3^rd: Reid Kesel, Bonnots Mill, Mo., four bass, 15-0, $733

4^th: Donald Oksanen, Chicago, Ill., five bass, 14-11, $513

5^th: Dean Dearwester, Cincinnati, Ohio, five bass, 14-3, $439

6^th: Joe Long, Moscow, Tenn., five bass, 13-4, $403

7^th: Gabe Montgomery, Jackson, Mo., five bass, 13-3, $366

8^th: Calvin Fitch, Kokomo, Ind., five bass, 12-14, $330

9^th: Joe James, Jackson, Mo., five bass, 12-9, $293

10^th: Benton Peoples, Bardstown, Ky., five bass, 12-3, $243

Wilkerson caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the co-angler division, a fish weighing 6 pounds, 2 ounces and earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $315.

The top 50 boaters and 50 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Regional Championship on Lake Chickamauga in Dayton, Tennessee. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.

The BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 120 tournaments throughout the season, five in each division. The top 50 boaters and co-anglers from each division qualify for a regional tournament and 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 winners in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the Walmart 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.

KENTUCKY’S WALDEN WINS FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MUSIC CITY DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON CENTER HILL LAKE PRESENTED BY POWER-POLE

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May 24, 2016

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KENTUCKY’S WALDEN WINS FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MUSIC CITY DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON CENTER HILL LAKE PRESENTED BY POWER-POLE

Nashville’s McKinney wins co-angler title

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SPARTA, Tenn. (May 23, 2016) – Randy Walden of Tompkinsville, Kentucky, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 16 pounds, 9 ounces, Saturday to win the third FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Music City Division tournament of 2016 on Center Hill Lake, presented by Power-Pole. For his victory, Walden took home $2,748.

“The BFL tournaments are the biggest tournaments that I fish, so to win one is really pretty special to me,” said Walden, who earned the first win of his career in FLW competition. “I still think that it is pretty crazy that I won, but it’s a great feeling of accomplishment.

“I was fishing up the river, keying in on the shad spawn,” Walden continued. “I found one spot near some bridge pilings where they were biting really good in the morning, then as the day progressed I was targeting wood and timber along bluff walls.”

Walden said that he caught around 20 keepers throughout the day on a Strike King KVD Sexy Dawg topwater bait and a green-pumpkin and orange-colored Legal Limit Lures jig with a green-pumpkin Strike King Rage Craw.

“I think I was just in the right areas,” Walden said. “I was fishing up the river in deep, clear water and I didn’t see any other boats all day long. I got lucky and found the right fish and had them all to myself.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Randy Walden, Tompkinsville, Ky., five bass, 16-9, $2,748

2^nd: Brandon Tramel, Smithville, Tenn., five bass, 16-4, $1,679

3^rd: Josh Tramel, Smithville, Tenn., five bass, 15-11, $916

4^th: Rod Huff, Monterey, Tenn., five bass, 15-4, $595

4^th: J.B. King, Byrdstown, Tenn., five bass, 15-4, $595

6^th: Dusty Rice, McMinnville, Tenn., five bass, 14-11, $481

6^th: Matt Stanley, Alexandria, Tenn., five bass, 14-11, $481

8^th: Daniel Johnson, Lebanon, Tenn., four bass, 13-10, $412

9^th: Blake Whittaker, Monterey, Tenn., five bass, 13-7, $366

10^th: John Graves, Mount Juliet, Tenn., five bass, 13-6, $321

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Brandon Tramel caught a 5-pound, 4-ounce bass – the biggest of the tournament in the pro division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $305.

Matthew McKinney of Nashville, Tennessee, weighed in five bass totaling 18 pounds, 4 ounces Saturday to earn $1,414 and win the co-angler division.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Matthew McKinney, Nashville, Tenn., five bass, 18-4, $1,414

2^nd: Zach Sparks, Smithville, Tenn., four bass, 12-1, $639

3^rd: Ron Poland, Murfreesboro, Tenn., four bass, 11-0, $427

4^th: Taylor Wisniewski, Lexington, Ky., five bass, 10-10, $298

5^th: Alex Hester, Crossville, Tenn., five bass, 10-0, $255

6^th: Richard Walker, Franklin, Tenn., five bass, 9-14, $234

7^th: Larry Anderson, Hillsboro, Ohio, five bass, 9-8, $213

8^th: Ricky England, Sparta, Tenn., four bass, 8-7, $192

9^th: Darryl Humphrey, Murfreesboro, Tenn., three bass, 8-0, $170

10^th: Phil Williams, Jr., Jamestown, Ky., four bass, 7-12, $149

McKinney also caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the co-angler division, a fish weighing 4 pounds, 8 ounces and earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $137.

The top 50 boaters and 50 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 27-29 Regional Championship on Lake Hartwell in Seneca, South Carolina. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.

The BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 120 tournaments throughout the season, five in each division. The top 50 boaters and co-anglers from each division qualify for a regional tournament and 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 winners in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the Walmart 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.

MISSOURI’S KITTS WINS FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OKIE DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON LAKE EUFAULA PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

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May 24, 2016

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MISSOURI’S KITTS WINS FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OKIE DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON LAKE EUFAULA PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Edmond’s Edwards wins co-angler title

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EUFAULA, Okla. (May 23, 2016) – Kyle Kitts of Joplin, Missouri, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 17 pounds, 2 ounces, Saturday to win the third FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Okie Division tournament of 2016 on Eufaula Lake, presented by Navionics. For his victory, Kitts took home $4,507.

“I’ve only been to Eufaula once before, so this win feels even sweeter than Grand earlier this year,” said Kitts, who picked up the second win of the season after winning earlier this year at Grand Lake.

“I was fishing in the mid-lake area, targeting chunk rock banks,” Kitts continued. “The fish were very shallow – I was literally throwing my bait to the water line on the bank and was getting bit right away. My ChatterBait is pretty beat up from hitting the rocks.”

Kitts said that he used a black and blue Z-Man ChatterBait with a black and blue Strike King Rage Craw all day long to catch his 10 to 15 keepers.

“The fish were hitting the ChatterBait almost like a topwater, as soon as I dragged it into the water,” Kitts said. “The morning bite was pretty good, but the big ones were biting in the afternoon. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. was definitely the best bite.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Kyle Kitts, Joplin, Mo., five bass, 17-2, $4,507

2^nd: Cade Alsbury, Cave Springs, Ark., five bass, 16-13, $2,253

3^rd: Brent Haggard, Gans, Okla., five bass, 16-8, $1,502

4^th: Ed Barton, Vian, Okla., five bass, 16-5, $1,052

5^th: Jeff Keene, Vinita, Okla., five bass, 15-8, $901

6^th: John Shore, Owasso, Okla., five bass, 15-1, $826

7^th: Sawyer Grace, Russellville, Ark., five bass, 14-13, $751

8^th: Dane Coale, Norman, Okla., five bass, 14-10, $676

9^th: Ricci Head, Shawnee, Okla., five bass, 14-9, $601

10^th: Robert White, Moore, Okla., five bass, 14-8, $526

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Paul Waner of Choctaw, Oklahoma, caught a 5-pound, 5-ounce bass – the biggest of the tournament in the pro division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $655.

Travis Edwards of Edmond, Oklahoma, weighed in five bass totaling 17 pounds, 5 ounces Saturday to earn $2,253 and win the co-angler division.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Travis Edwards, Edmond, Okla., five bass, 17-5, $2,253

2^nd: Kirk Walker, Tahlequah, Okla., five bass, 15-3, $1,127

3^rd: Luke Frazier, Skiatook, Okla., five bass, 14-5, $751

4^th: Kyle Torkelson, Sand Springs, Okla., five bass, 13-8, $526

5^th: Jerry Evans, Pottsboro, Texas, five bass, 13-7, $451

6^th: Matthew Gregory, Alma, Ark., five bass, 12-8, $394

6^th: Brian Parker, Sand Springs, Okla., five bass, 12-8, $394

8^th: Justin Lillie, Owasso, Okla., five bass, 12-4, $338

9^th: Cameron Foster, Wagoner, Okla., five bass, 12-3, $300

10^th: Mike Blevins, Jay, Okla., five bass, 12-0, $263

Josh Dozier of Grove, Oklahoma, caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the co-angler division, a fish weighing 4 pounds, 12 ounces and earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $163.

The top 50 boaters and 50 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 27-29 Regional Championship on Lake Dardanelle in Russellville, Arkansas. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.

The BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 120 tournaments throughout the season, five in each division. The top 50 boaters and co-anglers from each division qualify for a regional tournament and 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 winners in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the Walmart 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.

NEW PLANO WEEKEND SERIES SPICES UP THE STALWART SPEED BAG

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NEW PLANO WEEKEND SERIES SPICES UP THE STALWART SPEED BAG

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Plano, IL (May 23, 2016) – Plano has revolutionized componentized tackle storage, largely through the invention and regular creative expansion of their industry-standard 3500, 3600 and 3700 StowAway Utility Boxes and companion products. Indeed, anglers around the world rely on their StowAways to protect their investments and organize their valuable fishing lures.

Stored in boats, trucks, basements and garages until pressed into duty by the conditions or species du jour, StowAway Utility Boxes, often well organized by species and technique, are loaded into Plano tackle bags or boxes for the journey to the fishing grounds, where their precious cargo of individual baits are tied and tried.

Plano Weekend Series Speed Bag Model 480800 shown

Anglers comfortable with carrying a relatively small arsenal of lures work within this time-proven tackle-organization methodology quite well. But the tournament, professional, or individual angler who must have hundreds of lures available for deployment at any moment doesn’t always want or need to carry his or her StowAways in a multitude of full-featured tackle bags.

Enter the Plano Speed Bag. It’s a no-nonsense nuts-and-bolts soft tackle case with the sole assignment of carrying and keeping three Plano StowAways, protected and at the ready.

For 2016, the venerable Speed Bag joins Plano’s all-new Weekend Series – a full line of highly functional, stylish and surprisingly affordable tackle storage bags and cases.

Two StowAway Utility Boxes include with Weekend Series Speed Bags

The new Weekend Series Speed Bags are available in the familiar 3500, 3600 and 3700 sizes for easy integration to your tackle transport and storage system. Each size also comes in the attractive red, blue or green Weekend Series color schemes. Match them to your other Weekend Series bags and cases, or use the three available colors to code your Speed Bags by species or technique.

Constructed of durable 600-Denier Polyester with a padded inner lining, lightweight Weekend Series Speed Bags open and close via a reinforced zipper with an ergonomic loop pull. Up top, a strong, padded handle ensures comfortable and reliable transport. Empty Speed Bags can be folded down for easy storage in small spaces.

Plano Weekend Series Speed Bags

Patented fold-down easy-access bag
Tough, lightweight construction
Available in Blue, Red or Green color schemes
Available in 3500, 3600, or 3700 sizes
Includes two StowAway Utility Boxes in corresponding size
Holds three StowAway Utility Boxes in corresponding size
Reinforced and padded top-carry handle

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Model Numbers, Colors, Exterior Dimensions & MSRPs

Model No. 430503: 3500 / Blue (9.75”x4”x6.25”) / MSRP $14.99
Model No. 430501: 3500 / Red
Model No. 430502: 3500 / Green
Model No. 430603: 3600 / Blue (11.5”x6”x8”) / MSRP $17.99
Model No. 430601: 3600 / Red
Model No. 430602: 3600 / Green
Model No. 430703: 3700 / Blue (14.5”x6”x10”) / MSRP $19.99
Model No. 430701: 3700 / Red
Model No. 430702: 3700 / Green

Plano Weekend Series Speed Bag Model 480820 shown

Plano’s new Weekend Series Speed Bags are highly functional and inexpensive additions that will add exponential utility and value to anyone’s tackle storage arsenal. They’re part of Plano’s all-new Weekend Series, which includes multiple sizes and colors of hardworking, attractive and surprisingly affordable Tackle Bags, Softsider Tackle Bags, Tackle Cases, Speed Bags, and Worm Speed Bags, allowing anglers to build an overall customized tackle storage system for their specific needs. Learn more at www.planomolding.com.

Cal Delta Top 10 Baits May 22, 2016 by Kyle Wood – FLW

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May 22, 2016 by Kyle Wood

The Costa FLW Series Western Division finale presented by Power-Pole on the California Delta was dominated by reaction baits – even though the conditions made for a tough bite. Covering water efficiently made several of the top pros reach for a variety of moving baits, while others took the soft plastic approach. Regardless of preference, these baits are the deal on the Delta.

1. Charley Almassey grabbed his first Costa Series title with three primary weapons. He used a 3/8-ounce Bobby D’s Grinder in a bluegill pattern tipped with Assault Lures Ringer paddle-tail plastic, a 3/8-ounce custom made swimjig paired with a 4.8-inch Keitech Swing Impact FAT and a new ABT Lures bluegill glide bait. All of these were thrown on a variety of Spiralite Rods – which he has helped to develop.

2. Mike Birch targeted postspawn fish with a Lucky Craft BDS 2 square-billed crankbait and a Bobby D’s Grinder tipped with a Lake Fork Live Magic Shad.

3. To claim his third top-10 finish of the season and the 2016 Strike King Angler of the Year title Roy Hawk employed two baits. A Yamamoto Flappin Hog and a vibrating jig that he tipped with a Yamamoto D Shad were all he needed.

4. Robert Lee tossed a black and blue Bobby D’s Grinder matched with a Zoom Brush Hog and Lucky Craft BDS 3 to catch the bulk of his weight. He also pitched a Reaction Innovations Pocket Rocket with an 1/8-ounce weight to pluck fish from holes in the grass.

5. For his second top 10 of the season, Michael Caruso employed a wacky-rigged Yamamoto Senko and drop-shot with a 6-inch Roboworm Fat Straight Tail Worm in margarita mutilator. Both were fished on a Megabass Levante Shakey Head spinning rod.

6. Delta legend Bobby Barrack threw a Snag Proof Wobbletron Frog on a Falcon Cara T7 Bobby’s Perfect Frog Casting Rod and a Dandy Baits Spinnerbait (SLK color) paired on a 7-foot, 6-inch heavy Falcon Bucoo Micro Guide.

7. Harvey Pulliam kept it simple with a Texas-rigged Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver (rythm&blues color) on a 1/4-ounce Picasso Tungsten weight, a wacky-rigged 6-inch Yamamoto Senko (black and blue) and white spinnerbait.

8. Bryant Smith used some Delta favorites for his finish. A homemade vibrating jig tipped with a Strike King Rage Twin Tail Menace Grub, a 6-inch Yamamoto Senko (green pumpkin) and a River2Sea Whopper Plopper got it done. He threw them on several different Dobyns casting rods.

9. Benjamin Byrd caught them on a Pepper Custom Baits jig with an EverSoft Custom Baits craw and a weightless Texas-rigged 6-inch Yamamoto Senko (black and red flake).

10. Strike King KVD HC 1.5 and 2.5 square-billed crankbaits and an H2O Express CRS Crankbait did all the heavy lifting for Dane Mitchell. He upgraded the stock hooks to Gamakatsu EWG Treble Short Shank 2X Magic Eye in size 2 on the 1.5 and size 1 on the 2.5. He cranked the 1.5 on a 7-2 Enigma Fishing Aaron’s Edge Crankbait rod on 16-pound Sunline Super FC Sniper Fluorocarbon and he threw the 2.5 on a 7-foot medium Enigma Fishing Casting rod with 20-pound Sunline Sniper.

Matt Herren win’s Toyota Texas Bass Classic May 23,2016 by Steve Patonde

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FRISCO, Texas – When the final day of the 10^th annual Toyota Texas Bass Classic began, Matt Herren held a slim 12-ounce lead over Bryan Thrift.

When the day was done, Thrift had closed the gap – but not enough to win.

Herren, an Elite Series pro from Alabama, had a three-day total of 51 pounds, 12ounces, which was eight ounces more than Thrift. The victory netted Herren a $100,000 cash prize, a Nitro Z20 boat with dual Power-Poles, and bragging rights in one of the most prestigious bass fishing tournaments.

But most importantly, it got Herren his first professional level win in nine years (he previously won an FLW stop in 2007.) He has never won a B.A.S.S. Elite Series event.

“Man, it’s incredible,” Herren said, after weighing a 17-4 limit on Sunday. “A lot of hard work goes into this, and there’s a lot of people who pay a big price to let me do what I do. They all know who they are … It’s amazing. You always wonder every day when you get up; you finish second, you finish third. It’s like ‘When? When is my time?’”

The top 15 anglers in the 2015 Bassmaster Elites Series and FLW Tour angler of the year standings were eligible to fish on Lake Ray Roberts in the TTBC, which is a benefit tournament for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Eight additional top-flight anglers were granted exemptions to fish in the event.

The star power on display in the 38-man field was not lost on Herren; a 14-year pro fishing in his fourth TTBC. But he brought some of his own expertise to the tournament, with five Bassmaster Classic berths and six Forrest Wood Cup appearances on his resume.

“These guys are too good to give anything away,” Herren said earlier in the week, while keeping secretive about his techniques on Ray Roberts. After Sunday’s win, he revealed that there wasn’t a heck of a lot of intricacy to his practices.

“Dude, I junk-fished the whole tournament,” he said with a smile. “The first day of practice on Tuesday, I figured out the big fish were up in the shallows and up in the willows. About mid-day on the second day of practice, we started losing a lot of water. They were draining Ray Roberts. So I started looking for someplace where the big ones would go.

“I got on a deal looking at cedar trees in the back of the drains. In Texas, they call the little channels that run up into those flats drains. Well, the last two or three trees before you got to the willows, the bigger females had pulled up right there.”

Bright sun was critical to his 19-plus pound limit on Friday, however, when Herren didn’t get the conditions he was looking for later in the TTBC, he had to adjust from the jigs he threw on Day 1.

“On Friday, I couldn’t get bit,” he said. “I started to recognize I’d have to run new water … So I scrounged up 15 pounds, from 11 o’clock on, around those cedar trees and those drains. Today, with the cloud cover, I knew I couldn’t catch them … I ran up to a bridge with a little bit of a shad spawn going on.”

He said he first lost a 5-pounder first thing in the morning, but then caught a 3-pounder, a 3-8, and a 2-plug on a square-bill DH Custom Lures 2.0.

“Then I had to run around some more, and I decided not to fight it, and just go fish,” Herren said. “I just kept it down, and fought it and fought it. And I caught 17 something pounds. I’d like to tell you I knew right where I was going, but I didn’t.

“With the conditions we had, with the water dropping, (it was difficult.) But I love to fish shallow, visible water. If I’m in anything that I can see, I feel as I am as good as there is walking. That’s how I was brought up fishing, and it suited me here.”

Thrift, who hails from North Carolina and won the TTBC in 2012, kept steady pressure on Herren throughout the day. It was in the final minutes of Day 3 (at 3:07 p.m. precisely,) that he lit into a fish that looked like it might clinch him a second TTBC victory.

That bass, caught only eight minutes before anglers had to stop fishing, weighed 3-12, and it allowed Thrift to cull up 1 ½ pounds. That left him tragically short – a mere eight ounces – of Herren.

Thrift’s bag on Sunday weighed 17-8, and he caught the majority of his bass flipping with a Damiki Knock Out.

“The last two days, that definitely was my go-to bait,” he said. “I was making as many casts as I can. I would have loved to win it again.”

The remainder of the Tundra 10 was composed of Luke Clausen, 47-8; Andy Morgan, 47-0; Dave Lefebre, 46-12; Aaron Martens, 46-8; Cody Meyer, 45-8; Kevin VanDam, 44-12; Chris Zaldain, 41-12; and Greg Hackney, 41-0.

Zaldain, an Elite Series pro from California and the leader after Day 1, caught a bass weighing 7-12 on Friday that was the heaviest of the tournament. It won him the Big Bass Award and its prize of a 2016 Toyota Tundra truck.

Morgan won the LEER Heavy Weight Award for the 22-0 pound bag he caught on Saturday. That was the highest single-day total caught by any of the pros in the three-day tournament, and it earned the FLW Tour stalwart a new LEER truck cap.

The Toyota Texas Fest (and the TTBC, which is part of that event,) is a significant fund-raiser for the TPWD. In 10 years, it has contributed $2.5 million to the department, which has put the funds to use supporting youth fishing and urban outreach programs across Texas.

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