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Virginia’s Austin Wins Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event on South Holston Reservoir

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Virginia’s Austin Wins Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event on South Holston Reservoir
Boater Doug Austin of Bristol, Virginia, and Strike-King co-angler Konnor Sweet of Abingdon, Virginia.
Abingdon’s Sweet Takes Strike King Co-Angler Division

BRISTOL, Tenn. (May 2, 2022) – Boater Doug Austin of Bristol, Virginia, caught five bass Saturday weighing 18 pounds, 4 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine on South Holston Reservoir. The tournament was the second event for the Bass Fishing League Volunteer Division. Austin earned $5,024 for his victory.

“I had two or three fish I had located before the tournament that I thought I could catch, and that was my main plan – to catch them right at the start and then settle in on the bank and go from there,” Austin said. “I caught two out of the three pretty quickly, and then the rest of the day was spent just jumping from here to there, catching little ones and every now and then a good one. It was real spotty.”

Austin said he used a green-pumpkin Berkley Powerbait Power Worm on a 1/0 hook with a 1/8-ounce weight on 7-pound-test line. He said the light line was key to helping the rig get down deeper more quickly. Austin said the rig resulted in 10 or 12 fish – nine of which were keepers.

“We’d hit a bank and get a good one, and then I’d catch two or three 2-pounders,” Austin said. “The last fish I caught that I weighed I caught with 30 or 45 minutes to spare.”

Austin said he expected the winning weight to be 19 or 19½ pounds.

“When I came in, I was thinking I had a top-5 finish,” Austin said. “It was at the end of the spawn, and the weights tend to go down.”

Austin said his longtime fishing companion passed away days before the tournament, with memorial services scheduled the day of competition. His friends encouraged him to fish on.

“They told me he would want me to go ahead and fish today, and I did,” Austin said. “To win it was a special thing. When I found out I had won, I just went off and had myself a moment and cried and talked to him.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:        Doug Austin, Bristol, Va., five bass, 18-4, $5,024
2nd:       J.R. Henard, Rogersville, Tenn., five bass, 17-1, $2,512
3rd:       Tyler Altizer, Abingdon, Va., five bass, 16-10, $1,674
4th:        Colton Chambers, Elizabethton, Tenn., five bass, 16-7, $1,172
5th:        Jimmy Neece Jr., Bristol, Tenn., five bass, 16-4, $1,463 (includes $500 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus)
5th:        Jack Daniel Williams, Kingsport, Tenn., five bass, 16-4, $963
7th:        Bryan Leonard, Blountville, Tenn., five bass, 16-3, $837
8th:        Clayton Winebarger, Abingdon, Va., five bass, 16-1, $754
9th:        Brian Barnett, Bluff City, Tenn., five bass, 15-14, $628
9th:        Brandon Stanley, Johnson City, Tenn., five bass, 15-14, $628

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Joshua Short of Bean Station, Tennessee, and Tim Smiley of White Pine, Tennessee, both caught largemouth that weighed 4 pounds, 12 ounces in the Boater Division and split the day’s Berkley Big Bass Boater award of $774.

Konnor Sweet of Abingdon, Virginia, won the Strike King Co-angler Division and $2,419 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 15 pounds, 12 ounces.

The top 10 Strike King co-anglers were:

1st:        Konnor Sweet, Abingdon, Va., five bass, 15-12, $2,419
2nd:       Ryan Lee, Pound, Va., five bass, 15-8, $1,210
3rd:       Kevin King, Blountville, Tenn., five bass, 15-7, $807
4th:        Stephen Brady, Woodlawn, Va., five bass, 15-5, $524
4th:        Travis Malone, Wartburg, Tenn., five bass, 15-5, $524
6th:        Brian Bailey, Austinville, Va., five bass, 15-2, $444
7th:        Brad Barton, Middlesboro, Ky., five bass, 14-11, $403
8th:        Mike Roten, Creston, N.C., five bass, 14-7, $363
9th:        Joshua Rasnake, Jonesborough, Tenn., five bass, 13-14, $323
10th:     Rod Grayson, Oxford, Iowa, five bass, 13-10, $282

James Reece of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 13 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Berkley Big Bass Co-angler award of $365.

After two events, J.R. Henard of Rogersville, Tennessee, leads the Bass Fishing League Volunteer Division Boater Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 480 points, while Konnor Sweet of Abingdon, Virginia, leads the Strike King Co-Angler Division AOY race with 498 points.

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. 20-22 Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on Smith Lake in Cullman, Alabama. Boaters will compete for a top award of $60,000, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard.

The 2022 Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine 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 Strike King co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six Regional Championships 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 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American. The 2022 All-American will be held June 2-4 at Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.

The top 45 boaters and Strike King co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division will also earn priority entry into the MLF Toyota Series, the pathway to the MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour.

Proud sponsors of the 2022 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 4WP, 13 Fishing, Abu Garcia, AFTCO, A.R.E. Truck Caps, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Rifle Coffee, E3, Epic Baits, Favorite Fishing, Gary Yamamoto Baits, General Tire, Lew’s, Lowrance, Lucas Oil, Mercury, Mossy Oak, Onyx, Phoenix, Polaris, Power-Pole, Revital Outdoors, Strike King, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, Wiley X, YETI and Yo-Zuri.

For complete details and updated tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular Bass Fishing League updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Dennis Stump & Steve Crist Win Leesville Lake Team Trail May 1st 2022

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Dennis Stump & Steve Crist Win Leesville Lake Team Trail May 1st 2022

We had 14 boats today at leesville lake team trail and it was a tough one.

1st place – Dennis Stump & Steve Crist with 14.13lbs.

2nd place – Matt & Chris Atkins with 13.05lbs. No pic

3rd place – Greg & Ben Dawson with 11.89lbs. No pic

Big fish was Ben Burnett & Chris Zimmer with a 4.62lb

Onalaska’s Zumach Claims Phoenix Bass Fishing League Victory on the Mississippi River

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Onalaska’s Zumach Claims Phoenix Bass Fishing League Victory on the Mississippi River
Boater Darren Zumach of Onalaska, Wisconsin and Strike-King co-angler Lee Lewis of Peoria, Illinois.
Illinois’ Lewis Wins Strike King Co-Angler Division

LA CROSSE, Wis. (May 2, 2022) – Boater Darren Zumach of Onalaska, Wisconsin, caught five bass Saturday weighing 17 pounds, 8 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine on the Mississippi River . The tournament, hosted by the La Crosse County Convention and Visitors Bureau, was the season-opener for the Bass Fishing League Great Lakes Division. Zumach earned $4,884 for his victory.

“The wind really helped me out a lot,” Zumach said. “It actually set me up against the current with the current coming down and the wind coming up, so it kept me in one spot. Once I figured out the fish had moved to shell beds, that wind did nothing but help me.”

Zumach said he fished a shad-colored Strike King KVD Jerkbait and a lipless crankbait in eight feet of water to target the shell-bed bass.

Zumach is a veteran Phoenix Bass Fishing League tournament angler, with a total of 111 MLF events fished since the mid-1990s. Zumach said he caught only seven fish during the course of the tournament – all keepers – but those fish resulted in the right five weigh-in fish on the right day.

“This feels amazing to finally pull off a win,” Zumach said. “I’ve been close and fishing these for a long time, and I finally got the win.

“When I got the 6-pound, 4-ounce smallmouth at 11 o’clock, I thought, ‘Yeah, I might have a chance here,’” Zumach added.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Darren Zumach, Onalaska, Wis., five bass, 17-8, $4,884
2nd:        Kyle von Ruden, Stoddard, Wis., five bass, 16-14, $2,740
3rd:        Mike Brueggen, La Crosse, Wis., five bass, 16-12, $1,426
4th:         Dan Mohn, Lansing, Iowa, five bass, 16-7, $998
5th:         Devin Teigen, Nelson, Wis., five bass, 16-5, $1,320 (includes $500 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus)
5th:         Jeremy Nokken, La Crosse, Wis., five bass, 16-5, $820
7th:         Kevin Ruh, Onalaska, Wis., five bass, 15-15, $713
8th:         Joe Pollak, Lake Geneva, Wis., five bass, 15-8, $942
9th:         Hunter Litchfield, Macomb, Ill., five bass, 15-7, $571
10th:      Austin Brimeyer, Dubuque, Iowa, five bass, 15-6, $499
Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Zumach earned the day’s Berkley Big Bass Boater award of $605 with a smallmouth that weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces.

Lee Lewis of Peoria, Illinois, won the Strike King Co-angler Division and $2,140 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 16 pounds, 4 ounces.

The top 10 Strike King co-anglers were:

1st:          Lee Lewis, Peoria, Ill., five bass, 16-4, $2,140
2nd:        Alan Bernicky, Joliet, Ill., five bass, 15-13, $1,520
3rd:        Shawn Overton, Coal Valley, Ill., five bass, 13-3, $712
4th:         Justin Bowder, Rochester, Minn., five bass, 11-8, $499
5th:         Thomas Bridges, Kankakee, Ill., four bass, 10-14, $428
6th:         Mongshoua Xiong, La Crosse, Wis., four bass, 10-7, $392
7th:         Mark Folsom, Waterville, Iowa, five bass, 10-6, $357
8th:         Richard Conrad, Arcadia, Wis., four bass, 9-14, $321
9th:         Michael Watson, Trempealeau, Wis., four bass, 9-9, $285
10th:      Hertz Skaer, Holmen, Wis., three bass, 9-4, $552
Skaer caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 12 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Berkley Big Bass Co-angler award of $302.

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. 20-22 Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on Grand Lake in Grove, Oklahoma. Boaters will compete for a top award of $60,000, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard.

The 2022 Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine 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 Strike King co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six Regional Championships 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 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American. The 2022 All-American will be held June 2-4 at Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.

The top 45 boaters and Strike King co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division will also earn priority entry into the MLF Toyota Series, the pathway to the MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour.

Proud sponsors of the 2022 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 4WP, 13 Fishing, Abu Garcia, AFTCO, A.R.E. Truck Caps, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Rifle Coffee, E3, Epic Baits, Favorite Fishing, Gary Yamamoto Baits, General Tire, Lew’s, Lowrance, Lucas Oil, Mercury, Mossy Oak, Onyx, Phoenix, Polaris, Power-Pole, Revital Outdoors, Strike King, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, Wiley X, YETI and Yo-Zuri.

For complete details and updated tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular Bass Fishing League updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Lowrance® Announces New Savings Offers Up To $400 On Fishfinder Electronics

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Lowrance® Announces New Savings Offers Up To $400 On Fishfinder Electronics

Tulsa, Okla. – Lowrance, a world-leader in fishing electronics since 1957, is offering consumers great savings to kick off the summer season. Beginning now through July 4, 2022, anglers can instantly save up to $100 on the purchase of any HOOK® Reveal fishfinder at participating retailers. Additionally, they can also save $200 via rebate on ActiveTarget™ Live Sonar or $400 on the purchase of ActiveTarget plus an Elite FS™ 9, whether purchased as a bundle or separately.

Perfect for the weekend angler fishing in freshwater lakes and inland coastal areas, HOOK Reveal is easy to install and easy to use and offers Lowrance’s FishReveal™ technology for easy fish finding and an enjoyable day out on the water. For avid anglers, the Elite FS offers a full line-up of Lowrance fish finding tools, including Active Imaging™ and pre-loaded C-MAP® charts, to make time on the water more productive. Compatible with the Elite FS, Lowrance’s revolutionary ActiveTarget live sonar provides anglers immediate feedback on how fish are relating to structure and reacting to a lure presentation, letting them know if their approach is working or if it is time to change things up to get fish to strike.

For more information on these savings, please visit please visit www.lowrance.com/offers.

 

HOOK® Reveal     

                                       

  Elite FS™ 9 with ActiveTarget™ Live Sonar

May 2022 Smith Mountain Lake Fishing Report by Captain Chad Green

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May 2022 Smith Mountain Lake Fishing Report by Captain Chad Green

SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE FISHING REPORT
By: Captain Chad Green
www.lastcastguideservicesml.com

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As spring is in full swing, May fishing will be a great time to catch all species of fish and enjoy great weather and relaxing days on the water. Get out on the water when you can and enjoy the sunrises and sunsets. Practice catch and release as much as possible to preserve our great fisheries out there. As always, just make one more Last Cast as it could be the next trophy fish. Visit Captains Quarters Marina at Hales Ford Bridge for any tackle that you may need and he will fix you up.

Largemouth Bass/Smallmouth Bass
We are in all stages of the spawn as of right now as our water temps are still around 60 degrees. As we get warmer nights, the shad spawn will increase target rocky banks and rip rap that will have bass that follow along with stripers. Docks are key areas in protected pockets and will have fish just about any time of day especially in bright sunshine. Points and flats on the main Channel will start to be key areas as fish move in and out of areas during the spawn. Night fishing will be great for the next few weeks at dark till early morning with topwater lures. Best lures in May will be topwater lures, swimbaits, jigs, shakey head, drop shots, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Carolina rigs. Depths of water would be most productive in 2-10’ throughout May.

Striped Bass
Night fishing is great right now using topwater lures, Long A bombers, No.13 Rapalas, they will continue to feed during the day also in the same areas. The striper population is very high in the lake right now and can be found in most areas of the lake with the mid to lower end of the lake on both river arms being the most productive. Target main lake points and flats with rock or red clay in 5-20 ft of water. The bigger fish are starting to show up in lower ends of the lake following schools of bait around in the shallows and can be seen with a good pair of polarized glasses. Try and target these fish with larger bait pulled on planer boards up shallow early in the morning or cloudy days, and move out deeper as the sun rises and temps warm. Be careful with these fish starting this month with warming temperatures get them back in the water as soon as possible and practice catch and release of the trophy fish.

Crappie
May is a great month to crappie fish and can be found up both river arms of the lake in 5-15’ depths around fallen trees, brush piles, and dock pilings. Minnows and small jigs are baits of choice on light tackle and can make for a fun day and a fine meal afterwards. Practice catch and release of the larger female fish so they can finish their spawn in in the next few weeks.

Tournaments in May
Tues night tournaments 630pm-1030pm Captains Quarters Marina
Fri night tournaments 8pm-2pm Captains Quarters Marina
Sat night tournaments 8pm-2pm Foxport Marina
May 14th Anglers Choice Marine at Parkway Marina 7am – 3pm

Zach Peaslee and Bob Peaslee Win Region 4 Team Trail on Philpott

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Zach Peaslee and Bob Peaslee Win Region 4 Team Trail on Philpott

Region 4 TBF Team Trail April 30th

Philpott Lake is booming with fish 20 out of 32 boats had limits!
But at the end of the day.
Zach Peaslee and Bob Peaslee took the win with 15.06 lbs. 2nd place was Kertim Tatum and Jamie Draper 15 lbs even. Perry Hughes and Roger Maxie was in 3rd with 14.22 lbs. Jeff Newman and William Hubbard ended you in 4th with 13.98. Big Fish went to the team of Mike Martin and Kenny Haley 3.52 lbs.
Thanks everyone who came out. Stop 5 will be back at Clayton Lake May 21st.

Livesay Notches First Bassmaster Opens Victory On Ross Barnett Reservoir

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Livesay Notches First Bassmaster Opens Victory On Ross Barnett Reservoir
Lee Livesay of Longview, Texas, has won the 2022 St. Croix Bassmaster Central Open at Ross Barnett Reservoir presented by Mossy Oak Fishing with a three-day total of 48 pounds, 11 ounces.
Photo by James Overstreet/B.A.S.S.

April 30, 2022

Livesay Notches First Bassmaster Opens Victory On Ross Barnett Reservoir

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RIDGELAND, Miss. — Lee Livesay’s family recently expanded and he’s pretty certain that motivation helped him expand his trophy collection with a winning total of 48 pounds, 11 ounces at the St. Croix Bassmaster Central Open at Ross Barnett presented by Mossy Oak Fishing.

Buoyed by a Day 1 limit of 25-12 — the event’s second-largest — the Bassmaster Elite Series pro from Longview, Texas, powered through two days of tougher conditions that yielded limits of 10-4 and 12-11. Livesay won the top prize of $52,500 and a berth in the 2023 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk, to be held in Knoxville, Tenn., March 24-26.

“I struggled the last two days; I’m really thankful I caught that big bag the first day,” Livesay said.

After Elite wins on Chickamauga Lake (2020) and Lake Fork (2021), this is Livesay’s first Bassmaster Opens win. Watching his victory was Livesay’s wife Taren and their month-old daughter Lane.

“It took me 36 years to have (a child) so I never thought about it until I had one, but I figured out I couldn’t love anything more than that little baby and my wife,” Livesay said. “It definitely focused me.”

With minimal experience on Ross Barnett, Livesay spent most of his time on a community hole flat on the lake’s east side. He had plenty of company, but having located a narrow drain flanked by a mix of dollar pads, pepper grass and hydrilla, he had a legitimate sweet spot all to himself.

A Texas-rigged and Carolina-rigged Netbait 6-inch lizard produced all of his first-round weight. The former fared best in the thicker spots.

Day 2 saw him struggling, as the spot seemed to have dried up. So, Livesay shifted gears and caught a couple of keepers on shoreline spots and in a marina.

Day 3, while a little more productive, also required a multi-level effort.

“Today, I had to go junk fishing; my fish were gone,” Livesay said. “I started on my drain today, but a little farther down — about two casts from where I caught them on Day 1.”

After a slow start on his drain, Livesay moved shallow and caught his first keeper on a white Snagproof Bobby’s Perfect Frog. Giving his drain another shot, Livesay caught his biggest bass — a 4-pounder — on the Carolina rig.

“Four casts later, I lost a great big one — a 5- or 6-pounder,” he said. “That was it for the flat.”

Returning to the bank, he added his third keeper on the frog. After that, a frustrating slump prompted him to try a new scenario.

“I said, ‘I have to go junk fish,’ so I went out to the cypress trees in front of that area that I had never fished,” Livesay said. “I pulled out a white 6th Sense Braid swim jig with a white Netbait twin-tail trailer, skipped it up under a tree and caught a good one.

“I kept going up to the next bay and just flipped, flipped, flipped with a Netbait B Bug. After 30 minutes of flipping reeds, I caught No. 5 — a 3-pounder.”

Relishing his first Opens title, Livesay said his win gives him some much-needed breathing room.

“I’ve had a really rough year on the Elites. I’m 71st in Angler of the Year standings — almost impossible to make the Classic,” he said. “I just punched my ticket for (the Classic) so I can swing for the fence the rest of the year.”

Nick LeBrun of Bossier City, La., finished second with 47-11. After placing 11th on Day 1 with 15-3, he pulled up to second with 17-9 on Day 2. He finished with 14-15.

Targeting specific shoreline structure and cover, LeBrun was fishing an area where he suspected a late wave of spawners had pulled up shallow. Covering water to find bass he couldn’t see in the lake’s muddy water, he caught fish on a bladed jig, a Texas-rigged V&M Chopstick and a frog.

“I just stayed on my Lowrance Ghost trolling motor, just junk fishing; fishing what’s in front of me,” LeBrun said. “Probably 12 of my 15 fish came out of Pelahatchie Bay. I also had some offshore stuff that I stopped on today.”

Trevor McKinney of Benton, Ill., finished third with 45-9. His daily weights were 12-13, 17-2 and 15-10.

McKinney did his best to get away from the crowds and that meant skinny water.

“I ran my Crestliner (aluminum) boat as shallow as I could get it,” he said. “I actually found a little shad spawn going on. I was catching most of my fish on a Terminator Swim Jig and a Terminator Frog.

“I was just throwing up as shallow as I could and shad were jumping up on the bank. Yesterday, I caught one on a frog and it spit up two shad on my deck. I threw them back in the water and they swam off. The fish were just gorging themselves.”

As the highest-placing eligible angler in the Toyota Bonus Bucks program, McKinney earned an additional $1,500.

As part of the Yamaha Power Pay program, LeBrun took home an additional $1,500.

Day 1 leader Neal Gilmore won the $750 Phoenix Boats Big Bass award for his 8-12.

Cole Sands of Calhoun, Tenn., won the $500 Garmin Tournament Rewards for being the highest-placing competitor using Garmin products.

Livesay leads the Central Opens season standings with 200 points. LeBrun is in second with 199, followed by McKinney with 198, Sands with 197 and Jimmy Washam of Covington, Tenn., with 196.

John Soukup of Sapulpa, Okla., leads the overall Bassmaster Opens points standings with 671 points.

The tournament was hosted by the Ridgeland Tourism Commission.

2022 St. Croix Bassmaster Central at Ross Barnett presented by Mossy Oak Fishing 4/28-4/30
Ross Barnett Reservoir, Ridgeland  MS.
(BOATER) Standings Day 3

   Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Lee Livesay            Longview, TX            15  48-11  200  $52,500.00
Day 1: 5   25-12     Day 2: 5   10-04     Day 3: 5   12-11
2.  Nick LeBrun            Bossier City, LA        15  47-11  199  $25,500.00
Day 1: 5   15-03     Day 2: 5   17-09     Day 3: 5   14-15
3.  Trevor McKinney        Benton, IL              15  45-09  198  $18,000.00
Day 1: 5   12-13     Day 2: 5   17-02     Day 3: 5   15-10
4.  Cole Sands             Calhoun , TN            15  45-01  197  $15,500.00
Day 1: 5   16-07     Day 2: 5   14-10     Day 3: 5   14-00
5.   Jimmy Washam          Covington, TN           15  44-12  196  $13,050.00
Day 1: 5   16-02     Day 2: 5   11-08     Day 3: 5   17-02
6.  David Gaston           Sylacauga, AL           15  42-02  195  $12,000.00
Day 1: 5   15-00     Day 2: 5   12-15     Day 3: 5   14-03
7.  Nathan Donnell         China Spring, TX        14  40-14  194  $11,250.00
Day 1: 4   12-02     Day 2: 5   15-12     Day 3: 5   13-00
8.  Jeff Avery             El Dorado, AR           15  39-09  193  $10,500.00
Day 1: 5   10-14     Day 2: 5   17-10     Day 3: 5   11-01
9.  Alfred Williams        Jackson, MS             15  38-12  192   $8,250.00
Day 1: 5   16-07     Day 2: 5   14-08     Day 3: 5   07-13
10. Neal Gilmore           Magnolia, TX             9  32-14  191   $7,500.00
Day 1: 5   26-09     Day 2: 3   04-13     Day 3: 1   01-08
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Neal Gilmore             Magnolia, TX        08-12        $750.00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1        86       756      1759-02
2        77       697      1632-10
3         9        46       121-15
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172      1499      3513-11

Shaw Grigsby Leads Day 1 at MLF Bass Pro Tour Bass Boat Technologies Stage Four on Lake of the Ozarks Presented by Bass Cat

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Shaw Grigsby Leads Day 1 at MLF Bass Pro Tour Bass Boat Technologies Stage Four on Lake of the Ozarks Presented by Bass Cat

Hall-of-Famer Boats 14 Scorable Bass Totaling 37 Pounds, 15 Ounces to Lead By 11 Ounces After Day 1 for Group A – Group B to Compete Sunday

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (April 30, 2022) – It was a sight-fishing seminar for fishing fans Saturday, and after the final bass had been tallied on SCORETRACKER®, two of the best of all-time sat atop the leaderboard after Day 1 of the Bass Boat Technologies Stage Four on Lake of the Ozarks Presented by Bass Cat in Osage Beach, Missouri. Bass Fishing Hall-of-Famer Shaw Grigsby of Gainesville, Florida , sight-fished his way to 14 scorable largemouth totaling 37 pounds, 15 ounces, to grab the early lead in the Qualifying Round for Group A.

The six-day tournament, hosted by Central Missouri’s Tri-County Lodging Association, the Lake of the Ozarks Fishing Council and BassingBob.com, showcases 80 of the top pro bass-fishing anglers in the world competing for a purse of $805,000, including a top cash prize of $100,000 to the winner. The tournament is livestreamed each day at MajorLeagueFishing.com and the MOTV app, and also filmed for broadcast later this fall on the Discovery Channel.


Link to Photo Gallery of Shaw Grigsby’s Day 1 Highlights
Link to Photo Gallery of Day 1 Highlights

Grigsby will bring a slim 11-ounce lead into Monday’s second day of competition for Group A, with fellow sight-fishing guru Alton Jones of Lorena, Texas, right behind him in second place with 11 bass weighing 37-4.  Redlands, California pro Brent Ehrler also spent the day targeting bedding fish and boated 11 bass totaling 34-10, as did current Bally Bet Angler of the Year leader Jordan Lee of Cullman, Alabama, who caught 10 bass totaling 32-13. Alton Jones, Jr., of Waco, Texas, rounds out the top five with 12 bass weighing 32-3.

Grigsby was in his element, Saturday, catching all of his 14 keepers sight-fishing with several different baits. His key bait was a 4-inch Strike King KVD Ocho, in bubble gum and sweet potato pie colors.

“I’m pretty pleased to finally catch them in a Bass Pro Tour event,” the affable Florida pro said. “Today was such a fun day. But it wasn’t easy – especially this afternoon. I’ve done this a long time and usually when we’re sight-fishing and the sun comes out and it gets warm, the fish start biting. That really didn’t happen this afternoon.

“We had 20+ mile-per-hour winds blowing and we’ve had all that rain, so the water is pretty stained up,” Grigsby continued. “My biggest two fish that I found, I couldn’t even fish – the water went to chocolate milk from the rain run-off. I know it’s only Day 1, but every fish matters here, and the good thing is that I only lost one scorable fish. Execution wise, I had pretty much a flawless today so I can’t complain.”

Despite the challenging day on the water, Grigsby is still very much looking forward to finishing out the Qualifying Round on Monday.

“I’m excited about getting back out and going fishing on Monday – I sure hope that I can do it again,” Grigsby said. “I’m looking forward to my off-day tomorrow – I need it. I tore up every one of my spinning rods today. I’ll be tying FG knots all over and getting my new Triton XRT gassed up and ready to get after them again on Monday.”

The 40 anglers in Group A will now have an off day from competition, while the 40 anglers competing in Group B will begin their first day of competition Sunday. Group A will resume competition on Monday.

The top 20 pros in Group A after Day 1 on Lake of the Ozarks are:

1st:          Shaw Grigsby, Gainesville, Fla., 14 bass, 37-15
2nd:         Alton Jones, Lorena, Texas, 11 bass, 37-4
3rd:         Brent Ehrler, Redlands, Calif., 11 bass, 34-10
4th:         Jordan Lee, Cullman, Ala., 10 bass, 32-13
5th:         Alton Jones, Jr., Waco, Texas, 12 bass, 32-3
6th:         Jonathon VanDam, Kalamazoo, Mich., nine bass, 30-3
7th:         Jesse Wiggins, Addison, Ala., 11 bass, 29-4
8th:         Greg Vinson, Wetumpka, Ala., eight bass, 28-1
9th:         Matt Lee, Cullman, Ala., eight bass, 22-4
10th:       Takahiro Omori, Tokyo, Japan, seven bass, 22-0
11th:       Skeet Reese, Auburn, Calif., seven bass, 20-6
12th:       Fred Roumbanis, Russellville, Ark., six bass, 20-2
13th:       Dylan Hays, Hot Springs, Ark., seven bass, 19-11
14th:       Clabion Johns, Social Circle, Ga., four bass, 17-9
15th:       Ryan Salzman, Huntsville, Ala., four bass, 17-1
16th:       Dakota Ebare, Brookeland, Texas, four bass, 16-14
17th:       Boyd Duckett, Guntersville, Ala., six bass, 16-3
18th:       Chris Lane, Guntersville, Ala., six bass, 15-8
19th:       Cole Floyd, Leesburg, Ohio, six bass, 15-5
20th:       David Walker, Sevierville, Tenn., five bass, 14-1

A complete list of results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Overall, there were 217 scorable bass weighing 640 pounds, 3 ounces caught by 39 pros Saturday, which included 26 four-pounders, four five-pounders, and five six-pounders.

Pro Dakota Ebare of Brookeland, Texas, boated a 6-pound, 14-ounce largemouth that earned him the first $1,000 Berkley Big Bass Award of the event. Berkley awards $1,000 to the angler who weighs the heaviest bass each day, and a $3,000 bonus to the angler who weighs the heaviest bass of the tournament.

The 40 Anglers in Group A compete in their two-day qualifying round on Saturday and Monday – the 40 anglers in Group B on Sunday and Tuesday. After each two-day qualifying round is complete, the anglers that finish in 2nd through 20th place from both groups advance to Wednesday’s Knockout Round, while the winner of each group advances directly to Thursday’s Championship Round. In the Knockout Round, weights are zeroed, and the remaining 38 anglers compete to finish in the top 8 to advance to the Championship Round. In the final day Championship Round, weights are zeroed, and the highest one-day total wins the top prize of $100,000.

Anglers will launch each day at 7:30 a.m. from the Grand Glaize Marina Recreation Area, located at 711 Public Beach Road in Osage Beach. Each day’s General Tire Takeout will be held at the Marina, beginning at 4 p.m. Fans are welcome to attend all launch and takeout events and also encouraged to follow the event online throughout the day on the MLF NOW!® live stream and SCORETRACKER® coverage at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

On Championship Thursday, May 5, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. MLF will host a Celebration Event for fans of all ages, inviting fans to come out and celebrate with the professional anglers from the Bass Pro Tour as they crown the champion of the Bass Boat Technologies Stage Four on Lake of the Ozarks Presented by Bass Cat. The FREE, family-friendly event will be fun for fishing fans of all ages. The first 50 middle school or high school anglers will receive a free Abu Garcia rod and reel combo valued at $100. The final 10 Championship Round Bass Pro Tour anglers will be on hand to meet and greet fans, sign autographs, take selfies and participate in tackle giveaways.

The Bass Boat Technologies Stage Four on Lake of the Ozarks Presented by Bass Cat features anglers competing with a 2-pound minimum weight requirement for a bass to be deemed scorable. Minimum weights are determined individually for each competition waters that the Bass Pro Tour visits, based on the productivity, bass population and anticipated average size of fish in each fishery.

The Bass Pro Tour features a field of 80 of the top professional anglers in the world competing across seven regular-season tournaments around the country, competing for millions of dollars and valuable points to qualify for the annual General Tire Heavy Hitters all-star event and the REDCREST 2023 championship.

The MLF NOW!® broadcast team of Chad McKee, Marty Stone and J.T. Kenney will break down the extended action on all six days of competition from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT. MLF NOW!®  will be live streamed on MajorLeagueFishing.com and the MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) app.

Television coverage of the Bass Boat Technologies Stage Four on Lake of the Ozarks Presented by Bass Cat will premiere as two two-hour episodes at 7 a.m. ET, on Saturday, Oct. 15 and Saturday, Oct. 22 on the Discovery Channel. New MLF episodes premiere each Saturday morning on the Discovery Channel, with additional re-airings on the Outdoor Channel. Each two-hour long reality-based episode goes in-depth to break down each day of competition.

Proud sponsors of the 2022 MLF Bass Pro Tour include: 13 Fishing, Abu Garcia, A.R.E. Truck Caps, B&W Trailer Hitches, Bally Bet, Bass Cat, Bass Pro Shops, Berkley, Covercraft, Favorite Fishing, Garmin, General Tire, Googan Baits, Grundéns, Guaranteed Rate, Humminbird, Lowrance, Luminox, Mercury, Minn Kota, Mossy Oak, Nitro Performance Boats, Onyx, Plano, Power-Pole, Power Stop, Rapala, Starbrite, Toro, Toyota, Wrangler, Yellowstone Bourbon and Zoom.

For complete details and updated information on Major League Fishing and the Bass Pro Tour, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter,  Instagram, and  YouTube.

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Drew Ahern & Frankie Shelton Win Bass Cast Tourney April 30th 2022 with 22.41 lbs

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The morning started off like any other morning, a nice calm day on smith mountain lake, until the rain moved in. For some reason it has always rains on stop #1 of the Bass Cast tourney. The the weigh in began & the good looking bags of fish were put on the scales. When it was all said & done Chad Green & Johnny Martin finished & had our 7lb Lunker, 3rd was Mark Winn & Mike Nichols Finished 3rd & had a 4.61lb Small Mouth. The the big guns come to the tank Ben & Robert Hudson Weighing a 20.85lb bag & then our winners stepped to the scales Drew Ahern & Frankie Shelton weighing in 22.41lb. Thank you to everyone that fished with us today & see you all June 18th.

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