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Jessie Cofflin and Brian Hall Win HillCity Bassmaster Leesville lake Event

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Jessie Cofflin and Brian Hall Win HillCity Bassmaster Leesville lake Event

Elijah and I want to thank you all for coming out yesterday! We had a great turnout for our second tournament of the season. There were 17 boats and a ton of fish caught with some pretty impressive weights!

First Place: Jessie Cofflin and Brian Hall with 5 fish weighing 15.31 lbs. Jessie and Brian also caught the biggest fish of the day weighing in at 6.23 lbs


Second Place: Daniel Gibson and William Craft with 5 fish weighing 14.70 lbs


Third Place: Jacob Stephens and Jeff Swain with 5 fish weighing 13.45 lbs

We look forward to seeing you all again at our next tournament on May 14 at Banister Lake. Blast off will be at 6:30 am!

Christie Rights His Ship, Wins Bassmaster Elite Series Event At Chickamauga Lake

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Christie Rights His Ship, Wins Bassmaster Elite Series Event At Chickamauga Lake
Jason Christie of Park Hill, Okla., has won the 2022 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Chickamauga Lake with a four-day total of 73 pounds, 7 ounces.
Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

April 10, 2022

Christie Rights His Ship, Wins Bassmaster Elite Series Event At Chickamauga Lake

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DAYTON, Tenn. — Jason Christie left Dayton Municipal Park on Championship Sunday just 6 ounces out of the lead with a crystal-clear plan for where he wanted to start.

But thick fog created by temperatures that had plunged into the 30s overnight changed that plan — and ultimately played a huge role in his eighth career victory with B.A.S.S.

To let the fog clear, Christie stopped on a bank he hadn’t fished all week and quickly put a solid limit in his livewell. He culled up a few ounces throughout the day until he reached a five-bass limit of 15 pounds, 12 ounces that helped him win the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Chickamauga Lake with a four-day total of 73-7.

“The fog is why I won,” said Christie, who is a little more than a month removed from winning the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk on Lake Hartwell. “I went through one fogbank at about 25 mph going to where I was going to start. But then I hit another fogbank and I saw a boat wave that I knew didn’t come from one of our guys, so I just immediately peeled off to an area that I fished three or four years ago in another event.”

After a warm start on Thursday, Days 2 and 3 were the polar opposite with cloudy skies, temperatures in the 40s and a spattering of rain, sleet and snow. But the low-light conditions played into the hands of Christie, who fished all week with a 1/2-ounce Booyah Covert Spinnerbait (chartreuse, white and blue with a white Yum Swim’n Dinger as a trailer), a bladed jig and the same War Eagle Jiu-Jigsu Jig (green pumpkin) he used at the Classic.

The conditions made another sharp turn Sunday, with the return of the sun, calm winds and a high temperature near 70 degrees. But Christie once again took advantage of a short window of low visibility aided by the early morning fog.

“I knew the spot I stopped at had had a lot of traffic, but I figured I would just go in there and fish until the fog lifted,” Christie said. “But really it set up perfectly because it was shaded and had all the right stuff.”

While much of the field was still navigating the fog, Christie caught a quick limit, taking the unofficial lead on BassTrakk by 8 a.m. and never relinquishing it.

“That was the key, just getting off to a good start,” he said. “What was weird is every day those fish have been tight to cover. But the first big one I caught today was halfway back to the boat. Then the next bite was about the same — and that’s how I ended up catching them.

“I think the bait would come by the cover, and they were sitting right out in front of it.”

The win provided a bit of redemption for Christie, who followed his Classic victory with a 93rd-place finish at the next Elite Series event at Santee Cooper Lakes — one of the worst finishes of his career. He said the same stubbornness that cost him at Santee Cooper Lakes might have helped him to the victory on Chickamauga.

“I certainly don’t like to make excuses,” he said. “But during practice for Santee, I was doing every interview, every podcast about the Classic win — I didn’t turn anyone down. I still thought I was on a good deal there and that I would catch them. But I was too stubborn to give up on it when it didn’t work.

“That’s just like today. The fishing was a lot tougher than it had been the last two days, but I stuck with what I was doing.”

Like Christie, Mississippi pro Brock Mosley stayed with the program he had been using all week, alternating between a bladed jig, a jig, a Senko and a spinnerbait. But with a modest limit of 11-14, he finished second with a four-day total of 69-15.

It marked his fifth career second-place finish on the Elite Series and the third time he’s finished one spot behind Christie.

“I caught plenty of fish today, but I just didn’t run into any big fish,” Mosley said. “I thought as good as I was catching them, everybody else was probably catching them too. So late in the day, I decided to run down the lake and try to catch a couple of big ones on a big swimbait.

“Looking back, I probably should have just stuck with what I was doing.”

Phoenix Boats Big Bass of the Day honors went to Arizona pro Clifford Pirch for a 5-4 largemouth. Wisconsin pro Pat Schlapper won Phoenix Boats Big Bass of the Week with the 10-5 he caught Thursday.

Hawaiian Matty Wong failed to make the Top 10 cut for Championship Sunday, placing 14th with 48-5. But he earned the VMC Monster Bag of the Week award for the 25-13 limit he weighed in Friday.

Christie took home $3,000 for being the highest-placing entrant in the Toyota Bonus Bucks program, and Mosley earned $2,000 for being the second-highest placing entrant.

As part of the Yamaha Power Pay program, Christie also earned $4,000 for winning while Australian Carl Jocumsen claimed an additional $1,500 for being the second-highest placing entrant.

Ed Loughran III won the $1,000 BassTrakk Contingency award for the most accurate weight reporting.

With a 33rd-place finish, Florida pro John Cox maintained his lead in the Progressive Insurance Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings with 353 points. Idaho pro Brandon Palaniuk moved into second with 343, followed by Pirch (338), David Mullins of Tennessee (321) and Drew Benton of Georgia (321).

Wisconsin pro Jay Przekurat leads the Falcon Rods Bassmaster Rookie of the Year race with 293 points, followed by Joseph Webster of Alabama (249) and Tennessee pro Jacob Foutz (200).

The tournament was hosted by Rhea County, City of Dayton, Tenn., and Fish Dayton.

2022 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Chickamauga Lake 4/7-4/10
Chickamauga Lake, Dayton  TN.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 4

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

1.  Jason Christie         Park Hill, OK           20  73-07  100 $100,000.00
Day 1: 5   16-00     Day 2: 5   20-15     Day 3: 5   20-12     Day 4: 5   15-12
2.  Brock Mosley           Collinsville, MS        20  69-15   99  $35,000.00
Day 1: 5   19-06     Day 2: 5   18-11     Day 3: 5   20-00     Day 4: 5   11-14
3.  Jacob Foutz            Charleston, TN          20  67-06   98  $31,000.00
Day 1: 5   15-04     Day 2: 5   17-01     Day 3: 5   23-08     Day 4: 5   11-09
4.  Matt Robertson         Kuttawa, KY             19  66-01   97  $25,000.00
Day 1: 5   21-13     Day 2: 5   18-08     Day 3: 5   14-06     Day 4: 4   11-06
5.  Caleb Kuphall          Mukwonago, WI           18  64-13   96  $20,000.00
Day 1: 5   20-14     Day 2: 5   17-01     Day 3: 5   16-04     Day 4: 3   10-10
6.  Daisuke Aoki           Minamitsurugun Yamanash 18  63-15   95  $19,000.00
Day 1: 5   23-12     Day 2: 5   16-08     Day 3: 5   17-10     Day 4: 3   06-01
7.  Carl Jocumsen          Queensland AUSTRALIA    19  63-04   94  $18,000.00
Day 1: 5   24-12     Day 2: 4   08-04     Day 3: 5   18-03     Day 4: 5   12-01
8.  Jason Williamson       Wagener, SC             17  58-00   93  $17,000.00
Day 1: 5   16-07     Day 2: 5   13-00     Day 3: 5   22-10     Day 4: 2   05-15
9.  Clifford Pirch         Payson, AZ              18  58-00   92  $17,000.00
Day 1: 5   12-06     Day 2: 5   19-12     Day 3: 5   16-11     Day 4: 3   09-03
10. Drew Benton            Blakely, GA             16  51-14   91  $15,000.00
Day 1: 5   18-07     Day 2: 5   18-14     Day 3: 5   12-00     Day 4: 1   02-09
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Day
1   Pat Schlapper            Eleva, WI           10-05      $1,000.00
2   Scott Martin             Clewiston, FL       09-12      $1,000.00
3   Jacob Foutz              Charleston, TN      07-12      $1,000.00
4   Clifford Pirch           Payson, AZ          05-04      $1,000.00

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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Pat Schlapper            Eleva, WI           10-05      $1,000.00
VMC MONSTER BAG
Matty Wong               Honolulu, HI        25-13      $2,000.00

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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1        61       394      1192-01
2        54       390      1182-02
3        29       194       557-00
4         4        36        97-00
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148      1014      3028-03

Ben Sohrabi & Damien McMahon Win Region 4 TBF VA Bass Open Team Trail

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Ben Sohrabi & Damien McMahon Win Region 4 TBF VA Bass Open Team Trail
April 9th ,Claytor Lake Stop 3 for Region 4 TTBF Va Bass Open Team Trail.
It was a cold, snowy, and windy day nothing like Spring should be.
25 Teams came out and so did some Big Fish.
1st Ben Sohrabi, Damien McMahon 18.02  anchored by a 4.70 Largemouth.
2nd Zach Peaslee, Bob Peaslee 16.80 with a beautiful bag of cookie cutter Smallmouth with a lone greenfish
3rd Daniel Eubank, Douglas Eubank 15.98 had the Claytor Lake Grand Slam a Spot , Largemouth, Meanmouth, and 2 Smallmouth with one weighing in at 5.58 lbs but got beat out for Big Fish by Mario Jones, CJ Hamilton 5.63lb fat monster Smallmouth.
See everyone at Philpott April 30 Twin Ridge Ramp

Chris Brummett with Another Great Bag at the BFL Shenandoah Division on Smith Mountain Lake & More Interviews

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Chris Brummett with Another Great Bag at the BFL Shenandoah Division on Smith Mountain Lake & More Interviews

First we would like to thank John Woordroof for recording our videos today. Congratulations to Chris Brummett for chasing checks in the past two weekends on Smith Mountain lake in a BFL event.

Brandon Miskell Win’s Co-Angler BFL Shenandoah Division on SMl & Many More Interviews

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Brandon Miskell Win’s Co-Angler BFL Shenandoah Division on SMl & Many More Interviews

I want to 1st thank John Woodroof for recording all of our videos toady. But Congratulations goes out to Brandon Miskell on winning the BFL Shenandoah Division on Smith Mountain Lake.

Jim Jarvis Win BFL Shenandoah Division on SML with 19.13lbs

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Jim Jarvis Win BFL Shenandoah Division on SML with 19.13lbs

On a cold wet day on Smith Mountain Lake 152 teams fished the 2nd BFL Shenandoah division event.Congratulations to boater Jim Jarvis with 19.13lbs & Co Angler Brandon Miskell with 15.11 pounds.

CLICK HERE TO SEE BOATER RESULTS

CLICK HERE TO SEE Co-ANGLER RESULTS

Mosley Remains Consistent, Takes Slim Lead In Bassmaster Elite Event At Chickamauga

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Mosley Remains Consistent, Takes Slim Lead In Bassmaster Elite Event At Chickamauga
Brock Mosley of Collinsville, Miss., is leading after Day 3 of the 2022 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Chickamauga Lake with a three-day total of 58 pounds, 1 ounce.
Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S

April 9, 2022

Mosley Remains Consistent, Takes Slim Lead In Bassmaster Elite Event At Chickamauga

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DAYTON, Tenn. — The Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Chickamauga Lake has been anything but your typical early April event in the South.

At one point during Semifinal Saturday, anglers were actually sight fishing for bedding bass in 52-degree water with sleet peppering down on them. Any angler will tell you that’s not only an odd scenario, but one of the hardest to figure out.

Through it all, though, Mississippi pro Brock Mosley has remained consistent, building a three-day total of 58 pounds, 1 ounce to grab the lead heading into Championship Sunday. He caught 19-6 Thursday, 18-11 Friday and 20-0 Saturday and will now head into the final round with five anglers within 4 pounds of him.

“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again,” Mosley said. “I didn’t know if I could catch a fish at all going into the first day of the tournament. I caught five that weighed 17 or 18 pounds early that first day and then laid off of them because I didn’t know if I’d be able to find anything else the second day.

“But what I’m doing has pretty much worked every day.”

While Mosley has stayed in the same basic areas each day, he has alternated between several lures, including a bladed jig, a lipless crankbait and an assortment of flipping baits. He said it’s been a process of trial and error to figure out which of those offerings the bass want.

“Every day they’re in a different mood,” said Mosley, who has 13 Top 10 finishes with B.A.S.S. “The last two days, the flipping bite has been slow. So, it’s been the moving baits that worked. I kind of have to mix it up until I figure out which mood they’re in.”

Mosley has benefited each day from fast starts — something he said has given him the confidence to mix up his lures and find which one the fish want most in the moment.

“Getting a couple of keepers early has been big for me,” he said. “I think I’ve had a limit every day by 11:30, and that really calms me down and allows me to fish without getting in a hurry and stressed out.

“People won’t believe it, but like I said, I’ve been kind of worried about catching a limit every day.”

Mosley will carry the pressure of four previous second-place finishes into Sunday with Japanese pro Daisuke Aoki just 3 ounces behind in second place with 57-14. Oklahoma pro Jason Christie, who is a month removed from winning the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk, is only 6 ounces back in third.

After using two patterns the first two days, Aoki saw one of those fizzle on Saturday.

“On Day 1 and Day 2, I started off on a shallow spawning area,” Aoki said, with longtime B.A.S.S. photographer Seigo Saito interpreting. “That is a really tiny place and the fish were gone from there. It was really tough this morning.”

Luckily for Aoki, the offshore spot where he’s been using a collection of finesse tactics had actually improved in the frigid conditions. The only drawback was it took more time and patience to put together the solid limit of 17-10 he brought to the scales.

Another weather change is predicted for Sunday — sunny skies, calm winds and a high temperature of 75 degrees. But while it seems Aoki’s offshore pattern would be less susceptible to weather changes than shallower patterns, he wasn’t sure how the fish in his area will react.

“I know there will be fish there,” he said. “It’s just a question of whether or not bigger fish move into that area. If they do, I think I can make them bite.”

Christie, who seemed to struggle a bit with a Classic hangover — finishing 93rd place in the next Elite Series event after the Classic at Santee Cooper Lakes — has regained his form this week with catches of 16-0, 20-15 and 20-12.

That puts him in excellent position to score his eighth career B.A.S.S. victory.

“I’ve never seen a situation quite like the one we have this week,” Christie said. “The water temperature is 50 to 52 degrees and it’s sleeting. But I think a few of these fish have just decided the water’s coming up and it’s time to get up there and try to spawn.

“I caught fish in inches of water today, and I know that they’re spawning because yesterday I missed two on open banks. Then today, I made the same casts on those banks and caught those fish.”

Christie is employing his usual selection of baits — spinnerbait, bladed jig and jig — and each has worked well in certain water colors. But Christie’s priority Sunday will be finding areas that haven’t been fished out.

“There’s so much pressure out there right now that you don’t know where you’re gonna be at in the rotation when you go into a pocket,” he said. “They might not even be doing the same thing, but when there’s a boat in a pocket, you go on to the next one.

“In some pockets, there are five casts to make and in some there’s 50.”

Tennessee rookie Jacob Foutz earned Phoenix Boats Big Bass of the Day honors with a 7-12 largemouth, but Wisconsin pro Pat Schlapper still holds the lead for Phoenix Boats Big Bass of the Week with the 10-5 he caught Thursday.

Hawaiian Matty Wong failed to make the Top 10 cut for Championship Sunday, placing 14th with 48-5. But he still leads for VMC Monster Bag of the Week with the 25-13 limit he weighed in Friday.

With a 33rd-place finish, Florida pro John Cox maintained his lead in the Progressive Insurance Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings with 353 points. Idaho pro Brandon Palaniuk moved into second with 343, followed by Clifford Pirch of Arizona (337), Drew Benton of Georgia (322) and David Mullins of Tennessee (321).

Wisconsin pro Jay Przekurat leads the Falcon Rods Bassmaster Rookie of the Year race with 293 points, followed by Joseph Webster of Alabama (249) and Foutz (199).

The Top 10 remaining anglers will take off Sunday at 7 a.m. ET from Dayton Boat Dock with weigh-in back at the dock at 3 p.m. The winner will earn $100,000 and the fourth blue trophy awarded on the Elite Series this season.

FS1 will broadcast live with the tournament leaders beginning at 8 a.m. ET on Sunday. Live coverage can also be streamed on Bassmaster.com and the FOX Sports digital platforms.

The tournament is being hosted by Rhea County, City of Dayton, Tenn., and Fish Dayton.

2022 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Chickamauga Lake 4/7-4/10
Chickamauga Lake, Dayton  TN.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 3

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

1.  Brock Mosley           Collinsville, MS        15  58-01  100
Day 1: 5   19-06     Day 2: 5   18-11     Day 3: 5   20-00
2.  Daisuke Aoki           Minamitsurugun Yamanash 15  57-14   99
Day 1: 5   23-12     Day 2: 5   16-08     Day 3: 5   17-10
3.  Jason Christie         Park Hill, OK           15  57-11   98
Day 1: 5   16-00     Day 2: 5   20-15     Day 3: 5   20-12
4.  Jacob Foutz            Charleston, TN          15  55-13   97   $1,000.00
Day 1: 5   15-04     Day 2: 5   17-01     Day 3: 5   23-08
5.  Matt Robertson         Kuttawa, KY             15  54-11   96
Day 1: 5   21-13     Day 2: 5   18-08     Day 3: 5   14-06
6.  Caleb Kuphall          Mukwonago, WI           15  54-03   95
Day 1: 5   20-14     Day 2: 5   17-01     Day 3: 5   16-04
7.  Jason Williamson       Wagener, SC             15  52-01   94
Day 1: 5   16-07     Day 2: 5   13-00     Day 3: 5   22-10
8.  Carl Jocumsen          Queensland AUSTRALIA    14  51-03   93
Day 1: 5   24-12     Day 2: 4   08-04     Day 3: 5   18-03
9.  Drew Benton            Blakely, GA             15  49-05   92
Day 1: 5   18-07     Day 2: 5   18-14     Day 3: 5   12-00
10. Clifford Pirch         Payson, AZ              15  48-13   91
Day 1: 5   12-06     Day 2: 5   19-12     Day 3: 5   16-11
11. Matt Arey              Shelby, NC              15  48-12   90  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   16-14     Day 2: 5   16-00     Day 3: 5   15-14
12. Brandon Palaniuk       Rathdrum, ID            15  48-08   89  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   16-02     Day 2: 5   16-08     Day 3: 5   15-14
13. Luke Palmer            Coalgate, OK            15  48-06   88  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   20-01     Day 2: 5   12-00     Day 3: 5   16-05
14. Matty Wong             Honolulu, HI            14  48-05   87  $10,000.00
Day 1: 4   10-09     Day 2: 5   25-13     Day 3: 5   11-15
15. Mike Huff              London, KY              15  47-10   86  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   17-07     Day 2: 5   15-12     Day 3: 5   14-07
16. Gregory DiPalma        Millville, NJ           15  47-05   85  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   18-05     Day 2: 5   16-13     Day 3: 5   12-03
17. Ed Loughran III        Richmond, VA            15  46-05   84  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   13-15     Day 2: 5   20-01     Day 3: 5   12-05
18. Pat Schlapper          Eleva, WI               14  46-05   83  $11,000.00
Day 1: 4   18-07     Day 2: 5   15-06     Day 3: 5   12-08
19. Jeff Gustafson         Keewatin Ontario CANADA 15  46-01   82  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   17-04     Day 2: 5   16-01     Day 3: 5   12-12
20. Chris Johnston         Otonabee Ontario CANADA 15  44-06   81  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   14-09     Day 2: 5   14-03     Day 3: 5   15-10
21. Bob Downey             Detroit Lakes, MN       15  43-13   80  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   17-00     Day 2: 5   12-05     Day 3: 5   14-08
22. Brandon Cobb           Greenwood, SC           15  43-08   79  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   16-07     Day 2: 5   14-05     Day 3: 5   12-12
23. Brandon Lester         Fayetteville, TN        15  42-12   78  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   17-07     Day 2: 5   11-00     Day 3: 5   14-05
24. Cliff Prince           Palatka, FL             14  41-13   77  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   11-13     Day 2: 5   18-10     Day 3: 4   11-06
25. Rick Clunn             Ava, MO                 12  41-12   76  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   13-15     Day 2: 5   23-03     Day 3: 2   04-10
26. Bill Lowen             Brookville, IN          15  41-11   75  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   13-02     Day 2: 5   13-02     Day 3: 5   15-07
27. Jacob Powroznik        North Prince George, VA 13  41-08   74  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   21-00     Day 2: 5   11-13     Day 3: 3   08-11
28. Caleb Sumrall          New Iberia, LA          15  41-01   73  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   14-13     Day 2: 5   12-07     Day 3: 5   13-13
29. Hunter Shryock         Ooltewah, TN            14  41-00   72  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   16-03     Day 2: 4   11-02     Day 3: 5   13-11
30. Gerald Swindle         Guntersville, AL        12  40-14   71  $10,000.00
Day 1: 4   10-04     Day 2: 5   23-04     Day 3: 3   07-06
31. Drew Cook              Cairo, GA               12  39-12   70  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   17-06     Day 2: 5   17-12     Day 3: 2   04-10
32. Scott Martin           Clewiston, FL           11  38-13   69  $11,000.00
Day 1: 3   07-13     Day 2: 5   21-03     Day 3: 3   09-13
33. John Cox               DeBary, FL              13  38-11   68  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   15-13     Day 2: 5   16-12     Day 3: 3   06-02
34. Cody Huff              Ava, MO                 10  38-11   67  $10,000.00
Day 1: 2   09-13     Day 2: 4   16-05     Day 3: 4   12-09
35. Joseph Webster         Hamilton, AL            13  38-07   66  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   17-13     Day 2: 3   11-04     Day 3: 5   09-06
36. Marc Frazier           Newnan, GA              15  38-06   65  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   14-04     Day 2: 5   13-07     Day 3: 5   10-11
37. Michael Iaconelli      Pittsgrove, NJ          15  38-02   64  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   12-13     Day 2: 5   15-10     Day 3: 5   09-11
38. Taku Ito               Chiba JAPAN             13  36-02   63  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   16-06     Day 2: 5   14-04     Day 3: 3   05-08
39. Justin Hamner          Northport, AL           14  35-06   62  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   11-02     Day 2: 5   16-00     Day 3: 4   08-04
40. Jay Przekurat          Stevens Point, WI       11  34-14   61  $10,000.00
Day 1: 3   08-11     Day 2: 5   19-06     Day 3: 3   06-13
41. Joshua Stracner        Vandiver, AL            13  34-02   60  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   11-06     Day 2: 5   14-04     Day 3: 3   08-08
42. Bernie Schultz         Gainesville, FL         12  33-10   59  $10,000.00
Day 1: 4   09-10     Day 2: 5   16-05     Day 3: 3   07-11
43. Scott Canterbury       Odenville, AL           13  33-05   58  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   15-00     Day 2: 5   12-12     Day 3: 3   05-09
44. Mark Menendez          Paducah, KY             11  30-12   57  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   14-01     Day 2: 4   12-05     Day 3: 2   04-06
45. David Mullins          Mt Carmel, TN           12  30-07   56  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   14-03     Day 3: 2   04-04
46. Seth Feider            New Market, MN          11  30-03   55  $10,000.00
Day 1: 5   11-15     Day 2: 5   15-15     Day 3: 1   02-05
47. Kenta Kimura           Osaka JAPAN              8  28-03   54  $10,000.00
Day 1: 2   06-10     Day 2: 5   19-01     Day 3: 1   02-08
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Day
1   Pat Schlapper            Eleva, WI           10-05      $1,000.00
2   Scott Martin             Clewiston, FL       09-12      $1,000.00
3   Jacob Foutz              Charleston, TN      07-12      $1,000.00

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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1        61       394      1192-01
2        54       390      1182-02
3        29       194       557-00
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144       978      2931-03

Ott DeFoe Leads Early at Major League Fishing’s General Tire Heavy Hitters Presented by Bass Pro Shops Event on Lake Palestine

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Ott DeFoe Leads Early at Major League Fishing’s General Tire Heavy Hitters Presented by Bass Pro Shops Event on Lake Palestine
Tennessee Pro Catches 11 Bass Weighing 35 Pounds, 9 ounces to Lead Group A Qualifying Round after Day 1, 16 Anglers in Group B Set to Compete Sunday

TULSA, Okla. (March 23, 2022) – A chilly morning turned into a beautiful day on the water in East Texas Saturday, but it was still a tough day of fishing for anglers on a stingy Lake Palestine at the third-annual General Tire Heavy Hitters Presented by Bass Pro Shops. After Day 1 of competition concluded at 4 p.m., pro Ott DeFoe of Blaine, Tennessee , held the early lead catching 11 scorable bass weighing 35 pounds, 9 ounces.

Pro Bradley Roy of Lancaster, Kentucky, caught the heaviest bass of the day Saturday – a chunky largemouth weighing 6 pounds, 9 ounces that came on a trick worm in Period 2. If Roy’s fish remains the largest bass weighed by Group A after the conclusion of the two-day Qualifying Round on Monday, he will take home a $25,000 Big Bass Bonus. Big Bass Bonuses are awarded throughout the competition, with payouts of $25,000, $50,000 and $100,000 being awarded for the single biggest fish in the Qualifying, Knockout and Championship rounds.
DeFoe will bring a 10-pound, 12-ounce tournament lead into Monday’s second day of competition for Group A. In second place on the SCORETRACKER® leaderboard is the REDCREST 2022 Champion Bobby Lane of Lakeland, Florida, who caught 11 bass totaling 24-13, while Tokyo, Japan’s Takahiro Omori, who now resides 60 miles northwest in Emory, Texas, sits in third place with seven bass weighing 24-5.Link to Hi-Res Photo of Day 1 Leader Ott DeFoe
Link to Photo of Bradley Roy’s Group A Day 1 Big Bass
Link to Photo Gallery of Day 1 Highlights
Link to Video of Fish-Catch Highlights from Day 1 on Lake Palestine

The 16 anglers in Group A will now enjoy a day off Sunday, while the 16 anglers in Group B will begin their Day 1 Qualifying Round. Group A will complete their two-day Qualifying Round of competition on Monday.

“I’m pretty happy with the day – it was a good start and I really was not expecting it to go quite that well,” DeFoe said in his postgame interview. “I caught a couple of fish this morning with a swimjig targeting the shad spawn, but sight fishing was the main deal for me today.”

Besides the swimjig, DeFoe credited two baits as being his key to success Saturday.

“When I could see them, the best thing that I could get to aggravate them was the VMC Tokyo Rig, with a 4½-inch swimbait on the back of it,” DeFoe said. “Something about the way that rig keeps the bait off of the bottom, just a little bit, drives those fish crazy.

“The other one that I caught a lot of fish just pitching around – as well as fish that I’d get fired up with that swimbait – was a Texas-rigged Bass Pro Magnum Fin-Eke Worm. I used Sooner Run color – kind of a dark watermelon with red fleck – and fished it on my favorite setup, a Johnny Morris Platinum rod and reel with 40-pound braided line and a 17-pound (Bass Pro Shops) XPS fluorocarbon leader.”

The standings for the 16 pros from Qualifying Group A on Lake Palestine are:

1st:          Ott DeFoe, Blaine, Tenn., 11 bass, 35-9
2nd:         Bobby Lane, Lakeland, Fla., eight bass, 24-13
3rd:         Takahiro Omori, Tokyo, Japan, seven bass, 24-5
4th:         Fletcher Shryock, Guntersville, Ala., six bass, 19-15
5th:         Alton Jones Jr., Waco, Texas, six bass, 18-5
6th:         Wesley Strader, Spring City, Tenn., four bass, 14-10
7th:         James Elam, Tulsa, Okla., four bass, 12-3
8th:         Justin Lucas, Guntersville, Ala., four bass, 12-1
9th:         Ish Monroe, Oakdale, Calif., four bass, 10-4
10th:       Bradley Roy, Lancaster, Ky., two bass, 9-11
11th:       James Watson, Lampe, Mo., three bass, 9-1
12th:       Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., three bass, 8-11
13th:       Jacob Wheeler, Harrison, Tenn., two bass, 6-11
14th:       Randall Tharp, Port Saint Joe, Fla., two bass, 5-12
15th:       Matt Lee, Cullman, Ala., one bass, 3-11
16th:       Skeet Reese, Auburn, Calif., one bass, 2-0

Full results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Overall, there were 68 bass weighing 217 pounds, 10 ounces caught by the 16 pros on Saturday, which included one 6-pounder and two 5-pounders caught from Lake Palestine.

The 16 anglers in Group A compete in their two-day qualifying round on Saturday and Monday – the 16 anglers in Group B on Sunday and Tuesday. After each two-day qualifying round is complete, the anglers that finish in 2nd through 8th 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 14 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.

Anglers will depart at 7 a.m. from the Villages Marina, located at Big Eddy Road in Flint, Texas. Anglers are allowed to trailer to any boat ramp of their choosing on Lake Palestine, but competition begins with “lines in” at 8 a.m. Each day’s General Tire Takeout will be held at the Marina, beginning at 4:30 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.

The General Tire Heavy Hitters 2022 features anglers competing with a 2-pound minimum weight requirement for a bass to be deemed scorable in the Qualifying and Knockout Rounds, but for the final day Championship Round a bass must weigh at least 3 pounds 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.

To qualify for the General Tire Heavy Hitters 2022 event, the weight of an angler’s single-largest bass from each event of the seven 2021 Bass Pro Tour events was recorded. The 32 anglers with the heaviest five big-fish totals from those seven events qualified to compete in this event.

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

Television coverage of the General Tire Heavy Hitters 2022 Event will be showcased across six two-hour episodes, premiering at 7 a.m. ET, July 16 and running each Saturday through August 20 on the Discovery Channel. A one-hour special episode of MLF Inside Heavy Hitters will also air on CBS in late 2022. New MLF episodes premiere each Saturday morning on the Discovery Channel, with additional re-airings on the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel. Each two-hour long reality-based episode goes in-depth to break down each day of competition.

Proud sponsors of the 2022 MLF General Tire Heavy Hitters Event include: Abu Garcia, B&W Hitches, Bally Bet, Bass Cat Boats, Bass Pro Shops, Berkley, Builders First Source, Covercraft, Ferguson, FuelMe, GEICO, General Tire, Guaranteed Rate, Kubota, Lowrance, Lucas Oil, Mercury, Mossy Oak, NITRO Boats, Onyx, Phoenix Boats, Plano, Power-Pole, Power Stop Brakes, Shore Lunch, Sonic, StarBrite, Sqwincher, T-H Marine, Toyota, United States Airforce, Wiley X, Yellowstone Bourbon, and YETI.

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.

152 Boats are fishing the BFL Piedmont Devision on SML

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On a cold morning on Smith Mount Lake here in central Virginia 152 Boats are fishing today’s BFL event. Stay tuned to the Bass Cast for updates videos and tourney results. See who will be taking home the grand prize.

Randall Soles & Jason Dew Win CATT Old North Kerr Lake, NC April 3, 2022

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Randall Soles & Jason Dew Win CATT Old North Kerr Lake, NC April 3, 2022

Next Old North will be at Falls Lake April 16th! We have 3 Old North Qualifiers left! You have to enter 3 Old North Qualifiers to be eligible to enter the Old North Final! 1st Place at the Old North Final takes home $8,000.00!

THIS SATURDAY AT FALLS! Phantom Outdoors Invitational! Go to the Divisions Page and Tap on Phantom Outdoors Invitational Series for Info! You can pay at the ramp! Last weekend at Santee Cooper 1st Place winners took home $15,000.00!

Randall Soles & Jason Dew win the Old North Kerr Qualifier with 5 bass weighing 17.78 lbs! They also took the BF honors with a 7.12 lb bass! PLUS Jason & Randall Claimed Skeeter Real Money adding another $5,000.00 to their take home pay! All total they collected $9,329.00!

Timmy Ferrell – Howard Bohannon took 2nd with 15.88 lbs and earned $1,5920.00!

Check out the rest of the money winners!

Team BF Weight Winnings Points
Jason Dew – Randall Soles* 7.12 17.78 $7,329.00 110
Timmy Ferrell – Howard Bohannon 4.71 15.88 $1,520.00 109
Danny Moss – Josh Tucker 0.00 15.24 $950.00 108
Bryson Peed 0.00 14.81 $440.00 107
Lee Allred – Eric Massie 5.15 14.40 $470.00 106
Gary Johnson – Chris Inscoe* 3.17 14.28 $390.00 105
Johnathan Rhew – Mike Rhew 4.78 13.50 $200.00 104
Tom Wilkinson – Brandon Curtis 0.00 13.32 $150.00 103
Clay Ausley – Ken Mcneil* 4.28 12.99 $140.00 102
Larry Hipp – Dean Larison* 3.33 12.78 101
Johnny Wilder – Micheal Harris * 3.81 12.76 100
Tim Goad – Mark Williams 0.00 12.56 99
Brian Collins – Chris Wimbish* 4.59 12.41 98
Justin Rhew – Roger Clary 0.00 12.07 97
Josh Hooks* 0.00 12.02 96
Phillip Johnson – Geno Mccree 3.83 11.84 95
Britten Oquinn – Eddie Autry 0.00 11.67 94
Tim Nobles – Kevin Hayslett 0.00 11.20 93
Micheal Britt – Seth Hartley 0.00 11.14 92
Doug Stallins – Seth Ellis 0.00 10.96 91
Brandon Taylor – David Lanaville* 0.00 10.65 90
Ronnie Britt – Dylan Britt 0.00 9.47 89
Paul Owens – Tyler Faggart 0.00 9.21 88
Kevin Cheatham – Mark Jackson* 4.15 9.06 87
Josh McClelland – Eric Shell* 0.00 8.90 86
Alec Lower – Richard Lower* 0.00 7.79 85
Jeff Brown – Trey Hanning* 0.00 7.62 84
DJ & Dean Myslinski* 0.00 7.42 83
Scott Gatton – Jamie Baynord 0.00 7.08 82
Brian West – Jonathon Hollaway 0.00 6.98 81
Derek Humble – Neil Humble* 0.00 6.03 80
Jordan & Mark Young* 0.00 6.00 79
Rick Dunstan – Mike Farrell* 2.84 5.83 78
Craig Leff- Thomas Sheffer* 0.00 5.60 77
Mike Eggers – Mark Willis 0.00 5.36 76
Chris Sorrell – Dustin Hess* 0.00 5.23 75
Bud Witt – Spencer Moody 0.00 5.18 74
Timmy Blair – Jermey Wright* 0.00 4.70 73
Seth Mycko – Mike Powers 0.00 4.48 72
Matt Fuhr – Adam Daniel* 0.00 4.17 71
Mike Britt – Tommy Jackson* 0.00 3.86 70
Johnny Anton – Bryce McClenney* 0.00 3.55 69
Jeff Shaw – James Richmond 0.00 0.00 59
James & Deloris Davis* 0.00 0.00 59
Eddie Glascock – Billy Dunn 0.00 0.00 59
Mike Marchant – Brad Mclaurin 0.00 0.00 59
Mathew Little – Derek Bowden 0.00 0.00 59
Dennis Allen – Dalton Allen 0.00 0.00 59
Ernest Howell – Elay’ja Howell 0.00 0.00 59
Total Entrys $6,580.00
BONUS $ $1,050.00
Total Paid At Ramp $6,585.00
Old North 2022 Spring Final Fund $940.00
2022 CATT Championship Fund $50.00
2022 Old North Spring Final Fund Total $3,760.00
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