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Christopher Chavis & Nick Hager Win CATT Savannah River, GA June 29, 2019

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Christopher Chavis & Nick Hager Win CATT Savannah River, GA June 29, 2019
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Come join us at Stokes Bluff at the 2nd Savannah River Qualifier July 13th!

Christopher Chavis & Nick Hager came out on top this past Saturday on the Savannah River with 5 bass weighing 16.20 lbs! They also weighed in the 1st Bf at 5.92 lbs and took home $788.00!

Al Pittman & Tim Roundtree claimed 2nd with 5 bass weighing 11.15 lbs and earned $242.00! They also weighed in the 2nd Bf at 4.22 lbs!

Joe Toth & Kyle Suddeth finished 3rd with a limit weighing 10.47 lb!

Remember guys the Savannah River Point winners and Final winners receive plaques plus the BF winner at the Final will be awarded a Lews Baitcast Reel!

15 Teams BF Weight Winnings Points
Christopher Chavis/Nick Hager 5.92 16.20 $788.00 110
Tim Roundtreet/Al Pittman 4.22 11.15 $242.00 109
Joe Toth/Kyle Suddath 0.00 10.47 $80.00 108
Jerry and Ann Hood 0.00 9.22 107
Matt Cantrell/Wesley Mullins 0.00 7.91 106
Mac Sampey 0.00 7.83 105
Monte Misplay/Dan Martin SR. 0.00 6.83 104
Colton Tuten/Alston Long 0.00 6.80 103
Troy Strickland/David Poe 0.00 6.52 102
Sawyer Hunt/Daniel Wing 0.00 6.00 101
Frank Ackerman 0.00 5.74 100
Tyler Wilson/Ryan Kent 0.00 5.28 99
Patrick Findley 0.00 4.66 98
Barry Conley 0.00 2.19 97
Barry Durden/Perry Yawn 0.00 0.00 96
Total Entrys $1,200.00
BONUS $ $240.00
Total Paid At Ramp $1,110.00
Savannah River 2019 Summer Final Fund $290.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund $30.00
2019 Savannah River Summer Final Fund Total $290.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund Total $1,635.00

Birdsong and Huff Win ABA Bass Pro Shops 150 Series Event on Old Hickory June 29,2019

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Birdsong and Huff Win ABA Bass Pro Shops 150 Series Event on Old Hickory June 29,2019

Birdsong and Huff Win Bass Pro Shops 150 Series Event on Old Hickory

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ATHENS, Ala. –The team of Joshua Birdsong of Gallatin, TN and Corey Huff of Bethpage, TN won the Bass Pro Shops 150 series team event held on Old Hickory on 6/29/19. The team sacked up a five bass limit weighing 14.93 pounds. Their limit was anchored by a bass weighing 4.76 pounds.  For the win, Birdsong and Huff took home a fully rigged Tracker Pro Team 175 XTE Tournament edition boat with a 75 HP Mercury 4 stroke motor valued at $21,000.00

“We fished between Flippers and Blue Grass fishing shallow docks with a jig. We lost a four pounder and a three pounder in four casts but it didn’t hurt us too bad. It was a hot one today. I figured that it was going to take more to win this event, but we had just enough to win. This is the first boat that I have ever won! It feels great.”  Birdsong said.

In second place the team of Lance Oligschlaeger of Gallatin, TN and Josh Womack of Gallatin, TN weighed in a five bass limit weighing 14.84 pounds. Their limit was anchored by a bass weighing 5.08 pounds which was the biggest bass weighed in.

“We always work well together as a team. We caught a few early on a spinnerbait and then went out deep cranking and a Texas rig. It’s tough when you lose by .09 of a pound. I’m looking forward to the championship.” Oligschlaeger said.

Taking third the team of Mickey Beck of Lebanon, TN and John “Mike” Williams of Murfreesboro, TN weighed in a five bass limit weighing 13.80 pounds.

“We caught our fish today on jigs, crankbaits and swim-jigs. We caught lots of fish but just couldn’t get that big bite today.” said Williams.

In fourth place the team of Anthony Guffie of Lafayette, TN and Andrew Harvey of Westmoreland, TN weighed in five bass for 13.74 pounds. Rounding out the top five the team of Joshua Jenkins of Bethpage, TN and Tyler Patton of Gallatin, TN weighed in five bass for 13.69 pounds.

In total this tournament paid back 100% of the entries and big bass bringing the total payback at $28,140.00.

The top 20 teams from this event will have the opportunity to compete in the Bass Pro Shops 150 Series championship to be held on Table Rock Lake in Branson MO in September 2019. The winning team at the championship will receive (2) Tracker Pro Team 195 XTE Tournament Edition Boats powered by a 150 hp Mercury four stroke engine.

The Bass Pro Shops 150 Series is designed to provide anglers who have a bass rig with a 150 hp and below engine the opportunity to compete against equally powered boats.

About American Bass Anglers – American Bass Anglers is committed to providing low cost, close to home tournaments for the weekend angler while offering an upward path for individual angler progression.  For more information about American Bass Anglers and all their bass tournament trails visit www.americanbassanglers.com.

American Bass Anglers is sponsored by: Bass Pro Shops, Triton Boats, Mercury Marine, Nitro Boats, Tracker Boats, MotorGuide, Garmin, T-H Marine, Abu Garcia, Berkley, Engel Coolers, Four Roses Bourbon, Lucas Oil, Maui Jim, Optima Batteries and Power-Pole.  Mailing address: American Bass Anglers, Inc, PO Box 475, Athens, AL 35612 PH (256) 232-0406.

 

OHIO’S CAMPBELL WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON ROUGH RIVER LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

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OHIO’S CAMPBELL WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON ROUGH RIVER LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

OHIO’S CAMPBELL WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON ROUGH RIVER LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Campbell Wins Third BFL Event of 2019 Season – Hamilton’s Sykes Earns Co-Angler Title

FALLS OF ROUGH, Ky. (July 1, 2019) – Boater Brody Campbell of Oxford, Ohio, won the rescheduled T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Hoosier Division tournament on Rough River Lake presented by Navionics Sunday after catching four bass weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Campbell earned $5,703 for his win.

“I should have won the BFL tournament on Saturday as well, but I had a few dead fish penalties – it was very hot – and I finished second,” said Campbell, who earned his third BFL victory of the season on Sunday. “I went back out on a mission.

“I started the day targeting early-morning schooling fish by the dam for an hour or so, then I ran up to the North Fork area and flipped flooded willow bushes,” Campbell said. “I caught around 20 fish in that first hour, but there were a lot of little ones. North Fork was a lot tougher, and I only had three or four bites there.”

Campbell said he threw a Heddon Zara Spook and a fluke while targeting the schooling fish, then flipped a green-pumpkin-colored Strike King Rodent and a ½-ounce peanut butter and jelly-colored jig with a green-pumpkin Strike King Rage Craw trailer to the willow bushes.

“I think the key to my victory was just capitalizing on the bites that I did get,” Campbell went on to say. “I was around fish, but I only had four or five keeper bites all day. It was tough, it was hot. And it was important that I landed every keeper fish that bit.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Brody Campbell, Oxford, Ohio, four bass, 7-13, $3,703 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2nd:         Bob Drake, Noblesville, Ind., four bass, 7-4, $1,602

3rd:         Bryce Kalen, Greenwood, Ind., two bass, 6-10, $1,401

4th:         Matt McCoy, Indianapolis, Ind., three bass, 6-7, $931

5th:         Doug Ruster, New Palestine, Ind., three bass, 6-4, $641

6th:         Chris Gable, Hopkinsville, Ky., three bass, 5-14, $646

7th:         Jake Morris, McKee, Ky., three bass, 5-7, $451

8th:         Marty Sisk, Evansville, Ind., three bass, 5-6, $405

9th:         Jimmy Shepherd, Indianapolis, Ind., four bass, 5-4, $360

10th:       Todd Hensley, New Albany, Ind., three bass, 5-3, $315

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Kalen caught a bass weighing 4 pounds, 12 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $300.

Ryan Sykes of Hamilton, Ohio, won the Co-angler Division and $1,547 Sunday after catching four bass weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Ryan Sykes, Hamilton, Ohio, four bass, 7-14, $1,547

2nd:         Mark Dehart, Brownstown, Ind., four bass, 6-8, $674

3rd:         Jordan Loveless, Indianapolis, Ind., three bass, 5-0, $381

3rd:         Gary Critser, Covington, Ind., two bass, 5-0, $526

5th:         John Young, Franklin, Ind., three bass, 4-15, $269

6th:         Leroy Miller, Napoleon, Ohio, two bass, 4-4, $247

7th:         Mark Redman, Pendleton, Ky., two bass, 3-15, $213

7th:         Bo Bivins, Evansville, Ind., two bass, 3-15, $213

9th:         Michael Dehart, Franklin, Ind., two bass, 3-11, $180

10th:       Brant Gish, Evansville, Ind., two bass, 3-10, $157

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. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship presented by Evinrude on Kentucky Lake in Paris, Tennessee. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2020 BFL All-American will be held April 30-May 2 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, and is hosted by Visit Anderson. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

GILL Introduces Rock Softshell Jacket at ICAST

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GILL Introduces Rock Softshell Jacket at ICAST

GILL Introduces Rock Softshell Jacket at ICAST

New GILL Rock Softshell perfect for layering or everyday wear 

Buford, GA (July 3, 2019) – GILL is proud to announce their new Rock Softshell Jacket, a piece of apparel with loads of style, versatility, and design features specifically for anglers. Perfect for layering underneath other GILL gear or wearing solo, anglers will immediately find the jacket becomes a new everyday companion in diverse situations, both on and off the water. Yes, it’s time to retire that beat-up hoodie and graduate to a far superior piece of apparel.

Although seemingly contradictory, this jacket is both hard as a rock, yet soft, like a softshell should be. This innovative jacket is comprised of a 2-layer stretch softshell fabric with a durable outer face and hi-loft thermal lining, as well as 7% spandex for added flexibility while casting. The Rock Softshell features adjustable cuffs and hem for added comfort and fit as well as a drawcord adjustable hood.

The Gill Rock Softshell Jacket is available in XS-XXL sizing and Ash color. MSRP: $175. www. gillfishing.com.

Rock Softshell Technology:

  • ·      2-layer stretch softshell fabric with a durable outer face and hi-loft thermal lining
  • ·      Durable water repellent finish

Rock Softshell Features/Benefits:

  • ·      Thermal lined hood with drawcord volume adjustment
  • ·      Zippered hand warmer pockets
  • ·      Adjustable cuffs for cold weather protection
  • ·      Adjustable hem

Fabric Composition:

  • ·      42% Nylon, 51% Polyester, 7% Spandex

To learn more about Gill’s fishing rainwear and additional apparel, visit www.gillfishing.com.

Angler’s Choice Marine 2019 Final Points Standings

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Angler’s Choice Marine 2019 Final Points Standings

Sorry for the delay but we were able to get you the Final Points Standings for the Angler’s Choice Team Tournament Trail thanks to Chris Lucas & his great staff at Angler’s Choice. Click the link below.

CLICK HERE TO SEE FINAL POINTS STANDINGS

CORYDON’S MELTON WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON ROUGH RIVER LAKE

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CORYDON’S MELTON WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON ROUGH RIVER LAKE

CORYDON’S MELTON WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON ROUGH RIVER LAKE

Co-Angler Title Goes to Martinsville’s Pruitt

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FALLS OF ROUGH, Ky. (July 1, 2019) – Boater John Melton of Corydon, Indiana, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Hoosier Division tournament on Rough River Lake Saturday after catching five bass weighing 13 pounds, 12 ounces. Melton netted $4,838 for his win.

According to post-tournament reports, Melton caught his limit near the dam, throwing a topwater lure and soft plastics.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          John Melton, Corydon, Ind., five bass, 13-12, $2,838 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2nd:         Brody Campbell, Oxford, Ohio, five bass, 13-9, $1,734

3rd:         Todd Hensley, New Albany, Ind., four bass, 9-10, $1,255

4th:         Mike Quinlin, Mooresville, Ind., five bass, 9-10, $805

5th:         Rob Flowers, Lawrenceburg, Ind., four bass, 9-2, $718

6th:         Jake Morris, McKee, Ky., four bass, 8-6, $520

7th:         Jay Ellis, Celina, Ohio, five bass, 7-10, $573

8th:         Richard Ison, New Washington, Ind., three bass, 7-6, $426

9th:         Scott Bateman, Jasper, Ind., three bass, 7-5, $378

10th:       Drew Boggs, Lebanon, Tenn., four bass, 6-13, $331

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Campbell caught a bass weighing 6 pounds, 5 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $315.

Michael Pruitt of Martinsville, Indiana, won the Co-angler Division and $1,374 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 8 pounds, 9 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Michael Pruitt, Martinsville, Ind., four bass, 8-9, $1,374

2nd:         Roger Seitzinger, Lawrenceville, Ill., three bass, 7-12, $989

3rd:         Talmadge Marcum, McKee, Ky., three bass, 6-12, $459

4th:         Mike Hamaker, Cicero, Ind., three bass, 6-4, $321

5th:         Jordan Loveless, Indianapolis, Ind., two bass, 5-15, $275

6th:         Ronnie Gill, Indianapolis, Ind., two bass, 5-4, $252

7th:         Leroy Miller, Napoleon, Ohio, three bass, 4-8, $229

8th:         William Kissinger, Knoxville, Tenn., two bass, 4-7, $206

9th:         James McWhorter, Hamilton, Ohio, three bass, 4-6, $183

10th:       Tim McCue, New Whiteland, Ind., three bass, 4-3, $160

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. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship presented by Evinrude on Kentucky Lake in Paris, Tennessee. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2020 BFL All-American will be held April 30-May 2 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, and is hosted by Visit Anderson. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

LIVETARGET’s New Freestyle Frog Creates A Commotion

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LIVETARGET’s New Freestyle Frog Creates A Commotion

 

 

LIVETARGET’s New Freestyle Frog

Creates A Commotion

New frog design with Injected Core Technology™ (ICT) allows fantastic fishing

on top or sub-surface 

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Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 2, 2019) – LIVETARGET is proud to usher in a new era of frog bait design with its introduction of the Freestyle Frog, a surface commotion soft plastic bait that can also be fished beneath the waterline. Featuring the company’s Injected Core Technology™ (ICT), it offers an unmatched life-like frog profile, making it a standout in an otherwise crowded lure category.

(519) Emerald/Red

Back in 2010 LIVETARGET introduced the Hollow Body Frog.  It elevated top water fishing to a whole new level. Now, with the development of Injected Core Technology, LIVETARGET is able to bring that same anatomy, detailed color and effortless action to a bait that not only performs well on top of the water but can also trigger bites under the surface. The Freestyle Frog’s curly, twin-tail legs are transparent and less noticeable than baits manufactured using traditional injection methods.  This leaves game fish much more tempted to strike the natural frog profile.

Exceptionally life-like, the Freestyle Frog incorporates LIVETARGET’s Injected Core Technology, providing a natural-looking appearance so anglers can truly Match-the-Hatch® . A specialized injection manufacturing process, ICT enables the lure’s Inner-Core to host a precise frog profile while encapsulated in an Exo-Skin covering that drives the lure’s signature action. The Inner-Core provides vibrant, living realism that game fish simply can’t resist while the tough Exo-Skin exterior virtually vanishes.

 

The principle behind this new bait design comes from hours spent studying frogs in their natural habitat. Watch a frog for a little while and you’ll notice it spends a lot of time on the water’s surface crossing lily pads and other vegetation. But frogs also dart underwater while crossing small channels, open pockets, paralleling weed edges, or repositioning in blowdowns and shoreline brush. That puts them at risk of ending up nose-to-nose with a lunker bass, pike or muskie and makes them just as vulnerable below the surface as they are above it.

It’s that total vulnerability that LIVETARGET set out to replicate in a bait that can ultimately double your opportunities for trophy encounters. The end result is the Freestyle Frog, a versatile bait that can be fished over and across vegetation or twitched erratically underneath the surface in open runs similar to how you might work a sinking soft plastic toad. Essentially two baits in one, the Freestyle Frog increases the amount of water that can be probed with a single frog bait.

Setting up the Freestyle Frog is simple; Texas-rig with a 5/0, 6/0 or 7/0 Owner Jungle or similar hook for surface action or use an EWG hook and bullet weight to work below the surface. Control of the bait is easy too—simply lift your rod tip to work over pads and surface vegetation or point the rod tip down to swim the frog through sections of open water between fish-holding structure. You can work it back either above or below the surface. With a straight retrieve; take advantage of the broad flapping action, sputtering sound and turbulent bubble trail generated by the raised V-tails.  Or, pop it across the surface like a traditional frog, twitching it erratically to provoke smashing strikes. Speed up your retrieve for aggressive bites and slow things down if the fish need a little more time to commit.

One of the most significant advantages of ICT is the ratio of plastic between the Inner-Core and Exo-Skin. The Inner-Core is much smaller than the overall cubic mass of the entire lure. That means anglers can present a smaller hatch size but still have the advantages of throwing a bigger bait. The Exo-Skin adds 30% more clear plastic which adds more weight, enabling anglers to cast farther and feel more direct contact with the lure. For the first time ever, anglers can fish smaller hatches for big bites.

(516) Albino/White

(517) Black/Black

 

 

(514) Emerald/Brown

 

 

(512) Floro Green/Yellow

 

(502) Tan/Brown

 

 

(500) Green/Yellow

 

St.Lawrence River Named Best Bass Fishery In The Nation

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St.Lawrence River Named Best Bass Fishery In The Nation
July 1, 2019

St. Lawrence River Named Best Bass Fishery In The Nation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Bassmaster Magazine has released the highly anticipated rankings of the best bass fisheries in the nation for 2019 and for the first time ever, New York’s St. Lawrence River earned the top spot.

Over the past seven years, this incredible smallmouth fishery has cracked the Top 10 in Bassmaster’s 100 Best Bass Lakes rankings two times. In both 2015 and 2018, the St. Lawrence (also known as the Upper St. Lawrence River) ranked eighth on the list. This year, though, the New York fishery would not be denied as the No. 1 bass fishing destination in the country. There are plenty of tournament results to back up this claim, but there is no need to look any further than the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops held June 19 through 21. In this event, a 26-pound, 6-ounce limit of smallmouth was weighed in. However, the most astounding statistic is that the average weight of the entire 149-team field was 20.3 pounds. The winning team from Sam Houston State University averaged 24-4 per day. The Carhartt Big Bass Award for that event was a 6-pound, 7-ounce giant. Suffice it to say, the St. Lawrence not only has big smallmouth swimming around the many islands dotting its waterscape, but a lot of them.

“The St. Lawrence is not only healthy right now, but seems to be showing off,” said James Hall, editor of Bassmaster Magazine. “There have been years where a spirited internal debate was required to assign the top spot in the rankings. This year was easy after looking at the unbelievable weights being produced at the Upper St. Lawrence River. And on top of that, the scenery is stunning. If you are looking for the best angling experience in the country right now, the St. Lawrence river should be your next destination.”

Hall explained the process of creating the rankings takes more than two months. State fishery agencies across the U.S. are polled and rank the fisheries in their states based on stocking efforts, catch rates and angler access. Then, B.A.S.S. Nation conservation directors add to the potential lakes list based on the thousands of tournaments they hold across the country. And finally, the data from dozens of tournament organizations, as well as big bass programs from various states, are analyzed to create the ultimate list of the Top 100 lakes. The rankings are debated by a blue-ribbon panel of fishing industry insiders. The final result of this research and debate is Bassmaster’s 100 Best Bass Lakes rankings published in the July/August issue of the magazine.

Alabama’s Lake Guntersville took the No. 2 spot after producing several 30-plus-pound limits this spring. That said, the Big G was producing so many 20-pound limits that a 4-pound average quit turning heads. Even during tough tournaments, anglers had to catch at least 24 pounds to win. This historic fishery had been down in the rankings for several years, falling out of the Top 10 in both 2016 and 2017. It climbed to No. 9 last year, and is now looking as healthy as ever.

Texas’ Sam Rayburn Reservoir slipped from No.1 last year to No. 3. Although production has slowed a little bit, this lake still produced a 40-pound limit and typically required at least 22 pounds to win a one-day event. California’s Clear Lake is in the fourth spot on the strength of the giant bass it is producing. A 16-pound largemouth was landed recently, and double-digit fish abound. Rounding out the remainder of the Top 10 lakes are Texas’ Lake Fork at fifth; Tennessee’s Chickamauga Lake at sixth; California’s New Melones Lake at seventh; Michigan’s Lake St. Clair at eighth; South Carolina’s Santee Cooper Lakes at ninth; and New York’s Lake Erie (out of Buffalo) at tenth.

The rankings identify the Top 10 lakes in the nation based on head-to-head comparisons, as well as the Top 25 lakes in four geographical regions. “We divide the nation into four regions and rank the lakes in each region to give anglers perspective on the fisheries they can most likely reach,” Hall explained.

As for bragging rights on which state has the most fisheries in the 2019 rankings, the title is shared. Both Texas and California have 10 lakes on the list. Florida has the next highest with eight lakes making the rankings.

2019 List Of Bassmaster Magazine’s 100 Best Bass Lakes      

RANK FISHERY STATE
Top 10
1 St. Lawrence River New York
2 Lake Guntersville Alabama
3 Sam Rayburn Reservoir Texas
4 Clear Lake California
5 Lake Fork Texas
6 Chickamauga Lake Tennessee
7 New Melones Lake California
8 Lake St. Clair Michigan
9 Santee Cooper Lakes South Carolina
10 Lake Erie New York
Northeast
1 St. Lawrence River New York
2 Lake St. Clair Michigan
3 Lake Erie New York
4 Lake Erie Ohio
5 Burt/Mullett lakes Michigan
6 Lake Champlain New York/Vermont
7 Bays de Noc Michigan
8 Saginaw Bay Michigan
9 Lake Charlevoix Michigan
10 Grand Traverse Bay Michigan
11 Potomac River West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland
12 Oneida Lake New York
13 Cayuga Lake New York
14 Presque Isle Bay Pennsylvania
15 Upper Chesapeake Bay Maryland
16 Smith Mountain Lake Virginia
17 Webber Pond Maine
18 Green River Lake Kentucky
19 Lake Cumberland Kentucky
20 China Lake Maine
21 Great Pond Maine
22 Candlewood Lake Connecticut
23 Chautauqua Lake New York
24 Lake Winnipesaukee New Hampshire
25 Kentucky Lake Kentucky/Tennessee
Western
1 Clear Lake California
2 New Melones Lake California
3 Lake Perris California
4 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta California
5 Diamond Valley Lake California
6 Don Pedro Reservoir California
7 Lake Berryessa California
8 Lake Coeur d’Alene Idaho
9 Shasta Lake California
10 Lake Havasu Arizona/California
11 Roosevelt Lake Arizona
12 Lower Colorado River Arizona/California
13 Alamo Lake Arizona
14 Potholes Reservoir Washington
15 Lake Washington Washington
16 Brownlee Reservoir Idaho/Oregon
17 Sand Hollow Reservoir Utah
18 Elephant Butte Reservoir New Mexico
19 Lake Mohave Nevada/Arizona
20 C.J. Strike Reservoir Idaho
21 Siltcoos Lake Oregon
22 Owyhee Reservoir Oregon
23 Lake Pleasant Arizona
24 Lake Mead Nevada/Arizona
25 Columbia River Oregon/Washington
Central
1 Sam Rayburn Reservoir Texas
2 Lake Fork Texas
3 Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin
4 Toledo Bend Texas/Louisiana
5 Mille Lacs Lake Minnesota
6 Lake Falcon Texas
7 Lake Conroe Texas
8 Lake Minnentonka Minnesota
9 Caddo Lake Texas/Louisiana
10 Table Rock Lake Missouri
11 Lake Lyndon B. Johnson Texas
12 Millwood Lake Arkansas
13 Caney Creek Reservoir Louisiana
14 Lake Dardanelle Arkansas
15 Lake Ray Roberts Texas
16 Lake Texoma Texas/Oklahoma
17 Lake Ouachita Arkansas
18 Lake of the Ozarks Missouri
19 Lake O’ the Pines Texas
20 Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees Oklahoma
21 Lake Columbia Arkansas
22 Bull Shoals Lake Arkansas
23 Lake Wanahoo Nebraska
24 La Cygne Reservoir Kansas
25 Newton Lake Illinois
Southeast
1 Lake Guntersville Alabama
2 Chickamauga Lake

Josh Hooks & Jaimie Fajardo Win CATT Jordan Lake June 29,2019 with 27.25lbs

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Josh Hooks & Jaimie Fajardo Win CATT Jordan Lake June 29,2019 with 27.25lbs

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We closed out the 2019 Old North CATT Trail this past Saturday on Jordan Lake with 27 teams shooting for the $5,000.00 1st place prize! Overall we had good participation this year! We actually paid back over $4,000.00 more over the course of the Old North than we did at the 2018 Old North! Thanks for fishing guys and we’ll have the 2020 Old North schedule posted soon! As I’ve posted over and over…CATT features the best payback in the Carolinas !

Josh Hook and Jaimie Fajardo claimed the top prize with 5 bass weighing up at 27.25 lbs! They collected $5,500.00 with the 1st BONUS added in! Keep in mind guys we ONLY had 27 boats enter! Big Payday with a small field!

Dennis Reedy & Tommy Marrow claimed 2nd with 26.01 lbs! With the 2nd BF at 7.12 lbs they took home $1,941.00!

Jamie Olive & Rich Z finished 3rd with 5 bass weighing 25.24 lbs and weighed in the 1st BF at 8.03 lbs! They earned $939.00!

Jonathan Holloway & Brian West took 4th with 25.02 lbs!

Chad Craven & Ben Cannon took 5th with 23.88 lbs!

27 Teams BF Weight Winnings
Josh Hooks / Jaimie Fajardo 5.92 27.25 $5,500.00
Dennis Reedy / Tommy Marrow 7.12 26.01 $1,941.00
Jamie Olive / Rich Z 8.03 25.24 $939.00
Jonathan Holloway / Brian West 5.33 25.02 $300.00
Chad Craven / Ben Cannon 6.03 23.88 $200.00
Tod Staker / Scott Woodson 5.32 22.74
Todd Sumner / Chuck Bolton 5.25 22.72
Billy Bledsoe / Brian McDonald 5.79 22.19
Clay Ausley / Ken McNeil 6.77 22.00
Rick Dunstan / Josh Huff 6.16 21.59
Tom & Jim Saywell 5.39 21.56
Terry Amen / Chuck Darden 6.38 20.55
Richard & Hunter Petty 5.16 20.53
John McClland / Eric Schell 4.63 18.84
Evan Flemming / Matt Fuhr 4.15 16.77
Alex & Richard Lower 6.26 16.37
Kyle Rohmor / Tim Cantwell 4.23 16.00
Tony & Chase Stanley 3.80 15.76
Johnny Wilder / Mike Harris 4.94 15.00
Mark & Jordan Young 0.00 10.50
Jeff Brown / Ron Johnson 0.00 0.00
Johnny & William Howard 0.00 0.00
Stump Bledsoe / Glenn Elliott 0.00 0.00
Jeff Shaw / James Richardson 0.00 0.00
Dennis & Keith Allen 0.00 0.00
Tony Woodward / Scott Smith 0.00 0.00
Paul Worthington / Justin Hendrix 0.00 0.00
Total Entrys $4,320.00
BONUS $ $1,000.00
2018 Old North Spring Final Fund $3,560.00
Total Paid At Ramp $8,880.00
Total Paid 2018 Spring Old North $43,405.00

PINCKNEYVILLE’S JENKEL WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON REND LAKE

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PINCKNEYVILLE’S JENKEL WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON REND LAKE

PINCKNEYVILLE’S JENKEL WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON REND LAKE

Co-Angler Title Goes to West Frankfort’s Campbell

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WHITTINGTON, Ill. (July 1, 2019) – Boater Derek Jenkel of Pinckneyville, Illinois, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Illini Division tournament on Rend Lake Saturday after catching a five-bass limit weighing 15 pounds, 8 ounces. Jenkel earned $4,384 for his victory.

“I was flipping bushes in the mid-lake region,” said Jenkel, who earned his third career win in BFL competition. “I didn’t have a specific bay or creek or anything like that, but I figured out a pattern flipping buck brush and I was able to replicate it in multiple areas.

“Traditionally, the bass on Rend Lake love to be shallow – like fins sticking out of the water ridiculously shallow,” Jenkel continued. “However, they just weren’t there. I figured out that the fish were holding on deeper bushes, which really was odd to me. They were not supposed to be there. But they were, and once I figured that out I was able to apply that in multiple different areas.”

Jenkel said that the fishing was a little slow, as he and his co-angler only had about 13 keeper bites throughout the day. He said he fished six different areas, mainly flipping a watermelon-red-colored Zoom Brush Hog, but also adding one keeper on a Strike King Rage Bug.

“The key, honestly, was figuring out the depth,” Jenkel went on to say. “It had to be bushes in three feet of water.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Derek Jenkel, Pinckneyville, Ill., five bass, 15-8, $4,384

2nd:         Jerry Walker, Zeigler, Ill., five bass, 14-1, $1,767

3rd:         Terry Holsapple, Greenup, Ill., five bass, 13-8, $1,077

4th:         James Powell, Murphysboro, Ill., five bass, 13-6, $684

5th:         Mike Barnes, Mackinaw, Ill., five bass, 12-7, $587

6th:         Brad Porter, Bluford, Ill., five bass, 11-15, $538

7th:         Ray Cortivo, Troy, Ill., four bass, 11-13, $824

8th:         Toby Corn, Calvert City, Ky., five bass, 11-3, $590

9th:         James Williams, Neoga, Ill., five bass, 11-1, $366

9th:         Brennon McCord, West Frankfort, Ill., five bass, 11-1, $366

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Cortivo caught a bass weighing 5 pounds, 10 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $335.

Gabe Campbell of West Frankfort, Illinois, won the Co-angler Division and $1,602 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 11 pounds, 3 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Gabe Campbell, West Frankfort, Ill., four bass, 11-3, $1,602

2nd:         Dave Dobill, Royalton, Ill., four bass, 10-12, $721

3rd:         Amanda Black, Greenup, Ill., four bass, 9-2, $633

4th:         Jacob Greco, Edwardsville, Ill., five bass, 8-12, $336

5th:         Aaron Arning, Walnut Hill, Ill., three bass, 8-8, $488

6th:         Tad Cain, La Place, Ill., three bass, 7-4, $264

7th:         James Lang, Benton, Ill., three bass, 6-14, $240

8th:         Drew Cress, Highland, Ill., two bass, 5-13, $216

9th:         Eugene Kim, Lindenhurst, Ill., three bass, 5-9, $230

9th:         Jamie Ebbert, Canton, Ill., two bass, 5-9, $230

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. 24-26 BFL Regional Championship on Grand Lake in Grove, Oklahoma. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2020 BFL All-American will be held April 30-May 2 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, and is hosted by Visit Anderson. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

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