SUNRISE BEACH’S HARLIN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE OF THE OZARKS

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July 2, 2019

SUNRISE BEACH’S HARLIN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE OF THE OZARKS

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Sunrise Beach’s McKnight Wins Co-angler Division

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (July 1, 2019) – Boater Michael Harlin of Sunrise Beach, Missouri, caught five bass Saturday weighing 24 pounds, 9 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament on Lake of the Ozarks. Harlin pocketed $4,463 for his win in the event and 250 points in the Ozark Division presented by Bassing Bob standings. The winner of the division’s Angler of the Year title after five tournaments will win $3,000.

“I basically fished from the dam to the mouth of the Gravois arm,” said Harlin, who earned his first career win in FLW competition. “I had spent my practice mainly idling around and graphing, looking for schools that were off the beaten path. I had found five or six good spots that had fish on them and weren’t getting pressured, and Saturday they were there.

“I had around 15 keepers and was pretty much done fishing by 10:30 (a.m.),” Harlin continued. “I was throwing back 3-pounders like they were nothing. I lost a couple of big ones, too. I’m very confident I could have weighed in 26 pounds if everything had stayed buttoned up.”

Harlin said that all of his fish came on a chartreuse and powder blue-colored Strike King 6XD crankbait.

“The key was really my electronics and throwing a specific line,” Harlin went on to say. “I wasn’t fishing around spots – I was making exact casts and bringing my crankbait right through the school. I was catching them every single cast.”

.The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Michael Harlin, Sunrise Beach, Mo., five bass, 24-9, $4,463

2^nd: Brad Jelinek, Deepwater, Mo., five bass, 21-3, $2,232

3^rd: Austin Lowrey, Webb City, Mo., five bass, 20-15, $1,489

4^th: Kirk Smith, Edmond, Okla., five bass, 20-13, $1,041

5^th: Rick Johnston, Webb City, Mo., five bass, 20-4, $893

6^th: Chuck Austin, Saint Peters, Mo., five bass, 19-14, $818

6^th: Mike Roller, Purdy, Mo., five bass, 19-9, $944

8^th: Larry Stoafer, Leavenworth, Kan., five bass, 19-8, $1,019

9^th: Brett Govreau, House Springs, Mo., five bass, 18-15, $595

10^th: Rob Bueltmann, Osage Beach, Mo., five bass, 18-10, $473

10^th: Cory Steckler, Rocky Mount, Mo., five bass, 18-10, $473

10^th: Mark Wiese, High Ridge, Mo., five bass, 18-10, $473

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Raymond Bates of Lake Quivira, Kansas, caught a 6-pound, 10-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $640.

Kevin McKnight of Sunrise Beach, Missouri, won the Co-angler Division and $2,232 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 19 pounds, 8 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Kevin McKnight, Sunrise Beach, Mo., five bass, 19-8, $2,232

2^nd: Andrew Messina, Valley Park, Mo., five bass, 17-8, $1,116

3^rd: Anthony Johnson, Excelsior Springs, Mo., five bass, 16-14, $743

4^th: Matthew Hargarten, Bolivar, Mo., five bass, 16-10, $841

5^th: Dillon Saffle, Ballwin, Mo., five bass, 16-9, $446

6^th: Dennis Young, Olathe, Kan., five bass, 16-6, $659

7^th: Ralph Laney, Rogersville, Mo., five bass, 16-0, $372

8^th: Bruce Lyford, Liberty, Mo., five bass, 15-15, $366

9^th: Dewey Lewis, Asbury, Mo., five bass, 15-15, $316

10^th: Michael Fey Sr., Cuba, Mo., five bass, 15-8, $260

Hargarten caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 6 pounds, 10 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $320.

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.

Chad Gainey & Mack Kitchens Win CATT Wateree June 29,2019

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Chad Gainey & Mack Kitchens Win CATT Wateree June 29,2019

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Next Wateree CATT is July 13! This is the last Summer Qualifier and if you want to be eligible to enter the Summer Final July 20 this is your last chance to join! You only have to enter 1 CATT Qualifier to be eligible to enter the CATT Summer Final!

CATT 2019 PHANTOM OUTDOORS INVITATIONAL

Presented by Phantom Outdoors Tournament Grade Fishing Apparel!

Bucksport Marina, Waccamaw River

July 27th

$5,000.00 1^st Place

Click on the Phantom Invitation on the Division Section for more info!

Chad Gainey & Mack Kitchens brought in 5 bass at 18.29 lbs and took home $1,000.00!

2nd went to Tim & Craig Haven with a limit weighing 17.61 lbs and they had the BF at 5.58 lbs! They received a $25 Academy Gift Card!

Jacob & Jeff Norris claimed 3rd with 5 bass weighing 16.13 lbs!

Jimmy McFarland & Calvin Griggs took 4th with 14.90 lbs!

Brad Petway with the 2nd BF at 5.16 lbs!

	Big	Total	Total
23 Teams	Fish	Weight	Winnings	Points
Chad Gainey – Mack Kitchens	4.44	18.29	$1,000.00	110
Tim Haven – Craig Haven	5.58	17.61	$461.00	109
Jacob Norris – Jeff Norris	3.70	16.13	$200.00	108
Jimmy McFarland – Clavin Griggs	3.59	14.90	$120.00	107
Lee Morris – Robert Ross	4.77	14.89		106
Brett Collins – Brad Petway	5.16	14.20	$69.00	105
Mike King – Chris Crawford	3.23	13.83		104
Butch Williams – Jason Quinn	3.20	13.40		103
Donald Wells – Paul Wells	3.06	12.49		102
Chad Rabon – Walt Almond	2.93	12.30		101
Jason Bateman – Steve Phillips	2.96	12.30		100
Jimmy LeShock – Chis Baumgardner	0.00	12.27		99
Steven Smith – James Smith	2.72	11.98		98
Scott Floyd – Bob Weaver	3.33	11.76		97
Allen Fletcher – Von Vandam	0.00	10.98		96
Bobby Purvis – Matt Ross	0.00	8.95		95
Mike Byrd – Skeebo Kelly	0.00	0.00		94
Chad Sims – Jeff Knight	0.00	0.00		94
David Canupp – David Canupp	0.00	0.00		94
Bubba Baker – Colden Baker	0.00	0.00		94
Michael Ard – Seth Ard	0.00	0.00		94
Greg Sigmon	0.00	0.00		94
Steve Walker – Win Walker	0.00	0.00		94
Total Entrys			$1,840.00
BONUS $			$475.00
Total Paid At Ramp			$1,850.00
Wateree 2019 Summer Final Fund			$360.00
2020 CATT Championships			$75.00
2019 Wateree Summer Final Fund Total			$1,870.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund Total			$1,605.00

New Z-Man® SlingBladeZ™ Power Finesse Spinnerbait exhibits cutting-edge engineering in a compact package

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Small Vibes Make Big (Bass) Impressions

New Z-Man^® SlingBladeZ™ Power Finesse Spinnerbait exhibits cutting-edge engineering in a compact package

LADSON, SC (July 1, 2019) – Good bass-catching vibrations often come from small-scale sources: The beat of a yearling shad’s tail. The panicked contortions a baby bluegill in retreat. Flash enters the equation, too. Glints off the golden flanks of a wild shiner transmit the “food” signal to the eyes of all aquatic predators. Explosions of micro-bubbles and crystalline scales loudly announce an underwater attack.

Few artificial lures mimic these aquatic indicators better than a small-bladed spinnerbait. Perhaps no other spinnerbait has ever offered more attention-to-details than Z-Man’s category-transforming SlingBladeZ.

“When we realized what we had with the Z-Man SlingBladeZ Spinnerbait, I knew we needed a downsized, finesse version,” says spinnerbait specialist and MLF / Bass Pro Tour angler Luke Clausen. “The new SlingBladeZ Power Finesse bait has got to be one of the only super premium small-frame spinnerbaits built with high-end components— hooks, blades and skirts—plus a few tricks up its sleeve.”

As lakes get more and more fishing pressure, notes Clausen, bass respond by biting smaller, less obtrusive lures. “The SlingBladeZ Power Finesse gives me a tool that can be worked through super-shallow water and will get me more bites under difficult conditions—heavy pressure, clear water and bright, calm days. Put a little Z-Man Slim SwimZ™ on the back and you’ve got a super-tuned spinnerbait in a compact package.”

Representing an overlooked yet radically effective lure category, the SlingBladeZ Power Finesse Spinnerbait stakes its reputation on a talent for swimming arrow-straight at different retrieve speeds, without rolling. “We took a hard look at spinnerbait design and the reasons other lures fail to perform,” said Clausen, one of only four anglers to win both an FLW Tour Championship and a Bassmaster Classic.

The result of the research and subsequent on-water tests yielded a totally customized StabilTrack™ spinnerbait head. “This unique head design actually has a grooved underbelly that channels water in a linear fashion,” Clausen explains. “Custom side flanges act like mini-rudders, further stabilizing the lure. We even refined the wire bend just forward the head. This tweak helps deflect grass and adds even more stability.

“Anglers will take the lure’s stability for granted, and they should. But what they will notice from the first cast is the SlingBladeZ’ intense vibration. You’re going to feel that rhythmic thumping right up the line, through the reel and into your hands. Fished on 12-pound fluorocarbon and a light spinnerbait rod, you can almost hear it.”

To achieve such finely-tuned vibration, Z-Man utilized a precisely-ordered arrangement of blades and spinnerbait wire. Custom-stamped willow, Indiana and Colorado blades feature jeweler-quality electroplated finishes for maximum light reflection and flash. Z-Man’s LiveWire™ 17-7 stainless steel frame actually enhances blade reverberation, a wire material that’s even more durable than standard stainless or piano wire.

Z-Man’s SlingBladeZ Power Finesse Spinnerbait amps up the flash and vibration factors with custom-stamped blades with jeweler-quality electroplated finishes.

Creating the perfect flare effect, the SlingBladeZ’s 100-percent silicone skirt adheres tightly to the head with hand-tied copper wire (unlike flimsy rubber bands, copper doesn’t break). Beneath its energetic skirt, a wire trailer keeper pins soft ElaZtech^® baits and traditional plastics securely to the lure’s 4/0 VMC® O’Shaughnessy hook. Clausen chose this hook for its talents for hooking even short-biting bass.

Clausen notes that while he’ll lean on the SlingBladeZ Power Finesse bait in pressure-laden tournaments, every day anglers will appreciate the lure’s “just catch fish” attitude. “Smaller baits just get more bites, period. For anglers who fish small ponds or rivers, this is a bait you can tie on and catch bass with all day long. The SlingBladeZ Power Finesse Spinnerbait also gives smallmouth anglers up north a lot of ammunition.

“For me, this is sort of a secret largemouth bait. It’s money during the shad spawn. And it can produce way more bites when you’re trying to mimic smaller, young-of-the-year forage. Honestly, people look at a spinnerbait and think max size, flash and vibration is always better. But in tougher conditions, I think you can trigger a lot more bites on a power-finesse bait like the SlingBladeZ.”

The goal was to put a high-end lure in folks’ hands that worked right out of the package, and just simply got more bites,” adds Clausen. “The SlingBladeZ Power Finesse is a tournament-quality spinnerbait in a compact package.”

Available in double willow or Indiana-Colorado blade configurations, the SlingBladeZ Power Finesse Spinnerbait features ¼- and 3/8-ounce sizes and six carefully chosen color patterns, MSRP $7.99 each. For more information, visit www.zmanfishing.com, or stop by Z-Man booth #5118 at ICAST 2019.

GEORGIA’S KILGORE WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE NEELY HENRY

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GEORGIA’S KILGORE WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE NEELY HENRY

Ashville’s Isbell Wins Co-angler Division

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GADSDEN, Ala. (July 1, 2019) – Boater Andy Kilgore of Kingston, Georgia, caught five bass Saturday weighing 19 pounds, 7 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament on Lake Neely Henry. Kilgore pocketed $4,426 for his win in the event and earned 250 points in the Bama Division Angler of the Year (AOY) standings. The winner of the division’s AOY title after five tournaments will win $3,000.

“Everything that I caught on Saturday came flipping,” said Kilgore, who earned his first career BFL victory. “I was fishing grass in the lower lake in around 2-feet of water. I threw a frog around a little bit, but I never did have any blowups. I caught them flipping a beaver-style bait in black and blue and green pumpkin.”

Kilgore said he caught eight fish throughout the day, including a spotted bass that Kilgore joked, “was lost.” He described his key area as a shallow grass flat with a ditch in front of it. He had his boat sitting in four feet of water and was flipping into two feet of water.

“I think the key was the precise location,” he said. “There were other boats fishing around and I guess I just got lucky.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Andy Kilgore, Kingston, Ga., five bass, 19-7, $4,426

2^nd: Terry Fisher, Jacksonville, Fla., five bass, 15-15, $1,427

2^nd: Kris Colley, Ragland, Ala., five bass, 15-15, $1,427

4^th: Adam Brown, Rainbow City, Ala., five bass, 15-14, $799

5^th: Kyle Dorsett, Odenville, Ala., five bass, 14-7, $685

6^th: Terry Tucker, Gadsden, Ala., five bass, 13-4, $828

6^th: Mark McCaig, Oxford, Ala., five bass, 13-0, $571

8^th: Kenny Pannell, Springville, Ala., five bass, 12-12, $514

9^th: Brent Reaves, Alexander City, Ala., five bass, 12-11, $457

10^th: Jeff Kitchens, Auburn, Ala., five bass, 12-10, $500

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Scott Daughtry of Abbeville, Alabama, caught a 6-pound bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $430.

Cameron Isbell of Ashville, Alabama, won the Co-angler Division and $1,713 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 10 pounds, 1 ounce.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Cameron Isbell, Ashville, Ala., five bass, 10-1, $1,713

2^nd: Gary Marlowe, Montgomery, Ala., four bass, 10-0, $1,056

3^rd: Roman Robinson, Steele, Ala., five bass, 9-10, $571

4^th: Marcus Corbett, Anniston, Ala., five bass, 9-9, $571

4^th: Matthew Haizel, Dallas, Ga., five bass, 9-9, $371

6^th: Lew Moore, Roanoke, Ala., five bass, 9-8, $314

7^th: Jacob Davis, Talladega, Ala., five bass, 9-6, $285

8^th: Jeremy Carter, Harpersville, Ala., four bass, 9-5, $257

9^th: Michael Corbett, Oxford, Ala., five bass, 8-12, $328

10^th: Ty Story, Prattville, Ala., five bass, 8-9, $200

Sean Allen of Phenix City, Alabama caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 9 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $215.

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.

Pace Races to Bass Pro Tour Championship at Evinrude Stage Eight presented by Tracker Off Road

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MLF pro Cliff Pace caught 47 bass for 81-9 in today’s Championship Round to claim the trophy at the Bass Pro Tour Evinrude Stage Eight Presented by Tracker Off Road at Neenah, Wis.

Pace Races to Bass Pro Tour Championship at Evinrude Stage Eight

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NEENAH, Wis. (June 30, 2019) – Out of all of the well-known bass factories that the Bass Pro Tour visited this year, who would have guessed that Green Lake, Wisconsin, would be one of the top producers? It proved to be an excellent venue for the 2019 regular-season finale and Championship Round of the Evinrude Stage Eight Presented by Tracker Off Road.

Sunday’s championship battle required a hefty total to win (more than 81 pounds) and easily outdistanced the winning weight for Lakes Toho, Conroe, Smith, and Chickamauga.

That’s because the day was defined mostly by non-stop action on SCORETRACKER®, except for the midday weather delay due to a strong band of rain, thunder, and lightning that covered the entirety of the nearly 8,000-acre lake.

Once fishing resumed, Cliff Pace took over and ran away with the title. Bobby Lane made a late charge, but in the end, Pace was the pace-setter, winning by over 12 pounds.

Pace Races Away With It

Pace grabbed the lead in the second period and never looked back. The windy and cloudy conditions played a significant role in his victory, and how he was able to catch 47 bass for 81-9.

Pace keyed on a mix of rock and sand, with most of his fishing coming on a Jackall Rerange Jerkbait, but he also caught some on a Jackall Crosstail Shad fished on a drop-shot rig.

The majority of Pace’s fish fell for a Jackall Rerange Jerkbait, but he started the day plucking them off with a Jackall Crosstail Shad fished on a drop-shot rig.

“After the delay, the wind was still blowing, and when we went back out, I caught one on the jerkbait on the first cast,” Pace said. “I never put it down after that. It was all about the conditions. I was looking for areas with rock since there was so much sand everywhere. The main thing on natural lakes is to find where there is a mix of rock and sand.”

For his win, he takes home $100,000 and the title of Stage Eight Champion.

Lane’s Rally Falls Short

Once Pace got on a roll, he proved to be too far out of reach for Lane and the rest of the field.

“I just couldn’t keep pace with Cliff Pace today,” Lane admitted. “Every time I would get on a little roll, he would start catching them again. He was just too far ahead.”

Lane mixed in a jerkbait and drop-shot to finish a distant second. His key drop-shot baits were a Berkley PowerBait MaxScent 4-inch The General in black and green pumpkin.

Ehrler Finishes Third

Brent Ehrler started slow, but he rose toward the top of standings midday. Part of his ascension was thanks to quality smallmouths over 3 pounds at the start of Period 3.

“I got on one little deal with a jerkbait, topwater, Neko rig, drop-shot, and a spybait – it was all typical smallmouth stuff, I just didn’t have enough areas to do it,” said the California pro, who finished the Championship Round with 29 bass for 56-8. His catch included a smallmouth weighing 4-2.

Ashley Rallies Late for Fourth Place

With so many willing smallmouth biting, Ashley spent most of the day chasing brown bass before heading to the bank late in the day. He put on a largemouth clinic for those watching the MLF NOW! live stream.

Smallmouth have a reputation for vanishing in moments, and Ashley admitted that they’re not his favorite target species. But going into the day, he thought he needed them to have a chance.

“After the storms moved through there were hardly any boats on the lake and the rest of our guys were out chasing smallmouth,” said Ashley, who ended the day with 26 fish for 55-12. “I wish I would have gone for largemouth sooner because they were not as pressured.”

The Wheels Fell Off for Wheeler

Out of the 10 anglers fishing today, only Wheeler took the time for the four-hour ride around on Green Lake during the off day earlier this week.

Early on, it appeared that his homework was going to pay off as he came out of the gates swinging. After the first period, he had 11 bass for 27-14 including several nice smallmouth. At this point, he held a commanding seven-pound lead over Bobby Lane.

From there, the conditions changed, and he only mustered four bass the rest of the day. He continued to fall down the standings and finished up in sixth place with 15 bass for 35-14.

Daily Winners

Shotgun Round daily awards were:

* The Berkley Big Bass of the day was Andy Morgan’s 4-14 largemouth.

* Cliff Pace won the Berkley Catch Count award with 47 bass on the day.

* Pace also earned the Phoenix Boats Daily Leader award with 81-09.

Looking Ahead

For the 30 anglers who qualified for the REDCREST, they are rewarded with a return trip to Wisconsin in August. The event will be held on the Mississippi River out of La Crosse on August 21-25.

Final Results

To see all results for today’s Championship Round, as well as all results for each competition day, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com and click “Results.”

SCANLON WINS FLW TOUR AT LAKE CHAMPLAIN PRESENTED BY T-H MARINE

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SCANLON WINS FLW TOUR AT LAKE CHAMPLAIN PRESENTED BY T-H MARINE

Missouri Pro Commits to Largemouth Bite, Wins $100,000 at FLW Tour Regular Season Finale on Lake Champlain

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PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (June 30, 2019) – After starting the day in second place, pro Casey Scanlon of Lake Ozark, Missouri, caught a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds, 10 ounces, Sunday to vault to the top of the leaderboard and win the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine with a four-day total of 20 bass weighing 76 pounds, 2 ounces. Scanlon’s weight was enough to edge second place angler Jackson Kayak pro Eric Jackson by 1 pound, 11 ounces, in the event that featured 163 of the world’s most decorated bass anglers competing over four days on Lake Champlain.

“It’s been a long time coming. I’ve been doing this for eight years now and on a couple of different tours. I’ve had the opportunity to win several times and haven’t gotten it done, so today is a pretty special day,” said Scanlon, who earned his first career win in FLW Tour competition. “I’ve been fishing tournaments since I was 15 and it’s not easy out here, but days like this make it all worth it.”

Scanlon spent the event targeting largemouth down near Ticonderoga. Early in the tournament, most of his bass came off shallow rock inside of a milfoil edge. As the tournament progressed, though, he caught more fish from the grass, with all of his keepers today coming from the grass.

“I did junk it up a little bit, but I got myself in some decent areas, and I tried to make the most out of them by switching baits and trying some different stuff throughout the tournament,” said Scanlon.

Scanlon did have a primary area that produced his initial limits on days one through three – a pair of main-lake points along Champlain’s eastern shoreline that were swept by current. Today, the area didn’t produce, but he was able to make the necessary adjustments to put together a solid limit.

“The fish were obviously using the current to feed, and there was bait there, which was a big key,” said Scanlon. “You’d see a lot of activity in the grass. That’s probably the main reason those fish were there.”

In his areas, Scanlon used a 3/8-ounce chartreuse and white Z-Man ChatterBait with a white soft jerkbait trailer for rocks and scattered milfoil, and a green copper shad-colored Luck-E-Strike Series 3 square-billed crankbait on rocks and in looser grass. A few fish early in the tournament bit a Luck-E-Strike Pow Stik, rigged with either a 3/16- or 1/4-ounce Bass Pros Shops tungsten weight, and a black and blue Bass Pros Shops tube. He also ran a 1/2-ounce Trophy Swim Jig through lily pads and pencil reeds in shallow water.

“Depending on the cover I’d always start with a moving bait, usually the ChatterBait, and when it was sparser grass I’d use the crankbait. When I’d catch a few, I would slow down and pick it apart with the Pow Stik,” said Scanlon. “I was just fortunate to dial into the fish every day – locations and baits changed daily on me.”

With his win, Scanlon earned enough points to qualify for the FLW Cup – the world championship of bass fishing – August 9-11 on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

“I needed a big derby to make the FLW Cup,” said Scanlon. “I knew I probably needed a top-12 [finish] here to make it and we’re sitting here now. I’m ready to go to Hot Springs.”

The top 10 pros on Lake Champlain finished:

1^st: Casey Scanlon, Lake Ozark, Mo., 20 bass, 76-2, $102,700

2^nd: Jackson Kayak pro Eric Jackson, Walling, Tenn., 20 bass, 74-7, $30,000

3^rd: Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 20 bass, 73-15, $25,100

4^th: Christopher Brasher, Longview, Texas, 20 bass, 73-15, $20,000

5^th: Hensley Powell, Whitwell, Tenn., 20 bass, 73-12, $19,000

6^th: Daryl Biron, South Windsor, Conn., 20 bass, 72-6, $18,000

7^th: Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., 20 bass, 72-4, $17,000

8^th: A.J. Slegona, Pine Bush, N.Y., 20 bass, 71-9, $16,000

9^th: Tyler Stewart, West Monroe, La., 19 bass, 68-10, $15,000

10^th: Tom Redington, Royse City, Texas, 18 bass, 62-3, $14,000

Complete results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Overall there were 47 bass weighing 164 pounds, 1 ounces, caught by pros Sunday. The catch included eight five-bass limits.

Polaris pro David Dudley of Lynchburg, Virginia, won the prestigious 2019 FLW Tour Angler of the Year (AOY) Saturday, becoming the first angler in the history of the FLW Tour to claim four titles (2019, 2012, 2011 and 2008). He narrowly edged out Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, by just 17 points in a tightly contested race that was too close to call until Cox’s 28th place finish. Dudley, who received $100,000 for the title, will also receive an automatic berth into the 2020 FLW Cup.

Pro Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Michigan, clinched the Polaris 2019 FLW Tour Rookie of the Year (ROY) award Saturday, which is awarded to the rookie pro angler who finishes the season with the highest point total. For his efforts, Nelson won a Polaris Sportsman® 570 ATV.

Television coverage of the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine will premiere in 2019. The exact air-date will be announced soon. The Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show airs each Saturday night at 7 p.m. EST and is broadcast to more than 63 million cable, satellite and telecommunications households in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean on the World Fishing Network (WFN), the leading entertainment destination and digital resource for anglers throughout North America. FLW television is also distributed internationally to FLW partner countries, including Canada, China, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.

The total purse for the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine was more than $860,000. The tournament was hosted by the City of Plattsburgh and the Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau. The next event for FLW anglers on Lake Champlain will be the Costa FLW Series at Lake Champlain presented by Polaris in Plattsburgh, July 18-30. A limited number of co-angler spots are still open. To register or see more information, visit FLWFishing.com.

In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 163 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continued competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

Throughout the season, anglers were also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2019 FLW Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2019 FLW Cup will be on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 9-11 and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the sport’s top anglers on the FLW Tour on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

Dennis Siggers Wins FLW/BFL SML June 29,2019 Shenandoah Divison

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Dennis Siggers Wins FLW/BFL SML June 29,2019 Shenandoah Divison

On a hot summer day on the final weekend in June 47 Anglers & 46 Co-Anglers come together to fish the FLW/BFL on Smith Mountain Lake. Congratulations to Dennis Siggers on claiming the title with his five-fish limit of 19.1 lbs. Enjoy the photos & Videos below.

1 DENNIS SIGGERS DANVILLE, VA 19 – 1 (5) 19 – 1 (5) 19 – 1 (5) $2,585
2 DENNIS BURDETTE PEMBROKE, VA 16 – 11 (5) 16 – 11 (5) 16 – 11 (5) $1,375
3 RICK (HAWK) HAWKINS ROANOKE, VA 15 – 7 (5) 15 – 7 (5) 15 – 7 (5) $784
4 WILLIAM JOHNSON MONETA, VA 14 – 7 (5) 14 – 7 (5) 14 – 7 (5) $548
5 JACK DICE LYNCHBURG, VA 13 – 15 (5) 13 – 15 (5) 13 – 15 (5) $720
6 TREVIS TOWE DALEVILLE, VA 13 – 12 (5) 13 – 12 (5) 13 – 12 (5) $531
7 RYAN SPICER NARROWS, VA 13 – 10 (5) 13 – 10 (5) 13 – 10 (5) $392
8 TIMOTHY KOWALEWSKI BUMPASS, VA 13 – 5 (5) 13 – 5 (5) 13 – 5 (5) $502
9 DERIK HUDSON CONCORD, VA 13 – 3 (4) 13 – 3 (4) 13 – 3 (4) $613
10 MICHAEL DELVISCO DANDRIDGE, TN 13 – 1 (4) 13 – 1 (4) 13 – 1 (4)
11 JOHN BREEDING MONETA, VA 12 – 15 (5) 12 – 15 (5) 12 – 15 (5)
12 JEFF JENNINGS ROCK HILL, SC 12 – 7 (5) 12 – 7 (5) 12 – 7 (5)
13 BRIAN PEAK CROCKETT, VA 12 – 2 (5) 12 – 2 (5) 12 – 2 (5)
14 JEREMY DAVIS BEDFORD, VA 12 – 0 (5) 12 – 0 (5) 12 – 0 (5)
15 JASON BURROUGHS HODGES, SC 11 – 13 (5) 11 – 13 (5) 11 – 13 (5)
16 LARRY WITT FOREST, VA 11 – 9 (5) 11 – 9 (5) 11 – 9 (5)
17 ROSS BURNS COLUMBIA, SC 11 – 5 (5) 11 – 5 (5) 11 – 5 (5)
18 CARLTON OWENS FRANKLIN, VA 10 – 13 (5) 10 – 13 (5) 10 – 13 (5)
19 BEN REYNOLDS CALLANDS, VA 10 – 12 (5) 10 – 12 (5) 10 – 12 (5)
20 TODD LANGFORD GREAT FALLS, VA 10 – 11 (5) 10 – 11 (5) 10 – 11 (5)
21 RICHARD OWEN CHESTER, VA 10 – 5 (5) 10 – 5 (5) 10 – 5 (5)
21 TODD HARRIS CLEMMONS, NC 10 – 5 (4) 10 – 5 (4) 10 – 5 (4)
23 JAMES MAUPIN STANARDSVILLE, VA 9 – 12 (5) 9 – 12 (5) 9 – 12 (5)
24 BURLEY WARF MONETA, VA 8 – 5 (5) 8 – 5 (5) 8 – 5 (5)
25 TYLER FARMER LYNCHBURG, VA 8 – 4 (3) 8 – 4 (3) 8 – 4 (3)
26 JARVIS RAYNOR FREDERICKSBURG, VA 8 – 3 (3) 8 – 3 (3) 8 – 3 (3)
27 JOE PAUTLER CATONSVILLE, MD 7 – 9 (4) 7 – 9 (4) 7 – 9 (4)
28 CHRIS MOXLEY STRASBURG, VA 7 – 8 (4) 7 – 8 (4) 7 – 8 (4)
29 STEPHEN MILLER MECHANICSVILLE, VA 6 – 11 (3) 6 – 11 (3) 6 – 11 (3)
30 LOUIS MARTINEZ ANNAPOLIS, MD 5 – 8 (2) 5 – 8 (2) 5 – 8 (2)
31 GREG LAHR FAYETTEVILLE, NC 4 – 6 (2) 4 – 6 (2) 4 – 6 (2)
32 MIKE YEATTS HENRICO, VA 3 – 11 (2) 3 – 11 (2) 3 – 11 (2)
33 AL BERKLEY MADISON HEIGHTS, VA 3 – 1 (2) 3 – 1 (2) 3 – 1 (2)
34 MATTHEW ROSS BARTON, MD 2 – 15 (1) 2 – 15 (1) 2 – 15 (1)
34 FRANCIS MARTIN RICHMOND, VA 2 – 15 (2) 2 – 15 (2) 2 – 15 (2)
36 JOSH WILLARD CARROLLTON, VA 2 – 8 (1) 2 – 8 (1) 2 – 8 (1)
37 VICTOR RIVERAS NEWPORT NEWS, VA 2 – 6 (1) 2 – 6 (1) 2 – 6 (1)
38 JOHN BITTER MAITLAND, FL 2 – 0 (1) 2 – 0 (1) 2 – 0 (1)
38 SHANE MILLS WIRTZ, VA 2 – 0 (1) 2 – 0 (1) 2 – 0 (1)
40 DENNIS HILL VINTON, VA 1 – 14 (1) 1 – 14 (1) 1 – 14 (1)
41 ELWOOD (WOODY) NESS ANNAPONIS, MD 1 – 8 (1) 1 – 8 (1) 1 – 8 (1)
CHRISTOPHER ATKINS II GOODE, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
CHAD GREEN MONETA, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
MATT HICKS EVINGTON, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
KENDALL WITT FOREST, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
DEXTER ANDREWS KING GEORGE, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
DENNIS GASKE SYKESVILLE, MD 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)

PLACE Angler City/State Day 1
WT (Fish) Day 1-3
WT (Fish) Day 1-4
WT (Fish) WINNINGS
1 BOBBY RAKES MAX MEADOWS, VA 12 – 5 (5) 12 – 5 (5) 12 – 5 (5) $1,250
2 AUSTIN BURDETTE PEMBROKE, VA 10 – 14 (5) 10 – 14 (5) 10 – 14 (5) $625
3 JC MILLER WASHINGTON, PA 9 – 5 (5) 9 – 5 (5) 9 – 5 (5) $384
4 JARROD EGOLF FREDERICK, MD 8 – 11 (5) 8 – 11 (5) 8 – 11 (5) $268
5 JOSHUA DUDLEY RUSTBURG, VA 8 – 1 (4) 8 – 1 (4) 8 – 1 (4) $230
6 BILLY BROWN DAHLGREN, VA 6 – 8 (2) 6 – 8 (2) 6 – 8 (2) $361
7 DAVID L DECIUCIS CHESTER, VA 6 – 1 (4) 6 – 1 (4) 6 – 1 (4) $192
8 ANTHONY SHANZ SELBYVILLE, DE 5 – 9 (3) 5 – 9 (3) 5 – 9 (3) $272
9 GUY MAUPIN BARBOURSVILLE, VA 5 – 8 (2) 5 – 8 (2) 5 – 8 (2) $153
10 MATT LEICESTER HERTFORD, NC 5 – 4 (3) 5 – 4 (3) 5 – 4 (3)
11 JAMIE NEWTON FALLS CHURCH, VA 5 – 1 (2) 5 – 1 (2) 5 – 1 (2)
12 ROBERT FORD BOONES MILL, VA 4 – 10 (2) 4 – 10 (2) 4 – 10 (2)
13 BRAD MELTON MANASSAS, VA 4 – 6 (1) 4 – 6 (1) 4 – 6 (1) $115
14 STEPHEN MAIN CHESTER, VA 4 – 4 (2) 4 – 4 (2) 4 – 4 (2)
15 SHAWN HUWAR FREDERICKSBURG, VA 3 – 15 (2) 3 – 15 (2) 3 – 15 (2)
16 PAT KENDRICK BUMPASS, VA 3 – 13 (2) 3 – 13 (2) 3 – 13 (2)
17 DALE ROSE MONTICELLO, KY 3 – 11 (2) 3 – 11 (2) 3 – 11 (2)
18 JOHN POOS MANASSAS, VA 3 – 5 (2) 3 – 5 (2) 3 – 5 (2)
19 THOMAS SMITH RICHMOND, VA 3 – 4 (2) 3 – 4 (2) 3 – 4 (2)
20 KENNY MAIN COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA 3 – 1 (1) 3 – 1 (1) 3 – 1 (1)
21 WESLEY SCEARCE RINGGOLD, VA 2 – 8 (1) 2 – 8 (1) 2 – 8 (1)
21 JAMEY BRUGH MONETA, VA 2 – 8 (2) 2 – 8 (2) 2 – 8 (2)
23 CHRISTOPHER TROVINGER SMITHSBURG, MD 2 – 4 (1) 2 – 4 (1) 2 – 4 (1)
24 HENRY LIKAR WASHINGTON, PA 2 – 3 (1) 2 – 3 (1) 2 – 3 (1)
25 MATTHEW NORAAS PAMPLIN, VA 1 – 15 (1) 1 – 15 (1) 1 – 15 (1)
26 BRANDT THOMPSON RICHMOND, VA 1 – 11 (1) 1 – 11 (1) 1 – 11 (1)
27 DWAYNE HOLLER EDINBURG, VA 1 – 9 (1) 1 – 9 (1) 1 – 9 (1)
28 DANNY CRICKENBERGER CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 1 – 8 (1) 1 – 8 (1) 1 – 8 (1)
29 JOHN CASTRO LORTON, VA 1 – 7 (1) 1 – 7 (1) 1 – 7 (1)
LUCAS DOUCET LANHAM, MD 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
ADRIAN FARROW LYNCHBURG, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
PAT RILEY EVINGTON, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
PATRICK LAMBERT WOODBRIDGE, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
DARREN ASHLEY CALHOUN FALLS, SC 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
LAZARUS DURHAM DUMFRIES, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
BRAD CAMPBELL CONCORD, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
HAYWARD THAXTON III EMMITSBURG, MD 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
ROBERT L REID JR CLINTON, MD 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
CHASE SHUMATE KEELING, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
COLIN BENNETT AXTON, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
THOMAS PAYNE FREDERICKSBURG, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
ALLEN BECKNER SALEM, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
HOWARD J. WILLIAMS DISTRICT HEIGHTS, MD 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
KEITH ALLEN SUMERDUCK, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
LOUIS BRITOS DISPUTANTA, VA 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)
KYLE ADRIAN WILLINGBORO, NJ 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0) 0 – 0 (0)

Ehrler Scores Knockout Round Win, Leads Final 10 into Championship at Evinrude Stage Eight Presented by Tracker Off Road

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MLF pro Brent Ehrler (right) won today’s Knockout Round with 28 bass for 56 pounds, 7 ounces, as the Bass Pro Tour Evinrude Stage Eight Presented by Tracker Off Road changed competition waters to Lake Butte des Morts. Sunday’s Championship Round sees another lake venue change to Wisconsin’s Green Lake.

Ehrler Scores Knockout Round Win, Leads Final 10 into Championship

at Evinrude Stage Eight Presented by Tracker Off Road

NEENAH, Wis. (June 29, 2019) – As the competition switched to a new lake today for the Knockout Round of the Bass Pro Tour Evinrude Stage Eight Presented by Tracker Off Road, Brent Ehrler figured it out better than anyone and ran away with a convincing daily victory.

Lake Butte des Morts proved to be a nice change of pace for the anglers after four days of fishing Lake Winnebago. This new, smaller lake produced good numbers of fish, several 3-plus-pound specimens, and all-day action on the Major League Fishing® (MLF) SCORETRACKER®.

Tomorrow, the field will again try their best to tackle another new body of water as the tournament concludes on nearby Green Lake for the Championship Round.

Ehrler Wins by 13 Pounds

In the final 15 minutes of the day, Ehrler landed his biggest bass of the day. It was a fitting end to the day. The 3-11 largemouth caught on a frog was the exclamation point on a stellar outing.

“Today was a blast! It was stressful, but still so much fun,” he said.

The majority of Ehrler’s fish today fell for a frog, but he also landed several key fish on a Gary Yamamoto Senko. He spent much of his day in a backwater area that was full of grass, submerged trees, and hungry largemouth bass.

He grabbed the lead midday through the day and never let go. Ehrler ended the Knockout Round with 28 bass for 56 pounds, 7 ounces, outdistancing second-place finisher Bobby Lane by over 13 pounds. Lane finished with 42-10.

Klein Rallies

As Major League Fishing fans watched MLF NOW! today, there was no mention of Gary Klein until late in the final period as he was buried deep in the standings. But at the 1:10 mark in Period 3, Klein picked up momentum and found himself in 15th place. When it was all said and done, the Mercury pro found himself in 8th place with 18 bass for 30-5.

Wheeler Still Alive

For most of the day, it appeared that Jacob Wheeler would not be present on Championship Sunday to try for back-to-back wins. But, he found another gear late in the day and was able to sneak into the Top 10 and finish in 9th place.

His day totals were 17 bass for 28-3. With weights starting at zero tomorrow, Wheeler has a new life and must be considered one of the favorites to win.

“Boom Boom” Falters Late

Fred Roumbanis started the day strong thanks to a solid smallmouth bite on a vibrating jig. His morning bite was excellent, but his afternoon stalled as he continued to slide down the standings.

In the end, he was the first angler out of the Top 10 but took it in stride despite missing the cut by just ten ounces.

“Boy, I let that one slip out of my fingers. It just wasn’t meant to be this week, but at least I qualified for the final Cup and REDCREST,” he said as time expired and he accepted his fate in Wisconsin.

The REDCREST Shuffle

After yesterday, our estimated calculations had 10 anglers vying for just four spots. Still, nothing is set in stone until the last fish is weighed tomorrow.

For now, it appears that Randall Tharp, Mark Daniels, Jr., Takahiro Omori, and Cody Meyer have done what they needed to do this week to make REDCREST.

Final official results will be tabulated at the close of tomorrow’s competition.

Daily Winners

Shotgun Round daily awards were:

* The Berkley Big Bass of the day was Mark Daniels, Jr.’s 4-0 largemouth.

* Brent Ehrler won the Berkley Catch Count award with 28 bass on the day.

* Ehrler also earned the Phoenix Boats Daily Leader award with 56-07.

Looking Ahead

The Elimination Round will be Green Lake, which is approximately 45-minutes outside of Neenah. The weather forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms, a high of 83-degrees and winds out of the south at 5 to 10 miles per hour.

How, When, Where to Watch

Competition continues on Sunday at 7 a.m. CT, with live, official scoring available via SCORETRACKER on MajorLeagueFishing.com and on the MLF app. The MLF NOW! live stream begins at 9:30 a.m. CT with Chad McKee, JT Kenney, Marty Stone, and Natalie Dillon.

The Postgame Show Presented by Berkley will begin at approximately 4:30 p.m CT. The public is invited to attend the activity at Shattuck Middle School in Neenah.

Shotgun Rounds’ Results

To see all results for today’s Knockout Round, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com and click “Results.”

STEWART STILL ON TOP, DUDLEY CLINCHES AOY TITLE AT FLW TOUR EVENT ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN PRESENTED BY T-H MARINE

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STEWART STILL ON TOP, DUDLEY CLINCHES AOY TITLE AT FLW TOUR EVENT ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN PRESENTED BY T-H MARINE

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PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (June 29, 2019) – Pro Tyler Stewart of West Monroe, Louisiana, caught a five-bass limit Saturday weighing 18 pounds, 5 ounces, to keep the lead after day three of the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine. Stewart’s three-day total of 58-6 will lead the final 10 pros into Championship Sunday, where the top prize of up to $125,000 will be up for grabs.

“The day started off kind of slow. I got down to my main places and it was crowded – there was a [local] tournament out of Ticonderoga and someone was fishing one of my main holes for fun,” said Stewart, who is looking to win his first career FLW Tour event. “I ended up catching a 4½-pounder and got some good momentum going. I just grinded all day – caught some good fish and kept the wheels on. I ran some new stuff, too – stuff that looks right.”

Stewart said he caught the majority of his largemouth flipping a jig. He also weighed one from a square-billed crankbait and a 3½-pound smallmouth on a Keitech swimbait, which culled out a largemouth toward the end of the day.

“The largemouth are in about 6 inches of water, and I think a lot of people are overlooking that. I’m catching them super shallow and on current- and bait-related stuff,” said Stewart. “I’d love to be able to get on my stuff tomorrow and fish it thoroughly.”

On Championship Sunday, Stewart said he plans to stay the course and fish Ticonderoga – the area that’s produced the majority of his weight all week – no matter what challenges the weather may pose.

“I don’t care if takes me three hours to get to Ticonderoga – that’s where I’m going,” Stewart went on to say.

The top 10 pros advancing to the final day of competition Sunday on Lake Champlain are:

1^st: Tyler Stewart, West Monroe, La., 15 bass, 58-6

2^nd: Casey Scanlon, Lake Ozark, Mo., 15 bass, 56-8

3^rd: Jackson Kayak pro Eric Jackson, Walling, Tenn., 15 bass, 55-13

4^th: Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 15 bass, 55-6

5^th: Daryl Biron, South Windsor, Conn., 15 bass, 55-2

6^th: Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., 15 bass, 55-2

7^th: A.J. Slegona, Pine Bush, N.Y., 15 bass, 54-15

8^th: Tom Redington, Royse City, Texas, 15 bass, 54-15

9^th: Christopher Brasher, Longview, Texas, 15 bass, 54-11

10^th: Hensley Powell, Whitwell, Tenn., 15 bass, 54-4

Finishing 11^th through 30^th are:

11^th: Bryan Schmitt, Deale, Md., 15 bass, 54-2, $12,000

12^th: Lowrance pro Austin Felix, Eden Prairie, Minn., 15 bass, 53-13, $12,000

13^th: Joseph Webster, Winfield, Ala., 15 bass, 53-13, $12,000

14^th: Ron Nelson, Berrien Springs, Mich., 15 bass, 53-12, $12,000

15^th: Kurt Dove, Del Rio, Texas, 15 bass, 53-4, $12,000

16^th: John Voyles, Petersburg, Ind., 15 bass, 53-0, $11,500

17^th: Nick LeBrun, Bossier City, La., 15 bass, 53-0, $11,500

18^th: Charles Sim, Nepean, Ontario, Canada, 15 bass, 52-10, $11,500

19^th: Chad Warren, Sand Springs, Okla., 15 bass, 51-13, $11,500

20^th: Joel Willert, Prior Lake, Minn., 15 bass, 51-7, $11,500

21^st: Lowrance pro Jeff Dobson, Bartlesville, Okla., 15 bass, 51-4, $10,500

22^nd: Scott Martin, Clewiston, Fla., 15 bass, 51-3, $10,500

23^rd: Tommy Dickerson, Orange, Texas, 15 bass, 51-0, $10,500

24^th: Matt Becker, Finleyville, Pa., 15 bass, 50-13, $10,500

25^th: Shawn Murphy, Nicholasville, Ky., 15 bass, 50-12, $10,500

26^th: Kurt Mitchell, Milford, Del., 15 bass, 50-9, $10,500

27^th: Joshua Weaver, Macon, Ga., 15 bass, 49-3, $10,500

28^th: Berkley pro John Cox, DeBary, Fla., 15 bass, 49-1, $10,500

29^th: Ryan Salzman, Huntsville, Ala., 15 bass, 47-4, $11,000

30^th: Robert Behrle, Hoover, Ala., 13 bass, 42-0, $10,500

For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.

Overall there were 148 bass weighing 493 pounds, 3 ounces, caught by 30 pros Saturday. The catch included 29 five-bass limits.

Anglers were also vying for the prestigious 2019 FLW Tour Angler of the Year (AOY) title that is determined by the most points accumulated over the seven Tour events in 2019.

Polaris pro David Dudley of Lynchburg, Virginia, won the AOY title Saturday, becoming the first angler in the history of the FLW Tour to claim four titles (2019, 2012, 2011 and 2008). He narrowly edged out Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, by just 17 points in a tightly contested race that was too close to call until Cox’s 28th place finish today. Dudley, who received $100,000 for the title, will also receive an automatic berth into the 2020 FLW Cup.

Pro Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Michigan, clinched the Polaris 2019 FLW Tour Rookie of the Year (ROY) award Saturday, which is awarded to the rookie pro angler who finishes the season with the highest point total. For his efforts, Nelson won a Polaris Sportsman® 570 ATV.

In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 163 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to Saturday. Now, only the top 10 pros continue will competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

The total purse for the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine is more than $860,000. The tournament is hosted by the City of Plattsburgh and the Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau.

Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2019 FLW Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2019 FLW Cup will be on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 9-11 and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.

Anglers will take off for the final day of competition at 6:30 a.m. EST Sunday from Plattsburgh City Marina, located at 5 Dock St., in Plattsburgh. Sunday’s championship weigh-in will be held at the marina beginning at 4 p.m.

In conjunction with the weigh-in, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at Plattsburgh City Marina from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday. The Expo is a chance for fishing fans to meet their favorite anglers, enjoy interactive games, activities and giveaways provided by FLW sponsors, as well as learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities.

Television coverage of the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine will premiere in 2019. The exact air-date will be announced soon. The Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show airs each Saturday night at 7 p.m. EST and is broadcast to more than 63 million cable, satellite and telecommunications households in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean on the World Fishing Network (WFN), the leading entertainment destination and digital resource for anglers throughout North America. FLW television is also distributed internationally to FLW partner countries, including Canada, China, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.

The popular FLW Live on-the-water program will air on Sunday, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran will be joined by veteran FLW Tour pro Todd Hollowell to break down the extended action from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the sport’s top anglers on the FLW Tour on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

The Easiest Way To Fix A Broken Fishing Rod – MTB

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The Easiest Way To Fix A Broken Fishing Rod

Learning how to fix a broken fishing rod will help anglers save time, money and frustration. Fish long enough and it will eventually happen to you. Sometime and somewhere you will either step on your fishing rod, slam it in a vehicle door or bang it against something and the rod will break. I have broken a handful of rods throughout the years and some I have been able to repair myself and others I have had to send off to the manufacturer. The location of the break usually determines whether it is salvageable by do-it-yourself repairs or if you need to send it into a professional or the manufacturer.

The easiest fix and the one I have experience doing is repairing a broken rod tip. If the break is near the tip or halfway between the tip and the first-rod guide, I just put the old tip back on the rod. I usually remove the piece of rod blank stuck in the tip by heating the tip and pulling out the blank with a pair of needlenose pliers.

Next, I whittle down the end of the rod blank with a knife or razor until I can get the old tip to fit snugly over the blank. Then I heat up a stick of Fuji Hot Melt Glue and dab the end of the rod blank with the melted glue. I insert the blank into the tip and line up the rod at eye level and look through the rod guides to make sure the tip is in alignment with the guides. Once I see the tip is lined up straight, I press down on the tip to secure it on the blank.

After pressing down on the tip, I wipe off any excess glue that came out of the tip onto the blank. I stand the rod in a rod rack and let it sit for 24 hours before using it.

Another quick way to fix a broken fishing rod when the rod: When the rod is broken close to the first guide of the rod is to cut off the blank down to the first guide and make the guide the new tip. You lose a lot of sensitivity with this quick fix so I would recommend only doing this in a pinch if it is the only rod you have available at the time. For any rods broken below the first guide, I would recommend sending the rod to a rod repair specialist or the rod’s manufacturer.

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Dennis Siggers Wins FLW/BFL SML June 29,2019 Shenandoah Divison

On a hot summer day on the final weekend in June 47 Anglers & 46 Co-Anglers come together to fish the FLW/BFL on Smith Mountain Lake. Congratulations to Dennis Siggers on claiming the title with his five-fish limit of 19.1 lbs. Enjoy the photos & Videos below.

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