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Dustin Hopkins and Matt Melton Win USA Bassin King of Claytor Lake Division 06/02/2019

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Dustin Hopkins and Matt Melton Win USA Bassin King of Claytor Lake Division 06/02/2019
Dustin Hopkins and Matt Melton win the final stop of the USA BASSIN King of Claytor Trail with 5 fish weighing 8.55lbs.
Chris and Ben Eads win the USA BASSIN King of Claytor Trail for the 2019 Season

U.S.A. BASSIN – National Tournament Trail
Official Division Tournament Results
Division: VA-02 King of Claytor Lake Division
Date: 06/02/2019 @ 6:00 am – 2:00 pm

Teams in Red are Next Generation Teams
Teams in Blue are Coed Teams

Place Team Fish Live Fish Weight Big Fish Penalty Net Weight Points
1 Hopkins / Melton 5 5 8.55 2.87 0.00 8.55 100
2 Eads / Eads 5 5 6.65 1.90 0.00 6.65 99
3 Jarrett Jr / Jarrett 5 5 6.11 1.38 0.00 6.11 98
4 Jones / Chrisley 5 5 5.94 2.24 0.00 5.94 97
5 Delph / Long 3 3 5.89 3.58 0.00 5.89 96
6 Fields / Broyles 5 5 5.49 1.42 0.00 5.49 95
7 Oldham / Ramsey 4 4 5.42 2.43 0.00 5.42 94
8 Martin / Simmons Va-02 2 2 4.36 2.84 0.00 4.36 93
9 Vance / Blankenship 3 3 4.34 2.62 0.00 4.34 92
10 Ward / Ward Va-02 1 1 1.03 1.03 0.00 1.03 91
11 Whitt / Comer 1 1 0.79 0.79 0.00 0.79 90

New Z-Man® TicklerZ™ tones down fanfare, maximizes bites

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New Z-Man® TicklerZ™ tones down fanfare, maximizes bites

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New Z-Man® TicklerZ™ tones down fanfare, maximizes bites

LADSON, SC (June 4, 2019) – Sometimes, the most alluring baits for bass and other species, by far, are the simplest in stature. The best minimalist baits don’t mimic anything specifically; they’re suggestive of aquatic life, approximating the size, silhouette and movements of a bite-sized critter.

The anatomical opposite of exacting, match-the-hatch profiles, bare-bones Ned Rig baits do one thing extraordinarily well: catch fish in assembly-line numbers. That’s the idea behind Z-Man’s fresh-from-the-molds TRD TicklerZ™. Put one in the water and there’s no denying its simple, elegant appeal to underwater predators.

Is this the best Ned Rig bait ever?

Ned Kehde and friends have devised some interesting rigging methods.

“What makes Ned Rig fishing so good is, well, nothing,” deadpans Brian (aka “B. Lat”) Latimer, winner of the 2019 FLW Tour event at Lake Seminole.

Lest you misinterpret B. Lat’s take, first realize the Z-Man pro is actually a major Ned Rig fan. But he feels the key to sleek baits like the TicklerZ is its minimalist physique, as well as its buoyancy, which essentially breathes life into the presentation, sans angler intervention.

“The TRD TicklerZ is my new favorite Ned bait—super unassuming, but with just enough subtle, bite-inducing appendages. It’s similar to the Hula StickZ™— my other favorite finesse bait— only in a shorter, stubbier package and with a smooth-skin texture.

“I can’t tell you how to fish it, because you can’t fish it wrong,” B. Lat shrugs. “The more complicated you make the baits and the retrieves, the less it resembles the technique that catches bass even when they don’t want to eat.”

The culmination of nearly a decade of testing various Ned Rig profiles, bait designer Drew Reese says the TRD TicklerZ may be the perfect finesse bait. Reese, exceptional angler and co-architect of modern finesse methods, calls the TicklerZ perhaps the best Ned Rig bait ever made.

Master lure designer Drew Reese caught 57 species of salt- and freshwater fish on a single TRD TicklerZ.

“Last year, I brought a few of the prototypes on my travels to Lake of the Woods, Ontario and the Florida Keys and caught fifty-seven different species on one bait,” Reese declared.

Beyond the bait’s incredible durability, Reese says designing the bait with fewer, sparser legs allow them to spread out and produce much greater action and freedom to quiver. “Put the TicklerZ on a Finesse ShroomZ™ jighead and let it go to the bottom. Watch how the tentacles never entirely stop moving,” Reese observes.

“I spend ninety-percent of the time imitating what a crayfish does: pump the bait up and stop to let it sit. The variables are length and intensity of the pull and the duration of the pause. When in doubt, simply letting it hit bottom and sit always triggers a ton of bites.”

Reese also brings to attention the TicklerZ’ smooth epidermis, interrupted only by a set of tiny pimples. “They approximate the bumps on a crayfish carapace and produce little air bubbles as the bait moves.

“We made this bait to be supremely appealing to bass and a ton of other species, freshwater and salt,” adds Reese. “It uses an extra soft ElaZtech® formula and light salt impregnation that compels bass to eat the bait and hold it. It’s also super buoyant, particularly in the tentacles, which keeps them up and moving around.”

Meanwhile, another migrating angler who splits time between bass- and walleye-rich Lake of the Woods, Ontario and southern U.S. Bassmaster Elite Series events, Jeff “Gussy” Gustafson says the TRD TicklerZ has been a revelation for both smallmouth and spotted bass. “Earlier this spring, we crushed the spotted bass with a Ned rigged TicklerZ at Lake Lanier. Came home and cleaned up on big smallmouths with the same combo on Lake of the Woods. For guiding kids and first-time anglers, it’s like fishing livebait, because there’s no wrong way to work it. That’s a sign you’ve got a sweet bait tied on.”

Gussy, who likens minimalist offerings such as a marabou jig or TRD TicklerZ to “an after-dinner mint” for bass, rigs the latter on a Z-Man Finesse ShroomZ jighead. Around heavy cover, docks and vegetation, he bulks up to the new Pro ShroomZ™ jighead, which sports a heavier duty jig-hook.

“For me, 90-percent of bites occur within the first 10-seconds of the bait hitting bottom,” he notes. “In clearer water, bass swim over to see the bait falling through the water column. When I click the bail and first move my rod is when bass often wolf it up. After I’ve bounced it ten feet or so, I’ll reel right in and pitch it out again.”

The drop is key, Gussy says. But so is the on-bottom pause, allowing the bait’s buoyancy to make it sit upright, tentacles gently flaring. He adds that the TicklerZ’ buoyancy also keeps anglers out of rocky snags and annoying re-ties.

“Red or yellow braided line, which floats and acts like a strike indicator, keys the presentation,” Gussy believes. “The line stops and collapses when the bait hits bottom, and it twitches or pops when a bass bites.

“What I also like about the TicklerZ is I can pitch it to a target on bottom and know it’ll fall perfectly straight and hit the bullseye, every time. Rig the bait perfectly straight on the jighead and it’ll produce some crazy results.”

Sculpted, poured and packaged at Z-Man headquarters in Ladson, South Carolina, USA, the lightly-salted, 2.75-inch TRD TicklerZ comes in 18 radical color patterns, including exclusive Sprayed Grass, Twilight and Mood Ring. MSRP is $4.49 for an 8-pack of baits. Available in July. For more information visit www.zmanfishing.com or Z-Man at the upcoming ICAST Show, booth #5118.

To read Ned Kehde’s full analysis of the Z-Man TRD TicklerZ, click here.

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY GRABS DAY ONE LEAD AT YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ON POTOMAC RIVER PRESENTED BY LOWRANCE

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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY GRABS DAY ONE LEAD AT YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ON POTOMAC RIVER PRESENTED BY LOWRANCE

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY GRABS DAY ONE LEAD AT YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ON POTOMAC RIVER PRESENTED BY LOWRANCE

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CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (June 4, 2019) – The University of West Virginia duo of Nolan Minor of Charlottesville, West Virginia, and Thomas Raines of Oxon Hill, Maryland, grabbed the early lead Tuesday after Day One of the 2019 YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship on the Potomac River presented by Lowrance. The Mountaineers team brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 18 pounds, 5 ounces, giving them a 9-ounce cushion over the second place team of Jarrett Martin and Nickolas Marsh from Michigan’s Adrian College.

“We fished north of takeoff, mainly fishing around the bridge area and just looking for docks, grass – anything that looked good,” said Raines, a senior majoring in landscape architecture. “We hit about seven different areas and it was all new water, nothing we practiced.”

“We caught around 12 keepers,” added Minor, a junior majoring in marketing. “We didn’t have a good practice, so it kind of allowed us to just fish free. If something looked good, we fished it. I wouldn’t call it junk fishing, but it was pretty close to it. We caught several 2½-pound fish today and on one spot we pulled up and caught four between 2½ to 3 pounds in 10 minutes. We hadn’t practiced there, and we left them biting hoping that they might help us later.”

Although the duo was tight-lipped about specific presentations, they did mention that they caught their fish using just two different baits. Their limit was anchored by a big largemouth estimated to weigh between 5 to 6 pounds.

“We feel good about where we are at,” Minor said. “I’d like to figure out that big bite again, because that fish was not doing what the others were.”

“We definitely laid off on some spots, so I’m hoping that we can have another good day tomorrow,” Raines went on to say. “We’re going to fish everything that we fished today and our backup plan is to hit our practice holes if we have to.”

The three-day event features the top college bass fishing teams from across the nation competing in an internationally-televised no-entry fee tournament for the top prize of up to $50,000, including a new Ranger Z175 boat with a 115-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and automatic entry into the 2019 FLW Cup, the world championship of bass fishing, held August 9-11 on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

The full field of 148 teams compete on Tuesday and Wednesday, with only the top-10 – based on two-day cumulative weight – advancing to Championship Thursday. The National Champions will be crowned Thursday based on the cumulative three-day weight total.

The top 10 teams after Day One on the Potomac River are:

1st:  West Virginia University – Nolan Minor, Charlottesville, Va., and Thomas Raines, Oxon Hill, Md., five bass, 18-5
2nd:  Adrian College – Jarrett Martin, Gallipolis, Ohio, and Nickolas Marsh, Walled Lake, Mich., five bass, 17-12
3rd:  Bethel University – Tristan McCormick, Burns, Tenn., and Dakota Pierce, Ava,  Mo., five bass, 17-7
4th:  SUNY-Environmental Science and Forestry – Patrick Durand, Cherry Hill, N.J., and Benjamin Schultes, Ontario, N.Y., five bass, 17-2
5th:  University of Tennessee – Jordan Burdette, Knoxville, Tenn., and Saxton Long, Pulaski, Tenn., five bass, 16-15
6th:  Sam Houston State University – Dillon Harrell, New Caney, Texas, and Taylor Harp, Porter, Texas, five bass, 16-15
7th:  Murray State University – Adam Puckett and Blake Albertson, both of Bloomington, Ind., five bass, 16-13
8th:  University of Montevallo – J.T. Russell, McCalla, Ala., five bass, 16-7
9th:  Bethel University – Brian Pahl, Eureka, Mo., and John Coble Garrett, Union City, Tenn., five bass, 16-5
10th:  University of Pittsburgh – Dominic Vitale, Shickshinny, Pa., and Henry Colberg, Pittsburgh, Pa., five bass, 16-0

For a full list of results, visit FLWFishing.com.

Overall there were 575 bass weighing 1,472 pounds, 5 ounces caught by 141 college teams Tuesday. The catch included 86 five-bass limits.

The FLW College Fishing National Championship anglers will take off from Smallwood State Park, located at 2750 Sweden Point Road in Marbury, at 7 a.m. EDT each morning, June 4 to June 6. All weigh-ins will be held at the State Park, beginning at 3 p.m. Takeoffs and weigh-ins are free and open to the public.

Television coverage of both events will premiere in the fall of 2019. 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, Namibia, Portugal, South Africa, Spain and Zimbabwe.

The popular FLW Live on-the-water program will air on Days Three and Four– Wednesday, June 5, and Thursday, June 6, for the College Fishing National Championship. FLW Live features live action from the boats of the tournament’s top anglers each day. Host Travis Moran will be joined by FLW Tour pro Miles Burghoff and FLW emcee Chris Jones to break down the extended action each day 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.

YETI FLW College Fishing teams compete in three regular-season qualifying tournaments in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. All participants must be registered, full-time students at a college, university or community college and members of a college fishing club that is recognized by their school. The top 10 teams from each division’s three regular-season tournaments and the top 20 teams from the annual FLW College Fishing Open advance to the FLW College Fishing National Championship. Additional teams will qualify for the National Championship if the field size in regular-season events exceeds 100 boats.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow YETI FLW College Fishing on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

Knockout Round shaping up to be a Slugfest at Bass Pro Tour Bad Boy Mowers Stage Seven Presented by Covercraft 

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Knockout Round shaping up to be a Slugfest at Bass Pro Tour Bad Boy Mowers Stage Seven Presented by Covercraft 
MLF pro Kevin VanDam pushed himself to the top spot in Group B’s Elimination Round with 69-3 on Monday for a two-day total of 123-14 to qualify him for his second Knockout Round of the season. Today’s Knockout Round competition hours are noon – 8 p.m. CT, and the Top 10 anglers at its end will advance to Wednesday’s Championship Round.
Knockout Round shaping up to be a Slugfest at Bass Pro Tour
Bad Boy Mowers Stage Seven Presented by Covercraft 
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BRANSON, Mo. (June 4, 2019) – After four days of competition on Table Rock Lake in Missouri’s Ozark Mountains, the Major League Fishing® (MLF) Bass Pro Tour Bad Boy Mowers Stage Seven Presented by Covercraft has reached the make-or-break point for 40 of the anglers in the 80-man field.

Tuesday’s Knockout Round – which will take place from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. CT on Table Rock Lake – includes the Top 20 finishers from two competition groups, many of whom have taken turns breaking records the past two weeks on this impoundment of the White River.

Knockout Weights Back To Zero

The 40 anglers fishing in today’s Knockout Round will start from zero. That means that the astounding two-day weights compiled by anglers like Jacob Wheeler (160 pounds, 1 ounce) and Shin Fukae (143-1) in the Knockout and Elimination rounds are moot: the semi-final day of competition is now an 8-hour scramble for the 10 spots in the Championship Round.

“All any of us can do is go out there and fish our game,” said Wheeler, who set Bass Pro Tour records for both weight and most fish caught in two rounds (108). “I don’t know how many people in the other group have been fishing my best stuff this week, so I don’t know how small it’s going to fish. This is a giant lake with a ton of fish, but your key areas are still important. I think it’s going to take between 55 and 75 pounds to make the 10 cut.”

Elimination Round 2: the return of KVD

Monday’s second Elimination Round saw a familiar face at the top of the 40-man Group B standings: Kevin VanDam. The Table Rock veteran scaled 69-14 to go with the 54-0 he caught in the Shotgun Round for a two-day total of 123-14. Scott Suggs was right on VanDam’s heels with 122-6, followed by Brandon Palaniuk (117-13) and Todd Faircloth (115-9).

This is VanDam’s second Knockout Round of the season.

“I see these threads on social media asking ‘What’s wrong with KVD, what’s wrong with KVD?’ I can tell you right now, everybody is fixing to see what’s right with KVD,” said MLF NOW! live stream analyst JT Kenney. “Kevin knows this lake about as well as anybody alive, and it’s setting up really well for him.”

Elimination Round 1: Wheeler dominated
MLF pro Jacob Wheeler dominated Group A’s Elimination Round with an impressive two-day total of 108 scorable bass totaling 160-01. Eyes will be on him to see if he can maintain the momentum to advance to the Championship Round and a Stage Seven win. (Click to enlarge)

One look at the results of the first Elimination Round of the event (held Sunday, June 2) will tell you all you need to know about how prolific Table Rock’s bass fishery is: Not only did Wheeler and Fukae combine for nearly 200 fish and over 300 pounds of spotted and largemouth bass, but 12 of the anglers who advanced to the semi-final cleared the 100-pound mark.

Wheeler was untouchable, though. The Tennessee pro took the lead from Fukae in the third period of their Shotgun Round, and then proceeded to surpass the previous two-day weight record by more than 25 pounds (Cliff Pace’s 134-13 in Stage Six). Wheeler is on track to also beat the event total-weight record set by Aaron Martens in his victory in that same event (Martens scaled 283-4).

Looking ahead to final two days

Weights will be zeroed for the 40-angler Knockout Round, making the Knockout a one-day scramble. The Top 10 anglers in the Knockout Round will advance to the Championship Round on Wednesday, June 5.

How, When and Where to Watch Today

Competition begins at 12 p.m. CT, with live, official scoring available via SCORETRACKER® on MajorLeagueFishing.com and on the MLF app. The
MLF NOW! live stream begins at 11:55 a.m. CT with coverage of Period 1, with Steven “Lurch” Scott and Rob Newell calling the live action. Full coverage continues at 2:30 p.m., when Chad McKee, JT Kenney, Marty Stone, and Natalie Dillon pick up the commentary and analysis until lines out at 8 p.m.
 

There will be no Berkley Postgame Show until Wednesday’s Championship Round.

Knockout’s 40 Anglers

To see the list of all 40 anglers fishing in the Knockout Round and to follow their standings throughout the day, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com and click “SCORETRACKER.” All results throughout the week can also be found on the website by clicking “Results.”

Lance Eckford Takes the win ABA on Badin Lake June 1,2019

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Lance Eckford Takes the win on Badin Lake

Lance Eckford of Troutman, NC won the Bass Pro Shops Fishing Tour Divison 14 tournament presented by American Bass Anglers.  Running out of Circle Drive ramp near New London, NC.   Lance Eckford brought back five fish that locked in the scales at 16.01 pounds anchored by a 3.87 pound kicker.  For the victory Lance Eckford took home a check for $500.00.

Lance caught one of his fish on a buzz bait early, then threw a 5 inch swim bait on a screw lock hook to catch the rest of his fish throughout the day.
Second place was claimed by Steve Sink with 5 fish and a total weight of 14.11 lbs.  For his efforts Steve took home $288.00 in prize money.

Steve caught his fish on texas rigged soft plastics on rocks and wood from 5 to 20 feet deep.

Don Sprinkle took third with 5 fish and a total weight of 11.96 lbs and took home $94.00 in prize money.

Don reported doing more of the same from the previous day on High Rock pitching Senkos, and straight tail worms.

The Biggest Bass of the tournament was caught by Steve Sink.  His fish locked in the scales at 5.21 lbs earning him $90.00.

Top finishers:

1st Lance Eckford 16.01-lbs
2nd Steve Sink 14.11-lbs
3rd Don Sprinkle 11.96-lbs
4th Todd Fulk 10.42-lbs

The next tournament in this division will take place on June 15th, and 16th, 2019 launching from McCrary Creek Access on Lake Norman.
For more information on this event or division please contact local director Lance Eckford at (919)628-3383 or visit www.americanbassanglers.com

These anglers earn valuable points toward the divisional angler of the year title. The points champion from each division will compete in the annual American Bass Anglers AFT Angler of The Year Final Round at the Bass Pro Shops Fishing Tour Championship. In addition, the top 500 anglers from the various divisions will earn the right to compete in the three-day ABA, Bass Pro Shops National Championship tournament.

The Bass Pro Shops Fishing Tour offers low cost, close to home bass tournaments that are designed for the weekend angler. All anglers fish for money and points. The points advance the angler to their divisional championship and the top 500 anglers in the US are invited to the Bass Pro Shops Fishing Tour National Championship for this fall on Lake Eufaula, AL.

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.

Stanley Coffer JR & Senior Win Castaway Anglers Philpott Lake Club Tournament Results – June 2, 2019

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Stanley Coffer JR & Senior Win Castaway Anglers Philpott Lake Club Tournament Results – June 2, 2019
Hey Everybody,
We had another great tournament on a beautiful lake yesterday. It was our first time on Philpott Lake and everybody seemed to like the lake. It was a tough day with a lot of us breaking of some nice fish in the thousands of brush piles on the lake. It was a beautiful day to fish and a bid congrats to Coffer/Coffer who won with 8.60 lbs; Second was Costa/Dalton with 7.95 lbs; Dalton/Owens took third with 7.75 lbs and Atkins/Atkins had big fish with a 2.95 lb largemouth. Our next tournament is June 22-23, 2019, from 8PM to 4AM out of the State park at Smith Mt. Don’t forget the fund raiser tournament the Ron Slagle is putting on at Smith Mt out of the state park from 6AM to 1PM on June 15, 2019.
Jimmy
Philpott Lake Results

Coffer/Coffer – 8.60 lbs

Costa/Dalton – 7.95 lbs

Dalton/Owens – 7.75 lbs

Thomas/Slayton – 5.80 lbs

Atkins/Atkins – 5.40 lbs   Big Fish – 2.95 lbs

Wood/Harris – 5.35 lbs

Tyree – 3.95 lbs

Orange/Walker – 3.50 lbs

Jordan – 3.35 lbs

Johnson/Chapman – 2.80 lbs

Taylor/Connelly – 1.60 lbs

Davis/Millner – .75 lbs

Castaway Anglers LLC 2019

Team                        Leesville     Anna    Claytor  Buggs  Philpott  Smith Mt.   Leesville   Total

Wood/Harris               100             60          80         80          70                                             390

Coffer/Coffer                  45              45        70         85        100                                            345

Tyree/Taylor                 70              80         65         55          65                                             335

Johnson/Chapman           35           35           95        75          50                                             290

Thomas/Slayton             40              75         40         50          80                                            285

Davis/Martin                  55              0           85         95         40                                             275

Millner                           25            100         60         35          40                                             260

Dalton/Owens                                               100          65        85                                            250

Atkins/Atkins                  85             75          —                        80                                            240

Taylor/Connelly             50              40         45          60         45                                             240

Orange/Walker               60             30          55          30         60                                             235

Funk/Perez                      85               0         75         45                                                           205

Goolsby/Moon                30              50         35          70                                                         185

Slagle/Gore                     25              55         50          40                                                         170

Costa/Dalton                   75                                                       90                                           165

Lankford                         65              65         —            25                                                         155

Crist                                                                              100                                                       100

Kluender                         90              —           —                                                                          90

Langford/Davis                0              90                           0                                                          90

McCoy/Weeks                 0              90                                                                                        90

Jordan                               25                                                       55                                            80

Witt/Goff                          25                                                                                                       25

Wright/Wright                                    0                                                                                         0

SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR TO HOST COSTA FLW SERIES TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY MERCURY

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SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR TO HOST COSTA FLW SERIES TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY MERCURY

SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR TO HOST COSTA FLW SERIES TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY MERCURY

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BROOKELAND, Texas (June 4, 2019) – Top bass anglers from around the region are set to compete on Sam Rayburn Reservoir June 13-15 at the Costa Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) Series Southwestern Division tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir presented by Mercury. The three-day tournament will feature a field of more than 200 pros and co-anglers vying for the top prize package of up to $92,000, including a brand new Ranger Z518L boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard in the Pro Division.

“Anglers are going to catch them doing a lot of different things. I think we’re going to see flipping, as well as throwing crankbaits and a worm as primary tactics,” said Strike King pro Andrew Upshaw of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who has three career top-10 finishes on Sam Rayburn Reservoir in FLW Series competition. “They’ve had a lot of rain, so the water is high and up into the bushes. The fishing is still going to be pretty good, though.”

Upshaw said flipping bushes with a Texas-rigged Strike King Rage Bug will be a good bet, with crankbaits and worms also being options in those areas. For anglers working deeper on ledges and points, he cited 6XD crankbaits or Thumper Worms as good choices.

“When the water is high, pretty much all of the lake produces because it puts new cover in the water that the fish might not have seen,” said Upshaw. “We should see the ledges on the south end of the lake in play, as well as the flooded bushes and willow trees on the north end. Covering a lot of water will be key. I think whoever wins it will have a couple of different deals going on.”

Upshaw went on to predict that it will take a three-day total around 60 pounds to win the event.

Anglers will take off from Umphrey Family Pavilion, located at 5438 Rural Route 255, in Brookeland, at 6 a.m. CDT each day of competition. Weigh-ins each day will also be held at the park beginning at 2 p.m. Takeoffs and weigh-ins are free and open to the public.

The tournament is being hosted by the Jasper-Lake Sam Rayburn Area Chamber of Commerce.

In Costa FLW Series regular-season competition, payouts are based on the number of participants competing in the event. At Sam Rayburn Reservoir, pros will fish for a top prize of up to $92,000 including a brand new Ranger Z518L boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard if Ranger Cup qualified. Co-anglers will cast for a brand new Ranger Z175 boat with a 115-horsepower Mercury outboard, and $5,000 if Ranger Cup qualified.

The Costa FLW Series consists of five U.S. divisions – Central, Northern, Southeastern, Southwestern and Western – along with the International division. Each U.S. division consists of three regular-season tournaments with competitors vying for valuable points that could earn them the opportunity to compete in the season-ending Costa FLW Series Championship. The 2019 Costa FLW Series Championship is being held Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 on Lake Cumberland in Burnside, Kentucky.

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

Jacob & Joseph Kupselaitis Win Fishers of Men Va East Potomac River 6.1.19

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Jacob & Joseph Kupselaitis Win Fishers of Men Va East Potomac River 6.1.19
We Launched from Hope Springs Marina.
1st : Jacob & Joseph Kupselaitis 17.95lbs
2nd : Shannon Spradlin & Keith Butler 17.15lbs
3rd : Gregory & Zach Meadows 16.84
Big Fish tie between Team Kupselaitis and Team Meadows for 5.29lbs
1st place Berkley Cast for Cash,  Michael & Mark Heatwole
2nd place Berkley Cast for Cash,  Brian Barth & Brett Anderson 

LANCASTER COUNTY WINS BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING CHESAPEAKE BAY OPEN PRESENTED BY COSTA

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LANCASTER COUNTY WINS BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING CHESAPEAKE BAY OPEN PRESENTED BY COSTA

LANCASTER COUNTY WINS BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING CHESAPEAKE BAY OPEN PRESENTED BY COSTA

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EDGEWOOD, Md. (June 3, 2019) – The Lancaster County Junior Hawg Hunters duo of Tucker Hastings of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Steven Foor of East Earl, Pennsylvania, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 16 pounds, 2 ounces to win the 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Chesapeake Bay Open presented by Costa.

A field of 11 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from Flying Point Park in Edgewood, Maryland. The tournament was hosted by Visit Harford. In FLW and The Bass Federation (TBF) High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.

The top team on the Chesapeake Bay that advanced to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship were:

1st:       Lancaster County Junior Hawg Hunters, Lancaster, Pa. – Tucker Hastings, Lancaster, Pa., and Stephen Foor, East Earl, Pa., five bass, 16-2

Other teams that caught a fish in the event were:

2nd:     Central High School, Martinsburg, Pa. – Hunter Klutz and Gerald Brumbaugh, both of Martinsburg, Pa., five bass, 12-10

3rd:      Saint Joseph Regional High School, Montvale, N.J. – Eric Bocchino and Michael Bocchino, both of Washington Township, N.J., four bass, 12-9

4th:      Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg, Pa. – Jacob Van Scoik and Dylan Fogarty, both of Mechanicsburg, Pa., four bass, 10-10

5th:      Lancaster County Junior Hawg Hunters, Lancaster, Pa. – Kenny Katelan, Mountville, Pa., and Nate Stuckey, Lancaster, Pa., three bass, 8-11

6th:      Buckeye Boss Hawgs, Ohio – Maddox West and Wyatt Oliver, both of Newport, Ohio, one bass, 3-9

7th:      Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore, Md. – Travis Nale, Pasasdena, Md., and Kyle Comegna, Middle River, Md., one bass, 2-11

8th:      Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Chambersburg, Pa. – Dylan Barefoot and Carson Forrester, both of Chambersburg, Pa., one bass, 2-10

9th:      Chesterfield Youth Anglers, Chesterfield County, Va. – Hunter Shumaker and Holden Loving, both of Chesterfield, Va., one bass, 2-7

Complete results from the event can be found at FLWFishing.com.

The 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Chesapeake Bay Open presented by Costa was a two-person (team) event for students in grades 7-12, open to any Student Angler Federation (SAF) affiliated high school club in the United States. The top 10 percent of each Challenge, Open, and state championship field will advance to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship on Lake Pickwick, June 18-22 in Florence, Alabama. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice.

In addition to the High School Fishing National Championship, all High School Fishing anglers nationwide automatically qualify for the world’s largest open high school bass tournament, the 2019 High School Fishing World Finals, held in conjunction with the National Championship. At the 2018 World Finals more than $150,000 in scholarships and prizes were awarded.

Full schedules and the latest announcements are available at HighSchoolFishing.org and FLWFishing.com.

About FLW
FLW is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money in 2019 across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, with offices in Minneapolis, FLW and their partners conduct more than 290 bass-fishing tournaments annually around the world, including the United States, Canada, China, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Namibia, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and Zimbabwe. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show while FLW Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. For more information visit FLWFishing.com and follow FLW at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

POTOMAC RIVER BATTLE SERIES “BIG BASS BATTLE” RESULTS June 2nd 2019

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POTOMAC RIVER BATTLE SERIES “BIG BASS BATTLE” RESULTS June 2nd 2019

POTOMAC RIVER BATTLE SERIES “BIG BASS BATTLE” RESULTS June 2nd 2019

8am-9am

1. 5.21 – Grubbs / Fincham $400

2. 4.23- Wedding / Westman $250

3. 3.39 – Kline / Bagwell $165

9am-10am

1. 4.34 – Adams / Hannge $400

2. 4.05 – Page / Elrod $250

3. 3.84 – Roselle / Roselle $165

10am-11am

1. 5.49 – Reid / Bryant $400

2. 3.98 – Roselle / Roselle $250

3. 3.79 – Wedding / Westman $165

11am-12pm

1. 4.92 – Outlaw / Outlaw $400

2. 4.88 – Brown / Herring $250

3. 4.22 – Loudan / Moulden $165

12pm-1pm

1. 5.06 – Grubbs / Fincham $400

2. 4.53 – Fleming / Dyson $250

3. 4.00 – Martin / Martin $165

1pm-2pm

1. 3.79 Wedding / Westman $400

2. 3.73 Folts / Wilkerson $250

3. 3.67 Matthews / Boutchyard $165

2pm-3pm

1. 3.58 Rana / Webster $400

2. 3.47 Horowski / Everett $250

3. 3.37 Collyer / Kingery $165

GRAND PRIZE WINNERS:

1. Reid / Bryant $1000.00

2. Grubbs / Fincham $500.00

TFO ROD CHALLENGE:

3.0lbs- Adams/ Hannge 

3.25lbs- Shears / Eastwood 

3.50lbs – Horowski/ Everett

 

POTOMAC RIVER BATTLE SERIES “BIG BASS BATTLE” RESULTS June 2nd 2019

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