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Rick & Adam Ambrosini win PBC Academy Sports Spring Team Bass Trail Qualifier #7 June 1st 2019

PBC ACADEMY SPORTS & OUTDOORS SPRING TEAM BASS TRAIL QUALIFIER #7
Saturday June 1st, 2019 ~  ~ Falls Lake ~ ~ Ledge Rock Wildlife Ramp
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What a beautiful day at Falls Lake!! The bass were hungry and biting very hard! They are getting their strength back  after a tough spawn. Air temps ranged from 65 in the am to 84 in the pm and the winds blew from light and variable pretty  much all day with surface water temps averaging 84 degrees! A great crowd of 56 boats fished in this PBC Academy

Sports & Outdoors $10K Spring Team Bass Trail Final Qualifier #7! The $10,000 Championship is coming up at Jordan  Lake on June 15th!! Should be a good one with approximately 69 boats qualified!!!

 

The Father/Son team of Rick & Adam Ambrosini caught a big bag of 5 good bass weighing a total of 28.04 lbs (which included an 7.04 pounder) to take the 1st Place $1,132 in prize money! It was their 1st win with PBC and well deserved with all the time, practice and hard work they put in!! Congrats to some nice guys!!
  Adam on left, Rick on right.
The 2nd Place team of Todd Massey & Brandon Gray took home a good chunk of prize money by catching 5 bass  weighing 26.12 lbs. and along with winning the 1st Place TWT they took home $1,785 in winnings. Paul Owens & Tyler Faggart took 3rd with 5 bass weighing 25.62 lbs. and also 2nd Place TWT to pocket $1,035. The 5th Place
Team of Nicholas Bryant & Dylan Higgins (23.48 lbs.) also won 1st Place Big Fish with a fat 8.70 lb. hawg and took home $1,161 in cash!! 2nd Place Big Fish (7.98 lbs.) was caught by the team of Thanos Tsoumbos & Mike Stephenson to win a nice pile of $324 in cash!! The money was spread around good today to some happy anglers!!

216 bass were brought to the scales and many of those weighed in the 5 to 8 lb. range! At least 9 of those weighed over 7 lbs.. Crankbaits, chatterbaits, worm rigs along with jigs & spinnerbaits in 10 to 12of water seemed to be the lures of choice. A good number of fish were still caught in shallow water mostly on top water & flippin worms.

I want to thank Academy Sports & Outdoors along with all our other sponsors and all the anglers that participated. Our next tournament will be the 2019 PBC 150 Shoot Out Invitational June 8th at Jordan Lake out of Farrington
Point Wildlife Ramp. This event is for boats with 150 horsepowered motors or less.
All the information on our tournaments and dates can be found at: http://piedmontbassclassics.com/

Now here are the full results:

1st Place: Rick & Adam Ambrosini of Fuquay Varina & Garner5 bass…28.04 lbs…$1,132
2nd Place: Todd Massey & Brandon Gray of Chapel Hill & Bullock5 bass…26.12 lbs…$630
3rd Place: Paul Owens & Tyler Faggart of Raleigh5 bass…25.62 lbs…$540
4th Place: Dan Glosson & Scottie Morris of Rougemont5 bass…24.08 lbs…$493
5th Nicholas Bryant & Dylan Higgins of Sanford & Raleigh5 bass…23.48 lbs…$405
6th Place: Clay Ausley & Todd Sumner of Fuquay Varina & Southern Pines...5 bass…22.35 lbs…$312
7th Place: Ted Boyette & John Parrish of Kenly5 bass…21.15 lbs…$267
8th Place: Hal Abshire & Jesse Wise of Cameron & Erwin5 bass…21.11 lbs…$221
9th Place: Jerry Marshburn & Tim Parker of Sanford & New Hill5 bass…20.44 lbs…$185
10th Place: Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hook of Fuquay Varine & Apex5 bass…20.08 lbs…$165
11th Place: Rick Sossaman & David Hall of Oak Ridge & Raleigh5 bass…19.55 lbs…$130
1st Place Big Fish: 5th Place Team above…8.70 lbs…$756
         2nd Place Big Fish: Thanos Tsoumbos & Mike Stephenson of Oxford & Bahama…7.98 lbs…$324
         1st Place TWT: 2nd Place Team above: 26.12 lbs…$1,155
2nd Place TWT: 3rd Place Team above: 25.62 lbs…$495

Contact Information:
Phil McCarson…Tournament Director—922 Valetta Rd.—Durham, NC   27712
Home: 919-471-1571     Cell: 919-971-5042
email:
[email protected]            website: http://piedmontbassclassics.com/

ADRIAN COLLEGE WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING NORTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ON CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESENTED BY BASS PRO SHOPS

ADRIAN COLLEGE WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING NORTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ON CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESENTED BY BASS PRO SHOPS

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EDGEWOOD, Md. (June 3, 2019) – The Adrian College duo of Ryan Sharnas of Davison, Michigan, and Brandon Herzberg of Clarklake, Michigan, won the YETI FLW College Fishing event on the Chesapeake Bay presented by Bass Pro Shops Friday with a five-bass limit weighing 21 pounds, 11 ounces. The victory earned the Bulldogs’ bass club $2,000 and a slot in the 2020 FLW College Fishing National Championship.

“To win feels pretty amazing,” said Herzberg, a recent graduate of Adrian College with a degree in business management. “Ryan and I have fished for four years and this was basically the last tournament of our career. We’ve put in a lot of hard work over the past four years and to walk away with a win feels great.”

“We definitely weren’t expecting to win,” said Sharnas, also a recent graduate with a degree in criminal justice. “We had found some areas on the Susquehanna Flats during practice, but we had no idea they were holding as many fish as they were.”

The duo said they caught around 40 keepers throughout the day, keying on certain areas of grass that were a bit taller than the eelgrass and milfoil.

“Certain types of grass seemed to hold more fish than others,” Sharnas said. “When everything came together and lined up – the right depth, the right grass and the tide change – it was game on. The most important thing was that you had to make contact with the weeds and rip it through – almost every cast my squarebill would come back with grass on it.”

A Rapala BX Brat squarebill crankbait (Rock Solid) and a Terminator Swimjig (black and blue) with a Bass Pro Shops Sassy Sally swimbait (black and blue with silver flake) trailer were the key baits for the Bulldog club.

“I think the key was the time we spent covering water on that Flat,” Herzberg said. “We put in a lot of time graphing and fishing and once we found the sweet spot we were able to roll up at the right time with the right tide and put everything together.”

The top 10 teams that advanced to the 2020 College Fishing National Championship are:

1st:          Adrian College – Ryan Sharnas, Davison, Mich., and Brandon Herzberg, Clarklake, Mich., five bass, 21-11, $2,650

2nd:         Youngstown State University – Jeffrey Jardine, Niles, Ohio, and Mike Soots, McDonald, Ohio, five bass, 19-3, $1,200

3rd:         Slippery Rock University – Nathan Quince, Imperial, Pa., and Cody Neal, Evans City, Pa., five bass, 19-0, $700

4th:         Adrian College – Jack Hippe III, Davison, Mich., and Griffin Fernandes, McCordsville, Ind., five bass, 18-14, $500

5th:         Adrian College – Blake Johnson, Mooresville, Ind., and Myles Jackman, White Lake, Mich., five bass, 18-1, $500

6th:         Penn State University – Jonathan Dietz, Corry, Pa., and Ryan Fox, Thornhurst, Pa., five bass, 17-14

7th:         Ramapo College – Alex Johnson, Milltown, N.J., and Zachary Potter, Haddon Township, N.J., five bass, 16-7

8th:         Adrian College – Alex Henderson, Mooresville, Ind., and Chase Serafin, White Lake, Mich., five bass, 16-2

9th:         Adrian College – Jarrod Layton, Maybee, Mich., and Matthew Davis, Coloma, Mich., five bass, 16-1

10th:       Western Michigan University – Mason Vernia, Schoolcraft, Mich., and Ryan Bradway, Okemos, Mich., five bass, 15-8

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

The YETI FLW College Fishing event on the Chesapeake Bay presented by Bass Pro Shops was hosted by the Visit Harford. It was the second of three regular-season qualifying tournaments for Northern Conference anglers. The next event for FLW College Fishing anglers will be the YETI FLW College Fishing at the Mississippi River in Wabasha presented by Evinrude, July 19 at the Mississippi River in Wabasha, Minnesota.

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 will advance to the 2020 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 FacebookTwitterInstagram and YouTube.

Jeff & Clay Ross Win Conrad Brothers BassQuest June 2,2019 on Smith Mountain Lake with 20.27 lbs

It’s great to see the Conrad Brothers Trail Back out on Smith Mountain Lake in 2019. Congratulations to the team of Jeff & Clay Ross on winning with 20.27 lbs. Check out the photos & interview with the winners below. Photos Taken by Alicia Matherly

Cavin Young & Rob Wells Win CATT 2019 Classic on Kerr Lake June 2, 2019 with 37.14 lbs

What an ending to another great, but hot CATT Classic on Kerr Lake. Congratulations to the team of Cavin Young & Rob Wells on their win & taking home over $20,000. Check out photos & an interview with the winners below.

Full results posted below

176 Teams BF Day 1 WT BF Day 2 WT Weight Winnings
Cavin Young / Rob Wells 5.61 16.21 6.85 20.93 37.14 $24,800.00
Rodney Sorrell / Gerald Beck 0.00 14.92 0.00 16.87 31.79 $8,200.00
Richard Cooper / Tim Grein 4.77 16.25 4.50 13.69 29.94 $4,100.00
Bryan Humphries / Maurice Oaks 0.00 15.01 0.00 14.80 29.81 $2,000.00
Steven Griggs / Jimmy Wall 5.28 15.46 0.00 13.93 29.39 $3,200.00
Mark Inman / Bryan Welch 0.00 13.66 0.00 15.63 29.29 $1,500.00
Joshua Lanaville / Timothy Davis 0.00 13.37 0.00 15.80 29.17 $1,300.00
Martin Villa / Tim Garner 5.39 17.57 0.00 11.54 29.11 $1,200.00
Mark Cooper / Steve Roberts 0.00 14.41 0.00 14.69 29.10 $1,100.00
David Wright / Jeff Coble 0.00 14.66 0.00 14.21 28.87 $1,000.00
William Samples / Tyler Purcell 0.00 12.34 5.10 16.50 28.84 $900.00
George Lambeth / Herby Young 0.00 15.90 0.00 12.72 28.62 $700.00
Brian Calloway / William Hubbard 0.00 11.13 0.00 17.35 28.48 $600.00
Andy Somonco / Wayne Andrews 0.00 12.99 0.00 15.36 28.35 $550.00
Josh & Mike Queen 0.00 12.08 6.26 16.16 28.24 $750.00
Don Potete / Johnny Allen 0.00 13.42 0.00 14.68 28.10 $475.00
Scott Moser / Travis Owens 5.23 15.01 0.00 12.81 27.82 $450.00
Monte Aleman / Kevin Aleman 0.00 13.05 0.00 14.76 27.81 $425.00
Paul Smith / Jason Lloyd 0.00 12.13 0.00 15.57 27.70 $400.00
Rick & Rick Tilley Jr. 0.00 13.33 4.61 14.37 27.70 $375.00
Billy Dunn / Eddie Glascock 5.73 14.64 0.00 12.93 27.57 $350.00
Jonathan Holloway / Brian West 0.00 12.92 0.00 14.63 27.55 $325.00
Marty Williams / Jerry Bono 0.00 15.86 0.00 11.64 27.50 $300.00
Chuck Murray / Randy Groves 0.00 13.49 0.00 13.94 27.43 $275.00
Nathan Dellinger / Bron Hemphill 0.00 14.68 0.00 12.72 27.40 $260.00
Jacob Lloyd / Tyler Trent 0.00 16.09 0.00 11.28 27.37 $240.00
Kyle Whisnant / Jimbo Ball 0.00 11.75 0.00 15.40 27.15 $230.00
Cameron Lineback / Chris Barnes 0.00 13.97 0.00 13.11 27.08 $220.00
Jason Wilson / kelly Logan 0.00 12.91 0.00 14.04 26.95
Adam & Gene Richardson 0.00 12.03 0.00 14.71 26.74
Craig Chambers/Derrik Cummings 0.00 13.40 0.00 13.19 26.59
Ivan Morris & Janet Morris 0.00 13.02 0.00 13.40 26.42
Michael Chlomoudis/Marty Warren 0.00 13.69 0.00 12.63 26.32
Shane Sharpe / Will Mitchell 4.15 16.06 0.00 10.13 26.19
Maurice Freeze / Rick Poplin 0.00 12.34 5.07 13.76 26.10
Flash Butts / Shawn Hammock 0.00 11.41 0.00 14.26 25.67
Zack & Larry Whitt 2.35 10.29 0.00 15.26 25.55
Edward Townsend / Gene Williams 0.00 12.51 0.00 12.79 25.30
Jason & Danny Houchins 0.00 12.20 0.00 12.93 25.13
Jim Sampson / Craig Ferguson 0.00 11.88 0.00 12.99 24.87
Todd Farris / Josh Goode 0.00 9.31 4.76 15.40 24.71
Randy Wedington / Ronnie Smith 0.00 11.25 0.00 13.42 24.67
Allen White / Mike Vaughn 0.00 12.13 0.00 12.53 24.66
Jeff Hayden / Benny Cannon 4.56 12.62 0.00 11.94 24.56
Marcus Leech / Tim Chapman 0.00 11.81 0.00 12.62 24.43
Paul Kemp / Scooter Lilly 0.00 11.40 0.00 12.91 24.31
Cory Leonard / Paul Rigsbee 4.52 11.31 0.00 12.85 24.16
Roy & April Barrow 4.15 13.64 0.00 10.46 24.10
Jason Dew / Tom Elliott 0.00 13.71 0.00 10.28 23.99
Scott Faulkner / Tony Brewer 0.00 11.36 0.00 12.62 23.98
Mike Marchant / Bradley McLaurin 0.00 12.97 0.00 10.94 23.91
Keith Joyce / Mark Robertson 0.00 12.69 0.00 11.09 23.78
Dan Funderburke / Butch Drew 4.64 12.95 0.00 10.82 23.77
Shane Douthie / Wesley Cashwell 0.00 10.72 4.82 12.83 23.55
Tony & Chase Stanley 0.00 13.01 0.00 10.48 23.49
Will Vickery / Dee Kidd 4.51 12.88 0.00 10.28 23.16
Thomas Simmerson / Doug Young 0.00 11.28 0.00 11.85 23.13
Scott Woodson / Todd Staker 0.00 10.45 0.00 12.64 23.09
David & Brent Enos 4.50 13.33 0.00 9.58 22.91
Tommy Marrow / Dennis Reedy 0.00 12.91 0.00 9.93 22.84
Jake Osborn / Keith Dutton 0.00 11.08 5.39 11.75 22.83
Evan Fleming / Matt Fuhr 0.00 10.36 0.00 12.43 22.79
Ray Griffin / Francis Martin 0.00 10.01 0.00 12.41 22.42
Billy Bledsoe / Brian McDonald 0.00 11.06 0.00 11.17 22.23
Tim Thurman / Thomas Jarrell 0.00 13.61 0.00 8.57 22.18
Richard Owen / Austin Minton 0.00 11.22 0.00 10.92 22.14
Ray Hogge / Donnie Daniel 0.00 9.96 0.00 12.14 22.10
Steven Coleman / Aaron Caldwell 0.00 15.04 0.00 7.04 22.08
Orlando Giles / Mike Ray 0.00 9.62 0.00 12.44 22.06
Terry Amen / Chuck Darden 0.00 11.82 0.00 10.23 22.05
Tommy Morgan / Brian Meyers 0.00 12.76 0.00 9.24 22.00
Justis Bobbit / Cullen Ports 0.00 11.90 0.00 10.04 21.94
Mike Davis / Dean Talbert 0.00 10.57 0.00 11.22 21.79
Ronnie & Jim Britt 0.00 12.52 0.00 9.17 21.69
Elvis & Brian Peagler 0.00 7.98 0.00 13.65 21.63
Patrick & Kevin Williams 0.00 11.79 0.00 9.75 21.54
Chris Brummett / Ben Hudson 0.00 11.54 0.00 9.97 21.51
Donnie Avant / Randy Waterman 0.00 9.28 0.00 12.17 21.45
Glenn Long / Vern Fleming 0.00 11.60 0.00 9.83 21.43
Brian Kirkpatrick / Eddie Fore 0.00 10.38 0.00 11.02 21.40
Matt Powers / Justin Medeiros 0.00 8.97 0.00 12.37 21.34
Carl Enos / Derek Moyer 0.00 9.43 0.00 11.73 21.16
Jimmy Conrad / James Condrey 0.00 9.96 0.00 11.08 21.04
David Jones / Tony Toombs 0.00 11.07 0.00 9.84 20.91
Don Gregg / Kurt Hilderbrand 0.00 10.25 0.00 10.64 20.89
Jamie Olive / Rich Szczerbala 0.00 11.46 0.00 9.33 20.79
Stump Bledsoe / Glenn Elliott 0.00 16.04 0.00 4.71 20.75
Ronnie Thompson / Terry Gibons 0.00 10.58 0.00 10.16 20.74
Mark Antonelli / Chris Inscoe 0.00 12.22 0.00 8.28 20.50
Randy Black / Mikey Anderson 0.00 11.32 0.00 9.13 20.45
Robin Collins / Ronnie White 0.00 11.40 0.00 8.88 20.28
Mike Ellis / Mark Faircloth 0.00 6.90 0.00 13.34 20.24
Jim Freeland / Chad Child 0.00 8.12 0.00 11.95 20.07
Thomas Vickers / Brian Huskins 0.00 12.84 0.00 7.13 19.97
Chris Baumgardner/Jimmy Leshock 0.00 11.16 0.00 8.79 19.95
Joseph & Chris Dehart 0.00 15.55 0.00 4.36 19.91
James Griffin / Robert Whitehurst 0.00 9.34 0.00 10.56 19.90
Ellis Jones / Brian Cotrell 0.00 9.61 0.00 10.21 19.82
James & Delores Davis 0.00 9.72 0.00 10.04 19.76
Aaron Jordan / Jake Frye 0.00 9.42 0.00 10.26 19.68
Keith Westrick / Jonathan Foster 0.00 15.58 0.00 3.96 19.54
Randy Carr / Mike Eggers 0.00 10.97 0.00 8.54 19.51
Greg Creech / Chris McDuffie 0.00 8.25 4.73 11.23 19.48
Brendon & Jeremy Kent 0.00 8.12 0.00 11.35 19.47
Michael Toney 0.00 9.20 0.00 10.22 19.42
K C Choosakul / Tim Pinhollow 0.00 9.35 0.00 10.05 19.40
Tim Wiltfong / Jay Fuhr 0.00 9.22 0.00 9.96 19.18
Ryan & Carter Harrell 0.00 9.83 0.00 9.29 19.12
Jay & Tate Fogleman 0.00 8.06 0.00 11.03 19.09
Larry Inman / Garth Joyce 0.00 9.15 0.00 9.76 18.91
Zeb West / Harold Herring 0.00 8.97 0.00 9.76 18.73
Dennis & Keith Allen 0.00 9.21 0.00 9.51 18.72
Walt Bowen / Mark Jackson 0.00 9.02 0.00 9.64 18.66
Charlie Reed 0.00 8.48 0.00 9.94 18.42
Matthew Little / Derrick Bowden 0.00 9.69 0.00 8.37 18.06
Mike White / Dana Moore 0.00 8.21 0.00 9.76 17.97
Ken McNeil / Clay Ausley 0.00 8.79 0.00 9.15 17.94
Bubba Haywood / David Frye 0.00 12.20 0.00 5.59 17.79
JT Palmore / Bobby Crisman 0.00 7.66 0.00 10.06 17.72
Ryan Parnell / Dustin Guthrie 0.00 10.56 0.00 6.66 17.22
Dennis Duncan / Mark Morez 0.00 3.20 5.83 13.24 16.44
Jeremy Gatewood / Jared Allbritten 0.00 5.90 0.00 10.22 16.12
Kevin & Joey Dawson 4.92 16.01 0.00 0.00 16.01
Mack Lowe / Robert Walser 0.00 5.18 0.00 10.04 15.22
Michael Cox / Michael Cardin 4.55 13.41 0.00 0.00 13.41
Sam Terry / Jacob Lee 0.00 12.87 0.00 0.00 12.87
Dale Phillips 0.00 12.63 0.00 0.00 12.63
John Parker / Randy Moss 0.00 12.26 0.00 0.00 12.26
Cody Amen / Colin Ford 0.00 12.23 0.00 0.00 12.23
Craig Wright / Mickey Begeron 0.00 11.81 0.00 0.00 11.81
Jordan & Mark Young 0.00 3.97 0.00 7.49 11.46
Brian Howard / David Ford 4.33 11.36 0.00 0.00 11.36
Todd Haynes / Jeremy Talbert 0.00 11.36 0.00 0.00 11.36
Warren Ray 0.00 5.45 0.00 5.90 11.35
Brian Davis / David Leonard 0.00 11.29 0.00 0.00 11.29
William Clements / Roger Walters 0.00 11.22 0.00 0.00 11.22
Ronnie Ketchum / Benny Hendricks 0.00 11.04 0.00 0.00 11.04
David Allen / Clayton Mullins 0.00 10.99 0.00 0.00 10.99
Ron Wolfarth 0.00 10.45 0.00 0.00 10.45
Harvey Reese / Gary Smith 2.94 10.42 0.00 0.00 10.42
Mike Cole / Vinson Nettles 0.00 10.41 0.00 0.00 10.41
Tony Axt / Bo Grovener 0.00 10.40 0.00 0.00 10.40
Charles Stewart / Matt Dean 0.00 9.79 0.00 0.00 9.79
Michael Birr / Joe Trinke 0.00 9.66 0.00 0.00 9.66
Alex King / Matt Norraas 4.71 9.63 0.00 0.00 9.63
Bryson Peed / Jonathan Jones 0.00 9.51 0.00 0.00 9.51
Brittan Oquin / Jason Suggs 0.00 9.41 0.00 0.00 9.41
Jimmy & Ralph Tayler 0.00 9.10 0.00 0.00 9.10
Zack Davenport / Wesley Tucker 0.00 8.74 0.00 0.00 8.74
Rick Corn Sr / Rick Corn 0.00 8.23 0.00 0.00 8.23
Rick Dunstan / Josh Huff 0.00 8.09 0.00 0.00 8.09
Travis Kilby / Doug Moore 0.00 8.08 0.00 0.00 8.08
Jimmy Henderson / David Bullock 0.00 7.77 0.00 0.00 7.77
Scott Golden / Jesse Medlin 0.00 7.61 0.00 0.00 7.61
Daniel Jenkins 0.00 7.57 0.00 0.00 7.57
Jeff Brown / Ron Johnson 0.00 6.86 0.00 0.00 6.86
Tony Woodard / Scott Smith 0.00 6.81 0.00 0.00 6.81
Jonathan & Nathan Canady 0.00 6.50 0.00 0.00 6.50
Anthony Shawler / Lloyd Sanderlin 0.00 6.38 0.00 0.00 6.38
Zack & Greg Gooch 0.00 5.64 0.00 0.00 5.64
Charlie Gunter / Reggie Norflett 0.00 4.86 0.00 0.00 4.86
Wayne Taylor / John Doyle 0.00 4.43 0.00 0.00 4.43
Paul Worthington 3.58 3.58 0.00 0.00 3.58
Ben Dalton / Colin Bennet 0.00 3.16 0.00 0.00 3.16
Mike Franklin / Frank Bowers 0.00 2.90 0.00 0.00 2.90
David Dehart / Gary Horsley 0.00 2.80 0.00 0.00 2.80
Bart Gore / Dylan Gore 0.00 1.85 0.00 0.00 1.85
Casey & Keaton Dalton 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Johnny & William Howard 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hal Blackwelder / Cliff Swann 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jesse Stanley 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Brian Bartholomew / Tom Peele 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Larry Gunn / Harold Caldwell 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
John McCllend / Eric Schell 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Spencer Barrow / Robert Perkins 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Danny & Petey Bost 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

ILLINOIS’ MCCORD WINS T-H MARINE BFL ALL-AMERICAN ON THE POTOMAC RIVER PRESENTED BY GENERAL TIRE

ILLINOIS’ MCCORD WINS T-H MARINE BFL ALL-AMERICAN ON THE POTOMAC RIVER PRESENTED BY GENERAL TIRE

22-year-old Brennon McCord Prevails at 36th annual BFL All-American, earns $100,000 and a slot in the FLW Cup

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Link to HD video of McCord’s winning moment

CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (June 1, 2019) – Boater Brennon McCord of West Frankfort, Illinois, won the 36th annual T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) All-American tournament on the Potomac River presented by General Tire Saturday, capping off the event with a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 3 ounces. McCord’s three-day cumulative total of 15 bass weighing 45-11 was enough to edge second-place angler Joseph Thompson of Coatesville, Pennsylvania – who led the event for the first two days – by 1 pound, 4 ounces. For his win, McCord netted $100,000 and an invitation into the world championship of bass fishing – the FLW Cup.

“This win means a lot. I grew up listening to my dad talk about this tournament and my grandpa talk about it – about how they always wanted to get here, but never made it. My dad has fell short a couple of times. Those two guys taught me everything know I about this sport. It’s an unbelievable feeling and it’s going to take a while to sink in, for sure.”

McCord said 14 of the 15 fish that he weighed this week came using a 3/8-ounce Z-Man ChatterBait Jack Hammer, in Spot Remover or black and blue, with either a Strike King Rage Tail Menace Grub or a Zoom Z-Hog Jr. trailer.

“I was fishing in Mattawoman Creek – I never left,” said McCord, who earned his second win in FLW competition. ”There was about a 200-yard stretch of milfoil that I found that had a little of bit of hydrilla mixed in with it and I think that was the key. Nobody fished it either, except for today. There was a local tournament going on.”

After working the area Thursday, McCord said he fished another spot in the same stretch of grass Friday. He noted that he actually caught his first fish flipping a laydown near the bank with a blacklight-colored Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver with a 5/16-ounce tungsten weight on 25-pound-test Seaguar line, and then proceeded to do the rest of his work with the Jack Hammer.

Saturday, McCord said his day got off to a slow start at the grass stretch, prompting him to make some changes. With one good one and a keeper in the boat, he made another stop, but again, couldn’t get anything going. “I pulled in to the back of the creek and started skipping my ChatterBait up underneath the pads and caught a good one, right up on the spatter-docks,” continued McCord. “Three of my best fish ended up coming from underneath the lily pads today. I went to a patch of milfoil in the middle of the creek back there that I had a weird feeling about, and I ended up catching a big one at it. I got lucky and had four good bites today.”

The top 10 boaters on the Potomac River finished:

1st:          Brennon McCord, West Frankfort, Ill., 15 bass, 45-11, $100,200

2nd:         Joseph Thompson, Coatesville, Pa., 15 bass, 44-7, $21,100

3rd:          Bryan New, Belmont, N.C., 15 bass, 42-2, $20,000 + $8,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

4th:          Chris Martinkovic, Hamilton, Ohio, 15 bass, 41-7, $14,500 + $7,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

5th:          Troy Morrow, Eastanollee, Ga., 15 bass, 40-13, $13,000 + $6,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

6th:          Doug Ruster, New Palestine, Ind., 14 bass, 39-13, $12,000 + $5,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

7th:          Robert Walser, Lexington, N.C., 15 bass, 39-11, $12,500 + $4,500 Ranger Cup Bonus

8th:          Seth Davis, Harrison, Tenn., 15 bass, 39-2, $10,000

9th:          Ronnie Baker, Providence Forge, Va., 13 bass, 35-2, $9,000

10th:        Moo Bae, West Friendship, Md., 13 bass, 34-13, $8,000 + $3,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Overall, there were 45 bass weighing 112 pounds, 7 ounces, caught by the final 10 boaters Saturday. The catch included seven five-bass limits.

Ben Dacey of Chesterfield, Virginia, won the Co-angler Division and $50,000 Saturday with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 38 pounds, 2 ounces, followed by Todd Blakeman of Chatham, Illinois, in second place with 14 bass weighing 36-15, good for $16,950.

The top 10 co-anglers finished:

1st:          Ben Dacey, Chesterfield, Va., 15 bass, 38-2, $50,250

2nd:         Todd Blakeman, Chatham, Ill., 14 bass, 36-15, $15,150 + $1,800 Ranger Cup Bonus

3rd:          Jeff Rikard, Leesville, S.C., 13 bass, 35-12, $6,000

4th:          Levi Crossway, Jacksonville, Fla., 14 bass, 34-9, $5,000

5th:          Frank Godwin Jr., Bainbridge, Ga., 11 bass, 30-5, $4,500

6th:          Zach Barnes, Chickamauga, Ga., 11 bass, 28-9, $4,000

7th:          Willis Kennedy III, Flomaton, Ala., 12 bass, 27-8, $3,500 + $1,300 Ranger Cup Bonus

8th:          Michael Bahnweg, Union Dale, Pa., 10 bass, 26-15, $3,000

9th:          James Moore Jr., Lampasas, Texas, 11 bass, 25-4, $2,500

10th:        Tristen Trull, Mt. Holly, N.C., 10 bass, 24-8, $2,000

Overall, there were 30 bass weighing 73 pounds, 4 ounces, caught by the final 10 co-anglers Saturday. The catch included four five-bass limits.

Hosted by the Charles County Board of Commissioners and Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism, the T-H Marine BFL All-American featured a field of the top 98 boaters and co-anglers from across the 24-division BFL circuit competing for a grand prize of up to $120,000 in the Boater Division and $60,000 in the Co-angler Division. The top boater now receives an invitation to compete for bass fishing’s most coveted prize – the 2019 FLW Cup – Aug. 9-11 on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Television coverage of the 2019 BFL All-American on the Potomac River 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 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. 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 FacebookTwitterInstagram, and YouTube.

Mike Nichols & Mike Nichols JR Win 7th Annual Missy Miller MS Benefit Tournament on SML June 1st 2019 with 21.69 lbs

Missy Miller poses with Mike Nichols and Mike Nichols, Jr. who won the 7th annual Missy Miller MS Benefit Tournament Saturday at Smith Mountain Lake. The team caught a five fish weighing a whopping 21.69 lbs. Two teams finished with catches exceeding 20 lbs. Randy and Sandy Arthur finished second with five fish weighing 20.35 lbs. Nearly $5000 was raised for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. (photos courtesy of Jeff Reid)

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Randy and Sandy Arthur pose with Missy Miller Saturday at Parkway Marina. The Arthurs finished second in the 7th annual Missy Miller MS Benefit Tournament with five fish weighing 20.35 lbs..
Mike Mayhew and Randy Mitchell finished third with five fish weighing 17.25 lbs. including the Big Fish of the day—a bass weighing 5.59 lbs.
he team of David and Shane Mills of Moneta caught the Big Smallmouth Saturday with a fish weighing 3.37 lbs..
6-year-old Chase Pritchett of Bedford was named Youth Champion at the 7th annual Missy Miller MS Benefit Tournament Saturday at Smith Mountain Lake.Chaser fished with his father Brandon.
Matt Hicks and Rick White finished 6th with 16.86 lbs

Wheeler, Fukae Break 100-Pound Mark in Shotgun Round of Bass Pro Tour Bad Boy Mowers Stage Seven Presented by Covercraft

MLF pro Shin Fukae joins fellow angler Jacob Wheeler in breaking the 100-pound mark in the opening round of the MLF Bass Pro Tour Stage Seven at Table Rock. For Fukae, it was a giant flip-flop from his performance at Table Rock Stage Six just a few days ago; his entire weight for that event was 51-9. New in the Stage Seven competition are the noon – 8 p.m. hours of competition for the first six days, and all periods being shown live on MLF NOW!.
Wheeler, Fukae Break 100-Pound Mark in Shotgun Round of Bass Pro Tour Bad Boy Mowers Stage Seven Presented by Covercraft

BRANSON, Mo. (May 31, 2019) – One week after the Major League Fishing® (MLF) Bass Pro Tour field rewrote the league’s record books with an astounding display of fish-catching efficiency on Table Rock Lake, Jacob Wheeler was at it again.

Fishing the first tour-level afternoon/evening competition day in recent years – a noon-to-8 p.m. game day – Wheeler wrote his name in the MLF record books twice: Once for most weight caught in a single day of competition, and one for most scorable bass landed in a day.

By the time lines came out for Friday’s Shotgun Round at the Bad Boy Mowers Stage Seven Presented by Covercraft, Wheeler had racked up 88 fish for 129 pounds, 14 ounces, a 17-pound cushion over Shin Fukae in second place (112-4) and the most productive day in the league’s young history.

“Unbelievable,” Wheeler said simply as he strapped his rods down after the day. “Just unbelievable.”

Wheeler Never Slowed Down

For the better part of the day, Fukae appeared to have the round under control, grabbing the lead early in the second period and becoming the first angler to break the 100-pound mark early in the third period. But Wheeler stayed within range of Fukae, and eventually overtook Fukae in the final hour.

While Fukae slowed noticeably – he weighed only three fish in the final 90 minutes of competition – Wheeler put 20 fish on SCORETRACKER® in the same twilight-hours time frame, almost all of them on a swimbait.

“I grew up fishing weeknight tournaments: I fished a Tuesday-nighter, a Wednesday-nighter, a Thursday-nighter, and sometimes a Friday-nighter, every week. That’s where I started. Some of my favorite memories are those evening tournaments. The fish bit pretty well for me today, and I enjoyed that noon-to-8 schedule.”

Wheeler’s first-place finish in the Group A Shotgun Round is the fourth time in the 2019 season that he’s finished atop a Bass Pro Tour round.

Fukae Flip-Flops

If you needed proof about how differently a lake can perform for an individual angler from one week to the next, look no farther than Fukae. The Mercury pro not only hammered Table Rock for over 112 pounds, he completely flip-flopped his results from a week ago in the Stage Six event on Table Rock.

Fukae weighed in just 28-5 in his Stage Six Shotgun Round and weighed in 51-9 for the entire event, finishing 75th in the 80-man field. In Friday’s return to Table Rock, though, Fukae beat that weight in one period. After a productive first period in which he weighed in 27-9, Fukae stacked 51-10 on SCORETRACKER in Period 2 on Friday, connecting with 29 largemouth and one spotted bass (all on a drop-shot).

Second Shotgun Round Ahead

A new group of 40 anglers, Group B, roll out onto Table Rock Saturday at 12 p.m. CT for Shotgun Round 2, under very similar conditions as their Group A counterparts. Table Rock is still slightly rising but stabilizing – it’s risen just under a foot in three days – and has gained one degree of water temperature, up to 76 degrees.

Looking Ahead

The field will carry their Shotgun Round weights into Elimination Rounds on Sunday and Monday. The Top 20 anglers from each of those Elimination groups will advance to a 40-angler Knockout Round on Monday, June 3 – weights will be zeroed, 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, Where to Watch

The Group B competition begins Saturday 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 for coverage of Period 1, with Steven “Lurch” Scott and Rob Newell calling the live action. Full coverage continues at 2:30 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 the Championship Round.

Today’s Results

For Group A results in Shotgun Round 1, and to follow cumulative results throughout the competition days, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com and click “results.”

PENNSYLVANIA’S THOMPSON MAINTAINS LEAD AT T-H MARINE BFL ALL-AMERICAN ON THE POTOMAC RIVER PRESENTED BY GENERAL TIRE

PENNSYLVANIA’S THOMPSON MAINTAINS LEAD AT T-H MARINE BFL ALL-AMERICAN ON THE POTOMAC RIVER PRESENTED BY GENERAL TIRE

Virginia’s Dacey Still on Top in the Co-angler Division

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CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (May 31, 2019) – Boater Joseph Thompson of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, maintained his lead at the 36th annual T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) All-American tournament on the Potomac River presented by General Tire Friday with five bass weighing 16 pounds, 2 ounces, bringing his two-day cumulative total to 10 bass weighing 32-10. Thompson will lead the final 10 anglers into Saturday with a 1-pound, 14-ounce advantage over second place angler Doug Ruster of New Palestine, Indiana, who has a two-day total of 10 bass, good for 30-12.

The T-H Marine BFL All-American features a field of the top 98 boaters and co-anglers from across the 24-division BFL circuit competing for a grand prize of up to $120,000 in the Boater Division and $60,000 in the Co-angler Division. The top boater will receive an invitation to compete for bass fishing’s most coveted prize – the 2019 FLW Cup – Aug. 9-11 on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

“I had three primary areas that I really counted on fishing today,” said Thompson, who is fishing in his first BFL All-American. “The first spot I really was counting on catching a big fish. I didn’t catch anything, but I noticed that the tide wasn’t moving that well so I wasn’t really alarmed. I called an audible and didn’t go to my other areas because I knew I needed the tide moving and didn’t want to be disappointed.

“I went to a spot I didn’t plan on fishing, but it felt right and it ended up being the big move of the day,” continued Thompson. “I went and fished grass and caught two good fish and that got my day started. From there, I did my run – I kept hitting my three spots all day. I rolled up to my other primary spot, caught some fish and left them hitting so I could hit the other spot while there was still tide moving. I got there and another competitor was on it. I asked him if I could fish it, he told me no, so I said ‘no problem’ and left.”

Thompson said he jumped around from one spot to the next, adding that once he felt he had enough weight to comfortably make it to the final day, he opted to conserve fish and try other things.

“My spots are postspawn transition spots where they are getting ready to move into their summer stuff and they’re just feeding up,” said Thompson. “They’re not hanging out there – if they’re there, they’re going to eat.”

Thompson said his key bait is a green-pumpkin-colored Zoom Brush Hog on a 5/0-sized Gamakatsu hook.

“Tomorrow there should be less pressure from tournament anglers, so I’m pretty sure I’ll probably be able to get on my two primary spots,” said Thompson. “I didn’t get one [keeper] bite on my big fish spot today – not one. I’m definitely going to check it again tomorrow. I might have to run a little more water tomorrow and try a couple other things because these guys are hot on my heels.”

The top 10 boaters advancing to the final day of competition on the Potomac River are:

1st:          Joseph Thompson, Coatesville, Pa., 10 bass, 32-10

2nd:         Doug Ruster, New Palestine, Ind., 10 bass, 30-12

3rd:          Moo Bae, West Friendship, Md., 10 bass, 29-13

4th:          Brennon McCord, West Frankfort, Ill., 10 bass, 29-8

5th:          Troy Morrow, Eastanollee, Ga., 10 bass, 28-9

6th:          Bryan New, Belmont, N.C., 10 bass, 28-8

7th:          Ronnie Baker, Providence Forge, Va., 10 bass, 28-0

8th:          Robert Walser, Lexington, N.C., 10 bass, 27-13

9th:          Seth Davis, Harrison, Tenn., 10 bass, 27-10

10th:        Chris Martinkovic, Hamilton, Ohio, 10 bass, 27-7

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Overall, there were 220 bass weighing 579 pounds, 4 ounces, caught by 47 boaters Friday. The catch included 39 five-bass limits.

Ben Dacey of Chesterfield, Virginia, held the lead in the Co-angler Division with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 26 pounds, 7 ounces, followed by Zach Barnes of Chickamauga, Georgia, who also has a two-day cumulative total of 10 bass weighing 26 pounds, 7 ounces. Per FLW tie-breaker rules, Dacey earned the top spot due to posting an overall heaver single-day limit during the event.

The final 10 co-anglers are:

1st:          Ben Dacey, Chesterfield, Va., 10 bass, 15-14, 26-7

2nd:         Zach Barnes, Chickamauga, Ga., 10 bass, 26-7

3rd:          Michael Bahnweg, Union Dale, Pa., nine bass, 24-1

4th:          Jeff Rikard, Leesville, S.C., eight bass, 23-13

5th:          Frank Godwin Jr., Bainbridge, Ga., nine bass, 23-1

6th:          Levi Crossway, Jacksonville, Fla., nine bass, 22-15

7th:          Todd Blakeman, Chatham, Ill., nine bass, 22-13

8th:          Tristen Trull, Mt. Holly, N.C., nine bass, 22-3

9th:          Willis Kennedy III, Flomaton, Ala., nine bass, 22-3

10th:        James Moore Jr., Lampasas, Texas, nine bass, 21-4

Overall, there were 134 bass weighing 318 pounds, 9 ounces, caught by 44 co-anglers Friday. The catch included eight five-bass limits.

The final 10 boaters and co-anglers will take off from Smallwood State Park, located at 2750 Sweden Point Road in Marbury, at 7 a.m. EDT Saturday. Saturday’s Championship weigh-in will also be held at the park, beginning at 4 p.m. Takeoffs and weigh-ins are free and open to the public.

The 2019 BFL All-American is being hosted by the Charles County Board of Commissioners and Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism.

Television coverage of the 2019 BFL All-American on the Potomac River 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 Saturday, June 1 of the BFL All-American. 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 Luke Dunkin and FLW emcee Chris Jones 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.

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. 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 FacebookTwitterInstagram, and YouTube.