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Britt Brown & Danny Martin Win CATT Waccamaw River, SC May 18, 2019

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May 22, 2019

Britt Brown & Danny Martin Win CATT Waccamaw River, SC May 18, 2019

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Next Waccamaw River CATT is June 15 at Bucksport!

Britt Brown & Danny Martin Win With 17.48 lbs! They also brought in the 1st BF at 7.09 lbs! All total they collected $1,553.00!

2nd Place went to Anthony Lee & Jason Owens with 12.97 lbs and they weighed in the 2nd BF at 5.17 lbs!

3rd went to River & Timmy Squires with 12.61 lbs!

Charles Fryer with his Academy Gift Card!

	Big	Total	Total
38 Teams	Fish	Weight	Winnings	Points
Britt Brown & Danny Martin	7.09	17.48	$1,553.00	110
Anthony Lee & Jason Owens	5.17	12.97	$547.00	109
Timmy & River Squirers	3.37	12.61	$325.00	108
Ryan Thompson	3.57	12.05	$200.00	107
Brian Howard & Wade Cook	3.16	12.01	$140.00	106
Charles Fryer & Darren Williamson	3.70	11.91	$110.00	105
Patrick cook & Wayne Marlowe	3.53	11.67	$100.00	104
Winston Martin	2.72	9.78		103
Ron Cannon	2.30	9.34		102
Timmy Williamson & James Walters	2.34	9.02		101
Marshall Sasser & Kel Owens	2.49	8.99		100
Cal Marsh & Garrett Howard	0.00	8.76		99
Danny McLain	2.06	7.69		98
Chad Williams & Jeremy Hewitt	3.43	7.56		97
Chris Jones & Ed Owens	2.40	7.21		96
Shawn Todd & Clay Lewis	0.00	7.12		95
Cody Squirers & Dillon Thompkins	0.00	6.52		94
Jacob Barfield	0.00	6.45		93
Robbie Boyd & Allen Ledford	0.00	5.92		92
Nick Gant & Randall Miller	0.00	5.52		91
Andrew Vereen & Jordan Weaver	0.00	5.51		90
Kaleb & Mike Gerald guest	0.00	4.18		89
Kyle & Kristin Chestnut	2.72	4.16		88
Don McLaud & Shawn Tackett	0.00	0.00		87
Josh Timmons & Robbie Powell	0.00	0.00		87
Scott & Colton Ledford	0.00	0.00		87
Danny Rabon & Jamie Godbolt	0.00	0.00		87
Adam Lewis. & JR Barfield guest	0.00	0.00		87
Tommy Collins & Avery Williams	0.00	0.00		87
Jesse Hopkins & Corey Singleton	0.00	0.00		87
Rickey & Karen Bellamy	0.00	0.00		87
Sammie Grier	0.00	0.00		87
Jaqueese Moss & Grayson Brewster	0.00	0.00		87
Chandus & Luke Porter	0.00	0.00		87
Robby Byrum & Sam Patterson	0.00	0.00		87
Anthony Amerson & devin Lambert	0.00	0.00		87
Michael Dennis & Bill Moore	0.00	0.00		87
Les Jordan	0.00	0.00		87
Total Entrys			$3,040.00
BONUS $			$420.00
Total Paid At Ramp			$2,975.00
Waccamaw River 2019 Summer Final Fund			$405.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund			$50.00
2019 Waccamaw River Summer Final Fund Total			$405.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund Total			$5,515.00

OMAHA’S MATLOCK WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON GREERS FERRY LAKE

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May 22, 2019

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OMAHA’S MATLOCK WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON GREERS FERRY LAKE

Bryant’s Smith Takes Co-Angler Title

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GREERS FERRY, Ark. (May 20, 2019) – Boater Tyler Matlock of Omaha, Arkansas, caught 11 pounds, 9 ounces of bass Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Arkie Division tournament on Greers Ferry Lake. For his efforts, Matlock took home $3,205.

“I stayed in the upper lake area, in the creeks, fishing for largemouth in clumps of bushes,” said Matlock, who earned his second career victory in BFL competition. “There were little stretches – maybe 50-yards long – of those clumps, but they might only hold a few fish. I probably fished 10 or 15 of the stretches and caught keepers out of two creeks.

“I started off with a couple of topwater baits, but couldn’t get anything going,” continued Matlock. “After a little breeze picked up, I switched to a ½-ounce (chartreuse and white-colored) Chompers spinnerbait with a (White Pearl-colored) Zoom Split Tail trailer and caught a Kentucky bass. As I got out of the wind, I switched to a (Texas-rigged, green-pumpkin Reaction Innovations) Sweet Beaver and pitched the bushes. Within five minutes I caught a good keeper largemouth and within the hour I had four, including three of my biggest.”

At that time, Matlock said he went farther upriver and caught another keeper largemouth on the spinnerbait to cull out his Kentucky bass. He said he culled one more time, also up the river, using the Sweet Beaver with 30 to 40 minutes left to fish.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Tyler Matlock, Omaha, Ark., five bass, 11-9, $3,205

2^nd: Shawn Gordon, Russellville, Ark., five bass, 10-14, $2,053

3^rd: Jessie Clark, Bonnerdale, Ark., five bass, 10-6, $1,068

4^th: Dylan Hays, El Dorado, Ark., five bass, 9-12, $848

5^th: Chip Hawkins, Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 9-8, $614

5^th: Spencer Shuffield, Hot Springs, Ark., five bass, 9-8, $614

7^th: Travis Mosley, Benton, Ark., five bass, 9-6, $534

8^th: Charlie Lawrence, Plainview, Ark., five bass, 9-4, $481

9^th: Shad Reeves, Batesville, Ark., five bass, 8-13, $379

9^th: Kevin Brown, Hot Springs, Ark., five bass, 8-13, $829

9^th: Allan Reaves, Pottsville, Ark., five bass, 8-13, $379

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Nick Jones of Benton, Arkansas, caught a 4-pound, 4-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $385.

Tony Smith of Bryant, Arkansas, won the Co-angler Division and $1,703 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 9 pounds, 12 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Tony Smith, Bryant, Ark., five bass, 9-12, $1,703

2^nd: David Hardin, Bethel, Okla., five bass, 9-0, $801

3^rd: Aaron Calvert, Russellville, Ark., five bass, 8-12, $683

4^th: Tony Reynolds, Austin, Ark., four bass, 8-6, $566

5^th: Robert Scott, Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 8-2, $371

6^th: Stan Cullipher, Malvern, Ark., five bass, 7-9, $294

7^th: Alan West, Searcy, Ark., five bass, 7-8, $267

8^th: Randy Bridges, Quitman, Ark., five bass, 7-5, $240

9^th: Pete Clark, Malvern, Ark., five bass, 7-3, $200

9^th: Bradley Branson, Bryant, Ark., five bass, 7-3, $200

Reynolds caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 3 pounds, 7 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $192.

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 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. 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.

Bobby Lane Leads Top 10 into Championship Round at MLF Bass Pro Tour Berkley Stage Six Presented by TrueTimber

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May 22, 2019

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MLF pro Bobby Lane topped the Knockout Round with 60 scoreable bass totaling 95-4 to lead the 10 anglers heading into Wednesday’s Championship Round on Missouri’s Table Rock Lake.

Bobby Lane Leads Top 10 into Championship Round at MLF Bass Pro Tour Berkley Stage Six Presented by TrueTimber

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BRANSON, Mo. (May 21, 2019) – The only things that could shut down the Table Rock Lake bite for Major League Fishing® (MLF) pro Bobby Lane were Mother Nature and sundown. The Florida pro would probably still be catching Ozark Mountains bass at a record pace if impending darkness didn’t finally end competition at the Bass Pro Tour Berkley Stage Six Presented by TrueTimber.

Despite nearly five hours of delays in competition due to heavy wind, rain and lightning, Lane finished the Knockout Round with 95 pounds, 4 ounces, obliterating the existing Knockout Round weight record of 67-14 and breaking the single-day weight record of 89-5 set by Josh Bertrand just three days ago. Lane also established a new record for scoreable bass for the day with 60.

“It’s almost ridiculous to think that I caught 60 fish for over 95 pounds,” Lane joked as he started his tackle prep for Wednesday’s Championship Round. “I caught ’em and caught ’em and caught ’em like there was no end. I’m not sure it’s quite sunk in yet, but what a cool record to break.”

Lane’s performance secured him a spot in his first 10-angler Championship Round of the 2019 season.

Working Through the Weather

The morning looked like it would belong to Andy Montgomery. Taking advantage of the shad spawn and a fierce spotted bass bite brought on by the approaching storm front, Montgomery connected with 31 fish in Period 1 for 47-5. That was part of a period in which 480 fish hit SCORETRACKER® for 782-5 (both Bass Pro Tour records).

By the time the first weather delay shut down competition after the second period, Montgomery had piled 50 fish on SCORETRACKER for 78 pounds, 2 ounces, a 10-plus-pound cushion over Lane in second place (67-11). But while Montgomery fell off his morning pace once lines went back in for the third period, Lane continued to add to his total, catching 18 fish for 27-9 in the third period fishing bluff walls for spawning spotted bass.

“I couldn’t go to a straight bluff wall, I had to find bluffs with little dips where fish could get up around the edges and corners,” Lane said. “I needed the bait to sink about 5 feet, so I needed a bluff with some kind of lip or shelf. All I had to do was get the bait on that shelf and they’d kill it.”

Day Makers and Heartbreakers

Although Jordan Lee’s presence in a Championship Round is nothing new – Lee has advanced out of the Knockout Round three times in six events – the way he did it on Table Rock is notable. The Stage One Kissimmee winner ended Period 1 in 36th place out of 40, with only five fish and 7-9 to show for it (just under 19 pounds out of the Top 10). Lee put together a third-period flurry of 20 fish, including seven in the final hour for 11-15.

That propelled him past Jacob Powroznik, Jonathon VanDam, Michael Neal and Gerald Swindle for his first Championship Round since Stage Two Conroe.

Championship Round Welcomes First-Timers

Lane isn’t the only angler in the Championship 10 who will be fishing his first final round. He’ll be joined by Championship Round first-timers Zack Birge (second with 86-0), Andy Montgomery (third with 83-4), Cliff Pace (fifth with 79-5), Greg Vinson (sixth with 76-9) and Aaron Martens (seventh with 75-1). Jacob Wheeler, Mark Rose, Ott DeFoe and Lee round out the final 10.

Daily Winners

Knockout Round daily awards were:

* The Berkley Big Bass of the day was a 5-13 largemouth caught by Andy Morgan

* Lane was the Berkley Catch Count winner with his record 60 fish

* Lane also earned the Phoenix Boats Daily Leader award with his 95-4

When, Where & How to Watch Wednesday

Competition begins on Wednesday’s Championship Round at 6:30 a.m. CT, with live, official scoring available via SCORETRACKER on MajorLeagueFishing.com and on the MLF app. The MLF NOW! live stream starts at 9 a.m. CT, with live, on-the-water coverage and analysis provided by Chad McKee, JT Kenney, Marty Stone and Natalie Dillon until lines out at 2:30 p.m. The Berkley Postgame Show – hosted by Steven “Lurch” Scott – will start at 4 p.m.

Knockout Round Results

To see Knockout Round results for all anglers, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com and click “results.”

NEW JERSEY’S BURGER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OPENER ON CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

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May 22, 2019

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NEW JERSEY’S BURGER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OPENER ON CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Shavertown’s Klaips Wins Co-Angler Title

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NORTH EAST, Md. (May 20, 2019) – Boater Jason Burger of Bridgeton, New Jersey, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Northeast Division opener on the Chesapeake Bay presented by Navionics Saturday with five bass weighing 23 pounds, 9 ounces. For his efforts, Burger pocketed $4,000.

Burger said he spent the day fishing isolated grass clumps and wood near the mouth of the Susquehanna River. He said he caught about 10 keepers all day, and ended up weighing all largemouth.

“I’d usually fish different areas that are more normal for this time of year, but with the weather they’ve had, I fished some old stuff,” said Burger, who earned his first win in FLW competition. “When they have a lot of rain, they open up the Conowingo Dam and it muddies up the water in the North East area. And when they close it, the water near Havre de Grace is the first to clean up, so I stayed around the mouth of the river and targeted spawning and prespawn fish.”

For prespawners, Burger used a ½-ounce, white-colored 6th Sense Divine Swim-Jig with a 4-inch X Zone Muscle Back Craw trailer and a 3/8-ounce, black and blue Z-Man ChatterBait with a 4-inch Tennessee Shad-colored X Zone Swammer Swimbait. When he slowed down for bedding fish, he worked a 3/8-ounce, black and blue-colored 6th sense Divine Hybrid jig with a 3.25-inch X Zone Rebel Chunk trailer, as well as a 6-inch, Texas-rigged X Zone True Center Stick, also in black and blue.

“My Lowrance electronics and Power-Poles were also crucial,” said Burger. “When you’re working with tides and wind you have to be stealthy, and the poles help. My Lowrance side imaging is how I found a lot of the stuff I fished.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Jason Burger, Bridgeton, N.J., five bass, 23-9, $4,000

2^nd: Terry Roberson, North East, Md., five bass, 22-9, $2,000

3^rd: John Vanore, Mullica Hill, N.J., five bass, 21-2, $1,784

4^th: Ken Golub, Pittsford, N.Y., five bass, 19-11, $1,183

5^th: Brian Bylotas, Scott Township, Pa., five bass, 19-3, $1,100

6^th: Jon Werner, Nazareth, Pa., five bass, 19-1, $733

7^th: Travis Manson, Conshohocken, Pa., five bass, 18-11, $667

8^th: Chris Caravan, Pottsville, Pa., five bass, 18-1, $1,140

9^th: David Wilder, Middle River, Md., five bass, 17-7, $533

10^th: Brian Trieschman, Ellicott City, Md., five bass, 17-2, $467

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Caravan caught a bass weighing 7 pounds even – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $540.

Bill Klaips of Shavertown, Pennsylvania, won the Co-angler Division and $2,000 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 22 pounds, 3 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Bill Klaips, Shavertown, Pa., five bass, 22-3, $2,000

2^nd: Thanh Hoang, Baltimore, Md., four bass, 17-1, $1,000

3^rd: Chris Sanno, Shermansdale, Pa., five bass, 15-15, $666

4^th: Michael Duarte, Baltimore, Md., five bass, 15-4, $567

5^th: Edward Barbee, Ivyland, Pa., five bass, 15-2, $550

6^th: Daniel Fiori, Voorhees, N.J., five bass, 14-1, $367

7^th: Roland Gittings, Perryville, Md., five bass, 13-14, $483

8^th: David Soistman, Baltimore, Md., four bass, 13-10, $300

9^th: James Easley, Middletown, Del., five bass, 13-9, $267

10^th: William Allie, Wynantskill, N.Y., four bass, 13-6, $233

Joseph Amberg Jr. of Hawley, Pennsylvania, caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 14 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $270.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland. 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 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. 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.

BOLT LOCKS HELP PREVENT TRAILER THEFT

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May 21, 2019

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BOLT LOCKS HELP PREVENT TRAILER THEFT

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MILWAUKEE – In 2018, insurance statistics regarding boats showed a startling realization: only one stolen boat in 10 is ever recovered, 73 percent are stolen while on their trailers and just 15 percent were protected by a lock of some type. Three fourths of all stolen boats are less than 26 feet long, with 46 percent being runabouts, 28 percent cruisers and 13 percent personal watercraft*. For an expensive investment, the statistics show that not many boat owners are fully protecting their valuable possessions, but there is a solution. A simple, yet incredibly effective, new method of boat trailer protection exists on the market: BOLT Locks.

The technology used in BOLT Locks is groundbreaking, which explains the company’s “Breakthrough One-Key Lock Technology” slogan. With specialized tumblers which are uniquely programmed to the tow vehicle’s ignition key upon the first insertion, each BOLT lock resists picking and bumping while also being weather resistant. As BOLT locks are programmed to the vehicle’s ignition key, picking the lock is more difficult while making the locks more convenient to the owners by eliminating key clutter. Such security is invaluable when trailers are left unattended, whether the watercraft is attached to the vehicle on its trailer or parked elsewhere.

BOLT offers everything from receiver and coupler pin locks to cable locks to off-vehicle coupler locks to keep a trailer from being stolen when not attached to the tow vehicle. BOLT’s coupler pin locks secure trailers to the vehicle’s hitch, ½-inch and 5/8-inch receiver locks protect the hitch from being removed from the vehicle and cable locks secure items such as generator sets in the trailer or the boat to ensure they remain where they’re stored. Padlocks are invaluable when securing tackle boxes, dock boxes or toolboxes as well as lift controls.

“At BOLT Lock, we are dedicated to helping people protect their valuables. As the insurance statistics show, boat owners can be particularly vulnerable, and our line of innovative locks is capable of securing everything boaters want to protect. Our unique advantage is the one key convenience,” said Jason Buckles, Sales Account Manager for BOLT Lock.

The BOLT Lock website makes it easy for customers to find the right locks for their vehicle. By simply entering the make, model and year of their vehicle, customers are redirected to a page listing all available BOLT Locks. For more information on how the locks work, visit https://www.boltlock.com/how-it-works.

*According to insurance statistics and information obtained by www.boatUS.com in the article Analyzing Boat Thefts.

About BOLT (Breakthrough One-Key Lock Technology)
BOLT locks come with a limited lifetime warranty. Find a BOLT retailer by using the zip code finder at www.boltlock.com/retail-finder. BOLT locks are also available at 4-Wheel Parts stores, AdvanceAutoParts.com, Cabela’s, Pep Boys, and SummitRacing.com. For more information, visit www.boltlock.com or call 844.972.7547. Follow BOLT: Facebook.com/BOLTLock, Instagram: @BOLTLock or Twitter: @BOLTLock.

CHICO STATE WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING WESTERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ON CLEAR LAKE PRESENTED BY COSTA

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May 21, 2019

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CHICO STATE WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING WESTERN CONFERENCE TOU

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LAKEPORT, Calif. (May 20, 2019) – The Chico State University duo of Carson Leber of Dixon, California, and Chad Sweitzer of Chico, California, won the YETI FLW College Fishing event on Clear Lake presented by Costa Saturday with a five-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 9 ounces. The victory earned the Wildcats’ bass club $2,000 and a slot in the 2020 FLW College Fishing National Championship.

“We ran south and fished near Rattle Snake Island, mostly rock and offshore in 12- to 20-feet-of-water,” said Sweitzer, a junior majoring in accounting. “It was a tough tournament to get bigger fish. We caught a ton of solid 2- to 3-pounders, then Carson caught a big 5½ to 6-pounder and that was the difference maker for us.”

The duo said that they caught the majority of their fish with ½-ounce brown and purple Pepper Custom Baits Football jigs with brown and purple Strike King Rage Craws.

“Near the end of the day we started throwing a Megabass Vision 110 jerkbait on offshore grass and we caught around 10 keepers,” said Leber, a senior majoring in concrete industry management. “It was awesome and I wished we would have tried that a little earlier. But, our key bait throughout the day was definitely the jig.”

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

1^st: California State University-Chico – Carson Leber, Dixon, Calif., and Chad Sweitzer, Chico, Calif., five bass, 17-9, $2,650

2^nd: New Mexico State University – Ty Faulconer, Santa Clarita, Calif., and Daylon Smith, Frazier Park, Calif., five bass, 16-11, $1,200

3^rd: California State University-East Bay – Yuan Liu, Hayward, Calif., and Zane Kazaka, Clearlake, Calif., five bass, 15-4, $500

4^th: Washington State University – Madden Tobeck, Eatonville Wash., and Nathan Baespflug, Sumner, Wash., five bass, 14-9, $500

5^th: California Polytechnic State University – Hugh Cosculluela, The Woodlands, Texas., and Patrick Ellis, San Diego, Calif., five bass, 13-15, $500

6^th: Sonoma State University – Josh Hanna, Danville, Calif., and Logan Green, Arroyo Grande, Calif., five bass, 13-11

7^th: California Polytechnic State University – Wyatt Debusk, Paso Robles, Calif., and Dane Morris, Agoura Hills, Calif., five bass, 13-5

8^th: California Polytechnic State University – Ryan Scarcella, Gilroy, Calif., and Sam Morita, Sebastopol, Calif., five bass, 12-8

9^th: California Polytechnic State University – Hadyn Evans, Lower Lake, Calif., five bass, 12-5

10^th: University of California-Merced – Kalib Caples, Sebastopol, Calif., and Herbie LeBlanc, Merced, Calif., five bass, 12-4

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

The YETI FLW College Fishing event on Clear Lake presented by Costa was hosted by the Konocti Vista Casino Resort & Marina. It was the second of three regular-season qualifying tournaments for Western Conference anglers. The next event for FLW College Fishing anglers will be the YETI FLW College Fishing at the Chesapeake Bay presented by Bass Pro Shops, May 31 at the Chesapeake Bay in Edgewood, Maryland.

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. The Potomac River and Marbury, Maryland, will play host to the 2019 FLW College Fishing National Championship, June 4-6, 2019.

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.

BLAINE’S SALES WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE CHEROKEE

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May 21, 2019

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BLAINE’S SALES WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE CHEROKEE

Spring City’s Harris Wins Co-angler Division

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MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (May 20, 2019) – Boater Hunter Sales of Blaine, Tennessee, caught five bass Saturday weighing 14 pounds, 12 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Volunteer Division event on Lake Cherokee. Sales earned $3,455 for his efforts.

“At blast off I made a 15 minute run in my Nitro to the lower end of the lake, near the dam, and started the day on smallmouth,” said Sales, an FLW College Fishing angler who was fishing in his first career BFL tournament. “I caught probably 30 to 40 smallmouth in that first hour on a blue and chartreuse-colored Keitech 2.8 swimbait. I had around 12 pounds by 10 a.m., so I left and spent the rest of the day looking for big largemouth.

“I ended up catching around 15 largemouth, and brought a limit in consisting of two smallmouth and three largemouth,” Sales continued. “I was fishing in the backs of any pocket that I could find on the lake with a swimjig and a Big Bite Baits paddletail swimbait trailer, skipping it underneath overhangs and docks.”

Although Sales weighed in just two smallmouth, he credited the brown fish as being the key to his victory.

“The key for me was really that limit of smallmouth early,” Sales went on to say. “It helped to settle me down and allowed me to fish shallow the rest of the day, just searching for those big bites. It took the pressure off and I was able to fish relaxed.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Hunter Sales, Blaine, Tenn., five bass, 14-12, $3,455

2^nd: John Napier, Middlesboro, Ky., five bass, 14-4, $1,728

3^rd: Bill Humbard, New Market, Tenn., five bass, 13-13, $1,084

4^th: Jason Sosebee, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 13-2, $705

4^th: Jonathan Bowling, Harriman, Tenn., five bass, 13-2, $955

6^th: Griffin Heffington, Dayton, Ga., five bass, 13-0, $597

7^th: Corey Neece, Bristol, Tenn., five bass, 12-14, $543

8^th: Derrick Blake, Rockwood, Tenn., five bass, 12-11, $788

9^th: Colton Bryan, Sevierville, Tenn., five bass, 12-8, $434

10^th: Nick Huff, Bean Station, Tenn., five bass, 12-4, $380

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Kevin Edwards of Knoxville, Tennessee, caught a 4-pound, 7-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $400.

Brandon Harris of Spring City, Tennessee, won the Co-angler Division and $1,895 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 11 pounds, 11 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Brandon Harris, Spring City, Tenn., four bass, 11-11, $1,895

2^nd: Bill King, Greenback, Tenn., five bass, 11-3, $717

2^nd: Alex Perez, Chattanooga, Tenn., five bass, 11-3, $817

4^th: David Shreve, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 11-0, $347

4^th: Bobby Smith, Asheville, N.C., five bass, 11-0, $347

6^th: Brandon Garrison, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 10-1, $294

7^th: Don Bible, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 9-12, $267

8^th: Chris Frazier, Gate City, Va., four bass, 9-7, $240

9^th: Samuel Smith, Girdler, Ky., four bass, 8-13, $214

10^th: Larry Brumett Jr., Bristol, Va., three bass, 7-12, $287

Harris also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 3 pounds, 14 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $192.

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. 3-5 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Hartwell in Walhalla, South Carolina. 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 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. 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.

Defoe is Latest Record Breaker as He Dominates Elimination Round on Table Rock

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(Left to right) MLF pros Alton Jones Jr. (fifth place), Josh Bertrand (second), Ott DeFoe (first), and Cody Meyer (third) wrapped up their Elimination Round in style and will be heading to Tuesday’s Knockout Round.

Defoe is Latest Record Breaker as He Dominates

Elimination Round on Table Rock

BRANSON, Mo., (May 20, 2019) – Another day, another record at the Major League Fishing® (MLF) Bass Pro Tour Berkley Stage Six Presented by TrueTimber on Table Rock Lake.

Ott DeFoe pushed his two-day weight total to 133 pounds thanks to 54-14 in today’s Group B Elimination Round, and while that fell just short of Cliff Pace’s record of 134-11 from the day before, DeFoe was still able to mint a new record with 91 bass caught during his Shotgun and Elimination rounds.

MLF NOW! live stream analyst Marty Stone summed up the week perfectly in the waning moments of the broadcast: “It wouldn’t be a day at Table Rock if we didn’t break a record.”

It has become the story during the Shotgun and Elimination Rounds, and both the Knockout and Championship Round records are likely to fall in the next two days if the weather cooperates.

The fishing today slowed down for many in the field, but it was still excellent. It seems Table Rock Lake has set the bar high and even 951 scoreable bass seems like a downturn, which sounds absurd.

It was the first day that the field brought in less than 1,000 bass. That’s how good Table Rock has been this week.

Jones Jr. and Browning Make Moves

Overall, the Top 20 remained largely the same from the start of the day to when competition wrapped up this afternoon. Dustin Connell and Chris Lane were the only two anglers to fall out of the Top 20 (19th to 27th, and 20th to 31st respectively), with Alton Jones Jr. and Stephen Browning replacing them.

Both Jones and Browning had stellar days, Browning boating a day’s-best 37 bass and Jones racking up the most weight on SCORETRACKER® today. His 67-5 ounces catapulted him up 20 spots as he rose from 26th to fifth place in Group B.

MLF pro Alton Jones Jr. started his day with this 3 pounder, plus had five more bass over 3 pounds in his

Elimination 2 total catch of 31 scoreable fish. (Click to enlarge/download)

One of the keys to Jones’ success was the quality of fish he caught. While he still counted 31 scoreable bass, his weight total was helped by six bass over three pounds, including a 5-2 bass that earned him the Berkley Big Bass of the Day award.

“I’m on an early bite, and most of my weight has been coming before 10 a.m.,” Jones said. “The sun also helped, so I don’t know the changing weather for tomorrow is going to affect me.”

Browning’s stout day boosted him from 23rd to 14th and advanced him to Tuesday’s Knockout Round.

“I started the day strong and was able to ride the momentum throughout the day,” Browning recounted. “I was fishing the same areas as I did in the Shotgun Round, but I made two bait changes, and it worked. We’ll see what the weather does tomorrow. It could take 30, 40, 50, or 70-pounds to make the Top 10; you never know with the way this place is fishing.”

Evers Falls Short, Clausen Holds On

The ever-dangerous Edwin Evers slowly crept up the leaderboard from starting the day in 25th. He threatened for the final advancing spot and briefly held 20th place with one hour to go. In the end, he finished just short and is the first angler on the outside looking in, at 21st.

Clausen started the day in 16th and briefly fell below the cutline before rallying up a few spots. Catches in the final moments by Jordan Lee and Greg Hackney lowered his placement to 20th, but he was able to hang on.

Weather Changes Loom

The Branson area has been very welcoming to the Bass Pro Tour, but the weather has been in a state of constant change this week. The evening is under a flash flood warning and Tuesday calls for a 100-percent chance of precipitation with possible lightning to go with a predicted 20 mph wind in the afternoon.

Group Comparison

Group A had an eye-popping 15 anglers yesterday with over 100-pounds, and Group B posted slightly less today with 11 hitting the century mark. The 20th place was considerably different between the groups. In Group A, Randall Tharp’s 94-12 total put him in the final qualifying spot while Luke Clausen wrapped up 20th with 83-06 in Group B.

Looking Ahead

The Top 20 anglers from each of the Elimination Rounds advanced to the 40-angler Knockout Round to be held Tuesday – 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, May 22.

Daily Winners

Elimination Round 2 daily awards were:

* The Berkley Big Bass of the Day was a 5-2 largemouth caught by Alton Jones Jr.

* Jones also earned the Phoenix Boats Daily Leader award with 67-0

* Browning was the Berkley Catch Count winner with 37 bass

How, When, Where to Watch

Knockout Round competition begins Tuesday, May 21 at 6:30 a.m. CT with live, official scoring available at “lines in” via SCORETRACKER on MajorLeagueFishing.com and on the MLF app.

The MLF NOW! live stream starts at 9 a.m. CT, with live, on-the-water coverage and analysis provided by Chad McKee, JT Kenney, Marty Stone and Natalie Dillon until lines out at 2:30 p.m. The Berkley Postgame Show – hosted by Steven “Lurch” Scott – will start at 4 p.m.

Elimination Round 2 Results

To see Elimination Round 2 final results for all Group B anglers, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com and click ” results.”

YORK’S ALLMAN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE WYLIE

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YORK’S ALLMAN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE WYLIE

Columbia’s Britt Wins Co-angler Division

ROCK HILL, S.C. (May 20, 2019) – Boater Mike Allman of York, South Carolina, caught five bass Saturday weighing 14 pounds, 7 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) South Carolina Division event on Lake Wylie. Allman earned $2,500 for his efforts.

“This was the first BFL event that I have ever fished,” said Allman. “My goal coming in was to just make the top 10. Anglers like Scott Hamrick and Shane Lineberger were fishing in this event, and you expect those guys to just kick your butt. At one point while I was flipping docks I lost a couple of fish and thought I gave the tournament away. Staying positive was the key for me.”

Allman estimated that he caught around 15 keepers throughout the day, focusing on bream beds on the south end of the lake. He said that he dissected “pretty much the entire south end” flipping a ½-ounce jig with a green-pumpkin Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Craw.

“The bite was really good in the morning, but then the boat traffic got up and it tapered off in the afternoon,” Allman said.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Mike Allman, York, S.C., five bass, 14-7, $2,500

2^nd: Cody Hoyle, Rutherfordton, N.C., five bass, 13-4, $1,500

3^rd: Lane Gerbers, Blackstock, S.C., five bass, 11-13, $996

4^th: David Winters, Rock Hill, S.C., five bass, 11-8, $537

5^th: Michael Stephens, Gastonia, N.C., five bass, 11-7, $610

6^th: Scott Hamrick, Denver, N.C., five bass, 11-2, $422

7^th: Chad Cook, Cross, S.C., five bass, 10-15, $364

7^th: David Williams, Maiden, N.C., five bass, 10-15, $364

9^th: Chris Baumgardner, Gastonia, N.C., five bass, 10-13, $307

10^th: John Duarte, Middle River, Md., five bass, 10-8

10^th: Shane Lineberger, Lincolnton, N.C., five bass, 10-8

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Gerbers caught a 5-pound, 1-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $230.

Stephen Britt of Columbia, South Carolina, won the Co-angler Division and $1,400 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 9 pounds even.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Stephen Britt, Columbia, S.C., four bass, 9-0, $1,400

2^nd: Travis Ruff, Connelly Springs, N.C., five bass, 8-0, $575

3^rd: Justin Ballard, Vance, S.C., five bass, 7-7, $384

4^th: Matthew Dangerfield, Summerville, S.C., four bass, 7-6, $249

4^th: Darvin Cannon, Columbia, S.C., three bass, 7-6, $364

6^th: Kenny Mathis, Boiling Springs, S.C., five bass, 7-3, $211

7^th: Jeff Rikard, Leesville, S.C., four bass, 7-2, $242

8^th: Barry Burford, Charlotte, N.C., five bass, 6-13, $172

9^th: Lee Inman, Inman, S.C., three bass, 6-12, $76

9^th: Ronald Bryant, Batesburg, S.C., three bass, 6-12, $76

Cannon caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds even. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $115.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland. 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 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. 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.

WARRENTON’S BOEHLE WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE OF THE OZARKS PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

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WARRENTON’S BOEHLE WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE OF THE OZARKS PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Lake Lotawana’s Carl Wins Co-angler Division

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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (May 20, 2019) – Boater Adam Boehle of Warrenton, Missouri, caught five bass Saturday weighing 20 pounds, 12 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament on Lake of the Ozarks. Boehle pocketed $4,938 for his win in the event presented by Navionics 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.

“The competition in the Ozark division is some of the best in the nation and to just compete alongside these guys is an honor, but to actually win is quite the feat,” said Boehle, who earned his first career BFL victory. “It definitely feels real good and I’ll be thinking about this tournament for awhile.”

Boehle said he fished from the Glaize Arm of the lake to the dam, throwing a ¾-ounce green-pumpkin-colored Crock-O-Gator Reaction Jig with a Strike King Rage Structure Bug, a 5-inch shad-colored Zoom swimbait and a gizzard shad-colored 6^th Sense crankbait.

“I was keying on the shad spawn in the morning, then switched to points,” Boehle said. “I think I had 12 keepers throughout the day, with the majority coming on the swimbait. I made a bait change mid-morning and caught two big ones on the crankbait. I still needed a kicker, so I went flipping with the Crock-O-Gator jig and caught my biggest of the day, a 5½-pounder.

“I need to make sure to give credit to Jim Dill, owner of the Crock-O-Gator bait company,” Boehle went on to say. “My jig order didn’t come in before the event, and Jim was fishing in this event. He hooked me up with a couple of jigs, no big deal. That jig was what I caught my kicker on and turned out to be what won me the tournament.”

.The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Adam Boehle, Warrenton, Mo., five bass, 20-12, $4,938

2^nd: Mark Wiese, High Ridge, Mo., five bass, 20-7, $2,669

3^rd: Jason Rhyne, Foristell, Mo., five bass, 19-3, $1,646

4^th: James Dill, Sunrise Beach, Mo., five bass, 18-7, $1,452

5^th: Cole Findley, Forsyth, Mo., five bass, 18-0, $988

6^th: Rob Bueltmann, Osage Beach, Mo., five bass, 17-11, $964

6^th: Lance Williams, Billings, Mo., five bass, 17-11, $964

8^th: Chuck Austin, Saint Peters, Mo., five bass, 17-6, $741

9^th: Mike Malone, Lake Ozark, Mo., five bass, 17-2, $658

10^th: Dustin Lippe, Lampe, Mo., five bass, 17-0, $576

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Wes Proctor of Manhattan, Kansas, caught a 6-pound, 3-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $745.

Cody Carl of Lake Lotawana, Missouri, won the Co-angler Division and $2,436 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 16 pounds, 15 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Cody Carl, Lake Lotawana, Mo., five bass, 16-15, $2,436

2^nd: Lang Yang, Miami, Okla., five bass, 16-7, $1,218

3^rd: Johnny Ward Jr., Waynesville, Mo., five bass, 16-2, $1,181

4^th: Brian Abella, Marshfield, Mo., five bass, 14-12, $568

5^th: Michael Fey Sr., Cuba, Mo., five bass, 14-9, $487

6^th: Malachi Raymer, Dittmer, Mo., five bass, 13-12, $447

7^th: Michael Clark, Richland, Mo., five bass, 13-11, $406

8^th: Lucas Basler, Desloge, Mo., four bass, 13-6, $565

9^th: James Kelley, Maryland Heights, Mo., five bass, 13-5, $325

10^th: Morgan McClain, Lenexa, Kan., five bass, 13-1, $284

Ward caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 10 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $367.

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 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

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

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