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TENNESSEE’S SURATT WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON PICKWICK LAKE

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April 9, 2019

TENNESSEE’S SURATT WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON PICKWICK LAKE

Co-Angler Title Goes to Byhalia’s Sawyer

IUKA, Miss. (April 8, 2019) – Boater Trent Suratt of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, brought five bass to the weigh-in stage Saturday totaling 20 pounds, 3 ounces, to earn the win and $4,394 at the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mississippi Division tournament on Pickwick Lake.

“I was on the upper end of the lake, just below Wilson Dam, targeting chunk rock in 4 to 7 feet of water where smallmouth and largemouth like to get in and bed,” said Suratt, who notched his first career win in FLW competition. “I stayed in one area all day – it was pretty much a flat on the main river that was probably 100 by 100 yards in size.

“I caught five keepers – three smallmouth and two largemouth,” continued Suratt. “I had two fish at 11 [a.m.] and three more between 11 and 1 [p.m.]. It was a midday bite – that’s how it’s been the last couple of weeks. They haven’t come up to feed to feed until 11 or noon.”

Suratt said he caught his fish on shaky-head rigs with a 5-inch, green-pumpkin-colored Yum Dinger. He used 10-pound-test Yo-Zuri braided line with an 8-pound-test Sunline Super FC Sniper fluorocarbon leader and a 7-foot, 3-inch Fitzgerald Stunner HD Medium-Heavy Spinning Rod.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Trent Suratt, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., five bass, 20-3, $4,394

2^nd: Don Perkins, Guntersville, Ala., five bass, 19-12, $2,397

3^rd: Taurian Parks, Yazoo City, Miss., five bass, 19-7, $1,564

4^th: Todd Rackley, Sheffield, Ala., five bass, 19-4, $1,025

5^th: Blake Daugherty, Batesville, Miss., five bass, 18-9, $879

6^th: Justin Atkins, Florence, Ala., four bass, 18-2, $1,985

7^th: Mitch Mitchell, Muscle Shoals, Ala., five bass, 18-1, $695

7^th: Jade Keeton, Florence, Ala., five bass, 18-1, $695

9^th: Jeff Suratt, Leoma, Tenn., five bass, 17-15, $736

10^th: Heath Gilmore, Meridian, Miss., five bass, 17-11, $513

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Atkins caught a 9-pound, 2-ouncer – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $630.

Thomas Sawyer of Byhalia, Mississippi, won the Co-angler Division and $2,512 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 19 pounds, 9 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Thomas Sawyer, Byhalia, Miss., five bass, 19-9, $2,512

2^nd: John Swords, Collierville, Tenn., five bass, 15-2, $1,098

3^rd: Kevin Crutcher, Collierville, Tenn., four bass, 13-11, $733

4^th: George Welch, Hernando, Miss., five bass, 12-11, $513

5^th: Richard Baker, Jackson, Tenn., five bass, 12-10, $439

6^th: Larry Stewart Jr., Clinton, Miss., four bass, 11-12, $603

7^th: Zach Smith, Ripley, Miss., three bass, 10-10, $366

8^th: Jimmy Tisdale, Ellisville, Miss., four bass, 10-2, $330

9^th: Ryan LeCompte, Picayune, Miss., four bass, 9-10, $343

10^th: Don White, Columbus, Miss., three bass, 9-6, $406

Sawyer also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 6 pounds, 5 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $315.

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 Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Alabama, presented by Mercury. 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.

PRAIRIE GROVE’S SUMTER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OPENER ON ARKANSAS RIVER

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PRAIRIE GROVE’S SUMTER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OPENER ON ARKANSAS RIVER

Kansas’ Wright Takes Co-Angler Title

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MUSKOGEE, Okla. (April 8, 2019) – Boater Brit Sumter of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, brought five bass to the weigh-in stage Saturday totaling 18 pounds, 1 ounce, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Okie Division opener on the Arkansas River. For his victory, Sumter pocketed $4,315.

“I caught them all flipping laydowns in the backs of spawning pockets,” said Sumter, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “I stayed in the Webbers Falls pool and fished in the Spaniard Creek area and probably hit five different pockets. I think they were moving in to spawn, but the water was too dirty to see them.”

Sumter said he used a Texas-rigged, black and blue- or green pumpkin-colored YUM Christie Critter with a 5/16-ounce weight.

“My fish were in less than 3 feet of water. As soon as I’d pitch in and pick it up they’d be there, probably hitting it on the fall,” said Sumter. “I caught six keepers and weighed all largemouth. Four of my fish came by 8:30 [a.m.] and two more around noon, which culled a smaller one.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Brit Sumter, Prairie Grove, Ark., five bass, 18-1, $4,315

2^nd: Nick Kincaid, Coweta, Okla., five bass, 16-12, $2,157

3^rd: Brian Dossey, Okmulgee, Okla., five bass, 15-5, $1,439

4^th: Jacob Keenom, Meeker, Okla., five bass, 15-2, $1,007

5^th: Phillip Lunceford, Stigler, Okla., five bass, 13-13, $863

6^th: Mark Shadowens, Kiefer, Okla., five bass, 13-12, $791

7^th: John Soukup, Agra, Okla., five bass, 13-9, $919

8^th: Chuck Nelson, Elmore City, Okla., five bass, 13-3, $747

9^th: Rodney Copeland, Sallisaw, Okla., five bass, 12-13, $575

10^th: Brandon Linney, Tahlequah, Okla., three bass, 12-10, $478

10^th: Matt Williams, Prairie Grove, Ark., four bass, 12-10, $478

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Chris Ogan of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, caught a 6-pound, 8-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $610.

Matt Wright of Clay Center, Kansas, won the Co-angler Division and $2,157 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 13 pounds, 12 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Matt Wright, Clay Center, Kan., five bass, 13-12, $2,157

2^nd: Russell Vandiver, Wyandotte, Okla., five bass, 13-4, $1,079

3^rd: Steve Sanders, Gore, Okla., three bass, 10-11, $917

4^th: Jackie Copeland, Sallisaw, Okla., four bass, 10-7, $503

5^th: Tej Lad, Tulsa, Okla., four bass, 9-9, $431

6^th: Rick Blosser, Tulsa, Okla., four bass, 9-6, $446

7^th: Steven Whitaker, Sallisaw, Okla., four bass, 9-3, $360

8^th: Drake Lumpkin, Ft. Gibson, Okla., three bass, 8-13, $306

8^th: Keith Sherwood, McAlester, Okla., four bass, 8-13, $306

10^th: Nic Conger, Fort Smith, Ark., four bass, 8-9, $252

Jimmy Green of Tulsa, Oklahoma, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 6 pounds, 1 ounce. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $305.

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 Kentucky Lake in Gilbertsville, Kentucky, presented by Evinrude. 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.

David Martin and Kevin Simmons Win Fishers of Men VA West April 6th 2019

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David Martin and Kevin Simmons Win Fishers of Men VA West April 6th 2019

This weekend was like a new adventure for everyone, we added a new lake to our schedule, Lake Anna in Mineral Virginia. Most of these west teams had never seen this lake before. Its a beautiful lake with tons of fish in it, however the fishing didnt seem to show it.

We want to thank Beaverdam Baptist Church for hosting our evernt, the facility was beautiful. Thanks to Brian Lindamood for an awesome message about Gods grace. The message was so appropriate since Easter is just a couple weeks away. Brian inspired me to really understand how big Gods grace is and how he will accept anyone as long as they understand Jesus died for our sins and ask for forgiveness and repent.

Well our day started with a 45 minute fog delay, so I decided to extend the tournament to 3:30pm, giving the anglers another 30 minutes since mother nature decided to slow us down.

At the end of the day David Martin and Kevin (whats his nickname?) Simmons pulled out the win with 5 fish weighing 12.43lbs. 2nd went to Stphen (leave the tournament early ) Bishop and Richard Alley with a weight of 12.41lbs. 3rd went to James Carnely and his Alternate James (big James) Carnley with a weight of 11.90lbs. 4th went to Matt Atkins and Chris Atkins with 11.55lbs.

Big Fish honors went to James Carnley with a 6.19lb large mouth.

Just out of the money finishers were Jared Hubbard and Kevin Allison and they took home the two Rio Rods.

Berkley Cast for Cash Winners were 2nd Place Stephen Bishop and Richard Alley taking home 1st money of $250.00 and 2nd place cast for cash was 8th place team of David Clements and Henry Camper taking home $150.00. It does pay to be in the Cast For Cash program.

The stats for this tournament:

52 fish caught, 126.88lbs total, Average Fish Caught was 2.4lbs, only 4 limits were caught for the day.

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Scott Perrine & Doug Law Win CATT Cooper River April 6,2019

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April 9, 2019

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Scott Perrine & Doug Law Win CATT Cooper River April 6,2019

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Next and last Cooper River Qualifier is April 20th at Cypress Gardens!

Scott Perrine & Doug Law win on the Cooper River this past Saturday with 5 bass weighing up at 16.14 lbs!

3rd Place Brent Bartman & Benjamin Smith 13.91 lbs!

4th James Roy Jr Robison & William Gregory 13.73 lbs!

BF 6.00 lbs weighed in by Jimmy McCants & Kevin Powell

	Big	Total	Total
21 Teams	Fish	Weight	Winnings	Points
Scott Perrine Doug Law	0.00	16.14	$875.00	110
Wayne Clifton Shawn Thompson	0.00	14.45	$220.00	109
Brent Bartman Benjamin Smith	0.00	13.91	$110.00	108
James Roy Jr Robison William Gregory	0.00	13.73	$105.00	107
Jimmy Mccants Kevin Powell	6.00	13.07	$65.00	106
Johnny Brinson James White	0.00	13.01		105
Bruce Wheeler Health Heath Hunter	0.00	12.56		104
Travis Gatlin Grant Powell	0.00	12.51		103
Paul Gaskins Michael Gaskins	0.00	10.62		102
Bubba Dennis Randy Gibson	0.00	8.75		101
Will Thompson Doug Robertson	0.00	8.74		100
Bill Lawshe Jermey Jeremy Hewitt	0.00	8.47		99
Ryan Drew Bruce Singletary (sub)	0.00	7.36		98
Josh Timmons Robby Powell	0.00	7.22		97
Matt Baker Andrew Baker	0.00	6.60		96
Dave McConnell Dylan Mcconnell	0.00	6.12		95
Gene Youngs Joe Joseph Giampa	0.00	6.07		94
Casey Leach Charlene Leach	0.00	3.26		93
Anthony Amerson Jonathan Singletary	0.00	0.00		92
Darrel Knies	0.00	0.00		92
Nicholas Mcpherson David Waldrop	0.00	0.00		92
Total Entrys			$1,050.00
BONUS $			$450.00
Total Paid At Ramp			$1,375.00
Cooper River 2019 Spring Final Fund			$100.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund			$10.00
Cooper River 2019 Spring Final Fund Total			$305.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund			$4,420.00

CLARKSVILLE’S DEGRANDCOURT WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OPENER ON KERR LAKE

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April 8, 2019

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CLARKSVILLE’S DEGRANDCOURT WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OPENER ON KERR LAKE

Raleigh’s Richardt Claims Co-Angler Title

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HENDERSON, N.C. (April 8, 2019) – Boater R.J. DeGrandcourt of Clarksville, Virginia, caught five bass Saturday weighing 18 pounds, 7 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Shenandoah Division opener on Kerr Lake. For his catch, DeGrandcourt took home $2,585.

According to post-tournament reports, DeGrandcourt caught his bass fishing flats on the upper end of the lake with a Bomber Speed Shad crankbait.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: R.J. DeGrandcourt, Clarksville, Va., five bass, 18-7, $2,585

2^nd: Ben Dalton, Keeling, Va., five bass, 16-5, $1,175

3^rd: Travis Lugar, McGaheysville, Va., five bass, 15-9, $784

4^th: Jack Dice, Lynchburg, Va., five bass, 15-0, $759

4^th: Thomas Svec, Chesapeake, Va., five bass, 15-0, $509

6^th: Curtis Talbott, Forest, Va., five bass, 14-15, $631

7^th: Michael Delvisco, Dandridge, Tenn., five bass, 14-1, $392

8^th: Derik Hudson, Concord, Va., five bass, 13-11, $752

9^th: Rick Hawkins, Roanoke, Va., five bass, 13-10, $313

10^th: Craig Wright, Rustburg, Va., four bass, 13-1, $150

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

DeGrandcourt also caught a 6-pound, 9-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $235.

Kyle Richardt of Raleigh, North Carolina, won the Co-angler Division and $1,175 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 12 pounds, 7 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Kyle Richardt, Raleigh, N.C., five bass, 12-7, $1,175

2^nd: Trey Grow, Mechanicsville, Va., five bass, 11-6, $587

3^rd: Louis Britos, Disputanta, Va., five bass, 10-10, $393

4^th: Jamie Newton, Falls Church, Va., four bass, 10-9, $254

4^th: Timothy Kinder, Manassas, Va., five bass, 10-9, $354

6^th: Brandt Thompson , Richmond, Va., five bass, 10-7, $215

7^th: Gregory Chuhta, Germantown, Md., five bass, 10-5, $196

8^th: Danny Crickenberger, Charlottesville, Va., four bass, 10-0, $293

9^th: Billy Brown, Dahlgren, Va., five bass, 9-13, $157

10^th: Al Berkley, Madison Heights, Va., five bass, 9-12, $50

Crickenberger caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 12 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $117.

The tournament was hosted by the Vance County Tourism Development Authority.

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. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Hartwell in Seneca, South Carolina, presented by Navionics. 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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New, Stoute Win ABA Ray Scott Championship Titles By John N. Felsher

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New, Stoute Win Ray Scott Championship Titles

By John N. Felsher

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ATHENS, Ala. – After three straight days at the head of the pack, Bryan D. New won the Boater Division in the 2019 Ray Scott Championship, held April 4-7 on Walter F. George Reservoir near Eufaula, Ala.

The Belmont, N.C. angler finished the four-day tournament with a perfect catch of 20 bass weighing 98.70 pounds. An 8.80-pound bucketmouth he caught on Day 3 also took top honors in the tournament big bass competition. For the victory, New won $50,000 in cash plus a new 21TRX Triton boat equipped with a 250-horsepower Mercury Pro XS outboard motor.

During each off the four days of fishing at Walter F. George Reservoir, better known as Lake Eufaula, New landed five-bass tournament limits. New’s Day 3 catch of 26.03 pounds was one of only two bags exceeding 26 pounds caught in the event. New placed second on Day 1 with 25.69 pounds, but took the lead the following day with a 25.61-pound bag and never relinquished it. He capped off his winning effort with 21.37 pounds on the final day to seal the victory by more than eight pounds.

“On the first day, my co-angler was reeling in a jig and a big bass blew up on it,” New revealed. “I picked up a white Greenfish Tackle swim jig with a Rage craw trailer on it and caught some pretty good fish. I also caught some good fish in the tournament on Greenfish Tackle Creeper Head Jig tipped with an Ol’ Monster worm. I probably fished more than 150 places on the lake. On the final day, it was a grind.”

In second for the boaters, Scott Montgomery, a local favorite from Eufaula, Ala., also finished with four straight five-bass tournament limits. He moved up one place from Day 3 with a 23.68-pound bag that gave him a total of 90.65 pounds including a 6.82-pound lunker. Montgomery stayed in the top six each day with earlier catches of 24.63, 22.00 and 20.34 pounds.

“On the first day, I had a really good day fishing brush offshore,” Montgomery explained. “I started culling 4-pounders. The next day was so tough I could hardly get a bite. On the third day, I went to the bank with a swim jig and caught a good bag. We returned to that spot that last day and I didn’t get a bite. I didn’t have a keeper until about 9 a.m. on the final day. I finally went back to running brush. My go-to baits all week were a Davis Bait swim jig with a Big Bite prototype trailer and a jig with a Big Bite Baits Fighting Frog.”

Ryan Ingram of Phenix City, Ala. also moved up one spot on the last day to finish third with 20 bass going 89.45 pounds topped by a 6.52-pounder. He weighed in 25.55 pounds, the biggest bag on the final day, to add to his other weights of 24.69, 23.94 and 15.27 pounds to stay in the top five throughout the competition.

“On the first two days, I caught my fish out on the river cranking,” Ingram said. “During the next two days, I caught all my fish on a 1-ounce Ledgebuster willow-leaf spinnerbait. I was fishing brush on ledges. The ledges were in about 20 to 22 feet of water with the brush up at about 10 to 12 feet deep.”

Trevor Fitzgerald of Belleview, Fla. jumped from sixth place take fourth on the final day with a 23.80-pound catch. An 8.42-pounder helped him make the leap. Fitzgerald finished with a perfect 20 bass limit weighing 84.66 pounds. He also brought in catches weighing 22.31, 13.13 and 25.42 pounds.

Completing the top five boaters, Chandler A. Ray of Edsion, Ga. finished with 20 bass and 84.48 pounds including a 6.90-pound kicker. He stayed in the top eight throughout the tournament with catches of 22.86, 24.03 and 14.29 pounds. On the final day, he brought in 23.30 pounds.

In the Co-Angler Division, Jeremy S. Stoute of Crestview, Fla. won the championship with seven bass weighing 32.87 pounds. He anchored his catch with a 7.24-pounder that also won the Co-Angler Division lunker title. For winning the championship, Stoute took home $25,000 in cash plus a new 19TRX Triton boat powered by a 225-horsepower Mercury Pro XS outboard motor.

Fishing with Montgomery on the final day, Stoute caught one fish weighing 5.51 pounds, big enough to lift him from third place to the title. On the first day, Stoute landed one 1.21-pound bass, putting him at 169th place out of 195 competitors in the division. He made up for it on the second day with a 16.85-pound catch that vaulted him up 162 notches into seventh place. He landed 9.30 pounds on Day 3 to move into third.

“I almost went home after the first day because I only had one small fish,” Stoute remarked. “I caught one on the last day too, but it was the one I needed. I got to watch a clinic today watching Scott Montgomery fish. It was awesome!”

Tim L. Blanton of Climax, Ga. finished second among the co-anglers with a perfect four consecutive three-bass division limits to give him a total of 32.51 pounds. On the final day, he brought in 11.43 pounds with 6.71-pound kicker, the largest catch by any co-angler that day. That bag allowed him to move up from 14th place to less than six ounces from championship. On the other three days, he landed bags weighing 6.53, 7.00 and 7.55 pounds.

“All four days, we went all the way down almost to the dam,” Blanton said. “For the first two days, we fished Carolina rigs. On the last two days, we fished crankbaits around humps and ridges in four to 10 feet of water. I caught a lot of fish during the first two days, but not as many on the last two days. I lost about a 3-pounder on the second day and that hurt.”

Just three ounces behind, Durward Henderson of Titus, Ala. finished third with nine bass at 32.33 pounds. Catching 4.82 pounds on the final day, he dropped one position. He landed other catches of 12.87, 12.24 and 2.40 pounds with a 5-pound kicker.

“We ran piles in six to 16 feet of water,” Henderson said. “I threw a jig all day. The lake is in good shape. With the way it’s fished in the past two or three years and the stringers of fish coming in, it’s should be on the top of any list of bass lakes across the nation.”

Catching four consecutive three-bass division limits, Kevin Shrader of Valley Head, Ala. advanced every day of the competition. He finished fourth with 12 bass going 30.54 pounds. He moved up one spot on the final day with 6.65 pounds. In all, he also brought in bags weighing 8.17, 6.15 and 9.57 pounds,

Jim C. English of Gordon, Ala. rounded out the top five co-anglers by finishing with 10 bass and 29.84 pounds including a 5.87-pound kicker. He brought in catches weighing 8.03, 9.31, 10.49 and 2.01 pounds.

The Ray Scott Championship tournament culminated another season in the American Bass Anglers Open Series. Nearly 200 anglers in each division fished the event, each one earning a shot at the title by advancing through 18 divisions and nine area championships.

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

Bedding Bass Will Likely Be Key During Bassmaster Elite At Winyah Bay

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Bedding Bass Will Likely Be Key During Bassmaster Elite At Winyah Bay

When the Bassmaster Elite Series visited Winyah Bay in 2016, the crowds were among the best ever for the trail. The Elite Series visits again this week. Photo by Gary Tramontina/B.A.S.S.

April 8, 2019

Bedding Bass Will Likely Be Key During Bassmaster Elite At Winyah Bay

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GEORGETOWN, S.C. — Even though conditions are setting up well for the spawn to play a role during the upcoming Bassmaster Elite at Winyah Bay, traditional sight fishing tactics may not be the only option for the 75-angler field.

Competition days will be Thursday through Sunday, with takeoffs each day at 7 a.m. ET from Carroll Ashmore Campbell Marine Complex and weigh-ins back at the complex at 3:20 p.m. The winning angler will receive $100,000, while the entire field fights for valuable points in the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year race.

South Carolina pro Patrick Walters said bedding fish may be hard to see during higher tides — and that will force them to rely on unseen beds they located when the tide was low.

“I think it’ll be a 50-50 mixture of prespawn and spawning bass,” said Walters, a 24-year-old Elite Series rookie from Summerville, S.C. “There will be a good bit of spawning going on; we’re going to have warm temperatures all the way through the tournament.

“The tidal fluctuation can make them a lot easier to catch at certain times and at other times, you can’t even see them. So, it’s going to be important to know where the fish are and to be able to navigate the body of water.”

Bass on tidal fisheries instinctively know to establish their spawning nests below the low-tide line to ensure their spots aren’t drained dry by the outgoing cycle. That being said, a bed in clear visibility during low tide may completely disappear when an incoming tide stacks another couple feet of water over the fish.

The East Coast’s fourth-largest estuary, in terms of discharge rate, Winyah Bay is fed by the Waccamaw, Pee Dee, Black, Sampit and Santee rivers. The Cooper River offers a distant, yet doable option via the long Intracoastal Waterway run south to Charleston.

Walters said wood will likely be the dominant shallow cover, although the Cooper River is known to have grass and some of the other rivers have lily pads.

“In some of the rivers, the fish can really tuck into the wood and get away from you,” he said. “And some fish will be on more accessible pieces of wood.”

Walters said he expects pitching and flipping tactics to be more common in Winyah Bay and its main rivers, while reaction baits such as spinnerbaits, lipless crankbaits, square bill crankbaits and bladed jigs will likely be popular in the Cooper. It’s unlikely that a single bait will consistently produce throughout this diverse and expansive estuary, but diligence and attention will reveal the sustainable patterns.

“Each river is going to have its own bite going on,” Walters said. “It’s just a matter of figuring out which river you want to fish and what the bite is at that time.

“Geography, habitat and probably temperature will determine a lot of that. A lot of the rivers have just recently become stable, while some have been stable for a longer time. That makes a big difference in where the fish will spawn.”

When the Elite Series last visited Winyah Bay in 2016, it took a four-day total of 56 pounds, 3 ounces to win and 43-9 to make the Top 10 cut. Walters said he’s expecting a more generous Winyah Bay this year.

“I’d say to win it’s going to take 16 to 17 pounds a day and 13 to 14 a day to make the Top 10,” he said. “A 6-to 7-pounder is considered a good one here, but I wouldn’t be surprised if someone caught an 8.

“I think we’ll see a 20-pound bag, but it’s going to be a matter of holding on. The thing about tidal fisheries is that they change every day and the key is being able to adapt every day to these changes.”

The full field will fish the first two days before cutting to the Top 35 for the semifinal round on Saturday. Only the Top 10 will advance to Championship Sunday.

On Saturday and Sunday, the Elite Expo will be held at Carroll Ashmore Campbell Marine Complex, giving fans a chance to enjoy demo rides with Nitro, Skeeter and Triton boats, prize giveaways from Toyota and Academy Sports + Outdoors, the Berkley/Abu Garcia Experience trailer, kids activities and more.

Fans will be able to meet the Elite Series pros from 1-3 p.m. Saturday at Angler Alley, with chances for autographs and photos. The pros will also conducts seminars on tackle and techniques.

On Sunday from 1-3:30 p.m., the Bassmaster LIVE Watch Party will give fans a chance to watch the tournament action as it unfolds — and they could get a chance to be a part of the show.

The Winyah Bay Heritage Festival will be held in conjunction with the tournament, featuring the South Carolina Duck Calling Championships, retriever trials and free concerts by Collin Raye from 6-9 p.m. Friday and Jason Michael Carroll from 6-9 p.m. Saturday. Both concerts will be held at Francis Marion Park.

Brian Welch & Mark Inman Win Angler’s Choice Kerr lake April 7,2019

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Brian Welch & Mark Inman Win Angler’s Choice Kerr lake April 7,2019

Another great day of fishing for the 133 teams that fished Angler’s the Choice Kerr Lake event. But with the average bag still around 9 lbs & a late start due to fog, a lot of the angler’s still felt that this all played to their advantage even he winners Brian Welch & Mark Inman with weighed in five fish weighing 19.53 lbs.

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Mike Ware & Bryan Holmes Win CATT Lake Wateree April 6th 2019 with 20.05 lbs

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Mike Ware & Bryan Holmes Win CATT Lake Wateree April 6th 2019 with 20.05 lbs

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Next Lake Wateree CATT is this coming Saturday April 13th and is the Spring Final!

Wateree has experienced high water levels the past few year and no doubt it’s affected the fishing but looking at the bass weighed in yesterday, they were fat and healthy!

Mike Ware & Bryan Holmes earned 1st Place with 5 bass weighing 20.05 lbs and 2nd BF weighing 5.10 lbs! They took home $1,144.00!

Greg Atkinson & Ron Catoe weighed in the BF at 7.04 lbs and finished 2nd with 5 bass weighing 19.99 lbs!

Chad Gainey & Mack Kitchens finished 3rd with 18.55 lbs! They win the points and will fish the Final free!

Donald Hinson & Alan Fletcher 4th with 17.38 lbs!

Mike King & Chris King 5th with 17.03 lbs!

	Big	Total	Total
22 Teams	Fish	Weight	Winnings	Points
Mike Ware – Bryan Holmes	5.10	20.05	$1,144.00	110
Greg Atkinson – Ron Catoe	7.04	19.99	$461.00	109
Chad Gainey – Mack Kitchens	5.03	18.55	$200.00	108
Alan Fletcher – Donald Hinson	4.68	17.38	$120.00	107
Mike King – Chris King	4.76	17.03		106
Scott Williams – Robbie English	4.83	16.14		105
Craig Nettles	4.50	15.53		104
John Paul George – Jason Quinn	3.53	15.41		103
Lee Royson – Jeff Reynolds	4.25	15.40		102
Barry Brown – Steven Walker	3.64	14.56		101
Tim Haven – Craig Haven	4.47	14.29		100
Scott Floyd – Bob Weaver	3.46	13.69		99
David L. Canupp – David F. Canupp	3.93	13.38		98
Brett Collins – Brad Petway	3.54	13.14		97
Mark Healon – Tony Truett	3.72	11.89		96
Donald Wells – Paul Wells	3.76	10.43		95
Mike Ellis – Mark Faircloth	4.49	6.92		94
Shane Cantley – Michael Richardson	2.83	2.83		93
Dean Benfield – Sonny Beam	0.00	0.00		92
Daryl Watson – Ken McFarland	0.00	0.00		92
Issac Newton – Alfonzo Smalls	0.00	0.00		92
John Allen	0.00	0.00		92
Total Entrys			$1,760.00
BONUS $			$550.00
Total Paid At Ramp			$1,925.00
Wateree 2019 Spring Final Fund			$305.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund			$50.00
2019 Wateree Spring Final Fund Total			$2,380.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund Total			$4,410.00

Cobb Puts Finishing Touches On Wire-To-Wire Victory In Bassmaster Elite At Lake Hartwell

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Cobb Puts Finishing Touches On Wire-To-Wire Victory In Bassmaster Elite At Lake Hartwell

South Carolina’s Brandon Cobb goes wire-to-wire in the Bassmaster Elite at Lake Hartwell with a four-day total of 72 pounds, 4 ounces.

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April 7, 2019

Cobb Puts Finishing Touches On Wire-To-Wire Victory In Bassmaster Elite At Lake Hartwell

ANDERSON, S.C. — Many anglers have led the first three rounds of a Bassmaster Elite Series event, only to have the title slip through their hands on the final day.

More times than not, pressure was the culprit.

But if South Carolina pro Brandon Cobb felt pressure a single time during this week’s Bassmaster Elite at Lake Hartwell, he certainly hid it well.

Cobb, who lives in nearby Greenwood, S.C., took the lead on Day 1 of the event and never relinquished it, slamming the door on his first Elite Series victory with a final-day catch of 16 pounds, 14 ounces on Championship Sunday. His four-day winning weight of 72-4 earned him a $100,000 paycheck and the iconic blue trophy that goes to every Elite Series winner.

“Staying calm definitely made the difference for me,” said Cobb, who stayed at his own house and made the 50-minute drive to Lake Hartwell each day. “I don’t do well if I get flustered. I start running around a lot, and it just doesn’t go well for me.

“Being on my home lake helped, too. I literally never ran out of places where I felt like I was going to catch one.”

Cobb caught 19-9, 17-8, 18-5 and 16-14 in four days — and he did most of his damage with two baits. He used a green pumpkin Zoom Fluke Stick when he was moving through shallow areas where he thought spawning beds were present and a 1/8-ounce Greenfish Tackle shaky head with a green pumpkin Zoom Trick Worm when he was stopped, fishing for bass he could actually see on bed.

“I was going down spawning areas throwing that Fluke Stick at anything that even looked like a bed, hoping to catch them before I got there,” Cobb said. “If the fish didn’t bite before I got up there, I’d Power-Pole down, pick up a shaky head with a Trick Worm and fish for him until I caught him.”

Unlike many anglers who were forced to devote large chunks of time to a single bedding fish throughout the week, Cobb caught his bedding bass quickly — and that helped him make the most of his time on the water.

“Probably 10 minutes was about the longest I spent on one fish this week,” said Cobb, who was fishing just his 14th major event with B.A.S.S. “Today, I caught three fish off one bed, and that probably took me about 15 minutes.

“I think I only saw two fish this week that I didn’t catch, and that’s because they were spawning, rolling together — and you can’t do anything with them when they’re doing that.”

Though it’s Cobb’s first season on the Elite Series, the 29-year-old pro is not considered a rookie because he won more than $400,000 in 105 events with FLW Fishing. He won two BFL events with FLW, but never managed to claim a Tour-level championship.

“Basically, everything went exactly the way I wanted it to go this week,” Cobb said. “I don’t think I lost a single fish all week — and if I did lose one, I caught it again in just a few minutes.

“I’ve been so close so many times to winning tournaments like this and just never quite been able to put it together. But it all came together this week.”

Though Cobb struggled early Sunday morning while trying to exploit a blueback herring spawn that has just begun on Lake Hartwell, he said he always knew he could go and catch a good limit of bass doing the same things he’d been doing all week.

Once he finally started putting bass in the boat, his victory seemed like a foregone conclusion. His closest competition came from Arkansas pro Stetson Blaylock who finished second with 68-11. Georgia pro Micah Frazier finished third with 63-6 and Florida angler Drew Cook took fourth with 63-4.

Cook’s performance was enough to put him in first place in the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings and the race for DICK’S Sporting Goods Rookie of the Year.

Blaylock took home the Phoenix Boats Big Bass award worth $1,500 with a 5-15 largemouth he caught during Saturday’s semifinal round.

Florida rookie Drew Cook claimed the lead in both the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year and the DICK`S Sporting Goods Rookie of Year race, after three events, earning $1,000 for AOY and $500 for ROY. Cook’s impressive rookie campaign includes three Top 20 finishes, including a fourth place finish at Lake Hartwell. The highest-scoring rookie at the end of the 10-event Elite season will collect the $10,000 ROY prize.

The two highest finishing anglers eligible for Toyota Bonus Bucks were Jamie Hartman and Chad Pipkens. Hartman finished 8th and added $3,000 to his purse, while Pipkens finished 9th earning a $2,000 bonus.

2019 Bassmaster Elite at Lake Hartwell 4/4-4/7
                                   Lake Hartwell, Anderson  SC.
                                 (PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 4

   Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Brandon Cobb           Greenwood, SC           20  72-04  100 $100,000.00
  Day 1: 5   19-09     Day 2: 5   17-08     Day 3: 5   18-05     Day 4: 5   16-14
2.  Stetson Blaylock       Benton, AR              20  68-11   99  $26,500.00
  Day 1: 5   13-10     Day 2: 5   16-13     Day 3: 5   19-03     Day 4: 5   19-01
3.  Micah Frazier          Newnan, GA              20  63-06   98  $20,000.00
  Day 1: 5   17-09     Day 2: 5   18-03     Day 3: 5   14-00     Day 4: 5   13-10
4.  Drew Cook              Midway, FL              20  63-04   97  $16,500.00
  Day 1: 5   14-04     Day 2: 5   20-06     Day 3: 5   14-13     Day 4: 5   13-13
5.  Shane LeHew            Catawba, NC             20  61-15   96  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   14-10     Day 2: 5   13-06     Day 3: 5   19-08     Day 4: 5   14-07
6.  Mark Menendez          Paducah, KY             20  61-10   95  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   13-01     Day 2: 5   15-09     Day 3: 5   17-00     Day 4: 5   16-00
7.  Bill Lowen             Brookville, IN          20  60-15   94  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   16-00     Day 2: 5   18-03     Day 3: 5   14-14     Day 4: 5   11-14
8.  Jamie Hartman          Newport, NY             20  59-06   93  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   13-15     Day 2: 5   16-03     Day 3: 5   16-04     Day 4: 5   13-00
9.  Chad Pipkens           Lansing, MI             20  58-02   92  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   14-10     Day 2: 5   15-03     Day 3: 5   16-01     Day 4: 5   12-04
10. Hank Cherry Jr         Lincolnton, NC          20  56-08   91  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   17-09     Day 2: 5   13-15     Day 3: 5   14-11     Day 4: 5   10-05
PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
     Stetson Blaylock         Benton, AR          05-15      $1,500.00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
 1        72       367       970-13
 2        69       359       893-04
 3        35       175       506-03
 4        10        50       141-04
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         186       951      2511-08

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