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MARTINEZ’S BECKUM WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE SAVANNAH RIVER DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON CLARKS HILL LAKE

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March 5, 2019

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MARTINEZ’S BECKUM WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE SAVANNAH RIVER DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON CLARKS HILL LAKE

Co-angler Title Awarded to Honea Path’s Henderson

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APPLING, Ga. (March 4, 2019) – Boater Adam Beckum of Martinez, Georgia, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 22 pounds, 10 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Savannah River Division tournament on Clarks Hill Lake. Beckum pocketed $4,011 for his efforts.

“I fished secondary points, catching fish that were moving in – coming from the deep to the shallows,” said Beckum, who earned his second career victory in BFL competition – first as a boater. “I probably fished 10 or 15 areas, including some in the Little River, Chigoe Creek and Keg Creek. I sat in 15 feet of water and threw up into 8 or 10 feet. I’d hit a couple of spots in each creek and then work my back through.”

Beckum said he used a black and blue-colored Ketch-Her Lures jig with a green-pumpkin Zoom Super Chunk trailer to catch his fish, adding that he caught nine keepers during the tournament.

“Most of my bites came after 10 (a.m.). I got bit at some spots in the afternoon that didn’t produce for me in the morning.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Adam Beckum, Martinez, Ga., five bass, 22-10, $4,011

2^nd: Pete Fargo, Marietta, Ga., five bass, 18-5, $1,693

3^rd: Heath Pack, Ellijay, Ga., five bass, 17-11, $1,129

4^th: Jeff Babcock, Fairview, N.C., five bass, 17-1, $890

5^th: Daulton Smith, Lavonia, Ga., five bass, 16-13, $677

6^th: Jeremy Eaton, Dahlonega, Ga., five bass, 16-3, $621

7^th: Paul Tickerhoof, Appling, Ga., five bass, 15-5, $564

8^th: Darren Ashley, Calhoun Falls, S.C., five bass, 14-11, $508

9^th: Randy Childers, Anderson, S.C., five bass, 13-10, $701

10^th: Chris Yates, Roswell, Ga., five bass, 13-8, $395

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Beckum caught a 6-pound, 10-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and also earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $425.

Kevin Henderson of Honea Path, South Carolina, won the Co-angler Division and $1,693 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 14 pounds, 14 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Kevin Henderson, Honea Path, S.C., five bass, 14-14, $1,693

2^nd: Trevor Sharrett, Chesnee, S.C., five bass, 12-8, $1,046

3^rd: Matt Davis, Dearing, Ga., five bass, 12-5, $564

4^th: Mitchell Pare, Statesboro, Ga., five bass, 11-12, $445

5^th: Justin Logan, Belton, S.C., five bass, 11-11, $339

6^th: Joshua Lyko, Greer, S.C., five bass, 11-7, $310

7^th: Kevin Landreth, Seneca, S.C., five bass, 11-5, $282

8^th: Stewart Uldrick, Anderson, S.C., five bass, 11-4, $254

9^th: Joseph Thomasson, Columbia, S.C., five bass, 11-3, $226

10^th: Westley Denny, Westminster, S.C., five bass, 10-15, $198

Brandon Lawson of Union, South Carolina, 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 $212.

The tournament was hosted by the Columbia County Board of Commissioners.

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 Seminole in Bainbridge, Georgia. 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.

Jim Davis & Mike Allman win CATT Wateree March 2,2019

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Jim Davis & Mike Allman win CATT Wateree March 2,2019

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The Lake level at Wateree has never bee this up and down! It rose while the guys were fishing and by the time they were done with the weigh in water was spilling over the dam!

Next Wateree CATT is this Saturday Mar 9th! We will keep and eye on the lake level. Keep watching the CATT website!

Jim Davis & Mike Allman took the big prize with only 4 bass weighing 13.98 lbs!

2nd went to Jacob & Jeff Norris!

1st BF went to David & David Canupp!

Trent McLaughlin & Fisher Rodgers with a couple of nice Wateree bass!

	Big	Total	Total
13 Teams	Fish	Weight	Winnings	Points
Jim Davis and Mike Allman	4.18	13.98	$925.00	110
Jeff Norris and Jacob Norris	4.06	12.37	$325.00	109
Cleve Yarborough and Craig Matthews	3.36	10.04		108
Trent McLaughlin and Fisher Rodgers	4.91	9.14	$39.00	107
Scott Williams and Robbie English	4.43	8.01		106
Chad Gainey and Jeffrey Furr	2.70	7.12		105
Greg Atkinson and Phil Madden	3.99	6.39		104
Cole Jackson and Wesley Jackson	2.66	6.29		103
David F. Canupp and David L. Canupp	5.59	5.59	$91.00	102
Stevie Walker and Barry Brown	3.87	3.87		101
Butch Williams and David Ethridge	2.98	2.98		100
Donald Wells and Paul Wells	0.00	0.00		99
Jeff Reynolds and Lee Royson	0.00	0.00		98
Total Entrys			$1,560.00
BONUS $			$275.00
Total Paid At Ramp			$1,380.00
Wateree 2019 Spring Final Fund			$350.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund			$75.00
2019 Wateree Spring Final Fund Total			$960.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund Total			$3,245.00

MONTGOMERY’S KNEPPER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE COWBOY DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR

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MONTGOMERY’S KNEPPER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE COWBOY DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR

Nacogdoches’ Moore Wins Co-angler Title

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BROOKELAND, Texas (March 4, 2019) – Boater Jeremy Knepper of Montgomery, Texas, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 27 pounds, 9 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Cowboy Division tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Knepper took home $5,261 for his efforts.

Knepper said he caught his fish flipping bushes along an approximately 200-yard stretch near Veach Basin. He said he’d had some success at the area in practice, and decided to return to it during the event.

“The stretch had some bushes with deep water nearby. During practice, I had only gotten five bites – including a 6-pounder – and lost a good one at the boat,” said Knepper, who logged his first win in FLW competition. “It was one of those deals where I knew that if I could get five bites during the tournament, they’d be the right ones, but I wasn’t sure that I could get those five bites.”

Knepper said he arrived at the area first thing in the morning and within about 10 minutes, put a 9-pounder in the boat.

“I flipped into a bush, felt a hard tug and boat-flipped it. That one calmed me down. With the water dropping and the weather changing like it is, I wasn’t sure that the pattern was going to hold. But that one told me they were there,” said Knepper. “About 10 or 15 minutes later I caught one of my 5-pounders. I looked at the clock and saw it was about 8:15 (a.m.) and I knew I was way ahead of schedule.”

Knepper said he got a couple more bites, but could tell he had hit a mid-morning lull, so he decided to let the area rest.

“I didn’t want to go back through – I wanted to let it sit. You had to let the stretch rest and reload,” said Knepper. “I spent about two hours running the bank looking for similar water before coming back to the stretch. Then I got a 6-pounder and then a 5-pounder toward the end of it. With four fish in the boat, I let it rest again, and caught my fifth around 2 (p.m.).”

The Texas boater said he used one bait to catch his fish – a ½-ounce, Texas-rigged, Hematoma-colored Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver on an Owner Jungle flipping hook.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Jeremy Knepper, Montgomery, Texas, five bass, 27-9, $5,261

2^nd: Brandon Thrash, Downsville, La., five bass, 24-13, $2,931

3^rd: Bryan Trahan, Orange, Texas, five bass, 20-1, $2,573

4^th: Randy Deaver, Blanchard, La., five bass, 19-14, $1,428

5^th: Kevin Jeane, Natchitoches, La., five bass, 19-6, $1,052

6^th: Cade Rudiger, Mansfield, Texas, five bass, 19-1, $965

7^th: Ken Smith, Dallas, Texas, five bass, 18-14, $977

8^th: Matthew Armand, Hessmer, La., five bass, 18-13, $789

9^th: Ricky Guy, Humble, Texas, five bass, 17-3, $657

9^th: Michael LaFleur, Orangefield, Texas, five bass, 17-3, $657

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Trahan caught an 11-pound, 10-ounce largemouth – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $820.

Clark Moore of Nacogdoches, Texas, won the Co-angler Division and $2,631 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 19 pounds even.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Clark Moore, Nacogdoches, Texas, five bass, 19-0, $2,631

2^nd: Steven Fisher, Lufkin, Texas, five bass, 16-3, $1,315

3^rd: Hannah Gryder, Milam, Texas, five bass, 15-4, $877

4^th: Jerry Meece, Lufkin, Texas, five bass, 14-14, $714

5^th: Tate Allen, West Monroe, La., five bass, 14-13, $526

6^th: Billy Eddins, Broaddus, Texas, five bass, 14-4, $482

7^th: James Corley, Deridder, La., five bass, 14-2, $438

8^th: Michael Greer Jr., Deridder, La., five bass, 13-11, $445

9^th: Don Johnson, Lufkin, Texas, five bass, 13-2, $351

10^th: Byron Smith, Missouri City, Texas, five bass, 13-1, $307

Keith Hawkins of Lake Providence, Louisiana, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 7 pounds, 9 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $410.

The tournament was hosted by the Jasper County Development District.

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.

BRISTOL’S MAHAFFEY WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE VOLUNTEER DIVISION OPENER ON WATTS BAR LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

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BRISTOL’S MAHAFFEY WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE VOLUNTEER DIVISION OPENER ON WATTS BAR LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Knoxville’s Coker Takes Co-angler Title

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ROCKWOOD, Tenn. (March 4, 2019) – Boater Jeffrey Mahaffey of Bristol, Tennessee, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 20 pounds, 10 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Volunteer Division opener on Watts Bar Lake presented by Navionics. Mahaffey earned $3,164 for his catch.

“I targeted isolated laydowns mid-lake. The area near takeoff at Tom Fuller Park was especially productive for me – I caught two over 5 pounds there,” said Mahaffey, who earned his first career win in FLW competition. “I primarily ran shallow cover off the bank, but capitalized on the deeper stuff that was maybe 50 to 75 yards off of the bank, if I saw it. I probably hit around 25 pockets, but targeted just a handful of trees – many only had one tree in them.”

Mahaffey said he leaned on two custom baits from Jerry’s Bait Shop in Rockwood to put together his limit – a ½-ounce and a ¾-ounce double-willow spinnerbait with white and blue coloring, each with a chartreuse Zoom Straight Tail Worm trailer.

“The shallower bites came from 6 to 8 feet down. You had to fish the ends of the trees – when the spinnerbait kind of came out of the tree and fell off the end, that’s when you’d get a bite,” said Mahaffey. “The deeper cover off the bank behind me was in 8 to 10 feet of water. That’s when I’d switch to the ¾-ounce [spinnerbait] and really let it sink down and get to the base.”

Mahaffey said he ended up catching 10 keepers throughout the day.

“Both of these patterns were fishing extremely slow – you really had to slow roll the spinnerbaits to get a bite,” said Mahaffey.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Jeffrey Mahaffey, Bristol, Tenn., five bass, 20-10, $3,164

2^nd: Jonathan Bowling, Harriman, Tenn., five bass, 17-10, $1,782

3^rd: Nick Huff, Bean Station, Tenn., five bass, 17-7, $1,154

4^th: Matt Linton, Kingston, Tenn., five bass, 17-4, $738

5^th: Jason Sosebee, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 17-3, $633

6^th: Brad Mattie, Oak Ridge, Tenn., five bass, 17-2, $580

7^th: Chase Henley, Kingston, Tenn., five bass, 16-14, $527

8^th: Jeff Knight, Cleveland, Tenn., five bass, 16-10, $855

9^th: Tim Wyatt, Crossville, Tenn., five bass, 16-8, $422

10^th: Tyler Meredith, Oliver Springs, Tenn., five bass, 16-4, $369

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Knight caught a 5-pound, 13-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $380.

Nick Coker of Knoxville, Tennessee, won the Co-angler Division and $1,782 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 18 pounds, 3 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Nick Coker, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 18-3, $1,782

2^nd: Chris Harness, Powell, Tenn., four bass, 13-0, $791

3^rd: Ryan Helke, Knoxville, Tenn., three bass, 12-13, $447

3^rd: David Osborne, Honaker, Va., four bass, 12-13, $447

5^th: Dennis Lewis, Powell, Tenn., five bass, 11-11, $316

6^th: David Blakely, Kingsport, Tenn., three bass, 11-9, $340

7^th: Nick Ogle, Lenoir City, Tenn., four bass, 11-5, $264

8^th: Larry Brumett Jr., Seymour, Tenn., three bass, 10-1, $237

9^th: Brandon Harris, Spring City, Tenn., four bass, 9-8, $211

10^th: Robert Davis, Bethalto, Ill., three bass, 8-12, $185

Brian Miller of Calhoun, Georgia, 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 $190.

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.

NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL WINS 2019 BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING LAKE GUNTERSVILLE OPEN PRESENTED BY COSTA SUNGLASSES

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NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL WINS 2019 BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING LAKE GUNTERSVILLE OPEN PRESENTED BY COSTA SUNGLASSES

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GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (Mar. 4, 2019) – The North Augusta High School duo of Nathan Boatwright, of Warrenville, South Carolina, and Dustin Williamson, of Aiken, South Carolina, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 22 pounds, 10 ounces to win the 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Lake Guntersville Open presented by Costa Sunglasses.

A field of 76 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from Lake Guntersville State Park in Guntersville. The tournament was hosted by the Marshal County Convention & Visitors Bureau. In FLW and TBF High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.

The top seven teams on Lake Guntersville that advanced to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship were:

1st: North Augusta High School, North Augusta, S.C. – Nathan Boatwright, Warrenville, S.C., and Dustin Williamson, Aiken, S.C., five bass, 22-10

2nd: North Mississippi Student Anglers – Jake Kimbrough, Smithville, Miss., and Fisher Godfrey, Columbus, Miss., five bass, 21-14

3rd: Kate Duncan Smith DAR School, Grant, Ala. – Hunter Santosuosso, New Hope, Ala., and Aiden Green, Grant, Ala., five bass, 20-5

4th: Kate Duncan Smith DAR School, Grant, Ala. – Baylor Howell, Guntersville, Ala., and Koltyn Harbin, Scottsboro, Ala., five bass, 19-6

5th: George Rogers Clark High School, Winchester, Ky. – Allen Powe and Alex Dunaway, both of Winchester, Ky., five bass, 19-2

6th: Union County High School, Blairsville, Ga. – Will Harkins and Logan Anderson, both of Blairsville, Ga., five bass, 18-11

7th: Buckhorn Bass Fishing – Cooper Shepard, Huntsville, Ala., and Brandon Walls, Huntland, Ala., five bass, 18-9

Rounding out the top 10 were:

8th: Northside High School, Tuscaloosa County, Ala. – Lane Sanford and Grand Sanford, both of Northport, Ala., four bass, 17-3

9th: Central High School, Santa Rosa County, Fla. – Joseph Lacoste and Darren McCall, both of Pace, Fla., five bass, 17-2

10th: Bullitt Central High School, Shepherdsville, Ky. – Leah Parsley and Brianna Parsley, both of Lebanon Junction, Ky., four bass, 16-9

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

The 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Lake Guntersville Open was a two-person (team) event for students in grades 7-12, open to any Student Angler Federation (SAF) affiliated high school club in the United States. The top 10 percent of each Challenge, Open, and state championship field will advance to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship on a body of water that has yet to be revealed. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice.

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

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

CODY MEYER: Ready to Roll in Raleigh – MLF

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CODY MEYER: Ready to Roll in Raleigh – MLF

Cody Meyer with a 6-pounder he caught on Lake Conroe during the MLF Bass Pro Tour Stage Two.

By Cody Meyer – March 4, 2019

We’re two stages into the first-ever Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour, and it’s been really cool for me to see how much this tour has developed in such a short time.

I’ll admit that it’s been a little tough for me so far this season (not because of the format, but the fishing in general). I love the style and the format, but catching fish was really a challenge for me in the first two stages on the Kissimmee Chain and Lake Conroe (I finished 24th and 31st in my Elimination Rounds).

I’m hoping that can change when we get to Raleigh, North Carolina for Stage Three.

BOULDER CITY HIGH SCHOOL WINS BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING LAKE MEAD OPEN PRESENTED BY COSTA SUNGLASSES

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BOULDER CITY HIGH SCHOOL WINS BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING LAKE MEAD OPEN PRESENTED BY COSTA SUNGLASSES

HENDERSON, Nev. (Mar. 4, 2019) – The Boulder City High School duo of Izec Easter and Corey Williams, both of Boulder City, Nevada, brought three bass to the scale Sunday weighing 5 pounds, 8 ounces to win the 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Lake Mead Open presented by Costa Sunglasses.

Five high-school teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from Callville Bay Resort & Marina in Overton. The tournament was hosted by the City of Henderson Department of Cultural Arts and Tourism. In FLW and TBF High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.

The top team on Lake Mead that advanced to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship was:

1st: Boulder City High School, Boulder City, Nev. – of Izec Easter and Corey Williams, both of Boulder City, Nev., three bass, 5-8

Rounding out the top three were:

2nd: Paradise Valley High School, Phoenix, Ariz. – Isaiah Rios, Phoenix Ariz., and Nicklaus Romero, Prescott, Ariz., one bass, 2-11

3rd: Lake Havasu High School, Lake Havasu City, Ariz. – Logan Vetter and Zachary Verbrugge, both of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., one bass, 1-11

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

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

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

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

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE GUNTERSVILLE PRESENTED BY BASS PRO SHOPS

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE GUNTERSVILLE PRESENTED BY BASS PRO SHOPS

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GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (March 4, 2019) – The University of North Alabama duo of Houston Calvert of Hayden, Alabama, and Justin Lane of Florence, Alabama, won the YETI FLW College Fishing event on Lake Guntersville presented by Bass Pro Shops Friday with a five-bass limit weighing 29 pounds, 3 ounces. The victory earned the Lion’s bass club $2,400 and a slot in the 2020 FLW College Fishing National Championship.

“We had three or four days of sunshine where it was 60 to 72 degrees, and I think a big wave was pushing up,” said Calvert, a senior majoring in marketing. “As you can tell, everybody found that. That’s the biggest weights I’ve seen in a college tournament. I really wanted it to be 30 pounds. I really thought we had 30. It was close, but maybe another time.”

“It’s just left me speechless, to be honest with you,” added Lane, a junior business management major. “It was one of those days you dream about. It’s just incredible that it happened in a tournament for us. That’s the biggest bag I’ve ever caught in my life.”

The warm spell Calvert described sort of fizzled by the tournament as a cold front brought lower temps and rain, which the team thinks caused some of the fish that were headed for the bank in practice to slide back out into hydrilla beds.

That’s where the Lions found their winning fish, targeting a single pocket all day long.

“We started out throwing a ChatterBait in grass in 6 to 8 feet,” Calvert said. “We probably had, I want to say, 12 pounds within 30 to 45 minutes of blast off. It rained there for two to three hours, and we just moved up on the bank with it raining. He [Lane] threw a Zoom Ultravibe Speed Worm, and I threw the NetBait Big Bopper. We were swimming them around hydrilla.”

The shallower shift mostly produced smaller bass due to all the bucks up on the bank, so once the rain quit, Lane and Calvert slid back out. Lane added a solid 4-plus keeper with a Rat-L-Trap, and gradually the team chipped away at a nice limit.

What sealed the deal was a pair of kickers late in the afternoon that left Calvert and Lane with a limit comprised of one keeper close to 7 pounds, three 6-pounders and one about 4.

“We saw some shad running in the grass,” Calvert recalled. “We sat down and cut off our green pumpkin and black and blue ChatterBaits and tied on a white ChatterBait with a Keitech FAT on the back of it. Once we changed to white, right before weigh-in we culled two – big time. I know we culled at 2:15, and once we made that last cull we put everything up and went to the ramp.

“I think if the weather was going to be warm next week they would be spawning,” Calvert went on to say. “They want to spawn so bad. There are a lot of bucks up shallow. We probably caught, I would say, 30 fish. Probably 20 of those were 2-pounders. The other 10 were anywhere from 3 to 6 pounds. Pretty much everybody I talked to caught 30 to 40 fish.”

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

1^st: University of North Alabama – Houston Calvert, Hayden, Ala., and Justin Lane, Florence, Ala., five bass, 29-3, $2,400

2^nd: Bethel University – Dax Ewart, Humboldt, Tenn., and Kristopher Queen, Catawba, N.C., five bass, 28-5, $1,200

3^rd: Bethel University – Nathon Portch and Cully Scroggins, both of McKenzie, Tenn., five bass, 27-15, $500

4^th: Calhoun Community College – Jordan Thompson, Hartselle, Ala., and Landon Smith, Decatur, Ala., five bass, 25-3, $500

5^th: University of Montevallo – Justin Barnes, Monroeville, Ala., and Adam Carroll, Carrollton, Ga., five bass, 25-3, $500

6^th: Lipscomb University – Wesley Culpepper and Scout Monteith, both of Nashville, Tenn., five bass, 24-9

7^th: Lander University – Chasten Beck and Andrew Pridgen, both of Greenwood, S.C., five bass, 24-8

8^th: Savannah College of Art & Design – Adam White, Savannah, Ga., and Cody Stahl, Griffin, Ga., five bass, 24-8

9^th: University of South Carolina – Tyler Turnage, Lexington, S.C., and John Malone-Grippe, Simpsonville, S.C., five bass, 23-8

10^th: Blue Mountain College – Isaac Duncan, Summit, Miss., five bass, 23-8

FLW also advances one additional team to the National Championship for every 10 teams over 100 that compete. A total of 208 teams participated in this event, so also advancing to the 2020 College Fishing National Championship are:

11^th: University of West Georgia – Jake Buchanan, Carrollton, Ga., and Ty Mossberg, Brooks, Ga., five bass, 23-2

12^th: University of North Alabama – Triston Crowder, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., and Lake Blasingame, Killen, Ala., five bass, 22-10

13^th: Polk State College – Evan Wieber, Lakeland, Fla., and Jacob Eaton, Fort Myers, Fla., five bass, 22-2

14^th: Georgia College – Bryan Kanaskie, Newnan, Ga., and Michael Strickland, Peachtree City, Ga., five bass, 22-1

15^th: Blue Mountain College – Chandler Boman, New Albany, Miss., and Ty Cox, Guntown, Miss., five bass, 21-10

16^th: University of North Alabama – Hunter McCarty, Dora, Ala., and Sloan Pennington, Childersburg, Ala., five bass, 21-7

17^th: University of North Alabama – Garett Marler, Olive Branch, Miss., and Benson Dowler, Pell City, Ala., five bass, 21-6

18^th: Bryan College – Conner DiMauro, Longwood, Fla., and Cole Sands, Calhoun, Tenn., five bass, 21-2

19^th: Bethel University – Kyle Palmer, Estill Springs, Tenn., and John Coble Garrett, Union City, Tenn., five bass, 21-1

20^th: Calhoun Community College – Tanner Eaves and Nathan Wight, both of Elkmont, Ala., five bass, 20-12

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

The YETI FLW College Fishing event on Lake Guntersville presented by Bass Pro Shops was hosted by the Marshall County Convention and Visitors Bureau. It was the second of three regular-season qualifying tournaments for Southeastern Conference anglers. The next event for FLW College Fishing anglers will be the 2019 FLW College Fishing Open, March 12-13 at Kentucky Lake in Gilbertsville, Kentucky.

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.

Walter & Michael Hill Win Fishers of Men, Virginia East LKA March 2,2019 with 20.91 lbs

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Walter & Michael Hill Win Fishers of Men, Virginia East LKA March 2,2019 with 20.91 lbs

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3rd place Michael & Mark Heatwole with 14.25 lbs

Dennis Fox & Todd Lewis Win Region 4 Virginia Bass TBF on SML March 3,2019 with 21.06 lbs

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