Bryan Kirkpatrick & Eddie Fore Win CATT Kerr Feb 9,2019 with 20.33 lbs

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Bryan Kirkpatrick & Eddie Fore Win CATT Kerr Feb 9,2019 with 20.33 lbs

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2019 Academy Sports CATT Championship June 1-2 Kerr Lake!!!

$10,000.00 1st Place GUARANTEED! (1st Place in 2018 Took Home $25,000.00!)

New Nutbush Ramp – Kerr State Park!

A team or solo angler must fish 3 CATT events to Qualify!

You can get in your 3 events by fishing any CATT Fall 2018 and CATT Spring 2019!

The 3 events do not have to be in the same CATT Trail!

$200 Per Team Entry

Optional Platinum BONUS $100

Optional BONUS $50

Next Kerr Spring Qualifier is Feb 24 at Occoneechee 8 am to 4 pm!

Bryan Kirkpatrick & Eddie Fore brought in 5 Kerr bass weighing up at 20.33 lbs and took home $1,565.00!

2nd went Bryan Cotrell & Ellis Jones with 18.94 lbs and they weighed in the BF at 6.20 lb! $1,308.00!

3rd 18.63 lbs Charlie Reed & Dennie Gilbert

Ryan Reynolds & Kenny Reynolds 4th with 18.45 lbs!

	Big	Total
44 Team	Fish	Weight	Winnings	Points
Eddie Fore – Bryan Kirkpatrick	5.07	20.33	$1,565.00	110
Ellis Jones – Bryan Cotrell	6.20	18.94	$1,308.00	109
Charlie Reed – Dennie Gilbert	5.59	18.63	$560.00	108
Ryan Reynolds – Kenny Reynolds	5.43	18.45	$225.00	107
Scott Moser – Travs Owen	4.98	17.79	$160.00	106
Mark Nickles – Mike Nickles Jr	5.97	17.76	$232.00	105
Derrek Bowden – Matt Little	4.08	16.98	$110.00	104
Aaron Falwell – Steven Coleman	4.04	16.98	$100.00	103
Michael Carden – Mike Cox	4.25	16.91		102
Shawn Evans – Joey Scott	4.23	16.83		101
Alan White – Mike Vaughn	3.87	16.43		100
Ryan Roller – Gary Colwell	4.06	16.26		99
Craig Wright – Larry Freeman	0.00	15.70		98
Kevin Dawson – Joey Dawson	5.83	15.48		97
Terry Easter – Randy Waterman	5.73	15.26		96
Tyler Trent – Jacob Lloyd	4.73	15.20		95
Spencer Barrow – Robert Perkins	4.11	15.17		94
Brian Calloway – William Hubbard	3.51	14.68		93
Eddie Glascok – Billy Dunn	3.91	13.18		92
Kevin Cheatham – Johnny Wilder	0.00	13.13		91
Jason Houchins – Danny Houchins	3.31	12.95		90
Justin Dalton – James Joyner	3.87	12.88		89
Stump Bledsoe – Glenn Elliott	4.18	12.57		88
Brent Williams – Justin Dyson	0.00	11.98		87
Jay Fogleman – Tate Fogleman	0.00	11.39		86
Vinson Nettles – Mike Cole	2.59	11.32		85
Ben Dalton – Collin Bennett	3.42	10.98		84
Mike White – Dana Moore	0.00	8.26		83
Roger Clary – Justin Rhew	0.00	8.19		82
Frank Bowers – Mike Franklin	0.00	8.11		81
Kevin Alemon – Monte Alemon	0.00	7.06		80
Jimmy Henderson – David Bullock	3.50	5.37		79
Heath Pait – Donnie Davis	0.00	4.68		78
Billy Orr – John Parsons	2.76	4.45		77
Jesse Stanley – Danny Stanley	0.00	0.00		76
Gabriel Soto-Hernandez	0.00	0.00		76
Bobby Overby	0.00	0.00		76
Elvin Jennings -Cathy Eades	0.00	0.00		76
Phil Smith – Lonnie Whitfield	0.00	0.00		76
Clay Samples – Tyler Purcell	0.00	0.00		76
Brandon Rogers	0.00	0.00		76
Tim Thurman – Thomas Terrel	0.00	0.00		76
Joey Talbott – Michael Dean	0.00	0.00		76
Ray Emerson – Trip Emerson	0.00	0.00		76
Total Entrys			$3,520.00
BONUS $			$1,350.00
Total Paid At Ramp			$4,280.00
Kerr 2019 Spring Final Fund			$510.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund			$50.00
2019 Kerr Spring Final Fund Total			$510.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund Total			$2,755.00

MOUNT PARAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL WINS 2019 BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING LAKE SEMINOLE OPEN

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MOUNT PARAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL WINS 2019 BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING LAKE SEMINOLE OPEN

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BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (Feb. 11, 2019) – The Mount Paran Christian School duo of Lee Rose Koza and Carter Koza, both of Marietta, Georgia, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 23 pounds, 2 ounces to win the 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Lake Seminole Open.

A field of 42 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from the Bainbridge Earle May Boat Basin. The tournament was hosted by the Bainbridge Convention and 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 four teams on Lake Seminole that advanced to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship were:

1st: Mount Paran Christian School, Kennesaw, Ga. – Lee Rose Koza and Carter Koza, both of Marietta, Ga., five bass, 23-2

2nd: Marianna High School, Marianna, Fla. – Bowynn Brown, Walnut Grove, Miss., and Trey Stevens, Marianna, Fla., five bass, 18-2

3rd: CrossPointe Christian Academy, Williamson, Ga. – Addison Stahl, Griffin, Ga., and Levi Garrett, Brooks, Ga., five bass, 15-11

4th: Double Trouble Bass Team – Jackson Conley, Bainbridge, Ga., and Brunson Fain, Donalsonville, Ga., five bass, 15-5

Rounding out the top 10 were:

5th: Bainbridge High School, Bainbridge, Ga. – Hunter Davis and Gabe Dunaway, both of Bainbridge, Ga., five bass, 13-13

6th: Shelby County High School, Columbiana, Ala. – Ethan King, Wilsonville, Ala., and Tyler Cain, Bessemer, Ala., four bass, 13-6

7th: Bainbridge High School, Bainbridge, Ga. – Gunner Thomas and Brody Thomas, both of Bainbridge, Ga., five bass, 13-1

8th: Lake Norman High School, Mooresville, N.C. – Alexander Coggins and Jake Monti, both of Mooresville, N.C., five bass, 13-0

9th: Brookwood High School, Snellville, Ga. – Ben Sanders, Thomasville, Ga., and Levi Singletary, Cairo, Ga., five bass, 12-8

10th: Lawton Chiles High School, Tallahassee, Fla. – Ben Kuhn and Cole Merritt, both of Tallahassee, Fla., five bass, 12-8

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

The 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Lake Seminole 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.

UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE OPENER ON LAKE SEMINOLE

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UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE OPENER ON LAKE SEMINOLE

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BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (Feb. 11, 2019) – The University of Montevallo duo of Justin Barnes of Monroeville, Alabama, and Adam Carroll of Carrollton, Georgia, won the YETI FLW College Fishing event on Lake Seminole Saturday with a five-bass limit weighing 23 pounds, 1 ounce. The victory earned the Falcon’s bass club $2,000 and a slot in the 2020 FLW College Fishing National Championship.

“We put a lot of time in practicing for this tournament, and I truly believe that’s why we did so well,” said Carrollton, a sophomore majoring in marketing. “We spent two weekends here, plus the whole week before the tournament on the water checking the grass and we were able to find a couple of really good places. We spent our day rotating through three specific spots, just holes and cuts off the grass in Spring Creek.”

The duo estimated that they caught at least 30 fish throughout the day, all between 3 and 5 pounds. All of their fish came on vibrating jigs, with either a Big Bite Baits Cane Thumper (clear) or a Big Bite Baits Swimming Craw (black and blue) as a trailer.

“The fish were really grouped up in the hydrilla,” said Barnes, a junior also majoring in marketing. “We were both using 7’1” FX Xtreme Anglers Series medium-heavy rods, and that was crucial. It had the perfect amount of tip to feel the bite but was still able to rip them out of the grass. We caught 30 keepers – all good ones – and we never lost one fish, all day long.”

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

1^st: University of Montevallo – Justin Barnes, Monroeville, Ala., and Adam Carroll, Carrollton, Ga., five bass, 23-1, $2,000

2^nd: Shelton State Community College – Will Delaney, Duncanville, Ala., and Hunter Porter, Tuscaloosa, Ala., five bass, 21-5, $1,000

3^rd: Florida State University – Garret Sanders, Woodstock, Ga., and Owen Kuhn, Tallahassee, Fla., five bass, 20-8, $500

4^th: Snead State Community College – John-Dalton Miller, Albertville, Ala., and Jackson Gillaspie, Boaz, Ala., four bass, 19-13, $500

5^th: Bethel University – Garrett Enders, Mifflinburg, Pa., and Cody Huff, Ava, Mo., five bass, 19-11, $900

6^th: Bryan College – Conner DiMauro, Longwood, Fla., and Cole Sands, Calhoun, Tenn., five bass, 19-2, $200

7^th: University of Montevallo – Kade Holcomb and Kopeland Rosser, Helena, Ala., five bass, 19-0

8^th: Mississippi State University – Boone Faulkner, New Albany, Miss., and Nikolas Beckstein, Vancleave, Miss., five bass, 18-13

9^th: University of North Alabama – Hunter McCarty, Dora, Ala., and Sloan Pennington, Childersburg, Ala., five bass, 18-8

10^th: Brewton-Parker College – Noah Ziadie, Covington, Ga., and Reese Kingston, Villa Rica, Ga., five bass, 18-6, $200

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

The YETI FLW College Fishing event on Lake Seminole was hosted by the Bainbridge Convention and Visitors Bureau. It was the first of three regular-season qualifying tournament for Southeastern Conference anglers and the first YETI FLW College Fishing event of 2019. The next event for FLW College Fishing anglers will be the Southern Conference opener, Feb. 22 at Sam Rayburn Reservoir in Zavalla, Texas.

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, YouTube and Snapchat.

EASLEY’S ANDERS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE SAVANNAH RIVER DIVISION OPENER ON LAKE KEOWEE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

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EASLEY’S ANDERS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE SAVANNAH RIVER DIVISION OPENER ON LAKE KEOWEE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Hiawassee’s McClure Wins Co-angler Division

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SENECA, S.C. (Feb. 11, 2019) – Boater Joe Anders of Easley, South Carolina, caught a five-bass limit Saturday weighing 14 pounds, 11 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Savannah River division event on Lake Keowee presented by Navionics. Anders earned $4,164 for his efforts.

“I caught the majority of my fish in the mid-lake area, feeding on shad,” said Anders, who also had a tournament win as a co-angler at the FLW Tour at Lake Lanier last season. ”I’ve fished Keowee as much as anybody, and this year the water never got as cold as it usually does. So the fish weren’t deep, they were already in more of a prespawn mode. Feeding on shad instead of the crawfish like normal.”

Anders said that most of his fish came on an EverGreen JT 95 topwater bait in his mid-lake areas, but he also caught a couple of key fish skipping docks in 40 feet-of-water with a bait fish-colored Zoom Swimmin’ Super Fluke Jr. along with a late-day keeper on a drop-shot rig.

“I only caught around 10 keepers, and I really struggled the last 3 to 4 hours of the tournament,” Ander said. “I caught my last one late in the day drop-shotting a 6-inch, straight-tail Roboworm, 35-feet-deep, and was able to cull up 4 ounces. I ended up winning by 3 ounces, so that fish was the difference maker.

“The key for me was not fishing history, and sticking to the pattern that I figured out in practice,” Anders went on to say. “They were not anywhere that I normally catch them on this time of year. I’m also fishing well and still rolling from the momentum of my co-angler win at the FLW Tour event last March at Lake Lanier. I’ve got a great support group around me and I’m in a really great place in my life. I can’t wait to get back out there.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Joe Anders, Easley, S.C., five bass, 14-11, $4,164

2^nd: Shane Peck, Gainesville, Ga., five bass, 14-8, $1,857

3^rd: Jerry Morgan, Inman, S.C., five bass, 14-2, $1,172

4^th: Ronnie Wald, Seneca, S.C., five bass, 14-1, $820

5^th: Vince Smith, Westminster, S.C., five bass, 13-6, $703

6^th: Edwin Pabon, Toccoa, Ga., five bass, 12-14, $644

7^th: Michael Mengeling, Cumming, Ga., five bass, 12-12, $586

8^th: Todd Goade, Suwanee, Ga., five bass, 12-9, $798

9^th: Marcus Church, Seneca, S.C., five bass, 12-9, $498

10^th: Mark Gibson, Seneca, S.C., five bass, 12-7, $410

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Anders’ big fish of the day was a 6-pound, 3-ounce largemouth bass, which also was the tournament’s biggest bass of the day and earned Anders the Boater Big Bass award of $450.

Nathan McClure of Hiawassee, Georgia, won the Co-angler Division and $1,957 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 12 pounds, 7 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Nathan McClure, Hiawassee, Ga., five bass, 12-7, $1,957

2^nd: Chris Wilson, Easley, S.C., five bass, 11-8, $879

3^rd: Charles Ellington, Cumming, Ga., five bass, 11-7, $585

4^th: James South, Gainesville, Ga., five bass, 11-5, $430

4^th: Donnie Davis, Greer, S.C., five bass, 11-5, $430

6^th: Vern Schmucker, Westminster, S.C., five bass, 9-14, $322

7^th: Darren Jeter, Marshall, N.C., five bass, 9-3, $293

8^th: Tucker Souther, Brevard, N.C., four bass, 9-0, $264

9^th: Joseph Thomasson, Columbia, S.C., five bass, 8-14, $234

10^th: Westley Denny, Westminster, S.C., five bass, 8-8, $205

Nathaniel Moore of Fairview, North Carolina, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 3 pounds, 9 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $225.

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.

Chad & Elliot Pilson Win Catt SML with 23.14lb Feb 10th 2019

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Chad & Elliot Pilson Win Catt SML with 23.14lb Feb 10th 2019

on a cold wet day in February 24 teams braved the weather to fish the first cat event of 2019. Congratulations go out to the winners Chad & Elliot Pilson who found one heck of a bag of fish. The men are a force to reckon with in 2019.

Brian Scott & Brad Beatson win CATT Santee Cooper with 27.39 lbs Feb 11th 2019

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Brian Scott & Brad Beatson win CATT Santee Cooper with 27.39 lbs Feb 11th 2019

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Next Santee Cooper CATT is Feb 16th at John C Land!

The fishing is great at Santee Cooper and will only get better in the next couple of months! Come on down! ya never know how big she will be when you feel that tug!

Brian Scott & Brad Beatson win with 27.39 lbs and weigh the BF at 7.91 lbs! $1,164.00!

2nd Place Gary Elsey & Mark Hutson 26.25 lbs!

3rd Alex Dempsey with 26.13 lbs!

Robert Clarke 4th with 24.07 lbs!

Davy Goodman & Joshua Brogden 5th Place 22.85 lbs!

Patrick Williams with a 7 pounder!

Brian Peagler & Elvis Peagler

	Big	Total	Total
27 Teams	Fish	Weight	Winnings	Points
Brian Scott – Brad Beatson	7.91	27.39	$1,164.00	110
Gary Elsey – Mark Hutson	7.60	26.25	$431.00	109
Alex Dempsey	7.38	26.13	$225.00	108
Robert Clarke	6.06	24.07	$125.00	107
Joshua Brogden – Davy Goodman	0.00	22.85	$100.00	106
Bucky DeBerry	6.58	20.52		105
Chris Scott – Michael Barkley	5.94	19.99		104
Billy McIntosh – Rick McLean	7.91	19.87		103
Patrick Williams	7.49	19.83		102
Don Pendarvis – Bobby Gibbs	5.69	18.62		101
Horace Scott – Justin Cromer	6.27	17.72		100
Elvis Peagler – Brian Peagler	4.74	16.16		99
Casey Warren – Nick Gant	0.00	15.30		98
John Wilson – Cody Armstrong	0.00	14.85		97
Randall Miller – Mac Altman	5.96	14.76		96
James Gibbons – Bucky Black	0.00	14.48		95
Cody Brusnon – Chris Dowey	5.47	14.30		94
Brett Mitchell	0.00	13.83		93
Wesley Bilton – Cary Bilton	0.00	13.41		92
John Miller – John Miller II	0.00	11.86		91
Denny Stacey – Fisher Hartman	0.00	8.03		90
Max Terry – Emmett McCauley	0.00	6.19		89
Bo Chappell	4.88	4.88		88
Sean Lewis – Kevin Kane	0.00	0.00		87
Jamie Partee – Donnie McCord	0.00	0.00		87
Van Smith – Jason Smith	0.00	0.00		87
David Waldrop – Nick McPherson	0.00	0.00		87
Total Entrys			$2,160.00
BONUS $			$425.00
Total Paid At Ramp			$2,045.00
Santee Cooper 2019 Spring Final Fund			$460.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund			$50.00
2019 Santee Cooper Spring Final Fund Total			$460.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund Total			$2,705.00

Scott Hamrick & Roger Hoover Win CATT Lake Norman Feb 9,2019

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Scott Hamrick & Roger Hoover Win CATT Lake Norman Feb 9,2019

Tournament Results Lake Norman Feb 9, 2019 Hoover & Hamrick Start 2019 With Another Win!

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Next CATT Lake Norman Qualifier is March 2nd at Pinnacle!

25 teams endured the cold and weighed in some nice sacks at Lake Norman! Scott Hamrick & Roger Hoover picked up where they left off in 2018….winning! They brought in 5 bass weighing 15.57 lbs and took home $550.00 plus $425.00 BONUS $ Total $975.00!

2nd went to Joey Sabbagha & Rodney Bell with 5 weighing 15.48 lbs!

3rd went to Lucas Helms & Rodney Toler 15.13 and BF 5.20 lbs!

	Big	Total	Total
25 Teams	Fish	Weight	Winnings	Points
Scott Hamrick – Roger Hoover	4.06	15.57	$975.00	110
Joey Sabbagha – Rodney Bell	0.00	15.48	$300.00	109
Lucas Helms – Rodney Toler	5.20	15.13	$375.00	108
Kelly Logan – Jason Wilson	4.87	15.07	$185.00	107
Tim Chapman – Mike Stephens	4.02	13.96	$100.00	106
Steven Jacobs – KC Choosakul	4.84	13.21		105
Shane Sharpe – Mitchell Sharpe	0.00	13.08		104
Scott Beattie – Dwight Beattie	3.64	13.01		103
Alan Whitaker – John Miller	4.35	12.86		102
Danny & Lionel Mason	4.53	11.82		101
Steve Addington	3.00	11.77		100
Derik Cummings	2.98	10.85		99
Bryan Welch – Mark Inman	0.00	10.83		98
Todd Farris – Brent Kokewski	0.00	9.00		97
Keith Westrick – Terry Pittman	2.79	8.71		96
Ronnie & Jason McCoy	0.00	8.53		95
Dale Phillips	2.57	7.67		94
Kevin Franklin – Curtis Lail	0.00	5.83		93
Chris Graham – Ricky Byrd	0.00	0.00		92
Jason Eaker – Mike Seawright	0.00	0.00		92
Shawn Shaw	0.00	0.00		92
John Parker	0.00	0.00		92
Todd & Hadden Hammond	0.00	0.00		92
Keith Speece	0.00	0.00		92
Joel Marcotte	0.00	0.00		92
Total Entrys			$2,000.00
BONUS $			$425.00
Total Paid At Ramp			$1,935.00
Norman Spring 2019 Final Fund			$410.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund			$50.00
2019 Norman Spring Final Fund Total			$410.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund Total			$2,655.00

Scott Williams & Robbie English Win CATT Lake Wateree Open Feb 9,2019

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Scott Williams & Robbie English Win CATT Lake Wateree Open Feb 9,2019

CATT Lake Wateree Open Results Feb 9, 2019 Williams & English Take the 1st Open with 19.19 lbs!

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The Next Wateree Open is Feb 23rd at Clearwater $100 entry Optional $25 Side Pot!

Must enter 6 Opens to be eligible to enter the Open Final

Enter 10 Opens and fish the Open Final Free

Safe Daylight – Weigh in Determined at Ramp

$100 Entry Optional $25 side pot at each event!

Lews Product awarded at Final!

1^st Points Fish 2020 Wateree Opens Free

2^nd Points $550 3^rd Points $350

4^th Points $250 5^th Points $200

6^th Points $150

A cold and windy day made for some tough fishing but a few of the teams figured em out! Wateree bass look to be fat and happy! Water temp was as high as 53 in some creeks and bait fish are in huge balls. If you’re a Striper fisherman as well as a bass fisherman you can have some great days on Wateree chasing Stripers in the next couple of weeks!

Scott Williams & Robbie English win the 1st 2019 Wateree Open with 5 bass weighing 19.19 lbs! $600.00 1st Place & $475.00 BONUS $ $1,075.00 Total!

2nd went to Shane Cantley & Michael Richardson with 18.00 lbs!

Ronnie Craps & Scott Peavy took 3rd with 17.94 lbs!

4th Jared Upchurch & Jason Byrd 15.33 lbs!

5th Rob Blackmon & Matt Nettles

1st BF David Land David F Canupp 5.84 lbs!

2nd BF Ella Keltner & Jacob Norris 5.73 lbs!

	Big	Total	Total
22 Teams	Fish	Weight	Winnings	Points
Scott Williams – Robbie English	5.01	19.19	$1,075.00	110
Shane Cantley – Michael Richardson	5.20	18.00	$330.00	109
Scott Peavy – Ronnie Crapps	4.43	17.94	$175.00	108
Jared Upchurch – Jason Byrd	4.02	15.33	$130.00	107
Matt Nettles – Rob Blackmon	4.63	13.63		106
Jacob Norris – Ella Keltner	5.73	13.18	$63.00	105
Craig Haven – Paul Haven	3.90	12.78		104
Sam Dowey – Tommy Moak	0.00	10.53		103
Butch Williams – Sonny Beam	0.00	10.48		102
Alan Fletcher – Donald Hinson **	3.11	7.32		101
Chase Mount – Caden Bramlett	3.25	6.10		100
David Canupp & David Canupp	5.84	5.84	$147.00	99
Scott Floyd – Greg Corvin	3.38	3.38		98
Brad Petway – Brett Collins	0.00	0.00		97
Hunter Williams – Dylon Cox	0.00	0.00		97
Chad Gainey – Mack Kitchens	0.00	0.00		97
Max Price – Brent Neal	0.00	0.00		97
Thomas Richmond	0.00	0.00		97
Jeff Reynolds – Scott Robinson	0.00	0.00		97
Jerry Freezon – Kareem White	0.00	0.00		97
Jason Bateman – Steve Phillips	0.00	0.00		97
Jimmy McFarland – Calvin Griggs	0.00	0.00		97
2019 Wateree Open Final Fund			$315.00
2019 Wateree Open Final Fund Total			$315.00
2019 Wateree Open Point Fund			$100.00
**2018 Point Winners Free Entry
2019 Pt Winners Receive Free Entry 2019
Teams 2-6 In Points Receive $$

Clunn Repeats His Magic Winning Power-Pole Bassmaster Elite At St. Johns River

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Clunn Repeats His Magic Winning Power-Pole Bassmaster Elite At St. Johns River

Rick Clunn repeats at Power-Pole Bassmaster Elite At St. Johns River with a four-day total of 98 pounds, 14 ounces.

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Feb. 10, 2019

Clunn Repeats His Magic Winning Power-Pole Bassmaster Elite At St. Johns River

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PALATKA, Fla — After becoming the oldest angler ever to win a Bassmaster Elite Series event in 2016 on the St. Johns River, Rick Clunn provided what has become one of the most famous quotes in professional bass fishing history when he said, “Never accept that all of your best moments are in your past.”

On Sunday, he walked it like he talks it.

Clunn, who turned 72 in July, broke his own record for agelessness, winning the Power-Pole Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River with a four-day total of 98 pounds, 14 ounces. His amazing week was punctuated on Championship Sunday with a tournament-best limit of five bass that weighed 34-14.

It was the 16th career victory for Clunn, whose $100,000 first-place paycheck put him over $2.5 million in career earnings with B.A.S.S.

“I think this just reinforces what I said after I won here in 2016,” Clunn said. “A long time ago, I stopped paying attention to timelines. The terrible twos, the ugly teens, the midlife crisis, retirement time — I don’t pay any attention to any of that.

“If you listen to everybody else, you’ll get premature notions about who you really are.”

This week, there was no doubt about it. He was “Rick Clunn: Legend.”

The Ava, Mo., angler started modestly with a limit of 17-5 on Day 1. But he inched his way up the standings with 23-11 on Day 2 and then caught 23-0 on Day 3 to make Sunday’s Top 10 cut in eighth place with a three-day total of 64-0.

He joked after Saturday’s semifinal weigh-in that he might need a 10-pounder and a 12-pounder on Sunday to have any chance of winning. While he didn’t quite make those marks, he came close by weighing in two fish over 9 pounds, including a 9-14 that ranked as the biggest bass of the day.

His three key baits all week were a big lipless crankbait from Luck-E-Strike called a Hail Mary, a 3/4-ounce Luck-E-Strike Trickster Spinnerbait with a shellcracker-colored skirt and a Texas-rigged gatortail worm.

“I thought the bream pattern was important for the spinnerbait this week,” Clunn said. “The bass are bedding here, and I know how much the bass really don’t like the bream around their beds.”

The spinnerbait bite improved steadily throughout the week, thanks to a cold front that brought wind and cloud cover to the region. After catching bass on the deeper ends of boat docks in practice, Clunn said the fish had moved so shallow they were under the walkways of the docks by the weekend — and that made for a perfect spinnerbait situation.

In the event that he missed a strike on the spinnerbait, he would follow up quickly with the worm. That was the key to landing his biggest bass Sunday.

“That’s what won it for me today,” he said. “Early in the day, they were eating that spinnerbait really well. I caught a 6 1/2 on it and another one about 4. But then in the middle of the day, I missed three fish on it — and I could tell the third one was a really nice fish.

“I went back with the worm, and it was the 9-14.”

Even with all that he’s accomplished, Clunn admitted the two giant bass on Sunday got his blood pumping.

“I swung every fish into the boat today except those two 9s,” he said. “When you have to sit there and think about all of the possibilities and it takes forever to get them in the boat…it gets your heart moving.”

The two anglers closest in the standings to Clunn were first-year Canadian pro Chris Johnston with 95-2 and veteran Kentucky pro Mark Menendez with 95-1. Johnston said it was an honor to share the stage with Clunn.

“To lose to somebody that you watched fishing for the past 20 years — just to be on the same stage with him — it’s a privilege,” Johnston said. “If I was gonna see anyone else win, I would want it would be Rick. He earned it. He deserves it. He put his time in.

“I can’t complain about second place at my first event.”

Clunn said the question of when he’ll finally give up fishing is “a dirty question.” He’s looking forward to next week’s Toyota Bassmaster Elite at Lake Lanier in Georgia and has no plans of slowing down anytime soon.

“A lot of stuff off the water is old to me,” Clunn said. “But when I go on the water, it’s brand new, just like it was when I started. I love it just as much as I ever have.

“It’s an incredible thing to go out every single day and know that you’ve gotta figure them out. This amazing study of natural rhythms and how all things are connected — I can’t see myself ever getting tired of that.”

During a tournament when giant fish were weighed in all four days, the Phoenix Boats Big Bass of the week was caught during Thursday’s opening round. The honor went to Virginia pro John Crews for the 11-2 largemouth he caught on Day 1.

Rookie pro and former college fishing champion Patrick Walters of South Carolina was fourth with 91-14, and Crews was fifth with 89-11.

The Elite anglers hit the St. Johns River fishery at its peak. The 75 anglers caught 158 five-bass limits and weighed in 893 bass totaling 2,927 pounds, 8 ounces of bass. With an average weight of 3 1/4 pounds and the largest weigh-in crowds in the history of St. Johns Bassmaster tournaments, the event more than lived up to the theme of the 2019 Elite Series: “Big Bass. Big Stage. Big Dreams.”

2019 2019 Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River 2/7-2/10
St. Johns River, Palatka  FL.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 4

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

1.  Rick Clunn             Ava, MO                 20  98-14  100 $101,000.00
  Day 1: 5   17-05     Day 2: 5   23-11     Day 3: 5   23-00     Day 4: 5   34-14
2.  Chris Johnston         Peterborough Ontario CA 20  95-02   99  $25,000.00
  Day 1: 5   21-05     Day 2: 5   25-11     Day 3: 5   28-13     Day 4: 5   19-05
3.  Mark Menendez          Paducah, KY             20  95-01   98  $20,000.00
  Day 1: 5   24-08     Day 2: 5   21-06     Day 3: 5   23-07     Day 4: 5   25-12
4.  Patrick Walters        Summerville, SC         20  91-14   97  $15,500.00
  Day 1: 5   13-15     Day 2: 5   23-07     Day 3: 5   32-15     Day 4: 5   21-09
5.  John Crews Jr          Salem, VA               20  89-11   96  $16,500.00
  Day 1: 5   24-13     Day 2: 5   15-15     Day 3: 5   17-14     Day 4: 5   31-01
6.  Lee Livesay            Longview, TX            20  88-10   95  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   19-12     Day 2: 5   26-06     Day 3: 5   21-15     Day 4: 5   20-09
7.  Clifford Pirch         Payson, AZ              20  88-01   94  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 5   20-05     Day 3: 5   34-09     Day 4: 5   19-08
8.  Cory Johnston          Cavan CANADA            20  85-06   93  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   21-01     Day 2: 5   19-15     Day 3: 5   27-13     Day 4: 5   16-09
9.  Scott Canterbury       Odenville, AL           20  80-12   92  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   10-03     Day 2: 5   25-12     Day 3: 5   30-04     Day 4: 5   14-09
10. Robbie Latuso          Gonzales, LA            17  69-00   91  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   25-02     Day 2: 5   13-15     Day 3: 5   24-10     Day 4: 2   05-05
PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
     John Crews Jr            Salem, VA           11-02      $1,500.00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
 1        57       333      1008-14
 2        64       353      1094-03
 3        28       160       615-06
 4         9        47       209-01
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         158       893      2927-08

GEORGIA’S GROSS WINS FLW TOUR AT LAKE TOHO PRESENTED BY RANGER BOATS

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GEORGIA’S GROSS WINS FLW TOUR AT LAKE TOHO PRESENTED BY RANGER BOATS

Chickamauga’s Buddy Gross Milks Key Area on Lake Toho to Earn Second Career FLW Tour Victory, $100,000

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KISSIMMEE, Fla. (Feb. 10, 2019) – Pro Buddy Gross of Chickamauga, Georgia, brought a five-bass limit weighing 23 pounds, 12 ounces, to the scale Sunday to win the FLW Tour at Lake Toho presented by Ranger Boats. Gross’ four-day total of 20 bass weighing 85-12 earned him the victory by a 4-pound, 10-ounce margin over second-place pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, and the $100,000 first-place prize.

“I’m ecstatic. It has been an awesome, awesome journey. To beat the competition that we have – it’s unbelievable,” said Gross, who earned his second career FLW Tour victory. “I came into this event just wanting to cash a check. When I made the top 30, I just wanted stay in the top 10. All I wanted to do was finish strong.

“I got the majority of my weight early today – I’m guessing I had 18 or 19 pounds by 9 (a.m.) and after that it was a grind,” continued Gross. “I worked a long time between bites, but I upgraded two more times – maybe three – at my spot. I can’t believe this place that I caught these fish at held up – I really believe the Lord just blessed me.”

The spot Gross is referring to was on the main span of Lake Toho, just north of the lock at the lake’s southern end. It was his most productive area throughout the event, producing 19 of his 20 fish. He described it as a “pocket” in the grass line that was 30 feet wide and 50 feet in, but that didn’t break through to the other side.

“It was special because it had two ditches with clumps in the middle, and the fish were sitting in the clumps,” said Gross. “There were 20-foot gaps between each clump, and they’d set up in them [the clumps]. The first day I caught them, it was in the ditch, but after that, everything was on the clumps.”

Though Gross described the area as having two ditches, he said the “ditches” weren’t any deeper than the surrounding area. They were just open lanes with no grass. The entire spot was about 7 feet deep.

Gross primarily used a 5- or 6-inch, natural-light-colored Scottsboro Tackle Co. Swimbait on an 8/0-sized Owner Beast Flashy Swimmer and a ½-ounce white custom swimjig with a 4-inch Scottsboro Tackle swimbait trailer of the same color. The same swimjig with a black-and-blue skirt and a green-pumpkin Zoom Z-Craw trailer also came into play. For line, he used 50-pound-test braid on a Daiwa Tatula SV reel. He fished the swimbait on a 7-foot, 3-inch Fitzgerald Rods All Purpose Series extra-heavy rod, but switched to a heavy-action rod of the same length and series for the swim jig.

The top 10 pros on Lake Toho finished:

1^st: Buddy Gross, Chickamauga, Ga., 20 bass, 85-12, $102,700

2^nd: John Cox, DeBary, Fla., 20 bass, 81-2, $30,600

3^rd: Darrell Davis, Dover, Fla., 20 bass, 78-7, $25,000

4^th: Tommy Dickerson, Orange, Texas, 20 bass, 76-14, $20,000

5^th: Josh Douglas, Isle, Minn., 20 bass, 72-8, $19,000

6^th: Wade Strelic, Alpine, Calif., 20 bass, 71-4, $18,000

7^th: Joseph Webster, Winfield, Ala., 20 bass, 66-0, $17,000

8^th: Scott Martin, Clewiston, Fla., 20 bass, 65-10, $16,000

9^th: Aaron Britt, Yuba City, Calif., 19 bass, 64-7, $15,000

10^th: Nitro pro Tyler Woolcott, Port Orange, Fla., 20 bass, 64-3, $14,000

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

Overall there were 49 bass weighing 157 pounds, 9 ounces caught by pros Sunday. Of the final 10 pros, nine caught five-bass limits.

Television coverage of the FLW Tour at Lake Toho presented by Ranger Boats will premiere in 2019. The exact air-date will be announced soon. The Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show airs each Saturday night at 7 p.m. EST and is broadcast to more than 63 million cable, satellite and telecommunications households in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean on the World Fishing Network (WFN), the leading entertainment destination and digital resource for anglers throughout North America. FLW television is also distributed internationally to FLW partner countries, including Canada, China, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.

The total purse for the FLW Tour at Lake Toho presented by Ranger Boats was more than $860,000, including $9,000 through 65th place in the Pro Division. The tournament was hosted by Experience Kissimmee and the Kissimmee Sports Commission. The next event for FLW Tour anglers will be the FLW Tour at Lake Seminole presented by Costa, in Bainbridge, Georgia, March 7-10. The tournament will be hosted by the Bainbridge Convention & Visitors Bureau.

In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 170 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continued competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

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

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