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LAKE SEMINOLE READIES FOR WEEKEND OF FLW YOUTH BASS-FISHING TOURNAMENTS

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LAKE SEMINOLE READIES FOR WEEKEND OF FLW YOUTH BASS-FISHING TOURNAMENTS

LAKE SEMINOLE READIES FOR WEEKEND OF FLW YOUTH BASS-FISHING TOURNAMENTS

YETI FLW College Fishing tournament set for Friday, Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Open tournament to follow Saturday

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BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (Jan. 29, 2019) – Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) is set to visit the Bainbridge area next week, Feb. 8-9, with the YETI FLW College Fishing event at Lake Seminole and the Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Open at Lake Seminole. The tournaments, hosted by the Bainbridge Convention and Visitors Bureau, will showcase some of the top young anglers from across the region competing for cash and prizes and angling for their chance to advance to the FLW College Fishing National Championship and High School Fishing National Championship events.

“This is going to be a fun weekend of fishing,” said local angler Clint Brown of Bainbridge, who has a win and a third-place finish on Lake Seminole in FLW Series competition. “I predict that at least one team catches a limit over 25 pounds, and I’d be willing to bet that they’re going to need at least 20 (pounds) to be in the top 5. It’s fixing to get really good, and if the weather holds up, the kids are going to really catch them.”

Brown said that he expects the bass will still be in their prespawn patterns, but suggested that the anglers target the likely staging areas.

“The fish are ready to start spawning, but we’ve had some cold weather and the rivers are all pretty muddy,” Brown said. “My best advice would be to fish nearby to bedding areas. It’s a wide range, but any deep water – 10 feet or less – close to bedding areas. They’re going to be biting lipless crankbaits and vibrating jigs. I’d be throwing a Buddha Baits Swagger Jig around deeper hydrilla – black and blue or shad colors. Something that can get a reaction bite from them.

“The key will be figuring out how to catch the suspended bass,” Brown went on to say. “The winning fish like to suspend around the grass, but they can be very tough to bite. You can throw at them 8, 10 casts in a row and they won’t move. The key is going to be finding the right bait to get those fish to fire. If a team can find the right school, they can fill the boat real quick.”

The college anglers will kick off competition on Friday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 a.m. EST at the Bainbridge Earle May Boat Basin, located at 100 Boat Basin Circle in Bainbridge. The weigh-in will be held at the boat basin Friday at 3 p.m. The high school anglers will then compete on Saturday, launching at 7:30 a.m. from the boat basin and weighing in at 3 p.m. All takeoffs and weigh-ins are free to attend and open to the public, and will be streamed live online at FLWFishing.com.

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.

The Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Open tournaments are free, two-person (team) events for students in grades 7-12 and open to any FLW and Student Angler Federation-affiliated high school clubs. The top 10 percent of teams at each Open event along with the TBF High School Fishing state championships will advance to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship on Pickwick Lake in June. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow YETI FLW College Fishing and the Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Opens at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

Major League Fishing’s Bass Pro Tour Post-Game Show to Kick Off in Kissimmee

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Major League Fishing’s Bass Pro Tour Post-Game Show to Kick Off in Kissimmee
MLF broadcaster Steven “Lurch” Scott (left), shown here with MLF pro angler Greg Hackney, will emcee the league’s new MLF Bass Pro Tour Post-Game Show that kicks off with this week’s event opener in Kissimmee, Florida.
Major League Fishing’s Bass Pro Tour Post-Game Show  
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. (Jan. 28, 2019) – When the first day of Major League Fishing’s (MLF) new Bass Pro Tour concludes, the all-new Bass Pro Tour Post-Game Show presented by Berkley will begin when MLF’s Aly Atkins and Steven “Lurch” Scott recap the day’s activity live from the set with an interactive show featuring all 40 of the day’s anglers.
The Bass Pro Tour’s inaugural event, which kicks off tomorrow, January 29, on Florida’s Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, will begin with a ceremonial first cast at 7 a.m. ET, and wrap up with the all new post-game show featuring a drive-through interview with anglers using their boats and rigs as the stage.
“It has been 20 years since I first picked up a microphone to inform and entertain a live audience,” Scott said. “There’s something special about a crowd feeding off your energy as you feed off theirs, and in the process the fans feel personally connected to the superstars. It’s what I live for.”
Whether fans attend in person or tune in to watch the coverage via MLF NOW!, the free live stream available on the all-new MajorLeagueFishing.com, they will be treated to a daily recap from Atkins and Scott as they interview each of the anglers that competed on the water that day. The show will begin at 5 p.m. ET and air for approximately two hours.
“We are unbelievably excited to have Steven Scott in this role as MC because his personality is built for live performance. He’s an incredible showman and for the first time he’s going to be able to do what he really loves and interact with both anglers and fans,” said Randy White, MLF’s Vice President for Broadcast Production.
Although the live stream will be available beginning at 10 a.m. ET each competition day and will bring fans on-the-water action, the ultimate fan experience will come to those able to attend the MLF Post-Game Show on location.
MLF uses a catch-weigh-immediate-release format on the water, so the closing event will be full of how-they-caught-them information and behind the scenes access to the pros like the public has never seen before in a professional fishing livestream.
The post-game activities start with a literal parade consisting of each angler’s tow vehicle and boat. The final 10 to come through will be the Top 10 anglers of the day, in order, and their boats will become the stages for each interview.
Scott will emcee the event each day, bringing his vast knowledge of the anglers and the tournament format from his years with the league.
As the anglers talk about the day, jumbo screens will show photos and video from on-the-water to support the in-depth news being shared.
MLF’s Aly Atkins will be reporting from behind the scenes during MLF’s Bass Pro Tour Post-Game Show, interviewing MLF pro anglers in line as they stage and prepare for entry. (Click to enlarge/download)
Atkins will be positioned behind the scenes, where the anglers are staging and prepping before entry. Many MLF fans will likely recognize Atkins from her MLF news coverage, and some might catch her married name change from Akers to Atkins. She, too, has a knack for getting anglers to tell it like it is.
“I’m thrilled to be able to continue to show fans the behind the scenes elements that make major league Fishing so unique,” said Atkins. “Fans are going to have a level of access they’ve never seen before and see the anglers in an entirely new light.”
The public is also invited to attend the Bass Pro Tour Midway each day of the competition, featuring a long list of activities ranging from boat demo rides to sponsors’ interactive product demonstrations. The location of the MLF Midway is the Lake Toho Marina – 69 Lakeview Drive, Kissimmee. Midway hours are 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. daily with the majority of activations taking place over the weekend.
For more information about the MLF Bass Pro Tour schedule of activities, visit www.majorleaguefishing.com.

B.A.S.S. Airs Week Of Programming To Preview 2019 Elite Series

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B.A.S.S. Airs Week Of Programming To Preview 2019 Elite Series
Members of the Dream Team of tournament broadcast coverage (from left), Dave Mercer, Tommy Sanders, Mark Zona and Davy Hite, host a week of programming previewing the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series. 

Photo by B.A.S.S.

 

Jan. 28, 2019

 

B.A.S.S. Airs Week Of Programming To Preview 2019 Elite Series

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Fishing fans who just can’t wait for the official kickoff of the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series Feb. 7 on the St. Johns River, Florida, can get a sneak preview of the fishing action during a special “Bassmaster LIVE Preview Week” on Bassmaster.com every day through Friday.

“Since we introduced live-streamed, on-the-water tournament coverage to the world in 2015, bass fishing fans have clamored for more,” said Mike McKinnis, vice president of media content for JM Associates and producer of Bassmaster LIVE and The Bassmasters TV show. “We are expanding LIVE coverage from 18 to 24 hours for each Elite event this season, and we’re adding more cameras to cover more anglers.

“We think fans will appreciate getting a taste of what’s in store for them this year through this
week-long push of LIVE and pre-produced content served on all B.A.S.S. social and digital media outlets.”

The special programming is designed to entertain and educate fans and will be anchored by the Dream Team of tournament broadcast coverage — Tommy Sanders, Mark Zona, Davy Hite, Dave Mercer, Ronnie Moore and Mike Suchan — along with a host of players from the Toyota Bassmaster Studios and from throughout the country.

The special programming kicks off today with the “2019 Bassmaster Elite Series Preview,” a one-hour studio show featuring video and special reports on each of the nine regular-season Elite tournaments, including video, graphics and interviews with Elite Series anglers. Long-time B.A.S.S. members will want to tune in for a special guest appearance by Bob Cobb, the former editor of Bassmaster Magazine and founding producer of The Bassmasters.

The parade of big-bass lakes begins with Elite No. 1 on the St. Johns River at Palatka, Fla., Feb. 7-10, and continues the following week with a visit to Gwinnett, Ga., and Lake Lanier, renowned for its big spotted bass.

The season takes a break for the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods in Knoxville, Tenn., March 15-17, and the Classic is the focus of Tuesday’s preview show, airing on Bassmaster.com at 11 a.m. ET. The program incorporates historical footage of memorable Classics, along with video of Knoxville and the Tennessee River fishery, plus interviews with some of the 52 Classic contenders.

Fans of Fantasy Fishing will want to tune in to Wednesday’s show, “Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing 2019 — Meet the Pros,” debuting at 11 a.m. ET. With a number of rookies and other newcomers this year, the field will be harder to handicap without insights from the Bassmaster LIVE crew and other experts.

Registration for Fantasy Fishing is now open on Bassmaster.com. The top scorer of each Elite event will earn a $2,500 gift card to Bass Pro Shops, and the overall winner will receive a fully rigged Triton/Yamaha boat-and-motor combo valued at more than $35,000.

Thursday features a fun-filled competition, the “B.A.S.S. Brawl,” during which Zona and Hite are paired with Elite anglers Drew Benton and Drew Cook for a four-hour live-stream team competition on Bassmaster LIVE. The show will be streamed from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET and will be hosted from the Toyota Bassmaster Studios.

And on Friday, “Zona LIVE” presents a fun-filled fishing trip with Zona and Benton as they cut up on the water and preview the upcoming Elite No. 1 on the St. Johns River. “Zona LIVE” is a spinoff of the hugely popular Zona’s Awesome Fishing Show on the Outdoor Channel.

“We’ve adopted the theme — ‘Big Bass. Big Stage. Big Dreams.’ — for our 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series season,” noted Bruce Akin, B.A.S.S. CEO. “Fans who tune in for our special ‘Bassmaster LIVE Preview Week’ will quickly understand why that theme is so fitting.

“We hope they’ll follow the Elite anglers throughout the year as they try to catch the heaviest limits of big bass and fulfill their dreams of grabbing the spotlight on the biggest stages in bass fishing — the Elite Series and the Bassmaster Classic.”

Mike Byrd & Clint Byrd win CATT Lake Robinson Final Jan 26,2019

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Mike Byrd & Clint Byrd win CATT Lake Robinson Final Jan 26,2019

Tournament Results Lake Robinson Fall Final Jan 26, 2019 Mike & Clint Byrd Claim 1st Place!

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It was cold Saturday on Lake Robinson for sure! Lake Robinson can be competitive and it was!

Mike Byrd & Clint Byrd weighed in 5 bass weighing 11.47 lbs and took home $1,670.00!

2nd went to to Todd Butler & Chad Gainey with 9.21 lbs! They also won the points!

  

Freddie Gibbs weighed in the Lews BF and took home $505.00 plus a Lews Mach II Speed Spool Baitcast Reel!

 

Ryan West & Randy Crowley were 4th

Big Total
15 Teams Fish Weight Winnings
Mike Byrd/Clint Byrd $$ 2.81 11.47 $1,670.00
Todd Butler/Chad Gainey 2nd BF 2.94 9.21 $845.00
Freddie Gibbs   BF 3.11 8.71 $505.00
Ryan West/Randy Crowley 1.96 8.04
Jeffrey Furr/Tommy Toskiski 1.90 7.41
Justin Gainey/Allen Matthews 1.74 7.24
Jimmy McFarland/Calvin Griggs 0.00 7.21
Jason Murdock/Gene Winburn 0.00 6.98
Ken Lawhon/Tim Garrison 0.00 6.92
Scott McLamb/Miles Hair 2.31 6.87
Eric Williamson/Trey Hunter 0.00 6.47
Tanner Fletcher/Timothy Faile 0.00 6.18
Roby Wyatt/Mike Prytula 0.00 5.56
James Bond/Allen Varner 0.00 5.30
Don Hall/Shon Fales 0.00 4.64
Total Entrys $1,680.00
BONUS $ $240.00
Robinson Fall Final Fund $1,110.00
Total Paid At Ramp $3,020.00
Total Paid Fall 2018 Lake Robinson $6,240.00

PITT WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE COWBOY DIVISION OPENER ON TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

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PITT WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE COWBOY DIVISION OPENER ON TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

PITT WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE COWBOY DIVISION OPENER ON TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Thibodaux’s Fussell Wins Co-angler Division

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MANY, La. (Jan. 28, 2019) – Local angler Cody Pitt of Many, caught five bass Saturday weighing 24 pounds, 5 ounces, to win the 2019 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) season opener on Toledo Bend Reservoir presented by Navionics. Pitt earned $6,349 for his efforts.

Pitt said he caught his fish in and around Housen Bay, first targeting prespawn bass back in a creek channel before heading out to the main lake. He used one lure to catch his limit – a Powder Blue Back Chartreuse-colored Strike King Pro Model 6XD crankbait.

“Timing was the biggest part of my success,” said Pitt, who logged his second career win on Toledo Bend Reservoir in BFL competition. “In practice, I tried to find the early morning bite, but it was pretty much non-existent. The first bite I could find was the prespawn bite, but it didn’t really get going until 8:30 or 9 [a.m.] I knew going into the tournament that if I could just make myself wait, they’d be pulled up and schooling and I could get some good bites.”

By 9:30 a.m., Pitt had 18 pounds of bass in the boat. He described his first area as a creek channel bend that met a secondary point, and said the fish were on the point waiting to head back and spawn. From there, he decided to concentrate on the main lake.

“My [main-lake] spots had hard bottoms and the fish were more in a wintertime pattern. I found that they were out there from around 10 [a.m.] to 1 [p.m.] – a window of time I’d narrowed down from practice,” said Pitt. “I used the 6XD and caught my best fish, including three that I think were each about 5 pounds.”

Pitt said he ended up catching approximately 20 keepers throughout his day.

“My Lowrance electronics were key to finding my fish. I spent a lot of time idling and down-scanning and side-scanning, just looking for either hard spots or fish themselves.”

.The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Cody Pitt, Many, La., five bass, 24-5, $6,349

2nd:         Benjamin Gulett, Converse, La., five bass, 20-0, $2,775

3rd:          Jeffrey Grubbs, Goodrich, Texas, five bass, 19-13, $1,782

4th:          Josh Champagne, Breaux Bridge, La., five bass, 19-8, $1,248

5th:          Albert Collins, Nacogdoches, Texas, five bass, 19-1, $1,070

6th:          Travis Kelehan, Lafayette, La., five bass, 17-14, $981

7th:          Justin Shelton, Kemp, Texas, five bass, 17-10, $892

8th:          Bryan McDonough, Katy, Texas, five bass, 17-6, $802

9th:          Ryan Pinkston, Center, Texas, five bass, 17-0, $713

10th:        Andre Martin, Lena, La., five bass, 16-14, $893

10th:        Eason Dowden, Many, La., five bass, 16-14, $593

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Shannon Frick of Hemphill, Texas, caught an 8-pound, 7-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $850.

Bill Fussell of Thibodaux, Louisiana, won the Co-angler Division and $2,675 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 15 pounds, 8 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Bill Fussell, Thibodaux, La., five bass, 15-8, $2,675

2nd:         James Callaghan, De Berry, Texas, five bass, 14-4, $1,537

3rd:          Chance Vicknair, Hemphill, Texas, five bass, 13-15, $941

4th:          Jerry Strother, Glenmora, La., five bass, 13-9, $624

5th:          Joseph Sciple, Lumberton, Texas, five bass, 13-4, $535

6th:          Charles Dake, Carencro, La., five bass, 13-1, $490

7th:          Jeff Grubbs Jr., Kemah, Texas, five bass, 12-15, $446

8th:          Clark Moore, Nacogdoches, Texas, five bass, 12-5, $401

9th:          Brian Murphy, Sulphur, La., five bass, 11-7, $357

10th:        David Dennis, Mesquite, Texas, four bass, 11-5, $296

10th:        Robert Bean, Daisetta, Texas, five bass, 11-5, $296

Carl Broussard of Converse, Louisiana, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 6 pounds, 12 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $425.

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, YouTube and Snapchat.

Gator Guards Becomes MLF Bass Pro Tour Sponsor

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Gator Guards Becomes MLF Bass Pro Tour Sponsor
MLF pro Randy Howell will be touting new MLF Bass Pro Tour sponsor Gator Guards’ products, including KeelShield, throughout the new eight-event series that debuts in Florida, Jan. 29 – Feb. 3.
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TULSA, Okla. (Jan. 28, 2019) – Major League Fishing (MLF) announced today that Gator Guards, a global innovator of boat protection products and makers of KeelShield, is a new MLF Bass Pro Tour sponsor.
Gator Guards will be featuring their products in Bass Pro Tour promotional opportunities and highlighting much of their tournament involvement through the company’s own relationship with MLF pro angler Randy Howell.
Howell is among the 80-angler field competing in the Bass Pro Tour’s opener this week on Florida’s KIssimmee Chain of Lakes, Jan. 29 – Feb. 3.
“We’re grateful to team up with Randy Howell and his family. We’ve supported Randy and been guarding his rigs for over 20 years since Triton Boats trusted us as their only keel protector. It is exciting to partner on a national scale as he puts his equipment to the test and tackles the new MLF Bass Pro Tour,” said Gator Guards’ Scott Smith.
Howell, from Guntersville, Alabama, is a popular MLF angler who has a Bassmaster Classic title and other major tournament wins to his credit. His genuine persona and strong commitment to faith and family shine through as he and his family travel together to fishing events across the country.
In its 25th year, Gator Guards has been providing boat protection products to do-it yourselfers and boat manufacturers, including Triton, Nitro, Skeeter and more.
“I’m excited to officially partner with Gator Guards – these guys are the leaders in hull protection and I’ve trusted the KeelShield to protect my Triton Boats for the past 20 years,” said Howell. “The entire lineup of products are innovative and necessary to protect your investment, especially with how we as pros put our boats through the toughest of circumstances, and expect them to be in great shape as we pass them on to the next owner. In my case, it will be to the winner of our annual King’s Home boat giveaway.”

But for now, Howell is focused on competing in this week’s Bass Pro Tour event in Florida. Follow him and all the pro action on MLF NOW!, the league’s live-streaming broadcast that will provide seven hours of coverage during each competition day. The free access to the real-time broadcast can be found at www.majorleaguefishing.com.

For more information on Randy Howell, follow him on Facebook and Instagram. For more information on Gator Guards and its product lineup, visit www.Gator-Guards.com.

For more information on MLF and the Bass Pro Tour schedule, anglers and rules, visit www.majorleaguefishing.com.

FORT MYERS’ ANDERSON WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE GATOR DIVISION OPENER ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE

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FORT MYERS’ ANDERSON WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE GATOR DIVISION OPENER ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE

FORT MYERS’ ANDERSON WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE GATOR DIVISION OPENER ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE

Co-angler Title Goes to Bradenton’s Hibbs

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CLEWISTON, Fla. (Jan. 28, 2019) – Boater David Anderson of Fort Myers, Florida, caught five bass Saturday weighing 18 pounds, 1 ounce, to win the 2019 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) season opener on Lake Okeechobee. For his win, Anderson earned $4,479.

Anderson said he spent his day on the north end of the lake fishing the outside of the Kissimmee grass line and dragging baits through beds.

“I was pretty much around bedding fish – they were either coming in or going out,” said Anderson, who earned his first career win in FLW competition. “I worked the outside before I went into the middle ground. It rained a little bit and was windy and cold, so the weather made me go to the middle ground instead of me cutting off the fish as they came and went. It was so windy that I had to primarily concentrate on fish that were bedding.”

He said his two key dragging baits were a black and blue Gambler Fat Ace with a 3/8-ounce Flat Out tungsten weight on 20-pound-test fluorocarbon line and a black and blue Bass Addiction Gear Boss Craw with a ½-ounce Flat Out tungsten weight on 50-pound Goat Rope braid line.

“I was fishing blind with both baits, just dragging them through beds. I used the lighter bait when there wasn’t much wind,” said Anderson.

Anderson said he caught his fish between 1 p.m. and 2:45 p.m., citing his 7-foot, 3-inch medium-heavy Reaper rod as especially helpful in feeling the bites.

“My Reaper let me feel those critical sensitive bites, which is important when you’re fishing blind. The fish only pick the bait up and move it for a few seconds, and I needed to be able to feel that in the wind.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          David Anderson, Fort Myers, Fla., five bass, 18-1, $4,479

2nd:         Larry Cahan, East Palatka, Fla., five bass, 17-13, $2,140

3rd:          Brian MacDougal, La Belle, Fla., five bass, 16-1, $1,426

4th:          Chuck Webb, Sarasota, Fla., five bass, 15-6, $998

5th:          William Schmitt, West Palm Beach, Fla., five bass, 15-0, $856

6th:          Sandy Melvin, Boca Grande, Fla., five bass, 14-8, $785

7th:          Timothy Feller, Coral Springs, Fla., five bass, 14-0, $713

8th:          Mark Lundgren, Saint Cloud, Fla., five bass, 13-7, $642

9th:          Ben Cox, Andrews, S.C., five bass, 12-14, $571

10th:        Jody Gardner, Tippecanoe, Ohio, five bass, 12-11, $599

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Rodney Marks of Apopka, Florida, caught a 9-pound, 3-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $605.

Timothy Hibbs of Bradenton, Florida, won the Co-angler Division and $2,140 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 14 pounds, 15 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Timothy Hibbs, Bradenton, Fla., four bass, 14-15, $2,140

2nd:         Ernie Johnson, Okeechobee, Fla., five bass, 13-7, $1,170

3rd:          Mitch Avant, Johnsonville, S.C., five bass, 12-6, $712

4th:          Matthew May, North Fort Myers, Fla., four bass, 12-0, $549

5th:          Brandon St. Pierre, Lehigh Acres, Fla., five bass, 11-10, $428

6th:          Randy Paquette, Sarasota, Fla., five bass, 10-7, $392

7th:          Wayman               Mobley, Miami, Fla., five bass, 9-11, $339

7th:          Kenneth Hunnicutt, Jacksonville, Fla., five bass, 9-11, $339

9th:          Tony Kromke, La Crosse, Wis., three bass, 9-10, $267

9th:          Chris Mitchell, Cocoa, Fla., five bass, 9-10, $267

Charles Kilgore of Titusville, Florida, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 8 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $302.

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, YouTube and Snapchat.

Deciphering Florida’s fickle cold-weather largemouth Bass Pro Tour by Tyler Brinks

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Deciphering Florida’s fickle cold-weather largemouth Bass Pro Tour by Tyler Brinks
Sunshine State largemouth (like this one caught by Brett Hite) are notoriously affected by cold fronts. Photo by Joel Shangle.

By Tyler Brinks – January 27, 2019

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – If you landed at the Orlando airport in the past few days, you would have noticed airport employees and fellow Florida residents wearing jackets and hooded sweatshirts, while the newly arriving tourists from the north donned shorts and flip-flops.

Temperature highs in 50s and 60s – which is in the forecast all week in Kissimmee for the MLF Bass Pro Tour B&W Trailer Hitches Stage One Presented by Power-Pole – are viewed much differently depending on where you live.

The same is true of Florida-strain largemouth: They’re not used to the cold, and simply don’t like it.

Cold fronts and early-season Florida bass tournaments go hand in hand, and cooler weather always seems to affect the bite at these events. After the most recent cold front in Florida, another is on the way, and it could play into the outcome at the inaugural Bass Pro Tour event, which kicks off Tuesday.

Jake Wright & Tim Slice win CATT Lake Murray with 25.37lbs Jan 26,2019

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Jake Wright & Tim Slice win CATT Lake Murray with 25.37lbs Jan 26,2019

Tournament Results Lake Murray Jan 26, 2019 Wright & Slice Make the Wright Moves & Slice Up the Field! 25.37 lbs!

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Remember guys to enter the rest of the Lake Murray Spring events the membership is required! Next Lake Murray CATT is Feb 16th at Dreher Island!

I would say the bite is on at Lake Murray with the top 5 teams weighing in over 20 lbs! Jake Wright & Tim Slice weighed up 5 Lake Murray Hawgs at 25.37 lbs and took the win this past Saturday at Billy Dreher Island!

2nd went to TJ Francis & Roger Farr with another solid limit weighing 21.88 lbs! They also brought in the BF at 8.59 lbs!

  

Al Odom & TJ Francis claimed 3rd with 21.28 lbs!

4th Maddie & Neil Huffstetler 21.22 lbs

Kyle Cannon & Will Anderson 20.32 lbs!

Big Total Total
30 Teams Fish Weight Winnings Points
Tim Slice – Jake Wright 7.30 25.37 $500.00 110
Roger Farr – TJ Francis    BF  & $$ 8.59 21.88 $850.00 109
Al Odom – Don Smith 4.74 21.28 $165.00 108
Neil Huffstetler – Maddie Huffstetler 6.65 21.22 $125.00 107
Will Anderson – Kyle Cannon 0.00 20.32 $100.00 106
Josh Rennenbaum – Jim Davis 0.00 18.91 $75.00 105
Nark Krengel 0.00 18.73 104
Grant DeShields – Andy Bolin 0.00 17.77 103
Wendell Causey – Brandon Jeffcoat 6.10 17.73 102
Todd Ledford – Jeff Douglas 4.56 17.67 101
Rhett Manus – Zach Douglas 6.00 16.08 100
Sean Anderson – George Berry 0.00 15.31 99
Howard Stephens – Paul Ham 0.00 15.25 98
Johnny Mayer – Chris Epting 0.00 14.87 97
Don Crowley – Chuck Padgett 0.00 14.34 96
Emment Maynor – Karson Grubbs 0.00 13.90 95
Payton Frick – Cody Page 0.00 13.76 94
Jason Moyer – Jonathan Messick 3.51 12.19 93
Jason Humphries – Jimmy Reynolds 0.00 9.63 92
Brian Key 0.00 6.99 91
Frankie Taylor – Cooper Taylor 3.66 6.45 90
Bobby McPherson – Wayne Blackwell 0.00 5.64 89
Rodney Tapp – Travis Parrish 0.00 0.00 88
Hogn Gutierrez – Stephen McLoud 0.00 0.00 88
Chris Sullivan – Tyler Baggett 0.00 0.00 88
Matt Ross – Bobby Purvis 0.00 0.00 88
CJ Freeman – Scott Farmer 0.00 0.00 88
Roy Little – Jeremy Sessions 0.00 0.00 88
Steven Walker – Barry Brown 0.00 0.00 88
Chris Zarpenhine 0.00 0.00 88
Total Entrys $1,500.00
BONUS $$ $425.00
Total Paid At Ramp $1,815.00
Murray Spring 2018 Fall Final Fund $110.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund $0.00
2019 Murray Spring Final Fund Total $210.00
2019  CATT Championship Fund Total $2,520.00

Al Pittman & Tim Roundtree win CATT Savannah River Jan 19,2019

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Al Pittman & Tim Roundtree win CATT Savannah River Jan 19,2019

Tournament Results Savannah River Jan 19, 2019 Roundtree & Pittman Weigh in 9.52 lbs and WIN!

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Next Savannah River CATT is Feb 16th out of Hardeeville!

Al Pittman and Tim Roundtree collected the win at the Ogeechee River with 5 bass weighing 9.52 lbs!

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Big Total Total
15 Teams Fish Weight Winnings Points
Tim Roundtree/Al Pittman 2.61 9.52 $755.00 110
Daniel Grassi/Baker Woodward 0.00 8.45 $200.00 109
Matt Cantrell/Keenan Gowers 0.00 8.18 $80.00 108
Joe Toth/Kyle Suddath 0.00 8.07 107
Ron Welch 3.35 7.88 $105.00 106
Dan Martin Sr./Monte Misplay 0.00 7.32 105
Jeff Mullis/Rocky Mullis 0.00 6.30 104
Anthony Joyner/Barry Conley 0.00 5.47 103
Ken Morgan 0.00 5.08 102
Mac Sampey/Vonette Sampey 0.00 2.03 101
Buddy Wheeler 0.00 0.00 100
Michael Chavis/Aaron Drew 0.00 0.00 100
Todd Hargrave/Scott Moody 0.00 0.00 100
Jordan Schumacher 0.00 0.00 100
Dan Martin II/Eric Setto 0.00 0.00 100
Total Entrys $1,200.00
BONUS $ $260.00
Total Paid At Ramp $1,140.00
Savannah River 2019 Spring Final Fund $290.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund $30.00
2019 Savannah River Spring Final Fund Total $590.00
2019 CATT Championship Fund Total $2,520.00
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