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YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING EVENT PRESENTED BY BASS PRO SHOPS SET FOR LAKE OF THE OZARKS

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YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING EVENT PRESENTED BY BASS PRO SHOPS SET FOR LAKE OF THE OZARKS

YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING EVENT PRESENTED BY BASS PRO SHOPS SET FOR LAKE OF THE OZARKS

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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (Sept. 18, 2018) – The YETI FLW College Fishing season will continue with an event next week, Sept. 29, at the YETI FLW College Fishing on Lake of the Ozarks presented by Bass Pro Shops. The tournament, hosted by the Tri-County Lodging Association, is the third and final regular-season event for college anglers in the Central Conference and will award a top prize of a $2,000 club scholarship and an invitation to compete in the 2019 College Fishing National Championship to the winners.

“Lake of the Ozarks is the best lake in Missouri, and the best part about it is that you can win the tournament anywhere on the lake,” said FLW Tour pro Jeremy Lawyer of Sarcoxie, Missouri, the 2016 BFL All-American and a two-time Forrest Wood Cup qualifier. “The college teams are going to be able to fish their strengths 100-percent. There is not a bad part of the lake to fish.”

After a mostly warm and pleasant summer, a cold front is predicted for the Ozark region over the next week as fall looks to be making its return. Lawyer said that the weather change should only improve the fishing conditions.

“When it gets cold and rainy here it goes from mediocre fishing to really good fishing,” Lawyer said. “If there is one lake in the country where the fish really start to chew when a front comes in, it’s Lake of the Ozarks. With three days of rain coming at the end of the week, I expect the fishing to really pick up.”

Lawyer said that he expects moving baits to be the bait of choice amongst most anglers – he suggested topwater baits, squarebill crankbaits and Zoom Super Flukes.

“The fish are going to be more apt to chase it, so you want something that you can tease them with,” Lawyer said. “I think anyone that can catch a solid limit above 18 pounds is going to be competing for the win. I predict the winner will have between 18½ to 19 pounds.”

Competitors will take off from Public Beach No. 2 at the Lake of the Ozarks State Park Grand Glaize Recreation Area, located at 711 Public Beach Road, in Osage Beach, at 7 a.m. CDT Saturday. Weigh-in will be held at the takeoff location beginning at 3 p.m. Takeoff and weigh-in are free and open to the public.

Schools are allowed to register up until the morning of the tournament. Entries may be made either by phone or at CollegeFishing.com.

Schools currently registered to compete in the Lake of the Ozarks tournament include:

Bellarmine University – Andrew Kuebler, Louisville, Ky., and Jacob Schmidt, Medina, Ohio

Bellarmine University – Trevor Hulsey, Louisville, Ky., and Patrick McPhillips, Floyds Knobs, Ind.

Campbellsville University – Adam Carman, Berea, Ky., and Hunter Adams, Campbellsville, Ky.

Campbellsville University – Gavin Barnes and Ezra Oliver, both of Campbellsville, Ky.

Central College – Cameron Timok, Glen Allen, Va., and Steven Candley, Pella, Iowa

Eastern Kentucky University – Blake Riley, Henderson, Ky., and Corey Elliott, London, Ky.

Greenville University – Evan Seggerman, Minonk, Ill., and Cale Jausel, Coulterville, Ill.

Greenville University – Ricky Huge, Carlyle, Ill., and Cordell Beckmann, Breese, Ill.

Illinois State University – Anthony Fazio, Channohn, Ill., and Justin Schick, Morton, Ill.

Illinois State University – Benjamin Stedman and Hayden Damery, both of Moweaqua, Ill.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis – Ethan Maag, Kendallville, Ind., and Jacob Sanders, Marion, Ill.

Iowa State University – Taggert Tesdal, Jefferson, Wis., and Josef Rogers, Ames, Iowa

Kansas State University – Cole Miller, Kansas City, Mo., and Andrew Easterday, Overland Park, Kan.

Kansas State University – Michael Mueting and Jake Elwood, both of Lincoln, Neb.

Kansas State University – Hunter French, Buhler, Kan., and Laine Werth, Manhattan, Kan.

Lewis University – Joe Skvarla, Tinley Park, Ill., and Zachary Spesia, Coal City, Ill.

Southern Illinois University – Kyle Wagner and Jake Wagner, both of Waterloo, Ill.

Southern Illinois University – Mason Bishop, Goreville, Ill., and Levi Rogers, Albion, Ill.

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville – Bryce Peters, Camp Point, Ill., and Matt Fors, Batavia, Ill.

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville – Brendan Magruder, Edwardsville, Ill., and Justin Lowry, Moro, Ill.

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville – Tristan Friesner, Cabot, Ark., and Cole Hammel, McLean, Ill.

University of Iowa – Jake Usher, Ionia, Iowa, and Bryan Mouser, Iowa City, Iowa

University of Nebraska – Charle Deshazer, Fremont, Neb., and Sean Mulchrone, Maple Grove, Minn.

University of North Dakota – Zachery Oldre, Lakeville, Minn., and Noah Levesseur, Prior Lake, Minn.

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh – Zachary Schnepf, Waukesha, Wis., and Michael Anderson, Lake Tomahawk, Wis.

University of Wisconsin-Platteville – Eric Rasmussen and Bradley Winkel, both of Platteville, Wis.

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point – Reed Fredrick, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., and Nick Dagel, Round Lake Beach, Ill.

Winona State University – Colton Haney, Baldwin, Wis., and Chase Pomeroy, Winona, Minn.

YETI FLW College Fishing teams compete in three regular-season qualifying tournaments in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. The top ten 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 2019 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.

YETI FLW College Fishing is free to enter. 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.

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.

BASS PRO SHOPS EXPANDS FLW SPONSORSHIP

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BASS PRO SHOPS EXPANDS FLW SPONSORSHIP

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MINNEAPOLIS (Sept. 18, 2018) – Fishing League Worldwide (FLW), the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, announced today that Bass Pro Shops, the leading retailer in the outdoor industry, has renewed its sponsorship of the organization to showcase its destination stores to millions of loyal FLW fans, anglers and consumers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Per terms of the agreement, Bass Pro Shops will retain title sponsorship of the FLW High School Fishing Opens. In addition to the title sponsorship, Bass Pro Shops will also receive exposure across all FLW platforms, including more than 260 tournaments and Expos, website, social media outlets, FLW Bass Fishing magazine and the fan favorite “FLW Live” webcasts from each FLW Tour stop.

“Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s prior to their coming together last year, have been an integral part of both professional and recreational fishing for many years,” said FLW President of Marketing Trish Blake. “We recognize the renewed commitment to FLW as a substantial and important confirmation of Bass Pro Shops’ support for their customers’ passion for the outdoors. We look forward to building upon our continued relationship with this iconic outdoor brand.”

The 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Open Series features tournaments for High School Fishing anglers around the country. The top 10 percent of teams in each event advance directly to the High School Fishing National Championship.

In addition to High School Fishing tournaments, Bass Pro Shops will also be the presenting sponsor of multiple YETI FLW College Fishing tournaments. Select tournaments across all circuits will have registration and/or weigh-ins hosted at various Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s store locations, and FLW will be showcased in the annual summer-time Bass Pro Shops “Gone Fishing” events planned for summer.

Additionally, Bass Pro Shops will expand its support of the Costa FLW High School Fishing Camp. The inaugural camp held at Murray State University and Kentucky Lake in July of 2018 drew 125 students and 50 coaches from 23 states to attend three days of seminars and panel discussions with top FLW Tour pros, FLW staff and industry executives. Dates for the 2019 camp will be released soon.

“Under the visionary leadership of our founder Johnny Morris, Bass Pro Shops is deeply committed to helping young people connect with nature through fishing and outdoor recreation,” said Bass Pro Shops Director of Communications Jack Wlezien. “We are very proud to support Fishing League Worldwide and their efforts to grow the sport of fishing with anglers of all ages.”

For more information about FLW, their tournaments and sponsors, visit FLWFishing.com. To learn more about Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s, visit basspro.com and cabelas.com.

BELLEVILLE’S GOSHEN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MICHIGAN DIVISION FINALE ON DETROIT RIVER

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BELLEVILLE’S GOSHEN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MICHIGAN DIVISION FINALE ON DETROIT RIVER

BELLEVILLE’S GOSHEN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MICHIGAN DIVISION FINALE ON DETROIT RIVER

Ohio’s Lovin Grabs Co-angler Title

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TRENTON, Mich. (Sept. 17, 2018) – Boater Ronnie Goshen Sr. of Belleville, Michigan, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Michigan Division tournament on the Detroit River Sunday with a two-day cumulative catch of 10 bass weighing 51 pounds, 10 ounces. Goshen earned $5,329 for his win.

“This is like a dream come true – I’ve always wanted to win a BFL event,” said Goshen, who had three previous top-10 finishes on the Detroit River in BFL competition. “I used tubes, swimbaits and spinnerbaits and fished rocks and current all over the river.”

Goshen said he used a green pumpkin-colored Impulse Fatty Tube, a LIVETARGET Goby Paddle Tail Swimbait with a ¾-ounce head and a ¾-ounce chartreuse and white-colored custom bullet head spinnerbait. He noted that he was able to catch 25 to 30 keepers each day.

“I’ve got three or four favorite baits and if they wouldn’t hit one I’d throw another,” said Goshen. “I fished in 4- to 15-foot depths and covered a lot of water. It was a run and gun thing – I’d get one here and one there.”

Goshen said he experienced engine problems at the conclusion of the day Saturday, and that his son let him use his boat for the remainder of the event Sunday.

“I was really blessed. Without his help, I would’ve had to use my trolling motor all day (Sunday),” said Goshen.

Goshen said that the Spot-Lock feature on his Minn Kota Ultrex trolling motor was crucial to helping him stay put in the current Saturday, and that his Lowrance electronics helped him pinpoint specific spots to fish.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Ronnie Goshen Sr., Belleville, Mich., 10 bass, 51-10, $5,329

2nd:         Pat Upthagrove, Monroe, Mich., 10 bass, 49-1, $2,864

3rd:          Joshua Barr, Stow, Ohio, 10 bass, 45-11, $1,877

4th:          Scott Davis, Coloma, Mich., 10 bass, 45-5, $1,243

5th:          Troy Stokes, Brownstown, Mich., 10 bass, 45-1, $1,066

6th:          Mark Flick, Plainwell, Mich., 10 bass, 45-1, $977

7th:          John Devries, Fishers, Ind., 10 bass, 44-0, $888

8th:          Randy Ramsey, Burlington, Mich., 10 bass, 43-13, $799

9th:          Michael Sitko, Pinckney, Mich., 10 bass, 43-11, $1,010

10th:        Clayton Reitz, Morton, Ill., 10 bass, 43-9, $622

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Jerry Arnett of Mexico, Indiana, caught a bass weighing 5 pounds, 15 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the Boater Big Bass award of $682.

John Lovin of Fayetteville, Ohio, caught a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 44 pounds, 13 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $2,664.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:           John Lovin, Fayetteville, Ohio, 10 bass, 44-13, $2,664

2nd:         Darwin Griva, Hamilton, Ind., 10 bass, 42-1, $1,332

3rd:          John Martin, Caledonia, Mich., 10 bass, 41-3, $889

4th:          Erik Jacques, Marine City, Mich., 10 bass, 40-14, $822

5th:          Mike Eldridge, Blacklick, Pa., 10 bass, 36-10, $533

6th:          Tony Mitchell, Plainwell, Mich., 10 bass, 36-6, $538

7th:          Clint Joyner, Metamora, Mich., 10 bass, 34-3, $444

8th:          Jeffrey Thomson, Birmingham, Mich., nine bass, 32-1, $400

9th:          Dayton Land, Coatesville, Ind., nine bass, 32-1, $355

10th:        Michael Kokoska, Findlay, Ohio, eight bass, 31-7, $311

Eric Wild of Brooklyn, Michigan, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 5 pounds, 9 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $341.

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. 18-20 BFL Regional Championship on Kentucky Lake in Gilbertsville, Kentucky. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 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 take place May 30-June 1 on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland.

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.

Terminator® Jig and Frog help DeFoe win again on Douglas Lake – RAPALA

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Terminator® Jig and Frog help DeFoe win again on Douglas Lake

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Two Terminator baits helped Ott DeFoe win a third Bassmaster Open on Tennessee’s Douglas Lake, his home water. The first was no surprise – a Terminator® Pro Series Jig, long a go-to bait for DeFoe. The second threw Bassmaster media observers for a loop when DeFoe started slinging it – a Terminator Walking Frog Jr.

“DeFoe made a bold move, switching to a most obscure lure choice,” Bassmaster reported.

Obscure indeed.

“We catch tons of fish up there on topwater baits, but that was the first time I’ve ever caught them on a frog,” DeFoe says. “First time in my life – and I’ve fished up there for 15 years or more.”

Winning with a Walking Frog Jr. was especially gratifying for DeFoe because he helped Terminator design the bait.

“It is cool to have something you believe in that much and then have a ‘proof’s in the pudding’ kind of deal,” he says. “I know how good it is, and to win such a major event on one of the baits I got to have a hand in picking the actions and the colors and everything else, it feels good.”

DeFoe won the tournament with 44 pounds, 9 ounces, after catching three five-fish limits weighing 15 pounds, 16 pounds and 15 ounces and 12 pounds, 10 ounces. He previously won Bassmaster Opens in 2017 and 2014 on Douglas Lake, which is located just up the road from where he lives north of Knoxville. This year and last, he caught ‘em best in an area way up the French Broad River – and area he needed a shallow-draft aluminum boat to reach, dodging boulders and crossing awfully skinny water at times.

“The big key was knowing which stretches of bank were best, just from years, and years, and years of fishing up there,” Defoe says. “At some point in time, I’ve fished every inch of every bank. So you go up there and fish it the same time of year in similar conditions 15 or 20 times, you get bit in the same places – the same stumps, the same trees. So you know when you’re coming down the bank, this 20-foot section is where the fish are going to be, on this particular stump or that particular laydown.”

Knowing the area so well gave DeFoe the confidence to stick with it, even when it wasn’t giving up bites as easily as it usually does.

“Typically, it’s a one- or two-cast kind of thing, where this time it was an 8- to 10-cast kind of thing,” he says. “So when you get to those areas and they don’t bite on the first or second cast, you don’t freak out, you know they’re still there. I would really take my time and pick those areas apart, just knowing that there was a fish there. And eventually, I could get that fish to bite.”

Terminator Pro Series Jig
Step 1 in picking apart his key areas was pitching a ½ oz. black-and-blue Terminator Pro Series Jig, which was DeFoe’s key bait on Thursday, the first of the three-day tournament.

“I was flipping into wood – laydowns, root balls, and stuff like that – all super-shallow, from a foot to 2 ½ feet,” he says. “Fishing slow was key. I mean, you had to pitch in there, let it settle, sometimes deadstick it, or just barely move it a little bit. It needed to stay in front of their face to get bit.”

Featuring a unique head design, Terminator’s Pro Series Jig is much more versatile than most jigs. Custom jig-skirt colors, color-matched brush guards, a single rattle and a heavy VMC® Black Nickel hook further differentiate it from other cookie-cutter jigs that all pretty much look the same. They’re available in five sizes: ¼ oz, 3/8 oz, ½ oz, ¾ oz and 1 oz.

Terminator Walking Frog Jr.
On the second day of the tournament, the water level in DeFoe’s key area had fallen several inches and the water had cleared up a bit from the 6 to 8 inches of limited visibility in effect on day one. Those changes caused DeFoe’s jig bite to cool off, so he had to come up with a Plan B.

“I had the thought the first day to try the Walking Frog Jr, but I was too stubborn to get it out,” DeFoe says. “The second day, I was like ‘I need to try it.’ And in the first 10 minutes, I catch a three-pounder. Once I tried it and had immediate success, I was like ‘Yes, this is perfect!’ It was subtle, it stayed in the fish’s face – in the strikezone – and I could fish it anywhere I could throw it.”

Both the 2 ½-inch Walking Frog Jr. and its big brother, the 3-inch Walking Frog, feature a custom VMC® frog-gap hook that hugs the frog’s body so snugly that it’s virtually snagless, even in heavy cover.

“I was skipping that frog over limbs, under overhanging trees, root balls and undercut banks, little shade pockets, and then working it as slow as I could,” DeFoe explains. “I really couldn’t fish anything else in those spots, or I would be hung up with any other bait. But I could throw the frog anywhere I wanted to.”

Walking Frogs feature lifelike round-rubber legs and heavy-duty welded line ties. They’re tail-weighted to increase casting distance and stability on the retrieve. Walking Frog bodies are extra-soft, easily compressing when a bass bites, increasing hook-up ratio.

“The vast majority of the strikes on the frog came in the first foot of the retrieve,” Defoe reports. He often twitched it as many as four or five times in the strike zone before getting bit.

A Walking Frog Jr. weighs half an ounce. It’s available in 16 color patterns: Hot Shad, Bluegill, White Camo, Black Camo, Cocoa Camo, Hot Mud Camo, Brown Camo, Yellow Leopard, Lime Leopard, Green Leopard, Hot Chartreuse Shad, Smoke Silver Shad, Bull Frog, Ghost Pearl, Ghost and Black Chartreuse Leopard. Defoe’s color of choice Friday and Saturday was Smoke Silver Shad.

VMC Heavy Duty Worm Hook
On Saturday, when the bass were less aggressive, DeFoe’s key bait was a 6-inch soft-plastic worm rigged on a 3/0 VMC® Ike Approved Heavy Duty Worm Hook with a 3/16 oz. weight.

KINGSTON’S HENLEY WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE VOLUNTEER DIVISION FINALE ON WATTS BAR LAKE

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KINGSTON’S HENLEY WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE VOLUNTEER DIVISION FINALE ON WATTS BAR LAKE

Seymour’s Brumett Takes Co-angler Title

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ROCKWOOD, Tenn. (Sept. 17, 2018) – Boater Chase Henley of Kingston, Tennessee, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Volunteer Division tournament on Watts Bar Lake Sunday with a two-day cumulative catch of 10 bass weighing 32 pounds, 15 ounces. For his win, Henley earned $5,126.

“On Saturday I caught them around the Kingston area of the lake. I caught them as the water was falling – I kind of moved out with the fish,” said Henley, who earned his first career win FLW competition. “I probably had four areas and fished laydowns and seawalls with a jig and buzzbait.”

Henley said he used a ½-ounce Green Pumpkin Craw-colored Strike King Greg Hackney Hack Attack jig with a Hematoma-colored Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver for the laydowns, and a 3/8-ounce Showboat Lures buzzbait with a white Zoom Split Tail trailer on the seawalls.

“I started out with the buzzbait on the seawalls, but when the sun came out I switched to the jig and laydowns,” said Henley. “They didn’t want to chase anything after the sun came out. I caught about eight keepers total.”

On Sunday, as the water level continued to fall, Henley said he ran to a part of the lake near the Kingston steam plant and the mouth of the Emory River. He said he targeted visible isolated wood and rocky points and was able to put around 13 keepers in the boat.

“It was more of a pattern on Day Two,” said Henley. “I started out with the buzzbait, and then switched to a homemade vibrating jig with a white (Zoom Z-Craw) trailer when it got windy. I saw some bubbles on the retrieve which means a change in pressure, and usually the buzzbait bite does better with that. That’s when I started catching them on both lures.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Chase Henley, Kingston, Tenn., 10 bass, 32-15, $5,126

2nd:         Marcus Jackson, Dayton, Tenn., 10 bass, 30-13, $2,763

3rd:          Ken Vicchio, Bluff City, Tenn., 10 bass, 28-9, $2,009

4th:          John Murray, Spring City, Tenn., 10 bass, 27-5, $1,196

5th:          Derrick Snavely, Piney Flats, Tenn., 10 bass, 26-15, $1,125

6th:          Kevin Edwards, Knoxville, Tenn., 10 bass, 26-13, $940

7th:          Troy Redwine, Crossville, Tenn., 10 bass, 26-10, $854

8th:          Archie Wilson Jr., Corryton, Tenn., nine bass, 25-4, $769

9th:          Joshua Short, Bean Station, Tenn., eight bass, 22-13, $998

10th:        Derrick Blake, Rockwood, Tenn., eight bass, 22-3, $598

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Rob Linkous of Rogersville, Tennessee, caught a bass weighing 4 pounds, 15 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the Boater Big Bass award of $315.

Larry Brumett Jr. of Seymour, Tennessee, caught a two-day total of nine bass weighing 23 pounds, 3 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $2,641.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Larry Brumett Jr., Seymour, Tenn., nine bass, 23-3, $2,641

2nd:         Tony Brown, Harriman, Tenn., six bass, 16-2, $1,270

3rd:          Jason Ridenour, Loudon, Tenn., six bass, 15-2, $814

4th:          Tim Godsey, Chickamauga, Ga., six bass, 14-13, $570

5th:          Bradley Watts, Afton, Tenn., six bass, 13-10, $488

6th:          Jaylen Andrews, Culleoka, Tenn., six bass, 13-6, $447

7th:          Darren Kelly, Wartburg, Tenn., six bass, 12-13, $407

8th:          Travis Nelson, Wartburg, Tenn., five bass, 12-13, $666

9th:          Bill Freshour, Strawplains, Tenn., five bass, 11-12, $325

10th:        Matt Brown, Harriman, Tenn., four bass, 10-11, $285

Nelson caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 4 pounds, 6 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $300.

The 2018 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Volunteer Division finale on Watts Bar Lake was hosted by the Roane County Visitors Bureau.

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. 18-20 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Norman in Huntersville, North Carolina. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 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 take place May 30-June 1 on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland.

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.

DION HIBDON WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OZARK DIVISION FINALE ON LAKE OF THE OZARKS

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DION HIBDON WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OZARK DIVISION FINALE ON LAKE OF THE OZARKS

Saint Charles’ Rothweil Takes Co-angler Title

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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (Sept. 17, 2018) – One of only five anglers in history to win both of pro bass fishing’s major championship events – the Forrest Wood Cup and the Bassmaster Classic – pro Dion Hibdon of Stover, Missouri, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Ozark Division tournament on Lake of the Ozarks Sunday with a two-day cumulative catch of 10 bass weighing 32 pounds, 10 ounces. For his win, Hibdon netted $8,595.

Hibdon said he fished docks along a 20-mile stretch of lake, hitting both the Osage and Niangua rivers. He said he caught them a couple of different ways – on the ends of docks early, and under the docks as the day progressed.

“You could catch them loose around the ends of docks early, especially ones with brush,” said Hibdon, who earned his fifth career victory in FLW competition. “I could swim a jig and pitch to the corners early – you didn’t need to worry about skipping. Once they started missing the bait and jerking the trailer I started getting up under the docks and putting it where they were.

“I think the docks with brush held more fish,” Hibdon continued. “You could catch them on docks without brush, but you’d be limited. A lot of guys in the top 10 caught them out of the brush, but the fish got out of it. Fishing pressure will drive them out of that stuff and toward the docks. As far as I’m concerned, fishing pressure helps me because that’s where I want them to be.”

Hibdon said he caught 90-percent of his fish on a jig. He said he used a homemade black jig with a black and blue flake-colored Ledgerock Lures crawdad trailer and a brown jig with a green pumpkin-colored Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver. He said he ended up with around 12 keepers Saturday and 15 on Sunday.

“I also caught some bass on a spinnerbait and a worm, but didn’t weigh any of them,” said Hibdon. “I had a limit each day fairly quick. On Sunday, we had a fog delay, so the loose stuff finished up a bit quicker, but I still had five within an hour so. I used 25-pound-test Berkley Fluorocarbon line – these fish aren’t line-shy.”

Hibdon noted that the fishing was sporadic, a factor he had to deal with in practice.

“I had to cover a lot of water. You could hit 50 docks and not catch one, and then pull up on the next that looks the same as the others and catch two or three. I caught fish off of docks that I haven’t fished in years,” HIbdon went on to say. “Luckily, I got a couple of those tough days in practice to see what I was in for. I hustled pretty hard and fast and that’s probably what made the difference.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:           Dion Hibdon, Stover, Mo., 10 bass, 32-10, $6,595 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2nd:         Cody Spinks, Springfield, Mo., 10 bass, 30-3, $3,148

3rd:          Rob Bueltmann, Osage Beach, Mo., 10 bass, 29-14, $3,173

4th:          John Taylor Jr., Pacific, Mo, nine bass, 29-12, $1,469

5th:          Jason Rhyne, Foristell, Mo., 10 bass, 29-9, $1,259

6th:          Donovan Hensley, Nixa, Mo., 10 bass, 29-5, $1,254

7th:          Marcus Sykora, Osage Beach, Mo., 10 bass, 28-12, $1,049

8th:          Jeremy Johnson, Kansas City, Kan., nine bass, 27-5, $944

9th:          David McCormick, Lee’s Summit, Mo., 10 bass, 26-14, $839

10th:        Tom Silber, Labadie, Mo., 10 bass, 26-4, $734

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Bueltmann caught a bass weighing 5 pounds, 12 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the Boater Big Bass award of $877.

Larry Rothweil of Saint Charles, Missouri, caught a two-day total of eight bass weighing 23 pounds, 12 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $3,148.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:           Larry Rothweil, Saint Charles, Mo., eight bass, 23-12, $3,148

2nd:         Ryan Hopping, Lake Saint Louis, Mo., eight bass, 21-3, $1,574

3rd:          Jordan Williams, Oak Grove, Mo., six bass, 16-4, $1,250

4th:          Brandon Hecker, Camdenton, Mo., seven bass, 15-15, $734

5th:          Dennis Young, Olathe, Kan., five bass, 13-8, $630

6th:          Michael Fey Sr., Cuba, Mo., six bass, 12-6, $577

7th:          Nathan Klepper, Union, Mo., four bass, 12-2, $525

8th:          Jeremy Fiedler, Sullivan, Mo., six bass, 11-14, $472

9th:          Rick Dahlman, Mokena, Ill., five bass, 11-3, $470

10th:        Carl Breeden, Valley Park, Mo., four bass, 10-8, $367

Kyle Anderson of Foley, Missouri, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 5 pounds, 4 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $219.

The 2018 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Ozark Division finale on Lake of the Ozarks was hosted by the Tri-County Lodging Association and the Lake of the Ozarks Convention & Visitors Bureau.

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. 18-20 BFL Regional Championship on Kentucky Lake in Gilbertsville, Kentucky. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 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 take place May 30-June 1 on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland.

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.

TBA Outdoors to Sponsor the Herman Lucerne Memorial Backcountry Fishing Championship This September

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TBA Outdoors to Sponsor the Herman Lucerne Memorial Backcountry Fishing Championship This September

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ORLANDO, FLA., September 17, 2018 —After the tournament’s 2017 edition was cancelled due to Hurricane Irma, anglers nationwide are especially excited for the start of the 2018 Herman Lucerne Memorial Backcountry Fishing Championship. Held at the Islander Resort in Islamorada, Florida, from September 21 to 23, this tournament features a weekend of fishing for seven different species in Everglades National Park. TBA Outdoors, a marketing agency focused on the outdoor industry, is proud to be a gold-level sponsor of this event alongside some of the agency’s clients, including presenting sponsor Hell’s Bay Boatworks, JL Marine Systems (inventor of the Power-Pole shallow water anchor), Fish Hippie, BOTE and Costa.

“Being a team that is fully immersed in the outdoors, we are proud to be a part of this tournament and share this experience with some of our agency clients,” said Todd Fuller, president of TBA Outdoors and HLM board member. “We are happy to be able to support a foundation that is dedicated to preserving, protecting, supporting and enhancing the resources that enable the rich angling experiences of the Everglades and Florida Bay.”

Founded in 2000 by Homestead Hospital and Dr. Lloyd Wruble of Miami, the Herman Lucerne Memorial Backcountry Fishing Championship honors Herman Lucerne, a pioneer and legend in backcountry fishing in Everglades National Park. The tournament, limited to the boundaries of Everglades National Park, is a unique and challenging two-day, “catch and release” event that welcomes anglers of all skill levels — both young and old, and male and female. The seven species to be caught are: snook, snapper, redfish, sea trout, bonefish, tarpon and black drum. Anglers may use live bait, artificial lures or fly tackle, and may be guided or unguided. The tournament produces a grand champion, six top anglers, team champions and six division champions. Awards are given in 22 individual categories at the ceremony hosted at the Islander Resort.

To top it off, folks have the opportunity to not only help the Everglades, but also have the chance to win a brand-new Evinrude E-TEC G2 outboard motor. All interested parties have to do is purchase a raffle ticket, starting at $100 each (minimum suggested donation). Buy your ticket and enter the raffle here. A winner will be drawn on Friday night, September 21, 2018.

Come and test your skills. See old friends and make new ones. Lend your support to a worthwhile cause. All proceeds from the tournament benefit Everglades National Park, a national treasure and designated World Heritage Site. The Herman Lucerne Memorial is a registered 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization.

For more information about the 2018 Herman Lucerne Memorial Backcountry Fishing Championship, visit www.hermanlucernememorial.com, like the tournament on Facebook or follow it on Instagram. Be sure to buy your ticket at www.hermanlucernememorial.com/raffle/ to be entered in Friday night’s raffle.

 

TBA Outdoors 

TBA Outdoors is a subsidiary of The Brandon Agency that specializes in the outdoor industry. TBA Outdoors’ 100-plus global team members don’t just work outside, they live outside, providing a unique advantage and niche lifestyle experience. TBA Outdoors is headquartered in Orlando, Fla., with offices in Charleston, S.C.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Charlotte, N.C.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Breckenridge, Colo.; and Sofia, Bulgaria. As one of only 24 certified and accredited brand strategist agencies in the United States, TBA Outdoors is results-driven and digital-minded, and it has powered successful programs and campaigns by aligning clients’ business objectives with creative brand strategies. Regularly out in the field or on the water, this team of experts is always generating corporate marketing strategies and revolutionary business-building ideas for outdoor clients.

 

For more information about TBA Outdoors, visit TBAoutdoors.com, like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram.

 

 

The Tour Toad new for 2018 from Big Bite Baits & Russ Lane

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The Tour Toad new for 2018 from Big Bite Baits & Russ Lane
Big Bite pro Russ Lane stays on the move searching for opportunistic feeders in the early Fall. Our new Tour Toad is a great option for covering water in search of those Largemouth taking advantage of the shad migration to the shallows. “The new Tour Toad will definitely be one of the baits I have tied on during the Fall months. I can cover a lot of shallow water with it in a hurry, and it does a great job at imitating fleeing shad or bait.” said Lane
Our new buzz bait head is also now available rigged with our Tour Toad. The Tour Toad Buzz  has the perfect “squeak: and can be easily tuned to “clack” the head for added noise.
Is the bite on your favorite body of water a little tough right now? Give our Big Bite Baits Fishing Lures Limit Maker a try on a carolina rig. This set up will get you a few bites that you may not get otherwise during the early Fall transition!
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PENNSYLVANIA’S BYLOTAS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE NORTHEAST DIVISION FINALE ON 1000 ISLANDS

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PENNSYLVANIA’S BYLOTAS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE NORTHEAST DIVISION FINALE ON 1000 ISLANDS

Co-angler Title Awarded to Pennsylvania’s Amberg

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CLAYTON, N.Y. (Sept. 17, 2018) – Boater Brian Bylotas of Scott Township, Pennsylvania, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Northeast Division tournament on 1000 Islands Sunday with a two-day cumulative catch of 10 bass weighing 48 pounds, 3 ounces. For his win, Bylotas pocketed $6,886.

“I started in the river Saturday and caught a few small fish before running out to Lake Ontario about 8 (a.m.),” said Bylotas, who also clinched the BFL Northeast Division Angler of the Year (AOY) points title with his win. “There were some shoals out there and by 10 or 10:30 (a.m.) I got on a school that I had all to myself. I stayed there all day and my co-angler and I caught them pretty well.”

Bylotas said he focused on a ledge off of a shoal near Galloo Island. He said the baitfish were stacked up along a ¼-mile stretch in 25 to 30 feet of water and bass were schooling around them.

“On Sunday I started on a few rock piles in the river and caught a big one – about 5½ pounds – on a (4.5-inch Quick Limit Baits) motor oil-colored Dropshot Worm, which I had used Saturday morning in the river as well,” said Bylotas. “By 9 (a.m.), I went out to the same ledge and school on Lake Ontario, but the bite was a little bit slower. I probably caught around 35 fish Sunday compared to 50 fish Saturday.”

Bylotas said he used a 3.8-inch green pumpkin-colored Keitech Sexy Impact on a drop-shot rig on the ledge each day. He added that a Sexy Impact in Silver Flash color was also productive.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:           Brian Bylotas, Scott Township, Pa., 10 bass, 48-3, $6,886

2nd:         John Vanore, Mullica Hill, N.J., 10 bass, 46-6, $3,493

3rd:          Jason Shipton, Muncy, Pa., 10 bass, 44-8, $2,195

4th:          Ken Golub, Pittsford, N.Y., 10 bass, 42-12, $1,637

5th:          Dennis Carnahan, Cazenovia, N.Y., 10 bass, 42-9, $1,317

6th:          Joe Zombek II, Scranton, Pa., 10 bass, 42-6, $1,207

7th:          Travis Manson, Conshohocken, Pa., 10 bass, 41-14, $1,098

8th:          Matt Becker, Finleyville, Pa., 10 bass, 41-11, $988

9th:          Joseph Fonzi, Gasport, N.Y., 10 bass, 40-6, $878

10th:        Frank Arthur, Fallston, Md., 10 bass, 39-12, $768

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Dale Gorrell of Hatfield, Pennsylvania, caught a bass weighing 6 pounds, 4 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the Boater Big Bass award of $945.

Joseph Amberg Jr. of Hawley, Pennsylvania, caught a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 43 pounds, 12 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $3,529.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Joseph Amberg Jr., Hawley, Pa., 10 bass, 43-12, $3,529

2nd:         Richard Jordan, Muncy Valley, Pa., 10 bass, 42-4, $1,746

3rd:          Cherif Zaher, Orangeville, Pa., 10 bass, 40-7, $1,148

4th:          Jim Buehler, Montoursville, Pa., 10 bass, 40-4, $768

5th:          Doug Cameron, Belchertown, Mass., 10 bass, 37-0, $659

6th:          Michael Duarte, Baltimore, Md., 10 bass, 35-11, $604

7th:          Christy Tiano, Hudson, N.Y., nine bass, 34-6, $549

8th:          Ryan Buttermore, Leetsdale, Pa., 10 bass, 33-14, $730

9th:          Jeff Mellott, Warfordsburg, Pa., 10 bass, 32-7, $439

10th:        Jack Wolf, Chesapeake City, Md., 10 bass, 32-4, $384

Amberg also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 6 pounds, 6 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $236.

The 2018 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Northeast Division finale on 1000 Islands was hosted by the Clayton Chamber of Commerce.

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. 11-13 BFL Regional Championship on Chesapeake Bay in North East, Maryland. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 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 take place May 30-June 1 on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland.

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.

MARSHALL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WINS BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING KENTUCKY LAKE OPEN PRESENTED BY YETI

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MARSHALL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WINS BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING KENTUCKY LAKE OPEN PRESENTED BY YETI

MARSHALL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WINS BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING KENTUCKY LAKE OPEN PRESENTED BY YETI

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GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. (Sept. 15, 2018) – The Marshall County High School duo of Nathan Steele and Evan Bremmerkamp, both of Benton, Kentucky, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 11 pounds,14 ounces to win the 2018 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Kentucky Lake Open presented by YETI.

A field of 65 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from Kentucky Dam Marina. In FLW/TBF High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.

The top six teams on Kentucky that advanced to the 2018 High School Fishing National Championship were:

1st:     Marshall County High School, Benton, Ky. – Nathan Steele and Evan Bremmerkamp, both of Benton, Ky., five bass, 11-14

2nd:    Marshall County High School, Benton, Ky. – Harlan Thomas, Gilbertsville, Ky., and Tristan Barrett, Benton, Ky., three bass, 10-15

3rd:     North Mississippi Student Anglers – TJ Edwards, Tremont, Miss., and Houston Vaiden, Hamilton, Miss., three bass, 10-3

4th:     Obion County Central High School, Troy, Tenn. – Conner Terry and Matthew Cummings, both of Union City, Tenn., three bass, 6-15

5th:     Knox Central High School, Knox County, Ky. – Brady Elza, London Ky., and Lance Smith, Barbourville, Ky., two bass, 6-9

6th:     Ohio County High School, Beaver Dam, Ky. – Darren Scoggins, Centertown, Ky., and Jacob Autry, Beaver Dam, Ky., two bass, 6-4

Rounding out the top 10 teams were:

7th:     Logan County High School, Russellville, Ky. – Connor Barnes, Adairville, Ky., and Noah Morgan, Sharon Grove, Ky., two bass, 6-4

8th:     Spencer County High School, Taylorsville, Ky. – Ryan Whitehead and Andy Napier, both of Louisville, Ky., three bass, 5-4

9th:     Logan County High School, Russellville, Ky. – Thomas Lockhart and Kolton Coomer, both of Lewisberg, Ky., two bass, 5-0

10th:   Calloway County High School, Murray, Ky. – Caden Emerson, Almo, Ky., and Ethan Tidwell, New Concord, Ky., one bass, 3-9

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

The 2018 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Kentucky Lake Open presented by YETI 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.

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