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Jason Dies Wins ABA Tournament on Percy Priest Lake April 22,2018

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Jason Dies Wins ABA Tournament on Percy Priest Lake April 22,2018

Jason Dies Wins Tournament on Percy Priest Lake 

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ATHENS, Ala. – Jason Dies won the American Fishing Tour, presented by American Bass Anglers. Central Tenn. Division 31 tournament, held 04/22/2018 on Percy Priest Lake. With the tournament running out of Fate Sander Marina Ramp. The Lebanon, TN. angler caught five-bass weighting 12.00 Lbs. For the victory, Jason took home a check for $249.00.

In second amongst the competitors, Justin Odom from Franklin, Tn. caught 4 bass weighing 10.25 Lbs. picking him up a $94.00.

3rd place went to Clark Cowley from Lebanon, Tn. with 3 bass weighing 8.95 lbs.

4th place went to David Prosser from Nolensville, Tn. with 2 bass weighing 6.60 lbs.

David Prosser had Big fish weighing 4.75 Lbs. picking him up an extra $35.00.

It was a tough day on the water for all angler’s. Rain and wind plagued the day making it that much tougher. Thanks to each ABA member that showed up
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The next event in this division is May 5th, 2018 on Old Hickory Lake. Launching from Bull Creek ramp in Gallatin Tn.  For more info on this event or division call local director Fred Needham at (615)-323-7057 or visit www.americanbassanglers.com
These anglers accrued valuable points toward the divisional angler of the year title. The points champion from each division will compete in the annual American Bass Anglers AFT Angler of The Year Final Round Fish-Off. In addition, the top 500 anglers from the various divisions will earn the right to compete int he three-day ABA, AFT National Championship tournament. For more information, call ABA at (888) 203-6222.On line, see www.americanbassanglers.com.

The American Fishing Tour offers low cost, close to home bass tournaments that are designed for the weekend angler. All ABA anglers fish for money and points. The points advance the angler to their divisional championship and the top 500 anglers in the US are invited to the American Fishing Tour National Championship

About American Bass Anglers: American Bass Anglers is committed to providing low cost, close to home tournaments for the weekend angler and at the same time offer each competitor an upward path for individual angler progression. For more information about American Bass Anglers, the ABA Open Series, the American Fishing Tour or the American Couples Series, visit www.americanbassanglers.com.

American Bass Anglers, Inc. is supported by Triton Boats, Mercury Outboards, Hydrowave, T-H Marine, Abu Garcia, Berkley, Livingston Lures, Best Western Hotels, Garmin, Maui Jim, Power Pole, Optima Batteries and GEICO.  American Bass Anglers, Inc. can be contacted at (256) 232-0406 or visit AmericanBassAnglers.com

May 2018 Lake Anna Fishing Outlook by Chris Craft

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May 2018 Lake Anna Fishing Outlook by Chris Craft
MAY  OUTLOOK

 

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The annual Anna Point Marina/Fish Tales Youth Fishing Tournament is scheduled for Saturday May 12, 2018from 9AM to 1PM
Registration will start around 7:30am
With the award ceremony to follow with some great food.
(Rain date is Sat May 19)The Sunday Morning Bass Series kicks off on Sunday May 6 and will be held every Sunday all the way through Sunday September 30. These 5 hour event have become very popular over the past few years.Entry fee is $100 per boat (including big fish) and has an 80% payback with an extended payout of a reverse 1 in 3 boats.  
There is also a Fall Classic that will be held in October and will be a 100% payback event. All you have to do to be eligible for the classic is fish one regular season event.
Contact info: Chris Craft or Dave Fauntleroy 540-895-5900 ex5

    BASS- The bass have finally made their push to the shallows and lots of them are spawning. By the end of the month, look for the best top water action of the season to start.

May is the month that the shad and herring will spawn, look foir them on shallow rocky points & rip rap banks. Walking top water baits like the Evergreen Custom Top Water Bait, Heddon Zara Spook and Spook Jr are great baits to imitate spawning baitfish. Soft jerkbaits are another great imitation of these spawning morsals.
   
CRAPPIE- Early in the month the Crappie will still be spawning, as we get to the middle of the month, they will start to push back out to deeper water for the summer. Willow grass, beaver huts, boat docks and sea walls will be holding fish during the spawn.

Fish a small minnow rigged under a slip bobber with minimal weight (just enough to keep minnow in place) or an abundance of artificial baits. Mt favorite is a 2″ Big Bite Lures Curly Tail Grub rigged on a Mizmo 1/16oz jighead in Tractor Green, Green Weenie, Back/Blue Chart Tail and Wally World. 
  

 STRIPER- The Striper have been in the uplake area for quite some time and are now pushing their way back down tro mid lake. 

Early in the morning, look for them to be chasing baitfish to the surface. Broken Back Redfins are my favorite bait to catch them on. Once the feed is over, a four inch swimbait, rigged on a 1/4oz jig head will continue to catch them. 



LAKE LEVEL- FULL POOL
WATER TEMPS & CLARITY
DIKE 3- 62-64 Degrees CLEAR
DOWN LAKE- 61-64 Degrees CLEAR
MID LAKE- 60-63 Degrees SLIGHT STAIN
UP LAKE-60-65 HEAVY STAIN

Chris Craft
Anna Point Marina/Fish Tales Tackle Manager

 

Mike Roberson Wins ABA on Chowan River With 15.55lbs April 28,2018

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Mike Roberson Wins ABA on Chowan River With 15.55lbs April 28,2018

Mike Roberson Wins on Chowan River

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Division 17, North Carolina Central’s Mike Roberson, of Battleboro, NC is one step closer to the 2018 ABA National Championship with another 1st Place win during the American Fishing Tour bass tournament held at Chowan River on the 28th of April.

Launching out of the Highway 13 Ramp (Shoups Landing) in Winton, North Carolina. Mike caught 5 bass weighing 15.55 lbs.  Mike said he caught his fish on worms down river.  This is Mike’s third win in a row on the Chowan in Division 17.

Trey Nanney of Wilson, NC had big fish of the tournament with a nice 6.05 pounder.

These anglers are acquiring valuable points to ensure their birth in this division’s two-day championship and the American Fishing Tour 2018 National Championship on Lake Hartwell.

Their points are also being used to determine the divisional angler of the year. The top angler by points earned in this division will represent the division in the Angler of the Year final round.

Top 5

First Place                 Mike Roberson         15.55 lbs
Second Place            Ricky West                15.16 lbs
Third Place                Trey Nanney            14.68 lbs
Fourth Place             Phillip Gibson Jr.      14.45 lbs
Fifth Place                 Gary Keim                 13.88 lbs

Next Divisional Tournament: This division’s next tournament will be held 12 May 2018 on Roanoke River out of Water Street Ramp.

For more information on this or any future event in this division contact Mike Colbert at (252)223-2325.

The American Fishing Tour offers low cost, close to home bass tournaments that are designed for the weekend angler. All ABA anglers fish for money and points. The points advance the angler to their divisional championship and the top 500 anglers in the US are invited to the American Fishing Tour National Championship.

American Bass Anglers is committed to providing low cost, close to home tournaments for the weekend angler and at the same time offer each competitor an upward path for individual angler progression. For more information about American Bass Anglers, the ABA Open Series, the American Fishing Tour or the American Couples Series, visit www.americanbassanglers.com.

American Bass Anglers, Inc. is supported by Triton Boats, Mercury Outboards, Hydrowave, T-H Marine, Abu Garcia, Berkley, Livingston Lures, Best Western Hotels, Garmin, Maui Jim, Power Pole, Optima Batteries and GEICO.  American Bass Anglers, Inc. can be contacted at (256) 232-0406 or visit AmericanBassAnglers.com

KING GEORGE’S HUGHES WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE SHENANDOAH DIVISION OPENER ON POTOMAC RIVER PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

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KING GEORGE’S HUGHES WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE SHENANDOAH DIVISION OPENER ON POTOMAC RIVER PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

KING GEORGE’S HUGHES WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE SHENANDOAH DIVISION OPENER ON POTOMAC RIVER PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Waldorf’s Jenkins Wins Co-angler Title

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MARBURY, Md. (April 30, 2018) – Boater Jesepth Hughes of King George, Virginia, caught five bass weighing 21 pounds, 13 ounces, Saturday to win the 2018 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Shenandoah Division opener on the Potomac River presented by Navionics. For his victory, Hughes earned $4,948.

“I ran 15 miles south to Aquia Creek and fished two main patterns – targeting spawning fish in the mouth of Aquia and targeting prespawn fish that were moving out of the creek,” Hughes said.

“For the spawners I was just blind casting to where the beds usually are at, dragging a black and blue-colored Zoom worm. For the prespawn fish I had an area on a big flat – kind of a shell-bed hump with a few stumps. I worked that area with a ChatterBait.”

Hughes’ ChatterBait of choice was an Original Z-Man with a green-pumpkin-colored Strike King Rage Tail Craw. He said that he caught around a dozen keepers on the day – four dragging the worm, the rest on the ChatterBait.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Jesepth Hughes, King George, Va., five bass, 21-13, $4,948

2nd:         Matthew Caffi, Fairfax, Va., five bass, 19-1, $2,674

3rd:         Tom Bateman, LaPlata, Md., five bass, 18-13, $2,026

4th:         Safulla Rana, Warrenton, Va., five bass, 18-11, $1,255

5th:         Gregory Wilder, Millersville, Md., five bass, 18-0, $990

6th:         Ryan Powroznik, Hopewell, Va., five bass, 17-14, $907

7th:         Kyle Hoffman, Harpers Ferry, W.Va., five bass, 17-11, $825

8th:         Aaron Bartlett, Mechanicsville, Va., five bass, 17-8, $742

9th:         Scott Banton, Midlothian, Va., five bass, 17-2, $660

10th:       Joseph Thompson, Coatesville, Pa., five bass, 16-8, $577

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Bateman caught a bass weighing 5 pounds, 14 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $377.

Lew Jenkins of Waldorf, Maryland, won the Co-angler Division and $3,051 Saturday after catching a five-bass limit weighing 18 pounds even.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Lew Jenkins, Waldorf, Md., five bass, 18-0, $3,051

2nd:         Roland Burton, Hopewell, Va., five bass, 17-11, $1,237

3rd:         Jonathan Dietz, Corry, Pa., five bass, 17-4, $824

4th:         David Williams, Fredericksburg, Va., five bass, 17-3, $627

5th:         Billy Brown, Dahlgren, Va., five bass, 16-11, $495

6th:         Lenny Baird, Stafford, Va., five bass, 16-10, $454

7th:         Michael Nelms, Hartwood, Va., five bass, 16-3, $412

8th:         Gregory Callas, Falls Church, Va., five bass, 15-13, $371

9th:         John Henning, Lansdale, Pa., five bass, 15-8, $330

10th:       Lewis Williams, Roanoke, Va., five bass, 15-7, $289

Jenkins caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a 5-pound, 8-ounce fish – that also earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $377.

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 the 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 2018 BFL All-American will be held May 31-June 2 at Cross Lake in Shreveport, Louisiana, and is hosted by the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission. 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.

Oregon Angler Wins Bass Boat And Trip To Fish With 2017 Toyota Bassmaster Angler Of The Year

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Oregon Angler Wins Bass Boat And Trip To Fish With 2017 Toyota Bassmaster Angler Of The Year

Mario DePiero of Gaston, Ore., pictured with wife and children, won the 2018 Bassmaster Fish With Brandon Palaniuk Sweepstakes. A prize package worth more than $57,000.

Photo courtesy of Mario DePiero

May 1, 2018

Oregon Angler Wins Bass Boat And Trip To Fish With 2017 Toyota Bassmaster Angler Of The Year

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Mario DePiero of Gaston, Ore., won a trip to fish with reigning Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year in the Bassmaster Fish With Brandon Palaniuk Sweepstakes. He also scored a new Skeeter ZX190 with a Yamaha VF150LA outboard with the win. The total prize pack is worth more than $57,000.

“Aside from family and friends, fishing definitely falls next for me,” DePiero said. “I was in disbelief when I realized I won the sweepstakes. I was in the market for a used bass boat when I found out I was the winner.”

DePiero will take a trip to a to-be-determined fishery in the United States with Palaniuk. The prize includes round-trip airfare for one, two nights/three days of hotel accommodations, a rental car for the duration of the trip and $500 spending money.

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance. I can’t wait to meet Brandon and get on the water with him. When I found out I won, I started looking him up on YouTube, and he seems like such a cool guy. From what I’ve seen, he’s a swimbait enthusiast — definitely something I’m looking forward to getting some insight on.”

When DePiero was young, he convinced his father to cosign on a Skeeter boat for him. His father joked that he would have to “pull it behind his bike.” But since that day, bass fishing has become a passion that he cannot wait to share with his own children.

“I’m ready to be on the water with my family in the new boat,” he said. “I can’t wait to introduce my kids to bass fishing and watch them get excited about catching big bass.”

DePiero’s prizes also include a Humminbird Solix 10 MEGA SI GPS and Minn Kota Talon, a set of four Dick Cepek all-terrain tires, a Volant Performance air intake and exhaust package, three Alpha Angler rods, two Daiwa Tatula reels, a GoPro Hero6 Black, a HUK Next Level All Weather jacket and bib, a $500 Cabela’s gift card, one Cabela’s X-900 Pure Lead AGM battery, and prize packs from Bass Mafia and Seaguar.

DePiero was selected out of 905,000 entries. He may be nearly one-in-a-million to win, but he feels it was meant to be and that the prize pack was “made for him.”

Fans will have another chance to win an awesome prize very soon through the Bassmaster Fish with Randy Howell Sweepstakes with a grand-prize value of $30,000. The sweepstakes runs through Tuesday, July 31.

For more information on Bassmaster giveaways visit Bassmaster.com/sweepstakes.

Eric Self Wins ABA on Kerr Lake April 28,2018 with 16.43 lbs

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Eric Self Wins ABA on Kerr Lake April 28,2018 with 16.43 lbs

Eric Self Wins on Kerr Lake

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ATHENS, Ala. – Eric Self of Lawndale North Carolina won the American Bass Anglers Open Series event held 4/28/2018 on Kerr Lake. Running out of Nutbush Park in Henderson North Carolina, Eric weighed in a five bass limit weighing 16.43 pounds and took home a check for $5000.00.

“My co-angler and I had a really good day. Between the two of us we probably caught 30 bass. I had all my weight by noon. I was catching them on an ER lures black and blue jig”, said Self.

In second for the boaters was Michael Stephens of Gastonia North Carolina who landed a five bass limit weighing 16.14 pounds. His catch was anchored by a bass weighing 5.05 pounds. Stephens took home a check for $1050.00 for his catch. For catching the biggest bass of the tournament and for catching the fish on an ABU Garcia reel Stephens also took home an ABU Garcia Revo reel valued at $160.00 “I caught all of my fish flipping a green pumpkin V&M Swamp Hog into bushes in spawning pockets”, said Stephens.

Mark Robertson of Henderson North Carolina placed third with a five bass limit weighing 16.11 pounds. He took home a check for $800.00 for his catch. “I Caught probably a dozen fish today flipping bushes with a jig”, said Robertson.

In fourth place for the boaters Jason Houchins of Clarksville Virginia weighed in a five bass limit weighing 15.24 pounds and rounding out the top five, Richard Bradford of Hoffman North Carolina, weighed in a five bass limit weighing 15.02 pounds.

Christopher Cox of Greenville, North Carolina caught the largest bass at 4.30 pounds worth $570.

In the co-angler division, Adam Parker of Catawba, North Carolina weighed in a three bass limit weighing 10.91 pounds, anchored by a bass that weighed 4.28 pounds. Adam took home a check for $1200.00 for the win. “I only caught 3 bass today but they were the right ones. I was using a Queens tackle shakyhead and I had my weight by 9:00 am”, said Parker.

Taking second for the co-anglers, Nick Shaver of Marion, North Carolina weighed in a three bass co-angler limit weighing 9.89 pounds. His catch was anchored by a bass weighing 4.93 pounds. He earned $500.00 for his catch and an additional $180.00 for the co-angler big bass.

I had a great day said Shaver. I caught a bunch of fish and was able to cull several times. I caught all of my weight today on a Texas rig.

Dale Surrett of Midland, North Carolina placed third with a three bass limit weighing 8.88 pounds. He earned $350.00 for the effort.

I fished today with the winning boater so we were around the fish. I caught all of my weight on a senko and was able to cull several times today said Surrett.

In fourth among the co-anglers Jerry Pruitt of Vale North Carolina weighed in a three bass limit weighing 8.16 pounds and rounding out the top five was William Leath of Galax Virginia, with three bass weighing 7.39 pounds.

Slated for May 19th, the next North Carolina division event will be held on High Rock Lake, running out of Tamarac Marina located at 9120 Bringle Ferry Road Salisbury North Carolina 28146.

About American Bass Anglers: American Bass Anglers is committed to providing low cost, close to home tournaments for the weekend angler and at the same time offer each competitor an upward path for individual angler progression. For more information about American Bass Anglers, the Open Series, the American Fishing Tour or the American Couples Series, visit www.americanbassanglers.com.

American Bass Anglers Inc. is supported by Triton Boats, Mercury Outboards, Geico, Berkley, ABU Garcia, T-H Marine, Livingston Lures, Best Western Hotels, Maui Jim, Garmin,  Sirius XM Marine weather and Optima Batteries.

American Bass Anglers can be contacted at (256) 232-0406 or by visiting americanbassanglers.com

CUBA’S BECHTEL WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OZARK DIVISION EVENT ON LAKE OF THE OZARKS

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CUBA’S BECHTEL WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OZARK DIVISION EVENT ON LAKE OF THE OZARKS

CUBA’S BECHTEL WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OZARK DIVISION EVENT ON LAKE OF THE OZARKS

Springfield’s Lloyd Wins Co-angler Title

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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (April 30, 2018) – Boater Zach Bechtel of Cuba, Missouri, brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 21 pounds, 7 ounces to win the 2018 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Ozark Division event on Lake of the Ozarks. For his win, Bechtel earned the first place prize of $5,020 plus a $2,000 Ranger Cup contingency bonus.

“I had been fishing in a few local tournaments over the past few weeks and had been catching a lot of fish,” said Bechtel. “But, when I went out on Friday to practice for this event, the fish were gone. I looked and looked and I couldn’t find them anywhere. I knew I was in trouble.

“Saturday, I woke up without a real plan and just decided to go fishing,” Bechtel said. “Everyone else kept saying that the fish had moved shallow to spawn, but I decided that I was going to fish in areas where I believed the fish were still staging. On my first spot I caught a 4½- and a 5-pounder and I just dialed it in from there.”

Bechtel said that he fished around 20 different points through the day with a ¾-ounce silver and red-colored War Eagle spinnerbait with a smoke shad-colored Keitech Fat Impact swimbait on it. He estimated that he caught 10 or 11 keepers throughout the day.

“I think the wind was pretty important to my pattern,” Bechtel said. “The points had to be wind-blown in order to get bit.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Zach Bechtel, Cuba, Mo., five bass, 21-7, $5,020 + $2,000 Ranger Cup

2nd:         Mark Tucker, Kirkwood, Mo., five bass, 19-8, $2,560

3rd:         Keith Nickell, Warsaw, Mo., five bass, 19-1, $1,574

4th:         Rob Bueltmann, Osage Beach, Mo., five bass, 18-2, $1,201

5th:         David Ryan, Levasy, Mo., five bass, 17-12, $944

6th:         Ronnie Kane, Gardner, Kan., five bass, 17-8, $865

7th:         Tom Alsop, Overland Park, Kan., five bass, 15-5, $787

8th:         Tom Silber, Labadie, Mo., five bass, 15-2, $708

9th:         Jason Rhyne, Foristell, Mo., five bass, 15-1, $629

10th:       Shawn Kowal, Linn Creek, Mo., five bass, 14-6, $551

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Doug Henzlik of Leawood, Kansas, caught a bass weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $695.

Tom Lloyd of Springfield, Missouri, won the Co-angler Division and $2,560 Saturday after catching a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds even.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Tom Lloyd, Springfield, Mo., five bass, 16-0, $2,560

2nd:         Spencer Clark, Maryland Heights, Mo., five bass, 12-15, $1,180

3rd:         Taylor Day, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., two bass, 9-0, $787

4th:         Lang Yang, Miami, Okla., three bass, 8-10, $551

5th:         Jordan Williams, Oak Grove, Mo., three bass, 8-4, $522

6th:         Dennis Spell, Bonne Terre, Mo., three bass, 7-10, $433

7th:         Bryan Barnard, Harrison, Ark., two bass, 7-8, $393

8th:         Walter Hammond, Lees Summit, Mo., three bass, 7-3, $354

9th:         Terry Misenhelter, Four Seasons, Mo., two bass, 6-13, $315

10th:       Kory Ries, Union, Mo., two bass, 6-12, $275

Jeffrey Miller of Fredericktown, Missouri caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a 5-pound, 12-ounce bass that earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $347.

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Ozark Division event at Lake of the Ozarks was hosted by the Lake of the Ozarks Tri-County Lodging Association and 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 and Barkley lakes 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 2018 BFL All-American will be held May 31-June 2 at Cross Lake in Shreveport, Louisiana, and is hosted by the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission. 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.

MILTON’S LEIDHOLDT WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE GREAT LAKES DIVISION OPENER ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

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MILTON’S LEIDHOLDT WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE GREAT LAKES DIVISION OPENER ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

MILTON’S LEIDHOLDT WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE GREAT LAKES DIVISION OPENER ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Illinois’ Howard Wins Co-angler Title

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LA CROSSE, Wis. (April 30, 2018) – Boater Rob Leidholdt of Milton, Wisconsin, caught five bass weighing 17 pounds, 11 ounces, Saturday to win the 2018 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Great Lakes Division opener on the Mississippi River presented by Navionics. Leidholdt earned $5,046 for his victory.

“I stayed in Pool No. 8 all day, throwing a spinnerbait all day long on a shallow flat near Stoddard,” said Leidholdt, who earned his first career win in FLW competition. “There were around 15 boats fishing the same flat, but I was fishing slower than most of them. I caught around 10 fish all day long.”

Leidholdt’s spinnerbait of choice was a Spot Remover-colored War Eagle Finesse Spinnerbait with a white Zoom Swimmer Paddle Tail swimbait.

“I think only having one day to practice actually really helped me,” Leidholdt said. “The river has had so much water fluctuation in the past few weeks, so even if I would have had time to practice it likely would have been very different come tournament time.

“It’s the first time in a long time that I can remember that I put the jig down and picked up the spinnerbait,” Leidholdt joked. “I’ve been fishing BFL tournaments for 15 years, so I definitely put my time in to earn the win.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Rob Leidholdt, Milton, Wis., five bass, 17-11, $5,046

2nd:         Michael Hanrahan, Pleasant Hill, Iowa, five bass, 16-15, $2,523

2nd:         Ryan Lewis, Glasford, Ill., five bass, 16-14, $1,682

4th:         Mike Brueggen, La Crosse, Wis., five bass, 16-0, $1,177

5th:         Ben Potaracke, La Crosse, Wis., five bass, 15-15, $1,209

6th:         Dan Mohn, Lansing, Iowa, five bass, 15-12, $925

7th:         Bob Downey, Hudson, Wis., five bass, 15-8, $841

8th:         Nick Trim, Galesville, Wis., five bass, 15-1, $857

9th:         Frank Cipra, Prairie du Chien, Wis., five bass, 14-10, $673

10th:       Jeff Ritter, Prairie du Chien, Wis., five bass, 14-1, $589

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Tony Seiler of River Falls, Wisconsin, caught a bass weighing 6 pounds, 11 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $770.

David Howard of Farmington, Illinois, won the Co-angler Division and $2,523 Saturday after catching a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 9 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          David Howard, Farmington, Ill., five bass, 16-9, $2,523

2nd:         Kory Kreinke, Annandale, Minn., five bass, 14-9, $1,262

3rd:         Mike Frazer, DeForest, Wis., five bass, 14-1, $841

4th:         Jake Lambrecht, Davenport, Iowa, five bass, 13-14, $589

5th:         Alexandru Spiac, Chicago, Ill., five bass, 12-6, $505

6th:         Brad Juen, La Crosse, Wis., four bass, 11-6, $663

7th:         Jason Wulf, Crown Point, Ind., three bass, 10-2, $471

8th:         Chad Schultz, Rockton, Ill., four bass, 9-10, $378

9th:         Jason Swanson, Waterloo, Iowa, three bass, 9-5, $336

10th:       Chad Smith, Davenport, Iowa, three bass, 8-4, $294

Bill McBride of Rockford, Illinois, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a 5-pound, 12-ounce fish. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $385.

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Great Lakes Division opener on the Mississippi River presented by Navionics was hosted by the La Crosse County 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. 25-27 BFL Regional Championship on Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach, Missouri. 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 2018 BFL All-American will be held May 31-June 2 at Cross Lake in Shreveport, Louisiana, and is hosted by the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission. 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.

10 Things You’ll Wish You Had in a Fishing Tournament By Grant Kelly W2Fish

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10 Things You’ll Wish You Had in a Fishing Tournament By Grant Kelly W2Fish

These essential items are easy to forget at home, so this checklist will help you stay prepared for your upcoming bass fishing tournaments.

Georgia angler Grant Kelly with a nice largemouth (Photo: Walker Smith)

I’m one of the most forgetful people you’ll ever meet—especially when it comes to fishing tournaments. I’ll get so caught up in the small details like rigging tackle, that I’ll completely overlook the most important pieces of equipment. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had that “oh, crap” feeling at the boat ramp or after catching my first keeper of the day, when I realize that I’ve forgotten something at the house.

Some of this checklist is funny, but by gosh, all of it is true. Make sure to run down this checklist before your next bass fishing tournament.

LIVETARGET’s award-winning Sunfish Hollow Body is a true show-stopper

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Sunfish on Top, Anyone?

LIVETARGET’s award-winning Sunfish Hollow Body is a true show-stopper

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Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON (April 30, 2018) – Innovations in hollow body topwater lures have expanded this once narrowly-applied presentation into a productive technique for both fresh- and saltwater species. Advanced soft plastic bodies engineered to exclude water and collapse readily when attacked, customized hooks that shed weeds while still piercing mouths, and intricate anatomical details that provide true-to-life realism, have all contributed to the explosion in the popularity, and effectiveness, of hollow body topwaters.

 

 

Sunfish Hollow Body (Natural/Blue Pumpkinseed)

 

Once the exclusive domain of frog imitations, hollow body topwater profiles have diversified dramatically in recent years, resulting in surface eruptions from marauding fish that have never feasted on amphibians. LIVETARGET, the leader in anatomically-accurate, ultra-realistic artificial lures, has crafted four unique hollow body topwaters that have garnered ICAST New Product Showcase trophies since 2010, including a far-from-traditional frog, a unique mouse, a saltwater mullet bait, and their show-stopping Sunfish Hollow Body.

“Without a shadow of a doubt, sunfish are a major forage base for predator bass,” noted LIVETARGET pro angler Dave Mercer, host of “Dave Mercer’s Facts of Fishing” on the Outdoor Channel and WFN. “You’ll find bluegill and sunfish around every pad bed, every dock, every piece of structure – and the LIVETARGET Sunfish Hollow Body perfectly imitates what they look like and how they behave.”

 

Indeed, the LIVETARGET Sunfish Hollow Body expertly replicates the profile of a small, stunned sunfish that is struggling helplessly on the surface. Bristling with true-to-life, three-dimensional anatomical features including fins, tail, gill opercles and eyes, the LIVETARGET Sunfish Hollow Body puts wary bass at ease, casting the perfect illusion of a living, vulnerable sunfish that is about to meet its demise.

With ten distinct color patterns to choose from, you’ll be able to easily select the LIVETARGET Sunfish Hollow Body that exactly mimics your local forage base, whether you battle bass in the pine-studded northland, the cypress swamps of the deep south, or any of the fin-infested waters in-between.

 

Sunfish Hollow Body (Natural/Green Bluegill)

 

“There are so many different ways and subtle nuances with this bait, and how you can work it, to effectively catch fish,” remarked Mercer. “Of course you’ve got your standard retrieve over pads. You’ll be able to work through the greenery without getting hung up because of the bait’s intricate, well-balanced design. Its custom Trokar hook rides high and dry, and is further protected from the slop by the lure’s 3D pectoral and pelvic fins. What a great concept for triggering bites AND for making the bait even more weedless!”

Mercer explains that the LIVETARGET Sunfish Hollow Body shines when it leaves the salad bar. “The real magic happens in the open water. If I want to pop it really slow, the LIVETARGET Sunfish Hollow Body executes a perfect, wide, side-to-side walk. And get this – when I pop the bait, it actually dives down subsurface just a bit, and then rolls back to the top. That up and down motion creates a long-lasting bubble trail on the surface, helping nearby fish to locate the source of all the commotion. This unique dive-and-rise cycle helps bass to see a LOT more of this bait than they do with more conventional topwaters, allowing the realism and the artistry of the LIVETARGET Sunfish Hollow Body to seal the deal.

 

“Truly, this is the first hollow body topwater lure that I have as much confidence in the open water as I do in the weeds.”

Precisely weighted for long casts, weedless presentations and effective hooksets, the LIVETARGET Sunfish Hollow Body is in a class of its own. When combined with other LIVETARGET hollow body topwaters, like the Frog and the Mouse, anglers truly have a library of actions, patterns and profiles to tempt bass, pike, and other freshwater apex predators into aggressively feeding up on top.

Find the Sunfish Hollow Body now at your favorite retailer, in three lengths, weights, and a full spectrum of ten ultra-realistic color patterns, with MSRP $14.49 – $15.49.

 

Sunfish Hollow Body (Natural/Olive Bluegill)

At LIVETARGET, our connection and commitment to the primal spirit of competition drives us to design and craft lures that give anglers a distinct advantage. Professional bass angler and TV personality Dave Mercer relies on LIVETARGET, and you can too, whenever you step into the boat, cast a line from shore or wade in your favorite stream. Whenever and wherever we fish, we compete.

Visit us today to shop and learn about LIVETARGET lures and The Nature of Competition.

 

 

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