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COSTA FLW SERIES HEADED TO SANTEE COOPER LAKES FOR TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY BASS PRO SHOPS

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COSTA FLW SERIES HEADED TO SANTEE COOPER LAKES FOR TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY BASS PRO SHOPS

COSTA FLW SERIES HEADED TO SANTEE COOPER LAKES FOR TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY BASS PRO SHOPS

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SUMMERTON, S.C. (March 27, 2018) – More than 340 pros and co-anglers are set to compete next week, April 5-7, at the Costa FLW Series at Santee Cooper Lakes presented by Bass Pro Shops. The tournament is the third and final regular-season tournament scheduled in the FLW Series Southeastern Division. Hosted by the Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce, the event will feature anglers competing for a top award of up to $89,000, including a brand new Ranger Z518C boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.

“This is going to be a really good tournament, and it could be absolutely phenomenal,” said FLW Tour pro Bryan Thrift, who won when the FLW Series last visited Santee Cooper in 2016. “With the way the weather is warming up, and the full moon next week, it could be a perfect storm. It’s setting up to be an absolute slugfest.”

When the FLW Series anglers competed at Santee Cooper in 2016, 16 five-bass limits were weighed in excess of 25 pounds, with three limits weighing more than 30 pounds. Thrift said that he expects the same thing this time around.

“The best thing about the Santee Cooper lakes is that you can catch giants anywhere,” Thrift said. “We’re definitely going to see multiple 30-pound bags. It’s not like one lake is better than the other, or one end of the lake is better. There are big fish to be caught everywhere, on the whole system.”

Thrift predicted that the bass would be in their prespawn and spawning patterns, with a large majority of the largemouth on beds. He suggested that Rat-L-Traps, spinnerbaits, ChatterBaits and soft stickworms, like a Damiki Stinger, would all play a big role for tournament anglers.

“I think the key is going to be finding fresh fish that are just coming up – staging to move shallow,” Thrift said. “I would say that a three-day total of 78 to 84 pounds will win.”

Anglers will take off from the John C. Land III Landing, located at 4404 Greenall Road., in Summerton, at 7 a.m. EST each day of competition. Weigh-ins will also be held at the landing and will begin at 3 p.m. each day. All takeoffs and weigh-ins are free and open to the public.

In Costa FLW Series regular-season competition, payouts are based on the number of participants competing in the event. At Santee Cooper pros will fish for a top prize of $89,000, including a brand new Ranger Z518C boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard if Ranger Cup qualified. Co-anglers will cast for a brand new Ranger Z175 boat with a 90-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard, and $5,000 if Ranger Cup qualified.

The Costa FLW Series consists of five U.S. divisions – Central, Northern, Southeastern, Southwestern and Western – along with the International division. Each U.S. division consists of three regular-season tournaments with competitors vying for valuable points that could earn them the opportunity to compete in the season-ending Costa FLW Series Championship. The 2018 Costa FLW Series Championship is being held Nov. 1-3 on Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Alabama, and is hosted by the Marshall County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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

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Seaguar Pro Jordan Lee puts total trust in Smackdown, Tatsu and AbrazX and wins second Bassmaster Classic in a row

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Seaguar Pro Jordan Lee puts total trust in Smackdown, Tatsu and AbrazX and wins second Bassmaster Classic in a row

 

Lee Lays it on the Line and Takes Top Honor

Seaguar Pro Jordan Lee puts total trust in Smackdown, Tatsu and AbrazX and wins second Bassmaster Classic in a row

New York, NY (March, 26 2018) – When the pyrotechnics flared and confetti fell on the stage of the 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods, it was 26-year-old Seaguar Pro Jordan Lee standing in the middle of it all with the coveted first-place trophy hoisted into the air. And, yes, he’s the same Jordan Lee that took top honors during this most popular of tournaments last year.

The third person to ever win sequential Classics, Lee’s techniques on Lake Hartwell, South Carolina, March 16 through 18 required lighter line than most anglers would even consider using around such heavy cover as docks and brush piles. But it was his total trust in Seaguar fluorocarbon and braid that allowed him to fish with confidence during the three-day derby.

Most of Lee’s fish came on only five different baits throughout the tournament, but it was free-falling Neko-rigged Ocho on the light line that really showed through.

Spooled onto his spinning reels for this method was 30-pound-test Smackdown — which has a diameter of .009 of an inch, and is the same diameter as 8-pound-test monofilament. And it was 8-pound-test Tatsu fluorocarbon, boasting the same diameter, which Lee used as a leader.

“Using that light of line around those docks in kind of scary,” Lee told the press. “But I never broke off a fish and I never lost a fish. I just fished clean all week.”

Eight-pound-test Tatsu fluorocarbon was also used when Lee was retrieving swimbaits through the thick of things, while 10-pound Tatsu was his go-to when working jerkbaits back to his boat. It was only when casting his handmade “vibrating jigs” that he used line any heftier, and it was only Seaguar’s AbrazX 100% fluorocarbon — with 2X’s the abrasion resistance — in 17-pound test that he trusted.

Fishing docks is one of Lee’s favorite techniques on his home waters of Alabama, so the method boded well with the spotted and largemouth bass that were making their way to the shallow in preparation for the upcoming spawn.

But pre-fishing didn’t go well for him, so he went into the tournament on Day One with no real game plan.

“I didn’t go out all week thinking I was going to win this tournament,” Lee told Bassmaster magazine. “I just decided I was going to fish the way I wanted to fish. You can’t plan on winning this tournament. Everything just has to fall into place.”

Lee’s Day One weight of 18 pounds 10 ounces was followed up by a 12-pound 2-ounce limit of spotted bass, which was enough that he could fish Day Three alongside 24 of the other top competitors. Starting in sixth place during Sunday’s championship round in, Lee culled to his five heaviest bass for 16 pounds, 5 ounces and won with a three-day total of 47 pounds 1 ounce. This latest $300,000 prize has now pushed his career earnings with B.A.S.S. past $1 million mark.

Joining Lee during this year’s Bassmaster Classic were 8 other Seaguar Pros, including Keith Combs, Mark Daniels Jr., Mark Davis, James Elam, Brandon Palaniuk, Jesse Wiggins, Cliff Pirch and Jordan’s brother Matt Lee. And seven of the nine pros proudly sporting the Seaguar logo on their jerseys made it to the last day of the top 25. That’s an amazing 36% of the final field.

Some may say such a win at the Classic boils down to sheer luck, but Lee’s proven he possess a little something extra by winning two in a row. He’s earned and deserves every bit of respect and adoration his fans, competitors and sponsors give him. Seaguar is proud to support Jordan Lee as well some of the finest anglers on the water, and congratulates them all.

 

 

COLLEGE ANGLERS SET TO COMPETE AT YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING AT LAKE TEXOMA

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COLLEGE ANGLERS SET TO COMPETE AT YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING AT LAKE TEXOMA

COLLEGE ANGLERS SET TO COMPETE AT YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING AT LAKE TEXOMA

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DENISON, Texas (March 27, 2018) – YETI FLW College Fishing will continue the 2018 fishing season with an event April 7 on Lake Texoma. The tournament, hosted by the Denison Area Chamber of Commerce, is the second of three regular-season events for anglers in the Southern Conference, and will feature a top prize of a $2,000 club scholarship and an invitation to compete in the 2019 College Fishing National Championship.

“They’re going to catch them pretty good at Texoma and it should be a really fun tournament,” said FLW Tour pro and former College Fishing standout Andrew Upshaw, who has three top-12 finishes on Lake Texoma in Costa FLW Series competition. “The majority of the largemouth should be spawning, or just about to spawn. The smallmouth will likely already have spawned, so the chances of catching a 3½ to 4 pound smallmouth are pretty good. I think the winning team will probably have a mixed bag – a few big largemouth and a few big smallmouth.”

Upshaw said that the majority of the big fish live on the south end of the lake – within six miles of the dam – and he expects that a big grouping of college competitors will likely be found in that area.

“Sight fishing is going to be the deal for most of the teams,” Upshaw said. “You can’t beat a (Gene Larew) Biffle Bug – it’s my number one bait when sight fishing. I’d also have something compact tied on, like a (Gene Larew Jacob Wheeler) Hammer Craw.

“I’d recommend doing a little homework and looking at what past winners have done this time of year,” Upshaw continued. “If I wasn’t sight fishing, I’d be cranking a (Bill Lewis) Echo 1.75 squarebill around rocks. (Ray) Hanselman won a couple of years ago throwing a frog around spawning areas. A big 6- to 8-inch swimbait in the clear water around docks could catch some big ones that are staging.

“My biggest recommendation if you’re looking to win is to pick up baits that you know are going to catch big ones,” Upshaw went on to say. “Between a frog, a big swimbait and a Biffle Bug, I don’t think you can beat those three options.”

Upshaw predicted that the winning team would bring a five-bass limit nearing 22 pounds to the scale.

Competitors will take off from the Highport Marina, located at 120 Texoma Harbor in Pottsboro, at 7 a.m. CST Saturday. Weigh-in will be held at the marina 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 registered to compete in the Lake Texoma tournament include:

Abilene Christian University – Tanner Sanderson, El Paso, Texas, and Corbin Craft, Fort Worth, Texas

Colorado State University-Pueblo – Austin Miles, Durango, Colo., and Cooper Brown, Pueblo West, Colo.

Harding University – Ethan Flowers, Dexter, Mo., and Cole Swede, Little Rock, Ark.

Louisiana Tech University – Huff McIntosh and Jacob Mitcham, both of Ruston, La.

Northeast Texas Community College – Austin King, Hughes Spring, Texas, and Danny Boyd, Winnsboro, Texas

Northeastern State University – Caleb Gibson and Tyler Winn, both of Tahlequah, Okla.

Oklahoma State University – Bates Enmeier, Enid, Okla., and Dexter Flick, Olathe, Colo.

Oklahoma State University – Garrett Brown, Broken Arrow, Okla., and Jake Swanson, Eufaula, Okla.

Sam Houston State University – Jackson Carrell, Anderson, Texas, and Kyle Pasket, Tomball, Texas

Stephen F. Austin State University – Kyle Dragulski, Mansfield, Texas, and Will Hughes, Tyler, Texas

Texas A&M University – Grant Adams, Midlothian, Texas, and Shane Stafford, Belton, Texas

Texas A&M-Commerce – Jacob Galindo, Commerce, Texas, and William Fitzgerald, Quinlan, Texas

Texas A&M-Commerce – Michael Wallace, Plano, Texas, and Jolten Andree, Commerce, Texas

Texas A&M-Commerce – Remy Schenk, Bogata, Texas, and Mason Ray, Plano, Texas

Texas A&M-Galveston – Aaron Batten, Houston, Texas, and Mathew Dove, Deer Park, Texas

Tyler Junior College – Hudson Daille, Tyler, Texas, and Tyler Davis, Whitehouse, Texas

University of Oklahoma – Peyton Berkley, Norman, Okla., and Colton Risley, Yukon, Okla.

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 2019 FLW College Fishing National Championship will take place May 30-June 1 on the Red River in Shreveport, Louisiana, and is hosted by the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission & Red River Waterway Commission.

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.

MONTGOMERY’S KNEPP WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE HOOSIER DIVISION EVENT ON PATOKA LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

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MONTGOMERY’S KNEPP WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE HOOSIER DIVISION EVENT ON PATOKA LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

MONTGOMERY’S KNEPP WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE HOOSIER DIVISION EVENT ON PATOKA LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Kentucky’s Bays Wins Co-angler Title

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BIRDSEYE, Ind. (March 26, 2018) – Boater Jeremy Knepp of Montgomery, Indiana, caught three bass weighing 8 pounds, 15 ounces, Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Hoosier Division event on Patoka Lake presented by Navionics. For his win, Knepp pocketed $4,741.

Knepp stayed on the main lake to catch his fish, targeting points at the mouths of feeder creeks. He said he caught two on a Clown-colored Strike King KVD Deep Jerkbait and one on a homemade spinnerbait with a Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper trailer.

“I caught one in the morning around 10:45 (a.m.) and the other two at about 3 (p.m.),” said Knepp, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “It was tough fishing conditions out there. It rained and was windy the entire day and the temperature only reached 35 degrees.”

Knepp said he worked along 15 to 20 points throughout the day.

“Technique-wise I gave the jerkbait a five or 10 second pause before bringing it in,” said Knepp.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Jeremy Knepp, Montgomery, Ind., three bass, 8-15, $4,741

2nd:         Marty Sisk, Evansville, Ind., two bass, 8-5, $2,370

3rd:          Paul Mendez, Fort Wayne, Ind., two bass, 7-14, $1,514

4th:          Matt McCoy, Indianapolis, Ind., two bass, 7-6, $1,060

5th:          Thomas Foster, Terre Haute, Ind., two bass, 6-15, $908

6th:          Nick Teeters, Martinsville, Ind., two bass, 6-9, $795

6th:          Brody Campbell, Oxford, Ohio, one bass, 6-9, $1,455

8th:          Mark Nies, Cannelton, Ind., one bass, 6-4, $681

9th:          Doug Ruster, New Palestine, Ind., one bass, 6-1, $605

10th:        Bryan Jenkins, Indianapolis, Ind., one bass, 5-13, $530

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Campbell weighed a 6-pound, 9-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $660.

Lenny Bays of Dayton, Kentucky, won the Co-angler Division and $2,270 Saturday after catching two bass weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Lenny Bays, Dayton, Ky., two bass, 8-8, $2,270

2nd:         Leroy Miller, Napoleon, Ohio, one bass, 6-4, $1,465

3rd:          Lawrence Spicher, Boonville, Ind., two bass, 6-0, $757

4th:          Garron Sneed, Charlestown, Ind., one bass, 5-12, $530

5th:          Justin Kivett, Indianapolis, Ind., one bass, 5-11, $454

6th:          Nick Horton, Trafalgar, Ind., one bass, 5-9, $416

7th:          James Mayle, Newark, Ohio, one bass, 5-6, $378

8th:          Greg Roberts, Columbus, Ind., two bass, 4-10, $341

9th:          Nicole Foor, Greens Fork, Ind., one bass, 4-0, $503

10th:        Dan Pardue, Morgantown, Ind., one bass, 3-13, $265

Miller caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division weighing in at 6 pounds, 4 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $330.

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 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.

JACKSON’S THOMAS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MISSISSIPPI DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR

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JACKSON’S THOMAS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MISSISSIPPI DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR

JACKSON’S THOMAS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MISSISSIPPI DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR

Diberville’s Petras Grabs Co-angler Title

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BRANDON, Miss. (March 26, 2018) – Boater Anthony Thomas of Jackson, Mississippi, caught a five-bass limit weighing 22 pounds, 9 ounces, Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mississippi Division event on Ross Barnett Reservoir. For his win, Thomas earned $5,475.

“I fished heavy grass patches in Pelahatchie Bay that had the coontail moss up under them,” said Thomas, who notched his first career win in FLW competition. “I had two areas, but one was more productive because there were bream bedding near the bass. Every year the bream seem to bed in the same area as the bass and they mess with them.”

Thomas said a natural-colored Spro Dean Rojas Bronzeye Poppin’ Frog produced his best bites.

“I caught one fish chasing a bream in practice on a frog and it was cloudy, so I knew I’d do the same thing if it was cloudy during the tournament,” said Thomas. “I only had eight bites all day – four in the morning and then four more throughout the day with my biggest coming around 2 (p.m.).

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Anthony Thomas, Jackson, Miss., five bass, 22-9, $5,475

2nd:         Terry Whittington, Laurel, Miss., five bass, 19-5, $2,737

3rd:          Michael Savell, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 18-9, $2,697

4th:          Ramey Harrell, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 16-5, $1,277

5th:          Dave Woodfin, Kosciusko, Miss., five bass, 15-10, $1,095

6th:          Marty Torrence, Crystal Springs, Miss., five bass, 14-6, $1,004

7th:          Kenny Churchill, Jackson, Miss., five bass, 14-3, $912

8th:          Jason Hannah, Forest, Miss., four bass, 13-5, $821

9th:          Brent Anderson, Kingston Springs, Tenn., five bass, 12-13, $930

10th:        Shannon Denson, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 12-9, $639

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Savell weighed a 7-pound, 13-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $870.

Michael Petras of Diberville, Mississippi, won the Co-angler Division and $2,668 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 12 pounds, 10 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Michael Petras, Diberville, Miss., four bass, 12-10, $2,668

2nd:         Josh Taylor, Nesbit, Miss., three bass, 10-1, $1,334

3rd:          Ken Pecanty, Vicksburg, Miss., four bass, 9-7, $988

4th:          Justin Thomas, Braxton, Miss., three bass, 9-3, $673

5th:          Marian Hall, Hattiesburg, Miss., two bass, 9-0, $954

6th:          Leland Brown, Fulton, Miss., two bass, 7-10, $489

7th:          Brent Ladnier, Wiggins, Miss., three bass, 7-1, $445

8th:          Adam Horn, Madison, Miss., two bass, 7-0, $400

9th:          Ray Higginbotham, Brooksville, Miss., three bass, 6-15, $356

10th:        Tim Callahan, Houston, Miss., three bass, 6-10, $311

Hall caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division weighing in at 5 pounds, 14 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $420.

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 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.

Tony & Hunter Axt Win BASS Nation of VA MR Bass March 24 & 25 Lake Gaston

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Tony & Hunter Axt Win BASS Nation of VA MR Bass March 24 & 25 Lake Gaston

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STANLEY, TROBAUGH TIE FOR WIN AT T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MOUNTAIN DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON DALE HOLLOW LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

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STANLEY, TROBAUGH TIE FOR WIN AT T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MOUNTAIN DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON DALE HOLLOW LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

STANLEY, TROBAUGH TIE FOR WIN AT T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MOUNTAIN DIVISION TOURNAMENT ON DALE HOLLOW LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Kentucky’s Bennington Takes Co-angler Title

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BYRDSTOWN, Tenn. (March 26, 2018) – Boaters Matt Stanley of Alexandria, Tennessee, and Greg Trobaugh of Rickman, Tennessee, each caught five bass weighing 20 pounds, 3 ounces, Saturday to tie for the win at the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mountain Division event on Dale Hollow Lake presented by Navionics. For their efforts, each boater took home $3,573.

Stanley said that he fished mid-lake grass edges with a Picasso School-E-Rig Bait Ball umbrella rig rigged with Xcite Baits Shadnasty Swimbaits in 8 to 12 feet of water. He used a 7-foot 10-inch iRod Genesis II Bama Rig Special Rod and caught around 15 keepers.

“I got a couple good ones early and that keyed me in on what they were doing,” said Stanley, who claimed his third career win in BFL competition. “There’s a lot of grass on Dale Hollow, but once I found the specific spots they were in I could pull up and fish it. Everywhere I stopped I used my Lowrance units to see if there was grass on the bottom and if there was a flat bank. After that it was pretty much game on.”

Trobaugh caught the bulk of his fish mid-lake as well, and used an umbrella rig with Keitech and Reaction Innovations swimbaits. He said his morning was slow, but the bite picked up as the day went on.

“I hit transition spots and caught 11 or 12 keepers. Some of them were relating to points, and a few of them were relating to staging areas,” said Trobaugh, who earned his first BFL win as a boater on Dale Hollow Lake. “I fished a local tournament on Dale Hollow last week and more fish seemed to be pulled up and catchable this time around. I think that helped me.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Matt Stanley, Alexandria, Tenn., five bass, 20-3, $3,573

1st:          Greg Trobaugh, Rickman, Tenn., five bass, 20-3, $3,573

3rd:          Todd Beaty, Rickman, Tenn., five bass 19-7, $1,498

4th:          Jimmy Gayhart, Sadieville, Ky., five bass, 18-11, $1,050

5th:          Joe Rucker, Nicholasville, Ky., five bass, 17-8, $1,000

6th:          Mike Casada, Stearns, Ky., five bass, 17-7, $825

7th:          Keith Monson, Burgin, Ky., five bass, 16-10, $750

8th:          Freddy Adkins, East Bernstadt, Ky., five bass, 16-9, $637

8th:          Brian Wilson, Somerset, Ky., five bass, 16-9, $937

10th:        Rusty Smith, Somerset, Ky., five bass, 16-8, $525

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Matt Salmons of Somerset, Kentucky, weighed a 6-pound, 10-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $645.

Ed Bennington of Scottsville, Kentucky, won the Co-angler Division and $2,249 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 18 pounds, 2 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Ed Bennington, Scottsville, Ky., five bass, 18-2, $2,249

2nd:         Jeremiah Williams, Livingston, Tenn., four bass, 14-13, $1,125

3rd:          Joshua Jernigan, Rocky Top, Tenn., five bass, 13-7, $752

4th:          Ben Stacy, Cincinnati, Ohio, five bass, 12-15, $525

5th:          Cole Sowards, Salt Rock, W. Va., four bass, 12-11, $450

6th:          Brent Clark, Bowling Green, Ky., three bass, 11-12, $412

7th:          Shane Sparks, Allardt, Tenn., five bass, 11-1, $575

8th:          Justin Davis, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 10-15, $318

8th:          Alex Straubing, Mason, Ohio, four bass, 10-15, $368

10th:        Billy Gardner, Livingston, Tenn., four bass, 10-12, $262

Gary Wallace of Albany, Kentucky, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division weighing in at 5 pounds, 14 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $322.

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mountain Division event on Dale Hollow Lake was hosted by Star Point Resort.

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 Chickamauga in Dayton, Tennessee. 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.

Jesse Smith & Patrick Houpe Win CATT Wylie Borderline Mar 24, 2018

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Jesse Smith & Patrick Houpe Win CATT Wylie Borderline Mar 24, 2018

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We have 1 more Borderline Qualifier which is a double point event….April 14th! Guys we’re already looking forward to next year! It’s going to be a much larger field!

Jesse Smith & Patrick Houpe are our winners from this past Sat with 5 bass weighing 15.85 lbs! They also weighed in the BF at 5.05 lbs taking home $600.00!

2nd went to Todd Garner & Shane Hartman with 15.76 lbs worth $250.00!

3rd went to Bucky Helms & Josh Warren with 13.54 lbs and they took home the BONUS pushing their winnings to $330.00!

 18 Teams Big Total    
Team Fish Weight Winnings Points
Patrick Houpe – Jesse Smith  BF 5.05 15.85 $600.00 110
Todd Garner/Shane Hartman 4.91 15.76 $250.00 109
Bucky Helms – Josh Warren  BONUS $ 2.99 13.54 $330.00 108
Ted Geddis – Joe Hansil 3.02 12.43 107
Tim Chapman – Marcus Leech 3.80 11.47 106
Brent Kaukowski/Todd Farris 3.72 10.61 105
Chris Ellis/Matt Frazier 3.32 9.87 104
Will Dewey/Alex Dewey 2.29 8.95 103
Greg Clayton/Travis Robinson 4.09 7.66 102
David Calbert/Bill Carothers 3.12 6.03 101
David Winters – Robin Carico 0.00 5.26 100
Wayne Leonard 2.94 4.12 99
Thomas Vickers – Brian Huskins 0.00 1.89 98
Jonathan Peeler – Brooks Jones 0.00 0.00 97
Aric Dwyer – Zach Bolick 0.00 0.00 97
Glenn Sparrow/Chris Bumgardner 0.00 0.00 97
Clay Williams/David Redman 0.00 0.00 97
Tyler Bess/Chad Atchley 0.00 0.00 97

Mike Ware – Bryan Holmes Win CATT Wateree Mar 24, 2018

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Mike Ware – Bryan Holmes Win CATT Wateree Mar 24, 2018

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We saw several bass over 5 pounds this past Saturday at Wateree and 5 of them were over 6 pounds! It’s going to get even better with some warm weather finally coming! The next Wateree CATT is April 7th at Clearwater Cover Marina! This is a double point event and your last chance to be eligible to enter the Wateree Spring Final April 14th!

Bryan Holmes & Mike are bought in 5 bass weighing 22.24 lbs to take 1st Place and the BONUS $. Add in the 2nd BF at 6.47 lbs and they took home $1,088.00!

Bryan & Mike

2nd place went to Alan Fletcher & Donald Hinson with a limit weighing 21.60 lbs and they weighed in the 1st BF at 6.66 lbs. They took home $512.00 and an Academy Gift Card!

  

3rd went to David Ethridge & Butch Williams with 21.17 lbs and they took home $210.00!

David & Butch

We paid back 5 place and a total of $2,020.000!

 26 Teams Big   Total    
Team Fish Weight Winnings Points
Mike Ware – Bryan Holmes  BONUS & 2nd BF 6.47 22.24 $1,088.00 110
Alan Fletcher – Donald Hinson  1st BF 6.66 21.60 $512.00 109
Butch Williams – David Ethridge 5.83 21.17 $210.00 108
Gary Michaud – Dustin Compton 5.31 18.49 $110.00 107
Mike King – Chris Crawford 6.09 17.99 $100.00 106
Jay Adams – Tony Colacurcio 4.74 17.42 105
Craig Haven – Tim Haven 3.97 16.96 104
Bubba Jackson – Wesley Jackson 4.30 16.79 103
Jimmy McFarland 4.89 14.89 102
Andrew Boykin – Lee Amerson 6.10 14.70 101
Chad Gainey – Mack Kitchens 3.88 14.66 100
Donald Wells – Paul Wells 4.87 13.78 99
Kyle Westerman – Amos Gainey 4.88 13.22 98
Bob Weaver – Scott Floyd 3.16 13.02 97
Kevin Marlone 6.03 12.87 96
David F Canupp – David L Canupp 4.03 12.68 95
Shane Cantley – DJ McEarchern 3.05 11.72 94
Lewis Thompson 5.58 10.40 93
Cleve Yarborough – David Pulling 0.00 0.00 92
Daryl Watson – Wayne Stover 0.00 0.00 92
Jerry Freezon 0.00 0.00 92
Dean Benfield – Keith Hargett 0.00 0.00 92
Max Price – Hunter Denton 0.00 0.00 92
Mark Healon – Tony Truett 0.00 0.00 92
Jim Davis – Mike Allman 0.00 0.00 92
Tanner Fletcher – Kateland 0.00 0.00 92
Total Entrys     $2,080.00  
BONUS $     $460.00  
Total Paid At Ramp     $2,020.00  
Wateree 2018 Spring Final Fund     $470.00  
2018 CATT Championship Fund     $50.00  
         
2018 Wateree Spring Final Fund Total     $2,120.00  
2018  CATT Championship Fund Total     $3,525.00  

Mark Willis & Mike Eggers win Cashion Fishing Rods Spring T.T. Qualifier #3 March 24,2108 Falls Lake

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Mark Willis & Mike Eggers win Cashion Fishing Rods Spring T.T. Qualifier #3 March 24,2108 Falls Lake

 CASHION FISHING RODS SPRING TEAM TOURNAMENT BASS TRAIL QUALIFIER #3
Saturday March 24th, 2018 ~  ~ Falls Lake ~ ~ Ledge Rock Wildlife Ramp

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Another cold front coming with snow and rain!! We had the Cashion Fishing Rods Sprin g Team Tournament Bass Trail Qualifier #3 at Falls Lake anyway because the radar gav e us a break with just rain at the weighin. The weather for the 42 teams was not too bad with winds very  light for most of the day , the air temps ranged from 32 to 49 and the water level  was right at 252. Surface water temps averaged 50 degrees depending where you were on the lake! The fish were caught  in 2 to 10 foot of water. Water needs to warm up a few more degrees and that should be coming soon!!


Mark Willis & Mike Eggers, found the hot spot and caught only 4 keepers but they were nice ones weighing a total of 23.75 lbs. to take 1st Place and 1st Place Big Fish (8.28 lbs.) for a total of $1,613 in prize money!  Willis on right..Eggers on left.
A pound and a half behind was the 2nd Place team of Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hooks landing 5 bass weighing 22.23 lbs. and along with winning the 1st Place TWT they took home $1,113 in winnings. Close behind, the 3rd
Place team of David Walton & Justin Young presented 5 bass weighing 22.12 lbs. to rack up $470 in winnings. The  2nd place Big Fish (7.51 lbs.) was caught by the team of Travis Pomp & Eddie Harris for $252 in winnings!

107 bass were brought to the scales for a total of 338 pounds averaging 3.16 lbs. each. Shallow running crankbaits,  chatterbaits, jerk baits, spinner baits & Jigs in the more shallow water seemed to be the lures of choice.

I want to thank Cashion Fishing Rods and all the anglers that participated. Our next tournament will be the 2018
PBC Academy Sports & Outdoors $10,000 Spring Team Bass Trail Qualifier #3, Saturday March 31st also at Falls
Lake out of Ledge Rock Wildlife Ramp.  
All the information on our tournaments and dates can be found at:    http://piedmontbassclassics.com/

Now here are the full results:

1st Place: Mark Willis & Mike Eggers of Garner…4 bass…25.89 lbs…$1,075
2nd Place: Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hooks of Fuquay Varina & Apex…5 bass…22.23 lbs…$588
3rd Place: David Walton & Justin Young of Raleigh & Fuquay Varina…5 bass…22.12 lbs…$470
4th Place: Keith Deal & Ricky Kenworthy of Holly Springs & Raleigh…4 bass…19.08 lbs…$370
5th Place: Todd Massey & Brandon Gray of Chapel Hill & Bullock…5 bass…18.70 lbs…$302
6th Place: Charles Stewart & Mike Andrews of Oxford & Creedmoor…3 bass…17.62 lbs…$235
7th Place: Robert Barton & Michael Britt of Raleigh…4 bass…17.08 lbs…$202
8th Place: Phil Thalheimer & Timothy Griffin of Raleigh…5 bass…15.47 lbs…$168

1st Place Big Fish: 1st Place Team above…8.28 lbs…$588

          2nd Place Big Fish: Travis Pomp & Eddie Harris of Youngsville & Snow Camp…7.51 lbs…$252


1st Place TWT: 2nd Place Team above: 22.23 lbs…$525

         2nd Place TWT: 5th Place Team above: 18.70 lbs…$225

Next PBC Tournament  ~ March 31st, 2018
2018 Academy Sports & Outdoors $10,000
Spring Team Bass Trail Q#3 !!
FALLS LAKE~LEDGE ROCK WILDLIFE RAMP
Blast Off Approx. 6:30 am...1st Flight Weighin 3:00 pm
Pay Entry at ramp from 4:30 am.      Cash Only At The Ramp.


Contact Information:
Phil McCarson…Tournament Director—922 Valetta Rd.—Durham, NC   27712
Home: 919-471-1571     Cell: 919-971-5042
email:[email protected]            website: http://piedmontbassclassics.com/

 

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