Day: June 24, 2020

ANDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (June 23, 2020) – It was a double-header for bass anglers this past weekend in Andersonville with the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on Norris Lake events. FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, rescheduled the events after the coronavirus pandemic forced the organization to pause competition in mid-March.

Boater Riley Faulkner of Jacksboro, Tennessee, brought a three-bass limit to the scale totaling 8 pounds, 14 ounces to win Saturday’s event, while Derek Turner, also of Jacksboro, brought in three bass weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces on Sunday to earn the win. Faulkner earned $2,400 for his win Saturday, while Turner won Sunday’s top prize of $2,300.

“I stayed on the Powell (River), fishing brush piles from 5 to 15 feet deep,” said the 17-year-old Faulkner, who earned the win in just his fourth career event. “My key bait was a 10-inch Zoom Ol’ Monster worm (cherry seed).

“My dad won the last BFL tournament held on this lake, so it’s really cool to come out and win again right after he did. I know how hard these events are to win,” Faulkner went on to say.

The top five boaters on Saturday were:

            1^st:       Riley Faulkner of Jacksboro, Tenn., three bass, 8-14, $2,400

            1^st:       Eddie Richards of Corbin, Ky., three bass, 8-9, $1,200

            3^rd:       Tate Rice of Newport, Tenn., three bass, 8-7, $800

            4^th:       Jake Lee of Powell, Tenn., three bass, 7-14, $560

            5^th:       Vernon Lowe of Oneida, Tenn., three bass, 7-11, $480

Eddie Ball of Newport, Tennessee, won Saturday’s Big Bass Award of $240 with a 4-pound bass.

Archie Wilson Jr. of Corryton, Tennessee, was the highest-finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member and took home an extra $500 Saturday. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $7,000 per event in each Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the FLW PHOENIX BONUS contingency program can be found at PhoenixBassBoats.com.

Josh Smith of Siler, Kentucky, won the Co-angler Division and $1,320 Saturday after catching two bass weighing 6 pounds, 11 ounces.

The top five co-anglers Saturday finished as follows:

            1^st:       Josh Smith of Siler, Ky., two bass, 6-11, $1,320

            2^nd:      Gabriel Poveda of Knoxville, Tenn., three bass, 6-7, $600

            3^rd:       John Gann of Kingston, Tenn., three bass, 6-4, $400

            4^th:       Ben Arnold of La Follette, Tenn., three bass, 5-15, $280

            5^th:       Ronald Musgrave of Knoxville, Tenn., three bass, 5-9, $240

Smith also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division Saturday, weighing in at 3 pounds, 9 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $120.

On Sunday, Turner also won the event by fishing up the Powell River, but instead of brush piles he was looking for laydowns.

“I went way up the Powell River – about 20 miles,” said Turner, who also earned his first career victory. “I was looking for laydown trees, but the key was that they had to be horizontal to the surface. If they sloped down, they weren’t really productive.”

Turner also credited the Zoom Ol’ Monster (green-pumpkin) as being his key bait and was thankful to earn his first victory on a special day.

“I’m a new dad, so it’s really special to get the first win of my career on Father’s Day.”

The top five boaters on Sunday were:

            1^st:       Derek Turner of Jacksboro, Tenn., three bass, 7-11, $2,300

            2^nd:      Jesse Burnett of Knoxville, Tenn., three bass, 6-5, $1,150

            3^rd:       Bryan Leonard of Blountville, Tenn., three bass, 6-0, $766

            4^th:       Justin McGaha of Knoxville, Tenn., three bass, 5-15, $537

            5^th:       Craig Powers of Rockwood, Tenn., three bass, 5-13, $460

Ted Ridley of Maryville, Tennessee, brought a 3-pound, 1-ounce bass to the scale to win Sunday’s Boater Big Bass award of $230.

Eddie Ball, who weighed in Saturday’s Big Bass, was Sunday’s highest-finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member and took home an extra $500.

Henry Bryan of Sevierville, Tennessee, won the Co-angler Division and $1,150 Sunday after catching a three-bass limit weighing 6 pounds, 1 ounce.

The top five co-anglers Sunday finished as follows:

            1^st:       Henry Bryan of Sevierville, Tenn., three bass, 6-1, $1,150

            2^nd:      Ben Arnold of La Follette, Tenn., two bass, 4-13, $690

            3^rd:       Darren Kelly of Wartburg, Tenn., three bass, 3-14, $384

            4^th:       Terri Davis of Chilhowie, Va., two bass, 3-13, $268

            5^th:       Curtis Crooke of Washburn, Tenn., two bass, 3-12, $230

Arnold caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, weighing in at 2 pounds, 13 ounces. The catch earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $115.

The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine Double-Header on Norris Lake was the third and fourth of five qualifying events in the Volunteer Division.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the Volunteer Division based on point standings, along with the five winners of each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 8-10 Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on the James River in Richmond, Virginia, hosted by Richmond Region Tourism. Boaters will compete for a $60,000 prize package, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new 18-foot Phoenix bass boat with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine 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 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.

The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American will be held Nov. 11-13 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina and is hosted by Visit Anderson. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division earn priority entry into the FLW Series, the pathway to the FLW Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour, where top pros compete with no entry fees.

SHELBYVILLE, Ill. (June 23, 2020) – Boater Jeremy Mull of Pawnee, Illinois, earned the win Saturday at the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine event at Lake Shelbyville after bringing a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 16 pounds, 7 ounces. For his victory, Mull earned a total of $4,463.

“I started out fishing deep on the lower end of the lake, and we pulled up on the right spot at the right time,” said Mull, who earned his third career Bass Fishing League victory. “My co-angler caught the first two fish, then we just went to work on them. I caught them on a football jig (green-pumpkin) in 20-foot-of-water.

“The key was sticking with it all day long,” Mull went on to say. “I caught one real late – within the last 10 minutes – that culled. It was a grind, but I stuck with it all day long.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament as follows:

            1^st:       Jeremy Mull of Pawnee, Ill., five bass, 16-7, $4,463

            2^nd:      Michael Black of Toledo, Ill., five bass, 15-12, $2,232

            3^rd:       Todd Blakeman of Chatham, Ill., five bass, 14-11, $1,689

            4^th:       Mike Jackson of Moweaqua, Ill., five bass, 14-3, $1,041

            5^th:       Shane Haslett of Beecher City, Ill., five bass, 13-15, $893

            6^th:       Martin Conaughty of Fairview Heights, Ill., five bass, 13-14, $818

            7^th:       Matt Carroll of Hillsboro, Ill., five bass, 13-8, $744

            8^th:       Brian Futch of Herrin, Ill., four bass, 12-9, $1,169

            9^th:       Ryan Armstrong of Robinson, Ill., five bass, 12-2, $595

            10^th:     Ryan Lewis of Glasford, Ill., five bass, 11-0, $521

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

James Wright of Paducah, Kentucky, claimed the day’s Boater Big Bass Award of $640 after bringing a 5-pound, 13-ounce bass to the scale.

Futch took home an extra $500 as the highest finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $7,000 per event in each Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the FLW PHOENIX BONUS contingency program can be found at PhoenixBassBoats.com.

William Curtright of St. Louis, Missouri, won the Co-angler Division and $2,232 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 11 pounds, 8 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers finished as follows:

            1^st:       William Liam Curtright of St. Louis, Mo., four bass, 11-8, $2,232

            2^nd:      Blake Hadley of Pana, Ill., five bass, 11-5, $1,116

            3^rd:       Arden Damberg of Wheatland, Iowa, five bass, 10-4, $743

            3^rd:       Jojo Johnson of Benton, Ill., five bass, 9-15, $521

            5^th:       Brad McElroy of Gardner, Ill., five bass, 9-7, $446

            6^th:       Dan Brown of Glenarm, Ill., five bass, 9-5, $409

            6^th:       Ryan Fancher of Olney, Ill., four bass, 9-2, $372

            8^th:       Barry Aumiller of O’Fallon, Mo., three bass, 7-13, $335

            9^th:       Ethan Fields of Breese, Ill., three bass, 7-9, $298

            10^th:     Timothy Nanzer of Bourbonnais, Ill., two bass, 7-7, $260

Dave Dobill of Royalton, Illinois, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, weighing in at 4 pounds, 13 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $320.

The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on Lake Shelbyville was the opening event of five qualifying tournaments in the Illini division.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the Illini Division based on point standings, along with the five winners of each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 15-17 Phoenix Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on the Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wisconsin, hosted by Explore La Crosse. Boaters will compete for a $60,000 prize package, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new 18-foot Phoenix bass boat with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine 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 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.

The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American will be held Nov. 11-13 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina and is hosted by Visit Anderson. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division earn priority entry into the FLW Series, the pathway to the FLW Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour, where top pros compete with no entry fees.

SUMMERTON, S.C. (June 23, 2020) – It was a double-header for bass anglers this past weekend in Summerton with the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on Lake Santee Cooper events. FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, rescheduled the events after the coronavirus pandemic forced the organization to pause competition in mid-March.

Boater Chris Brunson of Mayesville, South Carolina, brought a three-bass limit to the scale totaling 17 pounds, 7 ounces to win Saturday’s event and $3,592, while Cecil Wolfe of Summerton, South Carolina, brought in a three-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 1 ounce on Sunday to earn the win and $3,164.

Brunson won Saturday’s event fishing in Lake Marion, above the Hwy. 95 Bridge near Jack’s Creek.

“I caught my fish in grass, with a Spro Poppin’ Frog and a Texas-rigged worm,” Brunson said. “The key was keeping an open mind and changing things up, because the fish were not where they were at last week.”

The top five boaters on Saturday were:

            1^st:       Chris Brunson of Mayesville, S.C., three bass, 17-7, $3,592

            2^nd:      Chad Cook of Cross, S.C., three bass, 14-14, $1,796

            3^rd:       Tim Kelley of Irmo, S.C., three bass, 14-9, $1,019

            3^rd:       Bo Chappell of Lake City, S.C., three bass, 14-9, $1,019

            5^th:       John Haas of Mount Pleasant, S.C., three bass, 14-5, $1,178

Complete results for Saturday can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Haas brought an 8-pound, 15-ounce bass to the scale to earn Saturday’s Boater Big Bass award of $460.

Jason Miles of Summerville, South Carolina, was the highest-finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member and took home an extra $500 Saturday. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $7,000 per event in each Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the FLW PHOENIX BONUS contingency program can be found at PhoenixBassBoats.com.

Gage Spagnola of Columbia, South Carolina, won the Co-angler Division and $1,796 Saturday after catching three bass weighing 11 pounds, 14 ounces.

The top five co-anglers Saturday finished as follows:

            1^st:       Gage Spagnola of Columbia, S.C., three bass, 11-14, $1,796

            2^nd:      Bill Hawkins of Piedmont, S.C., three bass, 10-6, $898

            3^rd:       Jeff Rikard of Leesville, S.C., three bass, 9-6, $598

            4^th:       Blake Winans of Sumter, S.C., three bass, 9-0, $419

            5^th:       Dylan Thompson of Myrtle Beach, S.C., two bass, 8-15, $359

On Sunday, local Summerton angler Wolfe won the event fishing in Lake Moultrie.

“I was finesse fishing, mainly with a drop-shot rig,” said Wolfe. “I was targeting stumps and brush piles using a Zoom Finesse Worm, both green-pumpkin and watermelon-red colors.

“The key was slowing down – fishing slow, and real methodical. You had to pretty much make them bite. It was really tough.”

The top five boaters on Sunday were:

            1^st:       Cecil Wolfe of Summerton, S.C., three bass, 16-1, $3,164

            2^nd:      Ronnie McCoy of Lamar, S.C., three bass, 15-0, $1,582

            3^rd:       Kyle Austin of Ridgeville, S.C., three bass, 14-10, $1,054

            4^th:       Lex Costas of Daniel Island, S.C., three bass, 14-8, $738

            5^th:       Freddie Gamble Jr. of Manning, S.C., three bass, 13-12, $633

Complete results for Sunday’s event on Santee Cooper can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Danny Shanz of Summerton brought a 7-pound, 2-ounce bass to the scale to win Sunday’s Boater Big Bass award of $380.

Roger Medlock of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, was Sunday’s highest-finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member and took home an extra $500.

Taylor Barnette of Landrum, South Carolina, won the Co-angler Division and $1,582 Sunday after catching a three-bass limit weighing 12 pounds, 13 ounces.

The top five co-anglers Sunday finished as follows:

            1^st:       Taylor Barnette of Landrum, S.C., three bass, 12-13, $1,582

            2^nd:      Terry Jarvis of Inman, S.C., three bass, 12-10, $981

            3^rd:       Thomas Robbins of Jackson, S.C., three bass, 10-4, $526

            4^th:       Brandon Jeffcoat of Columbia, S.C., three bass, 9-8, $369

            5^th:       Brian Bultman of Aiken, S.C., three bass, 8-14, $316

Jarvis caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, weighing in at 6 pounds, 10 ounces. The catch earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $190.

The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine Double-Header on Lake Santee Cooper was the third and fourth of five qualifying events in the South Carolina Division.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the South Carolina Division based on point standings, along with the five winners of each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 16-18 Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on Lake Cherokee in Jefferson City, Tennessee, hosted by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. Boaters will compete for a $60,000 prize package, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new 18-foot Phoenix bass boat with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine 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 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.

The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American will be held Nov. 11-13 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina and is hosted by Visit Anderson. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division earn priority entry into the FLW Series, the pathway to the FLW Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour, where top pros compete with no entry fees.

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (June 23, 2020) – Boater Michael Glasgow of Grant, Alabama, brought a three-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 16 pounds, 4 ounces to win the 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine event at Lake Guntersville in Scottsboro, Alabama. Glasgow earned a total of $6,261 for his victory.

“Every bite I had was on a jig,” said Glasgow, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “It was a brown, 3/4-ounce Strike King Football Head jig. I was sitting in about 30-feet of water, but most of my fish were coming in 12 to 15 (feet of water).

“There wasn’t a lot of current, so I was mainly just fishing hard spots,” Glasgow continued. “I started downriver, then bounced around between Goose Pond and Seibold (Creek). I culled four or five times and caught my last fish around 2:15.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament as follows:

            1^st:       Michael Glasgow of Grant, Ala., three bass, 16-4, $6,261

            2^nd:      Ethan Hunter of Harrison, Tenn., three bass, 16-0, $2,631

            3^rd:       A.J. Barnes of Harrison, Tenn., three bass, 14-6, $2,573

            4^th:       Cal Lane of Guntersville, Tenn., three bass, 13-9, $1,228

            5^th:       Lee Black of Danville, Tenn., three bass, 13-8, $1,052

            6^th:       Marshall Deakins of Dunlap, Tenn., three bass, 13-7, $965

            7^th:       Rick Murphy of Chickamauga, Ga., three bass, 12-13, $877

            8^th:       John Bailey of Resaca, Ga., three bass, 12-9, $789

            9^th:       Wayne Christopher of Huntsville, Ala., three bass, 12-7, $657

            9^th:       Lake Blasingame of Killen, Ala., three bass, 12-7, $857

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Barnes brought a 7-pound, 7-ounce bass to the scale to win the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $820.

Greg Lamb of Birchwood, Tennessee, took home an extra $500 as the highest finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $7,000 per event in each Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the FLW PHOENIX BONUS contingency program can be found at PhoenixBassBoats.com.

Hayden O’Barr of Gurley, Alabama, won the Co-angler Division and $3,021 Saturday after catching three bass weighing 15 pounds, 8 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers finished as follows:

            1^st:       Hayden O’Barr of Gurley, Ala., three bass, 15-8, $3,021

            2^nd:      Dennis McGouirk of Carrollton, Ga., three bass, 13-13, $1,307

            3^rd:       Tyler Turner of Harrison, Tenn., three bass, 11-9, $872

            4^th:       Mason Smith of Decatur, Ala., three bass, 11-1, $610

            5^th:       Neil Crider of Dalton, Ga., three bass, 10-15, $523

            6^th:       Benjamin Fouts of Morehead, Ky., three bass, 10-4, $479

            7^th:       Doug Garrett of Cookeville, Tenn., three bass, 9-12, $414

            7^th:       Kyle Schuchard of Mulga, Ala., three bass, 9-12, $414

            9^th:       Wayne Kilgore of Attalla, Ala., three bass, 9-11, $327

            9^th:       Billy Johnson of Nashville, Tenn., three bass, 9-11, $327

O’Barr also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 8 pounds, 2 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award and added $407 to his winnings.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the Choo Choo Division based on point standings, along with the five winners of each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 16-18 Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on Lake Cherokee in Jefferson City, Tennessee, hosted by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. Boaters will compete for a $60,000 prize package, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new 18-foot Phoenix bass boat with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine 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 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.

The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American will be held April 30 through May 2 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina and is hosted by Visit Anderson. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division earn priority entry into the FLW Series, the pathway to the FLW Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour, where top pros compete with no entry fees.

EUFAULA, Ala. (June 23, 2020) – It was a double-header for weekend bass anglers this past weekend in Eufaula with the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine on Lake Eufaula events. FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, rescheduled the events after the coronavirus pandemic forced the organization to pause competition in mid-March.

Pro Drew Benton of Blakely, Georgia, brought a three-bass limit to the scale totaling 17 pounds, 8 ounces to win Saturday’s event and earn $6,473, while pro Kyle Welcher of Opelika, Alabama, brought in three bass weighing 16 pounds, 3 ounces on Sunday to earn the win and the day’s top prize of $5,498.

“These trophies are a hard to get,” said Benton, who competes on the Bassmaster Elite Series. “The BFL tournaments are stacked fields with a ton of locals. I’m new to this area, but I got my start on Lake Seminole and Lake Eufaula so to get to see everybody that I used to fish against back in the day and come out of here with a win is truly a blessing.”

Benton said that during his practice he noticed a lot of mayflies hatching, so he decided to take advantage of that during the tournament. He started up the river throwing a frog and a Bagley Knocker B topwater bait.

“I caught one really big one on topwater, then as the day went on we went down the lake towards the dam and I fished ledges,” Benton said. “I isolated the schools with my Lowrance LiveSight and caught them all on a Nichols Mini Magnum Spoon.

“If this had been a five-fish tournament, we would have been in the 24- to 25-pound range to win, but I appreciate that FLW is taking care of our resources in determining these three fish events,” Benton went on to say.

The top five boaters on Saturday were:

            1^st:       Drew Benton of Blakely, Ga., three bass, 17-8, $6,473

            1^st:       Josh Stracner of Vandiver, Ala., three bass, 17-4, $2,381

            3^rd:       Kevin Black of Cumming, Ga., three bass, 14-15, $1,585

            4^th:       Ryan Ingram of Phenix City, Ala., three bass, 14-8, $1,111

            5^th:       Brad Davis of Hoschton, Ga., three bass, 14-0, $953

Complete results for Saturday can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Benton brought a 6-pound, 14-ounce bass to the scale to add Saturday’s Boater Big Bass award of $710 to his winnings.

Thom Dickson of Cartersville, Georgia, won the Co-angler Division and $2,561 Saturday after catching three bass weighing 15 pounds even.

The top five co-anglers Saturday finished as follows:

            1^st:       Thom Dickson of Cartersville, Ga., three bass, 15-0, $2,561

            2^nd:      Andrew Nickeson of Valdosta, Ga., three bass, 11-4, $1,118

            3^rd:       William Mercer of Cumming, Ga., three bass, 10-14, $745

            4^th:       Luke Cocke of Valdosta, Ga., three bass, 10-9, $522

            5^th:       Wesley Bennett of Monroe, Ga., three bass, 9-15, $447

Dickson also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, weighing in at 7 pounds, 2 ounces, to add the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $325 to his final payout.

On Sunday, winning boater pro Kyle Welcher said that he caught all of his fish on a topwater frog.

“On Sunday I decided to commit to the shallow bite all day and try to stay around bream beds, mayflies and the bigger fish that were up shallow,” the Alabama pro said. “I hit 50 to 60 spots, fishing from Cowikee all the way to the Dam and back. Everything that I saw that looked good, I’d pull over and fish it. I caught around 12 to 13 keepers throughout the day.

“The key was staying around the bait,” Welcher continued. “Every fish that I caught came on a frog. The water in the lake is falling a little bit each day, so I targeted shallow water, but it was deeper shallow water, if that makes sense.

“It feels good to get the win,” Welcher went on to say. “I’ve been fishing these BFL events for a while, so I’m glad I finally got one.”

The top five boaters on Sunday were:

            1^st:       Kyle Welcher of Opelika, Ala., three bass, 16-3, $5,498

            2^nd:      Austin Lang of Kinsey, Ala., three bass, 13-10, $2,249

            3^rd:       Michael Conley of Bainbridge, Ga., three bass, 13-0, $1,498

            4^th:       Jim Murray Jr. of Leesburg, Ga., three bass, 12-10, $1,050

            5^th:       Ethan Greene of Eufaula, Ala., three bass, 12-9, $862

            5^th:       Todd Classon of Camilla, Ala., three bass, 12-9, $862

Complete results for Sunday’s event on Lake Eufaula can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Steven Hunt of Lakeland, Florida, brought a 6-pound, 2-ounce bass to the scale to win Sunday’s Boater Big Bass award of $645.

Scott Montgomery of Eufaula, Alabama, was Sunday’s highest-finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member and took home an extra $500. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $7,000 per event in each Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the FLW PHOENIX BONUS contingency program can be found at PhoenixBassBoats.com.

Brian Davis of Leesburg, Georgia, won the Co-angler Division and $2,140 Sunday after catching a three-bass limit weighing 11 pounds, 14 ounces.

The top five co-anglers Sunday finished as follows:

            1^st:       Brian Davis of Leesburg, Ga., three bass, 11-14, $2,140

            2^nd:      Jeff Cook of Columbus, Ga., three bass, 11-7, $1,070

            3^rd:       Kiwanas Andrews of Atlanta, Ga., three bass, 11-4, $712

            4^th:       Blake Layfield of Sparks, Ga., three bass, 11-2, $499

            5^th:       Skip Jackson of Eufaula, Ala., three bass, 11-1, $410

            5^th:       Chris Davies of Griffin, Ga., three bass, 11-1, $712

Davies caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, weighing in at 6 pounds, 14 ounces. The catch earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $302.

The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine Double-Header on Lake Eufaula was the second and third of five qualifying events in the Bulldog Division.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the Bulldog Division based on point standings, along with the five winners of each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 16-18 Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on Lake Cherokee in Jefferson City, Tennessee, hosted by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. Boaters will compete for a $60,000 prize package, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new 18-foot Phoenix bass boat with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine 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 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American.

The 2020 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American will be held Nov. 11-13 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina and is hosted by Visit Anderson. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers plus tournament winners from each Phoenix Bass Fishing League division earn priority entry into the FLW Series, the pathway to the FLW Pro Circuit and ultimately the MLF Bass Pro Tour, where top pros compete with no entry fees.