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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (July 1, 2019) Photo courtesy of FLW – Boater Michael Harlin of Sunrise Beach, Missouri, caught five bass Saturday weighing 24 pounds, 9 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament on Lake of the Ozarks. Harlin pocketed $4,463 for his win in the event and 250 points in the Ozark Division presented by Bassing Bob standings. The winner of the division’s Angler of the Year title after five tournaments will win $3,000.

“I basically fished from the dam to the mouth of the Gravois arm,” said Harlin, who earned his first career win in FLW competition. “I had spent my practice mainly idling around and graphing, looking for schools that were off the beaten path. I had found five or six good spots that had fish on them and weren’t getting pressured, and Saturday they were there.

“I had around 15 keepers and was pretty much done fishing by 10:30 (a.m.),” Harlin continued. “I was throwing back 3-pounders like they were nothing. I lost a couple of big ones, too. I’m very confident I could have weighed in 26 pounds if everything had stayed buttoned up.”

Harlin said that all of his fish came on a chartreuse and powder blue-colored Strike King 6XD crankbait.

“The key was really my electronics and throwing a specific line,” Harlin went on to say. “I wasn’t fishing around spots – I was making exact casts and bringing my crankbait right through the school. I was catching them every single cast.”

.The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

              1^st:          Michael Harlin, Sunrise Beach, Mo., five bass, 24-9, $4,463

              2^nd:         Brad Jelinek, Deepwater, Mo., five bass, 21-3, $2,232

              3^rd:         Austin Lowrey, Webb City, Mo., five bass, 20-15, $1,489

              4^th:         Kirk Smith, Edmond, Okla., five bass, 20-13, $1,041

              5^th:         Rick Johnston, Webb City, Mo., five bass, 20-4, $893

              6^th:         Chuck Austin, Saint Peters, Mo., five bass, 19-14, $818

              6^th:         Mike Roller, Purdy, Mo., five bass, 19-9, $944

              8^th:         Larry Stoafer, Leavenworth, Kan., five bass, 19-8, $1,019

              9^th:         Brett Govreau, House Springs, Mo., five bass, 18-15, $595

              10^th:       Rob Bueltmann, Osage Beach, Mo., five bass, 18-10, $473

              10^th:       Cory Steckler, Rocky Mount, Mo., five bass, 18-10, $473

              10^th:       Mark Wiese, High Ridge, Mo., five bass, 18-10, $473

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Raymond Bates of Lake Quivira, Kansas, caught 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 $640.

Kevin McKnight of Sunrise Beach, Missouri, won the Co-angler Division and $2,232 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 19 pounds, 8 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

              1^st:          Kevin McKnight, Sunrise Beach, Mo., five bass, 19-8, $2,232

              2^nd:         Andrew Messina, Valley Park, Mo., five bass, 17-8, $1,116

              3^rd:         Anthony Johnson, Excelsior Springs, Mo., five bass, 16-14, $743

              4^th:         Matthew Hargarten, Bolivar, Mo., five bass, 16-10, $841

              5^th:         Dillon Saffle, Ballwin, Mo., five bass, 16-9, $446

              6^th:         Dennis Young, Olathe, Kan., five bass, 16-6, $659

              7^th:         Ralph Laney, Rogersville, Mo., five bass, 16-0, $372

              8^th:         Bruce Lyford, Liberty, Mo., five bass, 15-15, $366

              9^th:         Dewey Lewis, Asbury, Mo., five bass, 15-15, $316

              10^th:       Michael Fey Sr., Cuba, Mo., five bass, 15-8, $260

Hargarten caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 6 pounds, 10 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $320.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 24-26 BFL Regional Championship on Grand Lake in Grove, Oklahoma. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2020 BFL All-American will be held April 30-May 2 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, and is hosted by Visit Anderson. 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, and YouTube.

FALLS OF ROUGH, Ky. (July 1, 2019) Photo courtesy of FLW – Boater Brody Campbell of Oxford, Ohio, won the rescheduled T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Hoosier Division tournament on Rough River Lake presented by Navionics Sunday after catching four bass weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Campbell earned $5,703 for his win.

“I should have won the BFL tournament on Saturday as well, but I had a few dead fish penalties – it was very hot – and I finished second,” said Campbell, who earned his third BFL victory of the season on Sunday. “I went back out on a mission.

“I started the day targeting early-morning schooling fish by the dam for an hour or so, then I ran up to the North Fork area and flipped flooded willow bushes,” Campbell said. “I caught around 20 fish in that first hour, but there were a lot of little ones. North Fork was a lot tougher, and I only had three or four bites there.”

Campbell said he threw a Heddon Zara Spook and a fluke while targeting the schooling fish, then flipped a green-pumpkin-colored Strike King Rodent and a ½-ounce peanut butter and jelly-colored jig with a green-pumpkin Strike King Rage Craw trailer to the willow bushes.

“I think the key to my victory was just capitalizing on the bites that I did get,” Campbell went on to say. “I was around fish, but I only had four or five keeper bites all day. It was tough, it was hot. And it was important that I landed every keeper fish that bit.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

              1^st:          Brody Campbell, Oxford, Ohio, four bass, 7-13, $3,703 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

              2^nd:         Bob Drake, Noblesville, Ind., four bass, 7-4, $1,602

              3^rd:         Bryce Kalen, Greenwood, Ind., two bass, 6-10, $1,401

              4^th:         Matt McCoy, Indianapolis, Ind., three bass, 6-7, $931

              5^th:         Doug Ruster, New Palestine, Ind., three bass, 6-4, $641

              6^th:         Chris Gable, Hopkinsville, Ky., three bass, 5-14, $646

              7^th:         Jake Morris, McKee, Ky., three bass, 5-7, $451

              8^th:         Marty Sisk, Evansville, Ind., three bass, 5-6, $405

              9^th:         Jimmy Shepherd, Indianapolis, Ind., four bass, 5-4, $360

              10^th:       Todd Hensley, New Albany, Ind., three bass, 5-3, $315

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Kalen caught a bass weighing 4 pounds, 12 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $300.

Ryan Sykes of Hamilton, Ohio, won the Co-angler Division and $1,547 Sunday after catching four bass weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

              1^st:          Ryan Sykes, Hamilton, Ohio, four bass, 7-14, $1,547

              2^nd:         Mark Dehart, Brownstown, Ind., four bass, 6-8, $674

              3^rd:         Jordan Loveless, Indianapolis, Ind., three bass, 5-0, $381

              3^rd:         Gary Critser, Covington, Ind., two bass, 5-0, $526

              5^th:         John Young, Franklin, Ind., three bass, 4-15, $269

              6^th:         Leroy Miller, Napoleon, Ohio, two bass, 4-4, $247

              7^th:         Mark Redman, Pendleton, Ky., two bass, 3-15, $213

              7^th:         Bo Bivins, Evansville, Ind., two bass, 3-15, $213

              9^th:         Michael Dehart, Franklin, Ind., two bass, 3-11, $180

              10^th:       Brant Gish, Evansville, Ind., two bass, 3-10, $157

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. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship presented by Evinrude on Kentucky Lake in Paris, Tennessee. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2020 BFL All-American will be held April 30-May 2 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, and is hosted by Visit Anderson. 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, and YouTube.

GADSDEN, Ala. (July 1, 2019) Photo courtesy of FLW – Boater Andy Kilgore of Kingston, Georgia, caught five bass Saturday weighing 19 pounds, 7 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament on Lake Neely Henry. Kilgore pocketed $4,426 for his win in the event and earned 250 points in the Bama Division Angler of the Year (AOY) standings. The winner of the division’s AOY title after five tournaments will win $3,000.

“Everything that I caught on Saturday came flipping,” said Kilgore, who earned his first career BFL victory. “I was fishing grass in the lower lake in around 2-feet of water. I threw a frog around a little bit, but I never did have any blowups. I caught them flipping a beaver-style bait in black and blue and green pumpkin.”

Kilgore said he caught eight fish throughout the day, including a spotted bass that Kilgore joked, “was lost.” He described his key area as a shallow grass flat with a ditch in front of it. He had his boat sitting in four feet of water and was flipping into two feet of water.

“I think the key was the precise location,” he said. “There were other boats fishing around and I guess I just got lucky.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

              1^st:          Andy Kilgore, Kingston, Ga., five bass, 19-7, $4,426

              2^nd:         Terry Fisher, Jacksonville, Fla., five bass, 15-15, $1,427

              2^nd:         Kris Colley, Ragland, Ala., five bass, 15-15, $1,427

              4^th:         Adam Brown, Rainbow City, Ala., five bass, 15-14, $799

              5^th:         Kyle Dorsett, Odenville, Ala., five bass, 14-7, $685

              6^th:         Terry Tucker, Gadsden, Ala., five bass, 13-4, $828

              6^th:         Mark McCaig, Oxford, Ala., five bass, 13-0, $571

              8^th:         Kenny Pannell, Springville, Ala., five bass, 12-12, $514

              9^th:         Brent Reaves, Alexander City, Ala., five bass, 12-11, $457

              10^th:       Jeff Kitchens, Auburn, Ala., five bass, 12-10, $500

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Scott Daughtry of Abbeville, Alabama, caught a 6-pound bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $430.

Cameron Isbell of Ashville, Alabama, won the Co-angler Division and $1,713 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 10 pounds, 1 ounce.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

              1^st:          Cameron Isbell, Ashville, Ala., five bass, 10-1, $1,713

              2^nd:         Gary Marlowe, Montgomery, Ala., four bass, 10-0, $1,056

              3^rd:         Roman Robinson, Steele, Ala., five bass, 9-10, $571

              4^th:         Marcus Corbett, Anniston, Ala., five bass, 9-9, $571

              4^th:         Matthew Haizel, Dallas, Ga., five bass, 9-9, $371

              6^th:         Lew Moore, Roanoke, Ala., five bass, 9-8, $314

              7^th:         Jacob Davis, Talladega, Ala., five bass, 9-6, $285

              8^th:         Jeremy Carter, Harpersville, Ala., four bass, 9-5, $257

              9^th:         Michael Corbett, Oxford, Ala., five bass, 8-12, $328

              10^th:       Ty Story, Prattville, Ala., five bass, 8-9, $200

Sean Allen of Phenix City, Alabama caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 9 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $215.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 24-26 BFL Regional Championship on Grand Lake in Grove, Oklahoma. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2020 BFL All-American will be held April 30-May 2 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, and is hosted by Visit Anderson. 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, and YouTube.

HUDDLESTON, Va. (July 1, 2019) Photo courtesy of FLW – Boater Dennis Siggers of Danville, Virginia, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Shenandoah Division tournament on Smith Mountain Lake Saturday after catching a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds, 1 ounce. For his victory, Siggers earned $2,585 for his victory.

“I would say the key to my win was my 30 years of experience on this lake,” said Siggers, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “On Tuesday they filled the lake up, and I saw the bass swimming on the bank lines. So I started working down the bank lines, just throwing a topwater. I knew I’d catch them – I didn’t know that I’d catch 19 pounds – but it all worked out nicely.”

Siggers said he threw a Rebel Pop-R topwater bait until 10:30 a.m., then switched to a green-pumpkin and purple-colored Zoom Trick Worm. 

“I would say that I caught around 10 keepers, and of the five that I brought to the scale, three came on the topwater bait and two came on the Trick Worm. My big one came on the Pop-R,” Siggers went on to say.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

              1^st:          Dennis Siggers, Danville, Va., five bass, 19-1, $2,585

              2^nd:         Dennis Burdette, Pembroke, Va., five bass, 16-11, $1,375

              3^rd:         Rick Hawkins, Roanoke, Va., five bass, 15-7, $784

              4^th:         William Johnson, Moneta, Va., five bass, 14-7, $548

              5^th:         Jack Dice, Lynchburg, Va., five bass, 13-15, $720

              6^th:         Trevis Towe, Daleville, La., five bass, 13-12, $531

              7^th:         Ryan Spicer, Narrows, Va., four bass, 13-10, $392

              8^th:         Timothy Kowalewski, Bumpass, Va., five bass, 13-5, $502

              9^th:         Derik Hudson, Concord, Va., four bass, 13-3, $613

              10^th:       Michael Delvisco, Dandridge, Tenn., four bass, 13-1

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Siggers also earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $235 after weighing in a bass totaling 5 pounds, 12 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division.

Bobby Rakes of Max Meadows, Virginia, won the Co-angler Division and $1,250 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 12 pounds, 5 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

              1^st:          Bobby Rakes, Max Meadows, Va., five bass, 12-5, $1,250

              2^nd:         Austin Burdette, Pembroke, Va., five bass, 10-14, $625

              3^rd:         J.C. Miller, Washington, Pa., five bass, 9-5, $384

              4^th:         Jarrod Egolf, Frederick, Md., five bass, 8-11, $268

              5^th:         Joshua Dudley, Rustburg, Va., four bass, 8-1, $230

              6^th:         Billy Brown, Dahlgren, Va., two bass, 6-8, $361

              7^th:         David Deciucis, Chester, Va., four bass, 6-1, $192

              8^th:         Anthony Shanz, Selbyville, Del., three bass, 5-9, $272

              9^th:         Guy Maupin, Barboursville, Va., two bass, 5-8, $153

              10^th:       Matt Leicester, Hertford, N.C., three bass, 5-4

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. 3-5 BFL Regional Championship presented by Navionics on Lake Hartwell in Seneca, South Carolina. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2020 BFL All-American will be held April 30-May 2 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, and is hosted by Visit Anderson. 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, and YouTube.

WHITTINGTON, Ill. (July 1, 2019) – Boater Derek Jenkel of Pinckneyville, Illinois, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Illini Division tournament on Rend Lake Saturday after catching a five-bass limit weighing 15 pounds, 8 ounces. Jenkel earned $4,384 for his victory.

“I was flipping bushes in the mid-lake region,” said Jenkel, who earned his third career win in BFL competition. “I didn’t have a specific bay or creek or anything like that, but I figured out a pattern flipping buck brush and I was able to replicate it in multiple areas.

“Traditionally, the bass on Rend Lake love to be shallow – like fins sticking out of the water ridiculously shallow,” Jenkel continued. “However, they just weren’t there. I figured out that the fish were holding on deeper bushes, which really was odd to me. They were not supposed to be there. But they were, and once I figured that out I was able to apply that in multiple different areas.”

Jenkel said that the fishing was a little slow, as he and his co-angler only had about 13 keeper bites throughout the day. He said he fished six different areas, mainly flipping a watermelon-red-colored Zoom Brush Hog, but also adding one keeper on a Strike King Rage Bug.

“The key, honestly, was figuring out the depth,” Jenkel went on to say. “It had to be bushes in three feet of water.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

              1^st:          Derek Jenkel, Pinckneyville, Ill., five bass, 15-8, $4,384

              2^nd:         Jerry Walker, Zeigler, Ill., five bass, 14-1, $1,767

              3^rd:         Terry Holsapple, Greenup, Ill., five bass, 13-8, $1,077

              4^th:         James Powell, Murphysboro, Ill., five bass, 13-6, $684

              5^th:         Mike Barnes, Mackinaw, Ill., five bass, 12-7, $587

              6^th:         Brad Porter, Bluford, Ill., five bass, 11-15, $538

              7^th:         Ray Cortivo, Troy, Ill., four bass, 11-13, $824

              8^th:         Toby Corn, Calvert City, Ky., five bass, 11-3, $590

              9^th:         James Williams, Neoga, Ill., five bass, 11-1, $366

              9^th:         Brennon McCord, West Frankfort, Ill., five bass, 11-1, $366

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Cortivo caught a bass weighing 5 pounds, 10 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $335.

Gabe Campbell of West Frankfort, Illinois, won the Co-angler Division and $1,602 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 11 pounds, 3 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

              1^st:          Gabe Campbell, West Frankfort, Ill., four bass, 11-3, $1,602

              2^nd:         Dave Dobill, Royalton, Ill., four bass, 10-12, $721

              3^rd:         Amanda Black, Greenup, Ill., four bass, 9-2, $633

              4^th:         Jacob Greco, Edwardsville, Ill., five bass, 8-12, $336

              5^th:         Aaron Arning, Walnut Hill, Ill., three bass, 8-8, $488

              6^th:         Tad Cain, La Place, Ill., three bass, 7-4, $264

              7^th:         James Lang, Benton, Ill., three bass, 6-14, $240

              8^th:         Drew Cress, Highland, Ill., two bass, 5-13, $216

              9^th:         Eugene Kim, Lindenhurst, Ill., three bass, 5-9, $230

              9^th:         Jamie Ebbert, Canton, Ill., two bass, 5-9, $230

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 24-26 BFL Regional Championship on Grand Lake in Grove, Oklahoma. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2020 BFL All-American will be held April 30-May 2 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, and is hosted by Visit Anderson. 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, and YouTube.

FALLS OF ROUGH, Ky. (July 1, 2019) Photo courtesy of FLW – Boater John Melton of Corydon, Indiana, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Hoosier Division tournament on Rough River Lake Saturday after catching five bass weighing 13 pounds, 12 ounces. Melton netted $4,838 for his win.

According to post-tournament reports, Melton caught his limit near the dam, throwing a topwater lure and soft plastics.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

              1^st:          John Melton, Corydon, Ind., five bass, 13-12, $2,838 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

              2^nd:         Brody Campbell, Oxford, Ohio, five bass, 13-9, $1,734

              3^rd:         Todd Hensley, New Albany, Ind., four bass, 9-10, $1,255

              4^th:         Mike Quinlin, Mooresville, Ind., five bass, 9-10, $805

              5^th:         Rob Flowers, Lawrenceburg, Ind., four bass, 9-2, $718

              6^th:         Jake Morris, McKee, Ky., four bass, 8-6, $520

              7^th:         Jay Ellis, Celina, Ohio, five bass, 7-10, $573

              8^th:         Richard Ison, New Washington, Ind., three bass, 7-6, $426

              9^th:         Scott Bateman, Jasper, Ind., three bass, 7-5, $378

              10^th:       Drew Boggs, Lebanon, Tenn., four bass, 6-13, $331

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Campbell caught a bass weighing 6 pounds, 5 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $315.

Michael Pruitt of Martinsville, Indiana, won the Co-angler Division and $1,374 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 8 pounds, 9 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

              1^st:          Michael Pruitt, Martinsville, Ind., four bass, 8-9, $1,374

              2^nd:         Roger Seitzinger, Lawrenceville, Ill., three bass, 7-12, $989

              3^rd:         Talmadge Marcum, McKee, Ky., three bass, 6-12, $459

              4^th:         Mike Hamaker, Cicero, Ind., three bass, 6-4, $321

              5^th:         Jordan Loveless, Indianapolis, Ind., two bass, 5-15, $275

              6^th:         Ronnie Gill, Indianapolis, Ind., two bass, 5-4, $252

              7^th:         Leroy Miller, Napoleon, Ohio, three bass, 4-8, $229

              8^th:         William Kissinger, Knoxville, Tenn., two bass, 4-7, $206

              9^th:         James McWhorter, Hamilton, Ohio, three bass, 4-6, $183

              10^th:       Tim McCue, New Whiteland, Ind., three bass, 4-3, $160

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. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship presented by Evinrude on Kentucky Lake in Paris, Tennessee. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2020 BFL All-American will be held April 30-May 2 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, and is hosted by Visit Anderson. 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, and YouTube.

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (June 30, 2019) Photo’s courtesy of FLW – After starting the day in second place, pro Casey Scanlon of Lake Ozark, Missouri, caught a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds, 10 ounces, Sunday to vault to the top of the leaderboard and win the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine with a four-day total of 20 bass weighing 76 pounds, 2 ounces. Scanlon’s weight was enough to edge second-place angler Jackson Kayak pro Eric Jackson by 1 pound, 11 ounces, in the event that featured 163 of the world’s most decorated bass anglers competing over four days on Lake Champlain.

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“It’s been a long time coming. I’ve been doing this for eight years now and on a couple of different tours. I’ve had the opportunity to win several times and haven’t gotten it done, so today is a pretty special day,” said Scanlon, who earned his first career win in FLW Tour competition. “I’ve been fishing tournaments since I was 15 and it’s not easy out here, but days like this make it all worth it.”

Scanlon spent the event targeting largemouth down near Ticonderoga. Early in the tournament, most of his bass came off shallow rock inside of a milfoil edge. As the tournament progressed, though, he caught more fish from the grass, with all of his keepers today coming from the grass.

“I did junk it up a little bit, but I got myself in some decent areas, and I tried to make the most out of them by switching baits and trying some different stuff throughout the tournament,” said Scanlon.

Scanlon did have a primary area that produced his initial limits on days one through three – a pair of main-lake points along Champlain’s eastern shoreline that were swept by current. Today, the area didn’t produce, but he was able to make the necessary adjustments to put together a solid limit.

“The fish were obviously using the current to feed, and there was bait there, which was a big key,” said Scanlon. “You’d see a lot of activity in the grass. That’s probably the main reason those fish were there.”

In his areas, Scanlon used a 3/8-ounce chartreuse and white Z-Man ChatterBait with a white soft jerkbait trailer for rocks and scattered milfoil, and a green copper shad-colored Luck-E-Strike Series 3 square-billed crankbait on rocks and in looser grass. A few fish early in the tournament bit a Luck-E-Strike Pow Stik, rigged with either a 3/16- or 1/4-ounce Bass Pros Shops tungsten weight, and a black and blue Bass Pros Shops tube. He also ran a 1/2-ounce Trophy Swim Jig through lily pads and pencil reeds in shallow water.

“Depending on the cover I’d always start with a moving bait, usually the ChatterBait, and when it was sparser grass I’d use the crankbait. When I’d catch a few, I would slow down and pick it apart with the Pow Stik,” said Scanlon. “I was just fortunate to dial into the fish every day – locations and baits changed daily on me.”

With his win, Scanlon earned enough points to qualify for the FLW Cup – the world championship of bass fishing – August 9-11 on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

“I needed a big derby to make the FLW Cup,” said Scanlon. “I knew I probably needed a top-12 [finish] here to make it and we’re sitting here now. I’m ready to go to Hot Springs.”

The top 10 pros on Lake Champlain finished:

               1^st:          Casey Scanlon, Lake Ozark, Mo., 20 bass, 76-2, $102,700

               2^nd:         Jackson Kayak pro Eric Jackson, Walling, Tenn., 20 bass, 74-7, $30,000

               3^rd:          Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 20 bass, 73-15, $25,100

               4^th:          Christopher Brasher, Longview, Texas, 20 bass, 73-15, $20,000

               5^th:          Hensley Powell, Whitwell, Tenn., 20 bass, 73-12, $19,000

               6^th:          Daryl Biron, South Windsor, Conn., 20 bass, 72-6, $18,000

               7^th:          Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., 20 bass, 72-4, $17,000

               8^th:          A.J. Slegona, Pine Bush, N.Y., 20 bass, 71-9, $16,000

               9^th:          Tyler Stewart, West Monroe, La., 19 bass, 68-10, $15,000

               10^th:        Tom Redington, Royse City, Texas, 18 bass, 62-3, $14,000

Complete results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Overall there were 47 bass weighing 164 pounds, 1 ounces, caught by pros Sunday. The catch included eight five-bass limits.

Polaris pro David Dudley of Lynchburg, Virginia, won the prestigious 2019 FLW Tour Angler of the Year (AOY) Saturday, becoming the first angler in the history of the FLW Tour to claim four titles (2019, 2012, 2011 and 2008). He narrowly edged out Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, by just 17 points in a tightly contested race that was too close to call until Cox’s 28th place finish. Dudley, who received $100,000 for the title, will also receive an automatic berth into the 2020 FLW Cup.

Pro Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Michigan, clinched the Polaris 2019 FLW Tour Rookie of the Year (ROY) award Saturday, which is awarded to the rookie pro angler who finishes the season with the highest point total. For his efforts, Nelson won a Polaris Sportsman® 570 ATV.

Television coverage of the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine will premiere in 2019. The exact air-date will be announced soon. The Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show airs each Saturday night at 7 p.m. EST and is broadcast to more than 63 million cable, satellite and telecommunications households in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean on the World Fishing Network (WFN), the leading entertainment destination and digital resource for anglers throughout North America. FLW television is also distributed internationally to FLW partner countries, including Canada, China, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.

The total purse for the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine was more than $860,000. The tournament was hosted by the City of Plattsburgh and the Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau. The next event for FLW anglers on Lake Champlain will be the Costa FLW Series at Lake Champlain presented by Polaris in Plattsburgh, July 18-30. A limited number of co-angler spots are still open. To register or see more information, visit FLWFishing.com.

In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 163 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continued competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

Throughout the season, anglers were also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2019 FLW Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2019 FLW Cup will be on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 9-11 and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.

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

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (June 29, 2019) Photo courtesy of FLW – Pro Tyler Stewart of West Monroe, Louisiana, caught a five-bass limit Saturday weighing 18 pounds, 5 ounces, to keep the lead after day three of the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine. Stewart’s three-day total of 58-6 will lead the final 10 pros into Championship Sunday, where the top prize of up to $125,000 will be up for grabs.

“The day started off kind of slow. I got down to my main places and it was crowded – there was a [local] tournament out of Ticonderoga and someone was fishing one of my main holes for fun,” said Stewart, who is looking to win his first career FLW Tour event. “I ended up catching a 4½-pounder and got some good momentum going. I just grinded all day – caught some good fish and kept the wheels on. I ran some new stuff, too – stuff that looks right.”

Stewart said he caught the majority of his largemouth flipping a jig. He also weighed one from a square-billed crankbait and a 3½-pound smallmouth on a Keitech swimbait, which culled out a largemouth toward the end of the day.

“The largemouth are in about 6 inches of water, and I think a lot of people are overlooking that. I’m catching them super shallow and on current- and bait-related stuff,” said Stewart. “I’d love to be able to get on my stuff tomorrow and fish it thoroughly.”

On Championship Sunday, Stewart said he plans to stay the course and fish Ticonderoga – the area that’s produced the majority of his weight all week – no matter what challenges the weather may pose.

“I don’t care if takes me three hours to get to Ticonderoga – that’s where I’m going,” Stewart went on to say.

The top 10 pros advancing to the final day of competition Sunday on Lake Champlain are:

1^st: Tyler Stewart, West Monroe, La., 15 bass, 58-6

2^nd: Casey Scanlon, Lake Ozark, Mo., 15 bass, 56-8

3^rd: Jackson Kayak pro Eric Jackson, Walling, Tenn., 15 bass, 55-13

4^th: Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 15 bass, 55-6

5^th: Daryl Biron, South Windsor, Conn., 15 bass, 55-2

6^th: Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., 15 bass, 55-2

7^th: A.J. Slegona, Pine Bush, N.Y., 15 bass, 54-15

8^th: Tom Redington, Royse City, Texas, 15 bass, 54-15

9^th: Christopher Brasher, Longview, Texas, 15 bass, 54-11

10^th: Hensley Powell, Whitwell, Tenn., 15 bass, 54-4

Finishing 11^th through 30^th are:

11^th: Bryan Schmitt, Deale, Md., 15 bass, 54-2, $12,000

12^th: Lowrance pro Austin Felix, Eden Prairie, Minn., 15 bass, 53-13, $12,000

13^th: Joseph Webster, Winfield, Ala., 15 bass, 53-13, $12,000

14^th: Ron Nelson, Berrien Springs, Mich., 15 bass, 53-12, $12,000

15^th: Kurt Dove, Del Rio, Texas, 15 bass, 53-4, $12,000

16^th: John Voyles, Petersburg, Ind., 15 bass, 53-0, $11,500

17^th: Nick LeBrun, Bossier City, La., 15 bass, 53-0, $11,500

18^th: Charles Sim, Nepean, Ontario, Canada, 15 bass, 52-10, $11,500

19^th: Chad Warren, Sand Springs, Okla., 15 bass, 51-13, $11,500

20^th: Joel Willert, Prior Lake, Minn., 15 bass, 51-7, $11,500

21^st: Lowrance pro Jeff Dobson, Bartlesville, Okla., 15 bass, 51-4, $10,500

22^nd: Scott Martin, Clewiston, Fla., 15 bass, 51-3, $10,500

23^rd: Tommy Dickerson, Orange, Texas, 15 bass, 51-0, $10,500

24^th: Matt Becker, Finleyville, Pa., 15 bass, 50-13, $10,500

25^th: Shawn Murphy, Nicholasville, Ky., 15 bass, 50-12, $10,500

26^th: Kurt Mitchell, Milford, Del., 15 bass, 50-9, $10,500

27^th: Joshua Weaver, Macon, Ga., 15 bass, 49-3, $10,500

28^th: Berkley pro John Cox, DeBary, Fla., 15 bass, 49-1, $10,500

29^th: Ryan Salzman, Huntsville, Ala., 15 bass, 47-4, $11,000

30^th: Robert Behrle, Hoover, Ala., 13 bass, 42-0, $10,500

For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.

Overall there were 148 bass weighing 493 pounds, 3 ounces, caught by 30 pros Saturday. The catch included 29 five-bass limits.

Anglers were also vying for the prestigious 2019 FLW Tour Angler of the Year (AOY) title that is determined by the most points accumulated over the seven Tour events in 2019.

Polaris pro David Dudley of Lynchburg, Virginia, won the AOY title Saturday, becoming the first angler in the history of the FLW Tour to claim four titles (2019, 2012, 2011 and 2008). He narrowly edged out Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, by just 17 points in a tightly contested race that was too close to call until Cox’s 28th place finish today. Dudley, who received $100,000 for the title, will also receive an automatic berth into the 2020 FLW Cup.

Pro Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Michigan, clinched the Polaris 2019 FLW Tour Rookie of the Year (ROY) award Saturday, which is awarded to the rookie pro angler who finishes the season with the highest point total. For his efforts, Nelson won a Polaris Sportsman® 570 ATV.

In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 163 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to Saturday. Now, only the top 10 pros continue will competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

The total purse for the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine is more than $860,000. The tournament is hosted by the City of Plattsburgh and the Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau.

Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2019 FLW Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2019 FLW Cup will be on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 9-11 and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.

Anglers will take off for the final day of competition at 6:30 a.m. EST Sunday from Plattsburgh City Marina, located at 5 Dock St., in Plattsburgh. Sunday’s championship weigh-in will be held at the marina beginning at 4 p.m.

In conjunction with the weigh-in, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at Plattsburgh City Marina from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday. The Expo is a chance for fishing fans to meet their favorite anglers, enjoy interactive games, activities and giveaways provided by FLW sponsors, as well as learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities.

Television coverage of the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine will premiere in 2019. The exact air-date will be announced soon. The Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show airs each Saturday night at 7 p.m. EST and is broadcast to more than 63 million cable, satellite and telecommunications households in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean on the World Fishing Network (WFN), the leading entertainment destination and digital resource for anglers throughout North America. FLW television is also distributed internationally to FLW partner countries, including Canada, China, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.

The popular FLW Live on-the-water program will air on Sunday, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran will be joined by veteran FLW Tour pro Todd Hollowell to break down the extended action from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed onFLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.

For complete details and updated information visitFLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the sport’s top anglers on the FLW Tour on FLW’s social media outletsat Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (June 27, 2019) – Pro Tyler Stewart of West Monroe, Louisiana, caught a five-bass limit weighing 22 pounds, 3 ounces to sit atop the leaderboard after day one of the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine. Tied for second place with 20-7 are pros John Voyles of Petersburg, Indiana, and Tom Redington of Royse City, Texas. The full field of 163 anglers, who are casting for a top award of up to $125,000, will continue competition Friday on day two, with just the top 30 fishing Saturday and the final 10 competing Sunday.

“On the first day of practice, I spent the whole day [focusing] on largemouth. On day two, I tried smallmouth, but just really couldn’t anything going,” said Stewart, a second-year FLW Tour pro. “On the third day of practice I focused on largemouth again and got a little something going, and that’s kind of what I ran with today.

“It started happening pretty quick [this morning]. I caught my weight by like 10:30 [a.m.],” continued Stewart. “I had a 2-pounder in my livewell, and at 11, I caught a 4-pounder that culled, then I left. I’m keeping a flipping stick in my hand all day. I only have a couple of small areas and that’s basically what I’m doing – flipping them up in pretty shallow water.”

Stewart said he caught around 10 keepers throughout his day. He did weigh one smallmouth, a fish he caught after leaving his primary areas.

“I ended up making a quarter-pound cull, which could be pretty crucial,” said Stewart.

The top 10 boaters after day one on Lake Champlain are:

               1^st:          Tyler Stewart, West Monroe, La., five bass, 22-3           

               2^nd:         John Voyles, Petersburg, Ind., 20-7  

               2^nd:         Tom Redington, Royse City, Texas, five bass, 20-7      

               4^th:          Casey Scanlon, Lake Ozark, Mo., five bass, 20-0         

               5^th:          Lowrance pro Kurt Mitchell, Milford, Del., five bass, 19-15           

               6^th:          Hensley Powell, Whitwell, Tenn., five bass, 19-14          

               7^th:          Daryl Biron, South Windsor, Conn., five bass, 19-12

               8^th:          Lowrance pro Jeff Dobson, Bartlesville, Okla., five bass, 19-9

               9^th:          Tommy Dickerson, Orange, Texas, five bass, 19-8       

               10^th:        Kurt Dove, Del Rio, Texas, five bass, 19-5

For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.

Ryan Salzman of Huntsville, Alabama, earned Thursday’s $500 Big Bass award after bringing a 5-pound, 12-ounce bass to the scale – the largest fish of the day.

Overall there were 804 bass weighing 2,494 pounds, 3 ounces, caught by 163 pros Thursday. The catch included 157 five-bass limits.

In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 163 pro anglers compete in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advance to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

The total purse for the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine is more than $860,000. The tournament is hosted by the City of Plattsburgh and the Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau.

Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2019 FLW Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2019 FLW Cup will be on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 9-11 and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.

Anglers will take off at 6:30 a.m. EST each day from the Plattsburgh City Marina, located at 5 Dock St., in Plattsburgh. Friday’s weigh-in will be held at the marina beginning at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday’s weigh-ins will also be held at the marina, but will begin at 4 p.m.

In conjunction with the weigh-ins, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at Plattsburgh City Marina from 2 to 6 p.m. The Expo is a chance for fishing fans to meet their favorite anglers, enjoy interactive games, activities and giveaways provided by FLW sponsors, as well as learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities.

Also for youth, the FLW Foundation’s Unified Fishing Derby will be held at Wilcox Dock, located at 90 Cumberland Ave., in Plattsburgh, on Saturday, June 29, from Noon-2 p.m. The event is hosted by FLW Foundation pro Cody Kelley along with other FLW Tour anglers, and is free and open to anyone under the age of 18 and Special Olympics athletes. Rods and reels are available for use, but youth are encouraged to bring their own if they own one. The 1st and 2nd place anglers that catch the most fish will be recognized Saturday on the FLW Tour stage, just prior to the pros weighing in.

Television coverage of the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine will premiere in 2019. The exact air-date will be announced soon. The Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show airs each Saturday night at 7 p.m. EST and is broadcast to more than 63 million cable, satellite and telecommunications households in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean on the World Fishing Network (WFN), the leading entertainment destination and digital resource for anglers throughout North America. FLW television is also distributed internationally to FLW partner countries, including Canada, China, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.

The popular FLW Live on-the-water program will air on Days Three and Four of the event, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran will be joined by veteran FLW Tour pro Todd Hollowell to break down the extended action each day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.

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

June 24, 2019  by FLW Communications – Photo courtesy of FLW

BROKEN BOW, Okla. – Local boater John Bowling of Broken Bow won Saturday’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Okie Division tournament on Broken Bow Lake after catching five bass weighing 19 pounds, 8 ounces. For his win, Bowling earned $6,440.

Bowling said he fished offshore ledges toward the southeast end of the lake.

“I only fished one ledge that was about 200-yards long,” said Bowling, whose win came in his first-ever event with FLW. “I didn’t catch a fish until noon, but put an 11-pounder in the boat around 1:45 p.m.

“I had let the ledge sit for five to 10 mins, and after I returned she bit on the second cast,” Bowling continued. “It was one of those ‘being in the right place at the right time’ kind of deals.”

Bowling said he used a ¾-ounce PB&J-colored Buckeye Lures Mop jig with a green-pumpkin Strike King Rage Tail Craw trailer and caught a total of six fish.

“I was fishing deep – 23 to 24 feet down,” said Bowling. “I also used a one-ounce version of the jig to get down there because of wind.”

Bowling threw the jig on a 7-foot, 4-inch Duckett Triad Series heavy-action casting rod and a Lew’s Super Duty Wide Speed Spool reel with 20-pound-test Seaguar InvizX fluorocarbon line.

“I couldn’t have done it without my Lowrance electronics, they helped me find the fish,” said Bowling. “The Spot Lock feature on my Minn Kota Ultrex was also crucial, as it held me in place when the wind picked up.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

 1st: John Bowling, Broken Bow, Okla., five bass, 19-8, $4,440 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

 2nd: Brandon Snow, Broken Bow, Okla., five bass, 15-4, $1,773

 3rd: Christopher Jones, Bokoshe, Okla., five bass, 13-8, $1,281

 4th: Mark Shadowens, Kiefer, Okla., five bass, 13-2, $827

 5th: Darin Crowder, Claremore, Okla., five bass, 13-0, $709

 6th: Trevis Unger, Towanda, Kan., five bass, 12-13, $650

 7th: Mason Spencer, Broken Bow, Okla., five bass, 12-9, $591

 8th: Brent Haggard, Gans, Okla., five bass, 11-13, $532

 9th: Nick Kincaid, Coweta, Okla., five bass, 11-12, $593

 9th: Chris Ogan, Broken Arrow, Okla., five bass, 11-12, $443

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Bowling’s big bass weighed 11 pounds, 3 ounces and was the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $445.

Sanford Hooker of Wellston, Oklahoma, won the Co-angler Division and $1,773 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 11 pounds even.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

 1st: Sanford Hooker, Wellston, Okla., five bass , 11-0, $1,773

 2nd: Shane McGlothlin, Anadarko, Okla., five bass, 10-11, $1,086

 3rd: Alan Hill, Ada, Okla., five bass, 10-4, $591

 4th: Darin Comstock, Denison, Texas, five bass, 10-3, $414

 5th: Michael Shinstine, Springdale, Ark., four bass, 9-14, $355

 6th: Colton Johnson, Allen, Okla., four bass, 9-10, $310

 6th: Jackie Copeland, Sallisaw, Okla., five bass, 9-10, $310

 8th: Dalton French, Broken Bow, Okla., five bass, 9-6, $266

 9th: Rick Blosser, Tulsa, Okla., five bass, 9-5, $286

 10th: Dalton Ross, Cave Springs, Ark., five bass, 9-4, $207

Leroy Sheperd of Mountain View, Oklahoma, caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 7 pounds even. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $222.

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. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on Kentucky and Barkley lakes in Buchanan, Tennessee, presented by Evinrude. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2020 BFL All-American will be held April 30-May 2 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, and is hosted by Visit Anderson. 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, and YouTube.