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

GLASGOW, Ky. – Boater Jeffrey Wilson of Lancaster, Kentucky, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mountain Division tournament on the Barren River Saturday after catching five bass weighing 16 pounds, 6 ounces. For his day on the water, Wilson pocketed $3,753.

“I mainly stayed up around mid-lake and got in the back of the creeks where the bushes were flooded. There was some standing and floating timber and I threw a shaky-head in there,” said Wilson, who logged his first win in FLW competition. “Everything I caught came anywhere from 1 to 5 feet of water.”

Wilson said he ran his pattern in a main creek, located across from the Narrows Marina Boat Ramp, until 11 a.m. He then worked a little pocket off of a corner of Coon Creek before hitting some small main-lake pockets on the way back to the boat ramp. He added that he caught five keepers and several short fish.

“I was looking for shade on the banks once the sun got up. I believe they were trying to keep cool in it,” said Wilson. “I worked the bait slow. I would drag it instead of popping it like normal.”

Wilson said his setup included a green-pumpkin-colored Zoom Trick Worm with a 5/16-ounce, green-pumpkin BC Lures Round Shaky Head and a 7-foot 4-inch Phenom Titanium Gen2 Series Enigma Casting rod.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

 1st: Jeffrey Wilson, Lancaster, Ky., five bass, 16-6, $3,753

 2nd: William Merrick, Mount Juliet, Tenn., five bass, 15-14, $1,877

 3rd: John Rediess, Smiths Grove, Ky., five bass, 15-5, $1,185

 4th: Aaron Singleton, La Grange, Ky., five bass, 14-6, $829

 5th: Brian Wilson, Somerset, Ky., five bass, 14-2, $1,011

 6th: Clay Reece, Lexington, Ky., five bass, 13-8, $651

 7th: Pat Eichmann, Nancy, Ky., five bass, 13-6, $842

 8th: Jeramiah Sifers, New Albany, Ind., four bass, 12-15, $958

 8th: Allen Boyd, Salem, Ind., five bass, 12-15, $503

 10th: Mike Lemons, Huntington, W. Va., five bass, 12-10, $415

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Sifers 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 $455.

Ernest James of Loyall, Kentucky, won the Co-angler Division and $1,777 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 11 pounds, 4 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

 1st: Ernest James, Loyall, Ky., four bass, 11-4, $1,777

 2nd: Kenny Botts, Alvaton, Ky., three bass, 10-10, $888

 3rd: Jason Barr, Woodlawn, Tenn., five bass, 10-8, $742

 4th: Jarrod Conn, Burgin, Ky., five bass, 9-15, $415

 5th: Joey Von Hoene, Erlanger, Ky., three bass, 8-2, $555

 6th: Timothy Vaughan, Bowling Green, Ky., two bass, 7-5, $553

 7th: Tracy Helton, London, Ky., four bass, 7-4, $296

 8th: Shane Vickers, Tyner, Ky., three bass, 7-1, $317

 9th: Lucas Reagan, Byrdstown, Tenn., two bass, 6-4, $210

 9th: Paul Singleton, La Grange, Ky., four bass, 6-4, $210

 9th: Danell McKinney, West Liberty, Ky., three bass, 6-4, $210

Vaughan caught the heaviest 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 $227.

The tournament was hosted by the Glasgow-Barren County Tourist & Convention Commission.

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 Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Alabama, presented by Mercury. 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.

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

SALISBURY, N.C. – Boater Martin Villa of Charlottesville, Virginia, won Saturday’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Piedmont Division tournament on High Rock Lake after catching a five-bass limit weighing 20 pounds, 10 ounces. For his win, Villa pocketed $3,932.

“I started out at a point where I’d caught a 5-pounder in practice Friday, but didn’t catch anything,” said Villa, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “I was planning on fishing the shoreline there, but eight to 10 boats showed up and after an hour and a half, I didn’t have anything and I didn’t see anyone else catching anything.

“I jumped across the cove within eyeshot of the first area, flipped a laydown and caught a 2-pounder,” continued Villa. “I went down the shoreline and lost a 5-pounder. I went further down and at the next point, caught a 6-pounder and lost a good one off of a boat dock.”

Villa said he stayed in the same southwestern arm of the lake as Tamarac Marina, the same marine where the field launched from, and that he eventually caught 12 keepers throughout the day.

“I essentially junk-fished and realized after eight or nine catches that everything was on points,” said Villa. “You had to look for the dominant piece of structure on the point to catch fish – it didn’t matter if it was wood, rock or a dock. I steadily caught fish throughout the day and made my last cull at 12:30 [p.m.], which put me at about 20 pounds.”

Villa’s key baits included a Texas-rigged Zoom Brush Hog with a 5/16-ounce Strike King Tour Grade tungsten weight and a Zoom Trick Worm in Green-Pumpkin and Red and Redbug colors. The lures were rigged on 17-pound-test Gamma Edge fluorocarbon line. Villa said he also threw the Trick Worm with a 1/8-ounce Strike King Tour Grade shaky-head rig, on a Carolina-rig and weightless depending on the circumstances.

“I have [Garmin] Panoptix on my boat and I noticed that fish were all up underneath the trolling motor, including some big ones,” said Villa. “So, I’d throw that worm weightless and they’d get it as soon as it hit the water.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

 1st: Martin Villa, Charlottesville, Va., five bass, 20-10, $3,932

 2nd: Landon Whicker, Winston-Salem, N.C., five bass, 18-2, $2,066

 3rd: Todd Walters, Kernersville, N.C., five bass, 17-15, $1,410

 4th: Jeffrey Davis, Williamston, N.C., five bass, 17-5, $847

 5th: Chad Poteat, Mount Airy, N.C., five bass, 15-15, $976

 6th: Powell Kemp, Scotland Neck, N.C., five bass, 15-11, $666

 7th: Derik Hudson, Concord, Va., five bass, 15-10, $605

 8th: Jerry Davis, Lexington, N.C., five bass, 15-6, $545

 9th: Jack Dice, Lynchburg, Va., five bass, 15-1, $484

 10th: Todd Harris, Clemmons, N.C., five bass, 14-14, $424

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Ben Reynolds of Callands, Virginia, caught a bass weighing 6 pounds, 7 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $465.

Scott Howard of Bedford, Virginia, won the Co-angler Division and $2,016 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 12 pounds, 1 ounce.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

 1st: Scott Howard, Bedford, Va., five bass, 12-1, $2,016

 2nd: Pat Kendrick, Bumpass, Va., four bass, 11-4, $958

 3rd: J.C. Miller, Washington, Pa., five bass, 11-1, $606

 4th: Timothy Kinder, Manassas, Va., four bass, 10-11, $424

 5th: Charles Wood, Thomasville, N.C., five bass, 10-1, $363

 6th: Robert Raymond, Farmville, Va., four bass, 9-8, $333

 7th: Tim Privette Jr., Wendell, N.C., five bass, 9-5, $303

 8th: Robert Bruguiere, Mechanicsville, Va., four bass, 9-2, $272

 9th: Brad Hendrix, Greensboro, N.C., four bass, 8-12, $242

 10th: Bruce Pettiford, Roxboro, N.C., one bass, 8-6, $444

Pettiford caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 8 pounds, 6 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $232.

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 the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland. 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.

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

EUFAULA, Ala. – Boater Clabion Johns of Social Circle, Georgia, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Bulldog Division tournament on Lake Eufaula Saturday after catching five bass weighing 19 pounds, 9 ounces. Johns netted $6,237 for his win.

“On Friday, there was a tremendous mayfly hatch. I ran to my first stretch of bugs on Saturday, but couldn’t get a bite,” said Johns, who earned his first win in FLW compeittion. “I ran up the Chattahoochee River to above Hatchechubee Creek, but never found any active mayflies, so I turned around and went with my backup plan – flipping mixed grass. I ran three stretches where I’ve caught them in the past, which had a mix of primose, pond weed and hyacinth and really picked them apart.”

Johns said his stretches spanned from Cowikee Creek to Florence Marina, and that he flipped a Hematoma-colored Big Bite Baits Real Deal Craw with a 1½-ounce Picasso weight and 4/0-sized Owner Jungle Flippin’ hook. His set up was paired with a 7-foot, 9-inch Extra Heavy-action Big Bear rod with an Abu Garcia Revo SX reel and spooled with 65-pound-test SpiderWire Stealth braided line.

“In the morning I got a ton of bites, but couldn’t land them. It was frustrating,” said Johns. “I didn’t lose any big fish, though. The first one I put in the boat was a 5-pounder. I probably had 15 keepers throughout the day and only upgraded once in the afternoon.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

 1st: Clabion Johns, Social Circle, Ga., five bass, 19-9, $4,237 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

 2nd: Travis Northey, Headland, Ala., five bass, 19-6, $2,019

 3rd: Lee Nunnally, Social Circle, Ga., five bass, 18-1, $1,717

 4th: Jack Tibbs, Eufaula, Ala., five bass, 18-0, $942

 5th: Josh Stracner, Vandiver, Ala., five bass, 17-15, $1,057

 6th: Ronnie Ray, Phenix City, Ala., five bass, 16-7, $740

 7th: Shane Powell, Dothan, Ala., five bass, 16-6, $673

 8th: Mike Cavender, Phenix City, Ala., five bass, 16-2, $606

 9th: Jason Ninas, Phenix City, Ala., five bass, 16-1, $538

 10th: Andrew Whitaker, Iron City, Ga., five bass, 15-15, $471

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Jerome Hubbard Sr. of Albany, Georgia, caught a bass weighing 6 pounds, 15 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $272.

Edgar Salva of Conyers, Georgia, won the Co-angler Division and $2,169 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 20 pounds even.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

 1st: Edgar Salva, Conyers, Ga., five bass, 20-0, $2,169

 2nd: Flint Murray, Leesburg, Ga., five bass, 15-14, $1,009

 3rd: Cameron McBride, McDonough, Ga., five bass, 15-11, $675

 4th: Chris Graham, Blue Ridge, Ga., five bass, 14-12, $472

 5th: Ronald Harris, Jefferson, Ga., five bass, 13-8, $454

 6th: Clifford Avery, Bonaire, Ga., five bass, 13-4, $370

 7th: Blake Yarbrough, Fitzgerald, Ga., five bass, 12-11, $336

 8th: Thom Dickson, Cartersville, Ga., five bass, 12-5, $303

 9th: Preston Hatz, Marietta, Ga., five bass, 11-12, $269

 10th: Frank Godwin Jr., Bainbridge, Ga., five bass, 11-10, $235

Graham caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 6 pounds, 13 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $272.

The tournament was hosted by the Eufaula-Barbour County Chamber of Commerce.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, Georgia. 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.

June 24, 2019  by FLW Communications

HARRISON TOWSHIP, Mich. – Boaters Kyle Greene of Ortonville, Michigan, and Angel Rosario of Kalamazoo, Michigan, each caught five bass weighing 23 pounds, 7 ounces, to tie for the win at Saturday’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Michigan Division opener on Lake St. Clair. For their efforts, Greene took home $3,376 while Rosario pocketed $5,176 after contingency awards.

“I fished a jerkbait and a tube on the main lake and pretty much the entire lower half of the St. Clair River,” said Greene, who earned his second career win in BFL competition on Lake St. Clair. “I worked scattered weeds in 6 to 10 feet of water on the lake and targeted grass in similar depths on the river. I just bounced around and probably hit 20 places throughout the day.”

Greene said he used a Lucky Craft Pointer 100 jerkbait and a Fiesta Melon-colored Provider tube with a ¼-ounce jig inserted into it.

“I caught over 30 keepers. The sun was crucial – we haven’t had good sunshine for about two months,” Greene went on to say. “It helped me see a little better and positon the fish.”

Rosario said he preferred a Duo Realis Spinbait 90 spybait, and that he caught around 15 keepers throughout the day.

“I fished deeper – around 16 feet of water with a spybait for the most part,” said Rosario, who notched his first win in FLW competition. “It was a half-mile stretch on the north side of the main lake and I was targeting grass. My Humminbird electronics really helped me figure it out.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

 1st: Kyle Greene, Ortonville, Mich., five bass, 23-7, $3,376

 1st: Angel Rosario, Kalamazoo, Mich., five bass, 23-7, $3,176 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

 3rd: Tom Beale, St. Clair Shores, Mich., five bass, 22-0, $2,003

 4th: Hugh Cosculluela, The Woodlands, Texas, five bass, 21-15, $1,088

 5th: Jason Elliott, Warsaw, Ind., five bass, 21-8, $847

 6th: Jason Root, Fostoria, Ohio, five bass, 21-5, $776

 7th: Heath Wagner, Angola, Ind., five bass, 21-4, $670

 7th: Derwin Thomas, Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 21-4, $670

 9th: Matt Elkins, Spencerville, Ohio, five bass, 21-2, $529

 9th: Steve York, Bronson, Mich., five bass, 21-2, $529

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Beale caught a bass weighing 5 pounds, 13 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $590.

Craig Fanning of Elwood, Illinois, won the Co-angler Division and $2,118 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 21 pounds, 13 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

 1st: Craig Fanning, Elwood, Ill., five bass, 21-13, $2,118

 2nd: Jeffrey Thomson, Birmingham, Mich., five bass, 21-6, $1,059

 3rd: Aaron Stahley, Batavia, Ohio, five bass, 20-12, $906

 4th: Leo Reiter, Greenup, Ill., five bass, 20-6, $544

 5th: Nicholas Veselka, Fishers, Ind., five bass, 20-2, $574

 6th: Joshua Yeazel, Plymouth, Ind., five bass, 19-14, $388

 7th: Greg Medell, Grand Haven, Mich., five bass, 19-8, $353

 8th: Andy White, Canton, Mich., five bass, 19-7, $318

 9th: Edison Prendi, Fraser, Mich., five bass, 19-6, $282

 10th: Robert Keller, Chesterfield, Mich., five bass, 19-4, $247

Thomas Matual of Chicago, Illinois, caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 4 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $295.

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 lake 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.

June 17, 2019  by FLW Communications

WINNECONNE, Wis. – Boater Curtis Samo of Rochelle, Illinois, won Saturday’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Great Lakes Division tournament on the Wolf River Chain of Lakes with five bass weighing 15 pounds even. For his win, Samo took home $5,794.

According to post-tournament reports, Samo caught his fish flipping Chompers tubes and running buzzbaits on Lake Winneconne.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

 1st: Curtis Samo, Rochelle, Ill., five bass, 15-0, $3,794 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

 2nd: Joe Pollak, Lake Geneva, Wis., five bass, 14-6, $2,097

 3rd: Kyler Chelminiak, Franklin, Wis., five bass, 13-4, $1,565

 4th: Clayton Reitz, Morton, Ill., five bass, 13-3, $885

 5th: Jason Skutt, Menomonie, Wis., five bass, 12-10, $759

 6th: Brian Fitzpatrick, La Crosse, Wis., five bass, 12-9, $696

 7th: Jeff Ritter, Prairie du Chien, Wis., five bass, 12-5, $982

 8th: Chris Aswegan, Tiffin, Iowa, five bass, 12-3, $537

 8th: William Schultz, Viroqua, Wis., five bass, 12-3, $537

 10th: Dylan Drephal, Black Creek, Wis., five bass, 12-1, $593

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Mike Feldermann of Galena, Illinois, caught a bass weighing 4 pounds, 2 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $495.

Mike Puterbaugh of Montello, Wisconsin, and Joe Rockey of Schaumburg, Illinois, each caught 13 pounds, 4 ounces, worth of bass Saturday to tie for the win in the Co-angler Division. For their efforts, each angler took home $1,423.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

 1st: Mike Puterbaugh, Montello, Wis., five bass, 13-4, $1,423

 1st: Joe Rockey, Schaumburg, Ill., five bass, 13-4, $1,423

 3rd: Josh Yonak, Big Lake, Minn., five bass, 12-0, $983

 4th: Rick Ragner, La Crosse, Wis., five bass, 11-8, $443

 5th: Andy Heisler, La Crosse, Wis., five bass, 11-6, $379

 6th: Alan Bernicky, Joliet, Ill., five bass, 10-14, $498

 7th: Tom Lyskawka, Arlington Heights, Ill., four bass, 10-9, $316

 8th: Gage Griffin, Lake Forest, Ill., five bass, 10-1, $285

 9th: Andrew Hegerty, Colgate, Wis., five bass, 9-14, $253

 10th: Brad Bernau, Caledonia, Minn., five bass, 9-13, $221

Josh Mohn of Lansing, Iowa, caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 3 pounds, 10 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $247.

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.

June 17, 2019  by FLW Communications – Photo courtesy of FLW

NORTH EAST, Md. – Boater Michael Sentore of Gloucester City, New Jersey, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Northeast Division tournament on the Chesapeake Bay Saturday with a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds even. For his finish, Sentore netted $3,362.

Sentore said he stayed in the North East River and Furnace Bay during the tournament, and caught all of his fish flipping a ½-ounce, green-pumpkin-colored Riot Baits Minima Jig with a Riot Baits Tantrum trailer of the same color.

“The Chesapeake Bay has been getting a lot of pressure, and by using a bait with a smaller profile, but still on 20-pound-test [Bass Pro Shops 100-percent fluorocarbon] line, it allowed me to get some bites behind other boaters,” said Sentore, who earned his first win FLW competition. “I was basically flipping laydowns and dock pilings. I caught them throughout the day – I’d get handful of bites each hour.”

Sentore said he caught around nine keepers and about 10 short fish on the day.

“I’d say high-tide in Furnace Bay was the best for flipping laydowns,” said Sentore. “In Furnace Bay there are essentially two sides – the Mill Creek side and the rest of Furnace Bay. The Mill Creek shoreline laydowns produced a handful of my keeper fish. And I got a couple of keeper bites on the lower water – the North East river. When the water was low and off the banks there was fish on the dock pilings. That kind of broke my day up.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

 1st: Michael Sentore, Gloucester City, N.J., five bass, 19-0, $3,632

 2nd: Travis Manson, Conshohocken, Pa., five bass, 17-13, $2,016

 3rd: Rick McFaul, Phoenix, Md., five bass, 16-2, $1,310

 4th: Luke Shrader, Barrington, N.J., five bass, 16-0, $847

 5th: Jonathan Dietz, Corry, Pa., five bass, 15-6, $726

 6th: Sheron Brown, Leominster, Mass., five bass, 15-2, $666

 7th: John Vanore, Mullica Hill, N.J., five bass, 12-8, $855

 8th: John Hauserman, Towson, Md., five bass, 12-7, $545

 9th: Robert Bidniuk, Chambersburg, Pa., three bass, 11-14, $949

 10th: Ronald Tracy, Marlton, N.J., five bass, 11-12, $424

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Bidniuk 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 $465.

Chris Herr of Denver, Pennsylvania, won the Co-angler Division and $1,816 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 14 pounds, 8 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

 1st: Chris Herr, Denver, Pa., five bass, 14-8, $1,816

 2nd: Daniel Fiori, Voorhees, N.J., five bass, 13-6, $908

 3rd: Chad Dorney, Macungie, Pa., four bass, 10-0, $606

 4th: Scott Gropp, Trenton, N.J., four bass, 9-12, $524

 5th: John Chacosky, Media, Pa., four bass, 8-8, $548

 5th: Christopher Trovinger, Smithsburg, Md., three bass, 8-8, $348

 7th: Michael Bahnweg, Union Dale, Pa., three bass, 8-1, $403

 8th: Bill Klaips, Shavertown, Pa., two bass, 6-13, $272

 9th: Dylan Martin, Narvon, Pa., two bass, 6-12, $242

 10th: C.J. Tuite, Succasunna, N.J., two bass, 6-3, $212

Matthew Gaeng of Greeley, Pennsylvania, caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 5 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $232.

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 the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland. 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.

June 17, 2019  by FLW Communications

BUCHANAN, Tenn. – Boater Matt Robertson of Kuttawa, Kentucky, swept the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) LBL Division this weekend after winning back-to-back tournaments on Kentucky and Barkley lakes presented by Navionics, the first on Saturday and then again on Sunday. For his wins, Robertson earned a total of $7,842.

“I was fishing the mid-section of Kentucky Lake – from the Blood River to the Highway 68 Bridge,” said Robertson, who earned his first two wins in FLW competition. “I didn’t catch a whole lot of fish Saturday – probably seven keepers. The high water had the schools busted up.”

Robertson said his key baits Saturday were a Blue and Chartreuse-colored Strike King 5XD crankbait and an Ole Smokey- or Natural Light-colored Scottsboro Tackle swimbait. His rod setup included a Lew’s 7-foot, 6-inch Custom Pro Mark Rose Ledge Casting rod with a Lew’s Wide Spool Super Duty Casting reel.

“I was just fishing points at the mouths of the bays, where the fish would come to after they spawned,” said Robertson. “I think the lake is about a month behind, and a lot of them are just now getting done.”

On Sunday, Robertson said he returned to a couple of spots he’d fished Saturday, but they didn’t produce. He went searching and found a couple of small schools around the mouth of Jonathan Creek. He again fished the Scottsboro Tackle swimbaits, but said he caught the majority of his fish on a Texas-rigged, green-pumpkin-colored Strike King KVD Perfect Plastic Bullworm. Robertson said he caught around 10 keepers Sunday.

“My fish were all largemouth this weekend,” said Robertson. “I just had to keep an open mind and not get too stuck on where I’d been catching them. The fish are moving a lot with the rising water.”

The top 5 boaters Saturday finished the tournament in:

 1st: Matt Robertson, Kuttawa, Ky., five bass, 21-12, $4,046

 2nd: Drew Boggs, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 20-11, $2,098

 3rd: Bill Schroeder III, Paducah, Ky., five bass, 19-6, $949

 4th: Michael Wasden, Paris, Tenn., five bass, 17-14, $664

 5th: Daniel Langton, Haubstadt, Ind., five bass, 17-7, $569

Andrew Matuszak of Washington, Indiana, won the Co-angler Division and $1,523 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 15 pounds, 7 ounces.

The top 5 co-anglers Saturday finished the tournament in:

 1st: Andrew Matuszak , Washington, Ind., five bass, 15-7, $1,523

 2nd: Shane Cansler, Crofton, Ky., three bass, 14-0, $923

 3rd: Bobby Wade, Mayfield, Ky., two bass, 9-8, $475

 4th: Jerry Ivy, Dawson Springs, Ky., three bass, 9-3, $332

 5th: Charles Richardson III, Dyersburg, Tenn., two bass, 9-0, $285

Complete results and Big Bass award winners from Saturday’s BFL event can be found at FLWFishing.com.

The top 5 boaters Sunday finished the tournament:

 1st: Matt Robertson, Kuttawa, Ky., five bass, 21-8, $3,796

 2nd: Hunter Louden, Springville, Tenn., five bass, 20-6, $1,668

 3rd: Kevin Caskey, Madisonville, Ky., five bass, 16-12, $864

 4th: Brad Baldwin, Waynesville, Ohio, five bass, 16-6, $606

 5th: Bob Drake, Noblesville, Ind., five bass, 15-4, $769

Bobby Wade of Mayfield, Kentucky, won the Co-angler Division and $1,298 Sunday after catching three bass weighing 10 pounds, 4 ounces.

The top 5 co-anglers Sunday finished the tournament:

 1st: Bobby Wade, Mayfield, Ky., three bass, 10-4, $1,298

 2nd: Ricky Boehringer, Troy, Ohio, two bass, 9-13, $984

 3rd: Tim Burke, Petersburg, Ky., three bass, 8-12, $432

 4th: Joseph Gulash, Edwardsville, Ill., two bass, 8-10, $353

 5th: Paul McBride, Vienna, Ill., four bass, 8-4, $260

Complete results and Big Bass award winners from Sunday’s tournament can be found at FLWFishing.com.

The two tournaments were hosted by the Henry County Alliance.

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 Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Alabama, presented by Mercury. 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.

June 17, 2019  by FLW Communications

BRANDON, Miss. – Local boater Corey Sullivan of Brandon, Mississippi, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mississippi Division tournament on Ross Barnett Reservoir Saturday after catching five bass weighing 17 pounds, 5 ounces. For his win, Sullivan pocketed $3,377.

“It was a cloudy day and I threw a frog. The reservoir is notorious for frog fishing this time of year, and I made up my mind Friday that that’s what I was going to do,” said Sullivan, who earned his second career win on Ross Barnett Reservoir in BFL competition. “I stayed upriver, north of the Ratliff Ferry Trading Post and covered a ton of water. I fished thick pads close to deep water – the river’s edge, an old channel edge – anything. The reservoir has got a lot of pads and the fish love them this time of year.”

Sullivan said he used a Black Widow-colored Spro Dean Rojas Bronzeye 65 frog and a Pearl White Strike King KVD Sexy frog. He threw them on 7-foot, medium-heavy Bass Pro Shops Johnny Morris Signature Series Casting rods with Johnny Morris Signature Series baitcast and Abu Garcia Revo reels.

“During the morning I caught some that were short and put one keeper on the boat,” said Sullivan. “It started getting cloudy around 10 [a.m.] and whenever the clouds blocked the sun they started looking up a bit more. The key was covering water.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

 1st: Corey Sullivan, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 17-5, $3,377

 2nd: Ivy Bradshaw, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 15-13, $1,689

 3rd: Mitch Crane, Columbus, Miss., five bass, 15-3, $1,578

 4th: Jason Cordell, Pelahatchie, Miss., five bass, 14-11, $888

 5th: Larry Savell, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 13-9, $675

 6th: Jason Hannah, Forest, Miss., five bass, 13-5, $713

 6th: Dudley Salers, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 13-5, $563

 6th: Glenn Page, Union, Miss., five bass, 13-5, $563

 9th: Brandon Perkins, Counce, Tenn., five bass, 12-15, $450

 10th: Brandon Bolton, West Point, Miss., five bass, 12-3, $394

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Lake Blasingame caught a bass weighing 5 pounds, 1 ounce – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $415.

Jimmy Tisdale of Ellisville, Mississippi, won the Co-angler Division and $1,644 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 13 pounds even.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

 1st: Jimmy Tisdale, Ellisville, Miss., five bass, 13-0, $1,644

 2nd: Tim Beale, Hernando, Miss., five bass, 12-14, $1,120

 3rd: Morris Collins, Kettering, Ohio, five bass, 10-13, $549

 4th: Ryan Godwin, Meridian, Miss., four bass, 10-9, $384

 5th: Tommy Nichols, Fayette, Ala., five bass, 9-14, $329

 6th: Tyler Helms, Meridian, Miss., five bass, 9-13, $501

 7th: Shane Cade, Clinton, Miss., four bass, 8-12, $274

 8th: Dylan Cornelius, Bear Creek, Ala., five bass, 8-11, $247

 9th: Scott Brown, Lucedale, Miss., three bass, 7-10, $219

 10th: Tom Miles, Chadds Ford, Pa., three bass, 7-9, $192

Beale and Kenneth Amos of Greenville, Mississippi, both caught a bass weighing in at 5 pounds, 11 ounces, and split  the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $196.

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 Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Alabama, presented by Mercury. 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.

une 15, 2019  by FLW Communications

BROOKELAND, Texas – Pro Kris Wilson of Montgomery, Texas, caught a five-bass limit Saturday weighing 24 pounds, 1 ounce, to lead the event from start to finish and win the three-day Costa FLW Series on Sam Rayburn Reservoir presented by Mercury Marine. Wilson’s three-day total of 15 bass weighing 72 pounds, 8 ounces, was enough to earn him the victory by a 13-pound, 15-ounce margin over second-place pro Josh Bensema of Willis, Texas, and earn him $37,586.

“Coming into this event I expected the fish to be in the bushes, but it really evolved as the week went on,” said Wilson, who earned his second career FLW Series victory on Sam Rayburn. “I really focused on finding fish that were coming to me rather than leaving. And that ended up being about 300 yards out from the bushes.

“My main areas were mainly in the mouths of big coves, and the fish were set up on hard spots – ledges and points,” Wilson continued. “The key was that it had to have a hard bottom. I was running a lot of spots, but I had three spots that produced big fish each day.”

Wilson said he caught around 15 keepers each day. His main tactic was dragging a Carolina-rigged red bug creature bait that resembles a Zoom Brush Hog, poured by him and his tournament partner, Harold Moore. He also weighed in two keepers on chartreuse and blue-colored 6th Sense Lures C15 and C20 crankbaits.

The top 10 pros on Sam Rayburn Reservoir finished:

 1st: Kris Wilson, Montgomery, Texas, 15 bass, 72-8, $37,586

 2nd: Josh Bensema, Willis, Texas, 15 bass, 58-9, $13,910

 3rd: Justin Morton, Etoile, Texas, 15 bass, 50-0, $10,692

 4th: Cole Moore, Anacoco, La., 15 bass, 47-6, $8,910

 5th: Albert Collins, Nacogdoches, Texas, 15 bass, 47-1, $8,019

 6th: Cory Rambo, Orange, Texas, 15 bass, 46-15, $7,128

 7th: Dicky Newberry, Houston, Texas, 15 bass, 44-0, $6,237

 8th: Matt Pangrac, Broken Arrow, Okla., 15 bass, 43-0, $5,346

 9th: Bob Vote, Kingwood, Texas, 15 bass, 41-3, $4,455

 10th: Eric Wright, Balch Springs, Texas, 15 bass, 40-15, $3,812

A complete list of results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Wilson weighed a 9-pound, 5-ounce bass Friday – the heaviest of the tournament in the Pro Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $248.

Zack Freeman of Russellville, Arkansas, won the Co-angler Division with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 53 pounds, 5 ounces. For his win, Freeman took home the top prize package of a new Ranger Z175 boat with a 115-horsepower outboard motor.

The top 10 co-anglers on Sam Rayburn finished: 

 1st: Zack Freeman, Russellville, Ark., 15 bass, 53-5, $27,347

 2nd: Alan Moore, Lufkin, Texas, 15 bass, 47-6, $4,628

 3rd: Steve Phillips, Diboll, Texas, 15 bass, 40-7, $3,712

 4th: Charles Dubroc, Hessmer, La., 14 bass, 37-4, $3,204

 5th: Jerry Meece, Lufkin, Texas, 15 bass, 33-13, $2,997

 6th: Buddy Hicks, Port Neches, Texas, 15 bass, 33-2, $2,289

 7th: Louis Ferguson, Woodville, Texas, 15 bass, 32-15, $1,831

 8th: John Hatton, Buna, Texas, 13 bass, 32-9, $1,602

 9th: James Callaghan, De Berry, Texas, 15 bass, 32-5, $1,373

 10th: Michael Bates, Corsicana, Texas, 10 bass, 27-6, $1,144

Freeman also caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the Co-angler Division Friday, a fish weighing 7 pounds, 10 ounces. He earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $165.

The Costa FLW Series on Sam Rayburn Reservoir presented by Mercury Marine was hosted by the Jasper Lake Sam Rayburn Area Chamber of Commerce. It was the second of three Southwestern Division tournaments of the 2019 regular season. The next tournament for FLW Series anglers will be the Northern Division presented by Gajo Baits opener, the Costa FLW Series at Lake Champlain, held July 18-20 in Plattsburgh, New York. For a complete schedule, visit FLWFishing.com.

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 2019 Costa FLW Series Championship is being held Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 on Lake Cumberland in Burnside, Kentucky.

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 and YouTube.

June 13, 2019  by FLW Communications – Photo courtesy of FLW

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Fishing League Worldwide (FLW), the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, will visit Plattsburgh, June 27-30, for the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine – the seventh and final event of the 2019 FLW Tour regular season. The four-day tournament, hosted by the City of Plattsburgh and the Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau, will feature 168 of the world’s best bass anglers competing for a cash prize of up to $125,000 along with a free outdoor expo and a kid’s fishing derby.

Lake Champlain has long been a staple on FLW’s tournament schedule. With more than 50 visits across multiple FLW circuits since 1994, the northern fishery has solidified its reputation as a top bass-fishing destination and continues to kick out notable weights year after year. When the FLW Tour last visited in 2016, Tour stalwart Scott Martin of Clewiston, Florida, finished on top with a four-day total of 74 pounds, 10 ounces.

“The lake should fish well for us. If the weather is nice, I would expect the winning weight to be in the 73- to 75-pound range [in four-days]. I wouldn’t be shocked if it took even more, though,” said Lowrance pro Austin Felix of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, who has two top-10 finishes on Lake Champlain in FLW competition. “The only problem is that the lake is a lot higher and a bit dirtier than we’re used to, so it’s going to make sight-fishing a lot more difficult. But at the same time, the high water should make the largemouth fishing a lot better.

“I think we’ll see both species (largemouth and smallmouth bass) in all three phases of the spawn,” continued Felix. “Down by Ticonderoga they might be a little more postspawn, but there’ll definitely be largemouth up north that haven’t spawned yet.”

Felix said that with the largemouth bite being more of a factor than in years past, the Ticonderoga and Missisquoi areas could be especially productive for anglers.

“The usual areas like the Inland Sea and around Burlington will be in play. The middle, wider part of the lake tends to warm up slower so those fish should be a little bit bigger,” said Felix. “There’s so many bass in that lake. Everybody is going to catch fish – it’s just going to come down to finding the ones that are a bit bigger than the rest.”

For anglers targeting largemouth, Felix said a ChatterBait and a flipping bait would be a good bet, while a jerkbait, a Keitech swimbait and a Ned rig would work well for smallmouth. The Minnesota pro added that a drop-shot rig will be a good choice for both species.

Anglers will take off at 6:30 a.m. EST each day from the Plattsburgh City Marina, located at 5 Dock St., in Plattsburgh. Thursday and Friday’s weigh-ins, June 27-28, will be held at the marina beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday’s weigh-ins, June 29-30, will also be held at the marina, but will begin at 4 p.m.

Prior to weigh-in each day, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at the 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.

As part of the FLW Tour’s community outreach initiative, FLW Tour anglers will visit patients, guests and staff at the Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, located at 75 Beekman St., in Plattsburgh on Wednesday, June 26, from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. During their visit, anglers will interact with guests, snap photos and sign autographs for patients, as well as give away some goodie bags and share fishing stories.

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.

In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 168 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.

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.

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.