GAINESBORO’S FOX WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON OLD HICKORY LAKE

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Baggett and Towry Tie for Co-Angler Title

GALLATIN, Tenn. (June 10, 2019) – Boater Dwight Fox of Gainesboro, Tennessee, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Music City Division tournament on Old Hickory Lake Saturday with five bass weighing 18 pounds, 1 ounce. For his efforts, Fox netted $2,941.

Fox said he worked a mid-lake stretch on the main channel, fishing up to five miles in both directions of the takeoff at Bulls Creek Access.

“Everything came out of the main current,” said Fox, who earned his eighth career win in BFL competition. “Whenever the current hit chunk rock or a log or something in the water, it eddied out. The fish were in the water swirled up behind so they didn’t have to work as hard to fight current as they ambush food.

“I worked against the current with the boat, pitched my bait up into it and let it come around the cover and swirl around where the fish were,” continued Fox. “When it would leave the current and hit the dead water, that’s when the fish would get it..”

Fox said he caught seven keepers fishing a ½-ounce, black and blue-colored Killer jig with a black and blue Zoom Super Chunk trailer. He noted that the water was stained, and that he had more bites after 10 a.m.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

               1^st:          Dwight Fox, Gainesboro, Tenn., five bass, 18-1, $2,941

               2^nd:         Matt Stanley, Alexandria, Tenn., five bass, 17-4, $1,720

               3^rd:          Kim Carver, Milledgeville, Ga., five bass, 16-12, $914

               4^th:          John Graves, Mount Juliet, Tenn., five bass, 15-14, $934

               5^th:          Jesse Rigsby, Old Hickory, Tenn., five bass, 15-9, $548

               6^th:          Gerald Williams, Scottsville, Ky., five bass, 15-7, $502

               7^th:          Elliott Lee, Old Hickory, Tenn., five bass, 15-4, $457

               8^th:          Drew Boggs, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 14-15, $411

               9^th:          William Merrick, Mount Juliet, Tenn., five bass, 14-14, $365

               10^th:        Tony Eckler, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 14-7, $320

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Graves 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 $295.

Teddy Baggett of Nashville, Tennessee, and Belinda Towry of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, each caught 11 pounds, 7 ounces, worth of bass Saturday to tie for the win in the Co-angler Division. After contingency awards, Towry took home $1,235, while Baggett pocketed $993.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

               1^st:          Teddy Baggett, Nashville, Tenn., five bass, 11-7, $993

               1^st:          Belinda Towry, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., four bass, 11-7, $1,235

               3^rd:          Kelly Stone, Westmoreland, Tenn., five bass, 11-3, $440

               4^th:          Brian Reed, Cookeville, Tenn., four bass, 10-4, $309

               5^th:          Kibbee McCoy, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 9-12, $315

               6^th:          Justin Kimmel, Athens, Ga., four bass, 9-2, $393

               7^th:          Grayson Butler, Lebanon, Tenn., three bass, 8-15, $221

               8^th:          Ricky England, Sparta, Tenn., three bass, 8-9, $199

               9^th:          Bobby Stinson, Scottsville, Ky., five bass, 8-2, $177

               10^th:        Charles Bennington, Scottsville, Ky., four bass, 7-3, $146

               10^th:        Robert Henze, La Vergne, Tenn., four bass, 7-3, $146

Towry caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 3 ounces. The catch earned her the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $142.

The tournament was hosted by the Sumner County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Hartwell in Seneca, South Carolina, presented by Navionics. 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.

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