LOUISIANA’S GANEY WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR

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Boerne’s Glynn Takes Co-Angler Title

BROOKELAND, Texas (June 10, 2019) – Boater Rylon Ganey of Pineville, Louisiana, won Saturday’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Cowboy Division tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir with five bass weighing 20 pounds, 11 ounces. For his win, Ganey took home $6,362.

Ganey said he primarily flipped hay grass and bushes in two areas to catch his fish. His first area – in Mill Creek – only gave up one keeper. It was his second stop, though, that really jumpstarted his day.

“I ran up to my second area across the lake from Mill Creek around 9 [a.m.], flipped in a bush, and within five flips I caught an 8-pounder,” said Ganey, who notched his first victory in FLW competition. “That set the tone. I knew I had a good chance to place in the top five with a kicker like that.

“Within another hour I filled my limit,” continued Ganey. “I culled three times – all in that second area. I got a lot of big bites there in practice and kept getting fish that I needed there Saturday.”

Ganey said he used Watermelon Red Flake-colored Strike King Rage Tail Denny Brauer Structure Bugs, rigged with either ¾- or 1-ounce weights depending on how thick the cover was. He threw them on a trio of Duckett White Ice Casting rods with 13 Fishing Concept “A” casting reels, spooled with 65-pound-test PowerPro Spectra braided line.

“The rods were strong and really helped me pull those fish out of the bushes – they have a great backbone on them.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

               1^st:          Rylon Ganey, Pineville, La., five bass, 20-11, $6,362

               2^nd:         Eric Leger, Mamou, La., five bass, 19-6, $2,353

               3^rd:          Jarred Williams, Bunkie, La., five bass, 19-4, $1,502

               4^th:          Jame Dubroc, Bunkie, La., five bass, 18-14, $1,052

               5^th:          Tommy Mackey, Bryan, Texas, five bass, 17-12, $1,151

               6^th:          Matthew McArdle, Humble, Texas, five bass, 17-0, $826

               7^th:          Dicky Newberry, Houston, Texas, five bass, 16-10, $751

               8^th:          Ryan Pinkston, Center, Texas, five bass, 16-3, $676

               9^th:          Jerry King, Flint, Texas, five bass, 16-2, $601

               10^th:        Jim Dillard, West Monroe, La., five bass, 16-0, $526

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Ganey’s big kicker bass ended up weighing 8 pounds, 9 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned him the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $655.

Michael Glynn of Boerne, Texas, won the Co-angler Division and $2,353 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 18 pounds, 9 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

               1^st:          Michael Glynn, Boerne, Texas, five bass, 18-9, $2,353

               2^nd:         Hannah Gryder, Milam, Texas, five bass, 17-9, $1,127

               3^rd:          Pete Lammons, Houston, Texas, five bass, 15-12, $801

               4^th:          Zane Leblanc, Reserve, La., five bass, 15-2, $853

               5^th:          Ryan Bourque, Slidell, La., five bass, 14-10, $451

               6^th:          Logan Slaughter, Dallas, Texas, five bass, 13-15, $413

               7^th:          Brian Tolley, Katy, Texas, five bass, 13-5, $526

               8^th:          Clark Moore, Nacogdoches, Texas, five bass, 13-2, $338

               9^th:          Sammy Strong, Orange, Texas, five bass, 13-0, $281

               9^th:          David Beason, Evans, La., five bass, 13-0, $281

Leblanc caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 7 pounds, 8 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $327.

The tournament was hosted by the Jasper County Development District.

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.

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