Month: May 2019

FLORIDA’S GREENBLATT TAKE LEAD ON DAY TWO OF FLW TOUR AT LAKE CHICKAMAUGA PRESENTED BY EVINRUDE

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Post date May 3, 2019
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May 3, 2019 by FLW Communications – Photo courtesy of FLW

DAYTON, Tenn. – Yamamoto Baits pro Matt Greenblatt of Port St. Lucie, Florida, brought a five-bass limit of largemouth to the Dayton Boat Dock scale Friday weighing 19 pounds, 13 ounces, to vault into the lead after Day Two of the FLW Tour at Lake Chickamauga presented by Evinrude in Dayton, Tennessee. Greenblatt’s two-day total of 10 bass weighing 43 pounds, 2 ounces gives him a slim 8-ounce advantage heading into Day Three of the four-day competition that features 165 of the world’s best bass-fishing anglers competing for a top cash award of up to $125,000.

Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, who led after Day One, fell to second place, just 8 ounces behind Greenblatt with 42-10. Former FLW Cup champion and three-time Angler of the Year Polaris pro David Dudley of Lynchburg, Virginia, is just 15 ounces behind Greenblatt in third place with 42-3. The field is now cut to 30 for Saturday’s competition with only the top 10 anglers advancing to championship Sunday.

“I pretty much did the same exact thing that I did Thursday – same spot, same bait, same everything,” said Greenblatt, a six-year FLW Tour veteran with one career FLW Cup appearance. “I thought I had milked it for everything it was worth yesterday, but it replenished overnight. Hopefully there is two more days of bass in there, but I really don’t know what it has left.”

Greenblatt described his key area as a slope, in 8 to 12 feet of water.

“I don’t know why the fish are setting up there. There really is nothing there,” Greenblatt said. “Thursday I caught the heck out of them, all day long. Today it slowed down a lot – I think because of the pressure and we had a little different conditions. I’m catching fish on three different baits, and there seems to be a lot of bait in the area so hopefully it keeps them where they are.”

Greenblatt declined to name his main two baits, but did divulge that a Yamamoto Senko has also been a key piece of his arsenal this week.

“There is definitely a shallow Senko bite that is developing,” he said. “Wacky-rigged seems to be best, but I’ve got them rigged up four different ways. I’m dyeing the tail a little bit, giving them a little more to see.

“Hopefully tomorrow my area is not all blown out,” Greenblatt went on to say. “I’m going to get everything I can there and see what happens. If it’s not happening by noon I’m going to drop back, punt, and go to the dock pattern.”

The top 30 pros that made the cut and will fish Saturday on Lake Chickamauga are:

1st: Yamamoto Baits pro Matt Greenblatt, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 10 bass, 43-2
2nd: Berkley pro John Cox, DeBary, Fla., 10 bass, 42-10
3rd: Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., 10 bass, 42-3
4th: Ron Nelson, Berrien Springs, Mich., 10 bass, 39-1
5th: Jared McMillan, Belle Glade, Mich., 10 bass, 39-1
6th: Lowrance pro Austin Felix, Eden Prairie, Minn., 10 bass, 38-15
7th: Billy McCaghren, Mayflower, Ark., 10 bass, 38-14
8th: Ramie Colson Jr., Cadiz, Ky., 10 bass, 38-10
9th: Buddy Gross, Chickamauga, Ga., 10 bass, 38-6
10th: Clark Reehm, Elm Grove, La., 10 bass, 36-3
11th: Aaron Britt, Yuba City, Calif., 10 bass, 35-15
12th: Bass Pro Shops pro James Niggemeyer, Van, Texas, 10 bass, 35-9
13th: Tim Frederick, Leesburg, Fla., 10 bass, 35-6
14th: Strike King pro Andrew Upshaw, Tulsa, Okla., 10 bass, 35-1
15th: Dicky Newberry, Houston, Texas, 10 bass, 35-1
16th: Alex Davis, Albertville, Ala., 10 bass, 34-13
17th: David Williams, Maiden, N.C., 10 bass, 34-11
18th: T-H Marine pro Sam George, Athens, Ala., 10 bass, 34-11
19th: Charlie Ingram, Centerville, Tenn., 10 bass, 34-4
20th: Miles Howe, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., 10 bass, 34-1
21st: Glenn Chappelear, Acworth, Ga., 10 bass, 33-11
22nd: Kyle Weisenburger, Ottawa, Ohio, 10 bass, 33-4
23rd: Chris Whitson, Louisville, Tenn., 10 bass, 32-12
24th: Rapala pro Terry Bolton, Benton, Ky., 10 bass, 32-11
25th: David Gaston, Sylacauga, Ala., 10 bass, 32-9
26th: Barry Wilson, Birmingham, Ala., 10 bass, 32-8
27th: Jason Reyes, Huffman, Texas, 10 bass, 32-6
28th: Ryan Salzman, Huntsville, Ala., 10 bass, 32-4
29th: T-H Marine pro Luke Dunkin, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., 10 bass, 32-3
30th: Bradford Beavers, Summerville, S.C., 10 bass, 32-1

For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.

Ingram won the Big Bass Award and the $500 prize on the pro side Friday with a largemouth weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces.

Overall there were 765 bass weighing 2,171 pounds, 8 ounces caught by 162 pros Friday. The catch included 138 five-bass limits.

In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 165 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight now 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 Chickamauga presented by Evinrude is more than $860,000. The tournament is hosted by Fish Dayton and the Rhea Economic Tourism Council.

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 7 a.m. ET Saturday and Sunday from the Dayton Boat Dock, located at 175 Lakeshore St., in Dayton. Weigh-ins will also be held at the Dayton Boat Dock, beginning at 4 p.m.

In conjunction with the weigh-ins, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at the Dayton Boat Dock from 2 to 6 p.m. each day. The Expo is a chance for fishing fans to meet their favorite anglers, enjoy interactive games, activities and giveaways provided by FLW sponsors, and 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 the Dayton Boat Dock on Saturday, May 4, 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 biggest 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 Chickamauga presented by Evinrude will premiere in 2019. 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 Saturday and Sunday, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran will be joined by FLW Tour veteran Peter Thliveros 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.

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SWINDLE, PALANIUK WITHSTAND FINAL-HOUR DRAMA TO ADVANCE IN PHOENIX BOATS STAGE FIVE PRESENTED BY MERCURY

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CULLMAN, Ala. (May 2, 2019) – To date, there have been nine Elimination Rounds contested in the 2019 Major League Fishing® (MLF) Bass Pro Tour, all nine of them filled with drama around the Elimination Line. Judging by the sight of Gerald Swindle flopped in exhaustion on the front deck of his Triton as the final seconds ticked off the clock on Thursday, Elimination Round 1 of the Bass Pro Tour Phoenix Boats Stage Five Presented by Mercury may have been the most dramatic yet. Swindle entered the final minute of competition on Smith Lake in 24th place, 1 pound, 4 ounces out of 20th place, and on the outside looking in for a spot in the Knockout Round. But on his last cast – after switching rods with under 60 seconds remaining because the line on the rod he was fishing was frayed – Swindle connected with a 1-12 that vaulted him past Brandon Palaniuk, Scott Suggs, Terry Scroggins and Bobby Lane into 19th place with 49-2, 8 ounces in front of Brandon Palaniuk. “You can’t fish on gut instincts if you’re playing defense, and I’ve been playing defense all year,” Swindle said. “I’m happy to make it (to the Knockout Round), but man, I’m tired of playing defense. I’m looking forward to leading one of these things so I can play some offense. But I’ll tell you one thing I know: I’m going to sleep really well tonight.”

Palaniuk Advances Via Tiebreaker Palaniuk’s entry into the Knockout Round was equally dramatic. After weighing only one scorable spotted bass in Period 1, the Idaho pro jabbed his way through a 12-fish day, connecting on a 2-3 largemouth with 17 minutes left in the round. Palaniuk then held on for dear life as both Chris and Bobby Lane chipped away at him before Swindle eventually leap-frogged him. Palaniuk and Scott Suggs finished the round with the same two-day weight (48-10), but Palaniuk earned the 20th spot on a tiebreaker: Palaniuk weighed 28 fish over two rounds to Suggs’ 27. “Unexpected,” Palaniuk said of his day. “The first day I caught a bunch of my fish in the morning, but I only caught one bass at the very end of the first period today. It was an intense day coming down to the wire. So intense that it’s a good thing my official was on top of his game or I wouldn’t have made it – the third-to-last fish I caught, the fish was bouncing around the scale wouldn’t lock. “It showed as 1-9 but wouldn’t settle, so he told me ‘Hold on, wait, remove your hands’ and then let the scale settle and lock. It came up as 1-10, and that was the difference-maker. I made it in because that official was careful about doing his job.”

Top 5 From Shotgun Looked for New Fish There was no drama at the top of SCORETRACKER®, where Phoenix Boats Daily Leader Jacob Wheeler (87-6), Wesley Strader (81-3), Ott DeFoe (76-9), Josh Bertrand (72-11) and Andy Morgan (70-13) cruised through productive days where they caught plenty of fish while also exploring new spots on Smith Lake for the Knockout Round. “I spent a lot of time looking for other fish today,” Morgan admitted. “Fish are in post-spawn right now, so they’re hungry, but they’re on the move. It’s all about the bait right now – all about the shad and where they are – so you have to keep up with that.”

Today’s Round By The Numbers Elimination Round 1 anglers caught 966-4 on 599 fish; Period 2 was the most productive with 336 fish.

Elimination Round 2 on Friday With the first half of the Knockout Round now set, the 40 anglers from Group B get their next shot at Smith Lake Friday for the second Elimination Round of Stage Five. The grouping around the Elimination Line is slightly looser in Group B than it was in Group A – five anglers are within a single scorable bass of the 20th spot versus eight in Group A – but the projected Elimination Line weight of 52 to 53 pounds on Friday is significantly higher than Thursday’s.

Knockout Round on Saturday The Top 20 anglers from each of the two Elimination groups will advance to a 40-angler Knockout Round on Saturday – weights will be zeroed, making the Knockout a one-day scramble. The Top 10 anglers in the Knockout Round will advance to the Championship Round on Sunday, May 5.

When, Where & How to Watch Competition begins daily at 6:30 a.m. CT, with live, official scoring available via SCORETRACKER on MajorLeagueFishing.com and on the MLF app. The MLF NOW! Live Stream starts at 9 a.m. CT, with live, on-the-water coverage and analysis provided by Chad McKee, JT Kenney, Marty Stone and Natalie Dillon until lines out at 2:30 p.m. The Berkley Postgame Show – hosted by Steven “Lurch” Scott – will start at 4 p.m. daily.

ELIMINATION ROUND 1 FINAL RESULTS

Angler	Total Weight	Day 1	Day 2	Total # Fish	Day 1	Day 2	Largest Fish
1st	Jacob Wheeler	87 – 06	61 – 15	25 – 07	51	38	13	5 – 02
2nd	Wesley Strader	81 – 03	43 – 01	38 – 02	45	21	24	2 – 07
3rd	Ott DeFoe	76 – 09	42 – 12	33 – 13	44	24	20	4 – 02
4th	Josh Bertrand	72 – 11	38 – 13	33 – 14	46	25	21	3 – 01
5th	Andy Morgan	70 – 13	46 – 12	24 – 01	46	29	17	2 – 14
6th	Edwin Evers	67 – 09	41 – 11	25 – 14	43	26	17	2 – 06
7th	Boyd Duckett	64 – 01	28 – 07	35 – 10	37	17	20	4 – 06
8th	Matt Lee	62 – 09	30 – 07	32 – 02	38	20	18	4 – 03
9th	Stephen Browning	59 – 03	36 – 11	22 – 08	41	25	16	2 – 06
10th	Luke Clausen	56 – 07	32 – 05	24 – 02	40	23	17	2 – 06
11th	Cody Meyer	55 – 02	27 – 01	28 – 01	29	14	15	2 – 15
12th	Mark Davis	53 – 07	26 – 11	26 – 12	36	19	17	4 – 04
13th	Dustin Connell	53 – 05	25 – 01	28 – 04	33	16	17	2 – 11
14th	Jordan Lee	52 – 10	28 – 13	23 – 13	35	18	17	2 – 02
15th	Marty Robinson	52 – 07	19 – 08	32 – 15	37	16	21	5 – 03
16th	Alton Jones	51 – 10	25 – 05	26 – 05	36	17	19	2 – 05
17th	Shaw Grigsby	50 – 03	26 – 08	23 – 11	28	15	13	3 – 08
18th	Brent Ehrler	50 – 02	24 – 06	25 – 12	30	15	15	3 – 00
19th	Gerald Swindle	49 – 02	25 – 11	23 – 07	29	15	14	2 – 10
20th	Brandon Palaniuk	48 – 10	27 – 10	21 – 00	28	16	12	2 – 03
21st	Scott Suggs	48 – 10	14 – 07	34 – 03	27	9	18	2 – 13
22nd	Terry Scroggins	48 – 08	12 – 15	35 – 09	27	8	19	3 – 11
23rd	Bobby Lane	48 – 04	25 – 15	22 – 05	29	15	14	2 – 14
24th	Chris Lane	47 – 13	16 – 11	31 – 02	25	10	15	3 – 07
25th	Cliff Crochet	46 – 04	24 – 06	21 – 14	27	12	15	2 – 06
26th	James Elam	44 – 06	20 – 13	23 – 09	27	12	15	2 – 12
27th	Kevin VanDam	43 – 12	21 – 04	22 – 08	30	14	16	2 – 06
28th	Gerald Spohrer	42 – 11	24 – 13	17 – 14	28	18	10	4 – 05
29th	Keith Poche	41 – 15	23 – 13	18 – 02	30	17	13	2 – 08
30th	Tommy Biffle	40 – 15	20 – 06	20 – 09	23	12	11	3 – 07
31st	Greg Hackney	38 – 01	22 – 13	15 – 04	27	16	11	1 – 14
32nd	Justin Atkins	37 – 04	20 – 00	17 – 04	25	13	12	2 – 04
33rd	Kelly Jordon	35 – 09	11 – 05	24 – 04	23	8	15	3 – 00
34th	Alton Jones Jr.	33 – 10	14 – 10	19 – 00	22	9	13	2 – 07
35th	Takahiro Omori	32 – 08	16 – 00	16 – 08	23	11	12	2 – 05
36th	Brandon Coulter	30 – 01	9 – 00	21 – 01	18	5	13	3 – 00
37th	David Walker	29 – 04	19 – 01	10 – 03	22	13	9	1 – 12
38th	Jason Lambert	29 – 04	14 – 14	14 – 06	17	8	9	2 – 12
39th	Mike McClelland	27 – 04	11 – 11	15 – 09	19	8	11	2 – 10
40th	Jonathon VanDam	19 – 08	11 – 09	7 – 15	12	8	4	2 – 06

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COX GRABS LEAD AT DAY ONE OF FLW TOUR AT LAKE CHICKAMAUGA PRESENTED BY EVINRUDE

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Post date May 2, 2019
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DAYTON, Tenn. (May 2, 2019) – A field of 165 of the best bass-fishing professionals in the world began their four-day competition for a top award of $125,000 at theFLW Tour at Lake Chickamauga presented by EvinrudeThursday in Dayton, Tennessee.

Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, weighed a five-bass limit of Lake Chickamauga largemouth totaling 24 pounds, 11 ounces to take the early lead after Day One. Cox holds a slim 5-ounce lead over Tour rookie Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Michigan, who caught five bass weighing 24-6, good for second place.

“This place is just awesome,” said Cox, a six-time FLW Cup qualifier. “I started out on a real big fish that I had marked in practice – she’s at least a 10 (pounder) – but I couldn’t catch her. I got frustrated and bailed and went and caught a few decent males that I had marked, then came back to her. I caught the male with her, which was a 4-pounder, so I kept it at the time. Then she left.

“I came back an hour later, and she was with another one,” Cox continued. “I accidently caught that male, and she left again. I came back at the end of the day and she was with another male. So I told her to just finish up and that I’d come back tomorrow.”

Cox said he caught six keepers– all sight fishing – but marked 10 more while looking for beds this afternoon. He said he caught his bass using a selection of Berkley PowerBait MaxScent plastics.

“It was not easy today,” Cox said. “The water is coming up and a lot of the banks are getting really stirred up. The visibility is gone on almost every spot that I stopped at. I was guessing as to where they were.

“I’m going to go out tomorrow and try to catch five more decent males and hope I can get lucky and catch a 9- or 10-pounder,” Cox went on to say. “I will stop in and see if the big female I have marked is ready, then after that I really don’t know what I’m going to do yet.”

The top 10 pros after day one on Lake Chickamauga are:

1^st: Berkley pro John Cox, DeBary, Fla., five bass, 24-11
2^nd: Ron Nelson, Berrien Springs, Mich., five bass, 24-6
3^rd: Yamamoto Baits pro Matt Greenblatt, Port St. Lucie, Fla., five bass, 23-5
4^th: Ramie Colson Jr., Cadiz, Ky., five bass, 23-2
5^th: Tim Frederick, Leesburg, Fla., five bass, 23-0
5^th: Billy McCaghren, Mayflower, Ark., five bass, 23-0
7^th: Randy Allen, Gilliam, La., five bass, 22-14
8^th: Strike King pro Andrew Upshaw, Tulsa, Okla., five bass, 22-7
9^th: Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., five bass, 22-2
10^th: Lowrance pro Austin Felix, Eden Prairie, Minn., five bass, 21-0

For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.

McCaghren earned Thursday’s $500 Big Bass award in the pro division after bringing a 9-pound, 13-ounce largemouth to the scale – the largest fish of the day.

Overall there were 766 bass weighing 2,190 pounds, 14 ounces caught by 164 pros Thursday. The catch included 134 five-bass limits.

In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 165 pro anglers compete in the two-day opening round 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 Chickamauga presented by Evinrude is more than $860,000. The tournament is hosted by Fish Dayton and the Rhea Economic Tourism Council.

Anglers will take off at 7 a.m. ET Thursday through Sunday from the Dayton Boat Dock, located at 175 Lakeshore St., in Dayton. Friday’s weigh-in will be held at the park beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday’s weigh-ins will also be held at the Dayton Boat Dock, but will begin at 4 p.m.

Also for youth, the FLW Foundation’s Unified Fishing Derby will be held at the Dayton Boat Dock on Saturday, May 4, 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 1^st and 2^nd place anglers that catch the biggest fish will be recognized Saturday on the FLW Tour stage, just prior to the pros weighing in.

Major League Fishing - Bass Pro Tour/Cup Events

WIGGINS BLISTERS SHOTGUN ROUND IN RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE AT PHOENIX BOATS STAGE FIVE PRESENTED BY MERCURY

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Post date May 1, 2019
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CULLMAN, Ala. (May 1, 2019) – From the moment it was announced that the Major League Fishing® (MLF) Bass Pro Tour would be making a stop at Lewis Smith Lake in northern Alabama, Jesse Wiggins was tabbed as a favorite. After his performance in the second Shotgun Round of the Phoenix Boats Stage Five Presented by Mercury, it’s hard not to tab the Alabama pro as THE favorite. Wiggins – who grew up in Cullman and has been fishing Smith Lake since “Before I can even remember” – obliterated the Bass Pro Tour’s single-round catch record with 49 fish, tallying 72 pounds, 4 ounces and finishing the day with a 16-4 cushion over second-place angler Todd Faircloth (56-0). “A good day on Smith Lake this time of year is 30, maybe 35 fish, so today was a heckuva day,” Wiggins admitted. “I basically fished two spots all day long, they just happened to be schooled up in both of those spots.”

Wiggins Hit High Gear in Period 2 At the rate that Wiggins caught fish in Period 2, it’s hard to imagine him wanting to stray outside his two Shotgun Round spots at all. Following a 12-fish first period, the St. Croix pro put 21 fish on SCORETRACKER™ in the second period for 32-9, almost all of it on a 3/16-ounce shaky head with a green pumpkin candy Jackall 5.8 Flick Shake Worm. “Jesse Wiggins did this on a lake in post-spawn that was supposed to be tough,” marveled MLF NOW! analyst Marty Stone. “This performance today isn’t just about him being good on Smith Lake, it’s about Jesse Wiggins just being flat good. You put a really good fisherman on a lake he understands really well and this is what you get.” But despite a prolific day and a virtually fail-safe cushion above the Elimination Line, Wiggins plans to move out of his spots and spend the day (Elimination Round 2) deciphering how far out of the backs of their spawning pockets Smith Lake’s post-spawn fish have gotten. “These fish move a lot this time of year,” Wiggins said. “Once they’re done spawning, they head back out onto those points, and it can be a little hard to find them in good numbers. I definitely plan on spending a good amount of my time figuring out how far those fish have moved.”

Elimination Round 1: “Nothing is Certain” The 40 anglers from Group A return to Smith Lake Thursday for the first Elimination Round of Stage Five, bringing their weights from the first Shotgun Round with them. Based on the results of the first two days of competition, the projected range for the Elimination Line is 48 to 50 pounds – there are eight anglers in Group A whose doubled Shotgun Round weights would place them within a single scorable bass of the Elimination Line. “Because all these scorable bass are so close in weight and these guys are catching so many of them, this could be the wildest Elimination Round we’ve ever had,” said Stone. “You go more than 10 minutes without catching fish here and you drop two to five places quickly. When you’re dealing with shad-spawn fish, they’re very ‘here and now’ and these guys in Group A have to relocate their fish. Nothing is safe and nothing is certain.”

Shotgun Round 2 By the NumbersGroup B totaled 997 fish: 304 in Period 1, 464 in Period 2 and 229 in Period 3.

Looking Ahead The Top 20 anglers from each of the two Elimination Round groups will advance to the Knockout Round on Saturday, where weights will be zeroed. The Top 10 anglers in the Knockout Round will advance to the Championship Round on Sunday.

How, Where & When to Watch Competition begins daily at 6:30 a.m. CT, with live, official scoring available via SCORETRACKER on MajorLeagueFishing.com and on the MLF app. The MLF NOW! live stream starts at 9 a.m. CT, with live, on-the-water coverage continuing until lines out at 2:30 p.m. The Berkley Postgame Show live stream will start at 4 p.m. daily.

The Day’s Results

Angler	Total Weight	Total # Fish	Largest Fish
1st	Jesse Wiggins	72 – 04	49	3 – 06
2nd	Todd Faircloth	54 – 12	33	3 – 06
3rd	Shin Fukae	53 – 13	33	2 – 15
4th	James Watson	50 – 01	25	4 – 04
5th	Dean Rojas	44 – 02	25	4 – 05
6th	Justin Lucas	41 – 11	28	2 – 08
7th	Zack Birge	40 – 14	25	2 – 07
8th	Dave Lefebre	36 – 05	26	2 – 08
9th	Jeff Sprague	35 – 03	26	2 – 01
10th	Fred Roumbanis	35 – 00	25	2 – 07
11th	Jeff Kriet	34 – 07	27	1 – 14
12th	Casey Ashley	34 – 04	22	2 – 08
13th	Timmy Horton	34 – 01	21	2 – 11
14th	Bradley Roy	31 – 05	20	2 – 06
15th	John Murray	30 – 12	23	2 – 05
16th	Skeet Reese	30 – 12	20	3 – 02
17th	Aaron Martens	29 – 07	20	3 – 03
18th	Mike Iaconelli	28 – 14	22	2 – 02
19th	Brent Chapman	27 – 12	19	2 – 10
20th	Mark Rose	26 – 09	18	2 – 14
21st	Anthony Gagliardi	25 – 09	18	2 – 04
22nd	Michael Neal	25 – 08	16	2 – 14
23rd	Roy Hawk	24 – 00	15	3 – 05
24th	Adrian Avena	23 – 09	16	2 – 01
25th	Mark Daniels, Jr.	22 – 08	14	2 – 09
26th	Britt Myers	22 – 05	14	3 – 12
27th	Greg Vinson	21 – 01	15	1 – 15
28th	Randy Howell	20 – 12	16	1 – 11
29th	Jared Lintner	20 – 02	14	1 – 15
30th	Jacob Powroznik	19 – 09	12	2 – 10
31st	Brett Hite	19 – 04	13	2 – 08
32nd	Randall Tharp	18 – 01	12	2 – 05
33rd	Fletcher Shryock	15 – 15	10	2 – 08
34th	Andy Montgomery	15 – 09	13	2 – 08
35th	Gary Klein	15 – 09	12	2 – 01
36th	Cliff Pace	15 – 08	12	1 – 13
37th	Jason Christie	14 – 13	12	1 – 10
38th	Ish Monroe	13 – 06	10	1 – 15
39th	Russ Lane	13 – 05	8	3 – 00
40th	Paul Elias	12 – 01	8	2 – 06

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2019’s ULTIMATE FISHING TOOL-CATCH COMMANDER

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It’s not too often when a company and its owners come together and really impress me with their dedication and vision to produce a new product. Let’s face it, it’s getting really hard to come up with a new idea or improve an already existing product. This is a product that is well built and thought out and sure to be a sought-out product by anglers of all types. I recently found this product while attending the 2019 Bassmaster Classic in Knoxville TN

CATCH COMMANDER

The Catch Commander personal culling scale is just that product. You now have all the information that you need in the palm of your hands to make a quick decision on what fish to cull during a tournament. Time is critical to any angler and this scale takes so much of the guesswork out of culling that critical 5 fish limit. This scale also has a rugged build that’s waterproof. Several handle options available to anglers, making it versatile for those fishing from a boat, kayak, or shore to quickly weigh their catch and capture a great photo with their prized catch.

Finally, a truly waterproof fishing scale!

KEY FEATURES

The first set of features that caught my eye when I saw this unit was the large display and handle options. We all want to be able to catch a trophy fish and capture the weight in the same picture and show off the weight to our family, friends, and family. The Catch Commander has a great removable handle for some of those really big fish as well. The no puncture fish grip will safely hold a fish for a quick measure and release. Again, it’s durable and waterproof, I’m still looking for another scale that can match this.

CULLING OPTIONS

The Catch Commander keeps a real-time tally of your fish weights, including the lightest fish.

I watched first hand at the classic, the culling feature. It was 100% seamless in weighing a fish, and when it was time to cull a fish that you have caught, the process was seamless. This scale allows an angler to pre-set the “CULL” number for the event and display the weight of each fish in the live well (Up to 10 fish Cull Limit with 5 fish weights always displayed) Keeping a real-time tally of your fish weights, including the lightest fish that needs culling. The important part is making sure you use the appropriately marked cull tag. You can also adjust the cull number for the tournament from 1-10. This is really beneficial for those fishing in the southern U.S. when tournaments sometimes move to a 3 fish limit during the hot summer months.

THE CATCH COMMANDER’S BIGGEST FEATURE!!!

Ok, when I saw this feature of the scale I was immediately impressed and quickly thought of a ton of new ways to use the Catch Commander scale. Major League Fishing has obviously dominated the professional fishing news this year with its new format. The Catch Commander supports functions that can support MLF style fishing events and personal competitions. You can change the mode of the scale from cull (1-10 fish) mode to my favorite mode Aggregate Mode. This mode will keep a running total of fish eight and the number of fish caught (up to 99), which is perfect for events or anglers that promote live-release of fish, just like Major League Fishing.

The Aggregate Mode will add a new dimension for professional and weekend anglers alike!

Make sure you head over to the Catch Commander website and check it out for yourself, you won’t be disappointed at all. Click the link below the image below to head to their website so you can CATCH|CULL|WIN!

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