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URBANA’S SHAW WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE SHELBYVILLE

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Co-Angler Title Goes to Tamaroa’s Swetland

SHELBYVILLE, Ill. (June 10, 2019) – Boater Wayne Shaw of Urbana, Illinois, weighed five bass Saturday totaling 13 pounds, 7 ounces, to win T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Illini Division tournament on Lake Shelbyville. Shaw pocketed $4,071 for his day on the water.

“The morning started off slow. My co-angler had four keepers in the boat and I didn’t have any until around 11 [a.m.],” said Shaw, who earned his third career win in BFL competition – second on Lake Shelbyville. “I switched from a jig to a worm, and that’s what caught all five of them.It was like someone turned on a light switch.”

Shaw said he targeted fisheon deeper points on the south end of the lake in 12 to 15 feet of water. He used a 10-inch, Texas rigged plum-colored Berkley PowerBait Power Worm and caught six keepers total.

“I was dragging it slow along the bottom,” said Shaw. “I fished five to seven different spots, hitting anything that had a good drop close to the main-river channel.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Wayne Shaw, Urbana, Ill., five bass, 13-7, $4,071

2^nd: Clay Reeves, Lane, Ill., five bass, 13-4, $1,735

3^rd: Travis Wilson, La Harpe, Ill., three bass, 12-9, $1,024

4^th: Robert Neff, Roodhouse, Ill., four bass, 12-7, $816

5^th: Michael Black, Toledo, Ill., five bass, 12-6, $738

5^th: Jeremy Mull, Pawnee, Ill., five bass, 12-6, $838

7^th: Bobby McMullin, Pevely, Mo., five bass, 12-3, $512

8^th: Shane Haslett, Beecher City, Ill., five bass, 12-1, $435

8^th: Ray Arning Jr., Walnut Hill, Ill., five bass, 12-1, $435

10^th: Luke Budde, St. Louis, Mo., four bass, 12-0, $358

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Greg James of Carterville, Illinois, caught a bass weighing 5 pounds, 3 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $360.

Mike Swetland of Tamaroa, Illinois, won the Co-angler Division and $1,885 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 12 pounds, 8 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Mike Swetland, Tamaroa, Ill., five bass, 12-8, $1,885

2^nd: Andrew Blunier, Roanoke, Ill., five bass, 10-15, $768

3rd: Mario Rossi Jr., Granite City, Ill., five bass, 10-6, $563

4^th: Adam Kunkel, Red Bud, Ill., four bass, 9-3, $358

5^th: Luke Epplin, Collinsville, Ill., four bass, 9-2, $307

6^th: Scott Bradley, Greenup, Ill., five bass, 9-0, $381

7^th: Drew Cress, Highland, Ill., five bass, 8-8, $256

8^th: James Jarvis, West Frankfort, Ill., three bass, 8-6, $230

9^th: Jacob Greco, Edwardsville, Ill., four bass, 7-2, $205

10^th: Floyd Carder, Litchfield, Ill., three bass, 6-10, $179

David Workman of Harrisburg, Illinois, caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing 4 pounds, 6 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $180.

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.

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OXFORD’S CAMPBELL WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON OHIO RIVER AT TANNER’S CREEK

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OXFORD’S CAMPBELL WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON OHIO RIVER AT TANNER’S CREEK

Pennsylvania’s Kaplon Claims Co-Angler Title

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (June 10, 2019) – Boater Brody Campbell of Oxford, Ohio, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Buckeye Division tournament on the Ohio River at Tanner’s Creek Saturday with five bass weighing 9 pounds, 15 ounces. Campbell netted $6,718 for his victory.

“I was keying in on stumps that were kind of hidden,” said Campbell, who after winning the BFL tournament at Rough River Lake last month now has back-to-back wins in BFL competition. “They were stumps I knew were there when the water was low, but you couldn’t see them in the tournament because the water was high.”

Campbell said he flipped a black and blue flake-colored, Texas-rigged Strike King KVD Perfect Plastic Rodent and a ¼-ounce black and blue jig with a black and blue flake Zoom Super Chunk trailer. He said he fished near takeoff in the Tanner’s Creek area and caught six keepers all day.

“I caught a big fish – a 4-pounder – within the first 10 minutes,” said Campbell. “It was slower the rest of the day – I’d pick off a keeper here and there.”

Campbell said he preferred a 7-foot, 6-inch Bass Pro Shops Johnny Morris Signature Casting Series rod with 20-pound-test Seaguar fluorocarbon line.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Brody Campbell, Oxford, Ohio, five bass, 9-15, $4,718 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd: Jamie Cunnagin, New Lebanon, Ohio, five bass, 8-11, $1,859

3^rd: Craig Mills, Hamilton, Ohio, five bass, 7-10, $1,052

3^rd: Dan Fry, Marysville, Ohio, five bass, 7-10, $1,302

5^th: Bob Robinson, Lebanon, Ohio, four bass, 7-1, $744

6^th: Butch Dobransky, North Canton, Ohio, four bass, 6-15, $882

7^th: Dan Moran, London, Ohio, four bass, 6-11, $720

8^th: Tilford Head, Hamilton, Ohio, five bass, 6-7, $558

9^th: Pat White, Batavia, Ohio, five bass, 6-5, $496

10^th: Chris Combess, Cleves, Ohio, four bass, 6-2, $434

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Adam Hock of Independence, Kentucky, caught a bass weighing 4 pounds, 5 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $485.

Logan Kaplon of Creekside, Pennsylvania, won the Co-angler Division and $1,990 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 6 pounds, 2 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Logan Kaplon, Creekside, Pa., four bass, 6-2, $1,990

2^nd: Andrew Wright, Greenville, Ohio, three bass, 5-10, $920

3^rd: Billy French, Hamilton, Ohio, three bass, 5-4, $992

4^th: Larry Spivey, Middletown, Ohio, two bass, 5-2, $509

5^th: William Gross, Cleveland, Ohio, three bass, 5-1, $368

6^th: Mark Henderson, Martinsville, Ohio, four bass, 4-8, $337

7^th: Mike Geisler, Oxford, Ohio, four bass, 4-7, $357

8^th: Chris McCusker, Beaver Falls, Pa., two bass, 4-3, $356

9^th: Ryan Rich, Eaton, Ohio, two bass, 3-14, $230

9^th: Brandon Fraley, Tipp City, Ohio, three bass, 3-14, $230

Spivey caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 3 pounds, 3 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $80.

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.

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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.

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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.

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LEXINGTON’S WALSER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON HIGH ROCK LAKE, TIES ALL-TIME WINS RECORD

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SALISBURY, N.C. (June 10, 2019) – Boater Robert Walser of Lexington, North Carolina, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) North Carolina Division tournament on High Rock Lake Saturday with five bass weighing 21 pounds, 13 ounces. With his win – his 13^th on the BFL circuit – Walser tied the BFL all-time wins record held by Dick Shaffer of Rockford, Ohio.

“I caught my fish flipping docks with a [Zoom] Z Craw and Z Hogs,” said Walser, who earned $6,141 for his victory – his second BFL win in 2019. “The Garmin Panoptix allowed me to see the brush under the docks – some had it and some didn’t, but it was nice to know where it was when I was flipping. I rotated through three colors, which were darker colors and green-pumpkins. My bait choice depended on the water color and sky conditions.

“I primarily fished mid-lake, which encompassed five of the creeks I fished,” continued Walser. “The water was low enough where you could get under the bridges, which hasn’t happened in a while. That allowed me to spread out a bit more.”

Walser fished an 8-foot Lamiglas 806 flipping stick with a Pflueger Supreme XT Low Profile casting reel, spooled with 20-pound-test Berkley Trilene fluorocarbon line. He flipped with a 5/16-ounce Eco Pro tungsten weight with a 3/0-sized Berkley Fusion19 Superline EWG hook.

“I caught at least three to four limits out there, and had my first five in the boat before 9 [a.m.],” said Walser.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Robert Walser, Lexington, N.C., five bass, 21-13, $4,141 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd: Dylan Fulk, Mount Pleasant, N.C., five bass, 21-5, $1,517

2^nd: Michael Stephens, Gastonia, N.C., five bass, 21-5, $1,867

4^th: Wyatt Hammond, Fayetteville, N.C., five bass, 19-5, $850

5^th: Mike Winchester, Bryson City, N.C., five bass, 19-1, $728

6^th: Craig Chambers, Charlotte, N.C., five bass, 18-8, $668

7^th: Junior Allen, Biscoe, N.C., five bass, 18-0, $607

8^th: Byron Brush, Rockwell, N.C., five bass, 17-7, $546

9^th: Jody Wright, Ellenboro, N.C., five bass, 17-6, $485

10^th: Brian File, Salisbury, N.C., five bass, 17-3, $425

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Stephen Cannon of Wilkesboro, North Carolina, 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 $475.

Johnny Guffey of Bessemer City, North Carolina, won the Co-angler Division and $1,820 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 14 pounds, 7 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Johnny Guffey, Bessemer City, N.C., five bass, 14-7, $1,820

2^nd: Ricky McCrary, Lexington, N.C., five bass, 14-1, $910

3^rd: Tommy Swicegood, Salisbury, N.C., five bass, 13-10, $607

4^th: Tyler Austin, Cornelius, N.C., five bass, 12-13, $425

5^th: Dale Webber, Kernersville, N.C., four bass, 12-1, $464

6^th: Grant McPeters, Marion, N.C., five bass, 11-13, $534

7^th: Mark Murphy, Salisbury, N.C., four bass, 10-15, $288

7^th: Jonathan Carter, Greenville, S.C., four bass, 10-15, $288

9^th: John Wiese, Charlotte, N.C., five bass, 10-13, $243

10^th: Khris Williams, Mount Holly, N.C., five bass, 10-7, $212

Greg Deal of China Grove, North Carolina, 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 $237.