Day: June 17, 2019

ILLINOIS’ SAMO WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON WOLF RIVER CHAIN OF LAKES

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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.

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NEW JERSEY’S SENTORE WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON CHESAPEAKE BAY

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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

Ron Tracy, the founder of Bass Fishing Network Live, is all smiles after his 10th place finish.
Make sure to go check out his Facebook group Bass Fishing Network Live

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.

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KENTUCKY’S ROBERTSON WINS TWO T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENTS ON KENTUCKY LAKE IN SAME WEEKEND

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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.

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SULLIVAN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR

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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.