Day: June 24, 2019

June 24, 2019  by FLW Communications – Photo courtesy of FLW

BROKEN BOW, Okla. – Local boater John Bowling of Broken Bow won Saturday’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Okie Division tournament on Broken Bow Lake after catching five bass weighing 19 pounds, 8 ounces. For his win, Bowling earned $6,440.

Bowling said he fished offshore ledges toward the southeast end of the lake.

“I only fished one ledge that was about 200-yards long,” said Bowling, whose win came in his first-ever event with FLW. “I didn’t catch a fish until noon, but put an 11-pounder in the boat around 1:45 p.m.

“I had let the ledge sit for five to 10 mins, and after I returned she bit on the second cast,” Bowling continued. “It was one of those ‘being in the right place at the right time’ kind of deals.”

Bowling said he used a ¾-ounce PB&J-colored Buckeye Lures Mop jig with a green-pumpkin Strike King Rage Tail Craw trailer and caught a total of six fish.

“I was fishing deep – 23 to 24 feet down,” said Bowling. “I also used a one-ounce version of the jig to get down there because of wind.”

Bowling threw the jig on a 7-foot, 4-inch Duckett Triad Series heavy-action casting rod and a Lew’s Super Duty Wide Speed Spool reel with 20-pound-test Seaguar InvizX fluorocarbon line.

“I couldn’t have done it without my Lowrance electronics, they helped me find the fish,” said Bowling. “The Spot Lock feature on my Minn Kota Ultrex was also crucial, as it held me in place when the wind picked up.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

 1st: John Bowling, Broken Bow, Okla., five bass, 19-8, $4,440 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

 2nd: Brandon Snow, Broken Bow, Okla., five bass, 15-4, $1,773

 3rd: Christopher Jones, Bokoshe, Okla., five bass, 13-8, $1,281

 4th: Mark Shadowens, Kiefer, Okla., five bass, 13-2, $827

 5th: Darin Crowder, Claremore, Okla., five bass, 13-0, $709

 6th: Trevis Unger, Towanda, Kan., five bass, 12-13, $650

 7th: Mason Spencer, Broken Bow, Okla., five bass, 12-9, $591

 8th: Brent Haggard, Gans, Okla., five bass, 11-13, $532

 9th: Nick Kincaid, Coweta, Okla., five bass, 11-12, $593

 9th: Chris Ogan, Broken Arrow, Okla., five bass, 11-12, $443

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Bowling’s big bass weighed 11 pounds, 3 ounces and was the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $445.

Sanford Hooker of Wellston, Oklahoma, won the Co-angler Division and $1,773 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 11 pounds even.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

 1st: Sanford Hooker, Wellston, Okla., five bass , 11-0, $1,773

 2nd: Shane McGlothlin, Anadarko, Okla., five bass, 10-11, $1,086

 3rd: Alan Hill, Ada, Okla., five bass, 10-4, $591

 4th: Darin Comstock, Denison, Texas, five bass, 10-3, $414

 5th: Michael Shinstine, Springdale, Ark., four bass, 9-14, $355

 6th: Colton Johnson, Allen, Okla., four bass, 9-10, $310

 6th: Jackie Copeland, Sallisaw, Okla., five bass, 9-10, $310

 8th: Dalton French, Broken Bow, Okla., five bass, 9-6, $266

 9th: Rick Blosser, Tulsa, Okla., five bass, 9-5, $286

 10th: Dalton Ross, Cave Springs, Ark., five bass, 9-4, $207

Leroy Sheperd of Mountain View, Oklahoma, 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 $222.

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.

June 24, 2019  by FLW Communications – Photo courtesy of FLW

GLASGOW, Ky. – Boater Jeffrey Wilson of Lancaster, Kentucky, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mountain Division tournament on the Barren River Saturday after catching five bass weighing 16 pounds, 6 ounces. For his day on the water, Wilson pocketed $3,753.

“I mainly stayed up around mid-lake and got in the back of the creeks where the bushes were flooded. There was some standing and floating timber and I threw a shaky-head in there,” said Wilson, who logged his first win in FLW competition. “Everything I caught came anywhere from 1 to 5 feet of water.”

Wilson said he ran his pattern in a main creek, located across from the Narrows Marina Boat Ramp, until 11 a.m. He then worked a little pocket off of a corner of Coon Creek before hitting some small main-lake pockets on the way back to the boat ramp. He added that he caught five keepers and several short fish.

“I was looking for shade on the banks once the sun got up. I believe they were trying to keep cool in it,” said Wilson. “I worked the bait slow. I would drag it instead of popping it like normal.”

Wilson said his setup included a green-pumpkin-colored Zoom Trick Worm with a 5/16-ounce, green-pumpkin BC Lures Round Shaky Head and a 7-foot 4-inch Phenom Titanium Gen2 Series Enigma Casting rod.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

 1st: Jeffrey Wilson, Lancaster, Ky., five bass, 16-6, $3,753

 2nd: William Merrick, Mount Juliet, Tenn., five bass, 15-14, $1,877

 3rd: John Rediess, Smiths Grove, Ky., five bass, 15-5, $1,185

 4th: Aaron Singleton, La Grange, Ky., five bass, 14-6, $829

 5th: Brian Wilson, Somerset, Ky., five bass, 14-2, $1,011

 6th: Clay Reece, Lexington, Ky., five bass, 13-8, $651

 7th: Pat Eichmann, Nancy, Ky., five bass, 13-6, $842

 8th: Jeramiah Sifers, New Albany, Ind., four bass, 12-15, $958

 8th: Allen Boyd, Salem, Ind., five bass, 12-15, $503

 10th: Mike Lemons, Huntington, W. Va., five bass, 12-10, $415

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Sifers caught a bass weighing 4 pounds, 12 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $455.

Ernest James of Loyall, Kentucky, won the Co-angler Division and $1,777 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 11 pounds, 4 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

 1st: Ernest James, Loyall, Ky., four bass, 11-4, $1,777

 2nd: Kenny Botts, Alvaton, Ky., three bass, 10-10, $888

 3rd: Jason Barr, Woodlawn, Tenn., five bass, 10-8, $742

 4th: Jarrod Conn, Burgin, Ky., five bass, 9-15, $415

 5th: Joey Von Hoene, Erlanger, Ky., three bass, 8-2, $555

 6th: Timothy Vaughan, Bowling Green, Ky., two bass, 7-5, $553

 7th: Tracy Helton, London, Ky., four bass, 7-4, $296

 8th: Shane Vickers, Tyner, Ky., three bass, 7-1, $317

 9th: Lucas Reagan, Byrdstown, Tenn., two bass, 6-4, $210

 9th: Paul Singleton, La Grange, Ky., four bass, 6-4, $210

 9th: Danell McKinney, West Liberty, Ky., three bass, 6-4, $210

Vaughan caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 9 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $227.

The tournament was hosted by the Glasgow-Barren County Tourist & Convention Commission.

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.

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.

June 24, 2019  by FLW Communications – Photo courtesy of FLW

SALISBURY, N.C. – Boater Martin Villa of Charlottesville, Virginia, won Saturday’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Piedmont Division tournament on High Rock Lake after catching a five-bass limit weighing 20 pounds, 10 ounces. For his win, Villa pocketed $3,932.

“I started out at a point where I’d caught a 5-pounder in practice Friday, but didn’t catch anything,” said Villa, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “I was planning on fishing the shoreline there, but eight to 10 boats showed up and after an hour and a half, I didn’t have anything and I didn’t see anyone else catching anything.

“I jumped across the cove within eyeshot of the first area, flipped a laydown and caught a 2-pounder,” continued Villa. “I went down the shoreline and lost a 5-pounder. I went further down and at the next point, caught a 6-pounder and lost a good one off of a boat dock.”

Villa said he stayed in the same southwestern arm of the lake as Tamarac Marina, the same marine where the field launched from, and that he eventually caught 12 keepers throughout the day.

“I essentially junk-fished and realized after eight or nine catches that everything was on points,” said Villa. “You had to look for the dominant piece of structure on the point to catch fish – it didn’t matter if it was wood, rock or a dock. I steadily caught fish throughout the day and made my last cull at 12:30 [p.m.], which put me at about 20 pounds.”

Villa’s key baits included a Texas-rigged Zoom Brush Hog with a 5/16-ounce Strike King Tour Grade tungsten weight and a Zoom Trick Worm in Green-Pumpkin and Red and Redbug colors. The lures were rigged on 17-pound-test Gamma Edge fluorocarbon line. Villa said he also threw the Trick Worm with a 1/8-ounce Strike King Tour Grade shaky-head rig, on a Carolina-rig and weightless depending on the circumstances.

“I have [Garmin] Panoptix on my boat and I noticed that fish were all up underneath the trolling motor, including some big ones,” said Villa. “So, I’d throw that worm weightless and they’d get it as soon as it hit the water.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

 1st: Martin Villa, Charlottesville, Va., five bass, 20-10, $3,932

 2nd: Landon Whicker, Winston-Salem, N.C., five bass, 18-2, $2,066

 3rd: Todd Walters, Kernersville, N.C., five bass, 17-15, $1,410

 4th: Jeffrey Davis, Williamston, N.C., five bass, 17-5, $847

 5th: Chad Poteat, Mount Airy, N.C., five bass, 15-15, $976

 6th: Powell Kemp, Scotland Neck, N.C., five bass, 15-11, $666

 7th: Derik Hudson, Concord, Va., five bass, 15-10, $605

 8th: Jerry Davis, Lexington, N.C., five bass, 15-6, $545

 9th: Jack Dice, Lynchburg, Va., five bass, 15-1, $484

 10th: Todd Harris, Clemmons, N.C., five bass, 14-14, $424

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Ben Reynolds of Callands, Virginia, 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 $465.

Scott Howard of Bedford, Virginia, won the Co-angler Division and $2,016 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 12 pounds, 1 ounce.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

 1st: Scott Howard, Bedford, Va., five bass, 12-1, $2,016

 2nd: Pat Kendrick, Bumpass, Va., four bass, 11-4, $958

 3rd: J.C. Miller, Washington, Pa., five bass, 11-1, $606

 4th: Timothy Kinder, Manassas, Va., four bass, 10-11, $424

 5th: Charles Wood, Thomasville, N.C., five bass, 10-1, $363

 6th: Robert Raymond, Farmville, Va., four bass, 9-8, $333

 7th: Tim Privette Jr., Wendell, N.C., five bass, 9-5, $303

 8th: Robert Bruguiere, Mechanicsville, Va., four bass, 9-2, $272

 9th: Brad Hendrix, Greensboro, N.C., four bass, 8-12, $242

 10th: Bruce Pettiford, Roxboro, N.C., one bass, 8-6, $444

Pettiford caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 8 pounds, 6 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.

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.

June 24, 2019  by FLW Communications – Photo courtesy of FLW

EUFAULA, Ala. – Boater Clabion Johns of Social Circle, Georgia, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Bulldog Division tournament on Lake Eufaula Saturday after catching five bass weighing 19 pounds, 9 ounces. Johns netted $6,237 for his win.

“On Friday, there was a tremendous mayfly hatch. I ran to my first stretch of bugs on Saturday, but couldn’t get a bite,” said Johns, who earned his first win in FLW compeittion. “I ran up the Chattahoochee River to above Hatchechubee Creek, but never found any active mayflies, so I turned around and went with my backup plan – flipping mixed grass. I ran three stretches where I’ve caught them in the past, which had a mix of primose, pond weed and hyacinth and really picked them apart.”

Johns said his stretches spanned from Cowikee Creek to Florence Marina, and that he flipped a Hematoma-colored Big Bite Baits Real Deal Craw with a 1½-ounce Picasso weight and 4/0-sized Owner Jungle Flippin’ hook. His set up was paired with a 7-foot, 9-inch Extra Heavy-action Big Bear rod with an Abu Garcia Revo SX reel and spooled with 65-pound-test SpiderWire Stealth braided line.

“In the morning I got a ton of bites, but couldn’t land them. It was frustrating,” said Johns. “I didn’t lose any big fish, though. The first one I put in the boat was a 5-pounder. I probably had 15 keepers throughout the day and only upgraded once in the afternoon.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

 1st: Clabion Johns, Social Circle, Ga., five bass, 19-9, $4,237 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

 2nd: Travis Northey, Headland, Ala., five bass, 19-6, $2,019

 3rd: Lee Nunnally, Social Circle, Ga., five bass, 18-1, $1,717

 4th: Jack Tibbs, Eufaula, Ala., five bass, 18-0, $942

 5th: Josh Stracner, Vandiver, Ala., five bass, 17-15, $1,057

 6th: Ronnie Ray, Phenix City, Ala., five bass, 16-7, $740

 7th: Shane Powell, Dothan, Ala., five bass, 16-6, $673

 8th: Mike Cavender, Phenix City, Ala., five bass, 16-2, $606

 9th: Jason Ninas, Phenix City, Ala., five bass, 16-1, $538

 10th: Andrew Whitaker, Iron City, Ga., five bass, 15-15, $471

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Jerome Hubbard Sr. of Albany, Georgia, caught a bass weighing 6 pounds, 15 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $272.

Edgar Salva of Conyers, Georgia, won the Co-angler Division and $2,169 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 20 pounds even.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

 1st: Edgar Salva, Conyers, Ga., five bass, 20-0, $2,169

 2nd: Flint Murray, Leesburg, Ga., five bass, 15-14, $1,009

 3rd: Cameron McBride, McDonough, Ga., five bass, 15-11, $675

 4th: Chris Graham, Blue Ridge, Ga., five bass, 14-12, $472

 5th: Ronald Harris, Jefferson, Ga., five bass, 13-8, $454

 6th: Clifford Avery, Bonaire, Ga., five bass, 13-4, $370

 7th: Blake Yarbrough, Fitzgerald, Ga., five bass, 12-11, $336

 8th: Thom Dickson, Cartersville, Ga., five bass, 12-5, $303

 9th: Preston Hatz, Marietta, Ga., five bass, 11-12, $269

 10th: Frank Godwin Jr., Bainbridge, Ga., five bass, 11-10, $235

Graham caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 6 pounds, 13 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $272.

The tournament was hosted by the Eufaula-Barbour County Chamber of Commerce.

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 Seminole in Bainbridge, Georgia. 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.

June 24, 2019  by FLW Communications

HARRISON TOWSHIP, Mich. – Boaters Kyle Greene of Ortonville, Michigan, and Angel Rosario of Kalamazoo, Michigan, each caught five bass weighing 23 pounds, 7 ounces, to tie for the win at Saturday’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Michigan Division opener on Lake St. Clair. For their efforts, Greene took home $3,376 while Rosario pocketed $5,176 after contingency awards.

“I fished a jerkbait and a tube on the main lake and pretty much the entire lower half of the St. Clair River,” said Greene, who earned his second career win in BFL competition on Lake St. Clair. “I worked scattered weeds in 6 to 10 feet of water on the lake and targeted grass in similar depths on the river. I just bounced around and probably hit 20 places throughout the day.”

Greene said he used a Lucky Craft Pointer 100 jerkbait and a Fiesta Melon-colored Provider tube with a ¼-ounce jig inserted into it.

“I caught over 30 keepers. The sun was crucial – we haven’t had good sunshine for about two months,” Greene went on to say. “It helped me see a little better and positon the fish.”

Rosario said he preferred a Duo Realis Spinbait 90 spybait, and that he caught around 15 keepers throughout the day.

“I fished deeper – around 16 feet of water with a spybait for the most part,” said Rosario, who notched his first win in FLW competition. “It was a half-mile stretch on the north side of the main lake and I was targeting grass. My Humminbird electronics really helped me figure it out.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

 1st: Kyle Greene, Ortonville, Mich., five bass, 23-7, $3,376

 1st: Angel Rosario, Kalamazoo, Mich., five bass, 23-7, $3,176 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

 3rd: Tom Beale, St. Clair Shores, Mich., five bass, 22-0, $2,003

 4th: Hugh Cosculluela, The Woodlands, Texas, five bass, 21-15, $1,088

 5th: Jason Elliott, Warsaw, Ind., five bass, 21-8, $847

 6th: Jason Root, Fostoria, Ohio, five bass, 21-5, $776

 7th: Heath Wagner, Angola, Ind., five bass, 21-4, $670

 7th: Derwin Thomas, Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 21-4, $670

 9th: Matt Elkins, Spencerville, Ohio, five bass, 21-2, $529

 9th: Steve York, Bronson, Mich., five bass, 21-2, $529

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Beale caught a bass weighing 5 pounds, 13 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $590.

Craig Fanning of Elwood, Illinois, won the Co-angler Division and $2,118 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 21 pounds, 13 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

 1st: Craig Fanning, Elwood, Ill., five bass, 21-13, $2,118

 2nd: Jeffrey Thomson, Birmingham, Mich., five bass, 21-6, $1,059

 3rd: Aaron Stahley, Batavia, Ohio, five bass, 20-12, $906

 4th: Leo Reiter, Greenup, Ill., five bass, 20-6, $544

 5th: Nicholas Veselka, Fishers, Ind., five bass, 20-2, $574

 6th: Joshua Yeazel, Plymouth, Ind., five bass, 19-14, $388

 7th: Greg Medell, Grand Haven, Mich., five bass, 19-8, $353

 8th: Andy White, Canton, Mich., five bass, 19-7, $318

 9th: Edison Prendi, Fraser, Mich., five bass, 19-6, $282

 10th: Robert Keller, Chesterfield, Mich., five bass, 19-4, $247

Thomas Matual of Chicago, Illinois, caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 4 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $295.

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 lake 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.