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Missouri angler wins 2016 BFL all-american on Barkley
by Colin Moore
fishing an almost flawless tournament under trying conditions, Missouri angler Jeremy Lawyer won the 2016 FLW Bass Fishing League All-American on Lake Barkley in June with a three-day total of 50 pounds, 12 ounces. It was his first All-American victory, but not his first time to finish near the top of the championship. Lawyer was runner-up in 2015 on Kentucky Lake, and his second-place finish there might be considered not so much a near miss as a promise of things to come. As if destined to be an All-American champion, the Missouri pro returned in 2016 as a qualifier from the BFL’ s powerful Ozark Division and proceeded to take control of the tournament in workmanlike fashion.
Lawyer, of Sarcoxie, Mo., eased into the lead on day one with 18 pounds, 6 ounces, then followed with a 14-
Jeremy Lawyer finished runner-up at the 2015 All-American, but rebounded in 2016 to win the title.
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106 fLWfIsHINg. com I august-september 2016