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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 .
PHOTO BY KORY SAVAGE
106 fLWfIsHINg . com I august-september 2016