ON TOUR
T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE
BFL WINNING TACTICS
Bama – Neely Henry – July 8
Boater: Kyle Dorsett, Odenville, Ala. – 14-07
Swimming a Dirty Jigs Swim Jig with a Zoom Super Chunk (pearl white) trailer
Co-angler: Mason Powell, Odenville, Ala. – 12-08
Buckeye – Indian Lake – June 24
Boater: Michael Murphy, Troy, Ohio – 11-02
Cranking small rock patches in 3 feet of water between seawalls with a Luck-E-Strike square-
bill (shad pattern)
Co-angler: Brent Wilkens, Hamilton, Ohio – 10-05
Bulldog – Lake Sinclair – June 10
Boater: Garrett Stevens, McDonough, Ga. – 16-11
Hopping a Zoom Magn um Shakey Head (junebug) around the front and sides of docks in less
than 5 feet of water in the Oconee River
Co-angler: James Griffin, Pelham, Ga. – 9-06
Great Lakes – Wolf River Chain – June 24
Boater (tie): Curtis Samo, Rochelle, Ill. – 13-10
Flipping brush, grass and rocks in Lake Winneconne with a Chompers Ultra Pro Tube in green
pumpkin purple with the tail end dipped in orange dye to match local crawfish
Boater (tie): Mike Feldermann, Galena, Ill. – 13-10
Targeting coontail and laydowns with a swimbait in about 3 feet of water in a slough off the
main river
Co-angler (tie): Matt Knox, Metamora, Ill. – 10-07
Co-angler (tie): John Pliwko, Plover, Wis. – 10-07
Hoosier – Lake Monroe – June 17
Boater: Chris Myers, Madison, Ind. – 16-13
Fishing shallow buck brush and deep stumps or rock piles with a 5-inch green pumpkin
worm, a 7-inch electric blue worm and a 12-inch black worm
Co-angler: Ryan Sykes, Hamilton, Ohio – 16-11
LBL – Kentucky/Barkley – June 24
Boater (tie): Hunter Mills, Mayfield, Ky. – 21-12
Cranking ledges in 25 to 27 feet of water at the north end of Kentucky Lake using a Profound
Outdoors Randy Haynes’ Azuma Z Boss 25 crankbait
Boater (tie): Don Beckley, Paducah, Ky. – 21-12
Dragging a 3/4-ounce football jig with a Strike King Rage Craw trailer (green pumpkin) on a
deep ledge at the north end of Kentucky Lake
Co-angler: Dan Basham, Taylorsville, Ky. – 18-02
Michigan – Detroit River – June 24
Boater: Mike Cunningham, Fenton, Mich. – 23-01
Fishing in 12 feet of water on a flat on a ridge in Lake Erie using a Snack Daddy Baby Elite
Tube (green pumpkin) and a Poor Boys Baits Erie Darter on a drop-shot
Co-angler: Philip Borsa, Redford, Mich. – 19-5
Mississippi – Columbus Pool – June 10
Boater: Timmy Ming, Louisville, Miss. – 13-03
Fishing grass along a riprap bank with a SPRO Bronzeye Frog (putty black), winding a Lucky
Craft square-bill crankbait on a stump-laden flat outside the mouth of a lake on Pratt Creek
and fishing matted grass on a stumpy flat with a Berkley Havoc Devil Spear
Co-angler: Jack Stegall, Carriere, Miss. – 4-11
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Mountain – Barren River Lake – June 10
Boater: Brent Anderson, Kingston Springs, Tenn. – 18-10
Fishing a point near a channel swing in Skaggs Creek and a main-lake channel swing with a 1-
ounce Tennessee River Tackle hair jig (white) and an 8-inch Nichols Ben Parker Magnum
Spoon
Co-angler: Pete Clark, Bowling Green, Ky. – 14-02
Music City – Old Hickory Lake – July 8
Boater: Daniel Johnson, Lebanon, Tenn. – 18-07
Flipping isolated wood cover in 1 to 3 feet of water using tubes and beaver-style baits with a
5/8-ounce Jenko Fishing Creature Weight
Co-angler: Jaylen Andrews, Culleoka, Tenn. – 11-15
North Carolina – Lake Wylie – June 17
Boater: Jeff Jennings, Rock Hill, S.C. – 19-03
Flipping wood, trees and docks all over the lake with a Texas-rigged creature bait (black and
brown)
Co-angler: Tyler Ward, Grover, N.C. – 12-15
Okie – Fort Gibson Lake – June 17
Boater: Brett Brumnett, Wagoner, Okla. – 19-07
Targeting bass eating shad near wood and bushes using a Strike King spinnerbait (chartreuse
and white) with gold Colorado blades, and ledge fishing with a Jewel football jig (peanut but-
ter and jelly) with a Gene Larew Biffle Bug trailer
Co-angler: Chastin Ezell, El Reno, Okla. – 19-01
Ozark – Lake of the Ozarks – June 24
Boater: Joe Waggoner, Carthage, Mo. – 18-15
Dragging a Zoom Ol’ Monster worm (plum) with a 1/2-ounce Bullet Weights tungsten sinker
on main-lake and secondary points with brush in the middle and lower lake
Co-angler: Jacob Sloan, Paola, Kan. – 17-13
Piedmont – High Rock Lake – June 10
Boater: Rodney Bell, Salisbury, N.C. – 19-11
Fishing brush and docks in Flat Swamp Creek with a War Eagle spinnerbait and a D&L Tackle
flipping jig with a Zoom Super Chunk Jr. trailer (green pumpkin)
Co-angler (tie): Robert Wells, Kill Devil Hills, N.C. – 9-14
Co-angler (tie): James Howerton, Danville, Va. – 9-14
Piedmont – Falls Lake – July 8
Boater: David Wright, Lexington, N.C. – 23-02
Fishing bars or ledges with a shaky head rigged with a Zoom Trick Worm (junebug), a Texas-
rigged Zoom Ol’ Monster and a Zoom Mag Finesse Worm
Co-angler: Hank Cooke, Emporia, Va. – 16-15
Volunteer – Cherokee Lake – June 10
Boater: Jack Faulkner II, Jacksboro, Tenn. – 15-05
Walking a Heddon Zara Spook over grassy points and dragging a 10-inch Yamamoto straight-
tailed worm (green pumpkin) on deeper rock on points
Co-angler: Travis Pridemore, White Pine, Tenn. – 11-09
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