ON TOUR
T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE
BFL WINNING TACTICS
Arkie – Lake Greeson – March 18 Boater : Jake Ormond , Sterlington , La . – 15-14 Cranking the West Fork area with a Rapala DT-6 and Livingston Primetyme SQ 2.0 , and cranking the Little Missouri with a DT-6 , Rat-L- Trap and XCalibur Xr75 Co-Angler : Buddy Rudolph , Hot Springs , Ark . – 10-4
Bama – Lake Mitchell – March 25 Boater : Josh Wissinger , Hayden , Ala . – 18-12 Swimming a Dirty Jigs No-Jack Swim Jig with a Zoom Ultra-Vibe Super Speed Craw around isolated main-lake grass patches , then targeting spawners around seawalls with a Z-Man ChatterBait and on flats with holes and boulders with a 1 / 4-ounce Buckeye Lures Spot Remover with a Reaction Innovations Flirt Worm Co-Angler : Taylor Parker , Lake View , Ala . – 12-13
Bulldog – Lake Oconee – March 11 Boater : Jeremy York , Pompano Beach , Fla . – 20-9 Dragging a green pumpkin Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver around seawalls Co-Angler : Harold Grizzle , Gainesville , Ga . – 15-9
Choo Choo – Lake Guntersville – March 18 Boater : Andy Parkinson , Dalton , Ga . – 23-4 Winding a BOOYAH One Knocker and shad-colored vibrating jig through a milfoil-lined ditch , and targeting lily pads with a black and blue swim jig with a Strike King Rage Craw trailer Co-Angler : Paul Clayton , Cohutta , Ga . 20-6
Choo Choo – Lake Guntersville – April 8 Boater : Dennis Barnes , Boaz , Ala . – 22-1 Fishing a Rat-L-Trap and swimbait around grass in the mid-lake area in 6 to 8 feet Co-Angler : Jerry Armstrong , Shelbyville , Tenn . – 17-14
Gator – Lake Okeechobee – March 25 Boater : Jessie Mizell , Sarasota , Fla . – 23-0 Frogging lily pads with a red ear-colored SPRO Bronzeye Popping Frog Co-Angler : Brandon Bartlett , Fort Lauderdale , Fla . – 19-9
Hoosier – Patoka Lake – April 8 Boater : Craig Carns , Noblesville , Ind . – 20-12 Fishing wind-blown points in areas with clean water using a swimbait and jerkbait Co-Angler : Laithen McBrayer , Hobart , Ind . – 7-5
Mississippi – Ross Barnett – March 18 Boater : Corey Sullivan , Brandon , Miss . – 12-12 Fishing slow on points with a hard bottom using a black back / chartreuse Strike King square-bill , a junebug Zoom Lizard and a black and blue Strike King Hack Attack Jig Co-Angler : Nick Churchill , Jackson , Miss . – 12-10
Mississippi – Pickwick Lake – April 8 Boater : Austin Weaver , Sheffield , Ala . – 20-5 Fishing an 8- to 9-foot-deep ditch in a flat upriver with a Zoom Trick Worm or Zoom Finesse Worm on a Johnson Lures shaky head Co-Angler : Marty Wray , New Albany , Miss . – 14-1
Mountain – Dale Hollow – March 11 Boater : Robert Reagan , Byrdstown , Tenn . – 20-7 Fishing a custom green pumpkin jig and 1 / 2-ounce Strike King spinnerbait on mid-lake bluff transitions with chunk rock Co-Angler : Dustin Jones , Stanford , Ky . – 15-4
Mountain – Dale Hollow – April 1 Boater : Tim Phy , Cookeville , Tenn . – 21-15 Dragging a D & L Tackle jig with a green pumpkin Strike King Rage Chunk or a beaver-style bait as a trailer in 2 to 6 feet of water on gravel points near grass beds Co-Angler : Greg Trobaugh , Rickman , Tenn . – 17-3
Music City – Center Hill Lake – March 18 Boater : Tim Phy , Cookeville , Tenn . – 20-3 Casting a green pumpkin D & L Tackle jig to mid-lake gravel points in 8 to 10 feet of water Co-Angler : Matthew Bouldin , Smithville , Tenn . – 17-8
North Carolina – Lake Wylie – April 1 Boater : Scott Hamrick , Denver , N . C . – 16-15 Skipping a Shooter Lures jig with a Zoom Super Chunk trailer under docks where postspawn bass were feeding on crappie Co-Angler : Louis Kraft , Salisbury , N . C . – 12-0
Okie – Grand Lake – March 11 Boater : Derek Fulps , Broken Arrow , Okla . – 21-10 Working a molting craw-colored Elk River Finesse Jig around mid-lake docks and bluff ends in the morning , then cranking bluff ends with a Storm Wiggle Wart Co-Angler : Chris Spence , Marlow , Okla . – 13-5
Okie – Arkansas River – April 1 Boater : Sean McAllister , Checotah , Okla . – 16-15 Fishing grass lines in the Kerr and Muskogee pools using a green pumpkin Zoom Brush Hog , a swim jig with a green pumpkin Strike King Rage Craw trailer and a War Eagle spinnerbait Co-Angler : Nathan Christie , Claremore , Okla . – 15-4
Ozark – Lake of the Ozarks – March 25 Boater : Kyle Hulsey , Bourbon , Mo . – 25-5 Targeting 6- to 8-foot-deep drops along mid-lake channel swings with Bass Pro Shops Speed Shad swimbaits on an umbrella rig , a 1 / 2-ounce War Eagle spinnerbait as well as a 7 / 16-ounce Jewel finesse jig Co-Angler : Eric Huntley , Lee ' s Summit , Mo . – 19-13
Ozark – Table Rock – April 8 Boater : Dustin Lippe , Lampe , Mo . – 16-5 Targeting staging areas in the lower end with a Luck-E-Strike Rick Clunn STX jerkbait , a peanut butter and jelly Bass-X football jig with a green pumpkin twin-tail trailer and an umbrella rig Co-Angler : Alex Torkleson , Sand Springs , Okla . – 13-8
Piedmont – Kerr Lake – March 25 Boater : Kevin Chandler , London , N . C . – 20-14 Flipping and pitching a 1 / 2-ounce green pumpkin Shooter Lures jig to rocky areas in Grassy Creek and docks and laydowns in the main channel Co-Angler : Larry Freeman Jr ., La Crosse , Va . – 14-11
Savannah River – Lake Hartwell – April 1 Boater : Jayme Rampey , Liberty , S . C . – 22-0 Fishing a Zoom Super Fluke and a hitch-colored Zoom Swimmer swimbait on a Buckeye Lures J-Will Swimbait Head on points where herring were spawning Co-Angler : Tony Everhart , Gaffney , S . C . – 13-13
Shenandoah – Smith Mountain Lake – March 18 Boater : Shane Burns , Durham , N . C . – 19-10 Targeting staging fish in points in pockets in Craddock Creek with a jerkbait and a green pumpkin Dave ' s Tournament Tackle football jig with a Dave ' s Tournament Tackle Sweet Tail Craw Co-Angler : Elliot Pilson , Stuart , Va . – 9-11
Shenandoah – Kerr Lake – April 8 Boater : Danny Haire , Yadkinville , N . C . – 18-0 Carolina rigging a Zoom Lizard Co-Angler : Craig Wright , Rustburg , Va . – 15-7
South Carolina – Santee Cooper – March 18 Boater : Bradford Beavers , Ridgeville , S . C . – 25-13 Fishing trees with a 1 / 2-ounce Chris-Mas-colored Katch-Her Lures Jig in the lake ' s upper end , and cranking stumps on flats in the lower end with a chartreuse sexy shad Strike King square-bill Co-Angler : Charles Dickens , Appling , Ga . – 15-14
Volunteer – Norris Lake – March 18 Boater : Larry Neal , Piney Flats , Tenn . – 17-11 Fishing a hair jig in 20 feet of water in the mid-lake area Co-Angler : Darren Kelly , Wartburg , Tenn . – 10-1
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