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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