ON TOUR
TOURNAMENT HIGHLIGHTS
T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE (continued)
Bama Division – Lay Lake – March 10, 2018
Boater: Michael Smith, Andalusia, Ala. – 17-14
Targeting stumps and hard-bottom areas in 6 to 15 feet of water with a bruiser flash-col-
ored Missile Baits Baby D Bomb
Co-angler: Tanner Ellison, Jemison, Ala. – 17-06 Mississippi Division – Ross Barnett Reservoir – March 24, 2018
Boater: Anthony Thomas, Jackson, Miss. – 22-09
Fishing heavy grass patches with a natural-colored SPRO Bronzeye Pop
Co-angler: Michael Petras, Diberville, Miss. – 12-10
Arkie Division – Millwood Lake – March 24, 2018
Boater: Wayne Dixon, Morrilton, Ark. – 19-10
Targeting prespawn bass near cypress trees, coontail and milfoil with a Texas-rigged Right
Bite Baits stick bait
Co-angler: Kenyon Johnson, Mountain Home, Ark. – 15-13
Bulldog Division – Lake Oconee – March 17, 2018
Boater: Tim Vanegmond, Gay, Ga. – 18-11
Skipping docks with a green pumpkin Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver and a Strike King
Rage Bug
Co-angler: Adam Slupczynski, Marietta, Ga. – 8-01
Choo Choo Division – Wheeler Lake – March 24, 2018
Boater: Ryan Salzman, Huntsville, Ala. – 25-09
Targeting smallmouths on isolated rock piles at the Guntersville Dam tailrace
Co-angler: Harry Peyton, Decatur, Ala. – 17-02
Choo Choo Division – Lewis Smith Lake – April 7, 2018
Boater: Gil Summerlin, Guntersville, Ala. – 16-03
Fishing a single tree on a long clay point with a Fish Head Spin tipped with a sexy shad Big
Bite Baits swimbait, and a green pumpkin wacky-rigged Strike King Ocho
Co-angler: Justin Stephenson, Jasper, Ala. – 14-04
Cowboy Division – Sam Rayburn Reservoir – March 3, 2018
Boater: Phil Marks, Dallas, Texas – 26-01
Targeting spawning fish in bushes in the mid-lake area with a blue Strike King Hack Attack
Jig with a blue Strike King Rage Craw trailer
Co-angler: Bronsun Pusselo, Sulphur, La. – 16-08
Cowboy Division – Sam Rayburn Reservoir – March 4, 2018
Boater: Dicky Newberry, Houston, Texas – 22-03
Catching staging fish in drains with grass using a 3/4-ounce red Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap and a
Carolina-rigged lizard
Co-angler: Ben Faucheaux, Natchitoches, La. – 17-15
Gator Division – Lake Okeechobee – March 17, 2018
Boater: Mikey Keyso, North Port, Fla. – 24-12
Targeting postspawn fish in dollar pads south of the Monkey Box with a Texas-rigged
junebug Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper
Co-angler: Michael Wiles, Perry, Fla. – 19-13
Hoosier Division – Patoka Lake – March 24, 2018
Boater: Jeremy Knepp, Montgomery, Ind. – 8-15
Targeting main-lake points with a Strike King KVD Deep Jerkbait
Co-angler: Lenny Bays, Dayton, Ky. – 8-08
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LBL Division – Kentucky/Barkley Lakes – March 17, 2018
Boater: Kane Hackemack, Georgetown, Ind. – 29-08
Focusing on deep points with current breaks with a Strike King Red Eye Shad
Co-angler: Greg Henry, Hixson, Tenn. – 12-08
LBL Division – Kentucky/Barkley Lakes – April 7, 2018
Boater: Drew Boggs, Lebanon, Tenn. – 23-08
Working a single 50-yard-long ditch in 4 to 7 feet of water with a custom umbrella rig
tipped with white swimbaits
Co-angler: Ryan Kirkpatrick, Benton, Ky. – 13-01
Mountain Division – Dale Hollow Lake – March 3, 2018
Boater: Pat Eichmann, Nancy, Ky. – 20-06
Targeting bass on mid-lake channel swings with a Stan Sloan’s Zorro Bait Co. Booza Bug jig
with a green pumpkin Zoom Big Salty Chunk trailer
Co-angler: Brian Hutcheson, Russellville, Ky. – 15-00
Mountain Division – Dale Hollow Lake – March 24, 2018
Boater: (Tie) Matt Stanley, Alexandria, Tenn., and Greg Trobaugh,
Rickman, Tenn. – 20-03
Fishing mid-lake grass edges with a Picasso School-E-Rig (Stanley); Fishing mid-lake with
an umbrella rig with Keitech and Reaction Innovations swimbaits (Trobaugh)
Co-angler: Ed Bennington, Scottsville, Ky. – 18-02
Music City Division – Dale Hollow Lake – March 10, 2018
Boater: Rod Huff, Monterey, Tenn. – 19-05
Fishing deep water near spawning flats with a 1/2-ounce green pumpkin Stan Sloan’s Zorro
Bait Co. Booza Bug jig and a Zorro swim jig with a green pumpkin Strike Kin