ON TOUR
T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE
BFL WINNING TACTICS
Arkie – Lake Hamilton – Sept . 23-24 Boater : Spencer Shuffield , Hot Springs , Ark . – 20-08 Winding a buzzbait in less than 2 feet of water Co-angler : Trevor Delaney , Benton , Ark . – 18-07
Bama – Pickwick Lake – Sept . 23-24 Boater : Tommy Hensley , Jackson , Ga . – 28-11 Fishing a 3 / 8-ounce Z-Man ChatterBait around isolated wood in the mid-lake area Co-angler : Josh Hamilton , Maben , Miss . – 20-15
Buckeye – Lake Erie – Sept . 16-17 Boater : Hunter Colwell , Zanesfield , Ohio – 35-10 Dragging a Strike King KVD Dream Shot ( smoke ) on a drop-shot rig on four rock piles in 8 to 14 feet of water near Middle Bass Island Co-angler : Trevor Howard , Union , Ky . – 28-11
Bulldog – Lake Lanier – Sept . 9-10 Boater : Brad Wiley , Alto , Ga . – 28-02 Targeting schoolers on the south end of the lake near a hump , ridge , channel swing and standing timber with a Fish Head Spin ( white ) and Zoom Super Fluke ( pearl white ) or a Megabass Vision 110 Co-angler : Spencer Sato , Warner Robins , Ga . – 22-04
Choo Choo – Lake Guntersville – Sept . 30-Oct . 1 Boater : Alex Davis , Albertville , Ala . – 34-09 Frogging a 20-yard stretch of milfoil surrounded by hydrilla with a Jackall Kaera Frog ( black ), and flipping a Jackall Archelon ( black and blue ) Co-angler : Chris Harcrow , Dawson , Ala . – 22-05
Cowboy – Toledo Bend – Sept . 30-Oct . 1 Boater : Glen Freeman , Zwolle , La . – 37-11 Dragging a Texas-rigged Double Z Lures Magnum T-Worm ( red bug ) and a Mister Twister worm on offshore ridges above Pendleton Bridge in 15 to 20 feet of water Co-angler : Justin Shelton , Kemp , Texas – 27-07
Gator – Lake Okeechobee – Sept . 23-24 Boater : Jessie Mizell , Sarasota , Fla . – 42-12 Targeting schooling fish in the northeastern part of the lake using a 6th Sense crankbait Co-angler : Mike LaPorta , Port Charlotte , Fla . – 38-04
Great Lakes – Miss . River ( La Crosse ) – Sept . 16-17 Boater : Tom Monsoor , La Crosse , Wis . – 36-10 Swimming a Humdinger Swim Jig with a 3 1 / 2-inch Yamamoto Swimming Senko trailer ( white ) through weeds that were 5 feet down and near the current , but not in it , and also targeting some spots in the 20-foot range on Saturday ; swimming the same jig with a 3 3 / 4-inch Yamamoto Flappin ’ Hog ( black and blue ) with all but the tail trimmed off on Sunday Co-angler : Richard Conrad , Burnsville , Minn . – 27-11
Hoosier – Ohio River – Sept . 9-10 Boater : Clyde McNaron , Trenton , Ohio – 18-00 Flipping the ends of laydowns near a creek channel with a Zoom Brush Hog and Mizmo tube , and casting topwater around laydowns and stumps on flats Co-angler : Jim Krider , North Vernon , Ind . – 11-02
Illini – Rend Lake – Sept . 16-17 Boater : Greg Mullins , Mount Vernon , Ill . – 28-10 Targeting shallow riprap and wood on the north end of the lake with a 3 / 8-ounce Z-Man ChatterBait ( chartreuse / white ) with a Zoom Super Chunk trailer ( green pumpkin ) and a Zoom UV Speed Worm ( green pumpkin ) Co-angler : Archie Eslinger , Paris , Ill . – 19-11
LBL – Kentucky / Barkley – Sept . 9-10 Boater : Cole Floyd , Leesburg , Ohio – 40-10 Walking an Evergreen SB-125 ( bone ) over 1- to 2-foot-deep bars and flats with wood cover near Paris , Tenn . Co-angler : Ryan Dowell , Brandenburg , Ky . – 22-12
Michigan – Detroit River – Sept . 16-17 Boater : Joshua Barr , Stow , Ohio – 49-01 Dragging 3 1 / 2-inch tubes ( green pumpkin ) and soft jerkbaits ( perch ) on drop-shots on rock piles near islands Co-angler : Gary Polenz , Milan , Mich . – 43-07
Mississippi – Ross Barnett Reservoir – Sept . 30-Oct . 1 Boater : Justin Atkins , Florence , Ala . – 24-06 Fishing offshore with a 10-inch Berkley PowerBait Power Worm ( black ) in 10 to 14 feet of water and in shallower brush piles Co-angler : Hunter Utley , Cordova , Tenn . – 19-00
Mountain – Barren River – Sept . 23-24 Boater : Casey O ’ Donnell , Langston , Ala . – 23-15 Flipping a 1 / 2-ounce Gambler Jigzilla with a Strike King Rage Menace ( green pumpkin ) trailer around stumps and laydowns on the ends of channel-swing banks in 2 1 / 2 to 5 feet of water on the south end of the river , as well as throwing a SPRO Bronzeye Pop ( albino ) Co-angler : Chad Hill , Marion , Ill . – 19-15
Music City – Old Hickory – Sept . 16-17 Boater : Rocco Simeri , Murfreesboro , Tenn . – 22-08 Fishing secondary points in the creeks using a Jewel Bait Co . Finesse Jig ( Texas craw ) with a Zoom Z Craw Jr . trailer ( watermelon red ) Co-angler : Travis Puckett , Monroe , Tenn . – 10-04
North Carolina – Lake Norman – Sept . 9-10 Boater : Robert Walser , Lexington , N . C . – 25-06 Winding a buzzbait ( white ), fishing isolated wood with a Zoom Finesse Worm and flipping docks with a Zoom Brush Hog Co-angler : Tobey Lawson , Raleigh , N . C . – 18-10
Northeast – 1000 Islands – Sept . 9-10 Boater : Travis Manson , Conshohocken , Pa . – 44-02 Drop-shotting a 4-inch Gajo Baits Spirit Shad ( smoke purple and blue highlight ) on a ledge in Lake Ontario in 18 to 40 feet of water and on isolated rock piles Co-angler : Drew Tiano , Hudson , N . Y . – 40-13
Okie – Grand Lake – Sept . 9-10 Boater : Curt Warren , Rose , Okla . – 31-15 Junk-fishing on the north end of the lake around docks and wood in less than 10 feet of water on the bank using a 1 / 2- ounce Bass-X football-head jig Co-angler : Alan Hill , Ada , Okla . – 22-09
Ozark – Lake of the Ozarks – Sept . 16-17 Boater : Marcus Sykora , Osage Beach , Mo . – 37-14 Fishing mid-lake brush piles in 14 feet of water using an unnamed crankbait and a Zoom Brush Hog Co-angler : Aaron Strohkirch , Camdenton , Mo . – 28-01
Piedmont – Kerr Lake – Sept . 23-24 Boater : Jonathon Guins , Wendell , N . C . – 24-13 Fishing topwater and a Carolina-rigged Zoom Trick Worm in 3 to 6 feet on mid-lake points and pockets Co-angler : Craig Wright , Rustburg , Va . – 18-10
Savannah River – Lake Hartwell – Sept . 16-17 Boater : Jayme Rampey , Liberty , S . C . – 26-06 Covering water and fishing fast along a 30-mile stretch , focusing on stumps , wood and docks with a Zoom Horny Toad ( white ) and a Buckeye Lures jig with a Zoom UV Speed Craw ( green pumpkin ) trailer Co-angler : Beau Govreau , Cedar Hill , Mo . – 20-09
Shenandoah – James River – Sept . 30-Oct . 1 Boater : Keith Estes , Spring Grove , Va . – 28-00 Running the incoming tide , targeting wood in 3 to 5 feet of water with a Berkley PowerBait Power Worm ( blue fleck ) and crankbaits Co-angler : Jonathan Sayers , Wytheville , Va . – 19-10
South Carolina – Lake Wylie – Sept . 30-Oct . 1 Boater : Willie McMullen , Oxford , Ga . – 26-03 Fishing a milk run of wood and docks in the South Fork Catawba River with a Z-Man ChatterBait ( white ), Picasso Dinn-R- Bell buzzbait ( black ) and Zoom Dead Ringer worm ( junebug ) Co-angler : Mark Wingate , Gaston , S . C . – 16-04
Volunteer – Watts Bar Lake – Sept . 23-24 Boater : Brian Holcomb , Madisonville , Tenn . – 22-01 Winding a 3 / 8-ounce buzzbait or Gambler Cane Toad around isolated milfoil clumps in less than 2 feet of water with deeper water in front of the grass , focusing on mid-lake pockets near Euchee Marina Resort Co-angler : Chris Viers , Haysi , Va . – 14-04
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