Boggs Bags Fifth Career Win

Pierce nets co-angler title on Kentucky Lake

Drew Boggs of Lebanon, Tennessee, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) LBL Division tournament on Kentucky and Barkley lakes Saturday after catching a five-bass limit weighing 24 pounds, 11 ounces. Boggs took home $4,498 for his victory.

“Saturday was a special day on the water,” says Boggs, who earned his fifth career-victory in BFL competition. “I fished the same pattern recently in another tournament held on Kentucky Lake, but didn’t catch them like I did this weekend. I can’t tell you what made the difference. It was just a great day.”

Boggs spent his entire day fishing south of Paris Landing. He says he delivered a one-two punch of fishing ledges out deep and flipping wood up shallow to craft his limit.

“My two biggest bass came from the ledges on a prototype jig from Jenko Fishing,” says Boggs. “Around 9:30 (a.m.) I headed to main-lake shallows and flipped trees, laydowns and bushes to round out my limit.”

Boggs sat in 2 to 3 feet of water and threw a Tilapia-colored Big Bite Baits Craw Tube with a Jenko Creature Weight.

“I’d hop it up right under the surface and then let it fall freely,” said Boggs. “I put 20 good keepers in the boat just flipping the tube – it was nuts.”

The top 10 boaters:

1^st:          Drew Boggs, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 24-11, $4,498

2^nd:         Ed Rounsaville, Indianapolis, Ind., five bass, 19-13, $1,981

3^rd:          Cole Floyd, Leesburg, Ohio, five bass, 19-4, $1,322

4^th:          Peter Merkel, Lynnville, Ind., five bass, 19-1, $925

5^th:          Harry Barber, Earlington, Ky., five bass, 18-11, $793

6^th:          Josh Malone, Alma, Ill., five bass, 17-8, $993

6^th:          Stephen Barga, Benton, Ky., five bass, 17-8, $893

8^th:          John Hopkins, Hendersonville, Tenn., five bass, 17-4, $694

9^th:          Dan Morehead, Paducah, Ky., five bass, 17-0, $528

10^th:        Billy Schroeder, Paducah, Ky., five bass, 16-11, $462

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.  

Boggs’ largest bass weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and was the heaviest caught in the Boater Division. The catch also earned him the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $535.

Pierce wins co-angler title

Jim Pierce of Medon, Tennessee, won the Co-angler Division and $2,081 Saturday after catching a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 2 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers:

1^st:          Jim Pierce, Medon, Tenn., five bass, 16-2, $2,081

2^nd:         Jacob Greco, Edwardsville, Ill., four bass, 15-7, $991

3^rd:          Jim Dietel, Loami, Ill., five bass, 13-1, $662

4^th:          Daniel Pope Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, five bass, 12-14, $462

5^th:          Travis Williams, Jackson, Mo., five bass, 12-13, $396

6^th:          Michael Swift, Alma, Ill., five bass, 12-10, $363

7^th:          Joseph Gulash, Edwardsville, Ill., four bass, 12-6, $330

8^th:          Kevin Lamb, Gallatin, Tenn., five bass, 12-4, $297

9^th:          Trevor Gooch, Yuma, Tenn., four bass, 11-13, $314

10^th:        Howard Dowdy, Livingston, Tenn., four bass, 11-10, $231

Scott Sims of Morgantown, Indiana, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 5 pounds, 9 ounces – and earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $267.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 12-14 BFL Regional Championship on the Barren River in Scottsville, Kentucky. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.