Zwolle’s Freeman Wins Two-Day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League Event on Sam Rayburn - Major League Fishing
Zwolle’s Freeman Wins Two-Day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League Event on Sam Rayburn
5y • FLW Communications • Phoenix Bass Fishing League
Phoenix Bass Fishing League regional tournament to visit Watts Bar Lake
2d • MLF • Press Releases
Texarkana’s Wright Patman Lake set for Phoenix Bass Fishing League regional tournament
2d • MLF • Press Releases
Strong bite, All-American berths available should make for exciting Wild Card on Cherokee
3d • Mitchell Forde • Phoenix Bass Fishing League
BFL regional tournament on Santee Cooper shifted to two-day event
3d • MLF • Press Releases
Mooresville’s Monti posts second career win at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Regional on Kerr Lake
3d • MLF • Press Releases
Puryear’s Turano wins Phoenix Bass Fishing League Regional on Pickwick Lake
3d • MLF • Press Releases
2024 Phoenix Bass Fishing League – Pickwick Lake Regional Tournament Day 3 weigh-in (10/5/2024)
5d • Phoenix Bass Fishing League
2024 Phoenix Bass Fishing League – Kerr Lake Regional Tournament Day 3 weigh-in (10/5/2024)
5d • Phoenix Bass Fishing League
2024 Phoenix Bass Fishing League – Pickwick Lake Regional Tournament Day 2 weigh-in (10/4/2024)
6d • Phoenix Bass Fishing League
2024 Phoenix Bass Fishing League – Kerr Lake Regional Tournament Day 2 weigh-in (10/4/2024)
6d • Phoenix Bass Fishing League
MLF announces entry dates for 2025 Tackle Warehouse Invitationals, Toyota Series, Phoenix Bass Fishing League, Abu Garcia College Fishing and High School Fishing programs
6d • MLF • Press Releases
2024 Phoenix Bass Fishing League – Pickwick Lake Regional Tournament Day 1 weigh-in (10/3/2024)
1w • Phoenix Bass Fishing League
2024 Phoenix Bass Fishing League – Kerr Lake Regional Tournament Day 1 weigh-in (10/3/2024)
1w • Phoenix Bass Fishing League
MLF shifts BFL Regional Tournament to Tennessee’s Watts Bar Lake
1w • MLF • Press Releases

Zwolle’s Freeman Wins Two-Day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League Event on Sam Rayburn

Deport’s Nichols Wins Co-angler Division
Image for Zwolle’s Freeman Wins Two-Day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League Event on Sam Rayburn
Glen Freeman
September 23, 2019 • FLW Communications • Phoenix Bass Fishing League

BROOKELAND, Texas – Boater Glen Freeman of Zwolle, Louisiana, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 43 pounds, 13 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Cowboy Division super-tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir Sunday. Freeman earned $8,211 for his efforts.

“I think the key to my win was that I stayed old-fashioned,” said Freeman, who earned his 11th career win in BFL competition. “Nowadays everyone is throwing crankbaits and Carolina rigs, and I feel like the fish hardly see Texas rigs anymore. I was up on the north end – around the Highway 147 bridge, fishing slopes and drop-offs of ridges in 15- to 20-feet-of-water.”

Freeman estimated that he caught around 25 keepers throughout the weekend – 15 on day one and 10 on day two. He targeted isolated pieces of timber and brush on the slopes with a redbug-colored, Texas-rigged Mister Twister worm with a ½-ounce Elite Tungsten weight.

“I just slowed down and bumped the timber with the heavy weight,” Freeman said. “I was able to find the little pieces of timber using my Lowrance unit, and just soak the worm in the little bitty brush. The bites were very sensitive, and my Lews rod and reel combos made a big difference in allowing me to detect those subtle bites.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

 1st: Glen Freeman, Zwolle, La., 10 bass, 43-13, $6,211 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

 2nd: Eric Leger, Mamou, La., 10 bass, 35-9, $3,106

 3rd: Kevin Lasyone, Dry Prong, La., 10 bass, 34-11, $2,002

 4th: Albert Collins, Nacogdoches, Texas, 10 bass, 30-12, $1,403

 5th: Skeeter Fowler, Grand Saline, Texas, nine bass, 30-10, $1,202

 6th: Philip Crelia, Center, Texas, nine bass, 30-3, $1,352

 7th: River Lee, Nacogdoches, Texas, 10 bass, 29-9, $1,002

 8th: Ryan Pinkston, Center, Texas, 10 bass, 29-4, $1,727

 9th: Todd Castledine, Nacogdoches, Texas, 10 bass, 29-3, $1,102

 10th: Marcus Parker, Pearland, Texas, 10 bass, 28-6, $701

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Pinkston caught an 8-pound, 8-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the event’s Boater Big Bass award of $825.

Deport Texas’ Lat Nichols won the Co-angler Division and $3,206 Sunday after catching a two-day total of nine bass weighing 22 pounds, 2 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

 1st: Lat Nichols, Deport, Texas, nine bass, 22-2, $3,206

 2nd: Steven Ramsey, Diberville, Miss., 10 bass, 20-5, $1,553

 3rd: Hannah Gryder, Milam, Texas, seven bass, 20-4, $1,004

 4th: Tim Woodard, Rosepine, La., 10 bass, 18-12, $701

 5th: Ty Haymon, Oakdale, La., eight bass, 18-5, $601

 6th: David Beason, Evans, La., seven bass, 18-2, $551

 7th: Bill Fussell, Thibodaux, La., seven bass, 16-8, $501

 8th: Ryan Bourque, Slidell, La., seven bass, 15-13, $451

 9th: Don Johnson, Lufkin, Texas, seven bass, 14-13, $401

 10th: Brandon Begnaud, Bacliff, Texas, six bass, 14-12, $351

Garrett Tunks of Sulphur, Louisiana, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 7 pounds, 15 ounces. The catch earned him the event’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $412.

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Cowboy Division super-tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir was hosted by the Jasper County Development District.

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. 24-26 BFL Regional Championship on Grand Lake in Grove, Oklahoma. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2020 BFL All-American will be held April 30-May 2 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, and is hosted by Visit Anderson. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagram and YouTube.

About FLW
FLW is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money in 2019 across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, with offices in Minneapolis, FLW and their partners conduct more than 290 bass-fishing tournaments annually around the world, including the United States, Canada, China, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Namibia, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and Zimbabwe. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW" television show while FLW Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. For more information visit FLWFishing.com and follow FLW at FacebookTwitterInstagram and YouTube.

# # #