Kyle Dorsett of Odenville, Ala., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League® Dixie Division two-day Super Tournament on Logan Martin Lake Sunday with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 33 pounds, 5 ounces. The victory earned Dorsett $6,066.
Kyle Dorsett of Odenville, Ala., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League® Dixie Division two-day Super Tournament on Logan Martin Lake Sunday with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 33 pounds, 5 ounces. The victory earned Dorsett $6,066.
This feels great, man, said Dorsett, who calls Logan Martin Lake his home lake and spends about 60 days a year fishing the waters. Especially when you go into the second day leading and you wish it was a one-day event.
Dorsett said he caught his fish targeting piers and bluff walls with jigs and spinnerbaits.
I had fish found in practice and I saved them for the second day, Dorsett said. There werent many boats in that area, so that wasnt even a factor.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Jason Nixon of Wetumpka, Ala. (10 bass, 32-4, $3,033); Ken Bearden of La Grange, Ga. (10 bass, 29-2, $2,024); Tim Hurst of Oxford, Ala. (10 bass, 28-9, $1,415) and Mark McCaig of Oxford, Ala. (10 bass, 27-11, $1,213).
Nixon took home the Boater Division Folgers Big Bass award, earning $832 for a 5-pound, 7-ounce bass he caught flipping a homemade jig.
Michael Wright of Covington, Ga., earned $3,033 as the co-angler winner Sunday thanks to a two-day catch of 10 bass weighing 22 pounds, 12 ounces that he caught fishing docks with a soft-plastic worm.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Richard Moncus of Fortson, Ga. (10 bass, 22-11, $1,517); Dennis Hudson of Fortson, Ga. (10 bass, 21-6, $1,010); Adam Wade of Heflin, Ala. (10 bass, 21-2, $708); and Paul Keith of Talladega, Ala. (10 bass, 20-1, $607).
Russell Weldon of Tallahassee, Ala., earned $416 as the co-angler Folgers Big Bass winner after catching a 5-pound bass.
The top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers in each of the BFLs 28 divisions at the end of the season advance to a no-entry-fee Regional Championship where boaters fish for a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck and co-anglers fish for a new Ranger boat. Seven regional championships will each send six boaters and six co-anglers to the no-entry-fee Walmart BFL All-American presented by Chevy, which features a $1 million purse and a top award of $140,000 in the Boater Division and $70,000 in the Co-angler Division. Anglers who compete in all five regular-season events within a division but do not advance to a Regional Championship are eligible to compete in the Chevy Wild Card, which will also send six boaters and six co-anglers to the All-American for a total of 48 boaters and 48 co-anglers advancing through BFL competition.
The winning boater and winning co-angler at the All-American will advance to the no-entry-fee Forrest Wood Cup in Atlanta in 2010. This event, featuring a top award of $1 million, is the most lucrative tournament in all of competitive bass fishing. In all, the BFL offers weekend anglers the opportunity to qualify for three no-entry-fee championships with total cash awards exceeding $3.5 million. Plus, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers from each BFL division may move up to the Stren Series for 2010 while All-American champions have the option to advance directly to the Walmart FLW Tour®.
In BFL competition, boaters supply the boat and compete from the front deck against other boaters. Co-anglers compete from the back deck against other co-anglers.
As the nations leading provider of affordable, close-to-home weekend tournaments, the BFL is widely credited with opening competitive bass fishing to the masses. It also serves as a steppingstone for anglers who wish to advance to the Stren Series and ultimately the FLW Tour bass fishings most lucrative tournament circuit.
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