Mid Lake Report 9/17

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Well I pulled up to the launch at Monkey Island at 0615 and found several wrapped boats in the process of launching. I did not know it, but there is a big tourney this weekend, BFL. BTW I don't know what the BFL tourney is. Anyway lots of boats out there, several times when I was fishing a point as soon as I left a guy would pull in and fish the same point, had I known there would be so many guys out there I think I would have gone somewhere else.

Fishing was slow for me, I caught 1/2 dozen or so bass, but none over 13". Mainly caught them pitching jigs to docks and a couple on c-rigged plastics. Just could not figure out where they were or what they wanted. Lots of shad in the lake, but the fish weren't bothering them much. Sunny, warm, calm day.

I did talk to some of the other fishermen, no one I talked to was doing any good, or if they were they weren't talking about it. Those tourney guys can be pretty secretive, not that I blame them.

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I did a search on BFL, it's Bass Fishing League, part of the FLW. $300 entry fee, winning angler gets $9000. Winning co-angler $4500. Big bass $1500.

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Here's the link to the results, 34 lbs. to win (10 fish).

http://www.flwoutdoors.com/bassfishing/bfl/tournament/2010/6434/grand-lake-boater-results/

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More info:

WHAT : Boater Chris Torkleson of Sand Springs, Okla., caught a 10-bass limit weighing 34 pounds, 11 ounces Sept. 18-19 to win $5,137 in the BFL Okie Division tournament on Grand Lake. Torkleson was throwing a jig mid lake in 10 to 12 feet of water near deep points with brush.

WHO: The remaining top10 anglers:

2nd: Brad Hallman, Norman, Okla., 10 bass, 29-4, $2,569

3rd: Bob Harter, Tulsa, Okla., 10 bass, 27-10, $1,712

4th: Travis McKelvey, Jenks, Okla., nine bass, 27-3, $1,199

5th: Wayne Diffee, Oakhurst, Okla., 10 bass, 27-1, $1,027

6th: Thomas Canady, Skiatook, Okla., 10 bass, 25-10, $942

7th: Jason Wedel, Lowell, Ark., 10 bass, 23-6, $856

8th: Clayton Coppin, Muskogee, Okla., 10 bass, 23-6, $771

9th: Derek Fulps, Broken Arrow, Okla., 10 bass, 23-1, $685

10th: Jason Gilstrap, Owasso, Okla., 10 bass, 22-10, $599

WHAT : Justin Phillips of Checotah, Okla., caught a 10-bass limit weighing 26 pounds, 6 ounces Sept. 18-19 to win $2,563 in the Co-angler Division. He was using buzzbait and Pop-Rs in shallow water near Wolf Creek and Horse Creek to bag his limits.

WHO: The remaining top10 co-anglers:

2nd: Patrick Weir, Broken Arrow, Okla., nine bass, 21-11, $1,281

3rd: Scott Parsons, Bentonville, Ark., 10 bass, 19-14, $853

4th: Don Benson, Eufaula, Okla., seven bass, 18-9, $598

5th: Richard Vallis, Fort Smith, Ark., nine bass, 18-8, $513

6th: Brad Reynolds, Lowell, Ark., nine bass, 18, $470

7th: Kenny Blackwood, Rogers, Ark., nine bass, 18, $427

8th: Jeffrey Bullinger, Sapulpa, Okla., eight bass, 17-9, $384

9th: Parks Pendergraft, Claremore, Okla., eight bass, 17-2, $342

10th: Dylan Duncan, Kansas, Okla., seven bass, 16-5, $299

NOTES: The top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings from the Okie Division have now qualified for the Oct. 14-16 Regional Championship on Lake Texoma in Denison, Texas. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger 198VX with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard and a Chevy pick-up, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.