Bass Fishing League Buckeye Division Winner goes to Manson

Scott Manson of Covington, Ohio won the fourth Walmart Bass Fishing League Buckeye Division tournament on the Ohio River. He caught four bass weighing a totaling 8 pounds, 10 ounces. His pay out was $5,205.

“I started out targeting main-river fish but decided to head into the creeks,” said Manson who has four top-10 finishes in FLW competition. “I had four spots carved out but could only find shad in one creek. I had to be around the shad to get a bite.

“I caught my first bass around 10 a.m. – the biggest fish in the tournament,” continued Manson. “All four of my winning fish ended up coming from a 50- to 100-yard stretch. I just ran back and forth hitting submerged stumps and logs.”

Manson said all of his fish were congregating in about a foot of water.

“I caught three of them on a Junebug-colored Zoom Brush Hog and one on a white spinnerbait,” said Manson. “They were the only keepers I caught all day. Luckily they were heavy enough to win the tournament.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st:          Scott Manson, Covington, Ohio, four bass, 8-10, $3,205 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd:         Kyle Weisenburger, Ottawa, Ohio, five bass, 7-7, $1,603

3^rd:          Charlie Smith, Union, Ky., five bass, 7-0, $1,068

4^th:          Rob Cunningham, Cincinnati, Ohio, three bass, 6-5, $748

5^th:          Cody Seeger, Lewistown, Ohio, five bass, 6-2, $641

6^th:          Clint Bissonett, Beavercreek, Ohio, five bass, 5-5, $561

6^th:          John McCart, Williamsburg, Ohio, four bass, 5-5, $561

8^th:          Kenny Mitchell, Franklin, Ohio, two bass, 5-4, $481

9^th:          Jim Vitaro, Wooster, Ohio, two bass, 5-1, $427

10^th:        Jim Lovelace, Liberty Township, Ohio, two bass, 4-5, $374

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Manson also caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the pro division, a fish weighing 4 pounds, 14 ounces and earned the day’s Big Bass award of $385.

Don Clark of Cincinnati, Ohio brought three bass to the scale, while Bill Turvey of Oak Hill, Ohio, weighed in four bass, both totaling 5 pounds, 1 ounce Saturday to tie for the win and each earn $1,202 in the co-angler division.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st:          Don Clark, Cincinnati, Ohio, three bass, 5-1, $1,202

1^st:          Bill Turvey, Oak Hill, Ohio, four bass, 5-1, $1,202

3^rd:          Darrell Carroll, Independence, Ky., three bass, 4-5, $533

4^th:          Brian Short, Oxford, Ohio, one bass, 4-4, $374

5^th:          Ryan Sykes, Hamilton, Ohio, three bass, 3-8, $321

6^th:          Michael Schwomeyer, Noblesville, Ind., two bass, 2-9, $294

7^th:          Dennis Sepeck, Bethel, Ohio, two bass, 2-4, $267

8^th:          B.J. Barnes, Piqua, Ohio, one bass, 2-3, $213

8^th:          Doyle Donnett, Minster, Ohio, two bass, 2-3, $213

8^th:          Tyler Waller, Coal Grove, Ohio, two bass, 2-3, $213

Short caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the co-angler division and earned the day’s Big Bass award of $192.

The top 50 boaters and 50 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 8-10 Regional Championship on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.

The BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 120 tournaments throughout the season, five in each division. The top 50 boaters and co-anglers from each division qualify for a regional tournament and compete to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Walmart BFL All-American. Top winners in the BFL can move up to the Rayovac FLW Series or even the Walmart FLW Tour.

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