Fisher found 'em on Lanier

4/14/2014

Fisher, a former Walmart FLW Tour pro, reported catching the entirety of his impressive creel on beds in the midsection of Lanier.

"I think I culled five times," said Fisher. "They were in the backs of creeks where the bank transitioned from steep to flat. We just had three inches of rain and it pushed the fish back a bit.

"There was a lot of pollen on the water that made it difficult to see the fish," explained Fisher. "Some of the other competitors seemed to be overlooking the fish I was catching.

"I had no clue I had what I had. I thought I had around 20 pounds," said Fisher. "When they get that big it’s hard to start putting them together. It turned out I had an 8-pounder that I thought was around 6-pounds."

Fisher said that he rotated through a variety of baits, but caught his three biggest bass on a white-colored Zoom Super Hog.

Rounding out the top 10:

2nd: Paul Marks, Cumming, Ga., five bass, 21-3, $2,364

3rd: Trent Gober, Pendergrass, Ga., five bass, 20-13, $1,576

4th: Kip Carter, Loganville, Ga., five bass, 17-4, $1,103

5th: Rick Steckelberg, Eastanollee, Ga., five bass, 16-7, $946

6th: Scott Hayes, Newnan, Ga., five bass, 15-15, $867

7th: Rusty Evans, Roswell, Ga., five bass, 15-4, $788

8th: Buster Slocumb, Juliette, Ga., five bass, 15-2, $709

9th: Seth Kirkland, Cumming, Ga., five bass, 14-15, $631

10th: Jesse Millsaps, Jasper, Ga., five bass, 14-7, $552

Complete results can be found here.

Glenn wins co-angler division

March Glenn of Decatur, Ga., weighed in a five-bass limit totaling 15 pounds, 5 ounces Saturday to win $2,364 in the co-angler division.

Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers:

2nd: John Watwood, Winder, Ga., five bass, 14-10, $1,182

3rd: Charlie Dick, Conyers, Ga., five bass, 11-11, $788

4th: Michael Wilder, Macon, Ga., five bass, 11-4, $552

5th: Jason Wiley, Soperton, Ga., four bass, 10-14, $473

6th: Justin Paulus, Atlanta, Ga., five bass, 10-10, $433

7th: Wayne Hancock, Cumming, Ga., five bass, 10-9, $394

8th: Tyler Morgan, Columbus, Ga., five bass, 10-8, $355

9th: Robert Fleming, McDonough, Ga., five bass, 10-3, $315

10th: Nicholas Leno, Chicago, Ill., five bass, 9-15, $276

Complete co-angler results can be found here.

The top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 2-4 Regional Championship on the St. John’s River in Palatka, Fla. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and a Chevy Silverado, 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 40 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 presented by Chevy. The 2014 BFL All-American is being held June 5-7 on Wilson Lake in Florence, Ala. Top winners in the BFL can move up to the Rayovac FLW Series or even the Walmart FLW