FLOWOOD, Miss. (March 7, 2016) – Mitch Crane of Columbus, Mississippi, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 19 pounds, 1 ounce, Saturday to win the FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mississippi Division tournament on Ross Barnett Reservoir. For his victory, Crane took home $5,582.
“I started my day targeting bass in a pocket right off of the main channel in the Pearl River,” said Crane, who took top honors in his first-ever FLW event. “I caught three keepers along a point within 30 minutes using a white Z-Man ChatterBait rigged with a Gambler Little EZ Swimbait.”
Crane said that a key to his pattern was dialing in on bedding fish.
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