Floyd Wins Bass Fishing League Tournament on Kentucky-Barkley

GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. (April 25, 2022) – Boater Steve Floyd of Leesburg, Ohio, caught five bass Saturday weighing 22 pounds, 10 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Tournament on Kentucky-Barkley Lake . Floyd earned $12,618, including the lucrative $7,000 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus, for his victory.

“I ran south and fished in the Blood River area and flipped bushes in pockets,” Floyd said. “I thought I’d catch maybe 14 pounds. I didn’t think I’d get very many big bites, but my second fish right out of the gate was a 6-pounder, and that made me feel a little bit better.”

Floyd said he caught 25 keepers during the tournament, including two 6-pounders and one that weighed more than five pounds. Floyd said he caught his fish on a green-pumpkin Strike King Rage Bug.

“This win is awesome,” Floyd said. “I’m from Ohio, but the most fun thing I can do is come down here and flip bushes in my favorite place. If I could go anywhere and fish any style it would be to do just what I did to win this.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

                1st:        Steve Floyd, Leesburg, Ohio, five bass, 22-10, $12,618 (includes $7,000 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus)
                2nd:       Seth Roberts, Jacksboro, Tenn., five bass, 20-2, $2,309
                3rd:       Brian Futch, Herrin, Ill., five bass, 17-7, $1,539
                4th:        Larry Frasier, Eddyville, Ky., five bass, 15-14, $1,078
                5th:        Brad Hutcheson, Troy, Tenn., five bass, 15-13, $924
                6th:        Lonnie Bowlin, Benton, Ill., four bass, 15-11, $1,527
                7th:        Puggy Deberry, Calvert City, Ky., four bass, 15-9, $770
                8th:        Clint Knight, Lewisburg, Ky., five bass, 15-3, $693
                9th:        David Brunaugh, Carbondale, Ill., five bass, 14-4, $616
                10th:     Jon Fatheree, Grantsburg, Ill., five bass, 14-0, $512
                10th:     Drew Boggs, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 14-0, $512

Bowlin had a largemouth that weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces that was the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division and earned the day’s Berkley Big Bass Boater award of $680. Gary Huber II of Saint Charles, Missouri, won the Co-angler Division and $2,270 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 13 pounds even.

The top 10 Strike King co-anglers were:

                1st:        Gary Huber, Saint Charles, Mo., five bass, 13-0, $2,270
                2nd:       Carl Oelker, Greenbrier, Tenn., five bass, 12-13, $1,235
                3rd:       Gabe Montgomery, Jackson, Mo., five bass, 11-15, $757
                4th:        Jesse Gustafson, Gilbertsville, Ky., four bass, 11-8, $530
                5th:        Andrew Bailey, Woodlawn, Tenn., three bass, 10-10, $784
                6th:        Alexis Joyce, Benton, Ky., five bass, 10-3, $416
                7th:        Secret York, Benton, Ky., five bass, 9-9, $378
                8th:        Tim Rampaul, Dickson, Tenn., four bass, 9-3, $341
                9th:        Michael Harvel, Jonesboro, Ill., four bass, 9-1, $303
                10th:     Pat Rapp, Hawesville, Ky., three bass, 8-15, $465

Bailey caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 6 pounds, 3 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Berkley Big Bass Co-angler award of $330.

After two events, Drew Boggs of Lebanon, Tennessee, leads the Bass Fishing League LBL Division Boater Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 486 points, while Ed Daniell of West Frankfort, Illinois, leads the Strike King Co-Angler Division AOY race with 476 points.