GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. (May 6, 2024) – Boater Adrian Urso of Union, Kentucky, caught a five-bass limit weighing 26 pounds, 1 ounce, Saturday to win the Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament on Kentucky-Barkley Lakes . Hosted by the Kentucky Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau, the tournament was the third event of the season for the BFL LBL Division. Urso earned $4,498 for his victory. Efficiency was the key for Urso. More specifically, he used forward-facing sonar to make accurate casts to stumps, working his way up to a very impressive winning weight. Urso’s limit included four largemouth bass and one smallmouth.
“I was fishing around the Kenlake area,” he said. “Fishing for fish living on stumps in anywhere from 5 to 15 feet with a drop-shot.”
Urso’s best stumps were current-related on the edge of bars.
“I was running as many stumps as I could,” he said. “A lot of them (the bass) you can see (on forward-facing sonar), but some of them you can’t. So you always have to keep them honest and make a cast.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:
1st: Adrian Urso, Union, Ky., five bass, 26-1, $4,498
2nd: Lane Olson, Forest Grove, Ore., five bass, 21-9, $3,049 (includes $500 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus)
3rd: Jake Lawrence, Buchanan, Tenn., five bass, 21-7, $1,498
4th: Clint Knight, Lewisburg, Ky., five bass, 20-1, $1,050
5th: Gary Singleton, Dickson, Tenn., five bass, 19-13, $900
6th: Terry Bolton, Benton, Ky., five bass, 19-10, $825
7th: Matteo Turano, Puryear, Tenn., five bass, 19-2, $750
8th: Brad Hutcheson, Hornbeak, Tenn., five bass, 18-4, $675
9th: Justin Berger, Murray, Ky., five bass, 17-12, $1,245
10th: Harbor Lovin, New Concord, Ky., five bass, 17-5, $525
Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
Justin Berger of Murray, Kentucky, caught a bass that weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and earned the Big Bass Boater award of $645. Carson Fitzgerald of Whitesville, Kentucky, won the co-angler division and $2,179 Saturday, after bringing five bass to the scale that totaled 14 pounds, 10 ounces.
The top 12 co-anglers finished:
1st: Carson Fitzgerald, Whitesville, Ky., five bass, 14-10, $2,179
2nd: Philip Wright, Bedford, Ky., five bass, 14-3, $1,402
3rd: Daniel Nolen, Lexington, Tenn., five bass, 13-0, $725
4th: William Burch, Nashville, Ind., five bass, 12-8, $509
5th: Bo Bivins, Evansville, Ind., four bass, 11-15, $436
6th: Steve Freeman, Eddyville, Ky., five bass, 11-5, $400
7th: Cody Burke, Lexington, Tenn., four bass, 10-5, $363
8th: Dave Willmore, West Frankfort, Ill., four bass, 10-2, $327
9th: Dave Maxfield, Gilbertsville, Ky., five bass, 10-0, $291
10th: John Lovin, Fayetteville, Ohio, five bass, 9-14, $231
10th: Mark Manley, Bowling Green, Ky., five bass, 9-14, $231
10th: Zach Falder, Sedalia, Ky., four bass, 9-14, $231
Philip Wright of Bedford, Kentucky, earned the Big Bass co-angler award of $312, catching a bass that weighed in at 4 pounds, 13 ounces – the largest co-angler catch of the day.
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