HENDERSON, N.C. (March 7, 2022) – Boater Tyler Trent of Nathalie, Virginia, caught five bass Saturday weighing 20 pounds, 11 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League on Kerr Lake . The tournament was the season-opener for the Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division. Trent earned $12,229, including the lucrative $7,000 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus, for his victory.
“I started close to takeoff and started catching fish immediately,” said Trent, who now has three Phoenix Bass Fishing League wins on Kerr Lake. “I caught two good ones that I ended up weighing in, and I caught them off and on all day.
“Most of the day I was fishing mid-lake targeting rock with a homemade green-pumpkin and orange jig and a Zoom Super Chunk Jr. trailer,” added Trent.
Trent was in the last flight and caught two of his biggest bass in the last hour of the competition. He said he caught about 25 keepers over the course of the day. Trent said his familiarity with Kerr Lake was the key to his victory Saturday.
“I fish here all the time and have plenty of places to hit,” Trent said.
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Tyler Trent, Nathalie, Va., five bass, 20-11, $12,229 (includes $7,000 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus)
2nd: Brian Calloway, Danville, Va., five bass, 17-13, $2,614
3rd: Cody Pike, Powhatan, Va., five bass, 17-9, $1,745
4th: Rick Tilley, Vinton, Va., five bass, 17-5, $2,035
5th: Ryan Powroznik, Hopewell, Va., five bass, 17-3, $1,002
5th: Rodney Sorrell, Stokesdale, N.C., five bass, 17-3, $1,002
7th: Jacob Floyd, Ruckersville, Va., five bass, 16-14, $871
8th: Brian Bersik, Chesterfield, Va., five bass, 16-12, $784
9th: Rick Mills, Manassas, Va., five bass, 16-7, $697
10th: Kevin Kane, Woodbridge, Va., five bass, 16-6, $610
Tilley had a 6-pound, 5-ounce largemouth that was the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division and earned the day’s Berkley Big Bass Boater award of $815. David Slaybaugh of Colonial Heights, Virginia, won the Strike King Co-angler Division and $2,614 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 12 pounds, 5 ounces.
The top 10 Strike King co-anglers were:
1st: David Slaybaugh, Colonial Heights, Va., five bass, 12-5, $2,614
2nd: Shaquille Freeman, Meherrin, Va., five bass, 12-3, $1,307
3rd: Thomas Elliott, Lake Waccamaw, N.C., four bass, 10-7, $872
4th: Lenny Baird, Stafford, Va., five bass, 10-1, $916
4th: Jeramy Evans, Forest, Va., three bass, 10-1, $566
6th: Ken Eng, Abingdon, Md., three bass, 9-6, $682
7th: Jesse Ketchum, Columbia, Md., three bass, 9-1, $436
8th: Stephen Smith, Archer Lodge, N.C., three bass, 8-13, $392
9th: Travis Garrett, Charlottesville, Va., four bass, 8-6, $349
10th: Robert Wedding, Welcome, Md., three bass, 8-2, $305
Carter Atkins of Greenville, Virginia, and Eng each caught fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 4 ounces to split the day’s Berkley Big Bass Co-angler award. Both Atkins and Eng each received $203.
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