BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (July 29, 2024) – Boater Nick Uebelhor of Jasper, Indiana, caught a five-bass limit weighing 15 pounds, 12 ounces, Saturday to win the Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament on Lake Monroe. The tournament was the fourth event of the season for the BFL Hoosier Division. Uebelhor earned $6,294, including the lucrative $2,500 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus, for his victory.
“I ended up fishing the slow side (part of the lake restricted to idle speed only) today and ended up catching them on a jig,” Uebelhor said. “The key to my win was definitely my big fish. I had one that was 5 pounds, 6 ounces, I think. And that really put me over the top.”
Uebelhor got his start competing with MLF at the Abu Garcia College Fishing level in 2012. Since 2016, he’s been a consistent angler at the BFL level, logging seven top-20 AOY finishes in various divisions, competing in nine BFL regionals and making the All-American twice. But this is his first BFL win since 2018, when he took home the trophy on Patoka Lake.
“It feels pretty good,” Uebelhor said. “It’s been six years since I’ve won one of these, and I’m glad to end up winning another one.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:
1st: Nick Uebelhor, Jasper, Ind., five bass, 15-12, $6,294 (includes $2,500 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus)
2nd: John Melton, Trafalgar, Ind., five bass, 11-15, $1,897
3rd: Jamil Abdullah, Indianapolis, Ind., five bass, 11-9, $1,265
4th: Mike Quinlin, Mooresville, Ind., four bass, 11-4, $1,185
5th: Chris Abrell, Terre Haute, Ind., five bass, 11-00, $759
6th: John Webb, Martinsville, Ind., four bass, 10-11, $696
7th: Blake Knies, Jasper, Ind., five bass, 10-6, $632
8th: Jordan Nauert, Fillmore, Ind., three bass, 9-6, $569
9th: Dick Shaffer, Rockford, Ohio, two bass, 8-15, $1,001
10th: Levi Mullins, Nineveh, Ind., four bass, 8-14, $443
Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
Dick Shaffer of Rockford, Ohio, caught a bass that weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces, and earned the Big Bass Boater award of $495. Mason Bohland of Noblesville, Indiana, won the co-angler division and $1,878 Saturday, after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 8 pounds, 6 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers finished:
1st: Mason Bohland, Noblesville, Ind., three bass, 8-6, $1,878
2nd: Trey Gault, Trafalgar, Ind., three bass, 7-9, $939
3rd: Tommy Pritchard, Bargersville, Ind., two bass, 7-1, $1,022
4th: Zion Dunaway, Campbellsburg, Ind., three bass, 6-15, $438
5th: Ryan Cannon, Indianapolis, Ind., three bass, 6-14, $376
6th: Allen Dozier, Aurora, Ill., two bass, 6-6, $344
7th: Conner McClellan, Coatsville, Ind., three bass, 5-15, $313
8th: Jarrod Pickel, Indianapolis, Ind., two bass, 5-10, $266
8th: Austin Beckman, Terre Haute, Ind., three bass, 5-10, $266
10th: Carl Bowser, Indianapolis, Ind., three bass, 5-4, $219
Tommy Pritchard of Bargersville, Indiana, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award of $245, catching a bass that weighed in at 5 pounds, 6 ounces – the largest co-angler catch of the day.
After four events, John Melton of Corydon, Indiana, leads the Fishing Clash Hoosier Division Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 926 points, while Ryan Cannon of Indianapolis, Indiana, leads the Fishing Clash Hoosier Division Co-Angler of the Year race with 955 points.
The next event for BFL Hoosier Division anglers will be held Sept. 28-29, on the Ohio River at Tanners Creek in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
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