IUKA, Miss. (Sept. 23, 2024) – Boater Dylan Nutt of Nashville, Tennessee, caught a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 47 pounds, 14 ounces, to win the MLF Bass Fishing League (BFL) Super Tournament on Pickwick Lake. The tournament, which concluded Sunday, was the fifth and final event of the season for the BFL Mississippi Division. Nutt earned $4,651 for his victory.
Nutt is a great example of a collegiate angler making the most of his opportunities. The junior at the University of North Alabama (UNA) started the year by winning an Abu Garcia College Fishing tournament on the Harris Chain of Lakes. Now, he’s shown what he can do against the best weekend anglers by winning the BFL Super Tournament on Pickwick. To further illustrate the quality of the UNA bass fishing program, Nutt finished just 10 ounces ahead of Banks Shaw, a fellow UNA angler and Nutt’s own roommate. To get it done on Pickwick, Nutt had a two-part pattern.
“In practice, I located a few schools of fish, and I had one pretty good topwater spot in the morning that was big,” he said. “I caught big ones off it both mornings. Other than that, I caught all my fish on a Scottsboro Tackle Co. Sniper Shad on a Damiki rig and also a Scottsboro Tackle Co. 3/4-ounce football jig.
“Saturday, I caught ’em pretty quick. I had most of my weight by about 8 o’clock, but Sunday was kind of slower. I caught fish throughout the day, but it was definitely better in the afternoon.”
Nutt targeted a couple keys schools of ledge fish as well as a few spots that, as a local, he knew he could rely on if needed. While he caught some of the fish using forward-facing sonar, Nutt found the jig to be more productive for getting bigger bites.
“It really just depended,” he said. “It seemed like I could throw a Damiki rig in there with that Sniper Shad and catch one or two, then I’d have to throw a jig in there. It would just be slow. That’s what I had a lot of my better bites on.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:
1st: Dylan Nutt, Nashville, Tenn., 10 bass, 47-14, $4,651
2nd: Banks Shaw, Harrison, Tenn., 10 bass, 47-4, $2,700 (includes $500 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus)
3rd: Hunter Nanney, Iuka, Miss., 10 bass, 33-10, $1,466
4th: Luke Glasgow, Guin, Ala., nine bass, 33-8, $1,027
5th: Donny Beck, Killen, Ala., 10 bass, 32-13, $880
6th: Lake Johnson, Trinity, Ala., 10 bass, 32-5, $807
7th: Michael Swider, Oxford, Miss., nine bass, 28-3, $733
8th: Mitch Crane, Columbus, Miss., 10 bass, 27-7, $660
9th: Tim McDaniel, Grenada, Miss., 10 bass, 25-7, $587
10th: Chris Quaintance, Muscle Shoals, Ala., nine bass, 22-2, $513
Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
Nutt and Skip Howell of Okolona, Mississippi, split the Big Bass Boater award, each taking home $251 for catching a bass that weighed 5 pounds, 4 ounces. Isiah Kelly of Memphis, Tennessee, won the co-angler division and $2,162 Sunday, after bringing a two-day total of six bass to the scale that weighed 13 pounds, 11 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers finished:
1st: Isiah Kelly, Memphis, Tenn., six bass, 13-11, $2,162
2nd: Brandon Mast, Mathiston, Miss., five bass, 10-13, $1,081
3rd: Jeffery Reece, Guys, Tenn., four bass, 10-10, $723
4th: Christopher Daughdrill, Foxworth, Miss., four bass, 10-9, $505
5th: Troy Ladner, Bay Saint Louis, Miss., four bass, 8-12, $532
6th: Bobby McKee, Cedar Bluff, Miss., three bass, 8-11, $396
7th: Brent Willey, Anderson, S.C., three bass, 7-15, $360
8th: Reggie Thornton, Columbus, Miss., three bass, 6-12, $324
9th: Anthony Rasberry, New Albany, Miss., three bass, 6-12, $288
10th: John Bates, Hartselle, Ala., two bass, 6-10, $492
John Bates of Hartselle, Alabama, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award of $240, catching a bass that weighed in at 4 pounds, 12 ounces – the largest co-angler catch of the tournament.
At the conclusion of the tournament, Dakota Fleming of Oak Grove, Louisiana, was crowned the Fishing Clash Mississippi Division Angler of the Year (AOY) with 1,337 points to earn the $1,000 AOY payout, while Thomas Smith of Brandon, Mississippi, won the Fishing Clash Mississippi Division Co-angler of the Year race with 1,338 points and earned the $500 award.
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