MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (April 4, 2016) – Frank Jordan Jr. of Bainbridge, Georgia, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 21 pounds, 11 ounces, Saturday to win the FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Bulldog Division tournament on Lake Sinclair. For his victory, Jordan took home $4,575. Jordan said he started his day targeting wind-blown seawalls on the outsides of spawning pockets using a Cole Slaw-colored War Eagle Mike McClelland Finesse Spinnerbait.
“The shad were spawning along the seawalls and I was able to catch some decent fish – including one I brought to the scale,” said Jordan, who earned his second career win in FLW competition. “Around 8:30 a.m. I switched to a chartreuse-colored Z-Man ChatterBait with a Zoom Fat Albert Grub. After that, the quality of fish improved a lot. I actually weighed in three fish off of the ChatterBait.”
At 1:30 p.m., Jordan said strong winds forced him to relocate. He said he proceeded to a creek and started flipping and pitching shallow docks with a black and blue War Eagle Jig rigged with a black Zoom Super Chunk.
“I probably hit 10 or 12 docks,” said Jordan. “Of the 20 keepers I caught during the event, my biggest – a 6-pound, 11-ouncer – came from that creek. It was a big upgrade. That jig pretty much sealed the deal for me.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Frank Jordan Jr., Bainbridge, Ga., five bass, 21-11, $4,575
2nd: Barry Stokes, Oxford, Ga., five bass , 17-10, $2,288
3rd: Grant Kelly, Milledgeville, Ga., five bass, 16-15, $1,296
3rd: Dylan Wylie, Carrollton, Ga., five bass, 16-15, $1,296
5th: Matt Henry, Milledgeville, Ga., five bass, 16-0, $915
6th: Carl Hayes III, Sharpsburg, Ga., five bass, 15-12, $839
7th: Wayne Garner, Locust Grove, Ga., five bass, 15-10, $763
8th: Mark Cameron, Phenix City, Ala., five bass, 15-7, $686
9th: Kip Carter, Social Circle, Ga., five bass, 15-0, $572
9th: Byron Kenney, Griffin, Ga., five bass, 15-0, $572
Tyler Morgan of Columbus, Georgia, caught a 6-pound, 15-ounce bass – the biggest of the tournament in the pro division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $665. Mark Denney of Bonaire, Georgia, weighed in five bass totaling 20 pounds even Saturday to win the co-angler division and earn $2,249. The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Mark Denney, Bonaire, Ga., five bass, 20-0, $2,249
2nd: Ken Smith, Lula, Ga., five bass, 13-11, $1,125
3rd: Steve King, Cumming, Ga., five bass, 12-12, $1,074
4th: Isaac Clemmons, Fitzgerald, Ga., five bass, 12-8, $525
5th: Mike Wilder, Macon, Ga., five bass, 12-7, $450
6th: Robert Enke, Columbus, Ga., five bass, 12-6, $412
7th: Shamond Stephens, Leesburg, Ga., five bass, 12-2, $375
8th: Erik Green, Tallahassee, Fla., five bass, 11-12, $337
9th: Cal Hyers, LaGrange, Ga., four bass, 11-5, $300
10th: James Lamons, Boston, Ga., five bass, 10-10, $262
King caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the co-angler division, a fish weighing 5 pounds, 14 ounces and earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $322.