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Shaw looked deep for Shelbyville victory

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Wayne Shaw of Urbana, Ill., won the June 21 Illini Division event on Lake Shelbyville with a 20-pound, 2-ounce limit to claim a payday worth nearly $5,000.
June 21, 2014 • MLF • Archives

SHELBYVILLE, Ill. – Wayne Shaw of Urbana, Ill., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 20 pounds, 2 ounces Saturday to win the second Walmart Bass Fishing League Illini Division tournament of 2014 on Lake Shelbyville. For his victory, Shaw earned $4,926.

 

“I pretty much fished deep the whole day,” said Shaw. “I fished places that were from 12 to 20 feet of water. I was fishing drop-offs and points with some brush and rocks on them. I only fished about six spots all day.

 

“I caught my big bass around 12:30,” said Shaw of his 6-pound kicker. “I had five fish at the time and it culled my smallest. It was probably a 5-pound upgrade.

 

“I had been struggling,” Shaw continued. “But, Shelbyville is my home lake and it was one of those days when everything went right. I just made good decisions and it all worked out.

 

“You never know if you’re going to win, and I didn’t want to count my chickens before they hatched, but I absolutely felt good when I was headed back toward the marina,” Shaw finished.

 

Shaw said he used a ¾-ounce brown and green-pumpkin-colored football jig with a Yum F2 Craw Papi for a trailer.

 

Rounding out the top 10 pros:

 

            2nd:   Luke Budde, Waterloo, Ill., five bass, 16-7, $1,963

            3rd:   Brett Govreau, House Springs, Mo., five bass, 15-12, $1,309

          4th:    Cody Salzmann, Mattoon, Ill., five bass, 14-7, $916

            5th:    Shane Haslett, Beecher City, Ill., four bass, 13-7, $785

            6th:    Micah Mulvany, Salem, Ill., five bass, 12-12, $720

            7th:    Marcus Sykora, Osage Beach, Mo., five bass, 12-8, $654

          8th:    Greg Hirsch, St. Jacob, Ill., four bass, 12-0, $589

            9th:    Greg Mullins, Mount Vernon, Ill., four bass, 11-8, $523

            10th: Larry Caldwell, St. Peters, Mo., five bass, 11-7, $458

 

Complete results can be found here.

 

Budde wins co-angler title

 

Co-angler Jim Budde of Waterloo, Ill., won the June 21 Illini Divison event on Lake Shelbyville with 15 pounds, 7 ounces which earned him a check for nearly $2,000.Jim Budde of Waterloo, Ill., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 15 pounds, 7 ounces Saturday to win $1,963 in the co-angler division.

 

Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers were:

 

            2nd:   Aaron Wehmeyer, Odell, Ill., three bass, 12-15, $981

            3rd:   Charles Dammerman, Owaneco, Ill., five bass, 12-13, $655

          4th:    Brian McMahon, Evergreen Park Ill., five bass, 11-9, $458

            5th:    David Jones, Machinaw, Ill., five bass, 10-5, $393

            6th:    Travis Little, New Athens, Ill., four bass, 10-1, $360

            7th:    Jim Randle, Decatur, Ill., three bass, 9-4, $327

          8th:    Christopher Ervin, Coulterville, Ill., three bass, 8-5, $278

            8th:    Chuck Teegardin, St. Louis, Mo., four bass, 8-5, $278

            10th:  Carl Lingle, Dongola, Ill., four bass, 7-14, $229

 

Complete co-angler results can be found here.

 

The top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 16-18 Regional Championship on Kentucky Lake in Gilbertsville, Ky. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and a Chevy Silverado, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.

 

The BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 120 tournaments throughout the season, five in each division. The top 40 boaters and co-anglers from each division qualify for a regional tournament and compete to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Walmart BFL All-American presented by Chevy. Top winners in the BFL can move up to the Rayovac FLW Series or even the Walmart FLW Tour.

 

About FLW

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