Fox Claims Title with Jerkbait

Kimmel tops co-anglers on Center Hill Lake

SPARTA, Tenn. – Dwight Fox of Gainesboro, Tennessee, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 16 pounds, 14 ounces Saturday to win the second Walmart Bass Fishing League Music City Division tournament of 2015 on Center Hill Lake. For his victory, Fox earned $2,741.

“I had a great day of fishing,” said Fox. “I used a shad-colored Smithwick Lures Rattlin’ Rogue jerkbait all day and it ended up producing some quality bites for me.”

After a promising week of practice, Fox said he focused on big, loose chunk rock along banks in the main-lake area.

“It was really only three spots that did it for me,” said Fox. “They were each within a quarter mile of the takeoff ramp and all had the type of structure I was looking for.

“My boat sat in 15 to 18 feet of water and I threw into 5 to 8 feet,” continued Fox. “The water was about 83 degrees, so the fish were reacting well to the Rogue.”

Fox said he caught around 11 keepers during the tournament.

“I caught four of the five fish that I brought to the scale in those rocks so I just kept going back,” Fox said.

The top 10 boaters:

1^st:          Dwight Fox, Gainesboro, Tenn., five bass, 16-14, $2,741

2^nd:         Danny Boggs, Fayetteville, Tenn., five bass, 16-9, $1,370

3^rd:          Brandon Tramel, Smithville, Tenn., five bass, 16-8, $914

4^th:          Tim Staley, Dowelltown, Tenn., five bass, 16-7, $639

5^th:          Adam Wagner, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 16-6, $548

6^th:          Dustin Barlow, Walling, Tenn., five bass, 15-1, $502

7^th:          Josh Tramel, Smithville, Tenn., five bass, 14-15, $457

8^th:          Matt Stanley, Alexandria, Tenn., five bass, 14-10, $411

9^th:          Densmore Goodson, Letcher, Ky., five bass, 14-2, $365

10^th:        Shane Thompson, Hendersonville, Tenn., five bass, 13-14, $320

Complete results can be found here.  

Boggs caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the pro division, a fish weighing 5 pounds, 8 ounces and earned the day’s Big Bass award of $295.

Kimmel wins co-angler title

Justin Kimmel of Monroe, Georgia, weighed in a five-bass limit totaling 16 pounds, 1 ounce Saturday to win $1,324 in the co-angler division.

The top 10 co-anglers:

1^st:          Justin Kimmel, Monroe, Ga., five bass, 16-1, $1,324

2^nd:         Chris Tarpley, Murfreesboro, Tenn., five bass, 12-14, $662

3^rd:          Billy Gardner, Livingston, Tenn., five bass, 12-0, $440

4^th:          Jeremy Nash, Cookeville, Tenn., four bass, 10-0, $309

5^th:          Paul Flatt, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 8-7, $265

6^th:          Timmy Gribbins, Lebanon, Ky., four bass, 8-3, $243

7^th:          Blake Whittaker, Monterey, Tenn., five bass, 8-1, $221

8^th:          Matthew Wyrick, Jamestown, Tenn., five bass, 8-0, $199

9^th:          Michael Birdwell, Granville, Tenn., five bass, 7-12, $177

10^th:        Greg Whittaker, Monterey, Tenn., two bass, 7-8, $154

Nash caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the co-angler division and earned the day’s Big Bass award of $142.

The top 50 boaters and 50 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 8-10 Regional Championship on Lake Sinclair in Milledgeville, Georgia. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.