Jordan Changes with Conditions for Win

Denney nets co-angler title on Lake Sinclair

Frank Jordan Jr. of Bainbridge, Georgia, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 21 pounds, 11 ounces, Saturday to win the third FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Bulldog Division tournament of 2016 on Lake Sinclair. For his victory, Jordan took home $4,575.

Jordan 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,” says 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., strong winds forced him to relocate. Jordan says 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,” says 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:

1^st:          Frank Jordan Jr., Bainbridge, Ga., five bass,   21-11, $4,575

2^nd:         Barry Stokes, Oxford, Ga., five bass , 17-10, $2,288

3^rd:          Grant Kelly, Milledgeville, Ga., five bass, 16-15, $1,296

3^rd:          Dylan Wylie, Carrollton, Ga., five bass, 16-15, $1,296

5^th:          Matt Henry, Milledgeville, Ga., five bass, 16-0, $915

6^th:          Carl Hayes III, Sharpsburg, Ga., five bass, 15-12, $839

7^th:          Wayne Garner, Locust Grove, Ga., five bass, 15-10, $763

8^th:          Mark Cameron, Phenix City, Ala., five bass, 15-7, $686

9^th:          Kip Carter, Social Circle, Ga., five bass, 15-0, $572

9^th:          Byron Kenney, Griffin, Ga., five bass, 15-0, $572

Complete results can be found here.

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.

Denney wins co-angler title

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:

1^st:          Mark Denney, Bonaire, Ga., five bass, 20-0, $2,249

2^nd:         Ken Smith, Lula, Ga., five bass, 13-11, $1,125

3^rd:          Steve King, Cumming, Ga., five bass, 12-12, $1,074

4^th:          Isaac Clemmons, Fitzgerald, Ga., five bass, 12-8, $525

5^th:          Mike Wilder, Macon, Ga., five bass, 12-7, $450

6^th:          Robert Enke, Columbus, Ga., five bass, 12-6, $412

7^th:          Shamond Stephens, Leesburg, Ga., five bass, 12-2, $375

8^th:          Erik Green, Tallahassee, Fla., five bass, 11-12, $337

9^th:          Cal Hyers, LaGrange, Ga., four bass, 11-5, $300

10^th:        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.

The top 50 boaters and 50 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 13-15 Regional Championship on Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, 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.