Phy Wins on Center Hill

Bouldin takes co-angler honors in Music City event

Tim Phy of Cookeville, Tennessee, brought a five-bass limit weighing 20 pounds, 3 ounces, to the scale Saturday to win the first T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Music City Division event of 2017 on Center Hill Lake. For his win, Phy pocketed $6,053.

According to tournament reports, Phy caught his fish near mid-lake gravel points in 8 to 10 feet of water using a green-pumpkin-colored D&L Tackle Jig.

The top 10 boaters:

1^st:          Tim Phy, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 20-3, $4,053 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd:         Terry Steele, Sparta, Tenn., five bass, 17-6, $1,877

3^rd:          Adam Wagner, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 17-0, $1,185

4^th:          Matt Stanley, Alexandria, Tenn., five bass, 16-6, $829

5^th:          Jay Melton, Murfreesboro, Tenn., five bass, 16-4, $711

6^th:          Hunter Bouldin, McMinnville, Tenn., five bass, 15-10, $651

7^th:          Kevin Crutcher, Collierville, Tenn., five bass, 15-5, $592

8^th:          Noel Smith, Portland, Tenn., five bass, 15-0, $533

9^th:          William Merrick, Mount Juliet, Tenn., five bass, 14-2, $474

10^th:        Conoly Brown, Nashville, Tenn., five bass, 14-1, $415

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.  

Rik Richter of Cookeville, Tennessee, caught a bass weighing 5 pounds, 4 ounces – the largest of the event – which earned him the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $455.

Bouldin wins co-angler title

Matthew Bouldin of Smithville, Tennessee, weighed in five bass totaling 17 pounds, 8 ounces Saturday to win the Co-angler Division and the top prize of $1,777.

The top 10 co-anglers:

1^st:          Matthew Bouldin, Smithville, Tenn., five bass, 17-8, $1,777

2^nd:         Ricky Underhill, Parts Unknown, five bass, 14-1, $888

3^rd:          Justin Lloyd, Murfreesboro, Tenn., three bass, 10-10, $692

4^th:          Rodney Brown, Gainesboro, Tenn., four bass, 10-3, $415

5^th:          Mitchell Adams, Goodletsville, Tenn., two bass, 9-10, $582

6^th:          Steven Brown, Tompkinsville, Ky., four bass, 9-6, $326

7^th:          Gregory Goodwin, Louisville, Ky., two bass, 8-8, $296

8^th:          Matt Simcox, Paris, Tenn., four bass, 7-6, $267

9^th:          Jake May, Smyrna, Tenn., three bass, 6-15, $237

10^th:        Brennon Binkley, Franklin, Tenn., four bass, 6-10, $197

10^th:        Sam Loveless, Somerset, Ky., five bass, 6-10, $197

Adams caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing 5 pounds, 6 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $227.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 12-14 BFL Regional Championship on Wheeler Lake in Decatur, Alabama. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.