June 12, 2017
As expected, ledge fishing dominated across the board, and some of the best offshore anglers in the business made their mark on the top 10. READ MORE »
June 11, 2017
As usual for Kentucky Lake, the Costa FLW Series presented by Lowrance was dominated by ledge fishing. Jason Lambert earned the trophy in no small part due to a crankbait, but the whole gamut of typical ledge baits performed for the field. READ MORE »
June 10, 2017
It’s not the start that matters, but the finish. Grayson Smith embraced this principle to overcome a modest opening-round performance and race up the standings to win the co-angler division and $28,700 at the Costa FLW Series Central Division event presented by Lowrance on Kentucky and Barkley lakes. Smith won Saturday with a three-day total of 54 pounds, 3 ounces. READ MORE »
June 10, 2017
GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. – Pro Jason Lambert of Michie, Tennessee, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 22 pounds, 8 ounces Saturday to lead wire-to-wire and win the Costa FLW Series Central Division event on Kentucky Lake presented by Lowrance. Lambert’s three-day total of 15 bass weighing 71 pounds, 10 ounces, was enough to earn him the win by a 7-ounce margin and the first... READ MORE »
June 10, 2017
Jason Lambert – demonstrating once again why he’s called a ledgemaster – took the early lead at the Costa FLW Series Central Division event presented by Lowrance on Kentucky and Barkley lakes and never let it go, winning the event with a three-day total of 71 pounds, 10 ounces. Lambert caught 22-8 on day three, beating out second-place angler Cole Floyd by seven ounces to take home the championship and $97,200 in winnings. READ MORE »
June 10, 2017
Increasing winds on day three seemed to stimulate reaction bites more so than day two’s calmer conditions, while increasing clouds indicated the end of the high pressure that followed a mild cold front that arrived right before the tournament. These two positive increases likely contributed to the action we saw on the water this morning. READ MORE »
June 9, 2017
Kentucky Lake stick Jason Lambert caught a limit of 24 pounds today and held onto his lead at the Costa FLW Series Central Division event presented by Lowrance on Kentucky and Barkley lakes. The loss of his trolling motor battery severely hindered the Tennessee pro, but Lambert improvised and salvaged his day by maintaining his position, if only by a 2-ounce lead. Here are the details of the rest of the top five. READ MORE »
June 9, 2017
Despite losing the use of his trolling motor mid-morning, Jason Lambert sacked up a 24-pound limit and retained his lead at the Costa FLW Series Central Division event presented by Lowrance on Kentucky and Barkley lakes by a 2-ounce margin over second-place angler Cole Floyd. Lambert enters day-three with 49 pounds, 2 ounces. READ MORE »
June 9, 2017
Clear, blue skies greeted anglers on day two of the Costa FLW Series Central Division event presented by Lowrance on Kentucky and Barkley lakes. Winds were lighter, and it seemed that the action was slimmer than that of day one. Yesterday, 28 anglers weighed bags of 20-plus pounds, and many had that weight by mid-morning. Today, we saw a lot of long faces, as several anglers struggled to establish consistency. Bluebird conditions and slower current were the likely culprits. READ MORE »
June 8, 2017
Ledge master Jason Lambert took the early lead on day one of the Costa FLW Series Central Division event presented by Lowrance on Kentucky and Barkley lakes with a limit catch of 25 pounds, 2 ounces. Lambert caught his fish on several different reaction baits. The anglers trying to catch him caught their fish offshore, too. Here are more details on the top five. READ MORE »
June 8, 2017
Jason Lambert, the current king of the ledges, jumped out to the early lead at Kentucky Lake with 25 pounds, 2 ounces. He’s followed by former Kentucky Lake winner Tom Redington and Bethel University standout Cole Floyd (son of last year’s Kentucky Lake champ Steve Floyd) at 24-7, arguably the greatest ledge angler all time – Randy Haynes – with 24-6, and local guide and electronics expert Brandon Hunter with 23-12. READ MORE »
June 8, 2017
Anglers got off to a good start on day one of the Costa FLW Series Central Division event presented by Lowrance on Kentucky and Barkley lakes, with several well on their way to solid limits within the first hour of competition. We expected to find anglers bunched on a handful of offshore spots, but we surveyed the lake from the Kentucky Dam to the bridge at Paris Landing and mostly found boats scattered or loosely grouped in twos and threes. READ MORE »
June 8, 2017
Day one of the Costa FLW Series Central Division event presented by Lowrance on Kentucky and Barkley lakes kicked off this morning out of Kentucky Dam State Park. The 210 pros and co-anglers in the field will take to one of the nation’s top summertime lakes, but one that’ll likely see competitors clustering on key areas where bass are schooled up on popular riverledges. READ MORE »
June 7, 2017
It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone that follows bass fishing along the Tennessee River that when the calendar rolls into June the spotlight turns to the numerous offshore ledges along the river. While nearly every TVA lake offers some ledge fishing opportunities, none is more famous than Kentucky Lake. READ MORE »