Boater Jason Burroughs of Hodges, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 16 pounds to win $3,572 and the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Savannah River Division tournament on Lake Hartwell. 

“I caught them targeting the blueback herring spawn,” said Burroughs, who earned his third career victory on Lake Hartwell in BFL competition. “It’s the very, very tail end of their spawn. The bite was extremely good in April, but it’s gotten tough. There’s only a few of us trying to do it and its fading fast.”

Burroughs said he focused on shallow red clay points and small pebble rock points, fishing mid-lake from near Andersonville Island to the dam. He estimated that he made 70 stops and that his fish came from less than 3 feet of water.

“I caught the majority of my keepers on a (½-ounce, brown-colored] Buckeye Lures Mop Jig with a (3½-inch, green-pumpkin) Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Craw trailer,” said Burroughs. “I also caught some on a topwater in the same areas. I’d throw the topwater up over the point first, and if they didn’t hit it, I went with the jig on the bottom.”

Burroughs said his topwater lure of choice was a chrome-colored IMA Little Stick 135 Walking Bait.

“I didn’t catch a ton of fish – only about 13 all day. I think I weighed three on the jig and two on the stick – all largemouth.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

               1^st:          Jason Burroughs, Hodges, S.C., five bass, 16-0, $3,572

               2^nd:         Jayme Rampey, Liberty, S.C., five bass, 13-6, $1,561

               3^rd:          Justin Singleton, Milledgeville, Ga., five bass, 13-5, $1,043

               4^th:          Darren Ashley, Calhoun Falls, S.C., five bass, 12-9, $728

               5^th:          Travis Weathers, Seneca, S.C., five bass, 10-14, $624

               6^th:          Matthew Justice, Fair Play, S.C., five bass, 10-13, $572

               7^th:          Jerry Morgan, Inman, S.C., five bass, 10-9, $520

               8^th:          Bobby McDonald, Easley, S.C., five bass, 10-8, $692

               8^th:          Randy Childers, Anderson, S.C., five bass, 10-8, $542

               10^th:        Mick Rhinehart, Greenville, S.C., five bass, 10-5, $364

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Eddie Whiten Jr. of Easley caught a 4-pound, 11-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $375.

Jonathan Carter of Greenville, won the Co-angler Division and $1,561 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 14 pounds, 1 ounce.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

               1^st:          Jonathan Carter, Greenville, S.C., five bass, 14-1, $1,561

               2^nd:         Joe Anders, Easley, S.C., five bass, 12-4, $981

               3^rd:          Thomas Healan, Jefferson, Ga., five bass, 10-3, $521

               4^th:          Markice Johnson, Thomson, Ga., five bass, 8-12, $414

               5^th:          Tucker Souther, Brevard, N.C., five bass, 8-7, $312

               6^th:          Jeremy Winn, Seneca, S.C., five bass, 8-6, $286

               7^th:          Joshua Lyko, Greer, S.C., five bass, 8-5, $260

               8^th:          Ronnie Cutshall, Piedmont, S.C., five bass, 8-3, $421

               9^th:          Keith Stills, Locust, N.C., five bass, 7-6, $208

               10^th:        Justin Logan, Belton, S.C., five bass, 7-5, $182

Cutshall caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 3 pounds, 10 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $187.

 

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