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Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Mark Allen of Kemp, Texas, won the April 12 BFL Louisiana-Texas Division tournament on the Red River to earn $3,697.Photo by FLW Outdoors.
Mark Allen of Kemp, Texas, won the April 12 BFL Louisiana-Texas Division tournament on the Red River to earn $3,697.Photo by FLW Outdoors.
Mark Allen of Kemp, Texas, won the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League® Louisiana/Texas Division tournament on the Red River Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 18 pounds. The victory earned Allen $3,697 plus a $652 Ranger contingency bonus and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Lake Ouachita Regional Championship in Mount Ida, Ark.

"I think my Abu Garcia reels, Falcon rods and Berkley Trilene Fluorocarbon line really made a difference," said Allen, who has won seven tournaments with FLW Outdoors since 2001, earning over $120,000. "There were a whole lot of people around me, and I was just slowing down, fishing really methodically in that area to get of some of the better fish in there."

High water and muddy conditions prompted Allen to find clear water, where he caught seven keeper bites for the day, flipping a Sweet Beaver and using a Texas-rigged lizard.

Rounding out the top five boaters are Glen Freeman of Converse, La. (five bass, 17-09, $2,175); Charles Hammack of New Caney, Texas (four bass, 11-14, $1,451); Jeff Holder of Bossier City, La. (five bass, 11-12, $1,015) and Richard Cunningham of Ragley, La. (five bass, 11-06, $870). Jeremy Johnson of Longview, Texas, took home the Boater Division Big Bass award, earning $615 for a 5-pound, 7-ounce bass he caught on a frog.

Shannon Smith of Maud, Texas, earned $2,175 as the co-angler winner Saturday thanks to four bass weighing 13 pounds, 2 ounces that he caught flipping timber with an oversized tube.

Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Jerrod Vaught of Mount Pleasant, Texas (five bass, 10-10, $1,088); John Ellender Jr. of Hemphill, Texas (three bass, 10-04, $726); Duane Olivier of Opelousas, La. (five bass, 10-00, $507) and James Covington of Denham Springs, La. and Daniel Perry of Pineville, La. (five bass, 9-08, $417).

Smith earned $307 as the co-angler Big Bass winner after catching a 5-pound, 6-ounce bass he caught flipping timber.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 April 2008 )
 
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