GROVE, Okla. (March 9, 2026) – Boater Micah Littlejohn of Grove, Oklahoma, caught five bass weighing 21 pounds, 10 ounces, to win the Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament on Grand Lake. The tournament was the opening event of the season for the BFL Okie Division. Littlejohn earned $4,200 for his victory. Although Littlejohn didn’t get to practice for the Grand Lake tournament, he used his prior experience on the body of water to formulate a game plan.
“I know this lake pretty good, so I started off shallow and elected to not use (Garmin) LiveScope until later in the day,” Littlejohn said. “And that decision worked out pretty good, because my first fish came on my third cast, and it was a 4½-pounder. Then I lost a 4-pounder. I had a 12-pound limit in the first 30 minutes.”
Littlejohn said he then made a 15-minute run down the lake but couldn’t locate fish, so he returned to the mid-lake area from Shangri-La to Drowning Creek and turned on his LiveScope to target shallow main-lake spots.
“Once I did that, I caught four more fish around the 4-pound range,” Littlejohn said. “I caught my last fish with about five minutes left to go in the LiveScope period. I ended up culling out a 3-pounder with a 4-pounder right at the end.”
Only one of Littlejohn’s weigh fish came on a crankbait; the rest were caught on an Alabama rig.
“I lost three fish over four pounds, and I was really bummed,” Littlejohn said. “I kept saying, ‘Man, I blew this. I gave this tournament away because of the lost fish.’ Whenever I got to 18 or 19 pounds I thought if I could get one more big bite I’d be good. I never did get that big bite.”
Littlejohn didn’t need the big bite after all, and he ended up securing his first career win.
“This feels great,” Littlejohn said. “It’s always really hard to win on this lake. To be able to beat these guys and hold that trophy … that was a good feeling.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:
1st: Micah Littlejohn, Grove, Okla., five bass, 21-10, $4,200
2nd: Billy Lemon, Sand Springs, Okla., five bass, 20-7, $2,540 (includes $500 Phoenix MLF bonus)
3rd: T.J. Martin, Claremore, Okla., five bass, 18-13, $1,010
4th: Dillon Roberts, Oologah, Okla., five bass, 17-15, $800
5th: Nathan Luce, Claremore, Okla., five bass, 17-13, $700
6th: James West, Spiro, Okla., five bass, 17-3, $600
7th: Toby Hartsell, Afton, Okla., five bass, 16-14, $575
8th: Tim Hickson, Cleveland, Okla., five bass, 16-12, $550
9th: Kacey Moreland, Porter, Okla., five bass, 16-9, $525
10th: Roger Hughes, Nowata, Okla., five bass, 16-6, $500
Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
Allen Musser of Ada, Oklahoma, earned the Big Bass Boater award after landing a 6-pound, 4-ounce bass worth $200. Fred Fielder of Afton, Oklahoma, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $2,100 Saturday after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 12 pounds, 2 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers finished:
1st: Fred Fielder, Afton, Okla., three bass, 12-2, $2,100
2nd: Nathan Chuculate, Broken Arrow, Okla., three bass, 11-13, $1,020
3rd: Shane Pelt, Columbus, Kan., three bass, 11-9, $505
4th: Zack Holt, Yukon, Okla., three bass, 10-5, $400
5th: Noah Vessar, Joplin, Mo., three bass, 10-2, $350
6th: Mark Taylor, Oklahoma City, Okla., three bass, 9-13, $450
7th: Alan Bernicky, Dardanelle, Ark., three bass, 9-7, $290
8th: Brock Krohne, Belton, Mo., three bass, 9-6, $275
9th: Orion Williams, Claremore, Okla., three bass, 9-5, $260
10th: Jimmy Lee, Reeds, Mo., three bass, 9-0, $250
Fred Fielder of Afton, Oklahoma, and Harold Frazier of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, split the Berkley Big Bass $100 co-angler award after each landed a 6-pound, 3-ounce bass.
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