GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (March 9, 2026) – Boater Logan Dyar of Cleveland, Alabama, caught five bass weighing 28 pounds, 10 ounces, to win the Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament on Lake Guntersville. The tournament was the first of a back-to-back BFL tournament weekend at Lake Guntersville and the second event of the season for the BFL Choo Choo Division. Dyar earned $13,690, including the $7,000 Phoenix MLF bonus, for his victory.
“I had two grass areas on the south end of the lake I focused on,” Dyar said. “I wanted to start there in the morning and then rotate fishing a couple of bridges and then use the last three hours of the day to use my (Garmin) LiveScope.”
Dyar, who said he fishes Guntersville once or twice a week, relied on a jerkbait as well as a minnow to land his bass, although he weighed in a 9-pound Guntersville giant that fell for a Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap . The 9-pounder came around 10 a.m. and Dyar felt good about his day after the bass was in the livewell.
“I told my co-angler, ‘I’ve been looking for a bite like this for a long time, and I finally got a kicker. If I’m going to win, today’s going to be the day.’”
Dyar then turned his LiveScope on and said he caught three 5-pound bass, one over four pounds and quite a few over three pounds.
“I knew it was going to be hard to beat me with what I had,” Dyar said. “I haven’t been fishing BFLs that long, and everybody is chasing a win. BFLs are a hard win. It’s just a one-day shootout. Somebody’s going to smack them no matter what.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:
1st: Logan Dyar, Cleveland, Ala., five bass, 28-10, $13,690 (includes $7,000 Phoenix MLF bonus)
2nd: Luke Lamb, Nicholasville, Ky., five bass, 27-3, $2,365
2nd: Kyle Goldstein, Paso Robles, Calif., five bass, 27-3, $2,365
4th: Zach Lemmond, Hartselle, Ala., five bass, 24-7, $1,150
5th: L.J. Brown, Hokes Bluff, Ala., five bass, 23-11, $980
6th: Hunter Davidson, Reform, Ala., five bass, 23-8, $810
7th: Connor Morris, Boaz, Ala., five bass, 22-8, $770
8th: Jed Lamb, Guntersville, Ala., five bass, 21-13, $820
9th: Carson Calvert, Jasper, Ala., five bass, 21-8, $680
10th: Westin Moss, Jasper, Tenn., five bass, 21-3, $640
Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
James Swindle of Parrish, Alabama, earned the Big Bass Boater award after landing a 9-pound, 2-ounce bass worth $200. Zac Brewer of Scottsboro, Alabama, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $3,345 Saturday after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 14 pounds, 13 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers finished:
1st: Zac Brewer, Scottsboro, Ala., three bass, 14-13, $3,345
2nd: Austin Thomas, Jasper, Ala., three bass, 14-4, $1,615
3rd: Nathan Hunhoff, Jasper, Ind., three bass, 14-3, $750
4th: Mark Lyons, Marion, Ind., three bass, 13-1, $575
5th: Grant Frazier, Manchester, Tenn., three bass, 12-10, $490
6th: John Bates, Hartselle, Ala., three bass, 12-5, $397
6th: Anthony Elliott, Hanceville, Ala., three bass, 12-5, $447
8th: Shane Overly, Brentwood, Tenn., three bass, 12-2, $360
9th: Jonathan Osborn, Cullman, Ala., three bass, 12-1, $340
10th: Trent Wright, Birmingham, Ala., three bass, 11-10, $320
Curtis Brown of Scottsboro, Alabama, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award after landing a 9-pound, 3-ounce bass worth $100.
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