GALLATIN, Tenn. (June 30, 2025) – Boater Josh Womack of Gallatin, Tennessee, caught a three-bass limit weighing 11 pounds, 14 ounces, Saturday to win the Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament on Old Hickory Lake . The tournament was the fourth event of the season for the BFL Music City Division. Womack earned $10,434, including the lucrative $7,000 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus, for his victory.
“I started out this morning, just went up shallow and threw a frog around and caught several keepers,” Womack said. “I think maybe one of the fish I weighed in was one of the ones I caught on a frog, but I didn’t have any big ones. The rest of the day I just kind of ran around and flipped shallow wood with a (Zoom) Brush Hog. And that’s how I caught the rest of my fish.”
Womack’s frog bite was primarily around water willow grass. When he switched to wood, Womack flipped targets on the main river in 5 to 6 feet of water – some wood he could see and some that was submerged. He caught 15 to 20 keepers.
The top 11 boaters finished the tournament:
1st: Josh Womack, Gallatin, Tenn., three bass, 11-14, $10,434 (includes $7,000 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus)
2nd: Austin True, Dickson, Tenn., three bass, 11-8, $1,802
3rd: Daniel Johnson, Lebanon, Tenn., three bass, 11-3, $830
3rd: Brandon Edel, Hendersonville, Tenn., three bass, 11-3, $830
5th: Hunter Bouldin, McMinnville, Tenn., three bass, 10-12, $587
6th: John Hopkins, Hendersonville, Tenn., three bass, 10-10, $538
7th: Tim Messer, Hendersonville, Tenn., three bass, 10-8, $489
8th: Larry Crisp, Gallatin, Tenn., three bass, 10-7, $440
9th: Christopher Stites Sr., Lebanon, Tenn., three bass, 10-2, $391
10th: Trevor Sanford, Lebanon, Tenn., three bass, 10-0, $325
10th: Corey Steakley, Lebanon, Tenn., three bass, 10-0, $325
Austin True of Dickson, Tennessee, caught a bass that weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces, and earned the Big Bass Boater award of $335. Kyle Pillars of Ashland City, Tennessee, won the co-angler division and $1,467 Saturday, after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 10 pounds, 5 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers finished:
1st: Kyle Pillars, Ashland City, Tenn., three bass, 10-5, $1,467
2nd: Chris Seese, Ten Mile, Tenn., three bass, 9-2, $733
3rd: Josh Underhill, Watertown, Tenn., three bass, 8-2, $490
4th: Scott Duncan, Lebanon, Tenn., three bass, 7-14, $317
4th: Trevor Medley, Sparta, Tenn., three bass, 7-14, $317
6th: Tommy Pritchard, Bargersville, Ind., three bass, 7-13, $486
7th: David Marr, Cleveland, Tenn., three bass, 7-9, $232
7th: Wayne Crouch, Jamestown, Tenn., three bass, 7-9, $332
9th: Mark Redman, Scottsville, Ky., three bass, 7-4, $196
10th: Brad Thacher, Murray, Ky., three bass, 7-2, $171
Tommy Pritchard of Bargersville, Indiana, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award of $167, catching a bass that weighed in at 4 pounds, 8 ounces – the largest co-angler catch of the day.
After four events, Hunter Bouldin of McMinnville, Tennessee, now leads the Fishing Clash Music City Division Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 985 points, while Tommy Pritchard of Bargersville, Indiana, leads the Fishing Clash Music City Division Co-Angler of the Year race with 974 points.
The next event for BFL Music City Division anglers will be held Sept. 13-14, at Kentucky Lake out of Buchanan, Tennessee.
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