IUKA, Miss. (April 14, 2025) – Boater Luke Glasgow of Guin, Alabama, caught a five-bass limit weighing 26 pounds, 10 ounces, Saturday to win the Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament at Pickwick Lake. The tournament was the second event of the season for the BFL Mississippi Division. Glasgow earned $5,528, including the lucrative $2,500 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus, for his victory.
“It started out better than I expected,” Glasgow said. “I caught a 5-pound smallmouth first thing this morning, and then after that I ran a whole lot of stuff and just couldn’t get bit. Finally, I landed on them in one area and I culled up to where, at 9:30, I had 24 pounds. And then just throughout the rest of the day I went and junk-fished and happened to catch a 5 1/4-pounder and another one over 4 to cull out my two 3 3/4s I still had in the box.”
Glasgow caught all his fish in about 15 feet of water, targeting areas where he knows “the big ones live this time of year.” For every five spots he pulled up on, maybe one produced fish. And he didn’t catch any between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., making it an all-day-grind kind of day. Because he’s admittedly not as well versed at “scoping” fish on live sonar as his competition, Glasgow stuck to his strengths.
“I was throwing a jig and flipping and throwing a spinnerbait some and ChatterBaiting and shaky heading,” he added. “I was raised fishing the way I fished today. I’ve finished second in a BFL, but I’ve never won one. Actually, I fished in college and fished a couple really big events, and I finished second in one and third in another. I just couldn’t seem to get a win, so this one really means a lot to me, fishing the old-school way, fishing like your grandpa would coming out here. It was really cool.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:
1st: Luke Glasgow, Guin, Ala., five bass, 26-10, $5,528 (includes $2,500 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus)
2nd: Matteo Turano, Puryear, Tenn., five bass, 23-11, $1,514
3rd: Jeff DeFew, Benton, Ky., five bass, 21-15, $1,008
4th: Jordan Hartman, Benton, Ky., five bass, 21-2, $707
5th: Trent Suratt, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., five bass, 21-1, $606
6th: Nate Latham, Town Creek, Ala., five bass, 21-0, $555
7th: Clayton Ellis, Saltillo, Miss., five bass, 20-11, $1,460
8th: Gary Singleton, Dickson, Tenn., five bass, 19-15, $454
9th: Charles Jones, Beech Bluff, Tenn., five bass, 19-14, $404
10th: Bryan Hunt, Water Valley, Miss., five bass, 19-8, $353
Clayton Ellis of Saltillo, Mississippi, caught a bass that weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces, and earned the Big Bass Boater award of $355. Daniel Nolen of Lexington, Tennessee, won the co-angler division and $1,514 Saturday, after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 13 pounds, 13 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers finished:
1st: Daniel Nolen, Lexington, Tenn., three bass, 13-13, $1,514
2nd: Blake Jeffreys, Booneville, Miss., three bass, 12-12, $934
3rd: Terry Bennett, Oxford, Miss., three bass, 11-6, $505
4th: Mike Todd, Summertown, Tenn., three bass, 10-11, $353
5th: Harry Peyton II, Guntersville, Ala., three bass, 10-8, $303
6th: Sank Payton, Bay Springs, Miss., three bass, 9-14, $278
7th: Cy Matlock, Crump, Tenn., two bass, 9-10, $239
7th: Matthew Willis, Europa, Miss., three bass, 9-10, $239
9th: John King Jr., Alligator, Miss., three bass, 8-10, $202
10th: Sims Meredith, Tupelo, Miss., three bass, 8-9, $177
Blake Jeffreys of Booneville, Mississippi, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award of $177, catching a bass that weighed in at 6 pounds, 4 ounces – the largest co-angler catch of the day.
After two events, Matteo Turano of Puryear, Tennessee, now leads the Fishing Clash Mississippi Division Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 497 points, while Cy Matlock of Crump, Tennessee, leads the Fishing Clash Mississippi Division Co-Angler of the Year race with 488 points.
The next event for BFL Mississippi Division anglers will be held May 3, at the Columbus Pool of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway out of Columbus, Mississippi.
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