May 29, 2008

The 2008 BFL All - American will begin May 29th - 31st. on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs Arkansas. With daily take off to begin at 7am. Weigh-in is scheduled for 4pm daily at the Hot Springs Convention Center. For more information on attending this event. Visit www.flwoutdoors.com.

Hot Springs Ark. The first day of the 2008 BFL All-American is now in the books. And with one of the three Hoosier anglers in the top five. Terry McWilliams was able to bag a limit of Lake Hamilton bass weighing nine pounds fourteen ounces which was good enough for third place, And leaves him only 1 - 9 behind day one leader Kim Carver of Milledgeville, Ga. Carver had five that went eleven pounds six ounces.

Only 1-9 back from All-American Lead

McWilliams said he started his day by catching his biggest fish. I pulled up on a point and threw a buzzbait off to the side of it and caught a two and a half pounder. Then I went to my best spot a (place he had found in practice) and immediately caught another.  The rest of the day found him fishing docks to fill out his limit. I probably caught ten keepers total today which were no help after I caught my limit, He said. Today we had cloudy skies which hurt the dock bite a little bit. Tommorrow they are calling for clear skies and the dock fishing should be a lot better. I will probably stick with what is working for me so far which is a buzzbait and the "Stupid tube" and maybe a Pop "R" McWilliams said.

FLW Outdoors is known for taking care of its anglers and this tournament is no exception. McWilliams said this is one "neat" deal they put us up in the best hotel and the food is pretty good too !

Tommorrow the fishing gets underway at 7 a.m CST with the weigh-in set for 3 p.m  The top ten anglers and co-anglers after day two will advance to the final day of competition and compete for the BFL All-American title.

Frank McClain of Scottsburg, In. and Larry Sisk of Evansville round out the threesome of hoosier anglers competing in the All-American. McClain finished the day in thirty third place with four bass weighing four pounds fifteen ounces. And Sisk wound up in fourty first place with four weighing four pounds four ounces