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RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (June 10, 2024) – Boater Richard Pieper of Batesville, Arkansas, caught a five-bass limit weighing 18 pounds, 15 ounces, Saturday to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Dardanelle. Hosted by Russellville Tourism, the tournament was the fourth event of the season for the BFL Arkie Division. Pieper earned $4,009 for his victory.
Pieper caught his fish the way every bass angler wants to catch them in early summer – on a frog.
“I was fishing shallow-water weeds, probably anywhere from 2 1/2 feet or less,” he said. “All my fish that hit the scales were on a frog. I had to have current. It had to be around current-based weeds where there was a little bit of flow through the weeds.”
A Snag Proof Bobby’s Perfect Frog was Pieper’s go-to. He said he spent the tournament in “what you would call the river part” of Lake Dardanelle.
“It was either just on…
