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WARSAW, Mo. (June 17, 2024) – Boater Dillon Statler of Galena, Missouri, caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 6 ounces, Saturday to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Truman Lake . The tournament was the fourth event of the season for the BFL Ozark Division. Statler earned $4,119 for his victory.
Typically, Statler flips bushes when the water’s up at Truman Lake. He tried that this time around with the water up and didn’t like what he found.
“I started in a couple places that have some grass in the water and caught one on a buzzbait first thing this morning. Then I flipped for five or six hours and didn’t catch a thing,” Statler said.
“I went out to a hump just down the lake with a rock pile on it. It was 10 or 15 feet deep on top. I caught a 4 (pounder) and a 3½, back to back. And then on the end of it I caught a 2½.”
After the quick action offshore, Statler ran around…
