Loudon’s Woods Picks up First Career Win at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Dale Hollow Lake

BYRDSTOWN, Tenn. (March 25, 2024) – Boater Jacob Woods of Loudon, Tennessee, caught a five-bass limit weighing 21 pounds, 13 ounces, Saturday to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Dale Hollow Lake. Hosted by Star Point Marina & Resort, the tournament was the second event of the season for the BFL Mountain Division. Woods earned $4,394 for his victory.

It’s been a scorching start to the BFL Mountain Division season for Woods. The 24-year-old former Abu Garcia MLF College Fishing competitor from nearby Tennessee Tech now works as a survey tech for a surveying and engineering firm, and he competes in local tournaments on Dale Hollow any chance he gets.

All that experience helped him earn a second-place finish at the Mountain Division opener and now a win the second stop.

Woods said he fished the same way in both tournaments.

“I just targeted fish and bait with a Damiki (rig) and a swimbait,…