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Ohio's Floyd prevails at Kentucky Lake

Ohio's Floyd prevails at Kentucky Lake

Steve Floyd of Leesburg, Ohio, weighed a 19-08 stringer on Saturday to win the FLW Series Central Division event on Kentucky Lake with a 3-day total of 51-02. For his win, Floyd earned $95,000, including a new Ranger boat.

“I ran south and fished a 10-mile area around the I-40 bridge,” said Floyd, who earned his fourth career win in FLW competition. “I was flipping shallow bushes all week in 1 1/2 feet of water. I caught around 20 keepers each day, all on a green-pumpkin Berkley Havoc Pit Boss.

“To win at Kentucky Lake you have to get at least one big bite each day, and that happened for me this week. I was able to catch a 5-pounder on Thursday, another on Friday and an 8 1/2-ounder today. My son fishes for the Bethel University fishing team and was following me on the water today and got to see me catch the big one. That was pretty special.”

Although Floyd resides in Ohio, he has plenty of experience on Kentucky Lake and owns a cabin near Paris. He said that his favorite way to fish was flipping bushes and when he saw the Kentucky Lake event was scheduled for April this year, he knew that he could have a chance to win.

“I won a BFL tournament here last year in early May flipping bushes, and it’s just my favorite way to fish. The first 2 days of the tournament the fish were biting better later in the day, but today they bit right away this morning. To come away with a win against this level of competition feels really, really good.”

Here are the totals for the final Top 10:

1. Steve Floyd: 51-02
2. Ramie Colson Jr.: 50-13
3. Mark Rose: 48-15
4. Chris Miranda: 48-09
5. Travis Fox: 48-08
6. Daniel Kweekul: 47-09
7. Todd Schmitz: 46-02
8. Christopher Jones: 43-08
9. Jeff Ritter: 40-14
10. Kelly Readhimer: 39-04

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