Wagner Wins BFL All-American

Courtesy of UltimateBass.com
Photo courtesy of FLW Outdoors, taken by Patrick Baker
DAVENPORT, Iowa (May 30, 2009) - Adam Wagner of Cookeville, Tenn., finished in first place and took home $120,000 at the $1 million Walmart Bass Fishing League All-American presented by Chevy on the Mississippi River with a four bass weighing 11 pounds, 5 ounces for a three-day total of 14 bass weighing 36-8 in the Boater Division.

"I am ready to go to the Forrest Wood Cup," said Wagner. "This is giving me a shot to go on the FLW Tour. This has been my dream my whole life to be a professional fisherman since I was six years old."

With the all important win, Wagner qualified for the $2 million Forrest Wood Cup presented by Castrol and BP, which will be held July 30-Aug. 2 on the Three Rivers in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he could win as much as $1 million - the sport's biggest award.

"I took the gamble each day and locked through to (Pool) 13," said Wagner. "I got lucky and found two fish in Pool 14. I had about 40 minutes in 14 before I had to lock through and was able to catch two of my key fish this week there."

Wagner said there was a lot of traffic once he got to his spot today. "When I went where I had been fishing, there were seven boats on my spot. They were all kind and a couple kept fishing, but I went ahead and left and ended up catching one of my keepers in another spot."

Using the same method that had put him in the lead, Wagner stuck to his pattern of targeting wood and grass. "I caught two flipping a beaver today and one on a green pumpkin senko in 13. I caught the big smallmouth in (Pool) 16 on a black-and-blue jig. That was the only one I caught there all week."  Click here to read the full story...

Adam is a Punisher Lures Pro-Staffer and native of Cookeville, TN. After winning back to back BFL's, the 1st Annual DHF Copeland Classic, as well as multiple other tournaments this year, we'd like to congratulate him and his family on an amazing year and what will no doubt be the start of his professional fishing career.