FLW Bass Fishing League Tournament Saturday

The 2016 FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament season will continue Saturday for Illini Division anglers with an event on Lake Shelbyville presented by Power-Pole.

Up to 400 boaters and co-anglers will be competing for top awards of up to $8,000 and $3,000 respectively in the one-day tournament.

Anglers will likely be seen fishing drop-offs and points littered with natural cover like brush and rocks with green-pumpkin-colored jigs. Other competitors may choose to scour one of the lake's coves using buzzbaits and Texas-rigged soft plastics. Five bass nearing 16 pounds should be enough to win this mid-June event.

The BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers with 120 tournaments throughout the season, five in each division. The top 50 boaters and co-anglers from each division qualify for a regional tournament and are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing, the BFL All-American. Top winners in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the Walmart FLW Tour.