Hometown pro Andy Morgan, and FLW Angler of the Year, holds up part of his Day Four catch during the final weigh-in of the Walmart FLW Tour at Lake Chickamauga bass fishing tournament on Sunday. Morgan briefly held the first place spot, but eventually fell to fifth for the Lake Chickamauga tournament.READ MORE
Rookie angler Casey Martin reels in win at Dayton, Tenn., tournament
DAYTON, Tenn. – Even though the rest of the FLW fishing field found themselves looking up at rookie Casey Martin this weekend, a trio of area fishermen carved out solid performances in front of the hometown crowd.
Wesley Strader, Michael Neal and Andy Morgan finished with top-five performances during the Walmart FLW tour event at Lake Chickamauga in Dayton. In addition, Morgan clinched the Angler of the Year award and a $100,000 bonus that comes along with it.
“Being the AOY is all about consistency,” Morgan, who finished fifth overall, said. “I thought I blew it with a bad finish earlier in the year, but I had some good performances, including a fifth here. The name of the game is consistency, but there’s nothing sweeter than to come here and be named the AOY in front of the home crowd.
“It’s sweet as sugar.”