Cope Wins Bass Fishing League Event on Lake Cherokee
WHAT : Cruz Cope of Treadway, Tenn., caught 4-bass weighing 10 pounds, 7 ounces Saturday, March 6, 2010 to win $3,917 in the FLW Bass Fishing League Volunteer Division tournament on Lake Cherokee.
WHO: The remaining top10 anglers were:
2nd: Wayne Coppage, Jonesboro, Tenn., four bass, 9-1, $1,958
3rd: Dewayne Wilson, La Follette, Tenn., five bass, 8-11, $1,307
4th: Joe Lee, Knoxville, Tenn., four bass, 8-9, $914
5th: Mark Mellons, Kingsport, Tenn., three bass, 7-6, $783
6th: Junior Harris, Greeneville, Tenn., three bass, 7-2, $718
7th: Gary Heath, Abingdon, Va., three bass, 6-12, $653
8th: Steve Miracle, Dandridge, Tenn., three bass, 6-5, $588
9th: Mike Wolfenbarger, Powell, Tenn., three bass, 6-1, $522
10th: Tim Smiley, White Pine, Tenn., three bass, 5-11, $457
WHAT : Terry Tester, II of Elizabethton, Tenn., caught 4-bass weighing 6 pounds, 9 ounces Saturday, March 6, 2010 to win $1,940 in the FLW BFL Volunteer Co-angler Division at Lake Cherokee.
WHO: The remaining top10 co-anglers were:
2nd: Jacob Phillips, Ten Mile, Tenn., one bass, 4-8, $808
2rd: Chase Thompson, Elizabethton, Tenn., two bass, 4-8, $808
4th: Todd Pippin, Bristol, Tenn., two bass, 4-6, $453
5th: Page Powers, Unicoi, Tenn., one bass, 4-4, $388
6th: William Berthiaume, Telford, Tenn., two bass, 3-15, $339
6th: Ron Lane, Flagler Beach, Fla., one bass, 3-15, $339
8th: Gregory Vinsant, La Follette, Tenn., one bass, 3-7, $291
9th: Bill Neal, Blountville, Tenn., one bass, 3, $229
9th: Matt Ramsey, Piney Flats, Tenn., one bass, 3, $229
9th: Charles Wells, Jr., Bristol, Tenn., one bass, 3, $229
NOTES: The next BFL Volunteer Division tournament is scheduled for March 27, at Douglas Lake in Jefferson City, Tenn. Top 40 boaters and co-anglers from each of the five division tournaments will qualify for the Regional Championship at Lake Guntersville in Scottsboro, Ala., Oct. 14-16, for a chance to win a 198VX Ranger boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard and a Chevy pick-up, co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.
