Bowling Wins Bass Fishing League Event on Lake Guntersville

WHAT : Bill Bowling of Somerset, Ky., caught a five-bass limit weighing 27 pounds, 3 ounces Saturday to win $5,551 in the Bass Fishing League Choo Choo Division tournament on Lake Guntersville.

WHO: The remaining top10 anglers were:
 2nd: Alex Davis, Albertville, Ala., five bass, 24-12, $2,310
 2nd: Eric Wilborn, Boaz, Ala., five bass, 18-15, $2,310
 4th: Johnny Patterson, Grant, Ala., five bass, 24-9, $1,295
 5th: Jeff Sparks, Chickamauga, Ga., five bass, 24-5, $1,110
 6th: Scott Brummett, Brentwood, Tenn., five bass, 22-10, $1,018
 7th: Clay Barclay, Scottsboro, Ala., five bass, 21-9, $925
 8th: Glenn Carter, Rockwood, Tenn., five bass, 21-8, $786
 8th: Daniel Whitaker, Phil Campbell, Ala., five bass, 21-8, $786
 10th: O.B. Wilborn, Stevenson, Ala., five bass, 21-5, $648

WHAT : Clinton Cody Jr. of Cleveland, Tenn., caught a five-bass limit weighing 25 pounds, 13 ounces Saturday to win $2,775 in the BFL Choo Choo Co-angler Division on Lake Guntersville.

WHO: The remaining top10 co-anglers were:
 2nd: Lance Stargel, Rainbow City, Ala., five bass, 23-9, $1,388
 3rd: Kevin Atkinson, Scottsboro, Ala., five bass, 18-1, $924
 4th: Sean Orr, Mahomet, Ill., five bass, 17-15, $648
 5th: Dan Clark, Cleveland, Tenn., five bass, 17-13, $555
 6th: Lance Hounshell, Lexington, Ind., four bass, 17-4, $509
 7th: Allen Bishop, Albertville, Ala., five bass, 16-15, $463
 8th: Brad Mattie, Jacksboro, Tenn., five bass, 16-12, $416
 9th: Tommy Milligan, Seneca, S.C., five bass, 16-10, $347
 9th: Kerry White, Hixson, Tenn., five bass, 6-10, $347

NOTES: The next BFL Choo Choo Division tournament is scheduled for April 24 at Lake Guntersville in Scottsboro, Ala. After the fifth Choo Choo Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Regional Championship at Lake Barkley in Kuttawa, Ky., Oct. 7-9 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.

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