Dillon Wins Bass Fishing Tournament on the Ohio River
TELL CITY, Ind. (April 27, 2009) - Terry Dillon of Danville, Ind., won the Bass Fishing League Hoosier Division bass fishing tournament on the Ohio River Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces. The victory earned Dillon $4,037 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Kentucky/Barkley Lakes Regional Championship in Gilbertsville, Ky., Oct. 15-17, where he could ultimately win a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.
"It was an extremely windy day. The weather was a huge factor that made it hard to find places to fish," Dillon said. "I fished an area for three hours without a bite and went back to that area later and caught some fish. Never during the tournament did I feel like I would win."
Dillon caught his limit fishing lily pads, wood and rocks throwing a 1/2-ounce spinnerbait.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Marty Sisk of Evansville, Ind. (five bass, 7-5, $2,019); Kevin Meunier of Lamar, Ind. (five bass, 7-2, $1,345); Stu Moyer of Indianapolis, Ind. (three bass, 6-4, $942) and Gary Wagner of Martinsville, Ind. (two bass, 5-14, $807).
Steve Coffey of Anderson, Ind., took home the Boater Division Big Bass award, earning $545 for a 3-pound, 10-ounce bass he caught.
Jim Krider of North Vernon, Ind., earned $2,019 as the co-angler winner Saturday thanks to three bass weighing 6 pounds, 1 ounce.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Daniel Fromme of Jasper, Ind. (two bass, 5-6, $1,009); Lewis Mallory of Martinsville, Ind. (three bass, 4-15, $675); Daniel Day of New Albany, Ind. (three bass, 4-1, $471); and Tom Schrader of Greenwood, Ind. (two bass, 3-6, $404).
Fromme earned $272 as the co-angler Big Bass winner after catching a 3-pound, 5-ounce bass.
The next Hoosier Division event will be held on Lake Monroe in Bloomington, Ind., June 6.
