Hopkins Wins Bass Fishing League Tournament on Old Hickory Lake
Boater John Hopkins of Hendersonville, Tenn., caught four bass weighing 14 pounds, 15 ounces to win the June 11 Bass Fishing League Music City Division bass tournament on Old Hickory Lake to earn $2,985. Timmy Gribbins of Lebanon, Ky., won the co-angler title in the Music City Division on Old Hickory Lake on Saturday to take home $1,493. Hopkins was using jigs down the river along ledges to catch his fish.
WHO: The remaining top 10 anglers:
2nd: William Merrick, Mt. Juliet, Tenn., five bass, 14-7, $1,493
3rd: Adam Wagner, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 14-2, $994
4th: Donnie Rubel, Murfreesboro, Tenn., five bass, 12-14, $697
5th: Tim Reagan, Livingston, Tenn., five bass, 12-2, $597
6th: Jeff Lokken, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 11-8, $547
7th: Rick Bowen, Jackson, Tenn., five bass, 11-6, $498
8th: Drew Boggs, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 11-0, $448
9th: Dwight Fox, Gainesboro, Tenn., five bass, 10-11, $398
10th: Josh Farris, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 10-6, $348
WHAT: Timmy Gribbins of Lebanon, Ky., caught a five-bass limit weighing 14 pounds, 6 ounces June 11 to win $1,493 in the Co-angler Division. He was using a green pumpkin Booza Bug mid-lake catch his limit.
WHO: The remaining top 10 co-anglers:
2nd: Rodney Brown, Whittleyville, Tenn., five bass, 12-10, $746
3rd: Tim Morrison, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 12-8, $497
4th: Brandon Suggs, Sparta, Tenn., five bass, 10-12, $348
5th: Jeff Emerton, Hillham, Tenn., five bass, 10-1, $286
Marty Maynard, Cookeville, Tenn., four bass, 10-1, $286
7th: Harold Beavers, Soddy Daisy, Tenn., five bass, 9-13, $249
8th: Darryl Humphrey, Murfreesboro, Tenn., four bass, 9-5, $224
9th: William McKnight, Murfreesboro, Tenn., five bass, 8-15, $199
10th: DJ Boggs, Murfreesboro, Tenn., four bass, 8-10, $165
Jim Fontaine, Smyrna Tenn., five bass, 8-10, $165
NOTES: The next BFL Music City Division tournament is scheduled for Oct. 1-2 on Old Hickory Lake in Gallatin, Tenn. After the fifth Music City Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 20-22 Regional Championship on Lake Chickamauga in Chattanooga, Tenn. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger 198VX with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and a Chevy pick-up, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.
