Tucker Wins Bass Fishing League Event on Weiss Lake
WHAT : Terry Tucker of Gadsden, Ala., caught a 5-bass limit weighing 23 pounds, 10 ounces Saturday, March 27, 2010 to win $3,879 in the FLW Bass Fishing League Bama Division tournament on Weiss Lake. The sun was shining and the wind was blowing while Tucker bagged his limit crankin' & flippin' a jig mid lake.
WHO: The remaining top10 anglers were:
2nd: Marty Wilson, Centre, Ala., five bass, 20-3, $1,940
3rd: Adam Brown, Attalla, Ala., five bass, 17-6, $1,293
4th: Billy Brindle, Calhoun, Ga., five bass, 17-1, $905
5th: Kevin Pace, Russellville, Ala., five bass, 14-5, $776
6th: Wayne Boyd, Cedar Bluff, Ala., five bass, 13-4, $679
6th: Keith Buterbaugh, Douglasville, Ga., three bass, 13-4, $679
8th: Bradley Jones, Silver Creek, Ga., five bass, 13-2, $582
9th: Andy Kilgore, Kingston, Ga., five bass, 12-10, $517
10th: Josh Stracner, Vandiver, Ala., five bass, 12-5, $453
WHAT : Joe Bethea, Jr., of Deatsville, Ala., caught a 5-bass limit weighing 11 pounds, 11 ounces Saturday, March 27, 2010 to win $1,940 in the FLW BFL Bama Co-angler Division on Weiss Lake. He was swimming a jig mid lake to catch his limit as well.
WHO: The remaining top10 co-anglers were:
2nd: Hal Murk, Sharpsburg, Ga., five bass, 11-10, $970
3rd: Eric Reidinger, Acworth, Ga., five bass, 10-14, $646
4th: John Ware, Ashland, Ala., three bass, 10-4, $453
5th: Larry Sharpe, Lanett, Ala., three bass, 10, $388
6th: Tommy Gaston, Pell City, Ala., five bass, 9-5, $356
7th: Randy Gardner, Wetumpka, Ala., four bass, 8-6, $323
8th: Hulan Mattox, Alexander City, Ala., two bass, 8-3, $291
9th: Billy Morris, Trussville, Ala., one bass, 6-14, $259
10th: Scott Noles, Woodland, Ala., two bass, 6, $226
NOTES: The third and next BFL Bama Division tournament is scheduled for May 8, at Logan Martin Lake in Pell City, Ala. After the fifth Bama Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Regional Championship at Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Ala., on Oct. 2-3, 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.
