Joe Leonard of Bristol, Va., caught a 5-bass limit weighing 22 pounds Saturday, May 1, 2010 to win $3,641 in the FLW BFL Volunteer Division tournament on South Holston Reservoir. He was using swimbaits on a Carolina rig around rocky points under bright and sunny skies to bag his limit.
The remaining top 10 anglers were:
2nd: Rex Pendergrass, Bristol, Tenn., five bass, 17-7, $1,820
3rd: Doug Austin, Bristol, Va., five bass, 16-4, $1,214
4th: Randy Brown, Mosheim, Tenn., five bass, 16-3, $850
5th: Brad Burkhart, Speedwell, Tenn., five bass, 15-15, $728
6th: Larry Neal, Piney Flats, Tenn., five bass, 15-12, $668
7th: Rod Grayson, Bristol, Va., five bass, 15-8, $576
7th: Kent Lodari, Seymour, Tenn., five bass, 15-8, $576
9th: Bryant Ailor, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 14-14, $485
10th: Craig Powers, Rockwood, Tenn., five bass, 14-8, $425
Dennis Ratkuff of Jonesville, Va., caught a 5-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 11 ounces Saturday, May 1, 2010 to win $1,820 in the FLW BFL Volunteer Co-angler Division on South Holston Reservoir. Ratkuff was using a worm to catch the bedding fish.
The remaining top 10 co-anglers were:
2nd: Bryan Morton, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 15-13, $910
3rd: Todd Pippin, Bristol, Tenn., four bass, 12-15, $607
4th: Justin McGaha, Knoxville, Tenn., four bass, 12-7, $425
5th: Joshua Norris, Powell, Tenn., five bass, 11-10, $364
6th: Bart Harris, Greeneville, Tenn., five bass, 11-6, $334
7th: Jim Neece, Bristol, Va., four bass, 11-3, $303
8th: Robert Chambers, Elizabethton, Tenn., three bass, 10-14, $273
9th: Josh Goan, Bulls Gap, Tenn., five bass, 10-6, $243
10th: Garry Collins, Russell Springs, Ky., four bass, 10, $212
The next BFL Volunteer Division tournament is scheduled for June 5, at Lake Chickamauga in Dayton, Tenn. After the fifth Volunteer 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 Scottsboro, Ala., on 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.
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