Kevin Powers of Unicoi, Tenn., caught a 5-bass limit weighing 19 pounds, 8 ounces Saturday, June 5, 2010 to win $5,418 in the FLW BFL Volunteer Division tournament on Lake Chickamauga. On a hot and humid day Powers was flipping a green pumpkin jig on the south end of the lake to catch his limit.
The remaining top 10 anglers were:
2nd: George Galyon, III, Ten Mile, Tenn., five bass, 18-4, $1,709
3rd: Andy Morgan, Dayton, Tenn., five bass, 17-11, $1,138
4th: Bryant Ailor, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 17-1, $798
5th: Cruz Cope, Treadway, Tenn., five bass, 16-4, $684
6th: Greg Shaver, Dayton, Tenn., five bass, 16-2, $627
7th: Derek Hicks, Rocky Face, Ga., five bass, 14-11, $1,507*
8th: David Warfield, Dayton, Tenn., five bass, 14-3, $513
9th: Mark Mellons, Kingsport, Tenn., five bass, 14, $456
10th: Kenneth Owens, Wise, Va., five bass, 13-9, $399
*Includes $1,000 Evinrude bonus
Josh Finkle of Greenville, Tenn., caught a 5-bass limit weighing 15 pounds, 14 ounces Saturday, June 5, 2010 to win $1,709 in the FLW BFL Volunteer Co-angler Division on Lake Chickamauga. Finkle was using swimbaits in 40 foot depths in the main lake to bag his limit.
The remaining top 10 co-anglers were:
2nd: Houston Shaver, Dayton, Tenn., five bass, 14-15, $855
3rd: David Shreve, Knoxville, Tenn., four bass, 12, $570
4th: Terry Tester, II, Elizabethton, Tenn., five bass, 11-3, $399
5th: Ricky Miller, Sweetwater, Tenn., five bass, 10-3, $342
6th: Bobby Drinnon, Rogersville, Tenn., five bass, 9-13, $313
7th: Jimmy Flanagan, Kingston, Tenn., five bass, 9-12, $285
8th: Bud McKelvey, Knoxville, Tenn., four bass, 9-11, $256
9th: Ryan Beeler, Washburn, Tenn., five bass, 9-10, $228
10th: Justin McGaha, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 9-6, $199
The next and last BFL Volunteer Division tournament of the 2010 season is scheduled for Oct. 2-3, at Fort Loudoun/Tellico Lakes in Lenoir City, 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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