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Bowling wins BFL tourney on Lake Guntersville

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Boater Bill Bowling of Somerset, Ky., earned $5,551 as winner of the March 13 BFL Choo Choo Division event on Lake Guntersville. Angler: Bill Bowling.
March 13, 2010 • MLF • Archives

Boater Bill Bowling of Somerset, Ky., caught a five-bass limit weighing 27 pounds, 3 ounces Saturday to win $5,551 in the BFL Choo Choo Division tournament on Lake Guntersville.

Rounding out the top 10 in the Boater Division:

2nd: Alex Davis, Albertville, Ala., five bass, 24-12, $2,310

2nd: Eric Wilborn, Boaz, Ala., five bass, 18-15, $2,310

4th: Johnny Patterson, Grant, Ala., five bass, 24-9, $1,295

5th: Jeff Sparks, Chickamauga, Ga., five bass, 24-5, $1,110

6th: Scott Brummett, Brentwood, Tenn., five bass, 22-10, $1,018

7th: Clay Barclay, Scottsboro, Ala., five bass, 21-9, $925

8th: Glenn Carter, Rockwood, Tenn., five bass, 21-8, $786

8th: Daniel Whitaker, Phil Campbell, Ala., five bass, 21-8, $786

10th: O.B. Wilborn, Stevenson, Ala., five bass, 21-5, $648

Cody winning co-angler

Co-angler Clinton Cody Jr. of Cleveland, Tenn., earned $2,775 as winner of the March 13 BFL Choo Choo Division event. Clinton Cody Jr. of Cleveland, Tenn., caught a five-bass limit weighing 25 pounds, 13 ounces Saturday to win $2,775 in the Co-angler Division of the BFL Choo Choo event on Lake Guntersville.

Rounding out the top 10 in the Co-angler Division:

2nd: Lance Stargel, Rainbow City, Ala., five bass, 23-9, $1,388

3rd: Kevin Atkinson, Scottsboro, Ala., five bass, 18-1, $924

4th: Sean Orr, Mahomet, Ill., five bass, 17-15, $648

5th: Dan Clark, Cleveland, Tenn., five bass, 17-13, $555

6th: Lance Hounshell, Lexington, Ind., four bass, 17-4, $509

7th: Allen Bishop, Albertville, Ala., five bass, 16-15, $463

8th: Brad Mattie, Jacksboro, Tenn., five bass, 16-12, $416

9th: Tommy Milligan, Seneca, S.C., five bass, 16-10, $347

9th: Kerry White, Hixson, Tenn., five bass, 6-10, $347

Coming up

The next BFL Choo Choo Division tournament is scheduled for April 24 at Lake Guntersville in Scottsboro, Ala. After the fifth Choo Choo Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers, based on point standings, will qualify for the Oct. 7-9 Regional Championship at Lake Barkley in Kuttawa, Ky., where boaters will compete for a 198VX Ranger boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard and a Chevy pick-up, and co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.