Gray, Hutto tie for BFL win on Kerr Lake

Meadows winning co-angler

Boaters Bowman Gray (left) of Winterville, N.C. and Keith Hutto of Evans, Ga., tied for first place at the April 10 BFL North Carolina Division tournament on Kerr Lake to earn $2,563 each. Anglers: Bowman Gray, Keith Hutto.

April 10, 2010 • MLF • Archives

Boaters Bowman Gray of Winterville, N.C., and Keith Hutto of Evans, Ga., each caught a five-bass limit weighing 14 pounds, 1 ounce Saturday to tie for the win and earn $2,563 apiece for their efforts in the BFL North Carolina Division tournament on Kerr Lake. Hutto won an additional $2,000 for meeting the Ranger Cup qualifications. He was using spinnerbaits around trees, while Gray stuck with a ChatterBait to catch his limit.

Rounding out the top 10 boaters:

3rd: Maurice Freeze, Concord, N.C., five bass, 13-9, $1,138

4th: David Williams, Maiden, N.C., five bass, 12-13, $798

5th: Nathan Webber, Kernersville, N.C., five bass, 12-12, $684

6th: Brian Stacy, Pulaski, Va., five bass, 12-11, $627

7th: Jeff Coble, Manson, N.C., five bass, 12-7, $570

8th: Gerry Burchfield, Thomasville, N.C., four bass, 12-6, $456

8th: Flash Butts, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., four bass, 12-6, $456

8th: Jeffrey Queen, Catawba, N.C., five bass, 12-6, $456

Meadows winning co-angler

Bill Meadows of Hinton, W.Va., caught four bass weighing 9 pounds, 8 ounces to earn $1,709 as winner in the Co-angler Division on Kerr Lake. Meadows used a ChatterBait around trees to earn his victory.

Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers:

2nd: Shorty Vaow, Cornelius, N.C., five bass, 9-7, $855

3rd: Kermit Crowder, Matoaca, Va., four bass, 9-5, $570

4th: Ricky Byrd, Independence, Va., five bass, 8-11, $399

5th: Chuck Poovey, Denver, N.C., three bass, 7-6, $342

6th: James Spivey, Whiteville, N.C., three bass, 6-15, $313

7th: Kenneth Morrison, Waxhaw, N.C., two bass, 6-9, $285

8th: Shane Lineberger, Lincolnton, N.C., two bass, 5-12, $256

9th: Tommy Swicegood, Salisbury, N.C., two bass, 5-11, $228

10th: Eddie Cook, Clemmons, N.C., three bass, 5-9, $199

Coming up

The next BFL North Carolina Division tournament is scheduled for May 15 at High Rock Lake in Salisbury, N.C. After the fifth North Carolina 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 the Potomac River in Woodbridge, Va., where boaters will compete for a chance to win a Ranger 198VX with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard and a Chevy pick-up, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.

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