Talbott takes top honors on Smith Mountain Lake
Frady winning co-angler
Boater Curtis Talbott of Forest, Va., caught a five-bass limit weighing 20 pounds, 6 ounces Saturday to earn $4,359 as winner of the BFL Shenandoah Division tournament on Smith Mountain Lake. He used spinnerbaits near rocky points to bag his limit.
Rounding out the top 10 boaters:
2nd: Thomas Wooten, Huddleston, Va., five bass, 19-3, $3,179
3rd: Terry Olinger, Hume, Va., five bass, 18-8, $1,452
4th: Darrell Stevens, Roseland, Va., five bass, 18, $1,017
5th: Philip Jarabeck, Lynchburg, Va., five bass, 17-15, $872
6th: Barton Wines, Warrenton, Va., five bass, 17-8, $799
7th: Marty Howard, Lynchburg, Va., five bass, 16-15, $726
8th: Derik Hudson, Hurt, Va., five bass, 16-11, $654
9th: Jerry Rice, Altavista, Va., five bass, 16-10, $581
10th: Boogie Atkins, Greenville, Va., five bass, 16-8, $509
Frady winning co-angler
David Frady of Roanoke, Va., caught four bass weighing 11 pounds, 13 ounces to earn $2,175 as winner of the Co-angler Division on Smith Mountain Lake. Frady was using Bandit Tennessee Shad around rocks and lay-downs to claim his victory.
Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers:
2nd: Tommy Bell, Midlothian, Va., five bass, 11-4, $1,088
3rd: Gabriel Scott, Ruckersville, Va., five bass, 11, $726
4th: John Rigney, Axton, Va., five bass, 10-11, $507
5th: Keith Allen, Sumerduck, Va., four bass, 10-8, $435
6th: Russ Hamilton, Jr., Manassas, Va., five bass, 10-7, $399
7th: Thomas Hassler, Woodstock, Va., five bass, 10-2, $344
7th: Randy Hicks, Roanoke, Va., four bass, 10-2, $344
9th: Vic Riveras, Newport News, Va., five bass, 10-1, $290
10th: Tom Craig, Youngsville, N.C., three bass, 9-14, $254
Coming up
The next BFL Shenandoah Division tournament is scheduled for May 15 at Kerr Lake in Henderson, N.C. After the fifth Shenandoah 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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