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Wines wins Walmart BFL event on Potomac River

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Boater Barton Wines of Warrenton, Va., won the July 11 BFL Shenandoah Division tournament on the Potomac River to earn $4,009. Angler: Barton Wines.
July 11, 2009 • MLF • Archives

WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Barton Wines of Warrenton, Va., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division tournament on the Potomac River Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 18 pounds, 15 ounces. The victory earned Wines $4,009 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Potomac River Regional Championship in Marbury, Md., Oct. 8-10, where he could ultimately win a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.

Wines said he was flipping grass with a Sweet Beaver near Mattawoman Creek.

Rounding out the top five boaters are Tony Black of Manassas, Va. (five bass, 18-0, $2,005); Ricky Windsor of Huntingtown, Md. (five bass, 17-7, $1,336); Todd Schaff of Purcellville, Va. (five bass, 16-13, $935); and Robert Grike of Dumfried, Va., and Bruce Ring of Front Royal, Va. (five bass, 16-7, $768).

Barton Wines took home the Boater Division Big Bass award, earning $550 for a 7-pound bass he caught.

Kermit Crowder of Matoaca, Va., earned $2,005 as the co-angler winner Saturday thanks to five bass Kermit Crowder of Matoaca, Va., earned $2,005 as the co-angler winner of the July 11 BFL Shenandoah Division event.weighing 20 pounds, 15 ounces that he caught on a Spro Frog.

Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Scott Wiley of Midlothian, Va. (five bass, 15-7, $1,002); David O’Flynn of Gainesville, Va. (five bass, 14-14, $668); Jim House of Pasadena, Md. (five bass, 13-8, $468); and Gabriel Scott of Ruckersville, Va. (five bass, 13-4, $401).

Scott Wiley earned $275 as the co-angler Big Bass winner after catching a 5-pound, 11-ounce bass.

The next Shenandoah Division event, a two-day Super Tournament, will be held on Kerr Lake in Henderson, N.C., Sept. 19-20.

The top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers in each of the BFL’s 28 divisions at the end of the season advance to a no-entry-fee Regional Championship where boaters fish for a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck and co-anglers fish for a new Ranger boat. Seven regional championships will each send six boaters and six co-anglers to the no-entry-fee Walmart BFL All-American presented by Chevy, which features a $1 million purse and a top award of $140,000 in the Boater Division and $70,000 in the Co-angler Division. Anglers who compete in all five regular-season events within a division but do not advance to a Regional Championship are eligible to compete in the Chevy Wild Card, which will also send six boaters and six co-anglers to the All-American for a total of 48 boaters and 48 co-anglers advancing through BFL competition.

The winning boater and winning co-angler at the All-American will advance to the no-entry-fee 2010 Forrest Wood Cup in Atlanta in 2010. This event, featuring a top award of $1 million, is the most lucrative tournament in all of competitive bass fishing. In all, the BFL offers weekend anglers the opportunity to qualify for three no-entry-fee championships with total cash awards exceeding $3.5 million. Plus, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers from each BFL division may move up to the Stren Series for 2010 while All-American champions have the option to advance directly to the Walmart FLW Tour.

In BFL competition, boaters supply the boat and compete from the front deck against other boaters. Co-anglers compete from the back deck against other co-anglers.

As the nation’s leading provider of affordable, close-to-home weekend tournaments, the BFL is widely credited with opening competitive bass fishing to the masses. It also serves as a steppingstone for anglers who wish to advance to the Stren Series and ultimately the FLW Tour – bass fishing’s most lucrative tournament circuit.

Total awards are based on a full field of 200 boats in every tournament.

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