Baldwin best BFL boater on Kerr Lake
Cross co-angler winner
Boater Chris Baldwin of Lexington, N.C., caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 1 ounce Saturday to win $6,541 in the BFL Piedmont Division tournament on Kerr Lake.
Rounding out the top 10 boaters:
2nd: Sam Westbrook, Hopewell, Va., five bass, 15-5, $2,270
3rd: Mike Hicks, Goochland, Va., five bass, 14-14, $1,514
4th: Sammy Creech, Kenly, N.C., five bass, 14-12, $1,060
5th: Mark Cooper, Collinsville, Va., five bass, 14-6, $908
6th: Junior Allen, Biscoe, N.C., five bass, 14-5, $1,833
7th: Paul Rigsbee, Durham, N.C., five bass, 14-2, $757
8th: Cavin Young, Prince George, Va., five bass, 14-1, $681
9th: Mark Herndon, Bahama, N.C., five bass, 13-15, $605
10th: Carl Ward, Durham, N.C., five bass, 13-3, $530
Cross co-angler winner
Jerry Cross of Southern Pines, N.C., caught a five-bass limit weighing 12 pounds, 1 ounce to win $2,197 in the Co-angler Division on Kerr Lake.
Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers:
2nd: Orlando Giles, Lexington, N.C., five bass, 10-13, $1,098
3rd: Matthew Jennings, Suffolk, Va., four bass, 10-7, $733
4th: T.J. Delcourt, Charlotte, N.C., five bass, 9-11, $513
5th: Michael Nelms, Hartwood, Va., five bass, 9-7, $439
6th: James Howerton, Danville, Va., five bass, 9-5, $403
7th: Jason Lytton, Pulaski, Va., five bass, 9-2, $366
8th: Branden Roper, Raleigh, N.C., four bass, 8-14, $330
9th: Arthur Ferguson, Lexington, N.C., five bass, 8-8, $293
10th: Paul Reich, Sanford, N.C., five bass, 8-5, $256
Coming up
The next BFL Piedmont Division tournament is scheduled for May 22 at High Rock Lake in Salisbury, N.C. After the fifth Piedmont 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 top prize of a Ranger 198VX boat 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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