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Vance victorious in BFL event on Kentucky-Barkley lakes

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Boater Adam Vance of Mount Juliet, Tenn., won the April 24 BFL Music City Division tournament on Kentucky-Barkley lakes to earn $3,514. Angler: Adam Vance.
April 24, 2010 • MLF • Archives

Boater Adam Vance of Mount Juliet, Tenn., caught a five-bass limit weighing 18 pounds, 6 ounces Saturday to win $3,514 in the BFL Music City Division tournament on Kentucy-Barkley lakes. Under inclement conditions, Vance was throwing topwater baits near Big Sandy to catch his limit.

Rounding out the top 10 boaters:

2nd: Jack Poindexter, Livingston, Tenn., five bass, 17-15, $1,757

3rd: Darryl Nelson, Rickman, Tenn., five bass, 16-14, $1,172

4th: Beau Grissim, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 16-8, $820

5th: Rick Bowen, Jackson, Tenn., five bass, 16, $673

5th: Russ Moran, Manchester, Tenn., five bass, 16, $673

7th: Mark Wardlaw, Buchanan, Tenn., five bass, 15-12, $586

8th: Donnie Rubel, Murfreesboro, Tenn., five bass, 15-11, $527

9th: Tim Griggs, Paducah, Ky., five bass, 15-9, $469

10th: Frank Bell, Smithville, Tenn., five bass, 15, $389

10th: Billy Hinson, Mount Juliet, Tenn., five bass, 15, $389

Mayfield winning co-angler

Co-angler John Mayfield of Murfreesboro, Tenn., won the April 24 BFL Music City Division tournament to earn $1,753.John Mayfield of Murfreesboro, Tenn. caught four bass weighing 13 pounds, 11 ounces to win $1,753 in the Co-angler Division on Kentucky-Barkley lakes. He was using black-and-green-colored Gambler tubes in vegetation to bag his limit.

Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers:

2nd: Greg Gilley, Boaz, Ala., four bass, 12-3, $876

3rd: Brandon Suggs, Sparta, Tenn., five bass, 11-5, $585

4th: Lucas Medlin, Cookeville, Tenn., three bass, 10-8, $409

5th: Roger Kirby, Owensboro, Ky., three bass, 9-6, $351

6th: Perry Crague, Hendersonville, Tenn., four bass, 9-5, $321

7th: Ricky Hunt, Memphis, Tenn., four bass, 8-14, $292

8th: Derek Hill, Manchester, Tenn., three bass, 8-11, $263

9h: Jim Fontaine, Smyrna, Tenn., four bass, 8-7, $234

10th: Jeffery Duncan, Lebanon, Tenn., three bass, 7-7, $204

Coming up

The next BFL Music City Division tournament is scheduled for June 12 at Old Hickory Lake in Gallatin, Tenn. After the fifth Music City Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 14-16 Regional Championship at Lake Guntersville in Scottsboro, Ala., where boaters will compete for a top prize of 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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