Malone makes grade on Mississippi River
Doty winning co-angler
Boater Paul Malone of Pleasant Valley, Iowa, caught a five-bass limit weighing 18 pounds, 8 ounces Saturday to win $4,830 in the BFL Great Lakes Division tournament on the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wis. He was swimming a jig through weed clumps under cloudy skies to sack his limit.
Rounding out the top 10 boaters:
2nd: Dan McGarry, Tomah, Wis., five bass, 15-13, $2,415
3rd: Steve Hedberg, La Crescent, Minn., five bass, 13-14, $1,609
4th: Dave Robel, Muscoda, Wis., five bass, 13-12, $2,127 (includes $1,000 Evinrude bonus)
5th: Justin Drljaca, Milwaukee, Wis., five bass, 13-11, $925
5th: Chris Maland, Ankeny, Iowa, five bass, 13-11, $925
7th: Jimmy Johnson, La Crosse, Wis., five bass, 13-8, $805
8th: Karen Savik, St. Louis Park, Minn., five bass, 13-5, $724
9th: Brian Fitzpatrick, La Crosse, Wis., five bass, 13, $644
10th: Greg Ginneberge, Iowa City, Iowa, five bass, 12-12, $563
Doty winning co-angler
Dave Doty of Cottage Grove, Minn., caught four bass weighing 14 pounds, 2 ounces to win $2,415 in the Co-angler Division on the Mississippi River. Under cloudy skies, he was using a Booyah jig in about 1 to 3 feet of water to bag his winning fish.
Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers:
2nd: Tim Theobald, Lodi, Wis., five bass, 13-11, $1,207
3rd: Rich Davis, Brookfield, Ill., five bass, 11-5, $684
3rd: Ted Joyce, Ixonia, Wis., four bass, 11-5, $684
5th: Cory Fisher, Madrid, Iowa, five bass, 11-4, $483
6th: Mark McCartney, Rochelle, Ill., five bass, 10-14, $443
7th: Timothy Marcou, West Salem, Wis., five bass, 10-12, $402
8th: Jason Steger, Stanley, Wis., five bass, 10-8, $362
9th: K.C. Schaible, Machesney Park, Ill., four bass, 10-4, $322
10th: Kevin Denly, Farmington, Iowa, three bass, 9-10, $282
Coming up
The next BFL Great Lakes Division tournament is scheduled for June 19 at Lake Winneconne in Winneconne, Wis. After the fifth Great Lakes Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 21-23 Regional Championship at Kentucky Lake in Gilbertsville, Ky., where boaters will compete for a top award 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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