Boater Mike Eutsler of Springfield, Mo., caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 6 ounces Saturday to win $3,466 in the BFL Ozark Division tournament on Table Rock Lake. On a hot day, Eutsler was using a Jewel Bait shaky head on secondary points in the White River to sack his limit.
Rounding out the top 10 boaters:
2nd: Joe Brantley, Willard, Mo., five bass, 15-4, $1,733
3rd: Shawn Freeman, Ozark, Mo., five bass, 15-2, $1,155
4th: Randy Krull, Ballwin, Mo., five bass, 14-2, $809
5th: Aaron Stanphill, Bella Vista, Ark., four bass, 13-14, $693
6th: Roger Satterfield, Ozark, Mo., five bass, 13-11, $606
6th: Mark Taylor, Mansfield, Mo., five bass, 13-11, $606
8th: Aaron Martin, Kimberling City, Mo., five bass, 13-1, $520
9th: Chris Jackson, St. Clair, Mo., five bass, 12-4, $462
10th: Jason Perrego, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., five bass,12-0, $1,404*
*includes $1,000 Evinrude bonus
Short winning co-angler
David Short of Washington, Mo., caught a five-bass limit weighing 13 pounds, 7 ounces Saturday to win $1,693 in the Co-angler Division on Table Rock Lake. He was using a Baby Craw in green-pumpkin color near points to bag his limit.
Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers:
2nd: Samuel Bremmerkamp, Webb City, Mo., five bass, 12-1, $846
3rd: Chris McQuarry, Springfield, Mo., five bass, 11-6, $564
4th: Donald Pailer of Arnold, Mo., five bass, 10-13, $395
5th: Tommy Lowery, Ofallon, Mo., four bass, 10, $339
6th: Mark Anderson, Nixa, Mo., four bass, 9-9, $310
7th: Jim Banks, Lamar, Mo., four bass, 9-7, $282
8th: Stuart Toney, Waynesville, Mo., three bass, 8-10, $254
9th: David Hamilton, Rogers, Ark., three bass, 7-15, $226
10th: Dan Martin, St. Louis, four bass, 7-14, $198
Coming up
The next BFL Ozark Division tournament is scheduled for July 10 at Truman Lake in Clinton, Mo. After the fifth Ozark 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 Texoma in Denison, Texas, 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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