Salotti nets BFL win on Lake Cayuga
Parmer winning co-angler
Boater Bob Salotti of Geneva, N.Y., caught a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds, 10 ounces Saturday to win $3,386 plus a $2,000 Ranger Cup bonus in the BFL Northeast Division tournament on Lake Cayuga. Under mostly cloudy skies, Salotti threw tubes in the weeds of the midlake area to sack his limit.
Rounding out the top 10 boaters:
2nd: Kenneth Ansbach, Nesquehoning, Pa., five bass, 17-8, $1,411
2nd: Kirk McMullen, Macedon, N.Y., five bass, 17-8, $1,411
4th: Michael Morrin, Waterloo, N.Y., five bass, 17-5, $1,733*
4th: Michael Piccolo, Langhorne, Pa., five bass, 17-5, $733
6th: Richard Jenkins, Callaway, Md., five bass, 17, $621
7th: John Lorenzo, Kane, Pa., five bass, 16-5, $564
8th: Joseph Dellavalle, Levittown, Pa., five bass, 16-4, $508
9th: George Hutchinson, Mullica Hill, N.J., five bass, 16-2, $451
10th: Billy Micciulla, Staten Island, N.Y., five bass, 15-12, $395
*Includes $1,000 Evinrude bonus
Parmer winning co-angler
Robert Parmer Jr. of Linden, Pa., caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds to win $1,693 in the Co-angler Division on Lake Cayuga. He used Pop-R Rebels midlake to catch his limit.
Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers:
2nd: Robert Hockley, Annville, Pa., five bass, 15-1, $846
3rd: David Wilder, Nottingham, Md., five bass, 14-9, $564
4th: John Levis, Seneca Falls, N.Y., five bass, 14-8, $395
5th: Ronald Smith, Browns Mills, N.J., five bass, 13-9, $324
5th: Mark Wayne Stapleton, Keller, Va., five bass, 13-9, $324
7th: Robert Rovenski, Mount Holly, N.J., five bass, 12-15, $282
8th: Chris Murdoch, Hilton, N.Y., five bass, 12-14, $254
9th: Gregory Selby, Hanover, Pa., five bass, 12-13, $226
10th: John Buries, Montoursville, Pa., five bass, 12-10, $188
10th: Jerry Pyles, Middletown, Md., five bass, 12-10, $188
Coming up
The next BFL Northeast Division tournament is scheduled for Aug. 21 at Oneida Lake in Brewerton, N.Y. After the fifth Northeast 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 Marbury, Md., 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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