Boater John Burmeister of New London, Wis., caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 14 ounces June 18 to win $4,279 in the BFL Great Lakes Division tournament on Wolf River Chain of Lakes.
Rounding out the remaining top 10 boaters:
2nd: Jim Barczak of Fremont, Wis., 16-2, $2,140
3rd: Mark Hass of La Crosse, Wis., 15-9, $1,426
4th: Josh Wiesner of Fond Du Lac, Wis., 15-8, $998
5th: Chris Aswegan of Lisbon, Iowa, 15-5, $856
6th: David Zielinski of Wales, Wis., 15-0, $785
7th: Matthew Ward of Manitowoc, Wis., 14-15, $713
8th: Ben Kurtz of Elkhorn, Wis., 14-11, $642
9th: Tim Sadowske of Waukesha, Wis., 14-2, $571
10th: Dan Ehmen of Rockford, Ill., 13-9, $474
10th: Pete Johnson of Sheboygan, Wis., 13-9, $474
Clegg winning co-angler
Keith Clegg of New London, Wis., caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 14 ounce to win $2,140 in the Co-angler Division.
Rounding out the remaining top 10 co-anglers:
2nd: Michael Gray of Stoddard, Wis., 14-12, $1,070
3rd: Michael Loftus of Glendale Heights, Ill., 14-0, $712
4th: Justin Bowder of Rochester, Minn., 12-14, $463
4th: Tony Kromke of La Crosse, Wis., 12-14, $463
6th: Craig Coffman of Blaine, Minn., 12-13, $374
6th: Ed Emery of Fond du Lac, Wis., 12-13, $374
8th: Mike Parve of West Bend, Wis., 12-12, $321
9th: Nicholas Carter of Baraboo, Wis., 12-9, $285
10th: William McBride of Rockford, Ill., 12-7, $237
10th: Nathan Thomas of McHenry, Ill., 12-7, $237
Coming up
The next BFL Great Lakes Division tournament is scheduled for July 9 on Mississippi River/Wabasha in Wabasha, Minn. 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. 20-22 Regional Championship on Barren River in Scottsville, Ky. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger 198VX with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and a Chevy pick-up, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.
For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow FLW Outdoors on Facebook at Facebook.com/BassFishingLeague and on Twitter at Twitter.com/FLWOutdoors.
About FLW Outdoors
FLW Outdoors is the largest tournament-fishing organization in the world, offering anglers worldwide the opportunity to compete for millions over the course of 191 tournaments in 2011. FLW Outdoors has taken fishing mainstream with the world’s richest fantasy sports game, FLW Fantasy Fishing at FantasyFishing.com, where competitors can play for free as well as sign up for Player’s Advantage to gain an edge.