Kuttawa, Ky. (May 8, 2006) - Boater Britt Cone of Benton, Ky., earned $6,000 Saturday as winner of the Bass Fishing League LBL Division bass fishing tournament on Kentucky/Barkley Lake. The tournament was the second of five regular-season LBL Division events and featured 200 boaters vying for the win, which earned Cone 200 points in the Boater Division.
Cone's winning catch of five bass weighed 21 pounds, 9 ounces. He threw a Carolina-rigged, green pumpkin, Zoom Lizard on gravel banks to catch his bass.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Mike Sims of Paducah, Ky. (five bass, 20 pounds, 12 ounces, $3,000); Shawn Penn of Eddyville, Ky (five bass, 19 pounds, 15 ounces, $2,000); Crispin Powley of Lavergne, Tenn. (five bass, 18 pounds, $1,400) and Sam Lashlee of Camden, Tenn. (five bass, 17 pounds, 15 ounces, $1,200).
Charles Bartz of Germantown, Tenn., took Boater Division big-bass award honors, earning $1,000 for a 7-pound bass.
Michael Edwards of White Bluff, Tenn., bested 200 Co-angler Division competitors to earn $3,000 as the co-angler winner, thanks to five bass weighing 16 pounds, 11 ounces that he caught while throwing a chartreuse and blue back crankbait in 12-14 feet of water.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Arthur Gilmore of Earlington, Ky. and Robert Maxey of Fishers, Ind. both tied for second (four bass, 14 pounds, 1 ounce, $1,250); James Backer of Henderson, Ky., (four bass, 13 pounds, 15 ounces, $700) and Chuck Rounds of Benton, Ky. (five bass, 13 pounds, 8 ounces, $600).
James Backer also earned $500 as the co-angler big-bass award winner with a 5-pound, 11-ounce bass.
All LBL Division events are held on Kentucky and Barkley Lakes. The LBL Division's next event will be held May 20 out of Barkley Lodge State Park near Cadiz, Ky., followed by and event on June 24 out of Kenlake Marina in Aurora, Ky. The divisions two-day Super Tournament will be held out of Kentucky Dam Marina near Gilbertsville, Ky. Sept. 16-17.