BROKEN BOW, Okla. - The 2004 Bass Fishing League Okie Division season kicked off Saturday on Broken Bow Lake near Broken Bow, and Allen Head of Pryor claimed the win thanks to a five-bass catch weighing 14 pounds, 7 ounces. He bested 163 Boater Division competitors to earn $4,291 and 200 points.
Head also earned $1,000 as the highest-finishing participant in the Ranger Cup incentive program. Head, who has competed in various FLW Outdoors tournament trails in his career, claimed $100,000 in 1998 with a Wal-Mart FLW Tour win on Sam Rayburn Reservoir. This is his second career BFL victory.
Rounding out the top five pros are Rick Kelley of Ada (four bass, 12 pounds, 7 ounces, $2,145); Gary Carrier of Grove (four bass, 10 pounds, 8 ounces, $1,459); Wayne Diffee of Oakhurst (three bass, 9 pounds, 9 ounces, $1,116); and Raymond Renfroe of Oologah (four bass, 8 pounds, 9 ounces, $944).
Diffee claimed Boater Division big-bass honors and $815 thanks to a 6-pound, 9-ounce bass.
Clifford Blalock of Choctaw earned $2,145 as the Co-angler Division winner thanks to a three-bass catch that weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces. He edged past 163 Co-angler Division competitors to score his second BFL top-10 finish.
Finishing second was Randall Snyder of Haskell with two bass weighing 4 pounds, 12 ounces worth $1,073. In third was Robert Duncan of Ardmore with two bass weighing 4 pounds, 11 ounces that earned him $729, followed by Jeff Peterson of Jay in fourth with two bass weighing 4 pounds, 8 ounces worth $558. Tied for fifth were Don Brackeen of Broken Arrow and Gary Bolser of Washington. Both men caught two bass weighing 4 pounds, 6 ounces to earn $429 each.