CELINA, Ohio (May 16, 2005) - Boater Gary Ginter of Maplewood earned $4,398 Saturday as winner of the Bass Fishing League Buckeye Division bass fishing tournament on Grand Lake. The tournament was the first of five regular-season Buckeye Division events and featured 144 boaters vying for the win, which earned Ginter 200 points in the Boater Division.
Ginter's winning catch of five bass weighed 10 pounds, 6 ounces. Ginter was fishing around docks with a Zoom craw when he caught his bass.
Finishing second was Brad Baldwin of Dayton with four bass weighing 10 pounds, 3 ounces that earned him $2,199. Jack Dalzell of Amherst claimed $1,435 as the third-place finisher thanks to five bass weighing 9 pounds, 11 ounces. In fourth was Matthew Jeffries of Celina with five bass weighing 9 pounds, 7 ounces worth $1,120 and finishing fifth and earning $920 was Arlyn Johnson of Dayton with five bass weighing 9 pounds, 5 ounces.
Baldwin took Boater Division big-bass award honors, earning $720 for a 5-pound, 4-ounce bass. He caught his big bass on a goby tube.
Dan Fry of Marysville, who finished in sixth place and earned $760 with five bass weighing 9 pounds, earned an additional $500 for the Ranger Cup award.
David Randle of Cincinnati earned $2,138 as the co-angler winner, thanks to five bass weighing 9 pounds, 7 ounces that he caught on a green-pumpkin tube.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Scott Clark of Thornville (three bass, 8 pounds, 14 ounces, $1,069); Jim Asher of Tipp City (four bass, 8 pounds, 4 ounces, $700); David Yurko of Strongsville (three bass, 7 pounds, 15 ounces, $544); and William Redmond of Sciotoville (five bass, 7 pounds, 9 ounces, $447).
Clark earned $350 as the co-angler big-bass award winner with a 5-pound, 3-ounce bass he caught on a zipper worm.
The Buckeye Division's next event will be held July 9 on the Ohio River near Lawrenceburg, Ind., followed by an event on the Ohio river near Maysville, Ky., July 30. The fourth-qualifying event will be held on Lake Erie near Sandusky August 20. The Buckeye Division will wrap up its regular season with a two-day Super Tournament on Lake Erie near Sandusky Sept. 10-11.