SILVERPOINT, Tenn. (April 11, 2005) - Boater Tim Staley of Dowelltown earned $3,497 Saturday as winner of the Bass Fishing League Music City Division bass fishing tournament on Center Hill Lake. The tournament was the second of five regular-season Music City Division events and earned Staley 200 points in the Boater Division.
Staley's winning catch of five bass weighed 18 pounds, 14 ounces. He was fishing jigs and jerkbaits on the lower end of the lake when he caught his bass. Staley won an additional $530 as winner of the big-bass award thanks to a 5-pound, 13-ounce bass and another $1,000 as winner of the Bombardier contingency award.
Finishing second was Herb Baugh of Cookeville with five bass weighing 15 pounds, 1 ounce that earned him $1,748. Marty D. Flatt of Monterey claimed $1,145 as the third-place finisher thanks to five bass weighing 10 pounds, 15 ounces. In fourth was Frank Lannom of Mt. Juliet with five bass weighing 10 pounds, 7 ounces worth $890, and finishing fifth and earning $731 was Adam Wagner of Cookeville with four bass weighing 9 pounds, 15 ounces.
Lannom earned an additional $750 as winner of the Ranger Cup and Powered by Yamaha awards.
Curtis Cline of Westmoreland earned $1,748 as the co-angler winner, thanks to three bass weighing 10 pounds, 5 ounces that he caught on a Carolina rig. Cline won an additional $265 as winner of the co-angler big-bass award with a 5-pound, 8-ounce bass.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Jason Larkin of Cottontown (five bass, 8 pounds, 9 ounces, $874); CJ Woodward of White Bluff (four bass, 8 pounds, 8 ounces, $574); and Bill Dickenson of Brentwood (four bass, 7 pounds, 11 ounces, $445). Gregory Trobaugh of Baxter and Eric Montgomery of Lebanon tied for fifth, each earning $334 with five bass weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces and four bass weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces, respectively.
The Music City Division's next event will be held May 21 on Kentucky/Barkley Lake near Paris, followed by an event on Old Hickory Lake near Gallatin June 18. The Music City Division will wrap up its regular season Oct. 1-2 with a two-day Super Tournament on Old Hickory Lake near Gallatin.