PARIS, Tenn. (May 23, 2005) - Boater Drew Lynch of Paducah, Ky., earned $3,381 Saturday as winner of the Bass Fishing League Music City Division bass fishing tournament on Kentucky/Barkley Lakes. Lynch earned an additional $1,500 for being the highest-finishing Ranger Cup participant and meeting the Powered by Yamaha guidelines. The tournament was the third of five regular-season Music City Division events which earned Lynch 200 points in the Boater Division.
Lynch's winning catch of five bass weighed 19 pounds, 8 ounces. Lynch fished jigs on ledges in 8 to 12 feet of water between the 68 bridge and the dam to catch his winning limit.
Finishing second was Eric White of Anderson, Ala., with five bass weighing 19 pounds that earned him $1,690. Jason Sain of Beechgrove claimed $1,106 as the third-place finisher thanks to five bass weighing 16 pounds, 13 ounces. In fourth was George Beeler Jr. of Mount Juliet with five bass weighing 16 pounds, 6 ounces worth $861, and finishing fifth and earning $707 was Jeremy Damron of Tullahoma with five bass weighing 15 pounds, 12 ounces.
Frank Fisher of Clarksville took Boater Division big-bass award honors, earning $505 for a 6-pound, 7-ounce bass. He caught his big bass on a Carolina-rigged Zoom Brush Hog.
Kevin Lamb of Gallatin bested the Co-angler Division competitors to earn $1,615 as the co-angler winner, thanks to five bass weighing 16 pounds, 13 ounces that he caught on a floating worm around shallow buck brush.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Brandon Perkins of Counce (five bass, 12 pounds, 13 ounces, $808); Ken Mayes of Cookeville (three bass, 12 pounds, 2 ounces, $527); Shane Winchester of Cave City, Ky. (five bass, 11 pounds, 1 ounce, $411); and Curtis Cline of Westmoreland (five bass, 10 pounds, 3 ounces, $338).
Lamb earned $238 as the co-angler big-bass award winner with a 6-pound, 2-ounce bass he caught on a Zoom Ol' Monster worm.
The Music City Division's next event will be held June 18 on Old Hickory Lake near Gallatin. 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.