MANNFORD, Okla. (June 21, 2004) - Steve (John) Vann of Skiatook earned $3,189 Saturday as winner of the third regular-season Bass Fishing League Okie Division bass fishing tournament on Keystone Lake near Mannford. He caught five bass weighing 12 pounds, 14 ounces to claim the win and 200 points in the Boater Division.
Vann caught his tournament-winning bass around points and rocks using a watermelon Brush Hog in 2 to 5 feet of water. He also earned a $1,000 bonus from Ranger Boats as the highest-finishing participant in the Ranger Cup incentive program.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Charles Lane of Cushing (five bass, 11 pounds, 13 ounces, $1,595); John Vick of Inola (five bass, 10 pounds, 15 ounces, $1,084); Butch Kennemer of Tulsa (three bass, 10 pounds, 10 ounces, $829); and Shawn Box of Mannford (five bass, 10 pounds, 6 ounces, $702).
Kennemer caught a 4-pound, 9-ounce bass on a Zoom lizard to claim $535 as the Boater Division big-bass award winner.
Shannon Atchison of Afton claimed $1,600 as winner of the Co-angler Division with a three-bass catch weighing 7 pounds, 5 ounces that he caught on a Bandit crankbait.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Jerry Eakle of Quinton (two bass, 7 pounds, 1 ounce, $800); Don Brackeen of Broken Arrow (two bass, 6 pounds, 15 ounces, $544); Alan Hill of Ada (two bass, 5 pounds, 8 ounces, $416); and Joseph Vaughn of Sapulpa (two bass, 5 pounds, 6 ounces, $352).
Eakle earned $263 as the co-angler big-bass winner thanks to a 4-pound, 4-ounce bass he caught on a finesse worm.
The Okie Division's next stop will be June 26 on Fort Gibson Lake in Hulbert, a tournament originally scheduled for May 1, and the regular season will come to a close Oct. 2-3 with a two-day Super Tournament on Grand Lake in Grove.