CLANTON, Ala. (March 21, 2005) - Boater Timothy Williams of Auburn earned $5,142 Saturday as winner of the Bass Fishing League Dixie Division bass fishing tournament on Lay Lake. The tournament was the second of five regular-season Dixie Division events and featured 181 boaters vying for the win, which earned Williams 200 points in the Boater Division.
William's winning catch of five bass weighed 19 pounds, 13 ounces. Williams was fishing a Bandit crankbait on the south end of the lake when he caught his bass.
Williams also earned an additional $1,000 as the Ranger Cup award winner.
Finishing second was Jeromey Mason of Columbiana with five bass weighing 17 pounds, 5 ounces that earned him $2,571. Blake Lewis of Pace, Fla., claimed $1,684 as the third-place finisher thanks to five bass weighing 14 pounds, 8 ounces. In fourth was Glenn Carter of Rockwood, Tenn., with five bass weighing 13 pounds, 13 ounces worth $1,309, and finishing fifth and earning $1,075 was Charles Cummings of Leeds with five bass weighing 13 pounds, 12 ounces.
Adam Roberts of Jasper took Boater Division big-bass award honors, earning $905 for a 7-pound, 8-ounce bass. He caught his big bass on a Red Bug finesse worm.
Mike Keith of Remlap bested 181 Co-angler Division competitors to earn $2,571 as the co-angler winner, thanks to four bass weighing 13 pounds, 1 ounce that he caught on a spinnerbait.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Mike Dodson of Northport (four bass, 11 pounds, $1,286); Joseph Casey of Hueytown (five bass, 9 pounds, 13 ounces, $839); Harold Cotton of West Point, Ga., and Shawn Wikoff of Phenix City tied for fourth place, earning $596 each. Cotton caught four bass weighing 9 pounds, 11 ounces and Wikoff caught three bass weighing 9 pounds, 11 ounces.
In addition, Wikoff earned $453 as the co-angler big-bass award winner with a 5-pound, 9-ounce bass he caught on a spinnerbait.
The Dixie Division's next event will be held April 23 on West Point Lake near Lanette, followed by an event on Lake Eufaula near Eufaula June 4. The Dixie Division will wrap up its regular season Sept. 24-25 with a two-day Super Tournament on Logan Martin Lake near Pell City.