GADSEN, Ala. (June 6, 2005) - Boater Timothy Little of Acworth, Ga., earned $4,736 Saturday as winner of the Bass Fishing League Bama Division bass fishing tournament on Neely Henry Lake. The tournament was the fourth of five regular-season Bama Division events and featured 161 boaters vying for the win, which earned Little 200 points in the Boater Division.
Little's winning catch of five bass weighed 17 pounds, 11 ounces. Little fished Texas-rigged soft plastics and black buzzbaits around shallow grass to catch his bass. One of Little's bass, a 5-pound, 14-ounce lunker, earned the big-bass award honors in the Boater Division, worth $805.
Little earned an additional $1,000 as winner of the Ranger Cup award.
Finishing second was Phillip Dukes of Rainsville with five bass weighing 16 pounds, 4 ounces that earned him $2,368. A.B. Battles of Southside claimed $1,552 as the third-place finisher thanks to five bass weighing 15 pounds, 5 ounces. In fourth was Edward Gettys of Stevenson with five bass weighing 14 pounds, 15 ounces worth $1,206, and finishing fifth and earning $990 was Terry Tucker of Gadsen with five bass weighing 14 pounds, 10 ounces.
Jeffery Beegle of Anniston bested 160 Co-angler Division competitors to earn $2,368 as the co-angler winner, thanks to five bass weighing 15 pounds that he caught while swimming a jig. Beegle also earned the big-bass award in the Co-angler Division worth $403, thanks to a 6-pound, 13-ounce bass.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Greg Gilley of Boaz (five bass, 12 pounds, 9 ounces, $1,184); Sam Sharp of Hillsboro (four bass, 12 pounds, 5 ounces, $775); Robert Wallace of Lithia Springs, Ga. (five bass, 11 pounds, 8 ounces, $603); and Packie Lawrence of Cleveland (five bass, 10 pounds, 2 ounces, $495).
The Bama Division will wrap up its regular season Sept. 17-18 with a two-day Super Tournament on Guntersville Lake near Scottsboro.