GADSDEN, Ala. (June 5, 2006) Boater Terry Tucker of Gadsden, Ala., earned $5,057 Saturday as winner of the Bass Fishing League Choo Choo Division bass fishing tournament on Lake Neely Henry. The tournament was the fourth of five regular-season Choo Choo Division events.
Tuckers winning catch of five bass weighed 16 pounds, 1 ounce. He was throwing a Prowler Jig on deep ledges in the upper lake area to catch his bass.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Steve Burchfield of Rainbow City, Ala. (five bass, 15 pounds, 2 ounces, $2,528); Mike Ary of Dalton, Ga. (five bass, 14 pounds, 7 ounces, $1,685); Marshall Deakins of Dunlap, Tenn. (five bass, 13 pounds, 12 ounces, $1,180) and Phillip Dukes of Rainsville, Ala. (five bass, 13 pounds, 7 ounces, $1,011).
Chad Wood of Chatsworth, Ga., took Boater Division big-bass award honors, earning $780 for a 5-pound, 3-ounce bass. He caught his big bass on a Texas-rigged Watermelon Candy Zoom Brush Hog.
Michael Deramus of Odenville, Ala., bested the Co-angler Division competitors to earn $2,523 with five bass weighing 11 pounds, 13 ounces that he caught flipping submerged structure with a Chatterbait.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Danny Moss of Glencoe, Ala. (five bass, 11 pounds, 12 ounces, $1,262); Shane Breeden of Chickamauga, Ga. (five bass, 11 pounds, 9 ounces, $841); Mark Pirkle of Cleveland, Tenn., tied with Ben Yates of Charleston, Tenn. (five bass, 9 pounds, 13 ounces, $547); and Clayton Bentley of New Market, Ala. (five bass, 9 pounds, 4 ounces, $463).
Breeden earned an additional $385 as the co-angler big-bass award winner with a 5-pound bass he caught in shallow water on a Chatterbait.
The Choo Choo Division will wrap up its regular season Sept. 23-24 with a two-day Super Tournament on lake Guntersville near Scottsboro, Ala.