CANNELTON, Ind. (July 25, 2005) - Boater David Spivey of Hamilton, Ohio, earned $3,848 Saturday as winner of the Bass Fishing League Hoosier Division bass fishing tournament on the Ohio River. The tournament was the fourth of five regular-season Hoosier Division events and earned Spivey 200 points in the Boater Division.
Spivey's winning catch of four bass weighed 9 pounds, 14 ounces. Spivey threw tubes and white spinnerbaits around woody cover in shallow creeks to catch his bass. He earned an additional $1,000 as winner of the Bombardier contingency bonus.
Finishing second was Michael Trueblood of Madison with five bass weighing 9 pounds, 7 ounces that earned him $1,924. Marty Sisk of Evansville claimed $1,255 as the third-place finisher thanks to three bass weighing 7 pounds. In fourth was Craig Mills of Hamilton, Ohio, with five bass weighing 6 pounds, 7 ounces worth $979, and finishing fifth and earning $805 was Donald Paulin of Tell City with three bass weighing 5 pounds, 15 ounces.
Trueblood earned an additional $500 as winner of the Ranger Cup award. Frank McClain of Scottsburg took Boater Division big-bass award honors, earning $605 for a 4-pound, 12-ounce bass. He caught his big bass on a green tube.
Walter Class of Bloomfield earned $1,855 as the co-angler winner, thanks to two bass weighing 3 pounds, 10 ounces that he caught on a spinnerbait and a Berkley Power Worm.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers were (in a second-place tie) Mike Fanthrop of Union, Ky., and Barry Ward of Louisville, Ky. Fanthrop caught one bass weighing 3 pounds, 8 ounces and Ward caught three bass weighing 3 pounds, 8 ounces. Each co-angler earned $768. In fourth was Daniel Langton of Haubstadt with two bass weighing 2 pounds, 12 ounces worth $472, and in fifth place was Ken Heckel of Lamar with one bass weighing 2 pounds, 6 ounces worth $388.
Fanthrop earned $285 as the co-angler big-bass award winner with his 3-pound, 8-ounce bass he caught on a crankbait.
The Hoosier Division will wrap up its regular season Sept. 17-18 with a two-day Super Tournament on the Ohio River near Lawrenceburg.