LAPLATA, Md. (June 12, 2006) Boater Donald Muir of Nottingham, Md., earned $4,119 Saturday as winner of the Bass Fishing League Northeast Division bass fishing tournament on the Potomac River. The tournament was the first of five regular-season Northeast Division events and earned Muir 200 points in the Boater Division.
Muirs winning catch of five bass weighed 18 pounds, 7 ounces. He was throwing an array of soft plastics to catch his bass in the shallows of the Potomac River.
Muir also took home Boater Division Big Bass honors with a 6-pound, 1-ounce beauty earning him an additional $565.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Todd Schaff of Hume, Va. (five bass, 18 pounds, 1 ounce, $2,059); Bryan Schmitt of Columbia, Md. (five bass, 15 pounds, 2 ounces, $1,374); Terry Roberson of Williamstown, N.J. (five bass, 14 pounds, 14 ounces, $961) and Brian Stack of Nanjemoy, Md. (five bass, 14 pounds, 10 ounces, $824).
Steve Cram of Atco, N.J., won the Co-angler Division and earned $2,019 thanks to five bass weighing 13 pounds, 12 ounces that he caught on a Manns Baby One Minus Crankbait.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Kevin Semrau of Lititz, Pa. (four bass, 12 pounds, 12 ounces, $1,009); Brent McNeal of Todd, Pa. (four bass, 12 pounds, 3 ounces, $675); Richard Windsor of Huntingtown, Md. (four bass, 11 pounds, 15 ounces, $471); and Paul Ford of Exeter, N.H. (four bass, 11 pounds, 6 ounces, $404).
Greg Fernandez of Wheaton, Md., earned $272 as the co-angler big-bass award winner with a 5-pound, 6-ounce bass.
The Northeast Divisions next event will be held June 24 on Chesapeake Bay near Elkton, Md., followed by an event on the Hudson River near Catskill, N.Y., July 22. The divisions fourth event will be held again on Chesapeake Bay near Elkton, Md., Aug. 19. The Northeast Division will wrap up its regular season Sept. 9-10 with a two-day Super Tournament on the Potomac River near LaPlata, Md.