DUMFRIES, Va. (May 23, 2005) - Boater Mike Hoskings of Dumfries earned $4,195 Saturday as winner of the Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division bass fishing tournament on the Potomac River. The tournament was the second of five regular-season Shenandoah Division events and featured 136 boaters vying for the win, which earned Hoskings 200 points in the Boater Division. He also earned the $1,000 Ranger Cup award for a grand total of $5,195. Hoskings' winning catch of five bass weighed 15 pounds, 15 ounces.
Finishing second was Mark Lacey of Baltimore, Md., with five bass weighing 14 pounds, 12 ounces that earned him $2,097. Ernie Freeman of Gambrills, Md., claimed $1,373 as the third-place finisher thanks to five bass weighing 14 pounds, 10 ounces. In fourth was Sparky Petersen of Laytonsville, Md., with five bass weighing 14 pounds, 8 ounces worth $1,068, and finishing fifth and earning $877 was Dale Simmons of Woodbridge with five bass weighing 14 pounds, 2 ounces.
Tommy Little of Chester took Boater Division big-bass award honors, earning $680 for a 6-pound, 4-ounce bass.
Christopher Foley of Philipsburg, Pa., won the Co-angler Division to earn $2,087 thanks to five bass weighing 17 pounds, 11 ounces. Foley also caught the Co-angler Division big-bass award worth $335 for a grand total of $2,422 in earnings for the event.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Bryan Chatham of Fredericksburg (five bass, 14 pounds, 14 ounces, $1,044); Travis Adams of Bruceton Mills, W.V. (five bass, 14 pounds, 2 ounces, $683); Scott Goodson of Stafford (four bass, 12 pounds, 12 ounces, $531); and tied for fifth were Marty Sparger of Reston (five bass) and Joseph Thomson of Stephens City (four bass) with 11 pounds, 6 ounces and both earning $398.
The Shenandoah Division's next event will be held June 25 on Lake Gaston near Bracy, followed by an event on the James River near Richmond, July 30. The Shenandoah Division will wrap up its regular season Sept. 10-11 with a two-day Super Tournament on the Potomac River near Dumfries.