PARIS, Tenn. (Oct. 6, 2003) - Shawn Penn of Eddyville, Ky., caught 10 bass weighing 26 pounds, 7 ounces to win $5,344 at the Bass Fishing League LBL Division Super Bass Fishing Tournament, on Kentucky and Barkley lakes near Paris. Penn bested 80 Boater Division competitors and earned 300 points at the tournament, which was the fifth and final LBL Division event of the regular season.
Penn caught five bass Saturday weighing 15 pounds, 1 ounce and caught another five weighing 11 pounds, 6 ounces Sunday to win the event. He caught his tournament-winning bass on the north end of Kentucky Lake fishing a white and chartreuse spinner bait near shallow stumps.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Bobby Kilzer of Trenton (nine bass, 24 pounds, 15 ounces); Ramie Colson Jr. of Cadiz, Ky. (nine bass, 24 pounds, 6 ounces); Phil Cannady of Nashville (five bass, 24 pounds, 3 ounces); and Terry Bolton of Paducah, Ky. (nine bass, 23 pounds, 14 ounces).
Bolton earned a $500 bonus as the highest-finishing participant in the Ranger Cup incentive program, and Cannady earned $800 as the big-bass award winner thanks to a 5-pound, 12-ounce bass.
Dwayne Charlton of Milan led 80 Co-angler Division competitors on day two to claim $2,672 as the Super Tournament co-angler winner. He caught two bass Saturday weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces and followed that up Sunday with three more bass weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces to earn the win with a two-day total of five bass weighing 14 pounds, 2 ounces. He caught his bass on a June bug worm.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Michael Aldridge of Falls of Rough, Ky. (five bass, 12 pounds, 3 ounces); Rodger Lutz of Kuttawa, Ky. (seven bass, 11 pounds, 11 ounces); Chad Allen of Vincennes, Ind. (six bass, 10 pounds, 10 ounces); and Bobby McMullin of Pevely, Mo. (three bass, 10 pounds, 1 ounce).
Norman Jackson of Princeton, Ky., took co-angler big-bass honors and $400 with a 5-pound, 2-ounce bass.
Ray Barga of Gilbertsville, Ky., is the Gator Division's Yamaha "Be the Best" points leader, winning $1,000 for the 1,049 points he earned during five regular-season tournaments. Larry Martin of Clarksville is the Yamaha "Be the Best" points leader in the Co-angler Division. He earned $500 for his division-leading 1,032 points.