MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (Sept. 29, 2003) - Bill Humbard of New Market caught 10 bass weighing 29 pounds, 1 ounce to win $6,431 at the Bass Fishing League Mountain Division Super Bass Fishing Tournament, on Cherokee Lake near Morristown. Humbard bested 107 Boater Division competitors and earned 300 points at the tournament, which was the fifth and final Mountain Division event of the regular season.
Humbard caught five bass Saturday weighing 14 pounds, 15 ounces and caught another five weighing 14 pounds, 2 ounces Sunday to win the event. He caught his tournament-winning bass on a crankbait and a 1/2-ounce jig.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Brian Holt of Newport (three bass, 28 pounds); Milton Hammons of Burgin, Ky. (10 bass, 27 pounds, 9 ounces); Mark Mauldin of Cleveland (10 bass, 27 pounds, 7 ounces); and Guy Siler of Rutledge (10 bass, 24 pounds, 13 ounces).
Brian Wilson of Somerset, Ky., earned a $500 bonus from Ranger Boats as the highest-finishing participant in the Ranger Cup incentive program. Chris Mitchell of Lexington, Ky., claimed $1,070 as the Boater Division big-bass award winner with a 5-pound, 5-ounce bass.
Donnie Holder of Mooresburg led 94 Co-angler Division competitors on day two to claim $2,999 as the Super Tournament co-angler winner. He caught three bass Saturday weighing 9 pounds, 12 ounces and followed that up Sunday with five bass weighing 12 pounds, 12 ounces to earn the win with a two-day total of eight bass weighing 22 pounds, 8 ounces. He caught his tournament-winning bass on a crankbait in the lower end of the lake.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Nathan Mountain of Rutledge (eight bass, 20 pounds, 6 ounces); Billy Gardner of Livingston (seven bass, 16 pounds, 1 ounce); Glen Rowe of Louisa, Ky. (six bass, 15 pounds, 7 ounces); and Douglas Burke Jr. of Castlewood, Va. (five bass, 14 pounds, 3 ounces).
William Castle of Abingdon, Va., took co-angler big-bass honors and $470 with a 5-pound, 9-ounce bass.
Kevin Powers of Unicoi is the Mountain Division's Yamaha "Be the Best" points leader, winning $1,000 for the 1,065 points he earned during five regular-season tournaments. Michael Powell Jr. of Cincinnati is the Yamaha "Be the Best" points leader in the Co-angler Division. He earned $500 for his division-leading 918 points.