MOBILE, Ala. (Oct. 6, 2003) - Brian Graham of Jackson caught 10 bass weighing 21 pounds, 12 ounces to win $4,558 at the Bass Fishing League Gulf Coast Division Super Bass Fishing Tournament, on the Mobile-Tensaw Delta near Mobile. Graham bested 61 Boater Division competitors and earned 300 points at the tournament, which was the fifth and final Gulf Coast Division event of the regular season.
Graham caught five bass Saturday weighing 11 pounds, 4 ounces and caught another five weighing 10 pounds, 8 ounces Sunday to win the event. He also earned a $1,000 bonus from Garmin for using a fixed-mount Garmin Fishfinder or combination GPS/sounder during the event. He won another $610 as the big-bass award winner thanks to a 5-pound, 1-ounce bass.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Robert Robinson of Mobile (10 bass, 17 pounds, 7 ounces); Chuck Koski of Brandon, Miss. (10 bass, 17 pounds, 6 ounces); Alan Sward of Pascagoula, Miss. (10 bass, 17 pounds, 3 ounces); and Gary Brown of Gautier, Miss. (10 bass, 16 pounds, 14 ounces).
Brown earned a $500 bonus as the highest-finishing participant in the Ranger Cup incentive program.
Chris Hults of Gautier, Miss., led 53 Co-angler Division competitors on day two to claim $2,122 as the Super Tournament co-angler winner. He caught five bass Saturday weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces and followed that up Sunday with five more bass weighing 7 pounds to earn the win with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 13 pounds, 12 ounces.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Alan Hults of Gautier, Miss. (eight bass, 13 pounds, 9 ounces); Bill Smith of Ocean Springs, Miss. (eight bass, 12 pounds, 15 ounces); Ryan Bourque of Pearl River, La. (six bass, 10 pounds, 11 ounces); and Matt Hults of Gautier, Miss. (eight bass, 10 pounds, 3 ounces).
Ernest Willis of Moss Point, Miss., took co-angler big-bass honors and $265 with a 4-pound, 11-ounce bass.
Robinson is the Gator Division's Yamaha "Be the Best" points leader, winning $1,000 for the 1,064 points he earned during five regular-season tournaments. Chris Hults is the Yamaha "Be the Best" points leader in the Co-angler Division. He earned $500 for his division-leading 1,061 points.