HEMPHILL, Texas - Boater Mark Allen of Lindale earned $4,456 Saturday as winner of the Bass Fishing League Cowboy Division bass fishing tournament on Toledo Bend. The tournament was the second of five regular-season Cowboy Division events and featured 171 boaters vying for the win, which earned Allen 200 points in the Boater Division.
Allen used a Wave Worm to claim his winning catch of five bass that weighed 21 pounds, 3 ounces. He also earned $855 as the Boater Division big-bass award winner thanks to a 9-pound, 13-ounce bass. He also earned another $1,000 from Ranger Boats as the highest-finishing participant in the Ranger Cup incentive program.
Finishing second was Ben Matsubu of Hemphill with five bass weighing 18 pounds, 9 ounces that earned him $2,228. Deryl Janzen of Hemphill claimed $1,515 as the third-place finisher thanks to five bass weighing 18 pounds, 1 ounce. In fourth was Aaron Johnson of Bossier City, La., with five bass weighing 17 pounds, 13 ounces worth $1,159, and finishing fifth and earning $980 was Mike Cortelloni of Many, La., with five bass weighing 17 pounds, 1 ounce.
Daniel Chambers of Keithville, La., bested 171 Co-angler Division competitors to earn $2,228 as the co-angler winner, thanks to five bass weighing 16 pounds, 13 ounces that he caught on a Senko in 2 to 3 feet of water.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Lon Shipe of Tomball (five bass, 14 pounds, 2 ounces, $1,114); Randy Hicks of Lumberton (five bass, 13 pounds, 3 ounces, $758); Ben Faucheaux of Natchitoches, La. (four bass, 12 pounds, 10 ounces, $579); and Richard Hooter of Natchitoches, La. (five bass, 12 pounds, $490).
Stan Reeves of Many, La., earned $428 as the co-angler big-bass award winner with an 8-pound, 5-ounce bass he caught on a spinnerbait.