Pipkens Wins Bass Fishing League Event on Burt/Mullett Lakes

June 7, 2010
BFL News Archive

WHAT : Chad Pipkens of Holt, Mich., caught a 5-bass limit weighing 27 pounds, 10 ounces Saturday, June 5, 2010 to win $3,545 in the FLW Bass Fishing League Michigan Division tournament on Burt/Mullett Lakes. Under partly cloudy skies Pipkens was sight fishing in 10-15 feet of water in Burt Lake to bag his limit.

WHO: The remaining top10 anglers were:

 2nd: Trevor Jancasz, White Pigeon, Mich., five bass, 26-2, $1,773

 3rd: Marc Snyder, Saint Johns, Mich., five bass, 24-5, $1,181

 4th: David Reault, Livonia, Mich., five bass, 23-2, $827

 5th: Randy Ramsey, Battle Creek, Mich., five bass, 22-10, $709

 6th: Ryan Lapine, Portage, Mich., five bass, 21-13, $650

 7th: Jeff Kellogg, Rockford, Mich., five bass, 21-12, $591

 8th: Heath Wagner, Angola, Ind., five bass, 21-10, $532

 9th: Scott Dobson, Clarkston, Mich., five bass, 21-6, $473

 10th: Jared Rhode, Port Clinton, Ohio, five bass, 20-8, $414

WHAT : Jay Shaffer of Bath, Mich., caught a 5-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 4 ounces Saturday, June 5, 2010 to win $1,733 in the FLW BFL Michigan Co-angler Division on Burt/Mullett Lakes. Shaffer was using a Jackall Cross Tail in green pumpkin in 10-15 feet of water to catch his spawning fish.

WHO: The remaining top10 co-anglers were:

 2nd: Joseph Nega, Chicago, Ill., five bass, 16-4, $866

 3rd: Ted Gilmour, Trenton, Mich., five bass, 16-2, $577

 4th: Jay Van Dyke, Wyoming, Mich., five bass, 15-3, $404

 5th: Michael Stewart, Elk Grove Village, Ill., four bass, 14-12, $347

 6th: Arthur Teper, Wixom, Mich., five bass, 14-4, $318

 7th: Josh Vanorder, Hamilton, Mich., five bass, 14-2, $289

 8th: Tony Grubb, Ann Arbor, Mich., five bass, 12-14, $260

 9th: David Matual, Chicago, Ill., three bass, 12-3, $231

 10th: Dennis Maybee, Flint, Mich., three bass, 11-8, $202

NOTES: The next BFL Michigan Division tournament is scheduled for July 17, at the Detroit River in Trenton, Mich. After the fifth Michigan Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Regional Championship at Kentucky Lake in Gilbertsville, Ky., on Oct. 21-23 for a chance to win a 198VX Ranger boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard and a Chevy pick-up, co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.