MONTICELLO, Ky. (May 4, 2009) - Shane Brock of Corbin, Ky., won the Bass Fishing League Mountain Division bass fishing tournament on Lake Cumberland Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 19 pounds, 5 ounces. The victory earned Brock $4,271 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Lake Norman Regional Championship in Lake Norman, N.C., Oct. 22-24, where he could ultimately win a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.
"I usually do great in the practices and then the actual tournament goes worse," said Brock who is a first-time winner as a boater. "This win was a real confidence booster."
The conditions during the tournament were tough at times with a steady down pour of rain, according to Brock. He fished the lower end of the lake in the mid-section with a fluke bait.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Bill Smith of Somerset, Ky. (5 bass, 18-6, $2,136); Jason Akemon of Gray Hawk, Ky. (5 bass, 18-2, $1,424); Allen Pendleton of Liberty, Ky. (5 bass, 17-12, $997) and Jerry Reagan of Byrdstown, Tenn. (5 bass, 17-11, $854).
Robert Reagan took home the Boater Division Big Bass award, earning $595 for a 6-pound, 2-ounce bass he caught.
Lucas Devere of Berea, Ky., earned $2,023 as the co-angler winner Saturday thanks to 5 bass weighing 12 pounds, 1 ounce.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Timothy Ernst of Corbin, Ky. (5 bass, 11-9, $1,011); Bart Vaughn of Lexington, Ky. (4 bass, 10-15, $674); Dwight Coontz of Stanford, Ky. (3 bass, 10-12, $472); and Jerry Hogue of Danville, Ky. (5 bass, 10-10, $405).
Dwight Coontz earned $277 as the co-angler Big Bass winner after catching a 4-pound, 5-ounce bass.
The next Mountain Division event will be held on the Barren River in Scottsville, Ky., June 27.