Dobson Wins Bass Fishing League Event on the Detroit River

July 19, 2010
BFL News Archive

WHAT : Scott Dobson of Clarkston, Mich. caught a 5-bass limit weighing 24 pounds, 2 ounces Saturday, July 17, 2010 to win $6,418 in the FLW Bass Fishing League Michigan Division tournament on the Detroit River. Dobson was targeting deep flats, drop-shotting Berkley Gulp to catch his limit.

WHO: The remaining top10 anglers were:

 2nd: Matt Elkins, Spencerville, Ohio, five bass, 23-2, $1,709

 3rd: Jared Rhode, Port Clinton, Ohio, five bass, 21-10, $1,138

 4th: Bob Priest, Clarklake, Mich., five bass, 19-12, $798

 5th: John Zubkoff, Monroe, Mich., five bass, 19-8, $684

 6th: Dick Parker, Amherst, Ohio, five bass, 18-15, $627

 7th: Mark Stephenson, New Castle, Ind., five bass, 18-2, $570

 8th: Brian Metry, Grosse Pointe, Mich., five bass, 16-14, $513

 9th: Chris King, South Amherst, Ohio, five bass, 16-11, $456

 10th: Miles Johnson, Washington Township, Ohio, five bass, 15-8, $399

WHAT : Chuck Hasty of Toledo, Ohio., caught a 5-bass limit weighing 20 pounds, 2 ounces Saturday, July 17, 2010 to win $1,709 in the FLW BFL Michigan Co-angler Division on the Detroit River. Hasty was dragging the bottom of the river with a Gulp Goby to sack his limit.

WHO: The remaining top10 co-anglers were:

 2nd: Rick Roberts, Macomb, Mich., five bass, 16-9, $855

 3rd: Jason Kopczyk, Commerce Township, Mich., five bass, 15-14, $570

 4th: Dennis Mitchell, Malvern, Ark., four bass, 14-8, $399

 5th: Chris Hanas, St. John, Ind., four bass, 14-3, $342

 6th: Mark Lyons, Marion, Ind., five bass, 13-9, $313

 7th: David Michaelis, Commerce, Mich., five bass, 13-7, $285

 8th: David Adams, Schererville, Ind., five bass, 13-6, $256

 9th: Rex Heimberger, Baltimore, Ohio, four bass, 13-4, $228

 10th: Adam Nuechterlein, Grass Lake, Mich., five bass, 12-15, $199

NOTES: The next BFL Michigan Division tournament is scheduled for July 31, at St. Clair River in Harrison Township, 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.