Johnston Wins Bass Fishing League Tournament on Grenada Lake

June 27, 2011
BFL News Archive

WHAT:              Boater Jeff Johnston of Marion, Ark., caught a five-bass limit weighing 15 pounds, 5 ounces June 25 to win $3,842 in the Bass Fishing League Mississippi Division tournament on Grenada Lake. Johnston was fishing shallow in Turkey Creek with Havoc plastics on a black and blue jig.

 

WHO:               The remaining top 10 anglers:

                        2nd:    Roger Stegall, Iuka, Miss., five bass, 14-6, $1.921

                        3rd:     Zack Bull, Arlington, Tenn., five bass, 12-8, $1,282

                        4th:     Gene Brown, West Point, Miss., five bass, 11-5, $832

                                 Larry Jenkins, Memphis, Tenn., five bass, 11-5, $832

                        6th:     Jason Nunley, Iuka, Miss., five bass, 10-11, $672

                                 Jim Phillips, Greenwood, Miss., five bass, 10-11, $672

                        8th:     Will Dupler, Columbus, Miss., five bass, 10-8, $576

                        9th:     John Bailey, Terry, Miss., five bass, 10-5, $512

                        10th:   Paul Wilcoxson, Russellville, Ala., five bass, 9-11, $448

 

 

WHAT:              Tim Davis of Laurel, Miss., caught a five-bass limit weighing 9 pounds, 8 ounces June 25 to win $1,921 in the Co-angler Division. Davis was fishing shallow grass with a swim jig to catch his limit.

 

WHO:               The remaining top 10 co-anglers:

                        2nd:    Michael Marlin, Nesbit, Miss., five bass, 9-7, $960

                        3rd:     Kenneth Underwood, Columbus, Miss., five bass, 9-0, $641

                        4th:     Jimmy Tisdale, Ellisville, Miss., five bass, 8-4, $448

                        5th:     Michael Roppolo, Marrero, La., five bass, 7-10, $384

                        6th:     Curtis Powell, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 7-8, $352

                        7th:     Tildon Drake, Florence, Ala., five bass, 7-7, $320

                        8th:     Rodney Lewis, Michie, Tenn., five bass, 7-0, $288

                        9th:     Tom Childress, Union, Miss., five bass, 6-15, $240

                                 Daniel Snellgrove, Flowood, Miss., five bass, 6-15, $240

                                                 

NOTES:            The next and final BFL Mississippi Division tournament is scheduled for Sept. 24-25 on Pickwick Lake in Iuka, Miss. After the fifth Mississippi Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 13-15 Regional Championship on Wheeler Lake in Decatur, Ala. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger 198VX with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and a Chevy pick-up, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.