Meckes Wins Bass Fishing League Tournament on Lake Cayuga

July 11, 2011
BFL News Archive

Boater Dean Meckes of Clayton, N.Y., caught a five-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 9 ounces to win the July 9 BFL Northeast Division bass fishing tournament on Lake Cayuga to earn $5,255. John Detweiler of Harleysville, Pa., was the highest-placing co-angler at the July 9 BFL Northeast Division event. Meckes used a green pumpkin Senko in 8 to 12 feet of water to catch his fish.

 

WHO:               The remaining top 10 anglers:

                        2nd:    Bob Salotti, Geneva, N.Y., five bass, 15-11, $1,628

                        3rd:     Mark Schafer, Williamstown, N.J., five bass, 15-3, $1,084

                        4th:     John Lorenzo, Kane, Pa., five bass, 14-10, $760

                        5th:     George Hutchinson, Mullica Hill, N.J., five bass, 14-7, $651 plus $1,000 Evinrude bonus

                        6th:     Jamie Hartman, Newport, N.Y., five bass, 13-11, $597

                        7th:     Andrew Kartesz, Ludlow, Pa., five bass, 13-10, $543

                        8th:     Richard Damianos, Cortland, N.Y., five bass, 13-7, $488

                        9th:     Richard French, Newfield, N.Y., five bass, 13-1, $407

                        9th:     Thomas Shafer, Pine City, N.Y., five bass, 13-1, $407

 

 

WHAT:              John Detweiler of Harleysville, Pa., caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 13 ounces July 9 to win $1,628 in the Co-angler Division.

 

WHO:               The remaining top 10 co-anglers:

                        2nd:    Aaron Busch, Syracuse, N.Y., five bass, 14-6, $814

                        3rd:     John Wolford, Ligonier, Pa., five bass, 13-0, $542

                        4th:     Jim Hodge, Corning, N.Y., five bass, 12-10, $380

                        5th:     Kevin Hamilton, Montoursville, Pa., five bass, 12-9, $326

                        6th:     Eric Ashley, Utica, N.Y., five bass, 12-5, $298

                        7th:     Roxanne Przelski, Poland, N.Y., five bass, 12-3, $271

                        8th:     Charles Stewart, New Berlin, Pa., five bass, 12-0, $244

                        9th:     Craig Dubois, Sprakers, N.Y., five bass, 11-10, $217

                        10th:   Vince Lawyer, Webster, N.Y., four bass, 11-0, $190

                                                 

NOTES:            The next BFL Northeast Division tournament is scheduled for July 23 on 1000 Islands in Clayton, N.Y. After the fifth Northeast 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 Smith Mountain Lake in Huddleston, Va. 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.