Hamlin Jr. Wins Bass Fishing League Event on Lake Lanier

April 12, 2010
BFL News Archive

WHAT : Tom Hamlin, Jr., of Lizella, Ga., caught a 5-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 6 ounces Saturday, April 10, 2010 to win $5,133 in the FLW Bass Fishing League Bulldog Division tournament on Lake Lanier. He was throwing a Zoom Grass Craw in 2-6 feet of water.

WHO: The remaining top10 anglers were:

 2nd: Tim Peek, Sharpsburg, Ga., five bass, 16-7, $2,566

 3rd: Sam Harris, Bogart, Ga., five bass, 16-5, $1,710

 4th: Phil Johnson, Gainesville, Ga., five bass, 15-15, $1,198

 5th: Rick Steckelberg, Gainesville, Ga., five bass, 14-6, $1,027

 6th: Jason Meninger, Gainesville, Ga., five bass, 14-4, $941

 7th: Terry Stevens, Marianna, Fla., five bass, 13-14, $855

 8th: Scott Chatham, Cartersville, Ga., five bass, 13-11, $770

 9th: Kip Carter, Loganville, Ga., five bass, 13-8, $684

 10th: Tony Couch, Buckhead, Ga., five bass, 13-7, $599

WHAT : Graham Johnston of Suwanee, Ga., caught a 5-bass limit weighing 13 pounds, 10 ounces Saturday, April 10, 2010 to win $2,566 in the FLW BFL Bulldog Co-angler Division on Lake Lanier. Johnston was using spinnerbaits in 5-10 feet of water around rock and grass flats to bag his limit.

WHO: The remaining top10 co-anglers were:

 2nd: Jason Wiley, Soperton, Ga., five bass, 12-6, $1,283

 3rd: David Morton, Suwanee, Ga., four bass, 11-13, $855

 4th: Kyle Rogers, Cleveland, Ga., five bass, 10-15, $599

 5th: James Kling, Moultrie, Ga., five bass, 10-13, $513

 6th: Kevin Hawk, Ramona, Calif., five bass, 10-10, $471

 7th: Ralph Moseley, Panama, Fla., five bass, 10-6, $428

 8th: Jesse Millsaps, Jasper, Ga., five bass, 10-5, $385

 9th: Bryce Giddens, Moultrie, Ga., five bass, 10-3, $342

 10th: Jeff Ferrell, Oxford, Ga., three bass, 9-6, $299

NOTES: The next BFL Bulldog Division tournament is scheduled for May 22, at Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, Ga. After the fifth Bulldog Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Regional Championship at Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, Ga., 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.