Reynolds Wins BFL Shenandoah Division Event On Smith Mountain Lake

March 28, 2011
BFL News Archive

Boater Benjamin Reynolds of Callands, Va., won the March 26 BFL Shenandoah Division tournament on Smith Mountain Lake to earn $3,766. John Davis of Newport News, Va., won the co-angler title in the Smith Mountain Lake event on March 26 to earn $1,883.

 WHAT:              Boater Benjamin Reynolds of Callands, Va., caught a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds, 12 ounces March 26 to win $3,766 in the BFL Shenandoah Division tournament on Smith Mountain Lake. Reynolds was fishing rocky areas in about 6 feet of water with a Rapala DT6 Shad to sack his limit.

 WHO:               The remaining top10 anglers:

                         2nd:       Jeremy Southerly, Fulks Run, Va., five bass, 17-6, $1,883

                         3rd:        Marty Howard, Lynchburg, Va., five bass, 17, $1,256

                         4th:        Flash Butts, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., five bass, 16-9, $1,879*

                         5th:        Mark Clingenpeel, Boones Mill, Va., five bass, 15-14, $753

                         6th:        Robert Hinds Jr., Petersburg, Va., five bass, 15-13, $690

                         7th:        Robert Hudson, Lynchburg, Va., five bass, 15-12, $596

                         7th:        Dennis Middleton, Madison Heights, Va., five bass, 15-12, $596

                         9th:        Paul Whitehead, Lehighton, Pa., five bass, 15-11, $502

                         10th:      Ryan Mace, Forest, Va., five bass, 15-7, $439

                                     *Includes a $1,000 Evinrude bonus

     WHAT:              John Davis of Newport News, Va., caught a five-bass limit weighing 13 pounds, 14 ounces March 26 to win $1,883 in the Co-angler Division. He was fishing points with green pumpkin Reaction Innovations Sweet Beavers to catch his limit.

 WHO:               The remaining top10 co-anglers:

                         2nd:       Gregory Dawson, Rustburg, Va., five bass, 12-6, $942

                         3rd:        Brent Chapman, Union Hall, Va., five bass, 12, $627

                         4th:        Jacob Weisman, Nanjemoy, Md., five bass, 11-6, $439

                         5th:        Wayne Mace, Lynchburg, Va., five bass, 10-13, $377

                         6th:        Keith Allen, Sumerduck, Va., three bass, 10-11, $345

                         7th:        Michael Mayhew, Bedford, Va., five bass, 10-4, $314

                         8th:        Keith Goldberg, Eagle Rock, Va., four bass, 9-9, $266

                         8th:        Christopher Lineberry, Austinville, Va., three bass, 9-9, $266

                         10th:      Jacob Bumgarner, Monroe, Va., five bass, 9-7, $220

                                NOTES:            The next BFL Shenandoah Division tournament is scheduled for April 16 on the Potomac River in Woodbridge, Va. After the fifth Shenandoah Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Nov. 3-5 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Hartwell in Anderson, S.C. 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.