Taylor Wins Bass Fishing League Event on Lake of the Ozarks

March 21, 2011
BFL News Archive

Boater Tim Taylor of Nixa, Mo., won the March 19 BFL Ozark Division tournament on Lake of the Ozarks to earn $3,879. Dennis Spell of Desloge, Mo., was the highest-placing co-angler at the March 19 BFL Ozark Division event.                 

 WHAT:              Boater Tim Taylor of Nixa, Mo., caught a five-bass limit weighing 23 pounds, 8 ounces March 19 to win $3,879 in the BFL Ozark Division tournament on Lake of the Ozarks.

 WHO:               The remaining top10 anglers:

                         2nd:       Bob Richardson, Granite City, Ill., five bass, 19-15, $1,940

                         3rd:        Casey Scanlon, Lenexa, Kan., five bass, 18-2, $1,293

                         4th:        David McCormick, Lees Summit, Mo., five bass, 17-2, $905

                         5th:        Andre Dickneite, Freeburg, Mo., five bass, 15-12, $776

                         6th:        Tom Silber, Labadie, Mo., five bass, 15-10, $711

                         7th:        Stephen Isley, Omaha, Ark., four bass, 15-9, $647

                         8th:        Mike Foree, Osage Beach, Mo., five bass, 15-6, $582

                         9th:        Denver Gulley, Mountain Home, Ark., five bass, 15-2, $517

                         10th:      John Bach, Salem, Mo., five bass, 14-15, $453

     WHAT:              Dennis Spell of Desloge, Mo., caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 5 ounces March 19 to win $1,940 in the Co-angler Division.

 WHO:               The remaining top10 co-anglers:

                         2nd:       Kit Lueg, Lenexa, Kan., five bass, 14-2, $970

                         3rd:        Bryan Barnard, Harrison, Ark., five bass, 12-11, $646

                         4th:        Jesse Cruz, Bentonville, Ark., five bass, 12-3, $453

                         5th:        Hank Goen, Harrisburg, Mo., five bass, 11-3, $388

                         6th:        Marcial Amaro, Maplewood, Mo., three bass, 10-4, $356

                         7th:        Tommy Lowery, Ofallon, Mo., three bass, 9-13, $323

                         8th:        Dane Carlson, Prairie Village, Kan., four bass, 9-9, $291

                         9th:        Bobbie Green, Lees Summit, Mo., four bass, 9-4, $259

                         10th:      Corey Besgrove, Macon, Mo., three bass, 8-10, $226

                            NOTES:            The next BFL Ozark Division tournament is scheduled for April 30 on Stockton Lake in Stockton, Mo. After the fifth Ozark Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Nov. 3-5 Regional Championship on Lake Dardanelle in Russellville, Ark. 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.