SMYRNA, Tenn. (April 16, 2018) – Boater John Hopkins of Hendersonville, Tennessee, caught a five-bass limit weighing 15 pounds, 2 ounces, Saturday to win the Bass Fishing League (BFL) Music City Division event on Percy Priest Lake. For his efforts, Hopkins took home $4,177.
According to post-tournament reports, Hopkins caught his fish in the mid-lake area, fishing in 6 to 10 feet of water throwing a jig.
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: John Hopkins, Hendersonville, Tenn., five bass, 15-2, $4,177
2nd: Dwight Fox, Gainesboro, Tenn., five bass, 14-13, $1,589
3rd: Cornell Creciun III, Nolensville, Tenn., five bass, 14-12, $992
4th: Hunter Carmichael, Nolensville, Tenn., five bass, 13-13, $695
5th: Ronald Perry, Gallatin, Tenn., five bass, 13-12, $595
6th: John Wilkerson, Nashville, Tenn., five bass, 13-4, $546
7th: Adam Wagner, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 13-3, $496
8th: Matt Farrar, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 12-14, $447
9th: John Graves, Mount Juliet, Tenn., five bass, 12-13, $397
10th: Tony Eckler, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 12-8, $347
David Milan of Memphis, Tennessee, brought a 5-pound, 15-ounce bass to the scale – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $340. Bryan Brinson of Hendersonville, Tennessee, won the Co-angler Division and $1,489 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 13 pounds, 4 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Bryan Brinson, Hendersonville, Tenn., five bass 13-4, $1,489
2nd: Howard Dowdy, Livingston, Tenn., four bass, 13-3, $844
3rd: Michael Dority, Winchester, Tenn., five bass, 12-6, $497
4th: Eric Eden, Hartsville, Tenn., five bass, 12-1, $347
5th: Michael Penix, Chapel Hill, Tenn., five bass, 11-15, $298
6th: Brandon Eden, Hartsville, Tenn., five bass, 11-10, $260
6th: Darren Kelly, Wartburg, Tenn., five bass, 11-10, $310
8th: Jonathan Wiley, Smyrna, Tenn., four bass, 10-15, $223
9th: Jacob Jewell, Chapel Hill, Tenn., five bass, 10-8, $198
10th: Brandon Davis, Canton, Ga., five bass, 10-5, $174
Derrick Harris of Mount Juliet, Tennessee, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division weighing in at 5 pounds, 13 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $170.