Stegall Wins Bass Fishing League Event On Pickwick Lake

March 14, 2011
BFL News Archive

Boater Roger Stegall of Iuka, Miss., won the March 12 BFL Mississippi Division tournament on Pickwick Lake to earn $7,304. Blake Hodge of Water Valley, Miss., won the co-angler title at the BFL Mississippi Division on Pickwick Lake March 12 with five bass weighing 21-4 to win $2,652.

 WHAT:              Boater Roger Stegall of Iuka, Miss., caught a five-bass limit weighing 24 pounds, 12 ounces March 12to win $7,304 in the BFL Mississippi Division tournament on Pickwick Lake.

 WHO:               The remaining top10 anglers:

                         2nd:       Andy Houpt, Mantachie, Miss., five bass, 20-1, $2,652

                         3rd:        Steve Hatch, Long Beach, Miss., five bass, 18-10, $1,768

                         4th:        Jon Simpson, Florence, Ala., five bass, 18-5, $1,238

                         5th:        T.A. Cook, III, Booneville, Miss., five bass, 17-12, $1,061

                         6th:        Jon Butler Jr., Cordova, Tenn., five bass, 17-3, $972

                         7th:        Gary Harlan, Tishomingo, Miss., five bass, 16-12, $884

                         8th:        Sam Moody, Athens, Ala., five bass, 16-10, $796

                         9th:        Brad McCulley, Courtland, Miss., five bass, 16-7, $707

                         10th:      Nathan Ashmore, Baldwyn, Miss., five bass, 16-5, $588

                         10th:      Charles Crouch, Waterloo, Ala., five bass, 16-5, $588

   WHAT:              Blake Hodge of Water Valley, Miss., caught a five-bass limit weighing 21 pounds, 4 ounces March 12 to win $2,652 in the Co-angler Division.

 WHO:               The remaining top10 co-anglers:

                         2nd:       Tim Callahan, Houston, Miss., five bass, 15-13, $1,326

                         3rd:        Anthony Clayton, Muscle Shoals, Ala., five bass, 15-4, $887

                         4th:        Mark Sullivan, Collinsville, Miss., five bass, 15-3, $619

                         5th:        Mitchell Ray, Florence, Ala., five bass, 14-14, $530

                         6th:        John Breeden, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 14-12, $486

                         7th:        Tracy Taylor, Tupelo, Miss., five bass, 14-11, $442

                         8th:        Ricky Dudley, Greenville, Miss., five bass, 13-9, $398

                         9th:        Drew Bishop, Germantown, Tenn., five bass, 13-5, $354

                         10th:      Kenneth Underwood, Columbus, Miss., five bass, 13-2, $309

   NOTES:            The next BFL Mississippi Division tournament is scheduled for April 9 on Ross Barnett Reservoir in Brandon, Miss. After the fifth Mississippi 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 Wheeler Lake in Decatur, Ala. 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 with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.