Mathis Wins Bass Fishing League Event on Santee Cooper

April 11, 2011
BFL News Archive

 WHAT:              Boater Grayson Mathis of Aiken, S.C., caught a five-bass limit weighing 27 pounds, 11 ounces April 9 to win $3,466 in the Bass Fishing League South Carolina Division tournament on Santee Cooper.

 

WHO:               The remaining top10 anglers:

                        2nd:       Lindwood Thornhill, Pineville, S.C., five bass, 27-6, $1,733

                        3rd:        Ross Burns, Columbia, S.C., five bass, 27-0, $1,155

                        4th:        William Smith, Moncks Corner, S.C., five bass, 26-7, $809

                        5th:        Mark Hutson, Moncks Corner, S.C., five bass, 25-5, $693

                        6th:        Ronnie McCoy, Lamar, S.C., five bass, 23-13, $606

                        6th:        Artie Phillips, Monroe, N.C., five bass, 23-13, $606

                        8th:        Pete Anderson, Gastonia, N.C., five bass, 23-3, $520

                        9th:        Brad Schindledecker, Moncks Corner, S.C., five bass, 23-0, $462

                        10th:      Joey Sabbagha, Little Mountain, S.C., five bass, 22-11, $404

 

 

WHAT:              Todd Lawrence of Rock Hill, S.C., caught a five-bass limit weighing 21 pounds, 0 ounces April 9 to win $1,713 in the Co-angler Division.

 

WHO:               The remaining top10 co-anglers:

                        2nd:       Mark Osborne, Union, S.C., five bass, 19-7, $856

                        3rd:        Josh Robbins, Cowpens, S.C., three bass, 15-5, $571

                        4th:        D.J. McEachern, Columbia, S.C., four bass, 14-3, $400

                        5th:        Wyatt Hammond, Myrtle Beach, S.C., five bass, 13-6, $343

                        6th:        Mike Branch, West Columbia, S.C., five bass, 12-0, $314

                        7th:        Gregory Littles, Columbia, S.C., four bass, 11-15, $285

                        8th:        Jeff Rikard, Leesville, S.C., four bass, 11-5, $257

                        9th:        Jimmy Bihlear, Goose Creek, S.C., five bass, 11-1, $228

                        10th:      Shane Cantley, Elgin, S.C., four bass, 11-0, $200

                                                 

NOTES:            The next BFL South Carolina Division tournament is scheduled for May 14 on Lake Wateree in Camden, S.C. After the fifth South Carolina 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 Smith Mountain Lake in Huddleston, Va. 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.