Medlock Wins Bass Fishing League Tournament on Lake Toho

April 18, 2011
BFL News Archive

WHAT:             Boater Brandon Medlock of Lake Placid, Fla., won the April 16 Bass Fishing League Gator Division tournament on Lake Toho to earn $4,199. Darrel Thomas of Winter Haven, Fla., won the co-angler title at the Gator Division event on April 16 to earn $2,100. He was fishing in pencil weeds with a Medlock Double-guard jig near the Kissimmee River to haul in his catch.

 

WHO:               The remaining top10 anglers:

                        2nd:       Keith Fels, Ocala, Fla., five bass, 20-8, $2,100

                        3rd:        Kenneth Norris, St. Cloud, Fla., five bass, 19-0, $1,398

                        4th:        Allan Cagle, Deltona, Fla., five bass, 17-5, $980

                        5th:        Miles Burghoff, Orlando, Fla., five bass, 16-15, $840

                        6th:        Van Soles, Haines City, Fla., five bass, 16-6, $770

                        7th:        Mel Stone, Okeechobee, Fla., five bass, 16-5, $700

                        8th:        Neil Davis, Clermont, Fla., five bass, 15-14, $630

                        9th:        Joe Clements, St. Cloud, Fla., five bass, 15-10, $525

                                    Don Demott, Boca Raton, Fla., five bass, 15-10, $525

 

 

WHAT:              Darrel Thomas of Winter Haven, Fla., caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 10 ounces April 16 to win $2,100 in the Co-angler Division. He was using XCalibur One Knocker lipless crankbaits in hydrilla on Toho to haul in his catch.

 

WHO:               The remaining top10 co-anglers:

                        2nd:       Moses Wilson, Clewiston, Fla., five bass, 15-2, $1,050

                        3rd:        Kenneth Bivins, Orlando, Fla., five bass, 14-15, $701

                        4th:        Raymond Riendeau, St. Cloud, Fla., five bass, 14-9, $490

                        5th:        Garry Watkins, Ocala, Fla., five bass, 14-0, $420

                        6th:        David Hunter, Williston, Fla., five bass, 13-11, $385

                        7th:        Michael Wiles, Perry, Fla., five bass, 12-1, $350

                        8th:        Doug Garner, Port St. Lucie, Fla., five bass, 11-15, $315

                        9th:        David Matthews, Winter Haven, Fla., five bass, 11-2, $280

                        10th:      Dave Lauer, McConnelsville, Ohio, five bass, 11-0, $245

 

NOTES:            The next and last BFL Gator Division tournament is scheduled for Oct. 1-2 on Lake Okeechobee in Okeechobee, Fla. After the fifth Gator 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 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.