TRENTON, Mich. (Aug. 27, 2007) - Boater Jim Hull of Sidney, Ohio won the Bass Fishing League Michigan Division bass fishing tournament on the Detroit River Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 22 pounds, 14 ounces. The victory earned Hull $3,400 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Mississippi River Regional Championship in Fort Madison, Iowa on Oct. 4-6, where he could ultimately win a new 519VX Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.
Hull caught his bass on Lake Erie using a Berkley Gulp Minnow on a drop-shot rig to catch his limit.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Seth Valentine of Wixom, Mich. (five bass, 20-10, $2,000); Joe Balog of Harrison Township, Mich. (five bass, 20-06, $1,334); Cecil Cole of Durand, Mich. (five bass, 20-03, $933) and Donald Hewkin of Zion, Ill. (five bass, 20-00, $800).
Balog and John Zubkoff of Monroe, Mich., each took home the Boater Division Big Bass award, earning $270 for a 5-pound, 4-ounce bass.
Robert Scott of Howell, Mich., earned $2,000 as the co-angler winner Saturday thanks to five bass weighing 19 pounds, 8 ounces that he caught while fishing a tube on the main river.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Jeremy Baker of Clay, Mich. (five bass, 18-08, $1,000); Robert Hernandez of Dearborn, Mich. (five bass, 18-07, $666); Joe Wong of Hartford City, Ind. (five bass, 17-09, $467) and John Serniak of Yale, Mich. (five bass, 17-06, $400).
Scott and Mike Moran of Highland, Mich., each earned $135 as the co-angler Big Bass winner after catching a 5-pound, 7-ounce bass.
The final event of the regular season will be a two-day Super Tournament held Sept. 15-16 on the Detroit River in Trenton.