HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (Oct. 8, 2007) - Boater Tommy Thompson of Benton, Ark., won the Bass Fishing League Arkie Division Super Tournament on Lake Hamilton with a two-day catch of 10 bass weighing 15 pounds. The victory earned Thompson $5,109 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Wright Patman Lake Regional Championship in Texarkana, Texas, Oct. 25-27, where he could ultimately win a new 519VX Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.
Thompson caught his bass shallow throwing a Zoom Horny Toad on a Carolina rig.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Matthew Mize of Ben Lomond, Ark. (10 bass, 14-06, $3,006); Jason Wooten of Clinton, Ark. (eight bass, 13-08, $2,002); Keith Green of Arkadelphia, Ark. (10 bass, 12-14, $1,403) and Adam Wright of Benton, Ark. (nine bass, 12-12, $1,202).
Wooten took home the Boater Division Snickers Big Bass award, earning $825 for a 3-pound, 7-ounce bass that he caught on a red and white buzzbait.
Blake Wilson of Prattsville, Ark., earned $3,006 as the co-angler winner thanks to seven bass weighing 11 pounds, 14 ounces that he caught while fishing a Case Plastic Salty Sink'n Minnow over humps.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Jonathan Johnson of Hot Springs, Ark. (seven bass, 9-07, $1,503); Justin Lancaster of Plainview, Ark. (six bass, 8-15, $1,004); Keeton Blaylock of Benton, Ark. (seven bass, 8-14, $701) and Jesse Mitchell of Malvern, Ark. (six bass, 8-00, $601).
Yancy Parker of Elkins, Ark., earned $412 as the co-angler Big Bass winner after catching a 3-pound, 10-ounce bass that he caught throwing a jig in creek channels.