GALLATIN, Tenn. (Oct. 2, 2006) - Boater Bryant Ailor of Knoxville, Tenn., earned 300 points and $5,761 Sunday as the winner of the Bass Fishing League Music City Division Super Bass Tournament on Old Hickory Lake. He also earned a $1,000 Ranger Cup Bonus for a total of $6,761 in winnings.
Ailor's two-day winning catch of 10 bass weighed 17 pounds, 10 ounces. He was throwing crankbaits around 10 to 15 feet of water to catch his bass.
Rounding out the top five boaters are John Smith of Rockvale, Tenn. (seven bass, 17 pounds, 5 ounces, $2,880); Robert Carathers of Spring Hill, Tenn. (eight bass, 17 pounds, 4 ounces, $1,921); Eddie Walker of Pinson, Ala. (10 bass, 16 pounds, 13 ounces, $1,344); and Loyd Smith of Westmoreland, Tenn. (10 bass, 16 pounds, 2 ounces, $1,152).
Derek Hicks of Rocky Face, Ga., won the Boater Division Big Bass award with a 5-pound, 13-ounce bass that earned him $765.
David Womack of Gallatin, Tenn., earned $2,880 as the co-angler winner thanks to four bass weighing 11 pounds, 7 ounces that he caught on a Zoom Baby Brush Hog thrown around wood in 1 to 2 feet of water.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are John Case of Murfreesboro, Tenn. (five bass, 10 pounds, 5 ounces, $1,440); Brooks Trimble of Adairville, Ky. (seven bass, 10 pounds, 3 ounces, $962); Derrick Harris of Old Hickory, Tenn. (five bass, 9 pounds, 12 ounces, $672); and Kyle Dorsett of Lebanon, Tenn. (four bass, 9 pounds, $576).
Womack also earned $382 as the Co-Angler Division Snickers Big Bass winner with a 4-pound, 3-ounce bass.
The top 40 Music City Division boaters and co-anglers based on year-end points standings will now advance to the no-entry-fee Lake Chickamauga Regional Championship near Hixson, Tenn., Oct. 12-14, where they will compete against Bulldog, Dixie and LBL anglers for a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck in the Boater Division plus six slots in the no-entry-fee 2007 Wal-Mart BFL All-American.