HENDERSON, N.C. (Sept. 25, 2006) - Boater Brandon Gray of Bullock, N.C., earned 300 points and $7,695 Sunday as the winner of the Bass Fishing League Piedmont Division Super Bass Tournament on Kerr Lake.
Gray's two-day winning catch of 10 bass weighing 24 pounds where caught in the Nut Bush area on crankbaits.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Anthony Fofi of Spring Lake, N.C. (eight bass, 20 pounds, 15 ounces, $3,848); Dan Treadaway of Rocky Mount, N.C. (nine bass, 19 pounds, 8 ounces, $2,565); Wayne Smelser of Rural Retreat, Va. (seven bass, 18 pounds, 7 ounces, $1,796); and Jeff Gafford of Pamplin, Va. (seven bass, 16 pounds, 14 ounces, $1,539).
Treadaway also took home $500 for being the highest placing Ranger Cup participant.
Jeffrey Emmons of Asheboro, N.C., won the Boater Division Big Bass award with a 5-pound, 5-ounce bass that earned him $1,200.
Vic Riveras of Newport News, Va., earned $3,848 as the co-angler winner thanks to five bass weighing 15 pounds, 14 ounces that he caught on a Texas-rigged Zoom Centipede on the Roanoke River.
Riveras also earned $600 as the co-angler Snickers Big Bass winner with a 6-pound, 5-ounce bass.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Brian Clark of South Boston, Va. (six bass, 13 pounds, $1,924); Kurt Koedyker of Hopewell, Va. (six bass, 12 pounds, 13 ounces, $1,281); Travis Padgett of Wake Forrest, N.C. (five bass, 11 pounds, 12 ounces, $898); and Jack Markham III of Stem, N.C. (six bass, 11 pounds, 10 ounces, $770).
The top 40 Piedmont Division boaters and co-anglers based on year-end points standings will now advance to the no-entry-fee Smith Mountain Lake Regional Championship near Moneta, Va., Oct. 19-21, where they will compete against Empire, North Carolina and Northeast Division 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.