PELL CITY, Ala. (Sept. 18, 2006) - Boater Kenny Pannell of Springville, Ala., earned 300 points and $7,239 Sunday as the winner of the Bass Fishing League Dixie Division Super Bass Tournament on Lake Logan Martin.
Pannell's two-day winning catch of 10 bass weighed 35 pounds, 3 ounces. He was throwing a jig in and around stumps, laydowns and other submerged structure to catch his bass.
Pannell also won the Boater Division Snickers Big Bass award with a 5-pound, 10-ounce bass that earned him an additional $1,080.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Mike Keel of Auburn, Ala. (10 bass, 29 pounds, 6 ounces, $3,619); Tim Hurst of Oxford, Ala. (10 bass, 28 pounds, 8 ounces, $2,414); Scott Canterbury of Odenville, Ala. (10 bass, 27 pounds, 13 ounces, $1,689); and Jamie Horton of Centerville, Ala. (10 bass, 27 pounds $1,448).
Allan Glasgow of Ashville, Ala., earned $3,569 as the co-angler winner thanks to nine bass weighing 20 pounds, 10 ounces that he caught on a crankbait thrown around underwater stumps and brush piles.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Kyle Dorsett of Lebanon, Tenn. (10 bass, 19 pounds, 13 ounces, $1,785); Craig Fair of Birmingham, Ala. (10 bass, 19 pounds, 11 ounces, $1,191); Chris Carlisle of Hoover, Ala. (10 bass, 18 pounds, 13 ounces, $833); and Shawn Wikoff of Phenix City, Ala. (eight bass, 18 pounds, 9 ounces, $714).
Matt Miles of Heflin, Ala., earned $532 as the co-angler Snickers Big Bass winner with a 3-pound, 10-ounce bass.
The top 40 Dixie 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, LBL and Music City 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.