TELL CITY, Ind. (July 30, 2007) - Boater Terry Dillon of Plainfield, Ind., won the Bass Fishing League Hoosier Division bass fishing tournament on the Ohio River Saturday with a four-bass catch weighing 8 pounds, 10 ounces. The victory earned Dillon $3,727 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Kentucky Lake Regional Championship in Gilbertsville, Ky., Oct. 18-20, where he could ultimately win a new 519VX Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.
Dillon caught his bass flipping a spinnerbait into shallow cover near Deer Creek to win the event.
Rounding out the top five boaters are TJ Edwards of Saint Paul, Ind. (three bass, 7-2, $2,193); Aaron Sisk of Evansville, Ind. (three bass, 6-13, $1,463); Stu Moyer of Indianapolis, Ind. (three bass, 6-12, $1,023) and Larry Sisk of Evansville, Ind. (four bass, 6-0, $877).
Dillon took home the Boater Division Snickers Big Bass award, earning $620 for a 4-pound, 9-ounce bass.
George Osha of Steger, Ill., earned $2,193 as the co-angler winner Saturday thanks to one bass weighing 4 pounds, 12 ounces that he caught while fishing a black and blue Terminator jig creek mouths and channel cuts.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Eric Doss of Indianapolis, Ind. (two bass, 4-10, $1,096); Brian Sanders of Orleans, Ind. (three bass, 3-5, $730); John Braun of Cannelton, Ind. (one bass, 3-2, $512); Jim Hippensteel of Rochester, Ind. (one bass, 2-14, $420) and Michael Vertesch of Indianapolis, Ind. (two bass, 2-14, $420).
Osha earned $310 as the co-angler Big Bass winner after catching a 4-pound, 12-ounce bass.
The Hoosier Division's final event of the regular season will be a two-day Super Tournament held Sept. 8-9 on Patoka Lake in Jasper, Ind.