LA PLATA, Md. (Sept. 11, 2006) - Boater Barton Wines of Warrenton, Va., earned 300 points and $5,077 Sunday as the winner of the Bass Fishing League Northeast Division Super Bass Tournament on the Potomac River. He also earned a $1,000 Ranger Cup bonus for a total of $6,077 in winnings.
Wines' two-day winning catch of 10 bass weighed 26 pounds, 15 ounces. He was throwing a Zoom green pumpkin Brush Hog in and around submerged weedbeds to catch his bass..
Rounding out the top five boaters are Bryan Schmitt of Columbia, Md. (10 bass, 23 pounds, 2 ounces, $2,539); Bill Naron of Huntingtown, Md. (10 bass, 22 pounds, 11 ounces, $1,694); Richard Martin Jr. of Sparrows Point, Md., (seven bass, 20 pounds, 7 ounces, $1,185) and Doug Jenkins of Saint Leonard, Md. (10 bass, 19 pounds, 2 ounces, $1,015).
Timothy Hagerich of Carlisle, Pa., won the Boater Division Snickers Big Bass award with a 4-pound, 13-ounce bass that earned him $637.
Brian Wisniewski of South Amboy, N.J., earned $2,539 as the co-angler winner thanks to seven bass weighing 15 pounds, 5 ounces that he caught on a combination of finesse tackle and a ChatterBait in submerged weedbeds.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Peter Yanni of Gaithersburg, Md. (eight bass, 15 pounds, 4 ounces, $1,269); Atsushi Nakahigashi of Chester, Va. (eight bass, 14 pounds, 12 ounces, $846); Kevin Smith of Somerdale, N.J., (five bass, 13 pounds, 7 ounces, $592) and Gary McGill of Clear Springs, Md. (six bass, 12 pounds, $508).
Yanni earned an additional $319 as the co-angler Snickers Big Bass winner with a 4-pound, 6-ounce bass.
The top 40 Northeast boaters and co-anglers based on year-end points standings will now advance to the no-entry-fee Smith Mountain Regional Championship near Moneta, Va., Oct. 19-21, where they will compete against Empire, North Carolina and Piedmont 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.