MONETA, Va. (April 3, 2006) - Boater Brandon Reynolds of Callands, Va., earned $5,735 Saturday as winner of the Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division bass fishing tournament on Smith Mountain Lake. The tournament was the first of five regular-season Shenandoah Division events and featured 187 boaters vying for the win, which earned Reynolds 200 points in the Boater Division.
Reynolds' winning catch of five bass weighed 17 pounds, 7 ounces. He was fishing a prespawn pattern flipping jigs around docks to catch his bass.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Shayne Berlo of Vienna, Va. (five bass, 16 pounds, 3 ounces, $2,867); Robert Hudson of Lynchburg, Va. (five bass, 16 pounds, 1 ounce, $1,911); Ed Robtison of Roanoke, Va. (five bass, 15 pounds, 10 ounces, $1,388); and Andy Campbell of Madison Heights, Va. (five bass, 15 pounds, 8 ounces, $1,147).
Todd Harris of Pfafftown, N.C., took Boater Division big-bass award honors, earning $935 for a 6-pound, 3-ounce bass.
James Hostelka of Fredericksburg, Va., earned $750 dollars for winning the Ranger Cup and powered by Yamaha contingency awards.
Richard Stanton of Locust Grove, Va., won the Co-angler Division to earn $2,844, thanks to five bass weighing 11 pounds, 11 ounces that he caught while fishing a jig in deep water.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Paul Cosman of New Market, Md. (three bass, 11 pounds, 10 ounces, $1,422); Billy Reed of Yorktown, Va. (three bass, 10 pounds, 14 ounces, $948); Kevin Fizzano of Radford, Va., (three bass, 10 pounds, 1 ounce, $664); and Mike Wray of Chester, Va. (four bass, 9 pounds, 13 ounces, $569).
Kevin Bradbury of Dunkirk, Md., earned $460 as the co-angler big-bass award winner.
The Shenandoah Division's next event will be held May 6 on Potomac River near Woodbridge, Va., followed by an event on Lake Gaston near Bracey, Va., June 3. The fourth event will be held July 23 on the James River and the Shenandoah Division will wrap up its regular season Sept. 30-Oct. 1 with a two-day Super Tournament on the Potomac River near Woodbridge.