Golden Wins Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division Tournament
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Golden Wins Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division Tournament
BRACEY, Va. (June 5, 2006) Boater Scott Golden of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., earned $4,428 Saturday as winner of the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Shenandoah event on Lake Gaston. The tournament was the third of five regular-season Shenandoah Division.
Goldens winning catch of five bass weighed 15 pounds, 10 ounces.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Richard Owen of Chester, Va. (five bass, 14 pounds, 1 ounce, $2,214); Terry Olinger of The Plains, Va. (five bass, 13 pounds, 15 ounces, $1,478); Doug Jenkins of Saint Leonard, Md. (five bass, 13 pounds, 7 ounces, $1,033) and David Barker of Emmitsburg, Md. (five bass, 13 pounds, 2 ounces, $886).
Owen also took home an additional $500 for being the highest placing Ranger Cup participant.
Tony Woodard of Four Oaks, N.C., took Boater Division big-bass award honors, earning $635 for a 5-pound, 8-ounce bass.
Jason Houchins of Woodbridge, Va., bested the Co-angler Division competitors to earn $2,214 thanks to five bass weighing 13 pounds, 14 ounces. Houchins took home an additional $317 for winning the Co-angler Division Big Bass Award with a 5-pound, 6-ounce bass.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Luis Garcia of Alexandria, Va. (five bass, 13 pounds, 12 ounces, $1,107); Robert Morales of Mechanicsville, Md. (five bass, 12 pounds, 7 ounces, $738); Joshua Taube of Roanoke, Va. (five bass, 12 pounds, 3 ounces, $517); and Joseph Thomson of Stephens City, Va. (five bass, 11 pounds, 10 ounces, $443).
The Shenandoah Divisions next event will be held July 29 on the James River near Richmond, Va. 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, Va.
Following the regular season, the Shenandoah Division boater with the most points who advances farthest in the Wal-Mart BFL All-American will earn $10,000 as the Yamaha Be the Best points champion. The co-angler points champion who advances farthest will earn $5,000 as the Yamaha Be the Best points champion in the Co-angler Division.
Every angler who receives weight credit in a tournament earns points, with 200 points going to the winner, 199 for second, 198 for third, and so on except for Super Tournaments, which award 300 points to the winner, 299 for second, 298 for third, and so on. The top 40 Shenandoah Division boaters and co-anglers based on year-end points standings will advance to the Kerr Lake Regional near Henderson, N.C., Oct. 12-14, where they will compete against Gator, Savannah River, and South Carolina anglers for one of six slots in the 2007 All-American.
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