According to post-tournament reports, Hatfield caught his fish near the dam, targeting grass lines in 4 to 8 feet of water with a green-pumpkin-colored Rat-L-Trap.

The top 10 boaters:

1st: Steve Hatfield, Ashland, Ohio, five bass, 16-15, $3,426

2nd: Sean Wieda, Florence, Ky., five bass, 15-10, $1,713

3rd: Mark Dove, North Vernon, Ind., five bass, 15-4, $1,141

4th: Craig Burwell, North Baltimore, Ohio, five bass, 14-13, $799

5th: Brock Spencer, Waynesfield, Ohio, five bass, 14-7, $685

6th: Mervin Miller, Sugarcreek, Ohio, five bass, 14-2, $1,258

7th: Butch Dobransky, Canton, Ohio, five bass, 13-8, $671

8th: Mike Lockhart, Belpre, Ohio, five bass, 12-13, $514

9th: Kyle Weisenburger, Ottawa, Ohio, five bass, 12-10, $428

9th: Art Bailey, Twinsburg, Ohio, five bass, 12-10, $428

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Miller caught a bass weighing 4 pounds, 12 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – to earn the Boater’s Big Bass award of $430.

Vetter wins co-angler title

Hans Vetter of Bryan, Ohio, won the Co-angler Division Saturday after catching a five-bass limit weighing 14 pounds, 10 ounces. Vetter earned $1,713 for his victory.

The top 10 co-anglers:

1st: Hans Vetter, Bryan, Ohio, five bass, 14-10, $1,713

2nd: Brian Short, Oxford, Ohio, five bass, 11-13, $1,056

3rd: Frank Aldridge, Wheelersburg, Ohio, five bass, 11-10, $621

4th: Brett Warrick, Westerville, Ohio, five bass, 11-9, $400

5th: Jordan Scales, Russells Point, Ohio, five bass, 10-13, $343

6th: Ryan Sykes, Hamilton, Ohio, five bass, 10-9, $314

7th: John Garrett, Orient, Ohio, five bass, 10-6, $271

7th: Darrell Carroll, Independence, Ky., five bass, 10-6, $271

9th: Hunter Fillmore, Waynesville, Ohio, five bass, 10-2, $228

10th: Bill Langille, Kent, Ohio, five bass, 9-14, $200

Billy French of Hamilton, Ohio, earned the Co-Angler Big Bass Award of $107 after bringing a bass weighing 3 pounds, 12 ounces to the scale.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 11-13 BFL Regional Championship on the Chesapeake Bay in North East, Maryland. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.