Boater Paul Rigsbee of Durham, N.C., caught a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds, 3 ounces Saturday to win $4,271 in the BFL Piedmont Division tournament on Lake Gaston.
Rounding out the top 10 anglers in the Boater Division:
2nd: David Farrington, Greensboro, N.C., five bass, 17-6, $2,136
3rd: Thomas Hicks, Goochland, Va., five bass, 15-3, $1,424
4th: Kendall Dail, Chinquapin, N.C., five bass, 13-11, $925
4th: Wally Szuba, Cary, N.C., four bass, 13-11, $925
6th: Bill McCall, Boydton, Va., five bass, 13-2, $783
7th: Cavin Young, Prince George, Va., five bass, 12-12, $712
8th: Derik Hudson, Hurt, Va., five bass, 12-0, $641
9th: Mark Inman, Greensboro, N.C., five bass, 11-9, $569
10th: Ryan Harrell, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., four bass, 11-7, $498
Talbard winning co-angler
Donald Talbard of Ringgold, Va., caught a five-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 2 ounces Saturday to win $2,136 in the Co-angler Division at the BFL Piedmont event on Lake Gaston.
Rounding out the top 10 in the Co-angler Division:
2nd: Chris Davis, Raleigh, N.C., five bass, 13-10, $1,068
3rd: Ronald Livengood, Henderson, N.C., five bass, 13-0, $712
4th: Michael Nelms, Hartwood, Va., four bass, 12-8, $498
5th: Douglas Washburn, Chapel Hill, N.C., five bass, 12-4, $427
6th: David Van Nett, Raleigh, N.C., three bass, 10-5, $392
7th: Tony Toombs, Drakes Branch, Va., three bass, 9-14, $356
8th: Gary McClain, Chesapeake, Va., five bass, 9-1, $320
9th: David Hammond, Salem, Va., four bass, 8-12, $285
10th: Hubert Roman, Lexington, N.C., four bass, 8-10, $249
Coming up
The next BFL Piedmont Division tournament is scheduled for April 17 at Kerr Lake in Henderson, N.C. After the fifth Piedmont Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 7-9 Regional Championship at the Potomac River in Woodbridge, Va., where boaters compete for a top award of a Ranger 198VX with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard and a Chevy pick-up, and co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.