Busby best BFL boater on Truman Lake
Pailer winning co-angler
Boater Josh Busby of Rogersville, Mo., caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 3 ounces Saturday to win $3,113 plus a $2,000 Ranger Cup bonus in the FLW BFL Ozark Division tournament on Truman Lake. Busby was fishing near the dam with a 10-inch worm on a Carolina rig to catch his limit.
Rounding out the top 10 boaters:
2nd: Larry Egidy, Warsaw, Mo., four bass, 11-4, $1,557
3rd: Jason Perrego, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., five bass, 10-9, $2,037*
4th: Dennis Berhorst, Holts Summit, Mo., four bass, 10-5, $726
5th: Chris Savoie, Topeka, Kan., three bass, 9-10, $623
6th: Jim Eakin, Plato, Mo., three bass, 9-2, $571
7th: Nathan Poindexter, Midwest City, Okla., three bass, 8-13, $519
8th: Marcus Sykora, Osage Beach, Mo., three bass, 8-11, $467
9th: Greg Poindexter, Bolivar, Mo., four bass, 8-2, $415
10th: Jim Young, House Springs, Mo., two bass, 7-2, $363
*includes $1,000 Evinrude bonus
Pailer winning co-angler
Donald Pailer of Arnold, Mo., caught three bass weighing 6 pounds, 11 ounces to win $1,557 in the Co-angler Division on Truman Lake. Pailer was finesse-fishing with a green-pumpkin worm eight miles from takeoff to haul in his winning sack.
Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers:
2nd: Kal Chamaoun, St. Louis, two bass, 6-2, $778
3rd: Kevin Crady, Desoto, Mo., two bass, 6, $521
4th: Pete Mathews, Shawnee, Kan., three bass, 5-13, $363
5th: Gary White, Lamar, Mo., one bass, 5-5, $311
6th: Donald Simonsen, Omaha, Neb., two bass, 4-10, $285
7th: Jarod Newman, Galena, Kan., two bass, 4-3, $259
8th: Chris McQuarry, Springfield, Mo., one bass, 4-1, $233
9th: Steve Miller, Excelsior Springs, Mo., one bass, 3-13, $208
10th: James Camden Jr., Clinton, Mo., one bass, 3-1, $182
Coming up
The next and last BFL Ozark Division tournament for 2010 is scheduled for Sept. 25-26, a Super Tournament at Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo. After that tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 14-16 Regional Championship at Lake Texoma in Denison Texas, where boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger 198VX with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard and a Chevy pick-up, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.
About FLW Outdoors
FLW Outdoors, named after Forrest L. Wood, the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, is the largest fishing tournament organization in the world offering anglers worldwide the opportunity to compete for millions over the course of 189 tournaments in 2010. FLW Outdoors has also taken fishing mainstream with FLW Fantasy Fishing awarding the largest prizes in the history of fantasy sports. FLW Outdoors memberships are available featuring numerous benefits including Player’s Advantage. For more information about FLW Outdoors and its tournaments, visit FLWOutdoors.com or call (270) 252-1000. For more information about FLW Fantasy Fishing, visit FantasyFishing.com.