WHAT:Chad Pipkens of Holt, Mich., caught a 5-bass limit weighing 27 pounds, 10 ounces Saturday, June 5, 2010 to win $3,545 in the FLW BFL Michigan Division tournament on Burt/Mullett Lakes. Under partly cloudy skies Pipkens was sight fishing in 10-15 feet of water in Burt Lake to bag his limit.
WHO:The remaining top 10 anglers were:
2nd: Trevor Jancasz, White Pigeon, Mich., five bass, 26-2, $1,773
3rd: Marc Snyder, Saint Johns, Mich., five bass, 24-5, $1,181
4th: David Reault, Livonia, Mich., five bass, 23-2, $827
5th: Randy Ramsey, Battle Creek, Mich., five bass, 22-10, $709
6th: Ryan Lapine, Portage, Mich., five bass, 21-13, $650
7th: Jeff Kellogg, Rockford, Mich., five bass, 21-12, $591
8th: Heath Wagner, Angola, Ind., five bass, 21-10, $532
9th: Scott Dobson, Clarkston, Mich., five bass, 21-6, $473
10th: Jared Rhode, Port Clinton, Ohio, five bass, 20-8, $414
WHAT:Jay Shaffer of Bath, Mich., caught a 5-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 4 ounces Saturday, June 5, 2010 to win $1,733 in the FLW BFL Michigan Co-angler Division on Burt/Mullett Lakes. Shaffer was using a Jackall Cross Tail in green pumpkin in 10-15 feet of water to catch his spawning fish.
WHO:The remaining top 10 co-anglers were:
2nd: Joseph Nega, Chicago, Ill., five bass, 16-4, $866
3rd: Ted Gilmour, Trenton, Mich., five bass, 16-2, $577
4th: Jay Van Dyke, Wyoming, Mich., five bass, 15-3, $404
5th: Michael Stewart, Elk Grove Village, Ill., four bass, 14-12, $347
6th: Arthur Teper, Wixom, Mich., five bass, 14-4, $318
7th: Josh Vanorder, Hamilton, Mich., five bass, 14-2, $2898th: Tony Grubb, Ann Arbor, Mich., five bass, 12-14, $2609th: David Matual, Chicago, Ill., three bass, 12-3, $23110th:Dennis Maybee, Flint, Mich., three bass, 11-8, $202
NOTES:The next BFL Michigan Division tournament is scheduled for July 17, at the Detroit River in Trenton, Mich. After the fifth Michigan Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Regional Championship at Kentucky Lake in Gilbertsville, Ky., on Oct. 21-23 for a chance to win a 198VX Ranger boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard and a Chevy pick-up, co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.
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