Lloyd Pickett Wins BFL at Ross Barnett Reservoir

Lloyd Pickett Jr. of Bartlett, Tenn., caught a five-bass limit weighing 25 pounds, 2 ounces Saturday to earn $6,763 as the winning boater in the BFL Mississippi Division tournament on Ross Barnett Reservoir.

Rounding out the top 10 boaters:
2nd: Reid Sanders, Newton, Miss., five bass, 17-9, $2,381
3rd: Daniel Robertson, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 16-2, $1,585
4th: Jimmy Carruth, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 16, $1,111
5th: Ben Blackwell, Humboldt, Tenn., five bass, 15-11, $953
6th: Homer Hutzel, III, Ridgeland, Miss., five bass, 14, $873
7th: Ryan Stewart, Madison, Miss., five bass, 13-15, $794
8th: William McKay, Jr., Brandon, Miss., three bass, 13-12, $714
9th: Ray King, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 13-3, $635
10th: Ricky Houston, Marietta, Miss., five bass, 13-2, $556

Griffin winning co-angler

Co-angler Jason Griffin of Benton, Miss., caught a five-bass limit weighing 14 pounds, 10 ounces to win $2,381 in the BFL Mississippi Division event at Ross Barnett Reservoir.

Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers:
2nd: Timmy Ming, Louisville, Miss., five bass, 11-11, $1,191
3rd: Kendall Nix, Greenwood, Miss., four bass, 11-9, $791
4th: Jay Breland, Carriere, Miss., three bass, 9-14, $556
5th: Rickey McKenzie, Flowood, Miss., five bass, 9-9, $456
5th: Ronnie Quick, Brandon, Miss., five bass, 9-9, $456
7th: Jimmy Tisdale, Ellisville, Miss., two bass, 7-15, $397
8th: Jon Hutzel, Forest, Miss., five bass, 7-13, $357
9th: Jason Hall, Bartlett, Tenn., three bass, 7-9, $318
10th: Lance Graves, Raymond, Miss., four bass, 7-7, $278

Coming up

The next BFL Mississippi Division tournament is scheduled for April 10 at Pickwick Lake in Iuka, Miss. After the fifth Mississippi Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers in the points standings will qualify for the Oct. 7-9 Regional Championship at Lake Barkley in Kuttawa, Ky., where boaters will fish for a new Ranger 198VX powered by a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard plus a Chevy pick-up, and co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.