Tournament Results

AMERICAN TEAM BASS

20 teams, May 18, City Ramp, Roanoke River, Plymouth

TOP FINISHERS: 1, Derek Clifton, Garner, and Doug Denton, Clayton, five bass, 12.77 pounds, $595; 2, Alvin Black, Clayton, and Donald Williams, Garner, five fish, 12.46, $357; 3, Jim Britt, St. Pauls, and Ronnie Britt, St. Pauls, five fish, 12.14, $238; big fish, Britt/Britt, 5.28, $252

INFORMATION: Derek Clifton (919) 669-5901, Ronnie Britt (910) 734-4626

WAL-MART BASS FISHING LEAGUE

54 boaters, 54 co-anglers, BFL All-American, May 29-31, Fish Hatchery Ramp, Lake Hamilton, Hot Springs, Ark.

Shayne Berlo, 38, of Vienna, Va., came from behind to win the Wal-Mart BFL All-American on Lake Hamilton this past Saturday with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 20 pounds, 12 ounces. He jumped from second place to earn a $100,000 victory on the final day of competition because of a five-bass catch weighing 4-11.

"I thought someone would come in with a big fish today and blow this thing wide open, but that didn't happen," said Berlo, who works as a business development director. "I'm still absolutely amazed that I won."

Berlo opened the tournament in fifth place Thursday with five bass weighing 8-10 that he caught on a Rebel Pop-R and a Hunter Creek jig in root beer and pepper color. He added five bass weighing 7-7 Friday using a wacky-rigged floating worm and the Hunter Creek jig to advance to the final round in second place. On Saturday, he caught his fish by swimming the jig around boat docks, willow grass lines and bluff banks. On previous days, the bass preferred the bait on the bottom.

"The fish were really keying on movement today, creating reaction strikes," Berlo said. "I probably fished over 100 boat docks today."

This was Berlo's second All-American and his first win in 10 BFL top-10 appearances. To qualify, he finished 12th in the Shenandoah Division and placed fourth in the Potomac River Regional. The victory boosts his career BFL winnings to more than $123,000. He also will advance to the Aug. 14-17 Forrest Wood Cup in Columbia, S.C., for the chance to fish against the world's top professional anglers for $500,000.

"I'm obviously going to be the underdog in the Forrest Wood Cup, so there are no expectations," Berlo said. "I'm just going to do the best I can."

TOP BOATERS: 1, Shayne Berlo, Vienna, Va., 15 bass, 20 pounds, 12 ounces, $100,00; 2, Kevin Snider, Elizabethtown, Ky., 14 fish, 20-9, $50,000; 3, Chris Martinkovic, Liberty Township, Ohio, 15 fish, 20-7, $32,000; 4, Greg Rikard, Leesville, S.C., 14 fish, 20-6, $21,000; 5, Michael Conley, Bainbridge, Ga., 15 fish, 20-5, $26,000, 6, Kim Carver, Milledgeville, Ga., 13 fish, 19-13, $11,000; 7, Terry McWilliams, Greenfield, Ind., 14 fish, 19-3, $15,000; 8, Mike Brueggen, Cashton, Wis., 15 fish, 19-0, $13,500; 9, Brett Sellers, Denham Springs, La., 15 fish, 18-9, $8,000; 10, Ray Griffin, Henderson, N.C., 13 fish, 17-6, $14,000

TOP CO-ANGLERS: (Day 3 catches) 1, Robert Crosnoe, Inverness, Fla., three bass, 5-11, $50,000; 2, Billy Cain, Jackson, Ga., five fish, 5-10, $15,000; 3, Leavitt Hamilton, Prairieville, La., five fish, 5-0, $7,000; 4, Blake Wilson, Prattsville, Ark., two fish, 1-11, $6,000; 5, Allan Williams, Moncks Corner, S.C., three fish, 3-6, $5,000; 6, Brett Wysock, Wilmington, Ill., four fish, 3-11, $9,000; 7, Kenneth Hunnicutt, Jacksonville, Fla., four fish, 3-8, $3,500; 8, Michael Roy, Ivy, Va., one fish, 1-0, $3,000; 9, Chuck Rounds, Benton, Ky., no fish, $4,600; 10, Chris Dozier, Collinsville, Miss., no fish, $4,500

TOP N.C. CO-ANGLER: 24, Dean Talbert, Albemarle, first two days' total, six bass, 6-0, $2,800

TV: 11 a.m. Oct. 26, FSN

INFORMATION: (270) 252-1000, www.flwoutdoors.com

BASSMASTER ELITE SERIES

SCHEDULE: Today-Sunday, Southern Challenge, Wheeler Lake, Decatur, Ala.

INFORMATION: (407) 566-2208, www.bassmaster.com