Bass anglers Dave Lefebre of Harborcreek Township and Danny Jones of North East will compete in the EverStart Series Northern Division event on Lake Champlain this weekend.

Competition starts today at 6 a.m. and runs through Saturday. The tournament is based in Plattsburgh, N.Y.

The winning pro will earn $35,000 and, with Ranger Cup bonuses, could win a new boat. The winning co-angler will win a Ranger 177TR and $5,000 in Ranger Cup bonuses. The top 50 pros and 50 co-anglers from a field of as many as 300 will cash.

North East’s Danny Jones is one of 200 boaters who will fish for the $100,000 top prize Nov. 3-6 at the Toyota Tundra BWS National Championship tournament at Guntersville State Park in Guntersville, Ala.

The 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers each will fish three days to try to qualify for Sunday’s 25-person finals. The winner also will qualify for the 2011 Bassmaster Classic.

Second place in the boater division is worth $20,000 and third place $10,000. The top 50 boaters will win at least $1,300 each.
Jones, 19, qualified by finishing 29th out of a field of 186 anglers in the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series regional championship Oct. 22-23 on Kerr Lake near Henderson, N.C. The top 50 finishers advanced to this week’s event, which will feature anglers from more than 40 states.

Jones wasn’t the only angler from North East who fished the North Carolina event.
Keith DiLuzio and his wife, Rebecca DiLuzio, each fished as co-anglers. Keith DiLuzio finished 102nd, 20 spots ahead of Rebecca DiLuzio in the 180-person field.