ESPN Women's Tour

Lisa Sternard of Tennessee improved her margin on the field in victory Saturday.

Sternard, the Day 2 leader, brought four bass to the scales weighing 4 pounds, 11 ounces, for a three-day total of 21-7.

"I didn't think I had it," she said of her first BASS win. "My fish shut down, and I didn't get the quality bite today."

Her three-day total easily beat Patti Campbell of Waxahachie, Texas, who weighed in 18-14. Sternard's strong finishes on the first two days carried her through to the win and the first-place prize of a Triton boat with Mercury outboard valued at $50,000.

An occupational therapist, Sternard, 45, said she fished a Carolina rig, working a green-pumpkin Zoom Finesse Worm on 17-pound-test Berkley Vanish leader in 10 to 50 feet of water.

Saturday she hit northern Lake Norman and the Marshall Steam Plant hot hole, a water-discharge spot that attracted many bass — and many women in the field of 94 pro anglers and their co-anglers all week.

Campbell slid into second with 18-14, including the day's big bass of 3-13, which earned her a $1,000 bonus. She was just 7 ounces ahead of third-place finisher Tammie Muse of North Little Rock, Ark., who finished with 18-7.

Fourth was Women's Bassmaster Tour points leader Sheri Glasgow of Muskogee, Okla., with 17-9. Fifth was South African Christie Thomas with 15-2, and sixth was Day 1 leader Tammy Richardson of Amity, Ark.

The recent winner of the Best Angler ESPY, Richardson echoed other contenders' opinions of the competition's intensity and the reluctance of Lake Norman's bass to bite. "As the week went on, it got slower and tougher," she said.

This event's results shook up the Toyota Women's Bassmaster Tour Angler of the Year points standings, moving Sternard from seventh to fourth place. Glasgow held on to the lead, and Richardson kept her second-place spot.

Points count toward qualifying for the inaugural Women's Bassmaster Tour Championship, Feb. 22-25, 2007, on Lake Mitchell in Alabama. Only the top 12 pros and 12 co-anglers in the points standings are invited to compete.

Also at stake is the first Toyota Angler of the Year title. At the end of the season, the points leader is awarded the title and a 2007 Toyota Tundra.

On the co-angler side, Monica Altman of Angier, N.C., took home the first-place prize of a Triton boat and Mercury package valued at $24,000, plus $1,000 cash.

Patti Campbell managed a runner-up check with 18 pounds, 14 ounces, including the day's big bass of 3-13.

Second was Susan Bowes of Batavia, N.Y., with 13-2, including the co-angler big bass of 3 pounds for a $500 bonus.

Third was Linda Berry of Madison, N.C., with 8-4; fourth was Ronda Kirby of Indianapolis, Ind., with 7-5; fifth was Denese Freeman of Lawton, Okla., with 6-11; and sixth was Cheryl Bowden of Plano, Texas, with 5-7.

The 12 WBT finalists weighed in at Cricket Arena before an audience of fishing fans who also turned out to see the third-day weigh-in of the Bassmaster American presented by Advance Auto Parts.

After the American wraps up Sunday, ESPN2 will provide same-day coverage at 7 p.m. ET.

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