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April 25, 2026

Salisbury’s Eric Moser won the Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament with 15.35 pounds, a catch bolstered by these two quality bass.

Moser takes title at High Rock

Salisbury’s Eric Moser topped a field of 56 anglers with 15.35 pounds and collected $5,000 at the June 7 Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament at High Rock Lake. […]

Robert Rikard of Lexington finished fourth overall and led South Carolina’s team to fourth place in the TBF Southern Divisional on North Carolina’s Lake Norman.

Rikard leads S.C. TBF team again

Pat Robertson

Robert Rikard of Lexington had never seen North Carolina’s Lake Norman until the Saturday before The Bass Federation’s Southern Divisional in mid-June. […]

Mark Smith and Bill “Hillbilly” Martin display part of their winning catch from an April 26 Catfish Anglers Association Neuse River tournament at Fayetteville.

Kemp takes BFL tourney at Kerr

Tony Garitta

William Kemp of Scotland Neck won the May 3 Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League North Carolina Division tournament at Kerr Lake with a five-fish catch totaling 14-09 and banked $4,352. […]

Davy Hite of Ninety Six shows off two of the Lake Murray bass that helped him finish fourth in the BASS Elite Carolina Clash in mid-May.

Hite has big May in BASS events

Pat Robertson

The book on pro bass fisherman Davy Hite is that he typically gets a second wind in May of each year — just before his birthday — and this year has been no exception. […]

Lexington’s Rick McCrary, holding his two biggest largemouth bass, won the April 12 American Bass Association tournament at Tuckertown Lake with 25.01 pounds.

Travis wins Wylie BASS tourney

Tony Garitta

Brian Travis of Conover won the March 29 Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament at Lake Wylie with 18.74 pounds and earned $5,000. […]

Wyman Brannon (left) and Jacky Singleton of Chapin won the Kyle Page benefit tournament on Lake Murray.

Bass tournament ups and downs

Pat Robertson

Adam Williamson of Ridgeway is only 21, but he has already spent enough time fishing bass tournaments to know that you can be high one day and low the next. […]

Michael Jacobs (pictured) and Bobby Jacobs, both of South Hill, Va., won the March 1 Southern Crappie Association tournament at High Rock Lake with 15.50 pounds.

Ledbetter/Jimmy V field was huge

Tony Garitta

A huge field of 270 teams from six states turned out to support the March 8 Jim Ledbetter Memorial/Jimmy V Foundation Charity Bass Tournament at Lake Norman.

The benefit event raised more than $40,000. […]

Sean Anderson and George Berry weighed in more than 20 pounds of bass to win the CATT tournament on Lake Murray March 1.

Big fish pay off in CATT events

Pat Robertson

The Carolina Anglers Team Trail, in its 10th year of offering excellent bass-fishing competition on three South Carolina lakes — Wylie, Wateree and Murray — kicked off its spring schedule Feb. 16 on Lake Wylie, with the top three teams averaging more than three pounds per bass. […]

Surrounded by club members, Lorraine and Louis Buckwell of Taylors show off two of the fish that helped them win the Midlands Striper Club tournament on Lake Murray Feb. 16.

Snow day helped Rhyne win BFL

Pat Robertson

One Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League tournament winner actually located his fish on a snowy day — in 2007. […]

Lexington’s James Blankenship won the Feb. 9 Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament at Lake Norman with 13.09 pounds to earn $5,000.

Lexington angler wins at Norman

Tony Garitta

James Blankenship of Lexington won the first-place prize of $5,000 at the Feb. 9 Bassmaster Weekend Series North Carolina Division event at Lake Norman with a five-fish tournament limit weighing 13.09 pounds. […]