Fishing Tournaments Archives - Page 31 of 60

May 3, 2026

Guide Andy Pack caught this Lake Marion bass on a live shiner. Live-bait fishing for largemouths should continue to be great through January and February.

Trio wins Cape Fear Riverwatch striper tournament with 11 releases

Capt. Jim Sabella led Dean Lamont and Ben Bowditch to the grand prize in the Cape Fear Riverwatch Invitational Striper Tournament on Jan. 19 in Wilmington. […]

Few king mackerel tournaments attract 100 boats these days, cutting back those once-huge payouts.

Too many tournaments?

Jerry Dilsaver

Could there be too many fishing tournaments along North Carolina’s coast? […]

Bass pro Davy Hite congratulates J.T. Rawski (left) and Ben Stone, winners of the Junior Bassmaster State Championship, held Nov. 3 at Lake Greenwood.

Cromer is ABA winner

Glenn Corley

Rodney Cromer of Pomaria won the Nov. 18 American Bass Anglers D-96 tournament on Lake Greenwood and carried home a check for $707. […]

These three nice stripers gave David Woodward of Charlotte (left) and Robert Steele of Lexington a winning, 33-pound catch in the Tarheel Striper Club tournament on High Rock Lake in mid-November.

Orrum earns All-American berth

Tony Garitta

Ernest Stephens of Orrum earned an invitation to FLW’s BFL All-American by winning the co-angler division at the Oct. 25-27 Wild Card Tournament on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville. […]

Rusty Turner of the Greenwood Bassmasters No. 1 won big-fish honors in the South Carolina BASS Federation’s Six-Man Tournament on Lake Hartwell with this 5.45-pound largemouth.

Gaffney No. 3 is No. 1

Glenn Corley

The Gaffney Bassmasters No. 3 took bragging rights at the Oct. 12-13 South Carolina B.A.S.S. Federation’s Six-Man Tournament on Lake Hartwell. […]

James Blankenship of Lexington finished third in the BFL Super Tournament on High Rock Lake.

Cherry makes Classic field

Tony Garitta

Hank Cherry of Maiden has received a last-minute invitation to the 2013 Bassmaster Classic by winning the Bassmaster Southern Open on Alabama’s Lewis Smith Lake by one ounce. […]

Kevin Dickson and Randy Dickson won the BAIT Classic on Lake Keowee in late September, winning a full-rigged Nitro bass boat.

Dickson tops at Keowee

Glenn Corley

Kevin Dickson and Randy Dickson of Westminster won the Bass Anglers Invitational Trail (B.A.I.T.) Classic XII on Lake Keowee Sept. 28-29 with a two-day total of 27.79 pounds. […]

Bubba Owens, Keaton Moore, Brandon Tate and Jachob Moore (front), won the Sept. 15 NCCATS at High Rock with 92.1 pounds of cats, including a 52.4-pound flathead that was biggest ever caught at High Rock in an NCCATS event.

The team of Brandon Tate, Bubba Owens, Keaton Moore and Jachob Moore of Lexington set a record in the N.C. Catfish Association Tournament Series (NCCATS) by catching a 52.4-pound flathead, the largest ever caught in a series event on High Rock. […]

Brandon Cobb’s big day on Lake Greenwood earned him a $475 check.

Cobb wins at Greenwood

Glenn Corley

Brandon Cobb of Greenwood won the ABA Division 96 championship tournament on Lake Greenwood Aug. 26, weighing in a 5-fish limit that pushed the scales to 15.72 pounds. […]

Mike Dinterman (left) and Robert Williams Jr. finished second and had the big fish at the July 28 Piedmont Bass Classic event on Jordan Lake.

Thrift third in FLW finale

Tony Garitta

Three North Carolina pros took home some of the big prize money at the Aug. 9-12 FLW Forrest Wood Cup on Georgia’s Lake Lanier. […]