Jamey Caldwell of Carthage won the Walmart BFL Piedmont Division tournament on March 7 at Kerr Lake with a 5-fish limit that weighed 15 pounds, five ounces. He won $5,241.
Other North Carolina anglers finishing in the money were: Robert Walser of Lexington, second with 15-2 for $2,620; Greg Warwick of Red Springs, third with 14-6 for $1,748; Randy Goss of Stem, fourth with 12-10 for $1,223; and James Blankenship of Lexington tied Ralph Hollifield Jr. of Winston-Salem for fifth with 12-9. They each received $1,004.
Henderson’s Hunter Campbell finished first among the co-anglers with 11-13 and collected $2,614. Randy Buchanan of Bullock placed fifth with 9-11 and banked $523.
Cherry wins on Norman
Hank Cherry of Maiden won the Walmart BFL North Carolina Division tournament Feb. 21 on Lake Norman with a 5-fish limit that weighed 19 pounds. His 6-pound, 13-ounce lunker was also the big fish of the tournament.
Cherry received $4,720 for first place and $695 for big fish.
Albemarle’s Dean Talbert captured the co-angler competition with 12-06 and banked $2,288.
Other co-anglers placing were: Bradley Stain of New Bern, second with 8-8 for $1,144; Eddie Cook of Clemmons, fourth with 8-0 for $534; and Billie Lookabill of Mocksville, fifth with 7-7 for $458.
Travis Chilcot of Matthews won the co-angler big-fish award of $332 with a 3-pound, 11-ounce bass.
NC pros have tough Classic
Dave Wolak of Wake Forest placed 22nd with 37 pounds, 2 ounces, at the 2009 Bassmaster Classic on the Red River out of Shreveport and Bossier City, La., in late February.
Wolak was the top finisher among three North Carolina pros, taking home $12,300.
Dustin Wilks of Rocky Mount placed 44th with 15-08, and David Williams of Maiden finished 46th with 13-04. Each angler received $10,000.
In mid-March, Wolak took 35th and Pat Golden of High Point placed 42nd in the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Lake Amistad out of Del Rio, Texas.
Wolak and Golden won $10,000 each.
Huntley scores at Santee
Kenneth Huntley of Matthews finished third with 18-4 and won $1,424 at the Walmart BFL South Carolina Division tournament on March 7 on South Carolina’s Santee Cooper Reservoirs.
Thomasville’s Charles Woods topped co-anglers with 10-03 and banked $2,064.
Hamrick, Pope win Ledbetter again
Scott Hamrick of Denver and Roger Pope of Statesville won the Jim Ledbetter Memorial Casting Out Cancer Tournament at Lake Norman on March 14, taking home a Skeeter boat package.
Hamrick and Pope won the tournamen last year.
BASS TOURNAMENTS
New Piedmont Team Tournaments
Badin Lake, Feb. 21
1. Tony Garitta-Shane Floyd (Lexington), 26.02, $415; 2. Brad Peyton (Salisbury)-Chuck Huffman (Elon), 25.83, $239; 3. Lewis Brown (Asheboro)-Billy Reynolds (Troy), 17.55, $110; 4. Eric Moser (Salisbury)-Bennett Pridgen (Trinity), 15.42, $90. Big fish: Garitta-Floyd, 8.97 pounds, $91.
High Rock Team Tournament
High Rock Lake, Feb. 28
1. Thomas Ludwick-Tom File (Salisbury), 19.54, $415; 2. Jack Vanderford-Ricky Bradshaw (Salisbury), 16.59, $239; 3. Orlando Giles (Lexington)-Brad Younts (Southmont), 13.30, $110; 4. Buddy-Gerald Ritchie (Albemarle), 12.95, $90. Big fish: Vanderford-Bradshaw, 7.33 pounds, $91.
National Bass Circuit
Winter Sport Series, Yadkin Division
High Rock Lake, Feb. 22
1. Justin Goodyear-Travis Leonard (Thomasville), 22.32, $480; 2. Derek Tolley-Les Tolley, 20.09, $275; 3. Rob Stover-Bill Reynolds, 18.21, $155. Big fish: James Threadgill-Adam Hurley, 6.42 pounds, $130.
Tuckertown Lake, March 1
1. Art Ferguson-John Wagner, 18.01, $300; 2. Dwayne Saunders (Star)-Scott Threadgill (Troy), 16.34, $120. Big fish: Thomas Ludwick-Rod Poole (Salisbury), 6.42 pounds, $60.
NBC Pro Series, Yadkin Division
Badin Lake, March 15
1. Benny Blake-Buzz Dunlap (Mt. Gilead), 31.02, plus big fish, 8.93 pounds, $1,490; 2. Gary Cline (Lexington)-Todd Shoaf (Linwood), 22.17, $810; 3. Jason Hathcock (Concord)-Matt Wingate (Catawba), 19.72, $548; 4. Tod Haynes (Concord-Jeremy Talbert (Albemarle), 19.30, $340; 5. Eric Moser (Salisbury)-Bennett Pridgen (Trinity), 18.58, $250; 6. Kevin Chandler (New London)-Terry James (Wadesboro), 17.47, $200; 7. Mike Miller (Sophia)-Maurice Freeze (Concord), 17.31, $180.
NE Carolina Division
Lake Gaston, March 1
1. Billy Bledsoe (Fayetteville)-Glenn Elliott, 18.31, $1,300; 2. Wallace Perry (Raleigh), 17.03, plus 6.83-pound big fish, $1,220; 3. Marty Bunch-Michael Garner, 16.65, $570; 4. Robert King-Tim Kirby, 15.86, $370; 4. Scott Golden-Danny Smith, 14.46, $300; 6. Phillip Sykes-Patrick Wooten, 13.65, $210; 7. Jonathan Guins-Bruce Hoadley, 13.47, $200; 8. Chuck Murray-Randy Groves, 12.02, $182.
Catawba Division
Lake Wylie, March 8
1. Matt Haywood (Lincolnton)-Donnie Cooper, 20.63, $1,450; 2. Kevin Toler-Michael Fox (Statesville), 20.47, plus 6.36-pound big fish, $1,300; 3. Matt Wingate (Catawba)-Jason Hathcock (Concord), 20.47, $650; 4. Brent Long (Cornelius)-Rob Digh (Denver), 18.48, $400; 5. Scott Hamrick (Denver)-Roger Hoover, 15.98, $236; 6. Chester Ragland-Joe Hansil, 15.76, $210; 7. Brian-Mike Branch, 15.76, $210; 8. Chris Marshall (Forest City)-Ronnie Wilson, 15.64, $200; 9. Nathan Weber-Michael Smith, 15.38, $180.
Capital Division
Shearon Harris, Feb. 28
1. Ivan Honeycutt-Britt Coleman, 31.32, plus 9.22-pound big fish, $2,860; 2. Stephen Griggs (Summerfield)-Tim Parker (New Hill), 21.30, $1,220; 3. Jodie Revells-Kent Brewer, 17.75, $920; 4. Rick Ohlson (Garner)-Tony Barham, 15.35, $700; 5. David Frey-Mike Edwards, 15.33, $570; 6. Ben Cannon (Apex)-Ken Wall (Asheboro), 14.97, $460; 7. Curtis Vaughn-Billy West, 14.92, $405; 8. Billy Bledsoe (Fayetteville)-James Baxley (Hope Mills), 14.45, $340; 9. Jimmy Spencer-Vinson Nettles (Pittsboro), 13.74, $305; 10. Shannon Stewart-Travis Watson, 13.70, $272; 11. Jason Suggs-Britten O’ Quinn, 11.85, $265; 12. Dennis Reedy (Siler City)-Jeffrey Thomas (Broadway), 11.65, $250; 13. Wallace Perry (Raleigh)-Steve Woodlief, 11.40, $240; 14. Todd Sumner (Southern Pines)-Jeff Sumner (Raeford), 11.12, $521; 15. Tim Morris-Kirt Leonard, 10.97, $210.
NBC Moonlight Madness
Lake Norman, March 10
1. Scott-Dwight Beattie (Lincolnton), 12.51, $310; 2. Kenneth Luckey-Bobby Price, 12.47, $185; 3. Scott Turner (Concord)-Anthony Williams (Hickory), 11.21, $100. Big fish: Luckey-Price, 4.30 pounds, $85.
Fishers of Men, Piedmont Division
Belews Creek, Feb. 21
1. C.J. Johnston-Matt Stanley, 14.8, $1,208; 2. Wayne Needham-Stephen Singleton, 13.92, $690; 3. Roger Hester-John Orchard, 11.84, $562; 4. Jon Morgan-Rodney Eller, 11.34, $472; 5. Steve Craighead-Jami Hamilton, 11.22, $388; 6. Robert Mixon (Lexington)-Robert Lambert (Denton), 11.18, $398; 7. Marty-Dusty Nester, 10.90, $280; 8. Steve Sink-Ladd Whicker (Winston-Salem), 10.66, $216; 9. Gary Preston-Kenny Haley, 10.64, $174; 10. Greg Skerven-Brian Baker, 10.30, $288.
Memorial Bass Fishing Tournament
High Rock Lake, March 7
1. Darrell Crumbley-Jason Riggs (Lexington), 12.27, $720; 2. Ricky Lankin-Ellis Allen, 7.87, $480. Big fish: Todd-Ken Bullin (Greensboro), 6.66-pounds, $410.
Piedmont 2-Man Team Trail
Falls of the Neuse, Feb. 21
1. Wallace Perry (Raleigh), 17.65, $520; 2. David Bullock (Durham)-Jimmy Henderson (Wake Forest), 14.88, $280. Big fish: Perry, 6.43 pounds, $100.
Falls of the Neuse, March 7
1. Bobby-David Matthews (Durham), 26.49, $755; 2. Rhonda Reid-Jay Garrard (Durham), 16.50, $455; 3. Darien Crumbley (High Point)-Scott Gatton (Cary), 15.41, $285; 4. Robert Houser-Pat Keryan (Raleigh), 14.98, $185. Big fish: Houser-Keryan, 9.77 pounds, $210.
CRAPPIE TOURNAMENTS
Carolina Crappie Team Tournaments
Lake Tillery, Jan. 31
1. Eric Davis-Scottie Huneycutt (Albemarle), 7.98, $225; 2. Tom Sprouse (Advance)-Steve Gentry (Winston-Salem), 7.19, $75. Big fish: Glynn Sharon (Madison), 1.70 pounds, $39.
Badin Lake, Feb. 21
1. Tom Sprouse (Advance)-Steve Gentry (Winston-Salem), 8.50, $200; 2. Scottie Huneycutt-Eric Davis, (Albemarle), 7.77, $50. Big fish: Glynn Sharon (Madison)-Reid Stencil (Kernersville), 2.03 pounds, $32.50
Southern Crappie Association
Badin/Tillery, Feb. 28
1. Randy Pope (Hickory)-Jerry Pruitt (Vale), 13.07, $802; 2. Mike Huffstetler-Ray Koon (Chapin, S.C.), 12.34, $390; 3. Russel Riley (Blythewood, S.C.)-Alan Outlaw (Camden, S.C.), 12.32, $217; 4. Bobby-Michael Jacobs (Lacross, Va.), 12.31, $195; 5. David-Phenice Perrel (Germanton), 12.08, $173; 6. Brian Shore (State Road)-Denny Potts (Mocksville), 11.96, $152; 7. Josh-H. Williams (Rock Hill, S.C.), 11.85, $130; 8. Bobby Whitlow (Clover, Va.), 11.63, $108. Big fish: Jacobs-Jacobs, 1.94-pounds, $234. Adult/Youth winners: Dale-Alan Wood (Lexington), 5.37, $50, rods; Male/Female winners: Perrels, 12.08, plaque, rods.
Piedmont 2-Man Team Crappie Tournaments
Falls of the Neuse, March 7
1. Gary Chambers (Hillsborough), 8.14, plus big fish, 1.37 pounds, $90.
STRIPED BASS
TOURNAMENTS Tarheel Striper Club
Lake Norman, Feb. 21
1. Jonathan Scarce, 15.15, plus 6.10-pound big fish; 2. Scott-Steven Griffin (Richfield), 14.15; 3. Jay Childress-Buck Buchannan, 13.40; Johnny Young, 9.30; 5. Chad-Clay Brady-Jim Merritt (Asheboro), 9.15; 6. Jerry-Pattie Sykes, 7.10.
