Mark Inman of Greensboro won the Aug. 28-29 FLW Bass Fishing League Piedmont Division tournament at Kerr Lake with a 2-day catch of 24 pounds, seven ounces. He took home $4,604, plus a Ranger Cup bonus of $2,000.
Inman’s Sunday catch of 13-6 ranked as the best in the tournament.
Sammy Creech of Kenly had 22-13 to claim the fourth-place award of $1,074, while Danny Haire of Yadkinville finished fifth with 22-13 and banked $921.
Other North Carolina fishermen cashing were: Chris Baldwin of Lexington, sixth with 21 pounds for $844; Jeff Coble of Manson, seventh with 18-9 for $767; Richard Greene of Laurinburg, eighth with 17-15 for $691; Shane Burns of Durham, ninth with 17-14 for $614; and Eddie Daniels of Garner, 10th with 15-6 for $537.
Rougemont’s Dan Glosson took the big-fish award of $540 with a 5-pound, 14-ounce bass.
Among co-anglers, Jeremy Ives of Burgaw finished fourth with 14-10 for $537; William Vierra of Durham ranked sixth with 11-2 for $422; Tyler Purcell of Chapel Hill placed seventh with 11 pounds for $384 — plus the big-fish prize of $270 for his 4-12 lunker — Orlando Giles of Lexington finished eighth with 10-6 for $345; Dan Treadway of Rocky Mount was ninth with 9-11for $307; and Jim Nichols of Chapel Hill was 10th with 6-15 for $269.
Golden third on Chesapeake; Adams in Classic
Pat Golden of High Point placed third with 34 pounds, 12 ounces, winning $8,480, and Tracy Adams of Wilkesboro, finished sixth with 32-8, winning $4,846 at the Sept. 16-18 Bassmaster Northern Open on the Chesapeake Bay.
Adams’ finish boosted him to second place in the Northern Open points standings, which got him a spot in the 2010 Bassmasters Classic, slated for New Orleans in February.
Nate Wellman of Newaygo, Mich., won the tourney with a catch of 53.1 pounds good for $27,257.
Co-angler Mike McDonald of Randleman won $3,057.14 for his second-place catch of 15-12.
Thrift 10th at Chickamauga
Two pros from North Carolina finished in the top 12 in the Sept. 15-18 FLW Series tournament on Tennessee’s Chickamauga Lake.
Bryan Thrift of Shelby finished 10th in the event with a 3-day catch of 36-5, taking home $5,821. Chris Baumgardner of Gastonia was 12th with 36-4 for $5,597.
The only other North Carolina fishermen finishing in the money were: Ron Wolfarth of Oakboro, who was 24th with 30-4 for $5,150.
Mark Rose of Marion, Ark., won the tournament with a 4-day catch of 56-15, worth $50,778.
Jerry Hayden of Charlotte finished third in the co-angler ranks with 23-1 for $3,162.
BASS TOURNAMENTS
Yadkin Team Tournaments
High Rock Lake, Sept. 18
1. Howard Bean (Salisbury), 19.76, $329; 2. Bobby Lovings (Salisbury)-Dwight Morgan (Gold Hill), 18.66, $125; 3. Tom File-Thomas Ludwick (Salisbury), 18.30, $95. Big fish: Chris Brown (Lexington)-Todd Shoaf (Linwood), 5.60 pounds, $58.50. Points champions: Brad Peyton (Salisbury)-Chuck Huffman (Elon), $500.
Southern Championship Fishing Trail,
Lake Tillery, Sept. 4
1. Buzz Dunlap (Mt. Gilead)-Pete Morris (Troy), 14.64, $420; 2. Richard Crayton-Shaun Miller (Mt. Pleasant), 10.80, $140. Big fish: Dunlap-Morris, 4.71 pounds, $80.
Piedmont Bass Classics Deep Creek Lures Summer Challenge, Falls Lake, Aug. 21
1. Ken Wall (Asheboro)-Ben Cannon (Apex), 27.60, $920; 2. Joe Langley (Benson)- Brian Fritts (Raleigh), 17.62, $540; 3. Dan Glosson (Rougemont)-Phillip Eakes (Bahama), 17.06, $385; 4. Phillip Edgerton (Durham)-Bobby Weaver (Fayetteville), 16.00, $305; 5. Barry Kleinfelter (Stem)-Todd Sumner (Southern Pines), 15.21, $230; 6. Jesse Soles-Ron White (Aberdeen), 11.78, $180. Big fish: Wall-Cannon, 8.18 pounds, $320.
Falls Lake, Sept. 12
1. David Hall (Raleigh)-Dean Sallinger (Wake Forest), 15.04, $575; 2. Bobby-David Matthews (Durham), 13.90, $305. Big fish: Hall-Sallinger, 6.76 pounds, $110.
Jordan Lake Open, Sept.19
1. Tony Fofi (Spring Lake)-David Murdock (Fayetteville), 11.88, $480. Big fish: Steve Upchurch (Raleigh)-Horton Upchurch (Pittsboro), 3.63 pounds, $60.
Adam & Eve Trail
Tuckertown Lake, Sept. 11
1. Kathy Grubbs-Jimmy Sanders (Asheboro), 15-5, $212.50; 2. Mark Green-Nicole Green (Denton), 14-5, $127; 3. Mark Bayse-Audrey Bayse (Thomasville), 11-10, $85. Big fish: Mark Green-NicholeGreen tied Teddy Starnes-Della Starnes (New London), each team with a 4-4 bass, each receiving $42.50.
Buggs Island Team Tournaments
Kerr Lake, Sept. 12
1. Dennis Reedy (Siler City)-Tommy Morrow (Oxford), 23.32, and big fish, 5.36 pounds, $1,640; 2. Wesley Cashwell (Roanoke Rapids)-Mark Inman (Greensboro), 17.10, $750; 3. Lee Williams (Durham)-Scott Smith (Apex), 16.48; 4. Joe Carr (Cool Ridge, W.V.)-Wes Carr (Lanaxa, Va.), 14.56, $140; 5. Dennie Gilbert (Nathalie, Va.)-Bobby Crisman (Bracey, Va.), 14.20, $100. 2010 points champions: Brandon Gray-Brian Clark.
STRIPED BASS TOURNAMENTS
Tarheel Striper Club
Lake Tillery, Sept. 18
1. Johnnie Young-Janet Bruner, 17.75; 2. Mark Morse, 9.15; 3. Scott-Steven Griffith, 6.85.
