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	Lexington pair tames High Rocks 'bush bass' for tournament win May 15 at 1:48 pm While most teams got bushwhacked in the buttonwood bushes at the May 11 Yadkin Team Tournament at High Rock Lake, Sam and Michael Smith of Lexington probed the vegetation for 19.21 pounds to take the first-place prize of $386.

	Davidson County team scores big in Badin FOM tourney May 08 at 1:29 pm Robert Mixon of Lexington and Robert Lambert of Denton took advantage of high winds to capture the May 4 Fishers of Men Piedmont Division tournament at Badin Lake, their second victory on the circuit.

	Lexington pair win big May 06 at 9:00 am Chris Brown and Jason Thomas of Lexington won the March 23 Carolina Bass Challenge on Jordan Lake with a 5-fish limit that weighed an impressive 27.81 pounds and was worth $9,000.

	Threadgill brothers win CATT event on Badin May 01 at 7:44 pm Scott Threadgill of Troy and Jason Threadgill of Norwood topped a field of 22 teams to win the April 27 Carolina Anglers Team Trail Yadkin Division tournament on Badin Lake

	Maiden fishermen win at Falls of Neuse with heavy bag. April 24 at 4:11 pm The 99 teams in the April 20 Carolinas Bass Challenge N.C. Division tournament knew they would need a stringer of 20 pounds or more if they wanted to take the top prize at Falls of the Neuse Lake. For the past two weeks, 20-pound stringers have been brought to the scales with startling frequency in other tournaments on the Raleigh-Durham area lake. Four teams wound up reaching the coveted 20-pound mark, despite a cold front and high winds. Gerald Williams and David Williams of Maiden topped the field with 21.62 pounds, a haul anchored with a 6.42-pound bass. The two anglers received $8,000.

	Thomasville couple wins Adam & Eve tourney on Badin April 16 at 8:10 pm For those with superstitious leanings, April 13 might be a day of misgivings, but for Neil and Pat McDonald of Thomasville, the date marked the couple’s first victory on the Adam & Eve Trail. The McDonalds topped a field of 23 teams at Badin Lake with a 5-fish catch totaling 16 pounds, 3 ounces that was anchored with a 4-pound, 7-ounce bass. They caught their fish with plastic worms fishing rocky structure in four to five feet of water. Their victory paid $287. “We had our limit soon after taking off from the Lakemont Landing,” said Pat. “We’ve had second- and third-place finishes on the trail, but this is the first time we’ve won a tournament.”

	Mt. Pleasant angler 'bridges' his problem, wins at High Rock April 10 at 7:59 am Mt. Pleasant’s Steve Dyer resorted to “sinking his bass boat” and to negotiate his way to victory at the April 6 Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series N.C. Division tournament at High Rock Lake. Dyer wanted to fish in Flat Swamp Creek, but with High Rock experiencing high water, the railroad bridge across the mouth of the creek is normally too close to the water to allow the passage of any boats. “I had to fill my boat with water to weigh it down and lean low to sneak under the Flat Swamp Bridge,” said Dyer, who pulled the drain plug to allow enough water into the hull to lower the boat’s profile enough to get it under the bridge. The strategy paid off with a 5-fish catch of 19.57 pounds taken by fishing rocky structure in 10 feet of water with Zoom Super Hog creature baits and True South jigs in the Dyer-special green pumpkin color. His biggest bass weighed 6.14 pounds.

	Rocky Mount duo conquer Gaston for March 30 CATT win April 03 at 11:04 am Even though there was a lull in bass tournament activity over the Easter weekend, some circuits kept fishermen busy looking for bass rather than Easter eggs. In some instances, Easter eggs were easier to locate. Fishermen at the March 30 Carolina Anglers Team Trail T.O.M. CATT event at Lake Gaston experienced a special treat; they got to enjoy sunshine and warm temperatures instead of the cold, wet and windy weather that has plagued tournament competitors throughout most of March. Justis Bobbitt of Edenton and Bob Williams of Rocky Mount topped the 25-team field with a 5-fish catch of 20.45 pounds, which got them $1,309.

	Wilson, Logan win CBC April 01 at 7:00 am Jason Wilson of Bessemer City and Kelly Logan of Morganton topped an impressive field of 168 teams and a cold, winter blast to win the Feb. 16 Carolinas Bass Challenge at Lake Norman. The two anglers had a 5-fish limit weighing 15.44 pounds to capture the first-place award of $10,000, plus a bonus of $5,000 from Skeeter.

	Lexington duo has rich payday in Jordan Lake tournament March 27 at 2:55 pm Chris Brown and Jason Thomas of Lexington won the March 23 Carolina Bass Challenge on Jordan Lake with a 5-fish limit that weighed an impressive 27.81 pounds and was worth $9,000. Brown said the victory for him and Thomas was “the biggest of their fishing careers.” The winning team had one of only five limits taken by the 120-team field. They had seven keeper bites and culled two bass. Their biggest fish weighed 7.25 pounds and was caught during the morning hours, thanks to a competitor’s boat that beat them to their prime fishing hole. Brown and Thomas had to select another location and immediately hung two big fish.

	Thomasville pair sweeps Tarheel Striper Club awards at High Rock March 19 at 9:59 pm The Tarheel Striper Club typically awards cash prizes for the top three finshers, plus a cash prize for the big fish of the day. First place and big fish winners also receive trophies. At the club’s March 16 Open tournament on High Rock Lake, the Thomasville team of Ronnie Beck and Layne Beck swept all the cash prizes and trophies by being the only team in the 15-team field to weigh in a striper. The Becks had two stripers. One fish weighed 10.05 pounds; the other 8.40 for a total of 18.45 pounds. They received $362 in cash for taking the top three spots, a trophy for first place plus $115 and a trophy for catching the big fish of the day.

	Denton man catches huge fish, but Seagrove pair wins FOM on Tillery March 13 at 8:59 pm Denton’s Robert Lambert caught the biggest bass in the history of the Fishers of Men Piedmont Division with an 8.55-pound lunker in the March 9 tournament at Lake Tillery. The huge bass represented a number of accomplishments for Lambert. The fish was the biggest bass of the tourney, adding $174 to the second-place earnings he and his partner, Robert Mixon of Lexington, who weighed in 19.41 pounds to receive a total of $790. The fish was also the biggest bass Lambert has caught in his fishing career. “The fish inhaled a spinnerbait in less than four feet of water,” said Lambert. “It hit near a little stick, rolled near the surface, and Robert (Mixon) scooped it into the net. There wasn’t much of a fight.”