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| NC Wildlife Beginning Annual Hearings Next Week The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s annual public hearings begin next week, with the first of nine hearings scheduled for Sept. 7 at Bladen Community College in Dublin. ...more |
Team Collins & Michael Win Second Straight Some consider the number thirteen an unlucky digit, but members of the High Point Fire Department Bass Anglers needed to work through it. The club’s thirteen teams headed for High Rock Lake last week for their thirteenth event of the season and dispelled any myths the number might bring. The group scored almost one hundred pounds of bass when over half brought in limits. ...more More Photos |
Tuckertown Plays Well For Shamrock Bass Club Winners John Rosenbaum and Mike Crib found Tuckertown to be the pond to fish last Saturday when their group of anglers, the Shamrock Bass Club, slid off into the semi-darkness from the Flat Creek Wildlife Access. The team was part of nine boats that plied the waters for five keeper bass until one in the afternoon. ...more More Photos |
Andrews And Clark Take 15 Plus From Tillery It doesn’t take much of a swing in air temperatures to turn the bass of Tillery back on. Russell’s Saturday wildcats proved that point this past weekend when the winning bag tipped the scales at 15.58 pounds. Using their usual Swift Island Access as a kick off point, even a nine-year-old got into the fish catching action to score at weigh in. ...more |
Tuck And Woods Win MidState With 18+ When a team brings in five pounds more than a nearest competitor, you have to know they figured out a lake on a particular day. That was the case when the Midstate Bass Anglers finished an eight hour shift on Tuckertown last Saturday. Director Ron Tuck and fishing partner, Kenny Woods, hauled over eighteen pounds of bass from the pond to capture the club’s ninth event of their season. ....more More Photos |
Merritt, Tucker And Daniels Team Wins Tarheel Striper On Rhodhiss When the Tarheel Striper Club tackled Rhodhiss at the beginning of the month, the teams faced the same heat and humidity all clubs were battling. For striper angling, that can make for a tough day on the water. According to club director, Jay Childress, the August 7 event was typical for that time of the year, but the outing did produce some fish. ...more More Photos |
Tuesday Wildcat Event Ends In Tie For First Four hours of fishing competition on Badin ended in a deadlock for first place last Tuesday when sixteen boat teams hit the lake at 4:30 PM. With scales measuring to a hundredth of a pound, two teams brought in identical bags for a split of the winning monies. Russell’s Tuesday Wildcat Open has seen bag weights climbing recently, but having that happen in pairs is not customary. ...more |
Smith And Weddington Win Yadkin Team On High Rock All the winners’ money went home to China Grove last Saturday when Carl Benton’s Yadkin Team Tournament came to High Rock. With one regular season event left before their annual Fish Off, the standard for fish caught was set high. ...more |
Organizers are calling it another successful year as the regular season for the Friday and Saturday Nites on Badin and Tillery wound down last weekend. And, although a few of the boats will be idle this weekend, many who qualified for the season finale, will be back on Badin Friday at 7 PM. That grand event, the King of the Night blowout, will be their final effort of 2010. ...more |
27 Pound Sack Wins Deep Creek Lures Event On Falls It was the Deep Creek Lures Summer Challenge and anglers turned out in piles to compete for the extra $1,000 in cash provided by the Rougemont, North Carolina-based bait company. That response and the battle that followed produced the biggest bags of five delivered to weigh in scales since early spring reports. Anglers went dead-serious in their efforts and the winning bag hit the 27 pound mark....more More Photos |
Tuckertown Hosts Bear Creek Bass Club If you fished top water baits on Tuckertown last Saturday, chances are you experienced a pile of action, According to Bear Creek Bass Club member, Martin Ledford, a pile of fish were caught on pop-r baits all day long using that strategy. For Ronnie Wilson and Steve Worrell, the approach meant a win and the club’s point race only got hotter. ...more More Photos |
2010 Cast for Cash Tournament to Benefit Monarch From September 23 to 26th fishing enthusiasts will have the opportunity to cast their lines and their luck for a chance to win anywhere from $10 to $100,000 and at the same time, help people supported by Monarch. The God’s Country Outfitters Cast for Cash Fishing Tournament has selected Monarch as the nonprofit to receive a percentage of the proceeds from this event. ...more |
Freeze and Johnston Win Badin Scramble Many of us groaned and grumbled about all the rain that fell this past week across the region, but, for bass anglers, it turned out to be the best thing that could happen. The lackluster bite that has plagued most boat teams was far away when Bo Russell’s Saturday Wildcats hit Badin lake August 21. For first placers Jarrett Freeze and CJ Johnston, the rain meant a five pound per fish average in the outing. ...more |
Gray & Clark Beat Buggs For Almost 18 When bite is tough on Buggs, it usually equates to a good day on many other lakes across the state. That was the case this past weekend when the Buggs Island Team Tournament launched there. Respectable sacks anywhere else, it was considered an off day by that crew. ...more |
Mt. Carmel Mens Organization Announces Fall Open High Rock Lake will light up with bass anglers October 2nd when the Second Annual Mt. Carmel Men’s Organization Bass Tournament comes to the Tamarac Marina. Spokesman John Adkins announced this week the event will kick off at safelight and end at 3 PM. |
Katch-her Lures: Another North Carolina Lure Maker I met Jody Wright and James Dyer when I went up to Greene's Marine for their open house earlier this year. They had their jigs on display for sale. I was told by Andy Greene that I had to see the jigs that these guys were making. Lots of tournament fishermen are using their jigs with great success. After seeing their jigs at the show, I thought then that this could possibly be the jig that I have been looking for! After trying them, I can honestly say, YES! Hopefully after reading more about this product, you too will become a Katch-her Lure fan as well... ...more |
Tuesday Wildcat Honors Nabbed By Bryant And Goodyear The Russell’s Tuesday Wildcats found the going about as tough as it gets this week when they headed for their usual Badin haunts. A four-hour outing that began at 4:30 PM saw fifteen teams struggle to find much to walk away with. A total of fifteen keeper fish were caught all evening. ...more |
Friday & Saturday Nite Opens Winding Down Season As Todd Street and Todd Little’s Saturday Nites on Badin wind down a busy 2010 season, the regular anglers competing in those events are beginning to ponder how they’ll spend a big chunk of their weekends. Both Friday and Saturday events this weekend are on Badin and are the last “open” events on the night schedules. On everyone’s mind is the blowout King of the Night event August 27. ...more |
Falls Lake Open Won With 19 Plus Pounds The Piedmont Bass Classics series took a break from their regular season schedule this past weekend, holding an open event on Jordan Lake. Eleven teams turned out for the competition and competition for the top prize was beyond tough… the winning team set the standard at 19.54 pounds when boats returned to the Farrington Point Wildlife Ramp scales. ...more |
Fire Dept Uses Randleman For 8/11 Competition The High Point Fire Dept Bass Anglers held the twelfth tournament of the year on August 11th at Randleman Reservoir. With mostly sunny skies, light winds and an air temperature in the mid 90's, the water temperature was 88 plus degrees and clear to stained. The club had a great turn out with 12 teams represented despite a heat index above 105 degrees. ...more |
West Side Anglers Announce October Open Some of the best fishing of the year happens in late fall and the West Side Anglers plan to take advantage of that. Organizers of the club announced their annual fall bass tournament last week. The club will use Lake Tillery on October 2 for the open competition. Fishing will begin at 7 AM and end at the scales at 3 PM. Cost is $60 per boat with a $10 Big Fish option. There will be a one hundred percent payback on that pot. Each boat must have two anglers and order of blast off will be determined by order of registration. The event will use a six fish limit. For more information about the event, contact Richard Tucker at 910-571-2105 before 8:30 PM. The West Side Anglers’ weigh in trailer is often seen throughout the region being used for a variety of charitable events. |
Piercy Wins Sportsmen’s Bassmaster Event On Tillery It wasn’t a large swarm of boat teams, but it was a determined Sportsmen’s Bassmasters of Charlotte that took to the waters of a tough Tillery last Saturday. Five boat teams took off well before daybreak and fished in some of the best weather conditions in weeks for eight hours. ...more |
Father-Daughter Team Wins Adam & Eve It took a father and a daughter combo to come up with the winning bass weight out of Tillery this past Saturday when the Adam & Eve Series met there for their sixth event of the season. The partners hauled an impressive 13.8 pounds in their outing to grab the August title. ...more More Photos |
King Of The Night Explosion Coming August 27 Directors of the Friday Nites on Tillery/Badin and the Saturday Nites on Badin Series announced last week that the King Of The Night event will explode on Badin August 27th. According to co-director Todd Street, teams must have fished at least ten of the Friday or Saturday night tournaments during the 2010 season to qualify. “It’s a winner-take-all event,” stated Street. “There’s no second place and no Big Fish.” Cost for qualifiers is $30. The winning team will take home all the money and a trophy. For more information about the two series or the King of the Night event, contact Todd Street at 704-791-4009 or email him at toddsatvshop@yahoo.com, or call at Todd Little 704-634-9821. |
Luther And White Dominating Wednesday Outings For weeks and weeks Don Luther and Ronnie White watched as the bass they brought to the weigh in scales weren’t quite enough to take home a victory. Although their fishing strategies were bringing them good hauls that would be envied by most, their catch could only give them a runners up ending to their Wednesday outings. That was all in May and June. ...more |
Sides And Seagle Win FOM Fall Kickoff Event High rock bassin’ is hot. The bass on High Rock Lake are still biting and some nice fish are being caught. At the recent FOM Fall Trail tournament on Saturday, August 7th, 18 teams took on the heat and the boat traffic and were able to bring some really nice bass to the scales. ...more |
Falls Gives Up 16 Plus To Piedmont Winners The Piedmont Bass Classics had a weather break this past weekend. They began in low-70 degree temps and finished the day at 90. For the series run by Phil McCarson, that weather and a nice breeze was a big difference from past weeks. Sixteen teams took advantage of the conditions and hit Falls Lake on Saturday. The pond obliged. ...more |
Team Makes It Three Straight They are as hot as July… and August. Brandon Williams and Mark Laxton grabbed another win in the Russell’s Wildcats last Saturday under scorching sun, something that appears to be their edge. The series moved back to Badin for their early morning attack. ...more |
Although most tournaments on Badin Lake have at east one hefty bag still coming to weigh in, the catch for most of those participating is down… way down. The summer doldrums have set in on the fish in the pond and only cooler weather can stir them up. For the Friday and Saturday night bass anglers on the lake, fishing meant a warm and slow outing. ...more More Photos |
Bass Bite Slow Going For Friday And Saturday Crews
July rolled into August. With record setting heat swarming the region and humidity making any activity nearly unbearable, the last thing anyone might wish for is a day standing outside under the sun for eight hours. That is exactly what nine top competition teams did when the Deep Creek Lures Tournament Trail came to Badin last Sunday. ...more More Photos |
Williams & Laxton Make It Two In A Row It’s not uncommon for a partner fishing team to figure out a lake‘s bass patterns and score a string of wins and places on a lake. While fish are hitting hard in a couple locations, those anglers score well until the bass move on. But, when a team can do it on different lakes, it shows an understanding of bass biology and the underwater environment. ...more |
Yadkin Yahoos Face Off With Low-Tide Tillery When the Yadkin Yahoo Bass Club arrived at Lake Tillery last Saturday, they expected a rugged day of fishing. During the summer months, the pond either brings out the best in a bass angler or it sends them home frustrated. What the members didn’t count on was water levels over two feet below full pond, making many, planned fishing strategies a waste of time. ...more |
Badin Plays Host To Eleventh High Point Fire Department The eleventh event of the High Point Fire Department’s 2010 season meant a few more points for the points leaders, but created a big unknown for the next five positions. With just six regular season competitions left on five different lakes, the scramble is on in the chase for second. For leaders Les Tolley and Les McLean, the July 29th win provide some extra breathing room. ...more |
Williams And Laxton Battle Tough Tillery Although the summer heat finally took a recess for a few days, a lake known for its toughness failed to take a break. When Russell’s Saturday Wildcats left the Swift Island Access on Lake Tillery last weekend, anglers were hoping the change in the weather also meant a change in bite. It didn’t happen as the pond continued to show its darker side to fishermen. ...more |
Sunday Wildcats Hold Benefit For Youngster If there’s one thing that will make anglers turn out for a fishing competition, it’s knowing that their activity can help someone in need. And, when the High Sunday Wildcats and Cashion Custom Fishing Rods joined forces this last Saturday to host an event, that was exactly what was provided. Bass fishermen from up and down the Yadkin region came together on High Rock to raise funds for a four-year-old stricken with cancer. ...more More Photos |
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Carden & Wilder Win Falls With 27 Pounds If anyone thought about beating the top team in the Piedmont Bass Classics event this past weekend on Falls Lake, it would have taken a near super-human effort. Any five fish limit would have needed to exceed a five-and-a-half pound each average in order to be competitive. Given the one hundred degree heat anglers participated in, the winning effort was beyond noteworthy. ...more |
After surviving triple digit temperatures, the team of Mack Lowe of Indian Trail, NC and Robert Walser of Lexington, NC took top the top spot in the fifth qualifying event of the Buggs Island Team Tournament series with a six fish limit weighing 17.38 pounds this last weekend. Their catch was anchored with the second largest lunker, a 4.84 pounder. The anglers netted $1580 for their effort. ...more |
Hutchins Wins Archdale Event At Randleman The sun rising slowly over the horizon up Saint Peter’s Church Rd neck on Randleman Reservoir looked like a big old golden, crusty piece of fried chicken being pulled up out of boiling oil. You could almost hear the sharp crackle fade into a slow hiss as it cooled down. Nothing even close to that happened Saturday July 24th as the Archdale Bass Club fished their second scheduled July tournament. ...more |
Goins Team Wins Friday Nite Weekly Most of the time, the evening fishing crowd can avoid much of the heat of the day. This past weekend, that wasn’t the case. The Friday Nites on Tillery/Badin open series headed for Badin with heat still in the upper nineties and little hope it would drop much. ...more |
All-Nighter Honors Go To Clark And Aldridge What blasted off at 11 PM on Saturday night came back to the docks dog-tired and dragging on Sunday morning at 7 AM. The Saturday Nites On Badin weekly open series moved its venue to Lake Tillery for an All-Nighter bass competition this last weekend and it was clear the outing was a tough test for the anglers. Over $600 was on the line at weigh in. ...more More Photos |
High Rock Bass Benefit Tournament At End Of Month Orlando Giles and Joey Musgrave have built a strong reputation for themselves as fair and equitable directors of a weekly open bass series, and now they will add charitable to those qualities. The co-directors announced this week that they will hold a benefit bass tournament on High Rock Saturday, July 31 to help a four-year-old girl who has bone cancer. According to the Fishbyte.Net Calendar, that date should conflict with the smallest number of other tournaments in the region. The Open event will take place at the Highway 8 Southmont Landing and will happen from 6 AM to 2 PM. Cost is $80 per boat. Cashions’ Custom Rods is also donating a custom-built fishing rod to be used for a $5 per ticket raffle. For more information, contact Whitney at 336-239-7567 or Joey 336-239-7567 or jmusgrave1@tried.rr.com. |
As far as tournament fishing goes, everything but the final catch was reason to stay off the lake. When Russell’s Saturday Wildcats traveled to Badin Lake on Saturday, temperatures at gathering time hovered above 80 degrees and humidity made it feel much worse. Those conditions would get no better as a hot sun added to fishing woes. One boat team made the best of the day when, at weigh in, they dumped 17.62 pounds of caught bass onto the scales. ...more More Photos |
Bost And Woods Win First Of Season At High Rock If any lake is going to produce a first win for a team, it is likely to be High Rock and it’ll be done in grand style. When the Bear Creek Bass Club hit the waters on Saturday, Wayne Bost and Matthew Woods went looking for the prize. What they found was their first-ever win with the group and Big Fish honors for the day. ...more |
White Wins Wednesday Special With July comes heat, vacations and a lull in fishing for many. Only four boats showed up for the Sides’ Wednesday Specials on Badin this week. With temperatures soaring into the nineties, it is no wonder folks prefer to be in the water rather than on it. ...more |
Last Cast Completes First Of Two On Tuckertown The Last Cast Bass Anglers have done some traveling this season and landed on Tuckertown this last weekend for the first of two, back-to-back events there. The Gibsonville, NC headquartered club has competed on Mayo, High Rock, Badin, and Buggs Island, but took on the smaller reservoir Saturday. The nine boats in the competition finished well ahead of other clubs and prior to torrential rains fell on the pond. ...more More Photos |
16.18 Wins Tuesday Evening Four Hour Clash Although the heat of July has put many teams on the sidelines, the Tuesday Wildcats of Badin continue the weekly trek to the lake. Fourteen teams vied for $285 in prize money this week and a pair of veterans took home the biggest chunk. ...more |
Summer fishing in North Carolina is hot work. This season’s record wave of high temps and pounding humidity has made that effort even more difficult. For weekend anglers on Lake Tillery, there’s at least one break. Much like the neighborhood ice cream truck we all remember, an over-sized and over-stuffed pontoon boat brings ice cream out to boaters and anglers there every weekend. Simply Scrumptious Ice Cream launches their freezer-laden pontoon each weekend afternoon from the Swift Island Access and can often be seen anchored near the 24/27 bridge. The Mt. Gilead shop (602 Hwy 731-West) produces homemade ice cream treats and makes it too easy to enjoy out on the water. This last Sunday, Fishbyte.Net caught them just before they pulled away from the docks at 1:30 PM. The camera crew had been on the water all day covering the Yadkin One-On-One tournament and a quick tie-up and some cash brought some needed relief. |
Anglers And Ice Cream On TilleryTillery Turns On For Friday Nite Crowd “It was a great way to spend a Friday evening.” That according to the Friday Nites on Tillery and Badin co-director, Todd Street, was how this week’s event on Tillery turned out. “A breeze was blowing and it was overcast, …and a few fish were biting. There were a few showers across the lake in spots. Just a great way to spend a Friday evening.” For Bo Russell and Gary Freeze Jr., it was an especially pleasant evening. The duo took top honors away from sixteen other boat teams. ...more More Photos |
Windy Jordan Conditions Pound Piedmont Bass Anglers Open For the anglers fishing the Piedmont Bass Classics event on Jordan this Saturday, the lake turned a rough side to fishing efforts. According to director, Phil McCarson, the anglers found efforts thwarted by high winds and a thunderstorm throughout the day. In the end, only twenty-three bass came to the table. ...more |
Rockett Pulls Out Davie Bass Win It was one of many clubs to throw an attack at Tuckertown Reservoir Saturday and the seventeen anglers from the Davie Bass Trails group gave it their best. As the 2 PM weigh in neared, anglers knew the best luck of the day turned out to be storms that were holding just north of the scales. ...more More Photos |
Nance Wins Head-To-Head Tillery Shootout When the day began on Lake Tillery last Sunday, a muggy mist lay across the waters and all was quiet. Within hours after the Yadkin One-On-One Series left the Swift Island Access, the lake was teeming with recreational traffic and bass were tough to find. Still, some anglers found schooling shad on points, sticking with that strategy throughout the day. One angler used a different approach and it was a seven pound difference. ...more More Photos |
Wolfarth And Sweeting Win Yadkin Team Tourney on Tuckertown Only a few teams turned out for the Yadkin Team Tournament at Tuckertown this last Saturday, but those who did could brag at the end. While most struggled to find any fish to bring to the scales, three of the top teams broke double digits. ...more |
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Nix Wins Rocky Bottom Tuckertown Shootout A pile of club events rolled onto Tuckertown Reservoir Saturday and, despite the weather forecast of damaging storms across the area, the club of ten boat teams managed to just miss the brutal downpours. When they blasted off at safelight, a 2 PM weigh in was pushing their luck, but rains and lightning held off until just as the scales were packed away. As black clouds rolled down the lake and sheets of rain were visible, anglers scurried their catches to the scales. ...more More Photos |
Cook And Mauldin Win High Rock Wildcat With the heat of summer come the struggles to keep fish in livewells swimming. Besides having healthy trophies to return to the lake, those same lively fish can mean the difference between going home with extra money in pockets or knowing you could have placed in the money. When Russell’s Saturday Wildcats traveled to High Rock last Saturday, many of the anglers found themselves either on the good side of that situation or wishing they’d worked on livewell conditions a bit more. ...more |
McLean And Tolley Highlight Fire Dept. Event The High Point Fire department sent its best bass anglers at Randleman Reservoir past Thursday, hoping the veterans of the crew could tame the new waters. Although only seven teams turned out because of vacations, those who hit the waters piled a bunch of fish into livewells. In the end, veteran winner Les McLean and Less Tolley, Fishbyte.Net Pro Angler, tallied another top finish. ...more More Photos |
| High Rock Bass Benefit Tournament At End Of Month July 31, 2010 Orlando Giles and Joey Musgrave have built a strong reputation for themselves as fair and equitable directors of a weekly open bass series, and now they will add charitable to those qualities. The co-directors announced this week that they will hold a benefit bass tournament on High Rock Saturday, July 31 to help a four-year-old girl who has bone cancer. According to the Fishbyte.Net Calendar, that date should conflict with the smallest number of other tournaments in the region. ...more |
July 17, 2010 For the second time in as many months, a father/daughter bass team bested all other competitors in the Adam & Eve Tournament Series on the Yadkin Chain. While other clubs found fishing tough at various other lakes, the males and females lit up Badin Lake with some impressive weights. ...more More Photos |
Wildlife Commission Changes Venue for District 5 Public Hearing – Announces Dates For All Hearings The Wildlife Commissioners of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission voted today to change the location for its District 5 public hearing on Sept. 8. The annual public hearing will be held in the auditorium of Central Carolina Community College, 764 West Street, Pittsboro. ...more |
Rabon Team Wins Forsyth Bass Anglers Duel When blast off happened for the Forsyth Bass Anglers from the Flat Creek Wildlife Access on Tuckertown Saturday, it was amidst five other clubs roaring out across the waters. The eight boat team rigs were barely a dot in the small parking lot around the ramps as trucks and trailers had to find spots along the roadside leading in. A steady send off of boats form the one narrow area meant plenty of holes would be fished during the day.. ...more More Photos |
Some couples work out an arrangement where large amounts of time spent on the water chasing fish is tolerated. Other couples jump in the boat together and go fishing. For Ralph and Jodi Nolan, the Coleridge Hooksetter’s outing on High Rock this last Saturday was just another chance to fine tune their angling skills and score a payday in the process. ...more More Photos |
Nolan Couple Wins Coleridge Attack on High Rock
In the never-ending quest to out-do each other, the “live-baiters” and “trollers” of the Tarheel Striper Club met once again in the sixth tournament of their schedule to duel once again. Both groups hope to put the debate to rest once and for all. In the outing on Kerr Lake, the “live-baiters” sent their adversaries home wondering, as the best money went home with those using bait that moves on its own. ...more More Photos |
Kerr Lake Gives Up Stripers To Tarheel ClubWhite & Luther Break Into Wednesday Winning Column It’s been a dozen tries and half of those have ended up as a second place finish. For Ronnie White and Don Luther, mid-July was the charm as the team scored 17.54 pounds of Badin bass in the Sides’ Wednesday Special this week. ...more |
Sorrell Wins Archdale Bass Club Badin Competition Badin Lake is snuggled in the lap of the Uwharrie Mountains south of the Piedmont amidst a kaleidoscope of mixed of landscapes and users. From shores crowded with opulent neo-castles complete with noisy recreational craft of every shape and size to the Uwharrie National Forest’s chestnut lined slopes pouring right to the water’s edge allowing wading fly fisherman to quietly stalk a finny breakfast. It is a diverse beautiful oasis with a little for everyone. ...more |
Bowers Battles Storms To Win Wildcat Event When summer storms hit the central North Carolina region, one of the worst places to be is on Badin Lake. Whether it’s the geography surrounding that body of water or the near two hundred feet deep waters, strong winds and lightning can turn the pond into a raging beast in minutes. That’s the situation the Russell’s Tuesday Wildcat competitors found themselves in this week before the event was done. ...more |
Watterson & Tolbert Win Triad’s Sixth Event It was a busy lake with an estimated three hundred competition bass anglers all wrestling for the right locations and baits, but David Watterson and Danny Tolbert of the Triad Team Bass Anglers used High Rock Lake as a payoff last Saturday. The fishing partners out-fished eleven other teams to win the sixth event of the season for the club. ...more More Photos |
Harvell and Spake Tame Late-Night Badin Bass It was a three o’clock weigh in, but there wasn’t the usual boat traffic and mid-day heat to deal with. When the Redneck Wranglers bass club came off Badin Lake after eight hours of competition, the sun was still a few hours from rising over the horizon and the only light came from a single light pole at the Circle Drive access ramps. The club had begun its attack at 7 PM on Friday night and the weary anglers arrived back at weigh in at 3 AM. ...more More Photos |
Underhill and Campbell Win Third Straight on Badin Nites For Don Underhill and Greg Campbell, showing up at the weekly Friday Nites on Badin/Tillery competition meant a possible three straight wins. Fishing after dark takes some different skills, but the partners had shown in recent weeks they knew what they were doing. The open competition takes off at 7 PM and anglers have only a couple hours of daylight fishing this time of the year before darkness covers the last half of their event. ...more |
Conner Fishes Solo To Win Bear Creek Event Most times a good fishing partner in the back of the boat can be the difference between a win or a no-show. For Eddie Conner of the Bear Creek Bass Club, it didn’t matter last Saturday when the club took to the waters of High Rock. The angler spent the day by himself out-fishing his fellow-casters, bringing his limit of five to the scales at Tamarac marina. ...more More Photos |
Tuckertown Tops Bass weights Over Weekend When Russell’s Saturday Wildcats travel to Tuckertown, the angling teams turn out. The summer heat drives bass deep and they turn into picky eaters in most lakes, but that stumpy pond turns on. For the weekly, open series the waters produced over twenty-five pounds for the winning team Saturday. ...more |
Younts Wins Bassmasters High Rock Event High Rock Lake is usually known for its big yields even when the heat of summer is on, but the lake showed its rough side to the American Bass Anglers Toyota Tundra Bassmasters NC Division 5 last weekend. Sixty boats holding both Boater and Co-Angler competitors raced off from the Tamarac Marina on the west side of the pond Saturday hoping to make the days of practice pay off. Nearly every angler, just prior to blast off, reported excellent results in pre-fishing that week. Instead, the High Rock big bass turned their tails to many of the fishermen. ...more More Photos |
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Badin Wednesday Special Open Blasts Off Under New Leadership As June wound down a promised change took place in the Wednesday Specials held on Badin Lake. Teddy Starnes began the weekly opens a few months ago and set a schedule that ran until the end of that month. The competitions became so successful, Pinky Sides, a longtime tournament director himself, agreed to continue the events. This week’s event was the first under new leadership. ...more |
That's A Wrap… I have been asked by several people about the wraps that I have done on my bass boat and Chevy Silverados. The most questions asked are will it hurt the paint when it is removed, who did the design, who did the wrap and, most of all, How Much? ...more |
Post-Fourth Tuesday Heat Slows Bite Both the bass and the anglers had returned from a weekend off for the Fourth of July. When Russell’s Tuesday Wildcats blasted off from Badin’s Alcoa Landing, only twelve boats skimmed away. When they returned at 8:30 for weigh in, it appeared the bass were reluctant to show up as well. ...more |
Giles And Musgrave Win Championship Fishing Yadkin Event It was a stage set for a big win, and two directors of a weekly bass series showed their knowledge of their local lake last Saturday. When Championship Fishing’s Yadkin Trail came to High Rock, the Sunday Wildcat coordinators Orlando Giles and Joey Musgrave came with their best game. When it was over they had hauled over eighteen pounds of winning fish to the scales. ...more |
101 Degrees Doesn’t Stop Yadkin Yahoos As the second heat wave of the season pounds the region, it’s somehow easy to forget the punishing anglers took through the month of June. The Yadkin Yahoos Bass Club found themselves in the thick of it when the group met not once, but twice during those thirty days. This time ten boat teams headed for Tuckertown on June 26 hoping to find the bigger bass there. ...more |
Tuckertown Gives Away 20 Plus To Booyah Winners It’s the lake that angler either love or hate. Narrow, often murky with water levels that seem to fluctuate more than others on the Yadkin Chain, Tuckertown can provide some of the biggest weights during the summer months if a fisherman knows where to look. For the winners of the Booyah Bass Club event there on Friday, they like the lake and they knew where to fish. ...more |
July 10, 2010 Orlando Giles and Joey Musgrave have built a strong reputation for themselves as fair and equitable directors of a weekly open bass series, and now they will add charitable to those qualities. The co-directors announced this week that they will hold a benefit bass tournament on High Rock this Saturday, July 10 to help a four-year-old girl who has cancer. The Open event will take place at the Highway 8 Southmont Landing and will happen from 6 AM to 2 PM. Cost is $70 per boat with a $10 Big Fish option. Payback will be sixty percent. For more information, contact Giles at 336-357-0473 or Joey Musgrave at 336-239-5441 or by email at jmusgrave1@tried.rr.com. |
Underhill And Campbell Score Back To Back Wins It was a weekend beginning to remember for the Friday Nites On Badin/Tillery open series. Directors Todd Street and Todd Little have been on a two-year quest to field forty boats for an event in either their Friday series or the popular Saturday Nites on Badin events. That mission became history a week before the Fourth when forty-one teams turned out for a 7 PM blast off on Badin. ...more |
Sweeting Wins Saturday Wildcat Pre-Fourth If ever the weather was right for fishing, this past weekend had it just right. Bo Russell’s Saturday Wildcats took to Badin Lake to enjoy the lower temperatures and no humidity, even as Fourth of July recreational traffic began to heat up. ...more |
Piedmont Bass Hosting Open On Jordan July 10 If you are looking for an open bass competition this coming Saturday and would like to fish a big lake, the Piedmont Bass Classics is hosting a second, wide-open event on Lake Jordan July 10. Just two weeks ago, dozens of entries showed up to catch big weights on a red hot pond. ...more |
When the tournament schedule gets thin, there always seems to be a place where the Fishbyte.Net photo boat needs to be. It was only fitting that the staff participate in our “hometown” parade on the streets of Troy, NC. The annual Fourth celebration, Troyfest 2010, begins the evening before with a much-heralded demolition derby followed by a day-long celebration. Vendors line the streets where the parade route runs and large crowds gather. Our “fishing strategy” for the day? Decorate the boat in red, white, and blue, drive very slowly, wave a lot, shoot film and photos, and toss lots (and lots) of candy out to the kids. |
Fishbyte.Net Cruises Troyfest Fourth ParadeDunlap Wins Wednesday Badin Special The month of June fishing wound down this week as the hottest June on record, but for anglers it was a blur of action on local lakes. After a slow bite start early in the season, the heat brought on the bass bite. When Teddy Starnes began his Wednesday Specials on Badin a couple months ago, he timed it perfectly for catching, but kicked it off in a heat wave. ...more |
Dainton Wins Riverbassin.com Charlotte Stop As fishing tournaments go, there wasn’t much of what might be considered “standard” for an event. The day began without a roar of engines; there was no blast off point, and anglers spread out over a one hundred mile radius covering two states. They were looking for bass for the win, but could count five different species in their take. ...more More Photos |
Badin Wildcat Winners Net 16.84 Russell’s Tuesday Wildcats continues to draw the evening anglers to the shores of Badin Lake and, this week, the pond provided a sack of bass for the winners. The Open event saw seventeen entries ready for the 4:30 PM to 8:30 PM competition. The weekly gathering usually fields some of the best fishermen in the region. ...more |
Redneck Wranglers Battle In Seventh Event A day before the Redneck Wranglers arrived at the newly-renovated Swift Island Access on Lake Tillery, NC Wildlife contractors were making adjustments for them. The elimination of a few parking spots at the front of the ramps made for an easier start for the anglers in the wee-dark hours when they gathered. That was the only break the anglers got all day, as Mother Nature and the hydro companies failed to give them what they wanted. Record-breaking temperatures and nearly no water flow made for tough fishing. ...more More Photos |
Langley & Fritts Back On Top Of Falls Lake It took a couple weeks and a few events, but two of the Piedmont Bass Classics hottest anglers found themselves back in the winner’s circle last Saturday after an event on Falls Lake. Joe Langley and Brian Fritts used a predictable “bass pattern” day when bite was on to claim first place on a sweltering day, finding five fish weighing 24.78 pounds. ...more |
Troutman & Strider Claim Tillery And Points Battle For the Bear Creek Bass Club, the season is heating up. Although the Saturday, June 19th competition on Tillery was staged in ninety-plus degree temperatures, the weather paled in comparison to the points battle going on within the group. When the points leaders stumbled and managed only a tenth place finish, Ken Troutman and David Strider used a red-hot Tillery to grab the day’s competition and wrestle the points lead away from Lewis Gordon and Randy Burleson. ...more More Photos |
Hartsell And Woods Pound Tillery for 21 Plus Turns out, stepping in for an absent tournament director can be good luck. When a prior commitment required the Mid-State Bass Anglers’ head, Ron Tuck, to step out for the week, Scott Hartsell and Kenny Woods jumped in to command the Saturday event on Lake Tillery. After eight hours on a bass hunt, the partners had not only taken control of the club for the day, they had mastered the lake. ...more More Photos |
Clontz Scores Big Win On High Rock Russell’s Saturday Wildcats returned to High Rock Lake this last Saturday as numerous other clubs and benefits joined them at the docks of Southmont. The Stanly County-based open series staged their second assault on the larger waters and, although most were unfamiliar with the best holes, teams scored some impressive early-summer weights. ...more |
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Fishing Action On Lake Tillery Saturday June 26th |
June 26, 2010 A whole lot of striper fishermen prefer the freshest of live baits when on the water. Early morning mists in back coves often reveal anglers netting shad as they school in the calmer waters. And, there are outings when a lack of bait calls for a break from the fishing action to seek more. Brent McDonald of Southern Pines and Brandon Dennison of Aberdeen were on Lake Tillery Saturday, despite the heat, to spend a day striper fishing. They had left the Swift Island Access on Highway 24/27 about 6:30 AM. Like most in search of stripers that day, they headed north up the lake. A favorite location this time of year is on the waters adjacent to the Carolina Forest community and Morrow Mountain State Park. A shortage of bait sent these two Moore County residents up near the dam to throw a net. As a couple others boats had also reported, netting those was as tough as finding the stripers that day. |
Johnston Wins Second Carolina Basser Open When the Carolina Bassers of Harnett County met for the second of two invitational opens last Saturday on Lake Tillery, it turned out to be a battle between youth and “experience”. At weigh in, it was youth who prevailed. The veterans stood by watching a near-sweep of the top finishes. ...more More Photos |
Striper Open On Jordan Pulls Thirty Boat Teams It’s always a battle between the “live-baiters” and the “trollers”, and in recent months the boat teams using stuff that swims by itself have commanded the waters. However, at the recent Open striper competition hosted by the Tarheel Striper Club on Jordan Lake, the boats dangling baits far behind their moving vessels had their day. Thirty boat teams turned out for the event and those using trolling tactics caught the most fish. ...more |
Bryant Team Wins Wednesday Event On Badin It’s not too often you’ll hear bass fishermen say it wasn’t a good day for fishing, but that was the case this last Wednesday when anglers gathered for the Starnes’ Wednesday Special on Badin. They caught fish. Some of them earned some good cash. But still, it just wasn’t a very good day to be out there for the eleven teams. ...more |
Abshire And Sherrer Win Carolina Bassers’ Open Harnett County came to Lake Tillery last weekend in the form of the Carolina Bassers in the first of two “open” events on the club’s schedule. The activity was one of the first larger events to hit the newly renovated Swift Island Wildlife Access, where asphalt and lined parking now greet those using the location. For Fishbyte.Net Pro Angler and Columnist Hal Abshire, it was a great day to be on the lake. ...more |
June 19, 2010 By Phil McCarson & Fishbyte.Net Staff Photos Courtesy of Piedmont Bass Classics If you were fishing on Falls Lake in the Piedmont Bass Classics Lonestar Steakhouse & Saloon event this last weekend, you would have been out of luck without at least twenty-four pounds of catch at weigh in. The winning bag, a 23.64 in five fish, was just a preview of bigger weights to come as fish move to deeper waters, according to the series director. ...more |
Special Olympics CAST Benefit Tourney This Weekend For those anglers loving High Rock this time of year with time and no tournament on their schedule, a benefit bass tournament this coming Saturday is a must-do. The 1st Annual Special Olympics Bass Tournament hosted by C.A.S.T. will happen at the Southmont Access. Sponsors are guaranteeing a $1,000 payout for first place. ...more |
Thurman And Bowers Win Heat-Fest One of the main ideas behind fishing in the evening is to escape the searing heat of a summer day. Anglers can enjoy some quiet time on a lake while feeling the temperatures drop to more comfortable levels around them. That didn’t happen this Tuesday when Russell’s Tuesday Wildcats headed for their weekly stop at Badin. The second day of summer sent a warning shot across their bows… she was here and she was cranky. ...more |
June 19, 2010 With nearly one hundred bass boats from the FLW BFL NC Division whisking around them, two bass anglers enjoying a morning of catching fish seemed to barely notice. Wayne Moore of Winston Salem and Jimmy Steele of High Rock Lake put in early on Saturday from Steele’s dock looking for some quiet time on the pond. They found one of the favored locations near the mouth of Second Creek near some cedars growing out in the water. Those humps and drop offs were providing them plenty of action when the Fishbyte.Net photo boat rolled up. They had two very sizable keepers by 6:45 AM and were on bite as they were filmed. The partners stated they were using Carolina rigs and various jigs. Sometimes even in the busiest of traffic, the best fishing strategy is to tune it all out and focus on what it all means. For these two the good company meant fish in the boat. |
Dunlap Grabs Wildcat Win At Renovated Access One day before Fathers’ Day, Russell’s Saturday Wildcats made good use of the newly-renovated Wildlife Access at Tillery’s Swift Island, and Buzz Dunlap probably liked it the most. Not only was the parking paved for anglers’ rigs, but the way was paved for superb fishing as well. ...more |
Walters Wins FLW BFL NC Division At High Rock The FLW BFL NC Division was a matter of the haves and have-nots on Saturday at High Rock. For Boater Todd Walters of Greensboro, it was all “have” as the angler took home $3,553 in prize money after hefting 22-08 pounds of bass onto the scales. Non-boater, Mark Murphy also found himself walking away with top honors in that category, when he netted 15-05 pounds for weigh in. ...more More Photos |
