North Carolina Fishing News

SALISBURY, North Carolina - Spence Brunson of Salisbury, North Carolina, won the Walmart Bass Fishing League® North Carolina Division tournament on High Rock Lake Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 22 pounds, 1 ounce. The victory earned Brunson $4,428 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Clarks Hill Lake Regional Championship in Appling, Ga., Oct. 15-17, where he could ultimately win a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.

SALISBURY, North Carolina - The North Carolina Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit High Rock Lake in Salisbury, North Carolina, June 27 for the fourth of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

HENDERSON, NORTH CAROLINA - The Piedmont Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit Kerr Lake in Henderson, North Carolina, June 13 for the fourth of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Jacob Powroznik of Prince George, Virginia, survived a tough first day of competition at the Walmart FLW Tour's National Guard Open on Lake Norman and weighed five fish weighing 13 pounds, 12 ounces to end the day with a slim 1-ounce lead. The National Guard Open features anglers from all across the United States, Mexico, Canada and Japan.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Team Berkley pro Stetson Blaylock of Benton, Arkabsas, caught a final-round total of 10 bass weighing 23 pounds, 15 ounces to win $200,000 in the $1.1 million Walmart FLW Tour National Guard Open on Lake Norman. Blaylock topped his closest rival, Andy Morgan of Dayton, Tennessee, by one pound to earn the win and 200 points toward qualifying for the $2 million Forrest Wood Cup presented by Castrol and BP, which will be held July 30-August 2 on the Three Rivers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where they could win as much as $1 million - the sport's biggest award.

HENDERSON, N.C. (April 29, 2009) - The North Carolina Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit Kerr Lake in Henderson, N.C., May 9 for the third of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

Tony Woodard of Four Oaks, North Carolina, won the Walmart Bass Fishing League® Piedmont Division tournament on Jordan Lake Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 24 pounds. The victory earned Woodard $4,948 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Potomac River Regional Championship in Marbury, Md., Oct. 8-10, where he could ultimately win a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.

HENDERSON, North Carolina - The Piedmont Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit Kerr Lake in Henderson, North Carolina March 7 for the first of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

TERRELL, North Carolina - Boater Hank Cherry of Maiden, North Carolina, won the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League® North Carolina Division tournament on Lake Norman Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 19 pounds. The victory earned Cherry $4,720 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Clarks Hill Lake Regional Championship in Appling, Ga., Oct. 15-17, where he could ultimately win a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.

TERRELL, North Carolina - The North Carolina Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit Lake Norman in Terrell, North Carolina, February 21 for the first of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.