Eastern Bassmasters
Andy Little was awarded angler of the year and took Big Bass honors with a weight of 7.2 lbs.

BFL Tournament
Kerr Lake Tournament Sep. 25, 2006 - HENDERSON, N.C.
Anthony Fofi of Spring Lake, N.C. finished 2nd in the Super BFL Tournament  with eight bass, 20 pounds, 15 ounces, $3,848

Carolina Bassers
Gaston Tournament September 10, 2006
Tournament Data
Participants:  39
Youth Participants:  7
Participants catching fish:  33
Fished weighed:  102
Limits:  8
Fish weighing over 5 pounds:  0

Tournament Results                                                 Youth Results

Place	Angler	Bass	Weight		Place	Angler	Bass	Weight
1st	Jerry Everly	5	14.04		1st	Joey Gwyn	4	7.57
2nd	Brian Adams	5	9.89		2nd	Hunter Johnston	4	7.15
3rd	Ricky Mozingo	5	9.42		3rd	Nick Bell	3	5.30
4th	Hal Abshire	5	9.38		4th	Tyler Teer	3	4.85
5th	Alex Daniel	5	8.51
Honorable Mention					Honorable Mention
Brad Long		5	8.22		All Other Youth
Big Fish		Weight			Big Fish		Weight
Brian Adams		4.5			Hunter Johnston		3.95

 

Carolina Bassers
Gaston Tournament September 9, 2006
Tournament Data
Participants:  39
Youth Participants:  7
Participants catching fish:  38
Fished weighed:  131
Limits:  13
Fish weighing over 5 pounds:  0

Tournament Results                                                 Youth Results

Place	Angler	Bass	Weight		Place	Angler	Bass	Weight
1st	John Barrett	5	12.2		1st	Nick Bell	5	11.96
2nd	Ron Johnson	5	11.88		2nd	Tyler Teer	5	8.72
Tie	Alex Daniel	5	10.74		3rd	Westley Riddle	2	3.75
Tie	Hume Hawkins	5	10.74		4th	Jadyn Hurr	3	3.41
5th	Todd Parker	5	9.26
Honorable Mention					Honorable Mention
Brad Long		5	9.06		All Other Youth
Big Fish		Weight			Big Fish		Weight
Alex Daniel		3.69			Nick Bell		3.35

Bassmaster Weekend Series

Kerr Lake, NC August 19, 2006

Steve Jones on the Angler side finished 19th with 5.13LBS and Todd Parker on the Co-Angler side finished 25th

 

 

Santee Cooper, SC August 2006

James Wade  finished 23rd on the Co-Angler side at Santee Cooper in the Citgo Bassmaster Southern Tour

 

Women's Bassmaster Tour
Angier Angler Cashes In
Lake Norman, NC July 27-29, 2006

Mike Duprez,Sports Editor

Monica Altman is all smiles as she shows off her certificate for taking co-angler top honors at Lake Norman.	Altman is on one of the boats she fished from, prepared to go out for another day’s catch.

Fishing in tournaments is nothing new to Monica Altman. The Angier resident does so on a regular basis for the Power-Swain Fishing Team based out of Fayetteville. But competing in a Women's Bassmaster Tour event is something at a different level altogether. Altman took a step even further by coming in first place among co-anglers  last weekend in the third event of the Mercury Women's Bassmaster Tour event, held over a three-day period at Lake Norman. "It's great," Altman said. "I'm really excited. I didn't give any thought to winning it. I was hoping to finish in the top six." Altman, whose husband Max is the athletic  director at Overhills, compiled a three-day total of six bass weighing 15 pounds, 3 ounces. Susan Bowes of Batavia, N.Y. was second with 13 pounds, 2 ounces. And that wasn't all. Altman raked in total cash and prizes worth $25,500, which was second best in the entire tournament only to boating division winner Lisa Sternard,  who raked in $50,000. The biggest portion of Altman's winnings was a $24,000 SP-175 Triton bass boat. Altman, who already has a 22-foot Ranger 526, has to make a decision on whether to  attempt to sell the new boat or take possession. "I was kind of shocked," she said. "I didn't know what to say. I was excited, happy. I still don't know what I'm going to do. I've got 90 days." The SP-175 is shorter at 17 feet but has a 90hp engine and state of the art features such as a 42-pound thrust motor guide and a Lowrance global positioning  satellite (GPS). Altman won $500 in cash for hauling in Friday's biggest bass, one weighing 3 pounds, 14 ounces. She took in $1,000 in cash for coming in first place  among co-anglers. Co-anglers partner with boat owners or operators in bass fishing tournaments. The co-angler fishes from the back of the boat while owner fishes from the  front. Altman, who used a touring special rod and Ambassador Promag reel with a Berkeley Vanish 17-pound test line, basically won the tournament in the first two days.  Her catch was 5 pounds, 10 ounces on Friday and 8 pounds, 11 ounces on Saturday. That was more than enough to offset her catch of 14 ounces on Sunday. "I had  two excellent partners," Altman said. "They like to shallow fish, which is my strength." Danielle Kremmer of Florida was Altman's partner on the first day and Doris Parsons of nearby Maiden was her partner on the second day. Altman's third day partner  chose to fish in deeper water and that made a difference, though not enough to cost her the victory. Altman did have one sizeable catch on Sunday but a penalty was incurred due to  the fish being dead before it was weighed in. With her strong showing, Altman   debuted at 59th place in the WBT non-boater season standings.  In third place overall is North Carolina's Linda Berry, who placed third behind Altman and Bowes  at Lake Norman.

 

American Bass Anglers
Lake Murray, SC July 22, 2006
Greg Lahr took 1st in ABA at Lake Murray, SC with a 5 bass limit weighing in at 15.97lbs and took Big Bass honors with 6.64lbs

Sandhills Bassmasters

Lake Tillery, NC July 15, 2006

Kevin Matthews finished in 1st place. 

Carolina Bassers
Mayo Tournament July 15, 2006

Tournament Results                                                 Youth Results

Place	Angler	Bass	Weight		Place	Angler	Bass	Weight
1st	Stefan Badarak	5	13.29		1st	Tyler Teer	3	5.92
2nd	Hume Hawkins	5	11.84		2nd	Westley Riddle	4	5.80
3rd	Mike Nedeau	4	11.55		3rd	Timmy Baker	3	4.24
4th	Shawn Dalrymple	5	9.54		4th	Nick Bell	1	2.62
5th	Hal Abshire	4	8.09
Honorable Mention					Honorable Mention
Ricky Mozingo		3	6.68		All Other Youth
Big Fish		Weight			Big Fish		Weight
Ricky Mozingo		5.42			Tyler Teer		3.20

Top Five Right to Left
Youth
Stefan Badarak 1st Place	Ricky Mozingo Big Fish
Tyler Teer 1st Place and Big Fish	Westley Riddle 2nd Place

 

American Bass Anglers
High Rock Lake, NC July 8th and 9th, 2006
Greg Lahr took 1st in 2 day ABA at High Rock Lake, NC with a 5 bass limit (each day) weighing in at 19.40lbs and took Big Bass 
honors with 2.14lbs

 

Powers Swain Chevy Fishing Team
Kerr Lake, NC Tournament June 11, 2006

TOP FINISHERS: 

1, Willard Giles, Linden, and Mike Giles, Linden, 13 pounds, 0 ounces, $188; 

2, Hal Abshire, Johnsonville, and Todd Parker, Sanford, 12-1, $152; 

3, Storm Rutcho, Sanford, and Jerry Rhodes, Sanford, 11-11, $56; 

Big Bass - Abshire/Parker, 4-14

NEXT POWERS SWAIN TOURNAMENT: Aug. 19, Buckhorn Dam, Cape Fear River, Sanford, NC

American Bass Anglers
June 10, 2006
James Poirrier took 3rd in ABA at Kerr Lake, NC with 11.84 with a 4.5lb kicker

American Bass Anglers
May 28, 2006
James Poirrier took 3rd in ABA at Shearon Harris Lake, NC

National BASS Circuit
April 30, 2006
The team of Tony Fofi and Randy Nails finished 2nd at Jordan Lake, NC with a weight of 16.92 lbs. The received a check for $1,075.00. 

American Bass Anglers
April 8, 2006
James Poirrier took 2nd in ABA at Kerr Lake, NC weighing in over 17 lbs. He also took Big Fish with 6.5 lbs.

BASS Weekend Tournament Trail
March 11, 2006
Tim Wilkes finishes 11th at Santee Cooper, SC and brings home a check for $352.00.

American Bass Anglers
March 11, 2006
James Poirrier took 2nd in ABA at Kerr Lake, NC weighing in 13.47 lbs. and bringing home $410.00

Eastern Bassmasters
Andy Little finished 1st at the North East Cape Fear Tournament and took Big Bass with a weight of 7.2 lbs.

Capital City BassMasters

Doc MacDonald finished 9th at the Northern Regional Finals for NC at Kerr Lake bringing home a check for $492.00. This qualifies
him for the State Tournament on Kerr Lake in October 2006. 

Carolina Bassers
Harris Tournament February 25, 2006

Tourney Rundown
The Carolina Bassers kicked off the 2006 tournament season at nearby Shearon Harris Lake.  Anglers were greeted with chilly temperatures right at the freezing point, along with two other tournaments that were being held on this relatively small impoundment.  The long awaited wait was over at 7:00a.m. when 54 anglers set out to catch some of the lakes infamous "Harris Hawgs".  Fishing proved to be hit or miss with most anglers catching fish but the lakes slot limit of 16-20 inches once again came into play frustrating a fair share of anglers as no angler managed to weigh a five fish limit.  Patterns varied with most anglers reported catching their fish from crankbaits, jigs, jerkbaits and the trusty Texas rigged worm.

Terry "Gettin jiggy with it" Teer bested all anglers bringing in 4 fish weighing 11.66 pounds.  The Kicker fish eluded Terry, but not 2nd place angler Allen Thompson who weighed a 9.15 lb "Harris Hawg" along with another keeper for a total weight of 10.32 lbs.  Rounding out the top three was Nathon Blanton also weighing two fish for 8.62 lbs.

The club's youth also kicked off the new season with visions of catching a huge sack at this obviously healthy lake.  Nick Bell left off where he ended last year with the season's first win and big fish weighing 5.44 lbs.  Tyler Teer managed a solid keeper taking 2nd place weighing 1.28 lbs.  Coming in a close 3rd was recently returned 2006 Junior Bassmaster Classic Competitor, Westley Riddle With 1.26 lbs.

Dave Haraway Reporting

Weather Conditions
Overcast & Chilly with air temperatures in the upper 20's to low 30's in the morning and low 60's in the afternoon
Winds - Slight breeze in the morning with winds in the afternoon gusting to 25 mph
Water temp - 47 to 52 degrees

Tournament Data
Participants:  54
Youth Participants:  11
Participants catching fish:  49
Fished weighed:  66
Limits:  0
Fish weighing over 5 pounds:  7

Tournament Results                                                 Youth Results

Place	Angler	Bass	Weight		Place	Angler	Bass	Weight
1st	Terry Teer	4	11.66		1st	Nick Bell	1	5.44
2nd	Allen Thompson	2	10.32		2nd	Tyler Teer	1	1.28
3rd	Nathon Blanton	2	8.62		3rd	Westley Riddle	1	1.26
4th	Stephen Campbell	3	8.00		4th	Breanna Everly	1	.99
5th	Ricky Bell	1	7.39
Honorable Mention					Honorable Mention
Roger Baylous		4	6.97		All Youth
Big Fish		Weight			Big Fish		Weight
Allen Thompson		9.15			Nick Bell		5.44

Top 4 of 5 Right to Left
Youth
Paul Shenep	Steve Campbell

Capital City BassMasters
February 19, 2006

CAPITOL CITY BASSMASTERS HELD A TOURNAMENT AT JORDAN LAKE 2/19/06 FROM 7:30 AM TO 3 PM WITH FIRST PLACE 
WEIGHT 4 FISH 16.9 KEVIN WOODALL, SECOND  PLACE, WILLARD GILES WITH  THREE FISH 12.15,AND RANDY SMITH THIRD WITH 2 FISH 9.3.

Junior Bassmaster World Championship
February 18, 2006

The Junior Bassmaster program began 20 years ago and currently has participation by 43 states. This program allows Junior BASS 
members to compete an a local level, ultimately qualifying for their respective state championship.

The competition program mirrors the BASS Federation tournament structure, with one exception. Junior Bassmasters "do not" have 
Divisional competitions but are divided into two age categories: 11-14 and 15-18.

Competitions culminate in the JR Bassmaster Classic which takes place the week prior to the Bassmaster Classic. For two days, 
pro anglers competing in the CITGO Bassmaster Classic serve as mentors and boat captains during the Junior Bassmaster Championship, 
piloting the boats from take-off until weigh-in. Pros are randomly paired with the competitors for the competition.

Day one is a practice day where both the JR's. and the Pro's enjoy a day of fishing and learning from one another. Day two is the official