CATAWBA’S QUEEN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BFL NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OPENER ON LAKE NORMAN PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Mount Holly’s Trull Earns Co-angler Title

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 26, 2018) – Boater Jeff Queen of Catawba, North Carolina, caught five bass weighing 22 pounds, 1 ounce, Saturday to win the 2018 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) North Carolina Division opener on Lake Norman presented by Navionics. Queen earned $3,918 for his victory.

“I was fishing on the south end of the lake, targeting sandy flats and boat docks,” said Queen, who earned his third career win in BFL competition. “I like these early in the year tournaments because they fit my pattern real well.”

Queen said that he caught his fish on two baits – a 3/8-ounce KJ Camo-colored Queen Tackle Flippin jig and a ½-ounce Greenpumpkin Green-colored Queen Tackle Hammerhead jig.

“I threw the Flippin jig around docks, and used the Hammerhead on the sandy flats,” Queen said. “The Hammerhead is a football-head jig that has a tungsten bead in the head, and it gives a crayfish clicking noise that makes the bass go crazy. I had it trailered with a Bizz Baits Cutter Craw and I was just imitating a crayfish as close as I could.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Jeff Queen, Catawba, N.C., five bass, 22-1, $3,918

2nd:         Nick Miller, Terrell, N.C., five bass, 19-9, $2,344

3rd:         Preston Harris, State Road, N.C., five bass, 16-6, $1,638

4th:         Dylan Fulk, Concord, N.C., five bass, 15-5, $867

5th:         Alvin Shaw, Roaring Gap, N.C., five bass, 14-9, $744

6th:         Mark Carpenter, Lincolnton, N.C., five bass, 14-3, $682

7th:         Rob Digh, Denver, N.C., five bass, 14-1, $620

8th:         Doug Easton, Huntersville, N.C., five bass, 14-0, $558

9th:         Carson Orellana, Mooresville, N.C., five bass, 13-15, $496

10th:       Hank Cherry, Maiden, N.C., five bass, 13-13, $434

Complete results can be found below:

Miller caught a bass weighing 6 pounds, 3 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $485.

Tristen Trull of Mount Holly, North Carolina, won the Co-angler Division and $1,859 Saturday after catching a five-bass limit weighing 12 pounds, 8 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Tristen Trull, Mount Holly, N.C., five bass, 12-8, $1,859

2nd:         Cameron Baker, Monroe, N.C., five bass, 10-15, $929

3rd:         Brian Souza, Cornelius, N.C., five bass, 10-13, $819

4th:         Nathan Grose, Summersville, W. Va., five bass, 10-12, $484

5th:         Jeff Scism, Shelby, N.C., five bass, 9-13, $372

6th:         Matt Markland, Blowing Rock, N.C., five bass, 9-11, $341

7th:         Brian Transon, Sherrils Ford, N.C., five bass, 9-9, $310

8th:         Greg Bragg, Kings Mountain, N.C., four bass, 9-3, $279

9th:         John Carroll, Galax, Va., five bass, 9-2, $248

10th:       Steve Cannon, Wilkesboro, N.C., four bass, 9-0, $459

Cannon caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a 4-pound, 9-ounce fish. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $242.

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) North Carolina Division event on Lake Norman presented by Navionics was hosted by the Mooresville Convention & Visitors Bureau.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 11-13 BFL Regional Championship on the Chesapeake Bay in North East, Maryland. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2018 BFL All-American will be held May 31-June 2 at Cross Lake in Shreveport, Louisiana, and is hosted by the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at FacebookTwitterInstagramYouTube and Snapchat.

 

PLACE ANGLER CITY/STATE DAY 1
WT (Fish)
DAY 1&2
WT (Fish)
WINNINGS
1 JEFF QUEEN CATAWBA, NC 22 – 1 (5) 22 – 1 (5) $3,918
2 NICK MILLER TERRELL, NC 19 – 9 (5) 19 – 9 (5) $2,344
3 PRESTON HARRIS STATE ROAD, NC 16 – 6 (5) 16 – 6 (5) $1,638
4 DYLAN FULK CONCORD, NC 15 – 5 (5) 15 – 5 (5) $867
5 ALVIN SHAW ROARING GAP, NC 14 – 9 (5) 14 – 9 (5) $744
6 MARK CARPENTER LINCOLNTON, NC 14 – 3 (5) 14 – 3 (5) $682
7 ROB DIGH DENVER, NC 14 – 1 (5) 14 – 1 (5) $620
8 DOUG EASTON HUNTERSVILLE, NC 14 – 0 (5) 14 – 0 (5) $558
9 CARSON ORELLANA MOORESVILLE, NC 13 – 15 (5) 13 – 15 (5) $496
10 HANK CHERRY MAIDEN, NC 13 – 13 (5) 13 – 13 (5) $434
11 KEVIN TOLER STATESVILLE, NC 13 – 10 (5) 13 – 10 (5) $390
12 CARSON COCHRAN DENVER, NC 13 – 8 (5) 13 – 8 (5) $359
13 RYAN DEAL INDIAN TRAIL, NC 13 – 5 (5) 13 – 5 (5) $347
14 SCOTT HAMRICK DENVER, NC 12 – 14 (5) 12 – 14 (5) $328
15 COLE HUSKINS MT. HOLLY, NC 12 – 12 (5) 12 – 12 (5) $310
16 DEREK CUMMINGS CLAYTON, NC 12 – 8 (5) 12 – 8 (5) $297
17 BOBBY RAKES MAX MEADOWS, VA 11 – 12 (5) 11 – 12 (5) $285
18 NATHAN WEBBER LAKE WYLIE, SC 11 – 10 (5) 11 – 10 (5) $273
19 JOSE HENDRIQUEZ CHARLOTTE, NC 11 – 7 (5) 11 – 7 (5) $260
20 CRAIG CHAMBERS CHARLOTTE, NC 11 – 5 (5) 11 – 5 (5)
20 JOHN PARKER GAFFNEY, SC 11 – 5 (5) 11 – 5 (5)
22 LUKE FARLEY BROWNSVILLE, KY 11 – 4 (5) 11 – 4 (5)
23 BRYAN FORSEE STATESVILLE, NC 11 – 3 (5) 11 – 3 (5)
24 KEVIN CHANDLER NEW LONDON, NC 11 – 2 (5) 11 – 2 (5)
25 MICHAEL STEPHENS GASTONIA, NC 11 – 0 (5) 11 – 0 (5)
26 STEPHEN CANNON WILKESBORO, NC 10 – 10 (5) 10 – 10 (5)
27 ADAM GUM PRINCETON, WV 10 – 2 (5) 10 – 2 (5)
28 BRIAN TRAVIS CONOVER, NC 10 – 1 (5) 10 – 1 (5)
29 CHRIS DOVER BLACKSBURG, SC 9 – 15 (5) 9 – 15 (5)
30 TODD FULK MOUNT PLEASANT, NC 9 – 14 (5) 9 – 14 (5)
31 JASON WILSON LINCOLNTON, NC 9 – 13 (5) 9 – 13 (5)
32 MIKE HAWKS GALAX, VA 9 – 10 (5) 9 – 10 (5)
33 MATTHEW MCBEE CONCORD, NC 9 – 3 (5) 9 – 3 (5)
34 DREW MONTGOMERY MAIDEN, NC 9 – 2 (5) 9 – 2 (5)
34 ARTIE PHILLIPS MONROE, NC 9 – 2 (5) 9 – 2 (5)
36 MALCOLM RAWLS WAKE FOREST, NC 9 – 0 (5) 9 – 0 (5)
37 TRAVIS YOUNG ROCK HILL, SC 8 – 15 (5) 8 – 15 (5)
37 CHAD POTEAT MOUNT AIRY, NC 8 – 15 (5) 8 – 15 (5)
39 DAVID GRAHAM UNIONVILLE, NC 8 – 14 (5) 8 – 14 (5)
39 MIKE WINCHESTER BRYSON CITY, NC 8 – 14 (5) 8 – 14 (5)
41 OTTO HECHT STAFFORD, VA 8 – 13 (5) 8 – 13 (5)
41 JOSH CANNON WAXHAW, NC 8 – 13 (5) 8 – 13 (5)
43 ANDY NIX THOMASVILLE, NC 8 – 12 (5) 8 – 12 (5)
44 JAMES BLANKENSHIP SILER CITY, NC 8 – 10 (4) 8 – 10 (4)
45 LEE ALLRED YOUNGSVILLE, NC 8 – 9 (5) 8 – 9 (5)
46 RUSSELL CORRY SHELBY, NC 8 – 8 (5) 8 – 8 (5)
47 RALPH HOLLIFIELD JR WINSTON-SALEM, NC 8 – 6 (5) 8 – 6 (5)
48 RICHARD YOUNG ELLENBORO, NC 8 – 2 (5) 8 – 2 (5)
48 JUSTIN HILL CLEMMONS, NC 8 – 2 (5) 8 – 2 (5)
48 JOHN ALLEN CONCORD, NC 8 – 2 (5) 8 – 2 (5)
48 BUBBA LEISTER QUAKERTOWN, PA 8 – 2 (5) 8 – 2 (5)
48 LOUIS KRAFT SALISBURY, NC 8 – 2 (5) 8 – 2 (5)
53 CAMERON LINEBACK MOUNT AIRY, NC 8 – 0 (5) 8 – 0 (5)
54 ROBERT WALSER LEXINGTON, NC 7 – 15 (5) 7 – 15 (5)
55 GERALD STAGGS RALEIGH, NC 7 – 14 (5) 7 – 14 (5)
56 KENNY SEAGLE SALISBURY, NC 7 – 10 (5) 7 – 10 (5)
57 RICK DUNSTAN PINEHURST, NC 7 – 8 (5) 7 – 8 (5)
58 ZACHARY STROUPE GASTONIA, NC 7 – 7 (5) 7 – 7 (5)
59 JIMMY HAYES FAYETTEVILLE, NC 7 – 5 (5) 7 – 5 (5)
60 TIM TEAGUE BELMONT, NC 7 – 2 (4) 7 – 2 (4)
61 JONATHAN SAYERS WYTHEVILLE, VA 7 – 1 (4) 7 – 1 (4)
62 CURT DADDARIO MOORESVILLE , NC 6 – 13 (4) 6 – 13 (4)
63 DOUG DULIN APEX, NC 6 – 11 (3) 6 – 11 (3)
64 JAMES STOWERS NARROWS, VA 6 – 9 (5) 6 – 9 (5)
65 MASON BOYD YORK, SC 6 – 8 (4) 6 – 8 (4)
66 ROBERT KERR HUNTERSVILLE, NC 6 – 6 (3) 6 – 6 (3)
67 BRAD YOUNTS LEXINGTON, NC 6 – 1 (3) 6 – 1 (3)
68 CHRISTOPHER BROWN LEXINGTON, NC 6 – 0 (4) 6 – 0 (4)
69 JOHN HANSEN STREET, MD 5 – 13 (2) 5 – 13 (2)
70 HUNTER BAYNES STATESVILLE, NC 5 – 9 (4) 5 – 9 (4)
70 BLAKE MILNER ALPHARETTA, GA 5 – 9 (3) 5 – 9 (3)
72 PHILIP MORRIS RALEIGH, NC 5 – 2 (3) 5 – 2 (3)
73 TRAVIS RUFF CONNELLY SPRINGS, NC 4 – 15 (3) 4 – 15 (3)
74 TODD HARRIS CLEMMONS, NC 4 – 8 (2) 4 – 8 (2)
75 CHRIS MYATT CORNELIUS, NC 4 – 7 (3) 4 – 7 (3)
76 EDWARD LOUTHEN PRINCETON, WV 4 – 2 (2) 4 – 2 (2)
77 SCOTT LACY KANNAPOLIS, NC 4 – 1 (3) 4 – 1 (3)
78 SAM GLENN GREENSBORO, NC 3 – 15 (2) 3 – 15 (2)
79 BRYAN RICE WAXHAW, NC 3 – 10 (2) 3 – 10 (2)
80 GERRY BURCHFIELD TRINITY, NC 3 – 3 (2) 3 – 3 (2)
81 WALT GULLEDGE CAMERON, NC 3 – 1 (2) 3 – 1 (2)
82 KENNETH EPPERSON BENNETT , NC 2 – 12 (2) 2 – 12 (2)
83 CARL JOHNSON APEX, NC 2 – 8 (1) 2 – 8 (1)
84 RAYMOND JONES III STATESVILLE, NC 2 – 2 (1) 2 – 2 (1)
85 SPENCER MOFFITT ASHEBORO, NC 1 – 13 (1) 1 – 13 (1)
86 CHARLIE MAC BURGAW, NC 1 – 11 (1) 1 – 11 (1)
ROBERT ADAMS GREENSBORO, NC
JERRY GOBLE SHERRILLS FORD, NC
WES LEWIS SHERRILLS FORD, NC
WILL KAISER STRASBURG, OH
TRENT BEAM CHERRYVILLE, NC
MICHAEL CHRONISTER SHERRILLS FORD, NC
ERIC MOSER CONCORD, NC
SAMUEL SMITH WINSTON-SALEM, NC
DANIEL RAY STATESVILLE, NC
MICHAEL FOX STATESVILLE, NC
DAVID RUSSELL TROY, NC