SALISBURY, N.C. (Oct. 3, 2016) – Robert Mixon of Lexington, North Carolina, weighed in a two-day cumulative total of 10 bass totaling 33 pounds, 14 ounces, to win the Bass Fishing League (BFL) North Carolina Division Super Tournament on High Rock Lake. Mixon took home $7,316 for his efforts.
“I started out throwing crankbaits along rocky banks Saturday but couldn’t get a bite,” said Mixon, who logged his first win in BFL competition. “I arrived at a pier and decided to run a black Zoom Magnum Trick Worm. I caught a 5-pound bass at the first pier, and a 4-pounder from the second.
“By 11 a.m., the pier bite had slowed down, so I went out to some main-lake points in about 8 to 9 feet of water,” Mixon continued. “I used a green-pumpkin Trick Worm and hit about a dozen different points. I was able to catch three more keepers, including another 5-pounder. Those five bites were the only bites I had all day.”
On Sunday, Mixon said he returned to the piers and caught three keepers on the green-pumpkin Trick Worm. Around noon, he headed back out to the main-lake points to round out his limit.
“My last bite was at 1 p.m., and I brought in what I had,” said Mixon. “They weren’t as big as they were Saturday, but my spots still produced.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Robert Mixon, Lexington, N.C., 10 bass, 33-14, $5,316 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus
2nd: James Blankenship, Siler City, N.C., 10 bass, 31-10, $2,958
3rd: David Wright, Lexington, N.C., nine bass, 28-1, $1,774
4th: Cole Blythe, Charlotte, N.C., 10 bass, 27-11, $1,440
5th: John Farmer, Sherrills Ford, N.C., nine bass, 26-10, $1,163
6th: Kevin Chandler, New London, N.C., nine bass, 26-5, $975
7th: Steve Sink, Winston-Salem, N.C., eight bass, 25-9, $886
8th: Thomas Jones, Kannapolis, N.C., nine bass, 25-2, $797
9th: Jeremy Talbert, Albemarle, N.C., 10 bass, 24-5, $709
10th: Israel Gibson, Spruce Pine, N.C., nine bass, 24-1, $620
David Williams of Maiden, North Carolina, caught a bass weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces – the biggest of the tournament in the pro division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $667. Louis Kraft of Salisbury, North Carolina, won the co-angler division and earned $2,658 with a two-day cumulative catch of seven bass weighing 19 pounds, 5 ounces. The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Louis Kraft, Salisbury, N.C., seven bass, 19-5, $2,658
2nd: Tod Haynes, Concord, N.C., eight bass, 18-13, $1,429
3rd: Jeff Scism, Shelby, N.C., six bass, 16-11, $936
4th: Mike Burgess, Advance, N.C., five bass, 12-9, $620
5th: Bobby Williams, Salisbury, N.C., four bass, 11-13, $532
6th: Weston Lineberry, Troy, N.C., five bass, 11-6, $487
7th: Kalin Cline, Mount Holly, N.C., four bass, 11-2, $443
8th: Caleb Lynch, Mount Holly, N.C., four bass, 11-1, $733
9th: Kurt Moser, Max Meadows, Va., four bass, 10-11, $354
10th: Nikki Hames, Gaffney, S.C., four bass, 9-14, $310
Lynch caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the co-angler division, a fish weighing 4 pounds, 10 ounces, and earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $334.