Hamrick Wins Bass Fishing League Tournament on Kerr

HENDERSON, N.C. (May 16, 2022) – Boater Scott Hamrick of Denver, North Carolina, caught five bass Sunday weighing 19 pounds, 8 ounces, to win the MLF Bass Fishing League Tournament on Kerr Lake . The tournament was the fourth event of the season for the Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division. Hamrick earned $6,415 for his victory.

“I fished Kerr Saturday and finished fourth in the BFL North Carolina Division event, and I had found something and keyed in on it and knew I could probably catch them again Sunday,” Hamrick said. “I was fishing a Shooter Lures jig and I caught more than 20 keepers.

“It started out a little slow, but I had a limit after about an hour,” Hamrick added. “I knew I had a good one in the box, and I thought if I could get another big one in the box I’d have a good shot at winning.

“I figured it would take 16 or 17 pounds to win,” Hamrick added. “Once I got to 15 pounds and caught the day’s 5-3 Berkley Big Bass, I knew it was pretty much over.”

Hamrick has notched 41 top-10 finishes and five career wins in MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League competition, and Sunday’s win was his second victory on Kerr Lake.

“I’ve won a lot of big tournaments there, but the BFL field is the best of the best on Kerr Lake, so it’s pretty cool,” Hamrick said.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

                1st:        Scott Hamrick, Denver, N.C., five bass, 19-8, $6,415
                2nd:       Chad Poteat, Mount Airy, N.C., five bass, 16-1, $3,060
                3rd:       Tyler Trent, Nathalie, Va., five bass, 15-2, $2,074 (includes $500 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus)
                4th:        Ron Rousseau III, Raleigh, N.C., five bass, 14-9, $1,101
                5th:        Mark Blankenship, Christiansburg, Va., five bass, 14-5, $944
                6th:        Tyler Purcell, Townsville, N.C., five bass, 14-0, $865
                7th:        Greg Fernandez, Chesterfield, Va., five bass, 13-8, $787
                8th:        Rob Digh, Denver, N.C., five bass, 13-1, $708
                9th:        Jeffrey Davis, Raleigh, N.C., five bass, 12-2, $629
                10th:     Broderick Luckey, Roanoke, Va., five bass, 12-1, $523
                10th:     Aaron Falwell, Forest, Va., five bass, 12-1, $523

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Hamrick’s largemouth that weighed 5 pounds, 3 ounces was the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division and earned the day’s Berkley Big Bass Boater award of $695. Matthew Rock of Bristol, Virginia, won the Strike King Co-angler Division and $2,360 Sunday after catching five bass weighing 14 pounds, 5 ounces.

The top 10 Strike King co-anglers were:

                1st:        Matthew Rock, Bristol, Va., five bass, 14-5, $2,360
                2nd:       Alex Ortiz, Asheboro, N.C., five bass, 11-0, $1,180
                3rd:       Wes Dacey, Henrico, Va., five bass, 10-1, $887
                4th:        Rickey Wood, Smithfield, Va., five bass, 10-0, $551
                5th:        Safulla Rana, Warrenton, Va., five bass, 9-9, $472
                6th:        David Slaybaugh, Colonial Heights, Va., three bass, 9-5, $780
                7th:        Pat Kendrick, Bumpass, Va., five bass, 8-13, $593
                8th:        David Williams, Fredericksburg, Va., three bass, 8-12, $484
                8th:        Carl Enos, Bracey, Va., five bass, 8-12, $334
                10th:     Lenny Baird, Stafford, Va., three bass, 7-14, $275

Slaybaugh caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 5 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Berkley Big Bass Co-angler award of $347.

After four events, Chris Brummett of Lynch Station, Virginia, leads the Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division Boater Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 941 points, while Lenny Baird of Stafford, Virginia, leads the Strike King Co-Angler Division AOY race with 930 points.