HENDERSON, N.C. (June 15, 2009) - George Lambeth of Thomasville, N.C., won the Bass Fishing League Piedmont Division bass fishing tournament on Kerr Lake Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 15 pounds, 15 ounces. The victory earned Lambeth $4,359 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.
Lambeth said he caught the majority of his bass fishing around bushes with a jig.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Carl Ward of Durham, N.C. (five bass, 14-15, $2,179); David Wright of Lexington, N.C. (five bass, 14-1, $1,452); Nathan Webber of Boone, N.C. (five bass, 12-13, $1,017) and Benjamin Reynolds of Callands, Va. (five bass, 12-4, $872).
Benjamin Reynolds took home the Boater Division Big Bass award, earning $625 for a 5-pound, 1-ounce bass he caught.
Gurney Hoffman of Richlands, N.C., earned $2,175 as the co-angler winner Saturday thanks to five bass weighing 11 pounds, 9 ounces.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Ken Daniel of Alberta, Va., and Pat Kendrick of Columbia, Va. (five bass, 9-3, $907); Kenneth Stein of Suffolk, Va. (five bass, 8-6, $507) and Orlando Giles of Lexington, N.C. (three bass, 8-3, $435).
Gurney Hoffman earned $307 as the co-angler Big Bass winner after catching a 4-pound, 3-ounce bass.
The final regular-season Piedmont Division tournament, a two-day Super Tournament, will be held on Lake Gaston in Bracy, Va., Sept. 12-13.