WHAT : Boater Roger Pope of Statesville, N.C., caught a 10-bass limit weighing 24 pounds, 7 ounces Sept. 18-19 to win $7,540 in the Bass Fishing League North Carolina Division tournament on Lake Norman. Pope was throwing shooter jigs in brush piles 8 to 12 feet deep mid lake to catch his limits.
WHO: The remaining top10 anglers:
2nd: Maurice Freeze, Concord, N.C., nine bass, 24-1, $2,270
3rd: Hank Cherry, Maiden, N.C., 10 bass, 21-15, $1,515
4th: Kevin Chandler, New London, N.C., 10 bass, 21-4, $1,059
5th: Artie Phillips, Monroe, N.C., 10 bass, 21-2, $908
6th: David Williams, Maiden, N.C., 10 bass, 19-11, $832
7th: David Joe Wright, Lexington, N.C., 10 bass, 19-3, $757
8th: James Blankenship, Lexington, N.C., 10 bass, 19-1, $681
9th: Brian Morgan, Newton, N.C., 10 bass, 18-12, $605
10th: Jason Wilson, Bessemer City, N.C., 10 bass,18-12, $530
WHAT : Duane Rinkus of Denver, N.C., caught eight-bass weighing 12 pounds, 10 ounces Sept. 18-19 to win $2,266 in the Co-angler Division. He was in Ramsey Creek fishing docks with a jig to bag his limit.
WHO: The remaining top10 co-anglers:
2nd: Greg Cook, Shady Spring, W. Va., six bass, 12-5, $1,133
3rd: George Hirapetian, Charlotte, N.C., seven bass, 12-4, $755
4th: Jeff Lewis, Statesville, N.C., eight bass, 11-14, $529
5th: Fred Kauffman, Denver, N.C., seven bass, 10-3, $453
6th: Robert Adams, Greensboro, N.C., six bass, 9-12, $415
7th: Robert Knight, Oak Ridge, N.C., five bass, 8-14, $378
8th: Orlando Giles, Lexington, N.C., five bass, 8-14, $340
9th: Ricky Byrd, Independence, Va., four bass, 8-12, $302
10th: Brad Wright, Granite Falls, N.C., five bass, 8-6, $264
NOTES: The top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings from the North Carolina Division have now qualified for the Oct. 7-9 Regional Championship on the Potomac River in Marbury, Md. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger 198VX with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard and a Chevy pick-up, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.