Tournament Results and Pics
This is where you'll find galleries of area fishing tournaments
The American Bass Anglers Tournament trail has events on several area lakes and March of 2024 made a stop on High Rock Lake. The first day of the tournament started off with rain as a cold front passed through the area. The conditions were tough for most of the anglers but some decent bags still made it to the scales Including a six plus pounder caught by LeMar Shore. Lance Eckford weighed in five fish for a total of 22.54lbs and took home the days win.
Day two of the tournament had completely different conditions. A passing cold front brought wind and a noticeable chill. The fishing was even tougher than the day before but angler Christopher Brown hauled in a nearly eight pound beast to the scales and had a five fish total of 19.37lbs and won the day.
Below you can see the fish caught over the two day High Rock event.
Day One Pics Gallery March 23, 2024
Day Two Pics Gallery March 24, 2024
The American Bass Anglers Tournament trail has events on several area lakes and in early June 2023 made a stop on High Rock Lake. The crazy spring weather and changing water levels proved to be a challenge but there were still quite a few nice fish brough to the scales during the two-day tournament.
Total Fish Weighed: 142 Total Fish Released: 138 Total Weight: 322.01
Day 1 Big Bass: BB Day 2 Big Bass BB
Daniel Ray 5.28 Byron Pate 5.69
1st place James Roten two day total 28.65
2nd place Russell Corry two day total 24.16
3rd place George Lambeth two day total 23.17
4th place Lance Eckford two day total 22.62
Results
Here are some pics from the event
Yadkin River Crappie Trail Feb 2023 High Rock Lake Tournament
Despite some tough wind and an incoming cold front, the 26 teams competing in the Yadkin River Crappie Trail's winter visit to High Rock Lake came to the scales with some very nice fish. This is one of the finest tournament trails on the Yadkin River Chain, making stops at lakes all up and down the river. This season's last stop at High Rock was in the fall. The winning team of TC Lloyd and Justin Steen brought in 14.16lbs and also had the big fish weighing 2.32lbs. That's impressive. Below are the results and pics from the weigh in and winners.
Live sonar
Team Weight Big fish
1. Lloyd/Steen 14.16lbs 2.31 $840.00
Big fish $200.00
Big Fish bonus $100.00
2. Allen/Horton 13.68lbs 2.13 $420.00
3. Dibiak/Stacy 13.49lbs 2.21 $220.00
4. Davis/Davis Amsoil prize pack
5. Kimrey/Rowland Jenko certificate
Non live sonar
1.Potts /Potts 10.69lbs 1.88 $200.00
Big fish 1.88 lbs $40.00
2. Rayburn/Steelwell amsoil/Jenko
The Yadkin Mastercatters is a fishing tournament trail held on various lakes along the Yadkin River chain. This tournament of the Fall/Winter 2022/23 season was held at High Rock Lake on Saturday and Sunday, September 17th and 18th. This was an overnight tournament where anglers started fishing at 7PM on Saturday and the sleep deprived teams brought their catch to be weighed the next morning around 8:30AM.
Team "Paper Hangers" took first place with three fish weighing in at 75.58lbs. Team "Outcasts" brough in the big fish that tipped the scales at 40.24lbs. All the fish were released to grow and hopefully be caught again.
September 2022 Tournament Gallery
High Rock Lake
The Yadkin Mastercatters is a fishing tournament trail held on various lakes along the Yadkin River chain. This tournament was part of the 2022/23 Fall/Winter series and followed a previous tournament held in September of 2022 on High Rock Lake. (scroll down for pics from this one) Even though the weather was not bad for January, a fifteen degree cooler temperature swing in two days made the bite tough. Despite that, several teams came in with some impressive numbers.
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Team "Cat Baby" took first place with a total weight of 87.05lbs for three fish. They also had the second largest fish of the day that weighed in at 37.35lbs.
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Team "Play Bouy" came in second with a total of 86.43lbs and had the third largest fish that weighed in at 34.90lbs.
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Team "DC Muddcat" finished in third place with a total of 79.79lbs but they also had the big fish of the day, a big blue tipping the scales at 38.36lbs.
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Team "Fatlunker" came in fourth with 79.03lbs
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Team "Bottom Line" finished fifth with a total catch of 70.47lbs
January 2023 Yadkin Mastercatters Tournament Gallery
September 2022 Yadkin Mastercatters Tournament Gallery
This tournament was part of the Fall/Winter 2022/23 season was held at High Rock Lake on Saturday and Sunday, September 17th and 18th. This was an overnight tournament where anglers started fishing at 7PM on Saturday and the sleep deprived teams brought their catch to be weighed the next morning around 8:30AM.
Team "Paper Hangers" took first place with three fish weighing in at 75.58lbs. Team "Outcasts" brough in the big fish that tipped the scales at 40.24lbs. All the fish were released to grow and hopefully be caught again.
Yadkin River Crappie Trail Fall 2022 High Rock Lake Tournament
High Rock Lake is home to some monster crappie. Below you'll see the proof. The Yadkin River Crappie Trail hosts tournaments on the lakes along the Yadkin River Chain. The November 12th event at High Rock Lake produced some really nice fish including a 3.30lb monster caught by Mr. Graham who was fishing in the "Non-Live Sonar" division. It was the biggest fish caught in the tournament.
Below is a list of the winning teams.
Live Sonar
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1st place Dibiak/Stacy 13.37lbs
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2nd place Hopkins 12.65lbs
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3rd place Walser/Oldham 12.37lbs (also big fish 2.65lbs)
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4th place Mongomery/Blevins 12.32lbs
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5th place Johnson/Hill 10.64lbs
Non Live Sonar
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1st place Mr Graham 10lbs (Big fish 3.30lbs)
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2nd place Malec/Kimrey
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3rd place Eudy/Koontz
Operation North State is a nonprofit organization that provides various outreach services to veterans and active duty military. One their most popular programs involves fishing. Every year they put on "Top Shelf" Fishing Festivals at several North Carolina lakes and on the coast. This is not like a typical fishing tournament. While they do have weigh-ins, no prizes are awarded. It's all about fellowship and comradery. During these festivals, host boaters volunteer to take disabled veterans and wounded warriors out for a day on the water.
After COVID-19 some of the festivals were put on hold and on September 22nd, 2022 the event returned to High Rock Lake. Below are some pics from the day.
Archdale Bass Club Tournament
The Archdale Bass Club braved the heat and thunderstorms during their August 2022 tournament on High Rock. Despite the conditions, some nice fish were caught, including this big fish of the tournament, a 6.60lb monster landed by Neil McDonald. Thanks to Bill Frazier for sending us the pics of the fish and an awesome sunrise.
2022 Milroc Crappie Bash
MilROC Crappie Bash is held every year on the first Saturday of August and sort of unofficially kicks off the late summer and fall Crappie tournament season on the Yadkin Lakes. The 2022 event had 39 boats registered. Fishing was tough this day but as usual High Rock Lake yielded some nice fish.
10th Anniversary ONSLS Benefit Tournament
Twenty-six boats from all over the region gathered at High Rock Lake to chase stripers and raise money for a good cause. This was the tenth year that the Ole North State Line Siders has put on the the tournament to benefit "Hospice of Davidson County.
Even though it was a pretty day on the water for late November, the fishing was tough and most boats came back to dock empty handed. The winning fish was still a beauty and tipped the scales at just over fifteen pounds.
The Yadkin Lakes Crappie Trail is a series of tournaments that take place all down the Yadkin chain of lakes, High Rock, Tucker Town, Badin and Tillery. The trail begins in September and will continue through the winter and into the following spring. These pics are from the weigh-in at the kick off event at High Rock Lake
Walser Family Benefit Tournament
Shane Walser is a well known and loved fisherman and guide on High Rock Lake. Recently he had a serious battle with Covid-19 and has been unable to work, so his family, friends and fishing buddies decided to put on a fishing tournament to help raise some funds to cover his loss of income and all the bills that come with the illness. It was a hot muggy day but everyone had a great time, caught some fish and raised some money to help out someone in need.
