NCBFN Team Trail – Event #2
Cory Byrum and Cory Leonard win second event on Roanoke Rapids Lake with 21.33 lbs
On a cool windy day on Roanoke Rapids lake, Anglers were bringing big bags of bass to the scales again. Twenty-five anglers brought over 303 pounds of bass to the scales. When all the scales had settled, Cory Leonard and Cory Byrum took with win with 5 bass weighing 21.33 lbs. The two Corys fished the main lake ditches in the wind catching with spinner baits, crank baits, and swim baits to bring home the winning bag. Chuck Murray and Randy Groves took second place with an impressive 5 fish limit weighing 21.00 pounds even. Murray stated they caught their fish on spinner baits and crank baits on windy points early and culled a couple late in the day off some docks. Mike Barnes and Danny Smith, the home town favorites, had an impressive catch as well with 5 bass weighing 20.49 pounds. Jay Wright and Ricky Balance got back on tract after a bad first tourney on Gaston with another five bass limit weighing 20.33 pounds. Fifth place went to Dennis and Tommy Bradley with a nice limit weighing 16.70 pounds.
Big Fish catches of the day: Jay Wright and Ricky Balance had the big bass of the tourney with a 6.60 pounder. Second big fish went to Cory Leonard and Cory Byrum with a nice 6.24 pounder, Steve Strickland – 6.08 lbs Chuck Murray – 6.02lbs; Mike Barnes – 5.90.
Our next event will be on Sunday May 20th on Kerr Lake out of Flemingtown Landing Ramp. Come join the fun and hope to see you at Kerr.
