2018 Results
First Annual Co-Ed Event
Today was awesome. It was our first Team Co-Ed event. We had 16 teams come out and take on the Carolina Clash waters of Norman, Wylie and MIL. Not to mention, fish with their significant other for 8 hours 
We had 5 different prizes. claimed all by different people/teams, just the way the commish likes its!!
Ryan Breneman and Tori M Breneman took home the big check today with 61 inches!! They took home $630
Chris Goodwin and Melissa Switek landed in 2nd place with 57.5inches and took home $270.
Rounding out the top 3, Greg Donlin and Jessica Donlin with 57 inches worth $60.
All three top finishing teams earned a custom plaque as well!!
We had a sponsored Big Bass prized from Academy Sports + Outdoors today. Female big bass was 16 inches and went home with Chloe Cox!! James Wilson takes home the Mens big bass with an 18.25 incher. Both anglers won a Lews Crush Spinning combo!!
The event was great, but…. What makes this club special is the fact that after getting up at 3am, fishing in 90 degree sun for 8+ hours, we still filled the private room at Sakura Japanese Restaurant with 20 QCKBF anglers!! Not only did we eat, we laughed, prayed, told stories, made fun of each other and chilled for 3 straight hours!!
I had a blast hanging with you all!! 2022 Co-Ed planning started at the table, HA. Lets see!! Thank you all!
Event 6 Lake Hartwell Presented by AirOne Heating and Air
What a ridiculous weekend for Queen City Kayak Bass Fishing. 158 anglers, from 15 different states participated in the Event 6 Lake Hartwell presented by AirOne Heating and Air. We are blessed to be affiliated with Hobie BOS – Bass Open Series and bring a co hosted annual event to the Carolinas. We landed in the amazing community of Anderson SC this season, on the beautiful, huge, and great fishery of Hartwell. We had 45 QC members double dip in the Hobie Event, and 6 of them took home BIG MONEY. QC anglers claimed 2nd-7th and Big Bass in the Hobie side today. On our side, we paid out some big Money!! We saw big fish and we weighed in over 550 fish yesterday. Mary Ferreri and Brad Cox did amazing handling the increased volume. This may be the first event we had PERFECT weather for a QC 2021 event haha. We had 73 limits and 21 skunks.
When it was all said and done, Leng Vang got the huge win taking home $1760 with 75.25.Not far behind him, the Hobie champ, Ewing Minor with 74.50 for $910. Brian Nelli takes home 3rd place and $790 with 71.50. Ryan Harder landed in 4th place with 69.5 and took home $598. Rounding out the top 5, Mark Glende with his first trail cash. 69.25 for $505. 6th, NeoGenix team win, and Elite win. Nick Huddleston takes home almost $1100!!! Jay Parkcongrats on the team win.
7th and 2nd in Hobie Chris Grant dominated today earning $375 on the QC side.
8th- Anthony Wilkleman- $355
9th Vinny Ferreri $250
10th Kristine Fischer $220
11th Chris Goodwin $205
12th Ronnie Murphy $185
13th Adam Thomas $170
14th Jake Harshman $150
15th Kurt Smits $130
16th Riley Mac $100
17th Ryan Breneman Free event 7.
Our Emerald School of Excellence Big Bass award goes to Riley Mcdonald with a monster, and 3 way season tie, 23.25 incher. The Yak Bass’n small bass award goes home with comeback kid Joel Thomas Blair. A 6.75 incher worth $395.
Thank you to all of our amazing sponsors who make QC what it is! Onto the first Catawba Clash. 9 lakes!! Lets get it.
Event 5 Lake Wylie presented by Rusty Hooks Bait and Tackle
Lake Wylie comes through for the club when we needed it!! Our smallest event with 81 anglers, mother nature scared a bunch off. We judged the most fish for 2021 today with 310 submitted by the smallest field. We had 50 limits, and only 7 skunks. Thank you Rusty Hooks Bait and Tackle for supporting the club and sponsoring the event!
Many anglers reported catches of 40+ fish and plenty of good size fish came through. The weather was perfect for the first 3 hours, and then the rain kicked in and never let up with extreme downpour from 12-1. No lighting and no wind kept the fishing good!!
When a bunch of soggy anglers left the water at 2pm, Tim Thao takes home the first place win with 72 inches. Timmy goes home with $1250!
Only 1 inch behind Tim, Tj Worrell takes home 2nd place with 71 inches worth $700.
The Commish figures out fishing for a day and lands in third place with 67.5 inches and takes home the Elite Side Pot for a total of $1168.
Ronnie Murphy lands in 4th with 67.25 worth $440.
Matt Hawj seems to always find them! He landed in 5th today with 67inches and goes home with $300.
Ryan Breneman had a rough day today but figured it out on the water with 66.25 and wins $200.
Frankie Wolfe continues to prove he is a hammer. He lands in 7th today with 65.75 earning $160
John Ladd seems to be back and ready to take names. Another solid finish with 65.25 in 8th place for $100.
Adam Fillmore is back and continuing to do well!! He lands in 9th with 65.25 and earns a Free Entry into the Lake Hartwell Event on May 15th.
William Queen lands a giant 21 incher and takes home the Emerald School of Excellence Big Bass award. He goes home with $300.
Lowell Brannan lands a giant himself, 6.75inches. He takes home $190 for the Yak Bass’n small bass award!
Team Nivens, aka, didnt fish at nivens, wins the NeoGenix Team Division with 67.75inches and wins $100!
We ran a big bass competition for the last 4 events in an effort to give away a Hobie BOS – Bass Open Series entry fee!! Skip Lohmeyer earns $340 for his 21incher from Santee!! Congrats!!
Our next event is Lake Hartwell and the Hobie event! Lets max it out!!!
Thank you all sponsors for supporting Queen City Kayak Bass Fishing!!
Event 4 Foothill Clash presented by NorCar
Today Queen City Kayak Bass Fishing took its club full of hammers to the Mud Bowl, or the Foothills Clash, or the Foothills Frolic….. Ok, we went to Hickory, Rhodhiss and Lookout shoals. We were once again challenged by Mother Nature. She dropped about 3 inches of rain on the Foothills Thursday, completely blowing out the system. Most water was zero visibility, with a few creeks having some clean spots. The day ended with an intense thunderstorm that dropped hail on the weigh in building. 2021 has been tough on fisherman for sure. Nonetheless, we had 115 anglers come fish the first Multi Lake Event of 2021. The club is averaging 119 anglers per event at this point as we swing into some better fishing hopefully. Valuable points are on the line at every event, and I love seeing anglers show up for those points. We had a weigh in today, we ate, drank, laughed and cut up. What a good time!! When we decided to start getting serious and paying out some money, this is how it went down!! Home Lake advantage really came into play this month. Austin Vang aka Hammer Time took home the win today!!! He had a solid bag of 69.25 and won $1400!!! Not bad for $58! Right behind him with 67.75 inches, growing up on the lake, the man himself, Matt Hawj Matt took home $810! Landing in 3rd, and continuing an absolutely insane start to the season, and also taking The Angler Magazine Charlotte NC AOY lead, Mr. Jeremy Heath. Jeremy had 67.5 inches and won $690! Chris Grant started the day on fire, holding the lead for most of the day. He finished in 4th place with 66.75 inches worth $530! Rounding out the top 5, another home Lake PC Hawj with 66.75 worth $400! Congrats top 5! In 6th place, and probably still shaking, Dan Haines. Dan landed his PB today, a 22inch 7lber. Dan takes home a total of $740 for 6th and the Emerald School of Excellence Big Bass Award! Back to Back cashes for self proclaimed Big Meat, aka, John Ladd. John had 64.75 and earned $280. Melvin Yang takes home 8th place with 60.75 and wins $240.The club pastor Mike MikeandNiki Hicks pulls it together today and lands in 9th with 60.50in earning $190! Rounding out the top 10, previous Hickory Champ Mark Wilkins with 60 inches and earning $165. Landing in 11th, and earning the NeoGenix Team Win today with Joey Randall , Chris Goodwin. Chris had 58.75 and earns a total of $180. Jim Jay snags 12th and gets the last cashing spot with 58.25 for $100. Tony Grissom finds himself in 13th and earns a free Wylie Entry with 56.5in.The Yak Bass’n small bass award goes home with Chad Walden today with his 9.5incher worth $241, the 1 of course being signed by the Commish. Nick Huddleston joins the Elite Ranks with his 14th place finish, but enough to take home $473 Elite Dollars. We had a total of 115 anglers, 127 fish submitted, 14 limits, 62 skunks, and 53 anglers catching fish. It was a tough day for most. Our next event is on the home waters of Lake Wylie. Rusty Hooks Bait and Tackle is the proud sponsor of this event. We fish on April 24th, come join us! Thank you Brad Cox, Mary Ferreri, Ryan Hulsey for making everything go smooth.Thank you Larry Crider, the Legend, for sponsoring this event! Thank you anglers for fishing with QCKBF.Thank you sponsors for making sure almost every person as weigh in got a prize today! Fun day!!
Event 3 Santee Cooper presented by My Man the Handyman
Event 3 of 2021 was today at Santee Cooper. That name means big fish to kayak anglers, and 141 showed up to fish the amazing waters Marion and Moultrie. This event was brought to Queen City Kayak Bass Fishing by My Man the Handyman. 141 is the new club record for an event, and it wouldn’t be the only record that was set today!The area was hit with amazing 80 degree weather last week, and in true QC fashion, a cold front rolled in this weekend and dropped temps into the 40s and 50s. Anglers were sending reports of 85 inch bags in practice, with kickers coming in the 23 and 24inch range. Anglers were excited to give it their best 8 hours. We took off at 6:30am this morning, with a first cast of 7:00am. Half of the lake was battling major wind, with 3 foot rollers, and the other half was glass calm. We had another angler end up in the water this morning due to crazy wind and waves. He is fine, some missing gear, a broken mirage drive, but he’s fine. The leader board was busy today. Mary Ferreri and Brad Cox do an amazing job keeping the leader board up to date, with accurate judging all day. 263 fish came across the board today, with 98 anglers submitting a fish, and 42 anglers skunking. We had 30 limits, with Ryan Hulsey winning the Dakota Lithium Batteries smallest limit award! Congrats. Ryan was also able to take home the Yak Bass’n small bass pot with a 8.75 inch beast worth $270! Not a bad day Co Commish! Adam Fillmore and Matthew Frazier take home the Santee NeoGenix Team Division today! Congrats! We had 32 bass over 20 inches weighed in today! That’s incredible. We had some massive fish weighed in as well! Kyle Yonce and Corey Racer each weighed in a 23.25incher, with Kyle taking home the Emerald School of Excellence Big Bass Pot by virtue of tie breaker, worth a record $540!! Congrats! Chris Gravely had an amazing, and record setting day today. He was literally in shock he said at Blacks Camp and Restaurant weigh in. Chris set the QC record for largest limit today with 87.50 inches!! 4 fish!! WOW!! He also was in the Elite Side Pot. He went home with a total of $2342 today!! Landing in second place, coming all the way down from WV, Eric Cormack. Eric had a day as well! He had 80.50 inches and won $875!.Landing in 3rd place, a ball of fire named Jeremy Heath. Another big bag with 78.75 inches worth $765.New QC angler Jeffrey Duncan lands in 4th with 77.50 and goes home with $590! Rounding out the top 5, Corey Bishop with 73.25 worth $475! We paid out 15 anglers today!!6th- Teng Vue 71.50in. $400 and 2nd place Elite7th- Chris Goodwin 71.25in $3408th- Charles Lathan 71.25in $3059th- Ben Her 71.25in $22510th- Ronnie Murphy 71in $19011th- Jim MoreSea 70in $17012th- Matt Hawj 70in $16013th- John Ladd 69.5in $13514th- Tim Sabella 69.25in $10015th- Chris Grant 69in Free Foothill FrolicThank you to all of the QCKBF sponsors for providing a give away to EVERY ANGLER who came to weigh in today! House keeping……Service issues. We leave 60 minutes at the end of the day. These 60 minutes are supposed to be used to take care of your service issues, or whatever you may need issues. This time is really not meant for you to stroll back to the landing, and if you do use it for that, you risk not getting your fish in by last submission time. We had some major service issues today, and it cost someone $900. Please understand that getting your fish in, or getting in front of a judge is a personal responsibility and very important in kayak fishing. Event 4 is only 3 weeks away as we travel to the Foothills. This will be a multi lake event! Hickory, Rhodhiss and Lookout shoals! Lets break 141!
Event 2 Lake Norman Presented by Denver Tackle Co.
2021 Event 2 on Lake Norman was something else. Denver Tackle Co. brought us back, and mother nature tried to kick us out. It was awesome being up in Mooresville NC. Visit Mooresville is awesome to work with and what a great city. It was cold, windy, and rainy all day today. It never got out of the 30s, and the rain only let up for an hour or two all day. Anglers mental toughness was tested, along with their rain gear. Most of the gear failed today. Numerous anglers reported getting butt naked at the parking lot and changing into warm clothes, myself included. The 2021 season weather needs to change, but numbers are again on the rise. We had another triple digit event today with 108 angers battling the nasty weather. The bite seemed to be feast or famine, with a few great bags coming in, but also 50 skunks being reported. 27 limits hit the board, which was more than many anticipated. We had 18 teams competing in the NeoGenix Team Division, and 9 anglers entered the Elite Side Pot. Once anglers found a dry spot to upload, this is what we had! Chris Goodwin continues his dominance and takes home $1560 for his 74.5 inches.His partner was right behind him, (maybe pun intended) in 2nd place with 71 inches worth $890. They also took home the team win this month.3rd place brings back Mr. Always Cashin Tim Sabella with 70.75inches worth $725.4th place sees Mr. PC Hawj jump back into the game with 69.75 in and takes home $565.Rounding out the top 5, and winning the Emerald School of Excellence Big Bass, Teng Vue, with 68in anchored by a 20.25 worth a total of $760!!6th place and taking home the Elite Win, Fat Larry. Jason had 67.75 worth a total of $903!! Joseph Gman, you need a cut.7th place was a new QCKBF member, but long time pain in the…I mean Kayaker, Adam Fillmore. 66in takes home $280.8th place with 64.75, Trent Davis takes home $225.9th place and still running hot, Jeremy Heath with 64.75 worth $170. Tyler Smith lands in 10th with 64.5 and wins $130.Yee Hang proves lake James was not a mistake, and he is here to play. 11th place for $100 with 64in.CG aka Chris Gravely comes back to QC with a 12th place finish worth a free Santee Entry.Skip Lohmeyer takes home the Yak Bass’n Small Bass award worth $305 with his 8.25 incher.March 6th will be here before we know it. Get signed up for Event 3 Santee Cooper, aka Jurassic Park, presented by My Man Handy Man. We will have an optional weigh in for this event at Blacks Fish Camp. All info is posted in the event page! If you need anything, let me know!
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Event 1 Lake James Presented by Cornerstone Comfort
What an amazing day today. We kicked off the 2021 season on Lake James and we had 110 anglers come join Queen City Kayak Bass Fishing today. The season is off to a great start with over 130 paid members, and big money being paid out today. Full recap standings and fancy sheets will post at 10:30pm. For now, the quick recap:The Lake James Cornerstone Comfort standings:
1st- Yee Hang– 67.25- $1400
2nd- Jeremy Heath– 61.25- $800
3rd- Chris Goodwin– 61 – $690
4th- Matt Hawj– 59.75- $520
5th- Fat Larry– 57.25- $395
6th- Austin Vang– 57- $300
7th- Mark Wilkins– 47.25- $280
8th- Josh Toney– 45.75- $230
9th- Jay Park– 39.75- $170
10th- Kyle Yonce– 32.25- $130
11th- Frankie Wolfe– 31.25- $100
12th- Antwan Little– 31- Free Lake Norman Entery
Elite Side pot win- Commish. $405
Emerald School of Excellence Big Bass- Rick Zipp– 20- $360
Yak Bass’n Small Bass- Jeremy Heath– 11.5- $225
NeoGenix Team Win- Nick Huddleston and Jay Park– 57.25- $100
We had 6 limits. 69 skunks. 110 anglers with 99 fish submitted. Lake Norman on Feb 13th, lets go it again! I see 150 in the near future!!
Live recap video – https://www.facebook.com/100006342270114/videos/2911803212374393/
QCKBF 2020 Recap
Good morning QCKBF. The 2020 regular season is over, and we are now in the playoffs. I know I went live, and spreadsheets have been posted, but I wanted to make a formal recap post.2020 has been a crazy year. Many clubs across the nation have struggled through the pandemic, and had to cancel events, and watch their participation drop dramatically. From grassroots to high-level clubs. We here at Queen City Kayak Bass Fishing were prepared, and moved things around, and made it all work. TourneyX.com and Dwayne Walley were a huge part of this, and so were you! The willingness to go virtual and wait for a shipped plaque, or meet up for the plaques, was huge. We never stopped, and let me tell you, we prevailed. We have had major growth again this season, the 6th season in a row! We ended our 2020, #QC1100, season 6 with over 300 DIFFERENT anglers participating in our events. We had 123 anglers who chose to pay the OPTIONAL membership! That’s a huge number. We had an average of 93 anglers a month at our LIVE events. 93!!! Let that sink in for a second. We fished 9 trail events, and a Charity event, not counting the side stuff we did: Two brackets, Sundays, a Nick run night event, and so on. At the end of the day, anglers were fishing for a spot in the top 20 for a chance to win the Tournament of Champions, along with an opportunity to win The Angler Magazine Charlotte NC Angler of the year award. This AOY award is a prestigious award in QCKBF, and we have never had a repeat winner, until this season. Only a total of 5 individuals can say they have held the AOY trophy: Vinny Ferreri, Saturday Mel, Tim Sabella, Matt Hawj, and Mr. Two Time Chris Goodwin. Chris wrapped up his 2nd AOY title this weekend on James. That is extremely impressive in a club this large, with this many top-notch anglers. Congrats man. That brings us to the TOC and Fish Off event. 7 anglers are going to fish the Fish-Off, for an opportunity for a wild card entry into the TOC. Vinny, Larry Crider, Dustin Hugg, Chase Helms, Jared Kimak, Kendall Easler, and Jeremy Hughes. The top two anglers will advance. Already locked into the
TOC:1st Chris Goodwin
2nd Matt Hawj
3rd Tim Sabella
4th Ronnie Murphy
5th Nick Huddleston
6th Tyler Smith
7th PC Hawj
8th Joey Randall
9th David Golding
10th John Ladd
11th Graham Reay
12th Lowell Brannan
13th Jim Jay
14th Ryan Hulsey
15th Jay Park
16th Jason Lowe
17th Ryan Breneman
18th Mick MikeandNiki Hicks
19th Tracy Stanford
20th Jason Haggins
Congrats top 20!! Hardware will be at the TOC! This is our largest purse for a QCKBF TOC Event with $5000 in it!! We will have the losers event on Oct 17th, and I will be moving the team Harvest event to November 21st. Thank you all for a great 2020 and 2021 will be better!! I included the check cashers from James and also the year-long award winners.
Larry Wood Big Bass of 2020
Brian BG Brakefield Small Bass of 2020
Chris Goodwin Most Top 10s
Matt Hawn Biggest Limit.
Event 9: Lake James Presented by Cornerstone Comfort
Live recap from Saturday night:
Event 8: Santee Cooper Presented by US Tree Climbers/ Hey Man Handy Man
Santee Cooper. Aka, Jurassic Park. Event 8 results. Congrats. The drops have begun. 1 more regular season event to go!!!!
Congrats Matt Hawj for smacking the QC record today. Matt Hawj takes home $1150 for first place with 82.75 inches!!
Nick Huddleston continues to silence the haters with another solid finish. 2nd place with 75.75 for $730.
Tracy Stanford got himself a fat check today in 3rd place with 73 inches, worth $580!
Tim always cashin stays hot and lands in 4th with 72inches and adds another $450 to his earnings.
Larry Wood defends his water well, landing in 5th with 71.75 worth $320.
Ronnie comes back mad after MIL and lands in 6th with 70.25 and wins $215.
New to the game, Frankie Wolfe takes 7th, after a costly mistake but still wins $185. He had 70.25 (really 77.75)
TonNy ThAo in drums up an 8th place finish and wins $150 with 69 inches.
William Queen was running hot and takes home $100 in 9th with 67.75.
Chris Goodwin sneaks into 10th and wins a free entry in the Cornerstone Comfort lake James event.
Dustin Hugg goes back to back Yak Bass’n small bass win with a 6.5in worth $210!!
Jim MoreSea snatches two huge bass today and wins the Emerald School of Excellence Big bass award with a giant 23.5incher worth $355!!!
Congrats to all of the winners!!!
Its time to focus on the charity events as we pause from trail events in August. It will be a great event on the 22nd. Something new. You can only fish with what’s provided. Keep an eye on the page and jump in.
Event 7: HighRock Lake Presented by Rock Outdoors
Today is a big day if you are a QCKBF member. Today marks Event 7 of the 2020 season. Your 7th opportunity to earn points in the The Angler Magazine Charlotte NC AOY and TOC race. The standings will really get shaken up when event 8 and 9 add drops into the mix!!
Today we visited High Rock Lake for the first time as a club. Our sponsor for this event was Rock Outdoors, and wow, they did an amazing job hosting us. It was a pleasure to work with Jordan Stogner Lanham and Shane Dublin, and I hope we get this opportunity again in 2021.
We had 69 anglers come out and fish today, bringing our monthly average to 93 anglers!! WOW! The lake was tough today, but some big bass and big bags were posted up for sure. We had 19 limits today, and 20 skunks, with 30 people catching 1,2, or 3 bass.
We launched at 5:30am and broke a sweat by the time we were able to cast at 6am. It was a hot day, with the wind picking up around 10am. The water was between 82-88 degrees, with stain throughout the lake. With 5 ramps open, we had anglers spread out from the river to the dam, battling boats and jet skis. When last submission hit at 3pm, the results were in.
Landing in first was Tim Always Cashin Sabella with a huge limit of 75.75 inches. Congrats on your $1100 Tim! Tim said he lost a fish that would have topped the 80 inch mark!! Man o Man.
Grinding and catching fish all day was Chase Helms in 2nd place. Chase has a solid bag at 70.75, anchored by his Emerald School of Excellence Big Bass at 22inches. He took home a total of $865!! Congrats kid!
Taking home his first QC cash today in third was the Baby Gangsta himself, Brian BG Brakefield. Brian had 69 inches and won $465!
Matt Hawj made another top 5 appearance and lands in 4th with 68.75, earning $360. Rounding out the top 5, Aaron Trexler drops 68.50 on the board and wins $250.
MikeandNiki Hicks shakes the dust off and snatches his first QC cash in 6th place with 64.25 earning $165 today. Larry Wood rounds out the cash spots in 7th with 63.75 earning $100. Bubble boy Tyler Smith lands in 8th with 63.50 and the tiebreak for a free entry into the next event on Santee.
Dustin Hugg takes some hardware back to the mountains today. He wins the Yak Bass’n small bass award with a 7.75 incher worth $150!
Congrats to all of the winners today. Ryan Hulsey will get the standings updated and posted.
Our next event is another new lake for QC. Home of giant bass, Santee Cooper Sc on July 25th. I will make the event ASAP, I need some time to find all of the ramps for this one.
Thank you all for being a part of QCKBF. If you need anything, let me know.
Event 6: Lake Hartwell Presented by AirOne Heating and Cooling
1st $1120- Lowell Brannan 73 inches
2nd $660- Chris Goodwin 69.75 inches
3rd $515- Joey Randall 65.00 inches
4th $390- Ronnie Murphy 64.50 inches
5th $260- Larry Crider 62.75 inches
6th $165- Ben Her 62.50 inches
7th $130- Patrick Lowendick 62.00 inches (21 Inch large bass tiebreak)
8th $100- Jay Park – 62.00 inches
9th Free Entry- Tim Sabella 61.00 inches
Big Bass $265 Patrick Lowendick 21 inches
Small Bass $180 Gary Stewart 8.75 inches
Event 5: First annual Carolina Clash
Event 5 was today. We called it the First annual Carolina Clash. This event was originally going to be on MIL, but with the growth of the club, we made a decision to open all three home lakes. The sponsor Installing The Holidays was extremely excited for this opportunity, and looking back at it, it was awesome. We had 102 anglers come take their best shot with QCKBF today on Lake Norman, Lake Wylie and MIL. We had about 500 fish submitted to TourneyX.com today. Fishing was on fire for most. We had 56 limits turned in today, and only 11 skunks. The weather was amazing, finally, but….. That brought out the pleasure boaters. Boat traffic, jet ski traffic, and even planes landing on the water made things annoying for the anglers.
At the end of the day we had the new style weigh in lol. Live on FB. We were able to pay out 12 anglers today. A lot of valuable The Angler Magazine Charlotte NC AOY points were earned today as well. Hard to believe we are over half way done with 2020.
I want to give a huge congratulations to our winners today. Taking home a check against 102 anglers is impressive. The level of competition is very high here in QC.
First place went home with hot streak Melvin Yang. He had 73.75in worth $1220.
In a tie with 73.75, Jeremy Heath takes 2nd worth $770. Rounding out the top 3, Corey Racer goes home with $650 for his 69.5in.
Mike Constable shows up and takes home a solid $490 with 69 inches!
The comeback is official now. Buster Swisher takes home 5th and the Emerald School of Excellence Big Bass with a 21incher. He took home $700 today! Swisssshhhhhhhaaaaaa
In 6th, John Ladd found his way back to the podium with 68in worth $270.
Chris G, no Facebook having behind, takes 7th with 67.25 worth $245.
Another, the third, Mountain Boy, Matthew Boone takes 8th with 67, worth $200.
Greg Donlin gets back to his hammer self and snatches 9th with 66.75 for $165.
Hambone Graham Reay finishes the top 10 with 66.5 for $130.
Tyler Smith is rollin in 2020. 11th place with 65.75 for $100.
Our bubble boy Chase Helms gets 12th and a free entry into the May 30th event on Lake Hartwell presented by AirOne Heating and Air.
Jay Park takes down the Yak Bass’n small bass pot with a 7.5 inch monster worth $245.
Thank you to our amazing QCKBF sponsors for making everything we do possible.
We have the Bracket event live. This could be a lot of fun. Get signed up. Ask questions if you have them.
Hartwell on the 30th. The event is live on TourneyX.com.
Event 4: Lake Hickory
The full recap starts at 7min mark.
We had 100 anglers on Lake Hickory today for the 4th trail event of season 6. The bite was tough. We only had 20 limits, and 44 skunks out of 100 anglers. We only weighed in 136 fish today.
Nick Huddleston takes it home with 71.5 worth $1250
Chris Goodwin 2nd with 71in worth $765
Ronnie Murphy 3rd with 69.5in worth $645
Matt Hawj 4th with 68.5in worth $485
Saturday Mel 5th with 66.25in worth $355
Greg Donlin 6th with 64.25in worth $265
Tim Sabella 7th with 64.25in worth $220
PC Hawj 8th with 64in worth$190
Ryan Breneman 9th with 63.75in worth $140
Tyler Smith 10th with 63in worth $100
Jason Haggins 11th with 62.75 worth Event 5 Free Entry.
Emerald School of Excellence Big Bass award goes home with Ab Vang with a 20.25 inch monster, and a tiebreak worth $355
The Yak Bass’n Small Bass goes home with Joe Parkulo with a 6.75in worth $235.
Congrats to all of the winners!!!
Event 5 is scheduled for Mountain Island Lake on May 2nd. We will plan on fishing and keep an eye on the situation with Corona.
Thank you to all of our sponsors, and thank you to you all for making QCKBF what it is. I miss you all!
#QCvsCorona
Event 3: Lake Norman
Its been in the works for almost a year. A huge event with the National Hobie BOS – Bass Open Series partnered up with Queen City Kayak Bass Fishing. AJ Mcwhorter and myself planned, talked, planned, talked more. Guessed at numbers. Guessed at winning limits. Etc Etc. All the things it takes to make these things run smoothly. Its a lot of prep work behind the scenes, a lot of give and take, a lot of understanding, patience, friendships, conversations, explaining things, but when you are working with the Gold Standard in directors, it all comes easy.
This weekend was simply amazing. It was huge for our city, our club, YOU the angler and I would like to think it was great for Hobie and Hobie anglers as well. We had the QCKBF Event 3 on Lake Norman this weekend. Denver Tackle Co. was amazing, staying open late, and helping guys with all their tackle needs. I had no idea what to expect as far as number of anglers in either side. The big goal was 200 each, but in the real world I just wanted to beat the first #QC1000 event of 96 anglers. Well, the final payment came in at 9:59pm Friday night and it put us at 132 anglers!!! I couldn’t believe it. Having big events is great, but it requires that much more to make things go perfectly. Mary Ferreri judged this weekend all by herself. I have no idea how she did it. We had 597 fish submitted on the QCKBF side. Let me type that again. 597! She did amazing and you should all thank her for what she does for us. With this club getting as large as we have, we are currently averaging 102 anglers a month (I know its double dip skewed), I have come to a decision. I am going to step away from fishing QC at this time. It may not be a forever thing, hell I may wake up and regret it, but, at this time, I have a more important job as director. I cant be the best fisherman, and the best director at the same time. My head is not in it as a fisherman. My phone never stops. I got 5 messages by 7:30 am yesterday, and I was on the water. Literally no way I can fish to the level I am used to fishing at when I have so much on my TD plate. I am going to be your director for the remainder of the season. I will be judging, available for phone calls, or texts, and anything else that may come up on game-day. I hope to have my full team of Mary and Brad Cox with me, along with Ryan Hulsey handling the computer stuff. Give Ryan a day or two to get the standings updated and posted.
With that out of the way lets talk about the event. The weather this weekend ended up being nice. Warm, not windy at all and no rain on Saturday. With public access allowed, anglers were spread out all over the huge Lake Norman. I know of anglers who fished to the northern boundary, and some at the southern most ramp. Lake Norman had it all this weekend. Mud, stain, crystal clear, along with Pre spawn and full on bed fishing. Whatever you like to do, you could have found it.
We were lucky enough to have our weigh in at the GoPro Motorplex in Mooresville, North Carolina. When I sat down to verify standings, I couldn’t believe how many fish were caught, and how many limits we had, and how many 70+ inch bags we had. We always call 70 the magic number, but Norman said NO NO NO. we had 77 limits…..wow!!! We also had 6 bags over 70 inches, including a tie at the top with 72.75.
At the end of the day, we had record payouts, and Marcus Smith was the man!! He went home with $2000 which included his Emerald School of Excellence Big Bass Prize for his 21.5in giant. Congrats!!!! 2k!! WOW.
Melvin Yang smoked the bass all weekend. He tied for first in QC and lost due to a tie break. He took home second place in QC and in Hobie!!! He won $870 from QC. Chris Grant rounded out the top 3 with a 72 inch bag worth $750. His best friend Tyler Smith right there with him with 71.5 in 4th for $590. Landing in 5th was a new guy, Cameron Saxon with a 70.5inch limit, going home with $460.
6th- Mark Wilkins $375
7th- Matt Hawj $325
8th- Trent Davis $300
9th- PC Hawj $215
10th- Joey Randall $200
11th- John Ladd$170
12th- Cody Harris$130
13th- Kristine Fischer$100
14th- Nick Huddleston Free entry into Hickory.
Chase Helms took home $345 for his Yak Bass’n small bass prize with a 7.5 incher. Congrats kid!
I would like to give a huge shout out to all of the anglers who double dipped this weekend. On my quick count we had almost 50 anglers in the Hobie side. We also had our guys take home some money!! Joey Randall, Nick Huddleston, Mark Wilkins all took home Hobie checks!!
Our next event, assuming we have no gathering shut downs from the government is April 5th, on Lake Hickory. ITS A SUNDAY.
Go give all of the QC sponsor pages some likes.
Line Out Custom Tackle LOCT, TrueSouth Custom Lures, YakAttack, Robohawk, Helms Apiary, Bizz Baits, 412 Bait Co, Scared Fishless Tackle Company, Salt Life, Shane’s Baits, Denver Tackle Co.. That raffle table was loaded!!
Thank you all.
Commish.
Event 2: Lake Murray Presented by River Runner
Event two was on Lake Murray today. River Runner was our event sponsor today. We had a great turnout for our first trip to Murray. 85 anglers came out for a chance at a piece of almost $4000. Mother nature has been insane for 2020. Rain, wind, floods, tornadoes. Comical at this point. Murray has anything you want. Main lake points, creeks, rocks, docks, grass, bluff walls, ledges. You name it, you can find it. That usually leads to big limits and big bass. We saw big bass come up today, but not really many limits.
The lake level rose after all of the rain on Thursday. The levels were good. The upper lake was chocolate milk, the mid-lake a nice stain and the lower lake was very clear. Anglers spread out all over the lake today. The weather today wasn’t great. It started out nice, sunny, no wind. That turned into rain, wind, waves and very cold by the end of the day. Some anglers were around boats all day, with over 300 boats on the lake today. We launched at 7:30am, first cast was at 8am, and last cast was 4pm.
Of the 85 anglers today, we had 42 skunks and only 3 limits!!!! 85 anglers….3 limits… wow!
As always, someone always finds them. This month it was David Golding going home with $1140 with 69inches anchored by a 21.25 giant. Congrats D.G.
Right on his tail was PC Hawj with 68.25inches. He took home $715!
3rd place was the reigning AOY Chris Goodwin with 63.25 worth $570.
Fourth was Jared Kimak with 58.75 inches anchored by the Emerald School of Excellence Big Bass at 22.5inches. That fish earned him $290, and a free Hobie BOS – Bass Open Series entry fee. Another $235 value. With 4th and big bass, Jared won $730.
Rounding out the top 5 was Shane Mackey, with his first-ever QC cash!! 53 inches paid $305.
Lowell Brannan took 6th with 51.25 for $205
Chase Helms aka Honey Boy took 7th with his first-ever cash. He had 50.5 for $175.
Larry Wood won 8th with 50.25 and the Yak Bass’n small bass award with a 12incher, for a total of $345.
Nick Huddleston aka lost a 20, rounded out the cash spots with a 9th place finish worth $100 with 46.25in. Ryan Hulsey gets the free entry into the next event with 10th!
Congrats to all those who cashed and took home some huge The Angler Magazine Charlotte NC AOY points!
A huge thank you to our sponsors for always filling the table for giveaways.
Our next event is huge. We are co-hosting the Hobie event on the great Lake Norman. Denver Tackle Co. is pumped to be sponsoring this event!! I am expecting the QCKBF side to break 100 anglers, and the Hobie side to max out at 200. Let’s make it happen!!! Both events are open on TourneyX.com.
Questions or comments let me know!! Thank you all for a great start to 2020.
Event 1: Lake Wylie Presented by Rusty Hooks Bait and Tackle
What a kickoff event for season 6. The 2020 season started today on Lake Wylie. Rusty Hooks Bait and Tackle was our sponsor for the event and out host. David Winters provided some amazing food at the weigh-in and of course a roof for us during the incoming storm.
The start of 2020 has been amazing. We have shown tremendous growth again this season. We have almost 100 paid members, and we had 89 anglers come fish event 1 today. That is an outstanding number. It was great getting back into it with the same old veterans and it was an awesome experience getting to meet so many new guys.
Overall the fishing was tough today. The lake changed colors like 50x this week. Went from high, too low, to lower to high and then low haha. Fish were scattered and even the anglers who took home checks today didn’t catch many fish. Of the 89 angler field, we only had 15 limits, and we had 28 skunks with another 21 only catching 1 fish. Despite a rough day on the water for most, some fried chicken at the shop had most anglers in a good mood. The Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation came out and showed some love for QCKBF today as well!
We had some big limits up top, and some huge payouts as well. Greg Donlin was the big dog today. He took first with 75 inches and also won the Emerald School of Excellence big bass with a 20.25. He took home $1445!!!! Wow
Second place also broke 70 inches! Chris Goodwin took home $750 for his 70.25inches.
Third place, landed on 70 and Tim Sabella Took home $600.
Fourth Place went to Mr. 2x Champ Matt Hawj with 65.25 worth $470.
Fifth place worth $330 went home with Tracy Stanford with his 65in.
Sixth was a new guy, who took some convincing to come out and I think he is glad he did. Kyle Hancock had 64.25 and took home $225.
Tj Worrell came out of the wood work and snatched seventh with 63in worth $195.
Tyler Smith always a threat on Wylie took eighth with 59in for $150.
Home Lake Joey Randall aka Paddle Boy 2020 took 9th with 57.75 and earned $100.
HamBone aka Graham Reay landed in 10th with 57in earning a free spot into the Lake Murray event.
Joe Parkulo was able to cash another check by winning the Yak Bass’n Small Bass award with a 7.75in worth $230!!
Ryan Hulsey will post the amazing standings in the files tab once he has them done.
Congrats on the cashing, and the top point spots!!
Round two is presented by River Runner on Lake Murray on Feb 8th. Registration is open on TourneyX.com and on the app.
Huge shout out to our amazing sponsors. The table was jam packed with goodies and a ton of anglers left with a prize. YakAttack, Bizz Baits, TrueSouth Custom Lures, TRC Covers, Salt Life, Shane’s Baits, 412 Bait Co, Scared Fishless Tackle Company, Helms Apiary, Line Out Custom Tackle LOCT, Robohawk,
Full standings:
https://tourneyx.com/app/tourney/trail-event-1-lake-wylie-qckbf
Event 9 Lake Wylie
I cant believe it. Season 5, regular season is over! We went out with a bang today. We ended our season on home water, Lake Wylie. With cold, rain, wind and clouds rolling in we had no idea what to expect. Overall, a lot of fish were caught today. A lot of small fish, but on the flip side of that, we also weighed in the largest limit of 2019 today! We had 53 anglers come out today. That means we finish 2019 with an average of 66 anglers a month! That is amazing!! 2020 will bring some changes, but with the core group we have here and the new guys looking to get in, I see plenty of room to grow.
On top of the normal winners today, we had year long prizes and awards to give away so weigh in was slightly longer than usual, but when you have sponsors like Luke Britz and David Winters, we have hot fresh BBQ waiting for us on site at Rusty Hooks Bait and Tackle. Thank you guys!!
Lets start with today on Wylie. We had a lot on the line. AOY, top 15 places, Team Division, and more. When the chips fell, Matt Hawj showed us who’s boss. Matt laid down 74 inches, including today’s Emerald School of Excellence Big Bass at 21 inches!! He brought home $1200 and a brand new Carolina Custom Rods, and a ton of QC hardware. Congrats.
2nd place….What can I say about this guy. A sponge. Learning and practicing every moment he can. An absolute beast on the water, and an even nicer guy on land. Chris Goodwin continued his not human run with 72.5 inches taking home $468.
3rd place today goes home with the mountain hammer himself Mark Wilkins! Mark takes home $312! 4th place goes home with Tyler Smith, worth $150. Rounding out the top 5, turning a free entry into $120, Jared Kimak. Andy Myers takes home $80 in 6th and Always cashin Sabella rounds out the money spots in 7th for $50. Congrats to all the winners.
The Yak Bass’n small bass pot was worth $220 and went home with Joe Parkulo today with his 6 incher.
The Matt Hawj, PC Hawj Team laid the smack down again on the Hand’s On Installation/ Lakeside Barbers team division winning not only today, but locking up first place for the 2019 season!! Congrats!
For the year……
Big Bass went to Ronnie Murphy with a 22,5 inch. He will be winning a replica mount from Big Iron Taxidermy.
Small Bass for the year also went to Ronnie with a 3.25 incher.
Largest limit went home with Matt Hawj at 74inches.
Most top 10s also went home with Matt, with 6 out of 9! Wow.
Angler of the Year !! Chris Goodwin. He wins $1000 cash sponsored by Dynamic Health. He also won prizes from YakAttack, Line Out Custom Tackle LOCT, TrueSouth Custom Lures.
So who made the TOC???
1st Chris Goodwin
2nd Matt Hawj Beast
3rd PC Hawj Beast
4th Ryan Hulsey Co commish
5th Commish Vinny Ferreri
6th Austin Vang aka Hammer time
7th Ronnie Murphy Big n Small
8th Tim always Cashin Jill Sabella
9th- Fat Larry Not so fat
10th Eric Carroll Fish off to TOC
11th Graham Reay Hambone
12th Lowell Brannan Silent Assassin
13th Joey Randall Auto Home Lake
14th Jay Park Your excitement made my day
15th Brad Cox CO Commish
We Fish for it all on the 9th of November and you get to watch on TourneyX.com.
Mike Constable, Johnny Barrett and Nick Huddleston get 1 more chance in the Fish off on Nov 2nd to make it in the TOC!! Good luck in the fish off.
Loser event aka open event and Rookie event are next !!
Ryan Hulsey will post up all standings later tonight.
Thank you all for an amazing year.
Event 8 Lake Norman
What a great event 8 today. We started out at Denver Tackle Co. At 4:45am. Troy Lehew was an awesome host today ! We packed the shop with 59 anglers.The weather was great. Cool in the morning with almost no wind. It warmed up and then the pleasure boaters came out, making Norman rough waters.The bite was good for most. We weighed in a ton of fish, over 50 limits I think. I heard of many anglers catching 20+ fish. The trick is capitalizing on those big bites when they happen. Chris Goodwin was able to prove today that he is not human. He has claimed another #QC1000. He wins the KFWC event on Norman with 67.25inches. Congrats bro!!Eric Carroll had a solid 67inch bag to take home $500 for 2nd place! Commish rounds out the top 3 with 66inches today worth $336. Rounding out the cash spots:
Austin Vang aka 🔨 time, with 4th place worth $200.Matt Hawj 5th place took home $140Treabhor Pierson, welcome to QC, takes home 6th worth $100.
Hook setz with Ryan Breneman took home 7th worth $70
Co commish Brad Cox takes home 8th and the Emerald School of Excellence big bass with a 19.75 worth a total of $250!!!Ronnie Murphy takes home 9th for a free entry and also the Yak Bass’n small bass pot worth $360. 4.75inches.
Lowell Brannanl and Vinny Ferreri were able to win the Lakeside Barbers And Hand’s On InstallationTeam division today worth $100. This makes the fight for 2nd very close!! Tie break will be in play. We as a club got an opportunity to hang with Brian Souza today in the Bizz Baitss shop. We got a 30 min tour and explanation of what makes Bizz great. Very cool experience. The next event is on Lake Wylie and is the regular season finale presented by Rusty Hooks Bait and Tackle. This event will have a lot on the line. Yearly standings, Dynamic Health AOY, TOC entry, fish off standings, wow!! Come be a part of the fun on Oct 19th. If you cashed today please post your fish. Ryan Hulsey will post standings ASAP. Thank you all for being a part of QCKBF.Commish
2nd Annual Kiddie Rod Event
Wow. What an amazing, epic, historic event happened here in the Queen City tonight. Yes the Kiddie rod event was a hit, but, the ribbon was cut on the first ever South East recovery high school. Here in our city. Emerald School of Excellence is open for buisness, and Queen City Kayak Bass Fishing LLC was holding the ribbon at the ceremony.
Lets start at 5am on MIL. Well….MIL again lol. 37 anglers showed up eager to cast 29inch push button, character rods. Read that again. 37!!!! Kiddie rods in hands. Smiles, jokes, all around happy and childish, in a good way, environment. We launch at 6am. Not sure what was to be expected. MIL, August, 88 degree water at 6am. If we have learned anything in 5 years its that someone will catch them! It was fun to sit back and watch the guys weigh in today. Brad Cox took over for me as I prepped the food and stuff. The excitement, the stories. All around fun.
Before we announced all top 6 cashing spots, we had a great meal on the grill Jacob Earnhardt cooked 40 hamburgers and 40 hotdogs for all. Along with chips, cold drinks and good company, the building was lit up.
When the smoke settled, Chris Goodwin continued his dominance. He had a solid limit of 60.5inches. Enough for 1st place. He also won the Yak Bass’nsmall bass pot with 6.5inches. He then got lucky in his raffle and won the Slayer XC from @Native Watercraft, and the paddle from @bending branches When its your day, its your day!!! Congrats man!!!!
2nd place went home to last year’s Kiddie rod champ. Jason Lowe. He had 60inches today and went home with a sweet prize pack. 3rd place, the current MIL champ Graham Reay. 56.5in. Congrats!!! 4th place Fat Larry back in the mix. Aka Jason West. 56.25. 5th place, a guy we all like to give a hard time, but hes now rocking back to back cashes. Nick Huddleston. 55.5in. Sneaking into the top 6 Hal Brawley with 50.75!
Anglers went home with Custom Emeralds, baits from TrueSouth Custom Lures, Bizz Baits, 412 Bait Co, Line Out Custom Tackle LOCT, TRC Covers, Hoo-Rag. Items from Rusty Hooks Bait and Tackle. Bending Branches, @libertyoutdoors, and of course @native. Our Big bass pot was split today. The Jason’s each had a 19inch and split the entry into the Sept event.
As a club we raised $1520 today for ESE. Joey Randall also raised another $60 via Corn hole event at the BBQ. Congrats Jacob on that win.
The ribbon cutting tonight, combined with the tour was phenomenal. It meant the world to me that Chris, Jacob, Ryan Hulsey, Fat Larry, Melissa Switek, Larry Crider, Van Barkley, all stayed through the entire thing. It was hot, and late. But you supported who supports us. Thank you again.
I guess its a good time to drop some news….Emerald will be a Title Sponsor in 2020!
We have a full month to forget MIL, I mean recover. We are at Lake Norman next month presented by KFWC and Santiago. We will be being hosted by @denver Tackle co. See you all then !!
Check out the 2017 Results