Tournament Trail Results - Queen City Kayak Bass Fishing

2020

QCKBF 2020 Recap

By Vinny Ferreri / September 30, 2020

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.

2020

Event 9: Lake James Presented by Cornerstone Comfort

By Vinny Ferreri / September 27, 2020

Live recap from Saturday night:

https://www.facebook.com/100006342270114/videos/2814376408783741/

2020

Event 8: Santee Cooper Presented by US Tree Climbers/ Hey Man Handy Man

By Vinny Ferreri / July 26, 2020

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.

2020

Event 7: HighRock Lake Presented by Rock Outdoors

By Vinny Ferreri / June 29, 2020

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.

https://www.facebook.com/vinny.ferreri/videos/2736566123231437/

2020

Event 6: Lake Hartwell Presented by AirOne Heating and Cooling

By Vinny Ferreri / May 31, 2020

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

https://www.facebook.com/vinny.ferreri/videos/2713902312164485/

2020

Event 5: First annual Carolina Clash

By Vinny Ferreri / May 6, 2020

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.

#QCvsCorona

2020

Event 4: Lake Hickory

By Vinny Ferreri / April 5, 2020

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

2020

Event 3: Lake Norman

By Vinny Ferreri / March 15, 2020

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.

2020

Event 2: Lake Murray Presented by River Runner

By Vinny Ferreri / February 10, 2020

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.

2020

Event 1: Lake Wylie Presented by Rusty Hooks Bait and Tackle

By Vinny Ferreri / January 13, 2020

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

2019 Results

Event 9 Lake Wylie

By Vinny Ferreri / October 25, 2019

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.

2019 Results

Event 8 Lake Norman

By Vinny Ferreri / September 23, 2019

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

2019 Results

2nd Annual Kiddie Rod Event

By Vinny Ferreri / August 26, 2019

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 !!

2019 Results

Event 7 Mountian Island Lake Presented by Installing The Holidays

By Vinny Ferreri / August 1, 2019

Another great event today. The 7th installment of the 2019 season. This event was presented by Installing The Holidays and we fished on MIL aka Mountain Island Lake. Reports a few weeks back were amazing. Lake on fire, big fish coming out, eating all baits…..well…today proved all that wrong. Fish were tough to come by for most. Big fish were few and far between. We started the day at 430am and we had 68 anglers come to compete for the monthly #qc1000 today. The weather was nice, clear skies, no wind, but it got warm. The water was 5-6 ft vis in most areas of the lakes. Reports from anglers had fish being caught on a variety of topwater presentations and a variety of soft plastics.

When it all shook out at 3pm, we added another winner to the train win wall. Graham Reay snatched his FIRST SATURDAY WIN today. So awesome. Super happy for him. He puts the work in month after month and he has been cashing checks these days! He wins today with 66.25 which includes the Emerald School of Excellence big bass prize with a 19.75 inchers. He walks away with $1225.
Chris Goodwin keeps hot this month. He lives on MIL, fished it hard in preparation for this event and it all paid off today with a 2nd place finish worth $561. Ronnie Murphy is impressing the club with his consistent fishing every month. He wraps up 3rd and takes home $374. Nick Huddlestonhasn’t seen or lost to many 30inchers this month ;). He stayed to himself and cashed a big 4th place check today bringing home $265. Tim always cashing Sabella takes the Rusty Hooks Bait and Tackle free entry and turns it into a top 5 finish worth $180. Matt Hawj and PC Hawj continue amazing fish and take home 6th and 7th. Jay Park didn’t win a raffle so he figured he take home 8th place today! an Ab Vang jumps into 9th place and Jason Lowe plays bubble boy rounding out the top 10 for a free entry into the KFWC event on Norman. Congrats guys!!!!! If you cashed please post pics.

Matt and PC take home the MIL team division win today. Earning another $100. Thank you Lakeside Barbers and Hands On Installations.

Andy Myers goes back to back Yak Bass’n small bass 🏆 He catches a 5.25 worth $390!

Things get interesting in Sept. 7 events are in, the drops start now. Will you sneak into the Dynamic Health AOY race? Will you sneak into the top 15 TOC. We will be fishing for $4000* .
Will you earn a fish off seat? Jump into the wildcard? Who knows what Norman and Wylie will do to the standings. Going to be fun to watch.

I want to give a huge thank you to Ryan Hulsey, Brad, Mary Ferreri, and Ezzy Ferreri. Weigh-in was smooth as always. Quick and easy. Great food provided by ITH. Amazing.

We don’t have a trail event in Aug. We are fishing a charity event, benefiting Emerald School. Its a Kiddie rod event. Character push-button rods. Haha. Should be fun. Jason is the current kiddie rod champ. Will he be dethroned? Grand prize is a @nativewatercraft Slayer XC!!!! $40 entry fee. Takes place on MIL again (maybe changing) weigh-in, food, and ribbon cutting will be at Emerald school!!!

Anything you need just let me know. Ryan will be posting all results under files.

2019 Results

Event 6 Lake Hartwell Presented by Air One Heating and Air

By Vinny Ferreri / June 20, 2019

Big day for the club. Over 2 hours away from home for most of us and we still pulled 62 anglers! It was awesome seeing a bunch of new guys, and some guys I only see once in a while. Between Grady’s Great Outdoors and AirOne Heating and Air everything was awesome. Lowell Brannanwelcomed us to his lake, and at the end of the day, I think most guys had fun. After getting off the water, fresh hot BBQ was waiting for the hungry anglers. Hit the spot.
Weds-saturday about 20 QC guys were camping in town and I gotta say, it was a blast hanging with you all off the water.

When the fishing started the weather was nice. Cool, calm and a good morning bite for most. Wind picked up a little, and the sun got warm, but all in all, mother nature cooperated.

Before I get into the winners I need to thank everyone who helps me during the day. My hands on team of Brad Cox and Ryan Hulsey. Perfect teamwork for sign in and weigh in. Jason Lowe, always willing to lend a hand, or a TV to the club. KeriandRyan Ratliff for grilling at 11pm last night. Guys who set the banner up, take pictures, see who’s coming in late. Its all very important and I just want you to know it doesn’t go unnoticed. Thank you.

So who took home the #Qc1000? This guy is a sponge. Learning at every moment. Working so hard. Practicing a ton. He was a nervous wreck when he grabbed his plaque today and im super happy for him. Mr. Chris Goodwintakes it down with 65inches! He edged out the current Dynamic Health AOY leader PC Hawj. Third goes home with David Golding. Ryan Hulsey continues running hot and snatches 4th. Jamie Swaney rounds out the top 5! Congrats on the big money boys! The rest of the standings will be posted by Ryan.

The Yak Bass’n small bass pot was worth $480 today and was a battle. Two 6inch bass were weighed in, and then bam, two 4.25inchers hit the table haha. Ronnie Mr Big Bass and Andy Myers split it up!
The Emerald School of Excellence big bass pot was also a nail biter. 3 anglers tied with 19.75. Joey Randall, Johnny Barrett and Ryan Hulsey. Congrats guys.
Chris and Joey took home the June Team event this month. Thank you Lakeside Barbers and Hands On Installations.
Plenty of raffle prizes went home today as usual.

6 events down. 3 left before we crown an Angler of the Year and we all fight for the championship. Full daily and yearly standings will be posted later.

We are at Mountain Island Lake next month. I will make the event page at some point this week. I am on vacation and hopefully off the grid most of this upcoming week.

If you cashed please post your fish. Thx all! You are all awesome.

2019 Results

Event 5 Badin Lake Presented by Joe’s Bait & Tackle

By Vinny Ferreri / May 24, 2019

Here we are…..
“Half way” kinda, through season 5. Its been a great year so far. We hit up Badin Lake today. Sign in and weigh in took place at the great Joes Bait Tackle and Guns. They are an amazing host and we are proud to call them a Title Sponsor. We closed up sign in at 5am with another solid showing of 63 anglers.

6am launch. Most guys knew the lake would be packed. A large charity event, a crappie event, and at least one other local club event. Well….Badin needed a boat limit today. The traffic was horrible. Glitter rockets, jet skis, more jet skis, wake boards, pontoons. Man o man. Tough day to be on the water. I felt like I was fishing off shore all day.

Regardless of the traffic, rumors were the lake was on 🔥. It proved to fish fairly well. A good amount of fish weighed in with plenty of big ones.

Austin Vang continues his hot streak today and claims the coveted #qc1000. Congrats dude!
Matt Hawj never fails to find them and took home second place today, over $500. My boy Shelly Efird made a guest appearance and must have kidnapped Joey Sullivan, they go 3, 4, as expected from these hammers. Teng Yang rounds out the top 5 this month! 10 guys cashed today. Its always exciting to see new guys like Jeremy Hughes cashing! Congrats! The top 10 is in the pictures.

Ronnie Murphy is a big bass hunter!! He catches ANOTHER giant. 22.25, for the QCKBF big bass lead for the season. That tank propelled him into 6th place today. Thank you Emerald School of Excellence for the plaque. Big Iron Taxidermy, I have a feeling you will be making this guy a mount!

The Yak Bass’n small bass was 7.75 and went home with Arnie. Almost $500!!!! Hysterical.

The PC Hawj Matt Hawj combo lead to their first team victory. They took home $100 cash for that and have extended their lead on the Lakeside Barbers/ @hands on installation Team division. Congrats boys.

We gave away a ton of items today. Thank you to our club sponsors.

All standings have been posted. AOY/TOC is heating up. Top 15 gets to fish the championsip, and top 10 get to compete for another $1000 against the Navy.

We visit new water for QC next month on the beautiful Lake Hartwell. Grady’s Great Outdoors will be hosting us for pre regi on Friday night before, sign in morning of, and weigh in, along with….drumroll, FEEDING US some amazing BBQ. Be sure to be there. AirOne Heating and Air is presenting this event, lets show out. I will work on ramps and event page asap.

We raffled off a kayak today that was donated by Aaron Miller in an effort to raise money for Mike Little and his mother. We raised a lot of money and Tim Sabella was lucky enough to go home with a sweet Kaku 12.5 outfitted with LED lights!! Congrats Tim!!!

Anything you need, hit me up.

You all took amazing pictures today. Maybe 1 penalty. Great day to judge. Thank you.

2019 Results

2nd Annual Lady’s Only Event

By Vinny Ferreri / May 6, 2019

Today was amazing Second annual Ladies event! We fished a small lake, Lake Monroe in Monroe NC. It fished tough. We only had 4 ladies join us today, which gave them plenty of water. I had the pleasure of helping and watching Mary Ferreri fish all day. She is the 2018 defending champ after winning last year with 4min to spare. Today she grinded hard and stuck some pigs. She landed a 19.5, 18.5, and a 14.5 for a total of 52.5. Second place was Alicia Huggins with 17.25, 3rd and 4th tied with 17inches, Ashley Monroe Hearn and Melissa. Mary took home Big Bass, and Melissa Switektook home small bass with a 5.5incher.

Our sponsors gave plenty of prizes. Thank you Line Out Custom Tackle LOCT, TrueSouth Custom Lures, Salt Life, Hoo-Rag, Julie Cox and more!! Fun day!! You girls rock. Ash, thx for putting in work and getting the oil diffuser, massage, and leggings. Much appreciated.

Jeffrey Ludlow, you win the free small bass. Just remind me.

2019 Results

Event 4 Lake Wylie Presented by Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists of Charlotte

By Vinny Ferreri / April 29, 2019

Great day on the ol Lake Wylie today. 66 of the greatest anglers around came out for the 4th event. Double April events this season, with an average of 76 anglers, cant complain about that.
With the owner of Rusty Hooks Bait and Tackle fishing his CATT championship today we had to extend our hours, making it a 10 hour day. No complaints from the guys, and a ton of fish came to the table. I think it was the most fish ever weighed in at a QC event. Many guys caught over 20 each. The weather cooperated, got warm, but never real windy. Pleasure boaters came out, but that’s Wylie.

When it came down to weigh in Mr. PC Hawj got back to his winning ways, taking home the #qc1000 today. Mike Constable wrapped up 2nd place on his birthday. Awesome job boys. Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists of Charlottewas our title sponsor today. Luke Britz came out and cooked for all of the guys. The food, drinks, chips, and desserts were amazing. Thank you buddy. The Emerald School of Excellence big bass award was a three way tie today, with 20inchers. Commish, Corey Coffey and PC spilt up $225 and some hardware. Austin Vang took home the Yak Bass’n small bass award worth $410 with a 7.5incher. The Lakeside Barbers, Hands On Installations, and Daves home repair Team award went home with Joey Randall and Chris Goodwin today with 70inches. Congrats boys!

We gave away a ton of raffle prizes as usual. Thank you sponsors.

Next week is the 2nd annual Ladies Only 2019!! Event. Spread the word. Then we are back on May 18th at Joes on Badin Lake.

Ryan Hulsey will post up full standings, Dynamic Health AOY standings and the Aflac TOC standings.

Thank you all. I personally think the new system this year is amazing. The technology is working great, Brad Cox is a huge help and Mary Ferrerimakes it all smooth. QC has a great team! Thank you.

2019 Results

Event 3 Lake Wateree Presented by US Tree Climbers

By Vinny Ferreri / April 8, 2019

Crazy day on Lake Wateree. We all questioned what she would give up in April since we always fish it mud summer. Well….What if I told you 68 inches didn’t win cash!! WOW. This was the first Queen City Kayak Bass Fishing/ Plastic Navy Kayak Anglers joint event. It was flawless. We had 86 anglers come play in South Carolina. What a great crowd. Kids from HS fished, and their Coach/Teacher joined as well! We raised the payouts today and #qc1000 turned into #qc1300. In the main event today we also had the QC vs PNKA 10v10 showdown. I think Cam and I realized this showdown may have caused more harm than good in the fishing community and we both agree this would be the final round. QCKBF did get the Win by 148 inches. Ryan Hulsey anchored QC and won the $200 side pot. For the people who watch but have never joined us, we all talk trash, we all fish hard, we all want to win, but in the end we are all friends and shake hands, and hug. We don’t need a 10v10 ruining that.

The day started off with the worst fog we had ever seen. 30ft vis maybe. Without gps on your fish finder, almost impossible to launch. The weather stayed mostly cloudy, slight drizzle on and off, and then the sun poked out later. Fish were caught on a variety of baits today. Some bed fisherman did well, some avoided beds at all cost, some parts of the lake had no beds. Very interesting lay of the lake today. When it was all said and done we met at Gadgets of Lugoff for the award ceremony. Cameron Tetterton pulled it out!! Trash talking home lake boy walks up with the biggest smile weighing in 73.75inches!!! Huge victory for the Admiral, taking home the US Tree Climbers #1300. Ryan Hulsey snatched 2nd place with 73in, and side pot money, and Commish side pot money for a total of $995. Not bad!! Fat Larrytakes home 3rd place with 72 inches worth $480!
Graham Reay 4th 70.75in $375
Matt Hawj 5th 70.75in $280
Aaron Miller 6th 70.25in $235
Joey Randall 7th 69.75 $175
Eric Carroll 8th 69.25 $125
Jeff Bell 9th 69in $110
Zach Clark 10th 68.5 $80
John Ladd 11th 68.25 $50
Wesley Faile 12th 68in Free Entry
Tim Sabella wins the Yak Bass’n small bass pot with a 4.5incher worth $510!!!!!!
Ronnie Murphy wins the Emerald School of Excellence big Bass award worth $300 with a 22 incher!
The Lakeside Barbers/ Hand’s On Installation/ Daves Team event goes home with Zach and John today, congrats!

We gave away so many prizes today. Queen City has amazing sponsors. Thank you TrueSouth Custom Lures, Line Out Custom Tackle LOCT, 412 Bait Co, YakAttack, Yak Bass’n, US Tree Climbers & Tree Service, Neals Tackle, Shane’s Baits, Fly South Apparel, Dakota Lithium Batteries, TRC Covers, and more!!

The Dynamic Health Angler of the Year race is heating up!! Will you qualify for the Top 15 Aflac championship? Top 10 from each club, QC and PNKA also qualify for a Winner take all $1000 event.

If you cashed please post your winning fish. The next event is presented byAlloy Wheel Repair Specialists of Charlotte and will take place on Lake Wylie on April 27th. Sign in and weigh in will be at HOME, Rusty Hooks Bait and Tackle. I will get the event up ASAP with ramps, times, etc.

2019 Results

Event 2 Lake Hickory Presented by Southern Bell Realtors

By Vinny Ferreri / March 18, 2019

#QC1000 2019 event 2 presented by Southern Bell “Selling the South” TM Charlotte Realtors was amazing. 71 anglers came out to fish a pre spawn Lake Hickory. Pre fishing reports were mixed, along with constantly changing weather patterns, who knew what to expect. The lake was almost full pool, which was a welcome site for fisherman. The weather didnt drop as predicted, and the lake cleared up big time. What did that mean for the fishing? Well…..22 of 71 anglers weighed in a limit, with two anglers over 70 inches, and a massive would be 22.5 inch big bass, penalized for 22inches. Also a 21.75, and multiple 21s weighed in. I would say the lake fished well for most.
We launched at 730am, along side two LARGE boat events, one from Oxford, one from Wittenburg. Weigh in was 4pm, only 10 min from the lake so anglers had a few extra minutes to fish. When it was all said and done, Mark Wilkins weighed in a 71.25 bag and took home the $1000 first place! Congrats! Brad Cox continued his hot streak with ANOTHER second place finish, taking home over $500. Mike Little shows up with 3rd place, banking $352.
4th- $300 Johnny Barrett
5th – $230 Jacob Stafford
6th- $180 Eric Carroll
7th- $140 Tim Sabella
8th Commish $100
9th- Ryan Hulsey $80
10th- Matt Hawj $50
11th – PC Hawj free entry.

The @ yak bassin small bass was 7.25inches, and was worth $420. Johnny also won that for a total of $720!!!! The @emerald school of excellance Big bass was won by Kou Yang, with a 22inch beast worth $250.

Thank you to all of QCKBF sponsors for supporting us. We gave away a ton of prizes today, as usual.

Our next event is on a Sunday, April 7th on Wateree. We are combining with @plastic navy kayak anglers. It should be awesome fishing, and a large turnout.

AOY AND TEAM CLOSES AT THE START OF THE APRIL EVENT.

If you cashed, please post your pictures

All standings, daily, yearly, and team have been posted. (Fb is having trouble showing files for some)