Staff report

Phillip Hedrick of Salisbury brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 24 pounds, 13 ounces Saturday to win the 2018 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Piedmont Division event at High Rock Lake.

For his victory, Hedrick earned $3,804.

According to post-tournament reports, Hedrick caught his fish in the main creeks – mainly Second Creek and Crane Creek — with a black Zoom Ol’ Monster worm.

Here were the top 10 boaters in the tournament:

• Phillip Hedrick, Salisbury, five bass, 24-13, $3,804.

• Jeffrey Davis, Williamston, five bass, 18-11, $1,902.

• Brandon McLeod, Spring Lake, five bass, 18-6, $1,267.

• James Wall, Greensboro, five bass, 18-5, $888.

• Steve Sink, Winston-Salem, five bass, 17-10, $761.

• Shane Lineberger, Lincolnton, five bass, 17-5, $897.

• Chris Baldwin, Lexington, five bass, 17-3, $734.

• Kevin Chandler, New London, five bass, 16-6, $571.

• Cole Huskins, Mount Holly, five bass, 16-2, $507.

• Ladd Whicker, Winston-Salem, five bass, 15-15, $444.

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Ricky McCrary of Lexington caught a bass weighing 6 pounds even — the heaviest of the tournament in the Boater Division — to earn the Boater’s Big Bass award of $505.

Jason Hinger of Timberlake won the Co-angler Division after catching five bass weighing 15 pounds, 8 ounces. Hinger earned $2,102 for his victory.

Chad Coley of New London placed third in the Co-angler Division and won $684 for five bass weighing in at 11 pounds, 7 ounces. Samuel Smith of Lexington was eighth in the division and won $285.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 18-20 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Norman.

Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American.

Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa Fishing League Worldwide Series or the FLW Tour.