Author Archives: Jeff Narron

2013 B.A.S.S. Nation Southern Divisional

The 2013 B.A.S.S. Nation Southern Divisional has begun on Douglas Lake in Eastern Tennessee. Follow all of the action, including live, daily, weigh-ins here.
Event information can be found here.

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2013 NCBFN State Team Members

Photo: Tyler Reed (Bassmaster.com)
North CarolinaBack row: Randy Parker, Reggie Guffey, Brian Fritts, Roger Hoover, Jeremy Sabo, Dustin Hagwood. Center row: Randy Groves, Jeff Farrell, Shane Lineberger, Cory Leonard, Steve Hildebran, Scott Hamrick, Chuck Murray. Kneeling: Lenny Smathers, Rob Digh, Brock Colby Johnson, Ethan James Howard.

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FCBM Club Event Details For April 20th

Location: Kerr Lake
Ramp: County Line Ramp
Times: 6:30 AM to 3:30 PM – (Be checked in and have your livewell checked at least 15 minutes prior to blast off).
Other: Tim Gardner will collect the entry fees in the absence of Randy Parker. Danny Hayes will check livewells.

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Five County Bassmasters Event #1 of 2013

Father-Son Teams On Top

Lake Gaston was the site of the first tournament of the Five County Bassmasters 2013 season. Water temperatures in the upper forties and low fifties made it difficult for all but one of the eight boat field to catch a limit of fish. The only team to accomplish that goal was the [...]

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"NEW" NCBFN Capital Team Trail Announced

NCBFN member Jeff Farrell has agreed to run a new team trail focusing on Jordan, Harris and Falls Lakes. Lets support this trail. We will also be offering a summer/fall trail focusing on Kerr, Gaston, and a river. More to come on that.
Contact Jeff Farrell for an early boat number. Chuck Murray NCBFN Pres.
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Action Alert – Proposed NC Boat Fee Increase

March 8, 2013
Dear North Carolina BoatU.S. Member:
The North Carolina General Assembly is considering legislation that would significantly increase registration fees on recreational boats to raise revenue for coastal dredging projects. BoatU.S. is dedicated to preserving access to waterways but S.B. 58 places an unfair financial burden on recreational boaters while ignoring the responsibility of commercial [...]

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2013 B&G Club Benefit Event Details

Details regarding the 2013 Boys & Girls Club tournament event have been released. The event will take place on June 1st 2013.
$3000 to 1st Place and $2000 to 2nd Place guaranteed.
View and download a copy here.

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Services For Ricky Ballance

Richard Wayne “Ricky” Ballance, Jr., 26, of Maple, NC died tragically in a boating accident in Currituck County. Born in Pasquotank, he was the son of Patricia White Ballance and the late Richard Wayne Ballance, Sr. and was the husband of Jennifer Parks Ballance. He worked for Lee Electrical Construction and was the owner of [...]

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NCBFN Member Missing

USCG suspends search for missing man

CURRITUCK, N.C. (WAVY) – The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 23-year-old man overdue from a canoe trip in North Carolina.
According to the Coast Guard, watchstanders from Elizabeth City were looking for Ricky Balance of Coinjock. Balance’s family contacted watchstanders Sunday evening after he didn’t return from [...]

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Parker wins the battle–Gardner wins the war

The final event for the 2012 Five County Bassmaster season took place on Shearon Harris reservoir. Randy Parker, with youth member Hunter Mizeur at his side, took the top spot in this final event to record his first win as a Five County member. Randy described his method of catch as “Junk Fishing”. “I caught [...]

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