Robert Stiltner Wins BFL at Lake Norman

Robert Stiltner of Mount Mourne, N.C., caught five bass weighing 16 pounds, 12 ounces Saturday to earn $3,926 as the winning boater in the BFL North Carolina Division tournament on Lake Norman.

Rounding out the top 10 boaters:
2nd: Todd Walters, Greensboro, N.C., five bass, 13-13, $1,963
3rd: Cliff Kirby, Catawba, N.C., five bass, 13-12, $1,309
4th: Lee Allred, Youngsville, N.C., five bass, 13-6, $916
5th: Matt Haywood, Lincolnton, N.C., five bass, 13-1, $785
6th: Scott Hamrick, Denver, N.C., five bass, 12-11, $687
6th: David Wright, Lexington, N.C., five bass, 12-11, $687
8th: James Blankenship, Lexington, N.C., five bass, 12-4, $589
9th: Jeff Hager, Alexis, N.C., five bass, 12-1, $523
10th: Rodney Bell, Salisbury, N.C., five bass, 11-13, $435
10th: Shane Lehew, Charlotte, N.C., five bass, 11-13, $435

Murphy winning co-angler

Mark Murhpy of Lexington, N.C., caught 5-bass weighing 12 pounds, 4 ounces Saturday, March 6, 2010 to win $1,963 in the FLW BFL North Carolina Co-angler Division at Lake Norman.

Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers:
2nd: Virgil Wicks, Gaffney, S.C., four bass, 11-12, $981
3rd: Bryan New, Belmont, N.C., five bass, 11-5, $655
4th: Kurt Moser, Max Meadows, Va., five bass, 9-13, $458
5th: Roger McIntyre, Salisbury, N.C., four bass, 9-1, $393
6th: David Avery, Madison, N.C., five bass, 8-5, $360
7th: Marshall Jordan Jr., Hamptonville, N.C., five bass, 8-3, $327
8th: Ricky Byrd, Independence, Va., three bass, 7-1, $278
8th: Curtis Sims, Woolwine, Va., four bass, 7-1, $278
10th: Shorty Vaow, Cornelius, N.C., four bass, 6-15, $229

Coming up

The next BFL North Carolina Division tournament is scheduled for April 10 at Kerr Lake in Henderson, N.C. After the completition of five North Carolina Division tournaments, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers in the points standings will qualify for the Oct. 7-9 Regional Championship at the Potomac River in Woodbridge, Va., where boaters will compete for a Ranger 198VX powered by a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard plus a Chevy pick-up, and co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.