Carhartt Big Bass and Luck “E” Strike Heavyweight awards

Tracy Adams scored a $250 bonus in the form of a Bass Pro Shops gift certificate for the biggest one-day bag of all the pros in the April 5-7 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open on Lake Norman.

Tracy Adams scored a $250 bonus in the form of a Bass Pro Shops gift certificate for the biggest one-day bag of all the pros in the April 5-7 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open on Lake Norman.

Adams of Wilkesboro, N.C., produced a five-fish limit that weighed 20 pounds, 13 ounces, on Day 1. He went on to win the event.

Glynn Goodwin of Marietta, Ohio, won the Luck “E” Strike Heavyweight award on the co-angler side for his Day 2 bag of 9-9, a three-fish limit. Goodwin picked up the $250 Bass Pro Shops gift certificate.

Carhartt Big Bass awards rewarded both the pro and co-angler with a $500 bonus.

Pro Matthew McBee of Concord, N.H., brought in his division’s largest single fish. Caught on Day 2, it was 6 pounds, 5 ounces.

On Day 1, co-angler Tom McDermott of Madison, N.C., weighed in a 4-11, his division’s largest bass.