HENDERSON, N.C. (April 27, 2026) – Boater Christopher Decker of Dublin, Virginia, brought five bass to the scale weighing 15 pounds, 10 ounces, Saturday to win the Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament on Kerr Lake. The tournament was the second of five events of the season for the BFL Piedmont Division. Decker earned $3,150 for his victory.
Decker leaned on a power-fishing approach to earn his first career BFL victory, committing to a spinnerbait pattern that produced from start to finish. Covering a wide range of depths, he targeted fish from extremely shallow areas out to deeper zones, adjusting to changing conditions throughout the day.
“I fished everything – anywhere from six inches to 10 foot,” Decker said of the depths he focused on.
Rather than mixing techniques, Decker stayed locked in with the spinnerbait and trusted it to generate enough quality bites to get the job done.
“Sticking to a spinnerbait, not putting it down,” he said when asked about his key to victory. “All day.”
Decker also made subtle adjustments to match the conditions.
“The spinnerbait was chartreuse and white,” he said. “I just switched it up depending on how the conditions looked.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:
1st: Christopher Decker, Dublin, Va., five bass, 15-10, $3,150
2nd: Chris Baldwin, Lexington, N.C., five bass, 15-4, $1,840
3rd: Jason Dew, Hallsboro, N.C., five bass, 15-0, $810
4th: Michael Belter, Reidsville, N.C., five bass, 14-15, $650
5th: Kaden Buchmann, Troutman, N.C., five bass, 14-13, $580
6th: Conrad Manuel, Pilot Mountain, N.C., five bass, 14-10, $500
7th: Louis Monetti, Huntersville, N.C., five bass, 14-7, $680
8th: Colin McGough, Glen Allen, Va., five bass, 14-3, $460
9th: Ron Rousseau, Raleigh, N.C., five bass, 14-0, $440
10th: Chris Brummett, Lynch Station, Va., five bass, 13-15, $420
Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
Monetti earned the Big Bass Boater $200 award with a 4-pound, 10-ouncer. Allen Haigh of Prospect Hill, North Carolina, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $1,625 Saturday after bringing three bass to the scale that weighed 9 pounds, 13 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers finished:
1st: Allen Haigh, Prospect Hill, N.C., three bass, 9-13, $1,625
2nd: Phillip Ragland Jr., Rustburg, Va., three bass, 9-0, $995
3rd: Donald Lee, Emporia, Va., three bass, 8-2, $405
4th: Greg Ravitsky, Fork Union, Va., three bass, 7-15, $325
5th: Robert Wedding, Welcome, Md., three bass, 7-11, $260
5th: David Lewis, Abingdon, Md., three bass, 7-11, $260
5th: Scott Williford, Zebulon, N.C., three bass, 7-11, $260
8th: Travis Ruff, Connelly Springs, N.C., three bass, 7-5, $230
9th: David Williams, Fredericksburg, Va., three bass, 7-4, $215
9th: Eric Nelson, Gainesville, Ga., three bass, 7-4, $215
Ragland Jr. earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award worth $100 after landing a bass weighing in at 4 pounds, 2 ounces.
After two events, Louis Monetti of Huntersville, North Carolina, now leads the 7 Brew Piedmont Division Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 493 points, while Allen Haigh of Prospect Hill, North Carolina, leads the Piedmont Division Co-Angler of the Year race with 488 points.
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