11 boats, July 19, Farrington access, Jordan Lake

TOP TEAMS 1, Chad Craven, Raleigh, and Josh Quesinberry, Raleigh, five bass, 22.5 pounds (second-place big fish, 6.11), $910; 2, Todd Massey, Chapel Hill, and Mike Riggs, Timberlake, five fish, 19.47, $460; 3, Doug Hodges, Apex, and Jeff Hodges, Apex, five fish, 19.3; 4, Billy Bledsoe, Gray's Creek, and James Baxley, Hope Mills, five fish, 19.13 (first-place big fish, 6.95), $110; 5, Dan Glosson, Rougemont, and Lee Williams, Durham, five fish, 15.95

NEXT: Aug. 2, Shearon Harris Lake, Holleman's access

COMING UP: Aug. 16 Falls Lake; Aug. 30 Shearon Harris Lake; Sept. 13 Falls Lake; Sept. 28 Kerr Lake; Oct. 11 Falls Lake; Oct. 25 Shearon Harris.

INFORMATION: Jim Overstreet (919) 575-9577, carolinabassseries@verizon.net

FLW STREN SERIES

151 boaters, 151 co-anglers, Northern Division, July 16-19, Lake Champlain, Plattsburgh, N.Y.

Pro Jason Ober of Johnstown, Pa., caught a five-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 4 ounces on Saturday to win with a four-day total of 20 bass weighing 74-5.

For his victory, Ober earned $25,000 cash and a $40,000 198VX Ranger boat powered by Yamaha.

"Oh, my goodness, it's an absolutely awesome feeling; I'm overwhelmed," said Ober, who won the co-angler division of the Stren Series Southeast Division tournament on Santee Cooper in South Carolina this year. "To compete with great pros like Mike Iaconelli, Pete Gluszek and Chris Baumgardner is such a privilege."

Ober opened the tournament in fourth place Wednesday with five bass weighing 17-15 while fishing the north end of the lake. On Thursday, he added another five bass weighing 21-1 using a top-water bait to target smallmouth on the flats to capture his lead. He then caught five bass weighing 18-1 on the north end of the lake Friday to make the top-10 cut in second place.

Ober stayed in the top four throughout the tournament, and he credits his co-angler for much of his final-day success.

"Today, I caught several on a top-water bait, but my co-angler really helped me out by giving me a drop shot," Ober said. "Drop-shotting a Speed Craw sealed the deal. I caught two fish at a quarter till 2 this afternoon and still had to leave 30 minutes for the run back."

Ober said he caught his fish on a crankbait in the top of the grass in about 12 feet of water earlier in the week.

"I struggled and rebounded," Ober said. "The conditions had to be just right to be able to use a top-water bait, and I had to wait until the right time to use it and get in as many casts as I could. I had to change things up today, and it paid off."

Thomas Shafer of Pine City, N.Y., won the Co-angler Division and $5,000, including a 198VX Ranger boat, with a four-day total of 20 bass weighing 62-1.

"I used a variety of baits and switched up throughout the days," Shafer said. "I started out on a top-water bait today, but that wasn't working well, so I went to a drop-shot for the better part of the day, and that's what I caught all my fish on."

TOP PROS: 1, Jason Ober, Johnstown, Pa., 20 bass, 74-5, $25,000 plus Ranger boat, motor, trailer; 2, Chris Baumgardner, Gastonia, N.C., 20 fish, 73-15, $8,082; 3, John Voyles, Petersburg, Ind., 20 fish, 63-11, $7,274; 4, Gregg Seal, Eldred, Pa., 20 fish, 62-14, $6,466; 5, Scott Lakey, Augusta, Mich., 20 fish, 62-3, $5,657; 6, Michael Iaconelli, Runnemede, N.J., 20 fish, 60-11, $4,849; 7, Brian Gates, Mendon, Vt., 20 fish, 60-9, $4,446; 8, Chad Pipkens, Holt, Mich., 20 fish, 60-1, $4,041; 9, Pete Gluszek, Franklinville, N.J., 20 fish, 59-7, $3,637; 10, Atsushi Nakahigashi, Chester, Va., 18 fish, 58-11, $3,234; 11, Jim Gildea, Weston, Mass., 15 fish, 45-6, $2,829; 12, Terry Baksay, Easton, Conn., 15 fish, 45-3, $2,424

TOP CO-ANGLERS: 1, Thomas Shafer, Pine City, N.Y., 20 bass, 62-1, $5,000 plus Ranger boat, motor and trailer; 2, Chris Girouard, Epsom, N.H., 20 fish, 56-5, $3,391; 3, Micah Frazier, Newnan, Ga., 20 fish, 55-8, $2,756; 4, Jeff Zeisner, Arva, Ontario, 20 fish, 53-9, $2,120; 5, David Roberts, Sunderland, Mass., 18 fish, 51-5, $1,696; 6, Chris Adams, Rutland, Vt., 20 fish, 49-15, $1,611; 7, Moo Bae, West Friendship, Md., 17 fish, 49-8, $1,525; 8, Ryan Bowman, Seneca, S.C., 18 fish, 46-9, $1,442; 9, Michael Sweeney, Attleboro, Mass., 20 fish, 46-1, $1,355; 10, Marc Wagy, Dewitt, Va., 16 fish, 40-0, $1,273. 11, Christopher Hall, Clarks Summit, Pa., 12 fish, 36-3, $932; 12, Jonathan Stanco, Plainville, Conn., 12 fish, 36-0, $848

TOP N.C. CO-ANGLER: 39, Cory Leonard, Castalia, 13 bass, 30-13, $296.

NEXT: Oct. 22-25, Clarks Hill Lake, Appling, Ga.

INFORMATION: (270) 252-1000, www.flwoutdoors.com

PIEDMONT BASS AND CRAPPIE CLASSICS

COMING UP: Piedmont Two-Man Team Bass Classics and Piedmont Team Crappie Tournaments, Saturday, Jordan Lake; Aug. 9, Falls Lake; Aug. 23, Jordan Lake; Sept. 6, Kerr Lake; Sept. 20, Falls Lake; Oct. 4, Jordan Lake; Oct. 25, Kerr Lake; Nov. 15, Falls Lake.

INFORMATION: Phil McCarson (919) 471-1571, philsflags@msn.com, www.geocities.com/piedmontcrappieclassics