CASHION FISHING RODS ‘FALLS LAKE OPEN’ Results
Falls Lake~~May 21, 2016 Ledge Rock Wildlife Ramp

Matt Cashion, owner of Cashion Fishing Rods, sponsored the ‘Falls Lake Open, with 30 teams showing up, even with the weather forecast calling for heavy rains in the am. The day started off in the low 60’s and afternoon temps around 79. It did rain hard from about 5am to 6am then quit for the day!! The winds were 0 to 12 mph for the most of the day and the water level was right at normal pool.  Water temps averaged 72 degrees and the
water clarity was fairly good. 120 bass were weighed in for a total weight of 378 pounds for an average of 3.15lbs. each. The fish have pretty much spawned out and are starting to work their way back to deeper water. It was really a pretty day for bass fishing with a lot of 4 and 5 pounders caught!!!

Chadd Eriksen & Cullen Ports weighed in 5 bass at 25.03 lbs to take 1st Place, 1st Place TWT & Big Fish Award(7.40 lbs.) plus awarded with 2 Cashion Custom Rods & Trophies for a grand total of $2,350 in cash and prizes!

 

1st Place Team..Eriksen on left..Ports on right…

 

 

Losing to 1st Place by only .23 of a pound was the 2nd Place team of Robyn Cook & Owen Penhollow with 5 bass weighing 24.80 lbs. They also won the 2nd place Big Fish Award (6.46 lbs.) and 2 Cashion Custom Rods. Their best finish ever with PBC taking home a total of $1,250 in cash and prizes. 3rd Place money and 2 Cashion Rods went to the team of  Matt Harrison & Angela Bishop with 5 bass weighing 20.97 lbs. netting them $900 in cash and prizes!!

Most bass were caught with crankbaits, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, WLS Shakey Heads and Carolina Rigs. Most were caught in 10′ or less waters. The topwater bite should be picking up with the summer temps coming in.

I want to thank all the anglers that participated and all our sponsors. Our next tournament will be the 2016 Piedmont Bass Classics $10,000 Spring Team Bass Trail Final Qualifier #7, Saturday June 4th also at Falls Lake out of Ledge Rock Wildlife Ramp. This is also an open event for anyone not wanting to fish for the Championship.

Our next Invitational tournament will be the 1st ever PBC Metal Mania Invitational on Falls Lake, June 11th, for aluminum boats with 115 hp or less motors only!! Info on this event can be found at: http://piedmontbassclassics.com/2016MetalManiaMainPage.html

All the information on all our tournaments can be found at: http://piedmontbassclassics.com/

Full results:
1st Place…Chadd Eriksen & Cullen Ports of Wake Forest…5 bass…25.03 lbs…$1,080
2nd Place…Robyn Cook & Owen Penhollow of Raleigh & Durham…5 bass…24.80 lbs…$630
3rd Place…Matt Harrison & Angela Bishop of Franklinton…5 bass…20.97 lbs…$450
4th Place…Chris & David Huffine of Raleigh & Wake Forest…5 bass…19.09 lbs…$330
5th Place…Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hooks of Fuquay Varina & Apex…5 bass…18.95 lbs…$270
6th Place…Zach Blalock & Kyle Albers of Winterville & Durham…5 bass…18.58 lbs…$240

1st Place Big Fish: 1st Place Team above…7.40 lbs…$420
2nd Place Big Fish: 2nd Place Team above…6.46 lbs…$180

1st Place TWT: 1st Place Team above: 25.03 lbs…$420
2nd Place TWT: 5th Place Team above: 18.95 lbs…$180

 

We are almost ready to end our Spring events and look forward to starting up the

Cashion Rods ‘End of Year’ Trail which begins July 9th at Kerr Lake. All the info for this trail can be found on the PBC web page at:

http://piedmontbassclassics.com/2016EndOfYearMainPage.html

 Enter early to get the best starting positions.