16 teams arrived at the ramp for the 3rd qualifier in the 2012 JB Custom Rods~Piedmont Bass Classics $5,000 Fall Team Bass Tournament Trail, and were greeted with a beautiful Fall morning!

44 keepers were brought to the scales weighing in at a total of 99 pounds! Todd Sumner of Southern Pines & Richard Greene of Laurinburg had 5 solid bass that weighed 17.80 pounds winning the 1st place prize of $640!

2nd Place went to the team of Scott Mooneyham of Fayetteville & Curtis Bourne of Raleigh. They won $385 for 2nd, $210 for the Big Fish and 1st Place TWT worth $350, for a grand total of $945!

The day started with 63 degrees at blastoff, then slowly got into the upper 70’s at weighin. No wind was around in the morning, but about 10am it picked up, blowing 10 to 15 at times.  The morning bite was hot for top water baits, but when the wind picked up things slowed down. Most fish were caught in 2 to 12 feet of water. Top water, crankbaits & Rat-L-Traps worked around grass lines seemed to work best and worm rigs kicked in the other bites.  Water temps were around 75 degrees. The Big Fish weighed in at 6.35 pounds! I want to thank all the anglers that participated and that support this trail.

Our next tournament will be the 2012 JB Custom Rods~Piedmont Bass Classics Fall Team Bass Trail Qualifier #4 at Falls Lake out of Ledge Rock Wildlife Ramp, Sunday, September 30th. This will be our last  event at Falls for 2012. Teams still have a chance to fish in the Championship if they fish the last 4 events in the Fall Trail as a team. Don’t miss out on this great chance to win some nice paybacks!

I have waived the deposit fee for the Fall Trail. If you want to enter any or all of these Fall Trail events, please complete an entry blank for each one you want to enter and either give them to me or mail them in. (no phone in entries Please!) This will help you get a good starting position for the tournments you want to fish. These are all ‘Open Sunday Tournaments’, except for the Championship which you have to qualify for. Please read the rules! All the information can be found on the below web page:

http://www.piedmontbassclassics.com/2012FTMainPage.html

All the information on our Fall Trail tournaments can be found at: www.piedmontbassclassics.com

Now here are the full results:

1st Place: Todd Sumner & Richard Greene of Southern Pines & Laurinburg…5 bass…17.80 lbs…$640
2nd Place: Scott Mooneyham & Curtis Bourne of Fayetteville & Raleigh…3 bass…10.17 lbs…$385
3rd Place: Chad Craven & Tommy Farley of Raleigh & Colonial Heights, VA…5 bass…10.05 lbs…$255

1st Place Big Fish..2nd Place Team above…6.35 lbs…$210
2nd Place Big Fish..Rick Ohlson & Joey Davis of Garner…4.96 lbs…$90

1st Place TWT..2nd Place Team above: 10.17 lbs…$350
2nd Place TWT..3rd Place Team above: 10.05 lbs…$150

Contact Information:
Phil McCarson … Tournament Director
919-471-1571 or 919-971-5042
email:  [email protected]
web:  piedmontbassclassics.com

Scott Mooneyham & Curtis Bourne finished 2nd with 10.17 lbs, including a 6.35 lb bass that won Big Fish!