Great turnout on a day the weatherman was calling for wind gusts up to 50 mph!!…65 boats! It was the toughest day for our anglers and weighin crew that I’ve experienced in 27 years. The winds were just plain ‘brutal’. However, 137 bass were weighed for a total of 389 pounds. Mortality: 3 bass. Water temps ranged from 50 to 55 and air temps ranged from 39 to 67 with winds ranging from light to 50 mph gusts. Big fish for the day was 7.42 pounds. 3 others over 7 pounds along with several 6 pound bass were also weighed.

1st Place team of Steven Woodlief & Ted Boyette, caught most of their fish in the clearer water down river towards the Falls Dam. Boyette said most of their fish came on ‘Carolina Rigs’ in 8 foot of water off points. Evidently, all the rain brought cooler water in the lake and backed the fish off the banks. The bass are still in the pre-spawn mode. Warmer weather will definitely set these lakes in our area on fishing-fire!

Once again, I want to thank our sponsors. Without their support we could not be offering the $5,000 Trail. The next PBC tournament will be at Falls Lake on Saturday April 9th. This event will be an ‘Open Fun’ tournament. Also on the 9th will be the 1st qualifying tournament for our new ‘Adult/Youth Future’s Trail and an ‘Open Crappie’ tournament.

The next ‘Piedmont Bass Classics $5,000 Bass Tournament Trail’ event (qualifier #4) will be at Kerr Lake April 16th. I hope to see all of you at Falls on the 9th!

Now here are the April 2nd results:

1st Place..Steven Woodlief & Ted Boyette of Wake Forest & Kenly…5 bass…26.10 lbs…$1,248
2nd Place..William Small & Lee Williams of Creedmoor & Durham…5 bass…19.20 lbs…$780
3rd Place..Paul & Russell Rigsbee of Timberlake…4 bass…15.37 lbs…$520
4th Place..Mark Herndon & Jay Garrard of Bahama & Durham…5 bass…14.15 lbs…$468
5th Place..Scott Gatton & Jamie Baynard of Cary & Clayton…5 bass…14.09 lbs…$416
6th Place..Billy Bledsoe & Henry Thomason of Fayetteville…5 bass…13.71 lbs…$364
7th Place..Claiborn Cox & Mike Carden of Timberlake…5 bass…12.55 lbs…$312
8th Place..Geno McCree & Phillip Johnson of Durham…5 bass…11.81 lbs…$260
9th Place..Tony Fofi & Dave Murdock of Fayetteville…5 bass…11.73 lbs…$208
10th Place..Bobby Houser & Mike Stephenson of Raleigh & Durham…5 bass…11.18 lbs…$208
11th Place..Richard Linton & Marc Peck of Pikeville…5 bass…10.14 lbs…$156
12th Place..Jesse Soles & Ron White of Aberdeen…3 bass…10.08 lbs…$156
13th Place..Chip Baty & Doug Farr of Linden & Fayetteville…5 bass…9.63 lbs…$104

1st Place Big Fish..1st Place Team Above…7.42 lbs…$840
2nd Place Big Fish..Billy West & Tracy Sykes of Knightdale & New Hill…7.35 lbs…$360

1st Place TWT..1st Place Team Above…26.10 lbs…$735
2nd Place TWT..2nd Place Team Above…19.20 lbs…$315

For more information call Phil McCarson at 919-471-1571 or 919-971-5042 or visit the website: www.piedmontbassclassics.com

Second Place team William Small and Lee Williams had 19.20 lbs!