Beautiful day…Finally! The team turnout was 53 boats!  159 bass were weighed for a total of 388 pounds. All fish were released alive but 4! Water temps averaged 70 to 75 and air temps ranged from 47 to 77 with winds ranging from light to 10 mph midday. Big fish for the day was only 6.07 pounds with most of the fish weighed in being bucks. Just about any lure would work this day, but the c-rigs & t-rigs seemed to tempt the bass which were mostly caught in shallow water. The spawn is mostly over and the bucks are guarding the beds. The females that have laid out are now in a little deeper water taking a rest. Sizes and counts will start to rise after the spawn is over, which should be in a week or so.

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 Jordan Lake on May 7th. This event will be an ‘Open Fun’ tournament. The next ‘Piedmont Bass Classics $5,000 Bass Tournament Trail’ qualifier #6 will be at Falls Lake, May 14th along with the 4th Adult/Youth Future’s qualifying event. I hope to see all of you at Jordan on the 7th! Now here are the April 30th results:

1st Place..Mark Bayse & Todd Gibson of Thomasville & Archdale..5 bass..18.78 lbs…$1,060
2nd Place..Geno McCree & Phillip Johnson of Durham..5 bass..17.91 lbs…$594
3rd Place..Billy Bledsoe & Henry Thomason of Fayetteville..5 bass..14.90 lbs…$510
4th Place..Dan Glosson & Phillip Eakes of Rougemont & Bahama..5 bass..14.77 lbs…$466
5th Place..Mark Herndon & Lee Williams of Durham..5 bass..13.44 lbs…$382
6th Place..Hunter Campbell & Joel Lloyd of Oxford & Chapel Hill..5 bass..13.39 lbs…$297
7th Place..Ted Boyette & Steven Woodlief of Kenly & Wake Forest..3 bass..13.13 lbs…$254
8th Place..William Small & Jule Cameron of Creedmoor & Wendell..5 bass..11.92 lbs…$212
9th Place..Jesse Soles & Ron White of Aberdeen..5 bass..11.63 lbs…$170
10th Place..Bubba Haywood & Steve Goodwin of Roxboro & Durham..5 bass..11.58 lbs…$170
11th Place..Todd & Jeff Sumner of Southern Pines..4 bass..11.56 lbs…$125

1st Place Big Fish..2nd Place Team above…6.07 lbs…$686
2nd Place Big Fish..7th Place Team above…5.74 lbs…$294

1st Place TWT..1st Place Team above…18.78 lbs…$560
2nd Place TWT..2nd Place Team above…17.91 lbs…$240

The Adult/Youth Future’s qualifier was won by Keith Johnson & Corey Herndon of Durham. They had 5 bass weighing 11.44 lbs including their big fish that weighed 3.35 lbs. They won a total of $175.

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

 

Geno McCree & Phillip Johnson came in second with 17.91

Keith Johnson & Corey Herndon won the Adult/Youth Futures with 11.44 lbs!