Great day for fishing even under the threat of severe thunderstorms, which arrived just after we had everyone weighed in, paid and sent home! The team turnout was 57 boats!  230 bass were weighed for a total of 686 pounds! 226 fish were released alive! Water temps averaged 75 and air temps ranged from 55 to 77 with winds ranging from light to 10 mph midday. Big fish for the day was 7.87 pounds and plenty of bass were weighed in over 6 pounds each.  The spawn is 99% over and the fishing is hot!!! 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 bass fishing at area lakes should be extremely good at this time.

Once again, I want to thank our sponsors. Without their support we could not be offering the $5,000 Trail. The next & final ‘Piedmont Bass Classics $5,000 Bass Tournament Trail’ qualifier #7, will be at Jordan Lake, Saturday June 4th. Qualifier #5 for the Future’s Trail will also be on this date. I hope to see all of you at Jordan on the 4th! Now here are the May 14th results:

1st Place..Ken Wall & Ben Cannon of Asheboro & Apex..5 bass..27.73 lbs…$1,140
2nd Place..Scott Smith & Tony Woodard of Apex & Four Oaks..5 bass..23.78 lbs…$638
3rd Place..Jerry Marshburn & Williams Burns of Sanford..5 bass..22.17 lbs…$547
4th Place..Lee Williams & Tim Penhollow of Durham & Hillsborough..5 bass..20.35 lbs…$501
5th Place..Dan Glosson & Phillip Eakes of Rougemont & Bahama..5 bass..20.31 lbs…$412
6th Place..Rick Sossaman & Randy Johnson of Oak Ridge & Hillsborough..5 bass..20.21 lbs…$319
7th Place..Brian Fritts & Jeff Beasley of Raleigh..5 bass..20.18 lbs…$274
8th Place..Barry Kleinfelter & Alan Thomerson of Stem & Wilton..5 bass..19.97 lbs…$228
9th Place..Mark Herndon & Jay Garrard of Bahama & Durham..5 bass..19.54 lbs…$182
10th Place..Jule Cameron & William Small of Wendell & Creedmoor..5 bass..18.88 lbs…$182
11th Place..Brandon Sykes & Aaron Johnson of Apex & Raleigh..4 bass..18.71 lbs…$137

1st Place Big Fish..2nd Place Team above: 7.87 lbs…$770
2nd Place Big Fish..Dennis & Travis Allen of Four Oaks: 6.98 lbs…$330

1st Place TWT.. 1st Place Team above: 27.73 lbs…$770
2nd Place TWT..2nd Place Team above: 23.78 lbs…$330

For more information about the tournaments call Phil McCarson 919-471-1571 or 919-971-5042 or visit www.piedmontbassclassics.com!

Scott Smith & Tony Woodard finished in 2nd place with 23.78 lbs!!