The $5,000 Fall Trail qualifier #3 at Falls Lake was by far the biggest surprise for the year! Falls has been a little off this year as far as bag weights go and Sunday was no exception. But! There were 2 bass caught over 8 pounds and another over 7! That was the surprise! 15 boats showed up to qualify for the Championship scheduled for November 6th at Shearon Harris. The weather this Sunday was pretty good with just a sprinkle here and there with partly cloudy skies and light humidity. 51 bass were weighed in for a total of 132 pounds. Water temps averaged 74 and air temps ranged from 69 to 84 with winds ranging from light to 10 mph in the afternoon. Big fish for the day was 8.22 pounds caught by the winning team of David Hall & Dane Sallinger. The bass are now moving to more shallow water with the temps dropping! The bass at Falls also looked to be in a very healthy condition.

Hall & Sallinger won with 5 bass weighing 22.70 lbs! They used mostly jigs to make up their creel. Their catch included 2 bass weighing 8.22 & 7.32 that were caught back to back!  Those two fish made up over half of their bag weight! Fall fishing is now getting hot and all the area lakes should be producing some nice fish. Most of the bass caught were in 2 to 8 feet of water off rocky points & stump flats.

The $5,000 Fall Trail qualifier #4 will be Sunday, October 2nd at Shearon Harris Lake out of Holleman’s Crossing Wildlife Ramp. Teams must fish 4 of the 7 qualifiers to fish the Championship on November 6th, and there are only 4 qualifiers left! So don’t miss out on this great Fall fishing. The projected 1st place in the Championship should be well over $2,000 !!!

All the information on the Fall Trail can be seen on our website: www.piedmontbassclassics.com/2011FallTrailMainPage.html

Now here are the September 25th results:

1st Place..David Hall & Dane Sallinger of Raleigh & Wake Forest…5 bass…22.70 lbs…$600
2nd Place..Bobby Matthews & David Overcash of Durham…5 bass…18.77 lbs…$360
3rd Place..Mark Herndon & Jay Garrard of Bahama & Durham…5 bass…14.91 lbs…$240

1st Place Big Fish..1st Place Team above…8.22 lbs…$210
2nd Place Big Fish..2nd Place Team above…8.11 lbs…$90

1st Place TWT..3rd Place Team above…14.91 lbs…$140
2nd Place TWT..David Bullock & Jimmy Henderson of Durham & Wake Forest…14.78 lbs…$60

Listed below are the rest of the Fall Trail Dates……

Fall Trail Tournament Dates
Qualifier #4 ~~ October 2nd ~~ Shearon Harris Lake
Qualifier #5 ~~ October 16th ~~ Shearon Harris Lake
Qualifier #6 ~~ October 23rd ~~ Jordan Lake
Qualifier #7 ~~ October 30th ~~ Shearon Harris Lake
CHAMPIONSHIP ~~ November 6th ~~Shearon Harris Lake

Come join us for some great fall fishin’!

Here is the contact information for all our tournaments:
 
Phil McCarson~Tournament Director
919-471-1571…….919-971-5042
www.piedmontbassclassics.com
or email at….   [email protected]