Thomas Sheffer & Ken McNeill, after numerous years of honing their skills as bass anglers, finally got it right and won the largest payout ever in the 28 year history of the Piedmont Bass Classics Tournament Trails!

Mark Herndon & Jay Garrard won the 2012 Spring Trail Points Championship and a $1,000 prize package. Also over $2,700 in door prizes were given away compliments of our great sponsors! Counting all paybacks & door prizes, there was over $20,000 in cash and prizes awarded for the day!

The bite was tough at Jordan but the winning team worked their magic with Carolina Worm Rigs & Jigs to produce a bag of 5 bass weighing in at 21.45 pounds and took home $11,701 in cash and prizes! Air temps for the day ranged from 71 in the morning to a sultry 95 degrees at weighin. The winds were light and
the water temps averaged 82 degrees. 192 bass were weighed in for a total weight of 532 pounds. Most fish were caught in 6 to 20 feet of water and C-Rigs, Jig Combos and Crankbaits seemed to produce the better fish.

Mike Stephenson & Chad Jones of Bahama & Durham won over $500 in cash & prizes for the biggest bass caught during the Spring Trail, 9.68 lbs. It came out of Falls Lake.

Robert Williams Jr. & Justis Bobbit of Rocky Mount & Edenton also won over $500 in cash & prizes for the
heaviest bag of fish caught during the Spring Trail, 33.34 lbs. It came out of Shearon Harris.

It was a great day at Jordan and I want to really thank all the crew from Ridgecrest Baptist Church, Milton Rd. in
Durham, for putting on a great show and feeding the crowd with the best hot dogs, hamburgers, baked beans,
chips and drinks in the world! We had a lot of our great sponsors on hand and we greatly appreciate their support!

I want to thank all the great anglers that participated and that support this trail. Also, we have the greatest sponsors supporting our trail! We are now looking forward to the Summer & Fall trails and with the anglers support we will try and continue to be the best trail in the area.

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

Now here are the full results:

1st Place: Thomas Sheffer & Ken McNeill of Cary & Raleigh…5 bass…21.45 lbs…$10,000 prize package
2nd Place Tie: Jason Suggs & Britten O’Quinn of Fayetteville & Linden…5 bass…20.60 lbs…$872.50
2nd Place Tie: Robert Williams Jr. & Justis Bobbitt of Rocky Mount & Edenton…5 bass…20.60 lbs…$872.50
4th Place: Mark Herndon & Jay Garrard of Bahama & Durham…5 bass…19.19 lbs…$520
5th Place: Scott Dunn & Stewart Adams of Four Oaks…5 bass…18.20 lbs…$472
6th Place: Todd & Jeff Sumner of Southern Pines…5 bass…17.94 lbs…$377
7th Place: Bryce McClenney & Michael Christie of Raleigh & Fuquay Varina…5 bass…17.85 lbs…$330
8th Place: Vinston Nettles & Jimmie Spencer of Pittsboro & Asheboro…5 bass…17.68 lbs…$283
9th Place: Ken Wall & Ben Cannon of Asheboro & Apex…5 bass…17.39 lbs…$236
10th Place: Roy Blackwood & Butch Williams of Pittsboro…5 bass…17.37 lbs…$236
11th Place: Johnny Wilder & Mike Harris…5 bass…17.19 lbs…$188
12th Place: Doug Stallings & Mike Riggs of Stem & Timberlake…5 bass…17.17 lbs…$188
13th Place: Dan Glosson & Phillip Eakes of Rougemont & Bahama…5 bass…16.26 lbs…$145

1st Place Big Fish..First Place Team above: 7.58 lbs…$826
2nd Place Big Fish..Robert Williams Jr. & Justis Bobbitt of Rocky Mount & Edenton…7.11 lbs…$354

1st Place TWT..1st Place Team above…21.45 lbs…$875
2nd Place TWT..2nd Place Tied Teams above…20.60 lbs & $187.50 each

Our next Tournament will be the ‘JB Custom Rods~Piedmont Bass Classics $5,000 Summer Trail Qualifier #1’
at Falls Lake out of Ledge Rock Wildlife Ramp, Saturday, June 30th.

For more information contact:
Phil McCarson~Tournament Director
919-471-1571…….919-971-5042
[email protected]
www.piedmontbassclassics.com

Thanks to all of our media folks for your great support & publishing of our events!   Phil

Mark Herndon & Jay Garrard won the 2012 Spring Trail Points Championship!