Jeff Hodges & John Michenfelder win PBC Cashion Fishing Rods Team Bass Fishing Trail – July 29,2017 – Jordan Lake

PBC CASHION FISHING RODS ‘End of Year’ TEAM BASS FISHING TRAIL RESULTS
        Saturday July 29th, 2017 ~ Jordan Lake ~ Farrington Point Wildlife Ramp

Saturday was a great day at Jordan Lake!  The weather was nice with air temps around 71 degrees in the am on up to 83 at the 2pm weighin. Water temps averaged about 80 degrees. Winds were what kept everything bearable and cooler!! Very little breeze in the am and picking up to around 8 to 10 in the pm. The turnout was great with 50 teams going for the top prize. There were a lot of bass weighed in today with many in the 4 to 7 lb. range. The bass looked well fed and very healthy for this time of year! Jordan is still one of the best fisheries in the state!!

The team of Jeff Hodges and John Michenfelder won 1st Place, weighing in 5 bass at 23.50 lbs. and also won the 2nd Place Big Fish Award (7.80 lbs.) and the 1st Place Tournament within a Tournament (TWT) for a total of $2,215 in winnings. The team said most of their bass were caught off channel points in 10 to 15‘ or more of depth using
crankbaits & Carolina rigs.

1st Place Hodges on Left..

Losing 1st place by only a 10th of a lb. was the veteran team of Mark Herndon & Jay Garrard with 5 fish weighing 23.40 lbs. & they also won 2nd Place TWT to pocket a total of $975. 3rd place team, Tony Woodard & Stewart Adams, won $520 with 5 weighing 19.55 lbs. The big fish for the day weighed 7.86 lbs. and was caught by the 5th Place Team of Rich Szczerbala & Todd Sumner bringing their total winnings for the day to $1,060 !!137 fish were weighed in for a total of 427 pounds for an average of 3.12 lbs. each. Most of the larger fish were caught on Texas rigs, Carolina rigs, Jig combos, slow rolling Spinnerbaits and Crankbaits in 10-15‘ of water off main point dropoffs and creek channels.

I want to thank all the anglers that participated and all our sponsors that support this trail. The next Cashion Fishing
Rods ‘End of Year’ Tournament Trail Qualifier will be August 12th at Falls Lake. Go to this web page for the info on
the ‘End of Year’ Trail: http://piedmontbassclassics.com/2017CashionEOYTrailMainPage.html
All the information on our tournaments can be found http://piedmontbassclassics.com/

Now here are the full results:

1st Place: John Michenfelder & Jeff Hodges of Durham & Apex…5 bass…23.50 lbs…$1,040
2nd Place: Mark Herndon & Jay Garrard of Bahama & Durham...5 bass…23.40 lbs…$600
3rd Place: Tony Woodard & Stewart Adams of Four Oaks…5 bass…19.55 lbs…$520
4th Place: Roy & Tommy Blackwood of Pittsboro & Efland…5 bass…18.43 lbs…$440
5th Place: Todd Sumner & Rich Szczerbala of Southern Pines & Apex…5 bass…18.40 lbs…$360
6th Place: Brian Fritts & Bo Adams of Raleigh & Pittsboro…5 bass…18.26 lbs…$280
7th Place: Chuck Napier & Aaron Johnson of Garner & Dunn…5 bass…17.50 lbs…$240
8th Place: Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hooks of Fuquay Varina & Apex…5 bass…16.31 lbs…$200
9th Place: Jim Croce & Jeremy Pope of Cove City & Erwin…4 bass…16.00 lbs…$170
10th Place: Jason Godwin & Ronnie Williams of Kenly & Clayton…5 bass…15.50 lbs…$150

1st Place Big Fish..5th Place Team above...7.86 lbs…$700
2nd Place Big Fish..1st Place Team above…7.80 lbs…$300

         1st Place TWT..1st Place Team above…23.50 lbs…$875
2nd Place TWT..2nd Place Team above…23.40 lbs…$375