Brian Fritts & Bo Adams win Academy Sports & Outdoors $10,000 Spring Team Bass Trail Qualifier #2Qualifier #2 March 17,2018 – Jordan Lake

The 2018 PBC Academy Sports & Outdoors $10,000 Spring Team Bass Trail Qualifier #2 at Jordan Lake started pretty good. That morning the air temp was 35 degrees then warmed up to 59 in the pm. Water temps averaged about 50 degrees. Winds were light at the 7:15 blastoff and then picked up to 15 to 20 for the afternoon! All 86 teams agreed it
was a very tough fishing day. As soon as these cold fronts stop coming thru the water temps should be warming and the Spring fishing will become wide open!! It won’t be long’Brian Fritts & Bo Adams just demolished the field weighing in 5 bass at 34.54 lbs. and also caught the 2nd place Big Fish (9.10 lbs.) plus won the 1st Place TWT for a total of $3,670 in winnings. The team found the fish in 4′ to 10′ of water
using spinnerbaits, swim baits & crankbaits!!! They had 2 really big fish that helped weigh down the sack!!

Todd Massey & Brandon Gray took 2nd place with 5 fish (one at 7.30 lbs.) weighing 25.44 lbs. and 2nd Place TWT to take home $1,595 in winnings. 3rd Place Team, Steve Upchurch & Johnny Howard, had 5 nice fish weighing 23.51 lbs. and took home $688!! The 1st Place Big Fish Award went to the team of James Sutton & Travis Priest (subbing for
Sutton’s regular partner, Michael McLamb). They took home a whopping $1,190 for the 9.34 lb. bass!!!The prize money got spread around pretty good today!Only 124 fish were weighed in for a total of 452 pounds for an average of 3.56 lbs. each. Most of the fish were caught on  Swimbaits baits, chatterbaits, spinnerbaits and shallow running crankbaits in anywhere from 2 to 10 feet of water. Water temps are very important now and they need to warm up a little to get that hot bite we all want! Going to Falls next week and hopefully it will warm up a bit! Falls is always a great lake just about any time of year!!I want to thank all the anglers that participated and all our sponsors that support this trail. Our next tournament is Saturday March 24th, the PBC Cashion Fishing Rods Spring Trail Q#3 at Falls Lake out of Ledge Rock Wildlife Ramp.
All the info can be found at this link:
http://piedmontbassclassics.com/2018CashionSpringTrailMainPage.html
Following that will be the PBC Academy Sports & Outdoors $10,000 Spring Team Bass Trail Qualifier #3, Saturday
March 31st also at Falls Lake.
All the information on our tournaments can be found http://piedmontbassclassics.com/Now here are the full results:

1st Place:  Brian Fritts & Bo Adams of Raleigh & Pittsboro…5 bass…34.54 lbs…$1,445
2nd Place:  Todd Massey & Brandon Gray of Chapel Hill & Bullock…5 bass…25.44 lbs…$860
3rd Place:  Steve Upchurch & Johnny Howard of Raleigh & Carrboro…5 bass…23.51 lbs…$688
4th Place:  Jared Thaxton & Brad Craptree…5 bass…21.44 lbs…$619
5th Place:  Matt Dean & Stanton McDuffie of Clayton & Raleigh…4 bass…20.83 lbs…$550
6th Place:  Billy Bledsoe & Brian McDonald of Gray’s Creek & Hope Mills….5 bass…19.11 lbs…$481
7th Place:  Stephen Lasher & Chad Fara of Bahama & Durham…4 bass…16.82 lbs…$413
8th Place:  Raeford Faircloth & Joe Smith…4 bass…15.86 lbs…$344
9th Place:  Stump Bledsoe & Glenn Elliott of Hope Mills & Fayetteville…5 bass…14.99 lbs…$275
10th Place  Tyler Faggart & Paul Owens of Raleigh…5 bass…14.92 lbs…$241
11th Place:  Thomas Sheffer & Ken McNeill of Cary & Raleigh…4 bass..14.48 lbs…$206
12th Place:  Vernon Fleming & Mike Dinterman of Raleigh & Oxford…5 bass…13.44 lbs…$172
13th Place:  Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hooks of Fuquay Varina & Apex…3 bass…11.65 lbs…$151
14th Place:  Rick Ohlson & Randy Parker of Garner…2 bass…11.41 lbs…$131…Tie
14th Place:  Vinston Nettles & Mike Cole of Pittsboro & Siler City…3 bass…11.41 lbs…$131…Tie
16th Place:  Todd Sumner & Rich Sczcerbala of Southern Pines & Apex…3 bass…10.96 lbs…$103
17th Place:  Chase Owens & Mitchell Lance of Snow Camp & Raleigh…5 bass…10.47 lbs…$1001st Place Big Fish..James Sutton & Michael McLamb of Roseboro & White Oak…9.34 lbs…$1,190
2nd Place Big Fish..1st Place Team above…9.10 lbs…$510

1st Place TWT..1st Place Team above…34.54 lbs…$1,715
2nd Place TWT..2nd Place Team above: 25.44 lbs…$735