Dan Glosson & Scottie Morris Win PBC Academy Sports & Outdoors Championship with 25.77 lbs on Falls Lake June 16,2018

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PBC ACADEMY SPORTS & OUTDOORS $10,000 SPRING TEAM BASS TRAIL

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
Saturday June 16th, 2018 ~ Falls Lake ~ Ledge Rock Wildlife Ramp

What a great day for the 78 teams fishing for the $10,000 1st place prize money in the 2018 PBC Academy Sports & Outdoors $10,000 Spring Team Bass Trail Championship at Falls Lake! Morning air temp was around 69 degrees thenwarmed up to 88 in the pm. Water temps averaged about 86 degrees. Winds were light all day!  The lake level was right at 252 and water clarity was good. Bass were shallow in the morning and then moved out to around 6 to 12′ when the suncame up. After everyone was weighed in the polygraph was given. Then all the anglers were treated to hot dogs, chips and drinks! Then we gave away over $7,000 in door prizes thanks to our great sponsors!!! Then awarded the prizemoney & trophies! PBC had a great year and thanks to all that supported this great trail.

Dan Glosson & Scottie Morris topped the field weighing in 5 bass at 25.77 lbs. winning 1st Place and 1st Place TWT to

take home a whopping $11,925 in prize money. The team found the fish early in 2′ to 4′ of grassy water using worm rigs
and later on crankbaits. They had 5 solid fish!
Morris on left. Glosson on right.

Sam & Matthew Jones took 2nd Place with 5 fish weighing 25.70 lbs. and won the 1st Place Big Fish (7.88 lbs.) to takehome $2,421 in winnings. The 3rd Place Team of Stephen Lasher & Chad Fara weighed in 5 at 22.54 lbs. and also won
the 2nd Place TWT to pocket $1,644. 2nd Place Big Fish was won by the 16th Place Team of Stewart Adams & ScottDunn (7.84 lbs.) netting them $583 in prize money!!

The 2018 PBC Academy Sports & Outdoors $10,000 Spring Team Bass Trail Points Champions belonged to the team of

Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hooks. They took home $1,000 for that and also won 6th Place in the Championship for $490!!
Hooks on left. Fajardo on right.


257 fish were weighed in for a total of 800 pounds for an average of 3.11 lbs. each, a good average for Falls Lake evenwith a cold front that had moved in a few days before!  Most of the fish were caught on Carolina & Texas worm rigs and crankbaits in anywhere from 2 to 12 feet of water. Warm weather is here so lookfor a morning shallow bite and then godeeper when the sun comes up! Don’t believe the naysayers…Falls Lake is doing just fine.

I want to thank all the anglers that participated and all our sponsors that supported this trail. Our next tournament isSaturday July 14th, the PBC Cashion Fishing Rods ‘End of Year’ Trail Q#1 at Falls Lake out of Ledge Rock WildlifeRamp. All the info can be found at this link:http://piedmontbassclassics.com/2018CashionEOYTrailMainPage.html
Following that will be the the PBC Cashion Fishing Rods ‘End of Year’ Trail Q#2, Saturday July 28th at Jordan Lake outof Farrington Point Wildlfe Ramp.All the information on our tournaments can be found http://piedmontbassclassics.com/

Now here are the full results:

1st Place:  Dan Glosson & Scottie Morris of Rougemont …5 bass…25.77 lbs…$10,000
2nd Place:  Sam & Matthew Jones of Clayton…5 bass…25.70 lbs…$1,329
3rd Place:  Stephen Lasher & Chad Fara of Bahama & Durham…5 bass…22.54 lbs…$819
4th Place:  Josh Whitford & Jesse Wise of Linden & Erwin…5 bass…22.16 lbs…$604
5th Place:  Scott Woodson & Todd Staker of Fuquay Varina & Cary…5 bass…21.96 lbs…$551
6th Place:  Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hooks of Fuquay Varina & Apex…5 bass…21.86 lbs…$490
7th Place:  Tyler Faggart & Paul Owens of Raleigh…5 bass…20.99 lbs…$429
8th Place:  Ted Boyette & John Parrish of Kenly..5 bass…20.67 lbs…$369
9th Place:  Ben Cannon & Chad Craven of Apex & Willow Springs…5 bass…20.50 lbs…$308
10th Place:  Vern Fleming & Mike Dinterman of Raleigh & Oxford…5 bass…20.20 lbs…$254
11th Place:  David Hall & Rick Sossaman of Raleigh & Oak Ridge…5 bass..19.42 lbs…$240
12th Place:  Rock Goss & Michael Smith of Creedmoor & Wake Forest…5 bass…19.00 lbs…$186
Tie
12th Place:  David Walton & Justin Young of Raleigh & Fuquay Varina…5 bass…19.00 lbs…$186 Tie
14th Place:  Todd Massey & Brandon Gray of Chapel Hill & Bullock…5 bass…18.41 lbs…$135
15th Place:  Lee Williams & Scott Smith of Durham & Apex…5 bass…17.81 lbs…$125
16th Place:  Stewart Adams & Scott Dunn of Four Oaks…5 bass…17.62 lbs…$115
17th Place:  Robyn Cook & Owen Penhollow of Raleigh & Durham…5 bass…17.57 lbs…$100

1st Place Big Fish..2nd Place Team above…7.88 lbs…$1,092
2nd Place Big Fish..16th Place Team above…7.84 lbs…$468

1st Place TWT..1st Place Team above…25.77 lbs…$1,925
2nd Place TWT..3rd Place Team above…22.54 lbs…$825
Contact Information:
Phil McCarson…Tournament Director—922 Valetta Rd.—Durham, NC   27712
Home: 919-471-1571     Cell: 919-971-5042
email:
philsflags@msn.com            website: http://piedmontbassclassics.com/