In a world ruled by technology, we’re expected to be available at all times. Whether it’s your wife, husband, kids or boss calling, you need to have an operating cell phone. I can’t stand having the dang thing on me as much as I do, but it’s just the world we live in. With that being said, I have darn near obliterated every cell phone I’ve ever had. Whether I drop it in the water while I’m fishing, smash it in the woods climbing out of a deer stand or fastball it into the entertainment center when the Braves tick me off, I have a questionable history with nice things.
Until now.
I’ve been testing out the new LifeProof nüüd iPhone 5 Case and I’ll be straight up and down with you—it’s the best cell phone case I have ever used. After several months of use, I’ve had no shattered screens, broken buttons or any loss of sound quality whatsoever.
PIEDMONT BASS CLASSICS TEAM BASS SPRING MINI TRAIL QUALIFIER #5 RESULTS Saturday May 17th, 2014 ~ Falls Lake~ Ledge Rock Wildlife Ramp
1st Place: Jay Garrard & Mark Herndon of Durham & Bahama…5 bass…23.90
The Piedmont Bass Classics Team Bass Spring Mini Trail final qualifier #5 was fished by 32 teams on a day
with the water rising hard at Falls Lake. It was unseasonably cool that morning but ended up being a nice and
comfortable 70 degrees at weighin. The winds were very light that morning getting up to about 12mph in the
afternoon. Water temps averaged 77 degrees. The bass showed signs of post spawn and even with the rising
water bit pretty good. The water was up about 5 feet leaving some spawning fish in deeper water and the post
spawn bass looking for food in the bushes and lower tree branches! Most of the fish were caught on creature
jigs and senkos with others caught on spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and crankbaits in 1 to 6 feet of water.
Jay Garrard of Durham & Mark Herndon of Bahama caught 5 nice bass weighing a total of 23.90 lbs. taking
1st Place, 1st Place TWT and the Tow Boats US Member Bonus for a total of $1,157 in winnings. 2nd Place went to David Lynch & Daniel Everwine of Siler City, with 5 bass weighing 23.05 lbs., taking home a total of $436. Big fish for the day was caught by the team of Hal Abshire & Ethan Cox weighing in at 6.74 lbs and
winning them $320 in prize money! Numerous bass over 6 lbs. were brought to the scales!
78 bass were weighed in for a total of 256 pounds. This averaged right at 3.28 lbs. a fish and they were nice
and healthy looking. Fishing at Falls will only get better in the weeks to come!
I want to thank all the anglers that participated and all our sponsors that support these trails. Our next
tournament will be the 2014 Boats Unlimited NC Team Tournament Bass Trail Final Qualifier #7, Saturday, May 31st at Jordan Lake out of Farrington Point Wildlife Ramp.
All the information on our tournaments can be found at http://piedmontbassclassics.com/
Now here are the full results:
1st Place: Jay Garrard & Mark Herndon of Durham & Bahama…5 bass…23.90 lbs…$750
2nd Place: David Lynch & Daniel Everwine of Siler City…5 bass…23.05 lbs…$436
3rd Place: Scottie Morris & Scott Anderson of Rougemont & Oxford…5 bass…20.30 lbs…$312
4th Place: Carl & Justin Johnson of Apex…5 bass…16.48 lbs…$228
5th Place: Keith Deal & Ricky Kenworth of Holly Springs & Cary…4 bass…16.46 lbs…$188
4th Place: Robyn Cook & Owen Penhollow of Raleigh & Durham…3 bass…15.60 lbs…$166
1st Place Big Fish: Hal Abshire & Ethan Cox of Cameron & West End…6.74 lbs…$320
1st Place TWT: 1st Place Team above: 23.90 lbs…$357
2nd Place TWT: 3rd Place Team above: 20.30 lbs…$153
Hey Everybody,We had a great OPEN tournament yesterday at Leesville Lake. Seventeen boats came out and the weather was great. Tough day fishing though. Conrats to Harris/Tyree for coming in first place with 15.66 lbs and Big Fish with a 9.26 lbs lagemouth; second place went to Gravsner/Wheeler with 11.52 lbs and third went to Jordan/Eubank with 10.96lbs. The rest of the results are below. Thanks to everybody who came out. Our next CLUB tournament is on June 7th at Smith Mt Lake out of the state park from 6 to 3 pm. See our club members there. Thanks.Jimmy
Hey Everybody,We had a great OPEN tournament yesterday at Leesville Lake. Seventeen boats came out and the weather was great. Tough day fishing though. Conrats to Harris/Tyree for coming in first place with 15.66 lbs and Big Fish with a 9.26 lbs lagemouth; second place went to Gravsner/Wheeler with 11.52 lbs and third went to Jordan/Eubank with 10.96lbs. The rest of the results are below. Thanks to everybody who came out. Our next CLUB tournament is on June 7th at Smith Mt Lake out of the state park from 6 to 3 pm. See our club members there. Thanks.Jimmy
Take a list as Jason gives us a look at how he throws the Popper. Jason gives a few of his tips that he has found that works well for him over the years.
As warm weather approaches, one of my favorite techniques on developed lakes is skipping a jig. It started when I lived in Jacksonville, Florida and a short distance from the fabled St. Johns River. Thousands of docks dotted the shoreline from Jacksonville to Lake George and I cut my teeth learning everything I could about the technique—from the casting, to the rod and reel, to line all the way to the trailer.
Sure, being able to pinpoint a jig next to an inside dock post or a hidden brush pile takes skill. It takes the right rod and reel, the right line—but in my opinion, the biggest key is the right jig and trailer. All jigs for skipping are not created equally. You don’t take a knife to a gun fight and you surely don’t try to skip a football head jig under a dock.
Oklahoma’s Jason Christie won the Bassmaster Elite Tournament on Arkansas’ Lake Dardanelle Sunday, collecting the $100,000 prize, the big trophy and a Toyota Bonus Bucks award of an extra $3,000. Just as exciting is his win-and-in Bassmaster Classic entry. He now has qualified to fish the biggest bass tournament in the world three years in a row.
Christie is growing a reputation for exciting come-from-behind victories, having notched the biggest comeback in final day history last year when he jumped from 11th to first on the last day of the 2013 Ramada Quest on Bull Shoals. This comeback wasn’t as extreme, but after starting out 26th after Day One, he finished the second day in 10th, before moving to fourth going into the final day. His final four-day weight of 72 pounds, 3 ounces was good enough to give him the win over Alabama’s Gerald Swindle by 4 ounces.
In this weeks tip Gene Gives us a look at Knots we all need to know weather we are a beginner or have been fishing forever.Please take the time and share this tip with all of your friends.
