Bonnie & Shane Burns Win Piedmont Bass Classic Saturday March 4th on Shearon Harris

NOTE: The PBC $10K March 4th event had 89 boats which was huge,

but not a record. However, Bonnie & Shane Burns of Durham

had 5 bass weighing a whopping 41.90 lbs. that day out of Shearon

Harris !!! A record catch for Piedmont Bass Classics!!! This was the

heaviest 5 bass limit ever weighed in during the PBC’s 33 year history

and maybe in North Carolina!! What a great catch!!!

RESULTS

PIEDMONT BASS CLASSICS $10,000 SPRING TEAM BASS TRAIL QUALIFIER #1  Saturday March 4th, 2017 ~ Shearon Harris ~ Cross Point Landing Wildlife Ramp

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The 2017 Piedmont Bass Classics $10,000 Spring Team Bass Trail Qualifier #1 at Shearon Harris made history!! Along with a great crowd of 89 boats, the 1st Place Team of Bonnie & Shane Burns caught 5 bass weighing aunreal whopping total of 41.90 lbs!!! That now holds the 5 fish total weight record for the Piedmont Bass Classics!The weather was typical for March with air temps 27 degrees in the am on up to 57 in the pm. Water tempsaveraged about 58 degrees. Winds were light and variable. All in all, a beautiful day! Harris can turn on & off in a second, but today it was turned on!!! Spring fishing is just about to explode!!Bonnie & Shane Burns, like I said, overwhelmed the field weighing in 5 bass at 41.90 lbs. and also caught the 2nd place Big Fish (9.56 lbs.) for a total of $1,986 in winnings. The team found 2 areas in deep water early on and theywere loaded with some huge bass!!! Word was, they culled 3 over 7 lbs.!!!Vern Fleming & Mike Dinterman took 2nd place with 5 fish weighing 29.59 lbs. They also won 1st Place TWT for a grand total of $2,330. 3rd Place Team, Greyson Barefoot & Aaron Johnson, had 5 weighing 28.98 lbs. and along with 2nd Place TWT, they took home $1,310!! Jeff Vincent & Tim Goss weighed in the 1st Place Big Fish (10.08 lbs.) netting them $1,204!! The prize money got spread around pretty good today!

148 fish were weighed in for a total of 540 pounds for an average of 3.64 lbs. each. Most of the fish were caught on WLS shaky heads with Rowdy Time or Deep Creek plastics , Shanes A-rigs, Jerkbaits, Pig & jigs, jig spoons,chatterbaits and jerk baits in anywhere from 2 to 20 feet of water. Water temps are very important now and bass are starting to move into the shallower water.

I want to thank all the anglers that participated and all our sponsors that support this trail. Our next tournament is Saturday March 11th, the PBC Cashion Fishing Rods Spring Trail Q#2 at Jordan Lake out of Farrington PointWildlife Ramp. All the info can be found at this link:http://piedmontbassclassics.com/2017CashionSpringTrail.htmlFollowing that will be the Piedmont Bass Classics $10,000 Spring Team Bass Trail Qualifier #2, Saturday March 18th also at Jordan Lake.All the information on our tournaments can be found http://piedmontbassclassics.com/

Now here are the full results:

1st Place: ……Bonnie & Shane Burns of Durham..5 bass…41.90 lbs…$1,4702nd Place: ……Vern Fleming & Mike Dinterman of Raleigh & Oxford…5 bass…29.59 lbs…$8603rd Place: ……Greyson Barefoot & Aaron Johnson of Dunn…5 bass…28.98 lbs…$6804th Place: ……Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hooks of Fuquay Varina & Apex…5 bass…26.41 lbs…$6085th Place: ……Stump Bledsoe & Glenn Elliott of Hope Mills & Fayetteville…5 bass…22.10 lbs…$5306th Place: ……Tony Woodard & Scott Smith of Four Oaks & Apex…3 bass…18.12 lbs…$4647th Place: ……Thomas Sheffer & Ken McNeill of Cary & Raleigh…4 bass…17.47 lbs…$3928th Place: ……Ronnie Hart & Danny Woodell of Bunn Level & Erwin…5 bass…16.39 lbs…$3209th Place: ……Jerry Marshburn & Kevin Woodall of Sanford & Angier…5 bass…14.81 lbs…$28410th Place: ……Steven Michaels & Eric Buchanan of Garner & Willow Springs…5 bass…14.04 lbs…$24811th Place: ……Michael & Chris Hinson of Creswell & Chadbourn…4 bass…13.81 lbs…$22112th Place: ……Tony Fielden & Walt Gulledge of Lillington & Cameron…5 bass…13.38 lbs…$21013th Place: ……Calvin McCaskill & Bryan DeHart of Thomasville & Sophia…3 bass…13.23 lbs…$20014th Place: ……Bobby Houser & Randy Leonard of Raleigh & Wendell…5 bass…13.08 lbs…$15015th Place: ……Robert Perkins & Brandon Gray of Rougemont & Bullock…3 bass…12.91 lbs…$14016th Place: ……Doug Parker & James Sutton of Angier & Roseboro…3 bass…12.65 lbs…$13517th Place: ……Larry Hipps & Dean Larison of Cary & Wendell…5 bass…11.71 lbs…$10818th Place: ……Tyler Faggart & Paul Owens of Raleigh…5 bass…11.48 lbs…$100

1st Place Big Fish..Jeff Vincent & Tim Goss of Durham & Franklinton…10.08 lbs…$1,2042nd Place Big Fish..1st Place Team above…9.56 lbs…$516

1st Place TWT..2nd Place Team above…29.59 lbs…$1,4702nd Place TWT..3rd Place Team above: 28.98 lbs…$630

Contact Information: Phil McCarson…Tournament Director—922 Valetta Rd.—Durham, NC   27712 Home: 919-471-1571     Cell: 919-971-5042 email: [email protected]            website: http://piedmontbassclassics.com/

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