Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hooks win PBC with 30.66 lbs

PBC ACADEMY SPORTS & OUTDOORS $10,000 SPRING TEAM BASS TRAILFINAL QUALIFIER #7 RESULTSSaturday June 2nd, 2018 ~ Jordan Lake ~ Farrington Point Wildlife RampThe 2018 PBC Academy Sports & Outdoors $10,000 Spring Team Bass Trail Qualifier #5 at Jordan Lake got off with a great start with light winds and morning temps at 74 degrees. It then it got hot to around 90 in the pm. Water temps averaged about 87 degrees. Winds were light at the 6:30 blastoff and then picked up to 5 for the afternoon! 63 teamsfought the heat but in the long run the fishing was very good for most!!

Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hooks extended their 1st place finishes to 4 this year in all PBC tournaments by weighing in 5 bass at 30.66 lbs. plus they won the 1st Place TWT and will receive $3,000 from Skeeter Boats Real Money program for a total of $5,495 in winnings. The team found the fish in 10-12′ of water off points & ledges while dragging crankbaits along with using plastic worms & jigs!!! These guys are on fire!

Picture..Hooks on left & Fajardo on right

Very close by, Lee Williams & Scott Smith took 2nd place with 5 fish weighing 30.14 lbs. to take home $765 in winnings. Hot on their tracks and winning some big money was the 3rd Place Team of Trey and Dad Jim Nichols weighing in 5 at 30.10 lbs., taking 2nd Place TWT and won the 1st Place Big Fish (8.81 lbs.) for a whopping total of $1,927!! The 2nd Place Big Fish (7.78 lbs.) was won by the 13th Place Team of David Hall & Rick Sossaman netting them $478!!    The prize money again got spread around pretty good today! Had 3 team with weights of over 30 lbs. Jordan is good!

240 fish were weighed in for a total of 903 pounds for an average of 3.76 lbs. each. That’s a nice average on any lake!Most of the fish were caught on c’rigs , crankbaits, jigging spoons,spinnerbaits and some topwater in anywhere from2 to 12 feet of water. Bass are coming off the beds, getting stronger and will start looking for cooler water & baitfish as it heats up. ! Fish shallow in the am and deeper in the pm.

I want to thank all the anglers that participated and all our sponsors that supported this trail. We averaged 86 boats in our qualifiers which is by far higher than any other trail qualifiers in this area!! Our next tournament is Saturday June9th, the PBC 2018 CASHION FISHING RODS SPRING TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIP at Jordan Lake out of Farrington Point Ramp for qualified teams only (not an open event). All the info can be found at this link:http://piedmontbassclassics.com/2018CashionSpringTrailMainPage.htmlFollowing that will be thePBC 2018 ACADEMY SPORTS & OUTDOORS $10,000 SPRING TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIP,Saturday June 16th at Falls Lake out of Ledge Rock Ramp for qualified teams only (not an open event).All the info can be found at this link: http://piedmontbassclassics.com/2018PBC10KSpringTrailMainPage.html

Now here are the full results:

1st Place:  Jaime Fajardo & Josh Hooks of Fuquay Varina & Apex…5 bass…30.66 lbs…$1,2352nd Place:  Lee Williams & Scott Smith of Durham & Apex…5 bass…30.14 lbs…$7653rd Place:  Jim & Trey Nichols of Chapel Hill & Snow Camp…5 bass…30.10 lbs…$5054th Place:  Ben Cannon & Chad Craven of Apex & Willow Springs…5 bass…28.50 lbs…$4555th Place:  Todd Massey & Brandon Gray of Chapel Hill & Bullock…5 bass…27.97 lbs…$4006th Place:  Jonathan Holloway & Brian West of Fayetteville…5 bass…25.99 lbs…$3527th Place:  Mike Stephenson & Thanos Tsoumbos of Bahama & Oxford…5 bass…25.34 lbs…$3008th Place:  Corey Linton & Marc Peck of Pikeville…5 bass…23.45 lbs…$2489th Place:  Jared Thaxton & Brad Crabtree of Youngsville & Greensboro…5 bass…23.14 lbs…$20410th Place:  Clay Ausley & Allen Parker of Fuquay Varina & Sanford…5 bass…23.07 lbs…$18811th Place:  Randy Parker & Logan Ammons of New Hill & Sanford…5 bass..22.98 lbs…$15012th Place:  Thomas Sheffer & Ken McNeill of Cary & Raleigh…5 bass…22.90 lbs…$13813th Place:  David Hall & Rick Sossaman of Raleigh & Oak Ridge…5 bass…22.74 lbs…$100

1st Place Big Fish..2nd Place Team above…8.81 lbs…$8822nd Place Big Fish..13th Place Team above…7.78 lbs…$378

1st Place TWT..1st Place Team above…30.66 lbs…$1,2602nd Place TWT..3rd Place Team above: 30.10 lbs…$540

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

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