North Carolina Piedmont - Classic

About This Division

Welcome To The North Carolina Piedmont Division 

2025 Schedule

March 15th High Rock Friday afternoon meeting at Rock Outdoors

April 19th Tillery      Meeting on the water before blast off

May 3rd Badin         Meeting on the water before blast off

May 17th Norman    Meeting on the water before blast off

June 14th High Rock    Friday afternoon meeting at Rock Outdoors

Guaranteed Payouts 1st Place $4,000 2nd Place $1,200, 3rd Place $1,000, 4th Place $700, 5th Place $500

Big Fish $500. One partner must attend the Friday night or Saturday meeting to be eligable for the guaranteed payouts.

If you enter all five tournaments and fish at least four of them you will be eligible for the Rock Outdoors season ending bonus. This bonus will make the last tournament on High Rock worth $10,000 to the winner.

Based on the survey results we are going to be an Off limits with no practice for 2025.

2. “OFF LIMITS WITH NO PRACTICE” DIVISIONS

The tournament waters shall be off limits from 12:01am the Monday preceding the tournament until the tournament blastoff. TEAMS MAY NOT WILLFULLY RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN ON THE TOURNAMENT WATERS DURING THE OFF-LIMITS PERIOD. Teams may not have the assistance of any non-competitor for the purpose of locating or catching fish on the competition day. Any competitor found guilty of violating the off limits period will have their catch disqualified and face a disciplinary hearing before being allowed to fish any more on the Trail. If either of the team members is in violation of the off limits rule, both members of that team will be disqualified unless pre-approved as described below.

*-Exception-*  It is permissible for one team member to compete in a tournament, alone or with a legal sub, even if his/her partner has been on the tournament water during off limits as long as (1) no information is shared between the partners, AND (2) the team requests approval from the tournament director for one team member to compete in the tournament while the other team member will not be competing and will be on the water during off limits, AND (3) the tournament director approves the request BEFORE THE OFF LIMITS PERIOD BEGINS.

We will have a pre-tournament meeting at Rock Outdoors the Friday night preceding the tournament on our first and last tournament of the year. Our pre-tournament meeting on the other three tournaments will be on the water prior to blast off the morning of the tournament. At least one member must be present to receive points and to be eligible for bonus money.

There will be a 5 fish per team limit. All culling must be done at the time the 6^th fish is caught. You cannot have more than 5 fish in your live well at any time except for a dead fish that is not included in your limit.

The penalty for having more than a limit in your live well is 1 lb.

The size limit for our tournaments will be 14 inches.

The penalty for a short fish is 1 lb.

The penalty for a dead fish is 1/4 lb. (.25 lb.)

- Drawing at the end of the year for free entry into the 2026 season the teams that have fished all five tournaments will be eligable.

- Free entry fee plus bonus bucks to the highest finishing team in a boat purchased from Rock Outdoors

-  Out of the MONEY Drawing

• Paid Entry Fee for Next Tournament 
  • Any team not winning any money at event is eligible for drawing
  • Drawing to be held at following meeting (except final event to be held following weigh in and will be paid in cash)
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-  Legends Bonus

• $150 value
  • Any team with a member that is 70 years of age or older not winning any money at event is eligible for drawing
  • Drawing to be held at following meeting (except final event to be held following weigh in)
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-       Rock Outdoors Contingency Awards:

• $500 Gift Card bonus for winning team in a new boat purchased from Rock Outdoors in the last 36 months.

There are other incentives that you should get on line and sign up for that I have listed below.

The Captains Cash Club rewards tournament anglers who join the club and win with their Power-Pole ®

FISHERS OF MEN REGULAR SEASON .....................$100.00

FISHERS OF MEN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS .....................$250.00

 FISHERS OF MEN NAT’L CHAMPIONSHIPS (TEAM & LEGACY) .....................$500.00

Atlas Awards. The qualifying events must have a minimum of 50 boats go to THmarine.com for information.

BASS CAT OWNERS INCENTIVE PROGRAM

FIELD SIZE PAYOUT 60 Participants or 30 Boats $250.00

120 Participants or 60 Boats $500.00

200 Participants or 100 Boats $1,000.00

You may also pay your membership on line by clicking on the link below.
individual memberships are $42.50
Family memberships are $62.50 

To Pay Memberships online click here

Fill out an entry form to register for any of our events.  You may pay via PayPal link on the NC Piedmont site or mail entry form and payment to;
Marty Nester
4206 East Pine St.
Mount Airy NC 27030

To Pay Entry Fees online fill out the info below and click add to cart

Tournament Fees

Team Series Entry Fee (per Team) $155.00 USDBonus Bucks (per Team) $27.50 USD

Tournament Location:

Angler Names:

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Only teams who have at least one member in attendance at the Pre-tournament meeting are eligible for the Guaranteed Purse.

Our Team Series is comprised of 2-person Teams who fish the entire Season as a Team together.(YOU MAY USE SUBS PLEASE SEE THE BERKLEY TEAM RULES ON OUR HOME WEB PAGE)  We also have a Adult/Jr. and Guy/Gal Category . Come and join us at one of our upcoming events.
You only have to fish 3 tournaments  to qualify for our divisional championship. If you fish any five tournaments you qualify to fish in any and all of the FOMNTT divisional Championships. You qualify to the National Championship through the divisional championships. At the National Championship there are two Bass Cat boats given away and very good payouts. The last team in the money will receive $1,000. 

 

LAUNCH SEQUENCE

Starting positions for teams will be determined by either a drawing or a random number asignment by a computer. 

ROCK Outdoors our NC Piedmont Division sponsor

Go to Rock Outdoors for all your outdoor needs

Fishers of Men would like to thank all our National Sponsors Berkley , BassCat Boats, Abu Garcia, Mercury, Fenwick, Realtree Fishing, FireFly Outdoor & Marine, Power-Pole,  T&H Marine, Frogg Toggs, X2 Power and Jacobs Glass

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