SHARED BY PHIL McCARSON, TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR, PIEDMONT BASS CLASSICS TRAILS
NOTE OF LAKE CHANGE...OUR JUNE 13TH TOURNAMENT SCHEDULED FOR KERR LAKE HAS BEEN MOVED TO SHEARON HARRIS OUT OF CROSS POINT RAMP BECAUSE WHO EVER IS IN CHARGE OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR KERR LAKE HAS AGAIN PULLED PERMITS UNTIL AT LEAST JUNE 13TH. AND...NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHO MADE THAT CALL. BUT I WILL TRY AND FIND OUT. THEY ARE MAKING THESE DECISIONS IN INTERVALS OF 2 WEEKS NOW.
THE CORPS AT KERR ARE THE ONLY ONES I KNOW OF IN THE STATE THAT CHARGES $50 FOR TOURNAMENT TRAILS TO HAVE A TOURNAMNENT.
THEY CHARGE THIS NO MATTER WHAT RAMP THE EVENT IS RUN OUT OF ON THE LAKE.
NO OTHER LAKE IN THE STATE RUN BY THE CORPS DOES THAT THAT I KNOW OF.
WE HAD A PERMIT FOR THE NCWRC RAMP ON KERR AT FLEMINGTOWN IN NC. BUT THE CORPS MAKES THE DECISIONS ON WHEN TO SHUT US DOWN AND CAN'T GIVE US ANY REASON FOR DOING SO.
WE POSTPONE OUR OWN EVENTS IF THE RAMPS ARE FLOODED...BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.
THE SAME RAMP WILL BE PACKED FULL ON A NORMAL WEEKEND SO WHY IN THE HECK CAN'T WE HAVE A TOURNAMENT THERE? MAKES NO SENSE. IN FACT ALL THE RAMPS ARE OPEN EXCEPT A FEW RUN BY THE STATE PARKS.
HERE'S ANOTHER PROBLEM....NO ONE THAT CONTACTS ME ABOUT THE PERMITS BEING PULLED CAN TELL ME WHO'S IN CHARGE OR WHO MADE THESE DECISIONS. NOW WHAT THE HECK!!
I WILL TRY AND HOPEFULLY FIND OUT THIS COMING WEEK BY CALLING THE CORPS IN WILMINGTON, WHERE WE SEND OUR CHECKS TO, AND ALSO ASK THEM WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT MONEY AND WHY OTHER CORPS LAKES IN THE STATE DON'T DO THE SAME THING....MAYBE IT GOES TO THE CORPS CHRISTMAS PARTY, I JUST DON'T KNOW.
Contact Information:
Phil McCarson...Tournament Director---922 Valetta Rd.---Durham, NC 27712
Home: 919-471-1571 Cell: 919-971-5042
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