TUG VALLEY BASS ANGLERS

"Tug Valley Bass Anglers Paintsville Lake Tournament

Presented by HUTCH Chevrolet"

On March 24th the Tug Valley Bass Anglers held its first tournament of the 2019 season on

Paintsville Lake. After a long winter everyone was ready to get the season started. There was a great turn out with 31 anglers competing in the event.

Paintsville Lake was full pool with muddy water on 90 percent of the lake, the rest of the lake had better water conditions but it was still heavily stained with a temperature around 50 degrees.

Weather for the tournament was outstanding. The day started out with a temperature of 35 degrees and topped out at about 70 with partly sunny skies and moderate winds.

The fishing for this first tournament was fair, with about half the anglers weighing in fish. The fish were in early prespawn type locations and the catchable fish were closer to the bank relating to steep main lake areas and wood cover.

The main pattern for this tournament was to fish crankbaits, creature baits and jigs in the areas the fish were coming up to feed on. The active fish were fairly shallow, 6 foot or less.

The top finishers are as follows.

1st -- Lynn Fields --- (5 fish) 10.38 lbs.

2nd -- Kevin Caudill --- (4 fish) 8.99 lbs.

3rd-- Brandon Staten --- (4 fish) 7.72 lbs.

4th -- Keith Pacific --- (3 fish) 7.40 lbs.

5th -- Timmy Marcum --- (3 fish) 5.20 lbs.

6th-- Kevin Runyon --- (2 fish) 4.84 lbs.

7th-- Jim Puckett --- (2 fish) 2.94 lbs.

8th -- Greg Maynard --- (2 fish) 2.68 lbs.

9th-- Myron Copley --- (2 fish) 2.29 lbs.

10th-- Kevin Marcum --- (1 fish) 2.16 lbs.