TUG VALLEY BASS ANGLERS

"Tug Valley Bass Anglers Ohio River Tournament

Presented by Freedom Outdoors"

On July 22nd the Tug Valley Bass Anglers held its fifth tournament of the 2018 season on the Ohio River at Ashland, Ky.

The Ohio River was in great shape for the tournament. The water was pretty close to normal

elevation with stained to heavily stained water and a moderate current.

Weather for the tournament was good with rain that persisted off and on throughout the day, light winds and an air temperature around 85 degrees.

The fishing was really pretty good. Reports all summer and comments from the local fishermen

indicated the fishing was slow but the club weighed in a lot of fish.

Because of a recent shad hatch the main pattern for this tournament was to fish baitfish imitating lures around any hard cover, wood or rocks in 1 to 4 feet of water on the main river. Lures that

imitated crawfish also produced a few fish.

The top finishers are as follows.

1st -- Kevin Marcum --- (3 fish) 7.28 lbs.

2nd -- Kevin Runyon --- (5 fish) 5.47 lbs.

3rd -- Lacy Edmiston --- (5 fish) 5.06 lbs.

4th -- Brandon Staten --- (5 fish) 4.67 lbs.

5th --Steve Cullop --- (3 fish) 4.01 lbs.

6th --Greg Maynard --- (3 fish) 3.64 lbs.

7th -- MO --- (3 fish) 3.31 lbs.

8th -- Mike Cullop --- (2 fish) 2.38 lbs.

9th -- Mike Patrick --- (1 fish) 2.22 lbs.

10th -- Keith Pacific --- (2 fish) 2.21 lbs.

Thanks to our sponsors

The Elliott Companies, Freedom Outdoors Marine, HUTCH Chevrolet, VIP Fuels LLC,

Kermit Western Auto, Water Works,

Brock McVey, The Tackle Box, Robinson Repairs, Muncie's Auto Recycling & Auto Sales, Lowes of Pikeville, Sudden Link, Webb Primary Care, Don's Street Machine,

Extreme Sounds, I Design Graphix.