TUG VALLEY BASS ANGLERS

"Tug Valley Bass Anglers Yatesville Lake Tournament

Presented by Kermit Western Auto"

On June 25th the Tug Valley Bass Anglers held its fourth tournament of the 2017 season on

Yatesville Lake.

Torrential rains a couple of days before raised the lake about 3 1/2 feet above summer pool. The

water temperature was in the low 80's and stained about half way down the lake. The back of the lake was blown out with muddy water on the upper third of the lake and debris all the way down to the dam.

Weather for the tournament was good with an air temperature in the low 80's, partly cloudy skies and lower humidity.

The fishing for this tournament was very good. The fish for the last couple of weeks had still been shallow and the high water just pushed them into the flooded bushes and wood. The bass were on the shallower banks and were relating to any shallow wood cover.

The main pattern for this tournament was to flip or pitch soft plastic craws or creature baits and jigs to shallow flooded cover.

The top finishers are as follows.

1st -- Gary Varney --- (5 fish) 9.86 lbs.

2nd -- MO --- (4 fish) 7.47 lbs.

3rd-- Brandon Staten --- (3 fish) 7.22 lbs.

4th -- Lynn Fields --- (2 fish) 6.34 lbs.

5th --Steve Cullup --- (2 fish) 5.06 lbs.

6th-- Mike Patrick --- (2 fish) 4.73 lbs.

7th--John Newman --- (2 fish) 4.57 lbs.

8th --Timmy Marcum --- (2 fish) 4.15 lbs.

9th --Kevin Runyon --- (2 fish) 3.90 lbs.

10th --Tommy Hopkins --- (1 fish) 3.46 lbs.