TUG VALLEY BASS ANGLERS

"Tug Valley Bass Anglers Carr Fork Lake Tournament

Presented by VIP Fuels"

On June 16th the Tug Valley Bass Anglers held its 4th tournament of the 2019 season on Carr Fork Lake. This was a special Father's Day for all anglers. It was great to see several fathers and sons sharing this day on the water. Turn out for this tournament was down slightly down due to several fishermen having their sons and daughters traveling home for the holiday. We had 14 anglers in

attendance, and all were eager to get on the water after 5 weeks off from TVBA fishing.

Carr Fork Lake was at normal pool with water temperatures ranging from 72-76 degrees. The water on most of the lake was clear and became slightly stained in upper areas of the lake.

Weather for the tournament began with mild temperatures in the low 70's with overcast skies. As the day progressed temperatures began to warm to the mid 80's with overcast skies giving way to bright sunny skies on and off.

Fishing for the tournament was very tough. Most fish have begun to move to their summer haunts in deeper grass beds and structure. A few smaller fish with the occasional keeper were found early in shallow water. The pattern for this tournament varied between small finesse baits in deeper structure too larger soft plastics in grass beds. Nine anglers were able to boat keepers in these conditions with a total tournament weight of just over 24 lbs.

The top finishers are as follows:

1st-Anetha Varney - 6.59

2nd-Brandon Staten - 6.45

3rd-Steve Cullop - 4.67

4th-Kieth Pacific - 3.10

5th-Gary Varney - 2.29

6th-Kevin Marcum - 2.15

7th- Brandon Maynard - 1.87

8th- Kevin Caudill - 1.85

9th-James Marcum - 1.83