TUG VALLEY BASS ANGLERS

"Tug Valley Bass Anglers Carr Fork Lake Tournament

Presented by Tim Short Hazard, Ky"

On May 23trd the Tug Valley Bass Anglers held its forth tournament of the 2021 season on Carr Fork Lake.

Carr Fork Lake was slightly higher than summer pool with clear to lightly stained water on the entire lake and a water temperature of around 73 degrees.

Weather for the tournament was good with sunny skies a light breeze and an air temperature around 85 degrees.

The fishing for this tournament was average, with a fair number of keeper fish being weighed in.

The fish were mostly post spawn, there may have been a few spawners left but not many. The fish were scattered, some were still on the shallower banks and some were suspended on deeper banks.

The main pattern for this tournament was to fish around wood cover on shallower and deep banks with jigs, plastic creature baits, shaky head and plastic minnow imitations.

The top finishers are as follows.

1st --Lacy Edmiston --- (5 fish) 9.03 lbs.

2nd -- Brandon Staten --- (3 fish) 7.45 lbs.

3rd -- James Marcum --- (3 fish) 6.33 lbs.

4th --Lynn Fields --- (3 fish) 5.96 lbs.

5th -- Kevin Runyon --- (3 fish) 5.53 lbs.

6th -- Keith Pacific --- (2 fish) 4.45 lbs.

7th -- Myron Copley --- (2 fish) 4.26 lbs.

8th -- Tommy Hopkins --- (1 fish) 3.39 lbs.

9th -- Ricky Collins --- (1 fish) 2.03 lbs.

10th --Kevin Caudill --- (1 fish) 1.73 lbs.