TUG VALLEY BASS ANGLERS

"Tug Valley Bass Anglers Paintsville Lake Tournament

Presented by Kermit Western Auto"

On April 11th the Tug Valley Bass Anglers held its second tournament of the 2021 season on Paintsville Lake.

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 58 degrees.

Weather for the tournament was outstanding. The day started out with partly sunny skies and a temperature of around 50 degrees, the weather transitioned at midday to mostly cloudy skies and moderate winds with a temperature about 65.

The fishing for this first tournament was fair, with almost every angler weighing in fish. The fish were in early prespawn type locations and the catchable fish were closer to the bank on steep to shallow main lake transition areas and wood cover.

The main pattern for this tournament was to fish crankbaits, spinnerbaits, 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 -- Bryan Fields --- (5 fish) 9.38 lbs.

2nd -- Ricky Collins --- (5 fish) 7.45 lbs.

3rd-- Steve Cullop --- (1 fish) 6.64 lbs.

4th -- Tommy Hopkins --- (5 fish) 6.44 lbs.

5th -- Brian Starr --- (3 fish) 5.67 lbs.

6th-- Lynn Fields --- (4 fish) 5.63 lbs.

7th-- MO --- (4 fish) 5.18 lbs.

8th -- Kevin Marcum --- (5 fish) 4.89 lbs.

9th-- Mike Cullop --- (2 fish) 4.63 lbs.

10th-- Brandon Staten --- (4 fish) 4.28 lbs.