TUG VALLEY BASS ANGLERS

"Tug Valley Bass Anglers Cave Run Lake Tournament

Presented by Freedom Outdoors"

On April 2nd the Tug Valley Bass Anglers held its second tournament of the 2017 season on Cave Run Lake. 31 anglers competed in the event.

Cave Run Lake in Morehead Ky. was two feet above winter pool, with light stained water on the lower end and stained to muddy water up toward the back of the lake with a water temperature in the low 50's.

Weather for the tournament was good with mostly sunny skies, moderate winds and an air

temperature around 70 degrees.

The fishing for this tournament was good if you knew what was going on and was pretty slow if you didn't. All of the fish are still prespawn, they were relating to shallow spawning areas near deeper

water on the main lake and in the creeks in 1 to 6 feet of water.

The main pattern for this tournament was to fish soft plastic crawfish imitations, jigs and crankbaits around shallow wood in the spawning areas.

The top finishers are as follows.

1st -- Brandon Staten --- (5 fish) 11.99 lbs.

2nd -- Kevin Runyon --- (5 fish) 8.42 lbs.

3rd -- Cody Justice --- (2 fish) 8.03 lbs.

4th -- Timmy Robinson --- (5 fish) 7.03 lbs.

5th -- MO --- (4 fish) 6.69 lbs.

6th -- Mike Patrick --- (3 fish) 5.45 lbs.

7th -- Jim Puckett --- (3 fish) 5.24 lbs.

8th --Greg Maynard --- (2 fish) 3.02 lbs.

9th --Johnny Webb --- (4 fish) 2.56 lbs.