TUG VALLEY BASS ANGLERS

"Tug Valley Bass Anglers Paintsville Lake Tournament

Presented by HUTCH Chevrolet"

On April 29th the Tug Valley Bass Anglers held its first tournament of the 2018 season on

Paintsville Lake. After postponing the first two tournaments because of weather the members were ready to get the season started. There was a great turn out with 27 anglers competing in the event.

Paintsville Lake was full pool and in good shape with stained water on the entire lake, and a

temperature around 60 degrees.

Weather for the tournament was outstanding. The day started out with a temperature of 35 degrees and topped out at about 65 with sunny skies and moderate winds.

The fishing for this first tournament was pretty good, with almost every angler weighing in fish. The fish should have been about ready to spawn but the bass at Paintsville seemed to still be in early prespawn type locations and the catchable fish were closer to the bank relating to steep main lake areas and wood cover.

The main pattern for this tournament was to fish crankbaits, jerkbaits, 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 -- Kevin Marcum --- (5 fish) 12.24 lbs.

2nd -- MO --- (5 fish) 9.29 lbs.

3rd-- Kevin Runyon --- (5 fish) 5.84 lbs.

4th -- Brandon Staten --- (5 fish) 5.52 lbs.

5th -- James Little --- (1 fish) 4.58 lbs.

6th-- Kevin Caudill --- (5 fish) 4.48 lbs.

7th-- Don Taylor --- (5 fish) 4.15 lbs.

8th -- Brian fields --- (5 fish) 4.04 lbs.

9th-- Jim Puckett --- (5 fish) 4.01 lbs.

10th-- Lacy Edmiston --- (5 fish) 3.88 lbs.

Thanks to our sponsors

The Elliott Companies, Freedom Outdoors Marine, HUTCH Chevrolet, VIP Fuels LLC,

Kermit Western Auto, Water Works,

Brock McVey, The Tackle Box, Robinson Repairs, Muncie's Auto Recycling & Auto Sales, Lowes of Pikeville, Sudden Link, Webb Primary Care, Don's Street Machine,

Extreme Sounds, I Design Graphix.