TUG VALLEY BASS ANGLERS

"Tug Valley Bass Anglers Yatesville Lake Tournament

Presented by Tim Short Auto Group Hazard"

On April 14th Tug Valley Bass Anglers held its second tournament of the 2019 season on Yatesville Lake. All members were looking forward to spring fishing on the shallow body of water. There was an excellent turn out with 28 anglers competing in the event.

Yatesville lake was 4 foot below summer pool with water color ranging from lightly stained on the main lake to stained deeper in the creek channels with water temperatures ranging from 62-64 degrees.

It was decided by anglers at the pretournament meeting to shorten the tournament time by 3 hours due to severe weather forecasts later in the afternoon. Weather for the tournament started with overcast skies and mild temperatures but rain rolled in to the area a few hours into the event.

Fishing for the tournament was tough in most areas but just over half the anglers weighted in fish with total tournament weight of just over 141 pounds. The fish were in a prespawn pattern with very few fish being caught in more than 5 foot of water.

The main pattern for this tournament was to fish spinnerbaits, ned rigs, and jigs in shallow waters

towards the river channels. Most of the fish were caught in 1-3 foot of water with only a limited

number coming from deeper waters.

The top finishers are as follows.

1st--Brandon Staten--15.65

2nd--Lacy Edmiston -14.43

3rd--Kevin Marcum--11.15

4th--Gary hall--10.81

5th--Mike Cullop--10.57

6th--Brandon Urban--10.44

7th--Brandon Maynard--10.15

8th--Gary Varney--7.21