TUG VALLEY BASS ANGLERS

"Tug Valley Bass Anglers Club Classic

Presented by Hutch Chevrolet"

On November 4th & 5th the Tug Valley Bass Anglers held its ninth tournament of the 2017 season on Watauga lake in Tennessee. 22 anglers competed in the event. This was the Club Classic, the final tournament of the year.

Weather for the tournament was great with temperatures in the 70's, very little rain and just slightly windy conditions.

Watauga was a new lake for most of us, very few of the anglers had ever been to the site of this Classic. Watauga was in the process of being drawn down for winter but recent rains had brought the lake back up to only about six feet below summer pool. Watauga is a true highlands reservoir, the water was deep on a lot of the lake and was clear on the entire lake.

The fish were caught mostly on the main lake with a few being caught in the creeks as well and were from 10 to 20 feet deep.

The main pattern for this tournament was to fish shad imitations, crankbaits and top water baits, as well as numerous finesse techniques. Really the fish were caught all over the lake and on all kinds of different baits.

The top finishers are as follows.

1st-- Don Taylor --- Sat (5 fish) Sun (5 fish) 21.78 lbs.

2nd-- Lynn Fields --- Sat (4 fish) Sun (5 fish) 10.78 lbs.

3rd--Mike Patrick --- Sat (4 fish) Sun (1 fish) 9.08 lbs.

4th-- Timmy Robinson --- Sat (2 fish) Sun (1 fish) 8.52 lbs.

5th-- Larry Staten --- Sat (1 fish) Sun (3 fish) 7.46 lbs.

6th-- Kevin Runyon --- Sat (4 fish) Sun (1 fish) 7.05 lbs.

7th-- Lacy Edmiston --- Sat (0 fish) Sun (2 fish) 6.30 lbs.

8th-- Steve Cullop --- Sat (1 fish) Sun (1 fish) 5.19 lbs.

9th-- Bryan Fields --- Sat (1 fish) Sun (0 fish) 5.15 lbs.

10th-- Johnny Webb --- Sat (2 fish) Sun (0 fish) 4.77 lbs.