TUG VALLEY BASS ANGLERS

"Tug Valley Bass Anglers Yatesville Lake Tournament

Presented by Kermit Western Auto"

On October 15th the Tug Valley Bass Anglers held its eighth tournament of the 2017 season on Yatesville Lake. 29 anglers competed in the event.

Yatesville Lake was at normal pool with a water temperature around 70 degrees. The lake was turning over and about half the lake had coffee colored water.

Weather for the tournament was good with partly cloudy skies and an air temperature in the upper 70's.

There was several good fish caught but the fishing was slow all day. The fish were caught in the creeks and on the main lake from 1 to 10 foot of water.

The main pattern for this tournament was to fish top water first thing in the morning, after the sun came out slow down and fish tight to cover with jigs, soft plastics, spinnerbaits and crankbaits.

The top finishers are as follows.

1st --Johnny Webb --- (3 fish) 7.30 lbs.

2nd -- Lynn Fields --- (2 fish) 6.60 lbs.

3rd-- Kevin Runyon --- (2 fish) 5.22 lbs.

4th -- Gary Varney --- (2 fish) 4.79 lbs.

5th --Keith Pacific --- (1 fish) 4.13 lbs.

6th-- MO --- (1 fish) 3.36 lbs.

7th-- Joe Collins --- (1 fish) 3.19 lbs.

8th -- Brandon Staten --- (1 fish) 2.76 lbs.

9th -- Ernie Adkins --- (1 fish) 2.73 lbs.

10th -- Mike Patrick --- (1 fish) 2.54 lbs.