TUG VALLEY BASS ANGLERS

"Tug Valley Bass Anglers Paintsville Lake Tournament

Presented by HUTCH Chevrolet"

On July 14th, 2019 the Tug Valley Bass Anglers held its 5th tournament of the 2019 season. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held on the Ohio River. After hearing concerns about the river being unstable it was decided to swap the July and august tournaments. We had 21 anglers

participate in the event.

Paintsville Lake was at normal pool with water temperatures ranging from 86-87 degrees in all areas of the lake. Water on the lake ranged from slightly stained to stained in deeper hollows and towards the back waters of the lake.

Weather for the tournament was clear with mostly sunny skies. Temperature at the beginning of the tournament were approx. 79 degrees and began to rise immediately making it into the mid 90's with a heat index above 100 degrees.

Fish for the tournament was slow with the high blue skies pushing the fish into their summer haunts. Most fish were found on shallow cover and moving deeper as the sun became higher. The main

pattern for this tournament seemed to be throwing larger worms and soft plastics targeting cover. 12 anglers were able to boat keepers with a total tournament weight of just over 35 lbs.

The top finishers are as follows:

1st-Keith Pacific - 6.93

2nd-Greg Maynard - 6.81

3rd- Lynn Fields - 5.96

4th- Brandon Staten - 3.99

5th- Mike Patrick - 2.92

6th-Anetha Varney - 2.31

7th-Brandon Maynard - 2.06

8th- Tommy Hopkins - .99

9th-Mike Cullop - .91

10th- Kevin Marcum - .90