TUG VALLEY BASS ANGLERS

"Tug Valley Bass Anglers Club Classic

Presented by Freedom Outdoors"

On November 10th/ 11th the Tug Valley Bass Anglers held its ninth tournament of the 2018

season on Cherokee lake in Morristown Tennessee. 22 anglers competed in the event. This was the Club Classic, the final tournament of the year.

Weather for the tournament was good. Both days of the tournament were practically the same with partly cloudy skies, winds around 10 to 15 mph and temperatures in the 50's.

Cherokee was in the process of being drawn down for winter and was about 20 feet below summer pool. The water was clear on the lower end of the lake and became stained up in the back end.

The fishing was pretty good all weekend. With the water being drawn down coupled with a cold front it made the fish tough to catch at times, but for the conditions it wasn't bad.

The fish were caught on the main lake as well as in the creeks and were from 1 to 10 feet deep.

There wasn't one main pattern for this tournament, fish were caught all over the lake and on all kinds of different baits.

The top finishers are as follows.

1st-- Brandon Staten --- Sat (5 fish) Sun (5 fish) 24.61 lbs.

2nd--Larry Staten --- Sat (5 fish) Sun (4 fish) 23.81 lbs.

3rd--Eric Swafford--- Sat (5 fish) Sun (4 fish) 21.24 lbs.

4th--Lacy Edmiston --- Sat (5 fish) Sun (5 fish) 20.52 lbs.

5th--Kevin Marcum --- Sat (4 fish) Sun (5 fish) 19.05 lbs.

6th--Kevin Runyon --- Sat (2 fish) Sun (2 fish) 8.08 lbs.

7th-- Tommy Hopkins --- Sat (0 fish) Sun (3 fish) 7.41 lbs.

8th--Kevin Caudill--- Sat (1 fish) Sun (2 fish) 7.22 lbs.

9th--James Marcum --- Sat (3 fish) Sun (0 fish) 6.45 lbs.