Written by Steve Jennings, Director

Tough bite on Watts Bar

It was an overcast and cool morning when the best fishermen in East Tennessee gathered at Watts Lake to fish the sixth event of 2002. Everyone was ready to go fishing. Ralph Loveday and Frank Byrd brought 13.24 lbs. of bass to the scales to win their second tournament of the year. This smiling team reported catching their fish from deep water on a jig.

Second place went to Carter Gasque and Jeff Pack. This new team ran their Mercury powered boat to the river to catch their fish. They weighed in 11.95 lbs. and also had the lunker of the tournament a 3.56 lbs. largemouth. Carter stated that most of their fish came on a crankbait.

Third place was a tie between the team of Doug Reynolds and Tom Day and the team of Jeff Rogers and Allen McKee. Both teams weighed in 7.92 lbs. of bass. Doug and Tom reported catching their fish on a DD22 in 8 to 12 feet of water in the mid- section of Watts Bar Lake.

Jeff Rogers reported catching their fish on a worm. Jeff stated that they stayed in the mid-section of Watts Bar Lake. This team had a limit before 11 A.M. Jeff and Allen would like to thank their sponsor M & M Associates for the continued support.

Angler's Choice would like to thank all the dedicated anglers that showed up to fish. Angler's Choice would also like to thank Dr. Gregg Cook of Appalachian Dental for his continued support. Our next tournament will be on FortLoudoun /Tellico Lake on Sept 21 for more information call Steve or Traci Jennings at (865) 984-2903 or e-mail fishac@earthlink.net or go to Angler's Choice web site at www.usanglerschoice.net.
Angler's Choice would like to thank all our sponsors for making this all possible. National sponsors include Bass Cat Boats, Mercury Outboards, Motorguide Trolling Motors, Pure Fishing, Hamby's, Lowrance, Keep Alive and Sure Life Labs.