It was a beautiful fall morning as the best fishermen in the Southeast made their way to the banks of beautiful Cherokee Lake. Cherokee is one the most beautiful lakes in the Southeast with its steep rock banks and the Great Smokey Mountains as the backdrop. The Lord had blessed us with another beautiful day to fish and just be alive.

Fishing is the only sport that knows no limitations and that was proven Saturday when the seasoned team of Bill Burns and Burl Smiley, both men over fifty years old, took the rest of the Angler's Choice field to school on how to fish the clear, fertile waters of Cherokee lake. Bill and Burl came to the scales with a five fish limit that weighed 18.63 pounds which was anchored by a beautiful largemouth bass that weighed 5.60 pounds. Bill reported catching their fish on a jig on main lake points fishing from the Dam all the way up to Morristown. If you would like to buy some land on this beautiful lake then give Bill a call because he is the owner of Bill Burns Realtors in Morristown, Tennessee.
Traveling from Johnson City, Tennessee was the team of Rick Cotton and Danny Carr. This team found the Angler's Choice web site and found out about the trail in East Tennessee and decided to come and fish their first Angler's Choice Tournament. It was a great decision because they walked away with second place with a 14.67pound limit of fish. Rick reported catching a fish on his second cast of the day. What a great way to start the day! Rick said that they caught fish all day long on a crank-bait back in the creeks.

In closing Angler's Choice staff would like to thank all the fishermen that came and fished. The average weight of each fish weighed in at the tournament was almost three pound with many of them being Smallmouth Bass. Please remember that the next tournament will be on Douglas Lake on November 1,2003.
Angler's Choice would like to welcome it's newest sponsor FROM WE TO THEE CATERING. Give Susan a call for all your catering need at (865) 984-0089 she can take of your catering needs from gift trays to buffet dinners. 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.