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When a tournament director sets down in July to make out his schedule for next year he has no idea what to expect the weather to be like a half a year later. Little did this tournament director know that the Thursday before his February tournament on Cherokee lake that the good Lord would decorate the landscape of Upper East Tennessee with up to 8 inches of wet snow. And if the melting snow didn’t create enough problems then the fog that set in about an hour before blast off time did. This freezing fog delayed the blast until after 9:30 AM. The good part about the delay was that all of the fishermen had a great time sitting around a fellowshipping together. I personally picked up some great fishing instructions from the best fishermen in the Southeast. There was also a lot of talk about the new trail that had been announced by tournament director Steve Jennings, Angler’s Choice and Morristown Chamber of Commerce has teamed together to provide the fishermen of East Tennessee a great format tournament. This new trail consists of 6 tournaments all fished from the Highway 25 Bridge Ramp in Morristown. The great thing about these tournaments is that 1st place is guaranteed $2000 no matter how many boats fish.

After a long wait these men were ready to go fishing. With water temperatures in the low 40-degree range most knew it was going to be tough. But the tough team of Mike Fletcher and Willie Collins who were the lucky boat number 13 came away with an impressive win beating the second place team by over five pounds giving them their first Angler’s Choice win. This team reported running their boat to above Morristown to bring back the only five fish limit which weighed in at 16.30 pounds. This bag of fish also contained the lunker of the tournament a beautiful 5.55 pound largemouth bass. This team reported catching their fish on the main lake in less than three feet of water on a crank-bait. Great job!

The well-rounded team of Allen McKee and William Huebolter had a good day fishing because they came to the scales with just three fish but they weighed 11.03 pounds. Allen reported catching their fish in the back of pockets around the Morristown area of the lake on a crank-bait and a Silver Buddy. Great job guys.

In closing Angler’s Choice staff would like to thank all the fishermen that came and fished. Please remember that the next tournament will be on Watts Bar Lake on May 24,2004.
Angler's Choice would like to welcome its newest sponsor FROM WE TO THEE CATERING. Give Susan a call at (865) 984-0366 she can take care 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, Lowrance, Keep Alive and Sure Life Labs.