Most of the 18 anglers in 10 boats managed to catch some fish. All together, 40 bass came to the scales at weigh-in for a combined total weight of 79.57 pounds, which produced an average weight per fish of 1.98 pounds and an average weight per boat (of those eight that weighed fish) of 9.94 pounds.
Heard a number of anglers during weigh-in talking about catching quite a few non-keepers today, as well as a number of others talking about the timidity of today's bite. In some cases, the fish slammed the baits, but more often than not, you either would see your line moving off, or you would just feel pressure.
Here are those anglers who took home a cash reward for their efforts today:
Here is how everyone else finished:
* The team of Fred Crawford and Gabe Himmelwright, five fish, total weight 9.84 pounds, no big bass.
* The team of Wayne Hayes and Ken Testorff, five fish, total weight 9.74 pounds, big bass 4.03 pounds.
* Chris Fretard, five fish, total weight 9.73 pounds, big bass 3.59 pounds.
* The team of Rob Peppers and Don Carter, five fish, total weight 9.41 pounds, big bass 3.90 pounds.
* The team of Rob Chatham and Craig Jones, five fish, total weight 5.34 pounds, no big bass.
* Andy Morath and the team of Steve Bailey and Dennis Dean did not weigh any fish.
Three more anglers, including Rob Chatham, Craig Jones and Chris Napier, became eligible to fish our two-day, season-ending Classic tournament in October. That brings the number of qualified anglers to 19, with one more qualifying tournament remaining on the calendar.
Congratulations to all of today's winners and thanks to everyone who came out to participate. For planning purposes, our final qualifier is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 19th. That event will kickoff at safe light, with weigh-in at 2:30 p.m.
Not sure what the reason was, but barge traffic on the North Landing River today was exceptionally heavy. In addition, pleasure boaters and jet skiers were out in force by late morning and dominated the scene this afternoon. As if those weren't sufficient reasons to maintain a close watch while running the river today, there also were a couple of floaters in the water that could have been catastrophic for anyone not paying attention to their Ps and Qs.
As is always the case, you can pretty well tell when most of the fishermen on a body of water are having less than a stellar day. If you hear lots of boats running, that's a sign that folks are having problems finding the mother lode, if one even exists on any given day. That was happening throughout today.
Doesn't seem possible that another season is quickly drawing to a close. With only two more of these tournament reports, the 2021 year will be in the record book. I, for one, am happy that COVID allowed us to get this season in without any cancellations of scheduled events. Here's hoping that success continues next year, too.
Tight Lines! to one and all.
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