The Trophy Bassmasters traveled to Indian Lake on a rare Saturday tournament to fish their 15th tournament this year. This leaves only 3 club point tournaments remaining this year for the Angler of the Year race. Virgil Grant made a big move to 2nd place. Don Ratcliff is still the points leader, but his margin has lowered. This is a very competitive year for our club.
Fishing conditions were mild but the overall lake conditions were not ideal for catching. The recent weed kill seems to have affected the catches with only 14 fish caught by 10 anglers. Someone always finds a way to catch a few, and Virgil Grant delivered 2 bass that were good enough for first place with a big bass of 2.90 lbs. Chad Asel was edged out by .21 lbs due to a penalty of .25 lbs and managed 2nd place with 4 smaller bass. Larry Pennington caught 3 bass which landed him in 3rd place.
Congratulations to everyone who showed up on the toughest tournament of the season to date. Anglers continued to show respect for the fish with a 99 percent live release. Penalty points of .25 lbs. are assessed for each fish that is not release alive.
We have not fished Indian Lake in September in recent memory so I cannot compare results to previous years.
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