Fishing Improving Just In Time For Virginia Division Bws On Kerr/buggs Island
If recent tournaments are any indication fishing in the Bassmaster Weekend Series Virginia Division tournament on Kerr Reservoir Saturday should be outstanding.
Rob Digh of Denver, N.C., won the May 25 BWS tournament on Kerr with five bass that weighed 14.18 pounds and the fishing has just kept getting better and better ever since. Digh caught most of his fish on a Chatterbait, a jig and a topwater bait fished in about three to five feet of water around points.
Here’s how the fishing has gone in just over a month since Digh weighed a limit at almost 3 pounds a fish:
- On June 22, Chris Baldwin of Lexington, N.C. Weighed a five-bass limit at 16 pounds, 3 ounces, to win the North Carolina Division BFL on Kerr.
- On June 29, Richard Chattin and Mike Pendleton weighed in a 5-fish limit at 19.28 pounds, including the tournament big fish at 5.71 pounds, to win the Anglers Choice Virginia Division tournament on Kerr. Ten bass over 4 1/2 pounds were brought to the scales in that tournament.
- On June 30, Mike Luckadoo and Ralph Hollifield weighed in a five-fish limit at 17.74 pounds, including a kicker bass at 4.4 pounds, to win the Anglers choice North Carolina Division tournament on Kerr. Big fish of the tournament was 4.96 and five bass over 4 1/2 pounds were weighed in.
Saturday’s tournament will decide the points title for the year. Three anglers are within three points of each other at the top of the points rankings, but at least half a dozen more are well within striking distance if the top three stumble.
Brandon Gray of Bullock, N.C., leads the points race, but Chad Hicks of Rockville, Va, is just two points back and John “Ricky” Bomar trails Hicks by a single point.
Gray, who has won multiple tournaments on Kerr, has been consistent in the three tournaments so far, finishing 8th at Lake Gaston March 9, 8th at lake Anna May 11, and 7th on the James River June 11. Hicks has finished higher in two tournaments, 2nd at lake Anna and 3rd on the James River, but he started in the hole with a 20th place on lake Gaston in March. Bomar was 14th at Gaston and 10th on Lake Anna, but he rebounded strong on the James with a 2nd place finish.
The two-day divisional championship will be held Aug. 17-18on the Potomac River out of Smallwood State Park in Marbury, Md. At the end of the season, one BWS angler will win the opportunity to compete in the 2014 Bassmaster Classic.
Bassmaster Weekend Series – Virginia Division
Sat, Jul 6, 2013
Kerr / Buggs Island Lake
North Bend State Park
