Lake Mitchell Has Big Bass Potential For Alabama Central Division Tournament
The first time Tom Storm fished Alabama’s Lake Mitchell in a tournament, he went into a creek and tossed a jig and pig into a likely spot and something big hit it – hard!
“I set the hook and it bent my big, old stiff broom-handle rod and then he pulled off,” said Storm. “I threw back in there and another one hit it – and he did the same thing, pulled off in the grass. I was fishing Spiderwire at the time and he was so strong he just pulled off.”
Storm threw back and this time he landed a 4-pounder.
“That’s the kind of stuff you get in Mitchell,” he said. “You can get in one spot and you are liable to catch a boatload.”
The entire Coosa River Chain of lakes is like that, Storm said.
“Mitchell is an excellent fishery. It’s got a lot of rocky shoreline and that is where you find the spots in deep water with a Carolina rig. And it’s got a lot of grass, especially back in the creeks. You can fish the grass with a spinnerbait, pig and jig and you can even throw a worm in some of the holes in the grass like a pig and jig.”
Lake Mitchell will be the site Saturday for the second tournament of the 8-tournament regular season schedule for the Ram American Fishing Tour Alabama Central Division.
Storm, who is director for the division, said entries these days are not like they were a few years ago before the economy went downhill.
“When we started several years ago we were having 45 to 50 anglers come out to the tournaments. Since the economy went down we are lucky to have seven,” he said. “The anglers who are not fishing just don’t have the money. Some are like me, retired.”
Entry fee for the tournaments is $70, with $5 for Big Fish. Anglers can register at DrawTrail.com or at the ramp the morning of the tournament.
The top 500 Ram American Fishing Tour anglers in national points standings for the 2016 season will be invited to fish the 2016 Ram American Fishing Tour National Championship at Lake Eufaula in Eufaula, AL on October 16-21.
The remaining Alabama Central Division schedule includes: Nov. 21, Lake Mitchell; Dec. 19, Lake Martin; Jan. 23, Lake Martin; Feb. 20, Lake Jordan; March 26, Alabama River; April 23, Lake Mitchell; May 21, Lake Jordan; and June 18-19, Alabama River.
Ram American Fishing Tour – Alabama Central Division
Sat, Nov 21, 2015
Lake Mitchell
Higgins Ferry
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