Anglers in The Bass Federation of South Carolina Championship on Lake Greenwood Saturday, Nov. 16, will not only be fishing to win, some will be fishing for a spot on the Twelve-Man Team that will represent South Carolina in the TBF Southern Divisional on Alabama’s Lake Neeley Henry next June.

Four of the six slots on both the Boater and Co-Angler Teams have already been settled through the points standings, said SC TBF President Rich Gerken. The highest placing boater at the S.C. Championship and the highest placing non-boater will join the State Team, along with the next placing angler in both divisions.

The points champions in both divisions have already been decided in six qualifying tournaments held on various lakes in South Carolina this year. Davey Thomas of the Palmetto One Bass Club is the Boater Champion and Jeff Rikard, also representing Palmetto One Bass Club, is the Co-Angler Champion.

Heading into the State Championship, Thomas is joined by Robert Rikard, David Kneece and Nelson Walker, all of the Lexington County Bass Club, on the Boater Team while Rikard is joined by Nathan Nienhius, Jasper Hodge and Preston Rikard, also all of the Lexington County Bass Club, on the Co-Angler Team.

“The points champions win money all along during the regular season,” said Gerken, “and then when they go on to the Southern Divisional that’s where the money really starts to kick in.”

The South Carolina TBF Team will be fishing against six other state teams in the Southern Divisional, including Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky and North Carolina.

Fishing in the S.C. Championship on Lake Greenwood could be a little tough, unless the fish move towards a winter pattern a little faster. Gerken practiced on the lake this week and found fishing a little slow.

“They have not transitioned yet. The water temperature is 65 degrees and the fish are starting to stack up in the mouths of the creeks. But they are not all the way back yet. They have not moved in real shallow, but they are not out deep like they were.”

The 2014 SC TBF Season will kick off Feb. 1 with a tournament on Lake Murray, out of Dreher Island State Park, followed by tournaments March 15, Santee Cooper, out of John C. Land Landing; April 5, Lake Greenwood, out of the Dam Ramp; May 3, Clarks Hill, out of Dorn Ramp; June 21, Lake Wateree, out of Wateree State Park; Sept. 13, Lake Murray, out of Dreher Island; and Oct. 18-19, Santee Cooper, out of John C. Land Landing. The 2014 SC TBF Championship will be held at a date and on a lake to be determined.

The BASS FEDERATION of SC Championship

Sat, Nov 16, 2013

Lake Greenwood

Dam Ramp

www.tbfofsc.com

Call Rich Gerken – President – (201) 772-6401 (cell)