By Ramona Moore
The Many Bass Club’s April 2023 Tournament took place on Saturday, April 8th and Sunday April 9th. The weather on Saturday was overcast, and breezy with temps in the upper fifties. Sunday was also overcast with similar conditions. The water temps were in the upper 60’s. The fish were active and shallow on Saturday and Sunday with twelve anglers competing in the tournament. There were two double digit stringers and three 5-fish limits were brought to the scales. The three winning stringers all came from the midlake area around shallow vegetation.
Congratulations to Gary West for catching the winning stringer which weighed 15.14 pounds. West reported that he caught his fish by working the shad spawn with a white swim jig. He fished on Sunday. Jimmy Campbell fished Saturday and placed second with five fish that weighed 14.34 pounds. Jimmy fished shallow areas in the mid-lake area and reported that he caught his fish on frogs and soft plastics. James Edwards fished Saturday and placed third with five fish that weighed 9.80 pounds. James reported that he caught his fish shallow in the mid-lake area on Texas rigged worms. Johnny Flowers had the Big Fish of the derby which weighed 4.36 pounds.
The Angler of the Year race continues to be hotly contested, led by Johnny Flowers with 59.04 points, followed by Jimmy Campbell with 55.28 points, Gary West with 54.69 points, followed by James Edwards with 50.25 points, Michael Sonnier with 40.94 points, and Glen Swihart with 39.43 points.
Congratulations to these anglers!