Knox County Bassmasters

06/06/2023

We had our first night tournament on Fort Loudoun/Tellico on June 2nd, it was a bright night under the full moon with a lot of fish reportedly caught but size was kind of hard to come by. We had a good turnout with 10 boats fishing.
1st Place was Van Lam & Nick Saah with 6 fish that weighed 12 lbs 2 oz.
2nd Place was Preston & Scott Craig with 6 fish that weighed 9 lbs 2 oz.
Lunker was a 4 lb 13 oz largemouth caught by Nick Saah.
Our next tournament will be another night tournament, this time on July 7th on Melton Hill, hope to see everyone there!

05/16/2023

We fished our May tournament on Cherokee on 5/13 & it was pretty tough, there was a shad spawn in the morning but it was hard to find them after the sun came out.
1st place was Preston & Scott Craig with a 6 fish limit that weighed 12lbs 11oz.
2nd Place was Brad & Dana Mattie with 5 fish that weighed 10lbs 7.5oz.
3rd Place was Lake Lowery & Woody Martin with 4 fish that weighed 9lbs 7.5oz & they also had the lunker caught by Lake that weighed 3lbs 8oz.

05/10/2023

Next up was this year's Classic on Chickamauga, a two day tournament. The first three days of practice was very windy 7 cool but the wind let after that & it was very hot on the second tournament day.
1st Place was Preston & Scott Craig with 10 fish that weighed 28lbs 9.5ozs , good for $750
2nd Place was Van Lam & Dale Olumstad with 8 fish that weighed 18lbs 8oz, good for $450
3rd Place was Don & Adam Evans with 4 fish that weighed 9lbs 9.5oz, good for $300
4th Place was John Lindsay & Steven Hatch with 1 fish that weighed 7lbs, good for $200
5th Place was Mike Oglesby & Rick Smith with 3 fish that weighed 6lbs, good for $150
6th Place was Woody Martin & Brad Cox with 2 fish that weighed 4lbs 7oz, good for $110
1st day lunker was Preston Craig with a 4lb 14oz Largemouth, good for $120
2nd day lunker was John Lindsay with a 7lb Largemouth, good for $120

05/10/2023

Our 3rd tournament was April 29th on Douglas. Everyone weighed in limits in this one.
1st Place was Lake Lowery & Woody Martin with 16lbs 10.5oz.
2nd Place was Rick Smith & Mike Oglesby with 14lbs 8.5oz.
Lunker was Lake Lowery with a 5lb 1.5oz Largemouth.

05/10/2023

Our 2nd Tournament was on April 8th on Norris. 8 out of 11 teams weighed fish in this tournament.
1st Place was Rick Smith & Mike Oglesby with 6 fish that weighed 14lbs 6.5oz.
2nd Place was Preston & Scott Craig with 6 fish that weighed 13lbs 3oz.
Lunker was Rick Smith with a 3lb 3oz Smallmouth

05/10/2023

Our first tournament of the year was on Watts Bar on March 18th. It was a tough windy day with not a lot of fish weighed in.
1st Place was Rick Smith & Mike Oglesby with 3 fish that weighed 6lbs 10oz.
2nd Place was Zach Sharp & Chris Blankenship with 1 smallmouth that also took lunker and weighed 4lbs 15oz.

01/04/2023

These are the members that qualified for the 2023 Classic on Chickamauga on May 6 & 7:

Adam Evans
Don Evans
Brad Cox
Collin Cox
Dale Olumsatd
John Lindsay
Mike Oglesby
Preston Craig
Rick Smith
Scott Craig
Steven Hatch
Van Lam
Woody Martin

01/04/2023

01/03/2023

Sorry that I haven't posted since the night tournaments, we've been absolutely hammered at work, thank God the 6 month grind is over!!
Here's the results of the last 4 tournaments:
10/8/2022 Fort Loudoun/Tellico
1st Place: Rick Smith & Mike Oglesby 8lbs. 8ozs.
2nd Place: Preston & Scott Craig 5lbs. 11ozs.
Lunker: Preston Craig 3lb. 2oz. Largemouth

11/12/2022 Douglas
1st Place: Preston & Scott Craig 14lbs. 8ozs.
2nd Place: Mike Oglesby & Rick Smith 12lbs. 5ozs.
Lunker: Mike Oglesby 4lb. 10.5 oz. Smallmouth

11/26/2022 Norris
1st Place: Preston & Scott Craig 11lbs. 0ozs.
2nd Place: Woody Martin & Lowery 10lbs 1.5ozs.
Lunker: Woody Martin 3lb. 0.5oz. Smallmouth

12/3/2022 Cherokee
1st Place: Mike Oglesby & Rick Smith 11lbs. 1.5ozs.
2nd Place: Van Lam & Dale Olumstad 8lbs, 7.5ozs.
Lunker: Dale Olumstad 3lb. 0oz. Smallmouth

2022 Mr. Bass is Woody Martin
Lunker of the year is Mike Oglesby's 4lb. 10.5oz Smallmouth caught on Douglas

Next Meeting is 1/3/2023, we'll discuss the 2023 schedule, & the 2023 Classic & remember that we'll be taking dues as well.
Hope to see everyone there!!

07/20/2022

Our second and final night tournament was held on Melton Hill on June 24th. We had 6 boats participate in this one on a pretty tough night, the smallmouth size limit definitely hurts on this lake. 1st Place was caught by Mike Oglesby & Rick Smith with 5 largemouth that weighed 8lbs 8 1/2 oz. 2nd Place was caught by Van Lam & Dale Olumstad with 5 largemouth that weighed 7lbs 10oz. The lunker was a 2lb 12oz largemouth caught by Mike Oglesby.

07/20/2022

We had our first of two night tournaments on Douglas on June 10th. We had 7 boats fish this one. 1st Place was claimed by Woody Martin & Robert Sutton with a 6 fish limit that weighed 10lbs 8oz. 2nd Place aws Rick Smith & Mike Oglesby with a 6 fish limit that weighed 9lbs 12oz. The lunker was a 2lb 10oz largemouth caught by Jeff Hamby. It was a good tournament as everyone caught fish but the size was just average.

07/19/2022

We got back into our 2022 schedule with a May 5th Tournament on Ft. Loudoun/Tellico. We had 10 boats participate in this one & there were a lot of small fish caught but some teams did pretty well too. 1st Place went to Van Lam & Dale Olumstad with a 6 fish limit that weighed 14lbs 10 1/2ozs. 2nd Place was Scott & Preston Craig with a limit that weighed 12lbs 11 1/2ozs. The lunker weighed 3lbs 12oz & was caught by Adam Evans.