A very stingy O.H. Ivie was the site for tournaments #3 & #4 for the Northwest Region. All the talk before the tournaments was that O.H. Ivie was fishing extremely tough and that’s exactly what the anglers found. The lake level had risen close to 30 ft in the last year and the bass had not adjusted to the huge influx of water. This coupled with rain storms and high winds made for tough fishing conditions.
As the saying goes someone always finds some fish. On day #1 it was Wendell Ramsey taking 1st place, Troy Bryant 2nd, and Mike Pruitt in 3rd. Wendell had 5.04 lb fish to take big bass honors.
On day #2 Andy Ortega took 1st place, Troy Montgomery was 2nd, and Kelley Hudson took 3rd. Andy Ortega had big bass with a 5.19 lb. Check the Northwest Region standings for weights.
The next stop for the Northwest Region will be E.V. Spence on May 18th. This will be the first time the Northwest Region has fished this lake and hopes are high for some heavy bags.
Call Kelley Hudson, Northwest Region Director, if you have any questions or would like to join our region. Hope to see you on the water.
Kelly Hudson
Director Northwest Region
First time competitors on the TBTT circuit and Big Bass winners were the team of Chris Goodman and Josh Murphy who came to the scale with a 4.73# black bass to take home a check for $400. Not a bad outing.
And the team that outran all the rest…..first place in the team standings were the very consistent pair of Thomas Ferro and Ricky Bishop with a five fish limit and a total weight of 12.49# and a check for $1,092 dollars.
Second place team was father and son duo Lupe Nieto and Steven Nieto. They also had a five fish limit with a total weight of 11.89# and a check for $655.
