![]() ![]() “The river had almost no flow to it, which is unusual for the Coosa, and it had a 92 degrees surface temp. “Over all the fishing was tough,” said Churchwell. Their Coosa River stringer of 95.10 pounds came to the scales at 10:53 am and held up to claim the fourth place honors. We also lost 3 big fish.”Īaron Churchwell and Jake Herman came from Acworth, GA to catch their 5 fish limit. The fish mostly started biting right at dark then again right before daylight. “That didn’t last long, then it was great weather until it got scorching hot around 10 am. “It came the normal 6 o’clock Georgia thunderstorm just as we were putting in at the boat ramp,” continued Dawn. The weather cooperated for the most part. We went back to what we knew would work, cut white bass.” “We tried our traditional skipjack, but as often is the case it did not work on this river. Third place in the Coosa River bout went to the husband/wife team of Lonnie and Dawn Fountain. They broke the 100-pound mark at 101.10 pounds. Second place went to the Chatsworth, GA team of Brad Gray and Aaron Stephenson. David, from Tunnel Hill, GA, weighed in a handsome 40.5-pound flattie to take the big fish honors. Their 5 fish bag included the big fish of the tournament. After their final weigh-in the team had amassed a total weight of 113.35 pounds to claim the first place spot. The father/son team of George and David Harrison overcame the tough fishing conditions to take the lead in the Rome tournament at 3:05 am when they weighed in two big flatheads at 64.95 pounds. “The oxygen level was low in the water and I didn’t want to take a chance on that fish dying,” said Blackwell. Tournament anglers like Blackwell are very sensitive about the health of the fish they catch. The team caught one blue that weighed about 8 pounds, but later released it. We were on good fish all night and could not get them to bite.” “Water temps in the mid 90’s slowed things down. “The bite was awful,” reported Blackwell. Paul Blackwell from Anderson, SC and Kevin Breedlove from Clarksville Tennessee made the trip to Rome to fish the tournament. The best five fish tournament weigh-in was staged in the Kroger parking lot in downtown Rome. The scales opened at 10:00 pm Jand continued through the night until the final team weighed in. Launch time was set for 6:00 pm on Saturday evening. Weiss Lake in Alabama was legal waters as long as competitors followed the launch rules. Anglers could launch their boats on the Coosa River or any of its tributaries. The Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest traveled to Rome, GA for the all night tournament that began on Saturday, July 30 at 6:00 pm and lasted through the night until noon on July 31, 2016.įishing extended beyond state lines, but all tournament boats were required to launch in the State of Georgia. The Coosa River provided catfish anglers some night fishing action from Saturday through Sunday noon.
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