Bass Fishing News

This past weekend, the Bassmaster Elite Series held its fourth event of the year which was located at Chickamauga lake in Dayton Tennessee. Usually, the elite series doesn’t come to lake Chickamauga this early in the season which made everyone wonder how the fishing was gonna be. The last time they had an event at Chickamauga it was held in the fall where Lee Livesay won while throwing a frog in very matted vegetation. This time around it was very different because the bass were in an odd stage and there was no vegetation to be found. After the first day of the event, Carl Jocumsen took the lead with a massive bag weighing 24 pounds and 12 ounces. All throughout the event, Carl was throwing a big glide bait which he was able to get some of those big fish to commit but with a slip up on day two, he slid down the leaderboard only catching four fish for eight pounds. Instead, Matt Robertson took the lead on day two and at this point, it seems as if the winner could be anyone on the final day. One interesting key thing to note is that Wisconsin native Caleb Kuphall was in the hunt for the win on all four days. After the third day was complete, Brock Mosley snuck into the lead, and going into the final day, it was anyone’s game. As I watched Bassmaster live on the final day I quickly realized that the bite was very tough. It seemed as if all of the anglers were struggling to even catch a limit of fish. Since the fishing was so tough, it was hard to predict who the winner would be so the weigh-in was going to be very important. After the weigh-in concluded, Jason Christie rose to the top and won the event. He already has two wins this year! One was the Bassmaster Classic and the second was this event. This is also the second time Jason Christie has beat out Brock Mosely for the top spot but I know eventually Brock Mosleys win is coming. Christie won the event throwing a colorado bladed spinnerbait in chartreuse and blue. he also used a green pumpkin jig with some orange in it to get those finicky fish to bite. Only time will tell if he wins another one this year!