Chick. tourney from Knoxville?

[J-Dub]

Hey all, I just wanted to get some feedback on a possible tourney for my club from Knoxville on Chick. We have an open date set for Sept. 8 and we were debating on going somewhere other than the usual lakes- douglas, cherokee, loudon,etc and someone said Guntersville or Chick. I'm against G-ville just because we're a small club, no pros and we'd have to foot the bill out of our own pocket for a place to stay, out of state licenses, etc. We could probably do the Chick pretty easily in a day trip. It would be a day tourney but I wanted to see, based on some of your past histories, is September a good time for the lake or should we stay closer to home? Some of our members fished the State tourney there in the deluge of rain and did well so I'm sure they'd like to go back but some of us (me included) have never even seen the lake. Thanks in advance for the replies.

 

[fischnrod]

Lake Chickamauga Regional Here is some info from october 2006
10/12/06 - 10/14/06 -- Lake Chickamauga
Chester Frost Park Marina, Hixson, TN

Qualifying Divisions:
Bulldog, LBL, Music City, Dixie

Division:
All-American Arkie Bama Buckeye Bulldog Chevy Trucks Wild Card Choo Choo Cowboy Dixie Empire Everglades Gator Great Lakes Hoosier Illini LBL Louisiana Michigan Mississippi Mountain Music City North Carolina Northeast Okie Ozark Piedmont Savannah River Seminole Shenandoah South Carolina Demopolis Fort Madison Kentucky Lake Kerr Lake Lake Chickamauga Smith Mountain Wright Patman Year:
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994


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| Day 3 | | Press Release |

Boater Thomas Southern of Sylacauga, Ala., earned a fully rigged Ranger 519VX and a new Chevy truck as winner of the BFL Regional Championship on Lake Chickamauga. Southern wins Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on Lake Chickamauga
Brown wins Co-angler Division

14.Oct.2006


HIXSON, Tenn. — Boater Thomas Southern of Sylacauga, Ala., earned a fully rigged Ranger 519VX and a new Chevy truck Saturday as winner of the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Regional Championship on Lake Chickamauga. The top 40 boaters and the top 40 co-anglers from the Bulldog, Dixie, LBL and Music City divisions competed in the three-day event.

Southern’s winning three-day catch of 15 bass weighed 38 pounds, 7 ounces. In addition to the new truck and boat, Southern also earned a ticket to compete in the 2007 $1 million Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League All-American, one of the most prestigious tournaments in bass fishing, where the winning boater will earn as much as $140,000 and the winning co-angler will earn as much as $70,000.

Southern caught his winning bass by fishing humps near creek channel swings in 12 to 15 feet of water. He was throwing a green pumpkin Davis Paca Series jig in 3/8- to 1/2-ounce sizes.

The top six boaters and the top six co-anglers at the regional championship earned a spot to compete in the All-American. Rounding out the top six boaters were Billy Schroeder of Paducah, Ky. (13 bass, 32 pounds, 10 ounces, $4,000); Jay McMillon of Dayton, Tenn. (12 bass, 31 pounds, 9 ounces, $2,000); LeRoy McDuffie of McLeansboro, Ill. (15 bass, 29 pounds, 15 ounces, $1,600); Brian Hickey of Cadiz, Ky. (12 bass, 29 pounds, 6 ounces, $1,200); and Michael Conley of Bainbridge, Ga. (12 bass, 28 pounds, 7 ounces, $1,000).

Morgan Brown of Stockton, Ala., earned a new Ranger boat as the co-angler winner, thanks to a three-day total of 11 bass weighing 21 pounds, 3 ounces.

Rounding out the top six co-anglers were Marty Everson of Albany, Ga. (seven bass, 19 pounds, 12 ounces, $2,000); Eric Peeler of Calhoun, Ga. (seven bass, 17 pounds, 2 ounces, $1,000); Mike Williams of Lancaster, Ky. (seven bass, 16 pounds, 2 ounces, $800); Lowell Johnson of Woodstock, Ga. (10 bass, 15 pounds, 1 ounce, $600); and Craig Allen of Lebanon, Tenn. (six bass, 13 pounds, 4 ounces, $500).

As the nation’s leading provider of affordable, close-to-home weekend tournaments, the BFL is widely credited with opening competitive bass fishing to the masses. It also serves as a steppingstone for anglers who wish to advance to the Stren Series and ultimately the Wal-Mart FLW Tour – bass fishing’s most lucrative tournament series. Former BFL anglers who have become fishing superstars on the Wal-Mart FLW Tour include Kellogg’s pro Clark Wendlandt, Ranger pro Tommy Biffle and four-time FLW Tour champion David Fritts.

Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, Forrest L. Wood, FLW Outdoors administers the Wal-Mart FLW Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Series, Stren Series, Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League, Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail presented by Abu Garcia, Stratos Owners’ Tournament Trail, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Series, Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series and Wal-Mart FLW Striper Series. These circuits offer combined purses exceeding $37.9 million through 249 events in 2006.

For more information about FLW Outdoors and its tournament programs, browse FLWOutdoors.com or call (270) 252-1000.

Wal-Mart and many of America’s largest and most respected companies support FLW Outdoors and its tournament trails. Wal-Mart signed on as an FLW Outdoors sponsor in 1997 and today is the world’s leading supporter of tournament fishing. For more information about Wal-Mart, visit Wal-Mart.com.







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[SNUFFY]

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J-Dub...our club Blueridge Bassmasters has a tx at least once a year on the Chic...sometimes more. And I`d rather fish it than some of the others we fish..
It`s not that far...we put in at Dayton which sort of the center of the lake. Grasshopper might be a little closer to center but it`s a little over an hour from Fort Loudon dam to Dayton....
It`s different because of the weeds and grass but not quite as different as Guntersville. You can fish it alot like Loudon and Watts bar and catch fish.
Make the trip ...you`ll enjoy it !

 

[B-Pro]

You won't regret going to the chick in Sept. Grass beds with a frog. emoBigsmile emoBigsmile emoBigsmile