Saturday March 5, 2011 turned out to be a very nice day. Despite the bad weather forecasts 49 boats came out to compete on Cherokee Lake. There was 170 fish caught weighing a total of 448.42 lbs. All fish were released alive! First place honors went to the team of Larry Griffith and Jeffery Walker with a nice limit of smallmouth weighing 20.06 lbs. They took home $990.00 for their efforts. Second place went to Doug and David Winchell with 17.11 lbs. worth $600.00. Third place went to Danny Garber and David Solomon with 16.20 lbs. worth $400.00. Fourth place went to Charlie Rasch and Gary Pilkenton with 15.71 lbs. worth $330.00. Fifth place went to Tim Smiley and Richard Wolfe with 15.21 lbs. worth $280.00. Sixth place went to Ken Vicchio and Brian Vicchio with 15.19 lbs. worth $230.00. Seventh place went to Dustin Buckner and Shane Houck with 14.60 lbs. worth $180.00. Eighth place went to Jason Nichols and Matt Beeler with 14.52 lbs. worth $140.00.

Largemouth lunker went to the team of Doug and David Winchell weighing 4.74 lbs. and was worth $235.00. Smallmouth lunker went to the team of Sonny Lee and Harold Parsons weighing 4.87 lbs. and was worth $235.00.

Congratulations to all and thanks for fishing “America’s Best Team Trail”. 2011 schedules are currently being posted as we receive them. Please check our website www.baitinc.com and watch for new schedules to come. Our next tournament will be April 30, 2011 on Douglas launching from the Dam. Pre-registration will be from 12 – 6 p.m. Friday (04/29/2011) at Bucks n Bass. Also TN-II has their next tournament 3-12-2011 at Ft. Loudoun launching from the Canal. Call Chris Covington for more information (865) 607-0810. TN-III (Nite Trail) flyers will be out soon. Call Bill Giron for more information (865) 406-5110.

Thanks to all of our sponsors and a special thanks to Joe and Missy Lee with Sportsman Ministries for all they do. God Bless and remember to take a kid fishing! For more info call Sunny or Bud DeFOE at: 865-679-2233 (Sunny’s cell) or 865-679-0419 (Bud’s cell).