The Bass Federation of South Carolina completed the second tournament of the 2011 points trail this past Saturday on Lake Wylie. A heavy rain storm and cold front that passed late in the week had more than just a few anglers a bit worried. Especially after seeing the muddy water that greeted them that morning. A week earlier, before the off limits, the water was much clearer and warming.

The bass however were cooperative as almost everyone caught fish.  A 14 inch min. size limit was imposed to eliminate the confusion between state laws. 95 keepers were brought to the scales for a total weight of 198.30lbs. All were released alive.

In the boater division coming out on top was Tony Wilcox of Lexington,SC. His 5 bass limit weighed 12.70lbs.  Tony reported a crank bait bite was working for him. Second for the boaters was Bill Payne of Swansea with his limit weighing 11.39 lbs. No report from Bill as to how he caught them. Third place and Big Bass honor went to John Sturkie  also of Swansea. His 5 largemouth total was 10.36 lbs and big fish 3.88 lbs. Spinnerbaits did the trick for John. Rounding out the top 5 were Robert Rikard and Rich Gerken.

The Co/Anglers also had a good day for the most part. For the second tournament in a row Tommy Lindler of Lexington would take the win with the heaviest sack of the day weighing 13.56 lbs.  Second place and Big Bass honor went to  Chapin’s Wade Amick . His 4 bass weighed 11.95 lbs. and big bass of 3.59 lbs.  Third place taking his first check withh TBF was Nate Nienhius of Lexington. Nate’s limit weighed a total of 10.50 lbs.

There were a total of 16 boats in this event and payout were as follows:
Boater 1st   $810   2nd  $486  3rd  $324   Big Bass $180
Co/angler 1st   $ 486  2nd  $$292  3rd  $195  Big Bass $ 108

The Next tournament on the TBF Trail will be on April 2nd at Santee Cooper.

The TBF is affiliated with FLW Outdoors and offer quality tournaments with good payback and the opportunity to advance to the next level in bass fishing through the divisional tournament and National Championship.

For more information about fishing with TBF go to www.tbfofsc.com.