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NOVA Bass Anglers fished its fourth tournament of the year Saturday June 6th on the Chickahominy River, out of River's Rest. The weather finally cooperated for the NOVA club and fishing was good for the majority of the guys. Seven limits were brought to the scales.

Top finisher Doug Fisher reported the following: " Pads, top water- Knees, jigs & tubes. Fish are definitely back in the Chick. I have always loved fishing this river because of the different structure opportunities but was frustrated by the quality of fish. Over the past few years it has really made a turn around. A 6+ in the chick!! Two years ago I did not think it was possible. Keep the braid tied on and go to work on them."

The 6+ was in the boat but somehow made it back in the water and not to the scales??? Maybe next time team Fisher.

NOVA Bass Anglers fished its third club tournament of the year Sunday May 17th out of Leesylvania State Park on the Potomac River.

The weather forecast called for gusting winds to 30mph. We had a vote to fish or not at the ramp before safe light due to the severity of the days weather forecast. A six to five victory to fish won and we launched at 5:55am. The wind cooperated until 9:30am and then started to blow steady at 20mph out of the NNW. This made the river a disaster because the tide was coming in and the wind was going against making for rough seas!!!

We weighed in at 4pm with all boats and passengers accounted for. Congratulations to the top finishers.

1st Place: Don Cook 12.50
2nd Place: George Hayn III 11.99
3rd Place: Chuck Perry 11.90
Three more 10lb+ bags were also weighed in, all with four fish.

Most fish reportedly caught on reaction baits in the grass. Also, fish were reported caught on hard cover.

NOVA Bass fishes its next tournament Saturday June 6th out of Rivers Rest on the Chickahominy River.

Nova Bass Anglers fished the second club tournament of the season Saturday, April 11th on the Potomac River. We launched from Leesylvania State Park at safe light 6:45amish. The day started with light rain and light winds. As the day progressed the sideways rain and gusting wind became a very big factor. The main river was super rough and not fun to navigate. Top finisher reported catching a limit and culling throughout the day fishing hard cover with crank baits and jigs.

Congratulations to the top finishers:

1st - John Fravel, 19.04 lbs
2nd - Steve Clary, 14.47 lbs
3rd - Rodney Upchurch, 14.40 lbs

Big Fish - Steve Clary, 6.28lbs

Steve is on a roll this year. He has weighed in two 6lb+ fish in the first two events!

Nova Bass Anglers fished the first club tournament of the 2009 season Saturday March 21st on Lake Anna out of High Point Marina. We had 11 boats and 18 participants in total. Also, a few guests got in the big fish pot. We had a great time Friday prefishing and enjoying the camaraderie in the evening with a small cookout.

Saturday we launched at 6:50am in a balmy 30 degree air temperature. We all made it back safe at 3:00pm for the weigh in. We weighed in 23 fish for a total of 39.39lbs. Most fish were caught on light line finesse tactics except for the fist place weight. The top finisher reported a late afternoon shallow water power fishing bite.

Congratulations to the top finishers:

1st - Steve Clary with four fish for 10.61lbs
2nd - Craig Armstrong with four fish for 6.94lbs
3rd - John Malerich with four fish 6.07lbs

Big Fish - Steve Clary 6.17lbs