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Nova Bass Anglers fished the 2009 club classic tournament October 17^th and 18^thon the Potomac River launching from Leesylvania State Park. True to form the weather turned very poor the day before the tournament and stayed nasty throughout the weekend. Saturday the guys were welcomed by air temps in the low 40’s and a misty rain all day along with a 10mph north wind. To add to the difficulties the BASS Weekend series regional championship was fishing the Potomac with 200 boats in the field. This made for some crowded waters and much pressured fish. Despite the difficult conditions the Nova anglers were able to put together limits for the day one weigh in. Day one leader Chris McManus weighed a five bass limit of 11.41 lbs, second was Chris’ boater John Malerich with a limit of 10.89 lbs, and third on day one was George Hayn III with a 7.48 lb limit of bass. The guys reported catching their fish on reaction baits in shallow grass beds not far from the launch site.

Day two brought 15-25 mph north, north west winds and air temps in the 40’s again. The low temps on day one and over night lows in the 30’s dropped the water temperature enough to make conditions even tougher for day two. Day one leaders Chris and John had a difficult time repeating there shallow water pattern and faltered a bit. A few of the guys made adjustments to deeper water and found limits of a little bigger fish than the others. John Fravel and George Hayn III reported finding a pattern on rocky ledges near creek channels in 6-15 feet of water. George reported catching fish on a slow rolled spinner bait on creek channel edges and John caught them on a football jig crawled over rocks and wood near creek channels.

NOVA Bass Anglers fished the September tournament on the Potomac River launching from Leesylvania State Park Sunday, September 27th. We had 11 boats show up and fish. The day started with a light rain and light winds. As the day progressed the sun began to show and the wind picked up slightly to maybe 10mph. Low tide was supposedly 8:45am for Mattawoman. Well the tide never got low. The water was very high all day and made for some tough Potomac river fishing.

We weighed in with nine limits coming to the scales. Most anglers commented on the high water and catching fish on reaction baits in the grass beds mid-river.

Congratulations to the top finishers:

1st Place: Steve Clary, 14.48lbs
2nd Place: John Fravel, 14.42lbs
3rd Place: John Malerich, 11.40lbs

Big Fish: John Fravel, 4.65lbs

NOVA Bass will fish the Club Classic October 17-18 on the Potomac river launching from Leesylvania State Park.

Nova Bass fished its sixth event of the season Saturday August 22, 2009 on the Potomac River. We launched at safe light and lightning. The weather was horrible the night before and into the early morning right up until launch time with loud thunder and abundant lightning. The hurricane off the east coast caused for high tides and tough bites for most. It is no surprise that the veteran Nova angler Chuck Perry came out on top. Way to go Chuck!!!

We had a few nice limits of fish come to the scales at weigh in time. Congratulations to top finishers:

Nova Bass next tournament will be Sunday, September 27th on the Potomac River launching and weighing in at Leesylvania State Park.

NOVA Bass Anglers fished its fifth tournament of the year Sunday July 12th on the Potomac River, out of Leesylvania State Park. The weather cooperated for the NOVA club and fishing was good for the majority of the guys. Thirteen limits out of seventeen anglers brought five fish limits to the scales.

Top finishers reported catching fish early on moving baits and jigs in grass beds north and south of LSP. Steve Clary took top honors with a 15.23 limit of bass. Steve also claimed big fish honors for the fourth time this year with a 5.28lb Potomac slob. Congratulations Steve on another win and big fish. Second place was claimed by George Hayn III, this guy is red hot just coming off a big team win in the St. Judes tournament with fellow NOVA angler Brad Whitfield. George weighed in a five bass limit weighing 13.98lbs. In a close third was John Fravel with a five fish limit weighing 13.44lbs.

NOVA Bass will fish its sixth event Saturday, August 22nd out of Leesylvania State Park.

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