| Bruce Camp's Local Fishing Report April 24, 2014 |
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Burns High School Benefit Event
The Burns High a School Marching band will be holding benefit bass tournament on Lake Hickory, May 10. Tournament hours are Safelight til 3pm and it will blast off and weigh-in at Whittenburg Access. Entry fee is $60 per boat with an optional $5 big fish pot. There will be door prizes, t-shirts, hats, fishing lures and more. Entry forms can be found at the Bass Shack, Great Outdoors add D & N Minimart. For more info go to burnsbands.org or call Shane Glover @ 704-477-0847.
This is a good event and for a good cause. Anyone who has ever had a child in band, you know the band has to foot the bill for most everything they do. If you can, please try to make this tournament.
Kosa
The retirees fished Lake Hickory last week, and there was a tie for first place. John Black and Roger McNeely tied with the team of David O’Shields and Doug Sparrow. Both teams brought in 13.6. David and Doug had big bass with a 4.1 laregmouth. Tommy Wess and James Haynes had 7.0 and were third. This week the retirees head back to Lake Wylie.
Moss
I have two weeks worth of results from Moss Lake and the weekly Thursday night tournaments. The first one had 26 boats and was won by Mitch McCracken and Chet Beam with 11.35. Chuck Camp and David Hendrick had 10.35 and took second. There was a tie for third between the teams of Johnny and Reggie Guffey and Chris Caroll and Earl Rice. Both teams tipped the scales with 6.91. J R Garland and Ronnie Beason rounded out the top five with 5.94. Big bass was a 5.56 brought in by McCracken and Beam.
Last week, 22 boats made the trip. Chad Green and Jared Bolton picked up the win with 10.65. Matt Arey and Bryan Thrift had 9.52 and were second, followed by Chris Hoopaugh and Tom Gavin with 9.03. J R Garland and Ronnie Beason had 8.16 and took fourth and Johnny Guffey fished solo and settled in fifth with 7.56. Big bass this week was a 4.02 largemouth. Arnold ask me to remind everyone that the first Saturday in May will be the annual benefit tournament on Moss Lake. Event times are 8am-2pm. Entry fee is $60.
If anyone has any suggestions on stories or pictures of their catch or kill, you can e-mail me at brucencracefancamp@gmail.com. TITLE THE E-MAIL STORY OR PICTURE “FOR SHOPPER” OR I WILL ASSUME IT’S JUNK MAIL AND NOT OPEN IT.
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