Lake Wylie 2005
From seventy-degree weather for nearly
three weeks to all of the sudden rain 20 to 30 mph winds during the
tournament, that can really make for some real tough fishing conditions. On
Saturday morning with a wind chill of 20 degrees. Sixty-five teams from as
far as Georgia took to the waters with anticipation of finding those big
slabs that Wylie is known for. The weather was so bad on Friday that hardly
anyone could fish. So it was mostly a shot in the dark for a lot of teams.
Even in the worst conditions most teams hung in there to get a chance at
over $5000 in prize money.
Taking top honors
were the Chapin and Little Mountain team of Allen Farr and Mike Frick. Being
familiar with Lake Wylie where they were in third place the first day and as
big al put it they choked the second day, this wasn't the case Saturday as
the two came to the scales with 16.47 lbs. of slabs including a 2.49 lb. big
fish to take home over $1800 in cash an prizes. The duo was fishing the
Catawba Creek area using Charlie Brewer Sliders and AWD crappie snacks.
Coming close
again but only to be bridesmaids for the second time this season, was the
Gastonia team of Dan Reid and Keith Sanders. The two were fishing some
secret brush right in front of the Allen steam plant in the secondary
channel about 63 feet above the spillway and 14ft off the bank. And they
told me not to tell where they were fishing. (Okay) they were using some
homemade what Dan calls a filicktale jig. Well it works as they netted
16.08pds for a second place finish and check for $619.
Rounding out the
top three was the team of Tom Sprouse of Advance, NC and Steve Gentry of
Winston Salem. Tom and Steve were slow trolling AWD grubs in Crowder Creek
to bring in 14.77 lbs. with nine fish. Six of the nine were two pounds each.
