Berry, Berry, Little & Brunner Open, Smith Lake. The schedule for the 2013 season will also be announced shortly and posted on the Top Rod website at 4. There were 19 anglers that qualified for the MarMac Real Estate two-day championship, which will be held in November at Smith Lake. Chambers took the final check of $80 for his third place finish. He caught his biggest fish on a topwater bait, and also caught fish on a spinnerbait and an Alabama rig. Chambers used a mixture of baits to catch his fish, which were mostly caught schooling around shad. In third place was Rex Chambers of Baileyton, AL with 10.78lbs of largemouths. Crow wrapped up a solid season with a win, a second place, two third place and fourth place finishes for his top finish at each lake on the circuit. In the end, it was North Alabama Guide Brent Crow of Hartselle, AL coming out on top in the tournament and the Angler of the Year race. There was plenty at stake in the last regular season event, with three anglers in the race for the overall Shelton’s Outdoors Angler of the Year race and six fishermen in the race for one of the three paying positions in the AOY standings. Water temps held around 70 degrees, unusually warm for this time of year. The weather was perfect, reaching 80 degrees with a steady breeze to compliment the plentiful sunshine. However, TVA, which controls the current flow from the dam threw the anglers a curveball on this day, as the Wheeler Dam turbines were still during the tournament hours. The combination of moving water and plentiful shad have the smallies and largemouths in a feeding frenzy on most autumn days, and the fifteen anglers that showed up for the Top Rod Solo Trail event were anxiously awaiting the good tailrace fishing on Saturday. Frogg Toggs/ T-H Marine Open at Wilson Lake. Fishermen usually love to go to Wilson Lake in the fall, mostly to fish the current below Wheeler Dam for big smallmouths. He had better luck on day two with a swimbait.Ħth place: John Oliver, Florence, AL 16.80ħth place: Larry Pierce, Florence, AL 16.62Ĩth place: Donny Miller, Florence, AL 13.28ĩth place: Brad Voegele, Addison, AL 11.94ġ0th place: Shawn Striker, Cullman, AL 7.96 He also reported that he saw plenty of big fish on day one and couldnt make them bite his offerings. Wiggins received $183 and caught 8.14lbs on day one and 11.78lbs on day two. Taking the last check was Jordan Wiggins of Addison, AL with a total of 19.92lbs. We look forward to the 2013 season and hope to see everyone again next year. In addition, the championship payback was $3660. Lee Black took home $918 for his runner up finish and Jacob Gibbs of Holly Pond, AL received $612 for third place. The Shelton’s Outdoors’ Angler of the Year payback totaled $3060, of which $1530 went to Brent Crow of Hartselle, AL for his first place finish. The Top Rod Solo trail would like to thank all of the fishermen that fished this year with us as well as out sponsors. Black solved the puzzle both days and added the Top Rod Championship trophy to his Angler of the Year runner up season with 28.22lbs of spotted bass over the two days. Smith Lake bass are notorious for being finicky, especially when they are eating small shad, but when an angler has the right bait, it can be fun and profitable, as it was for Lee Black on Danville, AL. Some fishermen were able to get them to bite their artificial lures, but many were left frustrated at what they had seen and been unable to connect with. Many anglers reported seeing big spotted bass feeding heavily on shad and blueback herring on top. Schooling fish were the talk of the tournament, both the ones that were caught and also the ones that weren’t caught. There were several nice healthy spotted bass weighed in both days, with several over four pounds on both days. Cool mornings turned into warm breezy afternoons, with temperatures reaching the mid-70s both days. The 2012 Top Rod Solo Trail season wrapped up on beautiful Smith Lake this weekend. November 10-11 Mar-Mac Real Estate Championship at Smith Lake.
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