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Lake
Anna Cup 2010
First Repeat Champion
Lake Anna, Va. – After months of build-up the day finally
arrived when the best anglers in the region convened at Anna
Point Marina on Lake Anna for the 2010 Lake Anna Cup. At stake
was over $3,000 in prize money and merchandise as well as the
challenge to Claim The Cup. Winners get their name on the cup
for the year and title of annual Lake Anna Cup Champions.
This year’s event drew 71 teams from all over the state
and Maryland. After a nearly two-hour fog delay all teams were
oozed off by 8:43 am, due back for a 3:30 pm weigh-in.
Tournament Director Dave Fauntleroy oversaw this
elaborate process where the teams bring their best five, 12”
or longer bass to his scales. The fish are then quickly weighed
and returned alive to the lake. The young men and women of the
Orange County High School Anglers took care of this critical job
and reported a 100% live release. Nikki Craft tallied and noted
each team’s weight.
When all fish were recorded, the duo of Darrin Bache and
Craig Hayden had the best five bass, weighing 14.48 pounds. They
narrowly missed having the biggest bass of the tournament, too,
with a lunker of 6.25 pounds.
Bache and Hayden took the top prize of $2,000 plus they
will put their names on the Lake Anna Cup trophy. Bache was part
of a team (with Larry Meadows) that won the LKA Cup in 2008, so
he is the first repeat winner.
Bache and Hayden told the crowd they caught their fish in
the upper Pamunkey Branch of the lake using lipless crankbaits
on rocky points.
Second place finishers Timmy and Jeff Jones had five bass
that weighed 13.68 pounds. They took home $500, a pair of
Habervision sunglasses and two Country Chevrolet hoodies. This
team reported fishing mid lake rock piles with Bandit 300 Series
crankbaits.
Congratulation goes to David Chisholm and Wilson Bradley
for overcoming some early engine troubles and finishing third in
the LKA Cup with five bass of 13.49 pounds. This team won $200,
a pair of Habervison sunglasses and Country Chevrolet hoodies.
Chisholm and Bradley noted they fished both the upper North Anna
and Pamunkey Branch with crankbaits and jigs on hard cover, too.
Anglers were also asked to bring in the biggest striper
they caught during the day. The team of Mike Patterson and Mark
Finley did just this. They won a tee shirt and hat combo from
LKA Outfitters for a striper weighing 6.09 pounds they caught on
a crankbait while bass fishing in the upper North Anna.
Patterson and Finley swept the big fish honors because they also
had the event’s big bass at 6.59 pounds.
Overall fishing was tricky for many of the teams.
Five-bass limit catches were challenging under clear skies and
an extended high-pressure system that had fish tight-lipped. The
day dawned cold at 32 degrees and ended with a beautiful
65-degree award ceremony at the Anna Point Marina lakeside
pavilion.
The Lake Anna Cup trophy will be displayed at Anna Point
Marina for the year until the event cycles back to High Point
Marina in 2011. Each marina (Sturgeon Creek Marina as well)
hosts the event on a rotating basis.
Over 100 invitations were sent to anglers that visited
Lake Anna from tournament circuits like LAPR Bass Series,
Championship Teams, Fishers of Men, Augusta County Bass Jons,
High Point Marina’s Friday Night Tournaments and Sturgeon
Creek Marina’s Tuesday Night and Sunday Morning Tournaments.
At-large invitations were also available to other anglers that
felt they had what it would take to Claim The Cup with the goal
of bringing anglers together for one more big event on Lake
Anna.
“The end result is that motel rooms were booked,
restaurants patronized, fuel tanks filled and food purchased,
not to mention the tackle and other incidentals the anglers
needed for this event. Lake Anna Cup is a way to fuel our local
economy during the off-season period as well as introduce more
anglers to the great cool weather fishery we have here at Lake
Anna,” noted organizer C.C. McCotter.
Sponsors play a major role in LKA Cup, contributing cash
for the first three places, so the day money can go toward the
BBQ, tee shirts and other goodies the participants receive in a
tournament goodie bag.
“Behind the event this year was the Lake Anna Business
Partnership, Dominion Resources, Country Chevrolet, Bass Pro
Shops, Anna Point Marina, Anna’s Marine Center, Woods &
Waters Magazine, Lake Anna Outfitters, Green Top Sporting Goods
and Gander Mountain. These fine sponsors deserve a look if you
are in the market for any of their products and I thank them on
behalf of our anglers and local businesses,” McCotter added.
If you’d like to participate in the 2011 event, contact
McCotter at 540.894.3540 or visit www.lakeannalife.com.
For complete results visit www.woodsandwatersmagazine.com
. Video of the event can be viewed at www.centralvabasscast.com.
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