|  |  |  | | | | | FLWOutdoors.com | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pros battle falling water on day 1 at Lake Chickamauga. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lake Nickajack gave up plenty of limits 49, to be exact for the 94 anglers in the 2011 Bass Federation championship, but one stood head-and-shoulders above the rest. Virginia angler Kenny Beale Jr. weighed a whopping 20-pound, 7-ounce limit, besting fellow Mid-Atlantic Division angler Ed Loughran by 2 ½ pounds. Beale, a 34-year-old truck driver from Danville, Virginia had a phenomenal day, thanks in large part to conditions that fit his favorite style of fishing. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HIXSON, Tenn. - The fabulous fishing predicted for day one of the Lake Chickamauga Walmart FLW Tour qualifier never fully materialized. The consensus was to be in contention at least 20 pounds was needed. But only six 20-pound-plus bags crossed the stage Thursday - the biggest coming from Cheez-It pro Shinichi Fukae. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | As you might expect, most of the anglers participating in The Bass Federation championship in 2011 in Kimball, Tenn., were tight-lipped prior to Thursday's 6 a.m. takeoff. Those who did reveal a few tidbits, however, agreed on one thing: Nickajack Lake is on fire. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HIXSON, Tenn. - To be called ugly as a person is demeaning and downright rude. To be called ugly as a bass fishery is perhaps the finest form of flattery. What "ugly" means in fishing terms is that the bite is sensational. That's the case this week as the fourth Walmart FLW Tour event of the season begins on Lake Chickamauga. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HIXSON, Tenn. - To be called ugly as a person is demeaning and downright rude. To be called ugly as a bass fishery is perhaps the finest form of flattery. What "ugly" means in fishing terms is that the bite is sensational. That's the case this week as the fourth Walmart FLW Tour event of the season begins on Lake Chickamauga. | | | | | | | | | |  | |  | |  |
