The Pushmataha County Sportsman Club held a bass tournament on Saturday, April 6, at Hugo Lake. The lake level was near normal and falling with water temps in the low sixties. The day started off with fairly mild temperatures and a light breeze that gradually turned into a strong wind, with gust up to 35 mph. Despite the gusty winds, a few anglers were able to put together a descent stringer of bass. Of the twenty-three anglers that fished, thirteen were able to catch their five fish limit. Only two anglers were unable to boat a single keeper.
Ellis Silvey won the tournament with a five fish limit
that weighed 14.14 pounds. Billy Hensley
finished in second place with a stringer weight of 13.55 pounds. The third place stringer was caught by Judd
Thomas. His stringer weighed 12.55
pounds. The big bass of the tournament
was caught by Randy Janoe and weighed 4.38 pounds.
The club’s next tournament is scheduled to be the Annual
Big Bass Rodeo on April 20-21. The
tournament will be held on Pine Creek Lake with headquarters at the pavilion in
Littler River South Park. Area merchants have been very generous with their
donations and there will be lots of cash, trophies and prizes to be won. For more information check out the club’s
Facebook page or the club’s web page at www.pushcountysportsmanclub.blogspot.com.
Turkey season for all of Oklahoma will open on April 16
and will run through May 16. The club
holds a spring turkey hunting contest. Members
wishing to enter the contest must do so before season begins. The entry fee for the contest is $10.00 and can
be paid at the club’s monthly meeting on Thursday, April 11, or at Silvey’s Tax.
