Cat Tournaments in the South

This is the Southern Catfishermen Association Tournament Schedule..check out the homepage for more info, we have great sponsors and expect huge payouts

2004 SCA Tournament Trail

1) Wilson Lake on 3-06-04 from 8 A.M. till 4 P.M. at Fleet Harbor Boat Ramp

2) Wheeler Lake on 3-27-04 from 8 A.M. till 4 P.M. at Joe Wheeler State Park Boat Ramp

3) Guntersville Lake on 4-17-04 from 7 A.M. till 3 P.M. at Guntersville State Park Boat Ramp

4) Pickwick Lake on 4-24-04 from 2 P.M. till 10 P.M. at McFarland Park Boat Ramp

5) Wilson or Wheeler Lake on 5-08-04 from 3 P.M. till 12 A.M. at Fishermans Resort Marina (lock to Wheeler at your own risk, no trailoring)

6) Wheeler Lake on 5-29-04 from 7 A.M. till 3 P.M. at TVA Boat Ramp below G’ville Dam (Arab side)

7) Kentucky Lake on 6-12-04 from 7 A.M. till 3 P.M. at Historic Bellis Botel Boat Ramp (Savannah, TN)

8) Wilson Lake on 7-17-04 from 5 P.M. till 11 P.M. at Fleet Harbor Boat Ramp

9) Pickwick Lake on 7-24-04 from 7 A.M. till 2 P.M. at McFarland Park Boat Ramp

10) Classic on 9-18-04 from 8 A.M. till 4 P.M.

To be held on the lake with the single day most total pounds prior to 7-17-04.

If anyone has questions contact me Mike Mitchell at 256-673-2250 or 256-498-0520, or via email [email protected] ….check out the webite for more info at http://www.southerncats.com

Wilson Lake….Muscle Shoals, Alabama…..3-6-04

Record breaker tournament, but not in boats to turnout…………..We had a total of 16 competitors…..I think the rain and lack of good bait, scared several people off……..I’ll admit bait was hard to come by……..But as for the cats, everyone caught fish….There were 30 Blue Cats weighed in and 1 flathead………With a combined total weight of 622 lb and 8 oz…….Thats a 20 lb average…….4 boats had over 100 lbs….With Mark and Jon Hendon of Florence, Alabama coming in 1st place with a 5 fish limit of 173 lbs………Followed Closely by Richard Woodruff of Russellville and James Azbell of Florence with 169 lbs……….Big Cat was Taken by Kris Gresham and Tim Faulkner of Florence with a 56 lb Blue…..There were 7 fished weighed in over 40 lbs

Most of these fish were caught in 50-75 ft of water on cut Skip-Jack

Check out the SCA site for pics, angler of the year leaderboard, and more updates http://www.southerncats.com

Also if you can’t make the next event March 27th on Wheeler…….please help spread the word in any way possible.

Thank’s for your support

SCA
Mike Mitchell
256-673-2250

It’s about this time every year, I wished I lived further south!

March 27th Wheeler Lake “Results”

Another great SCA event with beautiful weather, calm waters, and huge cats caught. With a large crowd gathered at the weigh in site, partly due to a large bass tournament weighing in only 30 minutes prior to our weigh in. The crowd got an eye full to say the least. With the first few 30 pounder’s getting weighed in, the bass anglers jaws dropped, some saying how can you land those. Then the team of Richard Woodruff and James Azbell brought in a 60 lb Blue Cat and everyone was amazed, then they got out a 75 lb blue then another nice fish for a 3 fish total weight of 168 pounds. Needles to say they took first and big cat. Several more nice fished were weighed including a 42 lb flathead.

All fish were caught using cut / whole skip-jack for bait, in the 25-50 ft depth range.

Hope to see everyone April 17 at Guntersville State Park.

Check out the website at http://www.southerncats.com for an updated leaderboard and pictures of the 75 pounder coming soon on the news page.

With bright blue sky’s, 15 MPH winds, and no water being generated by TVA…..this made for a tuff day of fishing on Guntersville lake…..Along with the fact that Guntersville can be a tough lake for catfisherman most of the time……It took two fish that weighed in at 35 lbs. 13 OZ. to get first, caught by Sammy and Mike Mitchell……the team also got Big Cat with a 26.4 Blue Cat….these fish were caught on cut skip-jack in 15-25 ft of water near Scottsboro….only one Team managed a five fish limit, and more channels were weighed in than anything.

Check out http://www.southerncats.com for an updated leaderboard and news.

Come out and Join us at Mcfarland Park on Pickwick Lake next Saturday from 2-10 P.M…….There will be fun for all and I anticipate to see several cats in the 25-50 lb range.