Americana Outdoors E-Magazine - May 2018

PICKWICK PREVIEW BY KYLE CURRY

Pickwick Lake and Florence, AL are set to play host to the 2018 BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Cham- pionship presented by Cabela’s. The event, regarded as one of the most prestigious collegiate bass fishing tournaments in the country, will feature college anglers from all over the nation. Held on Pick- wick Lake fromMay 21st to 25th, the Championship will feature numerous teams ranked in the Top 20 of the Cabela’s School of the Year race, thus making this arguably one of the toughest fields in the nation. Throughout the spring season, the main storyline for the Tennessee River has been rain. Stretching from the Midwest, all the way into the south, large amounts of rain have saturated the ground and flooded numerous bodies of water. So severe, in some cases, that the TVA stopped generation at dams upstream in order to hold more water from being released downstream. As a result of these rains, Pickwick Lake has seen a lot of water move through the system. Generation at the Pickwick dam has been strong and steady for several weeks. This has caused a fascinating phe-