Shawger wins at Alum

Like most people who have fished Alum Creek Lake for bass recently, the members of Y-City Bass Club found keeper bass hard to come by Sunday. Out of 24 members competing, 16 brought a total of 37 fish to the scales and only one five-fish limit was recorded.
Winner Tyler Shawger was the only angler to boat a limit, his five fish weighing 5.93 pounds. Taking second was Drew Allen, who had only three fish, but his .02-pound catch included the big bass of the tournament, a 3.08-pound fish.
Ryan Boyer placed third with three bass weighing 4.21 pounds, Kenny Simpson was fourth with three fish weighing 3.96 pounds and Wesley Hammer finished fifth with four bass weighing 3.81 pounds.
The club's final regular tournament of the season will take place Sept. 26 at Hoover Reservoir.
With only Hoover remaining, Wesley Hammer is in first place in the club standings, leading the Angler of the Year race by 26 points over Ryan Boyer and 35 over Mike King. Although it is theoretically possible for someone to catch Hammer, it is unlikely. I think Y-City uses a 100-point scale (plus some bonus points), so if Hammer simply catches one keeper he would have to finish 26 places behind Boyer to fall out of first! Of course, if he bombs, there could be a dramatic change at the top.