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The
fourth club tournament of the year was headquartered out of Blue Heron
Park on the west side of the lake just off of I-90. The weather
was great with temperatures rising to the mid eighties each day with
sunny skies and mild winds. Just perfect weather in comparison to
how the weather had been in western Washington. Water temperatures
ranged from the low to mid seventies. We had 14 boats with
23 members and guests fishing. There was also a ABA tournament
with 20 plus boats that launched out of Cascade Park on Saturday. There
were 4 limits with 70 fish including 14 largemouths that averaged 2.46
pounds caught on Saturday as compared to 2 limits with 51 fish including
6 largemouths that averaged 1.96 pounds. So the pressure from
Saturday reduced the number of fish and largemouths brought to scales on
Sunday. All in all most anglers were pleased with the size of the
fish caught. |
Bryan
Vance was the winner with 26.82 pounds. Bryan blew away the field
with 22.6 pounds on Saturday. He set a club record for the most
weight in a club tournament for a single day. He said he also had
over 12 pounds of smallies on Saturday along with the 5 largemouths he
caught flipping a jig in the tulies on the main lake. He struggled
on Sunday with 3 smallies and didn't catch a keeper after 8 am but still
won by over two and half pounds.
In
second place with 24.13 pounds was Ken Ganancial. Kenny weighed 3
smallies and 1 largemouth each day. On Saturday he was primarily
drop shotting for smallmouths in 8 -12 feet but was alsoable to catch a
largemouth. On Sunday he targeted largemouths on the main lake in
shallow water with a tube. Not only did he bring in a 5.13
largemouth but he caught 3 good smallies with this technique but had the
big bag of the day on Sunday by over 4 pounds. 
Frank
White finished third with
20.95 pounds and the big fish
weighing 5.44 pounds that he caught on Saturday. The 5.44 pound
largemouth took over the lead for the big fish of the year. Frank
started out fishing for smallies but after not getting bit for a while
he switched to targeting largemouths. He caught 3 largemouths on
Saturday and one on Sunday flipping a jig in the tulies. He
said, "My fish came primarily on jigs and Carolina rigs. My
favorite is black and blue but green pumpkin seemed to be the color this
time. I like to fish Moses in what I call depressions. The
fish seem to get a lot less pressure there. I did try and draw
them out with spinner baits with no luck." 
Finishing
fourth with 20.30 pounds was Jaymee Strasbaugh. Jaymee was mostly
drop shoting small plastics along main lake rocky areas in approximately
15 feet. Jaymee said he threw a big motor prop blade early Sunday
morning and and consequently fished the main lake shore just north of
the boat launch. He did manage four fish in that area.
In
fifth place was Mike Peters with 19.67 pounds. Mike was the only
angler the bring a limit to the scales each day. He had a good bag
of 12.74 pounds on Saturday that went down to 6.93 pounds on Saturday.
He said the bite was off and size of the fish smaller on Sunday.
He concentrated on the north part of the lake throwing a drop shot rig
in 5 to 10 feet along the rocky shoreline.