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The second club tournament of
the year saw 30 club members and guests with 20 boats on Lake
Washington. Fishing on Lake Washington was difficult with only 5
limits caught on the 2 days. The 5:50 am Saturday blast off saw 19 boats with water
temperatures in the lower 50's with water temperatures rising to 54
to 55 degrees. The wind blew up to 25 MPH on Saturday making main
lake fishing very difficult especially with overcast and periods of
light rain. There were 2 limits weighed on Saturday and 3 on
Sunday with the bite generally reported as below normal.
Largemouth fishing was tough with only 4 Largemouths weighed in for both
days. One casualty was reported on Saturday. Mike Buse
reportedly speared a wave and suffered damage to his front electronics.
That along with a blown cylinder topped off a bummer day for Mike.
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In
First Place with 26.88 Pounds was Tom Melowitz. Tom fished in the
Newport canals for 2 days throwing a Sniper Lures snub on a drop shot
rig. He said he had 6 bites on Saturday and 5 on Sunday.
Most bites were very subtle with the fish eating the bait rather than a
reaction bite. Tom said he threw various reaction
baits in the canals over the 2 days but never had a bite on anything but
the drop shot rig. Tom was able to catch a limit on both days with
only 3 other limits weighed. Most fish were up against the banks
rather than out in the middle of the canals.
Finishing
second with 23.38 Pounds was Jaymee Strasbaugh. Jaymee
fished main lake points on the south end of the lake on Saturday
throwing a drop shot rig and a tube. He was able to scrape out a
limit by the end of the day. On Sunday Jaymee was fishless at 8:30
am while fishing the main lake. He went into Newport and was able
to catch a limit drop shotting by 1:00 pm. Jaymee said he should
have gone into Newport earlier. 
In
3rd Place with 18.56 pounds was Bryan Vance. Bryan caught his only
fish in Newport late on Saturday. On Sunday he threw jerk baits on
points on the south end of the lake and caught 6 fish by 9:00 am when
they stopped biting. He later caught a largemouth on a texas
rigged worm and a 3 pound smallie in the afternoon on a drop shot rig in
the canals. He had the big bag of the tournament, 15.50 pounds, on
Sunday.
Finishing
4th with 14.44 Pounds was Lee Jones. Lee had 4 fish on Saturday
weigh in over 9 pounds. This was his first top 5 finish in a club
tournament. Lee said, "..... 
Rounding
out the top 5 was Ken Ganancial with 12.81 pounds. Kenny caught
one fish on Saturday morning on the main lake with hula grub on a football
head and another in the canals on a drop shot. He caught all of
his Sunday drop shotting in Newport.
