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Yak a Bass held an event at Lake McClure. A total of 59 anglers endured windy condition which made fishing difficult on top of a tough bite. The top anglers found some nice fish in deeper water. The lake level had dropped a few feet each week before the event with the draw down the fish moved deeper to adjust to their new comfort zone. Once the lines were in and all the fish were submitted to Tourney X, Yak a Bass had the winner.
Joseph Silva wins the Yak a Bass at Lake McClure with a total of 86.00”.
“I had a bad practice, so I decided to change locations during the tournament.” stated Silva, “I fished completely new water.”
“I started to fish humps in 30 to 40-feet of water with the Neko rig.” exclaimed Silva, “I was just dragging the Neko rig on the rock.”
“I moved to a steeper bank and worked the Neko rig down the steep walls.” remarked Silva, “I managed to pick up a 19” fish.”
“I saw a fish guarding fry on my Garmin unit. I dropped my Neko rig down to the fish, and it ate my bait, the fish was an 18.00” fish.” said Silva.
“After 10 AM, I had my limit and only culled up one more time.” mentioned Silva, “It was definitely a rock deal.”
Silva thanked James for hosting these events. Also, Silva said he liked the hourly big fish that CVKF has.
Dana Remy finished in second place with a total of 84.25”. He used topwater and worms to catch his second-place limit.
“I started off the day with River 2 Sea Rover and the Reaction Innovation Vixen.” mentioned Remy, “After catching a limit tossing topwater it slowed down, so I moved to a cove and started throwing a brown worm.”
“I found two coves that had fish and would eat during different times of the day, this is when I would throw the brown 7” Trick Worm on a ¼ ounce shaky head.” reported Remy, “I would toss the worm to the opposite side of the cove and work it down one side and up the bank where I was sitting.
“I caught more fish and larger fish on the worm compared to the topwater.” stated Remy, “I would shake the worm back to me as I worked the worm.”
“I would move to the other cove and work it over and then go back to the other cove during the day.” said Remy.
“It is nice to place in the top two with Yak a Bass during a tournament compared to practice fishing. It is not easy to do well in these events.” said Remy.
Remy thanked his wife for her support and my buddy at Yak-Alcoholics, John Mahony. He got me into kayak fishing last year.
Damian Thao came in third place with a total of 83.25”. During practice he caught several fish on topwater and jigs. However, the weather change to cooler weather and strong winds, he had to make a few adjustments to gather his third-place finish.
“I had found a good topwater bite but soon found out that the fish were not coming up to eat the topwater, so I started with a jig in deeper water.” declared Thao, “I caught fish immediately on the jig.”
“The top of the break was in 20-feet of water while I had my boat in 50-feet of water casting to the top of the break.” pronounced Thao, “I would drag the ½ ounce Keitech football jig paired with a small beaver style trailer and then pop it.”
“I would drag the jig and then pop it to get my bites.” insisted Thao, “The fish wanted the jig popped more than dragged on the bottom.”
“Most of my bites would come just after I snapped the jig off the bottom.” replied Thao, “The majority of the day I caught my better fish on the jig, but the tube and spoon helped me upgrade.”
Thao thanked Kayak City, Pline, 1st. Gen Fishing, 559 Fresno Bait and Tackle and Dranc Krazy.
Top Ten:
1. Joseph Silva 86.00”
2. Dana Remy 84.25”
3. Damian Thao 83.25”
4. Pia Xiong 80.50”
5. John Heller 80.00”
6. Isiah West 79.50”
7. Dang Xiong 79.50”
8. Daigo Kobayshi 78.75”
9. Dawson Stroud 78.00”
10 Thomas Willingmyre 77.75”
Big Fish:
John Heller 19.75”
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