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The Chris Laird Memorable was held in conjunction with the West Coat Champion. Caymen Rasmussen wins with a two-day total of 197.00”. His day one total was 100.75” breaking the century mark and his day two was 96.25”. One can say that Clear Lake was truly fishing to its true potential. Rasmussen used a crank bait and a jig to catch his winning bag. He started off shallow and worked a variety of crankbaits to adjust to the fish migrations to keep catching fish.
“I fished rocks with a Mega Bass deep 6 in deeper water from 10 to 20 feet of water.” said Rasmussen, “I used the Lucky Craft square bill early in the morning from 1 to 5 feet of water to catch fish when they were pushing bait up against the shallow rocks.”
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“My day two was one of my best days of fishing next to day one of the West Coast Championship.” spoken Rasmussen, “I had a limit of 65” early but I waited on them and then the bigger fish started to bite, it was just right after I had caught a rock with my crankbait.”
“The temperature drops on day three seemed to put the fish in the slow mode.” demonstrated Rasmussen, “The last hour of the day, I was dragging a jig that caught me two key fish that pushed me over the top for the win.”
Rasmussen thanked Enduro Power Batteries, Six Gill Fishing Products, and BA Custom Baits.
Joseph Silva was runner up with a two-day total of 193.75”. On day one, Silva had 101.25” and day-two he had 92.50”. Silva just beat third place, Shaun Leytem by big fish, they both had the same exact inches for two days. Silva used a jig on rock to catch his fish.
“I launch Mid lake and found fish off shore on rock piles.” vocalized Silva, “I caught all my fish on a ½ ounce jig paired with a green pumpkin Rage Craw.”
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“I would line up my cast to these larger blobs on my Garmin unit.” stated Silva, “I would drag the jig slowly to get my bites, if I hopped it or moved it too fast, I would not get a bite.”
“I would sit on those rock piles for hours and work them over really slow with the jig.” expressed Silva, “You had to slow craw the jig to get bites, plus have the boat lined up just right for the best cast possible.”
“On day one, first cast, I caught a 22.25” fish and then immediately caught a 20” fish off the same rock pile. It weighed in at 7pounds 12-ounce bass.”
“I figured I could milk those same rock piles on day-two but quickly found that the fish were not as willing to bite as day one on day-two. However, I did catch two 20” fish right away and thought I was going to do really well off the same rock piles. Soon the bite slowed way down so I moved around to find more rock piles in the same area.”
“I scanned the area for more rock piles and found another rock pile. I would scan the area for a half hour to one hour to find more fish.” indicated Silva, “I decided to run all the way across the lake and found a rock pile and culled up ¼" in the last hour of the day.”
“The key rock piles had bait on them so when I found a rock pile with bait, I would drag the jig around the area to get my bites.” stipulated Silva, “I had three rock piles on day one and day two. I fished off shore rock pilesfor the entire weekend.”
Silva thanked his girlfriend for helping me with some repairs on my kayak. I also want to thank Yak-a-Bass for hosting such great events for the kayak community.
Shaun Leytem finished in third with a two-day total of 193.75”. His day one total was 92.25” and then his day-two total was 98.25” was enough for his third-place finish. Leytem had some mechanical issues with his drive which made his boat position difficult to make accurate casts. Leytem started off with topwater but was unable to entice any bass to take his bait so he used a drop shot rig to catch his fish all weekend long.
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“I was making short cast to open areas in the grass, shake it and then make another cast.” pronounced Leytem, “The fish would eat the lure pretty fast once it hit the water.”
“The key was the light weight on my drop shot rig. defined Leytem, “If the weight was heavy, it would spook the fish compared to the lighter weight.”
“Another key was the size of the worm was a 6” worm compared to something smaller or bigger.” explained Leytem, “It was nerve racking to fight some of the fish because of the lighter line compared to heavy line. I was lucky to put some of those fish into the boat.”
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“I used the drop shot all three days of the competition.” explicated Leytem.
Leytem thanked RB Bass, James Snyder for all his hard work making Yak-a-Bass such a great event to compete, Dobyns Rods, The Rod Sleeve, Pro Point fishing Lures, Hooked Bait shop, Frenzy baits, and Pure Fishing.
Top Ten:
1. Caymen Ramussen 197.00”
2. Joseph Silva 193.75”
3. Shaun Leytem 193.75”
4. Gilbert Garcia 191.75”
5. Greg Blanchard 190.75”
6. Sean Beach 190.75”
7. Damian Thao 190.50
8. Bryce Gibbs 189.25”
9. Richard George 188.50”
10. Chad Sweitzer 187.00”
Big Fish:
Max Lee 23.25”
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