Matthew Brannon used a minnow to catch is first fish on the South end of the lake and then made a move to the North end of the lake to take the win. Brannon left his first location around 10 AM, went to breakfast, had a coffee and then debated to relaunch North. His choice to relaunch North instead of going home gave him the win for the Yamamoto bait only tournament.
“I was going to fish the boat side of the tournament but because of the crazy storm coming in during the event, I decided to fish the kayak side and fish two different locations.” debated Brannon, “I launched South and wanted to fish near the narrows but because of the wind, I knew I would not be able to make it back.”
“There was a big school of fish in the area I wanted to go but I had to find cover behind an island.” explained Brannon, “I caught one fish on the 6” hinge minnow that was a 20.50” fish. This fish ended up being my big fish of the tournament.”
“I stayed in that area for 2 hours and was not able to catch any more fish, so I put the boat on the trailer.” pointed out Brannon, “I loaded my boat and headed to a coffee shop to have breakfast and a coffee, meanwhile, debating on going home or relaunching North. I decided to relaunch North.”
“It was around 11:30 AM before I was back on the water.” reported Brannon, “I fished shallow in a protected area.”
“I threw a baby Jack Hammer along the shoreline and then made a cast towards the middle of the lake and caught a fish.” commented Brannon, “There was this small clump of grass that held a nice school of fish.”
“I changed up to a Texas rig speed Senko and slow dragged the worm and caught several fish off that small patch of grass.” recalled Brannon, “It was crazy, it was about every cast for two hours that I caught fish.”
“I culled up to 94.00” on that small patch of grass.” said Brannon.
Brannon thanked his wife for all her support, Z-man, Yamamoto and ABA for having the event, Dakota Batteries for powering my graphs, Torqueedo for powering my kayak, a big time thanks to AFCO for keeping me dry and warm during this windy rainy event.
Shane LemMon finished in second place with 89.50”. He power fish the entire event to catch his fish. He never installed a graph on his kayak and went old school by fishing what was in front of him with a chatter bait paired with a Zako in black and blue with green pumpkin and a white spinner bait paired with a shad shaped swimmer in white.
“During practice, I had found that the bigger fish wanted the reaction baits compared to the slower presentations.” informed LemMon, “I decided to throw the reaction baits during the tournament.”
“The morning of the tournament, first thing I had caught a few larger fish on the chatter bait paired with the Yamamoto Zako.” asserted LemMon, “The first thirty minutes of the tournament, I had caught a fish on just about every cast and had a limit in minutes.”
“Once the bit slowed, I switched up to a spinnerbait and expanded the area catching some key fish.” noted LemMon, “The spinnerbait helped me upgrade throughout the day.”
“The chatter bait fish were in about 8 feet of water where the spinnerbait fish were in 1 foot to three feet of water.” described LemMon, “The dock pilings and tule pockets was the key to the spinnerbait.”
LemMon thanked his wife for all her support and his kids for their support. Yamamoto a big shout out to them for all their support, Bonafide kayaks, Lowrance, Relinon Batteries, Phoenix Rods, Buckeye lures, Yak a Tack, Rouge Fishing, One Objective, Fast Track Rentals and Water Land Cove Sunglasses.
Dana Remy placed in third with a total of 88.00”. He fished the North end of the lake and found four docks that were holding fish. He used a Shakey head Sensei worm to catch his fish. His key was to work the bait uphill or parallel to the front of the docks. Remy had to fish slow to get his bites.
“I used a dirty head 3/8-ounce shaky head paired with a Sensei worm on the outside of docks that had a rock pile near them.” communicated Remy, “I was using a Black and Blue Sensei worm the entire tournament.”
“I had to drag the worm most of the time, but I would shake the bait on a slack line and let it sit for several seconds before moving the bait.” verbalized Remy, “During practice the fish were much more aggressive compared to the day of the tournament where I had to really slow down.”
“I would let the bait sit it there for a long time and then would pick the bait up, the fish were just there.” proposed Remy, “I was fishing from 4 to 8-feet of water to catch my fish.”
“I tried several different lures but only caught fish on the shaky head.” disclosed Remy, “The shaky head paired with the Sensei worm caught all my fish. I caught around 25 fish total.”
“I had four docks that were side by side where I had caught all my fish from.” divulged Remy, “Some of my fish came off the front of the dock but I had caught several of my bigger fish in deeper away from the docks.”
Remy thanked his wife for all her support and my brother for being there with him. A big shout out to my dad for being there with us in spirt and getting me started in fishing.
Top Ten:
1. Matthew Brannon 94.00”
2. Shane LemMon 89.50”
3. Dana Remy 88.00”
4. Simon Her 81.00”
5. John Myers 76.00”
6. Greg Ellingson 76.00”
7. Brad Blokzyl 74.50”
8. James Choi 74.25”
9. Justin Dutcher 74.00”
10. Matthias Worch 69.00”
Big Fish:
Brad Blokzyl 23.75”
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