Thao
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Damian Thao wins back to back at New Melones with Yak-a-Bass
I was using a walking bait to catch fish on top...
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Damian Thao walks his bait to win New Melones
I used a variety of topwater baits to entice the larger fish.
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Damian Thao hammers a victory at Rollins Lake with BAM
He caught fish that were moving up to spawn, fish bedding and then hammered some pre-spawn tanks that were moving bait onto the shoreline with a topwater walking bait.
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Damian Thao is triumphant at Eastman Lake with BASS 559
I started the morning fishing a pre-spawn area that is offshore and quickly found the fish were not willing to bite
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Damian Thao Targets Beds To Win BAM Kayak Series At Rollins Lake
By Lines Out at 2:30 pm, Thao had found the winning fish with a five-bass limit that measured 86.50” bolstered by the event’s Big Bass that went 20-inches and another that was almost as big at 19.75”. His verified score by TourneyX provided a first-place prize of $1,339, which included a $350 Big Bass add-on.
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Damian Thao Wins BASS 559 opener at Eastman Lake
Thao didn’t have time to practice before the event, so he decided to check his old way points for active fish. Thao used a Neko rig 4” watermelon black flake Senko worked fast in 20 to 25-foot of water for his first two fish.
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Damian Thao wins Slay Nation at Lake Eastman
Lake Eastman was at full pool for the first time in many years. The willows, brush and the many native ground cover had years of growth and are now covered with water.
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Thao Scores 3 Top Fives in Single Weekend
Damian Thao of Fresno, CA accomplished a pretty incredible feat last weekend.
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Damian Thao wins the Delta!
I was late to launch (second to last getting in). I stopped a little short of my first planned stop and saw some surface activity so...
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Damian Thao takes win on Delta at WWBT Kayak Series opener
Damian Thao of Fresno, Calif. became the first-ever champion of the Wild West Bass Trail (WWBT) Kayak Series with the single day, five-fish limit of 83.50”.
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Damian Thao Dominated Season-Ender on Eastman
They were met with cold temperatures (high 30s to low 40s in the AM) and strong winds. By 9AM, the wind was calm and the sun was out (warmed up to 70 degrees).
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Thao Triumphs on Lake Berryessa | Results Feb 24
He spent Saturday pre-fishing the south end with a much better outcome. Within the first hour, he was catching multiple fish on the A-Rig...
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Damian Thao Wins Hensley Lake
Out of 23 boats, only 3 anglers managed to capture a 4-fish limit. Water temperatures had dropped to the low 70s and the active fish were difficult to locate.
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Kong Thao Wins MKA Motherlode Series at Don Pedro
The water temp was in the low 60s. The air temp peaked in the mid 70s. Few clouds with light to moderate winds did make it a little challenging. The bite was a little off from what most predicted. The fish were primarily holding in 20 to 30 feet of water and were focused on bottom baits that were either stationary or slow-moving. Most anglers reported catching fish on dropshot, carolina rig, ned rig, and stick baits.