Lake Washington Full of Bass, Crawfish, and Seahawks 2
Lake Washington was full of activity this weekend. We had the NW Bass Lake Washington Open, the Seahawks CAST for KIDS event, and the Tobeck boys hunting down some of the biggest crawfish on the planet.
It was a record turnout for the NW Bass Qualifier this weekend! With 92 boats entered you knew the competition was going to be stiff. Andrew Gemmill came away with first place by a slim margin weighing in 22.48 lbs. while second place finisher, Paul Hall, weighed in 22.38 lbs. Sixth place finisher Steve Lebsack weighed in the days biggest fish at 5.66 lbs. The consensus on the lake this weekend is that it's about 2 weeks behind normal and should be on fire real soon with the warm weather that's in the forcast.
Mason and Madden took advantage of the warm weather to break out the kayaks for the first time this spring to target some of the biggest crawfish in the world. The crawfish were big but they didn't come in the numbers that we wanted to see. We tried to experiment with some new bait which didn't produce for us. Mason felt we needed to get back to using shad while Madden felt we shold have been deeper. This is one of my favorite fisheries as I sit on the shore and watch the boys get a workout paddling their kayaks as I puff on a premium cigar.
Mason and Madden displaying their catch.
The Seahawks have been teaming up with CAST for KIDS for the past three years to put on fishing events for kids that may never have had an opportunity to fish or will never have the opportunity to fish again. This year the kids were joined by Matt Hasselbeck and Patrick Kerney who have both been guests on The Outdoor Line. Matt caught a 4 1/2 lb smallie and we are still waiting on a report from Kerney. The smiles from the kids at this event always leaves me with such a great impression of how much fun we all have when we catch a fish. One thing that we try to do on the show is tell people to take a kid fishing and the CAST organization is always doing just that. If you want to volunteer go to www.castforkids.org and thanks to the Seahawks for helping promote our sport.
Patrick Kerney getting ready to head out.
Matt Hasselbeck getting a quick lesson from bass pro Clay Dyer. www.teamdyer.com
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