The Potholes Bass Club held their 38th annual
“Potholes Open” bass tournament this past weekend with a full field of 132
boats participating!
We were truly amazed by both the quantity and quality of
fish that were caught, weighed and released on the Potholes Reservoir. There
were nine Largemouth bass brought to the scales that weighed over 6 pounds with
two of them weighing over 7lbs! That was just on Day 1. There were quite a few
6 fish limits weighing over 20 pounds with four limits over 25 pounds
throughout the 2-day event. There was a total of 2,571 pounds of bass caught and
released!
Congratulations to Jordan Doucet and Chad Eidson for finishing
in 1st Place with a two-day total weight of 46.32 pounds for 12
Largemouth bass. Congratulations to Aaron Echterncamp of Moses Lake for
weighing in the biggest fish of the tournament – a 7.15 pound Largemouth!
Most the action was taking place back in the sand dunes as
the bass are in pre-spawn mode. Anglers used a variety of baits and techniques
to catch their fish. Many pitched and flipped jigs and punch baits close to
shore in the heavy cover. Others caught fish on chatter-baits, spinnerbaits,
swim jigs, and swim baits. There was quality smallmouth bass caught on the main
lake as well by anglers drop-shotting and throwing football heads and hula
grubs.
This should be a fantastic year for bass on the Reservoir!
There are excellent fish which you have shown your blog. Thanks for sharing.
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