The 8th annual Clear Lake Pro Kickboat Open was hosted by Bass-n-Tubes at M&M Campground in Clearlake Oaks California on May 17th and 18th, 2008. Sixty men and women arrived with their kickboats, float tubes, and kayaks to do battle with the Clear Lake bass. The weather was going to be good this year with hot temps and light breezes in the forecast for the weekend.

Day one started with awesome weather and some nice bags of fish came to the scales. Todd Iwamoto would take the early lead with the biggest limit to hit the scale at 21.31 pounds. Todd capped off his day one sack with the days big fish at 7.55 pounds also. Dave Sternitzke has been very consistently bringing in some good fish at this tournament for the last couple of years. It was no different today as Dave brought in another solid limit for 18.76 pounds to earn second for day one. Bin Phi would use his 5.37 pound kicker to anchor a 17.98 pound limit which was good enough to seat him in the third spot. Rob Linden came to the scale with 16.51 pounds for his best five to place him in fourth for day one. Rounding out the top five for the day was Daniel Kinn. Daniel had 16.02 pounds with a 5.24 pound kicker for his limit.

Day two started off with just about perfect weather and the promise for another great day on Clear Lake for the anglers. Todd Iwamoto had another good day with five fish for 13. 80 pounds and a total combined weight of 34.61 pounds for the victory. Rob Linden showed some consistency with a 17.43 pound limit on day two for a total weight of 33.94 pounds which moved him into second place overall. Dave Sternitzke mustered up 14.76 pounds on day two for a combined weight of 33.52 pounds and a third place finish. Jumping to the fourth spot was Randy Kidd with the second days biggest sack at the scale for 17.45 pounds and a two day weight of 32.17 pounds. Randy had the day two and the tournaments overall big fish of 8.73 pounds to anchor his limit. Fifth place went to Binh Phi who had 13.41 pounds on day two to make a total weight for the tourney of 30.89 pounds. Filling out the rest of the paying positions were 6th - Joe Arillo, 29.55 pounds; 7th - Anthony Duffany, 27.40 pounds; 8th - Gil Mora, 26.83 pounds; 9th - Scott Beem, 26.82 pounds; 10th - Terry Yeh, 26.25 pounds; 11th - Kevin Marchesci, 25.82 pounds; 12th - Taylor Capilla, 25.28 pounds.

Anglers reported that there was a decent frog bite in the keys and a lot of fish were reported being caught on Senko's as well.

Congrats to everyone who finished in the top 12 and big thanks to everyone who came out this weekend to fish the open with us this year.
I would also like to thank everyone who volunteered their help with the weigh ins and raffle. Your help, as always, is greatly appreciated

Also a huge thanks goes out to our sponsors this year. Please take a minute to visit these sponsors sites and let them all know how much we appreciate their support. These events are only possible through the generosity of our sponsors.

The Creek Company, Phils Props, Coyote Bait and Tackle, Waltons Pond
Zoom Baits, Baitsmith, Lamiglas, Cooch's Fishing, Big Hammer and Assalt
AC Plugs, Sufix Line, River 2 Sea, Fish-n-Maps, Eagle Claw

For complete results click here
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To read the winners report click here

First place	Second place	Third place