12th Annual Women’s Steelhead Tournament
Don’t miss the
FISH DANCE which will be
held on Saturday night,
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Grand Prize (most fish/inches):
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Largest Fish:
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2nd place (most fish/inches):
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2nd Largest Fish:
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3rd place (most fish/inches):
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3rd Largest Fish:
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We would like to thank ALL of our sponsors who we absolutely could not do any of this without:
Angela & the CREW: for the annual Women with Bait T-shirts, hats, gift certificates and tons of really great prizes in every bag!
Vance & Co: for Shirts, hats, and TONS of yummy drinks and way cool Pepsi-stuff!
Jeff: for Rods, reels and lots of other cool fishin’ stuff!
Kristen, Cathy & crew: for letting us invade your beautiful facility for a month and make this a wonderful success!
There will also be a random drawing for an exquisite string of pearls from Rambo Jewelers for filling out our survey that you will receive in your goody bag!
And a drawing for a fuel voucher from Crump’s Chevron!!
Also, much thanks to: Cathy at Canyon Lites Candle Company; Jan at Canyon Jan’s; Glenna at Seven Devils Steakhouse & Saloon; Michelle at the Rodeo Club; Casey at the Pautzke Bait Company; Richelle at the Current Newspaper; Tonya at Mountain Reflections; our dear friend Jeanette at Salmon River Photography/Suncloud Productions/Idaho Arts & Gifts for all of her patience, amazing photographs and ideas; finally, Shelley Rambo and Carol Clements for all of their knowledge, support, and advice…and of course, for all the laughs! And our hats are always off to the entire community of Riggins, for showing these ladies what hospitality is all about!
DON’T FORGET!!
This year, we would really like to see at least 7 ladies per boat!!
Once you officially reserve your spot, we will ask for a 50% deposit with the remainder of the balance needing to be paid on the morning of your check-in date.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Tournament fees are non-refundable unless River Adventures or you can find another lady to take your place. River Adventures will refund your fees in full after your replacement has paid in full.
Women With Bait 2007 DVD Slide Show
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2/1/07
No fishers
2/2/07
We're off and running up here in Riggins with 20 ladies fishing today! Due to the heavy ice upriver, we fished 2 boats over on the Snake in Hell's Canyon and 1 down at Hammer Creek on the lower Salmon. Gina Kuehl caught a 23 1/2" hatchery fish. Nancy Petross--24" hatchery, and Carrie Nelson--a 25" keeper over on the Snake. Meanwhile, the girls were on fire on the lower Salmon! All hatchery fish were caught by 4 ladies--with a total of 10 fish for the boat. Victoria Brooks--1 fish @ 21 1/2"; Sam Logan--2 fish @ 24" and 33"; Anne Slayton--2 fish at 25" and 32 1/2"; and finally, OUR TOURNAMENT LEADER Wendy Hafer--5 fish at 23", 26 1/2", 27 1/2", 31 1/2", and 33". What an awesome start to our busy month! We're looking forward to more ladies and a warmer weather forecast which should send us back upriver soon! We'll update more in the next few days!
2/3/07
30 ladies traveled to Riggins to take part in the tournament today! Jenny Buckner caught a 22 1/2" hatchery while her mom, Roxanne Marshall, caught a 26" wild fish; Marie Endecott--a 23" and a 33" hatchery; Kimberly Fournier--a 24" hatchery; Becky DeMark--a 27 1/2" hatchery. Karen Daniels caught a 27 native. Carol Andrews caught a 33 1/2" hatchery, a 22" native & 24" hatchery--this is a gal who is in her 50's and never remembers fishing!!! We all question that now! Almost all
the guides and bait boys are down with "the crud"--but they are struggling through it! Don't forget ladies--TIP YOUR GUIDES!!!! They really deserve it, especially when they are dealing with the flu bug!!! And we all know how boys are when they are sick!!!
2/4/27
16 ladies fished today! On Romine's boat, Joyce Pottenger, a friend of ours who has fished in this tournament every year since 2000, finally caught herself a nice big keeper--31"!! Congrats Joyce! J.J. Hopkins (River Adventures employee of the month!) caught herself a 22" and a 22 1/2" keeper as well. Meanwhile,
her mom-in-law Robbin Hopkins caught a very nice 33 1/2" keeper also! Way to go
ladies!
Over on Tony's boat, he and Jonny had their hands full with a few competitive anglers of their own in Chris Coy's group! Denise Martin caught a 23" hatchery; while Chris Coy, Wendy Shell, and Rebecca Winter duked it out with 2 fish a piece! Chris caught 2 hatchery fish at 24 1/4" and 25"; Wendy caught 2 wilds--27" and 27 1/2"; and Rebecca had a 25" hatchery and a 33" hatchery. A fun time was had by all!!
On Sam's boat, he only had 4 ladies and NO BAIT BOY--but he still managed to land Yvette Monroe a 23" keeper and Mia Ridley a 31" hatchery fish. To top it off, Mia is leading the tournament with the biggest fish at 36"!! Way to go Mia! Sam did all of this while battling that nasty flu bug! What a guide! We are so glad to report he is feeling much better after a few days of rest and thera-flu!
2/5/07
What a gorgeous day in Riggins today! It reached almost 60 degrees in Riggins itself and on the river, the fishing was hot with 14 ladies fishing out of Hammer Creek! Angie Dick caught a 23" wild fish, while Kayla Adams landed a nice 33" keeper! Another great day on the river!
2/6/07
No fishers.
2/7/07
Today we wanted to take some time to appreciate the ladies of the Best Western, Salmon Rapids Lodge! We fished 7 of their employees and what a blast they had! They have helped us make the sign-ups go so smoothly and really show off our event the way it should be done!! Thanks everyone at the lodge! We are so glad you had a great time! And our hats are off to Barb Galli, who caught a 27" wild fish and to Lorraine Campbell who took home a 25 1/2" and a 26" fish! Way to go ladies!
2/8/07
17 ladies came from far and wide to fish on this beautiful February day! Big numbers were brought in and a new leader too!
First of all, let's start with a few girls on Liz Mamer's downriver group with Rich. Cat Becker got herself a 27 1/2" keeper, while Karen Frank got a 24 1/2" as well. But today's big winner was Liz herself! She pulled in a 21" hatchery fish--which puts her in the lead for the smallest fish! Way to go Liz! She is now in the running for that rod and reel combo, sponsored by Okuma!
As we move upriver, Sammy Joe's boat had 5 ladies and a little ice to deal with. So, they were thankful that Vicki Hatfield landed a 27" keeper! The ladies still had lots of fun and Sammy said they were super fisher-women!
But the big numbers came from Romine's boat! He only had 3 fishing holes to fish in due to the ice build-up, but his girls found a pocket and landed 17 hatchery fish! We had 3 ladies that were really trying to take the lead away from Wendy Hafer's 141.5 inches, however, they didn't quite make it. Cherie Barton caught 4 fish--22 1/2", 23", 23 1/2", and 28 1/2"; then we have Michele Andrew, also with 4 fish--33 1/2", 34 1/2", 32 1/2", and 33", but Keely Duke is now in 2nd place for most fish with 5 fish--23", 23 1/2", 24", 25", and 26" for a total of 121.5 inches! She's already making plans for that Riggins Hot Springs Lodge prize! We don't want to forget to mention a few other ladies who landed some nice fish that day as well--Kathy Reynolds landed a 22 1/2"; Mary Faurot got a 24"; and Michelle Kemner caught 2--a 22 1/2" and a 27 1/2". What an awesome day of fishing!!! Way to catch 'em girls!!!
2/9/07
15 ladies came today to fish all together, but split up between Romine and Sam. The word got out about yesterday's big catch up river, so the battle was on! Both boats did pretty well and we're announcing a new leader as well. On Romine's boat, Erin Ingersoll had a 24" hatchery, Shelly Williams a 25", and Jentry Fife a 29" keeper. Christy Snider got 2 with a 23" and a 27 1/2" keeper. Meanwhile, on Sammy's boat, we had several ladies who caught fish. Vicki Jarvis landed a 24" keeper, Pearl Bengochea got a 26", Cammie Garner a 31". Congratulations to Maureen Crowell who got 2--a 20 1/2 native and a 26" hatchery. That puts Maureen as our new leader for the smallest fish! Corinne Faught got 3 fish--a 21 1/2", a 23" and a 24" keeper. Well done ladies!
Our hearts and prayers are still with Rich, Tony and Scott Warden--they all are the newest victims of this deadly crud that is going around! Get better soon guys! This stuff is nasty, so everyone needs to double up on the Vitamin C and Echinacea!!! Thank you to Amy and Exodus for providing us some back up with guides and boats! Jeff Wieber is joining us for a couple of days until we get through this flu business! Good luck to everyone and we'll check in tomorrow!!!
2/10/2007
Holy Cow Everyone! I think we have a new record at WWB!! On this day, we fished a whopping 37 ladies and landed 30 fish for the day! Sammy J. thinks that is definitely the most ever ladies fished in one day! How awesome! We loved having all of you up this weekend and hoped you had fun as well!
We are still dealing with ice, but are slowly making our way upriver into some new hot spots. Aleta Gilbert was able to land a 25 1/2" wild one on Romine's boat. We had alot of new ladies on his boat and Romine was pretty bummed out that they didn't catch more....but I think they understand that is why they call it "fishing" and not "catching"!! We know a few of the gals that were on his boat and they are local girls--they know how it goes on the Salmon! They said they'll be back for revenge on the fish next year! Thanks ladies! Romine still had a great time fishing with you girls!
Rich was still at Hammer Creek as there just wasn't enough room upriver with all that darn ice. So, he took some more local girls and their friends to stalk the big ones down there! Linda Schweich (who, by the way, flew all the way from Las Vegas, NV, to join us this weekend) and Sandy DeVinney both caught 23" keepers. Rexann Zimmerman--owner of the Riggins Tackle Shop and Liquor Store, was the proud owner of a 31" hatchery fish!! Way to go ladies! Rich also extended a little incentive to his ladies this day...."the next lady to catch a fish wins a new Okuma rod and reel combo!" Congratulations to Linda Schweich! She hooked one in less than 2 minutes after he said that! You never know what kind of great stuff you can win at Women with Bait!!!!
Moving back upriver to Spring Bar, Jeff Wieber (our fill-in for Tony who was still out sick) had a great day with 6 ladies on his boat. He reported that Eileen Wheeler took home both a 23" and a 28" keeper while Teri Skerjanec took home a 26 1/2" keeper. Angel Long caught a whopper wild one at 34". Thanks Jeff for a wonderful job! I know he had a good time with his group and we look forward to seeing alot more of him!!!
Also at Spring Bar, was our very own "Jonny Fishonee"--Jonny Hinton! Most of you know him as one of our resident bait boys. But Jonny is seriously working on taking over guiding these boats and he's doing an amazing job with our 22' inboard open sled. Karla Brown's group (from McCall) decided they wanted to try the sled out and I think they were glad they did! Mary McAlonie landed a 22" keeper, while Shawn Briley got a 29 1/4" native and a 31 1/2" keeper. Karla Brown didn't do too bad herself with a 23" native and a 24 1/4" native. But the big winner today was Michelle Applebee! Wow, she really slayed them by catching 4 keepers--22", 22 1/4", 26" and 27 1/2". If there was only more light in the day, she would have been in the running for the most fish! A great effort by all ladies!
Finally, upriver on Sam's boat, his ladies ended up with 14 fish for the day. He got into a little ice while trying to break it out so they could get a little higher upriver, and then got lucky by finding a pocket of steelhead! Sarah Murray landed a 21" hatchery, while Danell Dew went home with a 28" keeper; Heather Campbell got a 26 1/2" and Shelly Nolen a 28 1/2" keeper. Brandee Robbins got 3 fish--two 23" hatchery and a 29" keeper. Sherri Potter also got 3 fish--a 24", a 27" and a 31 1/4"--all keepers. Brittney Allison got 4 fish for the day--all hatchery--two 23", a 24" and a 25". What an effort gals!
We'll check in soon! Thanks for the great day ladies!
2/11/07
We fished 30 ladies today! Rich had a boat at Spring Bar and what a great day they had. Not necessarily big numbers but still 10 for the day. I was lucky enough to go along on this trip and I have to say, I was so glad as there were some very special moments with a very special lady. Her name is Kiera Yaritz and she is our youngest competitor ever at a mere 8 years old! She showed up in this little pink snow suit from head to toe, and I thought to myself, "this could be a long day." I have a 4 year old and I know how short their attention span is, so I was sure that she wasn't going to make it past noon on such a chilly and drizzly day. But folks, I am here to tell you, she was such a delight and totally caught all of our hearts! Not only did she NOT give up, but she pretty much outfished us all! She kept her pole in the water ALL DAY LONG! She was very intent on catching not just one fish, but as many as she could. She was the first to catch anything with a nice bull trout early in the trip. But she wasn't about to stop there. She ended up reeling in (all by herself) and nice 23 1/2" keeper that she was able to take home and show her little brother and her Dad! Her Mom was on the trip with us and I don't know if I've ever seen anyone prouder! But the topper of the day was late in the afternoon when she hooked a monster steelhead! Jonny Hinton, who by the way, was so very patient and such a special teacher throughout the day, helped her every second during her fishing experience. And Kiera was a good listener and student. She hooked this monster and finally Mom had to step in and help her keep the rod up so she could reel. We all got a really good look at this fish and Jonny and Rich figured it was at least 34"! Now for us adults, that's a great fish, but we could probably handle it. For an 8 year old, that's a small shark! We estimated she fought this native lunker for about 10 minutes before he finally decided that the show was over, took a roll and spit the hook for good. But you know, she never stopped smiling. Jonny told her that was what fishing was about....losing those big ones was what would make her come back. She had such a great attitude and was just happy to do as well as she did...which was way better than I did!! It was such a special day. I'll never forget that little girl and I hope she comes back year after year!
I don't want to have any of our other ladies on Rich's trip to feel any less special! We also had some super gals on there and we all became fast friends! Carmen Hartley, who had never really fished before, caught 3 keepers--a 21 1/4", a 22" and a 24". Kiera's Mom even managed a couple of fish with a 24" keeper and a 25" native. Tracy Custer also caught a nice native at 23 1/2" and her friend Annette Alonso caught the largest of the trip at 30"! The eldest of our ladies at 67 (sorry Gail)--and my great and personal friend, Gail Garwick, was happy to take home a 21" keeper--which puts her in a tie for second smallest fish with Liz Mamer! Way to go Gail!
Upriver, Romine's ladies caught 5 fish. Donna Flood caught a 21 1/2", and Cathy Jerrems caught a 24". Pam Bradetich caught a 27" while Anne McCoy also caught a 23" and a 27". Romine said even though the fishing was a little slow, a good time was had by all!
Meanwhile, over on Sammy's boat, Tracie Pottenger's girls (several came all the way from sunny California) were having a great time! Tracie's Mom Nancy caught her first steelhead with a 24 1/2" keeper, while her sister Tina Beatty caught a 23" keeper. Her other sister Tricia Shindle, who is due to have her first baby in May, caught a 24" keeper. We saw her husband upriver and I think she outfished him--way to go girl! And Tracie's best friend from California, Jamie Knibbe, caught 2 fish--a 23" Hatchery and a 25" keeper as well. I personally know these girls and they all know how to have a great time! See you gals this summer!
2/12/07
Sam and Romine fished the Dick and Patty Waltz group today. They decided to have the husbands against the wives today but split them between both boats. On Sam's boat, one of his only gals--Rachel Fenton, caught a 23" keeper. I'd like to believe she outfished all the boys on that boat! Meanwhile, on Romine's boat, a lady named Jan caught a 23 1/2" fish. Keep up the good work girls--we gotta stick together and show those boys how it's done!
Tony is finally back and off of his death bed. We were worried about him as the nasty "west nile bird flu" took hold of him about a week and a half ago. Thanks again to Jeff Wieber for filling in. He took Judy Bauer's group up to Spring Bar today. Kerrigan Kalange caught a 24" keeper while Jennie Marson caught two 25 1/2" keepers. Glad to have you back Tony!!!
2/14/07
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! We hope you all got something from your sweeties! If not, buy yourself something nice! You deserve it!
Romine and Johnny P. were the only team out on the river today with a mixed group of 6 ladies. Terri Jacobsen caught a 23" fish, Shawna Vollmer caught a 23 1/2" fish and Sherry Jacobsen caught a 27" fish. Hope you girls had fun and ate lots of chocolate!!!!!
2/15/07
Romine had 1 boat of the Kris VanCleave girls upriver with him today. Unfortunately, they were still stuck behind the ice and only caught one and it was Kris herself (who happens to now be a "local" girl as she is finally moving here on the river! See what the Salmon River does to people?) who landed a 24"!
Meanwhile, Rich was fishing out of Spring Bar and his boat of the Kris VanCleave girls caught 8 for the day. Jamie Naegele and Jessica Nelson both caught 26" keepers, while Jean Gillespie caught a 26 1/2" keeper as well. Karen Dillon caught a 22 1/2" wild one, while Briedi Gillespie caught 2--a 23" keeper and a 24" native. Kim Stoddard also caught a 21 1/4" keeper and a 24" keeper. Rich had told me that his boat had a lot of first time WWB'ers...I hope we'll see them back next year!
2/16/07
Romine had 8 ladies today. Tara Seabaugh caught a 25 1/2" keeper while Karen Graham landed a 32" native and a 32" keeper.
UPDATED LEADER CHANGE! My apologies to Liz Mamer and Maureen Crowell! I accidentally did not announce that her fish on 2/9/07 was actually leading for the smallest fish so far at 20 1/2"! That would put Liz Mamer and Gail Garwick tied for 2nd smallest fish at 21"!
Sam had 7 ladies fishing with 5 fish caught: Kresta Davis-Butts caught a 27 1/2" keeper; Melissa Blimka caught a 21 1/2" native, Lissa Colyar landed a 22 1/2" hatchery, while Susan Pfeifer caught 2 fish--a 22 1/2" hatchery and a 27" wild one.
2/17/07
We've had alot of ladies upset that we haven't been updating this site often enough. We apologize for this and have just been waiting for all the guides to give us their reports. At the end of the day, they are pretty pooped and often forget until they are almost to town. Most of you realize how rough that Salmon River Road is right now, so they think "I'll get it tomorrow". And then here we are. So, all I can say is please bear with us and we'll do the best we can. I'm just going to go ahead and report what I have and fill in the rest as it comes. We will show a spreadsheet at the end and post that as well. If anyone has any information we're missing or mis-reporting (one of our guides put the wrong fish next to the wrong names--sorry about that--see 2/11--Donna Flood and Cathy Jerrums!). WE LOVE ALL YOU LADIES AND PLEASE KNOW WE'RE DOING OUR BEST!
Okay, back to the tournament! On the 17th, we had a big day with alot of ladies. 32 ladies in all came up to start off our President's Day weekend! Although the fish seemed to be sleeping today, everyone seemed to have a great time. Shari Aeverman caught a 23" hatchery steelhead over on Sam's boat. Romine had a fun bunch from the Lakeview Golf Club in Meridian and they did their best to show their bait boys (two of their husbands) how it was done! Mimi Beutter and Marla Marchant both took home 23" keepers, while Darlene Davis herself caught a 24" keeper. Tony's girls also caught a few with Laurie catching two fish--a 27" native and a 31" hatchery. Robin caught a 28" keeper.
2/18/07
This was another great day for fishing on the water, but the weather left much to be desired--lots of rain and sogginess! Still, Romine's ladies had a great day with a total of 10 fish caught between 6 ladies. Sonia Caldwell--22" hatchery; Ida Sweet--23" keeper; Marcia Bain--25" keeper; Karen Stark--27 1/2" keeper. Deanna Lee caught 2 fish--a 27 1/2" and a 28" fish, while Deborah Fisher was trying to live up to her last name by catching 4 fish--21", 27 1/2", 22 1/2" and 30 1/2". Way to go ladies!
Sam's boat, unfortunately, had a slow pocket of fishing but still produced one fish for Patti Schneider with a 23" keeper. She drove a long way and her group really had a great time as well--even in the rain!
Rich's boat had Pam Hoogland's group aboard today. We always love to take Pam as she's part of the family up here in Riggins! Pam's daughter, Erica Raichart is now in the running for the smallest fish at 20 1/2"; Riggins' own Tanya Ormsby caught a 22" fish; Anna caught a 23 1/2" fish while Pam herself caught 2 fish--a 23 1/2" fish and a 27 1/2" keeper. Rich said they had tons of fun and they've already booked for next year!
The award of the day had to go to the ladies who went with Jonny "Fishonee" Hinton on the open sled. That's right folks--no top to get in out of the weather! But that wasn't about to stop these ladies. After driving upriver to deliver them some extra rain ponchos, I wasn't worried as Jonny said they'd only been fishing for a little over an hour and had already landed a few fish. Rachelle caught a 24" keeper; Caprice Watson caught a 22" native. But Kathy Allison and Della Paine were duking it out for the most fish in the tournament. Kathy got 4 fish--24", 24 1/4", 26" and 27 1/2"--all keepers! However, Della--who was sort of worried about coming to the tourney all by herself, is now our lady in the 3rd place position with a total of 114 inches! Her fish measured in at: 20 1/2" (which at the time was actually the smallest fish in the tourney so far), 22 1/2", 23", 23 1/2" and 24 1/2"--again, all keepers! Congrats Della! That beautiful women's watch from Steve Rambo jewelers is calling your name!
2/19/07
Only one report was turned in so far for this day. (Don't worry ladies, I'm all over 'em like a woman on chocolate!) Romine is our "guide of the month" since he's always turned in his reports religiously! Thanks Papa! (He happens to by my son's grandpa!). Anyway, he reports that Mary Pennell caught a 24 1/2" keeper. These ladies were from the group "Sisters on the Fly"! Check them out on the internet at
www.sistersonthefly.com . They are such an awesome group of girls! I know I've talked alot about our youngest competitor at 8 years old, Kiera Yaritz. Well, now we have our oldest. Ms. Mazie Morrison, who is 87 going on 29! She never sat down all day and can still show these younger gals a thing or two about fishing! I have to say, I dined with her later on that evening and was lucky enough to cast out a few lines with her the next day. I have totally fallen completely in love with her! She's a character and a doll! We love ya Mazie! Thanks for showing us how to never grow old! Keep it up and can't wait to see you next year!
2/20/07
This morning, Rich drove to Spring Bar to take his group of "Sisters on the Fly" for their regular fishing day and discovered that all the gear, tackle, lures, etc., had been stolen out of his boat. To whomever decided they needed that stuff more than we did and didn't bother to ask--remember, karma has a strange way of biting you right in the @$$. Hope you enjoyed yourself because you can't stop us from showing all of these ladies a great time! He got me on the radio, I did a mad-roundup of rods and gear--(thanks so much to Rusty, Jonny and Tony for lending us their gear to get us through!) and we were back in business! Even though his ladies had a slow day of fishing, they still had a lot of fun trying! In situations like these, there is always a bright side to everything and Rich is the one to find it! I guess you can't keep a good man down! Way to go honey!
Sam's girls were able to get themselves 10 fish in spite of our rough start. Shannel Sorahkoff, one of our own raft guides and brand new mommy, caught a 22" keeper, while another of our family--Carole Clements caught herself a 22 1/2" keeper. Teresa Miner landed a 23" wild fish and a 23" keeper. Cindy Clancy--who by the way, works for Vision Quest Medical Center (sponsor of the polarized sunglasses), also caught 2 fish--22" and 22 1/4" keepers. Finally, my sweet friend, Shelley Rambo, who I just can't thank enough for all of her generosity in donating our 3rd place prize for most fish and our random prize drawing--the exquisite string of pearls--caught 4 fish! They measured in at 21 1/4", 22", 23" and 24"!
Romine's set of "Sisters" had a great day as well. Arlene Tribble caught a 24"; Jessica Records got two--a 22 1/2" and a 24"; Tammy Fuller also caught two--22 1/2" and 25"; Colleen Lockhart got two--23 1/2" and 28 1/2"; but Ferne Krumm really got into them with 4 fish--20 1/2", 22", 23" and 26"!
2/23/07
Tony's girls were busy today, catching 10. Wendy Chamberlain got a 20" even keeper! That's the smallest you can go, so now the battle is really on! Other girls that caught fish today on Tony's boat were: Dana Stewart with a 30" native; Stacy Page with a 22" and a 22 1/2" keeper; Mary Farvo with a 22" and a 26 3/4" keeper and Jen Ingraham, who really wanted to win the most fish award and gave it her best, caught 4 fish--23 1/2", 25 1/2", 26" native; 26 1/4" native.
Romine's group today had a bit of a slower day, but still lots of fun! Patti Dovel caught a 23" keeper, as did Joni Barnett Stewart. Mary Hansen and Audrey Karpe both caught 28" keepers!
On Sam's boat, we had Katrina Lynch with 2 fish--21 1/2" and 23". Liz Mohar also caught 2--23" and 27". Chris Langhorst caught a 27" native, while Deanna Salazar caught a 26" hatchery. Amanda Patterson had the biggest fish of the day at 31".
2/24/07
The fish slowed down with the change in the weather. Deb Jenkins caught a 21 1/2" fish. Lori Hale caught a 25" keeper; Kathy Wilder caught a 28" keeper and Ronda Tuttle caught 2 fish--a 26" and a 28". Vanessa Prairie caught a 23 1/2" keeper, Beth caught a 24" keeper. Colleen Phelps brought a hog home with a 34" keeper! She is still grinning from ear to ear!
2/25/07
Julie Uranga caught a 25" keeper and a 33" native. Diana Maxwell took home a 23" keeper. Audra Connolly caught a 21 1/2" keeper, while Glenda Connolly caught two fish--a 22" keeper and a 27" keeper. Our very own Carolyn Friend caught a 25 1/2" fish while her friend Vicky Stempson caught a 28" fish.
2/26/07
Tony took a group of 4 ladies out today and Brandy Egnatz was able to take home a 22" keeper.
Meanwhile, Sam was having a little better luck upriver with the Delores Spaulding group and a few girls from Sammy's family. Megan Jones, last year's big winner of the most fish, came home with a 28" keeper. Delores Spaulding also took home a couple of fish...a 22" and a 26 1/2" hatchery. Josie Lear caught two 23" wild ones. We're not sure if it was the same fish just really, really wanting to go home with the girls or not! Samantha Ault caught a whopper 31" wild fish and took home two keepers--a 22" and a 26". But Sam's son's (Ryan) girlfriend Sheena Pullen decided to bring out the big guns when she landed two big toads--a 30" and a 34" wild one! Way to go Sheena! Okay Ryan...see if you can top that!
2/27/07
Our own Glenna McClure (of Seven Devils Steakhouse & Saloon and also of her own catering fame) decided to take a bunch of us local girls today down to Hammer Creek. Yup, I was lucky enough to go again! Of course, my catch never counts, but the trips always give me good fodder for writing in this blog! Anyway, we left the snowy banks of the main Salmon in Riggins, for the more balmy beaches of the lower Salmon by Whitebird. Boy, we sure gave those fish a run! Wendy Sallis--who had never caught a Steelhead in her life, caught 2 fish--a 21 3/4" and a 23 1/4". My best friend in the world, Michelle Hollon, caught a 21 1/2" keeper and a 22 1/2" native. I also caught two around the same size, but only to keep Michelle on the ball! She's really competetive!!! But Moe Een was the big slayer of the day with a 25 1/4" keeper. Way to go Moe! We had a great time with everyone on board, especially as the weather continued to cooperate for us all day! We were lucky enough to also have our very own Jeanette Klobetanz--the maker of our Women With Bait DVD! She got some really great footage, so get your DVD now so you can see all the great stuff from ALL the ladies this season!
Mike Hicks took a few ladies out today as well, but they had to battle the snowy weather upriver. Cathy Fata was the only one to land a fish this day...a 26 1/4" native. Good job Cathy! Way to stick it out in the bad weather!
2/28/07
Only one boat out today, but 5 ladies who were determined to make a dent in the leaders counts! Chris Uriarte caught a 22 1/2" hatchery fish, but it was Linnea Keebler who pretty much dominated on this boat. She caught 4 fish--a 23 1/2" native, a 22 1/2" hatchery, a 25 1/2" hatchery and a whopper 33". If only there was more time in the day! She just happens to be our own Jonny "Fishonee"'s lady! Don't worry girls...Jonny was no where to be found this day, just so she could concentrate and fish! Way to go Linnea!!!
3/2/07
Rich had Cindy Lou Baker's group above Vinegar today with 3 fish being caught. Jacqui King caught a 23" hatchery, Karen "Smitty" Smith caught a 25" hatchery, and Cindy Baker herself took home a 26" keeper.
Tony took Linda Lazaris's group out today to Spring Bar. Still looking for last names on most of these ladies, so we're on a first name basis with this one! Jennifer caught a 23" and a 25" hatchery. Jane caught a 29 1/2" keeper. Patty caught 2 fish--a 23 1/2" keeper and a 27" wild fish. But it was Angie Riff who decided to take home the prize with again, one of the smallest fish in the tournament--a 20" keeper and also a 27" keeper.
Romine had the Gail Byers group today and they ended up with 6 fish. Janice Brandal caught a 23" hatchery; Toni Smith caught a 23 1/2" hatchery; Linda Newberry caught a nice 32" fish and Beverly Rhoades caught 3--a 21", a 23" and a 25".
But folks, the big action came from our very own Sportsman's Warehouse girls! This was a nice change for them as last year, they had a pretty slow day. This year, they changed all that with 13 fish caught!! I'm just going to go right down the list so we can get to the big news--A LEADER CHANGE! Debbie Mickeken caught a 23" keeper; Paula Fry caught 2--a 23 1/4" and a 33 1/2" keeper; our own Michelle Simpson of the Rodeo Club caught a 28 1/4" native; while another local girl--Angela Wilson-Mikesell caught herself a 28 1/4" keeper. Cynthia Pratt caught 3 fish--all keepers at 22", 24" and 29 1/4"! But it was Shannon Currier who really was nipping at Wendy Hafer's heels today with 5 fish! 2 wilds and 3 keepers--22"w, 28"w, 28"h, 24 3/4"h, and 33 1/4"h!! At 3:45 in the afternoon, she had her fifth fish and was only 5 inches from overtaking the lead from Wendy Hafer! Unfortunately for her, the lights went out and the fish went home! But she's now the new 2nd place leader for the Lodge at the Riggins Hot Springs Prize with a total of 136"! Congrats Shannon and thanks again to Sportsman's Warehouse for all the awesome loot for this tournament!
3/3/07
Whew! The last day of the tournament! I can't believe it! I'm already getting lots of bookings for next year and this year's tourney isn't even over yet!
Sam had Sue Ryder's group today and they didn't do too bad with 7 fish. Theresa Hughes took home a 29 1/2" keeper, while Nadine Burak landed a 27" native. Sue Ryder caught 2 fish--both keepers at 21" and 23". Lisa Greer caught 3--a 22", a 23", both hatchery, and a 32" native. Nice to see that big fish, Lisa!
Rich had some of my old Albertson's chums on board today and one of them took home a prize! Michelle Jarrard took home a 25" keeper, while Phyllis Foster also came away with a 26" hatchery. Our sweet little Dawn Coolbaugh got herself a 23" hatchery, while Michelle Guth matched her with another 23" fish. Amy Turner took a 24" hatchery home, but Tracie Huey was the big fish winner today with a 34 1/2" native! That puts her in a tie for 3rd biggest fish of the tournament so far!
Romine got into them today with Lucy Richardson and her group! 10 fish for the day! Becky Salone caught a 26", Debi Ziegler caught a 23" fish. Cheryl Gray caught 2 fish--25" and 33"! Bobbie Hermann caught 3 fish today--23", and two 24" fish. Finally, it was Lucy Richardson herself that took home 3 fish and also the biggest for the day--a 22", a 23" and a big 34"! Way to go ladies!
Mike Hicks took 2 ladies out in a drift boat today and they took home 4 fish! Mariah DeLong (who had a baby 7 weeks ago!) got a 23" keeper. Her friend, Tammy Cardia landed 3--a 21", a 23 1/2" and a 31" keeper!
SEE YOU ALL AT THE FISH DANCE!
ONE MORE THING! Ladies---don't forget, we're constantly trying to put together our DVD for this season so don't hesitate to send your photos to us! We'll get them to Jeanette with Salmon River Photos so she can add them to the video!
DON'T FORGET! The Fish Dance and Awards ceremony will be held this Saturday, at Seven Devils Steakhouse & Saloon! All are invited to come! We're gonna rock on and celebrate this season!
FINAL RESULTS--WE FISHED 490 LADIES THIS YEAR!
Most fish--winner of the Brand New Honda Rancher ES 4 wheeler - Wendy Hafer - 141.5" (five fish)
2nd Most Fish--winner of the night stay for 20 at the Lodge at the Riggins Hot Springs - Shannon Currier - 136" (five fish)
3rd Most Fish--winner of the beautiful ladies watch by Rambo Jewelers - Keely Duke - 121.5" (five fish)
Biggest Fish--Winner of a fish mounted by Animal Kingdom Taxidermy in Cascade - Mia Ridley - 36"
2nd Biggest Fish--Winner of the Polarized Sunglasses by Vision Qwest Medical Center & a $100.00 gift certificate from Sportsman's Warehouse - Leah Provencio - 35.25"
3rd Biggest Fish--Winners of $100 gift certificates to the Riggins One Stop & a Gortex Sport Jacket to each donated by Sportsman's Warehouse - TIE - Michelle Andrew & Tracey Huey- 34.5" (we had to change this award around a bit versus the 2nd place award due to the tie!)
AWARD UPDATE--PAY ATTENTION LADIES!
We've decided that instead of awarding just 1 award overall for smallest fish of the tournament, we are going to award the smallest fish for each week of the tournament this year! Thanks Rich! You just never know what surprises are in store for you here at Women With Bait!
Smallest Fish by Week!
Week 1 - Victoria Brooks - 21 1/2"
Week 2 - Maureen Crowell - 20 1/2"
Week 3 - Gail Garwick - 21"
Week 4 - Wendy Chamberlain - 20"
Week 5 - Angie Riff - 20"
All winners will receive a rod and reel sponsored by OKUMA!
ADDITIONAL WINNERS:
Pearls donated by Steve Rambo Jewelers - Jenny Marson
Candle gift basket by Canyon Lites Candle Co. - Jean Gillespie
"Hurley" brand sweatshirt by Pioneer Enterprises - Koko Neher
Etched Wine Glasses by Mountain Reflections - Sandi Floyd
Etched Whiskey Glasses by Mountain Reflections - Laureen Metzler
Hodgman Waders by Sportsman's Warehouse - Becky Clarke
Hand-carved picture frame by Vern's Specialty Woodwork - Mariah DeLong
$50 Fuel Voucher by Crump's Chevron - Sue Ryder
SPECIAL AWARDS:
Youngest fisherwoman in tournament (yes, she landed 2 steelhead) - Kiera Yaritz 8 years old--ROD AND REEL from OKUMA
Oldest fisherwoman in tournament (she founded the "Sisters on the Fly") - Mazie Morrison--87 years old--ROD AND REEL from OKUMA
CELEBRITY BAIT BOY OF THE YEAR - "HURRICANE" BOB RATLIFFE He receives his "very own goody bag"!!! Way to go Bob!
Who came the farthest? - Lisa Skelley group came all the way from Tennessee!
They receive 6 assorted t-shirts from Pepsi and Okuma!
2006 11TH ANNUAL WOMEN'S STEELHEAD TOURNAMENTFeb. 1st thru Feb. 28th 2006Prizes will be awarded during the Fish Dance on February 28th
COST: $175.00 per personAll you need is your fishing license/steelhead permit and your lunch. RiverAdventuresLtd.com will furnish all fishing gear. Spots are filling up fast so book now!!!Cancellation policy: tournament fees are non-refundable unless River Adventures or you can find another lady to take your place. River Adventures will refund your fees in full after your replacement has paid in full.
Women with Bait Catch Record 2006
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*Winners for WWB 2005*
The second to last day has come and the titleholders are getting nervous. We signed up fifteen women this morning and only time will tell is Becky, Janet and Wendy can keep their spots. Becky’s spot was almost taken by Kathleen Anderson. She was well on her way to the car with four Steelhead landed, but the almighty Fish God wasn’t on her side.
River Adventures LTD would just like to say that all the women that competed in this were a blast and we can’t wait to see you next year. The River Adventures Crew Written by Shannel Sohrakoff 
WOMEN WITH BAIT ALL WOMEN'S STEELHEAD TOURNAMENT Women with Bait was started in February of 1996 with an idea that ladies would love to get away from it all (husbands, kids, house-cleaning, jobs, etc..), enjoy the outdoors, and FISH! Well, as it turns out, six years later we know that the idea worked. 1996 will always be memorable since it was the first of many great years to come. Six women fished that year. By 1997 the tournament had grown to 13 fisherwomen and by then there was no stopping the stories about the fun that these gals were having on our boats. Each boat is equipped with all the gear, bait, and a baitboy/deckhand to get knots untangled, bait hooks, and of course, net those BIG fish. The captain/guide that operates our Coast Guard approved jet boats knows where these ocean run trout are hanging out. The tournament was starting to get attention from sponsors by the third year, and Pepsi joined in the fun bringing great giveaways, prizes, and beverages for the ladies. Forty-seven women fished the tournament in 1998! Each year brings more ladies and new memories, and our tournament is now the largest of it's kind in the United States.
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Women With Bait 6 has come to an
end with 151 ladies fishing in the tournament! These ladies topped last
years numbers by hooking 111 steelhead and landing 69. These girls each
have a story to tell and we usually have a fun one to share about them
as well. (Winnemucca, NV girls are REALLY crazy!)
Women With Bait 2000 was again a success! One
hundred thirty six women participated, sixty seven fish were hooked and
forty one were landed. Everyone was a winner just by taking part
in this great tournament. You girls come out here and have a great
time whether you catch fish or not. The Breathtaking beauty and
wildlife on the Salmon River is an adventure of its own!