02-24-2004, 02:28 PM
WEBSTER, SD--Chad Lewandowski and Kevin Schick of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, took first place in an Ice Team Trap Attack fishing tournament for the second time this year when they caught 11.73 pounds of yellow perch February 15 on South Dakota's Waubay Lake.
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Their first win came in January on Devils Lake, North Dakota, where they weighed in a 15-fish tournament limit of perch weighing 8.76 pounds.
At the Vexilar Trap Attack Open on Waubay Lake, Lewandowski and Schick's 15-fish limit catch beat out two-time winners, Valentine, Nebraska, anglers Don Cox and Dave Fehlhafer, by just over a half-pound.
Ken Edel and Doug Mitchell of Rapid City, South Dakota took third with a 10.91-pound one-day catch.
Schick and Lewandowski fished No. 2, hammered silver Swedish Pimples with a single hook, tipped with the front section of a 3-inch minnow.
"We nipped off the tails just at the vent and hung the minnows head down on the hooks," Lewandowski explained. "Then, pump the spoon just enough to attract fish. When we saw a perch rise off bottom on the sonar, we'd stop the lure and the minnow had just enough action to trigger a strike."
Lewandowski found a hot hole during the practice days and didn't stray far from it. "One hole was really producing during practice, but the bite was slow on the tournament day. We moved around some, but I couldn't stay away from that hole."
Though the pair caught fish throughout the day, their faith in the hotspot paid off later in the day, which helped put them over the top
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Their first win came in January on Devils Lake, North Dakota, where they weighed in a 15-fish tournament limit of perch weighing 8.76 pounds.
At the Vexilar Trap Attack Open on Waubay Lake, Lewandowski and Schick's 15-fish limit catch beat out two-time winners, Valentine, Nebraska, anglers Don Cox and Dave Fehlhafer, by just over a half-pound.
Ken Edel and Doug Mitchell of Rapid City, South Dakota took third with a 10.91-pound one-day catch.
Schick and Lewandowski fished No. 2, hammered silver Swedish Pimples with a single hook, tipped with the front section of a 3-inch minnow.
"We nipped off the tails just at the vent and hung the minnows head down on the hooks," Lewandowski explained. "Then, pump the spoon just enough to attract fish. When we saw a perch rise off bottom on the sonar, we'd stop the lure and the minnow had just enough action to trigger a strike."
Lewandowski found a hot hole during the practice days and didn't stray far from it. "One hole was really producing during practice, but the bite was slow on the tournament day. We moved around some, but I couldn't stay away from that hole."
Though the pair caught fish throughout the day, their faith in the hotspot paid off later in the day, which helped put them over the top
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