Tournament on California's First Trophy Bass Fishery

Eastman lake is California's First Trophy Bass Lake where the minimum legal size for Black Bass has to be 22" to take home. First tournament after the long trip to the Bassmaster National Championship. The prior night my family and friends had tossed me a party for bringing home a 2nd place trophy. Contacted the tournament director the day before if it was ok for me to show up late which he said it would be ok. Got a late start to the tournament but we were able to put a few pieces of the puzzle together.
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[@mattyg5566]

The Bassmaster comes back from his 2nd place victory accross the country, fishes his home lake where he cut his teeth, gets there late and wins the whole thing at the buzzer! What we all expect from Dthao92. Congrats, man!

[@tonysoso4457]

Gave everyone a head start by showing up late and still won.

[@ccfishing3166]

Congratulations bro great job

[@KaliRYDERS]

Got there late and still conquered! Congrats!!

[@fishregulator]

nice clutch at the end there! sheesh!

[@teebxyooj1987]

Congratulations on the 1st place finish. Once again, congratulations on the 2nd place finish at the Bass Master Championship 🏆

[@N1nja4h1re]

Welcome back Champ! Congratulations on your accomplishment, keep the videos coming.

[@sharkparty1027]

Congratulations my brother from Freeno! Keep it reel.

[@paulbuchan4486]

Congratulations And congratulations taking 2nd in Tennessee.👍😊

[@kibbiecreek]

The master of adjustments. Well done!!

[@DUDEfreestyle]

Damn you're on the roll Damian straight up slaying it.

[@victorjuarez3811]

Even running late you pull off the win 🏆 💪 good shit bro

[@johnhill2298]

You are definitely on fire! Congratulations on the win!🤙

[@fryeguy9939]

Great job Damian... Your social skills have gotten a LOT better, which makes your videos that much better.. Keep improving.. Congratulations on your Win .. I look forward to your next video.. The Frye Guy...

[@dthao92]

Thanks brother! definitely working on it and thanks for the positive feedback

[@richardfong2661]

Congratulations! on your win. Love your presentations of all your videos no need to fast forward any part of them.

[@FuturesChue]

Congrats on the win. And thank you for your breakdown.

[@TimBFishing]

Yes sir good day of fishing

[@MmXx27]

That was a good run! I guess thats why they say fish till the very end! Good finish at the end with the win! You even came late too lol

[@Boren2Fish]

Love your videos! Congrats on the bassmaster, that’s insane. You make watching videos worth it. Your content is unbeatable

[@Eric-qw4wv]

Nice Win! literally counting down the seconds for that last "scorable" fish. highly entertaining!

[@FishingThePNW]

Hell yeah! Another W! Nicely done!

[@xiongyang3261]

Congrats on 2nd at bass masters, love your videos! Best hmong kayak bass fishermen in Cali! Fish on bro!

[@basschaser9356]

Show up late to tournaments and still took first ! Nice win I once show up 2hr late to a kayak tournament and while everyone was on the good spots on the lake I end up with the only limit out of everyone and took home the win . Sweet win

[@greatestever3827]

The kit Kat for the win 🏆 🙌

[@MT-vm1zh]

"Dam" Dam-ian you are on fire brother! Continue spittin that fire. I hope the rest of this season continues to go super well for you. Tight lines my brother.

[@77navarram]

Reminded me of Greg blanchard last minute catch that did not count! Dt you are having a legendary year congrats

[@anthonyvespia6662]

Congrats bro. Damian that was epic. You were even late, and you picked your spots. What a tournament. 💯 🛶 🎣 🌊

[@rollout2926]

You still doin your thing man 🤙. Have been following you since 2016 when I first moved into Fresno. Fish on brother

[@ctgilcrest]

Baby brush hog watermelon black flake, my first and Favret creature bait. loads of confidence and fish for me. such a great bait!

[@jaysonelam8321]

Start late and finish first 😮.

[@shawnlee8397]

Congrats 🎉 DT No prefish n still came up on top nice

[@AnthonyNordstromFishing]

Mr. Carolina Rig! Well done dude!

[@krisbeasley6649]

That was a clinic and you are a hammer sir. Great video.

[@bluhjayz]

Congrats! Solid finish!

[@SOKAT559]

That was dope!!

[@CALIBEAR]

👏💪 Keep up the great work!

[@valleyshenanigans]

Dude you are killing it!

[@tightlines601]

Great work man fish like a champ!

[@feelgoodfishingwithhenko251]

Great video. Good camera angles to make you feel onboard. Congratulations with the winn. Up to the last minute counts.

[@painvang1236]

"I knew it" even before the video started lol.......GS Dthao!!

[@GaryzillaOutdoors]

Hell yeah, great fishing!

[@FanOfLiberty1776]

Congrats!! If anyone can find the fish it’s Damian. Good fishing.

[@thomascorrea3937]

Great job congratulations

[@rickylee2921]

🎉🎉🎉 damn keep up these tournament videos man your putting pressure on all kayak fisherman !! Fish hard but fish safe …

[@QaibHumble]

Congratulations 🎉

[@patwalker9890]

Love the tackle box! Jerkbait... underspin.... KitKat 😁

[@dthao92]

Its a mix of everything lol.

[@chancedizzled]

Man Phenomenal!!!!

[@Austin_Torres]

Dudes unstoppable hahaha. Great job sir .

[@erniegorham5263]

Between you and Milliken fishing, I've realized that I am drastically under-utilizing the carolina rig. Nice job Damian!

[@motgnay7065]

Nice videos, nice break down. Congrat.

[@MarkoMygun]

Good job D

[@bigmac183]

Congrats!! I haven't caught a fish on a brush hog in 20yrs LOL Tight lines!!

[@YT-Fishing]

Congrats on first place !

[@F1Hopeful]

Nice result!!!!!

[@hltsolo]

awesome job bro expect nothing less from you

[@Suhdude13]

Awesome dude!!!

[@JesseG085]

Dang, dude! Congrats!

[@jeufuyang6261]

Lmfao 2nd time I seen u catch a stick 😂 good stuff bro. Your content is getting better and better keep it up bro. Also thanks for teaching me the Carolina rig with the zoom brush hog. Caught me a lot of fish on that now!

[@fishinwithkou1989]

Nice catches!!!

[@JS1erra20]

Knowledge from the best in California!

[@pac-ks4ls]

Too good! Wow

[@rahimi420fr]

Great job

[@kylekeller1210]

bro congrats, that was so fucking exciting to watch. Keep doing what you do sir.

[@JDuBzOfficialPage]

Late to the party and won! Nice congrats!

[@buddkhang2183]

Great stuff man mo power to u

[@veritas2145]

Good stuff bro

[@jerrythao8038]

Bro...your a beast....gonna pull out that oldskool creature back out.......Nice work

[@dthao92]

I always keep it on hand, i grew up throwing it and it seems to catch fish everywhere for me

[@jeffahrens6246]

Right at the buzzer!

[@TheFishingExperience916]

Ma jay yerrrrr ..... good job all around #1 in my book

[@qaibthai8996]

LETS GO CHAMP

[@Diamondkick20]

🎉🎉🎉🎉 let’s go man ✊✊✊

[@hmoobmeekathoj]

Champ champ champ 👏 👏

[@alvinyang1709]

Finally! New spinning reel upgrade!!

[@dthao92]

Ive had it for awhile, just brought the wrong reel with me when i went to tenessee lol.

[@vuexiong6087]

Catchin bigs

[@PhaizeFishing]

Nice way to gooo

[@kcl80]

Late for the tourney… Fishing blind…. Calmly takes 1st like it was nothing. Dudes been on fire!

[@jensfishing943]

Congratulations on your 2nd place finish in the Bassmaster Kayak Championship! You’ve been putting out some great content. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[@melvinmariott8609]

Good job buddy. I didn't get to fish my tournament this weekend 😢😢😢.

[@J.WannaFish]

Another good video. What power is your spinning rod for the Carolina rig setup?

[@dthao92]

I believe its a medium power so it would fall under a 2 or 3 power

[@fiddlefishing2749]

Congratulations! I think it’s time to go pro.

[@cheryang3635]

🔥

[@FishingWithFred]

For some reasons I find it way easier to fish the rig on a spinning rod too!

[@BindeeVangFishing]

dude is a beast

[@robertrodriguez4587]

I got a tournament Saturday at Eastman. I’ve been catching them on a 7” senko. I might have to throw brush hogs now. Biggest I had was a 4 1/2.

[@dthao92]

Keep throwing that 7" senko. Senko's wins tournaments this time of the year. Brush hog is a more prespawn to spawn. Once its full blown spawn its hard to beat a senko and a glidebait. Throw that Jackall Ganterall

[@FishingWithFred]

Eastmans like an hr 45 from my house and I still haven’t been there. That slot limit is what makes me wanna go. Literally the only “Trophy” lake in the valley. I fish mostly Kaweah and success

[@FishingWithFred]

Ya they suck lol but I love em

[@dthao92]

Its gonna be an amazing summer bite this year. That night bite is gonna be crazy.

[@FishingWithFred]

@@dthao92 shoot me an email sometime if you wanna link up. I got a channel as well

[@AVHobbies2011]

Damian out here doing damian thing!

[@chichenlo1663]

DAMIAN = BASS JESUS

[@paulvwj]

🔥 📛

[@fiddlefishing2749]

Would love to see your gear setup ( rod+reels). Just starting out and trying to see if I really need to get more expensive gear.

[@dthao92]

Might do 2 videos coming soon. A video with shallow water setups and a video with deep water setups. I pretty much fish majority budget rods and reels.

[@bendover-uf9st]

👍

[@murney1699]

What is the rod you use for your spinning setup?

[@KMY1989]

Damn those driving from Fresno to the delta and up to go to lake oroville and Folsom is hella far and the drive is so tiring. Idk how you can do it

[@dthao92]

it definitely is a lot of driving and pretty exhausting escpecially after a long day of fishing. Thats why it was nice to actually fish a lake close to home lol

[@pnw_element9822]

I need a kayak like that built or bought?

[@PiperFishing]

Hey Damian, got a Q about your trailer. Do you run bias ply tires? If so, have you had any problems with driving on the freeway for long distances?

[@bbowen4629]

Where's your battery kept?

[@Leveluptackle]

I’ve never seen someone throw a Carolina rig on spinning gear. Since you have other casting set ups I’m curious as to why you choose to throw it on a spinning rod?

[@dthao92]

During the prespawn to spawn i throw a light carolina rig usually 1/4oz-3/8oz with either 8-10lb test. The spinning setup just works best for this rig with light setup

[@DoubleDigitAngler]

Noicee

[@guts1005]

Yo Damien, where can i find these local club tournaments? This lake is also one of my home lake.

[@sambageian]

a lot of them are on facebook

[@dthao92]

look up Central Valley Kayak Fishing on facebook. Its a local club here around fresno that holds tournaments here. They fish, Pine Flat, eastman, pretty much the central valley lakes

[@guts1005]

Thannk guys. Ill check it out. Hopefully one of these days ill get to fish in the tournament with yall and have a good time.

[@LunkerHunter]

You fishing with a Carolina rig?

[@dthao92]

yes

[@LunkerHunter]

@@dthao92 you killed it with the C rig! How do you rig it? Hook size? Any beads? Leader length? Love the videos. Congrats on 1st place!

[@wolverinex4243]

Why so late? PX Fishing posted the same day it was held.