Bass-n-Tubes Float Tube / Kickboat / Kayak Bass Fishing Tournaments

Bass-n-Tubes is a northern California Float Tube, Kickboat, and Kayak Bass fishing club. We welcome anglers of any skill level and all ages to come on out and join the fun of our low keyed, low cost style of Bass fishing and tournament angling.

April 30, May 1, 2011 - Clear Lake

50 of the best kickboaters in the west made the trip to Clear Lake for the 11th annual "Bass-n-Tubes Clear Lake Open". It was an awesome weekend to be camping at Clear Lake. After a long wet winter the weather was going to be great, bass were moving up to spawn, and the anglers were eagerly waiting for the call to "go fish"!

After two days, with some big sacks coming to the scale, 2010 winner Carson Riley would defend his title and finish on top again! Carson had the big bag on day one with 24.66 pounds, anchored by the tournament big fish of 6.97 pounds, and a two day total weight of 41.82 pounds to secure his victory. Carson pitched a jig and a beaver in heavy cover to target fish that were just moving into the keys.
Second place with a two day total of 37.49 pounds was Matt Nyiri. Matt flipped wood and shade pockets for two nice limits of Clear Lake bass. Third place went to Taylor Capilla with a total weight of 32.27 pounds for his best eight bass. Taylor punched a Berkeley Havoc and alternated with a weightless senko to score all his fish. Fourth place would go to Rich Caro with 32.21 pounds. Finishing out the top five was Jon Graves with 31.83 pounds for the weekend.

Congratulations to all the top finishers, and a big thank you to everyone who came out to fish with us.

Bass-N-Tubes would also like to thank our sponsors for this event.

*Coyote Bait and Tackle in South San Jose
*Hi's Tackle Box in South San Francisco
*Ly's Tackle in San Jose
*Walton's Pond in San Leandro
*Tackle It in Lakeport
*Limit Out Tackle in Clear Lake Oaks
*Bass Widow culling systems
*Fish-n-Map company

*Catchem Caro hand made bass plugs
*Little Creeper Baits
*Rod Strainer
*Zoom
*Big Hammer
*Miller punchin weights
*River 2 Sea
*Smelly Jelly

Full Results and Pictures

The top three

Carson Riley

Matt Nyiri

Taylor Capilla

If you are interested in joining Bass-n-Tubes here is the form you will need to send in

Membership Form

Membership Requirements

Tournament rules

See how others have set up their kick boats
Rigging Gallery

All BnT tournaments are always about having fun. Most tournaments are preceded by a big camp out with lots of fish talk and good times. You can browse the schedule and results on the left as well as check out the archives from years past. If you'd like to fish with the club feel free to post a message on the forum to say hello and find out any special scoop about the tournament you might be interested in fishing.

If you are new to the site or to the club and need help posting a message for the first time on the forum, please check out this page which explains the procedure in detail.

Good fishin' to everyone!

If you have questions about the club, or float tubing & kickboating in general, send them to bassntubes@yahoo.com