Columbia River
May 13-15, 2022
Presented by RomanMade + A1 Tactical
Champion
Ken Mah
Old Blue Eyes would’ve been proud of Ken Mah. No question, Sinatra was the better singer, but the angler from Elk Grove, Calif. tackled a new fishery with an “I’ll do it my way” attitude and won the APEX Pro Tour event on the Columbia River presented by RomanMade Japan and A1 Tactical Outdoors with 21.79 pounds.
With smallmouth bass numerically dominating this impressive Pacific Northwest fishery, Mah took a page out of the playbook he’s used for years on West Coast powerhouses like the California Delta. He got out of the current, focused on prespawn habitat and targeted big largemouth bass like the 6.81-pounder anchoring his Day-3 bag.
“I shy away from smallmouth bass, but if there are green ones (largemouth), the water’s dirty and there’s grass, that’s where I’m going,” Mah said.
Often, the story’s in the stats and this event was no exception.
Final Top 10
Ken Mah
21.79 lbs
Scott Hellesen
16.33 lbs
Thomas Kanemoto
16.00 lbs
Ish Monroe
15.98 lbs
Hayden Lee
15.84 lbs
Christian Ostrander
15.54 lbs
Colby Pearson
15.09 lbs
Austin Bonjour
14.69 lbs
Matthew Nadeau
12.27 lbs
Nick Salvucci
9.44 lbs
Results
Place | Apex Angler | Day 1 Weight | Day 2 Weight | Total Weight | Day 1 Keeper | Day 2 Keeper | Total Keeper | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | 31 | Luke Johns | 12.95 | 14.08 | 27.03 | 27 | 31 | 58* |
12 | 33 | Nick Wood | 16.79 | 14.67 | 31.46* | 28 | 23 | 51 |
13 | 3 | William Ponting | 14.25 | 11.96 | 26.21 | 29 | 27 | 56* |
14 | 38 | Bill O’Shinn | 14.61 | 16.12 | 30.73* | 7 | 28 | 35 |
15 | 19 | Greg Gutierrez | 13.98 | 13.03 | 27.01 | 28 | 26 | 54* |
16 | 20 | Joe Uribe Jr | 11.82 | 18.09 | 29.91* | 8 | 25 | 33 |
17 | 8 | Hunter Schlander | 12.98 | 13.14 | 26.12 | 18 | 35 | 53* |
18 | 23 | Austin Wilson | 13.37 | 15.92 | 29.29* | 22 | 11 | 33 |
19 | 18 | Randy Mcabee | 12.76 | 14.2 | 26.96 | 18 | 31 | 49* |
20 | 26 | Nick Cloutier | 15.76 | 13.41 | 29.17* | 19 | 17 | 36 |
21 | 17 | Juan Acosta | 14.24 | 12.27 | 26.51 | 25 | 20 | 45* |
22 | 1 | John Pearl | 14.08 | 14.1 | 28.18* | 4 | 13 | 17 |
23 | 40 | Marty Lawrence | 11.42 | 12.82 | 24.24 | 17 | 14 | 31* |
24 | 12 | David Swendseid | 16.17 | 11.89 | 28.06* | 21 | 23 | 44 |
25 | 14 | Jason Austin | 4.85 | 15.98 | 20.83 | 2 | 29 | 31* |
26 | 34 | Johnny Johnson | 13.81 | 12.89 | 26.7* | 14 | 11 | 25 |
27 | 2 | John Stewart | 11.81 | 13.84 | 25.65 | 9 | 19 | 28* |
28 | 7 | Jeff Michels | 14.84 | 10.58 | 25.42* | 11 | 10 | 21 |
29 | 22 | Joey Skym | 10.2 | 11.27 | 21.47 | 12 | 15 | 27* |
30 | 16 | Tony Franceschi | 11 | 13.45 | 24.45* | 5 | 16 | 21 |
31 | 32 | Vincent Bernal | 13.23 | 10.79 | 24.02 | 16 | 9 | 25* |
32 | 13 | Gregory Troughton | 11.78 | 12.59 | 24.37* | 8 | 15 | 23 |
33 | 10 | Paul Hodges | 12.77 | 10.4 | 23.17 | 20 | 5 | 25* |
34 | 6 | Mark Lassagne | 6.58 | 16.66 | 23.24* | 4 | 15 | 19 |
35 | 25 | Earl Dalton III | 11.1 | 10.43 | 21.53 | 9 | 14 | 23* |
36 | 4 | Zack Thompson | 10.5 | 10.81 | 21.31* | 6 | 7 | 13 |
37 | 37 | Stan Lafever | 10.48 | 9 | 19.48 | 6 | 5 | 11* |
38 | 9 | Garrett Bradshaw | 8.52 | 10.68 | 19.2* | 7 | 4 | 11 |
39 | 21 | Kerry Harris | 4.89 | 11.21 | 16.1 | 2 | 9 | 11* |
40 | 29 | Kevin Johnson | 8.22 | 7.25 | 15.47* | 5 | 4 | 9 |
41 | 24 | Ryan White | 8.12 | 0 | 8.12 | 4 | 1 | 5* |