Amanda Smith 1st Biggest
Hi Ladies! Sorry for the delay but we have been busy with all tournament things!! Anyway this is how things shook out in the end…. we had some close calls with girls catching fish on Friday, but know one was able to change the leaderboard! So for MOST FISH we had Jefree Thomas winning 1st! She was able to Reel in 3 fish with a total of 88′ hatchery inches.. This was the first time Jefree had ever been fishing let alone in a Steelhead tournament, but she took good instructions and just got the feel. Rich and Andrew did a great job of getting into some fish that day despite the ice and wind later in the afternoon. Jefree was fishing with Summer Lowary’s group and the group had a total of 6 fish and 117″ hatchery inches to claim most Steelhead on a boat! Way to Go Ladies! 2nd Place MOST FISH went to Janet Martinez, She Changed the leaderboard on March 7th with Jeff and Willie! Fishing out of Spring Bar Janet was able to reel in 3 Fish with a total of 60-3/4″ hatchery inches. What a great day fishing for Janet and we sure appreciate you making the trek back to Riggins to claim you prize at our awards at the Seven Devils Saturday night! 3rd Place MOST FISH Went to Chiree Robbins! Chiree was also Fishing with Rich and Andrew form Spring Bar, she was able hook two real nice hatchery steelhead for a total of 65″ hatchery inches. Her group landed 5 fish that day and was in a close running for most fish. 4th place for the MOST FISH was Diane Moffat! Way to go Diane she had 2 Fish and a total of 35-3/4 hatchery inches. Diane also made a special trip to Riggins to claim her prizes, note I said PRIZES because Diane also was able to capture the 3rd BIGGEST FISH! So not only did she take home ONE great prize but TWO! On to BIGGEST FISH! Amanda Smith was the Number ONE. Fishing with Sam and Dylan at Hammer Creek, Amanda was able to bring in a 36-3/4″ hatchery fish early in the tournament and Hold on to the Lead until the very end! How exciting! Although it was bye the skin of her teeth. Shelby Lukehart was only behind her by 1/4″ to claim second! Shelbly was Fishing with Rich and Colt out of Spring Bar, her Mom Jessi Bannock was able to net her 36-1/2″ Hatchery, Nice work mom and daughter! 3rd Biggest Fish was yep Diane Moffat! Captain Jeff and Deck hand Willie worked hard over in Hells Canyon! Diane fished with Nichole Brushey’s group and they also landed 6 fish that day with a total of 96-3/4′ hatchery inches. 4th Place in the BIGGEST FISH categories was Heather Dykema! She fished with Rich and Colt at Hammer creek and was able to haul in a 35-1/2″ hatchery Steelhead early in the tournament and hang on until the end also! Last, but also Least was the smallest Steelhead! Kris Collins landed a whooper of a steelhead at 20″!! that is the smallest you can catch before they are considered a trout. Kris was fishing with Rob and James that day at Hammer Creek! Thankyou ladies for your participation, support of our community, and River Adventures, I hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did! Thankyou to all our supporters this year, Seven Devils, Cordova Coolers, Aita Arendell for lodging for prize packages, Salmon River Resort Cabins for lodging in our prize packages, The Tackle Shop in Nampa, for the rod, reel and some great gear in our most fish prize. Thank you to all our guides, Rish, Sam, Jeff, Brian, Rob and Dylan! Thankyou to all our Deck Hands! Andrew, Colt, Willie, Shadyn, James, Aiden, Tyler and for all the shuttles that these guys ran for us plus Matt and Lenard! We also appreciate
Jefree with 1 of her 3 Fish! !st Most Fish
Kris Collins with her cute 20″ steelhead
Janet Martinez with one of her 3, 2nd Most Fish
Chiree Robbins with 1 of her 2 hatcherys!
Heather Dykema with her 4th place Biggest Fish
Diane Moffat! with her 35-3/4″ hatchery for 3rd Biggest and 4th Most!
the Deer Creek road crew, and our local Idaho County road crew for Plowing more days than we all wanted… to get you Ladies over to Hells Canyon and up to Vinegar Creek when the snow and ice finally let up! Hope you all enjoyed Fishing and see you in 2026!
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