Delaware River Summer Showdown Ep3 – Tournament Day!

The Delaware River Summer Showdown is upon us!

The DRSS is a charity tournament bringing together two of our local clubs – Kayak Anglers of Eastern PA and the North Jersey Kayak Bass Fishing Club to compete on the mighty Delaware River and raise money for the Children’s Home of Easton (supporting foster youth and foster families) and A Woman’s Place (a Domestic Violence Shelter for women and children).

This year this incredible event was brought to us by PaddlersCove in Washington New Jersey. Jack and his crew (including Chef Steve!) did an amazing job, not only supplying awesome prizes and gift cards for the top three finishers, but hosting a killer get together afterwards.

We were so grateful to have Jack and his crew onboard for this awesome event, and couldn’t have pulled it off without his support.

Huge thanks to the prize sponsors as well, Moose Baits gave out bait boxes to the top three finishers, and free bait bags and additional swag, and Lost Outdoors of Belvedere New Jersey put together a killer “Multi-Species Jackpot” Prize for the person who caught the overall biggest fish.

I managed to edge out the rest of the field coming in first place and scoring the lunker bass. Another one of my KAEPA brothers, Eric Wimmer came in second, and Chris Maher of the NJKBF and a PaddlersCove regular took third.

Bryan Bogin rolled in and tied himself for the Multi-Species Jackpot with an invasive Northern Snakehead, and a nice sized Tiger Muskie, earning himself a sweet Yeti backpack, a Lost sunshirt, hat, and a gift certificate.