Team Fetha Styx Finishes Walleye Season at Kettle Lake

Team Fetha Styx at the 2010 Washington State Walleye Championship On Kettle Falls

The 5th and final tournament of the 2010 Washington State Walleye Circuit season was held on Lake Roosevelt on July 24th & 25th. The Washington State Walleye Championship presented by The Spokane Walleye Club is always an exciting event and with a guaranteed prize of $10,000 for first place and a close race for Angler of the Year, this year’s tournament did not disappoint.

Fishing on Lake Roosevelt in July is always exciting but add temps in the mid 90’s, extremely high water levels, excellent fishing, and 71 of the best walleye teams in the state, and you have the makings of one exciting tournament.

Team Fetha Styx had an excellent week of pre-fishing in preparation for this year’s event. During pre-fishing Jeff and Rod caught quality fish up to 24” and put together a run of 6 to 8 different fishing holes that they felt confident in. Their hard work paid off as they found themselves in 7th place after day one with a total of 6 fish for 13.14 lbs. Jeff and Rod were very excited for day two as they not only had a shot at the $10,000 top prize but they also put themselves in a good spot in the Angler of the Year race. Team Fetha Styx had another good day of fishing on day 2, but just needed one more quality bite to equal their weight from the previous day. At the end of the second day, they weighed in six fish for 10.86 lbs. and a two-day total of 24.00 lbs.

Team Fetha Styx finished the championship in 6th place. Rod Hewitt placed 3rd in the Angler of the Year standings, which qualifies Team Fetha Styx for the Cabela’s National Team Walleye Championship in 2011.