Lake Thomas Edison High Sierra Trout Derby. July 11, 2026.
Derby Winner
Team Catch America Wins Edison
Jacob Garnica won the Lake Thomas Edison High Sierra Trout Derby with a 17.5 inch brown trout. This is Catch America's second 1st-place derby win this year, following the Team Catch America win at Shasta.
Winning cart total: $27.37 for the three-piece setup.
The Winning Setup
Blue Tiger, Moon Jelly, WD80
The winning fish came on Uncle Larry Blue Tiger behind a 6 inch Moon Jelly dodger, finished with WD80. Nearly all of the fish from the winning team's boat came on Blue Tiger or Sonora Sunset Uncle Larry spinners.
They also caught fish on Junior Optimizer Slimline, Brad's Kokanee Cut Plug, and gold dodgers.
Community note: Catch America donated tackle to all participants. Thank you to Vermillion Valley Resort and to Mason and Travis of Valley Project Outdoors for hosting and organizing the event.
Also Producing
Junior Optimizer Slimline 3-Packs
Three Slimline spoons stay together in each pack, including on mobile. Add the pack, then use See all if you want to choose other colors.
Edison Copper 3-Pack
Pink Panther Copper, Toxic Dart Copper, and Carbon Hive Copper.
The Edison program also produced on Brad's Kokanee Cut Plug and gold 6 inch dodgers. Add both together and the cart savings is $2.95. Only the 6 inch gold dodger carries the 10% savings.
Brad's Kokanee Cut Plug
Louminator unrigged 2-pack. Another bait that caught fish during the Edison trip.
