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Gilroy Bassmasters 2005 Tournament Results

Photo taken Phoebe Stewart at the Clear Lake Nite Tournament 09/17/05, Redbud Ramp
Front Row: Mike Ponce, Jim Woolridge, Bill Lee, Bob Greneveld, Mike Johnson
Back Row: Ron Hunnewell, Dale Bennett, Don Welch, Adam McAndrews, Scott Stewart, Zak Elrite, Anthony Cano,
Ray Covert, Tim Chapman, Thomas Wang, Mark DeVito, Justin Baldasano, Steve Ericksen

Photo taken at Clear Lake Nite Tournament 07/16/05, Clear Lake Oaks Ramp
Front Row: Craig Stewart, Scott Stewart, Mike Johnson, Steve Yee, Jim Woolridge
Back Row: Dale Bennett, Clark Foster, Don Welch, Darwin Ellison, Gary Cromp, Charlie Grover, Mike Ponce,
Adam McAndrews, Bob Greneveld, Ray Covert, Tim Chapman, Monty Jones, Thomas Wang, Zak Elrite, Jeremy Spears

Photo taken at Lake Berryessa Tournament 03/12/05, Putah Creek Ramp
Front Row: Jim Woolridge, Mike Ponce, Don Welch, Darrell Allen, Bob Greneveld, Steve Yee
Middle Row: Roger Difate, Vince Borrego, Dale Bennett, Scott Stewart, Mario Jorge, Gary Cromp,
Chuck Peak, Ray Covert, Justin Baldasano, Darin Smith, Anthony Cano, Zak Elrite, Bob Nathan
Back Row: Mike Johnson, Tim Chapman, Darwin Ellison, Javier Martinez, Thomas Wang,
Adam McAndrews, Anthony Hall

Photo taken at the Delta Tournament 01/15/05, Orwood Ramp
Front Row (L to R): Mike Ponce, Steve Yee, Don Welch, and Jim Woolridge
Back Row: Javier Martinez, Bob Nathan, Ray Covert, Ed Pence, Darwin Ellison,
Vince Borrego, Bill Lee, Bob Greneveld, Adam McAndrews, Dale Bennett, Tim Chapman,
Darrell Allen, Thomas Wang, Zak Elrite, Mario Jorge, Scott Stewart, Mike Johnson, Anthony Cano

Previous 2005 GBM Tournament Results taken from the GBM Newsletters

January 15, 2005 - Delta, Orwood Ramp
January 30, 2005 - 2004 Awards Banquet, Marie Callender's
February 19, 2005 - Sonoma, Public Ramp
February 24 - BBAC Fund Raising Banquet, Naperdak Hall
March 12 - Berryessa, Putah Ramp
April 16 (Saturday) - Anderson - Coyote Bait & Tackle
April 17 (Sunday) - Delta, Orwood Ramp
April 30 - Del Valle, Annual Family Fish Day
May 21 & 22 - Clear Lake Two Day, Redbud Ramp
June 11 Saturday - New Melones, Tuttletown Ramp
June 12 Sunday - New Melones, Club 2004 TOC
July 16 - Clear Lake NIGHT, Clear Lake Oaks Ramp
August 13 & 14 - Delta TWO Day, Redbud Ramp
Snag Proof August 20 & 21 - Delta Two Day
September 17 - Clear Lake NIGHT, Redbud Ramp
October 15 - Don Pedro, Blue Oaks Ramp
October 22 & 23 - Coyote Bait & Tackle Southbay Shoot Off, Anderson & Calero
October 29 - NCCC Top 6 held at the Delta, Russo's Ramp
November 19 - Berryessa, Putah Creek Ramp
December 10 - Anderson, Main Dam Ramp

2005 Club Officers

President: Mario Jorge
Vice President: Don Welch
Secretary / Treasurer: Steve Yee
Webmaster / Newsletter: Steve Yee
Tournament Director: Ray Covert
Assistant TD: Mike Ponce
Raffle Director: Dale Bennett

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It was another tough fishing day. We had a few blanks. The water was dropping and it was after a storm.

From what I heard most of the bass were caught deep and near the southern end of the lake on plastics.

Congratulations to Adam McAndrew for 1 st place, Scott Stewart for 2 nd place, and Darwin Ellison for 3 rd place. Since Tony Lopez was not a member at the time of the Anderson tournament, the Big Fish Award goes to Bill Lee for a 2.47 lbs. largemouth bass.

1st place - Adam McAndrews with 5 bass for 7.08 lbs.
2nd place - Scott Stewart with 5 bass for 6.60 lbs.
3rd place - Darwin Ellison with 5 bass for 6.49 lbs.
4th place - Dale Bennett with 5 bass for 6.25 lbs.
5th place - Bob Nathan with 5 bass for 6.23 lbs.
6th place - Bill Lee for 3 bass for 5.68 lbs, big fish 2.47 lbs.
7th place - Tony Lopez* for 3 bass for 5.51 lbs., big fish 3.06 lbs.
8th place - Steve Ericksen* for 5 bass for 5.48 lbs.
9th place - Vince Borrego with 4 bass for 4.72 lbs.
10th place - Mike Johnson with 3 bass for 4.42 lbs.
11th place - Jimmy Gillin with 3 bass for 4.05 lbs.
12th place - Justin Baldasano with 3 bass for 3.74 lbs.
13th place - Mike Ponce with 3 bass for 3.61 lbs.
14th place - Clark Foster* with 2 bass for 3.45 lbs.
15th place - Ray Covert with 2 bass for 2.30 lbs.
16th place - Jim Woolridge with 2 bass for 2.11 lbs.
17th place - Mario Jorge with 1 bass 1.46 lbs.
18th place - Don Welch with 1 bass for 1.34 lbs.
19th place - Thomas Wang with 1 bass for 0.95 lbs.
Tied for 18th place - Javier Martinez, Jim Reed, Tim Chapman,
Charlie Grover, Zak Elrite, Anthony Hall, John Jordan*

Big Fish Awarded to Bill Lee for a 2.47 lbs. largemouth bass

Bill Lee showing his trophy for Big Fish

Adam McAndrews with 1st place

Tony Lopez* with the Biggest Fish

Jimmy Gillin

Clark Foster*

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Clark Foster* & Mike Johnson
Boat 2: Bill Lee & Tony Lopez*
Boat 3: Vince Borrego & Charlie Grover
Boat 4: Scott Stewart & Dale Bennett
Boat 5: Adam McAndrews & Jimmy Gillin
Boat 6: John Jordan* & Anthony Hall
Boat 7: Jim Woolridge & Justin Baldasano
Boat 8: Ray Covert & Bob Nathan
Boat 9: Darwin Ellison & Zak Elrite
Boat 10: Steve Ericksen* & Thomas Wang
Boat 11: Mario Jorge & Tim Chapman
Boat 12: Javier Martinez & Don Welch
Boat 13: Jim Reid
Boat 14: Mike Ponce

Some people had a hard time waking up, but the fish didn’t mind. A lot of small fish were caught. Not bad after a cold front. It was a cold clear Saturday.

Vince Borrego was a late entry, but he took 1st place. He even put his non-boater on fish. Vince was drop shoting rocky points in 30 to 60 feet of water. Ray Covert caught his 2nd place limit carolina rigging in 25 feet of water near the Putah Creek bridge. Justin Baldasano drop shotted near Pope Creek for his 3rd place and big bass award.

1st place - Vince Borrego with 5 bass for 9.67 lbs., big fish 2.72 lbs.
2nd place - Ray Covert with 5 bass for 9.43 lbs., big fish 2.09 lbs.
3rd place - Justin Baldasano with 4 bass for 8.63 lbs., big fish 4.12 lbs.
4th place - Darwin Ellison with 5 bass for 8.54 lbs., big fish 2.85 lbs.
5th place - Jim Woolrdige with 5 bass for 8.46 lbs., big fish 2.21 lbs.
6th place - Mike Johnson with 5 bass for 8.16 lbs., big fish 2.23 lbs.
7th place - Tony Lopez* with 5 bass for 7.75 lbs., big fish 2.62 lbs.
8th place - Thomas Wang with 5 bass for 7.58 lbs.
9th place - James Woolridge, Jr* with 5 bass for 7.32 lbs.
10th place - Mark Eglesia with 4 bass for 5.99 lbs.
11th place - Tim Chapman with 5 bass for 5.84 lbs.
12th place - Charlie Grover with 4 bass for 5.26 lbs, big fish 1.91 lbs.
13th place - Steve Ericksen* with 5 bass for 5.25 lbs.
14th place - Don Welch with 4 bass for 4.94 lbs., big fish 1.67 lbs.
15th place - Adam Hawley with 3 bass for 4.68 lbs.
16th place - Mike Ponce with 3 bass for 4.59 lbs., big fish 2.01 lbs.
17th place - Adam McAndrews with 3 bass for 4.06 lbs., big fish 2.00 lbs.
18th place - Jimmy Gillin with 3 bass for 3.86 lbs., big fish 1.56 lbs.
19th place - Bob Greneveld with 3 bass for 3.37 lbs.
20th place - Bill Lee with 2 bass for 2.93 lbs.
21st place - Jim Reid with 2 bass for 2.18 lbs.

No Shows - Anthony Cano

Big Fish Awarded to Justin Baldasano for a 4.12 lbs. largemouth bass

Justin Baldasano with 3rd place and Big Fish Award

Vince Borrego with 1st place

Darwin Ellison with 4th place

James Woolridge, Jr.* and Jim Woolridge

Mike Johnson

Tony Lopez*

Thomas Wang and Steve Ericksen*

Charlie Grover

Adam Hawley

Mike Ponce

Adam McAndrews

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Don Welch & Jimmy Gillin
Boat 2: Bill Lee & Adam Hawley
Boat 3: Ray Covert & Anthony Cano
Boat 4: Vince Borrego & Charlie Grover
Boat 5: Bob Greneveld & Mike Johnson
Boat 6: Darwin Ellison & Mark Eglesia
Boat 7: Jim Woolridge & Jim Woolridge, Jr.*
Boat 8: Steve Ericksen* & Thomas Wang
Boat 9: Jim Reid & Tony Lopez*
Boat 10: Justin Baldasano & Tim Chapman
Boat 11: Mike Ponce & Adam McAndrews

Ray, Thomas, Anthony, Bob, Adam, Bill, Jeremy, Bob, Zak
Chuck is missing

Adam holding the winning Heaviest Boat Catch

Zak & Bill waiting for the weigh-in results

First of all… CONGRATULATIONS!!! We Took 2nd Place. To put it mildly we kicked some BASS!!! Although we missed 1st place by only 2 pounds, our winning weight was 70.37 lbs for 30 bass. Chuck Peak took Biggest Fish Honors with a 7.99 lbs. largemouth, Adam McAndrews took 2nd Biggest Fish with a 5.74 pounder, and the Bob Greneveld & Adam McAndrew boat took Biggest Bag with a 16.99 pound limit. Chuck Peak & Jim Woolridge took 2nd Biggest Bag with a 15.93 lbs. Our 12 fishermen took home $1,200 in winnings. Not bad at all.

I want to thank Bob Greneveld for attending the 1st NCCC meeting, I wasn’t able to attend. And I want to thank Zak Elrite for attending the 2nd NCCC meeting and organizing the guys on the Thursday before the event.

The following was written by Jim Woolridge. Thanks Jim for sending me this email.
The Club Top event at Russo's was excellent, it started at 4:30 in the morning, everything was quick and organized, the inspection, launch and recovery. There was a release boats, camera boat, swift weigh in with aerated holding tanks and great MC by Cooch. I heard there was really good food consisting of BBQ tri-tip, baked beans, salad and fixings. Unfortunately Mike Ponce, Chuck Peak and I missed it - we were towing and recovering Chuck's boat after a break down. Thanks to Bill, Bob, Mike and all the guys who helped. It again shows the quality of the members of this club.

The Gilroy Bassmaster did well representing our club. We met the Thursday before the tournament to plan a strategy and decide locations to fish. The plan was to insure that every boat caught a limit. We blasted off and went to our prospective spots having agreed to meet at 11:00 A.M. at Holland to discuss the bite.

Chuck Peak and I had about 11# on a cut-tail senko bite in Victoria Canal, Mike Ponce and Thomas Wang had 11# on a flip bite near Union Point, Zak Elrite/Jeremy Spears were doing well in Italian. Bob Greneveld/Adam McAndrews, Ray Covert/Anthony Cano and Bill Lee/Bob Nathan were hunting for a consistent bite. We met at 11:00 and since Chuck and I had a limit already most of the boats went back towards Victoria or Union Point area. We all fished the same areas but the bite had changed, slack tide instead of moving water. However, as the tide started moving again Chuck and I were back on a cut-tail bite. Chuck caught a big fish 7.99#er and I followed up with a 3.5#er, we knew we were back on. We decided to get Bill/Bob and Ray/Anthony and bring them back to our spot. When we motored to where they were Bill/Bob had four in the well and Ray/Anthony had changed to another location.

We were preparing to head back to the spot when Chuck's motor would not start, oil was pouring out of the engine. We tried to see what was wrong without success. Finally after working on it for 20 minutes we decided to have Bill Lee tow us to make weigh-in about 18 miles away at Russo's. It is now 2:00 P.M. and we have a 3:40 weigh-in time (18 miles at 5 mph = 3.8 hours). Just about then Bob Nathan caught their fifth fish, a nice 3.0#er to fill out the limit. We tie up the two boats and were heading up Old River when the rope breaks and we decided that we better transfer the fish to Bill's boat and try to make weigh-in 15 miles away. We transfer the catch, leave Chuck bobbin in the wake and blast off. With :25 minutes to weigh-in and still 12 miles from Russo's Bill says "oh no, I'm about out of gas" we see if there are gas pumps at Cruiser Haven, but no luck. We just go for it hoping to not run of gas and also to make the weigh-in on time. We get to Russo's with 2 minutes to spare. As I am standing in line everyone is admiring the big fish in the second bag, saying this looks like big fish so far. Cooch announces 7.99# on the big fish and the crowd cheers, he announces 15.93# on the bag, He asks who caught the big fish and how - for a split second the thought crossed my mind but I remember Chuck bobbin in the surf. I must get back with Mike's help and tow him in. We get the fish weighed and Mike and I ran back looking for Chuck. He had trolled as far as the entrance to Indian Slough and we towed him for another hour and a half to Holland Marina. I stayed with the boat and Chuck was taken back to Russo's to get his motor home. We finally got everyone out of the water and safely on their way home at 7:30 PM, I got home at 10:30 really tired and exhausted but feeling great about the members of this club and the way we will support each other.

By the way, we got 2nd Place overall, Big Fish, 2nd Big Fish, 3rd Big Fish, Biggest Bag and 2nd Biggest Bag. Not too bad for a bunch of guys just having fun fishing from the south bay. I am certain we would have won it all, had we not had 11/2 hours taken from 4 fishermen when the bite was just turning on. Oh well, next year they are expecting 18 -20 clubs and we will feel even better when we win it all then. It was a lot of fun and a great display of teamwork.

The more stats can be found on http://www.bassbusters.com/NCCC.html

Our club representatives:
1) Chuck Peak & Jim Woolridge
2) Bob Greneveld & Adam McAndrews
3) Mike Ponce & Thomas Wang
4) Zak Elrite & Jeremy Spears
5) Bill Lee & Bob Nathan
6) Ray Covert & Anthony Cano

Here's the Final Results of the 1st Annual Northern California Classics

Congratulations to Don Welch & Javier Martinez and Jared Page & Justin Baldasano for making it to the 2nd round. Don & Javier took 11th place with 5 bass for 9.30 lbs. While Jared & Justin took 17th place with 5 bass for 5.44 lbs.

Here are the FINAL RESULTS FOR CALERO 10/23/05

BIG FISH: 7.14 LBS. RUSS SNYDERS $610.00

ANDERSON RESULTS 10/22/05

1)RUSS SNYDERS/RONNIE RICHARDS 7/ 12.41#
2)TINO FLORS/DALE BENNETT 7/ 12.08#
3) JEFF LAMMY/MELANIE LAMMY 7/ 11.77#
4) MIKE GUTUREEEZ/JUAN ACOSTA 7/ 11.72#
5) JOSEPH MACRENARIS/JASEN BALLEW 7/ 10.72#
6) EVAN NORREN/PETE MCENEANY 7/ 10.39#
7)JARED PAGE/JUSTIN BALDASANO 7/ 9.54#
8) TIM CRANE/GREG STAMOS 6/ 9.53#
9) JOE TENEDORA/LOU NOBLE 7/ 8.59#
10) DAVID THOMPSON/WALT APPLE 7/ 8.53#
11) BRIAN CARLSON/JEFF KAWAUCHI 7/ 8.37#
12) JOHN EDMONDSON/SCOTT CARTER 7 /8.30#
13) ROB GREENAWAY/MIKE BARNETT 7/ 8.28#
14)RYAN WAKE/RON WAKE 6/ 8.00#
15) JIM SHERWOOD/WILLIE FUJITA 5/ 7.94#
16) DARREN SHIMA/MATT ANGIOTTI 7/ 7.90#
17) JIM GIANCOLA/CINDY SILACCI 5/ 7.68#
18) MIKE SHOFFNER/JACK FARAGE 6/ 7.03#
19) DAVE TENCATI/STEVE LARUSSA SR. 6/ 6.30#
20) DON WELCH/ JAVIER MARTINEZ 4/ 6.00#
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21) JARED FRANTZICH/KEVIN FRANTZICH 4/ 5.81#
22) FRANK DIBELLA/TONY DIBELLA 4/ 5.63#
23) RON SHIKASHIO/RICK CRAWFORD 4/ 5.08#
24) JOY DUNNING/BRAD AMODEO 4/ 4.94#
25)DAVID PLAZA/ERIBERTO BALRROS 4/ 4.88#
26) STEVE KOSTELNIK/JOE PADITO 4/ 4.69#
27) CHRIS PANEK/JAMES MARLER 2/ 3.81#
28) JON BOLES/AARON FLAGGER 2/ 3.24#
29) RONEY IO/ REID ANDERSON 1/ 3.16#
30) JACK DICARLO/CHRIS WARTMAN 3/ 3.06#
31) RANDY JACOBSON/TYSON JASSO 2/ 2.25#
32) RALPH EPPERSON/ERIC EPPERSON 2/ 2.20#
33) JOE LAVERY/JOEY LAVERY 2/ 2.10#
34) BOB FAHEY/ BUD GAITHER 1/ 1.84#
35) MATT ICKERT/MARSHALL GARCIA 1/ 1.40#
36) BRIAN MOYCE/MIKE AMOROSO 1/ 1.35#
37) THOMAS SANCHEZ/STEVE ERIKSON 1/ 1.16#
JOE GOLDSTON/ BRAD TSUTSUI 0/0
JAMES ZAKO/ KEN VEGLAHM 0/0
JEFF AMSTUTZ/ AMANDA AMSTUTZ 0/0

BIG FISH RODNEY IO 3.16LBS. $610.00

Wow!!! What a tough bite!!! Congratulations to those who caught a keeper. Congrats to Tim Chapman on his 1st Grand Slam. Tim caught his bass rippin the first thing in the morning. Congrats to Zak Elrite for 2 nd place and Mike Johnson for 3 rd place. Both Zak and Mike were drop shotting.

1st place - Tim Chapman with 2 bass for 4.86 lbs., big fish 3.69 lbs.
2nd place - Zak Elrite with 2 bass for 2.84 lbs., big fish 1.65 lbs.
3rd place - Mike Johnson with 2 bass for 2.46 lbs.
4th place - Tony Lopez* with 1 bass for 2.02 lbs.
5th place - Javier Martinez with 1 bass for 1.45 lbs.
6th place - Chuck Peak with 1 bass for 1.27 lbs.
7th place - Jim Woolrdige with 1 bass for 1.15 lbs.
Tied for 8th place - Bob Greneveld, Ray Covert, Charlie Grover, Bill Lee, Mike Ponce, & Don Welch

Big Fish Awarded to Tim Chapman for a 3.69 lbs. largemouth bass

No Shows - Thomas Wang & Scott Stewart

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Don Welch & Mike Johnson
Boat 2: Javier Martinez & Charlie Grover
Boat 3: Bill Lee & Ray Covert
Boat 4: Jim Woolridge & Tony Lopez*
Boat 5: Tim Chapman & Thomas Wang
Boat 6: Scott Stewart
Boat 7: Chuck Peak & Bob Greneveld
Boat 8: Mike Ponce
Boat 9: Zak Elrite

It looks like I missed another great night tournament at Clear Lake. Almost everyone weighed in a limit. The windy was mild with clear skies. I can’t believe how many 5 plus pound bass were caught.

My hats off to Ron Hunnewell for weighing in a 25.61 lbs. limit. I heard Ron needed 3 weigh-in bags to carry his fish to the scales. Ron bladed his way to 1st place near Buckingham. Thomas Wang surprised his fishing guide (Bob Greneveld) by cranking a 20.50 lbs. limit in Knocti Bay. Mike Johnson placed in the money again throwing the SuperHog in Buckingham. Zak Elrite with another Big Fish Honors on a CreatureBait around Frazer Point.

1st place - Ron Hunnewell with 5 bass for 25.61 lbs., big fish 7.04 lbs.
2nd place - Thomas Wang with 5 bass for 20.5 lbs., big fish 7.59 lbs.
3rd place - Mike Johnson with 5 bass for 18.77 lbs., big fish 5.4 lbs.
4th place - Zak Elrite with 5 bass for 17.33 lbs., big fish 9.09 lbs.
5th place - Tim Chapman with 5 bass for 16.04 lbs., big fish 7.28 lbs.
6th place - Mike Ponce with 5 bass for 16.02 lbs., big fish 5.95 lbs.
7th place - Bill Lee with 5 bass for 14.15 lbs.
8th place - Jim Woolridge with 5 bass for 14.10 lbs, big fish 3.76 lbs.
9th place - Adam McAndrews with 5 bass for 13.92 lbs., big fish 4.23 lbs.
10th place - Ray Covert with 5 bass for 12.91 lbs.
11th place - Justin Baldasano with 5 bass for 12.74 lbs., big fish 3.84 lbs.
12th place - Dale Bennett with 5 bass for 12.12 lbs., big fish 3.92 lbs.
13th place - Mark DeVito* with 5 bass for 11.81 lbs., big fish 4.03 lbs.
14th place - Bob Greneveld with 5 bass for 11.80 lbs.
15th place - Don Welch with 5 bass for 11.10 lbs.
16th place - Scott Stewart with 5 bass for 10.78 lbs.
17th place - Anthony Cano with 4 bass for 8.40 lbs.
18th place - Steve Ericksen* with 4 bass for 8.14 lbs.

No Shows - Mario Jorge & Charlie Grover

Big Fish Awarded to Zak Elrite for 9.09 lbs. largemouth bass

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Justin Baldasano & Mark DeVito*
Boat 2: Ron Hunnewell & Charlie Grover
Boat 3: Steve Ericksen* & Adam McAndrew
Boat 4: Don Welch & Tim Chapman
Boat 5: Zak Elrite & Ray Covert
Boat 6: Bill Lee & Mike Johnson
Boat 7: Jim Woolridge & Dale Bennett
Boat 8: Bob Greneveld & Thomas Wang
Boat 9: Scott Stewart
Boat 10: Mike Ponce & Anthony Cano
Boat 11: Mario Jorge

It looks like I missed a good tournament on the Delta. We were in the 6 hour rule so weigh-in was at 12 noon. These are not bad weights for only fishing 12 hours. It was a little windy on Sunday, but over all we had some nice fishing. Air temp was around 90 degrees, and the water temp was in the mid 80’s.

Chuck Peak weighed in 5 bass each day. His 1st place finish was caught on wacky worming a cut tail around Connection. Adam McAndrew found the secret pattern for his 2nd place, which was caught on Sweet Beaver around the Holland marina. Don Welch caught his 3rd place limit in Disco on Sweet Beaver. Scott Stewart took Day 1 Big Fish honors by blading. Ray Covert landed Day 2 Big Fish honors on a senko. Congratulations Guys!!!

1st place - Chuck Peak with 10 bass for 24.89 lbs., big fish 3.86 lbs.
2nd place - Adam McAndrews with 7 bass for 16.41 lbs., big fish 3.82 lbs.
3rd place - Don Welch with 10 bass for 16.07 lbs., big fish 3.10 lbs.
4th place - Tim Chapman with 10 bass for 15.34 lbs.
5th place - Ray Covert with 4 bass for 14.92 lbs., big fish 8.49 lbs.
6th place - Scott Stewart with 5 bass for 12.65 lbs., big fish 5.42 lbs.
7th place - Bob Greneveld with 5 bass for 11.77 lbs., big fish 4.94 lbs.
8th place - Mike Johnson with 5 bass for 11.50 lbs., big fish 3.40 lbs.
9th place - Thomas Wang with 7 bass for 11.18 lbs., big fish 2.91 lbs.
10th place - Darwin Ellison with 8 bass for 11.06 lbs., big fish 1.94 lbs.
11th place - Mark Eglesia with 5 bass for 10.18 lbs., big fish 4.18 lbs.
12th place - Jim Woolridge with 5 bass for 9.76 lbs., big fish 2.98 lbs.
13th place - Gary Cromp with 7 bass for 8.83 lbs.
14th place - Mario Jorge with 6 bass for 7.79 lbs., big fish 1.94 lbs.
15th place - Javier Martinez with 5 bass for 6.47 lbs.
16th place - Jim Reid with 4 bass for 5.89 lbs., big fish 1.95 lbs.
17th place - Bob Nathan with 4 bass for 5.64 lbs., big fish 2.52 lbs.
18th place - Mike Ponce with 1 bass for 1.29 lbs.

Day 1 Big Fish Awarded to Scott Stewart for a 5.42 lbs. largemouth bass

Day 2 Big Fish Awarded to Ray Covert for a 8.49 lbs. largemouth bass

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Bob Greneveld & Adam McAndrews
Boat 2: Chuck Peak & Tim Chapman
Boat 3: Mike Ponce & Mark Eglesia
Boat 4: Scott Stewart & Thomas Wang
Boat 5: Jim Reid & Darwin Ellison
Boat 6: Mario Jorge & Mike Johnson
Boat 7: Don Welch & Gary Cromp
Boat 8: Jim Woolridge & Ray Covert
Boat 9: Javier Martinez & Bob Nathan

Zak Elrite & Steve

Wow… so where do I start?? Night fishing is for diehard fishermen, power naps, big plastic worms, and dropping a rod and reel combo over the side of the boat. There was a lot of baitfish in the water. Not to mention the crappie and catfish.

It was a beautiful summer night, t-shirt and shorts all the way. There was very little wind, flat calm waters, clear skies, half a moon, and fish to bite. 105 degrees during the day, 95 degrees in the shade, and 80's after the sun went down. The water was around 87 degrees on the southern end of the lake.

Mike Johnson weighed in a 1 st place heavy bag caught on Zoom Super Hog out of Buckingham. Tim Chapman's 2 nd place was caught on Sweet Beaver around Dollar Island . Adam McAndrew was caught junk fishing for his 3 rd place limit. By junk fishing, I mean throwing everything in the tacklebox. Thomas Wang took Big Fish honors by blading.

Now, Monty Jones, if he was a member would have taken the big fish check. But we only give out prizes and awards to club members. Monty's big 7.67 lbs. bass came on a 6” senko with a 1/2 oz. gambler screw in weight on 6 lbs line. Bob tells us that the bass that broke the line was even bigger. Guess what I'm using at the next night tournament?! GET THE NET!!

All in all we had an excellent night tournament. Congratulations guys!!!

1st place - Mike Johnson with 5 bass for 19.70 lbs., big fish 6.36 lbs.
2nd place - Tim Chapman with 5 bass for 17.24 lbs., big fish 5.95 lbs.
3rd place - Adam McAndrews with 5 bass for 16.08 lbs., big fish 4.76 lbs.
4th place - Scott Stewart with 5 bass for 15.15 lbs., big fish 5.90 lbs.
5th place - Don Welch with 5 bass for 14.59 lbs., big fish 4.48 lbs.
6th place - Thomas Wang with 5 bass for 14.29 lbs., big fish 6.97 lbs.
7th place - Clark Foster* with 5 bass for 13.11 lbs., big fish 3.22 lbs.
8th place - Monty Jones* with 4 bass for 12.97 lbs., big fish 7.67 lbs.
9th place - Jeremy Spears with 5 bass for 12.93 lbs.
10th place - Ray Covert with 5 bass for 11.82 lbs., big fish 3.03 lbs.
11th place - Gary Cromp with 5 bass for 10.60 lbs., big fish 3.48 lbs.
12th place - Steve Yee with 5 bass for 10.30 lbs., big fish 2.79 lbs.
13th place - Dale Bennett with 5 bass for 10.29 lbs.
14th place - Jim Woolridge with 5 bass for 9.88 lbs., big fish 3.07 lbs.
15th place - Darwin Ellison with 4 bass for 7.30 lbs., big fish 2.25 lbs.
16th place - Bob Greneveld with 3 bass for 6.03 lbs., big fish 2.75 lbs.
17th place - Zak Elrite with 3 bass for 5.87 lbs.
18th place - Mike Ponce with 4.28 lbs., big fish 3.32 lbs.
19th place - Craig Stewart* with 2 bass for 4.05 lbs.
20th place - Charles Grover with 1 bass for 1.25 lbs.

Big Fish Awarded to Thomas Wang for a 6.97 lbs. largemouth bass

Thomas Wang with Big Fish & 6th place and Jim Woolridge

Mike Johnson with 1st place

Ray Covert with 10th place and Tim Chapman with 2nd place

Adam McAndrews with 3rd place

Scott Stewart with 4th place and Craig Stewart

Monty Jones with 8th place

Gary Cromp and Jeremy Spears with 9th place

Darwin Ellison and Charlie Grover

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Jeremy Spears & Gary Cromp
Boat 2: Ray Covert & Tim Chapman
Boat 3: Jim Woolridge & Thomas Wang
Boat 4: Mike Ponce & Adam McAndrews
Boat 5: Zak Elrite & Steve Yee
Boat 6: Don Welch & Dale Bennett
Boat 7: Bob Greneveld
Boat 8: Scott Stewart & Craig Stewart*
Boat 9: Darwin Ellison
Boat 10: Mike Johnson & Clark Foster*

The second day of fishing had more wind, but same fishing conditions. Mark Eglesia & Ray Covert caught their easy limit by fishing shad pattern speed traps on rocky points in the northern end of the lake. Wow… that sounds familiar. Javier Martinez & Mike Johnson missed 1st place by one fish, throwing senkos in the woods. Darrell Allen and Dale Bennett landed their 3rd place by also throwing plastics.

The pairings were selected by Don Welch (2004 Bass Angler of the Year). This is a Team Tournament. To qualify for this tournament, you have to be a current member and one of the top twelve fishermen in 2004. The club pays for tournament fees, awards, and prizes. If any one of the fishermen have to drop out of the competition, there are three alternates: Bill Lee, Chuck Peak, and Tim Chapman.

1st place - Mark Eglesia & Ray Covert for 7 bass for 12.52 lbs., big fish 2.10 lbs.
2nd place - Javier Martinez & Mike Johnson for 6 bass for 10.77 lbs., big fish 2.33 lbs.
3rd place - Darrell Allen & Dale Bennett for 5 bass for 7.36 lbs., big fish 1.80 lbs.
4th place - Bob Greneveld & Vince Borrego for 5 bass for 4.94 lbs.
5th place - Ron Hunnewell & Mario Jorge for 3 bass for 3.29 lbs.
6th place - Don Welch & Mike Ponce for 2 bass for 2.18 lbs.

Team Partners:
Boat 1: Don Welch & Mike Ponce
Boat 2: Bob Greneveld & Vince Borrego
Boat 3: Ron Hunnewell & Mario Jorge
Boat 4: Darrell Allen & Dale Bennett
Boat 5: Ray Covert & Mark Eglesia
Boat 6: Javier Martinez & Mike Johnson

It was a mild wind after 11am. The air temperature was in the high 80's. The water temperature was in the mid 70's. Water visibility was a plus 15 feet. Scott Stewart caught his grand slam on shad pattern speed traps on the northern end of the lake. Mike Johnson landed his limit by dropshotting. Vince used a swimbait to get his big fish. Way to go guys!!!

1st place - Scott Stewart with 4 bass for 9.43 lbs., big fish 3.55 lbs.
2nd place - Mike Johnson with 4 bass for 6.34 lbs., big fish 2.73 lbs.
3rd place - Vince Borrego with 4 bass for 6.32 lbs., big fish 2.98 lbs.
4th place - Bill Lee with 4 bass for 6.26 lbs., big fish 2.10 lbs.
5th place - Chuck Peak with 4 bass for 6.19 lbs., big fish 2.21 lbs.
6th place - Adam McAndrews wiht 3 bass for 5.04 lbs., big fish 2.45 lbs.
7th place - Tim Chapman with 4 bass for 5.00 lbs.
8th place - Gary Cromp with 4 bass for 4.83 lbs., big fish 1.33 lbs.
9th place - Mario Jorge with 3 bass for 4.78 lbs., big fish 2.85 lbs.
10th place - Mike Ponce with 4 bass for 4.67 lbs.
11th place - Bob Nathan with 3 bass for 4.05 lbs.
12th place - Charlie Grover with 4 bass for 3.91 lbs.
13th place - Don Welch with 2 bass for 3.32 lbs.
14th place - Jim Woolridge with 2 bass for 2.84 lbs., big fish 2.00 lbs.
15th place - Darrell Allen with 3 bass for 2.65 lbs.
16th place - Mark Eglesia with 2 bass for 2.47 lbs.
17th place - Bob Greneveld with 2 bass for 2.44 lbs., big fish 1.55 lbs.
18th place - Dale Bennett with 2 bass for 2.05 lbs., big fish 1.08 lbs.
19th place - Javier Martinez with 2 bass for 1.96 lbs.
20th place - Ray Covert with 1 bass for 1.24 lbs.
21st place - Jim Reid with 1 bass for 1.16 lbs.
Tied for 22nd place - Darin Smith, Ron Hunnewell and Zak Elrite

Big Fish Awarded to Scott Stewart for a 3.55 lbs. largemouth bass

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Jim Woolridge & Darin Smith
Boat 2: Darrell Allen & Dale Bennett
Boat 3: Javier Martinez & Mike Johnson
Boat 4: Bill Lee & Gary Cromp
Boat 5: Scott Stewart & Bob Nathan
Boat 6: Chuck Peak & Charlie Grover
Boat 7: Zak Elrite & Adam McAndrews
Boat 8: Ron Hunnewell & Mario Jorge
Boat 9: Tim Chapman
Boat 10: Don Welch & Mike Ponce
Boat 11: Bob Greneveld & Vince Borrego
Boat 12: Jim Reid
Boat 13: Mark Eglesia & Ray Covert

Well… I was expecting heavy stringers for both days. I guess the whitecaps kept everyone south. Besides the wind, the two days were a comfortable 75 degrees with bluebird skies. The water temp was around 65 degrees. The water level was extremely high and clear.

Ray Covert’s 1st place was caught crankin in 5 feet of water. Ray’s big fish came out of 20 feet of water drop shotting. Mark Eglesia slow rolled a spinnerbait in 15 feet of water for his 2nd place win. Mike Johnson drop shotted for his 3rd place win. Zak Elrite captured his Day 1 Big Fish on a senko. Bill Lee was drop shotting a little brown worm in 15 feet of water for Day 2 Big Fish. Way to go guys!!!

Picnic after a long day of wind

Two Day Total Results
1st place - Ray Covert with 7 bass for 18.80 lbs., big fish 6.21 lbs.
2nd place - Mark Eglesia with 8 bass for 17.07 lbs., big fish 3.08 lbs.
3rd place - Mike Johnson with 6 bass for 16.38 lbs., big fish 3.95 lbs.
4th place - Adam McAndrews with 7 bass for 15.36 lbs., big fish 3.75 lbs.
5th place - Ron Hunnewell with 5 bass for 15.18 lbs., big fish 5.77 lbs.
6th place - Chuck Peak with 6 bass for 14.03 lbs., big fish 3.84 lbs.
7th place - Dale Bennett with 8 bass for 12.41 lbs., big fish 2.37 lbs.
8th place - Mario Jorge with 7 bass for 12.34 lbs., big fish 2.62 lbs.
9th place - Gary Cromp with 6 bass for 12.24 lbs., big fish 2.85 lbs.
10th place - Jim Woolridge with 6 bass for 11.95 lbs., big fish 2.44 lbs.
11th place - Thomas Wang with 5 bass for 11.01 lbs., big fish 2.69 lbs.
12th place - Zak Elrite with 3 bass for 10.80 lbs., big fish 7.06 lbs. <---- Day 1 Big Fish Award
13th place - Bob Nathan with 5 bass for 10.78 lbs., big fish 2.63 lbs.
14th place - Mike Ponce with 5 bass for 10.60 lbs., big fish 2.40 lbs.
15th place - Darrell Allen with 6 bass for 10.56 lbs., big fish 3.04 lbs.
16th place - Bill Lee with 1 bass for 8.46 lbs. <---- Day 2 Big Fish Award
17th place - Mark DeVito* with 5 bass for 8.30 lbs., big fish 2.26 lbs.
18th place - Scott Stewart with 4 bass for 8.09 lbs., big fish 2.41 lbs.
19th place - Darwin Ellison with 3 bass fo 7.78 lbs., big fish 3.08 lbs.
20th place - Bob Greneveld with 4 bass for 7.72 lbs., big fish 2.35 lbs.
21st place - Justin Baldasano with 6 bass for 7.00 lbs., big fish 2.22 lbs.
22nd place - Don Welch with 4 bass for 6.65 lbs., big fish 2.42 lbs.
23rd place - Jered Page* with 3 bass for 5.87 lbs., big fish 2.26 lbs.
24th place - Craig Hillesland* with 3 bass for 4.75 lbs., big fish 2.08 lbs.
Tied for 25th place - Charlie Grover, Darin Smith, and Phoebe Stewart*

Day 1 Big Fish Awarded to Zak Elrite for 7.06 lbs. largemouth bass

Day 2 Big Fish Awarded to Bill Lee for 8.46 lbs. largemouth bass

No Shows - Tim Chapman, Vince Borrego, Javier Martinez

Zak Elrite with Day 1 Big Fish Award for a 7.06 lbs. largemouth bass

Day 2 results
1st place - Ron Hunnewell with 2 bass for 11.02 lbs., big fish 5.77 lbs.
2nd place - Chuck Peak with 4 bass for 10.36 lbs., big fish 3.84 lbs.
3rd place - Mark Eglesia with 4 bass for 9.17 lbs., big fish 3.08 lbs.
4th place - Bob Nathan with 4 bass for 9.03 lbs., big fish 2.63 lbs.
5th place - Bill Lee with 1 bass for 8.46 lbs. <--- Day 2 Big Fish
6th place - Mario Jorge with 3 bass for 6.70 lbs., big fish 2.28 lbs.
7th place - Adam McAndrews with 3 bass for 6.56 lbs., big fish 3.75 lbs.
8th place - Ray Covert with 3 bass for 6.41 lbs., big fish 3.47 lbs.
9th place - Dale Bennett with 4 bass for 5.33 lbs., big fish 1.52 lbs.
10th place - Darrell Allen with 2 bass for 4.94 lbs., big fish 2.35 lbs.
11th place - Gary Cromp with 2 bass for 4.21 lbs., big fish 2.85 lbs.
12th place - Mark DeVito* with 3 bass for 4.11 lbs., big fish 1.59 lbs.
13th place - Mike Johnson with 2 bass for 3.94 lbs., big fish 1.94 lbs.
14th place - Jim Woolridge with 2 bass for 3.67 lbs., big fish 2.03 lbs.
15th place - Jered Page* with 2 bass for 3.61 lbs., big fish 1.61 lbs.
16th place - Don Welch with 2 bass for 3.48 lbs., big fish 2.42 lbs.
17th place - Justin Baldasano with 3 bass for 3.36 lbs., big fish 2.22 lbs.
18th place - Mike Ponce with 1 bass for 2.40 lbs.
19th place - Thomas Wang with 1 bass for 1.68 lbs.
20th place - Zak Elrite with 1 bass for 1.62 lbs.
21st place - Scott Stewart with 1 bass for 1.36 lbs.
Tied for 22nd place - Darwin Ellison, Bob Greneveld, Craig Hillesland*, Charlie Grover, and Darin Smith

Day 1 Results
1st place - Mike Johnson with 4 bass for 12.44 lbs., big fish 3.95 lbs.
2nd place - Ray Covert with 4 bass for 12.39 lbs., big fish 6.21 lbs.
3rd place - Thomas Wang with 4 bass for 9.33 lbs., big fish 2.69 lbs.
4th place - Zak Elrite with 2 bass for 9.18 lbs., big fish 7.06 lbs. <--- Day 1 Big Fish
5th place - Adam McAndrews with 4 bass for 8.80 lbs., big fish 2.94 lbs.
6th place - Jim Woolridge with 4 bass for 8.28 lbs., big fish 2.44 lbs.
7th place - Mike Ponce with 4 bass for 8.20 lbs., big fish 2.12 lbs.
8th place - Gary Cromp with 4 bass for 8.03 lbs., big fish 2.32 lbs.
9th place - Mark Eglesia with 4 bass for 7.88 lbs., big fish 2.40 lbs.
Tied for 10th place - Dale Bennett (4 bass, bf 2.37 lbs.) & Darwin Ellison (3 bass, bf 3.08 lbs.) for 7.78 lbs.
11th place - Bob Greneveld with 4 bass for 7.72 lbs., big fish 2.35 lbs.
12th place - Scott Stewart with 3 bass for 6.73 lbs., big fish 2.41 lbs.
13th place - Mario Jorge with 4 bass for 5.64 lbs., big fish 2.62 lbs.
14th place - Darrell Allen with 4 bass for 5.62 lbs., big fish 3.04 lbs.
15th place - Craig Hillesland* with 3 bass for 4.75 lbs., big fish 2.08 lbs.
16th place - Mark Devito* with 2 bass for 4.19 lbs., big fish 2.26 lbs.
17th place - Ron Hunnewell with 3 bass for 4.16 lbs., big fish 1.68 lbs.
18th place - Chuck Peak with 2 bass for 3.67 lbs., big fish 2.41 lbs.
19th place - Justin Baldasano with 3 bass for 3.64 lbs., big fish 2.14 lbs.
20th place - Don Welch with 2 bass for 3.17 lbs., big fish 2.04 lbs.
21th place - Jered Page* with 1 bass for 2.26 lbs.
22nd place - Bob Nathan with 1 bass for 1.75 lbs.
Tied for 23rd place - Bill Lee, Charlie Grover, and Darin Smith

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Zak Elrite & Bob Nathan
Boat 2: Bob Greneveld & Gary Cromp
Boat 3: Jered Page* & Adam McAndrews
Boat 4: Darwin Ellison & Darin Smith
Boat 5: Charlie Grover & Tim Chapman
Boat 6: Darrell Allen & Thomas Wang
Boat 7: Mark Eglesia & Craig Hillesland*
Boat 8: Vince Borrego & Guest*
Boat 9: Jim Woolridge & Dale Bennett
Boat 10: Scott Stewart & Phoebe Stewart*
Boat 11: Don Welch & Mike Johnson
Boat 12: Chuck Peak
Boat 13: Mike Ponce
Boat 14: Mario Jorge
Boat 15: Justin Baldasano & Mark DeVito*
Boat 16: Javier Martinez
Boat 17: Bill Lee
Boat 18: Ron Hunnewell & Guest*
Boat 19: Ray Covert

This event was hosted by the Bass Busters of Santa Clara, the Bass Classics of Santa Clara, and the Gilroy Bassmasters. Tackle packs, Certificates, and a rod & reel combo (raffle) for the kids was donated by Mel Cotton's & Boater's World. The Activity Coordinator was John Neibel (Bass Busters).

A special thanks to Darrell Allen (Gilroy Bassmasters) for donating trophy's for the kids, and Paul Barry's wife, Cindy (Bass Classics) for getting the plates for the trophies.

Every participating child under the age of 17, received a Certificate of Fishing Achievement, a trophy of their choice, and a tackle pack. There were 27 kids that participated. And just about everyone caught fish.

Around 12:30 pm we weighed in the fish, presented the awards, ate lunch and had a pinata for the kids.

The Day was a typical April Day... a little cool in the morning, partially cloudy, but comfortable. Water temperature was in the high 50's, air temperature got as high as 67 degrees, water clarity was 3 feet. There was a lot of boats on the water. The wind picked up around 11am.

Off the bow of Steve's Nitro

A Table Full of Trophies for the Kids.

Trout that fell for a lipless crankbait

Showing off their trophies

Posing with John Neibel

First of all… to catch bass… you have to be awake… no sleeping. Second… don't tell your buddy that you stuck over 30 fish on this spot the day before. With the new DFG regulations, we are limiting our weigh-ins to 4 bass instead of 5. The weather was good until 10am, the wind came up with 5 to 10 mph winds. Water visibility was near 2 feet in Franks tract. The water temperature was in the mid 50's. The air temperature was around 70.

From the back seat, Dale Bennett took his 1 st place by throwing rattle traps against windy banks. Javier Martinez with a follow up brush hog caught 2 nd place. Mark Eglesia bladed his way to 3 rd place and big fish.

1st place - Dale Bennett with 4 bass for 9.96 lbs.
2nd place - Javier Martinez with 4 bass for 9.87 lbs.
3rd place - Mark Eglesia with 4 bass for 9.70 lbs., Biggest Fish 6.10 lbs.
4th place - Ron Hunnewell with 4 bass for 8.89 lbs.
5th place - Vince Borrego with 4 bass for 8.85 lbs.
6th place - Bill Lee with 4 bass for 8.07 lbs.
7th place - Don Welch with 4 bass for 7.80 lbs.
8th place - Scott Stewart with 4 bass for 7.54 lbs.
9th place - Darin Smith with 2 bass for 7.40 lbs., big fish 6.04 lbs.
10th place - Gary Cromp with 4 bass for 7.31 lbs.
11th place - Mario Jorge with 4 bass for 7.31 lbs.
12th place - Ray Covert with 4 bass for 7.22 lbs.
13th place - Zak Elrite with 4 bass for 6.59 lbs.
14th place - Darrell Allen with 4 bass for 6.03 lbs.
15th place - Thomas Wang with 3 bass for 5.99 lbs.
16th place - Adam McAndrews with 3 bass for 5.16 lbs.
17th place - Bob Greneveld with 3 bass for 4.10 lbs.
18th place - Mike Ponce with 3 bass for 3.71 lbs.
19th place - Tim Chapman with 2 bass for 3.69 lbs.
20th place - Bob Nathan with 1 bass for 1.46 lbs.
21st place - Darwin Ellison with 1 bass for 1.25 lbs.
22nd place - Jim Woolridge with 1 bass for 1.20 lbs.
23rd place - Anthony Hall

No Show - Chuck Peak

Big Fish Awarded to Mark Eglesia for a 6.10 lbs. largemouth bass

Photographs taken by Phoebe Stewart

Darin Smith with 2nd Big Fish & Mark Eglesia with 3rd place and Biggest Fish

Dale Bennett with 1st place

Javier Martinez with 2nd place

Vince Borrego with 5th place

Boat Partners
Boat 1: Mike Ponce & Anthony Hall
Boat 2: Bill Lee & Adam McAndrews
Boat 3: Zak Elrite & Darin Smith
Boat 4: Don Welch & Thomas Wang
Boat 5: Chuck Peak
Boat 6: Jim Woolridge & Mark Eglesia
Boat 7: Mario Jorge & Bob Nathan
Boat 8: Ray Covert & Gary Cromp
Boat 9: Javier Martinez & Dale Bennett
Boat 10: Darrell Allen & Bob Greneveld
Boat 11: Darwin Ellison
Boat 12: Scott Stewart
Boat 13: Vince Borrego & Tim Chapman
Boat 14: Ron Hunnewell

Before the blast off

The Coyote Bait & Tackle Annual Anderson Team Tournament results are out (http://www.coyotebait.com ). Two of our club members placed in the money, we did well. Justin Baldasano & Anthony Hall came in 2nd place with 9.59 lbs. and were awarded $1000.00, Mark Pimentel & Gary Cromp came in 6th place with 8.01 lbs., Don Welch & Javier Martinez came in 9th place with 7.26 lbs., 13th place Bill Lee & Bob Greneveld 5.95 lbs., 17th place Jim Woolridge & Bob Nathan 4.82 lbs.

Anthony Hall and Justin Baldasano with 2nd place

1st place - Dave Tencati & Steve Larussa, Sr. for 17.23 lbs., $1500.00
2nd place - Justin Baldasano & Anthony Hall for 9.59 lbs., $1000.00
3rd place TIE - Chris Costello & Chad Hulbert for 9.45 lbs., $400.00
3rd place TIE - Mike Wohlgemuth & Andrew Wallar for 9.45 lbs., $400.00
4th place - Tony Botello & Mike Lee for 9.15 lbs., $300.00
5th place - Dave Erwin & Sue Erwin for 8.18 lbs., $200.00
6th place - Mark Pimentel & Gary Cromp for 8.01 lbs.
7th: JUAN ACOSTA / MIKE GUTIERREZ 7.82LBS
8th: WILLIE FUJITA / JIM DAVIS 7.42LBS
9th; DON WELCH / JAVIER MARTINEZ 7.26LBS.
10th: EVAN NOREN / PETE MCEARLY 6.76LBS
11th: BILL BURROLA / 6.69LBS.
12th: JOE LEVERY SR. / JOE LAVERY 6.10LBS.
13th: BILL LEE / BOB GRENEVELD 5.95LBS.
14th: JOE TENDORA/ JOE BOTTITA 5.14LBS.
15th: TOM KOLANDER / GREG KOLANDER 4.97LBS.
16th:TIE, MARK GUINASSO / VINCENT CUMMANDO 4.95LBS.
16th: TIE, JESSE HOVER / THOMAS GUTHARD 4.95LBS.
17th: JIM WOOLRIDGE / BOB NATHEN 4.82 LBS.
18th: CARL CICARPU / LUPE LEMUS 4.60LBS.
19th: JIM GREEN / JAMES GREEN 4.59LBS.
20th: MARK FALCON / JIM BAGGESE 4.31LBS.
21st: RON SHIKASHIO / RICK CRAWFORD 4.20LBS.
22nd: RICHARD TRUJILLO / RICHIE TRUJILLO 3.93LBS.
23rd: JIM DAVIS / DARIN SHIMA 3.90LBS.
24th: RYAN WAKE / RON WAKE 3.89LBS.
25th: TINO FLORES / DAVE BERMILLO 3.82LBS.
26th: BOB FAHEY / BUD GAITHER 3.81LBS.
27th: JACK DICARLO / GEORGE RIXMAN 3.20LBS.
28th: EDWARD SYLVESTER / RICHARD ANTHONY 3.17LBS.
29th: JAMES BAQUARA / MATT KIRBY 2.75LBS.
30th: DAVID PLAZA / ERIBERTO BOLANOS 2.71LBS.
31st: JIM GIANCOLA / JEFF AMSTUTES 2.16LBS.
32nd: MATT FRISBY / JAMES FRISBY 1.47LBS
33rd: MARK ANDRADE / HOUSTEN PENCE 1.40LBS.

BIG FISH: 9.76LBS STEVE LARUSSA $870.00

Steve & Anthony Cano

Wow !!! Everyone caught fish… Amazing!!! Spring is here! With the new DFG regulations, we are limiting our weigh-ins to 4 bass instead of 5. The weather was beautiful. Lake Berryessa is beautiful. The water level was near capacity. Although there was over 100 boats from Future Pro. Fishing spots wasn't crowded. Water visibility was near 12 feet in the main lake. The water temperature was in the 60's. The air temperature was in the mid 70's.

Bob Greneveld missed his grand slam by 0.20 of a pound (he was beat out by Vince's big fish). Bob was wacky worm'in a cut tail in Putah Creek. Don Welch was drop shotting in Pope Creek. Since Roger Difate was fishing as a guest, 3rd place goes to Scott Stewart. Scott was split shotting a purple brush hog in the southern end of the lake. And of course, Vince Borrego with another in the money win with big fish. Vince was draggin a jig.

1st place - Bob Greneveld with 4 bass for 9.51 lbs, big fish 3.22 lbs.
2nd place - Don Welch with 4 bass for 8.59 lbs., big fish 3.03 lbs.
3rd place* - Roger Difate* with 4 bass for 8.04 lbs.
3rd place - Scott Stewart with 4 bass for 8.02 lbs., big fish 2.39 lbs.
4th place - Ron Hunnewell with 4 bass for 7.66 lbs., big fish 2.51 lbs.
5th place - Thomas Wang with 4 bass for 7.46 lbs., big fish 2.51 lbs.
6th place - Vince Borrego with 3 bass for 7.27 lbs., big fish 3.42 lbs.
7th place - Adam McAndrews with 4 bass for 6.83 lbs.
8th place - Darwin Ellison with 4 bass for 6.77 lbs.
9th place - Anthony Hall with 4 bass for 6.69 lbs., 2.37 lbs.
10th place* - Gary Cromp* with 4 bass for 6.59 lbs.
11th place - Mario Jorge with 4 bass for 6.53 lbs., big fish 1.91 lbs.
12th place - Javier Martinez with 4 bass for 6.43 lbs.
13th place - Darin Smith with 4 bass for 6.41 lbs.
14th place - Chuck Peak with 4 bass for 6.31 lbs., big fish 1.72 lbs.
15th place - Justin Baldasano with 4 bass for 6.16 lbs., big fish 2.00 lbs.
16th place - Darrell Allen with 4 bass for 6.10 lbs.
17th place - Jim Woolridge with 4 bass for 5.59 lbs.
18th place - Mike Johnson with 4 bass for 5.45 lbs.
19th place - Dale Bennett with 4 bass for 5.09 lbs.
20th place - Ray Cover with 4 bass for 5.05 lbs.
21st place - Zak Elrite with 3 bass for 4.83 lbs., big fish 2.48 lbs.
22nd place - Steve Yee with 3 bass for 4.26 lbs.
23rd place - Anthony Cano with 2 bass for 3.98 lbs., big fish 2.59 lbs.
24th place - Mike Ponce with 3 bass for 3.81 lbs.
25th place - Tim Chapman with 2 bass for 3.40 lbs.
26th place - Bob Nathan with 2 bass for 3.15 lbs.

Big Fish Awarded to Vince Borrego for a 3.42 lbs. largemouth bass

Vince Borrego with Big Fish and 6th place

Bob Greneveld with 1st place

Don Welch with 2nd place

Scott Stewart with 3nd place

Roger Difate (* fishing as a guest) would have gotten 3rd place

Javier Martinez and Thomas Wang with 5th place

Zak Elrite and Adam McAndrews with 7th place

Darwin Ellison with 8th place

Anthony Hall with 9th place

Gary Cromp (* fishing as a guest)

Darin Smith

Chuck Peak

Justin Baldasano

Darrell Allen

Jim Woolridge and Bob Nathan

Dale Bennett

Mike Ponce

Boat 1: Zak Elrite & Adam McAndrews
Boat 2: Don Welch & Darin Smith
Boat 3: Jim Woolridge & Bob Nathan
Boat 4: Ray Covert & Gary Cromp*
Boat 5: Bob Greneveld & Anthony Hall
Boat 6: Mike Ponce & Thomas Wang
Boat 7: Darwin Ellison & Tim Chapman
Boat 8: Steve Yee & Anthony Cano
Boat 9: Darrell Allen & Dale Bennett
Boat 10: Scott Stewart
Boat 11: Vince Borrego & Roger Difate*
Boat 12: Javier Martinez & Mike Johnson
Boat 13: Justin Baldasano
Boat 14: Ron Hunnewell
Boat 15: Chuck Peak
Boat 16: Mario Jorge

Front Row: Phoebe Stewart, Zak Elrite, Jamie, Bob Grenenveld
Back Row: Scott Stewart, Steve Yee, Don Welch

Wow !!! Don Welch got a Grand Slam by drop shotting in 50 feet of water. Vince Borrego was Carolina rigging a brush hog on the flats. Ray Covert was drop shotting rocks in 20 feet of water. Congratulations Fellas !!! The weather was cold and rainy all day. The water temp was in the low 50’s. The water was near capacity and a clear 5 ft visibility.

1st place - Don Welch with 4 bass for 11.21 lbs., big fish 3.99 lbs.
2nd place - Vince Borrego with 5 bass for 9.55 lbs.
3rd place - Ray Covert with 5 bass for 9.44 lbs., big fish 3.63 lbs.
*4th place - Gary Cromp* with 4 bass for 8.36 lbs.
4th place - Scott Stewart with 5 bass for 7.61 lbs., big fish 3.13 lbs.
5th place - Adam McAndrews with 3 bass for 6.68 lbs., big fish 3.12 lbs.
6th place - Javier Martinez with 5 bass for 6.67 lbs.
7th place - Mike Ponce with 3 bass for 6.65 lbs., big fish 3.56 lbs.
8th place - Dale Bennett with 4 bass for 6.06 lbs.
9th place - Zak Elrite with 3 bass for 5.03 lbs.
10th place - Thomas Wang with 3 bass for 4.19 lbs.
11th place - Tim Chapman with 2 bass for 3.75 lbs.
12th place - Darrell Allen with 3 bass for 3.67 lbs.
13th place - Anthony Cano with 3 bass for 3.36 lbs.
14th place - Bob Greneveld with 2 bass for 2.35 lbs.
15th place - Darwin Ellison with 1 bass for 1.41 lbs.
16th place - Mike Jonhson with 1 bass for 1.13 lbs.
17th place - Jim Woolridge with 1 bass for 0.96 lbs.
18th place - Bob Nathan with 1 bass for 0.94 lbs.
Tied for 19th place - Charles Grover and Anthony Hall

Big Fish Awarded to Don Welch for a 3.99 lbs. largemouth bass

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Zak Elrite & Tim Chapman
Boat 2: Vince Borrego & Mike Johnson
Boat 3: Javier Martinez & Dale Bennett
Boat 4: Darwin Ellison & Anthony Hall
Boat 5: Ray Covert & Adam McAndrews
Boat 6: Jim Woolridge & Thomas Wang
Boat 7: Mike Ponce & Anthony Cano
Boat 8: Bob Greneveld & Bob Nathan
Boat 9: Don Welch & Gary Cromp*
Boat 10: Darrell Allen
Boat 11: Charles Grover & Son*
Boat 12: Scott Stewart

From Left to Right: Bob Nathan, ? Nathan, DJ Welch, Aniada Welch, Nicole Welch, Dale Bennett, Juani Martinez,
Bill Lee, Javier Martienz, Anthony Cano, Nancy Lee, Ray Covert, Ann Greneveld, Charles Grover, Darrell Allen,
Anthony Cano, Lanny Allen, Don Welch, Bob Greneveld, Darwin Ellison, Anna Yee, Phoebe Stewart, Steve Yee,
Mike Johnson, Mike Ponce, ? Ponce, Scott Stewart, Mark Eglesia, ? Eglesia, ? Jorge, ? Eglesia, Mario Jorge,
? Jorge, ? Jorge.

Mario Jorge (2005 Club President) presenting Don Welch (2005 Club President)
the 2004 Bassmaster, 2004 Bass Angler, & 2004 Biggest Bass of the Year Award

Mike Johnson was presented the 2004 Most Improved Award by Mario Jorge

Mario Jorge was presented with the 2004 Rookie of the Year Award by Don Welch

There were 3 main dishes to choose from:

1) Tuscany Trio (this is Lasagna, Fettecine Alfrado, and Chicken with Marinara sauce).
2) Artichoke Mushroom Chicken
3) Ginger-Teriyaki Mushroom Top Sirloin

All dinners include Ceasar Salad, Cornbread and fountain drinks, iced tea or coffee. For dessert your choice of a slice of Apple, Chocolate Cream or Lemon Meringue Pie.

*Please e-mail me the number in your group and dinner selection by 1/22/05. If you have already RSVP'd at the club meeting, I still need your dinner selection.

All members were asked to bring an unwrapped raffle prize worth $10.00 to the dinner.

I look forward to seeing you there,
Mario
mnbjorge@comcast.net

The following fishing report was copied from Vince Borrego's log on http://www.fishdelta.com

For the past month I've been prefishing the delta for my club tournament on 1/15/05 out of Orwood. Having recently moved out to Disco Bay (inside Cypress Bay on the Kellog Creek side) I was trying to decide between spending my entire day in Discovery Bay or fishing more of the heavy cover that I typically associate with Delta fishing. After 4-5 fairly unsuccessful trips finding a large enough concentration of fish in Disco, despite Long Nguyen trying to convince me that there's some toads in my back yard, I decide to start looking for structure that (a) had some sort of migration path from their fall locations, (b) had structure that would absorb and retain heat and (c) would provide enough food for the bass so that they did not have to travel far for a meal.

On 12/19/04 I found such a spot and was able to catch about 15 lbs. for 5 on a single pass flipping a 5" black/blue zipperworm with a 1/8oz weight (see previous thread started by Wolfeman for gear notes). The water clarity in this area was about 1-1.5 feet and the water temp at the time was ~50 degrees. With that location in mind I was able to find about 2-3 other spots on the delta holding fish, but nothing like the 12/19/04 trip. As the winter weather continued throughout the new year, the water in two of my primary areas started to get much colder and the weeds that I was targeting continued dying off rapidly. Sunday I took a quick trip back to the location on 12/19/04 that the fish moved about 10 feet and caught a 4.5 and 3 on back to back casts. I then decided not to burn up the spot and head for home. Water temp and clarity were pretty much the same so things were looking good.

Come tournament day we didn't have enough non-boaters so I fished alone and decided that I was going to spend all day on the honey hole as I knew the fish were there and could be caught. Once I arrived, the first thing I noticed that the water temp dropped to 45.6 and water clarity went to less than 6 inches with quite a bit of mud in the water from the previous Sunday. As the sun rose I saw a little bit of activity as bass were chasing baitfish along the outside weed edge all around the 100 yd section I was fishing and knew that I was in the right spot. I decided that I was going to stay the entire day fishing that area making pass over pass until I had to head back to the weigh in.

With the change in water clarity I noticed that after about 5 passes I wasn't getting bit on the black/blue zipperworm and began to start adapting to the conditions. I tried a buzzbait, spinnerbait, crankbait, jerkbait, jig (both white and black/red) and came up empty with another hour of fishing that same section. Just then one of my buddies Zak Elrite pulled up and was planning on fishing the same bank as I was. We chatted for a few minutes and told him that I'm going to fish this 50 yd section of bank here over and over so anything beyond that is fair game.

Around 9:45am (just as the tide was slowing from incoming to high tide) I was able to get a fat 12.5" bass on a junebug (purple/chart) zipperworm in the same area as I caught the 4.5lb bass last week. The bite was basically all pressure as I didn't feel a tap and noticed that the bass had abrasions on the top of it's mouth as it was rooting around for craws. Picking up on that I decided to switch over to a PowerShot rig with a Iovino S20 w/ chart tip on my second flipping rod that I rigged up. This is a rig that I've heard about and seen before but never fished on the delta. The only reason I had the rig tied up as a backup was from the article I read on FishDelta.com -- Special thanks Dan Mathisen and Damon Witt for the article.

Somewhere between 6-7 flips with this rig along the outside weed edge I set into a bass that not only was a new personal best on the Delta, but won big fish, the option pool and 1st place in the tournament weighing 8.56lbs!

As soon as the fish realized she was hooked she began to run underneath the boat toward deeper water where I was thankful that I was using 15 lbs. Yo-Zuri Hybrid and a 3/0 Gamakatsu EWG hook vs my normal dropshot rig. I pulled up the trolling motor and worked the fish toward the boat as I reached for my net and tried 3 times to get her in the net without success. She was definitely seeing red and trying to make a run for it. I wanted to take a cue from Robert Lee, Denny Brauer, Greg Hackney and Michael Iaconelli by lipping the fish at the side of the boat and screaming out something like "Yeah Baby!" or "Godzilla ain't got nothing on me boy!" but I remembered that my buddy Zak was just the other side of the tulle island. I didn't want to draw attention to the size of the fish that I just caught or it's location.

At that point I had to sit down and recollect myself before making another pass over the area. Later I found out from Zak that his non-boater heard the fish jumping around pointing it out to him and knew that I caught at least one fish. The rest of the day I expanded the area working deeper, shallower, etc along the same area without so much as a bite. Around 2:45pm I headed back to the weigh in and found that of the 14 boats only 6 people weighed in fish leaving most of the field in the skunk territory. 2nd place went to Mike Johnson (non-boater) with 5.13 lbs for 3 who fished Disco all day along with his boater Jim Woolridge who had 2 fish for 3.70 lbs for 3rd place. According to Jim they spent the entire day fishing docks in Disco with a Dropshot and also caught their fish between 10:00am - 10:30am just as the tide was slowing from incoming to high.

1st place - Vince Borrego with 1 bass for 8.53 lbs.
2nd place - Mike Johnson with 3 bass for 5.13 lbs.
3rd place - Jim Woolridge with 2 bass for 3.70 lbs.
4th place - Ed Pence with 1 bass for 2.60 lbs.
5th place - Adam McAndrews with 1 bass for 1.33 lbs.
6th place - Don Welch with 1 bass with 1.32 lbs.
Tied for 7th place - Mike Ponce, Tim Chapman, Scott Stewart, Charles Grover,
Javier Martinez, Zak Elrite, Anthony Cano, Ray Covert, Dale Bennett, Mario Jorge,
Bill Lee, Thomas Wang, Steve Yee, Bob Nathan, Bob Greneveld, Darrell Allen, & Darwin Ellison

Big Fish Awarded to Vince Borrego for a 8.53 lbs. largemouth bass

Vince Borrego with the 1st of the Year Grand Slam
One bass to take 1st place, Big Fish, and options

Mike Johnson with 2nd place and Jim Woolridge with 3rd place

Ed Pence with 4th place

Adam McAndrews with 5th place

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Mike Ponce & Tim Chapman
Boat 2: Don Welch & Adam McAndrew
Boat 3: Scott Stewart & Charles Grover
Boat 4: Javier Martinez & Ed Pence
Boat 5: Zak Elrite & Anthony Cano
Boat 6: Ray Covert & Dale Bennett
Boat 7: Mario Jorge
Boat 8: Jim Woolridge & Mike Johnson
Boat 9: Bill Lee & Thomas Wang
Boat 10: Steve Yee & Bob Nathan
Boat 11: Vince Borrego
Boat 12: Bob Greneveld & Darrell Allen
Boat 13: Darwin Ellison