Photo provide by Walter Baker at Lake Berryessa on 02/20/10
Left to Right : Mario Jorge, Walter Baker, Joe Nicolai, Javier Martinez, Jerry Boyd,
Don Welch, Tony Christie, Chuck Peak, Mike Bacon, Darwin Ellison, Ray Covert,
Mike Barnett, Charlie Grover, Jeff Smith, Mark Pineda, Scott Povio

Photo taken at the Delta, Holland Ramp on 03/21/09
Front Row: Javier Martinez, Don Welch, Steve Yee, Ray Covert, Mike Johnson
Back Row: Mike Bacon, Jim Woolridge, Walter Baker, Joe Nicolai, Matt Brooks*, Jerry Boyd, Mike Ponce, Jeff Smith,
Rob Ontiveros, Darwin Ellison, Chuck Peak, Ron Hunnwell, Bob Nathan, Jeff Post*, Mario Jorge, Anthony Foster*,
Adam Hawley, Charlie Gover, Clark Foster
Welcome to the Gilroy Bassmasters #4583
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We meet every first Thursday of the month (except when tournaments are scheduled the first week of the month... we'll meet the week before).

2010 Tournament Schedule - (Voted on at the 2009 December Meeting)

January 23, 2010 - New Melones
January 31 (Sunday) - GBM 2009 Awards Banquet, Marie Callender's Resturant
February 20 - Berryessa, Capell Ramp
March 27 - Pardee
April 17 & 18 - Clear Lake, 2 day, Redbud Ramp
May 22 & 23 - Sonoma, Main Ramp
June 5 - Berryessa, Capell Ramp
June 6 (Sunday)- 2009 TOC at Clear Lake, Redbud Ramp
July 17 & 18 - Clear Lake (PM/AM), Casino Ramp
August 14 &15 - Delta (PM/AM), River's End Ramp
September 11 - Don Pedro Night Team, Moccasin Ramp
October 16 - Delta Club Classics, Russo's
October 23 - Delta, Holland Ramp
November 6 - Berryessa
November - Coyote Bait and Tackle, Anderson
December 11 - Anderson

* Tournament falls in the months of the DFG 6 hour tournament regulation ( July - September )

All dates are Saturdays except for the two-day events, which are Saturday and Sunday.
The alternate lake for the entire 2010 season will be decided at the meeting prior to the tournament.
Any questions regarding our Year 2010 Bass Tournaments please contact the Tournament Director,
Darwin Ellison, email: darsysco@yahoo.com, phone: (408) 829-0629

2010 GBM Club Officers

President: Don Welch
Vice President: Scott Povio
Secretary / Treasurer: Steve Yee
Tournament Director: Darwin Ellison
Assistant TD: Ray Covert
Raffle Director: Tony Christie
Webmaster / Newsletter: Steve Yee

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c/o Steve Yee
P.O. Box 6109
Fremont, CA 94538
email: scy33613@yahoo.com

Next meeting will be held Thursday, January 6th at 7:30pm, The Claddagh Irish Pub at 1300 First Street, Gilroy, CA 95020 Phone: (408) 848-5050. Take 101 south to Hwy 152 West / Leavesley Road West exit. Westwood Shopping Center. Santa Teresa Blvd. and 1st Street.

1st place - Don Welch with 5 bass for 7.95 lbs., BF 2.47 lbs.
2nd place - Mario Jorge with 5 bass for 7.84 lbs., bf 1.90 lbs.
3rd place - Jerry Boyd with 5 bass for 7.35 lbs.
4th place - Jeff Smith with 5 bass for 7.26 lbs., bf 1.94 lbs.
5th place - Mark Pineda with 3 bass for 3.80 lbs.
6th place - Nick Daleo-5th with 2 bass for 3.71 lbs., bf 2.04 lbs.
7th place - Javier Martinez with 3 bass for 3.47 lbs.
8th place - Walter Baker with 3 bass for 3.41 lbs.
9th place - Adam Hawley with 3 bass for 3.11 lbs.
10th place - Bill Lee with 2 bass for 3.01 lbs.
11th place - Mike Bacon with 2 bass for 2.60 lbs.
12th place - Zak Elrite with 2 bass for 2.41 lbs.
13th place - Mike Barnett with 3 bass for 2.40 lbs.
14th place - Scott Povio with 2 bass for 2.21 lbs.
15th place - Tony Christie with 1 bass for 1.60 lbs.
16th place - Bob Nathan with 1 bass for 1.40 lbs.
17th place - Tom Buckles with 1 bass for 1.33 lbs.
18th place - Chuck Peak with 1 bass for 1.01 lbs.
Tied for 19th place - Charlie Grover, Jamel Johnson

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Scott Povio & Walter Baker
Boat 2: Don Welch & Bob Nathan
Boat 3: Zak Elrite & Adam Hawley
Boat 4: Mario Jorge & Mike Barnett
Boat 5: Chuck Peak & Jeff Smith
Boat 6: Javier Martinez & Tom Buckles
Boat 7: Jerry Boyd & Nick Daleo-5th
Boat 8: Mark Pineda & Tony Christie
Boat 9: Charlie Grover & Jamel Johnson
Boat 10: Bill Lee & Guest*

1st place - Tom Buckles with 5 bass for 11.62 lbs.
2nd place - Mario Jorge with 5 bass for 10.87 lbs.
3rd place - Mark Pineda with 4 bass for 9.68 lbs.
4th place - Scott Povio with 5 bass for 8.75 lbs.
5th place - Darwin Ellison 5 fish 8.68 lbs.
6th place - Bob Nathan 3 bass for 8.31 lbs., Big Fish 4.18 lbs.
7th place - Chuck Peak 4 bass for 7.87 lbs.
8th place - Tony Christie 5 bass for 7.75 lbs.
9th place - Don Welch 3 bass for 6.37 lbs.
10th place - Ray Covert 3 bass for 4.62 lbs.
11th place - Javier Martinez 2 bass for 4.37 lbs.
12th place - Jerry Boyd 2 bass for 4.25 lbs.
13th place - Bill Lee 1 bass for 2.93 lbs.
14th place - Jamel Johnson 1 bass for 1.87 lbs.
15th place - Jeff Smith 1 bass for 1.31 lbs.
Tied for 16th place - Walter Baker, Jim Woolridge, & Nick Daleo-5th

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Javier Martinez & Walter Baker
Boat 2: Don Welch & Tom Buckles
Boat 3: Scott Povio & Tony Christie
Boat 4: Chuck Peak & Nick Daleo-5th
Boat 5: Mario Jorge & Bill Lee
Boat 6: Darwin Ellison & Jeff Smith
Boat 7: Mark Pineda & Ray Covert
Boat 8: Bob Nathan & Jamel Johnson
Boat 9: Jerry Boyd & Jim Woolridge

Fishing report by Darwin Ellison
Weather was overcast all day with rain falling late in the day, some wind depending on where you where. The bite was very tough to get keepers, there were lots of small fish, but 13" seemed few and far between. Most keepers came on plastics around weeds.

1st place - Mario Jorge with 5 bass for 13.04 lbs., big fish 4.94 lbs.
2nd place - Bob Nathan with 4 bass for 11.01 lbs.
3rd place - Darwin Ellison with 2 bas for 10.35 lbs., big fish 5.50 lbs.
4th place - Chuck Peak with 5 bass for 8.98 lbs.
5th place - Anthony Lee with 5 bass for 7.19 lbs.
6th place - Ray Covert with 4 bass for 6.57 lbs.
7th place - Tony Christie with 2 bass for 2.84 lbs.
8th place - Don Welch with 2 bass for 2.61 lbs.
9th place - Charlie Hazelip with 2 bass for 2.52 lbs.
10th place - Tom Buckles with 1 bass for 1.60 lbs.
11th place - Jim Woolridge with 1 bass for 1.26 lbs.
12th place - Jerry Boyd with 1 bass for 1.18 lbs.
Tied for 13th place - Joe Nicolai, Walter Baker, Bill Lee, Jim Brookshire*

Big Fish Awarded to Darwin Ellison for a 5.50 lbs. largemouth bass

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Bob Nathan
Boat 2: Zak Elrite & Jim Woolridge
Boat 3: Don Welch & Tom Buckles
Boat 4: Mario Jorge & Charlie Hazelip
Boat 5: Jerry Boyd & Tony Christie
Boat 6: Darwin Ellison & Walter Baker
Boat 7: Chuck Peak & Bill Lee
Boat 8: Anthony Lee & Ray Covert
Boat 9: Joe Nicolai & Jim Brookshire*

Fishing report by Chuck Peak
It was a tough bite, but the club did well. Beautiful weather, a really great BBQ, pretty good raffle, a chance to see old friends and socialize with friends in the club. A day on the water is never bad.

Next year we get the trophy!

Seven clubs came to the River today to compete for this title, one that dates back to the late 80s when it was the Top Six Tournament. Each club brought their 12 man team (6 boats) to compete for this long running Club fishing title. A big thanks goes out to the Delta Bass Club for grabbing the reigns and keeping the traditions of this event alive.

Look for that Giant, Perennial, Tri-pod trophy in the office at Russo's to be sporting a new champion name for the following year!

The final results are as follows:

1st place - Sacramento Bass Wranglers with 58.95 lbs., $2000
2nd place - Delta Bass Club with 53.50 lbs., $1225
3rd place - Bass Anglers of Nor. Calif with 48.40 lbs., $720
4th place - Gilroy Bassmasters with 47.15 lbs.
5th place - Contra Costa Bass Club with 38.90 lbs.
6th place - Bass Classics of Santa Clara Valley with 34.35 lbs.
7th place - Bassbusters of Santa Clara with 27.85 lbs.

Big Bass awarded to Delta Bass Club's Darin Jorg for a 8.70 lbs. largemouth bass
Big Team Sack awarded to Delta Bass Club's Jorg & DiSilva for 17.80 lbs.

A huge thanks goes out to the following sponsors of this year's event:
Wazzu Bar-B-Q
Westernbass.CoM
Snag Proof
Tom Coss Fishing
RMR Industries
Vicious Fishing Line
Pro-Cure
Danny Miller Punchin Weights
Cooch's Fishing - Yamamoto, Big Hammer & BladeRunner Baits
Boat Masters of Livermore
Smog eXPress
Fish Sniffer
NorCal Fishing News
Black Bear Diner
Ultimate Bass Radio
Future Pro-Tour
Mel Cotton's Sporting Goods-SJ
Inland Marine
Russo's Marine
Hook, Line & Sinker
Total Tunes

The boat pairings & flights are:

Flight 1:
Boat 1: Chuck Peak & Bob Nathan
Boat 2: Javier Martinez & Mark Pineda

Flight 2:
Boat 3: Mario Jorge & Ray Covert
Boat 4: Jerry Boyd & Mike Barnett

Flight 3:
Boat 5: Darwin Ellison & Walter Baker
Boat 6: Zak Elrite & Jeff Smith

1st place - Chuck Peak & Ray Covert with 5 bass for 13.53 lbs., big bass 3.38 lbs.
2nd place - Bob Nathan & Tom Buckles with 5 bass for 9.65 lbs.
3rd place - Don Welch & Nick Daleo-5th with 5 bass for 8.89 lbs.
4th place - Zak Elrite & Walter Baker with 2 bass for 2.12 lbs.
5th place - Mark Pineda & Anthony Pineda* with 0 bass for 0 lbs.

Big Fish Awarded to Ray Covert for a 3.38 lbs. largemouth bass

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Zak Elrite & Walter Baker
Boat 2: Bob Nathan & Tom Buckles
Boat 3: Chuck Peak & Ray Covert
Boat 4: Don Welch & Nick Daleo-5th
Boat 5: Mark Pineda & Anthony Pineda*

Two Day Final Results
1st place - Chuck Peak with 8 bass for 15.43 lbs.
2nd place - Mario Jorge with 10 bass for 14.76 lbs., bf 1.87 lbs.
3rd place - Darwin Ellison with 5 bass for 10.65 lbs., bf 3.12 lbs.
4th place - Ray Covert with 4 bass for 10.56 lbs., bf 3.34 lbs.
5th place - Nick Daleo-5th with 2 bass for 9.94 lbs., bf 8.82 lbs.
6th place - Bill Lee with 6 bass for 9.74 lbs., bf 2.16 lbs.
7th place - Don Welch with 5 bass for 8.89 lbs., bf 3.52 lbs.
8th place - Jerry Boyd with 6 bass for 8.77 lbs.
9th place - Bob Nathan with 3 bass for 7.48 lbs., bf 4.98 lbs.
10th place - Mark Pineda with 4 bass for 6.94 lbs., bf 3.17 lbs.
11th place - Charlie Hazelip with 4 bass for 5.82 lbs.
12th place - Tony Christie with 3 bass for 4.38 lbs.
13th place - Walker Baker with 1 bass for 4.34 lbs.
14th place - Tom Buckles with 3 bass for 4.27 lbs.
15th place - Adam Hawley with 3 bass for 3.98 lbs.
16th place - Joe Arias with 2 bass for 3.13 lbs.
17th place - Charlie Grover with 1 bass for 2.58 lbs.
18th place - Zak Elrite with 1 bass for 1.65 lbs.

Day 1 Big Fish Awarded to
Day 2 Big Fish Awarded to

Day 2 Results
1st place - Ray Covert with 4 bass for 10.56 lbs.
2nd place - Bill Lee with 5 bass for 8.47 lbs.
3rd place - Mario Jorge with 5 bass for 8.00 lbs.
4th place - Don Welch with 4 bass for 7.64 lbs.
5th place - Mark Pineda with 4 bass for 6.94 lbs.
6th place - Jerry Boyd with 3 bass for 5.22 lbs.
7th place - Chuck Peak with 3 bass for 4.83 lbs.
8th place - Darwin Ellison with 2 bass for 4.27 lbs.
9th place - Tom Buckles with 2 bass for 2.54 lbs.
10th place - Charlie Hazelip with 1 bass for 1.80 lbs.
11th place - Zak Elrite with 1 bass for 1.65 lbs.
12th place - Tony Christie with 1 bass for 1.42 lbs.
13th place - Adam Hawley with 1 bass for 1.19 lbs.
14th place - Bob Nathan with 1 bass for 1.14 lbs.
15th place - Nick Daleo-5th, Walter Baker, Joe Arias, Charlie Grover

Day 1 Results
1st place - Chuck Peak with 5 bass for 10.60 lbs.
2nd place - Nick Daleo with 2 bass for 9.94 lbs., big fish 8.82 lbs.
3rd place - Mario Jorge with 5 bass for 6.76 lbs., big fish 1.87 lbs.
4th place - Darwin Ellison with 3 bass for 6.38 lbs.
5th place - Bob Nathan with 2 bass for 6.34 lbs.
6th place - Walter Baker with 1 bass for 4.34 lbs.
7th place - Charlie Hazelip with 3 bass for 4.02 lbs.
8th place - Jerry Boyd with 3 bass for 3.55 lbs.
9th place - Joe Arias with 2 bass for 3.13 lbs.
10th place - Tony Christie with 2 bass for 2.96 lbs.
11th place - Adam Hawley with 2 bass for 2.79 lbs.
12th place - Tom Buckles with 1 bass for 1.73 lbs.
13th place - Bill Lee with 1 bass for 1.27 lbs.
14th place - Don Welch with 1 bass for 1.25 lbs.
Tied for 15th place - Ray Covert, Zak Elrite

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Mark Pineda & Bob Nathan
Boat 2: Don Welch & Nick Daleo 5th
Boat 3: Darwin Ellison & Adam Hawley
Boat 4: Chuck Peak & Walter Baker
Boat 5: Mario Jorge & Charlie Hazelip
Boat 6: Zak Elrite & Ray Covert
Boat 7: Jerry Boyd & Bill Lee
Boat 8: Charlie Grover & Tom Buckles
Boat 9: Javier Martinez & Tony Christie
Boat 10: Rick Anderson & Anthony Lee

Fishing Report by Vince Borrego
Clear Lake was fun, hot, full of algae and tough for most. Bob Nathan/Chuck Peak, Mario and myself were the only 4 to have limits day 1. Mario was leading it day 1 with Chuck 2nd, Bob 3rd, myself in 4th and Javier in 5th (and big fish day 1). Day 2 Bob Nathan had just under 21 lbs. to take the win from Mario by .1 lbs even though Mario had another 17 lbs. sack (off of my water both days). According to Chuck Bob had his limit by 7:40AM and was killing them all day.

Either way I had fun and didn't mind the heat too much. It was only 103 up at Clear Lake

Two Day Final Results
1st place - Bob Nathan with 10 bass for 34.89 lbs., BF 6.29 lbs.
2nd place - Mario Jorge with 10 bass for 33.18 lbs.
3rd place - Chuck Peak with 10 bass for 33.07 lbs.
4th place - Vince Borrego with 8 bass for 19.40 lbs.
5th place - Javier Martinez with 7 bass for 14.46 lbs.
6th place - Darwin Ellison with 6 bass for 14.28 lbs.
7th place - Mike Barnett with 5 bass for 13.04 lbs.
8th place - Don Welch with 5 bass for 11.63 lbs.
9th place - Bill Lee with 3 bass for 11.06 lbs.
10th place - Mark Pineda with 4 bass for 10.75 lbs.
11th place - Joe Arias with 2 bass for 5.55 lbs.
12th place - Ray Covert with 2 bass for 5.15 lbs.
13th place - Adam Hawley with 1 bass for 2.39 lbs.
Tied for 14th place - Walter Baker, Ron Hunnewell*

Tough bite, some windy times, but we have 3 with over 33 lbs. Bob Nathan had 20.93 lbs. Sunday!

Day 2 Results
1st place - Bob Nathan with 5 bass for 20.93 lbs.
2nd place - Chuck Peak with 5 bass for 17.40 lbs.
3rd place - Mario Jorge with 5 bass for 16.22 lbs.
4th place - Don Welch with 5 bass for 11.63 lbs.
5th place - Mike Barnett with 4 bass for 10.35 lbs.
6th place - Javier Martinez with 4 bass for 9.84 lbs.
7th place - Bill Lee with 2 bass for 8.71 lbs.
8th place - Mark Pineda with 3 bass for 7.73 lbs.
9th place - Vince Borrego with 3 bass for 7.33 lbs.
10th place - Joe Arias with 2 bass for 5.55 lbs.
11th place - Darwin Ellison with 2 bass for 4.98 lbs.
12th place - Ray Covert with 1 bass for 2.69 lbs.
13th place - Adam Hawley, Walter Baker, Ron Hunnewell*

Day 1 Results
1st place - Mario Jorge with 5 bass for 16.96 lbs.
2nd place - Chuck Peak with 5 bass for 15.67 lbs.
3rd place - Bob Nathan with 5 bass for 13.96 lbs.
4th place - Vince Borrego with 5 bass for 12.07 lbs.
5th place - Javier Martinez with 3 bass for 9.94 lbs.
6th place - Darwin Ellison with 4 bass for 9.30 lbs.
7th place - Mark Pineda with 1 bass for 3.02 lbs.
8th place - Mike Barnett with 1 bass for 2.66 lbs.
9th place - Ray Covert with 1 bass for 2.46 lbs.
10th place - Adam Hawley with 1 bass for 2.39 lbs.
11th place - Bill Lee with 1 bass for 2.35 lbs.
Tied for 12th place - Don Welch, Joe Arias, Walter Baker, Ron Hunnewell*

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Joe Arias & Adam Hawley
Boat 2: Darwin Ellison & Ray Covert
Boat 3: Chuck Peak & Bob Nathan
Boat 4: Mike Bacon & Joe Nicolai
Boat 5: Mario Jorge & Jim Woolridge
Boat 6: Javier Martinez & Walter Baker
Boat 7: Charlie Grover & Anthony Lee
Boat 8: Mark Pineda & Bill Lee
Boat 9: Don Welch & Ron Hunnewell*

Slow bite, lots of wind

1st place team - Chuck Peak and Walter Baker with 5 bass for 15.48 lbs., BF 3.94 lbs.
2nd place team - Don Welch and Bill Lee with 5 bass for 12.78 lbs., bf 3.11 lbs.
3rd place team - Mario Jorge and Ray Covert with 5 bass for 12.71 lbs., bf 3.5 lbs.
4th place team - Darwin Ellison and Bob Nathan with 3 bass for 7.88 lbs., 3.10 lbs.
5th place team - Jerry Boyd and Mike Barnett with 1 bass for 2.75 lbs.
6th place team - Javier Martinez and Adam Hawley, Did not fish

Thanks to Scott Povio's great idea, On June 5th we are scheduled to fish Berryessa.  All the qualified anglers with then be able to drive or meet at Clearlake and fish the TOC the following day.  From what mapquest shows, Clear Lake is another hour and 15 minutes from Berryessa which is shorter then driving home. This way we fish two great lakes in two days.

Here are the teams for the TOC:

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Mario Jorge & Ray Covert
Boat 2: Jerry Boyd & Mike Barnett
Boat 3: Chuck Peak & Walter Baker
Boat 4: Don Welch & Bill Lee
Boat 5: Javier Martinez & Adam Hawley
Boat 6: Darwin Ellison & Bob Nathan

Relatively good conditions, some afternoon winds, scatterred bites. Chuck had only monster for the day.

1st place - Chuck Peak with 5 bass for 17.77 lbs., BF 9.32 lbs.
2nd place - Darwin Ellison with 5 bass for 11.19 lbs., bf 3.10 lbs.
3rd place - Mario Jorge with 5 bass for 10.16 lbs., bf 3.10 lbs.
4th place - Anthony Lee with 5 bass for 9.13 lbs., 2.68
5th place - Jim Woolridge with 5 bass for 9.05 lbs.
6th place - Walter Baker with 5 bass for 8.98 lbs., bf 2.72 lbs.
7th place - Jerry Boyd with 5 bass for 8.70 lbs.
8th place - Mark Pineda with 5 bass for 8.15 lbs.
9th place - Bob Nathan with 5 bass for 8.15 lbs.
10th place - Don Welch with 5 bass for 7.77 lbs.
11th place - Ray Covert with 5 bass for 7.4 2 lbs.
12th place - Bill Lee with 5 bass for 6.83 lbs.
13th place - Joe Nicolai with 5 bass for 6.24 lbs.
14th place - Mike Barnett with 4 bass for 5.08 lbs.
15th place - Charlie Grover with 3 bass for 4.74 lbs., bf 1.89 lbs.
16th place - Mike Bacon with 3 bass for 3.88 lbs.
17th place - Pat Key
Guest Mike Ponce* with 5 bass for 7.02 lbs.

Big Fish Awarded to Chuck Peak with a 9.32 lbs. largemouth

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Mario Jorge & Ray Covert
Boat 2: Jerry Boyd & Mike Barnett
Boat 3: Chuck Peak & Walter Baker
Boat 4: Don Welch & Bill Lee
Boat 5: Javier Martinez & Adam Hawley
Boat 6: Darwin Ellison & Bob Nathan
Boat 7: Mike Ponce* (Guest Boater) & Jim Woolridge
Boat 8: Mark Pineda & Patrick Key
Boat 9: Joe Nicolai
Boat 10: Charlie Grover & Anthony Lee

Fishing Report by Jim Woolridge
We had a fun time at Lake Sonoma last weekend.  Mike Johnson would have won had he been a member, he did get the options. He had a very impressive total with a nice bag on Sunday with a 7.8 pound kicker. Chuck Peak was second and got the official 1st place check. Chuck was steady with nice totals both days.  I think Jerry Boyd finished 2nd, Bob Nathan was 3rd and Mario was 4th.  Bob Nathan had big fish on Saturday with one close to 5 pounds.  Everyone caught fish but it was very tough bite. I will let Ray Covert provide the actual details.

It rained on Saturday but the issue was the wind gusts to 25 MPH on both days. Water temps was 60-62 degrees for us and the water was clear to 3-4 feet before the wind and boat chop caused the mud lines. The weather was a challenge, it was cold over night and the bite was affected by El Nino like every other lake in the west.

2 Day Totals
1st place - Chuck Peak 24.03 lbs.
2nd place - Jerry Boyd 20.21 lbs.
3rd place - Bob Nathan 20.18 lbs.
4th place - Mario Jorge 18.18 lbs.
5th place - Jim Woolridge 16.76 lbs.
6th place - Don Welch 16.28 lbs.
7th place - Ray Covert 15.87 lbs.
8th place - Zak Elrite 15.47 lbs.
9th place - Mike Barnett 14.51 lbs.
10th place - Jeff Smith 12.73 lbs.
11th place - Javier Martinez 12.27 lbs.
12th place - Adam Hawley 7.74 lbs.
13th place - Walter Baker 7.55 lbs.
14th place - Mark Pineda 7.05 lbs.
15th place - Bill Lee 4.77 lbs.
16th place - Tony Christie 4.19 lbs.
17th place - Charlie Grover 2.38 lbs.
Guest Mike Johnson 26.71 lbs., BF 7.68 lbs. If mike was a member of the club he would have won the whole thing.

Day 1 Results
1st place - Bob Nathan 11.82 lbs., BF 5.00 lbs.
2nd place - Chuck Peak 11.71 lbs.
3rd place - Don Welch 10.18 lbs.
4th place - Jerry Boyd 9.77 lbs.
5th place - Jim Woolridge 9.70 lbs.
6th place - Mario Jorge 9.12 lbs.
7th place - Ray Covert 9.02 lbs.
8th place - Jeff Smith 8.17 lbs.
9th place - Adam Hawley 7.74 lbs.
10th place - Mark Pineda 7.05 lbs.
11th place - Zak Elrite 6.71 lbs.
12th place - Javier Martinez 5.33 lbs.
13th place - Walter Baker 3.80 lbs.
14th place - Mike Barnett 3.56 lbs.
15th place - Tony Christie 2.58 lbs.
16th place - Bill Lee 1.05 lbs.
17th place - Charlie Grover 0 lbs.
Guest Mike Johnson 10.27 lbs

Day 2 Results
1st place - Chuck Peak 12.32 lbs., BF 5.42 lbs.
2nd place - Mike Barnett 10.95 lbs.
3rd place - Jerry Boyd 10.44 lbs.
4th place - Mario Jorge 9.06 lbs.
5th place - Zak Elrite 8.76 lbs.
6th place - Bob Nathan 8.36 lbs.
7th place - Jim Woolridge 7.06 lbs.
8th place - Javier Martinez 6.94 lbs.
9th place - Ray Covert 6.85 lbs.
10th place - Don Welch 6.10 lbs.
11th place - Jeff Smith 4.56 lbs.
12th place - Walter Baker 3.75 lbs.
13th place - Bill Lee 3.72 lbs.
14th place - Charlie Grover 2.38 lbs.
15th place - Tony Christie 1.61 lbs.
16th place - Adam Hawley, Mark Pineda
Guest Mike Johnson 16.44 lbs., BF 7.68 lbs.

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Chuck Peak & Bill Lee
Boat 2: Jerry Boyd & Ray Covert
Boat 3: Zak Elrite & Jim Woolridge
Boat 4: Mark Pineda & Tony Christie
Boat 5: Mario Jorge & Adam Hawley
Boat 6: Javier Martinez & Jeff Smith
Boat 7: Don Welch & Bob Nathan
Boat 8: Charlie Grover & Mike Barnett
Boat 9: Mike Johnson* & Walter Baker

Two Day Final Results
1st place - Chuck Peak with 7 bass for 23.22 lbs.
2nd place - Mark Pineda with 6 bas for 20.35 lbs.
3rd place - Mario Jorge with 6 bass for 17.69 lbs.
4th place - Don Welch with 5 bass for 15.94 lbs.
5th place - Walter Baker with 6 bass for 13.99 lbs.
6th place - Bill Lee with 4 bass for 12.73 lbs.
7th place - Mike Barnett with 3 bass for 8.49 lbs.
8th place - Adam Hawley with 2 bass for 7.02 lbs.
9th place - Zak Elrite with 1 bass for 4.66 lbs.
10th place - Jerry Boyd with 2 bass for 4.17 lbs.
11th place - Ray Covert, Charlie Grover

Day 2 Results
1st place - Walter Baker with 3 bass for 6.68 lbs.
2nd place - Mark Pineda with 2 bass for 6.67 lbs., big fish 3.84 lbs.
3rd place Chuck Peak with 2 bass for 6.63 lbs.
4th place - Bill Lee with 2 bass for 5.94 lbs.
5th place - Don Welch with 1 bass for 3.36 lbs.
6th place - Mario Jorge with 1 bass for 2.96 lbs.
Tied for 7th place - Ray Covert, Zak Elrite, Jerry Boyd, Adam Hawley, Mike Barnett, Charlie Grover

Day 1 Results
1st place - Chuck Peak with 5 bass for 16.59 lbs., big fish 4.80 lbs.
2nd place - Mario Jorge with 5 bass for 14.73 lbs.
3rd place - Mark Pineda with 4 bass for 13.68 lbs.
4th place - Don Welch with 4 bass for 12.59 lbs.
5th place - Mike Barnett with 3 bass for 8.49 lbs.
6th place - Walter Baker with 3 bass for 7.31 lbs.
7th place - Adam Hawley with 2 bass for 7.02 lbs.
8th place - Bill Lee with 2 bass for 6.79 lbs.
9th place - Zak Elrite with 1 bass for 4.66 lbs.
10th place - Jerry Boyd with 2 bass for 4.17 lbs.
11th place - Ray Covert, Charlie Grover

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Jerry Boyd & Bill Lee
Boat 2: Don Welch & Adam Hawley
Boat 3: Mario Jorge & Walter Baker
Boat 4: Chuck Peak & Mike Barnett
Boat 5: Zak Elrite & Ray Covert
Boat 6: Charlie Grover & Bob Nathan
Boat 7: Mark Pineda & Anthony Pineda*

Fishing Report by Ray Covert
The fishing was pretty tough. good weather with a slight wind all day, clear skies and about 60-65 most of the day. jerry caught all his fish using the swamp crawler. the big fish came off a main lake point in about 15-20 feet. most of the fish were caught either dropshoting or with the swamp crawler. I caught 2 nice rainbow trout on the swamp crawler before I caught my 1 largemouth. see you at the meeting thursday..    thanks Ray

1st place - Jerry Boyd with 5 bass for 13.62 lbs., big fish 5.76 lbs.
2nd place - Mario Jorge with 5 bass for 11.31 lbs.
3rd place - Chuck Peak with 5 bass for 8.56 lbs.
4th place - Don Welch with 5 bass for 7.00 lbs.
5th place - Mark Pineda with 2 bass for 5.73 lbs.
6th place - Scott Povio with 1 bass for 3.85 lbs.
7th place - Javier Martinez with 2 bass for 3.37 lbs.
8th place - Walter Baker with 1 bass for 2.19 lbs.
9th place - Charlie Grover with 1 bass for 2.10 lbs.
10th place - Ray Covert with 1 bass for 1.18 lbs.
Tied for 11th place - Joe Nicolai, Charlie Hazelip, Adam Hawley, Bob Nathan, Rob Ontiveros, Chris Lewis*, Mike Johnson*

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Bob Nathan
Boat 2: Joe Nicolai
Boat 3: Mario Jorge & Mark Pineda
Boat 4: Don Welch & Walter Baker
Boat 5: Ray Covert & Adam Hawley
Boat 6: Javier Martinez & Rob Ontiveros
Boat 7: Chuck Peak & Mike Bacon
Boat 8: Jerry Boyd & Charlie Hazelip
Boat 9: Mike Barnett & Charlie Grover
Boat 10: Scott Povio & Chris Lewis*

Fishing Report by Jeff Smith
As for B'yessa, Don won it with 10-something; only a handful of limits. We lucked out with no rain to speak of (until the ride home). Even the temps were tolerable. I was lucky ... See More enough to at least get into the 'top 10' with 4 fish (for whatever that's worth), but I probably wouldn't have if *you* had been fishing with us! ;- )

My first 3 fish were -- 1 largemouth, 1 smallie & 1 spot; caught one cranking, but the rest were on shallow plastics, which seemed to be the ticket for most of the guys. Scott & I caught some off of points, but others off of flats, probably nothing deeper than 15-20 ft, if even that.

Fishing Report by Darwin Ellison
Weather was calm, overcast, mild. There was a large Anglers Choice tournament of about 100 boats, so some competition for spots, fish. Most fish were taken with plastics, drop shot etc. Few if any reaction fish.

1st place - Don Welch with 5 bass for 10.35 lbs.
2nd place - Mike Barnett with 5 bass for 9.26 lbs.
3rd place - Darwin Ellison with 5 bass for 9.15 lbs.
4 Tony Cristie* with 5 bass for 8.69 lbs.
4th place - Jerry Boyd with 5 bass for 8.63 lbs.
5th place - Mario Jorge with 5 bass for 8.52 lbs.
6th place - Chuck Peak with 5 bass for 8.21 lbs.
7th place - Joe Nicolai with 5 bass for 8.08 lbs.
8th place - Jeff Smith with 4 bass for 6.46 lbs.
9th place - Mark Pineda with 5 bass for 6.20 lbs.
10th place - Javier Martinez with 3 bass for 6.03 lbs., Big Fish 2.70 lbs.
11th place - Scott Povio with 3 bass for 4.90 lbs.
12th place - Ray Covert with 2 bass for 2.59 lbs.
13th place - Mike Bacon with 2 bass for 2.39 lbs.
14th place - Walter Baker with 1 bass for 1.25 lbs.
15th place - Charlie Grover

Big Fish Awarded to Javier Martinez with a 2.70 lbs. largemouth bass

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Don Welch & Mark Pineda
Boat 2: Charlie Grover & Walter Baker
Boat 3: Chuck Peak & Ray Covert
Boat 4: Javier Martinez & Joe Nicolai
Boat 5: Scott Povio & Jeff Smith
Boat 6: Mario Jorge & Mike Barnett
Boat 7: Darwin Ellison & Mike Bacon
Boat 8: Jerry Boyd & Tony Christie*

2009 Bass Angler of the Year - Mario Jorge - 171.97 lbs.
2009 Bassmaster of the Year - Mario Jorge - 364 points

2009 Sportsman of the Year - Jim Woolridge
2009 Sportsman of the Year - Chuck Peak

2009 Biggest Bass of Year - Chuck Peak - 9.92 lbs.
2009 Most Improved of Year - Walter Baker
2009 Rookie of Year - Mike Bacon

All, As most of you know, we are having our Annual Awards banquet this Sunday  (Jan. 31st) at Marie Callendars in Morgan Hill. This event will start a 6:30 pm in the private room at the back of the restaraunt.

Please select your menu option from the selections below.  Each meal option includes your drink choice (soda, iced tea,or coffee) and a desert choice of apple, chocolate cream, or lemon m. pie.  Options -please email me with your choice by Thursday night
1) Pepper crusted, hand carved Tri-Tip or
2) Lemon pepper Salmon or
3) Artichoke &Mushroom Chicken

The price for the each meal is  only 19.99 (plus tip),  Please be prepared to pay $23! Note: Also please remember to bring a $10 door prize for the gift exchange!!!

Hope to see you at this event!!!! Don

Fishing Report by Darwin Ellison
Conditions were rain early, clearing as day went on, little to no wind all day.

Water in mid to high 40's, clear to 4-5 feet Primary baits plastic, with drop shot, etc, except for Scotts big fish on a swim bait

1st place - Scott Povio with 5 bass for 12.16 lbs., big fish 5.43 lbs.
2nd place - Jerry Boyd with 5 bass for 9.92 lbs. , big fish 2.38 lbs.
3rd place - Chuck Peak with 5 bass for 9.36 lbs., big fish 2.94 lbs.
4th place - Jim Woolridge with 5 bass for 8.33 lbs.
5th place - Mario Jorge with 5 bass for 7.75 lbs., big fish 2.13 lbs.
6th place - Darwin Ellison with 5 bass for 7.67 lbs.
7th place - Mark Pineda with 5 bass for 7.37 lbs.
8th place - Javier Martinez with 5 bass for 7.25 lbs., big fish 2.01 lbs.
9th place - Mike Barnett with 5 bass for 7.23 lbs.
10th place - Don Welch with 5 bass for 6.93 lbs.
11th place - Jeff Smith with 4 bass for 5.72 lbs.
12th place - Walter Baker with 3 bass for 4.81 lbs.
13th place - Charlie Hazelip with 2 bass for 2.70 lbs.
14th place - Ray Covert with 1 bass for 1.60 lbs.
15th place - Charlie Grover with 1 bass for 1.21 lbs.

Big Fish Awarded to Scott Povio for a 5.43 lbs. largemouth bass

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Scott Povio & Mark Pineda
Boat 2: Darwin Ellison & Jim Woolridge
Boat 3: Don Welch & Ray Covert
Boat 4: Chuck Peak & Mike Barnett
Boat 5: Jerry Boyd & Charlie Hazelip
Boat 6: Javier Martinez & Jeff Smith
Boat 7: Mario Jorge & Walter Baker
Boat 8: Charile Grover & Steve Grover*

Fishing Report by Scott Povio
My fish were 1 smallie, 3 spots and 1 largemouth. I think that was a good ratio as far as what every was catching. The water was 55 degrees, pretty clear about 6 feet of visibility and I would say the lake was down about 40 feet. I know Mario, Jim and I caught most of our fish shallow.  I dont think I caught a fish more than 15 feet deep. I caught mine on a oxblood red flake robo worm with a flick shake head.  Mario caught fish on drop shot and a scrounger. All of the guys that weighed in limits were fishing in the south end of the lake and the narrows.  Guys that went up to Puta creek only caught 1 or 2. And it was a thousand times better than Anderson!!!!

Fishing Report by Jim Woolridge
Mario and I was mostly using the secret bait, that can not be mentioned. We also caught a few on drop shot. I threw a floating swim bait in the morning and well as a 5.5" Mikey. I sprained my shoulder on Tuesday morning when I fell on the frost. So that swim bait was not for me very long.  It even hurt when I set the hook on my first fish with the secret bait.

The bite was better when the wind and rains caused a ripple on the water. We fished in the narrows around Little Portugeses mainly rocky points.  We would cast to the rocks and work it slowly back toward the boat, the bite was typically very suttle.  The fish were shallow to 30 feet.  Air temperatures was reasonable at 45 degrees and the water temp was 45-47.  The showers came in cells with a little calm in between.  All in all a nice time on the water inspite of bad shoulder and a little rain.

The big fish was a nice 3.36 pound smallie by Scott. Mario had mostly spots to two pounds mixed with a couple of largies to the upper 2s.  I had a large and the four spots to 2 pounds.  70% of the catch were spots, 10% smallies and 20% largemouth as a guess.

1st place - Mario Jorge with 5 bass for 10.06 lbs.
2nd place - Scott Povio with 5 bass for 9.75 lbs., big fish 3.36 lbs.
3rd place - Jim Woolridge with 5 bass for 8.71 lbs.
4th place - Jerry Boyd with 5 bass for 7.69 lbs.
5th place - Don Welch with 4 bass for 6.08 lbs.
6th place - Tony Christie with 3 bass for 4.51 lbs.
7th place - Mike Barnett with 3 bass for 3.62 lbs.
8th place - Chuck Peak with 1 bass for 2.08 lbs.
9th place - Darwin Ellison with 1 bass for 1.86 lbs.
10th place - Joe Nicolai with 1 bass for 1.50 lbs.
Tied for 11th place Adam Hawley & Walter Baker

Big Fish awarded to Scott Povio for a 3.36 lbs. largemouth bass

Weather was rainy and windy, but fishable.

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Jerry Boyd & Joe Nicolai
Boat 2: Don Welch & Mike Barnett
Boat 3: Mario Jorge & Jim Woolridge
Boat 4: Chuck Peak & Walter Baker
Boat 5: Scott Povio & Tony Christie
Boat 6: Darwin Ellison & Adam Hawley

Fishing Report by Jim Woolridge
We had a good time on Anderson but the bite was really tough. Sunny with some afternoon winds to 15 MPH. I am not sure of the exact weights but Jerry Boyd won it with 8+, I was 2nd with 7+ on the bait that shall not be mentioned and Don was 3rd with 7+, Mario was 4th 6+ and Jeff Smith was 5th with around 6.

There was a big hassle with DFG for not having the correct permits for the lake (New Melones vs Anderson). During the fishing they boarded all the boats, made a license & safety check then had us show them our fish. Later it was announced that if we removed and weighed-in any fish that Darwin would receive three fines. So we all did a weigh-in on the water, recorded the totals with our partners and then released the fish before coming into the launch area. Afterwards they also checked each livewell in the parking lot to insure no one had any fish.

Almost everyone then headed to Red Robin for the trophy and results. It was nice to see Darwin made it out of handcuffs (just kiddin) in time for the official result announcement.

Seriously though, we need to be diligent in having the correct paper work if we change a tournament location. Obviously it is better not to change if at all possible. Also the TD and president should both have copies of our updated permits and rules in their boats at all times during club sanctioned events.

1st place - Jerry Boyd with 5 bass for 8.40 lbs., big fish 3.00 lbs.
2nd place - Jim Woolridge with 5 bass for 7.70 lbs.
3rd place - Don Welch with 5 bass for 7.65 lbs.
4th place - Mario Jorge with 5 bass for 6.80 lbs.
Tim Chapman* with 5 bass for 6.50 lbs.
5th place - Jeff Smith with 5 bass for 6.30 lbs.
6th place - Bob Nathan with 4 bass for 4.60 lbs.
7th place - Scott Povio with 3 bass for 4.00 lbs.
8th place - Walter Baker with 2 bass for 2.70 lbs.
9th place - Ray Covert with 2 bass for 2.50 lbs.
10th place - Darwin Ellison with 2 bass for 2.00 lbs.
11th place - Mike Bacon with 1 bass for 1.40 lbs.
12th place - Mike Ponce with 2 bass for 1.11 lbs.
13th place - Tony Christie with 1 bass for 1.10 lbs.
Tied for 14th place - Joe Nicolai, Mike Johnson, Javier Martinez, Ron Hunnewell, Bill Lee, Charlie Grover, & Adam Hawley

Boat Partners:
Boat 1: Darwin Ellison & Charlie Hazelip
Boat 2: Jeff Smith
Boat 3: Scott Povio & Tony Christie
Boat 4: Bill Lee & Jim Woolridge
Boat 5: Mike Ponce & Mike Bacon
Boat 6: Jerry Boyd & Adam Hawley
Boat 7: Bob Nathan
Boat 8: Charlie Grover & Ray Covert
Boat 9: Mario Jorge & Walter Baker
Boat 10: Don Welch & Tim Chapman*
Boat 11: Mike Johnson & Joe Nicolai
Boat 12: Javier Martinez & Ron Hunnewell