Before we get into the tournament results. We want to give a big shout out to a couple of our guys that participated and represented the club at the recent WON Bass Tournament at Lake Mojave. Both Tom Creasy and Mark Chadeayne looked fabulous while ROCKING the clubs new team jerseys. congratulations to you both. Tom Creasy had a strong performance finishing 15th out of 189 with 35.62 pounds, 16.58 coming on the final day. I can’t confirm for tax reasons, but I believe his check had some extra digits? I’ll let Mark tell you his side of the story…LOL
Check them out!
While LA county was gray and waiting for our much needed rain, the CBC was out enjoying Ventura county’s beautiful weather at Lake Piru. Other than a little wind and some low water levels, the boys had a blast on the water.
Congratulations to Team Steve and Thomas who pulled out a first place finish and Big Fish! Pretty close weights for the rest of the teams.
Place/Team/# of Fish/Weight
Big Fish: Steve Meza/2.35
Fishing sounded pretty good for the 6 California Bass Contender teams that made the trek to El Capitan Reservoir in San Diego. The MLF were having a tournament there also, but were a non factor and didn’t stop our anglers from getting fish and fishing “their” spots. I heard the event staff were great and showed our anglers the same courtesies the “PRO’s” got.
With the season at it’s half way mark, you might want to take a peek at the AOY standings, there are some changes after this tournament.
Place/Team/Number of Fish/Weight
Big Fish Alfred V and Sherman W 4.40
The CBC made the trip down South to San Diego last weekend to fish the San Vicente Reservoir. The early morning comradery was great, the weather was good, and the fishing was even better. If you thought the DVL launch ramp hike was long, this one was like climbing Mount Everest. After the co-angler workout, we safely launched 10 teams and all 10 teams weighed fish at the end of the day. A significant upgrade from July’s DVL tournament. Just about every technique worked, top water, jerk bait, dropshot, deep, shallow, and even the ol’ spinner bait came through, but the name of the game was CULLING. If you got one fish, you needed 4 more. If you got your 5, you still needed 5 more, just bigger than your last.
With San V being a contact lake, the recreational boaters were out in force. They made the water a little rough and the shoreline muddy (spinner bait), but overall they weren’t too bad on the water. It was off the water that we felt their presence. The launch ramp was crowded, causing delays getting off the water and getting our fish back in the water. The delays, combined with the August afternoon heat, caused us to lose some fish before we could safely release them. As a catch and release club, we have to everything we can to safely release our fish. Luckily, the lost fish were given to a person who was able to not let them go to waste.
The number one spot went to Derrick Y and Robert T with the only double digit bag, 10.47. They did lose a fish during the delays, knocking their weight to 10.22. The DF penalty almost cost them, because Frank S and Joe N, were coming on strong with 9.67. Their weight included the Big Fish honors, 2.90. Rounding out the Top 3, was Alfred V and Tom C, who finished with 8.15.
As a reminder, each team needs to weigh a big fish so we don’t run into tie scenarios.
Thank you all for making it a great day!
Place/Team/# of fish/weight
Big Fish
Frank S 2.90
Tournament details:
August 20, 2022 San Vicente Reservoir
This is a NON-LOCAL LAKE, please refer to the tournament rules for fee details, plus half the gate and launching fees
Non boater anglers must contact their boating partner to confirm participation and arrange travel details no later than the Sunday before the tournament.
Lake opens a 1/2 hour before sunrise
Launch and go format
6 hour tournament, weigh-in at 1pm in the parking lot
5 fish/12″ limit
All lake rules, off limits, and speed rules apply
Team number/Boater/Co angler
Good Luck! Please do not be in a rush at the weigh in.
Reminder the next weeks club meeting will discuss the following:
Please make every effort to attend.
Now for the fun stuff…..
DVL, “the Jewel of the IE”, for some and an empty coal mine to others. With some during the week changes to the line up, we managed to get all of our anglers on boats and on the water. We had a team run into some issues and weren’t able to make it, but we did see 3 new smiley faces. We had Eddie, a boater, fishing with Tom C, Sherman fishing with Frank/Dean, and Thomas fishing with Kevin/Raul. They all caught fish!
With unexpected cloudy weather, we were able to fish without melting, which was great. The water was low, the ramp was limited to 2 boats at a time, and the walk felt extra long up and down the ramp, but it all worked out with minimal delays.
Fishing was tough for some teams, our team’s 3 fish wouldn’t have made 12″ if we laid them together and stepped on them. But, not to worry, some guys caught diamonds and not small bags of coal. The 1pm weigh-in saw multiple teams bring bags with a fish to be weighed for Big Fish honors, but there was only 1 limit. Big Fish weights started at 2+, then 3+, then 4+, only to be topped by a 6.48 kicker for Steve M. DANG! That fish, and some chubby others helped team Steve and Alfred take first place with 4 fish weighing a healthy 15.19. They were closely challenged by team Jr and Pops with the only 5 fish limit that went for 12.22. The last podium spot went to Eddie and Tom with 2 fish for 7.66.
Thanks to everyone for making the day awesome and can’t wait for next month! Hope to see the new faces again and great job catching fish!
Place/Team/# Fish/Weight
Big Fish
Steve Meza 6.48
Hope everyone is ready to make that long, steep, July HOT walk up the DVL launch ramp!
Please note that the July night DVL tournament has been changed to a DAY tournament.
6hr tournament. Weigh-in at 1pm in the parking lot.
Again, please do not be in a rush and we need your pictures.
Launch and go in order of the draw.
Gate opens at 5:15am
5 fish/12″ limit, 1 smallmouth per angler or 2 per boat
All lake rules and restrictions apply
This is a Team format tournament
Local lake fees apply, plus half the gate
Number/Boater/Co-angler
With the temperatures expected to reach the 90’s in Wildomar, the CBC toughed out the heat and had our first “summer hours” tournament of the season. Some members arrived at the lake in the wee hours of the morning only to find out that the lake was very strict about their 6am gate opening. WHAT! We had a launch in order format so it didn’t make too much of a difference, however the beautiful sunrise occurred while we were still in line at the gate. Doesn’t Lake Skinner know about that early morning top water bite that we have been looking forward to all winter?
Despite the delays, our teams did everything they could to beat the lake, but the lake definitely fought back and did some beating of its own. This tournament brought some of the out of towners back to California. Ted R and Kevin D, both pros of the desert heat living, were welcomed back with open arms. Kevin D and Mark C were there fishing on their brand new boat, and boy what a beautiful sight….the BOAT!
The 6 hour tournament format saw us off the water at 1pm and weighing in on the asphalt at 1:30. The desert living pro, Ted R and his partner Dean L, managed the only limit and it was good enough for a fist place finish with 5 alive for 13.69. The Conrad’s fishing together still pulled off a double digit bag, 4/12.73, that also included Big Fish of 4.5. Johnny A and Alfred V rounded out the podium with 4/8.63.
It was great to see everyone and can’t wait to see you all at next months summer nights tournament at DVL.
Place/Team/ number of fish/weight
*Big Fish Conrad Jr 4.50
The CBC June tournament had changed locations due to the recent closure of Lake Hodges. The new location is Lake Skinner.
This is a 6hr team format tournament.
Weigh-in at 1pm in the parking lot.
“Local Lake” non boater fees apply ($35), plus half the gate ($27)
Lake off limits and speed rules apply.
5 fish/12″ limit
Gate opens at 6am
Please do not be in a rush at the weigh-in.
Launch in order of the draw.
Team #/Anglers
Good luck everyone!
Who plans a fishing tournament in San Diego on Memorial weekend? The CBC, that’s who! We were all up just after midnight prepping for the 2 hour drive North to the El Capitan Reservoir.
Was the 15 closed for some of us? Yep, but we all made it safe and sound.
The new team format was AWESOME! It found many of the anglers culling early and often, as we tried to get our best 5 ALIVE to the weigh in. Limits seemed to be plentiful, with all 9 teams weighing in a 5 fish limit, as we shared the waters with the guys from the Wild West. Fish worthy of your stories were not plentiful, but Conrad Jr managed a #4.36 largie to take the Big Fish honors. “If we are going to catch fish of any size, we need the wind to pick up”. Pick up it did and he landed that fish in the last 30 minutes of fishing. We all had a blast, and it was great seeing long time member, Mark Bowman back on the waters with us fishing with new member Dean.
The weigh in was a sh!t show, but we all managed to maneuver through the traffic and get it taken care of. A double digit bag was going to be needed if you wanted a spot on the podium, and the top 3 did just that, with the rest of the field falling just shy of that mark.
place/team/fish/weight
Big Fish
Conrad Jr 4.36
See you all at the next meeting.
Robert
