BOARD MEMBERS

2025 CBC BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

President: Johnny Abyad

Vice President: Steve Meza

Past President Derrick Yoshinaga

Tournament Director: Big Ed Cazares

Treasurer: Chris Graciano

Secretary: Raul Velderrain

Weighmaster: Frank Schwamborn

Webmaster/Social Media: Big Ed Cazares

BOARD MEMBERS COUNSEL

Alfred Vazquez

Gary Crouse

Sherman Wray

CBC FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS:

The boss the Godfather, the man the myth legend.
Tom ‘Gabby’ Hayes Founding President

Conrad Apodaca Founding Member

Joe Nava Founding Member

Ted Romero Founding Member

Tom Creasy

California Bass Contenders Club

We are a local Bass Club in the Los Angeles County area of Southern California. We meet the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00 pm in the banquet room at: Baby Bro’s Pizza & Wings Foothill Village Shopping Center 125 Village Court San Dimas, Ca 91733 (909)592-2222 California Bass Contenders has been around since […]

2023 Annual Awards Banquet

California Bass Contenders annual awards banquet went down in April recognizing 2023 AOY David Mendez and lifetime achievement recipient Conrad Apodaca Sr. Very nice dinner, awards, raffle and a flipping/pitching contest in the pool won by Ted Romero.

2024 Tournament Schedule

January 27, 2024 Lower Otay February 17, 2024 San Vicente March 16-17, 2024 Havasu 2 Day April 20, 2024 Silverwood May 11, 2024 Skinner June 22, 2024 Pyramid July 20, 2024 Castaic August 17, 2024 El Capitan September 14-15, 2024 Parker 2 Day October 26, 2024 Diamond Valley Lake November 16, 2024 Perris December 2024 […]

End of the season BANQUET 8/5/2023

Last weekend the CBC Gang got together in celebration of another successful season. The festivities were held in the beautiful city San Dimas at the home of Chris G and Sandy. Let me tell you, these two can put on a party! The good times were off the scales. With the taco man had us […]

Lake Skinner tournament date change!!

Due to the Temecula Wine and Balloon Festival, the May 20th Lake Skinner tournament has been moved up one week to May 13th. The second stop of our tour will also serve as our Top 10 Shootout. This will not be a team scoring tournament in order to give our Shootout contestants a chance […]

November tournament 11/19/2022 Lake Perris

Frank S/Thomas R Alfred V/Robert T Dave M/Tom C Derrick Y/Pops C Chris G/Joe N Steve M/Gabby H Dean L/guest Team format Lake opens at 6am Launch and Go 5 fish/12″ Weight in 3pm. Location to be determined the morning of the tournament. Good luck anglers!

August 20, 2022 San Vicente Reservoir tournament

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 […]

July DVL tournament results and NEWS!

Reminder the next weeks club meeting will discuss the following: Tournament rule UPDATES August tournament pairings September 2 day tournament discussion September annual CBC Social Jerseys 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 […]

Tournament July 23,2022 DVL**UPDATED 7/15/22

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 […]

Important June 25th tournament information

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. […]

May 28,2022 Tournament El Capitan Reservoir

The May tournament participants have been paired up. Boater/Co Angler Johnny A / Chris G Conrad Jr / Robert T Alfred V / Mark C Derrick Y / Tom C Frank S / Raul V Ed C / Joe N Mark P / Ron R David M / Conrad Sr Randy E / Pops […]

April 2022 Tournamentupdated 4/22

Welcome to the start of the 2022-23 season. The beautiful Lake Pyramid is the host of our first tournament of the year, being held on April 30th, 2022. CalTrans is working on the 210/118 in Sylmar. Plan your routes! Be prepared for a very thorough quagga inspection at the gate. $25 for launch and […]

April reminders

Just a reminder that April’s meeting is being held one week later to accommodate the anglers participating in the Delta->Havasu trip. New date is April 13, 2020. We will be collecting membership dues at this meeting.

2021-2022 Angler of the Year

CONGRATULATIONS to Conrad Apodaca Jr for winning this year’s Angler of the Year award! Conrad Jr paved the way to his club leading 5th AOY award with 8 Top 3 finishes and 3 Big Fish awards this year. Man, this guy can catch fish! Congratulations are also being extended to the rest of the Top […]

UPDATE: Havasu 2 Day Tournament

Hello Havasu Basscontenders. I am delivering this message on behalf of the CBC board for details on Havasu two day Team tournament. Windsor Beach Launch Ramp 5 fish 12” min per team Saturday 3:00PM weigh-in Sunday 1:00PM weigh-in Launch and hold for blastoff Non boater fee: $110 plus 1/2 gate Tournament fee: $40 per angler […]