California Bass Contenders

The weather had been cold, windy and wet for weeks going into our fourth tournament of the 2024 CBC season, and by all accounts the pre-fishing sucked. That didn’t stop twentysix eager Bass Contender anglers who converged in the dark early before 5:00AM on Hwy 138. Not too long after we gathered, we were greeted […]

Twenty two Bass Contenders gathered with the beautiful Arizona sunrise as their backdrop. Hopes were high, the weather was pleasant and so was the fish catching as eleven teams blasted off in different directions. Havasu 2024 had it all, it had severe wind and heavy rain, it had bright sun and flat calm water. When […]

Round 2 of the CBC 2024 season took us back to San Diego so we could fish the beautiful San Vicente Reservoir.  Water was HIGH and the weather was cold.  While the “spots” were usually filled with other boats, most of our teams managed to get their 5. Good times and Big smiles! 1) Bi […]

1) Johnny Abyad/Joe Nava 5/5 13.42lbs 2) Kenny Isago/Chris Graciano 5/5 13.0lbs (BF 4.94) 3) Randy Estrada/Sherman Wray 5/5 1.66lbs 4) Frank Schwamborn/Robert Terrazas 5/5 11.66lbs 5) Derrick Yoshinaga/Thomas Riley 5/5 10.95lbs 6) Raul Velderrain/David Mendez 5/5 10.91lbs 7) Dean Leslie/Tom Creasy 5/5 9.59lbs 8) Big Ed Cazares/Mark Chadeayne 5/5 8.09lbs Air temps 50-64 partly […]

Happy Holidays!  Apologies for the lapse in posts.  So much has happened since I last updated. 3 tournaments Voted on new Board Members Chose lakes for the 2024 season Got a new Angler of the Year Finalized our Top 10 Got a new location for our monthly meeting Phew!! That’s a lot to cover . […]

The Colorado River, a thing of beauty that provides water, food, and energy to Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, California, and Mexico.  It also provides multiple fishing locations for multiple species for not just anglers, but the anglers of the California Bass Contenders. The CBC tournament series took us to the Parker Strip, located in between Earp, […]

The local lake treated some of our anglers like out of towners showing on the locals only water!  While not everyone had it rough out there, some of us were left in need of some emergency fishing medical treatment.  Fortunately for us, there was on doctor and his trusty partner in the house.  They showed […]