Congratulations on his first California Bass Contender win as angler Steve Meza claims victory from the back seat of the blue Champion 206. His guide for the afternoon running the trolling motor angler Conrad Apodaca Jr claiming the second place position also had enough to win them both the Big Boat award for the derby. Rounding out third place also from the back seat position was angler Conrad Apodaca Sr. Big Fish for the day went to Big Ed Cazares landing a 5.02lb northern strain largemouth. Welcome to angler guests Raider Joe and Carlos Chacon both fishing in their first CBC derby. As usual the Piru park staff was very friendly accommodating and welcoming which gave way to fun times with great weather and lots of laughs.
1st place: Brush Hogs/Jigs sumerged trees
2nd place: Brush Hogs/Jigs submerged trees
3r place: Brush Hogs/Jigs main lake points
Big Fish: Texas robo MMIII steep wall
Water: 51-54 degree stained 3′ visibility
Weather: Clear 42-72 degrees sunny full moon
Wind: Light morning 5-8mph, afternoon 10-12mph
Place/Name/Fish/Total
1) Steve Meza 5/11.91
2) Conrad Apodaca Jr 5/11.74
3) Conrad Apodaca Sr 5/11.07
4) David Mendez 5/10.41
5) Big Ed Cazares 4/9.92 BF 5.02
6) Johnny Abyad 5/8.86
7) Robert Terrazas 5/8.00
8) Gary Crouse 5/6.47
9) Carlos Chacon 2/6.05 (guest)
9) Derrick Yoshinaga 3/4.60
10) Raul Valderraine 3/4.32
11) Mark Pavlinac 1/1.33
14) Joe Nava 0/0.00
14) Raider Joe 0/0.00 (guest)
Big Boat: Steve Meza/Conrad Apodaca Jr 23.65lbs
Big Fish: Big Ed Cazares 5.02lbs
Next up: Havasu 2 day March 7&8 as the regular CBC season comes to a close. AOY looks like it will land with angler Johnny Abyad but you can never count Conrad Jr out as he is resting close by in second place ready to strike at anytime. Also coming up the start of the new 2020 season begins on April 25th at Diamond Valley Reservoir first tournament of the new 2020 season.
See you on the water: Big Ed!