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Buzzfish

The full results are posted on the Delta region results forum.

Rob Won it with 27.63. He got his big fish(6.56) Sunday on a buzzbait too :+

Top 6
1 - Rob Belloni 27.63
2 - Dan Chester 27.02
3 - Jeremy Brumbelow 26.2
4 - Scott Rouhier 22.81
5 - Jeff Smith 22.62
6 - taylor Capilla 22.06

Scott Beem had day 1 big fish with a 6.49 lber. Jeremy edged Paul's 6.82 lb fish by 5/100ths for day 2 and overall big fish with a 6.87 lb toad.

Thanks! Buzzbait, eh? Swampy and I were out there the weekend before and I could not get anything to move on a buzzbait...

Buzzfish

In the past I can't say that I've ever had great success on the delta ... so this tournament I set two basic goals for myself. The first was to catch 25lbs of bass over the 2 days because thats what it has taken to win in the past. The second was to stay open minded and be opportunistic. I really tried hard not to lock into any one pattern or lure.

Day 1 I fished reaction baits in the morning, spook and rattletrap. Picked up two keepers on the trap in the first hour or so. I also lost one about 3lbs that dove under my boat and popped off the hook. Always tuff to lose a quality fish early in a tournament! Mid morning I picked up a flip fish and then another trap fish. These were all 1.5 to 2.25 type fish.

Eventually I wandered down past where everyone else was and got into some clear water areas. I've never caught a swimbait fish on the delta before but this water looked right. 3 casts with the Slammer and I got a 2lber. Another similar fish followed 10 minutes later. I spent the last few hours throwing the Slammer and got a 3.98 pretty late in the day :) Weighed in 12.03lbs and was in 5th place after day 1.

Day 2 I felt a little more tuned in and I fished fast with the rattle trap, picking up 2 quick keepers. I flipped one on a brush hog and got another one on a senko. Just junk fishing and moving quickly between areas. On my way to my slammer water I saw a nice patch of buzzbait water. First cast with the buzzbait I hooked a small keeper and lost it. A few casts later a big fish woofed my bait and I wrassled it through the junk and into the net. That was my big fish for the day at 6.56lbs :) Also my best buzzbait fish ever :)

No more love on the buzzbait so I headed to my Slammer water and kept firing away covering water. The bite wasn't wide open but the fish were eating it pretty good. I got 5 slammer fish including a 2-0, 2-5 and a 3-2. I lost a 4lber that was hooked briefly and I missed one bite. Also culled a fish with a brush hog fish that went 1-11. On the way back to the ramp I picked up a few more keepers but nothing to cull. Weighed in 16.10lbs. I did have a dead fish that died on me for no real apparent reason in the last 30 minutes of the tourney :( That was a bummer.

I worked really hard in this tourney, rowing long distances each day and fishing as hard as I possibly could fish. Losing a good fish each day and having a dead fish will usually cost you in a tourney but I was fortunate to come out just ahead.

Congrats to Joey Castro who won the casting contest and a cool $100! The raffle and camping were epic as well :) Watching Teresa win two rods in the raffle again was hilarious lol! Thanks Paul, Mitch, CZ and all the B-n-T staff for a good tourney.

Also gotta say whats up and thanks to my sponsors Triple Fish Line, MS Slammer, Assalt Premium Bass Tackle, Big Hammer Swimbaits, and Tacklewarehouse.com.

Thanks for the report Rob and congrats on your win. Congrats too on the buzzbait fish; I just love it when a pig smacks a buzzbait! Interestng that you caught so many fish on a slammer, maybe I should give those things a try!

Buzzfish

Last time Rob won I was gonna say everyone should just give him their money prior to fishing...then just go fish for fun. Now I know this should be the case ;) WTG there Rob on yet another victory.

Congratulations and great report!

How was the boat traffic from the other tournies in the vicinity? Someone on westernbass.com got a little huffy over the BNT tourney announcement but I think Lake and sTony shut him down...

There were a lot of boats around all day but I have to say that I thought everyone I encountered was totally cool. As we were oaring by Russo's in the morning on Sunday some guy says, "hey are you guys having a kickboat tourney?" I said yeah, and he was like, "man I love you guys, you guys have way more balls than me." Totally friendly. I talked to a few random sitting on docks too and they were totally friendly.

I totally forgot about the ProTeen tourney launching out of Russo's. Saturday I did okay flipping down the bank across from there down to the opening in the wall. I planned to do the same on Sunday but stopped on the point across from the Rusty Porthole and worked it for a bit then up the channel towards Frank's but not very far. When I got back around the corner, there were about 80 boats waiting to blast off. At least half of them were right against the tules for about 200 yards where I was catching them the day before. Rather than trying to get through all those boats, I turned around and fished the other way. I did get a 3lber right across from Beacon but that was it for the day. I felt like I really screwed up by not getting past Russo's before the flotilla o' bass boats showed up. I did win an Okuma crankin' rod at the raffle and my lucky number 33 was drawn for the Outcast kickboat so it wasn't too bad of a weekend. :7 Congrats to Rob for kicking our butts and I'll get my money ready to give him at Rancho Seco.

Doug

>There were a lot of boats around all day but I have to say
>that I thought everyone I encountered was totally cool.

Good to hear that...

Your having an unbelievable season man, be very proud of your accomplishments. I'll post my non-exciting report asap

I had nothing but good run ins with the boats out there. Hell one guy even offered to tow me in from sandmound. I also oared through all the guys in the pro teen sunday at Russo's and evenyone was very cool and talkative.