Well, I fished my first federation tournament this past Sunday. They run a great tournie. Prior to the draw I met and talked to fellow SCBBC member Terry Cherney. It was nice to see a familar face and fellow club member.

On to the details. I drew Doug Okazaki as my boater. We were boat number 3. I told him I hadn't been on the Delta since July but I had a few spots I thought fish would be staging. He had prefished the day before in almost the same area I wanted to fish. The two spots were in the middle Delta and only about a two minute boat ride apart.

We started on his spot first. He missed a couple fish on a Senko. I was throwing topwater hoping for a big bite. After almost two hours and an empty livewell he suggested we try my spot since his spot didn't really produce until the afternoon.

We got to my spot and found the water much clearer. We both started throwing Senkos and putting fish in the boat. We ended up catching about 30 keepers between us. My best five went 16.50lb with a 5.3lb kicker. Doug's best five went 14.25lbs with a 4.8lb kicker. All of our fish came on senko's except for one blade fish I caught that didn't help. I tried flippin, cranking, rippin, and topwater for the big zero.

I had a great time and was happy to be representing the SCBBC. I'm going to be fishing as a traveler and hopefully I will get lucky enough to make the state finals. I encourage all of you to come out and fish these federation tournaments. Sometimes it's tough to get started so if you have any questions I would be happy to try and answer them. Talk to you later, Pat Wilson.