Just got back from the Bass n' Tubes tournament at the Delta today. Fishing was tough overall. Here's the rundown.<BR>Prefish: Saturday afternoon I drove up to White Slough to check it out and fish a little. I flipped one fish about 2lb on a black/red flake brush hog and caught a dink on a popper in 2 hours of fishing. Not exactly wide open but I got a feel for the water which was clear by Delta standards with 3-5 foot visibility. The wind was blowing all afternoon and never let up. Back at Tracy Oasis Marina I met up with Eric and John. Eric had fished White Slough eariler in the day and had 8 or 9 fish with 3 keepers. John just got back from the first WON Bass team tournament on the Delta. He and his partner took 8th place and had 3rd big fish at 4.88lb and 11.88 pounds overall. Tough fishing was the rule and it only took 13 pounds to take 2nd with the first spot at 22 pounds including two 7's. After talking to them I drove back to White Slough with Tim Jr. to spend the night so I wouldn't have to drive in the morning.<BR>Tournament Day: <BR>We were out fishing at approx 6:15am which was safe light. I took off up river along the road while everyone else scattered off in different directions. Throwing a Strike King Jr. buzzbait with a black skirt I hooked up a keeper about 20 mintues after launching only to lose it at the boat. The damn thing wouldn't stay in the water, it was airborne the entire time. I kept fishing fast and had one come out of a tree but bit short on the buzzer. Then I stuck one but it was only about 12" and not a keeper. Then I moved out to one of the many tulley islands and fished some trees on the end of this particular one. Another fish came up on it but made a weak attempt at biting it and missed. Then I was working the outside weeds a few feet away and a 3 to 4 pounder gets half out of the water trying to eat the buzzbait but it missed too. Ughhhh. And the damage continues. Next bite came off some isolated tullies and the fish missed by a mile. I cast back and it banged it again but just got the skirt and not the hook. It's really windy this entire time and by now I'm about 1/2 mile up river. I had one more small one slash at the buzzer but by 8:30 that bite was history and the tide changed direction blowing me back down river. The next 5 hours were completely dead. Here's a list of what I fished and had no bites on. Spinnerbait, one small nickel and one 1/2 ozer with a copper blade. Buzzbait, black one with clacker and one without. I also spent a good amount of time flipping a black/red flake brush hog, a brown pro-line jig with a yamamoto trailer, and a couple crawdad colored plastics. Not even a tap tap. By 1:30 I was back to the launch area. To get out of the wind I went in behind one of the islands and decided to throw a skitter pop. Sure enough about 10 minutes after tying it on I had a decent fish on. Got it all the way to my tube and guess what? It fell off. This one wouldn't stay in the water either. It can be tough because on one had you want to keep the fish down but you have to horse them over the weeds so it puts a lot of stress and if you don't have the fish pretty good, see ya. The rest of the time was spent flippin and popper fishing until the end when I caught another dink on a spinnerbait. So, after all that not a single keeper. ouch. <BR>At weigh in there were no limits weighed in which confirmed the tough fishing but John Lake had 4 fish including a solid 6lb 4oz fish which he caught very early on a buzzbait. His total weight was a little over 12 pounds. Joe Castro had 2nd with 4 fish for 8lb's even. He kicked 7 miles in his kickboat from another spot on the river to white slough and reported that he caught his fish flippin and on a black spinnerbait. Jeff Smith and Eric Caldwell tied for 3rd place with 3.73 pounds each. If you're going out to the delta all I can say is get out early, fish that buzzbait and then figure out something else to do for the rest of the day.