Rob and everyone else who contributed to my last posting:

THANKS! SCBBBC held their TOC this weekend and man what a difference a day makes! Saturday was tough for all but Andy & Dan who had four and five fish. 5 out of the ten guys (including me) got zilched. Dan had over 21 lbs and Andy had a little over 11lbs.

Day 2, different story. Not only did most of us catch fish, we also were losing them left and right. As for myself I had limited out by 10 AM but that is not the story. Towards the end of the day I was fishing some shallow rocky, nasty crap with a Fat Free Shad when bom! Fish on. Thought it was only about 3lbs until it boiled - yikes! Huge fish on! After a record short battle I was reaching down to grab it and 'pop' gone. Fish was about 13-14lbs. No joke. Next cast lose another fish in same spot. Now I'm pissed at myself and depressed. Thought occurs - go for broke and use advice of all you! SWIMBAIT or TROUTPLUG!!!

2nd cast and bam!! Fish on! After a short battle 8.4lbs of green beauty! THANK YOU ALL!!! You guys gave me the confidence to throw what ended up was a Fred Arbogast Trout plug. Weight for day 2 is 22.69 lbs - good enough for 3rd for the tourny. Dan brought in 22.77 lbs for a total of over 44lbs for two days and Andy finished with 26+lbs.

What a difference a day makes.

Thanks again!

Samurai TI

Sounds like an awsome day, where was the tourney?

HOOKUP
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Tourney was held in Clear Lake (where else do you get limits like that?!?)

Good job,thats a fat sack.

Way to hang in there Samurai. That Dan Bass sure is a threat on the water.
From day one to day two was there a change in weather?
What do you think made the fish react on day two?
Where about did you fish on day one than day two?
Was there any distingue pattern the fish where relating to?
For Dan Bass is this like his Third TOC championship?



"Remember to sharpen your hooks"

No change in weather. Pattern for the most part was using cranks, fished the same water. Also heard on Friday that it was an even better bite than Sunday. Just kind of wierd the fish turned on one day but wouldn't hit on Saturday (except for Dan and Andy). Oh, well. Just happy with a stringer like that!

BTW - you do any night fishing for stripers? I'll be in your neck of the woods Turkey day. Let me know

Samurai TI

LAST EDITED ON Nov-20-00 AT 11:37 AM (PST)

Day two for you definitely was a heavy sack…
Even considering the one that got away.
Damm…. I know if I pulled a bag like yours out of anywhere else but Clearlake. I would be having lunch early. Great job!

Here in the Delta “THE STRIPERS ARE RUNNING, THE STRIPERS ARE RUNNING!”
Friday afternoon I was on the water at 3:15 off at 7pm. Fished here in the Port of Stockton in the turning basin. I got in across from the Arco/AMPM station oared over to the public pier and fished for bait couple of Sunfish and a Mudsucker.
The bait here in the Port is about standing thick and balls of Shad as big as buses are all throughout. Drifting minows seems to be the ticket for many of the boaters.
I drifted sunfish for most the time with no luck. At around 5:30 I switched over to the Mudsucker and drifted little less then thirty minutes when my line started taking out. What’s cool about drifting, using your electronics your aware of the bottoms depth and what’s in between you and it. Drifting in and above thirty-four feet of water with only ten feet of line out something has found my Mudsucker in liking. Click off the Bait Runner switch and set the rod and hold on. An eleven-pound striper had decided on joining me.
I managed to save my only Mudsucker and reused the now dead offering. Didn’t take long till my line was going out by another Striper. Eight-pounds. TWO stripers from one Mudsucker I like it. :-)
Well got off the water at 7. Sure gets cold out here when the sun goes down. BuRrr…

Back out on the Port early morning Saturday 10 o’clock. To me it’s early being a Saturday. One hour fishing for bait to only have catch one Mudsucker :-(
Drifted for four hours all for one 22” Striper.

Sunday I was planning on going out to Tullock to give a try for Small Bass but in the rush to get out early Friday I left LzyFish’s phone # here at work :'(
Mad that I did cause Sunday did not get bit… All though my roommate and friends fished Mildred’s Island to load their boat with limits of ten to fifteen pound Stripers. And that’s about all fokes.

Todd If and when your back in Stockton keep me posted will see on getting our lines wet. I’m headed to San Jose to spend time with my parents.