A little late getting to this…
Our first Delta event of the season! Woohoo!
The expectations were pretty high but tempered by the fact neither of us got a good prefish in. I had gone out with a couple guys the past Saturday and only managed to get banged up by the waves while running out of Frank’s Tract. Gee didn’t get any fishing at all in.
We decided early in the week to go to our strengths and try to power out some fish with the hope of having one of us slow down with the senko.
Unfortunately the wind was whipping again by the time we arrived to the South Delta and never relented. This somewhat worked out as Gee threw his trusty chatter bait and managed to get us most of our limit in 30 minutes! #5 came shortly later but it was fast and furious with some decent quality as well. There was a couple good quality lost fish in the mix but we figured this could turn into a decent day if we could get a nice kicker. It wasn’t to happen.
We culled the smallest fish twice but only managed to get up to about 2.5 lbs on a shallow running crankbait. The wind kicked our butt so much that by noon, we were throwing into the towel in our main area and tried to find some shelter.
Mildred Island area was reasonable and soon we ended up locking onto a spawning fish. She wasn’t huge but certainly an upgrade from our 2.5lber. This was part of our undoing. She was interested in our offering enough to keep us fired up expecting to catch her quickly but we soon let the time slip away without getting her into the boat. I had the best shot at her when I threw a bluegill imitation out a ways but turned around only to turn back and see my bait was gone! A one handed set and she just came out of the water and spit the bait out. Our last best chance.
We ended with 15.07 lbs and a 25th place out of 76 or so boats. Quite disappointing. All we needed was a 5 and it would have put us in the money.
Well, onto our next adventure in June!
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