We are starting to come near the end of this years tour de WRL Delta/Wine region! This was a critical event for Gee and I to try to make up a few additional points on the AOY race to have a good shot when we head back to the Delta in August.
Gee spent a few hours prefishing the two days leading up to the event but did not find any particular pattern that seemed to be giving up good fish. Only one area produced well enough to warrant a “for-sure” spot but it was going to be a kind of fly-by-our-pants type of event once again.
We drew #19 which happened to be the very last boat out of 80 or so boats entered into the tournament. This would give us a little extra time to fish but we figured most of our potential spots on the lake would be hit before we even launched. We made a last second decision to hit my spot at Boat Works for our first destination.
Three boats were in the vicinity of Boat Works but none happened to be in the sweet spot. Nice! We pulled up and immediately got the jigs and topwater out and made our way around the rocks and entrance. As Gee worked around I got a chance to throw to the sweet spot and immediately noticed my line moving in the wrong direction. Yes! I get a quick swing and bring in our first fish of the day in our first 5 minutes of fishing! The fish was only about 2.5 lbs but nice to get it out of the way. After a few more casts we head out to our next destination.
Fraser was supposed to be the spot (Gee didn’t know the name) but 5 boats were surrounding it so no go there. Thankfully this was on the way to the area I hit with Phil Garcia the previous weekend when I fished the TBF event so on we went. The boat Phil mentioned was already on the area but only concentrating on one spot. Nice. There was activity from bass feeding but after spending over 30 minutes on it, nothing.
We tried to go to Fraser again but boats were still on so we decided on Konocti Harbor point. As we headed there we noticed a boat going towards it but not exactly on the point. We managed to get the point harbor side all to ourselves for a few minutes and I promptly landed a long and skinny 5 lber on the jig once again. We pounded the side some more but noticed a boat coming from the other side so I told Gee to move to the point and we would cast to the opposite side to deter the other boat from making a move. Good call as my first cast had my line moving off again and another 2.5 lber made it’s way aboard. We spent quite a bit more time here with lots of bait on the graph but could not muster another bite.
This time we decided to cover some of the water on the shore along with a dock that had produced in the past. Nothing going there so the next spot to the North we went which was a private area surrounded by big rocks and docks. On my first cast to the shady side I got a distinct ‘tap’ and set the hook on a solid 3 lber. Nice! We spent a good amount of time on the side and front but nothing more until we hit the other side and I get our limit fish on the jig once again.
Our next excitement came when we finally went back to Fraser and had it to ourselves. The limit was nice but we knew we had to do some upgrading . On the outside a small rockpile in about 30 feet of water was a target Gee had mentioned. In the process of working on getting some liquid in my system I threw a dropshot overboard and suddenly had a nice one load up Gee’s spinning gear! He didn’t think much of it until it started taking some line a couple times and grabbed the net. When we finally did get it in the boat it turned out to be our 2nd biggest fish of the day right around 4lbs!
Gee lost one here on the Carolina rig but we could not get any other fish to go.
After spending a significant amount of time there we hit a couple other spots but was running out of ideas. In the end we decided on a deep rocky area across from Monitor Island to work the rest of our day. The tournament was coming to a close for the 1st couple flights and before we knew it, 4 of the boats in the area left! We had it to ourselves and it seemed the fish were starting to bite. Well, they bit but many were seemingly just trying to kill the jig so missed strikes abounded. After Gee lost one that came to the surface I finally got one to hook up for our last fish of the day and helped cull our 2.5 lber to 3 lbs.
At the end of the day we had a respectable 17.75 lbs for 12th place and another check! We didn’t realize at the time but this helped us gain another 10 points on the top AOY team to put us within 20 points of AOY title. Here’s hoping we do good at the last event of the season on the Delta and they don’t do good! J
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