May 5, 2001 Lake Oroville, Ca
Geffs and Owens Take Oroville!

You Catch em	You Win em

Results

Lime Saddle Marina 5/05/02 - The weatherperson said that this weekend would be a prelude to summer. The morning was indeed a cloudless starlit beginning to a great day. My brother and nephew were at my house bright eyed and ready for an on-time departure. We hit the road right at 3:00 a.m for the 1½ hour drive to Lime Saddle Marina.

We pulled into the parking lot to an awaiting crowd of bass fishermen. Seems that all were anxious and ready to get fishing. Thanks to Garry Knox for having the Angler's Choice trailer on hand for the sign-ups. Sacramento Pro Tackle had bags of 50 count Magic Worms for the anglers that signed up for the event. Thanks to Dennis of Sacramento Pro Tackle for his continued support of the California Foothill Division. Once we had all 28 teams on the books we were ready for blast off. Team number ONE had been drawn as the first team out. It was 5:55 a.m. and safe light when I sent the teams off for the days event. We would see everyone back on the docks of Lime Saddle Marina at 3:00 p.m. for a dockside weigh-in.

My brother, Dan, my nephew, Jerame and I headed out for a bit of fishing. We headed upstream from Lime Saddle Marina. Just outside the 5-mph buoys was a floating mass of driftwood. I decide to throw a buzzbait in and around this mass. We had some very good blowups and tail slaps but no takers. We also tossed some jerkbaits but no success. We then headed back to the marina to turn in the collected launch fees. The staff at Lime Saddle is always friendly and accommodating. Thanks to the staff and General Manager Gail Thacker for their help and assistance.

We headed back to the waters of Lake Oroville to hunt for our targeted prey, BASS! We ended up catching 20 bass, our 5 best would have went about 8 pounds. We used Speed Traps and RoboWorm FX series baits on 1/8 ounce dartheads. Those Oroville bass LOVE the RoboWorm FX series baits in the Baby Bass, Arrons Magic II and AYU colors. You gotta have a few bags of these when you're on Lake Oroville!

Time for weigh-in! Our dockside weigh-in went smooth as the teams weighed in. Once finished, they would make a big circle and release the fish away from the docks on their way to trailering their boats. We were ready and waiting when the first team of Mike Hanson and John Dryden came to the scales with a 7-pound limit at 2:30. Young Johnathon Simlick, fishing with his Dad John, came to the scales with a 6.01-pound limit. Seems as though he outfished Dad by contributing three of the five fish in their limit. Although one team did show up an hour late for weigh-in, everyone else was right on time.

With weigh-in completed, it was up to the Angler's Choice trailer for the awards. Steve Geffs and Kelly Owens were the top team this Sunday. Their 12.09 limit anchored by a 4.59 largemouth netted them the 1st place check of $1145.00 along with BassWidow / Craw-Cane sponsored plaques. Steve received $270, a Kistler Custom Rod and a BassWidow / Craw-Cane sponsored plaque for Big Bass of the event. Less than a pound behind was Steve Thurmon and Terry Honkanen with an 11.27 limit that included 2nd Big Bass of the event a 3.29 Spotted bass. They took home $570 and BassWidow / Craw-Cane sponsored palques for 2nd place. Steve was awarded a Tactical Assault Revolver rod for 2nd Big Bass. Marcel Colin and Troy Schroeder's 10.23 limit was good enough for 3rd place, $430 and BassWidow / Craw-Cane sponsored palques. A 4th place 10.12 limit netted Ron Diacon and Braden Youngblood $330.00 and BassWidow / Craw-Cane sponsored plaques. Dave Parker, fishing by himself this event, took 5th place with a 9.87 limit and received a check for $275. Our one spot out of the money award of $100 went to John McClellan and Rich Forhan. The 3rd Big Bass award of an EZ-Cul-RZ floating rope system went to Pat Dilling for his 2.98 Spotted bass. Pat Dilling and his partner Wayne Howenstine each received $25 gift certificates from Just Fishin', courtesy of David Yates, and a jar of Craw-Cane for 2nd spot out of the money.

The next and last event of the California Foothill Division will be held on the California Delta out of Big Break Marina June 23rd. This will be a six hour event due to the time of year. So break out those Snag Proof frogs and Power Pro line. Should be some BIG fish brought to the scales. Maybe someone will best Randy Marshall's 9.14 Folsom Lake lunker and take the Line-X Big Bass of the Year award away from him. Which is a Line-X spray-on bedliner courtesy of Jesse Angeles at Line-X of Sacramento.

Thanks to our national and local sponsors Bass Cat, Mercury, Lowrance, Motorguide, Hambys, Kistler, Competitive Edge, Magic Worm, Wacko Tackle, RoboWorm, Tactical Assault, BassWidow, Just Fishin, Sacramento Pro Tackle, Line-X of Sacramento and Craw-Cane. These sponsors help to make our events FUN!