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Results
1st Place	1st Place Bag
2nd Place	2nd Place Bag
3rd Place	3rd Place Bag
Big Bass	Big Bass

Some of the best competitive cold water Delta fishermen arrived at Ladds to cold and rain. 32 teams signed in as the rain stopped and the wind calmed, however it was still cold and light fog.

After enjoying some complimentary hot coffee and doughnuts we blasted off about 7 am. The water was very calm and no boat traffic, so in to time all the teams were on there way.

Even with good weather, January can be the toughest month to fish and we still had over 1/3 of the field coming in with limits. It took over 13 lbs to get a check. These guys are good and topping the list in first place was Chris McCabe of Manteca. Chris had to fish alone for this tournament and didn't catch his 5th fish until the end of the day. He said he caught his fish on an S-20 worm with the tail dipped in chartreuse dye in the southern part of the delta towards Tracy. Chris caught 17.61 lbs anchored with a 5.54 for a good payday of $1730.

Second place was Scott and Russ Adkins who also came in with a great limit of cookie cutter 3 plus pounders for a total of 16.40, their kicker fish was 3.89 lbs. For their effort they landed a check of $905. Scott and Russ were fishing the White slough-Disappointment slough section of the Delta. Neither 1st or 2nd place had a problem passing the polygraph test.

Third place was the very strong team of Chris VanClef and John Harper with a kicker 5.49 boosting their total to 15.63 netting a check for $680.

Fourth place went to another good team, Robert Jones and Ralph Saul with 14.29 lbs snagging a check for $395. Fifth was one of the delta champion teams, John Varanai and Steve Sapp coming to the scales with four fish weighing 13.75 giving them a check for $275. First through Fifth place also received very nice plaques.

One of the toughest competing teams on the Delta, Bill Spence Jr. and Chris Raza scooped up 6th place with a total of 13.27 lbs and $245.

The some what disappointed team of Kenny Graham and Shawn Marek were first out of the money places, but they did get the Big Fish, a whopper 7.18 and big fish money $320, a nice plaque, and a Competitive Edge rod. Good job by all.

Our next East Delta event will be March 7 out of Ladds. Our TOC will be at Lake Oroville October 20-23 with 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place each getting a new Bass Cat with a Mercury Opti-Max motor, Motor Guide trolling motor, and Lowrance Electronics.
Tournament Director
Danny Peluso
209-874-9525