Sunday August 29, 2005 was the last event for points in the US Angler's Choice East Delta Ladds division. A great day for fishing on the delta with light winds and warm temperatures. We had 39 teams and after some coffee and doughnuts they were ready for an early blast-off to avoid the early wake board traffic. There was a major wake board competition event which disrupted our normal weigh-in at Dad's point and congested the water between ladds and downtown Stockton. The rest of the delta had no major disruptions and the fishing was great. There were 24 limits brought to the scales and the first two teams fished both the West on Saturday and the East on Sunday and flip flopping winning positions. Leading the charge in first place was Vince Hurtado(Modesto) and Jarod Ballardo(Manteca) with a kicker 5.76 lbs and a total weight of 20.35 lbs, it was a great bag of fish, which netted them $1900. Second place was taken by the best ever couples team on the delta, Phil Ganger and Carol Fagundes(both from Brentwood), they too had a great bag with a 6.04 kicker and total weight 19.43 lbs. and a thousand dollar paycheck. Scooping up third place money of $815 was Steve Sapp and John Varanai(both from Manteca) coming to the scales with 18.85 lbs and a 5.14 kicker. Steve and John have been one of the top teams on the delta for about the last 10 years. Fourth place went to the most consistent team on the delta this year, Bill Spence Jr.(Livermore) and Chris Raza(Roseville). They had 18.03 lbs giving them not only $465 but anglers of the year honors. For several months Bill and Chris led the East, West, and Choice(travelers) division for anglers of the year, what a team. Coming in fifth and fishing alone, his partner had a prior engagement, was Gary Thomas(Tracy). Gary did a great job, with no help he caught 16.18 lbs and netting $395, way to go Gary. Sixth place went to the godfather of flipping, Dee Thomas(Brentwood) and his partner George Daganino(Martinez) with a total weight of 13.45 lbs. A kicker fish would have put them in one of the top spot, but they still took home $320 for their effort. The seventh spot went to Tracey Sakata and Jirii Sakata(both from Manteca) with a total weight of 12.71 lbs. All year long Tracey and Jirii have been knocking on the door, they are a very good team and are a kicker fish away from being at the top. Big Bass was caught by Bob Bellin(Oakdale) and his team partner Steve Marino(Salida) did a good job of netting the 7.34 bucket mouth and $390. Good Job. Bob said he caught it on a 7' senko by Mandeville Island. There were very few fish caught on top water this weekend, but the flip bite was phenomenal, jigs and plastics won the battle. The bite is on all over the whole delta, some of the places, Mildred Island, White and Disappointment Slough, Old River(south), Franks Track, Fourteen Mile, and Saltly Island.

Last stop the TOC at Oroville where 1st, 2nd ,and 3rd place win Bass Cat boats with Opti-Max Mercury outboard motors, Lowrance electronics and Motorguide trolling motors on October 20-23, 2004.