With the boys busy schedule between basketball, homework, church stuff and fund raising, we found a rare free day to fish. We left Chico Friday night and stayed at the Microtel Motel in Lodi. When we parked our rig, there was a couple guys with their bass boat parked next to us. They told us that there was a 160 boat tournament the next morning and that they were getting up at 3am to get to the starting point at 4am! The delta bass guys are nuts!
We launched at Korth’s which is less than 20 minutes from the motel. Got on the water by 7:15 and noticed the bass boat traffic ramping up. We fished a nearby rock wall and hooked fish immediately but all small. Two fish on topwater and the rest dredging. Moved around a bit and found fish at every stop but all dinks. We met up with Meng late morning and we fished together for awhile. He said he landed a 15 pounder the day before.
The boys started to peter out about 2pm so we headed home. Ended the day with 61 fish, only a few legal size and 17 LMB.
I think the boat traffic might have had something to do with the lack of larger fish… or it could be that we just stink out there!
