After enduring the heat with only light winds, the boats returned with all anglers looking like they had had a blast! At the weigh in the bags kept coming with all teams but two having their 5 fish limit. Remarks from most indicated that the fish were ready and willing to take their offerings. Although there were a lot of small fish some got into a few “gooduns” which brought them to the top of the standings. Finishing in 3rd place was the team of Bob Lazzarini and Ted Tencati with just over 8 pounds. Finishing in 2nd place was Bryan McDermott and Chris Lasowski with 10.01 lbs. Winning the tournament was the team of Phil Clark and Ron Diacon who brought 11.39 lbs. to the scales. Their limit was anchored by the big fish of the tournament that weighed 3.13lbs. The 2nd big fish money was split between the 2nd and 3rd place teams when they both weighed fish that were exactly 2.54lbs.

Following the weigh in everyone made their way over to the Twin View Christian Church where all were treated to a great dinner hosted by Pastor Howard Johnson, Howard’s wife Mary and Son Ron. After dinner the awards were given out, Pastor Johnson gave us all a very inspirational message and final prayer led by our Leader Paul Baker. Although it was a long drive home, one could only think about the wonderful time and fellowship that was shared by all.

Special thanks go out to Lee Banks for all his help in coordinating everything in Redding, to Pastor Johnson and his family for opening the church and providing the meal and hospitality, to the local sponsors who provided the prizes for a raffle that sent everyone home with something. We cannot forget Bridge Bay Marina for allowing us to use their facilities.

Russo’s Marina was the site of The Christian Bass Anglers Fellowship’s Third Annual Toys For The Troops’ Kids Tournament. Gene Buchholz was the guest moderator for this Delta event in November.

A spirited tribute was given to all of our brave troops and veterans. The crowd stood as each one was invited to the platform decorated with the official emblem of each branch of our Armed Forces. A special video entitled “Heroes” was played to honor them.

There was a generous outpouring of Christmas toys for the kids whose moms or dads are deployed overseas. Each angler brought an unwrapped toy to donate with many participants bringing several toys. The team of Wesley and Ronnie Cowart brought a truck filled with over 120 toys donated by the employees of Performance Mechanical for the event. At final count over 500 toys were loaded into a trailer donated by Gone Fishing Marine to be delivered to local military bases.

The fishing conditions were pretty tough but some nice weights were recorded for the day. The team of Mark Nelson/Don Scoglund took first place with 21.65 lbs. which included a big fish topping out at 9.51 lbs. Coming in a very close second place was Timothy Venkus/Marty Hansing with 21.62 lbs. Completing the top five spots were the teams of Chris Ball/Bobby Barrack, John Ewing/Frank Ono and Russ Atkins/Nick Welton. You can check out the complete results and photos of the Delta event by clicking here.

We want to express our appreciation to all who made the day possible and to all of the bass anglers who took the time to support this important event.