The tides, they are a fallin’

It will be interesting today to see if any of these anglers "run the tide," a term commonly used for moving to stay on a particular water level. "You've got...

Professional courtesy

We're watching Chris Zaldain fish a grassy bank and Kelly Jordan comes zipping into the area. He sees Zaldain and powers down to a crawl, so as not to throw up a...

A hot start to Day 3

The daily tide change may be the reason for a particularly hot start to Day 3. There were four bass caught weighing between 4 and 7 pounds in the 15-minute...

Delta will get more crowded today

The California Delta is vast fishery with lots of big bass. We've seen evidence of that at the weigh-ins this week. As such there are plenty of local bass tournaments taking place...

Chilly start

The swing in temperatures is notable this morning. Yesterday by 11:00 we were broiling in 94 degree temps. This morning we start the day at 52 degrees and a brisk...

Rojas with the first fish

Dean Rojas got on the BASSTrakk scoreboard first this morning with a 2-pounder at 7:29 a.m. That’s significant only because it shows you how long it takes to make the run from...

Zaldain update

We have followed Chris Zaldain to a little bay where he began his day fishing a flat for about 15 minutes. Now he’s carefully picking apart a rip rap bank. Zaldain begins...

Birthday boy on a roll

Justin Lucas celebrated his 29th birthday yesterday in style, catching the second-biggest bag of the day – 25-14 – and moving from eighth place to third place. Lucas has been...

Zaldain gets his wish

Chris Zaldain's final words after weighing-in Friday were: "I'm just hoping for a weather change – wind, just something different to happen."   It appears Zaldain's wish has been granted. There's a...

Who will be the prince of tides?

This will be said over and over again the next two days in one form or the other; how this event plays out has everything to do with the tides....