DELTA TEEN TEAM OPEN

Delta Teen Team of Oakley, CA is hosting a tournament on the California Delta for JUNIOR ANGLERS and STUDENT ANGLERS.

Where: Russo’s Marina, Bethel Island, CA

Tournament Date: April 3

Check In: 5am at Russo’s

Weigh In: Starts at 1pm

Picnic Lunch for Boaters and Anglers after the weigh in Awards Ceremony to follow.

All anglers must be current active Junior or Student Anglers with TBF/FLW membership. You must have your membership numbers. Anglers can compete as Junior Anglers (individual 5 fish limit) OR as Student Anglers (High School Teams, 5 fish limit per team)

Registration Fee is $25 per angler includes launch fee, awards, raffle and lunch for anglers and boaters. You must register by 8:00 pm Wednesday, March 30th to receive your free raffle tickets. Late registration will not receive free raffle tickets.

Call or email for Registration Forms and information: Barry Sterud, email: s2bsterud@aol.com cell:925-584-6868

Boaters Needed

Safe boaters are needed to give kids an opportunity to compete in Bass Tournaments. Boaters must be at least 19 years old and out of high school. Boats must be a safe fishing platform for two anglers with a boater/coach aboard and must have live wells or another means of keeping fish alive. Boaters serve as coaches for these events and can help net and care for fish and advise anglers. In this format, boaters can fish if their boater/coach needs are met but are encouraged not to fish for fish the young anglers are targeting.

If you would like to be a boater/coach for this event, please call: Barry Sterud, 925-584-6868

Jason Christie’s Old-School Approach Talk of the Bassmaster Classic

TULSA, Okla. — Oklahoma pro Jason Christie ended up one spot short of winning the 2016 Bassmaster Classic at Grand Lake, Okla., finishing second to fellow Oklahoman and Bassmaster Elite Series roommate Edwin Evers. Though he didn’t win, Christie’s old-school spinnerbait approach was the talk of the tournament, even among fellow competitors.

With the cold and muddy water, Christie wanted a bulky bait that he could fish slowly. He fished a 1-ounce BOOYAH Blade spinnerbait that he altered by replacing the single No. 5 Colorado blade with a huge No. 6 gold Colorado blade, and used the new YUM Pulse swimbait as a trailer.

“I used that combination because I wanted to increase the strike zone in that dirtier water,” he IMG_YUM Pulsesaid. “The fish couldn’t see so well, so I wanted them to feel the bait.”

Key to his rig was the new YUM Pulse swimbait, which he received just in time for the Classic. The YUM Pulse wasn’t designed to be a spinnerbait trailer or even a trailer at all, but once Jason got some in his hands just two weeks before the Classic he knew they were the missing ingredient for his Classic presentation.

“That bait is the best,” he said. “It swims really good at a slow speed – that tail really kicks. And when you burn it, it still kicks. It doesn’t blow out and tracks great.

“I used the YUM Pulse as a trailer because I wanted that bulk and density. I wanted to go slow but keep the spinnerbait up off the bottom,” he said. “It was just what I needed.”

Unlike many swimbaits, the YUM Pulse has great tail-kicking action while also being very durable. In three days of fishing the Bassmaster Classic plus practice, Christie said he never had to replace a YUM Pulse because of a fish strike.

The single-Colorado blade BOOYAH Blade spinnerbait is available at stores nationwide, and the YUM Pulse will be available soon.

For more about BOOYAH baits go to http://www.BooyahBaits.com. For more about YUM baits, go to http://www.YumBaits.com.

Contact:

Chad Warner, brand manager, 479-441-1024, cwarner@pradcooutdoorbrands.com

Madison Central Bass Anglers Open Tournament Schedule

March 26…Lake Cumberland…Conley Bottom Marina
Time…Safe Light-3pm ET
Fund Raiser Tournament for School
Trophies Given to 1st.-3rd. place and big fish
Contact… Troy Blankenship 859-314-5936 or Rick Jones 859-661-2186
$10 per student. Must be a member of SAF.
Captains pot will be optional…$10 big fish takes all.
Deadline will be 30 min. before take-off.

May 7…Green River Lake…Ramp 1
Time…Safe Light-3pm ET
Fund Raiser Tournament for School
Trophies Given to 1st.-3rd. place and big fish
Contact… Troy Blankenship 859-314-5936 or Rick Jones 859-661-2186
$10 per student. Must be a member of SAF.
Captains pot will be optional…$10 big fish takes all.
Deadline will be 30 min. before take-off

July 16…Barren River Lake…State Park Ramp
Time…Safe Light-2pm ET
Fund Raiser Tournament for School
Trophies Given to 1st.-3rd. place and big fish
Contact… Troy Blankenship 859-314-5936 or Rick Jones 859-661-2186                                                                   $10 per student. Must be a member of SAF.
Captains pot will be optional…$10 big fish takes all.
Deadline will be 30 min. before take-off

September 17…Lake Linville…Linville Ramp
Time…Safe Light-2pm ET
Fund Raiser Tournament for School
Trophies Given to 1st.-3rd. place and big fish
Contact… Troy Blankenship 859-314-5936 or Rick Jones 859-661-2186                                                                   $10 per student. Must be a member of SAF.
Captains pot will be optional…$10 big fish takes all.
Deadline will be 30 min. before take-off

October 15…Wilgreen Lake…Wilgreen Ramp
Time…Safe Light-2pm ET
Fund Raiser Tournament for School
Trophies Given to 1st.-3rd. place and big fish
Contact… Troy Blankenship 859-314-5936 or Rick Jones 859-661-2186
$10 per student. Must be a member of SAF.
Captains pot will be optional…$10 big fish takes all.
Deadline will be 30 min. before take off.