Binh Phi Claims Victory over 36 others at Highland Springs!

The 3rd stop of the 2008 Scbbbc circuit started off
with frozen fishing line and ice cubes for fishing pole
eye's. It was down right cold in the morning with
temps dipping down into the twenties at blast off.
We had 36 Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club
members shivering in the water at Highland Springs
at 6:00 AM ready to go. The fish also seemed to be
as cold as the anglers as the bite was tough as
nails. Only two limits came to the scale's. It was
Binh Phi who figured the pattern out for big fish and
was able to take home the win with 13.78lbs. and
Big Fish 7.64lbs. to claim 1st place. Congratulations Binh. In 2nd place was Scott Beem who stayed on his game and was good enough for a second place finish and one of only two limits. Scott had 11.52lbs. and 2nd big fish, 4.83lbs. Bill Sweatt grabbed 3rd place with 3 fish weighing in at 9.93lbs. In 4th place was Doug Tyler with 9.8lbs. Doug not only is sitting in 3rd overall but has put himself in the lead for Rookie of the Year. In 5th place was Jerrod Brendel with 8.85lbs to round out the top 5. Great job all top 5 finishers. We paid down to 9th place and first out of the money was Rich Caro. We also would like to welcome two first timers fishing with us, Scbbbc members Gino Ippoliti and Mike Deaz. Thanks again to all the anglers who brought canned food for our Scbbbc 2008 food drive. It looks like we have about 60+ cans from the Highland Springs tournament. Thanks again to every one for coming out and playing in the cold. I would also like to thank the officers for running a smooooooth show again. John Bird looks as if he's been at this Tournament Director job for ever. Next up is the big US Open at Clear Lake. Results

Team Dan Chester & Dan Babala Claim Victory on the Delta!
The second stop of the 2008 SCBBBC is now in the record book. This was our regular season's first of two team tournaments. We had 20 team's show up to California's Delta. We blasted off from Beacon Harbor on what ended up being a beautiful Delta day. We had a fly by from a Blackhawk Helicopter as they blasted of the top 10 anglers from the FLW National Guard tournament. First place went to the team of Dan Chester and Dan Babala with a limit of 21.81lbs. Congratulations on a big win! 2nd place was the team of Riley and Fontes with 21.75 lbs. and there was a tie for 3rd place with 19.53lbs the teams of Caro & Beach and team Yeh & Doans. Great job guys. The bite was wide open for most of the tubers and the baits varied from Sinko's to Jigs and Crank baits. The average fish went 3 pounds. We had several new anglers join us and it sounded as if they all caught fish and had a great time. The new officers once again performed as if they had been doing what they do for a long time. We collected more cans of food for the SCBBBC Charity food drive. Thanks to all who brought can's of food to donate. Next stop on the SCBBBC 2008 tour is where the club record fish of 11.84 is still swimming, Highland Springs Res in Lake County. Results & Standings

Back Deck Pro, Pat Wilson Claims Victory on Lake Sonoma!
We made it through the windiest day on the water in a long long time. We had 41 of northern California's best float tubers check-in. We had some old face's and many new one's. After all the fish were weighed one angler came out on top. Pat Wilson won the season opener in old school style while fishing from an old round tube.No frills and a few chills as he fished his way to victory using Jigs and drop shots in 30' of water very slow. Full Results and Standings.