Big Weekend for Delta Elite BASS Fans

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Fisherman's Warehouse in Manteca Will have several Specials and quite a line up
Alton Jones 10:00am - 2:00pm
Greg Hackney 10:00am - 2:00pm
Fred Roumbanis 12:00pm - 4:00pm
John Crews 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Aaron Martens 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Skeet Reese 5:00pm - 6:00pm

2010 Elite Extravaganza at Delta Outdoors, 1625 Main St. in Oakley, March 6, 2010 from 1:00 to 6:00 PM.

Bass Tackle Depot’s Elite Extravaganza will have something for everyone as we get ready to welcome the world’s best anglers to the California Delta, one of the world’s best fisheries.

Anglers currently scheduled to attend, Bill Lowen, Billy McCaghren, Denny Brauer, Fred Roumbanis, Jason Williamson, Jeff Connella, Jeff Kriet, John Crews, Kevin Short, Mark Tyler, Mike McClelland, "Peter T" Thliveros, and more, the list grows each day.

Elite Extravaganza will feature:

- One on One with the Pros – Fans get the chance to interact with the world’s best anglers on a one on one basis, ask questions and get answers to help them catch more fish.

- Raffle for the Fans – Attendees who make a purchase in the store from 12:00 noon until 5:00 will be entered into a drawing for a raffle.

- Autographs and Photos– Fans will have an opportunity to get autographs and take pictures with their favorite Elite Series pros.

- We will have barbeque available on site

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The whole Elite Series Week should be great!

California, Here We Come: The Bassmaster Elite Series Returns to the West Coast to Start Off the 2010 Season
The 2010 Bassmaster Elite Series gets going March 11 in Stockton, Calif., with one of the top challenges of the season for Elite pros: the four-day Duel on the Delta.

Elite anglers will compete on the California Delta for a $100,000 first-place prize, points toward qualifying for the Bassmaster Elite Series postseason and 2011 Bassmaster Classic, and the title to the first of eight tournaments of the Elite Series’ fifth regular season.

Bassmaster.com will cover the event with daily analysis, photo galleries, standings and a real-time leaderboard. ESPN360.com will offer live, streaming video, and ESPN2 will recap the entire competition on the Sunday, March 28, edition of The Bassmasters at 10:30 a.m. ET. The episode will air again Saturday, April 17, at 10 a.m. ET.

Stockton, the state’s 13th largest city and seat of San Joaquin County, is situated on the San Joaquin Delta Waterway — also known as the California Delta because the area forms a triangle with the three points being Sacramento, Stockton and Pittsburg, Calif. The Delta encompasses 1,000 miles of navigable, fishable water in a labyrinth of sloughs, canals, channels and islands, one factor that makes tournament fishing there so tough — and so good.

Spring fishing on the Delta always promises a show. In March 2007, a haul of 85 pounds, 12 ounces, was the total weight Aaron Martens of Leeds, Ala., brought to the scales to win when the Elite Series last stopped in Stockton. In April 1999, before Mark Tyler of Vian, Okla., became an Elite pro, he set a record that still stands today: the largest bass caught in a BASS competition, a 14-pound, 9-ounce Delta lunker.

BASS has been back to the Delta five times since 1999, but no one has duplicated Tyler’s catch. Could this be the year?

“I believe it’s going to be broken when we show up,” said Ish Monroe of Hughson, Calif., a town in the Delta’s backyard. “They actually had a 14-6 in a tournament here and a 14-9 caught the following week. This was in the last three weeks.”

By tournament time of March 11-14, the water temperature is expected to heat up and the fishing with it.

“It’s going to be pre-spawn and a little bit of spawn if the weather continues to be good,” he said. “California’s been getting a lot of rain, but it’s been halfway decent warm weather, so the water is warming. When the water temperature gets to around 52, they start biting. When it’s 54 to 56, they really start biting. When it gets to 58, it’s going nuts.

“We’re going to hit it perfect, conditions are going to be perfect,” said Monroe, host of the ESPN2 minishow, Yo Ish!

He said a four-day weight above 80 pounds will be needed to take the win. 

“I believe it’s going to be a slugfest, most definitely” Monroe said.

The full Elite field will compete Thursday and Friday, with the top 47 advancing to Saturday’s competition. Only the top 12 will still be in the game the final day, Sunday, for the $100,000 top prize.

The public is invited to the daily launches at Morelli Park Boat Launch, 828 W. Weber Ave., Stockton, CA 95203. Times are 6:20 a.m. PT, Thursday-Saturday, and 7 a.m. PT Sunday, and there’s no admission fee.


Also free and open to the public, the daily weigh-ins are set for 3:30 p.m. PT at Weber Point Events Center, 221 N. Center St., in downtown Stockton.

A special event at Weber Point, The Bassmaster Shamrock 5K Run & Walk, is slated to begin at 5 p.m. PT after the Saturday weigh-in. Following the run-walk will be the Downtown Stockton Alliance pub crawl. For the kids, cabbage bowling is on tap.

Dog Lovers....
Splash Dogs Delta Dock Jumping Competition
Part of the
©Bass Master Elite Series "Duel in the Delta" Tournament
Venue Information
Weber Park
221 North Center Street
Stockton, CA 95202
BASSMASTER Elite Series Duel in the Delta
Weber Point Park

Fri Mar 12
Registration & Dock opens - 2PM
Splash #1 - 3:00PM
Splash #2 - 5:00PM
Dock Closes - 6PM

Sat Mar 13
Registration & Dock opens - 12PM
Splash #3 - 1:00PM
Splash #4 - 3:00PM
Splash #5 - 5:00PM
Dock Closes - 6PM

Sun Mar 14
Registration & Dock opens - 12PM
Splash #6 - 1:00PM
Junior Handler, Lap Dog and Open Finals - 3:00PM
Pro Finals - 4:00PM
Dock Closes - 5PM

There will be practice between waves as time permits