Lopes And Johnson	McCabe And King
Wilkins, Lynda Forthe, Whiteley	Big Bass Winner
Results

The 5th Semi Pro event took place on Saturday, July 19th with 26 anxious teams waiting to fish the waters of the Delta. With consistent 100-degree heat for the past week, there were high hopes of an early morning topwater bite followed with some frog action. The delta didn't dispute as a few teams were able to unlock it's secrets, along with setting a new record along the way.

First place honors belonged to Jeff Johnson and Ron Lopes. They weighed in an amazing sack of bass, totaling 20.41 pounds and setting a record for the heaviest limit in the Angler's Choice Semi Pro circuit. Anchoring their limit was the big bass of the tournament, a 9.05 pound bass caught first thing in the morning on a white buzzbait. Jeff and Ron started their morning by running out west, towards Big Break and Dutch slough. The buzzbait was tossed all morning long until about 10am, when the fish "got smaller". In addition to the buzzbait, a Core Shot Yamamoto Senko in color 914 was also responsible for filling their limit. Rounding out their limit For their incredible limit, Jeff and Ron received $1080 in cash, $1000 Bass Cat Bonus Bucks, Competitive Edge rod for Big Bass, and beautiful plaques.

Second place went to the consistent team of Chris McCabe and Dwain King. These guys decided to commit to the Stockton area and it paid off handsomely with a 5 fish limit weighing 17.02 lbs. Chris told everyone that they caught their limit of bass tossing white Snag Proof Tournament frogs and flipping Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Worms in the Junebug w/ red flake color. Anchoring their limit was a kicker fish weighing 5.89 pounds. Chris and Dwain were dialed into their bite and started culling by 8:30 am. For their finish, they received $395 for the 2nd place finish, along with some bragging plaques for the wall.

Likeable anglers Robert Wilkins and John Whitely came in 3rd place with 15.80 pounds, anchored with a 6.30 pound toad. These guys headed up to Whites Slough in the morning and were tossing Zara Spooks and buzzbaits to land their limit. As the morning continued, they made a strategic move to fish Mandaville and Frank's Tract and began flipping Senkos. It always proves to fish until the last minute, because their 6.30 pounder came on the last cast!

Rounding out the top five are Dave Weber and Bob Ebel with 14.15 pounds, good for 4th place and $240 dollars. Bret Owens and Dustin Madrigal took 5th place with 13.23 pounds and $180 dollars.

The next Angler's Choice Delta Region Semi-Pro event is scheduled for August 30th. Only the Semi Pro anglers will be present for this event. In other words, the "regular teams" will not be fishing this day. Expect an earlier blast off and weigh in time! The event will take place at Lundborg Landing. Sign ups/Check in will begin at 4am in the grass field.

Angler's Choice sponsors include Bass Cat Boats, Mercury Marine, Lowrance, Motorguide, Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, Bass West Magazine, Angler's Cove, Acproshop.com and Competitive Edge.