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mtemanMon Aug-25-14 05:17 AM
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Twenty two anglers showed up on the levee at Middle River for a sundowner tourney. We launched at 3pm into perfect conditions for a fun evening of fishing.

At the weigh in it was Dan Balaba on top. Dan punched his way to the win with a solid limit of 15.51 pounds.
Second place would go to Taylor Capilla who tossed a speed trap for 13.61 pounds. Taylor's limit also included the big fish of the tourney with a fat 8.42 pounder that fell for the trap.
Nate Albers returned to fish with us again, after taking some time off, to finish in the third position with 13.37 pounds.
Bill Adkins used his drop shot to fill an 11.48 pound limit and take the fourth and final paying spot.

Congrats to the top finishers, and thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy a great evening in the Delta with BnT.

Results
http://www.calfishing.com/dc/user_files/9480-082314_MiddleRiver.htm

AOY Results
http://www.calfishing.com/dc/user_files/9481-BnT_total_stat_page_8_23_14.htm

Photo gallery
http://bass-n-tubes.com/gallery/v/tournaments/2014/2014-08-23/

Next up is the SCBBBC State Classic at Clear Lake the weekend of September 20 & 21. This is a BnT points event.

GO FISH!

MT

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RE: August 23, 2014 - Middle River Sundowner results an..., LzyFsh, Aug 25th 2014, #1
Good to be back on the water with b-n-t, spottedbass, Aug 25th 2014, #2
RE: August 23, 2014 - Middle River Sundowner results an..., billadk, Aug 26th 2014, #3
sundowner report, dbalaba, Aug 27th 2014, #4
RE: sundowner report, RiverRob, Aug 27th 2014, #5
      RE: sundowner report, dbalaba, Sep 03rd 2014, #8
RE: August 23, 2014 - Middle River Sundowner results an..., fishonsal, Aug 30th 2014, #6
RE: August 23, 2014 - Middle River Sundowner results an..., CATCHEMCARO, Sep 02nd 2014, #7

LzyFshMon Aug-25-14 11:15 AM
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#46707, "RE: August 23, 2014 - Middle River Sundowner results an..."
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Thanks everyone, for another great tournament experience. We couldn't have asked for better conditions. Even the temperature was mild for August. Congrats to Dan, Taylor, Nate and Bill for the solid finishes. Taylor, maybe you can watch me catch the Big Fish next time.

Good to see some of the guys back in the KB seat again. Big thanks to Yia for helping me get my gear up the hill.

Steve

"If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles".

  

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spottedbassMon Aug-25-14 05:51 PM
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#46708, "Good to be back on the water with b-n-t"
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Hey everyone,
It was good to get back on the water and see a bunch of old and new faces. Like it always does, everything ran smoothly and the tourney was a lot of fun. Got to say congrats to Taylor for that giant he caught crankin and Dan for puttin on a show punchin. I fished a lot of the same water as Dan and got a first hand look at him givin it to those fish with a punchin rod......except the one that won the battle and blew up his rod. Thanks again for a smooth event, look forward to gettin on the water with everyone at the upcoming events.
Nate


My middle river report
Being out of the game for several years, I just wanted to get on the water, catch a few fish, and catch up with the guys. I made up my mind that I would fish the east end of the island before the barrier until the water was flowing over the barrier. I had caught good fish in a certain spot of the island in previous years and my goal was to have 2 keepers in the box before crossing and hittin up the meat wall.

I started flippin a power drop shot along the deep edges of cover. I fished super slow and stayed in one spot for about in hour and a half. I strictly fished a drop off that was right on the deep side of thick cover in super shallow water. I picked up two fish close to two pounds right away ( they both were super fat to start but coughed up a bunch or whole craws and a ton of body parts in the livewell). After fishing the deep side, I began to flip the mat in the same spot. Lost a decent fish, and caught a 3+. I gave up on punchin since all I had were .5 oz weights and nothing to peg my weight with. I picked up one squeaker on the drop shot then headed to the barrier. Around 6pm I picked up another 3+ On the power drop shot on a deeper isolated grass clump. I felt ok about my limit but wanted to cull out the 1lber in the box. I crossed the barrier and first cast I get a 14 incher......culls my 13.5 incher.....great. Bout 5 flips later, catch another one around 3, great cull. Never caught a keeper after that, and didn't get a bite after 715. Ended up with 13.37, good enough for third and never made it up the meat wall.......thanks again B-N-T, for a great time and great event.

  

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billadkTue Aug-26-14 06:34 AM
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Thanks all for the nice welcome back had a great time and look forword to Clear Lake. Bill

  

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dbalabaWed Aug-27-14 12:10 AM
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hey everyone,

first off, it was cool seeing all the tubers that showed up for this event especially the guys making a comeback and the newbies. also congrats to Taylor, Nate and Mike for finishing in the money.

i got to MR about 2pm and was greeted by some fellow tubers, always good to see you guys.I paid my fees then walked over to the levy to take a look at the river. The water was 2-3 vis with sparse elodea pointing upstream and hyacinth floating along with the current, i thought it might be a good day.

3pm mitch calls time and the game begins. i took a sec to watch the directions people were headed and was worried when i saw a couple of good sticks heading to the main river because i know that it could be won out there, but i stuck to my plan about heading up river towards the barrier. i was rowing with a group up the west side of the island when i saw some water that looked good. it was a huge flat covered with hyacinth sparse tule berms, elodea under it and a drop off. i saw the other guys go further up and decided im just going to take my time today and fish my way up. luckily i did and got 2 including a 3 within the first 1/2 hr. i rode the current up a ways and saw Nate in an area that i wanted to fish. i saw him stick a couple and started to go beast mode thinking he might have some good ones and i needed to catch up. i started punchn a little ways down from him when i got a bite. i had this fish spalshing at the surface of the mat, i put some pressure on it to pop it out of the grass and POW! there goes my cheap ass veratas rod, i got what i paid for. i shook it off knowing that it could have been a good one and continued up stream. i landed another keeper a half hour later on the opposite bank near the point of the Island. I continued fishing and cought 2 more 3's that gave me a limit by 530. meanwhile i saw that Nate had left the area i wanted to fish so i cruised on down and caught another one over 3 on the punch that i culled a 2 with. it was about 630 and that was my last fish. i decide to stroll down river and fish the main, i got one bite around 830 by the marina on a senco but shook off due to a poor hookset. i rowed back for weigh in. THX to Rob, MItch and Steve for running another smooth event. see you guys at CL

dbalaba

  

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RiverRobWed Aug-27-14 01:07 AM
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#46711, "RE: sundowner report"
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Dan "Beast Mode"! Balaba! Keep it up DBMB!!!!

Looking forward to a good showing from you at the scbbbc Classic!

  

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dbalabaWed Sep-03-14 09:10 PM
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thx Robert! thx for the report Sal 20+ sounds like a good time. Also thx to Rich for the Henrietta. Hope to see you guys at CL.

balaba

  

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fishonsalSat Aug-30-14 02:22 PM
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#46712, "RE: August 23, 2014 - Middle River Sundowner results an..."
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Congrats to Dan Taylor Nate and Bill.

I decided to fish against the tide and challenge the skiers. Ha.
Started towards Victoria from launch with my senko(are you shocked)and immediately got bit. First 5 casts and lost 3 fish. Made an adjustment with my hook and started landing fish. Fished my way across the slough to the opposite end towards the bridge and caught a few more on a blade and a senko. By this time the water was rising so I back tracked and caught a few more. I ended up fishing some rocks and this is when I started having a blast. I caught fish every 2-3 casts on that bank. Then Oscar showed up blasting some music and the party was on. Lol. Both of us were catching fish on that same bank. They were slamming my Senko soon as it hit water on some casts.
Lost count after 20+ fish caught.
Unfortunately all those fish I caught were 11-12.5 in. Also caught a 8-10 inch striper.
All in all I had a freakin blast. WTF?? Ha
See y'all at Clear Lake.

  

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CATCHEMCAROTue Sep-02-14 08:31 PM
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#46713, "RE: August 23, 2014 - Middle River Sundowner results an..."
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Thanks guys for a great time on the river. Congrats to all who slayed middle river toads. Good to see you all again, wish I could have came to the scales with a keeper, maybe next time. Thanks for everything.
Rich

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