Cal Delta Midday Update Day 3

Final weights are going to be close, close, close after slow morning action

It’s way too close to call with just an hour left to fish on the California Delta, as the final 10 vie for the title at stop No. 2 of the Rayovac FLW Series Western Division. After yesterday’s weigh-in, the margin between first place and 10th was only 1 pound, 6 ounces. You might as well call it even.

Word on the water today is that the pro who can break the 20-pound mark is probably the one who’ll go home with the hardware. The reaction bite was slow across the board this morning, except for little fish – they’re chomping as usual. Most competitors that the On The Water team watched were flipping and fishing slowly with finesse plastics.

Joe Uribe Jr. lost a pretty good keeper early and was finishing up a small limit at about 8:45. Austin Bonjour also caught a small early limit but probably had less than 10 pounds at 10 a.m. Bub Tosh, who dumped a 10-pound giant yesterday, hadn’t located any big ones by lunchtime. He had about 13 or 14 pounds in the livewell.

Ken Mah seems to have the hottest hand right now. He was winding a buzzbait and punching thick beds of hyacinth in the waning hours of the tournament and had three quality bass and two squeakers in the livewell. His confidence was high, and he thinks that if he can cull out the two babies, he’ll have a legitimate shot at winning. Mah did have one chance about an hour ago but lost a keeper that short-striked his buzzbait.

There’s a light wind blowing and plenty of sunshine today. The flipping and topwater bites should stay good right up until the end. A Western Division FLW College Fishing weigh-in is about to begin here at Russo’s, so we should get a better idea of how the bite was across the Cal Delta today.

The final Rayovac FLW Series weigh-in starts at 2:30 p.m. PT. Check it out on FLW Live at FLWFishing.com.