EASTER SUNDAY

After going to Donna's for Easter, we saw some clear weather in the afternoon and headed to BawBees. Hunter was the big winner with (2) 16 inch bass on a wacky worm. Alex and I fished for pike and we each had a follower but could not get a bite.

The water was 61 degrees at the ramp and 57 most everywhere else so the fishing is just getting started. The bass opener on Lake St Clair is Saturday so this weekend we may see a musky, pike, or a 20 inch smallie.

The next few days look horrible weather wise, so baseball could be washed out the first few days. Hopefully a couple dry hours to stay on schedule. The baseball stats came out and Ryan leads the league and area with an almost .600 batting average and 4 homers. Nice job.

Hunter was in for batting at just under .400 and Justin was in for low A low ERA as a pitcher. Albert is just outside the leaders but will be there by the end.

Think smallmouth and the weekend will be here in no time.

delta reservoir

The trout are still biting as Hunter, Alex, and Austin were fishing Thursday afternoon before their game. They caught quite a few trout before a monster pike grabbed one of Hunter's trout before he could get it in. He had fought it for 15-20 minutes and had it to shore twice but without a net could not land it. The pike was BIG....38 inches and 15 pounds (estimated) and Alex was in the water trying to grab the gills as you just can't pull it to shore because of the rocks that surround the water. Everytime he touched the pike it would take off to open water. It finally got off.

Landing that fish would have earned Hunter a ton of points and cash for the Fish god challenge. Lucky us!!

Tomorrow's weather looks good and the boat will be in the Res after a huge pike. Stay tuned!!

tyler gets his revenge

The last few days we've fished the Delta res for trout and have caught quite a few. The fish seem like they school up and work their way through the shallows and will eat minnows or worms. Well, we invited Tyler and of course Mo had to go to continue her fishing dominance over him. The final counts was Tyler-5 Brian-3 Hunter-1 and Mo-0.

She blamed her lack of fish on the rod, reel, bad bait. etc. Really, Tyler just crushed her and now has a lead in fish over her 5-3. We'll see if it lasts.

We will definitely fish this weekend and maybe make a little tournament at the res- winner take all.

Brian

weekend fishing

The worst weather yet since the start of spring....cold with high winds and rain made it impossible to fish. Hopefully we'll start to see some warm days by the end of the week. If so, maybe we'll have our first Delta Fish God fishing tournament this weekend.

For baseball...2 league games against Evergreen and Montpelier and a non league game against Bowsher should equal 3 wins. It gets tougher next week when we go to Archbold Monday.

Brian

TOOK THURSDAY OFF

John and I took Thursday off and fished BawBees. The sun never came out....it drizzled on and off....and the wind gusted to 30mph. I used a 1 oz. chatter bait, spinner bait, jerk bait, and strike king sexy shad. We didn't catch any, but had a couple of followers....one looked 32 inch plus while the other was smaller.

The water temperature was 49-52 degrees. Once the water gets to 56 degrees it will be on. This weekend doesn't look very good with rain and wind.

On to baseball......We didn't have a good week, but Ryan hit his 4th home run and Justin celebrated his 16th birthday with his first varsity win. Hunter and Albert had some hits and scored some runs, but we finished the week going 2-2 but 0-2 in the league.

Get ready for that first fishing tournament of the year...possibly next week. It will be a blind draw with only 14 inch minimums.  Good luck!

first warm day

Hunter, Alex, and I fished BawBees on the Tracker knowing the weather was going to get warm on Sunday. It started foggy and cold on the Lake with water temps at 43. Thinking pike would be active we started with spoons, xraps, jerk baits, and a 1 oz. chatter bait. No bites or follows. As we got to 11am Alex was sound asleep, and Hunter was fishing the drop offs for bass with no bites.

We worked the dropoffs by the golf course and every point on the lake, but didn't get bit. It's early, and nice to be out though. Within an hour of being home, we went to Windy and caught a 14 inch bass, but the wind was so strong it made it nearly impossible to fish.

Justin and Marc had already been there for a while and from the boat caught 20 or so bass with the biggest at 16 inches. Nice job.

This weekend looks like it will be cooler, but the nights not as cold, so the water will warm up. The fish will get active, and Lake St.Clair is just around the corner, followed by 8 days in Florida.

Good days are coming with a lot of points to be earned in the next 2 weeks. You better be ready!!

Brian

tyler's struggles

We fished yesterday at Windy and it was the toughest day there yet. With wind, cold, and rain we still caught fish...except for Tyler. He continues to work on his casting and he's getting pretty good at it.

We'll continue to take him, but we may need to start letting him reel in our fish so he can see how much fun it is to fish.

Morgan goofed on Tyler non stop, so eventually he'll arm bar her and toss her in.

The boat will be back this week and I guarantee a pike by the weekend. Sorry boys.

Brian

First real Baseball games of the year

Delta traveled to Petisville for a double header on A cold Saturday morning and came away with 2 victories. Ryan smashed the ball as usual, Hunter and Betzy were solid up the middle and hit, Justin pitched an inning in the second game and singled in 2 runs, while Tyler caught a few innings and got a couple of at bats. The second game ended up being a rout as Pettisville hit 10 of our guys, while we scored 20 runs.

I plan to fish Windy today slowly by boat to see if I can find a big fish to score on. While most bass are 12-14 inches there are a few bigger fish above 5 pounds. A 20 incher would give me another 15 points and devastate these kids chances.

I'm sure Hunter won't let me go alone, so my catch will have a witness. Hopefully the weather will hold out for a couple hours.

You boys better fish every spare minute.....My plan is to out work you!!

Today

The kids came home from Florida today and the weather was decent today....we fished Windy Lake since my boat is in for routine maintenance at Bass Pro. Hunter just lit me up today, outfishing me 10-1... Alot of 13 and 14 inchers on wacky worms. The only fish I caught was the big fish of the day and year so far- 16 inches. Caught on a chatter bait.  The kids have a doubleheader tomorrow so no fishing, but Sunday I plan on fishing for a 20 incher- 15 points.

Marc and John fished in Sarasota Bay and caught some Sea trout, snook,and Flounder up to 22 inches....Nice job.