Sapp Wins Third Straight At WON BASS Delta
OAKLEY --- The bass fishing records fell fast at the weekend WON BASS Delta Invitational with Steve Sapp of Manteca winning his third straight Delta event and the fifth in the past six years on the WON BASS circuit. He established a new Pro one-day weight record with 34.22 pounds on Saturday and a total two-day record of 60.85 pounds for 10 bass. Also falling was the AAA total record catch of 56.47 pounds by Bonny Cormany of Riverside, who also set the AAA one-day record as she fished with Sapp for that 34.22-pound catch. She also set the AAA record for winnings with a total of $5,900 in cash. On the second round, she fished with John Prevost of Oakley and they bagged 22.25 pounds.
A sixth record to fall was the AAA mark for the largest bass on the tour, a 14.08 pounder caught by Dave Newton of Brentwood.
The field of 167 boats and 334 anglers saw some spectacular fishing despite heavy rains all day Saturday and most of Sunday. Big fish were on the move all over the Delta, however, as the tournament saw 14 fish over 9 pounds caught and uncountable numbers of 5 to 8 pounders.
Sapp won a total of $41,050 including a $36,000 boat package consisting of a Ranger 519, Mercury 175, Lowrance Electronics, Trojan Batteries and MotorGuide trolling motor. He reported that he caught all of his fish on black-and-red jigs and Speed Worms.
Second place was taken --- for the second year in a row --- by Jerry Ballesteros of Burbank, who weighed a spectacular 49.31 pounds but was still 11.54 pounds behind that of Sapp. Jerry went home with $8,760.
Third place went to Wayne Breazeale of Kelseyville with a total of 43.32 pounds and $6,840 in winnings. Wayne also maintained his large lead in the Ranger Cup race and in the north total points in the Daiwa Cup race. On the first day, the fishing was so good the anglers weighed in 733 bass with an average weight of 3.08 pounds. That average slipped to only 2.75 on the second day.
Newton picked up $1,500 in the Miller High Daily Double for his big fish of Sunday while R.J. Bennett of Grass Valley was second for $500 with a 12.21 pounder. Greg Hobrock of Vancouver, WA, was third at 12.01 pounds.
Some of the other big fish weighed in on Sunday included: 10.50 by Rick Kendrick, 9.50 by Jerry Ballesteros, 9.14 by Bill Durbin, 8.78 by Lynn Miller, 8.52 by Stephen Penrod and 8.10 by Jerry Woodward.
The big fish pounds on Saturday included a 10.98 pounder that won $1,500 for Danny Miller of Orangevale and a 10.09 pounder that got $500 for Steve Hayashi of Tracy. Other lunkers included: 9.98 by Jack Van Grouw, 9.87 by Tim Turner, 9.77 by Lee Poel, 9.61 by Wayne Breazeale, 9.26 by Jim Tatum and 9.05 by Steve Sapp.
Cormany also won big in the standings with her AAA lead being a whopping 10.88-pound margin over second place angler Jay Riggs of Rosamond, who took home $4,170 for 45.59 pounds. Third place and $1,000 went to Dale Taft of Lancaster with 43.92 pounds.
The Pro money winners at the Delta included:
Place, Name, Hometown Fish Big Fish Total Money 1 Steve Sapp Manteca 10 9.05 60.85 $41,050 2 Jerry Ballesteros Burbank 10 9.50 49.31 8,760 3 Wayne Breazeale Kelseyville 10 9.61 43.32 6,840 4 Brian Nollar Redlands 10 7.21 41.94 3,500 5 R. J. Bennett Grass Valley 10 12.21 41.26 3,500 6 John Prevost Oakley 10 5.87 41.21 2,000 7 Dub LaShot Walterville OR 10 40.97 2,000 8 Mickey Wall Turlock 10 39.98 2,000 9 Walt Austin Fresno 9 39.04 2,000 10 Chris Boone Bishop 9 38.85 2,000 11 Steve Greene Le Grand 10 38.80 1,000 12 Byron Velvick Boulder City NV 10 37.95 1,000 13 Gary Howell Stockton 10 37.90 1,000 14 Ador Lopez Sacramento 10 37.63 1,000 15 Tim Turner Kerman 10 9.87 37.04 1,000 16 George Galletti Martinez 10 36.82 700 17 Roy Hawk Salt Lake City UT 10 7.07 36.75 700 18 Phillip Ruffcorn Athena OR 9 36.73 700 19 Al Posella Sanger 10 5.91 36.28 700 20 Tom Wardrope Pleasanton 10 35.89 700 21 Leroy Bertolero El Macero 10 35.38 600 22 Nicolas Sakata Manteca 10 34.28 600 23 Charlie Davidson Temecula 10 7.00 34.23 600 24 Howard Hughes Redding 10 34.20 600 25 Steve Hayashi Tracy 10 10.09 34.15 1,050 25 Mike North Castaic 10 34.15 550 27 Lynn Miller Salt Lake City UT 7 8.78 32.82 500 28 J. D. Madden Brentwood 10 32.66 500 29 Cory Dispensiero Palmdale 10 32.59 500 30 Greg Gutierrez Red Bluff 10 32.36 500 31 Jeff Lamy San Jose 10 32.15 500 32 Carol Martens West Hills 10 5.46 32.02 500 33 Dave Nollar Redlands 10 31.89 500
The AAA money winners included:
Place, Name Hometown Fish Big Fish Total Money 1 Bonny Cormany Riverside 10 56.47 $5,900 2 Jay Riggs Rosamond 10 45.59 4,170 3 Dale Taft Lancaster 10 43.92 1,000 4 John Woodall Vacaville 10 42.51 700 5 Eric Thoss Redwood City 10 42.06 1,530 6 Clif Vanderwerf Oakley 10 41.04 500 7 Robert Dong Sacramento 10 7.71 40.86 500 8 Steve Ahlf Oakley 10 4.17 40.40 450 9 Dave Newton Brentwood 10 14.08 40.00 1,900 10 Roderick Lee San Ramon 10 7.88 38.58 400 11 Michael Gerton San Leandro 10 37.96 300 12 Bob Cagle Yuba City 10 6.94 37.84 300 13 Robert Burke Oakdale 10 37.70 300 14 Stephen Henson San Ramon 10 7.08 37.60 300 15 Rich Lockwood Elk Grove 10 37.54 300 16 Joe Kopp, Jr. Redwood City 10 7.44 36.79 275 17 Chad Hulbert Gilroy 10 35.72 275 18 Stephen Penrod Salinas 10 8.52 35.64 275 19 Robert Wilkins Marysville 10 35.60 275 20 Jerry Woodward Orland 10 8.10 34.70 275 21 John Inwood Reno NV 10 34.69 250 22 Jim Tatum Bishop 8 9.26 34.13 250 23 Robert Williams Citrus Heights 10 33.73 250 24 Vic Hershberger Sacramento 10 33.66 250 25 Jim Grebel Sacramento 10 33.14 250 26 Jason Borofka Salinas 10 32.91 225 27 Don Stocks Madera 10 32.47 225 28 Rich Serra Poway 9 32.43 225 29 Bill Durbin Tracy 10 9.14 32.39 225 30 Mike Hamontree Ceres 10 32.37 200 31 Paul Beyer Willows 10 7.18 31.91 200 32 Robert Morrish Orinda 10 31.89 200 33 Bill Talley Suisun City 10 31.81 200
