Madden Goes Wire-To-Wire For Cos
OAKLEY, Calif. – A mid-event cost from twenty third place on Day One to 2nd on Day Two positioned Christian Ostrander of Turlock, Calif. for victory on Championship Sunday. At shut of scales, he had executed a match complete of 63.24, coming the 2026 BAM Vexus Boats Caifornia Delta Professional-Am champion.
The Delta W extends Ostrander’s BAM Professional-Am champ titles to 3, in as a few years, together with 2025 at Don Pedro and 2024 at Clear Lake and awards him a $43,000 Vexus Boat on the second cease of the Western Division offered by Sort out Warehouse, the Metropolis of Oakley, and conservation sponsor Fisherman’s Warehouse
Though he was not happy with the primary of his three days of Delta competitors, two days of breakin’ 20-pounds made up for his Day One restrict of 17.77.
“I used to be tremendous down within the dumps – I didn’t suppose I might win and I’m solely right here to win,” he mentioned of his begin. “So all I might take into consideration was profitable.”
His “no stop” angle paid off on Day Two and Ostrander added 23.75 to climb the leaderboard. Chasin’ tides, a pair fundamental rods, and his consistency on the ultimate day with a five-fish restrict of 21.79 sealed the deal.
“I Trick Wormed some very nice fish and the punch was it,’ he mentioned. “I been out right here fairly a bit the final couple months and I do know the place they’re at. I do know the place they reside in each nook of this place, this yr.”
Keys to Ostrander’s punch rig was a Daiwa 10.0:1 reel and the Magnum-sized Trick Worm.
“It’s a giant deal to punch with a high-gear ratio reel and people reels are unreal,” he shared. “That (worm) has been such a key bait for me this yr. I’ve caught lots of of fish over five-pounds on that Magnum Trick Worm.”
Ostrander additionally talked about heavy line, masking water, and far time on the fishery as important elements.
“This yr it looks like they’ve actually been staying round these spawning areas – like they’re nonetheless up in it – even when they spawn, as a result of all of the bluegill roll in,” he defined. “I’m operating these areas all by the North Delta, Central Delta, and a little bit little bit of the South. I’ve lined each nook.”
Ostrander thanked Mark Jang and was very appreciative of BAM and the chance to match fish out West.
“I must be {golfing} or driving a unicycle if BAM weren’t right here,” he mentioned.
Joudrey Lands a Double-Digit
A constant common of twenty-pounds per day gave Beau Joudrey of Oakley, Calif. the runner-up place with an event-total of 61.94. His weight included the match’s second double-digit, a ten.20.
Though he had marked her in apply and tried for his 10-pounder earlier within the competitors, it took him to Day Three to get her to go.
“The primary day of the match I ran there and when the tide dropped out a little bit it, I might see the large one form of cruising round, however she hadn’t fairly locked up but,” he mentioned. “Third day it was a complete completely different state of affairs.”
He flipped in and bought bit by the male. He flipped in once more, set the hook and snapped off. After re-tying, he flipped in with no response.
“Then POW I get bit,” he mentioned. “I barely leaned into to it and it was off to the races.”
The ten fell to a wacky-rigged inexperienced pumpkin blue Zoom Trick Worm on a dimension two hook and a Dobyns 1/eighth ounce nail-weight. It was tied to 10-pound braid with a 12-pound Seaguar chief and thrown on a Dobyns DX 743 SF rod with a Shimano Stradic FM 3000 reel. Joudrey banked $4,500 for his end.
Sweitzer Rounds Out High-Three
A restrict of 15.12 at the moment put Chad Sweitzer of Kelseyville, Calif. within the top-three with 57.69. Sweitzer credited his Day Three catches to a response bait, particularly a inexperienced pumpkin ChatterBait with a Missile Baits Child D-Bomb trailer in Rotten Tomato, thrown on 15-pound fluoro.
“I caught the remainder of my fish principally simply worming on straight 40-pound braid,” he mentioned. “So, it was fairly enjoyable simply crackin’ them on braid.”
He described his wormin’ plastic as a crimson creature bait.
Sweitzer sacked up $3,556 for the weekend.
Large Bass Honors went to Steve Wey with 10.44 lb bass
Madden Makes It a Wire-to-Wire Win
Beginning out robust with a nine-pound lead on Day One gave JD Madden of Brentwood, Calif., the cushion he wanted when he was solely in a position to weigh three fish on Day Two. Holding steadfast to his seat and reeling in a three-day complete of 36.85.
He credited two predominate bass-catching shows for his success, noting the climate in addition to his professional’s alternative of fishing places pressured him to regulate his early presentation of a Yamamoto Senko.
“4 out of my 5, if not all 5, in my bag (at the moment) have been on a crankbait; in order that was a giant change,” he mentioned.
The Senko he used was a six-inch in black with blue flake, rigged each wacky and Texas and thrown on a 7’6” medium-heavy Tyler’s Western Angler rod with 20-pound P-Line Tactical. For his crankbait of alternative, he went old-fashioned.
“Among the finest lures out right here for the longest time was a Lure Jensen Pace Entice and I simply had a bunch of them on the home,” he mentioned. “It was a very special occasion.”
The 2-prong strategy is all that Madden wanted. He bested the closest co-angler on his respective by simply over a pound to win the co-angler trophy. He places $7,000 in his pocket for the problem.
Evan Birck of Danville, CA wins the California Delta Scholastic Collection with a two-day complete of twenty-two.10 kilos [10.51, 11.59]
Professional Angler High Ten
CO Angler High 10
Scholastic High Three
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