Today, the word is out…so are the big bass and the bite is on. The Meyers blasted off on the California Delta with Guide Bobby Barrack for their first trip on the tidal water fishery.
Debuting a dropshot, 11-year-old Alex hooked into a heavyweight that would make most seasoned angler’s eyes gleam green with envy. “We were in a big fish area; but, when I saw it pullin’ at Alex’s line, I thought maybe it was a carp,” exclaimed Barrack. “Then it jumped…and it got real serious.” What jumped and reared its giant bass head was the 13 lb, 7oz teen-size, trophy-bass shown to the left.
Alex and his dad Mike were pitchin’ at the Tules at an undisclosed placed on the Delta. The area…top secret. The report didn’t even include a North, South, East or West Delta direction.
Upon Barrack’s advice, using a Reaction Innovation Flirt, Alex was tossing his dropshot in the vicinity of vegetation. The Meyers had reeled in a little more than half a dozen fish for the morning; not bad for a few hours on the water as a couple of newbies.
Most of the bass were in the 2 to 2 ¼-lb range, but that all changed when this monster took hold of the Flirt. “Alex reeled it in himself and I was hangin’ over the boat with a net,” recalled Barrack.
“It was a pretty special day; I don’t even think they can understand how special,” beamed Barrack. “The gravity of that kind of fish and that kind of fish on your first trip … Wow! There are guys…bass anglers that fish their whole life that never achieve that kind of a catch.”
Bobby Barrack can be found most days guiding on the California Delta, visit his website Back to Class for more information.
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