STEVE & KATHY TOSH TACKLE TOUGH CONDITIONS FOR VICTORY IN
NOR-CAL MIX TEAM 

Saturday, June 15, 2002
Lake Don Pedro, CA 

By: Tim Paes 

Warm weather and tough fishing conditions marked the annual Nor-Cal Mix Team tournament at Don Pedro. Twenty-eight teams signed up to fish this fun filled event that included a BBQ lunch and raffle that would follow the tournament. The tournament is designed to be a family oriented event that teams male and female partners for a day of competition. The fishing was tough, but the food, catered by Arnolds BBQ, and the raffle more then made up for the tough day on the water. 

Tackling the tough conditions was the Waterford, CA team of Steve and Kathy Tosh. The husband and wife team brought in a 6 fish limit weighing 14.30 lbs. Tosh, who is sponsored by: Mercury, Basscat, Thermo Batteries, Sumo Frogs, Okuma, Yamamoto, Russian Custom Rods, Escalon Bait & Tackle and Andre Moore Custom Baits, reported that they spent much of their day chasing schooling fish that were feeding on baitfish. They would cast Zara Spooks at the boils of bass chasing shad. Many of their fish were caught from the surface in water that was 100 – 150 feet deep. They fished from Flemming to Woods and Moccasin and all the way back. The also caught fish on boulder piles with spooks and by dropshotting 4” custom Japanese baits. For their awesome day on the water the Tosh’s took home $830. 

Second place went to the husband and wife team of Albert and Eva Azevedo, of Turlock, CA. The Azevedo’s brought in a 6 fish limit that weighed 11.92 lbs. Azevedo, who is sponsored by United Rentals and Azevedo Concrete, told the crowd that they caught their fish on brown jigs with Yamamoto trailers and brown worms that were tossed on dartheads. They keyed on rock structure in water 20-25 feet deep in the Flemming Meadows area. The team earned $548. 

The Modesto, CA team of Don and Jutta Mutchler finished 3^rd with their 11.32 lb 6 fish limit. The husband and wife team fished island tops in the Rogers Creek area. Their fish came out of 17-35 feet of water and were caught on 7” green pumpkin Zoom U Tails. The Mutchler’s took home $332 for their effort. 

Rounding out the money winners in 4^th place was the husband and wife team of Richard and Darlene Martin. The Martins brought in a 6 fish limit that weighed 8.18 lbs, earning the Los Banos, CA couple $150. Fifth place went to the husband and wife team of Hector and Audra Monares, of Turlock, CA. The team earned $100 for the 8.10 lb 6 fish limit. Big Fish and $260 went to Troy and Betty Wells, of Ceres, CA. Wells, who is sponsored by: Auto Life Sporting Goods, Stren and Super Pork, caught the 3.64 lb. Big fish on a Pointer ripbait in Big Creek. 

Nor-Cal Bass would like to give a special thank you to Pepsi for donating the soft drinks and water for our event, plus thanks to Tom’s Truck Repair, Bud Fuller and Steve’s Custom Baits for donating raffle prizes. We could not do what we do without the support of our sponsors, please support them. Thanks to Winchester Farms for being our official trophy sponsor for the tournament. Also, thanks to Don Pedro recreation for hosting our event, allowing us the use of their grounds for sign-ups, BBQ, raffle and our awards ceremony. 

Next on our schedule is the Boats Unlimited Stratos/Javelin Owners Tournament, which takes place on September 14 & 15, 2002 at Clear Lake. Our next and last Pro-Am Tournament takes place on the California Delta on September 21, 2002. Visit nor-calbass.com to find out more about these upcoming events. 

Special thanks goes to Stratos & Javelin Boats along with Boats Unlimited as our major corporate sponsors. Visit nor-calbass.com to see all our sponsors and remember to thank and support them because they are supporting our anglers! 

Nor-Cal thanks our tournament trail sponsors; Stratos & Javelin Boats, Boats Unlimited, St. Croix Rods, C&C Marine, Bob’s Marine, Auto Life Sporting Goods, Joe Coelho & Sons Trucking, Ron Rice Trucking, Fandick Trucking, T&T Trucking, E Prouty & Sons, Winchester Farms, Super Pork, Thermo Oil Batteries, BANG, Fishin Musician Worms, Keeper Custom Worms, Predator Worms, Ex-Cel Lures, Tom’s Truck Repair, Escalon Bait & Tackle and Hildebrands Auto Repair.