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Brothers sweep top honors at Cal Delta

Brothers sweep top honors at Cal Delta

Logan Huntze of Discovery Bay, California, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 19-07 to win the three-day California Delta Western Toyota Series event. His three-day total of 15 bass weighing 64-12 gave him the win by a 1-06 margin over 2nd-place angler Phillip Dutra and earned him the top payout of $24,293 in the division's first tournament of 2021.

Putting more than 27 pounds on the scale on day 1, Huntze kicked off the event with a bang. After weighing a mere 18 pounds on day 2, he fell to second behind veteran pro Ish Monroe; however, his 19 1/2-pound haul on day 3 brought him his second MLF win.

Logan’s brother Colby Huntze also took the top prize on the co-angler side. Leading wire-to-wire, Colby weighed 11-08 on the final day for a total of 45-13. For his win, Colby earned a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat.

Logan has fished the California Delta events for the past three years on the boater side and his finishes have gotten progressively better each time. He had an 11th-place showing in 2019, followed by an 8th-place finish last summer before notching the win on Saturday.

The week ended extremely well for Logan, but a rough start threatened him early on. Engine issues on the first day caused him to only be able to idle and cost him valuable hours of fishing time toward the end of the day.

Fishing the central Delta, Logan caught his winning bags by punching and throwing a frog, two of the best ways to catch big bass on the fishery.

“I was fortunate that I found some mats that were protected from the wind,” said Logan. “My area was calmer and that really helped me on the first day. I caught an 8, a 5 and a 4 before my engine troubles. My co-angler that day was really positive and that helped, and I couldn’t really complain because I already had a good bag. I was able to catch two more 5-pounders in areas I saw while I was idling to get a ride back in.”

His key fish on the first two days came on a Missile Baits D Bomb in either green-pumpkin or candy grass. He fished them on a 4/0 Gamakatsu Heavy Cover Flippin’ Hook with a 1 1/4-ounce tungsten weight.

On the second day, with a fully functional outboard, he ran back to his best area from the first day.

“There were a bunch of sea lions in the mats and I couldn’t get a bite,” Logan recalled. “I had to run some new stuff and I was able to scratch up 18 pounds punching, including a 6-pounder. I was fortunate to get a good bite each of the first two days to keep me in it.”

On the final day, he switched gears again and primarily threw a frog en route to the win, although punching also contributed to a few bass.

“I fished more new stuff and caught two big ones on a frog and about 10 smaller ones,” Logan said. “With the wind blowing so much the first two days, today was much easier to run around and fish where I wanted to.”

His frog of choice was a Snag Proof Bobby’s Perfect Frog in either sparrow or tweety.

With so much vegetation in the system, Logan said he keyed in on areas that were deep enough to hold fish based on the tide chart during the event.

“I was fishing hyacinth mats, some primrose and dead tules,” he said. “Some of the areas had some grass mixed in. They had three to four feet of water on them during the high tide, which made for a good bite each morning. On the last day, I focused on the cheese mats with the frog.”

Here are the final totals for the Top 10:

1. Logan Huntze: 64-12
2. Phillip Dutra: 63-06
3. Mark Lassagne: 58-06
4. Ish Monroe: 57-02
5. Nick Salvucci: 55-12
6. Blake Dyer: 52-05
7. Michael Caruso: 51-04
8. Michael Moreno: 50-05
9. Tuan Nguyen: 49-03
10. Jordan Collom: 49-00

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