It's been a colder-than-usual winter across much of the country, and Northern California hasn't been exempt from that phenomenon. For the most part, February and the early part of March have been relatively cool, wet and windy.
As a result, the region's big-bass factories that are set to host the first two Bassmaster Elite Series events of 2010 are a little bit behind their normal schedules. Both the California Delta and Clear Lake have been in stingy moods recently as they await a prolonged spate of warm weather that'll heat up their water and get the pigs headed for the food trough in preparation for the annual spawning ritual.
The Delta is first up this week, and some pros have lamented that the fishing is tougher than they'd anticipated. Whether they drove across three time zones to get here or are California natives preparing for a rare "home" event, most say they aren't getting the quantity of bites that they expected.
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