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Lake Tulloch is a well-kept secret amongst the mother-lode anglers, one might say it’s the jewel of the valley. Lake Tulloch has all three species of bass which include largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass. The lake’s scenery is spectacular, it has million-dollar homes that surround most of the lake with beautiful old oak trees and rolling hills. During the summer months, Tulloch is the place to go for the pleasure boaters to enjoy a day on the water. Tulloch lake bass fishing can be amazing or extremely tough.
Slay Nation held its last tournament of the year at Tulloch. Sean Beach won with an amazing 88.50” or 16.5 pounds of bass besting second place by 4.75”. Sean Beach has won several tournaments this year and has placed in the top ten in most of the tournaments he has entered. The day before Beach was at Clear Lake, there he placed third. He then drove several hours home and then the next morning, drove several hours to Lake Tulloch, talk about a devoted fisherman. Beach first made his way up to the middle of the lake catching small fish on a drop shot but quickly made an adjustment that proved to be the winning pattern.
“I saw some crawdads along the shore, so I tried a jig.” Beach said, “I kept the jig tied on the rest of the day.”
Beach worked the same 200-yard stretch of bank near the main lake area the rest of the day. He worked his jig from the shore down to about 20-feet deep.
“I was using a Keitech jig in green pumpkin with purple paired with a Yamamoto twin tail trailer.” Beach said, “I just dragged the jig on the slow tapering banks for all my bites.”
Beach caught most of his fish between 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM for his limit. During the afternoon, only the smaller fish were biting his jig.
Beach thanked his neighbor for letting him borrow his truck to transport his kayak from lake to lake. Beach said he is trying to purchase the truck from his neighbor, but the owner has not decided to sell it just yet.
Pua Yang placed in second with 83.75”. Yang has been on fire this year too. Yang has won the biggest tournament in California, the West Coast Championship and a few other tournaments as well. Yang is always a threat when he shows up at a tournament. Yang went for a long run in the morning to one of the farthest reaches of the lake. Yang said that his buddy Max Lee and him started in the same area.
“My first fish on the morning was a 2.5 lb. Crappie.” Yang said, “I was fishing the grass patches near deeper water.”
“I moved farther back in the creek and caught a 17”. “Yang said, “I only had two fish at 11 AM.”
Yang made a move to a new area where he fished grass with his flipping rod. He focused on the deeper grass to fill his limit.
“I caught a 21” a 17” real fast.” Yang said, “At 10:30 AM I knew that there was going to be a grass bite later in the day once it warmed up.”
Between 12:47 PM to 1:18 PM, Yang caught all but one fish for his second-place limit.
“The chatterbait bite happened during practice.” Yang said, “But during the tournament, I couldn’t get a bite on the chatterbait.”
Yang new that since the chatterbait was not working that the grass flip bite was going to work.
“I fished in about 8 to 10 feet deep.” Yang said, “I really couldn’t see the grass on the surface, but I could see just the tips down deeper.”
“I was alternating between a giant TRD and a Flappin Hog.” Yang said, “Both in the black and blue color.”
Yang thanked his wife first and foremost, without her, I would not be able to fish. Secondly, Yang thanked Frankie from Slay Nation for keeping these tournaments going. And most of all, the fish gods for not letting him only catch one fish.
Max Lee finished in third place with 80.00”. Lee caught his fish early in the day; his fish were caught between 6:35 AM to 7:45 AM. All of us know that it is nice to get a limit early!
Lee practiced and found the fish in the grass. He knew that the key to doing well is to make sure to cover the edge of the grass line where the fish were using as a feeding area.
“I caught one fish on the outside of the grass bed.” Lee said, “I caught that fish on a black and blue chatterbait.”
“I found a high spot next to a channel bend.” Lee said, “I caught a 21.5” bass on the chatterbait first thing in the morning.”
“Fish were busting around me and the chatterbait was not working. Lee said, “I picked up a popper and made one cast and caught a 15”.”
Lee finished off his limit on a Carolina rig (C-rig) on a cable that reached along the shoreline.
“I would catch a fish off the cable or break off.” Lee said, “If the fish came to the surface, I was able to get the fish.”
Lee knew he would be able to catch more fish on a 4” Senko but decided to fish docks to find a bigger fish. Lee was not able to cull up after 8 AM.
“I would use a lighter weight on my C-rig so it would not snag up on the grass.”
Lee thanked Pua Yang for the conversation while waiting for the lines in time. They both knew that the high spot would be a great place to start. Lee also wanted to thank Pua for showing him where the fish were located. Also, Damian Thao for showing him how to rig and work the C-rig.
Top Ten:
1.Sean Beach 88.50”
2. Pua Yang 83.75”
3. Max Lee 80.00”
4. Angel Sanchez 79.25”
5. Dylan Boss Kinser 79.25”
6. Shane Jones 79.00”
7. Morgan Swisher 77.50”
8. Joshua Bryant 77.25”
9. Salvador Arceo 74.00”
10. Jesus Reyes 73.00”
Big Fish:
Angel Sanchez 23.75”
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