Events

CALIFORNIA STRIPED BASS ASSOCIATION 35th ANNUAL KIDS FISHING DERBY:

The CSBA 35th Annual Kids Fishing Derby will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2023 in Antioch at the WALDIE PLAZA PUBLIC FISHING PIER from 9:00AM TO 12:00PM.  All participants MUST BE between the ages of 4 years old to 15 years old. All participants must register at the event prior to the start of the derby.  Parent(s) or an adult Guardian must accompany the child or children for the entire derby.  No parent(s) shall leave their child fishing alone.  Should this happens, Antioch Police will be notified.  

34th Annual 'Hooked on Fishing, Not Drugs or Gangs' attracts youth anglers to Compy's Memorial Fishing Pier in Antioch

This year, The California Striped Bass Association - West Delta Chapter held the 34th Annual Free Kids Fishing Derby at the Compy's Memorial Fishing pier in Antioch on Saturday, October 8th, 2022.  All the children who participated in the derby were treated to a free lunch (a hot dog sandwhich, a bag of chips and a soda).  Everyone, including the parent(s) of the particpants had a fun time.  There were lots of raffle prizes.  The pier was crowded with kids fishing with their parents. These children represent the future of fishermen/women and conservationist.

Our Thanks go out to our Vice-President, Roger Lund for his continued dedication on making this event happen. All of the arrangements, food, table and chairs, medals and prizes were handled by him and Lady Friend Melissa Kessler. Special Thanks to Danny Lanzarin, John Eddy and Joe McMurtrey for their personal contributions.

Fishing Derby Winners:

Winners in the 3 to 6 age category: 1st Genises Johnson; 2nd Jesus Martinez; 3rd Bryan Reich

Winners in the 7 to 9 age category: 1stLiam Gillion; 2nd Taliah Moorer; 3rd Kaleb Cook.

Winners in the 10 to 17 age category: 1st Julian Walker; 2nd Joshua Lee; 3rd Trinity Moorer.

Thank you to all of our members who participated in this fun and special event. We hosted over 70 kids at this event, and as always everything was free for the kids. It is great having the cooperation and positive attitude to put the whole event together. Believe it or not Roger Lund is already thinking about next year when it with be the 35th Annual Kids Free Derby to "Get Kids Hooked on Fishing, Not Drugs or Gangs".

33rd Annual 'Hooked on Fishing, Not Drugs or Gangs' attracts youth anglers to Compy's Memorial Fishing Pier in Antioch

By David Hurley

After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the California Striped Bass Association – West Delta Chapter held the 33rd Annual 'Hooked on Fishing, Not Drugs or Gangs' Kid's Fishing Derby at Compy's Fishing Pier in Antioch on October 9th. Over 70 youth from around northern California attended the event, accompanied by their families. The annual Kid's Derby was started by the late Uril "Compy' Compomizzo who spent his later years helping youth discover the joys of fishing. Of all of the years over the decades of the derby, no event may have been more important than this year as our youth have been sequestered in their homes for nearly two years due to the pandemic.
The Kid's Derby had been held at Contra Loma Regional Park for decades, but due to high costs for staging the event by the East Bay

Regional Park District, the club relocated the derby to Humphrey's Pier in Antioch for three years before moving to its rightful place at the pier named in Compomizzo's memory four years ago.
Roger Mammon, long-time president of the West Delta Chapter, said, "Compy raised over $100,000 to have divers clean the bottom of the river at the pier to make it snag free. Refrigerators to old boats were removed from the waters surrounding the pier."
In 2000, a plaque and monument dedicated in his name was posted at the pier and it was renamed the U.E. "Compy" Compomizzmo Municipal Fishing Pier. There were no snags experienced this year despite the pier crowded with lines in the water. The primary goal is to get area youth and their families out on the water to enjoy a day of fishing, and most of our participants are fishing for the first time. A dedicated group of 16 volunteers organized everything from registration to a big raffle to cooking lunch, rigging tackle, cutting bait, and measuring all fish caught.
Mammon added, "Although we are unable to have the net pens and the containers loaded with trout as experienced at Contra Loma for years, the event at Compy's Pier brings families out to a safe and kid-friendly location for future adventures. All of the children registered received a goodie bag filled with a variety of donations along with a BBQ lunch prepared by club members. Our annual crab feed in February is always the major funder of the Kid's Derby, and our vice-president, Roger Lund, has been the driver of the event for the past 18 years. Over 45 undersized striped bass were caught, carefully measured, and released back into the water, and since intentionally provided small hooks, there were no fish lost."
The West Delta Chapter is one of the most active remaining chapters of the California Striped Bass Association which was founded in 1974 by the late 'Jolly' Jay Sorensen. The purpose of the organization is the preservation and enhancement of striped bass by the following objectives:
1. Advocacy
2. Promotion of youth fishing
3. A fishing club with a focus on striped bass conservation through respectful careful handling of the resource
4. Dissemination of information relating to the above three objectives to educate and inform our community

Three-year-old Rashaad Bess of El Cerrito made the trek over to the event with his father, Rashaad, and mother, Brittany Hudlin, and using the rod/reel combination that he received for Christmas, he was able to land his first-ever fish at 2 inches. This was the smallest striped bass measured at the tournament, but young Rashaad followed this up with an 11-inch striped bass that was good for third-place in the 3- to 6-year-old division. Typical of many of the families that came to the event for the first time, they plan on coming back to the pier now that they had a positive fishing experience and a really fun day.

The club provided a rod/reel combination and tackle box for derby winners for three places in three different divisions:
3 to 6 years-old 7 to 9 years-old 10 to 15 years-old
1st Seamus McCoanahan – 13-inches Ian Cuevas –
14 5/8th inches Brody Morrissey
13 3/4th inches
2nd Matteo Reynoso – 11 1/8th inches Edger Ruiz III
14 ½ inches Tie –
Maria Segovia/Favian Atilano
3rd Tie –
Rashaad Bess/Bradley Jelly – 11 inches Gael Flores
13 1/8th inches Jaden Rieger
13 ¼ inches

Getting children out on the water to enjoy the magic of the outdoors is incredibly important when so many grow up in front of a computer screen, whether at home or at school. When the Bess family was leaving, father Rashaad said, "We are coming back every year!" That's just what the organizers want to hear.

2021 CSBA ANNUAL KIDS FISHING DERBY

Hello everyone, It has been over 14 months since the California Striped Bass Association, West Delta Chapter, have gotten together for a meeting due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.  During that time, we were unable to have our annual Kids Fishing Derby due to the COVID-19 Pandemic Group Gathering Guidlines Restrictions.  However, with the recent Restrictions lifted on June 15, 2021, The CSBA West Delta Chapter have scheduled our annual KIDS FISHING DERBY on Saturday October 9, 2021 at the Compy's Pier in Antioch, CA.  We encourage all children to attend the derby.  There will be rafel prizes, free lunches for participating derby contestans.  We encourage children who enters the contest who have their own fishing poles to bring their own.  Baits will be provided by the CSBA.  Time will be announced as soon as it is available on this page.  Please stay tune and check in often.  

Thank you.

10th ANNUAL CRAB FEED February 22, 2020

Spring is fund raising season for many organizations, and that means CRAB FEED. The CSBA West Delta Chapter crab feed happens every February at the Veterans Hall in Downtown Brentwood. The crab feed features an exciting raffle, fun games and great food. Our crab feed is known as one of the very best of the season and always sells out early. Funds raised by the crab feed support the free kids derby and other important club activity. Contact the club for details and how to purchase tickets.

The West Delta Crab Feed to support our Kid's Free Fishing Derby is scheduled for February 22, 2020 at the Veterans Memorial Building at 757 First St., Brentwood, CA. Tickets are $50.00 per person. There will be a $15.00 wine corkage fee if you wish to bring your own wine. ABSOLUTELY NO HARD LIQUOR ALLOWED. The Kid's Derby will be scheduled later in the year. Our Kid's Derby will be our 33nd Annual derby held in the memory of the late Uril "Compy" Compimizzo who started the "Get Kid's Hooked on Fishing, Not Drugs or Gangs" program. This motto is the theme for our Kids Derby. For crab fee tickets call Mike Hall at 925-634-6356. Tickets are limited so don't delay in getting yours.

CRAB FEED February 23, 2019 - Update

This year's crab feed surpassed all expectations with over 200 in attendance at the Brentwood Veterans Memorial Hall. This event is the singular fund-raising event in the club year with proceeds going to support the annual Kid's Free Fishing Derby.

Our thanks and appreciation are extended to our sponsors, donors and club members who gave so generously to this event. Additional details follow:

Spring is fund raising season for many organizations, and that means CRAB FEED. The CSBA West Delta Chapter crab feed happens every February at the Veterans hall in Downtown Brentwood. The crab feed features an exciting raffle, fun games and great food. Our crab feed is known as one of the very best of the season and always sells out early. Funds raised by the crab feed support the free kids derby and other important club activity. Contact the club for details and how to purchase tickets.

The West Delta Crab Feed to support our Kid's Free Fishing Derby is scheduled for February 23, 2019 at the Veterans Memorial Building at 757 First St., Brentwood, CA.  Tickets are $50.00 per person.  The Kid's Derby will be scheduled later in the year.  Our Kid's Derby will be our 32nd Annual derby held in the memory of the late Uril "Compy" Compimizzo who started the "Get Kid's Hooked on Fishing, Not Drugs or Gangs" program.  This motto is the theme for our Kids Derby.  For tickets call Mike Hall at 925-634-6356.  Tickets are limited so don't delay in getting yours.

This event was a huge success. We had over 90 kids participate and they all had a wonderful time.

I would like to first give a big thank you to those members and their friends and family that volunteered their time, both before and after the event. We are also grateful to the City of Antioch who helped arrange the event. If I miss anyone I apologize:

Roger Lund; Melissa Kettler and her daughter; Roger’s friend Roland who helped set up and cook; Gary Arroyo with wife, Renee and daughters Angela and Amanda; Jenny Comages; Ken & Julie Connelly; Tom Coss; Jim & Rebecca Cox; Mike & Judy Hall; Danny Lanzarin who did an outstanding job getting donations and raffle prizes; Steve Morelli; Heather Newton; Matt & Maryanne Tate; Henry Tao; KC Wen; Ron Westhorpe amd the East County Student Anglers. We also had some volunteers from Lucky stores. Jerry Davis supplied 150 sinkers and said if we need more just ask.

A total of 22 thank you letters were sent to the individuals and businesses that donated cash and prizes.

As always we awarded trophies and prizes to the winners of the event in their respective age groups which ran from 3 to 6 years of age; 7 to 9 and 10 to 14.

Every participant received a goody bag and participated in a marble draw for prizes. The kids were treated to a hot dog lunch which included chips, cookies and beverage.

We received a lot of thanks from parents who brought their kids to get them “Hooked on Fishing, Not Drugs or Gangs”.

Our Board has also approved a $100.00 donation to the East County Student Anglers for their participation in the event.