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Kyle46N

I'm following this. I swear, the timing was awful for this construction. Or it's really good for the other marina's and launches who charge 20-30 bucks to launch.

Kyle46N

Wow....today was a day of mixed emotions. On one hand I'm ecstatic, caught a 25 lb bag. On the other hand, I feel like a failure, as I only caught 6 fish after seeing................hundreds. Just so happened 5 of them were 5 pounders. Hundreds of fish........you guessed it, beds everywhere. Fish ar...

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Decided to check out the first day of the run of what looks to be beautiful weather over the next week or so. We were greeted with 20 plus mph winds, with gusts to may as well been 80 mph. Blue bird skies, and a north wind? Where did this post front come from? Anyhow, I went down Potato into White S...

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Just took a look at the charts, and it seems like everything will be sprayed? Any guesses on the timing for this? Or is this just stating all these areas will be sprayed at some point this year?

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Thought that thing looked familiar! I've seen them in sterile packets in our ICU, but rarely ever use them. I guess we shouldn't be surprised, after all we use hemostats all the time in the fishing world.

Kyle46N

I've thrown them a decent amount on the Delta, and I can say when I've been able to get the cranks to bump into rip rap, I get bit much more. I've had difficulty finding rip rap banks that have rocks which extend past the hydrilla line that extends out from shore. I've fished a few areas on the San ...

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Degree of angle between rod tip and the point in which the line angles again due to the vegetation you just punched through. Longer the rod, the greater the degree of angle to that point, which should give you better hook set penetration.

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As of Tuesday afternoon, the Mokelumne was blown out (brown), and that included many of the sloughs branching off of it, to include a large part of Potato slough south of Terminous and then into White Slough for a while. The San Joaquin was good though and that seemed to be pushing into White Slough...

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Check any of the grass flats in Disappointment. A foot or two of water is not too shallow. We caught em on Keitech Easy Shiners and nose hooked Flukes. Yesterday was good, today we caught a few.

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I can tell you the difference between yesterday and today on the Delta was.....a big difference. We had around 20 fish yesterday, best 5 for 15, wife lost a 6 at the boat, I jumped off another 6 (need to get those in the boat). We stumbled upon a crazy topwater bite at the end of the day. Went back ...

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If you're willing to take the time to learn it, the FG knot is the thinnest knot available. This link is probably the best tutorial available. If you attempt this knot, the step I missed the most, and caused the most frustration was the applying HEAVY pressure when pulling the main lines apart. http...

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Yep, sorry about that. But Roboworms are 25 % off!!!!

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25 % off, and they have a bunch of Roboworms for sale.

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[/quote] Need any help fishing the delta :D[/quote] Always, but the back seat is taken...lol. I have a 9 year old boy who has dibs. I would be up for taking someone else every once in a while, but the big Air Force has me heading overseas soon, so I'm trying to spend as much time with my kids as pos...

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I can 150% confirm it's closed as of this morning. I took my Ranger for a country side drive up to the ramp to find massive construction going on in the whole parking lot, from gate to ramp. Repaving the whole thing. Not sure about the ramp. Will take a while I'm sure. On another note, I can also co...

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Something else important to mention is that each fisherman/woman is honest with themselves in regard to their own strength and conditioning. Falling out of a boat, and "pulling" yourself up out the water and into the boat, is not something you should assume you can do, especially if you ca...

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Are you asking in regard to water levels? Yes, it's been open all year. I used it about a month ago. Of course there are always issues with the roads leading to the lakes though when these rains happen, potentially causing mud slides. Not sure where you would go to get an update on road accessibility.

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Yeah it's tough. Look at the weekend tournaments. Without a kicker, teams are around 11-13 lbs per five fish. This weather is silly.

Kyle46N · Re: 2/17/18 Delta Count on it. Fish or no fish, I'll tell you what happens.

Count on it. Fish or no fish, I'll tell you what happens.

Kyle46N

Thanks for the info gents.....I think I'm going to head to Berryessa tomorrow. Cold, rain, wind, this recent Delta info..................I would rather at least see fish on a graph and not catch them verses not see any fish and not catch them. I considered not going at all, but I have an addiction

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What Stratos said. I read as many good reviews as possible about the guys in Bethel, and decided to go with them this past summer. Fortunately have not had to use them, but I can't quantify the peace of mind when way up a slough....and no one around like you mention.

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My boy and I were out there yesterday. Fished White Slough. We ended up with 10, but nothing big. He had big fish at 4 lbs. The rest were 2-3. Our best five went 14. Everything caught on chatterbaits, except one on a Strike King Cut'r worm and one on a craw square bill. He threw green pumpkin chatte...

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SilverbackDad wrote:POWER EGGS!??! Why do I even try...

I hear you!!!

Kyle46N

Have you ever fished the Delta before? Or tidal fisheries for bass? If not, and you're mostly familiar with lakes, considering you have a small window of time, head to the lakes mentioned above. The Delta can be a blast that time of year, but there are definitely some differences due to the tidal in...

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what ever you do dont fish the rip rap walls...... there are more miles than you can cover....!!!! Man I can hear His voice so clearly in my head saying "Dude that is why i've been tellin ya to pull the boat out to 12' of water and fishin those deeper ledges and grass lines with that TnT Wadda...

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I'm in the beginning stages of learning the Delta, but like Nate said, depth is relative. If you think about the contours of most Delta channels, there is obviously shallow grass, then you hit that channel slope (sometimes steep, sometimes not), and that slope has grass growing to a certain depth. T...

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How about respecting another person, let alone another fisherman, should be more important than the potential demise of a single fish? You're dealing with people here. It doesn't change because we're behind a keyboard.

Kyle46N

Great video brother. Thanks for sharing and taking the time to put it together. Its unfortunate you get comments like those above. Injured fish are part of fishing. You do your best to prevent it, but it happens. That's the nature of hooking a fish, fighting it, and bringing it to a boat or shorelin...

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I used the Boblov, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MYPXRZL/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 a couple days ago on Berryessa. Worked great. I was able to see the fish I couldn't catch! Lol....seriously, I dropped it down on some rock piles in 30 ft to "see" what I was loo...

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After watching the video, to include the diagram in the video, it seems the only difference between these hubs and others is the "triple seal" on that back? The issue is always with water getting in sooner or later and doing what water does. Ultimately the key is this new triple seal, and ...

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Very neat to see this. I've been trying to read or watch as much of his stuff as possible since I've been here in California. I haven't put his advice for the Delta into success yet (bigger fish on jigs in deeper water), but I think it's going to be invaluable when it's all said and done for me. A n...

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Yep, up until December..............something. Can't remember. It's soon though....maybe the 15th?

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Gotta love the blade bait. I was introduced to it about 3 years ago on the Potomac. It's killer in the dead of the winter for bass. We used it a little on Berryessa the other day and my son caught a 3-4 lb largemouth out of 50 feet. Also hammered on the striper in the Delta with it last week in 20 f...

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Bass Pro has them online for sale right now at 129.99.

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I've had two RTX's for going on 3 years now, and don't have any issues like you describe. I'm not sure I could get the handle to spin on it's own 4 times, but they definitely are not hard to reel. They are the lightest, smoothest reel I've owned, and have held up excellent. Maybe this one came unde...

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I've had two RTX's for going on 3 years now, and don't have any issues like you describe. I'm not sure I could get the handle to spin on it's own 4 times, but they definitely are not hard to reel. They are the lightest, smoothest reel I've owned, and have held up excellent. Maybe this one came under...

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The kids and I were on the water early and bee lined to the Old River area. We spent most of our time in those canals near Holland's Riverside Marina. Thanks to Mr Lassagne's recent report on his FB page of throwing cranks, we busted out the red square bills. I've read plenty about the necessity of ...

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We didn't need the phone because we could see largemouth and spots coming out of the water eating the bait. It was here and there, but definitely could see the color and pattern on them. That's a cool video though! I would like to go back next week, but I have ZERO clue as to how I can get a better ...

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Not much to report again. We only put a 3.5 lb smallie and a twin chunk largie in the boat in about 4 hours of fishing. As I'm sure anyone who has been on the lake has seen, there are a ton of "fish" in 40-50 feet of water near any of the main lake coves and points, herding bait. I'm sure ...

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Thanks for the info everyone. I figured those were the laws here, but you never know. In Louisiana, the land owner owns the land and the water above it......lol....seriously. With all due respect, living mostly between Texas and Virginia most of my life, I don't assume anything here in California wh...

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238 views and nobody has any input? Anybody know the actual law on these restricted sections of the Delta? I've been on other bodies of water in other states where people would put up signs as deterrents but legally couldn't keep someone out as long as they were floating and not touching private pro...

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Not sure if "water rights" is the correct term to use, but I was wondering about some of the marinas, yacht clubs, etc on the Delta that have off limits or members only access. Most of the time its a cut or a slough built into an island or into the levees that has a marina, docks, or boat ...

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Fishing for 27 years throughout the south and on many waters with duck hunters, this is a topic I've seen many times over. I agree with some of the opinions already shared. As a fisherman, the "right" thing to do is give way to a duck hunter. He or she has set up shop and put all their mar...

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I have read this thread 10 times and still can't believe what I'm reading. The good lord took this man way to early, he had everything going his way, guiding, fishing, his own tackle company. Somethings just don't seem fair or right sometimes but the lord has plans for Andy and they are going to be...

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If you're not willing to drop the bigger bucks for high end stuff, check out Academy sports H2O express fishing parka and bib. I've had my set for 7 years now and it's not only kept me dry in numerous situations, they are extremely durable as I've used them as snow gear in the winter for the past 4 ...

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This just popped up on his Facebook page. Heartbroken.
https://www.facebook.com/andycuccia/pos ... 1747169031

Kyle46N

Is this still available? I sent you a text also.

Kyle46N

What year is this Fortrex?

Kyle46N

I've fished in two boats fitted with SeaDek, and I'll echo the same...awesome stuff.

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Good Lord that's a FAT bass. It's so frickin thick it almost looks like a smallmouth..lol. Thanks for the info though. Funny, it fits the same things I believe I should be looking for on the Delta right now based off some other information I've been reading on in the past day or so.

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