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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: to below crankin is alot easier then trowing senko's senko's i ished right produce alot more ish dont you think the smart isherman would ish with what produces. 20 pnds hey you should become a guide cathching all these ish the act is everyone can catch ish on alot o dierent things on the delta dont be so closed minded
    City: manteca

    Tips: ish with whatever you ell comortable with i your tourney ishing or money then you would be better o ishing with a sure bet senkos or crankbaits whetever the lavor o the week is

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    Water Temp: 53-57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished two guide trips out o Big BReak this weekend. Headed out with great expectations ater the good ishing experienced last week and the stabalizing weather. The crank bite we ound last week all but disappeared on the grass lats. Went back to the jig early and began getting crushing bites on rock ledges in about 10 oot o water. Strange thing occured on that irst rock bank that we patterned all day. The ish would literally crush the jig, but on the hook set we would come up empty, or the ish would run o the bank and spit the bait. 25 slammin bites and one 2 pound ish in the boat to show or the day. Same occurance on Sunday, we abandond the crank bite early. Adjusted some, with some modiications to the jig by trimming the hair & Weed gaurd, increasing the weight and using a smaller piece o pork. This helped some as we boated 1/3rd o the ish that bit on Sunday. 10 ish caught on Sunday, but another 20+ missed bites.
    City: Oakley

    Tips: Most areas o the Delta have settled in with temps ranging rom 53 in the morning to as high as 57 in the aternoon in the backs o calm areas. The south Delta remains above 60 degrees in most areas and ry are now present in some locations. While it does look like a small number o ish have spawned in the south, most o the ish through out the river system seem to be in some state o lux and are very lethargic and inactive. As always, there are some guys who seem to ind a group o active ish and are in the right place at the right time. Looking at the weights o this weekend's tournaments, they were not as strong as they should have been and most anglers did experience a tougher bite than last week. The best ishing the Delta has, is yet to come! Cranks and blades, mostly in chartruese, seem to be the most consistant producers. The jig isherman, are getting they're are share o quality bites and the ish are starting to really turn on this bait. The plastic bites are still ar and too ew between to rely on at this time.

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went to 14mi. on Thursday. Fished all day or three 2-21/2lb ish. Cranked all three near mouth adjacent to Windmill Cove. Only saw two other ishermen all day! Tried Senkos, Spinnerbaits and jigs with no success. Sping Crawdad pattern Rappala Crankbait only bait to produce!
    City: holt

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    Water Temp: 51-55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished this Monday and Tuesday with Joe & Brent, two clients rom the Sacramento area who had never been on the Delta beore. Due to the recent temperature drops and swinging cold ronts, the ishing on the River or me has been very unstable as o late. Establishing solid patterns on a day to day basis has been very tough to do and getting more than 6-8 bites a day was the norm. Granted, these bites have been good ones, it hasn't been the typical ishing we expect o the River in late February early March. But the bite the last two days seems to have picked up as the temperatures are now slowly rising steadily. The over night and morning temps are not near as low as they have been the last couple o weeks allowing the daytime sun to do it's thing. Small chartruese crankbaits and 1/8 minature Bomber spinner(Bush Whacker), also in chartruese, produce the most numbers o ish early in the day ishing around shallow (2-4')grass lats with isolated wood structure. These ish were mostly in the 2-3 pound range and clearly were bucks on the move. Each day we caught 15-18 ish. All the better ish we caught each day, ranged rom 3.5-9.5 pounds, came rom deeper haunts(8-16') on a 3/8 or 1/2 oz brown jig with olive pork. We did catch a ew decent ish on the black blue combo. Saturday's big ish included a 7.5 pounder, 6 and 4.5. On Sunday, we only had one big bite rom these deeper haunts, and it was a goodin, weigh'n in at 9.5 pounds.
    City: Oakley

    Tips: Water temps are rising and starting out at around 53 degrees in the morning and climbing to 55-56 through out the day over most o the River. We did ind some very warm water in the south Delta that peeked out at 60.1 on Sunday aternoon(but never got bit!) Forecasted warming trends will surely drive the temps o quickly over the next ew days. The irst wave o ish are now starting to move, chuck and winding a small Fire Tiger crankbait, my irst choice being a 3A Fat bomber, Timber Tiger or 1/8 oz Speed Trap will put a lot o ish in the boat. Crank the deeper rock walls and you're liable to stick some bigger ish that are on the move. Smaller bucks are now starting to stack up on the points o grass lats. The bigger hens are still deep, but they are now beginning to eed and all or the Jig-n-pig. Fish the bait agressively, add some rattles till the water really clears and use lotsa "catchup"(BANG)! The Senko and plastic bite or me is non existant right now, but will surely bust loose any day!

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Saturday I had it working o the rocks in 2-10 eet in the south Delta using lizzards Texas rigged. Caught 3 ish out 6 bites (weak). Missed 3 darn it. Sunday was impossable. The ish had moved and I couldn't ind em but I saw this guy get 2 right in ront o me. He was ishin 12 eet usin a brush hog in the ast movin water. I ished his water ater he let but came up empty. Had to be the weather....yeah, right! I'll get em next time.
    City: San Leandro

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    Water Temp: 56.7

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Had an interesting day today. We caught many ish in the 3lb range with ouy best a 6.8. I say interesting because today we were throwing (literally)- giant- sencos watermelon red, and green somethin or another with lippin sticks and actually catching ish.Most ish came in 8 to 10 o water near deep points, wood or a dock structure near the point was deinatley a plus.......Micster
    City: Tracy

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    Water Temp: 50-52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Water has not cleared up pretty good in most areas. Bite is still a little tough. Caught 4 & 6 keepers rom 1.5# - 3# on plastics. No real pattern, just a ew active ish here and there. Got a ew deep on the outside o the weed line, a couple shallow behind the weeds, a couple o a deep tule wall, and a couple o lats with some wood. Spent a lot o time looking or quality ish, but did not ind them this weekend. Bite should really improve once the water temp hits 52-55. Seems like the irst ew ish are moving into the spring areas.
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: Tried blades, cranks, jigs, and plastics. All came on plastics. Several baits worked. Tube baits and ReAction Gator Dogs (Similar to Brush Hawg) were the best producers. Back/red and PB&J were the best colors o the ones I tried.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished all day Saturday and Sunday...On the water both days out o Disco at 8:00 AM...Saturday...Fished everything in the tackle box and until I picked up my son at 1:00 had (1) bite/ish (2.5lbs) to show or it...Ater I picked him up caught (5)up to 2.5lbs and missed two bites...All ish caught shaking worms in Disco...The cleaner the water the better the bite...Sometimes had to shake worm in the same place or over a minute or two...Bites were pressure...Pick up and move type. Best ive went a bit over 10lbs. Son enjoyed reeling in the ish and commented on how green the ish were. Much un. Sunday I took out Granpa Ed and we headed out o Disco to the ar North...Found some clean water and caught in excess o 25 ish. Shaking worms, Carolina tiny brushhogs o rocky points and ishing tight to structure slowly...We ished each area in inches and used dark robo worms and yamamoto wacky style pumpkin and watermelon. Biggest was 3.7 and bagged a solid 14lb (5) ish limit. All ish were caught in water rom 5 to 20 eet deep. Nothing against the bank at all. O the 25 ish...22 went over 13 inches...A great day...Weather was perect!!
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: Dark colors and tight to wood structure were keys. Slow...Slow...and Slower...Robo in baby bass, and margarita were great baits on Sunday. Four inch pumpkin and watermelon senkos wacky rigged also caught good ish. We ished three small areas all day worked them thoroughly. Bites came in spurts o two to our ish and then silence or short periods. Enjoy the water and stay sae. TG.

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: skunked again launching out rom dico bay. trolled along the rip rap throwing a spinner bait nuthin! so i tried going in the residential areas missed a couple on a green and black roboworm. i gave up on blacks and went or striper only caught a 16'' and had a nice one on a live jumbo minnow but came un hooked. ahhhh the big one that got away.lol
    City: livermore

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I've been away or a bit but here's a report or my last three Delta excursions.1/20 - Launched out o Disco and ished inside all day...Cranked White Norman DD18, Senko, Black/Blu Jig, and used drop shot. Caught 12 total, (5) over 13 and one which went 12lbs 8 ounces!!! Took her in to get weighed and pictured beore releasing back where she came rom. Along with her I caught a 3+. All ish came on drop shot with 4 1/2 inch roboworm. Caught a big striper as well on crank. Weather was cold and oggy. Worked bait rom bank to 15+ eet. Caught nearly all ish in 8+ eet o water.1/26 - Fished Tracy Oasis Tourney and went back into Disco. We inished 2nd with 10.44 lbs (5 ish). Caught Drop shot ish, but most came Carolina rigging tiny brushhogs. We caught (9) keepers with biggest at 3.4. Best ish were caught in 10+ eet o water dead sticking or barely moving bait.1/30 - Launched out o Disco again and caught a 2.5lb ish on irst cast and then waited our hours or my next bite. Totaled (8) ish with (5) over 13 but barely. Again, drop shot was the ticket or me. Also, missed a ew hard knocks on jig and Carolina rig. SLOW...SLOWER...AND DEAD STICK.
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: Not much advice here other than the bait either had to be still or gentling moving to get any attention. I you do drop shot don't set the hook on irst tick...Lower rod tip and gently pull up...USE SHARP HOOKS. Customize your baits using Black, Chartreuse, and Red...Seems to help.Be patient the bites will come.

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    Water Temp: 52-56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: John and I took my dad who is in rom Colorado on a combo striper-black bass trip the last two weekends and really got on some nice ish. Last weekend we hit 22 stripes to 25.2 pounds and 4 blacks to 3.3 pounds. This weekend we nailed 20 stripes to 10 pounds and 3 blacks to 3.7 pounds. The cool thing about the 25 pounder last weekend is that it spooled John and my dad caught the line an hour later. We tied a blood knot to one o my rods and reeled the beast in. I got the whole thing on tape, which makes it even more special.
    City: Roseville

    Tips: All ish were caught in the whites area, but inding clear water is a must. By clear, I mean one oot o visibilty or better. All ish were caught on reaction baits with the brighter colors working best. The ish were really jumping on the baits last weekend, but this weekend they wanted them paused or luttered. This is the warmest I have ever seen the water at this time o year, which would explain the good black bass bite on metal baits. We will really start to get serious on largemouth ishing the next couple o weeks with tournament season coming up, but it sure is hard to leave the stripers when there hitting like this. Good luck and be sae.

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    Water Temp: 48.5-49.5

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: went out o orwood this morning, ran south got nothin, ran back to disco got one strike on a craw wiggle wart did not land it. went back to restaurant had burger and bloody mary.
    City: oakley

    Tips: burger and bloody mary were excellent.

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: my dad and I hooked 14 large mouth 1.5/2 Lbs and 4 striper 6 to 12 Lbs on the south delta today .It was Incredibale ishing but the rain was horrible .I just want to send out thanks to Bobby barrack i it wasnt or his training during are guided trips we Would still be catching 2 or 3 dinks all day I dont brage on to many people but i you want to learn to catch ish all year on all the baits he is the man to show you .
    City: Elk grove

    Tips: rogs,plastics,spiners,spooks,jigs,jerks,you name it he makes it hapen in the dead o winter.

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    Water Temp: 50-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Another very oggy morning out o Orwood. Fished The Hook Tourn. and desided not to run in the og, but shoot straight into Disco. Stayed in there all day again. Dragged, Dropped-shot, Pitched, and Flipped plastics around rocks and docks. What a day with 20+ bass, 30+ tug/bumps/pick-ups, with our best 7 going 10.91 giving us 16th. Great job Auston, We are doing great, We have 2 more to go.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: The ish are there and go slow.

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The striper bite- i went out on the 1st and caught 8 ish. One okay one weighing about 8#. Fished near Frank's Tract with shad or bait. Also caught one just under 18in with a white spinner bait. The ishing seems to be a little slower than last year. Good luck!
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Shad, white spinnerbaits, chrome colored rattle traps...Let theish take the bait or LONGER than you eel is necessary. You'll land alot more this way. I probably missed 4-5 ish.

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched out o paradise point at irst light went to avorite spot in whites and threw spooks or 20 min with no luck then switched to crawdad color speed trap and caught 6 ish to 2 lbs outside weedline. played around with senkos a bit and caught 3 small ish. no big ish today bite seemed to be better on bottom o tide
    City: elk grove

    Tips: where are the big ones somebody help me

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    Water Temp: 55-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got a late launch on Fri and ound almost 2 dozen boats ishing the same weed lines out in Franks. Traps and topwater produced or us and or most o the other boats around. Although, they were a bit on the small side, not one over 6 that we saw. Hit a ew middle Delta spots with only a ew to show or it. Tried a ew big ish spots without a bite. Couldn't get bit in Sherman even with decent 2-3 oot water clarity and the tide we like so we ran back to the Break to inish o. Great topwater bite the last 1/2 hour o light. Several double hook-ups with ish up to 10lbs. Even my girlriend's son bagged a 9 1/2 on a 6' med spin rod with a trap, what a ight! Plus 3 largies to 4 1/2.Sun dierent story. A ew good rolls at irst light with 3 in the boat to 8lbs, then nothing. Fished traps and topwater hard and all over or the next 3 hours with nada. Finally switched to spoons on schoals in 15-20 eet o water and boated 8 quick ish to 4lbs. Oh well, bad tides I guess, at least we all hooked up.
    City: TRACY

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    Water Temp: 53-54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launch rom Lazy M 1st light, ished my butt o all the way to Disco Bay with no result. Switched up to a spoon or strippers at the bridge on old river and caught 1 keeper 2 dinks but better than 0.
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Dress warm and enjoy yoursel.

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    Water Temp: 55-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Boated a dozen stripes between 7:30 and 9am wed morning. Only took 45 min to idle rom the Break to Franks in all that darn og. Fish started at 5lbs and up to a couple 10's all caught on top water ished along weedlines. Back out or a little pre-turkey stripering thurs...more og! More topwater ish in Franks and the Holland area rom 4-8lbs. The really un part was we put together almost a 20lb bag o largemouth anchored by a 6 1/2 by my girlriend, rom one small patch o grass, all on the same giant pencil poppers we were catching the stripes on. Bite really slowed once the sun inally came out, save or one pig that rolled on me twice then went completly airborne and managed to avoid getting stuck.
    City: TRACY

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Me and my old buddy Tony went out north o Ryer Island and ished or about 1 hr. not anibble....so o to Firing Line. 45 mins later Tony got a good hit, then nothing, 30 seconds later BAMM! He pulls in a 14lb Striper. A ew shakers later I pulled in a19 incher....later in the aternoon I got what elt like a shaker till it got up nearthe boat and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz it took o like a bat out o hell..... bent my polein hal...damm I wish I could have seen it beore it got o... anyway, great day ishing!
    City: Pleasant Hill

    Tips: Hot coee, one beer @ 12:01 (i the suns out) 20 eet o water, a unny riend, bullheads