Introduction and Question

[sickofdinks]

First off let me say I love this place. I have been lurking here for a while now reading all the posts and replies. Great info here from a bunch of great people.

Im a backseater. Would love my own boat but the wife just aint goin for it. Oh well maybe in the future:). I’ve been fishing the3 delta for Bass for the last 6 months. I have 4 poles. Compre MH and M. Crucial MH. All 6’ 6â€

[mac (Doyle McEwen)]

Welcome to the posting world..I wish I could steer you to more productive fishing spots, but I haven't been having as much luck as you seem to be having..Chances are you are in the right areas to catch some larger fish, just not using the right techniques..Keep chunking and sooner or later you will nail a big bag..

mac

[sickofdinks]

Thats what i'm hopeing is its my technique. Only way to learn that is time and some instruction from one of the guides or one of the other guys here on this site.

Anyone care to show a rookie the correct techniques?

[Jason C.]

Try throwing a Rat-L-Trap(you can get them almost anywhere) in the crawdad color on the outside weed line. And get as close as possible to the weedline as you can. This should get you some good fish. And durring Incomeing tide go on the inside of mildred and pitch your jig to the runthroughs where you can see current comeing through the tulles. I hope this helps! and good luck!

[sickofdinks]

Yep been throwin those in chrome blue back, chrome black back and last Saturday I threw in crawdad

[ash]

Welcome to Westernbass.com I havn't been on the River for some time now, sounds to me like you are on them well. I would personally put down the drop shot and pick up the jig, swimming and flippin that jig around the tulles and rock piles.

I would think Blades and Cranks should be doing pretty good right now as well, but I didnt even know the Cooch Had a slough namned after him....

I primarily fish Franks, Dissapointment, Whites, Mildred Is.

[tommypV2]

check out the results from the weekends 100% TOC - the winner averaged 3 lb fish. These are good sticks - the river is a bit tough right now. You're doing about average for most folks.
To up the chances of a bigger fish, you could throw bigger baits or try for a reaction strike and throw it a LOT. More casts= more chances=better chance for bigger fish.

[sickofdinks]

I havnt had a bite on a blade in I dont know how long. I have been throwin it everytime im out. I throw mainly white or bleeding white. Some Chartruese and white. I have a cpl of silver and gold dbl willows but mostly dbl silver willow. I tried the persuader assassinator with no luck.

As far as jigs go. I doubt I know what im doing with those. I have only cought one fish on a jig and that was a Booyah swimmin jig in white with a purple dbl tail grub.

Let me tell ya my usual day. I went out last sat. I cought one damn fish. A dinker striper on a LC live pointer in chrtruse shad. Off of Whisky.

Time before that was two on the ol drop shot.

My PB is 4 fish for 8lbs.

I guess when I cought my 4lber 2 fish for 7.6lbs aint to bad. I wish I could have cought 3 more to get my limit for the club tourny

Have never cought a limit of 5.

If it wernt for drop shotting I think I wouldnt get anything most of the time.

Now the boat owner I go out with usually pulls in 5 or more. Lately though neither one of us can catch a legal fish.

[Mike]

In my opinion, the Delta is getting harder and harder to fish because the weeds are EVERYWHERE now! You used to be able to get on a rock wall this time of the year and catch a bunch of fish on a red bomber. Now you cant hardly find a bank that you can throw a crankbait on without getting weeds and moss on your bait on every cast! You may want to get a chatter bait in a shad pattern and try some of the rock walls. Get your boat close to the rocks and cast parallel to the bank. Try different depths by casting close to the rocks and working your way out until you start catching fish and stay at the distance. Then just try to repeat what you find on more and more spots, until you have a little milk run to make. When you come to a point, or a peice of structure, cast your chatter bait up to it and let it fall to the bottom and work it back like a jig, hopping it off the bottom. You should start catching alot of fish this way, even a few big stripers.

Once you master that, move on to other baits.

Now if we can just get about a month of high muddy cold water to kill off some of these damn weeds!

Good luck.

[sickofdinks]

I have a couple of those. Tried a white one once with nothing. But sounds like a good idea. I have some chartruese dbl tail red tip trailers to go with that chatter bait. Just may work or at least cant get any worse.

[Marty]

I remember reading an article about the 2 lbs rule. The basic point was if you average 2 lbs per fish you would be in the top 10 of most tournaments. At first I did not believe the article but I started to keep an eye on the posted results from different tournaments and sure enough it worked out (average).

With that information I try to average 2 lbs per fish each time I go out. At first I was just landing fish under the 12 inches, then I was trying to get a limit of 5. Now I’m working on a kicker each time to add the 2 lbs’ers.

I when through trying to fish what everyone else was using – if someone said the kitchen sick, I would throw it hoping to nock out the bass. Then a friend of my (Todd Woods) said “listen to what the Bass are telling youâ€