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Thursday, February 8th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 50-52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of paradise, seemed like we had the delta pretty much to ourselvs. fished various spots from there into the south delta. stained water all over with visibility of a foot or less. nice to see water temps starting to come up, 50* was the lowest we saw. still kind of slow. big beaver (a real one) came crashing out of the vines right next to the boat at one location, scared the **** out of us. pretty windy in the larger open areas made boat positioning challenging. fun day
    City: Sonora

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 46-49

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Finaly got a reaction bite things will breaak loose soon.blades/rip/swim
    City: B and W

    Tips: colorado blades slow

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 47.1-48.4

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Got in the water around 10. Only had a couple of hours.Wanted to see if it was better than last week. A couple of things. I had some bugs around my face. Good. Oh and now there is some grass( not much) on my line when I brought it up.Also good. Wasn't long after I started think about how good those two things are and POW! 2 pounder!
    City: East Bay

    Tips: The winter is soon over and the fish ARE biting NOW. The water is going to get real muddy soon and temps are commin up. NOW is a great time to cash in on some easier to catch now than later fish. Bugs, grass, fish!

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 46

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fished franks tract all day and caught a couple of little fish. tried everything from fishing shallow to slowing down and fishing deeper around the outside of franks. the bite is veruy tough. i can't wait until the bite gets good in about a month.

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    Water Temp: 50-52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Same pattern as last week with the jig and drop shot. Only this week had smaller fish, but more of em'.. Really struggled trying to find a decent bite that never happened. Pair of 3's and some 2ish lb fish was all we could muster up. 17 in the boat, best five about 12lbs, maybe.
    City: Tracy

Monday, January 29th, 2007

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    Water Temp: FREEZING 45.9

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: BAD BAD BAD...fished Sun & Mon only 1 stipper between Holland & Franks on a Levy rock wall right as a seal passed by...Disco no good couldnt even mark fish...lots of dinker hits but nothing serrious...tune up the lures and boat git readi for March and spawn bit to git ya bit...stay home this weekend and watch the super bowl bout the only excitin thang on the Delta now...best of luck to all else
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: stay warm, get ready for spring...pray for spawning and summer again

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 45-47

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at holland marina, started fishing there due to fog, fishing was tough for me again,
    tried dropshotting, deep and slow- nothing-,through a tube, chatterbait, spinnerbait, jig,crankbait, small worm (shaking)dark colors, downsized my line. Water temp on the main river is 45 degrees, 47 degrees at the back of cruiser haven and rock slough, spoke to two other anglers who said they caught 1 fish between them. Still had an enjoyable day fishing- better than working!!
    seems water temp is on the rise, hopefully the bite will explode soon.
    City: Martinez

    Tips: At this time of year spending allot of time on the water would help more.

Friday, January 26th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 47-48

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a jig and a drop shot for 9 in the boat and at least the same amount of missed bites. Drop shot bites were very soft/mushy and the jig bites were crushing. Fished rock walls with isolated wood down to 8-10 feet. Mostly 2-3 lbrs (no dinks) with one big dog close to 8. Best 5 about 17 1/2 lbs.
    City: Tracy

Friday, January 19th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 43

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Bon, the stripers are still locked in the same area As i seen you in l2 weeks ago. If you go out ,all the way at the end and 5 houses back . Just tones of stripers. Email and i'll give you more details. Good luck


    Discovery bay still has stripers running pretty good.
    City: discovery bay

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Anyone know of any good places to rent a boat
    City: san jose

Monday, January 15th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 41-43

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished out of Tracy Oasis with two fine young fisherman Tenoch 9 years old and D.J.(first timer)8 years old had a great time.SLOOOOOOw bite, wish the fish were as hungry as my two buddies.Threw jigs,crankbaits,jerkbaits.Stay with a drop shot rig for more action.
    City: Tracy

    Tips: Buy the new swimbait from Black Dog Lures Shellcracker its worth every penny.

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Sugar Barge and fished around Frank's Track. I got SKUNK! I can't belive it. Probadly I simply suck fishing the Delta during th winter. I can't even get a bite? Heya......
    City: Bakersfield

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    Water Temp: 42

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Had a good day (for this time of year) in the Mildred area. Fished Jigs and slow rolled blades and caught a few real nice 3 and 4lb fish and the rest in the 2lb range. Better fish came on the jigs fished with a shaking motion... Bought the jigs at extreme outdoorsman, they have an excellant selection of jigs. That store is really on the up and up and there are a lot of improvements going in from what I hear, I encourage all to shop there as it has the best customer service of all the stores you will find out in the delta region. That being said, dark jigs, black & whatever as long as is is dark with black and red brushhog on the back. Thanks to Rod and all the guys at extreme angler for putting me on the fish.
    City: Oakley

    Tips: Go to extreme outdoorsman and check it out you might be suprised what you can pick up along with some of the best equipment selection Ive seen.

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: FLASH!!! River closed! Frozen! (how long before this is a reality? LOL)
    City: Stockton

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 46-47

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: went down to collinsville for 5 stripers to 5 pounds on butterflied shad good luckeveryone
    City: san jose

    Tips: baits been working good and wait till later in the day to find some good fish

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 45/47

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: left bigbreak marina 8am fished dutch slough and big break with jigs rattln raps no fish went to sherman lake was able to scratch out two limits of stripers on shad colored ratlin raps shallow water weed beds cranked slow over weeds
    City: antioch

    Tips: fish the afternoon hours on the end of outgoing tide fish ran to ten pounds

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    Water Temp: 45

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out the last to days and fished in Disco. The striper fishing has slowed down alot. Water temp is just very cold and there moving slow. marked alot of fish in only a couple of bays. caught one fish 10lbs. and had alot of hits. Seen another fisherman hook one spooning about 7lbs.
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: drifted a blue gill no luck. but the Hair Razor is still the ticket. let it hit the bottom and real very slow almost dragging off the bottom. good luck

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: hey striperman, was that you in seal cove on Saturday? I did get one about 5# to inhale the spoon. shallow water.
    City: SJ

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 45

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: temps were 45 in old river and 47-48 up in middle river.
    1 hell of a crank bait bite on chrome- blue back.
    thought the first fish was a stripper but was a very active 6# black.
    for winter it was a very good day.
    City: san ramon

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

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    Water Temp: 45.1 - 46.4

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Water is very stained right now, Had high tides and tough fishing. We fished Mandeville, little franks, franks, fishermans cut, sand mound, and a few places inbetween. Fish are all holding deep with cold water. Use darker colors with stained water, fish smaller baits and fish em slow. Jigs, creatures, dropshotting 15ft-20ft. It was slow but ill take a slow day fishing over a fast day at work anytime!
    City: Minden

    Tips: Wait for the water to warm up some and look deep for the fish in the meantime. Have fun and cyas on the water!