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Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: For the most part yes...
    City: Cameron Park

    Tips: Find what's working & duplicate it...

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Finally we had a good day on the Delta, it's been a while. Launched out of B&W at first light. The fish ate everything that we threw at them. Ended the day w\ 22.50lbs for our best 5. Had a 7lb 8oz - 5lb 11oz - 4lb 4oz - 2lb 6oz - 2lb 6oz.
    City: Cameron Park

    Tips: Find a pattern & stick to it.

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Another solid bite on the Delta total weight today 33lbs. Big fish was 9-lbs, 7-lbs, 6-lbs-9oz, 6-lbs, 5-lbs also include were several3's and 4's. The fish were very aggressive threw blades,small swimbaits. all fish wer located next to deep water tules with shallow water close by. Gotta love the Delta it always produces. Success to all

    Tips: Have Fun

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 54-56

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: lauch out of Ladd stockton, fished two hours around there, got nothing, the water clarity is too dirty and cold. we ran all the way to disco, found cleaner water, we caught lots of fishes there, nothing big, all two ponders, one 4 pounder. overall had very good time.
    City: el cerrito

    Tips: more fish in the tullies, use spinners and plastics etc.

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    Water Temp: 53-55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fished Delta for first time this past sat.-sun. caught only one fish sat. (7lb.1oz.my biggest bass yet!!!)on wacky senco. caught alott of fish sun. all under 2lbs. on wacky senko's and ratl-traps....special thanks to the guys who helped me through this website with e-mails and phone calls.thanks Dave and phil cant wait to come back and learn more......
    City: Medford,Or

    Tips: Take someone fishing

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    Water Temp: 50-55

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: LAUNCHED AT B&M AT DAYBREAK-NO FOG TODAY. WATER WAY HIGH. DID THE FRANKS THING AGAIN WITH THE SAME RESULTS AS LAST WEEK-NA,DA.ONLY ACTION i SAW IN FRANKS WAS A SEAL TOSSING AROUND ABOUT A 10LB.STRIPER WITH THE GULLS SWARMIMG ON THE BODY PARTS THAT WERE BEING TORN FROM ITS BODY. NOT GOOD TO SEE. FOUND A small POCKET OF STRIPERS THAT MY PARTNER AND i NAILED ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO DINKS( UP TO 3.5-4LBS.) on 5 inch white swimbaits jigged in about 9 feet of water by OLLIE's HOUSE.WATER IN MAIN RIVERS AROUND 50-51. 55 IN FRANKS TRACT.AS ALWAYS, GOD TO BE ON THE WATER-BY WAY OVERDUE TO FIND SOME SOLID ACTION.
    City: antelope

    Tips: Wait 2 to 3 weeks till things settle down to make it worth your while- I'LL STILL GO WHENEVER i can-because you never Know.......

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I'm home sick for the California Delta. Today I competed in Camp Walkers (Daegu, South Korea) 2nd Annual Bass tournament. There were 30 entries and was bank fishing only. Jang Chuck Gi lake was the destination today. Rules were catch as many as you can and wiegh in your biggest 3 bass. First place was 8.5 lbs. with 3.9 big fish. Second place was 4.6 lbs. with 3.1 big. I came in third with 4.1 lbs. and big fish was 2.5 lbs. I had 9 bass cuaght for 20 bites. I used a California style/ Corolina rig a green punkin zoom lizard. The water was extremely clear, made me think of the California lakes back home like Pardee. It was cloudy all day with a front moving in.

    First prize - $150 gift cert. to military px
    Second prize - $100 gift cert. to military px
    Third prize - $50 gift cert. to military px
    ( My wife is happy, lol)

    Big fish - 2 free steak dinners at a local restruant.

    I will keep you guys posted how I'm doing in Korea. There is a B.A.S.S. Federation Chapter here as well. I miss fishing the Delta, hope to come soon some day.

    Have a nice day,
    DeltaBassBuster
    P.S. Any one seen my Custom Valco Bass Boat lately, "BASS BUSTER 1"? That my little Bro, he's a very happy man for a couple of years. Good luck this year with STOCKTON BASS, have fun, and be safe.
    City: Stockton, but currently Daegu, South Korea

    Tips: Points, ledges, and drop offs were the key for me since we were all bank fisherman. I used a whole pack of zoom lizards today. Spinnerbaits with gold blades in clear water with cloudy skies.

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: After a post on the forum I met Ken and went out of Russo's what a great site Westernbass.com is. It was pretty windy so we found some protected areas and attempted to catch some fish after a few hours I finally got a 3lb on a crank red/blk. Then adfter another hour Ken decided he should (weighted) switch up and started throwing a blk/blu senko and got a 6-lber and then a 3. With not too much convincing I switch to a watermelon green helix and I caught 3 fish all 3 to 4 lbs. Then we went into Taylor and drop shotted 6 fish but all small under 1.5lbs we searched for better ones but had no luck. We went back out to the river and got a couple more on the senko. I went back to the crank and got a 4-lber then an 8-lber and another 4-lber. Ken then lost a good one on a crank but we never saw it. It was tough to catch um but when you got one it was a good one we had a little over 25lbs for 5.
    City: Martinez

    Tips: Rock and weeds with deep water close by look for an alley that leads to deep water

Monday, March 27th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 54 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished today using blades, rip baits and small swimbaits caught some nice females. 5lbs, 4lbs, 7lbs and some small males.
    Fished outside weedlines and deep water close to tules. Another blessed day on the Delta. Success to all.
    City: Tracy

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fished sat afternoon, got 10 fish to the boat, 2 four pounders, rest 1-2 lbs, mostly on lipless crank and spinnerbait. then lost a 8lb. striper at the net on a small jerkbait, not a bad day. aggressive fish were shallow near deep water, related to tulies.
    City: brentwood

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    Water Temp: 53-57

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Same basic Report as o-heim. Launched at first light from B&W. Fished the central Delta (including Franks), Whites, Disappointment, etc...fog to start the day, no bites. Bumped around all day. Water for the most part was muddy. Most of the guys we talked to were also struggling. My buddy Scott caught a couple of keepers.

    Tips: Hmmm...we tried it all. Beavers or Jigs seemed to produce best.

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at day break at B&M, did the Franks track thing,na-da.Worked the the surrounding areas till 3p.m. for 3 Stripers to 5.5 lbs.
    Early morning fog, light winds, and a sunny afternoon. All and all not to bad of a day>
    City: antelpoe

    Tips: Wish I had some for you, lots of high water- nothing new.....

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Big Break for a evening bite with my son. I quickly discovered that I had a cranking battery problem, so I dropped the trolling motor and got after them. I went and check the shallows but with the water temp 58, the banks were bare. So we started throwing beavers to the weed line with good success for bites with the biggest fish going about 3Lbs.
    City: WC

    Tips: For being out for just a few hours, it was fun, but I am still looking for the bigger fish to come to the banks.

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    Water Temp: 53.5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished tues, weds, and thurs; broke the water up in sections from franks to disappointment hitting some different areas each day. Slow bite at times and great at others. After my buddy Brian took an 8.12 last week flippin' I figured that would be tough to beat; I ended up close with an 8.8 on a blade weds. Action seems to be in tight to the tules, look for deep water near by; if theres not atleast 15 to 20 feet drop offs near by I suggest moving till you find some. The fih seemed to be more active in the inclement weather.
    City: placerville

    Tips: Fish tight and slow, choose nuetral colors, and don't leave any stones unturned

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 54 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of whisky slough today about 10:00 am. Fished with the wife until 2:30 pm. Had a good day on the water about 7 fish total all nice and fat chunky females with a couple small males. Threw blades and super flukes. All in all a solid day on the Delta considering Mondays storm, man did I get dumped on.
    Success to all this fishing season and safety on the water. The big girls are getting ready to play.
    City: Tracy

    Tips: Fish inside weed line and fish slow some bites were real aggressive others were almost dead sticking the bait. Cover as much water as you can and most of all have FUN!

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught a bunch of fish today. Started with a 5.11 then a 3.14 and a 10.1 a few 2's and 1's mixed in. Due to tournament upcoming I have to be tight lipped .
    City: Elk Grove

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

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    Water Temp: 51-52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: 2 of us fished today. Caught 4 keeper size stripers (largest 8.0 lbs) and 2 bass (largest 3.5 lbs). All of them caught on 3/4 oz shad colored Rat L Traps (color code 53). It was cold out there. Not too many bites. Both bass were caught in 5-6 ft of water around an island in the San Joaquin. Stipers caught in Hog/Sycamore sloughs. Tried plastics and spinnerbaits, but no bass bite on them.
    City: Dixon

    Tips: Glad to have my Fish Hedz mask. Bundle up when you're out there. We were only traveling around 35mph and you could feel the cold.

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 52-54

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: We fish George's turkey shoot on sunday. Ran south and hit a few spots here and there, with no luck. Threw blades, cranks and senkos. Kept running south when the wind started blowing. Tried a dropshot, Hit our first fish. Threw a senko, hit our second fish. Just kept moving. Had a limit by 11:00, Them picked up the crank and now we are movin. Cranked rock banks and culled out the smaller fish. Ended the day with 11.40 Thanks George, it was a fun day.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Stay out of the wind and keep the line wet....

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    Water Temp: 53-55

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I had turkey shoot out of Lundberg sunday. It was beautiful day , wind picks up later, I caught most of fishes in the morning, can't find any spinner bait fish in the tule, switch to plastics, lots of fishes. nothing big, all 2lber and 3lbers,lost few bigger fishes, overall had great time, we took 2nd place, 10.55lb, 1st place kevin and dave with 11.40lbs, 3rd place ken&Gene 9.40lb. have good time on water, we will do this again soon. thanks
    City: el cerrito, ca

    Tips: fish slow with zoom trick worms, berkeley worm.

Friday, March 17th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 50-51

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Tried fishing some new water today and managed to burn a little gas. Ran towards Potato and Connection to try the islands. Found fish here and there mostly on the tops of the underwater ledges with access to deep water. Stuck a couple of stripers on a jerkbait as well as a few bass. Most fish came on plastics fished slowly.
    City: walnut creek

    Tips: Fish plastics slowly near the edge of underwater ledges. Some bites were obvious but the larger fish seemed to just suck the bait in. Darker colors seemed to work better. Bring rain gear!