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Thursday, March 16th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 53-54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: 2 of us fished Hog and Sycamore after the storm from 6:30A-2:00P. My buddy had 1 bite for the day. I had 4 bites and hooked 3 fished (2 stripers [7-8 lbs each] and 1 catfish (2 lbs) on 3/4 oz Rat L Traps. Saw 2-3 boats in each slough but no seemed to be catching any bass. Saw a sea lion in hog that was having fun catching and eating the tail end of several catfish since we saw front halves swimming around.
    City: Dixon

    Tips: We threw Rat L Traps, spinnerbaits, and senkos. The storm and full moon turned off the bite. Will try again next week.

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 50.5

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: fished out of lundberg marina got on the water at 9 fished till 2. fished shallow points with deep water next to it good for two fish on jigs with grub trailer in junebug color both about 3 1/2lbs hope this helps .ps hope to see you sunday
    City: elcerrito

    Tips: bat tackle for info 1 510 235 2032

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 62-70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Put in at New Hope and ran to Sycamore. Fished for three hours and got 2 on a jig and 1 on a drop shot to 2 lbs. Also tried pitching a Senko and Sour Puss for nothing. Tried cranking weed flats and tossed a frog for a little. Temp just inside the mouth of the slough is 65. As I got further in it reached 70, probably should have went in furhter to start.
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: Can't offer much, not a lot of experience on the Delta so 3 hours was hard for me to pattern anything but I suspect temp may matter in the sloughs.

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I normally don't like reporting crummy days, but it sounds like I was not alone. Cold and windy all day with only one 2# fish. Fished Diso Bay and Orwood Area using jigs, senko, and crankbait. Only managed to get one on the crankbait and it was caught around grass in 5-10' of water and no wind. She was feeding because she caughed out a big craw.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: The water temp dropped. Cover water with a crankbait and then work slow in the same areas with a jig or senko.

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    Water Temp: 48-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fishen cal federation with sheldon bright ( former writer of fish sniffer) rained almost all day . sheldon had two fish cranking..i didn't get a bite all day. i tried everything i had with me.. we fished everywhere from lincoln village to the east to sandmound to the west .. didn't stay around for weigh in but some guys found them altho i talked to several guys who got skunked.. results should be up tuesday night on federation web site
    City: SUNNYVALE

    Tips: dress warm as it was COLD. and wet..

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 52+

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Had 9 bites landed 7 fish. 1 on zipper worm all the rest on spinnerbaits. 7lbs.11ozs. big fish 1 4.7 2 3's and a 2.8. Were getting there.
    City: Elk Grove

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 52.9

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Started the beautiful day fishing bottom of tide for stripers. Caught two and lost one in rip rap. Once tide started to move, fished tight in the tules on the incoming, just a few up to 2lbs on worms, both wacky and texas. Color didn't seem to make a difference. White wacky and watermelon texas. Action seem to be better at the beginning of the outgoing at Franks.
    City: SSF

    Tips: Bite extremely light. Fished very slow and tight into tules on Helix and senkos.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: sorry, forgot the date
    City: Brentwood

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 51-54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Wimpies on Sat and Sun to fish Stripers in the usual areas around the ramp. Fishing was slow if you stayed in one spot. Caught six good ones and no shakers with the largest going 16lbs. Had fun time showing the beginners how to fish stripers using plugs. Also tried a little for Largemouths- only managed one on the d22 on outside weedlines (12'). None on the jig-cold wheather on Sunday really shut them down.
    City: Sacramento

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    Water Temp: 51-52.9

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Cold, windy, wet and blustrey day greated Mike, Dan and I today on the River. We commited to tossing jigs all day. Caught very few fish today, 6 keepers all day. I had one of those 9 bites, "There he is, damn, it's gone!" kinda days. I was a model fer California Quick Release! HAR! After fishing one long rock wall with out a bite around 2:00pm, I looked to the guys and said, let's go try the two points in that opening to that lake behind us. We idle over and Mike's first pitch to the tree nets an agressive 7 pounder. Inly good fish we boated all day.
    City: Oakley

    Tips: With the changing weather and cold temps returning, over all fishing seems to have slowed down in the middle Delta. Water has gotten very dirty everywhere. There are some places where it's still clear. Big fish continue to feed on jigs for us. And my guess is Billy Spence & partner may have gotten his 28 pounds today in that Angler Choice tournament on jigs, ya think maybe? Gonna be an ugly week out there weather wise guys, be safe and be careful on the River!

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 50ish

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: went to east delta to prefish for wonbass proam in march. found clear water and stained water.I traveloed and hit a spot here and there. Stained areas were warmer and i only had two bites for over seventeen pounds. The gorillas were right where they have been year after ytear, just bigger.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: For right now check out the migration routes from the main waterways in stained, warmer water. Cruisers are checking it out.Tossing Bob's frogs are a sure bet.

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    Water Temp: 53'

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out for strippers in the morning and caught a few on cranks, the best only 4.8. Around 11, tried for LMB. I was pitching jigs and worms and only had two taps. There was a Tournament still in progress and one boat reported catching limits and I was watching them catch them tight in the tules flipping worms. No size they reported. I moved out to deeper water and fished weed clumps. Put on a helix worm and finally picked up a 5.11oz, released the fish then left at 1pm. Tough fishing and what little bites I had were very light.
    City: South SF

    Tips: While I didn't get any fish and only 2 taps, most of the fish I saw being caught were very tight in the tules.

Friday, February 24th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 48-54

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: First trip of the year. Don't forget to get your current license.

    3 of us launched out of wimpy's and fished near the "lock area" for about an hour for stripers -- about a dozen boats in the area and saw only one fished boated. We then fished the Beaver/Hog/Sycamore sloughs area (with a ton of other boats) and boated 7 keeper stripers (largest - 11 lbs) and a few small ones. Lost a big fish in Beaver that grabbed the rat l trap and ran under the boat.

    We were mainly fishing for stripers, but did manage to catch 1 bass about 1.5 lbs.

    Fished only 4 hours.
    City: Dixon

    Tips: shad colored 3/4 oz Rat L Traps. ""Stop N Go" retrieve worked the best.

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 48 to50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished discovery bay for 4 hours 11 to 3 pm all fish were caught on brown zipper worms chartruce tail and sinkos back of the docks. the fish are just starting to move up. all nice fish 2lbs to 4lbs should start to bust loose real soon if the temp. stays high.the fish were jumping on the bait inthe first 2 feet. wait to set the hook they are not taking right away. good fishing to you all
    City: byron

Monday, February 20th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 48-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Just a slow day but spent most of my time on the water doing something else other than fishing.
    Managed a few, nothing larger than 2lbs but lost a larger one that broke line. All on drop-shot in 7-15ft water. Had a few other bites but they got off half way back. I'm new with the drop-shot stuff.
    City: stockton

    Tips: Make sure to respool with new line because I forgot and paid for it with the lost fish. Also remember to have your fishing license with you, I was checked twice by F&G and Sheriff. Tried senko,jerk,and spinner but no takers, totally different from last weekend, fish were deeper.

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: tough bite on pres day for me and a buddy. 1st blue sky day after a front/storm has been mentioned as a tough condition.

    fished middle delta in current and back waters. a fish here and tbere... no pattern except tule fish we right against the tules. fish on rocks came about 10ft of water.

    8 fish largest 3lb...done by noon
    City: stkn

    Tips: brush hog in purple caught all fish...flipped a blk/blu jig also w/ no takers

Sunday, February 19th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 50-53

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water at 0820, off at 2:30. air temp in the 40 water in the 50. Out fun fishing with Nic and Cornell. We Dropshot, jigs and senko most of the day. Covered alot of water and found fish all over. Got 15 to the boat, between 1-4 lbs.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Keep the bait wet and keep movin...

Sunday, February 12th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 53-59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Spent all day on the water Fri pre-fishing down south. Flipped a blk/blu jig all day in some shallow areas thinking a week of perfect weather might get the big girls moving and move up they did. Considering we left every spot as soon as we got bit in and only rarely set (need to check the quality) we still managed a bit over 22lbs for 5 including a 6.14 & a 6.5 as big fish. Sat morn I poked aroung some central areas again w a jig. Caught about 20 up to 5 1/2lbs but had to work the areas a lot harder for the bites.
    Sun we fished the Hook and ran down south again. Bite seemed a lot tougher, sundays after a big tourney usually are. We didn't get many bites in the shallows so we backed out a bit and fished the closest deep water. Got one about 5 1/2 (blk/blu jig) from ledge at or first stop. At our second stop we watched another competetor stick the Big fish of the event,a 7+,, good job dude.. Moved around a bit targeting ledges just outside shallow backwaters. My partner got on an S-20 bite putting 5 or so nice 2-3lb fish in the boat in just a few minutes. Filled out our limit but no more biguns'. Finished 5th w a little under 19lbs, first had 24lbs.
    City: TRACY

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

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    Water Temp: Not Tested

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Out with a couple buddies and on the water about 9-nish. Launched at Hollands. Fished the rock banks for 5 fish using soft plastics, big fish here was 2 lbs, fished the docks for 3 fish using jig in black/red with trailer, big fish was pushing 4 lbs. I lost a good fish at the docks as well, she took a pretty heavy hookset and pulled about 2 feet of line before she spit the jig.
    City: East Bay

    Tips: jigs by the dock, plastic creature/worm work too.

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Most of the fish today was coming in 12' to 16' bite was good until tide changed from incoming to out going we had 18 fish with the biggest being around 3.50 lbs still waiting on the big bite. Fished jigs all day
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: Need to fish jigs slow