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Friday, July 8th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 73-75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out to Franks tract at about eight with my dad. Started throwing topwater got a few dinks. Switched to a sweatbeaver for the rest of the day and the best five were 4.2, 3.7, 2.7, 1.8, and a 1.5 for a grand total of 13.9. We also got a bunch of dinks.
    City: cv

    Tips: sweatbeaver

Thursday, July 7th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 76

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the same turkey shoot as capt Jack.Fished with my old delta rat pal Big Al. We fished around Franks early throwing black buzz baits. I stuck a 7 lber but wrong kind of bass. Bass are bass so I kept throwing the buzzer. We threw them all day. We kept hitting moving water and grass. Went as far south as disco bay. My big fish was 5.50 and als was a nice 4lber. My 5+ culled a 4lber. We had a nice 19 to 20 lb. 5 fish limit by 10 am. Big johns lunch was very nice. Too bad one more guy didn't show up. If 20 boats fished I would have gotten 2nd 60 40 split. So next time everybody show up. It was a really good bite till the tide changed. With the wind blowing in and the tide going out the waves were in the 3 foot range on the main river. Lots of fun trying to throw buzz baits into the gain winds.
    City: Orangevale

    Tips: Right now throw buzz baits early and often. Seinkos ready for the short hitters. Fish shallow grass with current.

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    Water Temp: 77-79

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: STARTED OUT AT FIRST LIGHT IN THE TRACT.. by 7am we had about 6 fish including a four caught on a wacy worm and a five caught on a frog.. no buzzbait fish.. about 11am ( which was about low tide) the spinner bait bite turned on .. i caught about 10 fish in the next two hours between two and three pounds.. i figure my best five went about 14 and my partners about 12.. only differnece was we went down this one bank with him in the front cranking a speed trap and i followed up with a spinnerbait . he caught several dinks and i caught about the same number 2-3 pounders. they just liked the spinnerbait better ....not bad for post spawn .. no huge bites but a four and a five is ok ...
    City: WSUNNYVALE

    Tips: plastics on high tide and spinnerbaits on low ....fish were real aggresive. i even had a worm hanging over the side of the boat about a foot under the water while i washed my hands and a 2 pounder came out from under the boat and grabbed it . when he saw ne it scared him as much as me..

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Got a question. When you guys refer to the outside of the tullies, are you talkin' about the side closest to shore or to open water? Thanks to anyone
    who answers.
    City: san leandro

Wednesday, July 6th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: fished disappointment for a couple hours then moved to whites. caught over 20 fish. lost a whole bunch of fish on spinner, put on a trailer hook but did not get another bite til I took it off. caught fish on buzz,crank,grub,senko,and spinner. most fish caught on disappointment slough with largest at around 6lbs on a senko. those guys on the airboat lastweek sprayed almost everything in white slough because almost everything including the hydrilla is dead or dying.
    City: stockton

    Tips: fished tule and weed edges most productive.the deeper the water next to the tules the better. used a chrt/wht spinner for most of the day, motoroil/redflk senko, wht grub, red crank. Spinner and senko were most productive and produced larger fish.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: THIS IS FOR PR AT EARTHLINK OUTSIDE WEEDLINE OR TULLYS MEANS CLOSEST TO OPEN WATER. BUT YOU SHOULD ALSO TRY IN THE WEEDS AND TULLYS.
    City: SAN JOSE

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    Water Temp: 72to80

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: just got back from china on the 5th. got on the water at 7:30 a.m. started in the break ,only one fish . went to franks second fish of the day ,4lb8oz on a spook. caught a 5lb8oz on brushog off a weedline.brother caught 8 frog fish and lost at least a half dozen. total fish 24 best 5 went 18lb 6oz.
    City: oakland

    Tips: cranks, frogs, spooks,senkos,brushogs

Monday, July 4th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We started late got on the water about ten we fished around tower park area Tina hooked into a good fish and yelled for the net, with 6 pound line she got the fish away from the weeds it weighed just shy of 7 pounds, we also had a 3 plus and a couple of others.

    Tips: We fished verry slow and on the outside ofthe weed line.

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Decided to spend a few hours of July 4th on the water. Started in Discovery Bay and ended up on the Old River south Rivers End. Got 6 keepers on a variety of baits including Senko, spinnerbait, frog, Zipper Worm and Sweet Beaver. Lots of undersized fish caught on 6A craw colored Bomber. Got miss strikes on plastic buzzbaits.

    The water south of Grant Line is extremely muddy. That may have factored into our (lack of) success. There weren't but three boats on the other side of the wing damn, but the fish didn't cooperate. Driving back to Disco at 1pm on the fourth will test your driving skills. Lots of cruisers, wakeboarders, skiers, jet skiers and tubers.
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: Shade and current is where the fish came from.

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The 3 of us (Steve, Niko and Me) took out Steve's boat. Got on the water at 0500 and off at 1000. (before the water skiers) Threw buzzbaits, spooks, frogs and willie-wogs all morning. We hit 25+ fish. My big fish 3.5 on a buzzbait over a weedline.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Alot of hungry fish out there. Just throw it and they'll hit it. Remember to keep throwing the frog in open water. I got 4 today.

Sunday, July 3rd, 2005

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Took the boys out for a day on the river. The general plan was to avoid the crazies on the holiday weekend, so we took the slough "less traveled". That turned out to be a great decision. No boat traffic to speak of and our best five in at just under 16lbs. Big fish came on a speedtrap off outside weed edge, 4.41lbs.
    City: Benicia

    Tips: Found most of our fish right on outside edges of the weeds,a little deeper than last week.

Friday, July 1st, 2005

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    Water Temp: 78-80

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: What a day! Launched at 5:30A and fished Beaver/Hog/Sycamore sloughs area. We caught 7 keeper size stripers (largest 8 lbs) before we caught 3 keeper size bass. All of this action happened before 7:00A. Ended the day catching 15 keeper size bass (largest 5.1 lbs). Off the water by 11:00A.
    City: Dixon

    Tips: Stripers were real active this morning and caught outside the weedline on spinnerbaits. Majority of bass also caught on spinnerbait (wht or wht/char). It's hot out there so bring plenty of liquids to drink. Don't forget your sun screen.

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 71-74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched at king and had some boat troubles. Then finally got the boat working at 11o'clock and I dropped my phone into the water not the first time. fished disappointment and whites. caught around 20 fish. largest around 4lbs. used wht/chart spinner, senko, white kalin grub.
    City: stockton

    Tips: Fished around weeds and tules. a lot of fish in the 1-1.5 lb range.largest was caught on the spinner along the edge of the floating lettuce. Also never leave the fuel tank outside in the sprinklers the day before and dont drop the o-ring into the water.

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    Water Temp: 70's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Disappointment, Slough, Columbia Cut, and Potato Slough. Probably caught over 40 bass, but only 9 were keeper size. Best 5 weighed around 14 lbs. Caught two on a red/blk buzz bait. Most fish caught on white or wht/char spinnerbait.
    City: Dixon

    Tips: Fish those weedbeds. Two biggest fish (3-3.5 lbs) were pulled out of the weeds.

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    Water Temp: low 70s

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Whites Slough Monday and Disappointment Slough on Tuesday. Got a late start on Monday and the wind was as bad as the fishing. Tuesday had the best wind conditions yet this year, but fishing still slow. Top waer bite very slow. My fishing partner nailed a 4.5lb on a Frog early AM. Nothing on Buzz baits nor Spooks. I saw 2 guys Running around on an AIR boat both Monday and Tuesday, they were spraying something on the Tules. Might have been an herbacide. Tuesday Beavers, Senkos, and Robo worms were consistant producers. Caught a total of 20 fish, average was 1.5lbs
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Cast like no-ones looking and fish like you've never been skunked.

Saturday, June 25th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Tough day on my fourth visit ever to the Delta. Put in at Holland at 10:30 a.m. and fished up to Frank's Tract and back till 6 p.m. Only two dinks on baby brush hogs for my effort. Tried spinner baits, cranks, dropshot, frog, buzzbait, etc. Obviously I still have much to learn about Delta tides, current, wind, post-spawn habits, etc.
    City: Santa Clara

    Tips: Keep posting what you know about the Delta so others like me may learn from your experience. Thanks.

Friday, June 24th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 70-73

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Disappointment Slough and Columbia Cut for the last 2 days. On Thursday, 2 of us caught 12 fish that were 13 inches or better and, on Friday, 3 of us caught 17 keeper size bass. 10 were in the 2+ to 3.5 lb range and the majority of the rest were in the 1.5-2 lb range. Lost count of the fish that we caught that were less than 13 inches.
    City: Dixon

    Tips: Caught fish in the weeds and rocky banks on white spinnerbaits, Rat L Traps, and senkos.

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched out of paradise and went into disapointment and actually had a pretty good day compared to others i talked to. first ten minutes i already had 3lber right in front of the marina on a spinnerbait. 2nd spot caught a lot on senkos, cranks and lizards with one good one that went 5-2. after that it was just too darn hot. best 5 was around 17lbs.
    City: lodi

    Tips: pretty just went junk fishing with no real pattern. red cranks, white spinnerbaits, and watermelon plastics all worked for me. but when i found the fish they were really stacked together.

Monday, June 20th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 66to69

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fished sunday and monday. sunday was a little tough ,only 9 fish but one good one 6lb12oz best 5 was 17lb 2oz. monday 18 fish total , best 5 was 17lb 12oz . no fish over 5lbs , best fish a 4lb12oz . 10 blow ups on frogs 4 landed ,one on a spook 3 cranking the rest on brushogs and beavers going on vacation tuesday ,won't be back till after 4th of july so no reports for awhile.
    City: oakland

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    Water Temp: 67-69

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Somewhat a slow day. fished honker, bishop, and white. Caught a few fish.Nothing larger than 2lbs. Tried senkos, spook, frog, buzz, bucktailjig, and crank. Caught fish only on crank and bucktailjig. Only one blowup on frog.
    City: stockton

    Tips: Fish were outside of tules along weedline in stained water. No fish caught in clearer water. Used a craw colored crank produced better than the bucktail.