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Saturday, May 9th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 66-70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from Frans to Mildred. Saw a lot of empty beds. Managed to catch one really good fish and a lot of smaller ones. Video here:
    https://youtu.be/QPJTvBGKXCI

    Tips: Caught a lot of smaller ones on lipless crank and jerkbait. Better ones came on Senko and drop shot.

Saturday, May 2nd, 2015

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    Water Temp: 68-69

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the outside river, Northern side of Frank's Tract, rip-rap and tules with wacky rigged zoom (green pumpkin), bulleted lizard (pumpkin), and Texas Rigged flapping hog (black with red flake). Caught about 20 fish on the outgoing tide. Biggest fish was about 3 pounds, most were in the 1.5-2 pound range
    City: Orinda

Sunday, April 26th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 65.7

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Big Break on Friday and Sunday. Friday was a stellar day with high tide at 8AM, windy, caught about 40 LMB in 6 hours with biggest around 4 pounds. Most were in the 2-3 pound range with a few small "anchovies". Fished Sunday, High tide at 11AM, pretty windy most of the day, guided a bunch of rookies. Caught 20 fish mostly wacky in green pumpkin color. Biggest to 3.5 pounds.
    City: Orinda

    Tips: The water was muddier than usual, and the bite was slower on Sunday probably due to the rain we received Friday night/Saturday morning.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Good day fished Holland area. 5 keepers early in little Mandeville biggest 6.3. Wind came up and we switched to rock levees. Boated 45 LMB and 6 stripers. 20 plus keepers most good quality 3-5lbs . Only one fish on a spinnerbait, a few drop shot dinks, but the big ones and most came from cranking.
    City: Pleasanton

    Tips: Square bill to stay on top of the weeds and fish the wind blown levees even though you want to hide from the wind, better fish are waiting for any bait blown in. Red craw worked best but did almost as well from the back seat with a shad color.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: The muddy water is from the wind. It has been howling on and off and get it stirred up. It takes weeks to clear.

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Muddy water for those wondering has come from the islands pumping off excess water getting ready to start farming. Many of the islands pumps are on full speed and notice the siphon pipes pumping out nasty water all over the delta
    City: Lafayette

Tuesday, April 21st, 2015

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    Water Temp: 62/66

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Where did all the mud come from?
    It was muddy everywhere I went did manage 5 for 15 lbs
    Cranking rocks and punchin mats also very windy

Saturday, April 18th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 63-66

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched Paradise Point around 640am; decided to turn left and try 14 mile slough since 3 weeks ago it was productive....not! water was stained to muddy and couldn't get a crankbait bite going...managed a couple 1 lbers on black neon senko. Decided to hit the main river and move toward St Francis and Little Connection... hit our favorite cove just before H&H with a couple other bassboats already there... hit the rockwall no one was working and caught 2... 1.5 and 2lber on junebug senko 4". Worked around the corner and there were some guys working the center tules...picked up what looked like at least a 6 maybe 7lber... guy was whoopin' it up and I don't blame him. We decided to move up to Disappointment but then changed and moved past Honker Cut to White slough... LOTS of shallow weedbeds so we spent about 45mins to an hour working frogs and spooks... had 2 big ones follow but only one blowup. Kept moving on to Bishop's cut and I threw a black neon senko to the outside edge of a weedline... I had just told my brother I won't be back to White Slough any time soon. watched my line load up and start to move sideways....set the hook for a 6lb 6oz buck. Took a couple pics and let him go back to hopefully grow to 9 or 10.
    City: folsom

    Tips: Can't give any tips..not good enough... but will pass on what worked for us.... when the crankbait bite didn't turn on, we tried senkos, slow rolled spinnerbaits, and jigs...only thing working was the senkos...junebug and black neon either at the outside weed bottoms or right at the tules. Hopin' the crankbait bite turns back on!

Sunday, April 12th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 64.5 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Big Break on the incoming tide. Caught about 20 fish, the biggest being around 5 pounds on a pumpkin colored Trick Worm thrown wacky-style. High tide was at 9AM. Still waiting for the General to show up.
    City: Orinda

    Tips: Be patient.

Monday, April 6th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 59/63

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished franks tract area caught a ton of fish size was the problem best was only 13lbs
    Baits that caught fish Senkos,Rip baits,Swimbaits, 1.5s

Sunday, April 5th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 59-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: On the water at 7, only 3 other trailers in the parking lot. Water temps got knocked back a little and made for subtle bites. A few times I thought I got snagged but it was actually a bite! Caught 'em in 1-5' of water on drop shot and senkos. Still haven't seen any fish on beds. Video here: http://youtu.be/ylbQjU-qUZ8
    City: San Mateo

Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

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    Water Temp: 66

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: fished some southern sloughs during the out tide. Started throwing the blades took 30 minutes to get one bite too lose a 3+ before switching to cranks. Landed a couple-3, 2+ And had a 4+ come air Bourne at the boat as the crank came to the surface. Thought I'd call a few up top but to no avail. Began getting taps on Almost every cast with plastics. A few pushing 3 one 5+ the rest 1-2. Ended the day with about fifty (which is the most I've caught on one tide swing this year) to the boat with a 24" striper Never really got the reaction bite going and the bites on the plastics were subtle taps. I think I should have bashed jigs and cranks into cover for the big bites.
    City: San Ramon

    Tips: Been getting some bigger fish up shallow and aggressive top water bites lately. I think the winds may have slowed down the bite I've been on. Maybe a better outcome next visit

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched from paradise point ran down to whiskey slough area where we spent the day fishing the tules. Caught 5 with the largest being 3.1 pounds. It was a bit windy starting out but calmed down around 3:00 pm.
    City: Antelope

Saturday, March 28th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 64-65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started late around 815am launching out of Paradise; decided to hit 14mile slough and picked up several 1lb to 3lbers on lipless cranks in sexy shad and red craw. we were runnin' the cranks direcly along the weed line tops and I lost what looked like at least a 3 to 4lber...i won't say 5 cuz don't wanna sound like I can tell right away...but it peeled out line like my drag was loose and when we saw it spit my crank out, it was big! worked same areas over with monster shad senkos pickin' up just as many.
    Ran down to St Francis yacht club and picked up a few 12" to 1.5 lbers on lipless cranks in red craw or red w/yellow belly. moved up disappointment to work our way back to paradise, by now it's about 230pm throwin' senkos at the cuts and tule edges; set the hook on a really light tap and oh boy, more line peelin' and then a jump at the boat ... watched my senko go flyin' straight up and another mirror image of what I lost earlier in 14 mile slough. I used every cuss word possible but I knew it was my own fault and just bad luck. But we ended the day with about 35 total between my brother and me. Not all big and a bunch not quite keepers. But best 5 would have gone maybe 12 - 13 lbs unless I woulda landed the lost 2. Oh well, good day on the water. At least for us we call that a good day.
    City: folsom

    Tips: Still don't believe I'm qualified to give tips...but here's what worked for us:
    We could see fish on the graph inside the weedlines, water was only 3-5ft. So we would throw to the tules and work the bait as much parallel and right on top of the weedline. The fish would come up and slam the cranks.
    For senkos/stick plastics, we'd throw to rock wall tule points or cuts, edges and openings. At St Francis, we worked the entrance from disappointment side directly down the center and caught probably 6-7 just hangin around the outside mouth.

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    Water Temp: 62-67

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Little Franks and Franks all morning throwing a jig. Only managed one 2lber. Ran south to get out of the wind which was becoming unmanageable in a tin boat. Almost hit a sea lion (see video below). Found cleaner, calmer waters and better fish.

    Video here: http://youtu.be/FFth5hdo1WI
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Move around until you find fish. I probably should have run south sooner rather than later.

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Windy n tough today for me n the wife. Launched at Tiki around 8:30. Ran south thinking the east west canals would be protected from the steady n wind. NOT. Caught fish here and there on senko and drop shot but no good ones. Low tide and wind is a huge challenge for us foothill folks. No tips but keep moving till ya get bit. Don't know enough to camp anywhere

Sunday, March 22nd, 2015

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    Water Temp: 63.5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Starting to get a litter clearer in the back sloughs. Fished Big Break. High tide was at 5:50AM. Was on the water around 7AM and fished until 11:30 before the weather started to change. Wind non-existent to about 5MPH. Caught 16 LMB with biggest around 3 pounds. Most were in the 1.5 to 2 pound range. Fun day. Had a few nibbles throwing a slip-sinker with flapping hog but no takers.
    City: Orinda

Saturday, March 21st, 2015

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    Water Temp: 62-64

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Spent a bunch of time fishing from the drop offs but then found 'em in tules shallow. Only managed one decent size fish.

    https://youtu.be/ZKADE5Sf0z0
    City: San Mateo

Tuesday, March 17th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 62-68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Bass fishing The River continue to be good - Excellent all weekend. The fish are moving up and down in many areas, gotta bounce around till ya find the right group. If yer only catchin 2 pounders all over in less than 3 feet, yer in the wrong area. Best bite all week has been out in the grass flats where ya got 4-7 foot. A variety of baits have worked for us including weightless Yamamoto baits, Flipshotting, T-rig and the Jig. Still not many bites during the day with a blade, V-jig, paddle tail or cranks, Sign show it's comming!

    Tips: Be patient, fish methodically slow and GIT OFF THE BANK! They are not spawning yet, just the juvenile , virgin males are up makin ya think so. It's not about how the weather feels to us above the water, in that River bass' word, they're gorging and getting ready to pass the Winter Transition and go to spring pre-spawn, then we'll git all them staging hens up there!

Saturday, March 14th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 65 degrees

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished out of big break on Saturday and the bite was on! Fish were staging due to the dramatic increase in water temperature over the last week. Caught a RECORD 37 bass in 4 hours, largest was 6 pounds with the rest in the majority of 2-4 pounds. Not much wind, highly overcast most of the morning. Fished wacky using Zoom trick worm, really slow.
    City: Orinda

    Tips: When you think they are out there, get out there.