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Saturday, November 6th, 1999

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hooksettr & I headed out of the break. Ran to Big Break, caught a couple of dinks and Hook had a keeper. That was the story for the day. Ran all over, including Mildred, but by the end, only had a couple of keepers a piece, on cranks, zippers and baby hogs. Ran back to Big Break and got lucky, cranked up an honest 7# toad. Nice fight. Hook put a hole in his landing her.
    City: belmont

    Tips: shad cranks. Rip thru weeds. cool colors for plastics.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out at 6:30am at Big Break marina with a great guide and friend of mine Nick Juvet. He said he would teach me how to fish for strippers, and boy was he right. We went to his water holes first and had a blast. I threw a chrome and blue rattletrap, and nick threw a chrome and black spot. Must have caught 15 strippers apiece, kept 2 big ones, which were 12# plus. Nick also landed a silver sided salmon which was a whopping 10 # plus. What a great time we had thank you Nick lets do it again. GRW
    City: Tracy

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: American Bass Anglers Club Launched 5 boats out of Orwood Resort. I fished By myself, it was foggy in spots for the mornning , I made my way to Cruiser haven and fished a rocky point where I Picked up three knuckleheads right off the bat throwing the larger white speed trap, had a tuff time getting another bite once the water movement stopped. Checked another area but near franks but it didnt produce. I headed back towards Disco and fished the docks just outside and was pitchin a jig 3/8th oz. brown with a brown zoom plastic pork with black fleck,pitched near the ladder of a dock KERTHUNK, boated a 4.5, could'nt get that 5th fish, but it didnt matter Hampton gets back with a limit to go 11+lbs. he was, as usual throwng the bomber, so I get my bubble popped and now Im in second, if that dosnt beat all, Tony Su who fished in the back of Hamptons boat comes back with 1 fish and it is an 11+ HAWG, so now Im in third, same ol story.
    City: Martinez

    Tips: Safety- The Delta still has allot of traffic for this time of year, The water temps have fallen, make sure all your saftey items are in your boat and they work, I.E. kill switch, and remember to keep an extra set of clothes in the boat. Always be prepared for the unexpected. Safe Boating and tight Lines P.P.

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: LEFT ABOUT 6AM.FOGGY LITTLE RIDE. STOPPED TO WAIT FOR IT YO BURN OFF AN CAUGHT 1 ON A 1/4 OUNCE BUZZBAIT. A FINE NONKEEPER IF I EVER SAW ONE. RAN UP THE SAC ARM TO CHECK OUT NEW TERRITORY. 1 SAC PIKE. AFIN FIGHTER. LOTS OF FUN.NOT REAL IMPRESSED SO FAR WITH SAC ARM.RAN TO BIG BREAK AREA ABOUT 12 O 'O CLOCK.CAUGHT 2 REAL QUICK ON BRUSH HOGS. A 2.5 AND 1.5 LB.BEATS WORKING EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SLOW.
    City: Livermore

    Tips: BRUSH HOGS OR SOMETHING WITH A VERTICAL PRESENTATION DEEP IN ANY LANES IN THE TULES. HOLD ON AND JERK HARD.

Saturday, October 30th, 1999

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished my usual area of Frank's first thing in morning Saturday. Pitched brush hog on weed points. Lost nice fish in first 5 minutes. Caught smaller one (~1.5 lb) few casts later further down cut. Missed two others on brush hog and switched to cranking tule points. Couple of small fish. Ran to Disco-never been there, still exploring the Delta. Caught two more small fish on blue back/chartreuse Norman Deep diving crankbait. Looking for quality fish, and it just didn't feel right in Disco, so ran back to Mildred. Cranked and pitched middle river in spots, couple of hits, no fish. Cranked SW corner of Mildred, focused on weedlines off tule points inside Mildred, Caught 5 or 6, lost several. These were better fish - up to 2+ lbs for the top 3. Tide change sent me back to Frank's, pitched and cranked Tule walls on east and north side. Caught several, finally found a pattern for larger fish pitching tule points on walls with some current that were near deeper water - no weed clumps out from tules, only bit on points with nothing but tules present. Caught one 5 lber, biggest in Delta to date. Lost a beast 20 yards further down same area, hook opened up, bummer. Caught some more from 2-3 lbs pitching, kept missing fish - double bummer. Cranked some more small ones and went home. Will start using bigger, stronger hooks. Missed a good number of fish on cranks and pitching. No luck on black/red jig with Yamamoto twin tail.
    City: Half Moon Bay

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    Water Temp: 60-62 degrees

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of lazy M. One of the lowest tides I have ever seen in the Delta! Fished Victoria slough,Italian slough,and old river.Threw Brush hogs,Jigs(brown on brown, blue sparkle)and Pumpkinseed rattle trap. Caught 6 black bass and two Small stripers. All the Blacks averaged 1-2 # Best was about a 4# lost at boat.What a great day to be on the Delta at a great time of year.
    City: Fremont

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    Water Temp: 62-64 degrees

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: City: Fremont

Friday, October 29th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 62-64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Stayed south and boated 9 fish to 4 lbs. Better fish came on Trap fishing the outside edge. Rocky points held some jig/pig fish, They were also eating the woiym. Bite seams to be picking up. They were pumping water so the curent was stronger than normal.
    City: Tracy

Thursday, October 28th, 1999

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Mayday and I went out of orwood, got on the water about 7:45 and headed to disco, Mayday had me down 4-1, catching his fish on a purple zipper,Deli caught up 4-4 then we ran down to Itallian then to Victoria with no luck, ran back to dico and the final score was Deli 6 Mayday 5. Nothing to brag about, all fish about 12 to 15 inches but a good day to be on the water instead of at work
    City: Sanleandro

    Tips: Mayday got his fish on a purple zipper, and I got a couple cranking, and flipping the Iovino. Deli out

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Break, Dutch and Sandmound slough. Crank from about 0800 until 1300. Took one 3#'s and 6 others around 2#'s each. Also took one striper that went 8#'s. Mainly fished the riprap in 4 to 8ft of water. Fished that hit were very aggressive.
    City: Suisun

Monday, October 25th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 63.4

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Top water with "TD Pop R", color baby bass. I had a top water bite going under about 9:30AM. Caught 7 fish, biggest being 6+. weighed in a little over 9#. I should have stayed on the berm, instead of running around. We did not get another bite after 9:30AM.
    City: Hayward

Sunday, October 24th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 62-64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Tough! Fished with POL and we found a tough bite around Mildred. Jigs, cranks, blades, didn't seem to matter. One bass landed on blade and a striper on a jig Even the woiym didn't fool em. Fog dropped in heavy early and stayed until about 8 am. Full moon blues. Maybe next week.
    City: Tracy

    Tips: Should have fished Phils pond.

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Me and my daughter Amber went out this afternoon about 1:30 ish. We stayed south throwing the good ole woiym.our best fish was about 3lb, fishing outside weedlines wherever we could see the weeds (muddy) with the warm weather we had our share of skiers this weekend also the Rock dams are out now and it will take a few weeks for the south to balance out the silt that has been gathering behind the dams.we managed a 7 fish limit but that was it! Home by dark....
    City: Tracy

    Tips: Outside weedlines !!key on area's that dip back into the bank, these subtle little indentations in the weedlines will usually hold fish this time of year...I guess its just something different for them also its a good lazy day ambush area....

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Dutch and False river from 7:00 a.m. till noon. The crank bite is picking up. Caught 5 keepers. The biggest around 3lbs. plus a keeper striper as a bonus. Good day on the tule points. Multiple casts to the same point.
    City: Danville

    Tips: Crank tule points on the out going tide.

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    Water Temp: about 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The fishing here has been ok, but what i wanted to say was that there's this great website called alladvantage.com and if you sign up and download something called a view bar you can really make, hey if you think this is a jokr check it out yourself at alladvantage.com. Oh yeah, and if you do decide to sign up don't forget to type in this id# when you sign up (you may want to write ths down) EWC-804 thanks
    City: Petaluma

Saturday, October 23rd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 68 - 72 (guess)

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished out of LazyM with other CVBCrs. The Delta taketh away, and sometimes, the Delta giveth. This time, the Delta giveth - a good day (for me) as I caught two 5s, a 3 and a couple of keepers. Found a nice area where there were some crank fish, and also managed to get bit on a junebug zipper in wood. Also had the nice company of Hookstr and ET to round out a nice day overall.
    City: belmont

    Tips: There was a nice reaction bite when the tide first started to move again. Outside weedlines. ClearWater Flash Speedtrap, quarter ounce. slow retreive

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Bite was tough. Fished from 6:45 to 11:00ish. Had 5 bites for three fish (2 Keepers) 2 on a jig and 1 on a buzzbait. When the fish hit they hit hard and fought hard, but bites were hard to come by. Fished Old River and between Orwood and Holland Tract. All bites came out of water deeper then 4 feet (4-6 feet).
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: Had 1 frog blowup, I buzzbait fish 3 bites and 2 fish on a red and black jig.

Sunday, October 17th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Tough day on the delta for the 2nd Hook event. I was worried we would have strong winds like the day before but it was even worse, NOT A BREEZE!! Only managed 3 fish for 5 pounds. All fish came on points with current, one on a jig and 2 on speedtraps.
    City: Pleasanton

Saturday, October 16th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 65-70

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Butch and I fish the Delta Saturday. Started at Ladds and caught a 10 pounder right off the bat. Fish was kinda funny looking though, had these appendages growing from his face and left some real slimmy stuff on the carpet of my boat. Oh yeah, Butch really liked him as was pissed when I threw him back. Any way, we fished our way down south hitting our favorite fall time structure and caught several small keepers. They were really pulling water yesterday and the current was wild down south. Jigs were our main weapons although we caught a couple on a blade. It'll get better and better. Back next weekend and the hunt continues.Oh yeah, did spend the afternoon harrassing some big one under matts with a frog, none caught but lots of movement.
    City: Le Grand

    Tips: Jigs, blades and cranks, frogs on the matts.

Tuesday, October 12th, 1999

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I apologize for posting this report on this forum as this post is not related to bass fishing. I like fishing/eating crappie and would like to hear from fisherman suggestions on places to go fishing for crappie. I've heard that the delta can be very good, but was never told of an exact place. So, I'd greatly appreaciate any tips anyone share with me. Thanks, Nate
    City: Burlingame