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Saturday, June 5th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got a late start...went with a buddy out of Big Break and were on the water around noonish. It was perfect when we started, then the wind picked up to about 15 knots around 1:30...and never died. I fished Flukes and Z-shads all day, landed 10 (not much size). My partner caught 6, one on a pig-n-jig, 2 on a buzzbait, and the rest on flukes. Biggest fish of the day went only 2.5 lbs. Although we both got burnt to a crisp from the sun and wind, it was still a good time.
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Tips: Don't forget the sunscreen.

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Ladd's at 6:00am. Caught 20 fish to 4 lbs. Several 3's, pitching in tulles. Morning very enjoyable.
    City: Modesto

    Tips: Tips: Clicky-Click.

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    Water Temp: 72-78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished White, Dissapointment and King Island area. Did best early during high tide with blue/chart/white Vyper blades, 3 2-3# fish. Switched to Flipping as tides got low, got 3, all bucks. Saw the beginnings of some nice froggin areas, but did zilch. Spent an hour helping two cruiser lunkerheads try to get their boat out of shallow water.
    City: Belmont

    Tips: Tips: n/a

Monday, May 31st, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Took daughter fishing using anchovies at Franks Tract, I caught a few small one's but my daughter caught a 23incher, didn't have scale to weigh. It was really windy but felt the sunburn the next day.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Tips: Pray the day before!!

Sunday, May 30th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out to paradise point on Sunday. Got there about 5:15am. Right away my friend caught a 2.5pounder off the dock on a crankbait. As the day progressed we managed to get about 4 over 2 pounds, I lost about a 2.5 pounder and at least a fish over 3.5 , needless to say some profanity was involovled. My friends dad managed to catch a tagged fish, i asked him how much, he showed me two fingers, i said 20 bucks? he said no, i said 2 bucks , he said no, i said 200???? he said yep, i had to look for myself and to my surprise there it was. Overall a very good day on the delta.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Tips: Flippin motor oil brushhogs into the tulees, or 4 inch power worms pumpkinseed. Neutral colors seemed to work very well!

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Had a real good day today. Went out with DanD. We fished right in the break and boated about 15 fish. All but 2 would have kept. All the fish came on jig/ grub combos. Dan caught a HAWG!! it went 10-2 on the digital. Think she was on a bed. Had eggs coming out and wasnt holding on anything. The wind had us at bay..but the fish were bitin our jigs thats for sure.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Tips: n/a

Saturday, May 29th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Started, False River at Fishermens Cut 9:00am. Bait fish 1hr. on sardines and reeled in (3 Cats, 7 to 10"). Way too windy, anchor was slipping, so we headed down Taylor Slough from False River, Drifting using crank and buzzbaites with no luck. Unable to control boat because of the wind, made my life misery. It wasn't until about 11:30am when our luck started to change. Still on Taylor, we come up to a couple of kids floating on innertubes near Anchor Marina, spinning with purple and brown powerbait 7" warms. We watched them 10min. pull out (4 largemouth). Need I say more
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Tips: Until the wind dies down and the water clears up a little bit, plus a little warmmer water, look for the fishing in Delta to remain the same. (LOUSY)

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I fished at Discovery Bay for stripers. My friend, my dad, and I caught 8. We caught them on anchovies. It was really windy! We only fished for a few hours. I took my little boat out and caught a 4 pound bass on a big crankbait in the riprap.
    City: Pleasanton

    Tips: Tips: Try to find spots sheltered from the gusty winds.

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Did great today for the first three hours, at high and outgoing tide. all fish were on cranks. biggest was about 3.5 When the tide hit bottom we lost the fish and could not find them again. Only picked up a couple after that. All together about 18 fish most & all but a couple were keepers.
    City: Los Banos

    Tips: Tips: Could really use some tips for a low tide.

Friday, May 28th, 1999

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    Water Temp: high 60's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished holland tract area with two friends visiting from out of town. Wind was a little tough on us (I have an aluminum boat). We managed about a dozen bass up to three pounds. They were concentrated on the tules, along the bank and especially around the tule islands. One was a female still with eggs, the others appeared to be post-spawn. all were caught shallow.
    City: Concord

    Tips: Tips: Fish in and around the tules in shallow water.

Wednesday, May 26th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 72-78

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Decided to enjoy the Memorial Day Madness. It was interesting - lots of wind, skiers, cruisers and topless women. Yay. Fished the three spots that are fairly sheltered from wind. First spot, got 6, best went 3#, all on white/chartruese spinnerbaits pitched under trees, slow rolled. Second spot, zilch. Third spot, did great - five fish, all quality, biggest went 5#. All on jigs.
    City: Belmont

    Tips: Tips: A bit of wind makes a good spinnerbait bite. Watch the entry, as most of the bites are within the first 6".

Sunday, May 23rd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: GOOD FISHING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, FLIPPING AND CRANKS. FISH TWO - FOUR POUNDS. SATURDAY, WINDY FISHING TOUGHER - FOUR FISH - 2-1/2 LBS - FLIPPING.
    City: Alta Loma

    Tips: Tips: n/a

Saturday, May 22nd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Started early, 5AM caught dink on buzz at holland. Next went to Franks Tract and caught small keeper on buzz, small keeper on crank, tiger speed trap. Wind started and it was Helllllllllllllllllllllll. Where did it come from? So fishermen and weathermen lie. Next to little mandeville two 2#ers on crank and jig (black and blue with black and brown plastic pig. Next to rock slough and 4 small keepers on jig. That is it for a bad day on the Delta.
    City: Castro Valley

    Tips: Tips: n/a

Tuesday, May 18th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: HELP.... we are fishing at the Delta this weekend and would like to get our hands on some updated information. Anything would be great. Are the fish still biting. The latest update is from the 10th of May.
    City: Salinas

    Tips: Tips: I'm not giving advice, I'm soliciting advice.

Monday, May 17th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished after work last night near Orwood. Was great being on the water with no other boats. Only saw 1 boat and 1 jet ski. AHHH how peaceful. Tide was low and incoming. Fish started off at the outside edge of the weed line then moved up to wood cover as the tide came in. Tried several baits. No luck pitching plastics (zippers, and lizards) picked up a few on a white spinner bait. At dusk I tried some topwater. Caught a few on a Skitter Pop. Tried a buzz bait with no luck. All fish were small biggest went about 1.8.
    City: Oakland

    Tips: Tips: n/a

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    Water Temp: 60+

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Had a great day 5/16/99. Fished Rock Slough and caught 11 fish, lost 3. Largest was 7 lbs. Aside from 1 dink, the rest were all in the 2+ range. Most caught early on a spinnerbait, later fish caught on jig and pig. Fish hitting pretty hard so no problems telling a hit from bouncing off a log or rock. Caught fish all during the falling tide. Most were sitting in 4 ft of water or less. As tide went out fish moved deeper and started hiting rubber worms in about 6-8ft of water.
    City: Oakland

    Tips: Tips: Spinnerbaits early then switch to dark color jig and pig or rubber worms.

Monday, May 10th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 65-68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 3:00 PM to dark and caught over 30 fish. Up to multiple 4#ers and one that went about 5.5# on the scale. We killed 'em. It was a blast. Mostly on shallow running crankbaits. If was low tide for most of the afternoon AND WINDY! Caught some on spinnerbaits, some flippin', but mostly cranks. No topwater bite at all (where we fished) and we really tried to make the top water bite happen. We fished in the Holland Track area.
    City: Danville

    Tips: Tips: They are everywhere. It's hard to miss. Some fish are spawned out and some are not.

Sunday, May 9th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My wife wanted to get out and do some fishing for Mother's Day. Dang, I'm lucky! Only got to get out for about four hours and it sure was windier than I'd like, but hey, sometimes you got to get out when you can. We caught seven. Big fish went to our son, Little Mike, 3-14. We tried a jig, speed trap, spinner bait, and even a buzz bait for a while. The only thing we caught fish on was a 6" greenie weenie.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Tips: Tips? I don't know if I'd listen to my tips. I just like being out on the water!

Saturday, May 8th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished several areas with no luck then found an area near Mildred Island with good numbers of 2-4 pound fish. Fish were in areas with quick access to deep water. Picked up 20-30 fish within 2 hours. Best 5 went just over 15. Bigger fish were on a flat adjacent to deep water till the water dropped to under 2 feet.
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: Tips: They seemed to have an appetite for black lizards. Keep at it! I did not get a fish till 10:30.

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Pretty windy day with alot of f*&%*n skiers out but it was a good day. Caught 20+ fish, most were keepers. A couple of 3's and a 4.5 All on crankbaits.
    City: Los Banos

    Tips: Tips: Could really use a tip on where and how to catch the hawgs.