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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.

Friday, May 7th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Very good day. Bass were pretty much hitting on anything. Top waters worked in the shallows at low tide as well as flippin in the tules with jigs and spinners. Brought in several fish. Mentionable ones being a 6# and 7.5#s. Others were smaller.
    City: Union City

    Tips: Tips: Pretty much any color worked.

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: HEY CRANKBAIT 1, CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS,I GOT INFO IF YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU FOUND 6-8' VISIBILITY ON MAY 1-2ND
    City: Union City

    Tips: Tips: n/a

Thursday, May 6th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I fished the south delta from 9:30 til 1:30 today and caught 9 keeper's, the biggest was 4#'s. Talked with Dee T. for a few minutes and he wasn't having much success either. All fish was caught on black & blue proline jig's.
    City: Union City

    Tips: Tips: Fish close to the tule's and slow.

Sunday, May 2nd, 1999

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    Water Temp: High 50's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished at Big Break for a few hours in the morning on the out going tide. Picked up 3 in shallow water, less than 5' all on jig N pigs. Tried tossing spinnerbait but only had one hit from a dink. Quite around 11:30 when the tide had fallen 4'.
    City: Delta

    Tips: Tips: Black & Blue jig with pig trailer. No hits on crankbait. Fish are holding tight to cover.

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I just moved to Tracy from McMinnville, OR. I really enjoy bass fishing and am looking forward to all the fishing in the area. I was just wondering if anyone had any advice on even where to start on the Delta. Any info. would be greatly appriciated. Also I am interested in purchasing a boat and have narrowed it down to a Ranger or a Triton. Any pros or cons on either.
    City: Tracy

    Tips: Tips: n/a

Saturday, May 1st, 1999

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    Water Temp: 58 at Marina 63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well, you all know Hippie give me the North delta or death. I had been in a big slump lately after a great winter and early spring once the spawn time hit I was frustrated. Three tourney's in a row with only weighing in three fish. Took out Flyin Vee and had a bad day, fished one tourney and broke the trolling motor mount. NOT GOOD!! so Saturday was to be a fun fish catcha limit feel good day, well I happened upon a school of smallies that were spawning in front of guisti's on the Molkoume. In a 20 yard stretch I got a limit of Smallmouth biggest being 2 3/4 but she was full of eggs and thought she was 6 lbs. My limit was about 11 1/2 of all smallies in fifteen minutes so I decided to head to the meadows to avoid the Viper tourney traffic (by the way all were caught flippin a 4 1/2 inch zipper in witches ti) eight in all 6 keepers. In the meadows got a few threes and lost one about 5 at the boat. These were all bed fish and I had to downsize to a 3 inch zipper grub because they were just pushing the bigger bait off the bed and no hookset. Once figured out started gettin um. A good morning no toads but I needed a confidence day, been struggeling lately.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Tips: The Smallies are active and bite'in way up North, the bed Largies would not bee hooked unles you downsized the bait and went to a 3/0 hook that fit the whole worm

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: fished from 9am until 2 pm. fishing was good in early time as the tide was on the fall boated 3 fish all in the 2 lb range. when the tide reached low the bite slowed only had 2 bites after 12pm. fishing plastic worms in dark colors and the fish did not give the standard "tap tap" bite they just grabbed it and swam away.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Tips: toss worms in tight to reeds and watch your line.

Wednesday, April 28th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hadn't been on the Delta in awhile. My partner and I decided its time to take our lumps down there. Got out first lite. We were fishin flats that dumped into 8 to 10 ft. Caught the last bit of the outgoing tide. Got 3 on blades 2 to 3 lbs. As the tide changed moved up on a tule island and loaded the boat. That 2 hour period after the tide change was crazy. Quit countin fish cus after 10 I loose count. But i thought i was doin good when I stuck one that was about 4. Then my partner stuck one that ended up bein just shy of 6 lbs. Thankful i caught the first fish of the day because my partner waxed my well you know. Most of the fish we caught after the tide started to come back in were in less than 2 ft of water.
    City: Suisun

    Tips: Tips: Have none as don't know enough about the Delta.

Tuesday, April 27th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 62-64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I fished the south area today and caught 10 keeper's all around the 2#'s in weight. Most of the fish were caught in front of the tulle's with jig's. All the fish were male's.
    City: Union City

    Tips: Tips: You cannot feel thes fish bite the jig. You must feel the weight of the fish first, then set hard.

Sunday, April 25th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: well got a day off to go fishing took my 3 year old grandson. caught 8 small fish at the old piers.dreyson was fooling around with a spinnerbait on his zebco setup caught a little one so u know i had to try. BINGO the fish wieght jumped 3 pounds had 6 good ones in 1 hour. dreyson got tired so had to go. had a great time with dreyson and the delta bass.
    City: Concord

    Tips: Tips: take a kid fishing.

Tuesday, April 20th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 64-67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I fished the south delta yesterday for about 3 hour's. It was really windy and tough boat control. I caught 7 keepers and lost 2 at the boat, both on a black and blue jig with a blue trailer. One was a very big female estimated at about 7 lb's. She took me around the back motor, then went under the boat and through the jig. Boy was it fun for a short time anyway!
    City: Union City

    Tips: Tips: When using these number 5 hook jig's you have to set really hard on the fish to penatrate the bone on these big females.

Monday, April 19th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 65-72

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the WON Sunday with Dana. She spanked me with that brown Jig-n-grub all day long. It did seem that either most of the fish had been removed from the visable beds due to the BASS or they had backed off. Not near as many fish setting up like the three days of the BASS tournament. Most fish were caught real tight to a rock levee bank with grass flats to about 4 feet of water. We found spent fish in the backs of shallow flats and fat staging fish in the transition areas, these were the better fish for us that day
    City: Oakley

    Tips: Tips: Stay shallow and toss something that imitates a blue gill or bream in browns and green colors. Heavy test line, tight drag and fish slow.

Sunday, April 18th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 64-68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well on with the report. I fish for 4 days to get ready for the REDMAN on the 18 the in the delta. I only fish the Delta when I have to, I just don

    Tips: Tips: Work all yor baits slow.

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    Water Temp: 64 and up

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Water muddied up and I sucked big time. Only caught six in 6 hours. Most on spinners, a couple on floating worms. All in the 1 - 1.5 lbs range. Caught one with DF&G tag. Was both depressed and inspired that over 300 fish were brought in by the BASS tournament that day. So far, the closest I've come to seeing a live fish over 12 lbs. Holy Cow!
    City: Belmont

    Tips: Tips: n/a