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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

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: First time bass fishing out on the Delta. First time fishing a pig n jig. Caught 5 fish for the day, biggest 6.1 lbs. Had a great time.
    City: Danville

    Tips: Tips: Fished points and wood with Fire tiger speed traps, black & blue jigs with black trailer and chartruse tips.

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    Water Temp: 68 at 6am

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Just a short note to let everyone know when you find a buck staged up and prepairing or sitting on a bed, in my past 7 days on ther water every buck I found I would have 2 big females back out a little deeper or actually on the outside of the weedline waiting for the male to come out and signal the nest is ready. I mainly used worms and a few gitzits to catch these fish on an average most fish were 5 to 8 lbs........Micster
    City: Tracy

    Tips: Tips: green worms...smoke gitzits.....work very methodical and or slowly when a fish hits you will usually feel them tearing out for deeper water its not the usual thump thump, the smaller fish seem to thump it, with the bigger ones you would feel a little tick tick kinda like a blue gill then all h*$% would break loose.......have fun!!

Saturday, April 17th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Was out fishing around 6:30 pm with my buddy Tim and we had hard luck with jigs and spinnerbaits on the flat. Saw another pair in a boat nailing 4# and 5#s off a deep cut bank in the current, and they said they first used what we were using and caught nothing, but they switched to plastic worms; red brown patterns, and they could not miss. So we switched over and about 10 minutes later Tim nailed an 11+ pounder. Lots of yelling and hollering, will never forget it! A 5-inch ox blood zipper worm on a 3/0 lazer hook, and new line is what did it. Took a quik picture and let her go!
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Tips: n/a

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got there in afternoon fishing cranks and skipping tubes under structure. Caught some nice ones. Buddy cranking some areas in 4 ft. pulled in a nice 4 lbs. and a huge cat. 5 minutes later, I fished a top water and was slammed on the first cast. My line was pulling hard while the fish took off. Lost the fish. The line didn't break and still had the lure, but the hooks were straightened out. Boy, still thinking about it...
    City: Union City

    Tips: Tips: Check your drag before you cast.

Friday, April 16th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 59-62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Tax day is drepressing so I went fishing in the south delta. I didn't have a very succesful day but I managed to catch 4 keepers and lost 2 keepers at the boat on crankbait's and flukes. I caught maybe 6 dink's and my best was only 2#'s. Keep your line wet.
    City: Union City

    Tips: Tips: n/a

Wednesday, April 14th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 8-4:30. It was a good day. Caught fish flippin 10 inch worm early because of low tide had to fish the outside edges of tules in about 4-6 ft. Moved to tule island and caught a 2.5 on a jig same depth. As tide moved in fished some barges and wood and caught about 5 dinks and a 1 lb. Then as the tide moved even higher at about 3 and threw a blade in the muddy water up in the young tules and started catching bucks. Caught 5 bucks all about 1 lb. Lost a hawg on the 10 inch worm. Got her right next to the boat and she snaged my hook in a tule a got off. Lost my first fish over ten. I almost cried. at four moved to wood agian and caught some bucks there too.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Tips: Low tide take the outside edge. At high tide there are lots of male fish up on the banks.