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Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

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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.

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    Water Temp: 60-68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Russo's at 7:30. Fished staging areas. Threw reaction baits but better quality fish came on jig and senkos. Nothing better than two lb. class fish though. Couldn't find the big mamas. Video here:

    https://youtu.be/25myFDSLCTY
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: I think the fish might have been a little more scattered given the cloud cover we had. Probably should have covered more water instead of grinding away with the jig and worm. Didn't see any beds in Franks and Little Franks yet.

Thursday, March 12th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 60-62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing the past two days during the rain storm of Wednesday and the wind storm of yesterday provided great action for numbers. During Weds rain, fish were up shallow in the tulle groves gorging themselves. Thursday, although bluebird skies early, the winds really helped the bigger fish bite and fish were set up on the transitions in 7-10 feet. Thursday we caught six fish between 5 - 6.5 pounds on a variety of baits, Biffle bug, Wadda Jig, Kut-tail, DS Robbo worm and Big Hammer SB.

    Tips: During cloudy overcast skis, look for em up in the tulles roaming. Clear and or windy days, think grass beds off big points and secondary edges in the flood ponds, islands & lakes. Reaction bite still not strong on a regular basis, but ya can stumble into a feeding frenzy early in the morning if ya guess right on yer location. Move around, don't hang in one area too long if ya ain't gettin bit. Bite is good all over the Central and East Delta.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Foggy in the morning, kept things pretty cool until midday. Caught a couple quality fish at the top of the outgoing tide then smaller ones and short strikes for the rest of the day. Pitched black/blue jig tipped with pork. Video here:
    http://youtu.be/phC51jLHDEA
    City: San Mateo

Monday, March 9th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 55/61

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Bounced around from B&W to Franks tract using a punch 'n rig senko rip baits& square bils all producing a different times of the day ,Incoming being the best 5 for 15lbs

Saturday, February 28th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 56-57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Great bite pretty much all day due to some good tides. caught over 25 fish. our best 5 ended up somewhere between 25.5-26.5lb with a 10.0lb and a 6.5lb. reaction baits in about 5-7foot early and fished slower but shallow in the afternoon.
    City: stockton

    Tips: Check your transition and staging areas often, our second run on a major pre-spawn area yielded the biggun after only a 3lbr earlier. time of day (late afternoon) has been the factor even more than tide, but the sat tide didn't hurt.

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    Water Temp: 56-60

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Russo's at 8. Fished around Franks and Little Franks. Caught 6 but only 5 would have kept, nothing over pound and a half. But all the fish were in 1-2' of water. I'm guessing the females were holding a little deeper.

    In this video it get bit just as I'm trying to get a bite of my sandwich!

    http://youtu.be/IgiSMnYUqeU
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: If you want the bucks throw at the bank. I gotta learn to position the boat a little farther out and fish the lure all the way back to the boat. I'm sure I was fishing right over the females.

Friday, February 27th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 55-56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched Paradise Point around 8am...headed to Mildred...wind was whippin' pretty good, lots of white caps/SF Bay. Managed a couple dinks on senko and rattle traps. Tried to find some less windy areas but they were mainly shallows (2-4ft on the fishfinder).... decided to move up to 14 mile slough...managed a few dinks on black & junebug senkos... then stuck 2 lbers in a row. That was it.... wind pickin' up, decided to pack it in at 230pm. Talked to another basser and he said they got 1 decent keeper. Tough day.
    City: folsom

    Tips: Not qualified to give tips but senkos were the default go-to bait just to feel a hookup. Hopefully Sunday will be better.

Friday, February 20th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 56-57

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched 10:30am B&W.... water was stained to muddy brown...started at top of the Moke... nada.
    Moved to favorite tules...nada...everything looked like it had been sprayed to kill the hyacinth, which was pretty much non existent except the few remaining floaters that were already dead brown. All the usual tules seemed to be either killed off or hardly even there. Moved to alternate areas on Tater Slough.... managed a couple of keepers on blk/red flk senko and a black spinner bait, but no pattern at all. Saw only a few other boats trying but never saw anyone hook up and I really think it was just a junk fish day. Ended the day at 330pm with 3 on the hook.
    City: folsom

    Tips: not even!!! someone tell us what's happening in these waters. all the reports of the bite is on, 20-25lb limits, where the h&(( is that? south delta? sure ain't up the moke or even the sj.

Monday, February 9th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 55-57

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out both Sunday - rain was insane - but so was the bite. 20lb bag in under 3 hrs on windblown banks and Monday was even better with an afternoon bite that was stupid - 24-25lb in 3 hrs. They are getting predictable in the classic staging areas. reaction bites on the transitions. the storm activated the bite.
    City: stockton

    Tips: its that time fellas, put away the darters and dropshots, time to stick some donkeys.

Monday, February 2nd, 2015

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    Water Temp: 49.8 - 52.7

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Weather: Early fog, blue skies with light high clouds
    Lake Level: Falling tide early, long drawn out incomming\Best Depths: Most fish are comming off the various rock levees that have 7-14 out off the bank. The three fish we got this week that were over 5 pounds, all came off a tulle clump that had 6-7 foot of water at the bass and hit that flipped in jig on the fall. The spin
    Fishing still remains tough for most on the Delta with scattered fish in 1-3 pound range and that occasional big one. The bass here are starting to move, we're getting a lot more missed bites on jigs each day than fish in the boat, as well as picking off
    Guide Information: WWW.CoochsFishing.COM\Name & Number: 925-732-3293

    Tips: The bite is tough, keep yer head up, change areas and Thank God at least yer out fishing today!

Friday, January 30th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished around sugar barge in my tube for 7 bass, nothing big but not bad for January. Lost one that might've been big. Senko and dropshot. Found many bites on the ends of the docks behind the pilings. Dropped down vertically and shake the dropshot in place. Let the senko sit for a bit after it touches down. The end of incoming was better for me and when I got bit I blanketed the area for a couple more sometimes. Tried jig and crank with no takers.

    Tips: Scent up the plastics in the murky water. Most of my bites came where there was less current.

Sunday, January 25th, 2015

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    Water Temp: 49.9-51.7

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Weather: High Fog, cold n breezy
    Lake Level: Early rising tide, out go all day\Best Depths: 6-12 feet
    This past week Delta bass have loosened up and the bite is getting much better, four fish over 10 pounds have been reported including the two in last Saturdays AC Team event, which also had several 8 pounders weighed. This Saturday another big sack and fi
    Big Bass: 6-12 feet01/17/2015
    6 fish over 10 pounds since last Saturday the 27th.
    Guide Information: WWW.CoochsFishing.COM\Name & Number: Andy "Cooch" Cuccia 925-732-3293

    Tips: Contrary to the early week report above, Sunday we got hit with a chilly cold snap that drove water temps in most of the areas we've been fishing, down 2-3 degrees to 47-49.7. Sunday 25, we experienced a much tougher bite than we had all week due to the temp drops. Be prepared to grind it out and fish slower and more methodical.