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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went camping out in tracy. fished for a little while. really windy there and not much access from shore. managed to land a 4 pounder off a blue bait fish rattle trap. tons of striper were being caught other side from me off of live minnows. so from what im reading spinner baits are hot right now. what else is working and where?
    City: Oakley

    Tips: dont have any, need some for the delta though. more of a lake guy.

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    Water Temp: 69 - 72

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: put in at ladds, parking lot is a mess. ran to dissapointment and landed a few dinks, blew on over to mildred and landed one at 3lbs. went inside mildreds and ran to the back, found some cheese, had numerous blow ups, and one that knocked kermie at least 4 ft into the air. started my heart pumping. had another actually take my frog under but got lost in the drilla.
    City: modesto

    Tips: have fun, try to stay out of the wind. not an easy thing to do.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Wanted to fish the North Delta on Saturday launched out of Wimpy's running to my first spot my favorite hat blew off ...not to be recovered. Get to my first spot pull my jig rod out of the locker and "ploop" the reel goes overboard...not to be recovered. About an hour into the day "pop" my stearing cable on my t-motor breaks...called it a day.
    City: Sacto

    Tips: did have quite a few blow ups on my favorite top water bait but noting stuck most likely small fish.

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: LAUNCHED OUT OF TRACY OASIS. CAUGHT A FEW DINKS UP FROM RIVERS END. CAUGHT ALL FISH ON LIZARDS AND BRUSH HOGS. SPEED TRAPS AND BLADES TURNED UP NOTHING.
    City: modesto

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I have a 1998 Ranger Model 482V that i am going to sell. It has a Mariner 150 on it. The boat is in great shape. I just can't afford payments. I am asking $17,000 for it. If anyone know someone who is interested please let me know. Thanks
    City: Moraga

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    Water Temp: 51-58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Pre-ished thurs down south. Put 12 in the boat up to 4lbs on spinnebaits and drop shot #S20c worms. Focused on points and deep weed edges slow rolling down to 10 eet. I was suprised how hard these ish were nailing the spinner. Fished 3 hours ri morn down south again concentrating on the spinner. First ish absoltely crushed it and had me convinced it was a striper until I got her in the boat, 4 1/2lbs. Put 4 more in the boat up to 3lbs and had to go. My partner boated 4 in the 2-2 1/2 range on bombers, all being sot mushy type bites. Sun, Tournament day, our bite died with the slow incoming tied. Struggled, barely putting a small limit together. Only one bite on the blade, literally, she ripper the blade and ball bearing clean o. Most everyone ishing south reported how the bite turned o. First and second teams reported ishing tubes in the central and west delta areas.
    City: TRACY

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: For Brian and carp ishing w/ ly. Yes they will take on top. Yes it is a grand hoot. For some o the bigger ish, you will not be over-gunned w/ an 8wt. They are usually eeding on vegetation debri in the ilm when we see them "sucking". .....lee s.
    City: petaluma

    Tips: "Breadcrust" lies in the ilm....what a hoot!

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Does anyone out there no how to catch carp. I know this is a bass webpage but I ish a private pond in the delta that has monster carp in it. I igured it would be un to learn how to catch them. Anyone that can let me know the type o rig and what to use or bait would be great. Thanks

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    Water Temp: 52-56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the AC semi-pro out o the the break. Ran north only to ind six boats crowded into our irst intended stop. ouch! Rather than try and share the ish, we uped an ran 45 min south into the tracy area and had the spot to ourselves. The reaction bite wasn't there so we quickly switched to the drop shot and had our limit beore 9am. We put 20 ish in the boat (17 keeps) culling up just onces at a time. We had some nice chunky limit ish between 1.14 and 2.4 but never got the kicker we needed. Finished w/ 5 or 10.11 and 7th place. Good enough or a small check and a boat load o un.
    City: TRACY

    Tips: 43 teams and less than a dozen limits. I love to power ish so I hate to admit drop shotting. But when the bite is tough a spinning rod w/ 8lb line is hard to beat.

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: me and the mouth went out on a guide trip with randy pringle lookn or stripers.we launched out o rio vista as it was calm, but reezn...as the morning worn on, it wouldn't warm up and everytime he engaged the trolling motor the temp dropped a couple o degrees...ater ishn and running or a ew hours in ugly water, he gave us a choice o running to a dierent area and ish some more or call it a day and rebook or a day when the conditions were better...it didn't take long or the mouth to opt or the coee shop...even tho' he took us ishn or more than a hal day, all he requested was gas money and a couple o spam musubi's...needless to say, randy is a man o honor and 'more than airness' type guy and we can't wait to go again!
    City: orinda

    Tips: dress warm, cuz i sun doesn't show, it be cold...the sacramento was pretty muddy.

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    Water Temp: 54-55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The stripering has been real hit or miss or me this year. Last mon I bounced around some o my avorite west/central delta spots with what should have been a perect tide and great overcast skies only to get skunked. A ew have hearted rolls or me. Thurs morn as I idled out o the marina, tail still between my legs, I decided to switch gears and go or a late all crank pattern or largies down south. Good choice, boated about 20 in a ew short hours up to 4 1/2lbs and 2 more close to 3. Not to mention a 4 and 6lb stripes I caught ater watching blast shad on the urace. Racing back to the marina eeling like I got my mojo back I happened upon a lock o diving gulls. Hmmmmm, going to be late or work versus a striper boil, hmmmmmmm. A ew quick tosses w/ a trap put six more stripes in the boat to 8lbs and I was deinately out o time.... Fri morn went back to same spot w/ only an hour and a hal to ish. Five stripes to 11lbs on topwater.
    City: Tracy

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    Water Temp: 50?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: oops. That didn't turn out right. Apologies.
    City: brentwood

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    Water Temp: 50?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: ____________________________________________--------------------------------------------Time Location Lure/oz Fish --------------------------------------------07:00 AM Collinsville 1/2 RatLTrap 1(1lbs) 3/4 " 1(1lbs) Zara Spook 0--------------------------------------------09:00 AM Chips 1/2 RatLTrap 2(1lbs) 3/4 " 0 PopR 0 --------------------------------------------11:00 AM Chips 3/4 RatLTrap 1(2lbs) Gold--------------------------------------------12:00 PM Collinsville 1/2 RatLTrap 0 3/4 " 0--------------------------------------------01:00 PM Broad Slough 1/2 RatLTrap 0 3/4 " 0--------------------------------------------02:00 PM LUNCH--------------------------------------------03:00 PM Franks Track Everything 1(1/lbs)____________________________________________ Same thing day beore as well.
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: email them to: brian-giles@ratecraze.com. Cause I don't know what they're doing out there.

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: took a riend out on the Delta or a rather rustrating day. Launched out o Ladds with light rain and dark skies. Had a high tide at 11am, so we had a slight incoming or the morning and a slight outgoing or the aternoon. Great ishing opportunity....not!We tried throwing blades, rattletraps and cranks on the tulle line, then the rock walls. Nothing! Switched up at high tide pitching jigs, senkos and even tried some drop shotting. Nothing! (actually got 2 6in. ish on the dropshot, but they dont count HAR!)Finally as the aternoon tide started its outgoing move, I started picking up ish on a speedtrap crankbait (delta craw), ticking it o the tops o grass rom 2-10t o water. Tried other crank colors, traps and blades, but only the speedtrap worked. Best ish was the last one o the day - a nice 4.5lb'er. Best 5 though only went 10lbs.quite a tough bite or us, especially going most o the day with bothersome weather and no ish!Kopper_Bass
    City: redwood city

    Tips: watch the tide - it does make a dierence.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished riday and saturday riday gotm on the water at around 9:30 am and ished till 1:30 pm or only one striper around 13 lbs saturday I ished rom 6:00 am till 1:00 pm and had two stripers in the boat 7:00 am the biggest was a 17 lb ish that hit a rattle trap in sherman lake I think the rain turned the ish on got a bunch o under size ish even a ew large mouth those came on a red speed trap good two days ish on
    City: Pittsburg

    Tips: I have been ishing or stripers aithully with mostly rattle trap baits clear water and small sloughs with current have produced the bigger stripers or me

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Only the second time on the Delta. Headed out o Ladds or the inal event o the uture pro tour. GREAT start with Tiger getting a 3.5 on a Buzzer early and ten minutes later I hit a 3.3 on a spook. Tiger got another 1.8 soon ater on a helix. Several dinks later we hit another keeper and just couldn't inish it o. 4 keepers and 9.95 lbs put us just out o the money. But we qualiied or the "Classic". For anyone who wants to ish a Tourney but has little or no experience I highly recommed Vince Harris and his uture pro tour. "A great place to learn". Our irst tourney ever was at Berryessa and seven events later we ended up 19 out o 100+ teams overall or the seven events. A great example o how you can learn rom their seminars and more importantly rom all the great peers you ish with. We were not in it or the money, only to learn, And who knows maybe we'll win the Car at next months inals. THANKS TO ALL THAT PUT IT ON AND THOSE WHO WE COMPETED WITH AND LEARNED FROM!!!
    City: Paciica

    Tips: I could use some beore 11/15!

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    Water Temp: 66

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The striper action has continued improving a bit as anglers start to see more and more linesides while tossing lures. Mildred Island anglers tossing hair jigs around the boiling schools o shad are having success. Clams and livers are still the standout baits or the catish. Bass anglers are inding action improving with the cooler temperatures but, things aren't hot yet. Those having success are tossing Rat-L-Traps and jigs.

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    Water Temp: 68-72

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: LAUNCHED OUT OF ORWOOD THIS MORNING AND FISHED LITTLE MANDEVILLE. HOOKED UP RIGHT AWAY ON SOME GOOD FISH 8-10#!! 3 IN A ROW OVER 6#. BIGGEST GOING 10.4 ON A DIGITAL SCALE, HOOKED ON A CHART. GRUB. ALOT OF QUAILTY FISH AND A FUN DAY ON THE WATER, ON @6 OFF BY 8. ON THE INCOMING TIDE.
    City: STOCKTON

    Tips: FISH HOLDING TIGHT TO STRUCTURE.(SUNKEN TRACTOR AND FARM EQUIP.)

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    Water Temp: 66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: out o whimpys at 1130 hours on riday ished main river most o day started throwing cranks in the ire tiger pattern and caught two dinks right o the bat changed to bubble gum senko and the ish got bigger, but not much. had only one keeper at 13 inches in the boat at 1500 hours, but a whole lot o dinks. went back towards whimpys and stuck a 2.5 lber about 100 yards rom the bridge. very next cast stuck a 3 lber and a number o smaller ish.. never ished that close to marina beore cause i didn,t think it would hold many ish. i was wrong.
    City: elk grove

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out on Saturday rom Orwood with a riend who doesn't ish much...We headed South and the og was horrendous. Fished a rock wall near Dell's and caught a solid limit in a little over an hour. The ish were 2-3lb variety. Caught ish all day long. Early I used a topwater which caught (2) quality ish and had (3) better ish come to the bait and turn right at it...Followed up with a red lizard and caught two o the three. Caught 30+ ish in the South and Middle Delta using jigs, topwater, cranks, lizards, and grubs T-rigged, and ripped a ew ish as well. Overall, a real solid 13+ lb day.
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: Keep the baits moving. Swim the jigs, and use long pauses on topwater...The longer pause created more aggressive bites. The water is cooling ast and the ish are chasing bait everywhere. Fish points and bends to produce bigger bites. Colors as always are brown, green, and white. Take your pick...crawdad or shad colors...You will get the bites. Stay sae.