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Friday, March 21st, 2014

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    Water Temp: 59-64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Finished a 3 day fishing vacation on the Delta.
    The wife and I stayed at the fishing cottage at
    Beacon Harbor. Nice. First two days were off the charts 10+ fish both days. 1.5 to 2 lbs biggest two maybe hit 3. Almost all on wacky rigged 5" senkos, green pumpkin and green pumpkin
    with purple flake. A few on Cooch's brown Wadda Jig with purple and blue flake Yamamoto single tailed grub. Temperature dropped the second night and that really slowed things down the third day only 2... yeah that must be it, the weather, couldn't be me ;)

    Tips: Wacky rigged senkos, against tules with moving deepish > 8ft water.

Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Couldn't buy a bite around discovery bay. Saw some cruisers, but 0 fish on beds. Picked a up a small male on drop shot between the weeds and rocks, sitting in 1-2 foot of water.

    We netted a dead striped that had choked to death on a 6.5 inch sun fish. My son being a true fisherman tried to count them as two more fish that we caught.
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: Jak's Custombaits Slick Worm in candy bug did the trick. They are cheaper than roboworms

Sunday, March 16th, 2014

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at 7:45 out of Orwood, fished a little just south of there before Disco but no takers. Headed over to Mildred, stopped and picked up a shaker striper by the railroad tracks. Nailed a a handful on new jerkbait just right around Bull Frog Marina. Got a 2lb. 3oz. on topwater off a point just south Mildred (see video). Fished the breaks around Mildred and Mandeville where I got the rest of the fish. 11 total, maybe 5 or 6 keepers, best 5 would have only been in the 7 lb range. Top water was Sammy in MS American Shad pattern. New jerkbait is Luck-E-Strike RC Stick (41/2" Purple Flash, upgrade the hooks and split rings). Two best here: http://youtu.be/68ndwGETLao
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Most of the fish came on the the levee breaks. All of the fish were relating to grass lines.

Wednesday, March 5th, 2014

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    Water Temp: 58 - 59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Wednesday 3-5-14, we launched out of Holland Riverside Marina and fished inside and outside of Mildred Tract (Island). We tried many different techniques but were successful with only three of them. We ended the day with 19 fish. Eight fish were caught on a 7-in. Senko rigged wacky style, six by drop-shotting a 6-in. RoboWorm and five on a Reaction Innovation Boom-Boom tube. They ranged from 1 lb. to 5 lb. 2 oz. All appeared to be males with the exception of the 5-pounder which looked to be full of eggs. More than half of the fish were caught on ledges in 5 to 10 feet of water near the bank. Others were caught at the same depth but in the flooded trees.
    City: Pinole

    Tips: The males are starting to stage and it won’t be long before the water temperature is over 60º and large females will be following.

Friday, January 31st, 2014

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    Water Temp: 50 - 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Friday 1-31-14, my buddy and I launched out of Holland Riverside Marina and fished near Little Mandeville all morning. It was cold and windy. We tried many different techniques but caught no fish. In the afternoon, we move backed to the Holland Tract area. Still no fish. As we were about to quit later in the afternoon, we came upon a large mat of Hyacinth extending from shore out to 20 ft. of water. My buddy decided to flip his drop-shot rig into a small hole in the mat in about 15 ft. of water. He dead sticked his seven inch RoboWorm for about 15 seconds and son-of-a-gun his line started to move. He had the first fish of the day. I said, if there is one fish there, there should be more. He when right back into the same hole and caught another fish. A few minutes later, I caught a fish. Because we hooked these fish using our light pole and line, there was a problem getting the fish out of the mat. To solve this problem, I used my telescoping lure retriever to widen the hole in the mate to pull the fish through. If it wasn’t late, we would have continued this pattern and probably caught more fish.
    City: Pinole

    Tips: If nothing is working, try punching Hyacinth mats with 6 and 7-inch Roboworms. If you are using a light pole and line, use a telescoping lure retriever to get your fish though the mat.

Friday, January 24th, 2014

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Question for all of you delta rats... with the weather being the way it is, shouldn't the fish think spring is coming in 30 days??? Looking for some help out here, the fish should be moving right?

Tuesday, January 21st, 2014

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Float tubed Sevenmile with a buddy for only two bass, one for my friend. First one was about 4#, second barely kept. 5" senkos and a dropshot, 4" worm. No rip bait fish. Fished as slow as I could stand. Best fish hit toward the top of outgoing at about 10:30. Water stayed the same temp. even though it got warm in the afternoon. Nothing ate the red bomber.

    Tips: 5" Senko's and a 4" dropshot

Friday, January 17th, 2014

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Just to keep the reports active... Launched out of Ladd's and ran to Turner. 2 fish, one dead sticking drop shot and one ate flappin hog after picking it up after dead sticking. Fished outside weedines 10 to 15 feet near points.

    Tips: Although the weather feels like spring, fish are still cold. Dead stick or work bait very, very slow, and then slow down some more. Although not too bad, watch for debris.

Sunday, January 12th, 2014

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    Water Temp: 48.4 to 48.9

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My brother and I fished the Hook Tournament. Bite was slow, but good. First we went to an area that we had not tried in awhile. He got a 3.50# about 9:15 on a craw Timber Tiger. Bite was dead so we moved to an area near Franks about 11:45 and at 12:00 I got a 10.84# (PB) on a craw 1/4 oz SpeedTrap, it hit HARD. At 12:15 I got a 5# on the SpeedTrap. About 12:30 I got an 12+" on the speedTrap. Those were the only bites.

    Tips: Try different baits, colors and speeds until you find one. I was thinking that shad colors would work best, but for us it was the craw colors.
    Good luck

Thursday, December 19th, 2013

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: No reports here lately. Guessing they would be like my report. Nothing!! Zilch!! Even the stripers have left Old River south. LMB have total lockjaw. Tried drop-shot, worms, lizards, crankbaits, lures, swim baits, punching, jigs. Tried lights colors, dark colors, fast, slow, 5 to 20' deep. Tried Old River, Italian Slough, Old River north, Mildred IS inside and outside, N. Victoria, S. Victoria, high tide, low tide.

    Tips: Try my philosophy. "Bring a good lunch" and maybe a newspaper or Bassin magazine. Find a quite out of the wind spot and relax. Time to enjoy the scenery instead of just looking down at the water.

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: No reports here lately. Guessing they would be like my report. Nothing!! Zilch!! Even the stripers have left Old River south. LMB have total lockjaw. Tried drop-shot, worms, lizards, crankbaits, lures, swim baits, punching, jigs. Tried lights colors, dark colors, fast, slow, 5 to 20' deep. Tried Old River, Italian Slough, Old River north, Mildred IS inside and outside, N. Victoria, S. Victoria, high tide, low tide.

    Tips: Try my philosophy. "Bring a good lunch" and maybe a newspaper or Bassin magazine. Find a quite out of the wind spot and relax. Time to enjoy the scenery instead of just looking down at the water.

Wednesday, November 27th, 2013

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    Water Temp: 52-53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got to Rivers End before seven but entire marina was so thick with hyacinth you could walk across it. Launched out of Tracy Oasis since we've never fished Grant Line Canal before and wanted to try some new water. Ran to the mouth of the canal where it meets Old River and had to stop. Again, hyacinth from bank to bank on Old River. Turned around and fished the incoming tide. Two stripers and one LMB on River2Sea S-Waver another LMB on LC200. Partner got a keeper striper on A-rig. I was going to keep him but ended up releasing him due to being too lazy to clean the fish. Other than that, pretty slow day.
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Wish I new! Also through shad and craw crank baits from 5-10', 3.5" to 5" AA Shad swim baits (got a few followers) and drop shot with no luck.

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    Water Temp: 53-56

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched B&W 730 AM. Fished the moke & little potato slough. Primarily threw black wadda jig with blue super chunk and brown wadda jig with purple pork, no fish landed. Tossed a drop shot roboworm and senko with no fish landed. Also tossed a red craw crank bait with no hits. Overall, very tough day on the ole delta! Not sure why I couldn't figure it out! Was I fishing slow enough?
    City: Fairfield

    Tips: Fish slow I guess!

Saturday, November 23rd, 2013

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    Water Temp: 51-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started at usual tule strips on the Moke around the corner from B&W. Threw cranks, spinnerbaits, and senkos....zip. Decided to throw a light Matzuo Kinshou on a spinning rig and a 20" striper hit... fun on the light gear. Nothing along the Moke so moved up to island outside of Sycamore...nothing there cept some duck hunters so we gave them some space. That was it for the rest of the day. Couldn't get anything to join us for breakfast or lunch so off the water by 130pm.
    City: folsom

    Tips: Nada.... would greatly appreciate some tips on what's hittin' now and where. Anyone?

Saturday, November 9th, 2013

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    Water Temp: 58-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started around franks tract. Was surprised to see just how clear the water was. Saw several, fish in about 6 ft but could not get any to bite. Went to some islands down old river picked up several small fish but nothing big. All fish were on a crank. Tried flipping deeper weeds but no luck. Tough day not sure why.
    City: elk grove

    Tips: Wondering if last weeks 100 plus boat tournament and all the boats on the water today pressured the fish into lockjaw.

Sunday, October 27th, 2013

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey OttaB...thanx huge for the response and tip...I always wondered about doin' a rip retrieve with a crank...good stuff! Really appreciate it! If ya see a tracker 185 walkthrough with a couple guys and a yellow lab, that's me, my bro, and my pooch buddy!
    Anywways, for the report, my brother and I launched 6:15 at B&W and just worked the Moke down toward Tower. Slack tide was real still so we threw topwater...bro threw a spook and I threw an Ish frog.... lots of blowups but couldn't hold the bite, so I tied a clown/clear spook on...bro already had 3. Immediately got a violent blowup and it was a 23" striper. From then on, it was junk fishing for about an hour and a half. Decided to look for moving water and went up to Sycamore. Water was real muddy so went just outside Sycamore on main channel to find some moving water. I immediately hooked up a couple 1-2lbers on red craw RedEye shad, bro tied on a DD22 in what looked like a Tenn Shad, picked up 4 2lbers in about 40 mins. We kept jumping back and forth on either rock wall/tules and throwing deep divers...I didn't get much, just a few barely keepers, but my bro picked up about 6 more 1, 2, and 3lbers on his deep diver. Dang, just didn't work for me but now I'm tyin' on deep divers just to catch one!
    City: folsom

    Tips: Like OttaB says, look for moving water, which when we found it, our hit percentage increased. Since I didn't hit as much, I have no real tips. But according to my bro, he would cast diag to tules, then slowly work a deep diver across the weedline and pause on contact, then rip it through. They'd hit on the pause or the rip. Dang, I gotta practice!

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    Water Temp: 62-65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Another late start out of Orwood at 7:30. Cold but not as cold as I thought it would be. Fished top water on the north/south cut just past the bridge to the north but no takers. Little further north got shaker striper and a dink + a few more blow ups.

    Started fishing tule island points with S-waver, Arashi Storm and still no takers. Couple keepers on jerk bait in Mildred Island. Left Mildred at 12:45 and the wind started howling. Tucked into Disco Bay and caught 3 more keepers on drop shot. 10 in the boat but only 5 would have kept. Best was only 2lbs 6ozs.

    All in all pretty slow disappointing day. I'm guessing there was a fast moving front that moved through the region and it shut down the bite?
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: When the wind kicks up duck into Disco Bay and flip the docks.

    I thought the shad patterns would be the key by this time but I was wrong. Should have switched to bluegill or craw at some point. Best bites were on Roboworm Pumpkin Punisher.

Saturday, October 26th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Deepv... I was using the red craw color. I was fishing it around tulle points that had grass around them. Casting it out,steady retrieve, but was working my rod like a jerk bait. Never stopped reeling just jerk,jerk. It gave the lure a nice action.
    City: elk grove

Friday, October 25th, 2013

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    Water Temp: na

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hey OttaB....what color Arashi were you using?
    I think only ones I have are the red and rusty craw, which have produced but on par with my red eye shads. Maybe it's where i'm presenting them. Any insight is helpful and appreciated!

    Thanx!
    DeepvBasser
    City: folsom

    Tips: none, I'm trying OttaB's on Sat and Sun.

Sunday, October 13th, 2013

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    Water Temp: 63-65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched out of paradise predawn. Nothing until the sun started to rise. Popping frogs and crank baits. First time trying the new Arashi square bill and the bass were inhaling it. One fish had the whole lure in its mouth and not a single hook was stuck, still got it to the boat. I even got a few stripers in it. The frog bite was not as good as it has been but still got some decent fish. Flipping brush hogs produced some but nothing big.
    After slack tide action slowed. The wind that picked up around Mildred isl. didn't help matters either. Off the water by 1.
    City: elk grove

    Tips: The best locations I found were the sparse tulle points that had some current, whether it was from wind or tide. Always throw back to a spot with a different bait. I was getting multiple fish off points some with a crank and then a brush hog.