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Saturday, December 15th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 47.4

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched from Ladd's around 9:00 am and fished in Fourteen Mile slough bite was slow but caught 6 nice bass the biggest was 3.25 lbs. Most fish were in 6 to 8 feet of water and caught all fish on a shad colored rip bait. I missed three other fish, the bit was suttle and I didn't get a real good hook set. We got off the water around 1:00 pm as the wind picked up and the water was getting rough.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Cast the lure out, reel it down and let it sit...give it a twitch and let it sit for 20-30 second count. All fish were caught as the bait was sitting still.

Sunday, December 9th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched 715am B&W; water on s.moke and san joaquin is muddy and lots of debris. worked dark senkos, big bite baits kriet worms, jigs, beavers, nada. was gonna try black spinnerbait but left spinnerbait box at home. tried st francis yacht club entrance and picked up a 1-lber on a black/red flk senko right at the tules. couple more hits there but nothing else on the hook. went to look for clearer water but couldn't find it so called it a day around 1pm.
    likely won't be back for a while but sure would like to see some other reports if anyone decides to go!
    City: folsom

    Tips: nothing to offer but would welcome some for these tough conditions! isn't anything dark/black in muddy water the recommended offering?
    guess i'll try my backyard lake (folsom) ... it's tough there too but least i'll save on gas.

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    Water Temp: 52-53

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched B&W 7:15am and started on S.Moke tule strips working anything dark in the muddy water...nada. Moved to Little Connection Slough by H&H....nada. Moved to St. Francis Yacht Club, picked up 1 keeper on blk/red flk senko (water was a tad less muddy...more like stained). Nothing else so quit at 1:15pm since everything was muddy water.
    City: folsom

    Tips: Need help on delta muddy water...any insights / tips are appreciated. Talked with a couple other bass boats and they had same result. What's the method for muddy delta water?

Saturday, November 24th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 54 - 58 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" about 9:00 a.m. and was out by 2:30 p.m. Not much to report this time due to the fog I stayed and fished around the marina until it cleared. Cuaght my first bass on the "A" Rig about a four pounder and the other 7 bass using my last 6" PLine Kick R Minnow. Finally got to hit the main channel, first checking out the Calaveris River, tried alittle bit of every thing here and no bites. Following my original plan ran out to Big Al's Light 19, could not get it figured out here either, but did manage to catch a small striper on the "A" Rig which I used as a search bait.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: patterns change as the weather conditions change. High blue sky I should of gone finesse. :-P

Friday, November 23rd, 2012

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Friday 11-23-12, my buddy, his son and I launched from Russo’s near low tide (8:00 AM). Right away, several fish were caught on a Bass Assassin and a jerk bait. After having no luck with a Rattle Trap, I also switched to a jerk bait. At least 2 hours passed before our next bite which was a 4 lb. 2 oz. bass. It was caught on a point at a break entering into Franks Track. From this spot and around the point on the outside of Franks Track where there was deep water, we caught at least 10 more fish on Jerk baits. There were no fish as we moved further away from the point. We found several more similar points with a school of fish on each. Most of the fish were just under size to just keepers, nothing bigger. We then moved to the back of Sand Mound Slough to see if we could locate a school of stripers. No luck after trying for an hour. Next we moved to the North end of Piper Slough along Franks Track. We immediately started marking fish on the sonar and catching small black bass and striped bass on our jerk baits. On my last cast of the day just as the sun was setting, I hooked and landed a 6 lb. 6 oz striper. We ended the day with well over 40 black bass and 6 stripers.
    City: Pinole

    Tips: If you catch one fish at a location stay there, most likely there is a school. As the sun was getting low in the sky, the striped bass bite seemed to turn on. I would assume the same could be said for a good striper bite as the sun was coming up. We also had some striper bites vertical jigging a spoon over fish we were making on the sonar. But we ran out of sun to find out if there was a consistent bite with this technique.

Monday, November 19th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 58 - 61 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's about 8:30 a.m. and was off the water by 2:30 p.m. A total of 8 LM Bass ( just over 20 lbs 5 fish limit) and 23 stripers today. Started out fishing in Calaveris River today when I spotted all the birds. Used the Delta Schooling Rig (aka "A" Rig), Rat-L-Traps, jigging spoon, and the Robo Worm Easy Shad swimbait w/weighted EWG Gammi. A nice 4 pound LM bass hit my Delta Schooling Rig. After a while I decided to try Dad's Point area and the Turning Basin, nothing there so went back to the Calaveris River to catch more stripers. A 1:00 p.m. I decided to head back to the luanch ramp at Buckley Cove. From the mouth of the cove I fished my way back in using PLines New 6" Kick R Minnow. Cuaght seven more LM Bass along the deep side of the docks, two were in the 6 pound class.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Lost a 10+ pound striper at the boat on my Delta Schooling Rig becuase a snap broke open. I reccomend watching Matt Allan's video about his tips on the "A" Rig. I'm cutting off the snaps and replacing them with split rings for next time.

Saturday, November 17th, 2012

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Following my own safety rules about stormy days and the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1", the 12 foot boat stayed in the garage, and I enjoyed bank fishing today between 11:00 a.m. to about 5:00 p.m. Ended up with 8 LM Bass and 3 stripers on PLines new 6" Kick'R Minnow swimbaits. See my forum post about the full details and a bonus catch at the beginning of my day.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Adapt to changing situations and be prepared for any thing........hint...hint....wish I had a net. :-P

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 54-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Ladd's at 7:00 am, fished Fourteen Mile Slough and caught 5 keepers in the first three hours; thr largest one was 3 lbs and the rest went 1.5 to 2 lbs. caught all on crankbait, shallow diver. Tried sweet beaver, senko, and jigs but no bites. Got off the water at 11:30. Lots of boats in fourteen mile slough today.
    City: Sactramento

Monday, November 12th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 56 - 60 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's around 11:30 a.m. and was out by 4:00 p.m. Worked some main channels spots with jerk baits and blk/red jigs. Also checked out the north wall near the pump house in 14 Mile Slough today. 3 LM bass and 2 stripers, the stripers hit my jerk baits while the bass hit my jigs.
    City: Stockton

Saturday, November 10th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 59 - 61 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's today about 11:00 a.m. and was out by 4:00 p.m. Total of 8 bass today with a 3 pound big fish. Finesse was the ticket for me Mojo shotting 4" Magic Worms on the sunny side of rock banks and points in 10 - 15 feet of water.
    City: Stockton

Saturday, November 3rd, 2012

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    Water Temp: 59-64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: launched b&w because new hope was filled up by 7:45am...wow, where'd they come from? anyway, hit our fav tule island and dock but managed only a couple keepers and some dinks on cranks... redeye shads, speedtraps, and rebel mid-diver crawfish. moved to sycamore island and managed a few more barely keepers, shaker stripers, and about a 2lber. moved into sycamore for a couple more keeper/dinks and called it a day.
    City: folsom

    Tips: nothing to offer...we're just junk fishing right now. 2 bassboats asked us if we had the big'uns' and after we told 'em what we got, i asked how they were doing... both gave me the index fingertip touching the thumb. wow, they were honest! i respect that! but we weren't that much better. what happened? someone please help and post the working pattern for these present conditions.

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: First report here I am a Fly guy that has been on the Delta the last 5 years or so. Launched at Buckley and had an hour to kill on the water. Was fishing a large chub/rainbow trout streamer pattern about 7" in length. Had one fish boil right as the fly hit the water and missed him twice. About 15 yards down the bank I hook up to a nice 4.5 LMB. Was the only fish for the night and I was surprised at the lack of birds and Stripers in that area right now.
    City: Lodi

    Tips: Was fishing a point with the outgoing tide making a nice seam off it. Big fly = Big fish.

Sunday, October 28th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Russos and fished around Franks. A pretty steady bite on fish in the 1 lb range all day. Once the tide swung started tossing swimbaits and lipless cranks after stripers and only caught more largies. Ended with 1 shaker.

Saturday, October 27th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 58 - 62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: New Hope was already packed full by 7:30 (late start) so launched B&W 8am...lots of space. Started around the bend at tule island and dock...water was 58deg...nothing on topwater, cranks, senkos, staysee. moved down to next tule strips...still nothing on our offerings. went up to island at sycamore where the water was 61...and started picking up an occasional dink and a couple barely keepers. went into sycamore, water was 63, and saw some guys crankin' and looked like they were picking some up so gave 'em lots of room and tried the opposite side but only picked up a couple more barely keepers. salmon were rolling all over the place and guys that were fishing for 'em weren't getting any. moved back up to first spot with the incoming tide and picked up some 18" stripers and a couple more dinks.....that was it.
    City: folsom

    Tips: None.... our offerings weren't working and like bassbuster says, probably should have changed up when we realized it wasn't just tough, it was just not working! We changed colors more than we changed offerings. Sure hope someone posts what worked!

Friday, October 26th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Same old story. Lots of dinks on cranks. Couple strippers too. Saw no bait or birds. Tried senko and top water with no luck either. Fished Dutch slough, Big Break, False River and around Brannan in sloughs and the river. Did find some greats spots for the spring.

    Tips: Keep moving till you find fish.

Monday, October 15th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 66 - 69 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's today about 9:30 a.m. and was off the water by 3:00 p.m. Junk fishing today mostly with chrome/blue Rat-L-Traps from Calaveris River to Garlic Brother's in 14 Mile Slough. Several small stripers and LM Bass up to 2 ponds. While fighting the smaller bass there were 4 to 5 pounders following up to the boat. I had a white senko ready as a back up, but no takers for a possible double hook up. I tried my Delta Schooling Rig (aka alabama) alot today, but nothing. With the sunny high blue skies and warmer weather I should have possibly focused on the heavier cover worming and punching for the better quality fish.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Adapt to changing conditions, I wanted to fish just a cuople of techniques today, but should have switched when noticed the bite was tough or just be content with the numerous small fish. LOL

Saturday, October 13th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Poor day!

    Big Break, Sherman Island, 3 mile. Top water, fish traps, rattle traps, Kitech swim baits, crank baits, Senko's, brush hogs...nada! 2 ticks that's it.

Monday, October 8th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 70 - 72 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's about 10:00 a.m. and was out by 5:00 p.m. Started fishing at the Turning Basin and fished my way out into 14 Mile Slough today. A total of 15 largemouth bass and 23 stripers. I used the Delta Schooling Rig (aka Alabama), chrome/blue Rat-L-Trap, white/sparkle tubes, and white Senkos. Late in the afternoon there was an awesome white senko bite along the rock walls in 14 Mile Slough. The best fun I had (junk fishing) was with my Delta Schooling Rig. Found a school of stripers feeding on the flat near Dad's Points. The LM Bass were cuaght along rocky points to coves and river mouths.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Rig up to fish mutiples species. I was hoping to run into some salmon and that would have made the day. :-)

Sunday, October 7th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 68-70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Wow. Deltas on fire! Went out of Rivers before light. just before sun up, little shad are jumping around like popcorn.... everywhere. Caught a bunch of striped bass on top water, no size, but what a blast! sore thumb and a stuck finger. ha

    Not too many people were out, and ski boats are finally starting to dwindle.
    After the striped top water fun, caught a few on a rattle trap.

    Tips: If you've been waiting for the bait fish to show up, they're here :-)

Friday, October 5th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 71

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: launched out of Rivers around 2. Fished until sundown. Caught about a dozen fish, not really any size biggest might have gone 3lbs. All were caught drop shotting in about 8feet.
    Heard on the water, the top water bite went off.
    weather was a little breezy and overcast. temp felt like mid 60.
    hyacinth is blocking some passages.

    Tips: Watch out for plugged up throughways