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Sunday, August 12th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out to the main channel and did some evening/night fishing. On the water about 6:00pm. Caught a bunch on small stripers and 1-2.5 lb bass off spook and gunfish. Lots of hits came on spinnerbait and crankbaits. My buddy caught a kicker bass at 6lb 6oz at 1:30 am. WOW! Fished rip rap banks and submerged weeds adjacent to rip rap. Lots and lots of shad and baitfish in the system. Off the water 2:00am.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Fish deeper rip rap banks next to current. Weeds is a plus. Fish are keying on baitfish so use spinnerbaits and crankbaits and baitfish type lures. Water is muddy and lots of algae so use chartreuse colored baits.

Friday, August 3rd, 2012

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    Water Temp: 71-72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched New Hope 715am; headed straight to Sycamore area, island just before it. Picked up several barely keepers, 1 and 2 lbers on downsized shallow crank in red craw (rick clunn rc2) which i had to use spinning gear, and 1/4 oz red eye shad in red craw w/chartr belly. picked up a few more along the wall and tules with junebug senko. ran up to mokulemne to fish the tules and picked up more 1 and 2lbers with the shallow cranks and senkos...junebug senko brought in a 2.9 which was best for the day. nothing real sizeable. also threw spro frog (green/white belly) and had 6-7 blowups and only 1 took it down.. 1.5lber.
    City: folsom

    Tips: we worked the cranks at diagonal from tules out crossing the weedlines. hits came between tules and inside weedline or just as it passed over and just past the outside of the weedline. senko hits came inside the weedline or just outside as it dropped after dragging it across the top.
    please post your reports without the smack talk. thanx.

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Way to go MF Kenny, Your report was so obnoxious you actually managed to shut down the reports page. Just keep your illiterate thoughts to yourself. I think we will be just fine without that huge steamer you submited as a fishing report.

    I launched out of New Hope and headed down the moke at low tide. I was suprised how clear the water was and as I move back in Hog, it cleared even more. It was a cool to see the holes in the hydrilla way in the back. I threw a whith 3/8 oz chatterbait with a 3" lake fork shad swimbait as a trailer. Tons of fish in the 1-2 pound class in the holes. No takers on the frog but a couple blow ups. I moved to the main Moke and started to really catch them on the chatterbait. Started to find fish on the frog as the tide came in but nothing big. Topwater bite didnt really happen at dusk but a pretty good day overall.
    City: West Sacramento

    Tips: 3/8 oz chatter in white with 3" shad lake fork trailer where you find current. Ish fat frog in Da Man worked pretty well. I think the big ones are deeper but in the same areas with current. Good luck. Submit reports not garbage.

Saturday, July 28th, 2012

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    Water Temp: who cares

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: tide smide get out and fish topwater tight on rocks ton of blow ups bigger fish we eat a frog you want a bunch of dinks throw a senko deep water tullies throw a jig nailed a 6 slow down fish are there work frog slow over weeds fish will eat it got a 3& 4 slow down and enjoj aint put egos aside aint nobody KVD out here all you guys with 250 on the back of your boat dont mean nothing so just shut up and fish
    City: brentwood

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    Water Temp: --

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Thank you Fresnobassman for your tip on using shrink tubing to rig Senkos. I think this is a great idea to prevent Texas rigged and wacky hooked Senkos from breaking. I will definitely try this the next time I go fishing. I will also add that shrink tubing comes several colors so you can try to match it to the Senko. The innovativeness of fisherman always amazes me. I also appreciate your willingness to take your time and share this idea with many other fishermen. Personally, I also enjoy helping or sharing information with fisherman out on the water or at the dock.
    City: Pinole

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: We fish the Delta frequenly and noticed the tip on using o rings on senkos. Try our method of using a short piece of shrink tubing. 3/8" will work for 5 and 6 in. senkos. just cut pieces of tubing about 1/4" long and work it up the senko from the pointed end. you can strech the senko slightly while installing. the fit is tight. run your hook into the shrink tubing about 1/8" and back out again. the hook sets perfectly perpendicular to the senko and the shrink tubing is super strong and can be used over and over again. you can catch several fish on each senko this way. its a great alternative to o rings and the worm cant slip out. works great. heading to delta sat. will report then...good luck guys.
    City: fresno

Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 75 - 83

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Wednesday 7-25-12, my buddy and I launched from Rivers End Marina at low tide (7:00 AM) and fished Coney Island. The tide had just started moving in. However, I don’t think it was the tide making most of the water move in but it was the large pumps at Rivers End. The last time I fished there, I actually saw the water running in the wrong direction, that is, toward the pumps rather than out as would be expected for an out-going tide. We ended the day at 3:30 PM with about 38 fish. One was 3 lbs 2 oz, a few were in the 2 – 3 lb range, many were in the 1 -2 lbs range and perhaps 7 were dinks. The first fish I caught was with a Texas-rigged 6-inch Senko. Then, because I missed hooking 4 fish in a row, I dropped down to a 5-inch Senko and started to catch fish again. Now the only problem was that I was only catching one or two fish per Senko before it broke in half. The solution was to rig the 5-inch Senko wacky style using an O-ring around the Senko. Problem solved. My buddy caught most of his fish drop-shotting a 6-inch RoboWorm. We found most of the fish stacked on a ledge where the water dropped very rapidly from about 3 feet to 10 feet. This ledge can be found close into shore or as far as 150 feet out in the middle of the channel. Just look for it with your depth finder. Fish were also caught around points with weeds and moving water.
    City: Pinole

    Tips: To save Senkos, rig them wacky style with an O-ring. Make sure the O-ring fits tightly around the Senko. If not, the Senko can slip out of the ring during the cast and be lost. For the hook, I prefer one with a wire weed guard that loops over the point like a Falcon Hook. Just make sure the loop of the guard is adjusted so it doesn’t get caught behind the barb and prevent it from opening when setting the hook on a fish.

Tuesday, July 24th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 76

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: This is more of a Thank you than a fishing report. I happened upon a fisherman near Disco Bay, who was generous enough to share some topwater tips with me.I was able to utilize some of his tips and catch 5 fish on a popper, which is alot for me. No big ones, but they were fun. Anyway Byron, thank you for sharing your knowledge and I hope to see you again.
    good fishing!

    Johnny
    City: orinda

    Tips: keep it chugging.

Friday, July 13th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 77 - 80 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's about 7:30 a.m. and was out of the water by 2:30 p.m. My original plans was to run to Disaapointment and White Sloughs today, but never made it that far. The bite was on in 14 Mile Slough between ski beach and "T" intersection that would lead to LVW Marina or Disappointment Slough. The awesome bite lasted until about 11:30 a.m. Between 7:45 and 9:00 a.m. I had 13 buzzing swimbait bites. Lost a duoble digit at the boat. I lost several so I no longer had confidence in the treble stinger hook I was using and switched back to single trailer hook. Today I had a total of 56 bites and caught/released 24 bass ranging from 2 to 7 pounds. The bite was wide open using buzzbait, spinnerbait, california swimming jig, flipped/pitched black jig w/sweet beaver trailer, punched strike king green punkin tubes, zoom super flukes double rig, mojo shot zoom trick worms, and most fun I had with was good blow ups was using my white frog as an open water topwater bait during the bottomed out low tide. I stayed in the main slough most of the time, but did catch a few of the bass in the two cuts flipping my jig along the outside weed line.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Just about any thing and every thing worked today.

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 73-75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched from Holland riverside 6 AM, LOW INCOMING TIDE.First spot only produced 2 small fish, second spot was zero, throwing senko and crankbait, ran to the south end of franks trak and stuck a 6 or 7 on 6 " senko fish was right up against the tullys, scooted over to the little tully island across from Holland Cut and the crankbait bite WAS ON!! caught 20-25 fish cranking a red and black Norman DD10; caught fish on every cast, tide was high still incoming.
    off the water at 11:45
    PeteD
    A.K.A. Procraft Pete
    City: Martinez

Monday, July 9th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 74 - 78 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's today around 8:30 a.m. and was off the water by 2:00 p.m. Basically no money, no gas, so no go any where. I stayed local and started fishing the mouth of Smith Canal and fished my way back to the luanch ramp. Mojo shotting Zoom Trick worms and wacky rigging them too. The best action today was back in the cove of the sail boat club where there was a good frog bite. Still some spawning going on as I hooked 3 pounder with the wacky trick worm the 8 pound female followed the male during the fight so I picked up my drop shot rod during the fight with the male. Hooked her also so was fighting two bass at the same time with two spinning rods. I sure wish I had the video camera running today becuase it would have made an awesome video. Ended up with 12 bass today with total wieght/5 fish limit of around 18 pounds.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Be prepared for the unexpected. I always have a primary rod(currently in use) and a cuople secondary rods ready for a quick change. Example: If tossing a buzzbait and miss the hook up, slow the presentation down by using a Zoom Super Fluke. Just about works every time for me.

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    Water Temp: 70+

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched from Franks at 0800 and fished on the north side of Franks at the tullies and then moved to the San Joaquin and fished the shore tullies and island tullies across from Libordi Shoals and across from Venice Island. 7" senko green straight no weight and 5" senko green wacky with weighted hook. Later in the day switched to a 5" crawdad color for the wacky rig. 25+ fish from dinks to 3+ lbs.
    City: Morgan Hill

    Tips: Fished some of the same water when retracing path back to Franks with the differant color wacky rig and had good results.

Saturday, July 7th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 72-75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: At S. Victoria by 6:30. froggin for 15 minutes with no blow-ups so went to Gr/prpl flk wacky weightless Senko. Slow to get hits in 2-5 ft but did get them. DK purp liz. also worked. Tried the rest of the tackle box off & on but nothing consistant. Outgoing tide was fierce and dictated how we fished. Also hit N.Vic, Middle River, Mandeville Is & N.Midred. Same dinks with an occasional 2.5 to 3.5. Oh yea, the Wake boats were fierce also.

    Tips: 4 ft tides means fast water. I should have planned for it.

Friday, July 6th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: launched late (730am) at new hope...i put water clarity as clear but it fluctuated from semi-stained to clear in different areas... worked tules, cuts, and rip-rap throwing lipless cranks and speedtrap in red craw... picked up numerous dinks and 10-11"ers over weedbed tops with an occasional 1.5er... started working senkos in blk/red flk and junebug...picked up a couple nice 2.5lbers and one 4lber. Ended the day with nine decent keepers and at least 20 barely keepers...fun day on the crankin' and senkos.
    City: folsom

    Tips: not really sure but all of the above is what worked for us...didn't try topwater but felt like there coulda been some blowups. stayed with the favs...crankin' and senkos.
    btw...unless there's some kinda secret code, not sure if the prev report was just trying to be funny and hopin' it wasn't meant to be worse. would appreciate just real reports here. thanks.

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    Water Temp: bbq sauce

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched outa clifton court harbour about o100 hrs. Drop shotted used condoms around submerged cadavers. Hooked a very suprised phillipino fisherman, still in his boat!
    City: Newark

    Tips: pump on baby

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the outgoing tide in Disappointment Slough. Several dinks. Two had crawfish still in their throats so I switched to a red shallow crank and a red lipless crank. More dinks. Went to Potato Slough when the tide starting coming back in. Caught several keepers up to 3 lbs – mostly on a sexy shad shallow crankbait close to rip rap and weeds.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: There are lots of boats and wakes to deal with due to holiday crowds.

Monday, July 2nd, 2012

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    Water Temp: 74 - 80 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladds around 9:00 a.m. and was off the water by 2:30 p.m. There was alot of early holiday boat traffic today and was hard to find calm water to fish. Cuaght 8 bass today using a shad pattern lipless crankbait as a search pattern and then slowed down mojo shotting same areas with zoom tricks for the better quality fish. Also enjoyed drop shotting the points along the main channel. The Delta Schooling Rig was a "No Go" with the warmer weather and increased boating traffic. Finesse was the ticket for me today.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Mojo shot black colored worms where the boats chopped up the banks, if found clearer water then swithed to a junebug color. Earlier in the morning when water conditions were calmer noticed shad being chased towards the surface and near the banks.

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    Water Temp: 71.5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched 715am at New Hope...outgoing tide but still on the high side. Started out at fav island near sycamore... picked up a couple 1 lb keepers and a bunch of barely keeper and dinks...mostly on light crankin'...so light we used ultra light spinning tackle...fun to catch. Moved to Mokulemne by b&w...managed a couple more keepers at the tules and a whole bunch more dinks and barely keepers. maybe 25-30 fish today but only 5 keepers. where'd they go? and low tide + wind + no more catch was the signal to go home.
    City: folsom

    Tips: have none...hopin' someone will offer up some tips on workin' low tide. we tried moving out further and working outside weedlines...all dinks. where'd the keepers go??

Saturday, June 30th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched the boat at high tide, found fish shallow near point with moving outgoing tide willing to take a crankbait but they all shook off for some reason, just about low tide started throwing a 5" senko with no takers, switched to a 9" senko wackey rigged and caught three fish and they all had fat bellies, they appeared to want a bigger bait that moved more water.
    City: Martinez

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    Water Temp: 73+

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Wind. And a lot of it. Didnt let up at all. Also morning wasan hour or two of outgoing followed by slack tide. Worked around brannan island and adjaacent slough. I got 2 dinks in.quit early and started drinking
    City: livermore

    Tips: Buy a sailboat