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Friday, April 20th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 64 - 70 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's today at 2:30 p.m.and was off the water by 7:30 p.m. Takes me about an hour to run out to King Island and White Slough with my 15 hp 4-stroke Mecury so with just 3 hours of fishing I managed to catch 4 bass starting at the marina first and fishing my way around the island. My first bass about 2 lbs was cuaght punchin(black red flake strike king flippen tube) some laydown tule slop next to a dock. The second bass also around 2 lbs was cuaght on my strike king bitzy tube (chartruse/pepper flake) in shady areas of the docks. My third bass was cuaght carolina rigging a tube down to 12 feet along a rocky point in White Slough. My last bass, a 3 pounder, was cuaght during the incoming tide back in white slough casting my weightless tube(white/pepper flake with tail spiked in chartruse dye)to isolated tule clumps working it like a soft jerk bait and letting it sink once in a while. Over all with just 3 hours of fishing I'd say the bite was tough today.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: High blue skies fish heavy cover, shaded areas, or down deep. Challenge your self and learn to be versitle. I think for my next couple trips out I do this tubes-only challeng again, it was fun.

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 60-65

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I haven't posted a report in quite some time, but today was too good not to share. The wind blew and blew hard all day, but the fish rewarded us for sticking out a testing day on the river. My dad and I started out fishing Whiskey and immediately put a 4 and a couple 1-2lb fish in the boat. Then at about 7am after about 20 minutes worth of fishing we got the first big bite of the day, a nice 8+lb fish in the boat. So we continued to fish Whiskey and work our way out toward Empire cut. We got about five more 2-3lb fish in the next hour before getting our next big bite of the day. This fish went 9.75lbs! We cont to fish Whiskey for the next hour, but the bite slowed considerably, only boating two more two pound fish. So we made the short run to Mildred to try to manage the gale force winds. Got into Mildred and first cast got a three pound fish. Two casts later landed a nice 9lb fish. We were only able to stand fishing in there for another twenty minutes or so due to the winds, and we only got one more two pound fish. We decided to head back into Whiskey and run the water we had had success on earlier...good choice! We fished for about ten minutes before getting our next big fish, this time it was a true Delta GIANT!! This fish tipped our scale at 13.5lbs. After running all of the same water we had run earlier we managed a few more 2-3lb fish and one that went just over 5lbs. This was hands down the best day of fishing that I have ever had in my life. I have managed to put together a couple 30+lb bags in the past, but they have been few and far between. So to have a day like this was truly a blessing! And to get to share it with my dad is the icing on the cake!
    City: Turlock

    Tips: We were able to catch 2-4lb fish all day on Spro Little John cranks in a couple dif colors. The 8lb fish and the 9.75 both came flipping Yum Money Craws. And the rest of the fish over 5lbs all came on blades today. The wind really got them keyed up on the blade bite today. So for as tough as it may be to get our 17' Crestliner to stay positioned in the wind, I will never complain about the wind again!

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: @ WESLEY, I wasnt really talking about you, or delta fishing, ive just been reading tons of reports that seem suspect.I probably should have posted on another body of water. I agree with you though, bigger senkos and bigger plastics do generally catch larger fish, not always but mostly. FYI, There are hogs on beds right now in Potatoe Slough!!
    City: VACAVILLE

Monday, April 16th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 58 - 62 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's today about 8:30 a.m. and was off the water by 2:30 p.m. I concentrated fish around TikiLagoon area today. Surprising this morning during the bottomed out low tide I was not able to spot a spawning bass or active spawn beds. It was a finesse bite to start today casting from shallow bank side to deep torwards the boat docks using 5",6", and 7" straight tail power worms on a mojo shot rig and spinning rod. Also used 6" zoom lizards.

    When the tide finally started to change and was incoming around 1 p.m. I started working tules with a spinnerbait on my way back to the main channel. 9 bass today from 1.5 to 4.5 pounds
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Sunny blue bird shies fish heavy cover, shaded areas, or fish deeper. Wish I tried a carolina rig along some drop offs I was scanning.

Sunday, April 15th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 65-66

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Sunday afternoon(2:15ish) Launched the Nitro from Whisky Slough. Headed to my spot..found a Sea Lion there having a field day with the buffet offered on the incoming tide..Began with a double willow 1/2 spinner in white..nada!..went to my speedtrap in all white...nada..picked up the Jig Rod black and Blue flipped the tully's...nada..senko..nada went to a chartreuse and green speed trap and hooked up 13...boated 9. largest went 4.5 lbs...At one point (high tide)...3 casts 3 fish..off the water by 6:30..back at it sunday!
    City: Ripon

    Tips: Junk fish..til you trigger them to bite.Ive never thrown the color of speed trap I threw sunday before that day..I worked for me estimated bag for 1/2 day fishing about 20-21 lbs..

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: To Pfalk..

    Because it's true? I've only been fishing the delta 2 years and the number of 5+lb bass is astonishing and frequent.

    If you're not catching bigger fish, try using bigger baits. Throw a 6-7" senko, punch/flip a doublewide beaver, and use 5"+ swimbaits.
    City: Pleasant Hill

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Why is it that in dam near every report on here someone is claiming to catch a 6lb plus bass,??? even when they are fishing berryessa or folsom, ive been fishing for 15 years and find it very hard to believe that guys are constantly catching that size of fish everytime out, especially on spot and smallie lakes....
    City: VACAVILLE

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    Water Temp: 58-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Saw lots of fish cruising the shallows at Mildred but couldnt get one to bite. Left Mildred and blind casting senkos for a decent bag around 20 , biggest was around 6. Also tried punching but only scared some big mommas under mats and no bites. Senkos next to mats worked.
    City: Pleasant Hill

    Tips: Senko

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Senko's and Spinnerbaits Purple and White. Senko's on the island points ( tip of the tule's) and spinnerbaits in the sparse tulle's. 10 fish from 1 -3.5#'s
    City: Sacto

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: There are times when losers get on this site to just stir up the pot, why??????? Because mom and dad purchased a computer for them!
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Please do not take these guys seriously, they have NO IDEA how, where, what to catch in the Delta...let alone bass on beds.

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched the custom built 29 foot Metal Flake All Star Ranger out of Big Break this morning looking for bed fish. Found beds everywhere near the tules, and couldn't get them to bite for the life of me...so I busted out the custom built 1 ounce punch weight with a 5/0 treble hook, and snagged away. If you get em in the mouth, it's legal right? Anyway, got a 4 pounder first, then got one about 9 and four more that were about 3-5 lbs. Had the family over for dinner, and had more bass filets than we could handle, so the raccoons had a nice dinner, also. I love the delta!
    City: Delta

    Tips: Beds beds beds, makes it easy to catch dinner!!

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: hate to be an alarmist but the State of California has plans to tag bass in order to find hot spots, then use nets to kill them. It's all part of the B.D.C.P.

    http://caldelta.org
    City: Martinez

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished down south again today,weather held pretty good rained a lil here and there.We were throwing 6" wacky rigged sencos.Brn jigs,cranks and spinnerbait. All our fish came off the senco we caught 18 fish best five went 15lbs, couldnt find that kicker tp put us over the 20 mark.
    City: Modesto

    Tips: The better fish came off a wall where we were sitting in 18ft of water making long pitches to the rock back with not much grass on it

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched at b&w and worked the tule strips with spinnerbaits, senkos, and cranks...3 1-lbers on the speedtrap in red craw and then switched to sexy shad kvd 1.5... 2 more 2lbers. worked the rock wall with senkos and picked up 4 more 1-2 lbers on black/blue flk and oxblood. wind was ugly and hard to keep the boat long enough to work an area. by the time the fish was boated, the boat was 20 yds from the hookup.

    riverats: post a fishing report and keep your negative comments off this report page.
    City: sac

    Tips: work an area 2-3 times and you'll be surprised the fish that hit on 2nd or 3rd pass.
    change up often on those passes.
    please just post reports, not forum trash talk.

Sunday, April 8th, 2012

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    Water Temp: about 60

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Finally got a day off of baseball to take out the Ranger and we managed to do alright. The day started of slow with a few small crankbait fish. My dad dumped a 4 at the boat to start the day, not good. Got a few reaction bites on a craw pattern LC. Moved to another slough and stared flippin tight to tules and the bite there was hot. I got a a couple 4's and about a 6 doing that and my dad got a few 2s and a 4.
    City: Carmichael

    Tips: Fish wind blown rip rap with tules without weeds.

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    Water Temp: 55-59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Whiskey Slough @ 6:30, extremely high tide. Fished most of the day in Whiskey, a little in White's Slough. Got my first bite @ 11:30AM picking up four barely keeper sized, slick headed bank runners on speedtrap. At 12:10PM rounded out limit with 6lb 6oz chunk on the same speedtrap. Beautiful weather, too nice to catch alot of fish.
    City: San Ramon

    Tips: Lately it seems like rocks with no tules are working best for me.

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Took off from Stockton this morning about 7am, worked our way to Franks fishing serveral spots along the way. It was very slow for us, we ened up with only two keepers that we caught in Franks on spinnerbait. We tried cranking, senkos and swimbaits, we just couldn't figure it out.
    City: Modesto

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Holland Riverside. Great day... for tanning. Very calm and sunny. Took my friend and his son out. Threw a bunch of stuff and only senkos and brushhogs worked but even then, a lot of short strikes and fish coming off. Punched mats and shallows for nothing. Rocks with weeds with around 5+ feet water seemed better.
    City: Pleasant Hill

    Tips: I'd like some...

Saturday, April 7th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Cboat u come on n post Wat u caught n the time. Wat good info is that. Shame on u...PS.... you're still an idiot in my eyes. U don't have a heart to feeling anything. Shall I say more?

    Tips: Wat an Arse

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out Thursday and we missed the boat this time. Cold and windy. Then a huge, cold and windy thunderstorm beared down on us. It was so windy by the late afternoon, I couldn't hold it with the trolling motor. We finally left. 4 little fish and 2.25 lber. That's all. Worked real hard too. Talk to one guy who said he hit a 10.1 and 5 over 5 way out in Stockton.

    Tips: Don't ask me. I caught most fish on shallow running crank baits in back end sloughs when they were biting last week. On another note, please reserve the obscenities and the hateful ugly comments for another time and place other than this website where we can all enjoy some comaraderie. If you have something against someone, please forgive them for the horrific deed, whatever it was. It is a tough world out there and then to come to this site which I look forward to and have to read silly comments like riverat's. Very disheartening riverat and shameful...