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Sunday, March 4th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 51-52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched new hope at low tide. tried island near sycamore but no takers on speedtrap or senko. went up mokulemne to fav dock and tule strips. nothing at the dock but brother started hitting on spinnerbaits slow rolling through the sparse tules. 1st one was 2lbs, 2nd one 3lbs. i tied on a spinnerbait and immediately got bit for a 1lb, then picked up a 2lb. did a racetrack to the top of the tule strip and drifted on same side..brother picked up another 2lb and i picked up my last 2lb. then it shut down. moved on to next set of tule strips but no takers. switched to speedtrap and senkos and no takers.
    City: folsom

    Tips: none. just happened to watch a bobby barrack vid on slow rolling a spinnerbait through sparse tules so that's what got us trying it...and we hit. thanx bobby!

Monday, February 27th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Well the spring bite is here. For those fishing the Delta in the next 60 days it is on.
    The fish are starting to move to their spawning areas the cool weather we had this last weekend didn't hurt them. Most of your big fish are sitting on ledges with 8 to 10 foot of water and moving up and down during the day to feed.
    Water temp is starting at 50 degrees in the morning and getting as high as 57 during the day. There has been numerous 8lb plus fish caught none of them have had bloody tails but have been very thick.
    The Jig bite has been very good as has the senko and spinner baits. There has been some people using a chatter bait like a jig and bouncing it off the bottom very hard use a 1/2oz or better when it hits the bottom it disturbs the mud making it look like a crawdad coming out of its whole. Red crawdad pattered crank baits are working in the shallows later in the day.
    Many 2lb bags are being reported.
    City: Oakley

Saturday, February 18th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: First time I've been out in over a year. The fish are coming up for spawn. Saw a few big cruisers. Caught 2 and lost 2 on chatterbaits. My partner caught 2 toads on jigs and 1 hog on a speed trap.
    City: Richmond

    Tips: Black and blue was a killer today.

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: no blade bite. flipped worms in 6 to 12 feet of water. top of the high today. Fish slow
    City: stockton

    Tips: get out of the wind so you can fish slower

Sunday, February 12th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 53.1 to 54.5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Hook tournament. We stayed in our first area until 1:00, waiting for the fish to turn on. First fish was at 10:44 on a speed trap, sexy shad. Second was at 2:45 on the same lure. Third fish was at 2:50 on a jerkbait, shad color.
    There was NO Senko bite at all.
    The dock talk was that alot of the bite was late in the day. Probably due to the cloud cover.rybroa
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Fish SLOW.

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    Water Temp: 52.5 - 54.3

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Left Ladds at 8:00 AM this morning, fished Whites Slough and Fourteen Mile Slough, had 5 keepers in the boat in the first hour; the biggest was a 4 lbr. Caught a total on 9 keepers today, 2 on crankbait and the remaining 7 on jerk bait...best 5 went 16.25 lbs. All-in-all not a bad day on the water, got off the water at 1:00 PM
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Watch your graph, i found a lot of fish in 6 to 8 feet of water and I caught most of them in 6 feet. Although the water is warming I found that the slower I fished the better the bite became. Continue to be patient and work the bait slowly.

Saturday, February 11th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of lads fished main Chanel flipping craw/baits pitch it in let it fall then slowly swim it out caught keepers on white spinnerbait also water is warm no need for slow fishing bass are chasing down shad and shad swim away so bass will swim to catch them.points,breaks,structure,current,and deep water access
    City: sac

    Tips: Fish like its early spring slow deadsticking is over

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    Water Temp: 51-53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Same story as WackySenko. Two trips for 1 @ 2#. Today I was fishing near an older couple using live bait. They were filling the boat with nice bass using minnows and a bobber. I threw every minnow imitation I had without even a strike. I also worked the rest of my tackle box with similar results. I figure we probably need a couple more weeks of longer days and warmer water to see more consitent action.
    City: Stockton

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    Water Temp: 51.1 to 53.5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Sorry that I do NOT have any good info to offer. Third time out this month. Only one bite (2.35# in the boat) for all three days, did not even get any striper bites. We tossed Senkos, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, jigs, speed traps, assorted plastics and god only knows whatelse. I tried deadstickin, slow medium and fast. I even left some in while I retied. We fished from Franks to East end of Whites.
    I think that the next time We go I am just going to a place that held fish, same time in the past, and stay in that area all day. Sure, like I could do that.
    City: Antioch

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 52-54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Ladds around 8:30 AM fished Fourteen Mile Slough untill noon; caught 7 nice fish the largest was 4 lb'r using a rip bait. Caught most fish in 4 to 6 feet of water and for the first time didn't lose a bite on the rip bait.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Continue to fish slow...fist fish came on my first cast, I threw it out there reeled it down to depth gave it a coulpe of twitches, let it sit, reached down to get my pliers out and a bottle of water and when I gave it another twitch "bam" the fight was on nice 2lb LM.

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 46

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hello BassinZ118...no worries on the date, I watch this pretty close and know when something's new. Your tip really made sense...funny, it's an ironic situation using a reaction bait but still fishing it "slow"...I didn't get a chance to try it the way you describe...45deg angle casts to weed edges but that's almost how I work my cranks, both lipless and square bill. I was leary about using my Staysees because they dive so much deeper than the depth we were throwing, but all it took was less cranks to get to depth. I only have 1-2ft and then 8-10ft Staysees. oh, and I agree, a fish on the hook is a fish on the hook, dink or not! :) I have just as much fun! That tip allowed me to have action on an otherwise anticipated hard fishing day! THANX HUGE!
    City: folsom

    Tips: When I worked the docks, most hits came in the corners or else maybe 5-10ft inside the end of the dock. That's where my brother got hit. We'd crank down to depth, twitch a couple...then let sit 15-30secs..twitch again, wait....reel in cast again. Didn't have to wait long between hits. Can't wait to try this on the weed edges where I normally crank. I gotta believe it could make a difference if they shut down on my cranks.

Monday, January 16th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 45-46

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at H&H at 11am; wind was already kickin' up. Threw senkos and tried to fish slow but couldn't. Ran to St Francis and got behind 3 bass boats already there. Worked the docks using BassinZ118's suggestion...cranked a Staysee 2-3 turns to about 4-6ft and waited, twitched, waited; picked up 3 barely-keepers (ok, dinks) this way. That was it for today, left 3pm.
    City: folsom

    Tips: BassinZ118's tip to throw a rip bait and just let it sit after gettin' it down to whatever depth you like worked for the short time we were out. Wind was pickin' up so we didn't go to our usual spots where I would've liked to continue to work it. Thanx BassinZ118!

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 49-50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tough day on the water. Fished Woodward,Middle River and Victoria. Dropshot worms and baby Brush Hogs, Caught on 12 incher. Drowned Senkos, deadsticking, and moving very slowly. NADA on the Senkos today, Picked up spinnerbait(White) stuck a #1.5 on a windy point.Not much wind today, so put the Spinnerbait down. Ran back to Orwood and stuck a #1er on a speedtrap. No Birds working anywhere today,But enjoyed the Beautiful day.

    Tips: The water was Gin Clear everywhere I went. Once we get rain and the water starts to stain up, we may have a chance to catch some quality fish.
    TIGHTLINES ALWAYS ><>J

Monday, January 9th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 46 - 50 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Not much to report, but to say you all missed a nice calm and sunny day to enjoy a boat ride and some fishin. There was just one other bass boat that luanched out of Ladd's and we had the area to ourselves.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Fish it slow and look for the warmest water temp you can find. LVW marina area was 50 degrees.

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

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    Water Temp: 46.5-47.2

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Beaver Slough on 12/31 and 1/2 good two days on the water. Caught a total of 15 keepers both days; 6 fish on 12/31 and 9 fish on 1/2. Could not catch any fish on Rip Bait, crankbait or slow rolling a spinner bait. All fish came on either a weightless Senko or a Texas rigged Sweet Beaver, fishing SLOW, VERY SLOW...
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Be patient and fish slow...if you thinkk you are fishing slow then fish slower. The bite only lasted about hour and a half each day as the tide was changing.

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 45

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My first trip out since Augest and I knew it was going to be tough after the cold snap we had over the last couple weeks, but not this tough. Had one bite all day on a dropshot and missed it. We fished the entrace to fourteen mile, middle river connection are, old river by the trian bridge, cruiser haven( missed the one bite) then the boat slipps in ladds. We threw cranks,paddeltails,flukes and dropshot, even punched some heavy grass all to no avail.
    City: Modesto

    Tips: wait for a warmimg trend....also heard they been spraying the grass.

Monday, December 19th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 45-48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: LONG day on the water (730 to 530) launched from ladds @ 730 in the fog but to my surprise lil to no fog once you passed ski beach. Once we located the schools i threw in the bama rig rigged with flukes and nailed em. the rest of the day tossed l.c. pointers in white for mixed bags of bass and stripers. final total for the day was around 18 stripers and around 6 bass for the two of us, lots of running and gunning.
    City: stockton

    Tips: current breaks are the key areas. if you could find a break on the back side of a point, they were there.

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    Water Temp: 44 - 46 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" around 8:30 a.m and was off the water by 12 noon. Due to the early morning foggy conditions I decided to just work around the mouth of Ladd's Marina cove and deep side of the docks. Drop shotting a south korean minnow imitation plastic was the way for me today. No jig bites or rip bites. I also tried going out on the main channel just a little ways to check out a near by drop off and scan for any striper activity. The fog just got thicker for awhile so went back into the cove. By the time the sun came out there was not enough time left to make a run any where. The bite started around 10:30 a.m., wish I could have stayed out longer.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Water temps are in the 40's so down size and slow it down.

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 48 to 50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Striped fishing is on fire old river to middle river the San jaquin rippin lucky crafts non stop if there is a striped near it it will crush it biggest 39" with tons of shakers nick only caught one shaker the rest keepers nick caught the most fish 26 landed and released just by nick and snagged one sore head salmon up the sj a mile or two Donnie 12 dono 17
    City: Stckton

    Tips: keep rippin til you can't rip has to be down 6 to 8 feet

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 45-46

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched from Ladd's at 8:00 AM fished main river, fourteen mile slough and disapointment slough...the bite was slow in the morning with only 3 fish by 11:00 am; biggest fish went 3 lbs and lost a bigger fish at the boat. Tried spinnerbait, jerk bait, jigs and drop shot. Was off the water at 1:00 PM.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Most bites came on when bait was sitting still...caught one on a jerk bait and brought the rest in on a drop shot with senko wacky rigged. Pretty much dead stick the drop shot they hit the bait when I did nothing but let it sit and let the current move the bait.