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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.

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

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    Water Temp: low 50's

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: We didn't get to fish because we had boat problems and got stranded in the mud outside of Lido Bay. Just wanted to say thanks to the bass angler Greg who towed us back to Orrwood. Cheers & happy holidays!!

    We did go back the next day and targeted stripers but got skunked. Fished areas around Disco and Old River. Continued the bad outings drawing a blank last week in Little Franks.
    City: Martinez

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 52-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched from ladds @ 7 and was forced to stay close to ramp for about and hour till the fog burned off enough to take off. Went for stripers and only had one HUGE blowup on a g2 punker but no hookup. Only striper action the whole day. But came across a great shallow crankbait bite in 14 mile slough while tossing l.c. fat CB squarebills caught 16 bass for the day lots of 1.5 and 2's biggest went just under five pounds.
    City: Stockton

Friday, November 25th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 52-53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched from Ladd's at 7:30 am and got off the wter at 11:30 am; went to Fourteen Mile Slough and started fishing at the pump house (water was flowing) Caught my first fish 3.25 lb in 6 feet of water with a Senko drop shot, caught three keepers and the other three were dinks...Caught them on Senko (912), dropshotting, and on shallow crankbait in shad color. No bites on Black/Blue jig today.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Saw lots of fish on the graph but I think the rains the day before had an effect on their willingness to bite.

Monday, November 21st, 2011

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at 8:00, caught 2 keepers and some shorts on a shad crankbait in openings at Frank's before 10:00. Then only a few shorts all day on plastics and crankbaits.I tried Mandeville island and some docks in sand mound and piper. On the way back to Russo's at 4:00 stumbled on a fun senko bite in the tules inside Frank's. I caught three keepers and four fat 11 inchers in the next 40 minutes. Made my day.
    Biggest fish was 4 lbs on a tennessee shad Jackall crankbait.
    City: russo's

    Tips: All my bites came in or on the edge of moving water.

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    Water Temp: 52 - 54 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Luanched out of Ladd's at 8:30 a.m. and was off the water by 2:30 p.m. With a near empty gas tank I decided to run to the Turning Basin and fish my way back to the luanch ramp. The bite was tough for me today, just managed 2 bass and 2 stripers on a white/sparkle 3" tube. I had a cuople followers on a chrome/blue jerkbait. The surprise of the day was while I was flippen a brown/chartuese 4" Reaper as I was bringing the plastic back to the boat a salmon grabbed it, but I did not hook it very well. The water was clear enough to see the salmon come from underneath my boat and grab my Reaper as I was starting to lift the plastic out at the end of my flip.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Be sure to fuel up so you don't feel restricted to where you can fish for the day.

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    Water Temp: 53*f

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched from ladds @ 630 fished shallow flats adjacent to drop offs and inlets and did great tossing white jerkbaits and caught 17 stripers and 2 bass. Almost all stripers measured 23 to 26 inches. I tossed topwater for a search bait and looked for short strikes or swirls and then tossed a follow up bait to catch em. Only one on a punker. Then threw just a jerkbait around 9 o'clock on.
    City: stockton

    Tips: THERE HERE!!!!!!