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Sunday, April 24th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught several 4 to 5 lbers. fishing large senkos and small swimbaits around typical spawning areas out of current. It's nice to see the Delta percentages coming back this year.
    City: Milpitas

    Tips: Fish shallow on low tide. Fish shallow on high tide.

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    Water Temp: 59-64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: An ok day, windy out today. Fished mostly rip raps with weeds. Mostly came off of senkos wacky rigged with a lil weight to sink a lil faster, then let it sink, work it back. Most fish caught already spawned seems like. A lot of dinks in the mix, biggest was a 6lber. All in all biggest 5 went 16-17 lbs. Not too bad for a rec angler like me.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Share some knowledge n some love people, dont hate. Have fun out there.

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: started at beaver, hog, sycamore and picked up a couple 1-2 lbs on senkos and c-rig lizards. then moved to connection slough and st francis snot club and picked up a couple more on dropshot oxblood. a couple 1 lbers on speed traps too but doesn't seem to be a reaction bite yet.
    hey nick, i think the reason these guys start off with their "custom" boat mention is because they know they love bass fishing, but they don't have the glitter boats like the guys that snob alot of people. yeah that's right, bass fisherman have an element of snobs in their circle too! just like salmon, fly, and whatever other arrogant fisherman who don't like anyone who don't walk their walk. yeah, i'm a bass fisherman and i don't have a glittery 250-300hp boat...but i've run into a mixed bag of bassers on the glitter boats who are either super nice and share their knowlege with you, or they're super snotty and look down on you because that's just the way they are, whether bass fishing or duck hunting, they're DH's (I'll give ya one guess what that stands for. Ok, I'll probably be banned here for awhile for writing this but I hope that answers your question....at least that's my take on it. I get a laugh and wanna see these "custom" boats.
    City: sac

    Tips: share your knowledge, share the experience, and don't be so snotty...there's always someone else out there BETTER than you.

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    Water Temp: 66

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: hey delta buster!! No dis, but why u always start ur reports off with "took the old custom valco out. Gay!!
    City: turlock

    Tips: Annoying

Saturday, April 23rd, 2011

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    Water Temp: 68-76

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I spent the day prefishing for an upcoming guide trip. The wind was blowing 20+ mph most of the day but the fishing remained quite good. The key was flipping tullie pockets near deep water. The fish were up shallow in the gaps between tullie clumps, most likely on beds but hidden by the murky water. I ended the day with 26 lbs for the best 5 fish. They were caught on senkos, creature baits, and one swimbait fish. Colors were green pumpkin and black/blue.
    City: Vacaville

    Tips: Keep moving until you find clearer water. The fish are shallow and active. Don't give up until you find fish that are willing to feed. Also, don't be afraid to throw topwater. The wind held it back today but the bites are there.

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    Water Temp: 59-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of big break at 9:00am started out throwing topwater to no takers till about 11:30am and bite turned on throwing horny toads watermelon red flake color 8-9 bites connected on four of them they dont seem to really be crushing it just yet but repeated casts to fish seem to aggravate them into biting we were throwing the frogs into the swiss cheese grass around the marinawhen bite slowed down we switched to flipping the new pit boss creature baits california color and picked off a couple of two pounders great day on the water never went farther than a two miles from the marina ended up with a 15lb limit no giants but loads of fun

    Tips: if fish swirl on the frog stick with it fish is most likely catchable pitch creatures with light weight for slow fall i threw them on 1/8 oz. weights, dad pitched them weightless plenty of bed fish around fish slow and you will see them tightlines

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    Water Temp: 63 - 67 degrees

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Today I decided to run my custom valco "BASSBUSTER1" south to Whiskey Slough, but ended up going just as far as Tiki Lagoon. The weekend boating traffic did not help the water conditions at all, but made it murkier to fish. No reaction bite, no jig bite, but did manage a few fish using a carolina rig with black red flake zoom trick worms.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Today I reinforced why I prefer to fish the week days only. It's nice to have a night job.

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

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    Water Temp: 65.5 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My friend Dan Gee and I caught our limits of largemouths in waters off the Mokelumne River.
    Dan's biggest went 10 lbs 7oz and 6 lbs 13oz. My
    biggest went 9 lbs 11oz. All fish were caught on 912 Senkos.
    City: Sacramento, CA

    Tips: Fish slow near deep water.

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    Water Temp: 61 - 64 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Ran up to the upper end of 14 Mile Sluogh today near the Paradise Point Bridge in my custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1". First started out with my usual checking to see if there was a reaction bite first. It ended up being a finesse bite for me Mojo Shotting a 7" Berkley hand poured worm straight tail Oxblood/Blu/red flake. Biggest bass today went 5 pounds. She felt real good on my medium action spinning rod with 8 lb. flouracarbon line.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Keep looking for the clearer water. With the higher than normal high tides the shallow weedy sides of banks were holding fish from 5 to 10 feet, just work your presentations slow.

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    Water Temp: 58-60

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Potato, Little Potato, White and Honker Cut, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Used Shad Speed Trap, Bl/B jig, Green Weenies and white Spinnerbait. No bites on anything but the green weenies (with red and green fleck). Caught 20 fish total for the day, all in shallow water near deeper water. All males up to 3#. Bite was soft and slow. Overcast all day with wind to 8 8MPH. Most fish were bloody. Caught a 1# with a fresh crawdad in it's mouth.

    Tips: DON'T bother launching out of Terminous. Use BW or Ladds.

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

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    Water Temp: 63-64

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: fished South Windy all day water is still off color.Only managed small limit all Flippin tules on deep water
    City: Woodpile

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Delta/Stockton

    Bass**** Stripers** Sturgeon***

    Sturgeon action remains hot in the deep water in the Carquinez Straits near the Green Buoy, Eckley Pier and Dillon Point. The high winds have limited boating activity in the main Sacramento River in the Pittsburg area with gusts to 30 mph over the weekend. James Nguyen of Dockside Bait in Pittsburg said the striper bite was on its way up before the winds started to howl. The waters of the San Joaquin River are still high but clearing rapidly. Scattered schools of stripers are moving quickly through the system. The best striper fishing is found either in the Pittsburg area or in the north Delta above Rio Vista. Alan Fong of the Fisherman's Warehouse in Sacramento reported outstanding largemouth bass fishing in the Delta with "perfect water conditions." Randy Pringle, the Fishing Instructor, has been using reaction baits such as the Pure Poison or Timber Tiger DC8 in black/orange, as the fish have moved off the banks with the cool morning temperatures. He expected the large females to move up on the coming full moon. The 10-inch Berkley Power Worm is effective on the outside edges with a slow presentation, and there is a top water bite starting in the back coves with the IMA Big Stik in the flats for the occasional largemouth in the 4- to 7-pound range. Fresh shad is still very limited for bait soakers.

    Call: Randy Pringle (209) 543-6260; Stan Koenigsberger/Quetzal Adventures (925) 570-5303, Mark Wilson Sport Fishing (916) 682-1630; Intimidator Sport Fishing (916) 806-3030; Jolly Jay's Guide Service (209) 478-6645

    Read more: http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/04/20/2357891_p4/fishing-report-week-of-april-20.html#ixzz1KAwDL4Q3
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Fresno Bee fish report

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 57-58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Brannan Island SP and worked all the areas between that and Mokulemne by B&W; real spotty and hardly any action. Lipless and speed traps produced a few barely keepers to about 1.5lbs but nothing bigger. Senkos and jig/trailer combos picked up 3 more. Hard fishing all day and I don't know about the "perfect conditions" reported below.
    City: sac

    Tips: Our report is nothing like the previous...not sure if it's a plug to get people's blood pumping but check out all the previous reports and the one before this seems like an ad for local stores and guides.

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Tough day.. got 2 small ones. Missed a giant LMB on a frog at Mildred.
    City: Brentwood/Werner area

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: This report is about a week late.
    I launched my custom built 15' Gregor "Bass Assassin" at that free ramp off Diablo near downtown Stockton. I loaded up my gear and my "old lady" in the "Bass Assassin" and headed out. The "old lady" has been on a diet so the "Bass Assassin" was able to maintain it's 25 mph top end speed. I made a long run and there was quite a bit of boat traffic and the "Bass Assassin" took a small wave over the back of the transom when I slowed down to get over a yacht roller. I got the ol' "Bass Assassin" mopped out and proceeded to my first spot. The tide was low and the place was screwed up. Caught one small bass off a senko and missed another off a jig. Got out of there a couple hours later and headed back to the port downtown because the "old lady" wanted to go to the Asparagus Festival. I battled the wind and waves from those big offshore boats and finally made it back in my trusty "Bass Assassin".
    I dropped her off and dropshotted a few more bass downtown. Nothing big but it was some action.
    City: Modesto

    Tips: I think it has been tough out there but some guys are getting them. Hit it as often as possible because its gonna turn on soon.

Friday, April 15th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 56-61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: This report is a bit tardy but conditions haven't changed too much, so hopefully it still helps. Fished the Delta all day with a bubby on the 10th and 15th. All fish hit on 4" and 5" Senkos in shad and craw colors. No takers on cranks or spinners.

    10th: Launched out of Tower Park and found clear water in Little potato and White's slough, as well as Honker Cut. Caught a 2lb-12oz in Little Potato, a 7lb-1oz and 2lb-4oz in White's, and two 2 pounders in Honker Cut. Fish were in weeds in 2 - 6 feet of clear water a few feet outside of the tullies.

    15th: Launched out of Sugar Barge and went south to Sand Mound slough for 2 fish, and then north to Piper slough for three more - all around 1.5 to 2.5 lbs - and all in 2 to 10 feet of water tight to cover. We found a number of males guarding beds around Frank’s Tract that weren’t interested in any lures.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: I’m doing better spending lots of time in areas where I find clear water, rather than spending that time searching out more clear areas.

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 57-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Luanched the custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's at 9 a.m. and was off the water by 12 noon to get some sleep for work tonight.

    With just a 3 hour window I headed for 14 Mile Slough. 6 bass today (all guarding males up to 2 lbs.) using crawdad speed traps and white spinnerbaits along the riprap. Inside LVW Marina I used a carolina rig with Zoom trick worms.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Look for the warmer water, main channel was 57. LVW was 60 by 11a.m. I feel like I missed a good afternoon bite today as the water temp was warming up.

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: The water temps are in the 60's and we are coming off of the big cold front. I went into the day thinking it was going to be a grind, it wasn't. We caught over 25 fish today up to 6 lbs. Bed fish, reaction fish, finesse fish you name it we did it. I even pulled out a top water frog and got 2 nice keepers, go figure.
    City: Tracy

    Tips: Cover water! watch videos on www.fishdelta.com

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: It was pretty tough on me today. I haven't fished the delta in probably a year but I heard it was "wide open" so I thought I would give it a shot. Didn't get on the water until 10:30. I launched out of Paradise Point and fiddled around in that area for a couple hours for nothing. I got out of that area and ended up in a wide open area off the main Stockton deep water channel. I spent 3-4 hours in that area and ended up catching 5 bass off a 6" weedless swimbait. They were all fat keepers up to 5 1/2 lbs. They smacked it hard but it took a solid 100 casts to catch one fish. I didn't see any bed fish where I fished but i'm sure their out there.
    Before I got there I was thinking a 20+ bass day would be easy but as usual I picked the wrong day to hit it.
    City: Modesto

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    Water Temp: 57 - 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched out of ladds this A.M. got kind of a late start but ran to victoria where my bro stuck a keeper in the 1st 5 min. thought for sure we were on to something. only hit one more in the next 45 min. fished around victoria and woodward most of the day but pretty much got skunked. bro lost 2.
    moved over to union point and nuthin. ran to bullfrog on the way home and stopped at the train tracks where i hit a 2.8 for the final fish of the day. fish are not active, but the ones we landed had fat bellies.
    City: modesto

    Tips: none to offer.