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Saturday, December 25th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out on Christmas day to run my boat for a potential buyer, raining like crazy while I am waiting for him so I pull under a covered marina, older wood with old boats to stay out of the rain. Fished for about an hour flipping a green punpkin/bk flake senko with a nose weight under the boats.
    First bite, rod loads, I set, fish boils and runs and breaks me off; could not stop it.

    I re-tie and a few flips later rod loads and I set and put a 4+ in the boat.
    Flip a few more docks and put a 3+ in the boat.
    Keep going and put two more both in the 2.5 range.
    All in less then an hour....
    City: Desert Hot Springs

    Tips: Slow, flip, shake and let sit; dont be in a hurry they will just load up.

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Out of Italian Slough around 8 am. Fished inside Italian until the fog cleared around 10. tried everything. No takers. Went to the mouth at the inside of Widdow Island. Nothng on Speed Trap so I went to a Green Weenie. Picked up 3 keepers 1 1/2 lbs each right away but that's it. Fished high tide in Italian on the way out but nothing hit me.

    Tips: Buy a good rain suit

Sunday, December 12th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 54-55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched New Hope 6:30am; picked up 9 keepers + a bunch of 8-10"ers on speed traps and dropshot in 8-15ft. At 1-2pm, water was dead calm and stained; bite shut down for us so off the water by 3pm. Surprised us..didn't think we'd get as many as we did. Sure wasn't like this a couple weeks ago.
    City: Folsom

    Tips: Worked the speed trap slow and stopped as soon as it touched weeds/grass...then start retrieve again slowly. Brother picked up 5 (3keepers) in 20mins dropshotting chompers 4" worms. Just kept shaking the worm in the weeds.

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took Dreyson out today and could do no wrong black/blue jig any cut in tullie berm down current side 11 fish total 2lbs to largest 5.77 just drag it dont lift, dont hop,So if a limit makes you a stud what does a 15lbs+ limit make us
    City: Lafayette

    Tips: DRAG IT

Sunday, December 5th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Rivers End. stuck around that area most of the day. I caught 5 bass 4 were keepers best going a little over two ponds. Caught 3 strippers 2 were keepers 26" was the biggest. My buddy Caught 6 bass 1 keeper three strippers none keep. Bass all came on LV500 Delta craw strippers came on 3:16 swimbaits. He caught all his on pointer minnows.
    City: Acampo

Saturday, December 4th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 50-53

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: found some dirty water tried to through a rip bait and only one good one came off that but was a 3 then ran over on the main river and drop shot the weed line and picked up 6 keepers smallest was 2 1/2 even tried flipping and that didnt work
    City: stockton

    Tips: you have to have dirty water and a weed like with pockets. make every bite count because theres not to many. and tfi anyone who wants to go out can im sure i can out fish u any day

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

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    Water Temp: not as cold as

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: here's what i meant to say from the start:

    me and my 'wanna' buddy went out and fished beaver, hog, and sycamore...picked up 1ea in each slough...slow going but did pick a couple up on a speed trap worked like a rip bait, long pauses between the rippin. rest were picked up on junebug senkos.
    City: sac

    Tips: worked outside weedlines to deeper water and even though we hate it, forced ourselves to fish slow, even anchored and that produced 2. don't discount an occasional reaction but work that slow too...pausing triggers the strike.

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    Water Temp: warmer than tfi

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: tfish..so what's your point? do you have one or is it just you sitting on top of your pedestal? give a report and be helpful or take your self-glory somewhere else.
    Name: tfish
    Date: 2010-11-29
    Location: molesto
    E-Mail: dll.com
    Water Temp: cold
    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 feet visibility)
    Report: only the tuff go out this time of year. the rest of you guys are wanna. anyone who can bring a limit of keepers is a stud.

    Tips: read the truth from guys like steve sapp and dee. a limit is a good day this time of year. dont leave fish to find fish

    me and my 'wanna' buddy went out and fished beaver, hog, and sycamore...picked up 1ea in each slough...slow going but did pick a couple up on a speed trap worked like a rip bait, long pauses between the rippin. rest were picked up on junebug senkos.
    City: sac

    Tips: worked outside weedlines to deeper water and even though we hate it, forced ourselves to fish slow, even anchored and that produced 2. don't discount an occasional reaction but work that slow too...pausing triggers the strike.

Friday, November 26th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Threw crankbaits and jerkbaits. Jerkbaits were the ticket on the outside weedline landed 7 only 3 were keepers.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: fish slow with pauses

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Out of Lazy M around 9 AM. LOW tide. Weather reports said there was going to be an 8 MPH wind. They get it wrong again. More like 18 MPH wind going south. Not much luck with worms, (Shad) crank or char. spinners from Italian slough at Old River to Widdow Is. (only one dink) Headed for deeper water at Mildred. 2 dinks here plus one small keeper. Tried spinnerbait on the rip rap windside with no takers. Very fast fishing in that wind. One more dink at the point at Cruiser Haven. Back to Old River at Italian slough where high tide and green weenies got me 3 keepers on 3 casts.

    Tips: South Delta water is not as clear as it is near Mildred.

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started out in the turning basin and cranked a couple of small ones while watching a sea lion eat about a 15lb salmon. Moved into Turner Cut and onto Mildred. Caught a few more on a drop shot senko GrnPkn/Blk but no size.
    Total of about 15 fish with nothing to brag about, biggest about two pounds.
    Punched mats here and there with not bites! Tough
    City: Hilmar

    Tips: We threw buzz baits, crank baits; craw and blue gil colors, drop shot, Senko's wacky and punched.
    Most of our bites were on or near the main channel. I think you need to stay near the main channel and be looking for cuts with current right now.

Monday, November 8th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out bait fishing today around franks track. Caught a crap load of small ones (12"-16") Landed one keeper (24"). Frozen shad worked alot better then the frozen anchovies. On the way in tried some rattle traps in franks got nothing but did have a few decent followers, didnt spend much time on em though as it was getting dark.

    As for the sherrif situation, we were out about a month ago and the sheriff came over to check our licenses, fire extiguisher, life vests and throwable floatation device. Unfortuantly we didnt have our throwable floataion device in the boat and we got a fixit ticket. Sure he maybe should have gave us a warning but we got the ticket, got it signed off yada yada yada. The point is we didnt have it so we had no reason to argue with them, they are just doing there job and that is what are taxes pay them for, to do their job. But whatever it will always be on the boat now. (I also made sure our lights worked today)
    City: Oakley

    Tips: None but ill take some if you got any...

Friday, November 5th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Sorry about the bitching guys. Its just that I was so close to the marina, and I know I should of hooked up the running lights. I must have lauched 100 times from that marina. I was fishing that tully Island just in front of big break. Its not like I ran a long way in the dark. It was so close! Not even a quater mile from lauch ramp. I know I broke the law and I should of hooked up the lights. Its a little too hard to swallow to have pay a big fine for that mistake. It was just starting to get dark too. I will only report fishing report from now on. If anyone is interested, me and my partner was fishing for stripers that day and we did fairly. Try spooning in the channel near flats. Swim baits worked well too. Fish were anywhere from 5'-25'ft. Any shad pattern spoon worked. Our other friends got in to some good size stripers jigging spoons. They got buch of fish over 8 lbs. Good luck to all the fisherman! Don't be lazy like me, its not worth getting a ticket. Use your lights. I'm a example what not to do or say. Be safe out there!
    City: san mateo

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went with grouchy and launched out of Laurentz. Fished around Big Break and Little Break with a keeper bass and a couple of dink stripes. Worked our way up towards Franks and caught a couple of 20" stripes along the rock wall by the Barges. Got to Franks and saw more duck blinds than fisherman. Once again caught a few blacks and a few small stripes. Worked our way back towards Dutch Slough and worked up the river and started to catch some stripers off the weed edge. Ended up with about 6-8 small keeps, when grOuchy nails this beautiful 15lber that devoured his large topwater offering. Turned out to be a great day as got home in time to watch the Giantes take the 1st game.
    City: orinda

    Tips: Our only pattern is today the stripes were relating to weed edges, as we junked fish. Caught fish on blades, traps, 1 topwater and fish traps. Plastics didn't work, but didn't throw them that much. Stripers are around if you make enough casts.

Monday, October 25th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 59 degrees

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Whites from 130 tp 600 pm, had a pretty good day. Caught fish on senkos and chatter bait. Caught 7 fish biggest went 3.5.
    City: vacaville

    Tips: Water is really clear. Tullies produced and check outside weed line.

    Look for Buck Bass apparel coming soon!
    Good luck

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 60's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Hook, Line & Sinker out of Russo's Marina, My Partner had to work so I fished alone. First thing in the morning I ran to Disco Bay, threw a speed trap at the bank and immediately caught my first keeper, worked my way throwing the trap between boat docks, and boated two more keepers,
    Fish seem to be reacting to this very violently , upon the first wiggle of the bait the fish hammered this lure, I saw another fish, threw the speed trap and watched the fish hammer it again, I decided to run north to another Marina and throw the same speed trap, the first couple of wiggles and BANG this time allot of weight and pulling drag, my first thought was it's a line side, nope it was green and was 8.99 pounds, finished fifth and had big fish. Speed trap was the larger size dark brown with a orange belly, using power pro braided line.

    Pete D
    City: Martinez

    Tips: CONFIDENCE- I listened to what the fish were telling me and worked out a pattern.
    Gene at the Hook and Russo's Marina run a great tournament, Lots of fun, I high recommend fishing them.

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the east Delta and caught several small LM Bass (all under 1.5 pounds) on senkos (green with black flake) and a small rip bait.

    Tips: Deadstick both baits for at least ten seconds, then give it a little twitch. They hit the rip bait when it is still.

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    Water Temp: 63-66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I just finished fishing the calm before the storm at the Delta's Won bass pro/am. The first day I had the luxury of fishing with big bass expert Matt Allen. This guys the real deal, and he proved it as he yelled for the net, so I look over and see a 6 lber shaking its head above the surface. Matt also caught about a ten pound striper on some flashy jig, I forget the name, but you can probably find it on his website. The big striper came out of potato slough, fishing the long sloping points. Watch out for the drill rig on the south side canal. We also caught stripers at the mouth of disapointment slough, again fishing points with a little current. The largemouth right now don't seem to be relating to thick cover, they seem to be roaming flats next to deep water, so don't be afraid to throw a rip bait or top water. I did catch fish with a flick shake as deep as 18', so they fish are starting to drop down into there winter locations, but there are still plenty up shallow as well, and there willing to come up and eat a big bait.
    City: Sacto

    Tips: If its cloudy and or raining, largemouth will be scattered and feeding, so stick to reaction baits all day, if the suns out, fish deep tullie ledges with current moving no faster then 1 foot a second. For stripers, fish points with faster moving current, using anything that looks like a bait fish.

Sunday, October 17th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 68.4 - 66.3

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Restore The Delta meet. Cold, Wet, Cold, Wet.. What can I say. Fishing was really off. 28-30 boats on hand for the charity meet. Launched at 7:10 and headed to Mokelumne River with little to nothing. Over to Bradford area and picked off a few dings with a punch bait and a jig, worked the boat docks with nothing, headed towards False River and hit a pocket of small fish but no keepers. Windy wet and called it a loss. Headed in, loaded up at 10:30 along with several others on the way out and home. Hit the 580 and headed to Bakersfield. Expensive day of nothing. Hey! Whats with the $10 buck launch fees?? For that kind of fee, they need to improve the launch and parking areas!
    City: Santa Maria

Saturday, October 16th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: My neighbor took me fishing this morning. We fished his water Hog Slough and Mildred Island. We caught 6 to 3LBS from 7A.M.-12P.M.
    City: W. Sac

    Tips: Fished with the usual tools: Speed Traps, blades and Senkos.