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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.

Friday, October 15th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing Black bass. Launched out of Tracy Oasis Marina for the first time. Very nice. Nice folks. Got to Old river by first light and fished the point at Old river and Grant Line canal. NOTHING. Went to Old River at Italian Slough and picked up the normal dinks. Left for The point at Cruiser Haven and picked up some "better"fish. Then south points at Mildred Island. The catching was scattered but we had a good stringer. Big fish was not that big. Didn't weigh him but maybe 3#'s. Carolina rig with plastics worms most of the day. Had a hot streak with a Shad Rap.

    Tips: I hope Most of the launch ramps can keep their launch fees DOWN in the $10 range. It's the cheapest part of what I spend for a day fishing.

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 65-66

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Mossdale and went way south, to my favorite spot. On the way to my spot I passed the beaver dam's, for those who know where that is I wish everyday that I'll be able to experience fishing in there all I hear are great stories the beaver dam needs like 4 more feet of water to be accessible , once at my spot had some luck on Ocho's and Frogs nothing to brag about but spending time away from school to fish was self-rewarding in itself. Water is muddy in the south end of the delta. I will be back there tomorrow.

    Tips: Quit school, work and fish more often.

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We were just looking for a good evening top water bite. We launched out of Disco Bay around 2pm. Hit up a few sloughs we been on for a minute now. Got a blo up right off top throwin Kermys so I thought for sure its on tonight. But after that hit we were all skunked for the next hour in half. Ended up throwin Senkos and snatchin a 2 pounder up. Then right at sun fall I got a 2 pounder to blo up on my GunFish set the hook and swung him in the boat and called it a night. All togther it was not the greatest bite but a great time out!
    City: Disco Bay

    Tips: BassAddixx- If you wanna fish the south end of the Delta we all use braid with flouro or mono leaders. 3-4ft leaders to be a lil stealthier. The braid is to visible.

Monday, October 11th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Spent the day in Beaver Slough. Water was very clear, focused on windblown Rip Rap. Caught 6 Bass on Blades and Speed Traps to 1.5 LBS. Zero on plastics. Tried to be like my hero and catch them on white Flukes LOL!!
    City: Sac

    Tips: Have fun!!! Never take you or your fishing prowess or lack there of too (TueKid) seriously!!

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 68-70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went out tried to find some stained water and weeds, punched most the day. not a lot of fish but good ones, using a black beaver. weighed in about 16lbs.
    City: disocvery bay

    Tips: make every bite count, have to have weeds

Friday, October 8th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing for largemouth. Hit Mouth of Italian Slough by 7 AM. Down Old River and inside Widdow Island until 9:30. Very little to write home about. Caught fish but nothing over 1.0 - 1.5 pounds. Off to Cruiser Haven. Same story there. Off to south side of Mildred Island. Fished points and started nailing more and bigger fish. Got LOT'S of hits and boated fish up to 3.5#. Most guuys fishing around us were using jerks, cranks and swim baits and reported very few fish. We try all baits but always settle on worms. Purple or Grn w/red fleck ALWAYS works for us. Off the water by 3:00. Damn fun day.

    Tips: Patience. Sometimes worm fishing means lots of dinks before a hog bites. Don't get caught napping.

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 69 - 73

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Ran the custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" be Lost Isle and the Turning Basin chasing schools of juniors. Some were 18" - 23", using jigging spoons, Rat-L-Traps, small swim baits, and the fly rod. Larger fish were 20 - 30 feet deep. Graphed schools towards the bottom and dropped the spoons down to them and then Bang!! Over 30 fish today. Also largemouth bass were in the mix, all were chasing schools of shad.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Be patient the larger fish will come. Nows the time to have fun catching/release for the kids.

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 69-71

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Chased Striper in the AM lot's of activity but only a couple on Punkers and one on a Fish trap..was hoping for the rain that didn't come yesterday.
    Drop shotted a small limit Largemouth on the incoming tide.fished Franks and the San Joaquin
    City: Woodpile

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fished montezuma slough by the lock at the day use area. went out 3 times in the past few weeks and nothin no stripers yet ithink the water is a little warm still there. used fresh shad ,live bullheads i caught myself right there where i was fishing and anchovies still only a couple bites. usealy by this time of the year i get acouple at least some shakers but nothin. I guess i will keep on fishing!!!
    City: collinsville

    Tips: find cooler water i think!! I think i need tipis anyone!!

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

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    Water Temp: 70s

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Good day, and the fall reaction bite seems to be turning on. Buddy caught a 3#11oz LM bass on a brown jig and he lost a good size striper in the 4# category. Fished mostly Italian slough and caught numerous undersized stripers 10-12" range. These stripers were aggressive, relating to the incoming tide.We also caught a few LM black bass. These seem to be more aggressive when there was current.
    City: San Ramon

    Tips: gotta love reaction baits - Staysees and bassdays sugar deep. majority of stripers were undersized but they were fun to catch.

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Funny fishing day landed 3 stripers all in sherman lake fishing shad during slack tide. Anchored in abour 6-8 feet. Got a 6 lb, 8lb, and 15lb released back for you to catch also. Just trying to figure out were they are going to be for the Rio Vista bass derby. Would love to see some posts of anybody regarding Stripers.
    City: antioch

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Tule Kid. You are disrespectful. It is not all about putting in money or being the best. It is about putting in effort or just having a good time out on the water no matter who you are or your skill level. BTW I dont have anywhere near top of the line gear but i appreciate the sport of fishing just as much as the next guy.

    Tips: Rattletrap, and senkos are what caught me some medium size bass and stripers. Also the spook caught me a little one. Top Water is always fun. Good Luck!

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    Water Temp: warmer

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Sorry I spelled my thread name wrong and I just gave ole Bassbully a slight jester to wind him up a bit. I know he tries hard and someday will make it. Sorry BB. Went to Beaver today and did pretty good with white flukes and frogs. As water lowered I punched the outer grass edges for some more.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Ten pound test for reaction flukes, 65 braid for frogs and punch.

Monday, September 27th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished inside Big Break from 9 am til 11 for nothing. The water was skinny, but I wanted to try to get something on top. Frog-0 Popper-0, then went to Sherman Lake and tried the same, for same results. Guess I need to get up earlier, oh well always fun to be on the water

    Tips: Don't ask me I got stinky