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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

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    Water Temp: 71

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Delta was tough over the weekend but we were able to get a few using spinnerbaits shallow.

    Tips: Keep moving and be persistent. TueKid - Go back to school so you can learn how to write and spell!

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at New Hope and went straight to Mokulemne by B&W; incoming tide. Worked tules and outside weedbeds with red lipless cranks and speed trap. picked up numerous dinks and a few 1.5 - 2lbers. Brother picked up a few on senko, beaver, and rattletraps. went back to sycamore and beaver slough...zip on low-tide. passed up hog slough and saw report that it was good.
    City: folsom, ca

    Tips: not much to offer...just tried different things and as tide went back out, worked outside edges of weedlines to pick up a few more. used stop/pause/go retrieve with the speedtrap to pick up the 1&2-lbers.
    ... just my report. good fishin' everyone!

Friday, September 24th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 73-79

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of russos fished from 6 to 4 started off in morning flipping sweet beavers and throwing spinner baits on the south end of franks caught 15 fish by noon some small but most were quality fish water was clear but fish were holding in tules. Stayed in the tract all day flippin and throwing spinner baits moved to north end a landed big fish of the day a 6 and a half pounder on the spinner bait. Good fishin to all hope this helps someone out.
    City: oakley

    Tips: flip and blade baits

Sunday, September 19th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 3:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. out of B&W. Stayed close to the marina area. I caught 3 dinks on a red Speed Trap and 1 dink on a 6 inch Senko. The Senko was bigger the the fish!! Wifey caught a 2lber and a dink on successive cast using a Swim Bait. She's good!!! I still can't catch a fish on a Swim Bait!!
    City: W. Sac

    Tips: Where are all the hogs??!! We launched during the end of a Tourney. The winning weight I was told was around 17Lbs. I remember when 20Lbs was the minimum you needed to cash a check!!

    Going out next week with my son hope it gets better.

Saturday, September 18th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Rattletraps (red) were the ticket for us, just inside the Mokulumne and in Potato Slough. Couldn't get anything else to go. Just keep chucking and cranking the rattlebaits with a mixed cadence until you're sore, and they'll produce (well, at least 2 weeks ago and during our club tourney yesterday). Most of what you get might be small, but the keepers are there as well. Just keep chuckin and crankin (outside weed lines on outgoing tide was best for me on both dates). Yes, you'll probably be pulling weeds off just about every cast, but keep the bait above or adjacent to any weedbeds you see and the fish will hit, here and there---not saying it's wide open by any stretch, but it's 'fair to good'.
    City: San Rafael

    Tips: Red red red red red / crank crank crank crank crank... If trying to get into the topwater stuff, try to get out super early and time it so your early outing coincides with the high tide (use charts at http://www.deltaboating.com/tides/tidesj.html to plan... looks like next Friday/Sat will put the high tide around 6am so go get 'em with topwater first thing, then switch over to the rattlebaits and see if those are still workin!)

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    Water Temp: 65'

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Early am, found shad poping and caught them on top water and one on jig. No size, just one 2 lb and the rest dinks. Fished main river, rocks. As wind picked up, fished inside pockets along tules with spinner and cranks. Plenty of dinks - 11".
    City: ssf

    Tips: Tough fishing to catch keepers. Didn't matter what color but as wind picked up, fish were chasing cranks and spiiners. When wind died, top water was good.

Monday, September 13th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 71

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Luanched out of Holland Tract about 8am. Weather was overcast and calm My son Evan and I headed out to the main channel to the tules. Evan used a single colorado blade chartreuse spinnerbait while I tossed a ribbit frog in the tules and switched to a crankbait outside the weed line. I caught 1 while Evan caught 3 or 4, all small. Wind picked up and we fished the surface weeds Evan caught a few more dinks on a chartreuse buzzbait with one giant blowup that he missed. Ended the day about 1pm. Total, me 1, Evan 9 or 10. As usual it ended up the student teaching the teacher.
    Good Luck, Have Fun And Be Safe

    Tips: Boating safety tip.I have a plastic wire tie attached to the end of my kill switch line. When moving I loop the wire tie over my wrist. It won't interfere with your steering and it may just save your life.

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went fishing on the Delta the other day. It was probably one of the best days I ever fished on the Delta. Not a lot of big fish, just a lot of fun. It seemed like every bait I threw worked. Presented my bait at all levels and it didn't seem to matter, not sure where the fish were sitting, but they didn't care. Wind did kick up a bit towards the end of the day and it just helped me get back quicker. Thought it was kind of interesting while I was fishing one area that about 10 boats pulled up to this one spot, then fished a while and took off. Hmmm.....must be something going on there.
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: Stay focused, fish as many areas as you can and don't leave one fish behind. Fish deep, but don't rule out the top water.

Friday, September 10th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Lauched out of Holland Tract 9:30 am. Leaving the marina I fished the tules with spinnerbaits and strike king lipless hardbaits in sexy shad. Caught 4, nothing big and 3 of them came unbuttoned at the boat. Definately not aggresive, The remainder of the morning was around a rock wall and used 7in. berkely power worms in red shad. Biggest fish went 3 lbs.
    9 fish total. Nothing to write home about but no one there knows how to read anyway. I go for the fun and I got just that.
    Good Luck All
    City: antioch

    Tips: Look for me in my 16ft. tracker and wave.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Tom, Mostly tube around Discovery Bay (friend has house and dock out there), Holland Tract,and Italian Slough in the Delta. I tube the back lakes at Shadow Cliffs, or at least I did until they shut them down more than anywhere.con
    City: Pleasanton

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Took pop out fishing from 4-8pm n found bass right away. Caught them on swimbait, plastic worm, buzz, drop shot, and frog. Some where in fallen trees but most where in front or behind weed beds. They look heatlhy as heck, fat n nice looking. Froggie caught all the biggy.
    City: elk grove

    Tips: nothing on spinner(kinda wierd cuz around tree it's alwyz a killa for me) and nothing on crank. MOst fish were in shade pocket n when sun is low..froggie got the most hits, 4 hits on one spot but was able to set hook on two..boy did they ever wanted the frog. Hit froggie 1 foot in the air n swallow it...soo sick. Got pop laughing on the backseat.. Fishing with pop n make him laugh=priceless !!