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Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

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    Water Temp: 77-79

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Big brother and I launched New Hope 7am, missed high tide so went straight to fav tule strips halfway between B&W and Tower Marina/H12 bridge; picked up about 6 or 7 on craw color lipless cranks...couldn't draw interest on speed traps. Bro caught on beaver tail/jighead. I also picked up on darthead/black neon worm, drop-shot/oxblood 6" worm, and senko (confetti kinami and pumpkinseed/chart tail strike king senko lookalike...thought I'd throw something slightly different). Then went up first 1/2 to 1 mile of White Slough; picked up couple more on senko and dropshot...bro got another one on his beaver tail/jighead combo. Forgot how much gas we had (or didn't have) so went back in around 4pm. OK day with lots of dinks and a single limit of 1 to 1.5lbers...hit and miss, no real pattern.
    btw..riverat, i was real surprised...this is gonna sound funny, but several ski/board and huge cruiser/pleasure boats slowed down to pass us while we fished...I did the same for other boats....the only boats that didn't slow down as they passed were.........bass boats....and I waved to them and they just looked and ignored me. guess maybe cuz i was in a deepv and not a ranger/triton/nitro/etc etc. oh wait, a couple did wave back. well, sometimes people are concentratin' on maintaining control of their boats while at high-speed, yeah? well, that's one way to look at it so I don't get too upset. :) tight lines everyone. deepv's fish4 and catch bass too!
    City: folsom

    Tips: try everything worth trying...every time i turned around, my big bro was changing up...and sooner or later, he was settin' a hook. so be willin' to change up and don't get stuck or limit your options.

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched from Holland Riverside at 7am. Didn't venture far from the launch ramp. 4 or 5 dinks and 1 about 4lbs. All came on a white frog. 3 more on a Berkley Power Worm in red shad.
    Good Luck All
    City: antioch

    Tips: Throw the frog in weed pockets and along weedy points

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started out early with the high tide. Did very will on a small lunker punker between the bank and the weeds. The topwater bite has been on lately. This is my third trip in a week with topwater being the ticket. Lots of solid fish. Did manage to score one Striper to 10 lbs.
    City: farmington

    Tips: Work the banks on high tides. work the weed edges on low tides. enjoy the topwater while it lasts.

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

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    Water Temp: High 70's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Me and my buddy launched around 6am and caught about 10 up to 3lbs before 10am. I was fishing cranks and spinners shallow around docks in Discovery Bay early on. Then after that didn't manage to boat a single one. I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on what to throw later in the afternoon.
    City: Oakley

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Montezuma Slough for stripers. On the water at 6:00A. Within 10 minutes of reaching my friend's favorite spot, I caught a 8 lber and he caught a 6 lber. Later, I caught one around 15 lbs. Got off the water at 9:00A since he had to go to work. We also hooked and lost 3 other stripers.
    City: Dixon

    Tips: Used 1.5 oz Rat L Trap and white hair raisers.

Monday, August 16th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 77

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: STARTED FISHING @1030AM, LAUNCHED OUT OF ORWOOD.
    STARTED FISHING IN KELLOG, NOTICED BABY DUCKLINGS AND A TON OF FRY???? WHATS GOING ON?? SHOULDN'T HAVE THIS TAKEN PLACE 3 MONTHS AGO? NO WONDER FISHING IS SO TOUGH NOW. I DID WIND UP CATCHING A SMALL LIMIT IN WOODARD AND OLD RIVER, MAYBE 13#S FOR 5. MOST FISH CAME ON DELTA SPEED TRAPS, DID GET ONE FISH ABOUT 4#s ON A WHITE FROG.

    Tips: COVER ALOT OF WATER, LOOK FOR SHADED POCKETS WHEN THROWING THE FROG. I DID MISS MY SHARE, BUT I THINK THEY WERE JUST PLAYING WITH IT.

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out about 4 times the past three weeks. Fished mildred, connection slough, and franks tract. Each trip we pulled anywhere from 6-8 bass. Most of them were small but we were able to catch a couple 4 poudners. One on a small crank and the other on drop shot. The frog bite was dead for me, everywhere.
    City: pleasant hill

    Tips: We caught our fish on senkos, drop shots, punching beavers, and a couple on my favorite wake bait ;)

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: wow it's been a while since i've been fishing on the delta due to heavy traffic of ski boats n all. Fishing sunday in n around slough hoping to get awayz from skiers but that didn't happen. Caugh 2 keeper n 6-7 dinks. Caught them on top water, drop shot, wacky, n frog. It got pretty crazy out there so we decided to switch over to striper with no luck
    City: elk grove

    Tips: Get out early n get back in b4 all hell break loose. Ski boat pulling skiers behind them n take the middle of the river n won't allow u to pass. Wat could one do but wait behind them til skier fall or they pick a side. I swear some of the ski boat people got no respect for others boater. When Skier falls we slow down n give them distance. When we fish the come along aside of us n causing big waves , which them wake boat have the the means to do and cause us to fall over n get our boat all wet. I swear sometime i just wanna cast a rattle trap across someones face to give them a lesson...rattle trap 101..tips today is to stay kool n focus..haha..words to ya motha

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Ray, Delta is windy most of the time no matter where you go. We usually launch from New Hope on the north end and in 'the meadows' area there's alot of islands and trees that block wind...fishing can be hot/cold but you gotta watch the tides because the low tide can ground you.
    City: folsom

    Tips: because i'm on a deepv and my trolling motor is only 55lbs, i anchor on good spots and sometimes a single anchor just drags anyway so at least it slows me down on a drift. if i want to stay there, i double anchor.

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I'm a new boat owner, and trying to get used to the waters. I have fished Clear Lake with some luck, but the 2 hour drive gets old. I'm about an hour from numerous ramps on the delta, so I though I would give Franks Tract a try, but the wind...WOW!! The wind was so bad, and was told it blows a lot this time of the year. Is there a place on the delta that is out of the wind this time of the year.
    City: Fairfield

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 74-78

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Another great day on the delta and it was made even better watching a 9 year old boy learning to fish with his dad. Take your kids fishing, trust me, they will love it. We caught over 20 fish on a variety of baits. The best producer was rip bait fished shallow. Join my Face Book by clicking "like" @ www.toadsonly.com for up to date informaion.
    City: Tracy

    Tips: Fish are in less than 2' of water. Look for cover and shade for big fish.

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    Water Temp: 74.9

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: LAUCHED OUT OF ORWOOD ABOUT 5:30 AM, FISHED ORWOOD RIVER FOR ABOUT 2 HRS, USING TOP WATER PROP
    BAITS, SIVER OR CHROME AND KILLED UM , 29 FISH BEFORE 11:00 WHEN ALL THE WAKE BOARDERS CAME OUT TO PLAY, OUT BY 11:30 FOR LUNCH, GREAT DAY FOR ME
    MOST FISH WERE 1 TO 3 LBS, AND AGRESSIVE TO HIT THE PROP BAIT, CAUGHT SOME ON PLASTIC WORMS, BUT TOP WATER FISHING WAS AWSOME, KEEP TIGHT LINES RB
    City: PITTSBURG

    Tips: GO DURING THE WEEK LOLF

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at 7am got the first fish in the boat by 7:10am. Fishing little grass points outside of little breaks where the water was moving trough pretty good. Stayed with that pattern throwing finesse baits and ended up with 5 good fish about 19 lbs. bunch of shakers too! Bassaddix
    City: Hayward Ca

    Tips: Fish slow, work the baits with focus. Also stay next to the hydrilla clumps not really in them. Good luck! Bassaddix

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 71-76

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Floatubed in whites launched at 630 am at about7am i caught a 7 pound14 oz largmouth on a super spook worked slowly.caught a few more bass flipping and on a chatterbait.decided to finish the day punching in about 8 to 10 feet of water to isolated mats and thick weeds caught a 7 pounder at high tide.Pretty good day for size,but caught a lot of small fish also.overall i had about 18 pounds.
    City: Fremont ca

    Tips: Tried a frog in some of the places i punched with no luck just one blowup.The fish seemed to want topwater worked superslow or punched plastics out in the deeper water in the middle of backwater sloughs.

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    Water Temp: ~70-72

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went three times this past week with varying ranges of success/failures. In the mornings and an outgoing tide I have had luck with Pop-Rs and white frogs. No luck on the buzz bait except for it the evening with an incoming tide.

    After the topwater bite stops I have had some success finding small-medium sized fish with weightless TX rigged Senkos right up next to the tullies. Black has worked the best but have also had some luck with purple.

    During the heat of the day, find any type of shade and fish the hell out it. Drop shot, wacky rig, etc. they are there you are just going to have to try and convince them to bite. If you make a loud cast leave the area for a couple of minutes and return back.


    I have really had some tough luck fishing low tide. Only places I have found them is in about 12-15 feet of water and with no pattern or consistency.
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Try some different sized and colored plastics.

Friday, August 6th, 2010

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    Water Temp: forgot to look

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Ladds. On the water at 0530 hrs. Fished Mildred Island area. Partner caught fish ( 5 or 6 ) using Buzz bait and I tossed a frog, nothing. Went to wacky rigged worms. We caught a TON. All day. Inside or outside the weed line. For a little while we tried punching and only got 1 fish. Went back to worms. Dark colors, black and blue. Tried lots of other colors but went back to dark colors. Best fish-4 lbs lots of 2-3
    City: Fresno

    Tips: wear sunscreen

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Ladds...On the water at 5:30pm for the evening bite. Started by Flipping Senkos on the backside of the weeds. Caught plenty of fish...but...no size(all about 1-1.5lbs). Started throwing Buzzbaits, Pop-Rs and Frogs. Caught one 3 lber on a Pop-R and one on a Frog.
    City: Visalia

    Tips: Bite was good and caught plenty of fish...Definately worth the trip...Stick to what your confidence baits!!!

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Here is a video of how to modify the rubber on a frog...http://www.monsterfishingtackle.net/frogfishingvideo.html
    City: Delta

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: anyone know where i can view a video on how to change the live rubber in a frog? please post a link if so

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

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    Water Temp: 76-79

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Today the California BASS Federation Nation had the honors in taking out the "Stockton Ports" Baseball Team on the Delta with one fan per team member. Three fish limit for six hours, lauching out of the Webber Point and fishing the low Delta. Most of the bass were caught on Craw Speed Traps, Flipin a Brush Hog, Senko Blue/Black,Horny Toods and a LV500. Big fish was 5.26lbs and winning weight 10.50 lbs.
    City: Rocklin

    Tips: Have fun and becareful... ware you Life Jackets.