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Thursday, April 15th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 59.9

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: fished the south side with my buddy for 24 fish up to 6#'s . Mostly on Senkos 5" black/blue. Italian, Grant line,Coney Island. Most came on the falling tide on the outside of the weedlines.
    City: SF

    Tips: Dead stivk them real Slowwwwww. Wacky rig.

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got out about noon fished franks track caught a couple of 2LB's on senko's. Fished entrances to sandmound on the riprap bigest fish 3LBS. Bite was OK.

    Tips: slow down and weeds is a plus.

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    Water Temp: 59-62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Where are the new videos man?
    City: San Jose

Monday, April 12th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 55.5 Deg

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Had a window to get out on Easter day B&W at 5:45 am Had $ blow ups on Buzz baits . Took my brother out and did ok Boated 6 fish All were 3 lb class with a kicker of 5lbs All caught on rapala Shad 2 3/4 inch. Did pick up some on senkos watermelon green red flake Texas style. Stayed in the Mokolemme river had only little time before easter dinner . Had good bite on top water early in the am , got to be patient lots of big fish blowing up on buzzbait but no takers, maybe to fast of retrieve. going next weekend took friday off . Ordered stuff from Cabelas to break out # 7 fly rod poppers etc. that time of year for some good action with fly rod in the am will give report friday pm . going to have fun chat later, tight lines to all Plasticman 1
    City: Elmira

    Tips: Good weather coming up get ready for some good ol bass fishing at its best , cant beat the delta

Friday, April 9th, 2010

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    Water Temp: Cold

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well I just finished the CBC on the delta, placing third. I started the day just outside of frank's on a rock wall with tullies throwing a koppers craw, but only caught one about twelve inches. I then moved south and started hopping points all the way down to the east end of victoria slough, long pitching a zoom super hog with a pegged 1/16 bullet weight, trokar hook on 12lb. flourocarbon line soaked with pro-cure. this is what I caught all my keepers on. The key right now, I believe, is to make long pitch casts, so the splash and the boat don't spook the fish. I leave all electronics off as well, and let the lure sit, peel off line like you have a backlash, so the lure falls straight down and let it sit, the waves, wind and current will give it enough action and repeat on the next point.All my bigger fish came in water about twelve feet deep. I did not have a limit until 1 oclock and knew I needed another big fish to make the top ten, so I moved up near the west end of disappointment slough and started fishing boat docks. With the high sun and high tide, I figured they would be there, and they were loaded. I stuck about a seven and culled a couple more. The delta has been tough right now, with the competition from the sea lions and all, but hopefully this helps some of you getting ready for the WRL delta on the 18th. It's off to shasta for me and having only fished it one other time,so I'm up for a challenge.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Fish the lure slow and position the boat as far off the bank as you can.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Sorry to hear about your partner may god bless his soul .Im sure he will be missed. PLASTICMAN1
    City: Elmira

    Tips: none

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 59-62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished today with my dad. We started in franks throwing sinkos,craw speed trap and spinner baits and didn't get any bites. Went over to potatoe and fished rip rap and cought a few small fish. Picked up a stripper on a cast to get rid of a loop in my line to the middle of the channel.
    City: Napa

    Tips: Keep fishing..

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 57-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished around main channel outside Disappointment today. Got out around 9:30 and off about 5. Barely got my limit of 2's & 3's w/ several sub keeper size bass all on lipless cranks. I flipped sweet beavers and large senko's w/no takers. Going out tomorrow and try around the port maybe I could catch a few of those B.A.S.S. fish.
    City: Stockton

Monday, April 5th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: U go tell them Deltaking. Can't believe vinny(ignorance fool) label every fisherman with bobber are proacher or every bank fisherman in this case. They have the right to fish how ever they like, as long as it's in the legal guidelines. Does vinny actually sit there n watch them catch over limits? Just because he can't catch fish, now he gotta blame it on the bank fisherman. Get a life man or go frog hunting..there's plenty of those around, maybe that hobby u can alwyz catch something. I wish this vinny guy stunk every time he goes out fishing
    City: elk grove

    Tips: vinny <<---prejudice

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out to Mandyville area day after the storms for couple hours. Didn't expect much. Caught a couple 1-2 pounders next to current on traps. Missed a decent 4+ fish by the boat. No big fish caught. Still slow for me. Water was muddy/stained from storms.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Fish next to current to little ones, :).

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    Water Temp: 55 - 59

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: waited til after the rain storm so didnt get out until 1. Began throwing wacky senkos and flippin craw dad inmitations in black and red. caught one on wacky senko, one got right off at the boat but saw her nice 3#er. Also missed two flippin i jus couldnt get a good hook set on them bcuz such a soft bite. My dad caught three using a green pumpkin red flake worm. Biggest goin 6# right of the bank probly on a bed but we let her go.
    City: Castro Valley

    Tips: slow it down tried a little crankin and a chatterbait no reaction. NO WIND TOO!! weird huh

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

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    Water Temp: 57-58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Tough day today..caught several 2's and 3's flipping sweet beavers and reaction bait's. I usually like the wind but today was a bit more challenging. Otherwise it was a good day not having to work.
    City: Stockton

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

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    Water Temp: 53-61

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: bounced around from Franks to Woodward to Mildred / Mandville and it's still fishing tough for me tried a variety of baits.Senko and Jig were our baits but only produced small bucks and not many of those.
    City: woodpile

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Enjoy your reports Russ. However maybe you could consider double-spacing the long reports. Makes them much easier to read. Keep posting............
    City: Stkn

Monday, March 29th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 56-62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Friday, we launched out of Russo

    Tips: Please visit www.russnyders.com for more fishing reports, videos, and info on Northern California Guide Trips.

    <a href="http://www.russnyders.com/">Rus Snyders Guide Service</a>

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    Water Temp: 60-61.5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: After being at work all night a buddy and I hit the East Delta for a pretty productive day for around 19-20#'s for best 5. I caught my biggest on a chatterbait and the rest were flipped on doublewide sweet beavers brown craw color on the backside's of wind blown points. A productive day catching a total of 15 fish.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Buy the biggest trolling motor you could fit on your boat. I have a 80# on my 18ft tracker and it works wonders for heavy wind and current.

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 63 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Ran my custom Valco Bass Boat "BASSBUSTER 1" back behind Garlic Bothers this afternoon (2 - 6 p.m.) for the first time this season. Focusing on the new docks along the Brookside Homes. Tried cranks, spinnerbaits, and jigs with no bites. Switched to 7" Berkley Power Worms and finally got bit. Only 2 bass in about 4 hours of fishing. I was really surprised to see how poor the fishing was when I noticed the full moon.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Keep trying different lures and techniques until Mr. Bass tells you what he/she wants. :-)

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 59-60

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished thursday from 1pm-7pm caught 17 bass, biggest went 5 pounds. Best 5 went 19 pounds. Caught all of the fish on cranks, lipless and shallow divers, crawfish pattern. Also caught 11 striper and the biggest was 8 pounds.
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: Little faster retrieve worked for me, but I also had wind and cloud cover.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the high tide/outgoing tide this afernoon in east delta. Managed a pattern quickly. The low pressure system and wind must have turned them on. Had a really hard bite from one that pulled like a hog and then just sat down into the weeds. I was thinking to myself, this must be another 10 lber. Turns out it was about 4 lbs but went into the weeds and made it felt like a 10 lber.
    City: stockton

    Tips: Cloudy + winds = blades. They just wanted the blades today!

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Out of Ladds about 8:00am worked first two hours toward downtown hitting points off main channel; not a bite. Decided to work our way toward Mildred by hitting the cuts off main channel. My brother flips a 6" Green Pmkn/Blk Flake senko on the outer weed line and sets the hook; good fish! almost 12#; always great to start the day with a toad. So we continue to flip the weed lines with senkos and do OK. Caught about fifteen total with the best five going about 26 lbs.
    City: Hilmar

    Tips: Weed lines, slow presentation, dark browns greens.