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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Union Point, Victoria & around Coney. Couple of stripers followed but no hookups. Cloud cover so I was hopeful. Water was like glass. Fished ripbaits & big hammer swimtails.

Monday, January 4th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: the tournament director said that to avoid the problems of the pro not signing you up correctly or decieving the non boater. to sign up by yourself. i know what everybody will say. more people on a waiting list with more deposits and memberships being wasted. not a good moral or ethical way to run an organazation that operates on the local fisherman's memberships in my opionon
    City: anderson

    Tips: its good advise ,dont give your money to anyone you dont know,and keep your money local. it will help your community.sign up early or dont fish .they will cut the fees in half again and there will be twice as many people on waiting list.lol. just my opinion for those who dont have alot of money.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: sign up with a local early dont let what is happening at shasta happen to all of you locals .these are the opinions and views of carl.
    City: anderson

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

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    Water Temp: below 50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Best winter fishing I've ever had on the Delta! Fished Vic from Union point to the new steel 8 am to 4 pm. Got a few schools ignited with jerkbaits outside the weedline. Caught maybe 20 keepers with the best 5 going around 18!! Now I can say I was Rippin' Lips! lol
    City: Sunnyvale

    Tips: Back up off the bank and when you get into a couple fish, work the area for more of the school.

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    Water Temp: 45 Deg

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Spent the day getting my boat ready on sat went out on Sunday launched out of Lauritzen Yacht Harbor In Antioch . first time I launched there was a nice place Bathrooms were nice plenty of parking etc . took wife and daughter out with me , I told them it was going to be cold, they did not believe me, anyhow they got cold . Got some minnows for the kid put bobber and minnow to see if she can catch some crappie my daughter is 10 yrs old . nothing on the crappies , I did hook up with some schoolie stripers in the tulies east of harbor with tiger stripe shad rap. Other than that got the boat out and ran it looking forward for the spring
    City: Elmira

    Tips: leave the wife and kid home when it is cold

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    Water Temp: 48 degrees

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Whiskey Slough at about 6:30 caught a 4.6 pound large mouth about 7:00 on a reaction bait on a out going tide....didn't catch any thing else all day.I'm new to this delta fishing so if anyone has any tips i would appreciate it thanks.
    City: Turlock,CA

Monday, December 28th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey, Igo4bass My pops loves to fish for crappie Being winter time can you help me out with some crappie fishing for my pops. Are they around this time of year ? If you dont want to respond here on the forum you can e-mail me with some info. Thanks, Plasticman1
    City: Elmira

Monday, December 21st, 2009

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    Water Temp: 47.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Rivers End Marina on the south side at 06:45. Water was 47.5 all day. Started throwing top water for Stripers, nothing. then got one on a luckycraft jerkbait about 20 inchs. We also got only one Black about a pound and half. Had a two come unbuttoned . We went from Rivers End to Union point, Disco Bay,Italian, Victoria Island and all points in between. Saw No Stripers busting on top,hardly any birds overhead. Threw everything,Spooks,Jerks,Blades,Senkos,Cranks,jigs,and nothing seemed to produce. COLD fog by Union, then at noon it started to rain. Rained hard by 3pm, so we called it quits. Tough fishing,but hey we were fishing on a monday and had the delta to ourselves. It was fun running around at 65 mph with no Wakeboarders around.
    We just need a little color to the water and some warm rain from the south to perk it up. I have never seen the Delta water so clear, esp. in late Dec. after several rains.
    We will get them next time. Ray
    City: San Francisco

    Tips: Wear your life jacket! If you fall into 47 degree water you won't be able to breath or swim.

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: 7:30 am launched out of Big Break....fished surrounding marinas for Crappie.....caught 6 and 2 Red Ear....off the water by 11 am
    City: Antelope

    Tips: 1"sassy shad did the job

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 47-48

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Korths around 7:15A. Headed up the Mokelumne toward Hog/Sycamore. Encountered dense fog most of the way. Fished Hog/Sycamore using crankbaits and Punker for linesides. Did some bass fishing with plastics. No action at all. Saw a lot of boats bait fishing Mokelumne for linesides. Headed back to Potato Slough and Mokelumne/San Joaquin area. Partner caught a 14 inch bass on a senko. That was the action for the entire day. Off the water at 2:30P.
    City: Dixon

    Tips: A lot of dense weeds in Hog so tough to fish a many areas using crankbaits. Great for cranking punker but no action.

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Ended up winning the 'Hook Line and Sinker" tournament on Sunday. We used "Lucky Craft" rip baits.
    City: Oakley

    Tips: See RBBassfishing.net for details!

Friday, December 11th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We were hit with a bad cold front about a week ago. That storm only produced about an inch of rain, which wasn't enough to muddy up anything (which is good). Right after that storm passed there was about three or four nights straight where the lows were in the 20's. I'm sure at that point all the fish (stripers, largemouth, and baitfish) were all in a state of shock. NOBODY, was on the water those few days, but I'm sure it would have been tough out there. Thursday night some cloud cover and light showers came in and it stayed relatively warm, 40's. My guide trip on Friday got canceled due to the weather, but at around 10am a buddy of mine called and convinced me to get out to the Delta and check things out. The weather looked absolutely perfect, but I still had some doubts because of the freezing temps from a few days before. We only had 3 hours on the water, but we caught six (3-5lb) stripers. All on 3/8 ounce white hair jigs. I threw top water about 75% of the time, hoping to catch a big one, but only had a couple swirls behind the bait. Slowing down was the key. Wish I threw a rip bait around a bit. Definitely think the baitfish are trying to get out of the current.
    City: San Bruno

    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>

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 64 deg

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got out at &:00 am from B&W resort . started throwing sweet beaver With no success Threw around some blades water was still a little cool but real close to perfect water temps in the Mokoleme River Moved around till I found them stacked up caught numerous fish on beds with a shallow running crank bait. Was fishing parallel to the bank ripping crank bait. Broke one off of good size but nothing big .All in the 2.5 lb size. Only got a couple hrs in fishing today due to a problem at home.. Never got to get to my Honey Holes. It looked promising though so get out and get some fishing in, Im sure the water in South Delta should be perfect . Got daughters b-day On sunday and a funeral on Sat. So keep reports coming in. Tight lines to all c ya on the water
    City: Elmira

    Tips: Shad rap shallow runner out side weed lines on low tide and rip them along shore line Rip- Rap on high tide .

Monday, November 30th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: started off foggy 6;30am got a 3lb by ramp while waiting for fog to burn off, on a senko. no other bite for 6 hours until shaker striper 16 in. that was it, but a beautiful day outside
    City: pleasanton

    Tips: look for running water

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished for stripers for 6hrs and caught only dinks. Threw swim bait and spoon. Been out a few times this month with same results. Where are the stripers this year? Are anyone doing better?
    City: modesto

    Tips: Staying home and keep warm.

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 53.6

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: spent 3 hours down south rippin and crankin. caught 12 bass (5 keepers) rippin flats NEAR current. all in all great morning. off the water by 9:30
    City: san jose

    Tips: rip baits worked extremely slow did the trick.

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 7am- 430 pm...started foggy and ended up partly cloudy with very little wind..40-63F

    Water 55 degrees, clear from ladds to Mildred...5-6 ft visability easy.

    fished from tide 0.1- 3- 1.2

    Caught a 20" striper, caught an 18" striper and about 10 , 12" bass.

    Most of the bass were caught on drop shot with a MMIII robo worm.

    and the striper on a 3/4 oz rat-l-trap
    City: Atwater

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

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    Water Temp: 55-57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished on a friendly tournament with DBT (www.deltabasstactics.com). Great group of guys. Look for structures with the warmest water you find in the protected areas.
    City: San Ramon

    Tips: Progressively work your way down the water column - top water, sub-surface, 3-6' and so on until you find fish.

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: fished from 8am to3pm.thru senkos on rock banks near franks tract caught 4 bass to 4.lbs also fished potato with lucky craft lv500 in ghost. caught two more 2.5 to 3.lbs ok day fishing tournment this weekend hope to do the same.
    City: sac

    Tips: fish slow rocks seem to be the key

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 57.6-59.8

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Left Pirates lair to fish the last 2 hours of the outgoing and the first 3 hours of the incoming. Headed to potato slough and thru top water baits up close and tight to cover and tossed swim baits parrelel in between the sumerged grass and the rock levees. caught 3 bass and had a few followers. tough bite for me.
    City: Napa