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Saturday, August 29th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 73

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: On the water by 0600, off by 1300. Launched out of russo's. spent most of the day around little franks with not much luck. Very low tide. Early morning bite was all we had. caught 2 lm and 1 striper on chatter bait and drop-shot (mmIII). No size! Any tips would be appreciated.
    City: dublin

    Tips: Don't fish little franks in low tide!

Friday, August 28th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started in potato slough on the out going tide. Tried top water,spinners and frogs right off the bat with no hits. As soon as the sun was comming up we started getting short strikes and a few small bass. My friend began throwing a craw fish crank bait and hooked up on his next few cast along a rock wall. I had a top water pencil bait tied on and caught a keeper striper. we had a great time on the delta and will be back.
    City: Napa

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: same trip, same fish... two sides of the story...
    launched outta ladds up to the calaveras fished an hour and a half got 14 fish biggest only about 2 1/2 all drop shottin mmIII (fx sculpted 3 1/2's) wouldnt hit the longer ones.... 'cept got one crankin a shad color norman


    other version of the same boat trip... fished the frog got nothin back behind ladds or the calaveras... got one keeper on a drop shot in by 11.
    City: stockton

    Tips: drop the frog ...not workin today

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 69 deg

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Had a last minute ok to take my kid fishing. Off to wimpys we went close to home. Started at 2pm fishing right there in the mokolumne. Current is really moving again up there so i started looking for fish outside the weed edge in the current it diddnt take long pow a nice one on a spinner bait and a Florida Strain fat little bass with a creen colored craw in his mouth. Started flippin a new Berserk Baits Big Brawler watermelon red flake, flipping near wood and bamm! They were on it. Every fish I hooked my kid would run up and make me let her reel it in. She is 6 this is awsome she has some RB BASS in her DNA. Continuing up the mokolumne I started cranking near wood and POW the spotties came alive. Caught a few fish and my kid wanted a boat ride. So off we went out to the locke and up the Sac River. We went near the mouth of sutter slough and started cranking for little smallies and they were all little except one good one. Down to Steamboat we went and started using tubes and caught a few good ones on the switch of the tides. Moved out to the sac and watched the bankers keepin the smallies on night crawlers. Well its there right. we caught a bunch more little ones on Persuaders popping walker in a shad color. We had fun for a 5 hour trip Daughter and Dad little boat traffic and a lot of small fish. We caught northerns,floridas,spotties and smallies really cool.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Smaller line, smaller baits, light action rods, crawfish and shad patterns cover water..

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

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    Water Temp: 73-74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: In the spring the delta GIVETH, in the summer the delta TAKETH AWAY!! LOL
    City: modesto

    Tips: I hope these bigger fish make an apperance come fall.

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

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    Water Temp: 72-76

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: This was my first trip to the Delta. What a fishery started at 6:15am. My second cast produced a 3lb largemouth followed by 7 more 1 to 4 pouder's. All this in a quarter mile stretch of seven mile slough. After a lull in the action.I spotted a school of strippers pushing small fry to the surface. I quickly pick up a lucky 13 and before it hit the water it was fish on. I caught 7 strippers before the action stop. These fish were all carbon copy two pounders. What a place I will be back and back often. I never started the big motor and only traveled two miles from the dock. fished for 3 hrs then off to work.
    City: Napa

Friday, August 21st, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water around 4:30am. Broke off really big stripper at the boat (i forgot the net! Roll Eyes put around 15-20 bass in the boat most around 2-3lbs and 10-12 strippers in the boat most around 1lb, maybe 1.5lbs. All of the bass were caught on Dirty Jigs, shallow cranks in craw colors, and spooks. It was so calm all day out there it was weird....... and the water is extremley clear. All in all a really fun and exciting day, strippers are moving in, there are wolf packs of little guys running around, eating any lure you throw at them.

    Pic of the big girl for the day!!! my partner had a hog on but it broke the line on his fairy wand, i mean spinning real. 8lb test? on the delta?

    [IMG]http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb269/MM_145/Jims%20Fishing/100_1908.jpg[/IMG]

    Tips: Fish hard, they are hard to find. when you find a patten stick to it

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Sorry to use reports forum, just trying to get the word out...
    2 Day Tidal Challenge Tournament event Sept 12th-13th at Russos, Semi-pro/amatuer teams only.

    BBQ ,Raffle,Seminar with Randy Pringle all follow day one weigh ins.
    $150 entry $10 ins $20 options $20 BF

    Youth angler big fish awards and many cool prizes dont miss this event...

    go to www.rbbassfishing.net to get entry form

    Thanks See ya there RB
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Pre sign for early take off on day one!!!!

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: if your not fishing at night in the delta your missin out.. launched out at b&w at 830 pm and started fishing the rocky banks on the n mlkme river just above the georgiana slough and the first 10 cast landed 6 nice largemouth on a spinnerbait off the points.fished up the river and by the time i got to the the lil island up the river we landed 26 largemouth from 3.5 lbs up to the 11.02 toad we got on chatterbait. we ended the night about 2 in the morning with a striper frenzy below the hwy 12 bridge..
    City: sac

    Tips: just roll your spinnerbait slowly down the banks and when you get to the points work it good and youll be rewarded also a chatterbait on a flat will pay some dividends. also whats great at night no more anoyying skiers but dont forget you insect repellents good luck

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 68 deg

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out of B&W resort and what a mess Caught a few dinks . Heavy heavy fishing going on in the upper delta Bouldin was packed bass boats everywhere must of been a tourney going on. Launching ramp was full . Anyhow got my lines wet havent been out in a while . Been buisy working . Going to lapaz mexico for 7 days fishing for Tuna in sept Going to try to get back out before i go Hope fishing pressure backs off a little, Might have to go to some ol school spots
    City: Elmira

    Tips: none

Friday, August 14th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Columbia Cut, Empire Cut, then north to White Slough. On the water at 8:00, off at noon. Caught 6 black bass to 2.5 and 1 small striper plus a large fish that broke off. All but one on a speed trap, the other on a chatterbait. The fish were small but numbers seemed possible - had to leave early due to mechanical issue.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Don't overlook active discharge pipes. Smaller fish fun on light tackle but then you risk the break off like I had.

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    Water Temp: Forgot to look

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Took the float tube out on Thursday and hooked four. Biggest going about 2.5 right at nightfall. Used cranks, senkos, frogs and robo worms. Best luck on robo tossing to edge of weed lines.

    Friday I launched out of Holland Marina. Fished Connection Slough and Mandy. Caught 8-10 Black Bass and three small stripers. Had a few blowups in the morning on Zara Spooks but no hookups. All Black Bass came on robo worms or senkos.
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Happy to see stripers making their way back in. Can't wait for the weather to cool down so I don't have to listen to rap music from wakeboarders while I am fishing.

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at 2:30 pm at Russos, it was too windy I was not being able to fish at franks, headed to disappointment slough. Fished with senkos but just small fish. Put some topwater and Blue gill started to hit on it. I tried to punch some grass but only one action.
    Well headed back to franks in the end of the day, got a stripped 10 lbs on a spook, lost more 2.

    Tips: I am going after strippers, hehehe because I am not finding big bass, lately.
    Top water at sunrise and sunset seems to be getting stripers!

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    Water Temp: 77

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched outta Ladds about 10:00am headed for a drop off right off a tulie island point, threw a 1oz spinnerbait and suspending crankbait on it for about 45 mins and didnt get touched. We headed into whiskey and we fished there for the better part of the day losing one frog fish so we headed further back and started throwing the 1oz spinnerbait and crankbait again right down the middle of the slough, fishing the deeper grass and got nothing.We headed to the mouth of the calavaros throwing frogs and nothing there. Headed back to the ramp and on the way in decided to fish the boat slips and my buddy nailed two 4lbs and lost another about the same size on the frog.
    City: modesto

    Tips: Fished all day out in the wind and didnt get touched, we hit the boat slips where its nice and calm and hit a couple decent fish....go figure.

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 78-81

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Ladds about 3pm and fished the first hour along the meat wall with reaction baits; blade,cranks,frogs, had one blow up on swim frog.
    Headed to Turner cut and fished berms and then moved over to the north side tullys and had several blow ups on frogs but could not stick one. Started throwing a drop shot wacky senko and picked up three dinks on inside weed line.
    Moved back out to the main channel and cranked on about four pounds on a chart/shad Timber Tiger.
    City: Hilmar

    Tips: Keep moving until you find fish, if you throw frogs have a follow up bait ready!

Monday, August 10th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Holland at 4:00pm with my Daughter and her friend. I fished the center berm all the way down to the Bridge in Rock. I threw frogs and buzzbaits. 3 Frog fish all on the Sparrow color frog on red colored matts, not the real cheese thick matts. Biggest fish was a 4.3lb. the other 2 were 2+. Only managed one buzzbait fish also a 2+. I did not get any action on the white frog this evening. The Frog needs to be work very slow over the reddish color matts, little taps on the rod to make the frog jerk an inch at a time.

    Tips: Work that frog slow,slower with taps on the rod. I do not know why they would not eat the white? I think the Buzzbait was alittle to quick for them this evening. Keep throwing the Bobby D buzzbait in the open areas over the sparse weeds and hold on.
    Also watch out for the out of control women on the Jet cycles coming around corners full speed, someone is going to get hurt out there because they do not understand the Delta, or have any respect for anyone else on the water.

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    Water Temp: 77

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: out of ladds 7 ish (plug in the boat this time) 2 frog fish on calaveras and 1 dropshot all about 3 lb's ...two more frog fish and 1 dropshot at the duck pond...13 more on outside weedlines around disapointment biggest was huzbans 9 lbs on a frog...off water bout 4
    City: stockton

    Tips: put your plug in the boat b4 u launch and slooooow fish ur frog

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started out first light. The topwater bite was graet with the warm morning.Hit every point from Franks to middle river with a rattling topwater. The bite was ok. then my partner tied on a silent topwater bait and schooled me for the next hour. He landed 7 fish in the 3-4 lb range and 1 decent striper. A very good day for us.
    City: Knightsen

    Tips: The fish seem to want a silent bait over the rattling/noisy spook bait.Fish across the points. There were lots of 5-6 inch shiners in the water. The fish seem to be feeding on them.

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Orwood at 6:00 AM and headed to Disco Bay. Had one blow up on the frog in Disco but it didn't commit. Started to head toward old river and saw a school of shaker stripers feeding on shad. Partner and I caught about 15 shakers and one black on spooks and crankbaits before deciding to look for some bigger fish. Fished old river and rock slough the rest of the day and got 7 or 8 blacks, mostly in the 1-2 pound range. Pulled up to my favorite tree and stuck a pig on the drop shot only to have her come off right at the edge of the boat. One quality bite all day and she came unglued. Whatever we threw only seemed to produce bites when it was fished very slowly.
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: Slow down...and stay away from the first dock as you enter Cruiser Haven. Some idiot didn't like us fishing near his dock so he decided to break out his shotgun.

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    Water Temp: 70's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished out of B&W, headed towards potato and white's. Caught a few on a persuader double-buzz in the morning, then went to throwing a frog. Gave up after a half-dozen fish missed or wouldn't commit!!! Started punchin',stuck three and missed one good bite. Went back towards B&W and fished around lighthouse, stuck three more on a senko around the docks.
    City: EG

    Tips: Overall the delta bite seems a little sketchy. Try punchin' when you find decent water cause the frog is gettin' thrown a little too much in this area!!!!!