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Saturday, February 21st, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: went out this morning threw ,cranks, spinner,baits senko, with no takers water was really muddy worked all really slow and tried to get pattern with no success got out at least to get lines wet and run boat and get ready for spring time No takers today
    City: Elmira

    Tips: get out and make sure outboards are up to snuff and your gear, and get ready for the best time of the year coming up

Friday, February 20th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 49-53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started in Little Venice for the first hour and didn't get a bump. Ran to the tract and got bit here and there. I threw everything, but could only get bit (11 times) on the jig. I was surprised the quality wasn't better. I didn't have a fish over 2 1/2 pds. However, it was pretty much dead calm and sunny the whole day. Hardly the best delta conditions. Would have love to have been out there on Sat, but wanted to stay out of the way of all the tourney rats. Saturday's weather was that good delta weather and it showed with the weights in the American Bass tourney.
    City: Roseville

    Tips: It was typical fishing on a calm late Feb day. I expected the fish to be scattered and they were. some in 1 foot and some in 10 feet. Bite was pretty light. I was just blown away that I didn't get bit on anything but my prototype jig.

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 49.5-50

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Brutal weather day, sideways rain and high winds!! So we threw the deep diving craw crankbaits all day on the rockwalls around Frank's. Fished them as slow as the blowing wind would allow. Probably would have been a shorter day but my Bro caught 2 fish right away to get us going. Total for day was 6 fish- 7.5, 6.5, 4, 3, 3, 1.5.
    City: Ripon

    Tips: Deep diving- Craw pattern crankbaits on rock walls sloooow.

Monday, February 16th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 50s

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out today with not a lot of hopes with the storms and the winds and everything. got out and fished and it was 48 degrees air temp, 20 mph winds and raining. not the best conditions. fished for about 2 and a half hours until it got real windy. caught a 5 and a half pounder of a spinnerbait. no other bites. through a crankbait as well nothing
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: dont really have any except for rain and wind equals bad conditions to fish in. spinnerbait was a revenge black widow color

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out today expecting to get a few fish. started throwing swimbaits, swimjigs and chatterbaits. one missed bite on the swim jig jigging by a pipe. the fished and had no bites for a few hours. tossed out a revenge shad color spinnerbait an and 2 3/4 pounder nailed it. than tossed out a lucky craft mad craw color crankbait and caught a 3 3/4 pounder. fished a little more and had one more bite on a white and chartruse spinnerbait
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: keep covering water and try 2 find a pattern. the fish will be descent fish at least 2 pounds. dont expect to catch fish left and right. about a bite per hour.

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tues was fair and cold. Could only manage 5 bites all day.Decent quality -- two 2 1/2- two 4's- and one 8 plus. However, it sounds like we should all go to Franks Tract. Most fish came on rock-jigs and plastic.
    City: lodi

    Tips: I still think they strted there move.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Can someone explain to me how to find a 13 inch senko? Is this the type of bait to use on Falcon Lake where two stickbaits are glued together? Big baits=big fish I guess!! Glad to see more reports are starting to come in, keep em comin' boys!
    City: manteca

Monday, February 9th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 50.9-51.6

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched at whimpy's and fished the back sloughs in the morning and caught 5 spots averaging 2.5 and 1 smallie about 2lbs. before noon got a decent bite in lost slough ended up with 7 all caught on 6" roboworms on a drop shot rig
    City: sacramento

    Tips: concentrate on river mouths and points out 4-16' all fishes where pretty schooled up . dragging slowly was the key

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fished franks from 7am to 1pm sat. for 18# did the same on sunday for 30#s fish came from 2 to 17 feet DELLA BAITS 13in sinko brown&orange big fish sat. 5#er sun. 10#er.
    City: rio vista

    Tips: FISH SLOWWWWWWWW.

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Thurs. in the rain and like Cooch had action from 9:00 till 12:30, and afternoon reallly slow. Caught 8 total w/ an 8 and 7 in the mix--the rest were regulars(2/12 to 3) On Sat. only got 6 , but in the same time frame. Confuseing because Sat. was a nice day and I would have thought afternoon would have been better. 5 regulars and one garilla(11 1/2) my best delta fish to date. fish came on plastics in heavey cover and on rocks. Big girl was on rock in about 3ft.
    City: Lodi

    Tips: Fish are starting there move - you know the program.

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 50-53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished with a client yesterday, rained early, then stopped until about 2:00pm when it started again. Bite was really good during periods when it was raining and very slow in the middle of the day. Most fish caught on the rocks with deep water near by as the fish are once again with this storm as the last, moving up and becoming aggressive. Many patterns are still not there yet for this time of year and the bite can still be tough if ya plan to fish tulles all day.
    City: Oakley

    Tips: If you for any reason plan to catch fish and put them in yer livewells, either fer photos or tournaments this weekend, be sure ya bring yer needles! The fish here are just beginning to run up to the bank ta feed from deep water and heading right back down. Even here on the River, when doing this, their gass bladders will fill quickly when placed in yer livewells.

Monday, January 26th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 49-52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught 3 LM (largest 3lb4oz) and 2 stripers. LM seemed to be relating to the inside edge of weed lines on the windward side. Stripers were caught on the slack water adjacent to the ends of tule islands.
    City: San Ramon

    Tips: All caught on a suspending ripbait (LC Pointer 100, ghost minnow).

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: warmed up a little but still tough fishin. my partner and i caught 3 LGM with 4 bites. largest fish went 2.5 and total weight just over 6, not impresive but it beats being skunked in JAN. all fish came on drop shot (MM111 robo worm) in a 8' weed line
    City: oakley

    Tips: don't know if it's relevent but all bites happend as soon as the sun was over the area we were fishin. i doubt the water warmed up but my partner and i took our jackets off!!

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 45

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: sturgeon bite just got a lil better. started out fishing out at little cut during the incoming tide for about an hour and caught and released a 69 incher and had a few shaker stripers.just as the tide went slack i decided to fish the flats at grizzly island, had no success so i pulled up and went towards the mothball fleet in about 11 feet.just as the tide started going out i managed to land a 59 lb diamond back a about 15 anoying flounders and 2 schoolie stripers. all the fishes was caught on ghost and pile combo. great start hope yall do the same
    City: sacramento

    Tips: bring you heater

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 42.5 deg

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: well went out today from B&w resort water in Mokelumne is around 42 deg, really cold threw senkos slowed the roll , threw some crankbaits slowed it down with no results fished really hard picked up and went to franks track threw swim baits till my arm was sore change over to my spinning rod with swim baits (easyier to throw) no takers water at franks was 43.5deg and stained fairly decent got cold and came home . fished most of the day with no results will have better luck next time did some recon for this spring
    City: Elmira

    Tips: good or bad day it was nice to get out and get lines wet

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

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    Water Temp: 50-55 deg.

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing for stripers is ok if your using live bait. Lures that look like shad are getting lots of action, also rattle traps, both on a slow retreive.
    City: Tracy,CA

    Tips: What ever lures you are using, try a slow retrieve.

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    Water Temp: 40's I think

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Managed to find Raley's open at 7:30 with a full book of fishing licenses. Thank you Raley's.

    Fished all over today... from Mildred dodging the shotgun blasts all the way back inside of Franks. Caught two by Mildred with two other misses and one in Franks. All stripers just keeper size. Is it me or is the striper population diminishing dramatically? Shims jigs and rattle traps were the ticket today.

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: fished franks tract today only caught 1 fish and it was a nice one. the rip bait/reaction bite is all i can get going lately. no takers on the jig or drop shot. is anybody catching jig fish? if so how? white jigs (shad patern) or standard brown or black?
    City: bethel isl

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    Water Temp: 45

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Paradise. Partly cloudy with slight breeze. Fished outside weedlines in 10 feet of water with a Lucky Craft suspending Pointer all day. Caught clone 1 and 3/4 lb bass with the bait just suspending there on the weedline. You just see the line swim away during the pause... Water cold and clear, even after the recent rains.
    City: Manteca

    Tips: Bites are few are far between. Sharpen those hooks! All fish were barely hooked, didn't need the pliers at all!

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Mr Tkboogie thank you for answering my question. I was curious about the area you were fishing. Thank you for the tips! Now if I only knew where I should concentrate on catching stripers OVER 10 lbs. I've been catching lots of 18 to 30 in. but nothing over. I guess I should throw bigger lures. I've been fishing the flats like many others and caught two LMB that were about 9 lbs. and the other 10 lbs. by accident in dutch slough while throwing a swimbait! That really made my day! I bought a couple of super magnum 9in. zara spooks. A black zara and a trout pattern spook. I Guess I will be trying those as well as a MS SLAMMER. I just wish I knew where and what depth I should throw them.
    City: san mateo