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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: thanks for the reports. when does the killer fall bass bite start ?
    City: sacramento

    Tips: go when its red hot

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 62-63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My buddy and I had a friendly competition today. We fished in separate boats and mostly different areas. I couldn't believe how clear Franks Tract was. I left that area after about 2hrs with no fish. I went up river looking for warmer water and hoping the large boats would cause the water to get some color. Caught one keeper on a persuader 1/2 oz spinner bait, a bunch of small dinks on a 5 inch clear grub,and a 6 pound salmon on a 6 inch grn pmp Senko!!

    I left the main channel after catching just one keeper . I Met my buddy near our launch/check-in he had 2 keepers to my one. With 15 minutes left before check-in I nailed a 2 pounder on a drop shot and won the compitition. He was mad!!!
    City: W. Sac

    Tips: ??? I fish against my buddy this friday. I plan yo call randy pringle for some tips. Due to the clear water, I probably will downsize and drop-shot a lot.

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Great numbers day for stripers. Caught close to 40 including one black bass. Used cranks. Best luck on North end of Frank's. One 19" was big fish of day. Any advice on where to go to catch bigger ones?
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Keep hooks out of your fingers.

Monday, October 20th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 60-64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I spent a couple of quality days at the delta this last weekend by myself. I really tried to focus on fishing a specific kind of water instead of just fishing what APPEARED to look good as i usually do out here.. I focused on finding a lot of moving water and finding the fastest moving currents that i could get in and it payed off well in the moring when the tide was coming in. I was throwing three baits, black buzzbait, bill lewis traps, and coochs new wadda bomb.. i really buckled down and focused on my presentation and it payed off because in the first two hours i had almost 16 pounds sat morning.. as the day progresed i stayed in the moving water and ended up close to twenty pounds for the day which is not huge.. but from what i have heard from all the boys, i would have gotten payed!!! I fished mainly the mokolme river and some parts of franks but at this point if you find the fastest current you can get in you will get a good bag!! All in all i had a fine trip to the delta well worth the 300 dollars in gas!!!
    City: Citrus Heights

    Tips: Dont waste your time fishing area's that get pounded every week.. Be creative in your fishing style and go with your instinct.... Be more productive and more attentitive to what you are doing with your bait instead of just chucken the baits out there.. Also do your HOMEWORK. i spent a great deal of time this week studing Coochs website and Dan Mathisons website learning what the best of the best do out here.. They fish for a living for a reason and they know what the heck they are talking about!!!! Thanks again fellas..

Friday, October 17th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 60-63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fished the Berckley Big Bass Event sat and sun. got one fish right over 4lbs, won some money it. caught it on a Berckley Critter Jig. no fish sunday but there were fish caught by other anglers. I fished and fished the mats beating them to death with a berckley type bait(cant remember the name of bait). I guess I was fishing in the wrong area. but I would like to thank all the Berkcley guys there Ken,Randy,and FPT-Vince, great job guys cant wit till next time,.
    City: colusa

    Tips: Hmmm, since I only caught one fish, dont have to many tips.

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Stripers are slowly working there way into Disco Bay. Be catching them. Fish on.
    City: Discovery Bay

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 56-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished yesterday at the Delta only to find the fishing was tough!! The NCCC was won with a combined weight from SIX two man teams of (23/30 fish) for 48.9 lbs. The second Place team had (23/30 fish) for 48.6 lbs. The weight for this event is usually double that. A lot of teams without limits and the the wind never stopped blowing. The water temp dropped to 56 degrees at Russo's at blast off and warmed only to 58 degrees by weigh-in.

    Tips: Stay home!!!!

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

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    Water Temp: na

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: launched out of new hope fished the mokulemme slow for the first couple hours then thee spinnerbait bite turned on caught a lot of smallmouth up to 3 or 4 pounds almost all keepers on spinnerbaits chatterbaits crankbaits jerkbaits and shakeyheads
    City: sacramento

    Tips: fish your plastics very slow or drag a grud or robo slow but burn the spinnerbait close to the surface most of the time you can see the fish come up for it medium retreive the crankbait swim it past secluded weed patches 4-5 foot diving bait is probably your best bet

Monday, October 6th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Want to go out for stripers, can anyone give me location and what do? I am a beginner with stripers and want to learn.

    Don't sell the farm, just a piece of the pasture.

    Please email me.
    City: Sacramento

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: 3 of us went from 12-6 pm. caught 6.5# striper on deep dive crank and a few shakers on bait. located in whiskey slough.

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 69-71

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: 3 different water clarities depending on where you go. Caught 2 fish in the clear water but caught more fish in the greenish, stained water. Caught 1 fish in the muddy water. Fishing was neither great nor bad due to change in barometric pressure from yesterday's low to today's high.
    City: Cameron Park

    Tips: Didn't catch any on plastics because I didn't throw plastics.

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fished saturday and sunday (hook tournament). very tough bite. caught 2 fish over 6# on frog and buzzbait and missed 2 more that were in that weight range. caught about 5 others but nothing of size. talked to few guys after the tourny and they all seemed to have a tough time getting a bite.
    City: carmel valley

    Tips: get out there at day-break and throw a frog or buzzbait, great blowups!

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: putin newhope motor wold not start fished up stream about 2 miles in mokelumne on electric took five on speed traps darn four strokes
    City: sacto

    Tips: get a two stroke

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    Water Temp: 70 to 73

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went out to mildred island at 4 pm and we flipped around and frogged with nothing to show for it. then we went around some areas around mildred and flipped also nothing. after that we went out to a random slough and caught a dink on popper and missed to more. terrible day
    City: brentwood

    Tips: was cloudy for the first time in a while not sure if that had an affect on the fishing

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 70-73

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Out first light, fished White's and Disapointment, Bite was slow, but the size was there, got all the fish in a 100 yds stretch at White's.Got a 3# early morning on a BDS 3 and some samller fish on 5 in. senko. Also a 3+# Striper on a LC Pointer 128. Later in the afternoon got a 5#10oz on a Speedtrap and several other small fish. Tried some topwater with no luck
    City: Folsom

    Tips: fish slow, if you find fish, stay in that area.

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: went all day. caught 12 stripers, 1-5 lbs. partner caught 6-7 stripers same size. All on LV500s, up near big break/sherman area.
    City: SR

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hot Temps and no wind made for a tuff day. Threw everything got 2 fish until 4:00 p.m. then caught 4 more. Fished 9:30a.m.-7:30 p.m.
    Marked fish on drop offs. Couldnt get bit up tight or anywhere else for that matter. No topwater. Threw frogs and spinnerbait all evening. 1 strike.
    City: sacramento

    Tips: Hope for some cooler weather. Fish seemed to be suspended between shallow and deep water. They were not looking up at all.

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 67 deg

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went out of B&W caught some nice fish nothing big had a good time took a friend from washington his first time bass fishing He had a good time . other than having a slight hangover had a good day. seen lots of baitfish jumping in the early am Im thinking stripers are really close to start showing up in schools. was going to go this saturday but got snagged up, going to try to get out sunday
    City: Elmira

    Tips: all caught on senkos 5 inch watermelon texas style. no blow ups

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: First time on central delta in many years today. We launched out of B&W, and since its like starting all over again for us.....we began fishing the Mokelume at first light. Several missed bites pitching plastic crawdads; damn I'm out of practice!!! One blow up on a topwater. Went down Lil Potato, nothing to show for it. Took a ride down to fisherman's cut, and stuck a nice 4.5lber. Fished a frog hard down that way...no blow ups? Hmmmm. Going out tommorrow first thing in am.....need more practice!! LOL
    City: vacaville

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

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    Water Temp: 68 to 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went out to mildred in the morning caught one 2 pounder on popper. some more blows ups and some blow ups on buzz bait at about 6:30 AM. went out to a slough right after next to cruiser haven marina caught about 15 stripers and a miss of about a ten pounder on a jerk bait. went out to franks one dink.
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: topwater in early morning. use poppers in mornings and once the sun goes up a little switch to a walk the dog.