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Friday, August 22nd, 2008

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of H&H today. Had one early on a buzbait right next to the ramp. When it was light enough we moved down to Threeriver Ranch. Caucht a 5 pound striper on a poper. Thought it was a giant and then I noticed he was wearing a tuxedo. Threw a frog all morning with no takers and one strike. Finally I gave in and went to my strength and started crankin. Picked up dozen or so between 10 and 11:30am on rip-rap. The Biggest went 5 or so with a few real dinks. Off the water by noon. I guess any day is a good day when you out-fish dear old dad!
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: I should have given up on Kermit earlier and thrown the buzz. Threw a poper, Frog, Fluke, and flipped a Bluegill colored tube with no takers. Cranked in Crawdad and Parrott colors to 6 feet with the bigger fish coming next to the bank. Good luck.

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 70's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the outgoing tide until 1pm from Whiskey to Mandeville Island with my partner FloorGuy and Adam. Top water bite in the am was slow, only one fish. Fished the rock walls and tullies at various points and caught Fish up to 2 lbs. Used worms and sweet beavers (green with red flakes). Caught plenty of fish the best 5 probably totaled 18 or so lbs. The largest was 5 lbs. Released all the fish for another day.
    City: San Ramon

    Tips: Keep changing your tactics until you find what works. Keep on the move and change you fall rate on your plastics.

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    Water Temp: 73-74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Haven't been out in months for one reason or another. With the wind blowing yesterday, decided to fish Sycamore slough to get some protection from the wind. Didn't want to deal with the algae or mats so only fished areas that had little or no algae. Fished 3 hours and, between my partner and myself, caught over 50 bass but nothing of size. Biggest one was around 2.5 lbs.
    City: Dixon

    Tips: I mainly used a 1/2 oz shad colored Rat L Trap while partner used a 3/4 oz chrome w/orange & blue trap.

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    Water Temp: 74-78 Deg

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Disco Bay at 8:15am wnet just outside of the 5 mile zone and caught the 1st bass by 8:30am a 1 Lbs on a Lucky Craft Pointer 10 minutes later hooked into a Striper that weighed 35 Lbs on the same Lucky Craft took 15 minutes to reel in,what was he or she doing in that area.Fished till 11:00am caught 3 more bass up to 2 lbs.Fish pictures of the Striper are at discovery bay launch bait shop.
    City: San Ramon

    Tips: Caught all fish today on Lucky Craft Pointer Tennesse Shad,Tried Senkos nothing at all today.

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 79-81

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Started with the intention of flipping wacky in discovery bay, but then something amazing happenned! We started to see swarms of striped bass busting on shad everywhere. They were litterally throwing themselves up against docked boats! Gulls were getting in on the action as well, divebombing the shad and getting a bite every dive! You would see the minnows jump then you'd see the bass right afterwards! So we picked up our shallow divers and cast into the swarms with nearly each cast catching a fish. None were keeper size, but it was alot of fun for about 3 hours. Fish after fish, the largest went for 15 inches. Saw larger fish jumping but didn't catch those ones, maybe the small ones took it before the big ones could get ahold of it? Anyhow it was alot of fun. After the bite turned off we went for the tules past discovery bay pulling texas brush-hawgs and flipping wacky both in just one color...watermelon seed. Works every time. All three of us caught limits of largemouth with the largest going for 2.5 lbs. Finally got to that island past the bridge (Golden Gate Ski Club?) late and hammered a few in the shade.
    City: Hayward

    Tips: The only bad thing about launching at Disco Bay is the hours. Would have liked to get a little full moon bite, but hours there are from 8am-9pm.
    Does anybody out there know where another ramp is that would be fairly close to the Disco Bay marina???

Friday, August 15th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 74-77

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out friday morning and fished the outgoing tide from 6:00 a.m until about noon.Caught a limit with big fish 2.5lbs.Had good success with senkos fishing between the Bank & weedlines.
    City: Manteca

    Tips: Get out during the week.The weekend crowd isn't worth the trouble.There are a lot of big boats and most of them don't seem to care if they hammer you with a wave!!

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: took pops out for some father/son time competition. Things started out well for me with some nice 2's and 3's. My dad caught on with what I was doing to catch them, and thats when fun time turned into trash talking time. He was on the back seat wacky wormin 6" worms and he was killin me. There was one stretch where he caught 3 in a row...all solid sized fish. he started to get into my head with each little jab he threw at me with each fish he caught. He was awfully quiet in the morning...but he was all laughs and smiles with all the fish we boated. Biggest only at 5lbs...but we caught tons of chunks near holland tract. The biggest ticket for us was the low tide and right at the start of the transition from low to hi tide. Worms were the ticket here, withces T, delta special, arons magic. Pretty much any bluegill related color got them to bite. Drop shots and wack rigs were the meal ticket.

    Even though i got whacked by my dad, the trip was fun and all the sweeter to hang out with pops.
    City: ec

    Tips: Tule Berms with a big deep drop. All banks on the east side were working for us...shaded pockets, and shaded areas next to isolated tule clumps...had all the fish positioned for us to key in on. if you havent caught on with wacky worming...youre missing out!!!

Friday, August 8th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got a late start, fished 1030-1440. Spent bulk of time fishing senkos and drop shotting around Frank's on the receeding high tide...caught nothing but alot of wind which made fishing difficult. Switched to weighted brush hog in/on weedline for last hour, before being blowed off the water, finally landing some nice ones-- largest fish 6#.
    City: Frank's Tract

    Tips: Watch what all the more experienced guys are doing around you.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Terrorizing the black bass on cheap skirted 1/2 0z jigs(blu/blk red/blk) with brush hog trailers around the docks and rocks at disco....Then a POP-R or Spook for at least an hour. At night, the waters boiling. Banks are producing 2, 3 lbs mostly on top.
    Jigs are producing hawgs as usual in between the banks and the weed line. Biggest was 6 lbs on the drop. Slammed it. Same results on the hidden ponds in my backyard.....but better fish.....Is this heaven?
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: I fish JIGS all year round.....They produce big fish and thats that. Flip em, let it sit, tension, count to ten at least if you can and SLAM, if not jig it soft, or not, then let it sit keep your tension count to 5 then again......Start over. Catch most on the cast, so if no hits on my second third jig, flippin 4 feet to the right or the left...so bam....Senkos can be so boring.....But produce. And crank baits too.

Monday, August 4th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: saved up cans for gas and fished for 5th time this year..... use to fish 5 times in 2 weeks in the old day (2005).Nice day no wind but couldnt put it together.Crankin and wormin .Lookin for boatless to show me new water in rio vista area. backseat always open for info exchange
    City: hempsted,ca

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: SOUTH DELTA IS ON FIRE!!!WOW 30 POUNDS CRANKIN

    Tips: run the tides with the right baits and you will do well

Friday, August 1st, 2008

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Sugar Barge Thursday around 5pm after work. Threw Senkos and Crankbaits, Caught 6, biggest was on my new combo i bought at Bass Pro Shops, a 5.11 pounder, first fish on that reel and rod! Then launched again Friday morning at 7:00am, Fished the tules, docks, and rock walls, and picked up to more hawgs on the new reel and rod! A 4.7 and a 7.2 pounder, (My personal best!) within ten minutes of each other. This pole is on fire! We caught 10 fish total for the day.
    City: Pleasant Hill

    Tips: Buy a new combo from Bass Pro Shops, specifically the new Abu Garcia Reel. Make good casts, and make sure to understand the tide and where to fish at what times. Best fishing was when tide was going out.

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 76-81

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched from Orwood and fished Indian Slough to Discovery Bay. Had numerous fish to 2 pounds cranking the weedlines with a bomber 6a - chart&blue. Fished Lido bay with wacky rigged purple sencos and caught quite a few small fish. Headed to Woodward but the ski boats put a damper on that but we did see two topless blondes which made up for not being able to fish. Had a hard time convincing my clients we needed to leave Woodward to search for clamer waters.LOL. Finished the day out around widow isalnd with sencos and crankbaits. Big fish of the day was 5lbs-2ozs on a senco.
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Change colors and run the tides as the better fish for me are coming around low tide on the outside weed edges. Good luck and happy hooking...

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Good trip out of B&W. Launched at 6:30 and had a 3.5 on the boat before 7am. Got one on a popper; man that is fun fishing watching the blowups! Finished with about 14 fish in the 6 hrs up to 4/4.5 range. A few dinks in there as well. The hot bait was a red sinko with flakes. We pulled about 15 pounds worth of bass in before we ran out of that color. They also liked the green with blue flakes. All wacky rigged and weightless.
    City: Rocklin

    Tips: Toss close to the tulees.

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 75 to 79.3

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: At 6:30 we launched at Orowood. We were looking for new water to fish. We fished Disco, Victoria, outside of Mildred, Franks and Holland. Our best 5 were just over 26#. The threre biggist were 6.43, 5.68 and 5.08. Were used weightless watermelon Senkos, cranks and 1/2 oz jigs. Most fish were close to the tullies.
    City: Antioch

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: We fished from 8am til 4pm... We fished Indian Slough, Old River, Widow Island and Discovery Bay. Numerous 2-3lb fish on Sencos... Big fish of 8-13 on a Bomber blue and chartreuse 6a crankbait... Backe up by another toad of 8-04 on the same bait in the same water...
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Fish Discovery bay with blue and charteuse Bomber 6a's.

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 72,73,74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: great afternoon bite.first fish of the day was pushing 4..went on for a 20 fish day..best was around 23 pounds..i wish that future pro tourny was yesterday..but that 's how it works..i hope everything holds up..this is the delta who knows

    Tips: fish to your strengths..also try the phenix vibrating jig....

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: CORRECTION ON THAT DATE ! Meant the 23rd..not the 16th..
    City: Sacramento

Monday, July 21st, 2008

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    Water Temp: 77

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Started at 10am. Didn't get any bites on senko, wacky rigged, nada. Jig, nada. Was going to give up at 2pm, but decided to use a horny toad. Got 2 fish 3 and a 4 pounder. called it the day. Too windy.. when will we start getting the nice clam summer weather??
    City: SF

    Tips: Dunno, i guess horny toad...

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 76.6

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished around the dissapointment slough area.A twelve hour day catching two 4 pounders & many three pounders with a total of 21 bass..Used 6 inch Senko's red/black & brushhogs with 1/2 oz..fixed bullet weights..Also did some drop/shotting with 7 inch Robo worms & 1/2 oz weights...
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Senko's worked the best at the top of the tide & the outgo for two hours then the bite shut off..Switched to the brushhog with weights and that was the ticket.....A hot day...93 degrees! Dropshoting never produced a fish over 2 pounds..