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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..

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    Water Temp: 73 to 79

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Mossdale turkey shoot with my son (had a ball)caught a lot of fish,largest 3lb. Son lost 2 between 5 and 8 lbs,hook too small on swimbait, darn those two would have put us in the money. Most fish on senco ,one 2plus on swimbait. senco on rocks,swimbait sparce tullies. great weekday turkey shoot come on out wed Aug. 13. blast off at 4pm , back at dusk. Launch out of Ladds. Jack

    Tips: Fish hard ,rocks and tullies mixed. Fish holding 1 to 6 ft.

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    Water Temp: 76 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the top of the tide just at the turn around Mildred Island..Caught 40 bass with 5.4 oz. largest...Used 6 inch Senko's Red/Black...Fish very aggressive the whole outgo...Very few dinks!..Not much boat pressure....
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Lots of water here, so RUN & GUN till you find them....

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: This is more a thank you report. I went out of Holland last Thursday (7/10) and after fishing for a hour or two with only a couple of bites, I talked to a fisherman who was doing real well. He gave me all the info I could've asked for and even flipped his favorite crank bait onto my boat so I could get a good look at it. Anyway, I didn't catch fish doing what he was doing, but because of his advice I did catch fish and was able to develop a pattern. I'm a real novice in the Delta and ended the 6 hr day with about 15 fish anchored by a 6lber. I know most bass dudes don't give out too much info for various reasons, but this guy did. So a big THANKS to the guy in the Pro Craft w/ the Mariner engine I had a great day.
    City: orinda

    Tips: Caught all the fish on Senkos, mostly on the ends of sparse tules, although the big fish came on shallow rock. Black with red flake seemed to work the best.

Monday, July 14th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 78-80

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: July 14th, 2008 - Launched from Rivers End Marina located in Byron California at 6am and fished until 3pm..

    Locations Fished - Grant Line Canal, Woodward Canal, Union Point area, Victoria Canal.

    Catch - 3fish over 3lbs, 8 fish of legal size but under 3lbs, several short fish .
    City: Byron

    Tips: Bait - 5" Senco motor oil with black flake, Rebel Pop-R in baby bass pattern and Bomber model "A" in the chartreuse and blue pattern .

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 78-80

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: July 13th, 2008 - Launched from Russo's Marina located on Bethel Island at Franks Tract at 12 noon and fished till 930pm.

    Locations Fished - Franks Tract, Little Franks Tract, Holland Cut Marina area, Discovery Bay.


    Catch - 9 fish over 3lbs, 14 fish of legal size but under 3lbs, numerous short fish and 5 small stripers.
    City: Bethel Island

    Tips: Bait - Bomber model "A" in the chartreuse and blue pattern was the most consistent bait all day and caught all of the fish over 3lbs.