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Monday, May 26th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 64 to 68

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out with my brother to find new areas. Early in the morning near Franks we got a 7.4 on a red Speed Trap. Then a 3.5 on a crank bait. We bounced around different areas heading up towards Beaver. A total of 12 fish with our best going almost i8# for five.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: If you are going by an area that you like, stop and give it a couple casts. If you find fish great, if not keep going.

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: best five 34+ my partner caught two 7+ and I caught two 7+ and a 5+. one on senko two on crank two on frog central delta.can't beat the delta.
    City: galt

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

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    Water Temp: 71-73

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished 3 days last weekend. The wife and I fished the Fresno Bass club Tournament. The bags where anywhere from 12 to 35+ pounds. The morning bite is starting to come on as is the crank bite. All in all the fish are where they are when you find them you will get 2 or 3 in the same place. For a fun time fish the back of coves and cover in both tides with the high being better. Find the deep drops at the weed edge at low tide it may be only 5 to 8 feet off the weeds. On the tide changes remember out going brings the bait fish out as the same on the in coming brings the bait back into the weeds and cover. Play the POINTS on the rolling tides. As for gear. "IF" you want to use braid on you line remember to use a lighter rod or a leader as to have a sight shock obsorber as braid has NO give. If you can remember not to set the hook so fast it will work well. Also if your breaking Fish off set your drag a bit looser. You can land a 15# fish on 10# test with a good set-up. But I do admit I tend to use braid a lot for crank-in and blades.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: Rattle traps in Craw along the rocks. Sinkos in darker colors in the back of cuts and in the weeds. Blades about any where slow roll them. Frogs did not work all that good but, give it a week or so. I worked hard for my fish while my wife just drug a sinko and we both had nice fish. so slow is a good idea. Have a great time and good luck.

Monday, May 19th, 2008

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    Water Temp: warm

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: With the current gas prices my 6 gal tank in "BASSBUSTER1" will be towards the empty side a little while longer. So I decided to just fish the two coves (Ladd's & Sail Boat Club).

    I hit the water about 1130 am and started in the channel along the rock wall with weighted senkos and cranks. The bass were stacked at the point along the sail boat club. Then proceeded to the back of the cove to my "Froggin Corner" as I nick named it. Three nice bass up to 3 lbs. on the frog. Then flipped the boat docks on my way back out the cove. Flippen tubes and 6 " curly tail worms were the ticket here. Pitch the lure as far into the shady side of each stall you can with out getting hung up on the ropes.

    High tide was starting back in by the time I reached the mouth of the cove. I then ran the boat to the back of the cove behind Ladd's and started chuckin my buzz bait and also the frog once again. My 6 lb. big fish came on my buzzbait and a 5 pndr on the frog.

    Not bad for not being able to run out to Dissappointment Slough. A total of 15 bass today just staying local for a change.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: it's time to start hitting points with plastics or look for the heavy cover and work the frogs.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started at 6 a.m. this morning with a high tide. Began in Disappointment Slough and then moved into White's Slough a little later in the morning. Things were slow at first but changed for the better as the day wore on. Started with a texas rigged brush hog with marginal success in the first hour, then switched to top water which saved the day. Stayed on top until 1 p.m. when I pulled out. Managed a 5.78 on the brush hog with a couple of dinks and a 4.89, 3.67, and down from there on top water. Ended the day with a total of 16 released at the boat. Good day.
    City: Lodi

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Wanna catch a striper guys, were do I go and what do you recommend I throw (artificial)?

    I am going to go out tomorrow 5pm-9pm.
    City: Sacto

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 67-68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fred and I launched out of River's End Marina, stayed south fished around Coney and Widow's Island areas. Caught 10. Biggest only 2#. All caught on Green Senkos and Basstrix swimbaits silver with a slight lavender back (They work, but geez those things don't last long!). All caught in a 1 hour period, 10-11, along a 75 yard stretch of bank with scattered tules and rock wall near gaps in the wall toward a flooded island. (Made the 5 hour drive up and back worthwhile ;) Tried real hard with frogs and jigs but no takers (not a bump). So much thick aquatic vegetation everywhere made it hard to fish anything else. When we landed at 3:30 it was 107 deg. Big thanks to the owner of River's End who gave me a bolt to fix a bunk on my trailer that had dropped out.
    City: Monterey

    Tips: Bass seemed to be interested on shad vice crayfish or frogs.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Is it better to catch black bass on incoming tide or outgoing tide? The tide table for Sunday 5/18 shows around 3.3 high at 3:55am leading to a low of -0.3 at 11:23am and then back to a high of 2.4 at 5:30pm. This info is for the False River area of the Delta.

    I want to take my wife and kids out there to catch some fish and have some fun. I am still trying to understand the peak fishing times and lunar phases. Can somebody explain that in greater detail for me?

    I just want to increase my odds to catch fish so the kids will enjoy it and come back out with me. Your help is much appreciated. TIA.
    City: Alameda

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Stuck some solid fish today. Biggest was a big female at 15lbs the rest were 8lbs, 6lbs, 4lbs and several 2-3lb bass. All on whacky rigged senkos. For the sake of the Stren tourney going on I cannot give any more info for location.
    All my fish were caught in current and wind blown points. My PB day on the Delta, long overdue. Success to all
    City: Tracy

    Tips: Fish hard and fish in the wind even though it's miserable the bass don't mind.

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went fishing with my partner Floor Guy at the start of in coming tide. Tried the tullies and got a couple of fish with spinner baits. Started fishing with plastics about 9:30am and stayed with it and we ended up catching at least 20 fish. The fish were scattered between the rock walls and the tullies. The biggest one was about 5.5 lbs. I lost an 8lb fish right at the boat. The water was clear in areas. It was windy all day. The majority of the fish were near Tiki.
    City: San Ramon

    Tips: Plastics seem to work the best right now. Remember that when you catch your personal best. Take some pictures, get the length, the girth and the weight if you have a scale and put it back in to breed. You can get an exact duplicate made from a mold out of plastic so there is no need to keep it. If you want to eat some keep the smaller ones.......

Monday, May 12th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hats off to you Plastic Man. I too launched out of B&W that day. The highlight of the trip was runing into Kent Brown and Gary Dobyns who were also launching from B&W. Those guys are class acts. Kent gave my partner and I two Triton hats.

    We Fished from Francs Tract to Sycamore Slough. Boy it was windy!! I thought I was going to capsize my 17.5 boat!! Ended up with six dincs between my partner and me. Threw everything at them Senkos, Swim Baits, Sweetbeavers, speed traps, D shots, Split shots, Darter heads etc. I'll get them next time!!

    Tips: Next time I'll follow Brown and Dobyns to their secret spots Lol.

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    Water Temp: 65 deg

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: well dont know where to start. went out of B&W resort the north wind was just a howling it looked like sand storms on my way to ramp dust every where . my wife was with me and we talked about just going home but didn't happen! we launched and that was the best thing i did all day! the fish were hot today 15 fish today never went further than 2 miles from ramp caught some really nice fish today . stayed around marina and tyler island east side to try to get out of wind speed traps were a hit today senko was the killer though. watermelon red green flake 5" took some really nice pics going to post up biggest went 5 lbs lots of 3 lbers i think my digital scale is on the blink cause it only read 3 but i know it was bigger. Anyhow had a great day thanks to my wife who took all the pics and getting to be quiet the boat operator ,Noticed fish are getting more aggressive with the warmer water fish are swallowing plastics deep! Saw some bass schooling some shade grabbed crank bait and hooked up with a couple of dinks. it was great.Same place we saw them Dave this time I was on top of it.. going to try to get out again before i go back to work wind or not, get out and JUST DO IT...tight lines to all Cya on the water "PLASTICMAN1"
    City: Elmira Ca

    Tips: 5" senko red green flake texas stle, shad speed trap. Look for the perfect formula and you will find them stacked up

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Muddy (0-2 feet visibility)
    Report: Got out around 11:00 Brannan Island lots of tournaments boats on the water what

    Tips: Tips: Find cleaner water and have fun.

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    Water Temp: 64 to 67

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: We caught over 20# in the Future Pro on Saturday.
    At our first spot we caught a 5.3 on the third cast, ten minutes later a 6.4. Both came on a red Speed Trap. Same spot twenty minutes later we caught a 6.5 on a weighted Senko. We ended the day with over 20#.
    If you hear any info from Cooch, add it to your plan. Dee and Cooch were the speakers at the pre tournament seminar on Friday. Cooch talked about using red Speed Traps and weighted Senkos.
    Thank You Cooch for the all the honest info that you give to all who ask.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: If you are catching good fish in an area and it slows down, leave it for awhile. Go to another area and then go back.

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    Water Temp: 62 DEG

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well me and dave went out at 5:30 am did some good fishing. biggest went just under 4-1/2 pnds dave caught and released all his fish, good job Dave at the helm today. we caught fish on senkos blades , speed trap no takers on swim bait or pig and jigs close to maybe 15 fish at end of day covered alot of water, Dave broke one off early in the am most likly it was a nice fish . my last week off going to try to get it in next week every day if possible . will keep report flowing in took some nice pics going to post them up. Saw some stripers schooling some shad almost did some killer sight fishing ,a little out of our reach
    City: Elmira Ca

    Tips: fish are stacking up, move alot and find where they are .look for perfect formula for bass! "good structure" "deep water with shallow bench" , "scattered tulies and good current" with rip rap , and most of all.."moss beds" Tight lines to all, cya on the water

Friday, May 9th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 70 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Vacationed on the Delta May 9-16. Stayed at B&W. Had warm weather with a couple windy days. Fished most of the popular spots from Whites Disappointment Middle River Mandeville and areas south. Pretty good spinnerbait action most days with a few 3 lbers mixed in with the 1-3 lbers. Most fun was fishing a jig and DW Beaver rig in black/blue or junebug. Caught numerous 3-5 lbers and several 8,9 & 10 lbers. Cooch was right when he said the river was fishing like February and I know he fishes jigs a lot. I caught 10-15 quality fish each day. Lot of boats around with the Future Pro and Stren events but lots of room for everyone.
    City: Oak Park

    Tips: Had better jig action on rising tide. Caught some senko fish but they were smaller. Chart spinnerbaits, black/blue jigs dw beavers, senkos. One of the best fishing vacations to date for me. Have fun !! Dan Curtis

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    Water Temp: 66 to 69

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Tried dock fishing for the first time in DB with my fishing buddy. GREAT morning bite. About 10 bass between 1 1/2 to 4 pounds. All on senkos. My buddy lost a big fish on a dock. Dont know how big it was. She couldn't even get him to the surface because it was so big! I also lost 2 good size fish. Around noon, the bite died. Tried fishing a channel with some flooded islands. Third cast, I hooked a MONSTER bass on a spinnerbait. Got her half way to the boat and she spit my bait. I was hurt. That bass would've weighed in at least 8 pounds or more. Overall GREAT day of fishing.
    City: El Sobrante

    Tips: Senkos all the way. If your bait isn't right on cover, you're not going to get bit.

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

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    Water Temp: ??

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went to DB to my buddy's dock with my son for a quick fish last night 1st cast with double wide beaver stuck 8 pounder - I let my son reel her in....only fished for 1 hour caught another one male 2 pounder. Was getting bit but had to go. Just a quick fish at the end of the day.
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: Teach kids to fish and reel them in to gain experience for our future to continue.

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: oh yeah let it be known, retired from san ramon was with me i did not catch all thoes by my self, although we both got nine, i did get the largest of them all at 6lbs, but honestly his first cast he landed a nice 4lber....
    City: san ramon

    Tips: dont forget to mention your buddy in fishing report cause he my get butt hurt.....

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: had good day today,caught 18 total best five 23lbs got some early on high tide on spinner bait then the gail force winds picked up had to get off the island tullys went over to tiki and got in some cover, used sinkos and lit them up. that bite slowed and some how the wind slowed up to so went to rocks and tullys got them again on spinner and speed trap.as the wind yet picked up again choose not to fight it and called it a day.so as plastic man said lots of pictures and let them all go...i only hope that everybody else lets them go, if you do keep some keep the two and three pounders leave the breeders to do their jobs for future fishing days....
    City: san ramon

    Tips: if its to windy find some cover use plastic...