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Monday, April 7th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 59-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the south delta area with Dan Mathisen. Windy and cold, tough fishing but Dan put us on some good Bass. Boated a 5, 8 and 9 pitching senkos.
    City: Fresno

Friday, April 4th, 2008

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    Water Temp: low 60s

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Cliff Croxall of Benicia, CA and I fished April 4&5 (Fri/Sat)in the Frank's Tract and Mildred areas. Air temps were a little warmer than at clear lake, but still cool and windy (wore warm clothes all day). We caught 20 plus bass in two full days of fishing. Highlight for me was catching a 6-6 on a jig/sweet beaver combo in 6-10 feet (my biggest jig fish to date). She was all spawned out in the mid-section but had a huge head (probably a 7-8 lb fish a couple weeks prior). Cliff caught three or four 4 lbers. The rest were in the 2-3 lb range. We primarily pitched sweet beavers on a 3/16 oz texas rig (sprayed grass) and 6" senkos in green or purple. The primary pattern to success was pitching to tule island points with deeper water nearby (5'-20'). Following the high, outgoing tide seem to be best.
    This was my third time fishing the delta. Finally starting to find a method to this madness. Some of Cliff's club members stated they were catching bass on red cranks and spinnerbaits along rock shorelines (7 lber on spinnerbait). We took several great pictures with cliff's new digital camera that could have ended up on the cover of Basswest magazine!
    City: San Diego, CA

    Tips: fish tule island points with deep water access, during the outgoing tide.
    If you get "blown out" of Frank's track with white caps, head to the Holland/Mildred areas where it remains calm and out of the bay breeze.

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: d-castro hang in there, the last two weeks we either hit them big or struggled all day. spinner baits worked a week and a half ago. jigs black and blue still ok, chatter bait with swim sinko guarenteed.speed trap crank bait on the rock walls 50 50.today we saw a ten pounder caught on chad crank, it was not us,two days ago fished the incoming with crank and spinning nothing to speak of then put a chatter with a sinko,got a 4 5 5 8 lost a 6 to a seven at boat within thirty minutes then nothing after tide whent high, use the sinko off island tullys when nothing elese works
    City: san ramon

    Tips: weather change are the days not to miss....

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Blue daddy ranger, help me with tips,info,temps, depth. Dont want yours spots, just tips. Frequently you post toads on pictures, great job for you obvisouly you know your delta, so any advice would be apperciated, thanx. my e-mail is posted if you respond.
    City: Lathrop

    Tips: Dont have any but, John does.

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched off of 8 Mile road just out of Stocton and stayed within 5 miles of it for the morning. Started early and got nathan on top. Went down with spinners and swims and still didnt do to well. Finally worked a floating deep diving excaliber crank in shad and picked up a few. Dad got some on 4 inch worms splitshoting. Pretty poor for the Delta, Any suggestions would be appriciated for a newer ficherman
    City: Sactown

    Tips: Could use some.

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: hey you guys wanna catch a few bass and maybe some stripers go hit up the levee in disco bring a bike and ride all the way out to the river and start at the pipes and just keep going before i got a boat thats what i did all the time caught some nice fish and usually the scenery is nice too ladiesssss yeeeah good luck
    City: compton

    Tips: spinnerbaits or rattletraps are the best bet stick with it you will get them

Monday, March 31st, 2008

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched from Ladd's at 8 a.m. and man was it cold. Headed for 14 mile slough and caught a 1.5 on the first cast. Well you know what that meant - next bite came 2 1/2 hrs. later. As the tide rose and it warmed up some the fish started to respond a little bit but not what I was hoping for. Caught 11 fish up to 5.9 but the next biggest was just 2.5. No real pattern to speak of, just threw everything in the box at them - 5" senko worked the best, two on a jig and three on a white spinnerbait and that was it. It really hasn't turned on for me yet this year, seems like it's still a little on the cold side. None of the fish caught today showed any signs of spawning, their tails looked brand new.
    City: Stockton

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 55.0deg

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Any how you guys .....went out B&W late 10:00 am took the wife with me and fished around, to find not alot going on saw the weigh in at launching ramp I think the biggest went 9.0lbs good job you guys at the tourney. only boated one fish wind was a pain in my a#$. and cold threw swim baits all morning no takers , one on senko, going to wait for a little more consistant weather and for the water to warm up . going to fish with swim baits first part of spawn, going to lay down senko and all other baits and be patient . looking for a personal best. sorry not a good report . they are there saw nice fish coming in at tourney weigh in. just need to locate and move around and find them . tight lines to all c ya on the water. PLASTIC MAN1
    City: Elmira Ca

    Tips: Keep on fishing , dont give up! throw it all at them, its going to bust loose soon....

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Russo's at 7:30am and fished the Tract. Lots of boats in my planned area so tried Old River and only got a few dinks. Around 12:30pm went back to the Tract no bites so when we were just about to quit my buddy Hanson hooks a 6.2 and I get a 4.9. took a picture of the 6.2. Both fish were released and hopefully will make another angler happy or at least give us some more little ones!
    City: So. San Francisco

    Tips: The 6+ was caught on a Helix and mine was caught on a watermellon senko. You never know when that fish is going to bite so make that last cast when you can. Water is clearing up nicely so get out there when you get a chance.

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 55.7 deg

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: well went out of b& w at 6:45am Did some great fishing today it got windy today every one was looking for a break . lots of big fish, had a taker 8 lbs or more, lots of dinks on senko , broke out the ol mighty swim bait and what a day i had up to 10 fish today, noticed the tail on the big one was flat on the bottom, you all know what that means, yep its that time of year. get out and beat the water to a froth, saw my friend dave out in his boat with his buddy and they were doing great catching some nice fish . we were both out of the water at noon. Great job Dave it was tough fishing today but we hooked it up all morning. going to go out tommorrow morning and hit it again, looking for the monster bass.. got to get a digtal scale, mine is on the blink, will have one by tomorrow. tight lines, c ya on the water.. ps. water is clearing up nicely
    City: Elmira Ca

    Tips: throw it all at them fishing is getting good.. throw them swim baits. find where there stacked up slow roll on the swim baits, seemed to work for me around syphon pipes , and any large stuctures may not produce quanity , but will produce quality.. be patient

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched @ B&W 6:30am. Went south. Bent rods, two 4 lbs in the box. Eight more 1-2 lbs. Got windy, went around Venice and got into a few more 2-4 lbs. Senkos brought'em in. Seen Plastic Man land a huge 8 lb bucket mouth near one of his favoite spots. He showed us his secret - plastic of course. Then he released it. Had a great day except for NW wind. Thanks for all the advise Plastic Man.
    City: Vacaville

    Tips: Have Fun. Throw what you know. Have a brew dad and Get Bent.

Friday, March 28th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: On a solid reaction bite from 7:00am to 10:00pm at incoming high tide. Caught about 15 plus fish nothing bigger than 4.5lbs. Bite slowed down a bit but picked up again about halfway of outgoing tide stuck another 10 fish on plastics. Best 5 were 19lbs. Another great day on the Delta.
    City: Tracy

    Tips: Fish, fish some more and then fish some more. Success to all there is alot of quality fish right now.

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went our with Floor Guy my side kick. We were just having fun. Hit the out going tide in the afternoon and fished for 2 plus hours. Not really being real serious and caught five fish. Five minutes before we were done landed a 12.5 lbs. It was my p.b. and I have only been fishing for 6 months in the delta.
    City: San Ramon

    Tips: Used speed trap crank bait and stuck with it.

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: DID OK TODAY.TWELVE FISH.TWO GUYS, FROM 1LB TO 8LBS.3# 4# 8# the largest.. VERY WINDY GOT THEM ON OUT GOING TIDE NEAR WHISKY SLOUGH ON SPEED TRAP CRANK BAIT. NO LUCK ON SPINNG BAIT OR CHATTER BAIT.HAD WEATHER BEEN BETTER WOULD HAVE KILLED THEM.the wind did cut the day short..
    City: SAN RAMON

    Tips: KEEP CHANGING IT UP. THINGS SEEM TO CHANGE ALMOST DAILY.REACTION BAITS ARE WORKING. DONE FLIPPIN...

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 58 -62

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I have been following the Delta fishing reports and decided to fish the Delta for the first time this year. Thanks for all the good reports. My buddy and I fished the Franks Track area all day because of the wind. In the morning, there was an outgoing tide. The water is still muddy but the temperature was up to 58

    Tips: We could see other fisherman having success with other techniques. One person said, he fished a reaction bait all day with good success (I don

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

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    Water Temp: low 60's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: On the water at 7:00A. Was trying to fish the Mokelumne but it was windy. By 10:30A, my fishing buddy had caught 1 keeper size fish and a bunch of small ones while I didn't get one bite. Decided to hide out in Hog Slough. Within 90 minutes, we caught 12 keeper size bass. Best 5 - 20+ lbs. One of the 5- lbers looked like she has just fished spawning while the other 5+ lber was still full of eggs.
    City: Dixon

    Tips: Fished 1/2 oz Rat L Trap in the weeds. Bites were light. Pay full attention when casting with the wind -- lost 3 lures on levee rocks yesterday because I was b'sing and not paying full attention.

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    Water Temp: forgot

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: fish west side of franks tract 9am -12pm caught 6#,3#,2# on crystal craw speed trap and blk blue chatter bait no takers on jigs or senko
    City: oakley

    Tips: can't wait for clearer water

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Well finally hit the delta after a year and half break, @ 9:00am I launched out of Del's (Rivers End) Headed up Old River to the big Island, fishing a incoming/almost high tide.Flipped shallow and seen fish jumping in deeper water

    I backed out to deeper water and started cranking a red speed trap fished all the way back towards Del's I threw everything jig tight/deep,blade on points right up against the tules on outgoing, Dead sticked a senko,Threw the big unit in wood/weeds/pockets,Even threw a Popper up in the tules on high NOTHING!

    Ran up Victoria way fished the low tide red crank on out side weed line produced five 2lb. rats .

    Off the water at 5:00pm I did not see one crusier or bed fish most water down south is still muddy but I did find clear water up old river back behind the island out of the current spot looks prim but no takers.

    Get back into the swing of things, I'll find em and post the report

    Tight Lines
    City: Tracy

    Tips: I have no clue been fishing this river for a few years n ow and I am no expert but I tried my tried and tested true tricks today and just could not get on the bigger fish. Guess its just a tough bite saw 2 other boats out today and both said the same thing tough fishing! I guess go fish franks tract and give the south a couple more weeks

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Finally got a chance to get out and decided on the Delta. Started at Franks at 7:30am hit a few spots for nada. Started fishing Old River and found some clearer water. We ended the day with 7 fish all were about in the 2#s. Fished mostly rock with sparse tulles on them and all looked like males. All were caught on Dark colored Senkos but lost a few on Pitching jigs. We tried spinnerbaits, Plugs and some top water stuff but got nada. We only fished the Outgoing tide. Beautiful Day!
    City: So San Francisco

    Tips: All I can say is find a difference in water color and have some patients. Fish were hitting light. The last four fish were caught in the last two hours of the tide. I lost a few pitching jigs in Black and Blue color. Add a little weight when the tide moving fast.

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    Water Temp: 55 Deg

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: First i would like to apologize to the gentleman below, no hard feelings .Went out of b&w resort 6:45 am with a friend cought the tide just right first 10 min of fishing dave hooked in to a 4.5lber fished all over found them stacked up in some places . kepted moving alot and fishing alot of water had 6 fish . stayed in mokulumme river ,tower park bridge, fished all the way down potatoe slough, found them on venice island, had a fair day it will get better as spring comes on, threw it all at them today , but pattern that worked was of course 5 inch watermelon senko water was fairly clearer in patatoe amd mokolumme river than south delta going next sat and sun, off the water at 10:30 am
    City: Elmira Ca

    Tips: move alot and find where there at . cover lots of water cant go wrong with senkos