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Monday, February 18th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 50's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched lazy m in Byron.
    Found some water plants in stained water, not muddy. After checking my usual spots, with no results.
    managed 2 fish, 3.5 and 2 lber.
    caught on a jig wth a yum trailer and a yum dark worm with a silver tip.
    City: Union city

    Tips: Rains will muddy the water up again, so I guess I'll hold up until end March.

    Trying to stay with the dark stuff w/ big profile. That what the pros say.

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    Water Temp: 49-52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Started the day off great, stuck a 6 ponder in the first ten casts. The fish pounded my WeedSlinger swim bait in about 4ft of water, hit it like a real toad. After that it was slow going. Threw everything from shallow to deep water. Fished weed lines to flooded timber with no luck. It was about 6-7 hrs later when my partner stuck a 7.9 ponder at the end of the day. We tried to stay away from the muddy water and find water that was just stained. It is hard to do but you will find water the has about 6 inches more visibility that most of the muddy stuff flowing in the river right now. First fish was in about 4ft of water, the seconded was in about 1 ft of water. Not the best day but I will take those two good fish any day.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Fish like a die hard, the bite you get are good ones

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished out of Paradise today and not one nibble. Talked to 3 different guys as they came in and only one caught fish. After watching this damn Seal eat this 8lber and then finish off his day with what looked like a 5lber I kind of know where the fish went. This Seal must have staked out his territory from Paradise all the way down to White Slough. Is there anyway to get rid of a pest like that? Attention Fish and Game if you are reading this, that thing is ruining the Fishing for everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We threw everything you can possibly offer and then some and not one nibble. Went down Disappointment, White and beyond and saw nothing but Muddy water. The water was High too.
    City: Elk Grove

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: launched out of holland. fished jigs w/ no takers, no bites, & no luck. hit the skinny 1-5 ft. range & the tule drops to 15 ft. cant find them right now. water was muddy & used rattles & lots of sent on my jig.... nothing. i know franks have been loaded w/ boats right now but whats the catch rate? anybody got a tip? to j.p., seals have been a part of the ocean & delta even before u & me. cant we all just get along =). had em steal a bonita & a yellowtail from me in 1 trip & a 30 something inch striper another time. no big deal, plenty o fish. just gotta catchem. struck out this time though.
    City: el cerrito

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    Water Temp: 53.5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Checked out Disappointment Slough and White Slough yesterday but the water is just too dirty to catch anything without hitting it on the head... I caught only one bass and it was small (probably under 1 pound). Today I visited Sycamore Slough and the water was much clearer and warmer. No luck though but it won't be long now... March is right around the corner and the weather has been consistantly fantastic.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: It's brutal out there, but anything beats staying home!

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 48-49

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hit Mildred Island from 9:00-12:00 (cut short-had big motor issues) Threw brown jig and 6" Hud. Water just too muddy still. No hits. Wife had one hit on black spinnerbait.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Have patience-water will clear up.

Friday, February 15th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Plan to head out delta this Sunday. Any recommendation in the water? I heard jigs work out the best now. Hows the fishing now? its been good weather for two weeks and i would assume the bass should pick up now tho. Please share some information please. Where to try and what to use. Thanks. Just trying to have a good day in the water.

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 50.9

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: The fishing conditions was tuff. the water was muddy brown everywhere i went. the only thing i think did not help me was trying to fish slow in the wind.

    i did manage the first fish for the year. one over 3 pounds. caught on a half ounce jig.
    City: san francisco

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: My first trip of the year fish out of pittsburg and fish all the islands to sherman I have been doing this for many years the large mouth bass in sherman lake are showing I have been sticking some nice ones up to 6 lbs I also have fished some new rock on some islands out this way with some fattys on it I love fishing out this way you guys can all stay out there in franks tract i will take pittsburg and antioch nice to have so much water to myself
    City: Pittsburg

    Tips: I have been throwing some really big zipper worms there really called wacko tackle worms and are about 8 inches long with a 3/8 bullet brass and black glass bead it moves a lot water good luck

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: 3 Tourney's crowded Frank's Tract pretty well. I fished from 7:30 am until 3:00 pm. Sun was out all day. Caught only 1 fish (7lbs). Caught it on a 1/2oz green pumkin jig in 4 ft of water on a tule point leading into Frank's Tract. It was very hard to find a spot to fish there were boats on every spot. A couple weeks of this weather and its on.
    City: Fairfield

    Tips: PATIENCE!!!!

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished weed beds in Mildred Island early.Cold and slow but managed 2 bass on weedslingers.Not a bad day being that I haven't fished the Delta since October.
    City: Farmington

    Tips: fish slow and dress warm.

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    Water Temp: 51-54

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: It's been tough for everyone, including some of the veterans I hear, but Cooch and Blue Daddy Ranger seem to know something we don't. Congrats guys, my hats off to you! I did manage one bite for 3 afternoon hrs of fishing. Water temp was around 52 degrees. I found the clearest water around from what people keep reporting and I think it made all the difference. It was a reaction bite in 3ft of water. Very subtle bite but it pulled like it was a donkey. She got me hooked up in a submerged tree and broke me off but not before my partner got a quick peek at her. He's convinced it was a giant! Hopefully that means more females are soon behind looking to feed. Can't wait to get out there again. Good luck!
    City: manteca

    Tips: Just as everyone else is saying, follow blue daddy ranger or look for the clearest water with some warmer temps. The big girls are coming out finally with this warming trend we're having. Watch out for wake boarders, I've seen them out already this year!

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished with my dad in Holland's Cut on Saturday. Saw a lot of bass boats zooming back and forth. We were using senkos and jigs mostly, near structure along the rock wall. My dad caught 2.5 and a 4 on brown/purple jig with a cinnamon w/black and purple trailer. I missed one setting the hook. It was my first jig fish.
    City: san anselmo

    Tips: With the water so muddy, cast so much you hit them on the head!

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    Water Temp: 47-51.9

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished 4 hours. Found 51 degree water but couldn't get the fish. I know there in there. I've been using dark colors in the muddy water Maybe that's it. Will continue the work.
    City: S.L

    Tips: none

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    Water Temp: 46-48.5

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Called some people to get some advice on where the water is cleaner. Gave it a shot today but still finding very stained water with only one fish caught. It is still very tough out there and I know that White's and Mildren is cleaner but so does everyone else. Lots of boats out today with a couple of Tourney's not many fish were caught today at least that's the word that I'm hearing. Hopefully the water will warm and clear up by Saturday's tourney.
    City: EDH

    Tips: Search for cleaner water and you must fish real sloooooow....

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 46-50

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Mildred is off color but very fishable-upper White is in very good condition-closer you get to bridge the more turbid it becomes.Anything close to a main chanel is bad.I'm still averageing two to four fish but I did get another 8 . Things should break loose pretty quick'
    City: Lodi

    Tips: Keep grinding it out -still better than staying home.

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    Water Temp: 44-49

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Waters completly washed out burned 20 gal looking for clean water, there is none to be found. No fish not even a bump fished all day
    City: Lodi

    Tips: STAY HOME UNTIL WATER CLEANS UP.

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    Water Temp: 44-48

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Grant was right! Delta is Chocolate Ice and the clearest water that I could find was Ice Coffee. No kidding, water temp way down for this time of year and all the run off has caused non fishable water everywhere. I was told that there are some areas where the water is fishable but I wasn't able to find it today, the entire river water is very dark. Air temp at luanch was 39deg and it warmed to 60 when I got off the water. Fog hung around until 8-8:30am or so.
    City: EDH

    Tips: Stay home until the water warms and becomes clear.

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 46-47 Choco/ice

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launch, check water temp, cast 10-20 times and left. Think I saw "Big Daddy Blue Ranger". Maybe it was just a guy in a blue ranger, but he looked like he is out there 24/7. Seen em before. No fish for me. This years water is dirtier than last year same time...and colder by 3-4 degrees.
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Follow the blue boat because my boat got 0 fish.

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: danny email me... cause your 860 number isnt working anymore??