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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started in disappointment at about 7:30, freazing with no action, tried jigs, plastics and even deep cranks. Made our way to mildred by noon, it was slow at first till we started locating fish off of some tule points on the outside edges with our graph. Picked up one right away with an LV 500 in mad craw pattern, three more on a drop shot rig using four inch robo. Stayed with that pattern til the bites ran out. Heading back to the ramp in the after noon was a different story, we located fish on simalar water using LV 500 and one ounce Voo-Doo baits. Unfortunately my buddy only had one voo-doo in 1 once and he proceeded to wear me out, catching seven all together to 4.5#. The better areas were wind hit points, we backed off and fished 5 to 10 feet. We hit one fish near 6# in whites on a six inch yamamoto sinko in grn pmp. Surprisingly a good day, alot better than previous trips, all in all we finished with our best five going 18 to 19 pounds. We'll try to duplicate that next week hopefully!
    City: modesto

    Tips: Find points facing the wind, look for cleaner water with atleast ten foot ledges, work your baits diagonally targetting ambush feeders. We had some active fish and we had some lazy ones too. Work a one ounce chatter bait/ voo-doo bait off the bottom

Monday, January 21st, 2008

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    Water Temp: 46--47

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: went out of the hook at8:00-1 bite all day..But it was a 8 pounder..I thought i was going to get skunked...

    Tips: Fishing this time of year only makes you better come prime time.when it is slow keep your head in it..it will pay off

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    Water Temp: 46-47.7

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED FROM 7:30-11:00 AND THAT WAS TOO LONG OF A GAP WITH NO BITES.C-RIG,JIG,CRANK.WATER WAS FROM CLEAR TO CHOCOLATE MILK.RAIN OFF AND ON AND COLD OFF WATER BY 11:00.
    City: stockton

    Tips: WAIT TILL IT WARMS UP.AT LEAST STAY ON YOUR TROLLING MOTOR SAVE FUEL BECAUSE RIGHT NOW AT LEAST FOR ME THE GRASS IS NOT GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 48-50 ( Saw 50

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Water was colder than a witches tit !! Hit up Disco Bay hitting mostly the NW corners of all the bays we hit ( saw 49-50 degree water in the NW corners ). Threw Drop-Shots, Jigs, Split-Shot Worms, Grubs, Swimbaits, Crankbaits, and Beavers for squat. Not even a tick. We fished from about 11:45am till 3:00-15, and fished as slow as we could and nothing. At one point we even soaked/dead-sticked our baits for 3-5 minutes at a time with light twitches to try to entice some knucklehead squeakers and they just weren't havin' it. We'll need a few more weeks before they start really warming up, in my opinion.
    City: Sunnyvale

    Tips: I have none, since we ate so much crow, feathers are coming out our butts still. LoL

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I have been catching between 1&4 on average the last ywo weeks> Sat. caught only two --one 5lbs. one 8lbs. Both on jigs- afternoon.You have to hunt for acceptable water-most of the Delta is pretty muddy.
    City: lockford

    Tips: Big females are already checking things out.Slow and steady for the big girls.

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 45 - 47

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: tough, tough day. had our devil mountain bassmasters club tournament with 8 boats (team tournament). 5 boats blanked. 2 boats got one fish and --- there's always somebody ---- one boat caught a limit (even culled a fish)!
    City: Orinda

    Tips: still waiting to find out "exactly" how the winner caught all of his fish. other than that, the rest of us threw everything under the sun with (obviously) no real success

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    Water Temp: 43

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Tough
    City: Cameron Park

    Tips: Don't do what I did

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

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    Water Temp: Cold

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of B&W fished for 4 hours nothing. Fished jigs, drop-shot and cranks. fished the river channel. should have fished some dead end sloughs saw several boats in sycamore slough.
    City: W.sac

    Tips: ???? Wait for warmer weather.

Monday, December 31st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 41- 43

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the last day of 07, threw small baits , big baits, reaction baits, drop shot, all day long with no bites until I decided to work the bank on the way to the ramp, hooked into a 3 lber.
    the bite was undetectible- just weight and then a little tug. caught on a LV max 500 in a bone color,after all those casts the percentage was in my favor. the water temp in the river and the back of sloughs dosent differ much right now.
    City: Martinez

    Tips: Dress warm, mix up your baits, be versatil, make plenty of casts.

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    Water Temp: Cold ??

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I worked my winter piling pattern just going from dock to dock around marinas in back of coves. Using a 4" leech style plastic I did some Shak'n and flipping.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Down size your baits and work'm slow. With alot of afternoon sun on the back of coves I believe makes the 1 or 2 degree differnce. I graphed alot of bait fish as well.

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: That's the best,healthiest pair of 10 lbers i've ever lay eyes on . Who ever put that photo on the photo gallery is one lucky sucker.
    City: modesto

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 46

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: It was cold and overcast for most of the day, threw most of what was in the boat today and could get bit. I was fishing in my club buddy's boat and we were searching mostly deep water with just a few bites. Ran into other club friends, they were able to pick up a few decent fish in the weed line on jigs. The key seems to be hitting them on the nose.
    City: Walnut Creek

    Tips: Devil Mountain Bassmasters meets this Wednesday 7:00 at legends and heroes pub at the diablo Creek golf course in Concord. If you love bass fishing and want to have a group of friends that love fishing too. Devil mountain is the place to be. www.dmbass.com

Friday, December 28th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: David, I would get off the main river and look for some dead end sloughs,bays, or marina's. The water in these areas might be a degree or two warmer than the main river and are more likely to hold bait. Your lures are cool! The only thing that I would do differently is. Instead of a crankbait. I would slow-roll a spinnerbait or yo-yo a lipless crankbait to cover water.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Find baitfish!!!

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 46

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well guys I'm back and eager to hear some more advice on catching these less than willing, lathargic bass. They continue to be hiding from me which leads me to believe the obvious, I'm doing something wrong!! Please help a desperate angler that refuses to give up hope. I did manage to swing a 6.5lber in the boat a couple of weeks ago and that fish keeps my hopes alive. I know that it is cold and the bass don't move far. I've been drop-shotting, dragin jigs, and praying for a crankin bite. These are the three main approaches that I have been using in the south delta. Anyone with more knowledge than I, please let me know anything that will help in leading me to success! Color selection, methods, areas to fish, water clarity, etc????? I appreciate all of your advice. Thank you and stay warm!!!
    City: stockton

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: launched out of Holland, first cast Holland Harbor sign at corner of old River got a 5lb+ LM.... rip baits for about 5 hours in and around Disco Bay got about 15 fish, only 2 stripers (small).

    Tips: rip baits and rattle traps.

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

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    Water Temp: ?? Cold

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I agree it's nice to be back on my home waters. After a 2 year tour in South Korea and enjoying the bass fishing there. I'm excited to be back and hunt for that first 10 lber. that's still eluding me.

    After getting the annual service done on my custom 12 ft. Valco "BASS BUSTER 1" luanched at Pixie Woods and worked main channel points and coves with docks and marinas.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Work it slow and down size. Found fish in 10 ft. of water.

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 45

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out with a friend for a foggy day and cold Delta day of bass fishing.Out at daybreak and no bites till 1:00 then wham,25lbs.for 4 fish.We were south delta and the fish were very active after a long search.I gotta 5 and a 2.He gotta 9.98 and a 8.Really was fun.
    City: Orangevale

    Tips: Hang in there,don't stop grinding it out till you find the fish.If you are not getting bit then move.Fish the current then fish the slow water.Jigs and brush hogs slow.Danny.

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: On a cold and foggy morning, I knew winter had settled into the delta. What happended to the fall bite? I don't know, I guess I missed it.

    The fog was thick, so I didn't get on the water until about 8:30 and started by throwing beavers without any takers. I did some shallow cranking in and around franks track, again no luck. I found myself near little franks and decided to toss a hula grub on a football head to the rip-rap. Of course, the first cast hung on the drop. So I moved in to retrieve it. I was able to pop it free and my rod immediately loaded up with a nice delta 4 pounder. And I knew I was on to something. This fish had a full belly and I realized that I had missed the fall bite. It was in the rocks and the "special of the day" was crawfish. With the tide almost bottomed out, I called it a day.
    City: Walnut Creek

    Tips: Who knew, they are between the weedline and the rip-rap. Work the gap

    For those that are interested in expanding they knowledge and fishing partners, Devil Mountain Bassmaster is quickly growing as one of the best bass clubs for the recreational tournament fisherman.

    If you are interested in learning more, please go to www.dmbass.com or give me a call at 925-639-7724.

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Striper fishing has been good at night. Have'nt hit the waters much during the day. Ken hit me up and i'll give you some areas to try.
    City: Discovery Bay

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Striper fishing has been good at night. Have'nt hit the waters much during the day. Ken hit me up and i'll give you some areas to try.
    City: Discovery Bay