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Sunday, December 9th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 49.5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Cold...really COLD. Bluebird skies, windy, falling water temp....and 2 lousy bites. fished with a LC pointer around a pump station and the lure absolutely got whacked. Good fight for about 1.5 min then POW....the fight stops, no resistance on the line....FISH 1, ANGLER 0. I'm pretty certain it was a good size striper, (but prayed it was a LM) Missed my only fish of the day, and to top it all off, the fish stole my lure to add to his or her trophy case. Damn expensive trophy too!! Tossed jigs, and pointers all day, and went home empty handed. Going to stay at home for the holidays, hopefully cabin fever wont get to me. Brought home all the loose tackle in the boat, and reorganizing everything.
    City: E.C.

    Tips: Wear a big Jacket, and bring some patience....its tough out there!!

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 52.5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: weather wise...beatiful day, just a slight breeze, and the outdoor temp was not extremely cold, so it was alot more than i could ask for. As far as the fish bite.... tough bite..but hey its winter time. Caught a lot of small fish on pointers and a drop shot. my dad fished from the back of the boat and brought a dozen of minnows. He caught a limit pretty fast, compared to my 2 small bass barely over 14" each when we first started the day. we did hook into a couple stripers that were keepers, so that was a nice added bonus to the day. hopped over to the false river and just stuck with the pointer (jerk bait) and caught small ones quite regularly. It was actually quite fun, and i didnt complain about the size since I was not expecting to catch very many fish at all. pops and I both landed a limit, but he caught his "cheating" and used live bait hahhaha. Pretty big tourney out of russo's and from what heard, not everyone had 5 fish in their livewell. so that makes me feel alot better about my day.
    City: el cerrito

    Tips: the past 4 trips have all been dedicated to rip baits, and i'm really appreciating their fish catching capabilities. Its such an easy technique that doesnt require too much skill...yet still doesnt get the recognition like a jig or t-rig worm. any ways, like all the previous posts...just work it slow.. the longer the pause the better, and just wait for that bass to nail the bait. KEEP WARM out there!!!!

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Did anybody see the news on cbs 13 about them dead fish. Maaaan, it's heart-breaking.
    City: Bakersfield

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out last night Stiper fishing last night and was all over them . Only one run on a bluegill. But caught another 15 on the swimbait and HairRazor. Alot of 3-4 lbs but a few 7-8 and 10lbs. Had agreat time. The seal is also in.
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: Fish the lighted dock areas. Balls of bait are there.

Monday, November 26th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: thats hard to believe
    City: rio vista ca.

    Tips: will be forwarded

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 54-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out for stripers today and only caught about a dozem from 3#-15#. Caught most of them on topwater and the rest on rattle traps. We also had about a dozen largemouth on the same baits while trying to catch the stripers. Most of the Largemouth were small but keeper size.

    Tips: Follow the birds and you will catch fish.

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: 0 bass 0 sripers.
    City: Delta

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    Water Temp: 53-54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Friday 11/23 we launched out of Russo

    Tips: N/A

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: David naturaly the bite can start to get tough.Once the water temp hit's 54 the bass bit start's to get nitty gritty. I fish the delta weekley and i crank tully islands with deep drops or throw big plastics on same spots to find bit's. but like i said bite gets tough. good luck.
    City: Turlock

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Jeryaki and Ron Howe are on the money. Thanks for the great tips!
    City: Concord

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 58-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My partner and I decided to go for some Stripers so we hit first light and was very calm but in just a few hours the wind was howling. Ran into a friend who said he had been blown off of Franks. We pretty much fished the fished the fish trap all day producing 74 stripers up to 7 pounds with most running 4-5 lbs and 8 bass with the largest being 5.9 had three others pushing 3 pounds and a few more in the 2-2.5 lb range. I called a friend who was fishing the same water the next morning and he had caught 2 nice stripers in the 8 pound range but over all he said no birds and no fish.
    City: Lincoln

    Tips: find the birds feeding and you will find the Stripers.

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Super Windy + Super Cold = NOT so Super day of fishing. Got blown all over the place, so it was hard to stay in locations to fish. Just stuck with deep tule bluffs and deep outside weed edges and stuck a limit of bass...but man was it a struggle to keep the boat into position. All fish were caught on really slow presentations....t-rig, wacky, and jerkbaits were the only things that worked for me. Still fun to be out there, but man is it tough. It's only gonna get colder....good luck out there!!!
    City: el cerrito

    Tips: jerkbaits seem to be the key....the long pause with a quick twitch worked out best. caught a couple of 3# ers (LM) and some stripers with a staysee. All of the fish hit the lure right before I was about to twitch the bait. I never knew jerkbait fishing was so much fun. bundle up and keep warm!

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Thanks for the tips Jerryaki, I really appreciate them. But I think I need a bit more info than that. Im an avid bass guru in search for a quality bite and was hoping for a more exact approach to the bass location. I can catch fish pitchin tullies, flippin wood, drop shotting, crankin, top water, etc, but cant find any fish over 2 lbs. I know how to read tides, find ledges, breaks, water temp changes, etc. but the fish are just not in the areas Im fishing. What am I doing wrong????? The spring through early summer procuded several fish in the 5-8 lb range but havent seen fish even close to that size in months. Im dying inside and about ready to give up for a while. Any info would be great. Im not a tournament guy this year so dont be afraid to share some knowledge!! Thanks a bunch!!!!!
    City: stockton

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

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    Water Temp: Didn't check

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: My young son and I went to the Delta Yesterday for a little striper action around noon-thrity. It was slow but we managed 5 in the 3 to 4 lb range, one at 8 lbs. which he caught by himself. And in the evening, I stuck one that ran about 25 lbs. on top water. I handed the rod to him so he could battle this very large fish. It was a great way to end the day.

    Tips: Mostly on modified rattle traps and the one on a topwater bait. Big break- Sherman Island and the river just outside of Lauritzens launch ramp

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 57 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Tip for David! Buy yourself: Gamakatsu 3/0 or 4/0(whatever you prefer) EWG Offset Worm Hook, 2 or 3 pkgs of Yamamoto 5" Senko Worms, 20# quality mono or a 30# braid, and a quality 6 1/2 to 7' med to med-heavy graphite fishing pole (Powell's my favorite fishing rod now. It used to be G.Loomis) Then go out to the Delta and fish structure (Tules, wood, or anything that is different than the ordinary) slowly. Fish that bait weightless and watch your line for any line movement. If it hits the bottom lift your rod tip up to move your bait a foot or so. Then re-cast after you don't get any hits.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Take your time fishing especially now that winter is getting close. Oh! I forgot to mention that if you see any line movement. Reel down the excess line and when you feel your rod load up, then haul back. And hold on!

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: This year has been a flop for finding good quality largemouth. I can catch dinks all day but nothing else. Does anyone have any tips on fishing the south delta. I keep hearing stories of good fish coming from Franks Tract area but I find it hard to beleive that there are no good fish coming from anywhere else. Please help!!!!
    City: stockton

    Tips: I suck!!!!

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 58-59 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I took the kids fishing yesterday in the delta. I am fairly new to bass fishing as well as new to the delta. The wind made fishing very challenging out at Big Break. At times, my 48 pound thrust trolling motor could not keep up with the wind and tide. I should have realized conditions weren't good when I was the only boat out there. I decided to escape the wind and fish in Taylor Slough. My only fish was a nice 2lb LM caught drop shotting with a robo worm MMIII. Kids had a blast!

    Tips: I don't know enough to be giving tips.

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 57-60

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Been out mostly fishing for stripers swim bait bite is good 1/2 oz head with fish trap body,in pearl or white.It seems to me the bite has been best on incoming tide on the flats,any place i find the stringy grass beds not weed beds has been good for 2 months now,real simple cover water but fish kinda slower than usual and you will catch fish.Most are 15"to25" no real big ones this year but we caught over 40 the other day and been averaging 20-40 per trip.
    As for Bass it hasnt got cold yet so bigger bites have been hard for me too. This cold snap will move the fish deeper,think current it will have more consistant temps,think slow.You will need to fish either real slow or burn something and force them to strike.I have been on a good crankin bite in 8' of water on outer weedbeds.Must have weed beds but this will change with colder temps.As the weeds die off try deep bluff tules or rock walls where the weeds cut into the rocks.This time of year my bigger largemouth tend to come off rattle traps later in the day when it warms up a little bit.
    If all else fails fish it like a lake.Points,points,points.I have got on rock points this time of year and done well split shotting reapers no giants but bigger than 2lbs.
    City: elk grove

    Tips: Stripers flats with rattle traps and swim baits
    deep water with spoons 10-25ft.
    Bass you will have to work for the good ones right now,keep changin but fish slow.Near current.North to south sloughs.
    Rattle traps
    Rip baits
    Crankbaits
    Reapers,grubs,

    good luck...

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I striper fishing has picked up very well in Discovery bay. Been hammering them on the Hair razor. good luck
    City: Discovery bay

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 59-64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Good reaction bite today fishing the bends in middle river with my two sons.One boy cranked a Repala blk/gold shad was hookin many nice fish including 2 striper. My other youth threw a matzuo shade 4 to 6 feet to catch his joyful limit.Dad used his red- eye spinner bait and shad color swimbait purchased from Dave's Bass Shack to stir things up in the central delta best five 12 lb.
    City: Tracy

    Tips: Tracy Oasis Marina and Unocal 76 on Grantline RD. and Tracy blvd have great deals on bass tackle.