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Sunday, July 1st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 69-75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We had a tough day on Sunday. Worked some deeper points and flats and could only scare up a few small fish. Moved to several locations but still not much action. Water was murky and the wind was blowing hard. I threw an AC 7" swimbait most of the day with no takers. My partner caught some fish on a brown and orange jig with a watermelon/red Big Mama trailer. He also caught about a 4 with Junebug brush hog. I had one nice fish on a crankbait that jumped off and a few smaller ones. Best 5 about 11 pounds, no help from me.
    City: Concord

    Tips: No tips this time around, Delta got the best of us Sunday.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hit disco, Had 2 limits in a hour. Sinkos were the ticket. Only down spot was when a resident yuppy started yelling we were to close to his empty dock. Was actually pulling out a snag full of lines and hooks out of water. should have left it there for his feet to find. blew lower unit, but that didnt make as mad as the yuppy.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Check your braided line, nicks break easy. re-tie often.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Early start in Middle River. Tooswerd live crawdads on 65 test braid. Couldn't keep them off my presentation. #0 pounds by eleven .
    City: Tracy

    Tips: They want something real that they feed on, ask Andy Cuccia, he has a trap for this time of year.

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 72-74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Slower than most trips that I was accustomed to on the delta. This place makes people take fishing granted sometimes. fished from 7:30 to 12:00 and hooked up with 20+ fish or so (for both of us). Battled against others for spots to fish that were in a tournament. I don't mind sharing water, but when I come up to a spot and start pulling up fish, and another boat fishing the opposite side of the bank pulls up their trolling motor and jams over to my side of the bank (200 ft ahead of me) and starts fishing...that ticks me off. I understand that you're in a tourney and you need fish, but PLEASE...there is still etiquette a$$h0le. perhaps i'm wrong for being mad, but does that seem right to get cut off 200 ft esp if your approaching a hole that has lots of structure and you wanted to approach it slowly?

    Anyways, wind was blowing all day so it stirred up the water. Big boat traffic plus 15-20 mph winds made it hard to control the boat. best 5 went about 14.5 lbs. Caught majority of fish on traps. lots of hits on senkos, but fish were smaller.
    City: el cerrito

    Tips: Parallel rock banks that have isolated tullie brush. Di-sect all isolated structures and fish them slowly. Fish are bunched up and you can pull 2-3 fish on one piece of structure. Also look irregularities on the banks...any rock piles that stick out more so than the others around it usually hold fish as well.

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

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    Water Temp: warmer

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fished deep docks in Taylor and some deep grass in sandmound with live crawdads. Probably around twenty four but I didn't weigh them. Had a good time.
    City: tracy

    Tips: Craws work great this time of year for the big ones, they is kinda picky.

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: we put in late at orwood, started fishing right away at discovery bay around the corner and pulled a few decent sized fish off of senkos and spinnerbaits. the wind was brutal let alone the other boats coming and going every couple minutes, but we managed to withstand it for a couple more fish. we tried froggin around bacon island and franks tract, but only one blow-up, nothing else. they didnt quite seem to want frogs yet. chartreuse senkos seemed to produce most of the fish along with a white spinnerbait. we spent the night at our 'secret spot' fishing for catfish throughout the night with clams and jumbo minnows. we caught at least 50 1-2lb catfish along with a 10lb bullhead at 430am. we also caught a 3lb bass earlier on a minnow as well. the morning bite produced some fish with a buzzbait and superspook, then by the time the tide brought the fish out of the tules we went back to senkos. i threw on a luckycraft chrome blue rattler and got a fish on the first cast. eventually the wind stopped us and we had not choice but to call it a trip. the bass weren't as big as i was hoping, but it was still good overall.
    City: Placerville

    Tips: Chartreuse senkos, chartreuse/white spinnerbaits, spooks, buzzbaits and brush hogs all worked well.
    The conditions aren't on the fisherman's side yet, but it should get a lot better within the next couple weeks. Try a spot you like and don't give up until your 100% sure.

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 72/75

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: WENT OUT OF BIG BREAK FISHED DUTCH SLOUGH AND THE BREAK CAUGHT EIGHT FISH BIGGEST 4PDS NEXT TO WEEDS AND 5/10 FT DROP ON CHROME RATTLE TRAP ALSO HOOKED 10PD STRIPER FOR SURPRISE OF THE DAY FISHED EARLY QUIT AT 11 AM
    City: ANTIOCH

    Tips: FISHED PLASTICS RECEIVED A FEW BITES NO QUESTION ABOUT USING RATTLE TRAPS ALSO NOTICED A LOT OF BOBBER MINNOW FISHERMAN ?????

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Rivers End Marina at 0600 and the wind was already howling. I have not fished the Delta in the last 90 days and the water has really warmed up. Headed up past Clifton forebay and pulled into a cut with houses. Started with a Spook and got 10 surface fish with the biggest over 5 lbs. At 8:30 decided as I was solo to head up to Discovery Bay and do some exploring. I have only been there once and then in a small area. Must have spent 2hrs just idling around and exploring. Did catch another 25 fish under and around the docks. The fish wanted only black curly tailed plastic worms teas rigged. some were at the back of the docks where there was shade and some were at the ends in 8 to 10 feet of water. The bigger fish ( 3-4lbs) were at the back of the docks shallow. Wind howled all day and made even fishing the docks in discovery bay hard to do. Then the Wakeboard boats made the run back dangerous. They really need to have a limit to wake size, and driver training required. All in all a good day. Pulled out at 4pm.
    City: brisbane

    Tips: Keep trying different colors, places, and lure types as the day progress's.

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    Water Temp: 72-76

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started out in Taylor Slough. Had a nice swimbait bite in the early morning throwing into Tule pockets. Couple of solid 4's and one real nice fish came unbuttoned. Partner was catching some nice fish on a spinnerbait with another solid 4. Reaction bite shut down for us around 8 A.M. Swithed to 8 inch platic snake and creature baits letting them drift inside the weedline near rocks. We caught about 10 more fish by 9:30 on the snakes. Set on one and thought I was snagged in the weeds but it started to move then jumped once and I yelled for my buddy to get the net. Real nice fish. Bite shut down about 10 for us. We moved toward Piper Slough and finished in Sandmound. Two more small fish for me but my parter pitched up under a shady dock and hooked into another real nice fish. The bite was so good in the morning we didn't take the time to pull the scale out. We guessed the best 5 to be about 23.
    City: Concord

    Tips: Basstrix Blue Back Herring swimbait on Sworming Hornet underspin got a lot of action in the early morning. White with red spinnerbait gold blades also did well. Caught the two largest fish on 8 inch snake. Fish seemed stacked up on points in 8-12' of water for us.

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    Water Temp: 73

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Past few weeks have really been keying in on how to locate fish and find solid limits (2-3 lbers) most of you laugh at those small sizes, but from what I'm used to, catching these size fish consistently is a huge boost to my confidence. Now just have to work on landing the 6 lbs and up type fish. 4 straight wkds of fishing i've been able to boat 25+ myself, while my dad has only been able to boat 8-10 fish each trip. he was determined to beat me this time around, so he went out a bought the same lures that I've been killing him with. i decided to change it up and use different colors and styles. needless to say i caught 15 keepers to his 9, along with the big fish that weighed about 5.5 lbs. wind beat us up, but fishing was still good considering the weather. Damn is fishing addictive!!! Now if i can only figure out how to catch bigger and better bass more consistently.
    City: EC

    Tips: Fish are schooled up, work the outside of a spot that you "feel" has fish, and slowly work your way towards it. This way you dont scare away the other fish holding in that same area as easily. bigger fish are definitley holding deeper around 8-15 ft. kut tail worms are a GOD SEND!!!! TIGHT LINES!!!

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 73.7 deg

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well went out of B&W ResortLots of boats out doing there tear up the water thing . So I managed to go look for some new fishing ground Went up south fork of the Mokoleme Up towards wimpys looked Really good But no soap went back to Tower park and started slaughtering them at the bridge on Baby Brush hoig Blak green red flake T- style caught some nice fish nothing Really big average 2, 3, 4 lbers Picked up and moved fishing rip rap and deep water hooked into a 14 lb striper. oOnly had 10 lb test on my cabelas fish eagle 1 piece 7 ft rod Quantum Casting reel was throwing spinner bait saw a huge flash and knew imediately what it was it al most spooled me could see bottom of spool coming up fast thank god it stoped its first run .thank god for my wife who was with me I told her to start the boat and head towards my line , it was half way across the river as soon as i got line back i knew he was done for.. had a great fight on his 2nd and 3 rd run . when i liped him finally i noticed mt spinner bait was staightend out completely and my knot was at the blades. Was a awsome fish revived him and sent him back to where he belongs. anyhow after that continued to fish caught lots more dinks . went to venice Island did real good on plastics . No luck on top water it seemed to have laid back some . caught most dinks on spinner and all bigger fish on plastics. Going to go again next sat see ya on the water tight lines to all
    City: Elmira

    Tips: Go to ares you know produce fish some times some areas are not as good as other move around and find where they are stacked up

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Franks Tract. Knocked the heck out of them on jigs and senko's

    Tips: If you want to catch fish, then fish in Franks tract and surrounding area. I heard the bite in Franks around the 30th should really take off.

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 100

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished in Franks Tract all day. 5 of us in a 12' boat. We didnt catch any fish!!! G-man please tell us how to catch them??? We will be fishing this little tournament on the 30th out of Sandmound Sl.

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out for an evening fish in the bays in discovery bay and just hammered them on the top water. Used a black Dog bait blue gill. Man does this thing work good. had 8 fish in 30 minutes over 3 pounds. No bigger than 5. Good job grant.
    City: Discovery bay

    Tips: Spend the money on a Black dog bait Top water Blue Gill.

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Holland Tract on first light. Started throwing a Shellcracker I received for Fathers day. I threw the bait in sparse tules and had alot of blowups. The first Bass was 3.9lbs. I ended the day around noon with alot of Bass in the 3-4 lb range.Being my first time with Swimbaits I look forward to more outings.
    City: Walnut Creek

Monday, June 18th, 2007

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    Water Temp: warm

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took my dad out to discovery. He is a crab fisherman from WA, never seen a bass. All we threw were sinkos letting them drift under the docks. Nailed about 30 bass is 4 hours. Dads 2 biggest were a 8 and 4. 5 best went about 25. I usually wacky rig but dad was trying to catch a bigger boat, had to texas rig everything. He cant cast anything but a crab pot. didnt seem to effect the pick up. all but 2 fish hit below 15 feet of water. they were hanging deep at the end of docks.
    City: sacramento

    Tips: Slack tide = go have lunch.

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 72-77

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got an early start, on the water at 5:30. Fished Dutch and Taylor Sloughs in the early hours. No top water action for us. Found some fish in 8-10 feet of water off rocks with spinnerbaits. Partner had about a 4 on Spinnerbait. Several more small fish and moved to Frank's Track. Not much shallow water action at all. At 11:30 made a move for some deeper water docks in 12-16 feet. Game on. Caught several quality fish on large brush hog, Big Mama'a and 8 inch snake. Biggest fish just a bit over 7. Lost a giant while using a Roboworm Sour Puss under shady dock. Real heart breaker. Best 5 today around 22.
    City: Concord

    Tips: Bigger fish were in deeper water for us. With bright blue skies they moved up under docks.

Friday, June 15th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 78-80

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Paradise hoping to get on a frog bite but it never happened. Tried throwing the black trixie shad with success either. Fished Dissipointment, the pump house, the main river and whites all with no success. I did catch a 6in fish on the frog and a 1-1 1/2lb on a senko wacky. It maybe due to the winds that have muddy up most of the water in the areas that I fished even White's was more dirty then normal. I also tried the jig and lipless cranks with little success only 6 fish from 6inches to a pound and a half is all I could get. I wanted to run to Mildrens and Franks but was searching for new productive areas but none found today. Boy it was hot today a 103 for the high and the low was 74. I guess any day on the water is better then sitting around the house. Any advice from the regular delta rats or from the pro's. Please email with advice, all will be accepted.
    City: EDH

    Tips: I don't have any today.

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 72-78

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: While a welcome wind continues to blow and the heat of the day will leave you thankful for even the smallest bit of shade, there was a solid bite going on in the delta. Today, I had the pleasure of fishing with one of my club buddies and we covered some water and threw many baits. We are in a summer pattern, so top water is working all day. Plastics and jigs continue to deliver fish. Darker color senko were delivering better than other colors, with the hot color being June bug, which I promply ran out of. Looking back, I should have been throwing a spinnerbait too. but I didn't.

    As you would expect, the bulk of bites were in the 1-3 pound class and our biggest fish, a lovely 4-13 was picked up by my partner on a lizard.

    If you would like to join us, the Devil Mountain Bassmasters will be fishing our July tournament in the Delta. For more information, please go to www.dmbass.com or give me a call at 925-639-7724.
    City: Walnut Creek

    Tips: It's a good time to use up all those plastics that are sitting in your garage...

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started in the Break about 8am throwing frogs and spooks with low and falling tide. Got a couple 2 1/2's on frogs in the marina then moved out. Found a little patch of off shore grass and got a 3 on the spook. Next cast got a 5.2. Proceeded to catch 12 off that little clumb, one dink and all the rest nice 2 3/4-3 1/2lb limit fish.. very aggressive. Saw several follow hooked fish to the boat. Made a few moves, got a 3 3/4 on the swimbait. Went back to the spook and the frog again and had a huge explosion, saw this giant head and mouth come out of the water and I was sure this one was a double digit. Got her in the net and she's totally spawned out,,very skinny.. weighed in at 7.14. About noon the tide was near slack low and my topwater bite wasn't paying off. Moved towards Franks and switch to flipping a tube. Got 5 or 6 rats then nothing for about an hour, but I kept at it hoping from spot to spot flipping anything that looked good. About 2 the tide started moving in pretty good, I came up on some junk,, flipped the tube and stuck a 3 1/2. Flipped right back and Thunk! Swung hard, dragged her out and swung her in the boat.. a perfect looking 6.11 football.. reminded me of Clear lake fish. Now I'm in the zone,, two minutes later I flip into the same junk and as soon as the tube falls below,, Thunk! this one tries to take the rod away from me.. I'm still in free spool, so I thunb it and drill her on the set. She's big, no she's huge. My Lamiglas 797 extra heavy grass rod is doubled over like never before. I engange the reel and she strips about 3 feet of line straight down and then she's gone. Now this is my frog set up w 50# braid and that drag is as tight as it can be. What happened? I check out the bait and it's absolutely perfect. That toad clamped down so hard my hook point never even came out of the bait. You've got to be kidding me.. Now I'm just sick to my stomach. I catch a few more 3- 3 1/2 lb fish flipping the tube but never really get my Mojo back. Bets five around 26 1/2 - 27lbs
    City: Tracy

    Tips: I have none.. too depressed,, gonna lose some sleep over the one that got away.