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Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: caught 14 bass today 5,4.5,3,3 2.5 lbs. Fish were taken in franks tract on spooks, frog, worms and plastic craws. No spinner bait or buzz bait fish. Weather is getting hotter, 94 today. Should get better.
    Jon
    City: san bruno

    Tips: top water bite died after 10:30am wentto plastics after that.

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: had a rather poor day. I have gotten so used to hitting a lot of jig fish that i had a tough time adjusting.. still hit fish on steep banks (rocky) next to deep drop offs on inside bends near current. using anything in a craw pattern. they just aren't the quality of fish that I am lookin for and I could use some help in learning new techniques to hook into bigger fish at this time of the year.. although the first fish came from a frog thrown in the open pockets. but it still didn't seem like the frog bite was really on?
    City: redwood city

    Tips: I could use some thanks!

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went out of b and w went to south delta dont know what happened but the wind was blowing hard got to san Jaquin river and was really rough, got to some wind breaks and did fairly good had lots of blow ups my brother caught a 4lb 9oz on spinner bait did well all day going out this weekend hope the wind is not so bad. tight lines to all
    City: Elmira

    Tips: find cover and fish hard

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    Water Temp: 70-72

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Killer weekend in Dicovery Bay. Little Brother & I got a real late 6:30 a.m. start. Slow day in all with two 5 pounders and a bunch of small guys. The bite was on but the big ones were laying low. The new Blue clacker jig did the trick as well as a black & Red buzz bait. Remember to check you tides before heading out. This was a good trip due to the fact that the traffic was minimal.
    City: Discovery Bay

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished several areas but really couldn't find any big fish or consistent pattern. Had a spinnerbait and crankbait bite in the early morning and put 8 fish in the boat, all around 2 pounds, in first 2 hours (6-8 A.M.) One blow up on a frog. Bite shut down for us and not another fish until about 1 P.M. when partner caught a 5+ on a Brush Hog under docks. Caught a few more small fish on Senko's and crankbait and called it a day around 2:30.
    City: Concord

    Tips: No pattern for us today and no real tips to offer.
    Big fish came on June Bug/Red Flake Brush Hog.

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: SOLID BITE ALL DAY BEST FISH AT 4.5LBS FISHING SPARSE TULES AND DOCKS.DROPSHOTED SENKOS GOT THE
    NUMBERS BUT BUZZBAITS GOT QUALITY. I ALSO CAUGHT FISH WITH A RED/BLACK PATTERN.
    City: ISLETON

    Tips: ITS ALL ABOUT THE TIDE.

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the W.B.R.L tourniment out of Russo's Sat, Din't do all that great, weighted in 10.85 The winner had a 23 pound bag, that had a 9 plus kicker. Mostly fished Franks Track. Lot of boats. just about every poupular spot in Franks had 3 boats on it. I had 3 for 15 pounds on Friday for pre-fish and would have gone over 20. I think the fishing pressure but them off somewhat?
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: None offered. Just go out and have fun fishing.

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 71

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water about 6am fished Sandmound nothing but dinks in the am poppers and spooks no luck...moved down near disco bay and found lots of dinks on DT Grubs..301 nothing near tullies but riprap I nailed them.....went back to sand mound in the afternoon flipped a grub inside a weed line and hooked into one that topped my biggest fish ever (10.4)fought her for about 2 min my girlfriend got the net and right when we got her to the side of the boat....the fish scared her she dropped the net...the fish turned and pop....I'll never use florocarbon ever again...what a way to spend my 48th b day....arrrrrrrgh
    City: Oakland

    Tips: don't use anything less that 16lb test in the delta. The fish are in really shallow water 1-3 ft.

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 72-73

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Took my 14 yr old son out for some fishing at 6 am down south delta. He started catching fish right away on senkos, I was looking for a top water bite and getting just short strikes. Had the last of the incoming and then the outgoing of a very high tide. Was just a great day, my son got a 4-12 then a 7-2 (his biggest) both on a black/blue senko. Then about an hour later I got an 8-5 on a tube bait. Fish were tight to cover on the outgoing. Just a great day on the water off by 11:30 w/ best 5 going 26.5!!!
    City: Tracy

Saturday, June 2nd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 71

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished shollow weed beds with chadderbait at the high tide. as tide fell fished senko's in green pumpkin/red flake. We also fished FPT and had 20.10lbs for 8th place.Most fish caught on chadderbait.
    City: SAC

    Tips: Don't pass the shallow weed bed yet they are holding some nice fish still

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    Water Temp: 67-70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We fished the FPT out of Brannan Island on Saturday. I haven't seen the final posting yet, but there were a lot of boats and when we weighed in, 21 pounds was leading the event. The wind was relentless all day, muddying up the water in a lot of places and making it a little tough to hold the boat on point. We had a tough go of it, landing about 15 bass and scratching out a limit of a little over 12 pounds. My best one came on a black/blue jig flipped under a dock in Piper Slough. The rest were caught scattered all over the place and the fish didn't seem to be bunched up. The majority were caught on weightless senkos and the black/blue senko seemed to be what they were liking, go figure. We just could not get on a pattern until about 2:30, but by that time, we had to wrap it up and get back to the ramp. All I can say is that at least we caught a decent limit, but sometimes you just have a rough day.
    City: Vacaville

    Tips: I would offer some tips, but I couldn't figure them out yesterday. There were two things in common with the few decent fish we did land and they were shade and pockets between weed beds. I think everybody kinda knows that already though. We'll get 'em next time. Good luck everybody.

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: LAUNCHED ORWOOD 6 AM CHAR. BUZZ BAITS W/CHROME BALDE CAUGHT 10 FISH BY 7:30 BIGGEST WENT FOR 4# FINISHED AROUND 10:30 WITH A TOTAL OF 25
    City: modesto

    Tips: TOP WATER ITS ON!!!!!!!!!!! SPOOKS, POPPERS , AND WTERMELON/BLACK FLAKES

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: pickle thats a good one the sinking frog and the great fish calls what a blast
    City: oakley

    Tips: practice your fish calls

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Windy all day. White frogs, spooks and poppers. Lot's of open water blowups on frogs. Sinking frog was on fire. Best 5= 20#
    City: Pleasanton

    Tips: Poke a hole in your frog LOL

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 71-73

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Spent a half day on the water with a paraplegic client catching numerous quality fish in Discovery Bay on poppers and shallow running crankbaits. With time and mobility restraints to consider we decided to focus our effort in Discovery Bay. We had several fish over 5lbs with the biggest being 6-09. The keys to cathching quality fish is to find small schools of fry congregated around dock pilings. We'd line up on one side of the dock and work it with a Rebel POP-R in baby bass color then work it with a shallow running crankbait like a Bomber 4a or a Baby 1 minus. The big fish came from under the docks with a fury so hang on tight. Numerous 2+ lb fish followed our baits all the way back to the boat. My client had his best ever largemouth today.

    Please visit my website at www.extremefishingguide.com to view my clients pics and to read about my services.
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: Look for fry. Work different angles and depths. Chartreuse and Blue is my color of choice for crankbaiting at the present time. Always have a wacky rigged senco tied on and pitch it to the ends of the docks.

    Having walked miles of the levies lately I've seen so many small bass (1lb or less)sitting right at the waters edge I encourage everyone to take a child fishing as these bank dwellers are and easy target for the kids.

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched about 7 a.m. from Ladd's and headed north. Started with a Chug Bug and had so-so results with 6 to 1.5 lbs. and a bunch of misses. Switched to a texas rigged Zoom Dead Ringer in black with red flake and things changed for the better, so I stayed with it for the rest of the day. Finished with 27 for the day - the biggest going 5.4, 5.2, 4.8 - off the water at 12:30 p.m.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: All the worm bites came 3 feet or less on the out going tide.

Monday, May 28th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 68.5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Eent out mon morn fished north delta , lots of boats fishing my spots so went to south delta tore them op with top water popper around scatterd moss beds tide was low cought some nice fish my brother caught a 3 lb kicker looked like more around 5 lbs i think my digital scale is wrong anyhow did really good lots of fish around 2 to 3 lbs all on top water , so both of us were fishing top water bill dance and a spook , water was a little choppy so the popper out produced me had a good time tubed for a while did ok around syphon pipes going to look for more and newer waters this weekend on sat
    City: Elmira Ca

    Tips: get out and fish best time of the year so get them lines in the water be patient wit top water fishing they hit all day long

Friday, May 25th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 70-73

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hi again Big Daddy in the Blue Ranger..Hey, I was also fishing yesterday in Mildrens and Dissapointment for a while and we too caught a lot of fish but none with any size maybe 3 three lbers. I too threw a mission swim fish but no fish. Could you please email me and let me know what swimbaits work out on the Delta, I new to the swimbait thing. Thanks in advance and tight lines.
    City: EDH

    Tips: Senko's are still working along with spinnerbaits and the old reliable jig.

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Spent first half of the day in Franks during high tide. Got em on swimbait, jigs, senkos, drop shot but struggled on size, couple 3's were the biggest. Made a move north as the tide got low to a spot I haven't been to this year. Went to punching heavy mats and stuck a decent one, burried way back in the stuff, after five minutes I still couldn't get her out, fired up the big motor and plowed in there,, went 5lbs8oz, lucky she was still on. Tossed the froggy around and got some decent action on fish up to 3 1/2lbs plus a few more swimbait fish. Ran east to another spot to try a catch the same tide. Threw the swimbait along deep grass edges.. heard a slup and saw what I though was about a 4 roll on it,, didn't feel anything for a second and then the rod slowly started to load, and load, and load some more until I saw my bait sideways inside a giant mouth and I could tell she was barely skin hooked. Turns out to be my new PB 11 lbs 15oz... sweeeeet. Tried punching again and stuck another 5, this time I forced her out and swung her in the boat. Picked up a few more on swimbait, frog, and punching and called it a day. Best five about 29 1/2 lbs.
    City: Tracy

    Tips: Swimbaits Rock!

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out with pops, stayed around franks and was blown all over the place. White caps every where, but we were determined to catch a fish since it's been rare to get out thesee days. first cast at 7:00 am and started off blades on a windy bank. didn't get anything, then quiclkly to a chartreuse trap...cast after cast after cast...males killed my lure. unfortunately no big females, but the rate I was catching keepers, made my day. I was on a real good pattern with the trap, where as my dad changed his approach to blades and jigs. at the end of the day, I boated 25+ (all keepers) but nothing huge (2.5 lbs was best), where as my dad only boated 5!! hahaha. but his fish were definitely better in size.
    City: el cerrito

    Tips: look for a banks that the wind is blowing into and just rip the baits thru the weeds. most strikes came after hitting clump of weed. goo luc lac!!