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Sunday, May 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 71

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: SLASHED THE NEW KLAMATH BASS BOAT AT ORWOOD AT
    5:30 AM, FISHED ORWOOD SLOUGH,INDIAN SLOUGH ,AND INSIDE DISCO BAY ON THE TULE ISLAN JUST OFF INDIAN SLOUGH, KILLED EM: ON TOP WATER, ZERA SPOOKS, EX CALIPERS, AND DIFFERNAT PLASTIC, WITH A FRIEND PJ, OVER 50 FISHED BOATED AND ALOT MISSIED ON TOP WATER, FISHED UNTIL 1:00 PM THE BACK TO ORWOOD FOR LUNCH, GREAT DAY ON THE WATER, FISH ARE VERY ACTIVE. I TRIED THE NEW 9 INCH WIRE BUZZ BAINT AND SLAYED EM:, KEEP TIGHT LINES GOTTA GO RB
    City: pittsburg,ca

    Tips: TOP WATER, BUZZ BAITS, ZERA SPOOKS DID WELL , NO FISH ON POPPERS?, MORNING DAWN ROBO WORMS WORKED ALSO, ALONG WITH BRUSH HOGS WATER MELLOW , BLACK FLAKE

Friday, May 18th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished out of Big Break. I threw a Shellcracker and mission fish around weed edges. I endedup with 12 fish biggest around 6lbs. Alot of quality fish.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Fish as close to the edges as possible.

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Wed went out down south hoping to get on the swimbait bite again. The mood of the fish definately changed for me. Got a few 2-3 lbrs and could tell they weren't eating it right. Boated a 4 and she was barely hooked. Started seeing a lot of followers and rolls that missed. I dropped two 5's and another decent one about 4. I watched a 5-6lbr come up and bump the bait with it's nose but didn't try to eat it. This was getting frustrating. Finally stuck what I thought was a toad, huge boil, the drag even slipped a little. Turned out to be a 5 with the bait stuck on the back of its head. Being the swimbait rookie that I am, I failed to make the right adjustments. Finished the day tossing a swim toad in shallow grass at low tide and got a bunch of 1-2lbrs. Best five about 15lbs. Thurs went to the Break and started w the swimbait again. The fish were eating it beter but no bigguns, 2-3lbrs. About noon I'd had enough. Saw some cheese and picked up my frog rod, bam, bam, bam, they were on it, and eating it real good. More 2-3lbrs and one decent one that weighed 4.15. Gotta love froggin the mats! Got a few sight fishing w a drop shot but I couldn't get the big females to play. Saw a sweet looking mat on the back side of a dock and tossed the frog over the walkway. A few hops and Kawoosh, it was like a giant toilet flushed. In one I motion I set, bounced her completely over the dock and in the boat. Thanks to 50lb braid and a 797 magnum grass rod..She went 6lb12oz.. I bounce stripers all day long but she may be biggest largy I've bounced yet. Best five about 20lbs.
    City: Tracy

Monday, May 14th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 65 deg

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Man o man one of the toughest days out fishing, was fishing hard core all day, wind was howling all day long left out of b&w north delta, couldnt find anything, lost a couple, Tide was hella low Pulled it all out of the bag.. nothing! till late afternoon picked up some 2, 3 lbers nuttin big . over all 3 fish the whole day. still a bad day fishing is better than a day at work.Going to Berryessa tomorrow last day of vacation
    City: Elmira Ca

    Tips: Bad conditions , means hard fishing , dont get dicouraged just try everything you know and keep covering water. Will make you a better fisherman when the cond are perfect Tight lines to all c ya on the water PLASTIC MAN 1

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    Water Temp: 66+

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Haven't put a report in in awhile.Have been puting the advice some of the beter fishermen sent me.Doing much better my partner and mine limets have gone way up thanks to there help.We have been averging aroun 16 to 20 # witch is real good for us 2 old farts.Bill got his best fish ever a 11.4 and a 7 # on the same day and I had a 6 and 2 5# our best day ever.Thanks for all the help and good fishing gies.SHUDDABEEN
    City: North Highlands

    Tips: Try somthing new and take the best from people that know something and tweak it to your style it realy helped us....

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    Water Temp: 68-70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched in south Delta @ first light with a buddy for 5 hrs. of fishing. Targeted tule islands and points on high outgoing water. We were determined to get a top water bite going. Started w/ buzzbait and missed a good one. My partner was throwing mostly Texas rigged worm and was missing the hookset on several good size fish. I got my first 3 fish on a wht spinnerbait all 3 @ two #'s. Started working a popper and got one over 6 (my biggest on a popper). Partner got a 5-13 on the worm, then I got another 5+ on a senko. All in all a great morning on water, however we missed more fish then we hooked. Off water @ 11:00, best 5 went 23 lbs.
    City: Tracy

    Tips: Topwater on high tide over tule islands.

Sunday, May 13th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 65 deg

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Im on vacation yea, Went out of b&w 10:00 started out not far from launching ramp Hooked into some big fish along moss beds . I was throwing 4 inch watermelon tube texas style 1/8 oz bullet, first fish went lil over 4 lbs and they kept getting bigger from ther on with a kicker 5lbs 9 oz. best fishing day in a long time it all went down in the first 2 hours. wind picked up which you all know sucks, it blew pretty good.. made it hard to stay on them and get those good cond . struggled the rest of the day wanted to go to south delta ,but had wife and kid . going to spend more time this week out fishing see ya on the delta
    City: Elmira Ca

    Tips: Look for moss beds along deep drop offs with some current, openings to marinas and launching ramps .bounce tubes or worm with the current,,working boat against current Keep it old school and simple with your tackle.. its not rocket science

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 62-65

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Got out with (2) of my buddies. Romeo and Darin. Launched out of Lazy M @ 9:15 Got on plain after the bridge for 1 min and shut down. Saw some cheeze mat and started throwing a frog. I got the first blow-up and Darin caught the first frog fish (his first frog fish ever) stayed on the trolling motor all the way to the last island before old river. Romeo had a HUGE one come up on a frog, but that fish pushed to much water it missed the frog. Hit a few on a popper and STICK-O. Darin was getting tired of throwing the frog, but I told him if "you wont a big fish, don't give up yet" A few cast later, Darin's personal best 6.1 lbs on a frog@ 11:30am. How can you bet that. We caught frog fish all day long, last one was 3# @ 1:30pm. We ended the day at 1:45 w/ 20+ fish on FROGS, popper, STICK-O, Chatterbait.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Throw that FROG. Bobby said to me " Just throw it anywhere, can't get bit if its not in the water" The popper had been doing real good. The Chatterbait (Walton's Pond) has been working real good.

Monday, May 7th, 2007

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    Water Temp: Mid 60's

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Russo's with Guide Rich Thiel. He asked me what I wanted out of the day, I told him my main goal was to learn some baits I have zero confidence with and learn some new spots in the Delta. Without going into too much detail we caught about 12 bass on the day, all on these big swimbaits, with the top five going 21 lbs including my personal best that went 7lbs. The neat thing to me was that almost all of the fish were big fish, very few dinks. What a day for a rookie like myself. Rich taught me a few years of knowledge in about 11 hours. He explained everything clearly and kept it simple. Quite a character to say the least. He also charges a lot less than most other guides I researched and we stayed out for an extra 3 hours. Couldn't have had a better experience.
    City: Hercules

    Tips: Swimbaits in and along tule lines where there is a nearby ledge.

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Orwood and fished around the Orwood tract at first light on the incoming switch and couldn't put together a pattern. Moved to connection and managed some good fish (a few 3-4's), finished my day fishing one long grass bed off a flat (of course next to deep water). Finally put together a pattern. Several fish over 6#, 6.6, 7.4, 6.1., 6.2. All on Senkos.
    City: san ramon

    Tips: I threw spooks, poppers, wake baits, buzz, frogs. NOTHING to speak of. I really wanted topwater bites. Senko, Senko, Senko.....

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 63 Degrees

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I got on the water around 6:45 a.m for the first time in 4 months. The wind was just starting to blow. I figured I would fish in sheltered areas, so I headed into Discovery Bay. Glad I did!! Had the best day ever. Best 5 weighed 26.52 lbs. First fish of the day was caught on frog (7.95 lbs). Moved down a few docks, and caught a 6.5. Next dock over caught another in the 6lb range. I kept catching fish in almost every dock (either senko or trick worm). Moved over to another bay, first dock I stop at, I through the trick worm right under a tree next to a dock. I see a large dark object move toward the bait, then it disapears. Within a second or two, my rod is bent in half, and the drag is squeeling. The fish takes the run under the boat, under the dock, and all I knew is it was big!!! Of course, my net is buried in the storage locker, so my only hope was to hang on, and hope she stays hooked up. After a few minutes of excitement, the biggest fish I have ever caught, or seen, was on her side right next to the boat. As I reached down to get her, she just rolled over slowly, and swam away. My hook was straight!! My guess was the fish was around 24" long and somewhere between 12 and 15 lbs. Her eyes were huge. Needless to say, the next fish I cught, a 5lber just seemed like a baby.

    Hope to get a chance at her again tomorrow.
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: Extremely windy. Caught fish on both calm and windy banks. Senkos, trick worms, and a frog.

Friday, May 4th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey Big Daddy Blue Ranger Can you email me the water depth that you were fishing in? I don't want your areas or lures used just the water depth and type of cover. Thanks in advance!
    City: EDH

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Headed out late wed morn and decided on throwing the big bait all day. Stuck five over three and a 4 at my first stop. The fish were very agressive and looked like post spawners. Moved around and continued sticking decent fish in all the likely areas. As the tide fell the fish got bigger. I started runnin and gunnin all over the south snd south central delta concentrating on deep (6-12ft)grass beds near spawning flats. By far the best bite I've ever been on. 25-30 fish mostly 3's and 4's all eating on top or while waking just below the surface. Best fish went 4.3, 5.13, 7.2, 7.3, and 9.8 for 33lbs 13oz...WOW! and these were the spawned out weights, the head on the 9 was simply ginormous,, probably would have been over 12 a week earlier... Sat fished the AC as an AM w big expectations. cloud cover, light rain and wind, my pro wanted to throw a spook and I already knew I only needed one bait. This was going to be an all out slug fest and we were in it to win it. Well, we ran his and my best water and it was a very humbeling day. I got fish but not nearly the size I expected. Weighed in just under 15 and the top ten weights were all over 25lbs. Ouch! My day 2 pro had a decent bag, sitting just out of the money, and told me to come prepared for finesse stuff, 10lb line a spinning rod. As much as I hate doing it, I started sissy fishing on day two and even put the first three rats in the boat. After a while my pro decides plan A isn't paying off and we make a move... more sissy fishing, but it looks like good swimbait water. OK just a couple casts... I stick three in a row. Hmmmm.. the little swimbait demon is calling me again. Make another move and it turns out he's fishing the same spot where I stuck good swimbait fish a few weeks ago. I'm starting to get exited as the water continues to fall and conditions are looking right. Then the unthinkable, may backup bait, to my backup, in my favorite color is forced into temporary retirment pending at home repairs. But I have the same bait in another color which I've never used....fearing change, I tie on the new color and as we make our first pass down a bank I watch a toad roll on it. "Get the net, she's an 8" I yell as I set the hook,, in the net she goes and high fives.. Back to work I go and stick a 4 1/2, then a 3,, nice. Turns out most struggled and we weigh about 21 lbs. My pro's in the money and I've got big AM fish w an 8.66,,, Not! The next AM beats me by .05 lbs and takes the money.
    City: Tracy

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished around Orwood Tract on the high tide. Threw a Shellcracker near weedy areas. Caught 9 bass before the tide dropped and the weed were to exposed. Biggest around 6lbs the rest of the fish would go 3-4lbs.
    City: Fairfield

    Tips: wake the surface early. stay near any cover around the riprap especially weeds.

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    Water Temp: 64-66

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I couldn't resist the temptation to fish for a couple of hours today. Full moon...approaching storm clouds...spawn time...water temps in the mid 60s. Sounded perfect to me!
    I was only on the water for 3 1/2 hours, from 7:00 am 'til 10:30 am.
    Managed to boat 6 and lost 2 others. Average weight was around 2 lbs. All were caught on a crankbait. I threw a spinnerbait, Senko and tried a topwater bait for a few minutes, but no action.
    City: Manteca

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 66

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Took the day off on my birthday to spend it on the Delta. (Best present I could think of) Fished an out-going tide. The wind was fairly calm in the morning until around 11am. Could not get any top-water bite going, so I went to the brush-hog. Boated a few, then I caught my personal best: 6lb 13oz - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!! Then the wind kicked up. Wow, it was nasty, but did manage to boat three more, one going for 6lb 2oz. All in all a good day. Beats working! Best 5: 18lbs
    City: Salida

    Tips: Stay focused.

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 66.5-68.0

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a tournament on Sat the 28th of April in the central delta area and the winning weight was 35+ lbs all fish caught on beds. I agree with the last post about boat traffic and boat responsibility. Lots of boats,wave runners and jet skiers that just don't have a clue about boat safety. Made it down right dangerous to come in off the water even the marina's were difficult to get boat in safely. I wish I could say the same and not come back until the fall but I fish tournaments on Saturday's and don't have a choice but to show...Where's the Law when you need them?
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Be careful that's all I have to say and allow enough travel time to make it in to weight-ins safely...Good luck!

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    Water Temp: 62 up to 74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched at rivers end marina in Byron around 7:30. Ran up past clifton caught a few with blades and plastic. then decided to take a ride and find discovery bay. I have only fished the Delta a few times so wanted to explore. Found it and saw some carp action off Indian slough. Cast the weed line just in front of the action and my friend Doug hooks a 6.5 #er. Headed into the dock areas and started a steady pick around the back side of the docks in the shade. Sat was a hot day 95 according to my outside temp gauge,and water temp was 74 around the docks. fished Senkos in black and red around the docks. Ended up with over 35 fish for the two of us. Several 3 and 4 pounders.
    City: SF

    Tips: I do not think I will fish the Delta any weekends between now and fall. To many drunk wake boarders and boats that should be on the ocean flying around corners putting up huge wakes. Makes traveling very dangerous. Most of these people have no boating training or courtesy.

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 62-65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: WOW Kevin you were'nt BSing. i couldnt get a top water going but anything else that hit the water got nailed. big fish 6.9 on a blade, traps working big time. and the first thing in the morning was a flip bite. a really great day, bout time things started for the non pros. very large schools of 6" bass all over the place.
    City: san ramon

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 59-62

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Had the day off and had to head to the water by myself. Could not find another to share the day with at the last min. (wife@work, Boys@school, (2)Buddies have twins and everyone@Work) Drop the boys off at school and got to Lazy M around 9:00. By 9:30 boated 6 fish on a buzzbait. Tried mr ribbit with no takers. Took off to try different water. With the wind to my back, I pitch a chatterbait and kept hitting fish from 5"-15". Lot of fun. Took off to another area and threw a popper and hit a bunch of fish, untill my arm got sore popping so much. Went back to the Chatterbait and hit a bunch more untill one hit and real pulled back hard. Got it to the boat and she became my personal best. 8.2 lb baby. Off the water at 1:45. I hit 25+ fish on Chatterbait, Popper, and a buzzbait. What a fun day, beats going to work....
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Watch your tides.... Try a Chatterbait (Walton's Pond sell 1/2oz w/ a 5/0 hook & weedgaurd (blanks), U pick the color skirt) Also throw the topwater (spook, popper, buzz and Mr. Ribbit