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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water has not cleared up pretty good in most areas. Bite is still a little tough. Caught 4 & 6 keepers rom 1.5# - 3# on plastics. No real pattern, just a ew active ish here and there. Got a ew deep on the outside o the weed line, a couple shallow behind the weeds, a couple o a deep tule wall, and a couple o lats with some wood. Spent a lot o time looking or quality ish, but did not ind them this weekend. Bite should really improve once the water temp hits 52-55. Seems like the irst ew ish are moving into the spring areas.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Tried blades, cranks, jigs, and plastics. All came on plastics. Several baits worked. Tube baits and ReAction Gator Dogs (Similar to Brush Hawg) were the best producers. Back/red and PB&J were the best colors o the ones I tried.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished all day Saturday and Sunday...On the water both days out o Disco at 8:00 AM...Saturday...Fished everything in the tackle box and until I picked up my son at 1:00 had (1) bite/ish (2.5lbs) to show or it...Ater I picked him up caught (5)up to 2.5lbs and missed two bites...All ish caught shaking worms in Disco...The cleaner the water the better the bite...Sometimes had to shake worm in the same place or over a minute or two...Bites were pressure...Pick up and move type. Best ive went a bit over 10lbs. Son enjoyed reeling in the ish and commented on how green the ish were. Much un. Sunday I took out Granpa Ed and we headed out o Disco to the ar North...Found some clean water and caught in excess o 25 ish. Shaking worms, Carolina tiny brushhogs o rocky points and ishing tight to structure slowly...We ished each area in inches and used dark robo worms and yamamoto wacky style pumpkin and watermelon. Biggest was 3.7 and bagged a solid 14lb (5) ish limit. All ish were caught in water rom 5 to 20 eet deep. Nothing against the bank at all. O the 25 ish...22 went over 13 inches...A great day...Weather was perect!!
      City: Discovery Bay

      Tips: Dark colors and tight to wood structure were keys. Slow...Slow...and Slower...Robo in baby bass, and margarita were great baits on Sunday. Four inch pumpkin and watermelon senkos wacky rigged also caught good ish. We ished three small areas all day worked them thoroughly. Bites came in spurts o two to our ish and then silence or short periods. Enjoy the water and stay sae. TG.

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: skunked again launching out rom dico bay. trolled along the rip rap throwing a spinner bait nuthin! so i tried going in the residential areas missed a couple on a green and black roboworm. i gave up on blacks and went or striper only caught a 16'' and had a nice one on a live jumbo minnow but came un hooked. ahhhh the big one that got away.lol
      City: livermore

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I've been away or a bit but here's a report or my last three Delta excursions.1/20 - Launched out o Disco and ished inside all day...Cranked White Norman DD18, Senko, Black/Blu Jig, and used drop shot. Caught 12 total, (5) over 13 and one which went 12lbs 8 ounces!!! Took her in to get weighed and pictured beore releasing back where she came rom. Along with her I caught a 3+. All ish came on drop shot with 4 1/2 inch roboworm. Caught a big striper as well on crank. Weather was cold and oggy. Worked bait rom bank to 15+ eet. Caught nearly all ish in 8+ eet o water.1/26 - Fished Tracy Oasis Tourney and went back into Disco. We inished 2nd with 10.44 lbs (5 ish). Caught Drop shot ish, but most came Carolina rigging tiny brushhogs. We caught (9) keepers with biggest at 3.4. Best ish were caught in 10+ eet o water dead sticking or barely moving bait.1/30 - Launched out o Disco again and caught a 2.5lb ish on irst cast and then waited our hours or my next bite. Totaled (8) ish with (5) over 13 but barely. Again, drop shot was the ticket or me. Also, missed a ew hard knocks on jig and Carolina rig. SLOW...SLOWER...AND DEAD STICK.
      City: Discovery Bay

      Tips: Not much advice here other than the bait either had to be still or gentling moving to get any attention. I you do drop shot don't set the hook on irst tick...Lower rod tip and gently pull up...USE SHARP HOOKS. Customize your baits using Black, Chartreuse, and Red...Seems to help.Be patient the bites will come.

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      Water Temp: 52-56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: John and I took my dad who is in rom Colorado on a combo striper-black bass trip the last two weekends and really got on some nice ish. Last weekend we hit 22 stripes to 25.2 pounds and 4 blacks to 3.3 pounds. This weekend we nailed 20 stripes to 10 pounds and 3 blacks to 3.7 pounds. The cool thing about the 25 pounder last weekend is that it spooled John and my dad caught the line an hour later. We tied a blood knot to one o my rods and reeled the beast in. I got the whole thing on tape, which makes it even more special.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: All ish were caught in the whites area, but inding clear water is a must. By clear, I mean one oot o visibilty or better. All ish were caught on reaction baits with the brighter colors working best. The ish were really jumping on the baits last weekend, but this weekend they wanted them paused or luttered. This is the warmest I have ever seen the water at this time o year, which would explain the good black bass bite on metal baits. We will really start to get serious on largemouth ishing the next couple o weeks with tournament season coming up, but it sure is hard to leave the stripers when there hitting like this. Good luck and be sae.

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      Water Temp: 48.5-49.5

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out o orwood this morning, ran south got nothin, ran back to disco got one strike on a craw wiggle wart did not land it. went back to restaurant had burger and bloody mary.
      City: oakley

      Tips: burger and bloody mary were excellent.

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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: my dad and I hooked 14 large mouth 1.5/2 Lbs and 4 striper 6 to 12 Lbs on the south delta today .It was Incredibale ishing but the rain was horrible .I just want to send out thanks to Bobby barrack i it wasnt or his training during are guided trips we Would still be catching 2 or 3 dinks all day I dont brage on to many people but i you want to learn to catch ish all year on all the baits he is the man to show you .
      City: Elk grove

      Tips: rogs,plastics,spiners,spooks,jigs,jerks,you name it he makes it hapen in the dead o winter.

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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Another very oggy morning out o Orwood. Fished The Hook Tourn. and desided not to run in the og, but shoot straight into Disco. Stayed in there all day again. Dragged, Dropped-shot, Pitched, and Flipped plastics around rocks and docks. What a day with 20+ bass, 30+ tug/bumps/pick-ups, with our best 7 going 10.91 giving us 16th. Great job Auston, We are doing great, We have 2 more to go.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: The ish are there and go slow.

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The striper bite- i went out on the 1st and caught 8 ish. One okay one weighing about 8#. Fished near Frank's Tract with shad or bait. Also caught one just under 18in with a white spinner bait. The ishing seems to be a little slower than last year. Good luck!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Shad, white spinnerbaits, chrome colored rattle traps...Let theish take the bait or LONGER than you eel is necessary. You'll land alot more this way. I probably missed 4-5 ish.

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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: launched out o paradise point at irst light went to avorite spot in whites and threw spooks or 20 min with no luck then switched to crawdad color speed trap and caught 6 ish to 2 lbs outside weedline. played around with senkos a bit and caught 3 small ish. no big ish today bite seemed to be better on bottom o tide
      City: elk grove

      Tips: where are the big ones somebody help me

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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got a late launch on Fri and ound almost 2 dozen boats ishing the same weed lines out in Franks. Traps and topwater produced or us and or most o the other boats around. Although, they were a bit on the small side, not one over 6 that we saw. Hit a ew middle Delta spots with only a ew to show or it. Tried a ew big ish spots without a bite. Couldn't get bit in Sherman even with decent 2-3 oot water clarity and the tide we like so we ran back to the Break to inish o. Great topwater bite the last 1/2 hour o light. Several double hook-ups with ish up to 10lbs. Even my girlriend's son bagged a 9 1/2 on a 6' med spin rod with a trap, what a ight! Plus 3 largies to 4 1/2.Sun dierent story. A ew good rolls at irst light with 3 in the boat to 8lbs, then nothing. Fished traps and topwater hard and all over or the next 3 hours with nada. Finally switched to spoons on schoals in 15-20 eet o water and boated 8 quick ish to 4lbs. Oh well, bad tides I guess, at least we all hooked up.
      City: TRACY

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      Water Temp: 53-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launch rom Lazy M 1st light, ished my butt o all the way to Disco Bay with no result. Switched up to a spoon or strippers at the bridge on old river and caught 1 keeper 2 dinks but better than 0.
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Dress warm and enjoy yoursel.

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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Boated a dozen stripes between 7:30 and 9am wed morning. Only took 45 min to idle rom the Break to Franks in all that darn og. Fish started at 5lbs and up to a couple 10's all caught on top water ished along weedlines. Back out or a little pre-turkey stripering thurs...more og! More topwater ish in Franks and the Holland area rom 4-8lbs. The really un part was we put together almost a 20lb bag o largemouth anchored by a 6 1/2 by my girlriend, rom one small patch o grass, all on the same giant pencil poppers we were catching the stripes on. Bite really slowed once the sun inally came out, save or one pig that rolled on me twice then went completly airborne and managed to avoid getting stuck.
      City: TRACY

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Me and my old buddy Tony went out north o Ryer Island and ished or about 1 hr. not anibble....so o to Firing Line. 45 mins later Tony got a good hit, then nothing, 30 seconds later BAMM! He pulls in a 14lb Striper. A ew shakers later I pulled in a19 incher....later in the aternoon I got what elt like a shaker till it got up nearthe boat and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz it took o like a bat out o hell..... bent my polein hal...damm I wish I could have seen it beore it got o... anyway, great day ishing!
      City: Pleasant Hill

      Tips: Hot coee, one beer @ 12:01 (i the suns out) 20 eet o water, a unny riend, bullheads

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      Water Temp: 55-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Tiki ater og broke. Went looking or striper. I they are in Mildred, they were not visible in any orm. Found some in Whiskey and surrounding, but biggest only our or so. Blacks were willing on west-acing rip-rap using black/red baby brush hogs and shad-colored rattle baits. Also spooned up a ew away rom shore while trying out the striper.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Blacks were airly shallow on rip-rap ater sun out or hour or two, but wanted plastics tight to bottom.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Orwood Launch both days early AM. Foggy Monday so stayed inside discovery Bay or irst 2 hours without a hit. ished avorite rip rap just outside o disco and had plenty o action on outgoing tide w/cranks (shad) to 3.5#. Over to holland cut and ound birds, baitish and blacks. action was urious or 30 minutes. 11 total in a small area using cranks - all keepers 13" to 3#.Action slowed both days ater 11am. when tide turned to incoming crankbaits were dead but roboworms and MGM worms did the trick along same rip-rap, island points and drops. Even mixed in a ew stripers. Very strong 2 day bite.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Natural color crankbaits W/rattles along rip-rap on the outgoing. Parrallel the bank and keep moving. Aarons magic (Robo)& Fall craw (MGM) Island points. & rip rap w/ decent drops. Almost every begginning & end o bends produced ish along the rocks. Fish were a lillte lethargic but were keyed in on cranks. No spnnerbait bite at all.

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      Water Temp: 56-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bobby Barrack guide trip today rom 6am to 6pm. Chased stripers with pencil poppers and traps all over Franks, Big Break, Sherman, little Franks and around Holland. Boated at least two dozen decent ish, not counting the shakers. My girlriend bested her own record 3 times over with a 10.5, a 14 (wouldn't ya know it, I handed her my rod to untangle her backlash when this one exploded on top) and a 14.8. In the mix were 9 or 10 largies, mostly little guys but my gilrriend stuck three in the 4lb range. Plus I boated three Steelhead rom 2 1/2 to 4 1/4. As always with topwater ishing, we missed a lot o ish. but we saw some toads (a ew looked like 20's) chasing our baits, rolling, swatting and putting on a heart pounding show only to turn away at the last second. What a un day, Bobby really works hard to keep his clients happy and is a great guy to hire i your looking or a Delta guide trip.
      City: TRACY

      Tips: We ished shallow water (5t or less) all day long.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: RE: to the tagged bass that was caught. I too caught a tagged Largemouth in the delta. In act I caught 2 in 1 week. I know there is no address on the tag to send it to, so I inquired about it and here's what you do. Send the tag to "Tag Recovery, Central Valley Bay-Delta Branch, 4001 North Wilson Way, Stockton, CA 95205" Send the tag, along with your name, phone number, address, how long the ish was, the weight, what you caught it on, where you caught it, weither you caught it rom shore or in a boat, the date and time you caught it, i you want the tag back or not, and any other inormation that you have about the ish. It will take you a while to receive the check so dont worry i you havent received anything or a while. You can also call DFG and they will give you a phone number to call. Goodluck
      City: Livermore

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: "Disco" reers to the development o Discovery Bay on the South end o the Delta near Brentwood.
      City: San Francisco

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On Saturday, hit the stipers and blacks all day. Got a LOT o ish. Landed 40+ stipers jigging spoons up to 3 lbs. Got blacks on rattle traps up to 4lbs. Sunday, landed another 30+ stripers on spoons. One going 3.5#, another 4#, a 6# and one iesty bastard going 11 lbs. Great day, good dinner!!
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Get out there while its hot. Should last another month or so. PS - This is the only time o year where chasing birds doesn't deem you insane. LOL Good luck guys.