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Thursday, September 17th, 2015

  • Solano County
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      Report: Delta Report…. East County Fishing rolls as Salmon Stripers surge
      Hook series this weekend

      Dan’s Delta Outdoors Striper Series starts 26th September

      Isleton
      Cooler temps and a sprinkle of rain have more Salmon Anglers are seeing success, a few fishing finally started getting an occasional report of success from Salmon searching anglers. Water temperatures have dropped with the cooler evenings. Many anglers to the west are seeing more salmon daily… getting close. . Silvertron’s are the best bet for those who want to try. Smallies are getting more attention now as 2 to 4 pound fish show more often now… Jigs and flukes are getting them!

      Walnut Grove
      Cooler temps have Salmon are increasing in numbers Silvertrons and K-14 getting mentioned Bank anglers Pile worms and cut baits prevail. Catfish action is getting the most praise, Few Stripes are in the area as anglers recover still around as temperatures return more seasonable in the Walnut Grove area as the trolling bite is OK mostly small fish. Best area has been Courtland to Walnut grove. Red Eye Shad and small shad patterned plastics are the top choices here as well. Small swimbaits are scoring Largemoth and Smallmouth in the Meadows.

      Discovery Bay
      Hot muggy conditions had revitalized the frog for bass anglers. Stay near main river current with Crankbaits Strike King XD 6 and 2.5 square bills. Bobby D’s Swim Jigs and Spinner baits getting mentioned often. Jig bite on points is also good, the all new TNT Booby Trap is a great replica of Delta Craws come by and check them out ! Top water stripes are showing in the deep water side. Topwater scoring striped bass on the main river topwater look for birds.

      West Delta
      WOW! More Anglers in search of stripers are finding solid numbers of keeper stripers from both boat and bank. Most of the nice stripers coming soaking Shad. Antioch Pier scored stripers to 33 inches this week. Shad is top offering.The West as in Honker Bay to the Broad Slough plug casting is getting fish when wind cooperates. A few more Salmon success stories have come on the incoming tide with Mepp’s Flying C’s in Pittsburgh and Humphries areas . Bass Bite stays solid in the Break and surrounding cuts. Cranking and spinnerbaits is starting to improve daily.

      Provided by Dan’s Delta Outdoors, 1625 Main St Oakley CA 925/234-4694 Follow us on Facebook

  • Shasta County
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      Report: From Shasta Lake
      Good morning Shasta Lake!

      It actually feels like fall! Here on the lake it seems like Fall lasts about 3 hours on a Tuesday in October wink emoticon

      Right now it is 52 degrees, and it has been steadily sprinkling all day grin emoticon Last night we had a great show from Mother Nature...lightning and thunder! Although we are supposed to warm back up to the mid 90's by the weekend, we are certainly enjoying this beautiful weather...RAIN!

      Lake Level Report (09/16/2015 at 9 AM)
      Lake Elevation: 937.78' (129.22' below full pool)
      Lake Elevation (2014): 904.87' (162.13' below full pool)
      Storage: 1,682,894 af
      Storage (2014): 1,227,167 af
      Outflow: 5,102 cfs
      Inflow: 1,100 cfs
      Precipitation (24 hr @ dam): 0.00"
      Precipitation (Season @ dam): 50.38"
      Precipitation (2014 Season @ dam): 31.00"

Wednesday, September 16th, 2015

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got the evinrude fixed and took it out for some test runs at mossdale, and she ran great. As soon as I launched stripers started busting so I caught as many as I could without starting the motor, on top of course. Moved on and found some bass on shallow chunk rock with current mostly small. Worked that for awhile then saw some birds working on inside bends so moved over there working out a little deeper and started picking up fish in the 3lb class.

      Tips: If there not hooking up well try down sizing with a similar bait

Tuesday, September 15th, 2015

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Evinrude still down so took the trusty 16 ft nitro out, windy as all hell. No top water, put my buddy on with a spinner and i as well and got after it. Nothin big but fun. Out for about 4 hrs in the afternoon and boated about 20 between the two.

      Tips: Most hit it on a pause as it fluttered in about 5 to 6 ft of water.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: Low 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was great this weekend with the light winds which kicked the spotted bass & small mouth into gear. They are biting well all along the pit arm on soft plastics. The crank bait bite seems to be attracting larger fish. The catfish bite was slow and steady overnight while using chicken liver and night crawlers, the largest caught was near the 4 pound range. The bite was slow on the Mccloud due to all the water activity going on but overall a great caught weekend out on Shasta Lake as usual.

      Tips: Darker shades of plastics are working well

Monday, September 14th, 2015

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      Report: Provided by Phils Props
      Salmon fishing on the Lower Sacramento river got off to a slow start this year. Reports from the Corning area are that more fish are starting to show up in that section of the river which means we are not far off of seeing them in better numbers from Red Bluff up to the Barge hole. Back trolling flatfish and back bouncing roe have been paying off with dime bright fish.

  • Shasta County
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      Report: From Lake Shasta
      Good morning Shasta Lake fans!

      We are getting a wonderful break from the triple digit heat that we experienced last week. Currently we are sitting at 67 degrees and 91% humidity. The best part is we are getting rain! OK...more like a light sprinkle wink emoticon However this damp weather is supposed to hang around the area for the next several days. There is also the possibility of lightning and thunder! If anything, I hope that this weather is helping against some of the fires in the north state.


      The lake level status is continuing to look great! Considering that the BOR predictions at the end of August had the lake at 129' below and we are still above that half way through September...I would say that puts us in a definite positive! Also, we are over 32.5' higher than where we were last year. That brings us to capacity. At 37% we have the highest current capacity of any other man made lake in CA at the moment.

      Let's just hope that El Nino is coming and relieve the entire state from the dire drought conditions we are currently in!

      In the meantime, it is great weather to grab your boat and a fishing pole! wink emoticon

      Hope you all have a wonderful week! grin emoticon

      Lake Level Report (09/14/2015 at 11 AM)
      Lake Elevation: 938.60' (128.40' below full pool)
      Lake Elevation (2014): 906.02' (160.98' below full pool)
      Storage: 1,695,536 af
      Storage (2014): 1,241,464 af
      Outflow: 5,801 cfs
      Inflow: 1,814 cfs
      Precipitation (24 hr @ dam): 0.00"
      Precipitation (Season @ dam): 50.29"
      Precipitation (2014 Season @ dam): 31.00"

Sunday, September 13th, 2015

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74-77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Top water frog action! On the water late about 11:30am. Bite was slow but the big girls came out to play. First bite slow walk the frog paused at an isolated tule clump bam a 4 lber. Then saw a nice grass point with good current flowing into it frog hits the water an owl swoops down grabs the frog it flys off, I get the frog back make same cast, BOOM 7lber with about 120 ft of line out. Day goes by catching 2 more 3's a couple dinks on sqare bill craw pattern, pick that frog back up and see the same situation as before throw out walk walk pause and holy $#!t estimated 13lb 28in on a tape engulfs it puts on a show out of the water,get her to yhe boat put my hand in her mouth and pull her in. Heart pumping crazy my buddy jumping up and down, wow personal best.

      Tips: Slow those top waters down with good pauses, and don't just throw shallow get iy out there in open water with the current.

Wednesday, September 9th, 2015

  • Amador County
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2015

  • Solano County
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      Report: Spent Tuesday on the water with Brian P. fishing jigs, we didn't catch a whole bunch of fish, but the ones we did were all tournament quality! Brian stuck his personal best at 7lb 1oz round 9:15am, 30 minutes later he tops that with a 7lb 4oz fatty! Awesome day of fishin fer deep summer bass here on the Delta!

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 78-79

      Report: *****Oroville Afterbay****

      Thought I give the afterbay a try with higher water levels, up to 135.5, the highest since I have been watching the water levels. For thos that don't know, you can check water levels by going to http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/quer ... an=24hours . I was completely amazed at how much of a change 2.5 feet of water makes, a completley different place when the water gets higher. I launched about 6 an, and tossed worms till about 9:30 am, leaving when the holiday crowd began to get too busy. Slower day for me, only got 8 LM, all fish at 12-13 inches, no larger ones today for me.

  • Shasta County
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      Report: From Shasta Lake
      Good morning Shasta Lake!

      What an AWESOME weekend! The energy of everybody on the lake was great! The weather was perfect and we were busy!!! Of course we were...becasue we've ‪#‎GotWater‬! Comparative to last year we have more that 458,000 acre feet more water and over 32' higher!

      It is bittersweet transitioning from thousands of people on the lake yesterday to the quite, calm, serene lake today. We love the excitement of meeting families from all around the world, but it is wonderful to take in the beauty and how quite it is right now. The water is not as turbulent, and the water becomes very clear! I will do my best to get some pictures for you wink emoticon

      It does look like we are going to swing back into the high summer temperatures for this week...in the triple digits. Currently it is 95 degrees with a slight breeze. Looking forward to what could possibly be the last triple digit week on the lake this year!

      Lake Level Report (09/08/2015 at 9 AM)
      Lake Elevation: 941.19' (125.81' below full pool)
      Lake Elevation (2014): 908.82' (158.18' below full pool)
      Storage: 1,735,754 af
      Storage (2014): 1,276,773 af
      Outflow: 5,600 cfs
      Inflow: 2,184 cfs
      Precipitation (24 hr @ dam): 0.00"
      Precipitation (Season @ dam): 50.29"
      Precipitation (2014 Season @ dam): 31.00"

Monday, September 7th, 2015

  • Amador County
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      Report: From Lake Camanche

      Lake Conditions 9/7/15

      Water temperature at the south shore ramp is approximately 82 degrees. The inflow from Pardee Lake is 11 c.s.f. as of 9/4/15 and the outflow from Lake Camanche is 200 c.s.f. Spill level is currently 64.2′ with approximately 3,000 surface acres of water.

      NOTICE: South Shore single lane courtesy ramp has been reopened.

      Both North Shore courtesy ramps are currently open.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spotted & Small mouth bass can be caught on plastic worms & small soft swim baits (keitech) all throughout the lake. Bank fishing is fair in heavy pressured areas due to all the water activity but limits are still being caught. Crank baits are working well in rocky areas (walls, points) etc. Jigs in brown or black can be beneficial if fished at the right speed. Everything is choking up SHAD or CRAWDADS!!!!

      Tips: Bigger fish still holding up in deeper waters due to the heat and warm water temperatures.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: Low 70's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Water still crystal clear and cold, Spotted bass can be seen is areas wheres there's absolutely no pressure, lots of hydrilia. Blue Gill are still aggressive in those heavy pressured areas as well as from the bank. Fish are being caught mid to late in the evening once a lot of the water activity has died down. A few topwater evening strkes but nothing big. Drop shotting and shakey heads seems to get fish in the boat. Crank bait fishing is slow to none but lots of smaller fish are chasing cranks acting real aggressive.

      Tips: Fish hard, never give up.

Sunday, September 6th, 2015

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72 degrees

      Report: Fished out on Frank's to see the sunrise. My buddy and I caught approximately 18 shakers on chrome and black rattle trap, within the first 45 minutes. And 4 on top water with a whopper popper. Headed over to Middle River but stopped along the way near an opening to Little Franks. Fish finder was lighting up with activity and then the shad started popping around the boat. My buddy threw in a whopper popper and caught a 4 pound striped bass. Then the birds showed up diving all around us. It was picture perfect. Caught another 6 striped bass, shakers of course, same spot. Over to middle river to fish for Large Mouth. Caught about 7-8 using wacky rigged worms in motor oil color. Off the water by 1:30

      Tips: Get out really early before first light to catch the morning striped bass bite. We were out before the birds started hunting.

Saturday, September 5th, 2015

  • Shasta County
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      Report: Gooood morning Shasta Lake!!!

      We are kicking off the Labor day weekend with some great weather here on the lake! We had some strong gusts last night that are still subsiding this morning. Coupled with 61 degrees right now...it feels a little like fall. No worries, it is going to warm up back near the triple digits towards the end of the weekend!

      Best thing yet...we have water! And plenty of it!!! As of this morning we are over 32' higher than last year with close to 460,000 more acre feet of water and over 220 miles of shoreline!

      We have all been watching the weather reports and following the tales of the now called "Godzilla El Nino!" As with all other Californians...we are looking for relief from the dry weather. So keep hopeful and we will keep you up to date!

      In the meantime, get outside this weekend and enjoy what Nor Cal has to offer grin emoticon

      What better way to end your summer season then on the lake...fishing, hiking, boating, wakeboarding, kayaking...you name it, we have it at the houseboating capital of the world ‪#‎HastaBShasta‬ ‪#‎GotWater‬

      Lake Level Report (09/02/2015 at 7 AM)
      Lake Elevation: 942.73' (124.27' below full pool)
      Lake Elevation (2014): 910.70' (156.30' below full pool)
      Storage: 1,759,891 af
      Storage (2014): 1,300,872 af
      Outflow: 5,791 cfs
      Inflow: 1,921 cfs
      Precipitation (24 hr @ dam): 0.00"
      Precipitation (Season @ dam): 50.29"
      Precipitation (2014 Season @ dam): 31.00"

Friday, September 4th, 2015

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 78-79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I guided two good fishermen from the east coat who have fished for everything, but not black bass! This was a 5 hr trip because of their busy schedule. We had to fish mid-day, from 11 am to 3:30 pm - Not the best time! After catching several sub-legal largemouth, we ventured out into the main body which was a slick as glass after Wednesday's windstorm. One of the fella landed the big bass of the trip, again using a MM111 Robo worm. His smallie went 2 3/4 lbs - great fight!! They caught a few more, with the biggest a 2 1/4 lb spotted bass. I was very pleased with a fairly good mid-day, flat water bite. They missed several bites while learning the secrets of plastic worm fishing!

      Tips: The lake is still dropping, but slowly. I think the pre-fall slowdown has hit the lake a bit. Some areas that were real good during the previous weeks were void of bass and bait yesterday. The day-before north wind might have moved the fish too. We did see a few stray bass bust shad on the surface. After Labor Day - come quickly fall bite!!!

  • Shasta County
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      Report: Provided by Phils Props
      Visit them at http://www.philsprop.com/
      Bass fishing at Shasta and Trinity has been good all summer and is starting to get even better! Try topwater of the main point's first thing in the morning. After the sun get's on the water fish out to around 30' with Senko's, Tubes and 6" worms or look for mudlines and fish them with mid depth crankbaits. The bite has been good for numbers and there has been the occasional big fish showing up!

Thursday, September 3rd, 2015

  • Solano County
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      Report: Delta Report

      Stripers and Salmon are starting to show in better numbers.

      This Weekend- Free Fishing Day Saturday No License required!

      Free bait with 20 dollar purchase at Dan’s Delta Outdoors

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      Isleton
      More Salmon Anglers are seeing success, a few fishing finally started getting an occasional report of success from Salmon searching anglers. Water temperatures have dropped with the cooler evenings. Many anglers to the west are seeing more salmon daily… getting close. . Silvertron’s are the best bet for those who want to try. Catfish are the best target species this time of year that can help you beat the summer doldrums . Anchovies, Mackeral and Sardinescs are good choices here for the whiskerfish.

      Walnut Grove
      Salmon are increasing in numbers Silvertrons and K-14 getting mentioned Bank anglers Pile worms and cut baits prevail. Catfish action is getting the most praise, Few Stripes are in the area as anglers recover still around as temperatures return more seasonable in the Walnut Grove area as the trolling bite is OK mostly small fish. Best area has been Courtland to Walnut grove.

      The Sacramento Turning Basin
      continues to be decent with stripes caught there by lure tossers. Red Eye Shad and small shad patterned plastics are the top choices here as well.

      Discovery Bay
      Cooler evenings have the bite changing combined with the wind have Spinnerbaits and crankbaits doing better daily. Stay near main river current with Crankbaits Strike King XD 6 and 2.5 square bills. Top water stripes are showing in the deep water side. Topwater scoring bass on the main river topwater look for birds. Jig bite on points is also good, the all new TNT Booby Trap is a great replica of Delta Craws come by and check them out!

      West Delta
      More Anglers in search of stripers are finding a few keepers on occasion from both boat and bank. Most of the nice stripers coming soaking Shad. Antioch Pier scored stripers to 30 inches this week. The West as in Honker Bay to the Broad Slough plug casting is getting fish when wind cooperates. A few more Salmon success stories have come on the incoming tide with Mepp’s Flying C’s in Pittsburgh and Humphries areas. Bass Bite stays solid in the Break and surrounding cuts. Cranking and spinnerbaits is starting to improve daily. Punching get’s the bites the key is staying square to your target and setting hard.

      Provided by Dan’s Delta Outdoors, 1625 Main St Oakley CA 925/234-4694