advice for the stockton area

Bison · Post by **Bison** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:51 pm

i have to work this thursday up near stockton in linden and was hoping to find a place to fish after work. are there any places near there to chuck swimbaits from the bank, i know the delta is an option but im looking for some smaller water.... i guess? please help, i have never fished up there and need a little bass time! thank you in advance

DeltaDan · Post by **DeltaDan** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:01 pm

I wish I were you !

I would forget fishing and just hang out here in the Giant's Den to watch the pre-season games that they record and play if they are not live.

The food -- Nothing like you will ever eat to enjoy again until the next time - Start with the Fresh Steamers .. rest and watch some more Giants BBall ... After digestion ~ Finish with the rib's and pesto pasta .... Call it an awesome day !

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thukidad · Post by **thukidad** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:52 pm

theres lodi lake.. but honesty i think thats a waste of time.. best bet would be the delta.. many places to bank off of to throw swimbaits.. my personal favorite is the yatch club for swimbaits

Fishitifyoucan · Post by **Fishitifyoucan** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:32 pm

Pass on Lodi Lake......it's drained! Might be good if you want to muddin'!! FYI

thukidad · Post by **thukidad** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:58 pm

agreed.. rancho seco is the only other body of water close by that will have be a have decent swimbait bite beside the delta.. best bet.. stick with the dirty d for.. i'm heading out this weekend banking it.. pm me if you wanna meet up..

godzilla · Post by **godzilla** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:51 pm

you can also try new hogan lake...head east on hwy 26 towards valley springs! distance is about 30 min from linden..

Bison · Post by **Bison** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:12 pm

thank you guys! i went looking around near manteca for awhile with no luck but ended up at rancho seca. saw some good potential, but didnt have much time. heading back up next week to get a couple of evenings of swimbaiting in at ranco seca. but going to look up the new hogan lake too. thank you all again!

Terry Smith · Post by **Terry Smith** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:38 am

New Hogan has Stripers as A bonus too!!!!!

Melones_IS_Mine · Post by **Melones_IS_Mine** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:18 am

Hogan is almost full. All the planted brush piles are flooded. No fee is a plus, and plenty of bank access. I fished it last Thurs. & Fri. before work. Caught 2 smallies on a jig, and had a couple of ticks on a swimbait. Almost got bit by a Rattler up in Whiskey Creek.

Camanche is really close to Hogan, but costs duckets, and I haven't fished it from shore for many years.

Lodi Lake/Mokellumne River fishes small LOL. It IS a good place to waste an hour or so. I'm surprised the lake isn't rising yet, but as SOON as there is enough water for fish to get in, they just get stupid for any lure. If the lake is still dry, those bass go somewhere. Deep holes & channel turns. Unmolested fish.

Oak Grove Park in StocktONE off of I 5 & 8 Mile Rd. is small. Trout and a few bass that eat them. The water is anything but clear, and you are still like, 3 min. away from 3 Delta sloughs if you go west of 5.

I drove by Rancho Seco a while back, and it looked really interesting. They have Trout, Bluegill and Crappie for Bass to munch on.