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Friday, December 22nd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: It seems like there's a hater out there. Jim it's ok. you talked about fishing there since it was built and your unlucky,well put the wifes fishing gear away and let me teach you a lesson or two. I cant believe you have the time and energy to talk sh@@. when you admitt to not catching fish. Give up fishing and move onto basket weaving. I'm not here to bad mouth anybody about fishing. This is a mans sport. Just letting some people know that the fish are still biting like crazy. I live here in Discovery bay and fish out there almost everyday and night. So take it for what its worth. Good luck. Merry X-MAS
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: To all you other MEN out there thanks for the nice responses back. P.s. if you need some tips i'm there for you JIM(not)

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

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    Water Temp: 45-46

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My buddy and I launched out of Korth's Marina. Got to my favorite slough at 8:00A. Cranked 3/4 oz Rat L Traps (shad and chrome w/blue). Caught 2 striper limits by 8:30A. Since it wasn't raining yet, decided to keep fishing to see if we could catch a salmon or bass. Quit by 10:30A. Got back to the marina and had boat under shelter just as it started to rain hard. Our count for the day, 8 stripers boated (7 keeper size: largest 2 - 10 lbs), lost 2 fish (had them hooked for at least 5 seconds), and got numerous hits.
    City: Dixon

    Tips: Fish the near the end of dead end sloughs. Majority of the fish action were on the shad colored Rat L Trap.

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I keep reading the reports about no Strippers In DiscoverY bay. I live there and the stripper bite is at its best right now> all i can tell you is stay away from the east side and head over to the west side. The Hair Razor is still the ticket. Me and a few buddies must have caught over 100 strippers in the last week. Good luck
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: Early morning boils are crazy right now. Mark the fish and start tossing the hair razor around really slow,also dragging it off the the bottom. Water is cold fish are moving alot slower. Good luck.

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I keep reading the reports about no Strippers In DiscoverY bay. I live there and the stripper bite is at its best right now> all i can tell you is stay away from the east side and head over to the west side. The Hair Razor is still the ticket. We and a few buddies must have caught over 100 strippers in the las week. Good luck
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: Early morning boils are crazy right now. Mark the fish and start tossing the hair razor around really slow,also dragging it off the the bottom. Water is cold fish are moving alot slower. Good luck.

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I keep reading the reports about no Strippers In DiscoverY bay. I liove there and the stripper bite is at its best right now> all i can tell you is stay away from the east side and head over to the west side. The Hair Razor is still the ticket. We and a few buddies must have caught over 100 strippers in the las week. Good luck
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: Early morning boils are crazy right now. Mark the fish and start tossing the hair razor around really slow,also dragging it off the the bottom. Water is cold fish are moving alot slower. Good luck.

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

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    Water Temp: Cold

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went back to my honey holes today for about 4 hours. Could have bagged a limit of BB but, they just broke off at the boat or I had pulled the bait out of their mouths. Cranked the same crawdad colored deep diving crank bait (16' rating) in 8-12'of water. Type of structure was the same as my last report. Deep water next to shallow coves of structure. I tend to believe, like so many pros, BB like to wander in deep water because the temp is more stable. The nearby shallow water provides forage.

    Didn't try for stripers, but saw some them being caught via. flys. Can't tell you were to go because its just too crowded as is. In general target dead end sloughs or flooded islands like Franks, Big Break, or Mildred. I only plug and drag perch in these areas so I don't think these areas are good for other techniques.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Throw a deep diving crak bait and finesse it back to the boat. Wind slow with a stop every now and then. Unlike me, wait a moment before setting the hook. I prematurely pulled too many crankbaits out of BB mouth before they had time to commit.

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well, I can tell you where the stripers were not hanging out today, Discovery Bay. I drove all around the marina side and all of the small bays and did not graph jack squat. Weird. I should have figured it was gonna suck as there were only two other boats fishing the area.
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: Any body doing any good anywhere else? Please post.

Monday, December 18th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 49/50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: LAUNCHED OUT OF ORWOOD TRIED ALL PROVEN AREAS OF DISCO BAY MANGED ONE SMALL STRIPER WENT ALL THEWAY TO MANVILLE NO ACTION/ NOT MY TURN ON FISH IT WAS COLD RUNNING SORRY CANT HELP THIS TIME
    City: antioch

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 50-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Pre-fished down south and around mildred area. Found lots of reaction fish rippin shallow grass and slow rolling blades along tule islands. Fished the AC semi pro today, greated by a cold front and a clear sky,, not great for us reaction guys. Spent two hours at our first stop, the back of a dead end slough, with only 1 keep to show for it. Ran to my partners water where he'd located several schools of fish holding out in front of deep water docks. Partner sticks a 4 and 5 and now we feel like were back in the hunt. We filled our limit on the docks and decided to give another shallow grass area a try, since it was now overcast and the wind picked up. We couldn't get bit on the blade, but managed to cull our smaller fish rippin up two 2's and a 3. finished in 3rd with just over 16lbs. 1st and 2nd both had 18.
    City: Tracy

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out of the Wimpie's area today to test my friend's project boat. Being the fishing addict, I brought two poles with us. One was setup with a jerkbait and the other had a deep diving Craw color Timeber Tiger crank. We targeted deep weed lines around coves. Fished both baits very slow with a long pause between retrieves. The tide was coming back in. Overall we caught three fish within a half hour. Not bad for winter.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Live weeds in coves and deep water. Throw your typical winter baits--jigs n pig, crank, jerk, and flip slow. Thoroughly work an area. It may take up to eight cast before the fish strikes your bait.

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: If that salmon guide is legit. and you have his guide license # you can get his bonding Co. name from DFG and get your money back from them. Don't let this guy rip you off!! It sounds to me like he's the cry baby that didn't want to get cold.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: You should open a can of whopa$$ on that sucker!Do NOT let the JERK get away with your deposit!

    Tips: If you do not stop him the next guy will get screwed the same way!

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: in regarde to the failed salmon fishing trip,sorry for your bad luck with kirk,your experience is nothing new,he is affectionatly known in our area as KIRK THE JERK and i think you know the reason why,there our other guides in redding that are simply awesome,dont give up on the salmon fishing up here
    City: redding

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: The birds are everywhere. Off the top of my head there is mandeville, twitchell, sherman, king,empire tract, mcdonald, bouldin, franks tract area, suisun bay, san pablo bay and a few other places I cant remember right now. Or you can just go over to Grizzly Island WA or some other WA or NWR.

    Sorry I dont have a fishin report

    Tips: Use live bluegills because they work

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    Water Temp: 49-50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a half day with Dan today. Fished Coney island area and Victoria up to Hwy 4. Rain was coming down sideways in winds 15 mph +. (lying weatherman!). Dan still put us on fish almost immediately. 2-4 ft, suspending stickbaits/jerkbaits in shad patterns and med size willow leaf spinnerbaits did the trick. Seemed like the fish were balled up over/next to deeper grass, out of the main current following the shad as usual. Anywhere we could find a little cut in the weeds or similar ambush point, we found bass. Good size very chunky bass, lots of fun. Dan is very good at pointing out and explaining the subtleties of the river, i.e.- the 'Drive up Window' phenom. Attention to detail really made the day. Thx Dan!
    City: Dublin, CA

    Tips: Patience this time of year

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Never mind those bluegill, If you want to catch big stripers use a 12 inch largemouth. Use a 3/0 Tiemco SP600 or = and hook it just in front of the dorsal fin. I caught a 30 pounder the other day.
    City: Stockton

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I found the CA DFG fishing regs at http://www.fgc.ca.gov/2006/06freshfishregbook.pdf. In Section 4.20 (d) it seems to say using bluegill in the Delta is okay. Most other places, no, so be careful. You almost have to be a lawyer to read the regs these days.
    City: Folsom

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I thought it was ileagle to use game fish (bluegill) for bait? If Im wrong please fill me in.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I read so many striper-fishermen are drifting Perch and Bluegills. Are there any baitshops around Stockton area that carry those? Please advise.
    City: modesto

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: The Devil Mountain Bassmasters hit the Delta for their last tournament of the year on a cold morning in December. Traditionally a tough bite and this year was no exception. But as the day warmed, the bite on senkos, beavers and jigs pick up. Big fish for the day was over 7 lbs, then followed by a 5 pounder.

    If you are looking for a great club that is focused on fishing and a good time, check out www.dmbass.com. We will have the 2007 tournament schedule posted soon. We are looking to add boaters and non-boaters this year.
    City: Walnut Creek

    Tips: Sleep in, fish the warm part of the day.