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Monday, September 13th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: the water was clear i caught bass/trout they were very big and i used worms vvery cold though
    City: redding

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I recently moved to Stockton right on the delta,well there is a irrigation ditch directly behind me that connects to the delta and I have been fishing it every evening after work and doing pretty good right off the bank.but last night i started fishing about 6:00 pm and WAM!! in less then 30 min. i had a 5 fish limit that would have went 15 or more pounds all were 3# and one might have went more. plus alot of 1# fish they were turned on i was fishing a zoom lizard in pumpkin with a chart. tail texas rigged the bite was viscious they hit and ran. i had to run back in the house to grab more baits after one hit the bait was toast. the move to stockton was the best move yet i love it!walk out my door BOOM there is the delta.Dee Thomas watch out(HA/HA) later Nutcases Dom The Hawg Hunter
    City: Stockton

    Tips: use the bait i suggested i have been catching them all week on the same set up. i have went through 4 packs in 5 days (decided to copy and pour my own lizards cheaper)

Sunday, September 12th, 1999

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Go North young men, Go North..We left Ladds Mariana at safe light with a light breeze, a layer of fog laying over a high tide. The air temp. was high 50's and a afternoon high in the low 90's, just perfect... Having won two previous small club tournaments in the Calavarous river arm we headed South from Ladds. We pitched pig and jigs & worms and through spinners, cranks and top water till we were blue in the face, and came up with 2 keepers, for 2.6 lb., and 5 dinks off worms. At weigh-in we found that the first, second, third and fourth place teams had fished the main channel North of Ladds and killed them most of the day. The first place team was 2 ounces shy of 16 pounds for a five fish limit with a big fish of 5.8 lb. They were throwing a 6" red and black fancy tail Culprit worms into the rock banks. The 2nd place team picked up a couple on top early, several on crawdad color cranks and the rest on plastic crawdad (orange) worms for 12.7 lb. It went on for the third and fourth place teams as well. Crawdad color plastics, spinners and cranks in the main channel during high tide.
    City: Turlock

    Tips: Crawdad color plastics in the main channel at high tide.

Friday, September 10th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 71 (Avg)

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Got started late out of Holland Riverside and hit the bottom of the outgoing tide. Pulled a few dinks off of the rocks around Cruser Haven and flipped a couple more out of the tulies in the better water in the same area. Nothing happened on the frog at all.
    City: Concord

    Tips: Red cranks and brown with red flake plastics gave us the limited success.

Monday, September 6th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 71- 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: got out late, at 9am - fished till 2pm with only bites and dinks, cranking, flippin woyms and jigs. Tried wood, deeper water current - did get dinks in current on flukes. Finally started froggin - the bite seems to be coming back. Got two nice 2.5s and lots of heart attack inducing blowups. Also caught 4 real frogs - they seem more aggressive this year..
    City: belmont

Sunday, September 5th, 1999

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    Water Temp: ?????

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Woke up late and headed to the break once more with my dad. Got on the water at about 7:00. Drove to a narrow slough that was packed with wood and fliiped jigs with no luck. Started throwing a crankbait while my dad was using a 4" worm that produced one fish about 2Lbs. We then drove to the south end of franks and found some cleaner water started throwing blades around reefs and tules. After that prodeced nothing I thought it would be a good idea to crank the riprap. Threw the speedtrap for about 1 and a half hours and caught 4 fish and a 20" striper. Overall an ok day, could have been worse.
    City: Tracy

Saturday, September 4th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 70-72

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Holland Sat. morning about 6:30 AM. Fished until 7:00 PM. My partner and I pounded tules for a long time without any success. Finally started fishing the outside edge of weedlines in 15 - 18' of water and the two of us picked up a total 9 fish along one stretch of shoreline. Most 12-14" one went 3#s. Between 5:30 and 6:00 as the tide appeared to be just going out again, my partner lost a nice fish in the weeds and then landed a nice 4# fish, about 5 minutes after that I landed a 4.5#er. The two larger fish came between a break in the weed line and a clump of tules in about 5' of water. All but one of the fish were caught on a watermelon brush hog,T-rigged. One fish caught on a 6" green weenie spade tail.
    City: Newark

    Tips: Don't forget to try deeper water.

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    Water Temp: ?????

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out of the break with my dad and one of my friends from school. Started at 6:00 had no luck flippin at south end of the break. Drove down the way and started throwin white/white blades. Caught 2 fish within next half hour on thick weed lines. Both fish went about 2lbs. Drove back up to the break and flipped for a while had no bites so we went back to throwin white spinners in the tules. Dad landed 3 fish within the next hour that were all over 3 biggest went 5.6lbs. Went in around 2:00.
    City: Tracy

Friday, September 3rd, 1999

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Turkey shoot out of the hook, Started to run west but when I saw the winds I had to deal with I turned and ran east up into dutch slough, stopped just before the first bridge and caught a dink on a jig, while unhooking it, it puked up a good size piece of shad, and it was only the mid section so I figure these fih have alot of food, could be the reason for the tough bite recently my non boater hooked one but it was a dink and shook off I decided to fish the meat wall outside the break, I had a bite but was moving to fast with the wind so I turned the boat around and pitched my jig back in and felt the heavy jig bite, it was a keeper worked our way towards the launch and I pitched my jig right next to the pole ajacent to the ramp dock and it felt heavy I kinda set the hook upon reeling up I had a ton of grass and buried in it was A FISH, talk about luck, Fishing was slow but I had a great time. Jig was a DUH (brown) with a blue zoom plastic pork, I did catch a dink on a shad pattern crank bait that matched the puked shad.
    City: Martinez

    Tips: The bass seem to be petty well fed on natural stuff, the ones I caught were real tight to structure, after casting or pitching to your selected spot let it stay there awhile and wait em out Good Luck Procraft Pete

Monday, August 30th, 1999

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: City: SHADY COVE,OR.

    Tips: GOING TO SPEND OCTOBER AT VIEIRA'S. WHERE IS TO BEST SPOT FROM THERE FOR BASS? MY FISRT TIME ON THE DELTA. ANY SUGGESTIONS APPRECIATED.

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Man what a day.Without a doubt, the best Delta day ever. Launched out of Dels, had a little one-on-one competition going with my son Deli.(Differant boats) I won't say exactly where we were as I'm prefishing for an up coming tourney.However we did stay south.Caught a few small fish on white buzzbaits early, missed one real good one. Began flipping heavy cover, and fishing weed lines once the tide started going out.Was using the "micster" worm again.(I don't know what it is about this worm, Iv'e been fishing it for 10 years,but I have a renued confidence in it now)I flipped a 4 1/2 and a 4, then a whopper,8 lbs. 12 oz in five feet of water, in wood.That fish was the most fun I've ever had, and i have two over ten to my credit.My previous big Delta fish was 6+. My best limit ever was 15+. We figure I had 22 lbs for five fish yesterday. The big fish hit at around noon.We got off the water a 1pm. I'm glad I was using my flipping stick and 20lb test Big Game line. She was all I ever wanted in a fight.
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Inside bend,near current,flipping the Iovino S20,6" worm.

Sunday, August 29th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 72-76

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: STARTED FISHING AT ABOUT 7:30, ME AND MY PARTNER FOUND A SCHOOL OF BASS ON A ROCK POINT ON THE MAIN CHANNEL. WE WERE GETTING DOUBLE HOOK UPS ON 2 TO 3 LBS. WE CAUGHT ABOUT TEN FISH IN 15 MIN. THEN I GOT ONE OF MY HOOKS ON MY CRANK BAIT STUCK IN MY FINGER. NOW I WASN'T ABOUT TO LEAVE TO HAVE THE HOOK CUT OUT, SO I GRAB THE PLIERS AND YANKED THE HOOK OUT. I THINK MY PARTNER THOUGHT I WAS NUTS! SO BACK TO FISHING WE WENT. WE THAN WENT TO A SPOT IN IN MIDDLE RIVER AND FISH PUMPS WITH RUNNING WATER. BOY DID WE HIT THE JACK POT WE MUST OF CAUGHT 20 FISH ON THIS SINGLE PUMP PITCHING JIGS. FISH RANGE 2 TO 4 LBS. THAN WE DECIDED TO TRY SOME FROG FISHING. I FOUND A NICE LOOKING MAT THAT HAD WATER RUNNING THROUGH IT. ON MY FORTH CAST I STUCK A PIG ON A WHITE MANN'S FROG THAT I MODIFIED. I WAS STOKE, IT WAS MY FIRST FROG FISH THIS YEAR. THE FISH WEIGHED 8.93 ON MY STERN CULL EM SCALE. THAT WAS THE ONLY FROG FISH WE GOT. FROG BITE JUST DON'T SEEM TO BE AS GOOD AS LAST YEAR. AT ABOUT 11:30 HEADED BACK TO LADD'S CAUGHT THREE MORE FISH AT THE MOUTH OF LADD'S ON CRANKS. IT WAS A GREAT BIT EARLY THAN AROUND 11:00 THE BITE SEEMS TO FAD.
    City: STOCKTON

    Tips: FOR THOSES WHO DONT KNOW THE DELTA TRY PUMP WITH RUNNING WATER, THIS TIME OF YEAR THEY SEEM TO ALWAYS HOLD FISH. THE RUNNING WATER DRAWS BIG SCHOOLS OF BAIT FISH. USE ANY THING THAT LOOKS LIKE A CRAWDAD, ALSO TRY THE BRIGHTEST RATTLE TRAP YOU CAN FIND. GOOD LUCK!!!!!

Saturday, August 28th, 1999

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of New Hope Landing at 5:30 A.M.and headed up north. My partner and I boated 7 keeper fish by 8:30 flipping plastics along edges of mats. Biggest fish flipping went 5 1/2. Went to throwing blades over tops of submerged structure. Ripped 9 more fish by 1:00. Off water by 1:30 due to the heat and ski boat traffic.
    City: Lodi

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched out of dels, ran to itallian slough and caught a few on buzz baits. my backseater stuck a nice 3.5lber on a spinnerbait. decided to run, caught a some fish flippin worms. saw some big guy stick a nine, can't recall what he was throwing. anyway good day on the water i probably had 5 fish for about 12lbs
    City: SANLEANDRO

Wednesday, August 25th, 1999

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Seven Mile Slough today from 9:00 until 3:00. Really hot out there! Only caught two smallish bass on a bluegill speedtrap. Bass seemed to be near the top of the water.....should have tried a buzzbait. I fish off a specially rigged kayak. I am trying to find "quieter" water where the fast boats won't shake me up too much. Please let me know if you know of good water for a kayak. --Good Luck!!
    City: dublin

Tuesday, August 24th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Had a bad day at work so I split early and launched at Bethal Island. I always have a hard time getting a pattern going in the Delta. I hit the water at exactly 7:00 pm and fished until 8:30. Caught 3 fish and had two additional blow ups. Was fishing a chateus buzz bait but I don't think that is as important as where and when I fished. It was an outgoing tide and I fished a weekline facing the tide. It is also a couple days before a full moon right? That can't hurt. Biggest fish went 6 pounds, my personal biggest in the Delta. Drop me a line if you've noticed any consistant patterns around Bethal. Be Safe!
    City: Livermore

Sunday, August 22nd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 70-75

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: LAUNCH OUT OF LADD'S ABOUT 6:00AM HEADED DOWN INTO THE TURNING BASIN CRANKED SPEEDTRAPS. STUCK 4 FISH IN TEN MIN. ALL WERE 2 TO 3 LBS. ONE WAS ABOUT 5 1/2. THERE WERE SOME BIG SCHOOLS OF SHAD HANGING AROUND THE SHORE. I STARTED TO THROW A SUPER SPOOK ONLY GOT 2 FISH MAYBE 1 1/2LBS. AT ABOUT 9;00AM I WENT WAY IN THE BACK OF THE CALAVERAS RIVER WHERE THERE IS SOME DEEP WATER AND WOOD COVER. DEEP BEING 10-15 FEET. I STARTED TO PITCH A BLACK AND RED JIG INTO WOODED AREAS WITH SHADE. I STUCK 7 FISH 1 TO 4 LBS. LOST A PIG THAT GOT HUNG UP IN THE BRUSH AND SHOOK OFF. ALL IN ALL IT WAS A GOOD DAY FOR SUMMER TIME. I GOT 13 FISH 1 TO 5 1/2 LBS. AND LOST A GOOD ONE. I WAS OFF THE WATER BY 11:30.
    City: STOCKTON

    Tips: CRANK THE ROCKS EARLY THAN PITCH THE COVER WITH SHADE AS THE SUN COMES UP. LURE OF CHOICE ANYTHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A CRAWDAD.

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    Water Temp: ????

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 6:00 to about 1:00. Boated 6 fish total,3 were keepers. Got a keeper on a speedtrap seen a few more follow it right to the boat. Biggest fish of the day went 4.5 ate brown jig/black trailer. Three fish would have weighed 7+. Bites were subtle had to watch the line. As soon as I pitched to a target my line would take off down the tules.
    City: Tracy

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Saturday, August 21st, 1999

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    Water Temp: 73 -?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Flying V and I took a late morning run out of Brannan for little fishing and R n'R. The RnR was better than the fishing. Hit Tules along deep drop offs - did OK in AM, then it died. Tried some frogging with no takers, lots of blow ups. Other bassers at the ramp reported that it was a little tough as well. Folks are doing well in the tourney, so there's fish biting out there!
    City: belmont

Sunday, August 15th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 70's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the B.A.S.S. Fed tourny out of Ladd's Sunday. Winner weighed 16+ for 6 fish all caught cranking on the main channel outside of Ladds. I came in fourth with about 13 pounds. My fish came on plastics (flipping brush hogs and zippers) and jigs (black/blue with a grub trailer. My best fish were 4 1/2 pounds (came flipping big wood) and 3 1/3 pounds (working deep next to a weed bed. All plastics fish were smaller but lots of numbers mostly flipping tules.
    City: Fair Oaks

    Tips: Like always...jigs seem to bring in the better fish but they are not producing the quantity of bites so be patient!