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Name: PV Sportfishing Review
Email: info@puertovallartafish.com
Location: Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
Weather: little Windy
Water_condition: smooth
Date: 03-06-10
Remote Name: 189.182.101.92
Puerto Vallarta fishing report March / 06 /2010Captain Steve Torres Has been on a tuna hunt even though it is late season Captain Steve found a great boil of Yellowfins but way offshore about 20 miles past the El Banco so it is about a 70 mile run from the Marina Vallarta. We left the docks last Tuesday a little before 4 am hit the fishing grounds about 7 am, and right as we approached the Island we saw a nice flock of birds and smaller tuna ;jumping just like the other day Captain Steve said smaller tunas jumping early and the big bite in the afternoon after 2pm We had a first hook up after about 15 minutes drifting and casting live bait, nice little footballs about 30-40 lbs great Sashimi to start off the day, after we boated the first tuna we caught up with the School and as soon as we starting drifting again, there was another bite then another then 1 more all about the same l.size 30 -50 lbs that got everyone blood going we kept catching one after another with 1 more triple hook up, then at about 2 pm we decided to get a little further away from the Island and try for the bigger tuna We drove about a mile Captain Steve spotted some birds and we were back on top of them. Then we all saw a big splash in the water behind us much bigger then we had seen all day and 5 minutes after that we were hooked up again this Yellowfin had a little more size about 120 lbs to top the day, total count eleven Yellowfin tuna-30-60 lb range and one that was about 120 lbs. Online video will be coming soon, email us at info@puertovallartafish.com for more info about Puerto Vallarta fishing or for a more recent Puerto Vallarta fishing report
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Dirty everywhere!
Date: 03-09-10
Remote Name: 69.227.23.159
My lucky dog, Spike, and I took one for the team going out for some striped bass. I caught & released one 5#/23”. I launched at Hogback. I motored and trolled 74 miles, 6 different places on the Sac-side. Dirty water everywhere, not a drop of clean or semi-clear water anywhere! I trolled shallow some, mainly deep using Yo-Zuris. The one striper caught was on the banana deep-diver at 3-3.25 mph in water depth targeted as 14-18’. 7 hours, 74 miles. Water 52-54*, dirty. Air 38-52*. Sky clear. Wind 0-5 mph. Tide: incoming. 3-4 other boats out, not much catching being done. Sac water should clear up in 5-8 days, water reach 55* & the bite turn on. Water may be clearer in the San Joaquin & Mokelumne. Thanks for the company Spike.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Minor Slough area.
Weather: Windy with isolated showers ( cool )
Water_condition: Off colored at 51 degrees.
Date: 03-09-10
Remote Name: 69.238.171.241
MONDAY MARCH 8th......JUST HAD TO GO!............I launched at Hogback and no surprise to me. was the only rig in the parking lot! South/west winds 10 to 20 MPH.....dirty water...and falling water temps....Going solo, would be looking for some wind protected area along with clearer water......Bait fishing will rule....The ride from Steamboat and up Cache was BRUTAL! This run usually takes less than 15 minutes with flat water...But on this day, the wind had churned up the water with big whitecaps and with a reduced speed it took more than 30 minutes to reach the mouth of Minor...Of course, I found calmer conditions entering inside Minor.....Anchored in 15 feet of water around one of the many bends and went to work with the many baits I had in my ice box....Didn't matter what I had on the hook...Shad, Sardines, even Squid.....Nothing but CATFISH!!!! And if you have ever fished with me, you know how I feel about these whisker face critters..LOL!....After a couple hours and zero Stripers, picked up the anchor and decided to explore the area....Going inside of the many cuts in Minor, I found slighty clearer water & warmer temps....I threw Hammer traps & Rattle traps for more than an hour without results. No stripes....By late in the afternoon, the water had warmed in the cuts to 56 *...Got out my bass gear and went to work using Brushogs & 6 inch Senko's....The skies began to darken and I knew I didn't I didn't have much time left before it started raining...Bam! nailed a 4 1/2 pound bass on the Brushog...Wow! a fish without whiskers....After releasing him/ her...time to head in...Here comes the RAIN!..which followed me all the way back to Hogback.....The only trailor in the parking lot...Mine...Soaking wet...headed home....No stripers on this day....one bass..and numerous catfish....Better than sitting in my lazy boy recliner watching Bill Dance......See ya on the water.. Naked.
Name: Dale Stanfield
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Boca Reservoir
Weather: Cloudy, no rain or snow
Water_condition: DANGEROUS!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 03-06-10
Remote Name: 75.22.188.23
If anyone else does any ice fishing please heed this warning... THE SHORELINE ICE AT BOCA IS DANGEROUS!!!!!! Five of us on the ice at 0730, little touchy getting out on the ice pack due to the fact that the lake has risen about 8'-10' since two weeks ago. The shoreline ice weakened as the day went on and I broke through about 12' from shore in about 20' of water. Thanks to no panic and a solid friend with a rope, I can share the warning. BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!!! By the way, 7 fish for the five of us. Biggest was 18 1/2" Brown followed by an 18" Brown. All released to get even bigger.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: LAKE BERRYESSA
Weather: Mostly cloudy..light winds...
Water_condition: Clear..clear...clear..at 56.9 degrees
Date: 03-05-10
Remote Name: 69.238.171.241
FRIDAY MARCH 5th...........PRE-SPAWN BASS..........While recent heavy rains have once again colored the delta waters, not so for Lake Berryessa.....Mike Booker invited me to join him for a day of pure bass fishing. I was at an unfair disadvantage from the start, as most of my bass gear is set up for delta fishing, running braided line right to the hook. You can get away with it fishing off colored water, but not here at Berryessa! CLEAR WATER PERIOD!! Fishing the many arms connecting with the main lake, we located fish staging in 20 to 30 feet.....Mike is using 8 pound Fluorocarbon line on both of his finesse rods with a wacky-jig head set up. I'm using 10 pound braided line with the same set up....Both of us are using Morning Dawn Robo worms.....Mike is getting bit on a regular basis & goes up 5 fish to my none! I'm not feeling anything!...Duh! By noon, Mike has his 7th fish.....I'm shooting blanks. I stop fishing & change to 8 pound test fluorocarbon leaders on both of my reels.....Just like magic, I hook up & catch 3 in a row!! Why did I wait so long to make this adjustment? Too late to catch up with Mike..We ended the day catching 13 bass to 3 pounds...Just 4 caught by me...the bass were all three specious...Smallmouth, Spots & Largemouths....Didn't catch any fish in shallow water...nothing under 15 feet....Not a bad day for very early March...Thanks for the invite Mike......Naked.
Name: rock n pony
Email: mcles002@yahoo.com
Location: nowhere togay
Weather: nice
Water_condition: calm
Date: 03-05-10
Remote Name: 75.43.38.67
Oh no Buck. You should have checked Fishermans Warehouse first. You probably got ripped off at Bass Pro. $ 6.99 at Fishermans Warehouse. By the way, Barry and Mark are old timers and everyone on this website knows who they are. You should always check FW first as they will normally beat BP prices by 10%-40%. Just sharing that with you
Name: Buckthefisherman
Email: Katinkahbelle@hotmail.com
Location: califonria Delta
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: flat
Date: 03-04-10
Remote Name: 63.77.139.254
I don't know if you guy's have heard about the P Line Predator lures, but I was down at Bass Pro Shops last weekend and saw a guy named Mark Wilson and another guy named Barry Canevro I believe was his name. They showed off some great fish pictures and had really seminars about trolling for stripers. Well, I just wanted to let you know that I was in Bass Pro today around 5 o clock and the sales people were stocking these pline lures in the deep divers and in the angry eye shallow lure. The salesman said they had been waiting on these lures for some time. I got 5 different color and can't wait to try them out. I hope to post again with some postive striper catching results.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento, DWSC
Weather: Fog to clear skies
Water_condition: 43-54*, semi-clear
Date: 03-04-10
Remote Name: 69.226.75.223
Bill Crooks invited me to go out for some striped bass. We caught 11 legals to 6# (released 7), 1 undersized, had 1-2 hit/no sticks and 1 double. We launched at the Washington Outboard Club, Port of Sacramento. We trolled the deep water ship channel. We used banana & clown Yo-Zuris, redhead B-25s with shad gel at 3-3.25 mph in water depth targeted as 14-18’. The trolling “lane” was very technical, changing from 14’ to 10’ or 25’ in a few seconds. Fortunately the bottom was clay & weeds, no lost lures in the unexpected shallow water. 5.5 hours, 33 miles. Water 53-54*, semi-clear, little to no debris on or in the water. Air 56-62*. Sky foggy to clear. Wind 0 mph. Tide: Slack and outgoing. Thanks for the invite Bill, another great outing.
Name: Alan Fisherman's Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: North Delta
Weather: nice
Water_condition: very stained in most places
Date: 03-01-10
Remote Name: 75.8.105.123
Headed to the delta with Dave & Dave to see what the rain did to the water. We went up north to the Mokolume River which was like mud! So we headed all the way north up in Snograss. Only one small striper for the day. But the bass fishing was pretty good but we only caught six bass to four pounds and I lost one at the boat about five pounds. Most were caught flippin brushogs up tight. Have to wait until the water clears a little then it will bust wide open!
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento, DWSC
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Dirty to clear, 54-56*
Date: 03-01-10
Remote Name: 69.226.75.223
Bill Crooks invited me to go out and look for some clear water and striped bass. We caught 5 legals to 8#, 4 undersized, had 3-4 hit/no sticks and 2 doubles. We launched at the Washington Outboard Club, Port of Sacramento. We trolled the deep water ship channel. We rolled shad & trolled 38-40’ water for 2 hours at 1.5 mph, maybe one hit on the 3 oz banana weight, 3-way swivel, 3 oz hair raiser & deep-diving Yo-Zuri rig. We switched over to deep divers (Yo-Zuri clowns & redhead with shad gel or garlic scents) at 3-3.25 mph in water depth targeted as 14-18’. The trolling “lane” was very technical, changing from 14’ to 10’ or 25’ in a few seconds. Fortunately the bottom was clay & weeds, no lost lures in the unexpected shallow water. All but one of the legals was caught on the inside rod. 7.5 hours, 33 miles. Water 54-56*, semi-clear to dirty (outgoing) to semi-clear to clear (outgoing), some debris on & in the water. We had to motor twice to find fish or stay in clear, moving water. Air 50-62*. Sky high overcast. Wind 0-2 mph. Tide: Most of the outgoing, slack & 1st hour of the incoming. Thanks for the invite Bill, another great outing, doing something different that produced a few fish.
Name: Dale Stanfield
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Davis - Portola
Weather: Snow, Cold, crappy
Water_condition: 10" snow on 4" slush on 14" ice
Date: 02-28-10
Remote Name: 75.22.191.130
Seven of us hit the ice at Davis. On the ice by 0800 hrs and by the end of the day around 1630 hrs. we had caught a total of 36 fish. Seven of them were 17" or larger. Biggest of the day was 18 1/2". Lots of fish and most were caught 8' to 12' down on Crawlers or Powerbait. The smaller (12 - 14" ers) were hitting the Crawlers. The Big Guys were hammering the Powerbait (Chartreuse Chunky Gulp) and the were 2' to 3' under the ice. Everything went back in the water except for the biggies or the "gut hooked" ones... they are still there to catch again.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: grownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta, Pittsburg
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Dirty to semi-clear, 56*
Date: 02-25-10
Remote Name: 69.226.75.223
Carl Moyer invited me to attend the Area 2 SIRs fishing club breakfast, a great group of guys. After the breakfast Carl took me out for another sturgeon catching lesson. We launched at the Pittsburg municipal launch & were fishing within 15 minutes. Carl caught & released 3 undersized sturgeon & I short distance released an 8# striped bass. The best bite was on the outgoing tide. We use grass shrimp & 6-12 oz weights. 4 hours, 4 miles. Water 56*, dirty (incoming) to semi-clear (outgoing), some debris on & in the water. Air 50-62*. Sky high overcast to clear. Wind 0-2 mph. Tide: Last of incoming, slack & 1st hour of the outgoing (best bite). Another good day with fellow SIRs and Carl. Thanks for the invites Carl.
Name: Rodman 28
Email: markinmillbrae@att.net
Location: wherever there's water
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 02-26-2010
Remote Name: 76.252.217.130
How does it "Help" all the other fisherman on this website to post about catching sturgeon in a "Secret Location" other than to be self-aggrandizing, a braggart and a few other adjectives not fit to print?!.....Mark.
Name: Ratty the REAL Fisherman....
Email: phothisane@sbcglobal.net
Location: W.Sacramento secret location
Weather: cloudy but nice.
Water_condition: Calm
Date: 02-24-10
Remote Name: 69.111.100.222
Me and 3 of my buddies caught 3 sturgeon. All three are between 56 and 60 inches. Fishing from the banks using Pile Worms and Grass Shrimp. It was a good day. No boat needed. Caught 2 under size and let it go.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Amador
Weather: 48-53*, overcast
Water_condition: 54*, dirty, debris in/on the surface in places
Date: 02-23-10
Remote Name: 69.226.75.223
My lucky dog, Spike, and I joined 8 other Jolly Hookers (SIRs) Fishing Club members for a day at Amador. Nine of us caught less than 9 fish. I don’t think anyone caught more than one. I got one slightly over 3#, the largest caught was 6#. We trolled primarily. I got mine top-lining rainbow glitter PowerBait at almost 3 mph! I tried bank fishing power bait on the bottom & casting Kastmasters for over an hour in 2 different places for nothing. The largest rainbow caught by our group was on a rainbow Needlefish with Trophy Trout gel, no worm trailer. A few other boats out today, same results. A few of the bank fisherman near the launch/trout stocking area were catching some throwing small silver Kastmasters. 6 hours, 10 miles. Water 54*, dirty. Air 48-55*. Sky overcast to light sprinkles (we got out of there just as the rain came). Wind 0-2 mph. Tide: slack. The guys in the club are all good trout fishermen. If they can’t do better than a trout/rod that says something, I’m not sure what. Always a good day our with fellow SIRs/Jolly Hookers.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Mokelumne River
Weather: OK, wind 5-8 mph in some areas
Water_condition: 54*, clear
Date: 02-22-10
Remote Name: 69.226.75.223
Bill and I tried the “other, other” river today for striped bass. Bill & I were skunked (except for Bill’s smallmouth bass (more on that later). We drifted minnows, trolled shallow, trolled deep, threw Fishtraps for not a hit. A few other boats out today, same results. 6 hours, 45 miles. Water 52*, clear. Air 48-59*. Sky overcast to partial overcast. Wind 0-3 mph. Tide: incoming. Bill decided to keep the smallmouth in the live well. It was alive when we got to my house. Bill put it in his ice chest. When he gets home he puts it in water in the garage sink. DFG calls him Tuesday and asks him if he wishes to volunteer to relocate smallmouth from the Mokelumne to the American River. Bill says can I start today? I’ve got one alive in my sink! They say yes. Bill is going to relocate it today, Wed, Feb 24th! Are those smallmouths hardy or what? Always a good day with Bill.
Name: fishboat
Email: fishboat35@yahoo.com
Location: Costco auburn blvd
Weather: raining
Water_condition: falling from sky
Date: 02-24-10
Remote Name: 216.93.194.60
Went to Costco on auburn blvd yesterday looking to buy some petrale sole. None there yet, this is the best sole you can buy. What do I find in the fish counter FARM RAISED striped bass. I just came home from 6 days striper fishing in the delta and caught fish every day brought a couple home. Next time I want to sneek off to Reno, I can tell the wife I'm going striper fishing in the delta and stop by Costco on the way home and buy a fish and show her what I caught. I wonder where these fish are raised? Could be China,as everything else comes from there. Hey Alan I caught a fish at a running pump thanks for the help on what lure to use.
Name: Alan Fisherman's Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: North Delta
Weather: good then bad
Water_condition: clear 55*
Date: 02-23-10
Remote Name: 75.8.105.123
Headed back to the delta with a couple friends to see if the stripers were still there. It was nothing like yesterday! Graphed lots of bait (smolt) and fish but they wouldn't hit. I had two blow up on my big stick on top water and missed them both. JB landed the only two stripers for the day and they were small. Then I had a big striper hit my al-e-baby which I fought for a while getting it close to the boat and the hook pulled out! Looked like about fifteen pounds. Had one other swirl on my al-e-baby and then it started to rain so we quit at 11:30am and called it quits. Only got rained on for about half hour!
Name: Alan Fisherman's Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: North Delta
Weather: very nice n sunny
Water_condition: clear 57*
Date: 02-22-10
Remote Name: 75.8.105.123
Went to the north delta with Alfred and it was a slow start up in the Consumes River. So I headed north and on my first stop and Alfreds first cast with a spro swimbait wham fish on! For the next half hour we landed over twenty stripers to twelve pounds! I was using my al-e-baby and my biggest was over twelve pounds. But I lost a good one that was taking line and just came off! As I moved up more onto the flats we started to catch some big bass. So I switched to a spinnerbait and flipped a brushog and ended up catching over twenty five pounds of bass for five fish! Largest was over seven pounds! We had a great day of fishing!
Name: Dale Stanfield
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Boca Reservoir
Weather: everything came at us
Water_condition: 16" ice pack
Date: 02-21-10
Remote Name: 75.22.191.130
Saturday's ice fishing trip this week was to Boca in Truckee. Wanted to start the morning fishing "Brown's corner" at the dam, unfortunately even though we were there by 0700, there were other guys fishing there already. Went over to the West shore at the dam and did okay. 18 fish for 5 guys all small rainbows. That is until about an hour before time to go home. The guys in Brown's corner pulled out so we went over there and fished it. One of the guys hooked and landed a 6 lb. German Brown while jigging a Crystal Bullet jig in a 4" refrozen "old" hole. good trip...
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: 56-59*, clear, some debris
Date: 02-18-10
Remote Name: 69.225.195.244
Bill Crooks invited me for the day at the Port of Sacramento, Deep Water Ship Channel. We caught 7 legals to 5# (released 4), 1 undersized, had 2-3 hits/no stick. Bill wanted to try rolling shad so we trolled slower than usual. I was not sure what to use as I do not have a lot of confidence rolling shad so I was lazy & stuck with my same old rig. All but one were caught deep trolling @ 1.5 mph, 65-80’ back using a 3 oz banana weight with a bead chain, 3-way swivel, 3 oz hair raiser & Mackerel & Rainbow Yo-Zuris. Bill had a similar set-up but rolled shad for much of the day (got one that way). We were both surprised we did not get more hits/hook-ups on the shad. We launched at the Washington Outboard Club. 6 hours, 27 miles. There were 10-15 boats in the area, not many other reports of catching. Water 56-59*, clear, some debris on top or in the water. Air 50-63*. Sky foggy to high overcast. Wind 0-2 mph. Tide: Outgoing all day. One of our two best days together at the Port/DWSC. Ron Retzlaff was downriver trolling, scouting for clear water & stripers. Thanks for the invite Bill, glad you got one rolling shad, that was the plan for the day.
Name: Dale Stanfield
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Frenchman's and Davis
Weather: Clear, Cold
Water_condition: 18' ice pack on both
Date: 02-16-10
Remote Name: 75.7.82.238
Ice Fishing at Frenchman's on Saturday. Six of us caught five fish, very few bites and most of them were "one hit wonders". Fished about 500' out from the dam and all over the water table and couldn't find them. Out of the five fish only one was 15" rest were throwback 12" or so. Ice fishing at Davis the next day rocked. Three of us caught 18 fish with four of them going just under 17". Fish were about 8' to 12' down and hitting on Green gulp powerbait and crawlers. The jigger caught a few on a variety of lures. Best fish was the one that knocked over my rod holder and pulled my pole into the hole, fortunately the reel hung up on the edge of the hole long enough for me to grab it.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Pardee
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: 53*, clear to 12'
Date: 02-16-10
Remote Name: 69.237.197.118
Bill Crooks, my lucky dog, Spike, and I joined 39 other SIRs, Jolly Hookers Fishing Club members (16 boats) and guests for a day of trout trolling at Lake Pardee. The group caught 48. Bill & I caught 8 to near 2#, most on orange grubs with Trophy Trout gel 150-175’ back, 25-50’ out to the side on side-planers at 1.6-1.8 mph. 6 hours, 18 miles. We received a “paper” boat check at the gate. We trolled the main lake and the river channel (all our fish were caught in the river channel). There were 10-15 boats in the area & we saw most catching fish. Water 53*, clear to 12’. Air 49-59*. Sky overcast to partial overcast. Wind 0-3 mph. Tide: slack. Always a good day with Bill, our fellow SIRs and, as usual, an exceptional shore lunch.
Name: Alan Fisherman's Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Pardee Lake
Weather: very nice
Water_condition: good 54*
Date: 02-15-10
Remote Name: 75.8.105.123
Went to Pardee with Jennifer & Mynda (cashier) for some smallmouth fishing. The weather was very nice and warm. The water temp was 54* and the fish were not biting! Good thing the weather was perfect because the fishing was bad. Oh well thats why it's called fishing and not catching!
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Montezuma Slough
Weather: awesome
Water_condition: nice and muddy
Date: 08-15-10
Remote Name: 75.45.125.200
Very slow day today. Saw lots of boats in the area and heard no reports of any sturgeon caught. Used about every bait there is with nothing but 2- 6" stripers. Fished the incoming, probably should have fished the outgoing. Guess I need some educating.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Power Lines....Above Sherman....
Weather: Cool..Breezy much of the day....
Water_condition: Off colored at 50 degrees.
Date: 02-11-10
Remote Name: 69.227.211.137
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10th........KINDA WINDY! BUT, PRODUCTIVE..........Driving down Interstate 5 from Sacramento we encountered a thick fog which quickly burned off as we passed the Thorton turnoff ...That can mean only one thing! Clear skies and breezy conditions around Rio Vista.....Tom Ramage joined me for a day Sturgeon fishing....After launching at Sherman county park, we found choppy conditions as we motored up to the power lines with south/west winds to 12 knots...On a positive note, we would be fishing the incoming tide with the wind at our backs. Water temps were 50* and climbed to 51* at the surface in the afternoon with ideal water conditions ( slighty muddy ) With a good flow of water coming down the main Sacto river, it took a few hours to get our boat steady on the income. Once again, Salmon Roe balls were the bait of the day and very little junk bites with the off colored water....We counted less than 4 other boats in this area all day and zero jumpers!! My Hummingbird was alive & well with large echo returns all day under us & using the side imagery, both sides of the boat....At around 10:15am. I pick up a suicide fish! a few touches then straight down....This fish went 50 inches and decided to release him and try for a bigger fish as the day was young....Finished the incoming tide without another hookup and we hoped the outgoing tide late in the day would be more productive? The turnaround didn't happen till 3:30pm so we only had a few hours till dark. Tom gets a great pump shortly after the tide gets moving and misses him...Reels in and puts another roe ball on...Another pump...but this time, a solid hookup!...unfortunately a shaker at 44 inches....We fished till almost dark and by that time the tide was really ripping and our window closed! Once again, the last boat to leave the power line area trying to catch one of the big boys...Guess we were lucky landing a few fish on a windy day? see ya on the water.. Naked.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: 51-52*, clear, incoming tide
Date: 02-08-10
Remote Name: 69.237.197.119
Bill Crooks invited me and my lucky dog, Spike, out for a day at the Port. We caught 6 legals to 6# (released 3), 2 undersized, had 12 hits/no stick. All deep trolling @ 2.5-3 mph, 90-150’ back. I used a 3 oz banana weight with a bead chain, spreader, 3 oz hair raiser & Yo-Zuris with 6" tails. Bill had similar set-up. We launched at the Washington Outboard Club. 6 hours, 18 miles. There were 20-30 boats in the area, most got something. Water 51-52*, clear, not much debris on top or in the water. Air 48-56*. Sky overcast. Wind 0-3 mph. Tide incoming to beginning of the outgoing. Our best day together at the Port. Thanks for the invite Bill, always a good day with you.
Name: robert from shell
Email: rainbowtrout@sbcglobal.net
Location: lake pardee
Weather: cold and rain
Water_condition: simi clear
Date: 02-07-10
Remote Name: 74.37.126.110
Had a chance to camp at lake Pardee for the opener I know there is a charge for boat launching but if you camp their they still charge you for your boat that’s $7.00 dollar a day plus 8.00 for docking their and 2 kayak. After paying a total of 92.00 for 1day ½ of fishing this how it go. Bank fishing was better than trolling I saw some going over 7 pounds and better. I took 2 other with me and their puppy bandit. At 6.45am headed up river to the first cove which I always good for 1 or 2 fishing in 60 feet of water Kari nailed a nice 18 ¾ Kokanee it was so funny because bandit saw where I put the fish and he was try to find it. After showing him where the fish was he could understand why I close the lid. After resetting Kari fishing pole with a purple hoochie and a pink corn with a piece of worm. I set a side planner going back 75 feet of line with a Shasta tackle orange and white hoochie with a green grub I got a rainbow but lost it 10 feet behind the boat with 4 poles out had a lot of strikes but no hard take down. I also had the downrigger set at 20 feet and 5 feet with repelas in orange and rainbow trout color.
Name: Dale Stanfield
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Prosser res. - Truckee
Weather: Snow, Snow, Snow
Water_condition: Good 16" ice pack
Date: 02-06-10
Remote Name: 75.7.82.238
Back to Prosser for some more ice fishing but this time decided to fish the dam. Fished the West Bank of the dam area and did well. Six of us caught 36 fish, no real big ones but several were about 13" to 14" and big and fat with a good fight. Most were caught about 10' to 12' down on both crawlers and gulp power bait (Chart. w/glitter).
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: cloudy
Water_condition: the usual, stained
Date: 02-05-10
Remote Name: 75.45.125.200
Hey Nick, How did you get down 35 feet? Are you using 6 ounces of weight. I cannot get more than 20 feet and seem to be going over the top of them. Am new to the club so any info would be helpful. Thanks, James
Name: Nick Garcia
Email: nick1028@comcast.net
Location: Dep Water Channel
Weather: warm partly cloudy
Water_condition: Clear-50 degrees
Date: 02-05-10
Remote Name: 67.182.164.255
Wednesday I Fished with my bud Jimbo Moya. We trolled 35 ft deep using spreaders with Yozuri + tails and jigs. Good day -caught 7 stripers 15 -6-3-3 te big boy was 34 inches! tight lines ya'll
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Suisun Bay Sturgeon Not
Weather: Good Enough
Water_condition: 47*, dirty, outgoing all day
Date: 02-02-10
Remote Name: 69.224.150.80
Bill Crooks, my lucky dog, Spike and I went out for sturgeon. We were skunked! 6 hours, 39 miles. We launched at Belden Landing. We scouted lower Montezuma, upper & lower Suisun for nothing on the fish finder. We anchored two different places. We fished an outgoing tide & outgoing current (on the incoming tide). We did not get a single bite (maybe 1)! We tried live grass and ghost shrimp, brined shad, eel & roe. There were 7-10 boats in the areas & we heard nothing on the radio or across the water. Slow day? Water 47*, dirty, not much debris on top or in the water. Air 48-53*. Sky overcast to partial overcast. Wind 0-3 mph. Both Bill and I felt the need to get out with all the rainy weather having kept us in for most of January. Always a good day with Bill.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: THE FAMOUS POWERLINES
Weather: Foggy early then partly cloudy ( cool )
Water_condition: OFF COLORED with lots of debris 48 *
Date: 02-02-10
Remote Name: 69.227.211.137
MONDAY FEBRUARY 1st. ...................TREES & TONS OF DEBRIS!!! .....With the Sacto river flows dropping from 18 feet to 11 feet at the I street bridge, it turned the lower part of the delta into a sea of GARBAGE!!! Bill Meyer joined me for a day of Sturgeon fishing which wasn't an easy task....After launching at Sherman Island in a thick fog and slowly motoring upstream to the power lines (start of the outgo ) we were dodging piles of debris along with very large trees & branches!....After anchoring and the fog lifted, it got worse! I was constantly running to the front of the boat & pushing large tree branches & trees off my anchor rope with my oars!!! One time, I moved too late and had to throw my anchor rope overboard as a 20 foot cottonwood tree snuck up on us....Really hard watching your rod tip & all the garbage behind you....About an hour into the outgoing tide, the river started to relax with much less debris and we could focus on the business at hand..FISHING!!!LOL! Using Roe balls, I caught my first fish of the day.....A slimy 8 pound squawfish!...which hit just like a sturge...pumping action and all!....At the end of the tide ( 12:00 noon ) Bill gets a classic pump using a roe ball and gets a solid hookup.....FISH ON! for about 45 seconds as this big guy comes unbuttoned.....As hard as Bill set the hook, thought for sure this fish was stuck well......Guess he wasn't? The incoming tide took more than an hour to turn us around as there is still lots of water pushing down the Sacto...Fished till 4:00pm with just a few nibbles & jiggle bites..Alot less junk on the water on the income....A slow day for us anglers...Lots of big echo's on the Hummingbird on both tides and saw no jumpers all day!. Will try it again on Weds before the next chance of big rains.....Thanks for the company Mr.Bill....See ya on the water....Naked. P.S. Be careful out there, small boat owners..
Name: lovetofish
Email: rdpaiva@sbcglobal.net
Location: sacramento delta
Weather: bad
Water_condition: muddy
Date: 01-28-10
Remote Name: 99.0.5.82
looking for a good great guide to teach me top water fishing for the big stripers. and locations . area interested in sac.delta. thank You all
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Camanche North Shore
Weather: 44-50*, overcast
Water_condition: 50*
Date: 01-27-10
Remote Name: 69.108.235.225
My lucky dog, Spike, Steve Robinson and I joined a group of 34 Jolly Hookers (SIRs) fishing club members and guests for the day. steve & Ie caught 7 rainbows to 15” (2 released), 1 largemouth bass. Most were caught on orange 3” grubs 100’ back & 75’ outside on side planers. A few were caught on the surface, straight out the back of the boat 100-140’ on 3 different lures. We trolled at 1.6-1.9 mph most of the day in the vicinity of Hat Island. The largest fish caught by our group were 6#+, 5#+, 5#+. Water 51*. Air 44-50*. Sky overcast. Wind 0-3 mph. Over 30 boats on the water today. Most of our guys caught fish. Another great Jolly Hookers (SIRs) outing with excellent hamburgers with all the fixings for lunch provided by Ron Madsen & Alex Alexander.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Pumphouse San Pablo Bay
Weather: Windy, drizzle all day
Water_condition: cloudy but not muddy enough
Date: 01-26-10
Remote Name: 75.45.119.113
It was an off day for the sturgeon while fishing aboard the Morning Star out of Crockett today. 9 people on the boat accounted for just 2 stary flounder. We had crab bites all day but no sturgeon pumps. Need some more mud to flow down the rivers to muddy up the bay.
Name: Alan Fisherman's Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: sacramento delta
Weather: raining
Water_condition: dirty 47*
Date: 01-26-10
Remote Name: 75.8.105.123
Went to the delta today to see what the water looked like. Fished the San Joaquin river for about an half hour when I got a call from work. Sacramento Fisherman's Warehouse got hit last night by some crooks! They cut a hole in the roof and made off with a lot of reels, fishfinders and money! So we'll be on the look out at web sites and auctions. We have some footage of the crooks from the cameras in the store and now it is up to the police to go find them! Please be aware of anyone selling new reels and fishfinders!
Name: 14_Blast
Email: pdm1n@aol.com
Location: San Pablo Bay
Weather: Overcast, Rain
Water_condition: Green, then turned muddy brown (less than 7' of water)
Date: 01-24-10
Remote Name: 76.102.85.112
Fished the outgo yesterday With Scott. Had 1 pump and left when the depth got to 3.5. Came back the next day for another try with Scott and Tony. Had two pumps today, Scott was able to hook, actually, it was a suicidal sturgeon which hit his bait like a freight train...no pump at all and leaped out of the water. Scott had his back turned so he missed all that, we had to tell him he had a fish. He fought the fish for about 45 minutes, I got a noose around it, measured it, removed the hook, and set it free. During the fight, we saw another sturgeon jump (to get away from the hooked sturgeon). We thought it was the sturgeon that was hooked, but it was smaller and the rod wasn't pointing towards it. About an hour after that, we got a pump, but it was a swing and a miss. Fish was 77", used ghost and eel. We could see Mt. Diablo from where we fished.
Name: Dale Stanfield
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Prosser Reservoir
Weather: Snow, Sun, Wind, Rain...
Water_condition: 1' snow on top of 1' water on top of the ice pack
Date: 01-23-10
Remote Name: 75.44.203.168
Very tough day of fishing in very tough conditions. First we had to snowshoe into the lake through all of the fresh snowpack (about 2'). Once on the lake found about a foot of snow on top of about a foot of water on top of the ice pack. Very tough conditions, breaking through the snow and soaking through the boots all day. Slower day of fishing with only about 17 for six of us. Same baits, depths, etc. It was nice to see a few more groups of ice fishermen out on the lake with us.a PS - Gotta have a sense of humor sometimes... lmao Dude.
Name: The white dude
Email: deltaman@aol.com
Location: Sacto Delta
Weather: windy, cold, rainy
Water_condition: wet
Date: 01-23-10
Remote Name: 24.6.207.25
Launched at Hogback with my pals Lopez, O'Leary, Vang, Ivan and Jamal. Started fishing the outgoing tide with traps and caught several undersized shaker stripes, however Vang insisted on keeping them. Gave up and tried for sturgeon with some ghost shrimp, also caught a few shakers but Ivan hid them in the battery compartment. Got frustrated and started arguing with O'Leary who was drunk off his a$$ on where to go next. Lopez jumped out of the boat when the Sherrif's patrol cruised by after I yelled "La Migra!". Jamal wanted to go catfishing but we didn't have the right bait, Vang ate it all. Gave up and headed back to the dock where all my pals jacked me out of my car, boat and fish. See you on the water......
Name: fishwithron2
Email: fishwithron2@sbcglobal.net
Location: home by the pool
Weather: warm
Water_condition: rain/wind
Date: 01-19-10
Remote Name: 75.26.169.78
John Fong, Davis didn't mean anything as he only stated that there are orther poachers beside asian. There wasn't any racial about it and i'm asian and not offended by it.
Name: John Fong
Email: JF@aol.com
Location: California Delta
Weather: Warm - I stayed home
Water_condition: clear
Date: 01-19-09
Remote Name: 76.238.131.141
Dear Davis, I have recently read your post. I am offended by your racial comment regarding Asian fisherman. What is that all about? JF
Name: Davis Whaler
Email: kenyamo@aol.com
Location: Decker Island
Weather: Foggy & Cold
Water_condition:
Date: 01-16-10
Remote Name: 24.7.159.212
Only small stripers near the power lines. Only fished three hours with my son and his friend. Pulled my boat out around 12:30pm and noticed both the F&G and the local police hanging out in the parking lot. I waived hello and thought nothing of it. A boat after me had just docked. One of the three guys came over to my boat and asked how I did - told him only shakers. He said the same with him and said he had been out there all night with his two buddies, above the Rio Vista bridge. We talked boats for a bit and then a little while later, I notice he's back at his boat with the game warden in his boat looking around, eventually pulling out a plastic bag with at least five undersized stripers - obviously concealed. The guy was body searched and looked like he was going to be handcuffed but not sure what happened afterwards - we left the seen. Amazing 'fisherman' will try to sneak off with undersized stripers - isn't it like $500 a fish? Never seen a poacher caught red-handed before... (he was not asian as many would think) - costly lesson!
Name: dave grooms
Email: davegrooms@apfloor.com
Location: liberty & port of sac
Weather: rain and wind
Water_condition: good
Date: 01-17-10
Remote Name: 67.126.210.41
Fished all day for just a few bites and a couple of keepers on fish traps fished my freind Russ The highlight of the day I found God once agian in my life Went on a suicide run from liberty to the port at 76 mph with Russ at the wheel, rain drops felt like bullets against my skin, I prayed for survival all day while at the mercy of this mad man at the wheel. Good bless you all and may you never have to experience this mad man at the wheel.
Name: Dale Stanfield
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Prosser - Truckee
Weather: Clear Cold getting windy
Water_condition: 12" solid ice
Date: 01-16-09
Remote Name: 75.44.203.168
Back to Prosser for week 2 of ice fishing. Pretty much the same report as last week. Seven guys fishing, all but one caught fish and a total of 36 Rainbows landed. Almost all were thrown back, again no size. Baits, etc. same exactly as last week.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: foggy, very foggy
Water_condition: Port of Sacramento color
Date: 01-16-09
Remote Name: 75.45.102.3
The port was dead for me today. Caught 1 18incher on a fishtrap trolling. Threw it back as I thought I was gonna slay them today. But I was wrong. Saw a few others trolling and drifting minnows but the reports were the same. Fished the outgoing tide. Saw lots of bait balls, lots of fish but they were too deep. Should have brought a jig.
Name: Diehard
Email: bernardkim@hotmail.com
Location: antioch by west island
Weather: lil windy, but occasional moments of calm
Water_condition: lil stained, but not stained enough
Date: 01-13-10
Remote Name: 98.244.26.92
heard there was some action there recently from some locals, fished the end of the flood and the rest of outgo with grass/eel and ghost/eel. marked a lot of big sturgeon, but no takers, had a few takedowns, no sticks.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Camanche Reservoir
Weather: Overcast, 44*
Water_condition: Calm
Date: 01-10-10
Remote Name: 69.237.197.216
Bill Crooks and I had a rare opportunity to be taken out by a real trout fisherman, Kevin Wilson. Bill volunteered his Willy boat. We caught 12 rainbows to 3+#, most 15”. Most were caught on orange 3” grubs (my first on a grub) 100’ back & 75’ outside on side planers (my first also). A few were caught on the surface, straight out the back of the boat 100-140’. One on a F7 Hot Steel, 2 on an orange trout fly with a wiggle fin & 2 on a chartreuse 3” grub. We trolled at 1.9-2 mph most of the day in the vicinity of Hat Island. Water 51*. Air 44*. Sky overcast. Wind 0-2 mph. Over 20 boats on the water today. Kevin really knows Camanche, how to use side planers and catch fish. Thanks for the invite Kevin & Bill. A great day!
Name: Dale Stanfield
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Prosser Res. - Truckee
Weather: Foggy not too cold
Water_condition: 12" ice pack, clear water
Date: 01-10-10
Remote Name: 71.155.150.161
Six of us hit the ice for the first Ice Fishing trip of the season. Good solid ice pack and the fishing was amazing. A total of 37 Rainbow Trout were landed and most (except for a few badly hooked ones) thrown back to get bigger. Biggest was about 13 1/2". Fish were caught about 8' down in 12' of water, several were caught a foot or so off the bottom. The bigger ones were hitting threaded crawlers, the smaller planters were gobbling up the Green powerbait. The jiggers did well with about 10 fish caught on (mostly) White Swedish Pimples. Nothing big this trip but action all day long.
Name: manteca mike
Email: fatmyke@ hotmail.com
Location: big cut/ grizzly bay
Weather: cloudy/ foggy
Water_condition: 48.8
Date: 1-6-2010
Remote Name: 71.130.177.240
launched out of beldons landing headed for big cut i finished fishing the incoming tide with no luck.as soon as the tide changed i caught a 46 inch keeper on ghost shrimp that i released holding out for a larger fish. caught alot of small stripers and flounders , but that was it for sturgeon. it was a great day fishing never seen so many ducks and hunters on the water .if i liked duck i could see myself out there hunting them looked like fun.
Name: manteca mike
Email: fatmyke@ hotmail.com
Location: big cut/ grizzly bay
Weather: cloudy/ foggy
Water_condition: 48.8
Date: 1-6-2010
Remote Name: 71.130.177.240
launched out of beldons landing headed for big cut i finished fishing the incoming tide with no luck.as soon as the tide changed i caught a 46 inch keeper on ghost shrimp that i released holding out for a larger fish. caught alot of small stripers and flounders , but that was it for sturgeon. it was a great day fishing never seen so many ducks and hunters on the water .if i liked duck i could see myself out there hunting them looked like fun.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: POWER LINES....35 FT .....
Weather: Cloudy & Cool..HIGH FOG.....
Water_condition: Slighty cooler at 47 * semi clear
Date: 01-07-10
Remote Name: 69.227.211.137
WEDS JANUARY 6th................FIRST KEEPER!.......My bass instructor, Mike Booker was my partner for the day......While Mike has caught delta bass up to 12 pounds, he has never caught a legal sturgeon....On this day, mike had the hot rod as he brought 3 sturgeon to the boat....40 inch short...42 inch short & his first keeper...49 incher.....All fish caught on salmon roe balls....The guide ( yours truly ) only picked up a baby.....29 incher!....While I was hoping to get one of those really big boys where you gotta release your anchor & chase him down, that never happened!...When your HOT! your HOT! At the end of the outgoing tide with just an hour or less before we picked up & called it a day...Mike hooks a 20 pound striped bass! Took lots of pictures ( Sony Mini Cam ) on the releases.....except the 9 pound Squawfish he caught...While the Hummingbird was busy showing very large echo's all day...We saw zero jumpers....Guy Brown & Bill Crooks were on the water fishing below us....Not many other boats out as we only counted 6 others in the area...All fish caught on the outgoing tide from 10:30 am. till 4:00pm...See ya on the water....Naked.
Name: Alan Fisherman's Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Liberty Island
Weather: foggy n cold
Water_condition: clear 47*
Date: 01-05-10
Remote Name: 75.8.105.123
Headed to Liberty Island today with Alfred & Dave in my boat. My dad followed in his boat with his friend. It was real foggy and as we were turning up to the levee road on Miner he turned to sharp and the trailor went off the embankment. I turned around to look for him and when I saw the boat I knew he was in trouble! But they were OK but the boat was not looking to good! Jack over at Arrowhead Marina helped us out with a backhoe we used to lift the boat & trailor up and back onto the road! The only damaged was the tire& rim. So we got a late start and the fishing was BAD!!!!!!!!! All those stripers were no where to be found! But we managed to catch three keepers to six pounds on rip baits again and lost a few too! The stripers must have gone up the port again. Maybe in a week they will be back!
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: TWO DAY REPORT ( See below )
Weather: Foggy on Sunday..No fog on Monday..
Water_condition: Semi clear to off colored at 49 *
Date: 01-05-10
Remote Name: 69.227.211.137
SUNDAY JANUARY 3rd..........FOGGY SLOW DAY........ONE SHORT.... Once again , Tom Ramage was my fishing partner looking for repeat performance like on Weds 12-30-09....After launching at Sherman, it was a slow go getting to the Power lines as the FOG was socked in and didn't lift till noon!....Getting out of that full moon pattern, the tides were less intense, both on the outgo & income....And, so were the bites!! Just a few pumps all day and hooking just one short. And, only a fraction of the number of large echos on the Hummingbird...Very few other anglers in the Power Line area, guess the dense fog had something to do with that? We gave it our best shot and stayed till dark....No keepers.................MONDAY JANUARY 4th........Met Fireman Jack at Hogback around 8:00am....We would be chasing stripers in his Lund boat....No trolling, no bait fishing...just throwing traps & spooning Hopkins jigs......Expecting Fog .....It never formed, and the weather was perfect with light winds & clear water at 49 degrees. Throwing Traps early during the outgoing tide was very slow around Liberty Island & Deep Water channel...I had one 6-7 pounder on for about 20 seconds & lost it.....We then went jigging, using the one ounce Hopkins jigs....Never caught a fish over 3 pounds....Lots of small fish...We jigged in water as shallow as 6 feet to 40 feet...Same thing....small fish period...Other boats in the area were catching the same size fish.....I'm thinking Allen Fong has scared all the larger fish away!! LOL! Or, the smaller tides made a differents? A nice break fishing with Jack and getting away from soaking Roe Balls......See ya on the water....Naked
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: THE FAMOUS POWERLINES
Weather: Cloudy & Cool...AM showers....
Water_condition: Semi clear to off colored at 48 *
Date: 12-31-09
Remote Name: 69.237.118.71
WEDS DECEMBER 30th.........NOT THIS TIME!.....Tom Ramage once again joined me Sturgeon hunting, but instead of returning to the Collinsville area where we couldn't get the fish to the boat on Sunday....We headed up river after launching at Sherman and anchored in thirty three of water in the famous Power line area.....Gotta tell ya, Lots of big fish on the Hummingbird! And jumpers all around us.....We fished the end of the outgo ( early ) then all of the income ( midday) and the start of the big outgo ( 3:00pm. ) Using mostly Roe Balls and once in awhile, butterflied shad...Again, they wanted the Roe....I hooked and lost a decent size fish in the early morning just at the end of the outgo..Just came unbuttoned! But, picked up a 46 incher on the income ( Noon) Released this puppy....and one 8 pound Squawfish.......Using the roe balls, your gonna get your share of Junk bites, but the sturge will find your offerings and the jiggle bite will turn into a PUMP!! REDEMPTION came late for Tom as we were running out of daylight ( 3:30.pm) on the final tide ( the big outgo)...A solid pump & takedown....After a 25 minute battle and Tom's G-Loomis $250.00 rod snapping in half at the twenty minute mark, we still managed to get this fish in!!! It went 64 inches & weighed 62 pounds...This would be the only fish in 2009 that wasn't released.....Dinner for 20 ? or more? A trip to Fishermans Warehouse is in order for Tom's rod replacement...Good luck on that! After heading back to Sherman, Mark Wilson is right behind us...He is still nailing the stripes in Monti!!...Happy New Year to all and hope 2010 is good fishing...See ya on the water...Naked...
Name: Alan Fisherman's Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Liberty Island
Weather: foggy n cold
Water_condition: clear
Date: 12-29-09
Remote Name: 71.155.151.194
Back to Liberty Island with Jennifer & Watson, started throwing top water and nothing! Went up to the north end of Liberty and got onto a good rip bite! Ended up catching over fifty stripers to twelve pounds mostly rippin luckycraft baits in four to six feet of water. We had a great day catching one after another and most of the fish were keepers to twelve pounds. Bass fisherman use a technic called (dead sticking) your rip bait and thats how we caught all the fish! I think it is a little different from the fish trap and the fish are eating it! Jennifer & I were rippin most of the day and Wat was catching on fish traps. But we caught way more rippin than he caught on the traps! The last two days were very good but I had to change up to catch all those fish!
Name: Alan Fisherman's Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Liberty Island
Weather: cold
Water_condition: clear 47*
Date: 12-28-09
Remote Name: 71.155.151.194
Went to Liberty Island with Joanne & Bob. First stop lost four stripers on pencil poppers and had a slow start. Mid morning saw some birds working and we started spooning and had three on at a time! End up catching over thirty stripers to fifteen pounds!
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Above Chain Island (Broad Slough)
Weather: Cloudy & Cool...AM showers....
Water_condition: Semi clear to off colored at 47 *
Date: 12-28-09
Remote Name: 69.237.118.97
SUNDAY DECEMBER 27th........THEY LIKED THE ROE BALLS...........Tom Ramage joined me for a Sturgeon hunt in the west delta....We had the bait covered, using fresh salmon roe balls, shad, ghost shrimp, grass shrimp & eel.....Fished the top of the incoming tide and the afternoon outgoing tide...With the big tides, the window of opportunity were short lived as most of our action came at the end of the income & the startup of the outgo....Once the current got ripping.....Very little action!.....To no surprise, the Roe balls out performed all the other baits....Even though we picked up Junk bites at times from those pesty SQUAWFISH. ..The big guys found the bait....You just have to be patient.....I got one undersize & had at least three chances ( pumpers) ........Tom hooked a very large sturge about one hour into the outgo and after this fish took about half of his line and he was starting to win the battle....The fish came unbuttoned just behind the boat!!!! Pretty sure this fish went about 65 inches? Then again, it could have been over!!....Oh well....Continued fishing the rest of the 4 foot outgo till late in the day.....The sturgeon bite quit!.....Summary: We could have saved some money and not bought the other baits as the roe balls were the ticket....Wish we would have had smaller tides!.. and a little better luck.....See ya on the water..........P.S. Didn't see one jumper all day .....Naked....
Name: Alan Fisherman's Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Prospect Slough- Liberty Island
Weather: very windy from the north
Water_condition: clear & rough
Date: 12-22-09
Remote Name: 68.72.216.65
Headed to the delta up north with Uriah & Dave a couple friends of mine. It started out slow as we fished Minor Slough to get out of the wind. Nothing in Minor so we headed to Liberty and it was rough but I saw a few birds working! So we headed over there and it was non stop action for two hours catching over thirty stripers to ten pounds on fish traps! Then we went to the opening and I spooned quite a few fish on the fifteen foot break line. Every opening had some fish on them until the waves got to big! These fish were all skinny fish as it looks like they have just moved into the area.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: cloudy but calm
Water_condition: very stained
Date: 12-20-09
Remote Name: 75.45.100.253
Very tough day on the water for salmon. With the river blown out last week, thought I'd give it a try today to check things out. River still up but not as much as a couple days ago. Water is moving very fast and need 4 ounces to keep Kwickfish on bottom. Lots of debris too. Need to clean off set-up every 10-15 mins. No bumps or takedowns. Talked to DFG and they went all the way up to Colusa and nobody had a fish. Might be the end of the season but I ain't giving up. Still have to catch that 50 pounder.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: S. F. Mokelumne R
Weather: Cold, fog, overcast
Water_condition: Clear! 48-49*
Date: 12-18-09
Remote Name: 69.232.189.129
Carl Moyer & I got together to fish the "other, other" river, the South Fork of the Mokelumne. We went downriver. One barely legal striped bass (deep trolling), 1 crappie (throwing). 7 hours (7:00-2), 23 miles. Most of the time on my trolling motor. Deep trolled hair raisers at less than 1 mph, threw hair raisers, jigged, deep trolled Yo-Zuris & Rebels at 2.5-3 mph and bait fished. 4-5 other boats in the area, no other fish caught. Water 48-49*, very clear! Air 44-49* (it never warmed up, got colder as the day progressed). Sky fog, then overcast. Wind 0 mph. Thanks for the new tactics and company Carl.
Name: cophunter
Email: cop@yahoo.com
Location: right where you are
Weather: clear
Water_condition: clear
Date: 12-17-09
Remote Name: 173.16.196.192
no more porn
Name: captjim
Email: dontopen@comcast.net
Location: not, on my computer
Weather: nice and warm here
Water_condition: clear
Date: 12-17-09
Remote Name: 71.193.49.45
Just a word of caution, I wouldn't open the links to the jokes site that was reported here earlier. Anytime you see stuff that says sex and porn and it ain't your girlfriend i'd be wary. It sure seems like a potential infected site that will screw your computer up good.
Name: Alan Fisherman's Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: North Delta
Weather: cloudy
Water_condition: clear 47*
Date: 12-15-09
Remote Name: 75.8.231.107
Took Warren and Ron (brother-in-law) fishing today for stripers. We went up north again cause it's close to home! Well can you imagine Warren catching the biggest and the most! He caught one close to twenty pounds plus a twelve and eight pounder. My biggest was twelve pounds but I did loose a big fish on a fish trap that I hooked and played for a few minutes. I metered a lot of shad but there was not any big schools of stripers. Every once in a while you would get a hit. My buddy called me last night and said the port was on fire! He caught over a hundred fish there yesterday on traps. Looks like the port is the place to fish?????????
Name: duckplkr
Email: duckplkr@mchsi.com
Location: clear lake lake county
Weather: cold and rainy
Water_condition: muddy
Date: 12-15-09
Remote Name: 173.16.196.192
Has anyone looked at the jokes section lately?? Totally disgusting. I called but it hasn't been taken down yet.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: wet
Water_condition: Sacramento River color
Date: 12-12-09
Remote Name: 75.45.100.253
Tough day on the water. 3 takedowns after 11am then a 20lb hen at 3pm. only saw 4 fish caught. Like I said, tough day.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Knights Landing ( Last Time ? )
Weather: Cold morning. Cool afternoon..
Water_condition: Still very clear at ....43 degrees
Date: 11-11-09
Remote Name: 69.108.3.56
THURSDAY DECEMBER 10th.........GOOD DAY CATCHING...... Yeah! Tom Ramage talked me into another day salmon fishing, returning to the Firing line just above the 113 bridge.....Really didn't need to roll out of a warm bed and launch at 4:00am. The colder weather has kept many anglers off the water and getting a spot was very easy...We parked just next to Pastor Steve who arrived an hour before us....Once again, we were targeting the fresh run females.. for the precious ROE!...We caught 4 fish , releasing three and ended up bringing home just one hen....A twenty two pounder....Couldn't get that second hen!!. Found a pretty good bite from about 6:45am. to around noon.....the afternoon bite went south...We also lost one fish just next to the boat.....Been fighting a chest cold, but wearing the right clothing & running the gas heater helps...Once again...periods of action as the fish zoom through, then lots of dead time....Really hard releasing 25 pound chromers, but its not what we were after....With the COLD water...lots of hit & misses...See ya on the water....Naked...
Name: captjim
Email: dontopen@comcast.net
Location: in my warm den
Weather: brrrrr
Water_condition: cold
Date: 12-09-09
Remote Name: 71.193.49.45
Alan-take the rod back to Fisherman's Warehouse and ask for your money back!!!!lol
Name: Alan Fisherman's Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: North Delta
Weather: Freezing cold
Water_condition: 43* & clear
Date: 12-08-09
Remote Name: 75.8.231.107
Back from my Texas hungting trip and back to fishing! Headed to the Delta with a couple friends of mine looking for some big stripers. I called a good friend of mine who guides out there (Intimidator Sportfishing) Captain Mike and asked "whats up?" Well he didn't have to tell me how to catch them, just where about? We had a great day catching over twenty stripers to twenty five pounds. Most of our fish were caught on fish traps in three to fifteen feet of water. It was so cold out there the guides were freezing the line so you couldn't turn the reel! I broke a G Loomis rod on a fish and most of my reels would turn very smoothly! Ice everywhere! Couldn't even open the hatches in the boat as they were frozen shut. But it turned out to be a great day of fishing!
Name: Steve from Rancho Cordova
Email: srrobin1234@gmail.com
Location: Nowhere Right Now
Weather: frosty
Water_condition: cold
Date: 12-07-09
Remote Name: 76.20.18.118
I understand why some fisherman are frustrated with sea lions but they are not the cause of the poor catches of salmon and striped bass. They were here doing their thing during the good years and there were few if any complaints then. There's no reason to shoot them now.
Name: robert from shell
Email: rainbowtrout@sbcglobal.net
Location: knights Landing
Weather: cold
Water_condition: 47.7 simi clear
Date: 12-05-09
Remote Name: 74.37.126.110
Headed to Knights Landing again at 5am and started to troll at 7am we had 2 take down but no results. Then at 11.06am I had a take down peeled off 40 feet of line then after 15 minutes of fighting the fish came off. By 1pm the winds came up and left the water at 3.30pm. Evan and I were trolling with silver-trons in double blade in red and white and green beads and white with the take down on green beads. Going 3.1mph on the down river in 13 feet of water did see someone jigging out there to my surprise.
Name: threadfin
Email: thrdfn@aol.com
Location: dltascside...
Weather: good
Water_condition: good
Date: 12-06-2009
Remote Name: 67.174.144.164
i say let brutus live, and eff all bitter fisherman .
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Foggy, cool to cold
Water_condition: Fishable
Date: 12-04-09
Remote Name: 69.239.237.96
My usually lucky dog, Spike, and I tried for a winter striper. Two runs on butterflied shad, no hook-ups; nothing deep trolling. 5 hours 9:20-2:20), 38 miles. We launched at Lower Sherman Island and fished downriver. Water 52*, semi-clear to dirty. Air 39-62*. Sky foggy (50’-1/4 mile visibility early) to clear. Wind 0-4 mph. Fished the end of the outgoing & 1st part of the incoming. Not much radio traffic today.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: freezing cold
Water_condition: Sacramento River color
Date: 12-05-09
Remote Name: 75.45.100.253
Started off the morning with a good takedown to no result. Then about 9am landed a beautiful chrome 39 pounder. My biggest yet of the season.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: foggy, then sunny
Water_condition: Sacramento River color
Date: 12-03-09
Remote Name: 75.45.100.253
Took my wife out for a salmon outing. She got her first of the year. A 15 lb chrome buck. DFG took the head so I could not get a picture. Brutus ( the sea lion that was shot a few weeks ago) made a showing and there were tv crews, sherriffs, game wardens everywhere. I say put the damn thing out of misery and the whole lot of them. With my wife's fish, that makes 13 in the boat this year. Unfortunately most of those fish were handed off to friends. For anyone out there reading this and is not good at anchoring a boat in the river: PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LEARN HOW TO ANCHOR YOUR BOAT IN THE DAYTIME AND AWAY FROM OTHERS.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Pittsburg area
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: 52-54*
Date: 12-01-09
Remote Name: 69.227.127.31
Carl Moyer & I got together in my boat for another sturgeon outing. We launched at Pittsburg. Carl got some grass shrimp at Dockside. We each fished two rods in 42-45’ of 52 (outgo)-54(income)* water. We fished 200 yards above Light 31. We caught & released 11 undersized sturgeon (Carl 9, Guy 2, 20-32”) and two legal & two undersized striped bass. 7 hours, 4 miles. Air 46-68*. Sky clear. Wind 0 mph. We used double 5/0 hook rigs with a single grass shrimp on each hook and 6-12 oz of weight. The legal stripers were caught at the end of the -1.7’ outgoing and the sturgeon during the +3.9’ incoming tides. Another great day with Carl & another lesson on seeing those light bites. Carl says I’m getting better, we’ll see. Thanks for the company, lessons Carl.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Upstream....Knights Landing....
Weather: Cold morning..Mild afternoons..
Water_condition: Very low flows..semi clear at 49 *
Date: 12-02-09
Remote Name: 69.229.121.4
TUESDAY DECEMBER 1st...........OLD SCHOOL.......Instead of joining the group anchor fishing above the 113 bridge...Tom Ramage & myself decided to try trolling upstream using our Silvertron spinner methods that have been so successful in the metro Sacto area...Miller park & Disco.....First thing noticed! The flows in this part of the Sacto river system were down lower than last week....Decreased flows from Shasta and increased flows below..( Feather river ) The solution: We reduced the amount of weight on our spreaders, sometimes going down to just one ounce!...and when we found deeper water, added more weight....Using three ounces of weight in one of the deeper holes....Tom hooks up! Its about 10:45am...After a 10 minute battle....We net a bright 28 pound natural hen....Tom was using a double bladed red/ orange Silvertron....We stayed on the trolling thing, but failed to get our second fish of the day and settled for just one chromer on the troll...Don't think too many fish were moving through on this day, but we will try it again soon....See ya on the water..Naked..
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Upstream....Knights Landing....
Weather: Cold morning..Mild afternoons..
Water_condition: Very low flows..semi clear at 49 *
Date: 12-02-09
Remote Name: 69.229.121.4
TUESDAY DECEMBER 1st...........OLD SCHOOL.......Instead of joining the group anchor fishing above the 113 bridge...Tom Ramage & myself decided to try trolling upstream using our Silvertron spinner methods that have been so successful in the metro Sacto area...Miller park & Disco.....First thing noticed! The flows in this part of the Sacto river system were down lower than last week....Decreased flows from Shasta and increased flows below..( Feather river ) The solution: We reduced the amount of weight on our spreaders, sometimes going down to just one ounce!...and when we found deeper water, added more weight....Using three ounces of weight in one of the deeper holes....Tom hooks up! Its about 10:45am...After a 10 minute battle....We net a bright 28 pound natural hen....Tom was using a double bladed red/ orange Silvertron....We stayed on the trolling thing, but failed to get our second fish of the day and settled for just one chromer on the troll...Don't think too many fish were moving through on this day, but we will try it again soon....See ya on the water..Naked..
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side & Pittsburg
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Fishable
Date: 11-30-09
Remote Name: 69.227.127.31
Bill Crooks & I decided to make a combo trip, striper trolling & sturgeon. We launched at Lower Sherman Island. We got some grass shrimp from Bob’s in Isleton. We trolled deep (72-80’ back at 2.5-3 mph with Yo-Zuris) briefly downriver for one small legal & one undersized striper. We then motored down to Pittsburg. We each fished two rods in 42-45’ of 51 (outgo)-54(income)* water. We caught & released 3 undersized sturgeon (20-26”). 7 hours, 21 miles. I used double 5/0 hook rigs with a single grass shrimp on each hook and 8 oz of weight. Bill did the same on one rod & a single hook & shad on the other. All of the sturgeon were caught toward the start of the +4.0’ incoming tide. Another great day with Bill.
Name: Robert Gibbs
Email: rainbowtrout@sbcglobal.net
Location: knightslanding
Weather: rain and sunny
Water_condition: simi clear
Date: 11-27-09
Remote Name: 69.238.170.104
After taking to Bob Harris and Tom Ramage, they convince me to troll for salmon and not to sit on the anchor. They must know my boat handling skills. So arriving at Knights Landing at 3am to make sure I have a place to park knowing that it Friday and just after a holiday. I finally got the boat on the water little after 4am there was already 23 boats that was anchor at the bridge. So Steve and I started to troll with a red and white double blade silvertron spinner. After going about 2 miles we turned around to go on the down. After setting rods up a 3ozs weights and let out 34 feet of line with spreaders we hooked up a fish at 9.7 feet of water going 2.5 to 2.8 mph at 11.41am Still going down river we hooked up with a another fish but using a double silver blade and green blade. Try to coach Steve to net the fish he couldn’t I tried to but the fish was thrashing too much and it came unbutton that was at 1.21pm that was it. Heading back towards the ramp was a joke there was about 15 boats that was on anchor and blocking the entrance to get to the ramp. But God was with me, because I didn’t want to get the anchor rope tangle in my prop. After Calling Bob to let him know did and asked if I wanted him to filet the fish. I just think he wanted to use his new fish cleaning station that his brother in-law made for him. After catching a 12 to a 14inch fish a salmon is a lot bigger. A one pound trout to a 27 inch salmon looks like a 37 pounds to this redneck
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Welcome Back Al Fong!
Weather: Great to hear from you
Water_condition: Good anywhere you go
Date: 11-26-09
Remote Name: 69.227.127.31
Happy thanksgiving!
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Pittsburg & Suisun
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: 55*, semi-clear
Date: 11-25-09
Remote Name: 69.227.127.31
I had the rare opportunity to join Carl Moyer, a fellow SIR, in his boat for lesson in how to catch sturgeon. We launched at the Pittsburg municipal, free launch. Carl got some grass shrimp from Dockside & we were on our way. We each fished two rods in 42-45’ of 55* water. We fished 200 yards above Light 31. We caught & released 9 sturgeon (Carl 7, Guy 2), 1 legal, 8 undersized (20-33”). We used double 5/0 hook rigs with a single grass shrimp on each hook and 8 oz of weight. Carl threads the grass shrimp onto the hook through the hard part of the tail through the body up to the head. It is very hard for the sturgeon and stripers to get the shrimp off without being hooked. All of the sturgeon were caught toward the end of the +3.0’ incoming tide. We caught one legal striper at the beginning of the outgoing tide. A great day with Carl who really has patterned catching sturgeon in this area. Carl saw bites, I did not. I have a lot to learn. Thanks for the invite Carl.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Semi-clear, 54*
Date: 11-24-09
Remote Name: 69.227.127.31
Bill Crooks invited me to join Ted Fagunes & him on a striped bass outing. We caught four legals to 7#, one undersized, had 2-3 hit/no stick & lost 2-3 tails. We launched at Lower Sherman Island in the fog, 50’ visibility, and motored down river trolling deep until it lifted. We trolled all day deep in 12-17’ water at 2.5 mph, 60-80’ back for 1 legal and one undersized and shallow in 7-9’ of water 140’ back at 4.5 mph for 3 legals. The catching we did was all on the outgoing -2.3’ tide. Water 55*, semi-clear. Air 46-65*. Sky foggy then clear. Wind 0 mph. We caught some fish shallow trolling a new area for us, making it a worthwhile day. On the way up river we saw a lot of boats on anchor. Thanks for the invite Bill. I always enjoy a day with you & Ted.
Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Lake Camanche
Weather: clear-- spring like
Water_condition: clean-- 58 deg F
Date: 11-25-09
Remote Name: 66.81.33.176
The Wheels and Reels fishing club chose Camanche for it's Nov derby. The fishing was extremely slow with a one fish average. I got a donut so some one caught my "one". I fished shallow with a side planer, deep with a down rigger and emptied my tackle box for not a single strike. I fished slowly -- I fished quickly same results -- nada. Big fish of the derby was 2 pound 11 ounces. Most people I talked with found that the bite was slow. That finishes out the year for the club with the cry-- "wait until next year". Hil Felton
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Same location..Sacto river...
Weather: Cold morning..Mild afternoons..
Water_condition: low flows...semi clear..holding at 49*
Date: 11-25-09
Remote Name: 69.229.121.4
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24th..........LOCATION, LOCATION.......Tom Ramage once again joined me for a 13 hour salmon marathon!! getting a decent spot ( Front Row ) requires launching hours before the sun comes up...and camping on anchor with the gas heater on high!..With the many others trying their luck and the low numbers of fish being caught daily..LADY LUCK plays an important role...Gotta be in the right location at the right time! Don't think these fish are staging here, but just zooming through quickly....On this day, we were just plain Lucky!..Tom picked up a 38 pound buck around 10:00am. and an hour later, I caught & released a 4 pound Jack....This really happened....Tom finds out I have a BANANA in my lunch box & tosses it in the river!!!...Within one minute....My rod takes a dive....Bam! I pick up a 20 pound chrome hen...Still think this is an old wife's tale....Oh well....Off the water by 1:00pm. putting more than twelve hours in....with very little sleep....Happy Turkey Day to all....See ya on the water....Naked.
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Sacto River/Decker Island
Weather: Foggy in morn., superb after the sun burnt off the fog
Water_condition: stained but flat cuz no breeze
Date: 11-24-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
I brought my good friend Andy Silva out to fish for stripers down Decker Island way today. Hap's Bait in Rio Vista didn't have fresh shad this morning, so I called Thornton Bait on Thornton Rd. and they had tons of fresh shad. However, the morning fog was very soupy. And the fishing stunk! I caught one 14 incher and Andy caught one dinky. And that was it! I talked to two trollers and they said the same thing. No hits! All we had were a few dinky taps. No good take downs. I'm gonna wait a while to see what other reports come in before I go bait fishing for stripers again. The only thing that was worth while was the beautiful no wind, flat water, and my hot BBQ'd hamburgers. That's it! Good fishin! Jerry Yuke
Name: Alan Fong
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Lake Berryessa
Weather: nice
Water_condition: 58* and clear
Date: 11-24-09
Remote Name: 75.31.51.2
Well I back on line reporting my outings! I took a friend to Berryessa to do some spooning for bass. I have been doing pretty good there spooning the Duh spoons (1.25oz) in forty to sixty feet of water. First I have been graphing in the creek channels looking for bait (shad). For the past month the fishing has been very good. But the last two times I went I caught lots of salmon also. Today Jerry and I caught ten salmon and twenty bass spooning in fifty to seventy feet of water. We were spooning under the Puta Creek bridge.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Dirty to almost clear, 54*
Date: 11-23-09
Remote Name: 69.108.238.69
My lucky dog, Spike, and I went out for some striped bass. 7.5 hours, 41 miles, 5 legals caught & released (8#, 4#, 4#, 3# & 2#). Two caught early bait fishing butter-flied shad/2 oz of weight on a balance bar (a double), two deep trolling (14-16’ water, 72-80’ back), one shallow trolling (4.5 mph 140’ back). I launched at Lower Sherman Island and fished down river from there. Water 54*, dirty to almost clear, some debris in the water. Air 40-60*. Wind 0-3 mph. Sky clear. A beautiful day. Left my deep runners at home Clyde Wands loaned me two for the day (caught two fish). Big sea lion passed me heading upriver. This was a day you had to be patient to get a bite, hook-up. Thanks for the company Spike.
Name: Dan Danger
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Eagle Lake - Spaulding
Weather: Friggin' COLD
Water_condition: ICE
Date: 11-22-09
Remote Name: 75.8.109.133
Okay, we left here Friday morning for Eagle Lake knowing that a Winter Storm was supposed to come in Late Friday. Wrong, it hit us on the road up to EL. 50 mph winds, blowing dust turned to snow by the time we hit Susanville. I could go on, but the next morning after chopping our way out of the ice at the dock we did get on the water. Fishing was great. Big fish, lots of hits and crappy conditions. Most of the hits (and catches) were on Green Uncle Larry w/crawler behind a green head/silver dodger. A few on crawlers under bobbers. all fish were 20 to 22 inches and fat... location was off the youth camp. Less wind this morning but howling wind blew us off the lake early and no fish. Good fish, crappy conditions. Lots of great tales to tell in the future.
Name: Tibbytwo
Email: stibby2@yahoo.com
Location: Camanche lake
Weather: cold
Water_condition: clear
Date: 11212009
Remote Name: 75.53.172.188
Got a late start, My friend Tim his son and I got on the water about 7:45 Started trolling right out of the bouy from the north shore harbor. Had one on Before I even got the second line in the water for the first long distance release on a small rapala fire tiger on the surface. then hooker and brought in the next befor the third pole got set a nice 1 lbs'er. fished until 2:00 for ten fish and serveral that came un button for the three of us, most about 1 lbs one nice 5 lbs'er it was pretty much hit and trolled the notherth shore to hat island the across to south hat then back to the north shore, caught most of our fish right in the middle in between the north shore harbor and south shore harbor.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sacto river....Knights Landing...
Weather: Fog Am hours...Mild afternoon....
Water_condition: low flows...semi clear..holding at 50*
Date: 11-22-09
Remote Name: 69.239.106.168
SATURDAY.....NOVEMBER 21st...........THE DELTA CALLS............Tom Ramage & myself were lucky to get our limit by 12:45pm. One wild hen & one hatchery hen....18 & 24 lbs...While the table fare is excellent with bright red/ orange flesh, the bonus for us is the amount of salmon roe we have salvaged with 4 females caught since opening day....We should have enough roe to make at least 5 dozen Roe Balls which hopefully, we can convert to a Sturgeon catch? I know I can speak for Tom as well as myself, it has been a pleasure fishing in tight quarters with old friends & new anglers...The courtesy has been outstanding!..Lots of laughs even on the slow periods...Now, I just wish the Dept Of Fish & Game would use the electronic gun they had a few years back to check the CHIP in the hatchery fishes head instead of cutting your fishes head OFF!!! Oh well...See ya on the water...Naked.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: clear, then rain
Water_condition: lots of leaves in the water today
Date: 11-21-09
Remote Name: 75.45.120.255
Another pretty good day for my boat. Jerry's boat limited out with the first 2 fish of the day after 3 misses with the net. Then it went dead for a couple of hours. Then another huge school came through and fishing was awsome. Big Al got a fish, then Mike in his Duckworth, then my partner Troy got his first fish of the season and 5 minutes later I got my 3rd of the season. We all got our fish within an hours time. 2nd time in 2 days to get our boat limit. The 1 fish limit per day sucks!
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sacto river....KnightsLanding...
Weather: Cold morning..Mild afternoons..
Water_condition: low flows...semi clear..holding at 52*
Date: 11-20-09
Remote Name: 69.239.106.168
THURSDAY.....NOVEMBER 19th.......MY TURN!..........Tom Ramage and myself returned to the Firing Line just above the 113 bridge.....Much less boat traffic as we found getting a spot on the second & first line fairly easy...And best of all, we didn't have to get up at one in the morning like opening day....7:00am was just perfect...Started off in the second row just next to James Netzel in his buddies Duckworth....They had already picked up a 29 pound buck...Big Al & Pastor Steve were in the front row....The morning bite produced three takedowns for Tom but kinda like my performance on Monday...None stayed on the hook!! Big Al had the same kind of luck..Two fish on..Two fish off!...Just before noon, we moved to the front row next to Big Al & Pastor Steve....Third time is the charm as Al gets his first fish...Then, my turn, as I get into a fiesty 20 pound hen....Fishing in the front row till we left at 4:30pm.....we saw 8 fish caught including a double header!...You can tell, these fish are not holding as they just blitz through in waves, then nothing....We settled for just one fish, while others got their limit......2 fish in the 35 lb. range....most fish very bright and fresh...Guess the big rains are due today, we'll see what it does to the water? Really nice to hear a report from Fireman Jack as he rarely post a report....Nice stripers & decent sizes....See ya on the water........Naked..
Name: Fireman Jack
Email: clmdell@aol.com
Location: Pittsburg, Middle Ground
Weather: Very little wind
Water_condition: cooling
Date: 11-19-09
Remote Name: 69.226.105.70
Got out three times this week, ahead of the wind and rain that's coming, which we really need. Water temp is coming down, and seems to be bringing in more, and bigger fish, you still have to go through many small fish and bait to catch a few bigger fish. Fresh shad worked this week for a 16, 14, 11,8,8,and several 7's and many smaller stripers in the 16-22 inch range, hope the bigger fish will be coming in soon. All fish were releashed except one, for a nice fish dinner. The wind has been calm making for great fishing. See ya on the river.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sac R, Tisdale
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: 52*, clear
Date: 11-19-09
Remote Name: 69.227.23.78
Bill invited me to join him for a beautiful day on the Sac river below Tisdale. We left my lucky dog, Spike, home as we did not feel there would be enough room for him and the fish we were going to catch. Wrong. We had one bite, caught & released a 4-5# salmon trolling a single blade red silvertron spinner with no weight 90-100’ behind the boat at 2.75 mph. We launched at 7:00 and were trolling downriver around 7:15. There were 15-20 boats on the water in our stretch of the river. We saw one decent size, one small fish landed, heard of two others being caught. Water 52*, clear. Air 45-68*. Sky clear. Wind 0 mph. Upon our return to the ramp (2:15) there were 4-6 trailers parked on both shoulders of the parking lot. Apparently over 30 boats had launched at Tisdale today. Pastor Steve was on anchor today down at Knights Landing in the first row of boats. He said he saw 2 fish landed (6:30-2:30), one may have been a 40#er. Thanks for the invite and companionship Bill.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Camanche Reservoir
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: 60*, clear
Date: 11-17-09
Remote Name: 69.227.23.78
Don Scott, my lucky dog, Spike, and I joined a group of 20 SIRs Jolly Hookers for a beautiful day at Camanche. We got one take, one 5# rainbow trout. The winning fishing was caught on a red sparkle serpent spoon top-lined with ½ oz of weight above the swivel 140’ back. Don’s fish won the derby. Don & I launched at 6:30 were off the water at 1:00. We trolled Hat Island to the dam & back fishing on the surface and 4-40’ down on downriggers. We used lots of different gear, attractors, night crawlers, scents, speeds & course changes. Most of us had a hard day. Water 60*, clear. Air 50-75. Sky clear. Wind 0 mph. As always the lunch & companionship made for a great outing despite the poor catching. Thanks for the company Don.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Knights Landing
Weather: Cold morning..Mild afternoons..
Water_condition: Low flows..semi clear at 54 *
Date: 11-17-09
Remote Name: 69.239.106.168
MONDAY NOVEMBER 16th......Channel 3's TOP STORY ? ....OPENING DAY...Tom Ramaged joined me along with with 49 other boaters just above the 113 bridge.....We arrived at 4:00AM. with ZERO chance to fish the the first two lines of boats that went from shore to shore, so we settled for the third row.....To get a spot on the first two rows, you had to anchor up the day before!! Fishing from sunup ( 6:15am) till 4:30pm. we saw just 8 fish caught!! and only 4 caught in the morning hours...By noon, several boats gave up and we managed to get a location in the second row....Tom gets his first fish in this row within 30 minutes...A bright shiny 22 lb hen.....shortly afterwards, I hook up....and lose my fish!...James Netzel gets a bright fish as he is fishing just 4 boats away...He is one of those anglers that showed up on Sunday to get a position....Later in the afternoon, two elderly gentlemen in the boat just next to us hook up with a fairly large buck...They only have a trout net!!!!After a long battle, we end up netting their fish...It went about 40 pounds....Talk about not being prepared!! I had two more chances and both came unbuttoned. So in nutshell: opening day was a slow one for the number of anglers on the water...Did hear from a few friends of my that trolled upstream with spinners..They got their limit and didn't have to deal with crowds....Bad luck honors went to a boat in the first row...His first fish of the day was ripped off his hooks by a hungry SEA LION....Man!....Taking today off and will hit it again on Weds & Thursday before Fridays wet forecast.....See ya on the water...Naked....P.S. Thanks for giving me half of your catch Tom....
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Sacto River/Decker Island
Weather: Superb! Calm/light winds
Water_condition: stained
Date: 11-16-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
Today, I took a good friend of mine, Andrew Silva, out to fish for stripers. I wasn't gonna let a windless, beautiful day in the Rio Vista area go me, especially with a storm or two that is supposed to be coming. We anchored at 7:45am with a 3lb bag of beautiful fresh shad to throw at the stripers. We had a dead low tide at 9:15am. We didn't even have a descent bite until around noon. Andrew caught his first striper in his life today. It was a mere 19 inches. However, it was big for him. He was thrilled. I ended up with one about 4 lbs. I was even thrilled with that small fish. Especially with biteless morning we had experienced. We must have caught at least 14 dinks to go with our day. That's it! Good fishin! Jerry Yuke
Name: Tom Reynolds
Email: t_rey@yahoo.com
Location: question to the bass pro group
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 11-17-09
Remote Name: 71.142.133.98
I am an avid striper and bass fisherman in the delta area and have fished and learned from some of the best guide/teachers in the delta area. I dont mean any disrespect to your group of anglers that represent the bass pro shop store in manteca but how can you promote a fishing guide that has never fished this area until october 22 of this year? I am sure that he has the fishing know how but it seems that you might want to promote some of the more notable fishing guides that have a few years under there belt in our delta waters. If the guide that you choose to promote takes good care of you is probably your determining factor in promoting him/her and I would assume that they have all of the required licenses to be working in the delta. Thank you bass pro shops for your recommendation but I will take my grumpy old captain with all his years of experience over yours any day. And I will give all of my business to cabelas. Thanks Tom
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Private Pond( East of Marysville)
Weather: Frosty morning! Nice midday...
Water_condition: Off colored to semi clear at 57 * ?
Date: 11-14-09
Remote Name: 69.239.106.168
FRIDAY THE 13th..............LUCKY DAY FOR THIS ANGLER!....My brother Randy has begged me forever to try his friends private pond just east of Marysville. The way my luck has been fishing the delta lately, decided it wouldn't hurt to try something different. My brother shows up at 5:00am. with his little Toyota Corrola and insist we use his car instead of my roomier F-150! Somehow, I managed to get my gear & bass rods inside....and away we go....Driving in the dark, we reach Marysville and as he heads east, I am totally lost!...Just as the sun peaks over the eastern mountain range we reach his friends ranch style gated home.....First thing noticed...Frost on everything! Its cold! The pond is steaming from the cold air temps, but looks very Fishy....The deepest part of this pond is less than 7 feet deep and I'm thinking the colder weather in November has put these fish down!.....WRONG!!!!!!! My third cast using a 6 inch Senko weightless worm mounted on a 6/0 wide gape Gamakatsu hook gets whacked! .First fish of the day goes 3 1/2 pounds....and this ends up being the smallest fish of the day...As the morning goes on & the sun melts most of the frost on the ground, the bite turns on! Unlike delta bass fishing, there are no dinks in this pond...and no nibbles & taps, just solid pulls on the braided line...In less than two hours walking around the shoreline, I had caught & released 6 fish over Five pounds & numerous 4 pounders! Yeah! I know these bass are not wild delta fish and are in a controlled watershed, but man are they fun to catch...Knowing my brother had a time limit and wanted to get home early...I took few breaks from fishing and before calling it a day ( 1:30 pm) I had nailed 14 bass with the largest an honest 6 pounder....Randy was happy with just three fish he caught and just watching me pulling them out....Doing this well in November, couldn't imagine how good the bite would be in mid-summer? A fun day fishing with my brother.....See ya on the water..Naked.
Name: Ben E Catfisth
Email: Benfaync@aol.com
Location: Cape Fear River Fayetteville NC
Weather: cloudy, windy, had very heavy rain for 3 days.
Water_condition: River has rose 12-14 feet in 2 days.
Date: 11-13-09
Remote Name: 65.191.142.25
The river is suppose to crest tonight at midnight at 24 feet in Fayetteville. As the river was rising Wednesday afternoon we caught several blue catfish over 10lbs, yesterday caught a 25lb carp off of a night crawler. All the blue cats were caught off of 3-4 inch chunks of eel.
Name: Jerry Mullen
Email: JMM0077@aol.com
Location: Rio Vista Sac river and San Joaquin
Weather: nice with a little wind
Water_condition: clear
Date: 11-12-09
Remote Name: 76.201.73.206
I went out with some fellow co-workers and with Bass Pro Shops pro staffer and Local Fishing Guide Kevin Brock for nice day of Striper trolling. We hooked 19 fish. 16 of them were keeper size 18-24 inches and 3 of them were shakers. We found some good action above the Rio Vista Bridge, then later in the day we got into them in false river, and some stretchs of the San Joaquin. The hot lures of the day were the blue and chart. shallow running Yozuri, deep diving pline predator lure, and the Rapala xrap mag 15. Right now we have all the lures available at Bass Pro Shops except for the Pline Predators I hope to be getting those in around the first part of 2010. Kevin is a class act and if you are looking to catch stripers or learn how to be a better striper troller. I would recommend that you give Kevin a call. (530) 570-8057. Good luck and tight lines.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: in front of my computer
Weather: nice
Water_condition: none
Date: 11-12-09
Remote Name: 75.45.120.255
That sea lion did not get shot. No, what actually happened was that he swam into a bullet. I wish we could throw alkaseltzer at them like we used to do as kids with seagulls. That might work. Stuff a herring or sardine with alkaseltzer and throw it to him. We saw one up in the port of Sacramento last week.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: San Jose del Cabo Mexico
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Clear to 50'
Date: 11-12-09
Remote Name: 71.128.153.8
I joined a group of SIRs Jolly Hookers (Alex Hoeffner, Art Sutter, Dave Underwood and Frank Reetz), on a trip to San Jose Del Cabo Nov 3-11, 2009. Art, Dave, Frank & I brought our wives. We stayed at the Posada Real, San Jose Del Cabo (an all inclusive 3 story hotel). I fished 3 days, most our group fished 2. We spent time fly lining 2-3” bait fish for Yellowfin tuna 15-100#, Dorado 10-20#, trolled for Wahoo to 25# & jigged (briefly for trigger fish & Cabazon to 5#. Gear was mainly Penn 114Ws with 40-50# line. I tool my striper trolling and sturgeon outfits. The striper outfit was too light (except for the jigging, small tuna and the dorado); the sturgeon rig was in the ball park for the fish we caught. I brought back 40#, Alex 60+#, Art, Dave & Frank 40+#. It was my first time staying in San Jose del Cabo (my other trips have been to Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan & the East Cape). San Jose del Cabo is very nice, smaller & quieter than Cabo & much nearer the fishing grounds (inner & outer Gordo Banks). The weather was beautiful, water flat, temperatures 60-83*. We would leave the dock around 6:30 each day, pick up bait & be fishing by 7:15. We came in between 1:30 & 3:00. I brought a 100# Yellowfin to the boat after a 2 hour battle, it was released. It was by far the largest tuna I’ve caught, it is hard to explain how hard they fight, my arms were sore for 3-4 hours after letting it go. We did not go out for marlin this trip. I went out on the cruiser Chubasco ($350/day including tamales & bait) 3 times with Capt Marcus & mate Mario (2x) and Fausto (Mario’s brother 1x). We arranged all of our trips through Tomas Cantor, La Playa Sportfishing, tomascantor@hotmail.com , 0115216241181496. A great trip, great time of the year weather-wise.
Name: fishwithron2
Email: fishwithron2@yahoo.com
Location: home by the pool
Weather: clear
Water_condition: clear
Date: 11-11-09
Remote Name: 75.26.163.157
Nick is rite . Seals belongs in the ocean and not in the river. They're doing as much damage as those poachers out there. Look at pier 29 out in SF. Beggining there was afew on the dock and now all the boaters are out of there and it's seal only. Guess SF likes it as it draw alot ot tourist and the heck with the boaters. Back to the seal. Couldn't had happen to a better seal.. We better watch out as PETA might be montering this site. Maybe we could get some eskimo to come down here for awhile ??
Name: Nick Garcia
Email: nickg1028@comcst.net
Location: Sacramento River Sea Lion Problem
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: 11-11-09
Remote Name: 67.172.164.51
Let's all agree on this isue: Sea Lions belong in the SEA !!! Not in our rivers. They have been feasting on our local fisheries. The environmentalists want us to preserve this creature. There are just too many in the SF Bay and they eat their weight in fish every day ! Write to Matt Weiser at the is email is mweiser@sacbee.com. His story in Wed. Bee was about a sea lion that was seen near the Tower Bridge. It appears that it had been shot. too f*ckin bad I say! Fishermen need to get involved. Pitchforks at the state Capitol?
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: cloudy but calm
Water_condition: the usual, stained
Date: 11-11-09
Remote Name: 75.45.120.255
Fish traps and deep running Yo-zuries were the ticket today at the port. Got our limits by 9am with a big incoming tide. The best fishing has been between marker 65-69 today. Pretty large school has been moving around but usually can find it. Yesterday the stripers were in the turning basin chasing shad. Turning basin pretty empty today, could have been the big tide. Still no ships at the dock and that is great because it messes up the fishing for a couple of days. WARNING TO ALL THE BANK ANGLERS AT THE PORT OF SACRAMENTO!!!!!!! The police have been citing people for driving and parking on the sides of the levee. The fine is $130 first offense. Sure glad I finally get into the club as I always did pretty well on the sides of the port.
Name: Polebrother
Email: james.thomas9@comcast.net
Location: Near Rio Vista
Weather: Awesome!
Water_condition: Mostly Clear
Date: 11-09-09
Remote Name: 24.5.137.16
Monday, Nov 9: Ventured out of Brannan with my friend Tim at 8 a.m., trailered at 4 p.m. What is it with the schoolies? Eight total stripes, nothing longer than 20 inches...brought limits home for dinner. Patrolled Sac river above and below RV bridge and even trekked to the San Joaquin looking for bigger fish. Worked hard for sparse action throughout the day with lengthy periods (and miles) between strikes. Shallow-running YoZuri's were main enticers again but this time chartreuse stole the show from clown with the latter accounting for only one fish. That old saying was true today..."Ain't no use if it ain't chartreuse!" Put forth a serious effort with BBRs and deep-running YoZuri's for nada. Water temp was 59-60 degrees, clear and flat most everywhere...saw 40 miles of it.
Name: Polebrother
Email: james.thomas9@comcast.net
Location: Sac River Near Rio Vista
Weather: Perfect Fall Day
Water_condition: Mostly Clear
Date: 11-07-09
Remote Name: 24.5.137.16
Solo trolled Sac river above and below RV bridge for 7 stripers including 5 legals to 5 lbs. On the water at 9 am, off at 4 pm en route to fish-cleaning station with two keepers. Shallow-running YoZuri's in clown and chartreuse worked best. Water temp 59-60 degrees. Never found any schools...just a fish here and there. Experienced a bonus thrill when I hooked and played a huge salmon that I lost at the boat just as I was trying to figure out how to make a clean release without injuring the fish. Just outside net range s/he simply dropped the clown YoZuri from its mouth and was gone in a flash. Problem solved! I'm guessing the brute was 25-30 lbs. Why couldn't it have been my personal best striper? :'(
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Cache slough ( upper)
Weather: Light rain / drizzle.....
Water_condition: Semi clear at 59 *
Date: 11-07-09
Remote Name: 71.129.85.163
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6th...........LEFT OVER BAIT..............Really didn't plan on fishing yesterday...Still had half melted ice in my ice chest & some leftover shad,shrimp, & squid that I hadn't put in the freezer yet, since my last outing on Weds....Its about 8:00am, when I asked my wife Sandra if she wanted to join me..Gotta a surprised OK! No shopping day or what? Long story short...Arrived at Hogback around 10:00am. ( Fireman Jack's normal put in time ) LOL.. Getting such a late start, shot quickly up Cache slough and anchored on the south side just above the DWC in 39 feet of water....We fished the last of the outgo.....Got lots of nibbles, but no pumps or serious take downs....Must have seen a dozen jumpers all around the boat! As the tide turned, the clouds thickened & here comes the light rain....Put the top up which provided instant protection....The sturgeon continued to entertain us with their jumping, but not feeding on our offerings!...Half way through the incoming tide, the cats found our bait.....With no Sturge pumps or striper takes and just a few hours of daylight left, decided to try shallow trolling the DWC....Got one hit & miss...Did see another boat working this area throwing rattletraps & getting some small stripes....Would consider trying this area again in the near future as its loaded with jumping sturgeon!.Just not feeding on this day...See ya on the water...Naked.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: overcast, then sunny
Water_condition: not as stained as usual
Date: 11-06-09
Remote Name: 75.45.120.255
Fished the port of Sacramento today with my Dad and we both got our limits by 11am. No huge fish but just good tasting keepers. Did the best between markers 69 to 72. Lots of other members out there today catching fish. Have not heard of any lunkers as of yet.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: My report at Nimbus Hatchery
Weather: Very nice ..low 70's
Water_condition: About 2,000 cfc....Clear...57 *
Date: 11-06-09
Remote Name: 71.129.85.163
THURSDAY......NOVEMBER 6th.............SLIGHTY BETTER RETURNS?.....Knowing the peak American river king salmon returning at Nimbus hatchery is approximately on yesterdays date...11-05-09....I decided to check it out firsthand with a visit and a visual inspection just behind the fish screen gates & ladders....The ladders are still blocked, so no fish are climbing up the ladders meaning the fish are still in the main river......In 2003 through 2005 the returns at this site were between 120,000 & 140,000 yearly....and you could almost walk across the backs of these fish as they were stacked up behind the gates! Then came the year class 06...A drastic decline......down to just 40,000....07.......27,000......08.......4,234.......with a dead carcass count of just 8,000..........You get the message....Something went wrong very quickly...And the salmon closer was totally justified two years ago....While, I am just a sport fisherman, not a biologist....I could sense a different pattern taken place during the fall of 2006....VERY FEW JACK SALMON in the system!....A RED FLAG ?...Don't know as most of my fellow fisherman as well as myself didn't think much of it at the time....As we were still catching the adult spawners....06 was the year I had caught the largest male salmon ever..It went 48 plus pounds...That year, many larger than normal fish were caught!....Some over 50 lbs....The next year....The run went south...then the decision.. Complete.Salmon Closer Coastal waters & Inland river systems......Except for a brief ( one fish limit ) 113 bridge & up at Knights landing....These are winter run fish that seemed to be holding their own....A year ago..it opened on November 1st...This year, they changed it ....November 15th through December 31st......Well, on a good note, from what I saw below the Nimbus bridge yesterday, even though it is just a fraction of the numbers of a normal run...It looked to be better than what I saw last year? But, until the numbers are counted after the fish run up the ladders..The jury is still out.....An optimistic fisherman......Naked.....P.S. Big Al, James & others...See ya soon...Nights Landing...No boat bumping!! LOL...
Name: fishwithron2
Email: fishwithron2@yahoo.com
Location: home by the pool
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: clear
Date: 11-04-09
Remote Name: 75.26.163.157
James. I hope your fishin for salmon up by Redding as I believe it's illegal from Bencia up toward Redding. Been a close season from last year. Just an FYI
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: beautiful
Water_condition: the usual, stained
Date: 11-05-09
Remote Name: 75.45.120.255
To think, last year at this time I already had 10 salmon in the boat and today I am sitting waiting for the season to begin. Stripers are kind of fun but cannot find any big ones yet. They will probably show when salmon season kicks into gear. Naked, Jerry, Steve,and Big Al, looking forward to playing bumper boats again this year. Signed, Hopelessly looking for Salmon.
Name: tapstah
Email: ttaapp@yahoo.com
Location: suisun bay/suisun slough
Weather: good
Water_condition: good
Date: 11-01-09
Remote Name: 75.48.27.195
went out with my tap boys and caught 3 sturgeon and 5 striped bass. the 1st sturgeon with 66 in, 2nd 70, and 3rd 65. 1st bass 35 in 19 lb, 2nd bass 39 in 23 lb, 3rd 48 in 35 lb, other 2 with 31 in. the tap boys with on hit all day. we use some of that great FIRE and ???.. the spot is call the tap hot spot in the bay. good luck fishing.. tap out!!!
Name: kingkat
Email: kingkatjr@aol.com
Location: home computer
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 11-05-09
Remote Name: 63.199.35.2
any info on pittsburg or antioc would help
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sherman Island area- Lights 7, 11, 13
Weather: Calm start then Blustery winds!
Water_condition: Off colored at 60 *
Date: 11-05-09
Remote Name: 71.129.85.163
WEDS NOVEMBER 3rd.................A BLOWN FORECAST ? Like many other anglers on this day, the calm weather the past several days fooled us all!....Before, heading out on any fishing trip to the delta...I do my homework checking out local & national weather stations predictions.....ALL SAID " Light southerly winds to 10 mph.....After picking up a couple dozen ghost shrimp & frozen shad at Haps bait and launching at Sherman county park, you could instantly tell, the forecast was gonna be WRONG!....Started fishing downstream by light 7 in 32 feet of water with about an hour left of the outgoing tide..The wind was right in our face...Maybe about 8 other boats around us? Really hard to detect bites as the boat was rocking pretty good...By 10:00 am the tide switched and the boat quickly turned with the wind at our back...For about an hour, it wasn't too bad as we got a few bites, but the winds got stronger & stronger....Not good! Decided to move, as well as most of the other boats...Tried lights 11 & 13 upstream....a little better protection, but couldn't escape the howling winds! Did see many Sturgeon jumping at all locations right next to the boat...but no bites! Really hard to use the balanced rod holder method with the boat constantly blowing around, so we held our rods in our hands much of the time. By 4:00pm. we were the last boat left...Raised the white flag and headed back to the Sherman...Couldn't go faster than 8 miles an hour as the swells crashed water over my windshield getting us soaking WET!!! The water had to be 60% salt on the high tide as it burned your eyes!! and you could see the foam behind your wake....Not a good day to take my son in law Gabe out fishing, but he hung right with me.....Leaving the park at Sherman at the high tide, the water completely covered the road at the low spot....Interesting? Will try it again soon , hopefully on a calmer day? See ya on the water..Naked.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Checking out baitshops for fresh shad
Weather: Very nice except morning FOG!
Water_condition: Big afternoon tide...
Date: 11-03-09
Remote Name: 71.129.85.163
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 3rd.......................POLE BROTHER JAMES... Does my heart good to hear your fishing report and the positive response you had with a game warden while cleaning your legal striped bass!......I'm thinking, as you were cleaning your fish, you dumped the carcasses in the water as everyone does.......And, certainly if you had undersize fish, you wouldn't be cleaning them there!!! And, of course your actions were 100 % legal as you brought your fish from your boat and decided to clean them before reaching home....The warden you encountered was probably a veteran officer and has heard every story in the books...I have been fishing for more than thirty years and have never faced a game warden that didn't know the sport fishing rules!! They are totally understaffed & cover numerous miles for both enforcing fishing & hunting regulations.....I'm sure there are a few bad apples that get through the screening system, but for the most part, they are on point!...The fishing rules are Black & white, but many wardens use the grey area as warnings for public relations.....Naked.....
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: All above the Rio Vista bridge....
Weather: Light Fog AM...Balmy afternoon..
Water_condition: BIG TIDES!! Lots of debris..semi clear 60*
Date: 11-03-09
Remote Name: 71.129.85.163
MONDAY.....NOVEMBER 2nd............SMALL OUTGO...BIG INCOME ! FULL MOON....Had my wife Sandra with me on this day.....After dealing with a light morning fog, which cleared quickly...and not having any luck throwing Swimbaits for more than an hour in lower Steamboat, decided to shallow troll the shoals for the tide switch..( around 9:30 AM ) Just one other boat and the area was wide open!...Despite lots of junk floating at the surface, we found fish! Once again, those cookie cutters that went 3-4 pounds...Picked up 6 fish within 30 minutes, then the bite went south...NOTHING!!!!! We next tried Cache slough ........Dirty water!...Deep water channel....Same thing...Too stained!....Entered Minor and found cleaner water and went to deep running Yo-Zuries....Not a bump!....Once again, tried throwing Traps....Nothing.....I'm thinking I should have taken my wife's advice and picked up some shad & bait fished....A very slow day trolling in the north delta for sure!....Ended the day back in lower Steamboat and while my wife was taking a nap..( BORED ) I grabbed my bass rod and caught a few largemouth bass...All dinks....A nice day to be on the water, but pretty slow for this angler... See ya on the water....Naked....
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Decker/Sherman Islands
Weather: PEREFECT!!
Water_condition: semi-clear, 61 degrees, plenty of witches hair
Date: 10-31-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
I took my good friend Dan Gee out to cast bait for sturgeon. However, Haps's didn't have any ghost or grass shrimp. Although he had plenty of fresh shad. So we decided to fish for stripers in that wonderful weather. We anchored in Sacto River near the Power Lines at 7:30 am. Dan limited out before 12 noon. The low tide was at 9:30 am. All I caught by then was a few shakers. Then just before the high tide at 3:45pm, I went bang bang on two keepers. The largest being close to 5 lbs. We caught them all on fresh shad. We did very good considering all that rocking of my boat on Saturday and getting skunked 3 weeks ago. That's it! Good fishin" Jerry Yuke
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Semi-clear, 60*, some witches hair
Date: 10-30-09
Remote Name: 69.237.198.55
Bill Crooks, my lucky dog, Spike, and I went out for some stripers on a Jolly Hooker Fishing Club Derby. Bill & I caught 6 legals (released 3) to 20”, 6 undersized, had 4 no hit/no stick and lost 12+ tails. The largest striper caught was 23”. We trolled shallow for 6.5 hours (6:30-1:00). The catching was done above & below the Rio Vista Bridge in the main Sac at the end of the outgoing, slack & start of the incoming. 50 miles, 14 locations. Launched at Sandy Beach. Chartreuse & a new & more expensive colored Yo-Zuri (bright red back, silver side, white belly) caught most fish. Water 60*, semi-clear at the end of the outgo, slack & beginning of the incoming tides, more witches hair today. Air 50-74*, sky clear, wind 0 mph. Thanks for the company Bill.
Name: Polebrother
Email: james.thomas9@comcast.net
Location: Sac River Near Rio Vista
Weather: Perfect...No Wind, Mild Temp
Water_condition: Mostly Clear
Date: 10-29-09
Remote Name: 24.5.137.16
Fished with my friend Tim this day. Launched at Vieira's around 8 a.m., off the water by 6 p.m. Much like other Oct 29 RV trolling reports...several small legals to 6 lbs...in between shakers. Found a few schools with each producing 5-6 fish before vanishing. One double. Shallow-running clown and chartreuse YoZuri's won the day. Kept four combatants for the dinner table. Weather and water conditions were perfect...just a great fall day on the Delta. Sidebar: A very cordial DFG game warden arrived at the fish-cleaning station just as we were trimming the last of 8 filets...carcasses long gone and irretrievable. He looked at the pile of filets and asked how we did. We told him we got limits. He then asked, "what size?" We told him. After a bit of a pause we continued to make pleasant small talk for a minute or two and then he left. The legality of cleaning fish prior to transport was neither challenged nor mentioned.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: East Delta... covered 40 miles...
Weather: Light winds..Partly cloudy....
Water_condition: Semi clear to off colored at 60 *
Date: 10-30-09
Remote Name: 69.237.117.123
THURSDAY.....OCTOBER 29th........After being grounded for a couple of days with the strong northerly winds, joined Mike Booker for a day in the East delta hunting largemouth bass..We launched at Kings Island and ended up covering about forty miles from Bullfrog Landing to Potato Slough hitting all the locations in between that have produced....Fished the end of the outgo and all of the incoming tide...The bite never got going as we picked up just 8 bass the whole day!...Pretty sure it takes a few days for the delta water to calm down after a strong wind storm & the temps drop some 6-7 degrees? We tried the big baits to no prevail.. All eight bass came on micro- downsized mini jigs....with 4 inch Robo / Senko's worms....Transition between a summer & fall pattern was evident as the strikes were far in between!...We talked to another bass angler late in the day...He said " he had picked up a 15 lb. limit !!! Of course...He didn't say where?.....Mike's Z 19 Camache Ranger ran flawlessly and covered ground very quickly....Only flaw...The 225 hp.Evinrude drinks a lot of gas!!...Looking forward for some Striper / Sturgeon fishing next week, as the weather looks good...See ya on the water....Naked.
Name: robert from shell
Email: rainbowtrout@sbcglobal.net
Location: COLLINS LAKE
Weather: NICE
Water_condition: NICE
Date: 11-30-09
Remote Name: 74.37.126.110
HAS ANYBODY FISHED COLLINS LAKE RECENTLY. HEADING OUT THIER THIS SATURDAY ANY INFO WILL HELP THANKS.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Semi-clear to dirty 69*
Date: 10-29-09
Remote Name: 69.228.156.88
Jim Brown, no relation, a friend from Escalon, my lucky dog, Spike, and I went out for some stripers. We caught 12 legals (released 9) to 10# (tool a picture of Jim with it, two 4#, a 3#, the rest 19, 20”ers), no undersized, had one no hit/no stick and lost 4-6 tails. We trolled shallow for 5 hours. The catching was done above & below the Rio Vista Bridge in the main Sac at the end of the outgoing, slack & start of the incoming tides. 5.5 hours (7:15-12:45), 34 miles, 7 locations. Launched at Sandy Beach. Rainbow Yo-Zuri best). Water 60*, semi-clear at the end of the outgo, slack & beginning of the incoming tides, some witches hair on all. Air 50-72*, sky clear, wind 0-8 (mainly 0) mph. Some radio chatter about it being a hard day, dirty water elsewhere. Thanks for the company Jim.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: North Delta Sloughs
Weather: Balmy midday ,then windy late.
Water_condition: Semi clear to very clear at 67 *
Date: 10-27-09
Remote Name: 69.237.117.123
MONDAY OCTOBER 26th..............HOOK, LINE, & SINKER!!!.....Getting a call from my bass Instructor Mike Booker about 8:00am....Hey Bob, got any plans today? I replied " Not really Mike...Whats up? Lets hit the delta! OK! but we'll have to use your Crestliner boat as my boats not ready....Give me an hour to get my gear ready......OK..........Mike shows up in front of my house right on schedule....But, NO CRESTLINER!....Just a brand new 19 foot RANGER APACHE....Black & Yellow with 225 HP and tournament set up!!!! He has been talking about getting this boat for months!! Never said a word about his dream boat on the phone..After a few minutes of shock...We headed out!......THE FISHING REPORT: Getting to Hogback & launching this new fishing machine, we found the water flat & calm with just very light winds....We decided to head to Minor and make the loop returning via Cache slough & finish the day in lower Steamboat.....Even with Mike taken it easy on the throttle, we reached Minor in record time....less than ten minutes....hitting 55 mph briefly, knowing this rocketship could do much more! ..Started fishing the top of the tide with just a few taps but no hookups...We used 5 & 6 inch Senko's at first, then went down to micro 3/32 oz wacky jigheads for a few dinks....With the tide starting to go out the bite increased just slighty, but never turned on...Thinking the falling barometer had something to do with the lack of action? As we couldn't get a positive bite going...I did get a nice 3 pound smallie which turned out to be the big fish of the day....All fish caught came on small baits...By 4:00pm. the delta winds picked up quickly....time to head back to Steamboat & finish the day there...Only got one bass in Steamboat....They had completely turned off!!! Headed back into Hogback with less than an hour before darkness to wipe down Mikes new fishing machine....Thanks again Mike for allowing me to be the first dude to fish with you...I,ll do the same. when I get my new Duckworth!! LOL!...A slow day in the north delta but exciting...See ya on the water..NAKED.....
Name: nunya biznez
Email: not4u2no@yahoo.com
Location: vallejo's water front
Weather: usual
Water_condition: polluted
Date: 10-24-09
Remote Name: 76.103.222.34
O K so just recently I was advised of an acquaintance of mine had been replaced in a matter of a day who worked on a boat called the "GAMECOCK" This just happens to be the boat that catches the shrimp and bullheads for the local bait shops. As I sit here and really give the whole issue some thought im really curious as to how many guys are unemployed in the bay delta area that have deck hand experience and have a current commercial fishing license since it is required for deckhands. Realistically probably none, also to make things a bit suspicious, I was also advised the acquaintance never got his gear nor did he get his license back from his employer aka the captain. So now as we think logically this just means there's a deck hand working on the gamecock using somebody's license but their own. So next time you buy grass shrimp or bull head's your sponsoring poachers!
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: 63-64*, semi-clear, some debris
Date: 10-22-09
Remote Name: 69.227.127.100
Bill Crooks invited me and my lucky dog, Spike, out for some stripers or sturgeon. We were skunked. We caught no legals, 1 undersized, had 3 hit/no stick and lost no tails. We fished bait for 4 hours, trolled shallow & deep for 2 hours. We fished the end of the incoming, slack and most of the incoming tide. 6.75 hours (7:15-2:00), 22 miles, 7 locations. Launched at Lower Sherman Island & fished below it. We bait fished shad, sardines, eel & roe. Water 63-64*, semi-clear, some debris on both the incoming & outgoing. Air 62-78*, sky clear, wind 0 mph. A lot of boats on the water, quite a bit of radio chatter about catching some striped bass, one sturgeon down river near Pittsburg & the Middle Grounds. Thanks for the company Bill, another beautiful day on the water.
Name: fishwithron2
Email: fishwithron2@sbcglobal.net
Location: home by the pool
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: 70
Date: 10-23-09
Remote Name: 75.26.163.157
To Fishboat Bass tournament has to get a special exception for their tournament in order to cull. Also black bass will live in a livewell while stripers needs to keep moving ( like sharks ) will not last and will belly up. If the striper dies and you toss the dead one back in for a bigger one, you can get cited for it.
Name: fishinbuddy
Email: f1sh1nbuddy@yahoo.com
Location: THE New Hogan Reservoir
Weather: cold
Water_condition: colder
Date: 10-22-2009
Remote Name: 98.248.2.230
As to all stripers in the freezer..... They were all caught at New Hogan where the limit is 10 no size requirement.....Check the reg....so does that mean I can have 20 in the freezer???? Planning to fish the Montezuma the month of Nov. Anyone have recommendation on what works there? Baits? Lures? Trolling? the water looks to be cold and dirty brown colored.... Any suggestions are greatly appreciatted....
Name: Fishboat
Email: fishboat35@yahoo.com
Location: can't fish 2 many in freezer
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: wet
Date: 10-22-09
Remote Name: 216.93.194.60
Just talked to the Fish&Game Sacramento about the possession limit on stripers. You can not have any more than two stripers in your possession at any time. You can not transport any more than the two fish if you are the only one in your vehicle with a fishing license. You may have four fish in your freezer or reefer at home if you have a spouse or roomate. If more people live with you you can have two fish per person in a freezer You can not have four fish in your trailer away from home in the freezer if you are the only one with a licence this includes your wife or anyone else with you. You can only have four at home with a spouse or roomate with only your license. After 60 plus years fishing in California I never understood this rule. For me to go fishing in the next week or so I have to eat two fish and then I can catch two more. One thought how do bass tournament fishermen keep 5 fish in a live well and cull the small fish when the limit is 5 fish in possession and they have the sixth fish on board? How can they keep fishing? If the bass fisherman can do it can I put two stripers in my live well and keep on fishing and cull the small one in the Rio Vista striper tournament? I forgot to ask the F&G this question. Lowell TIGHT LINES AND LOOSE DRAGS
Name: fishboat
Email: fishboat35@yahoo.com
Location: fishing for answers
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: perfect for coffee
Date: 10-22-09
Remote Name: 216.93.194.60
Hey POLE POSITION I was a commercial fisherman in California for 18 years and also owned a fish processing plant. My crew would hand cut about 10,000 lbs of fillets a day. I would check the fillets sometimes before packing and would find what we called miscuts. Some of the fillets would be a little short or too much flesh was left on the frame. These are professional fish filleters. I will guarantee that you being a sport fisherman and if you filleted a salmon, striper, bass or about any other fish you would have a right side fillet that would measure more and weigh more than the left side or vice versa, we all do it. I would like to know what happened to the F&G ticket that you got for the haibut fillet that was short but the fish was 2" over the legal limit. Where is the F&G regulations on the size of fillets from a fish If I had to go to court on that ticket I would bring in a haibut the same size and make the fish cop that wrote the ticket fillet the fish in front of the judge to prove my point. I still have fillets from four stripers in my freezer from fishing the delta durning the month of August. I plan to fish the delta in the next week or so for stripers. But first I am going to the F&G office and see if I can fish anymore or until I either eat the frozen fish or throw them in the garbage. I won't be talking to a fish cop but somebody higher up to get this possession limit thing straightened out. Lowell TIGHT LINES AND LOOSE DRAGS
Name: fishboat
Email: fishboat35@yahoo.com
Location: fishing for answers
Weather: nice
Water_condition: perfect for coffee
Date: 10-22-09
Remote Name: 216.93.194.60
Hey POLEPOSITION. I was a commercial fisherman in California for 18 years and also had a fish processing plant in California. We had a crew that processed up to 10,000 lbs of fish fillets a day. I would check at times the fillets and would find what we called missed cuts. These are professional fish filleters and a little slip of the knife and the fillet was cut a little short. I can guarantee you that you being a sport fisherman,if you fillet a salmon, striper, bass, or any fish for that matter, that the fillet from the left side of the fish and the right side will not measure the same or weigh the same. I would sure like to know how you came out with the F&G ticket for the halibut. Where is the fillet measurement size in the F&G regs. If I had to go to court I would take a halibut into court and make that fish cop that wrote me the ticket, make him fillet the same size fish in front of judge. I am planning to go striper fishing in the next week or so but I still have fillets from four fish I caught in August that are in the freezer. Now will I be a poacher if I don't either eat a couple or just throw them away in the garbage? Before I go fishing I am going to the F&G department and get an answer from somebody at the top not just a fish cop. Lowell tight lines and lose drags
Name: Ninja Fisherman
Email: silent_killer@mindyourbusiness.ordie
Location: Just a question
Weather: cloudy with a chance of meatballs
Water_condition: wet
Date: 10-20-09
Remote Name: 69.227.126.64
Does anyone know how the specifics for the "in possession" regulations work? i.e. what if the fish have been filleted, do they still count? What if they've been cooked? Obviously if you cooked and ate them, they're technically in your possession till you crap them out, lol. But I'm sure they don't count that! So where do they draw the line? I can't stand poachers but I think that you should be able to keep a daily limit. Just because you don't go home between days and put them in your fridge doesn't mean you should be penalized. Anyhow, I just want to make sure I'm doing it legit when I go out for a mulit-day trip. Thanks!
Name: fishwithron2
Email: fishwithron2@yahoo.com
Location: home by the pool
Weather: rain
Water_condition: clear
Date: 10-19-09
Remote Name: 75.26.198.123
The rule is in possesion no mater how many days you fished. Heard a guy got tag when DFG check his refrig and he had over limit of fish and he had been fishin for 2-3 days. Limit was 2 . Don't make sense if your fishin for aweek and limit out everyday and limit is 1 (one) and DFG come by and you have 6 ( six) they will cite you. So Bob, have that beer batter ready.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Getting ready for Ft. Bragg
Weather: Light showers in Sacto.
Water_condition: Very good!
Date: 10-19-09
Remote Name: 69.229.120.72
MONDAY OCTOBER 19th..........I'M STARTING TO THINK PASSING THE STATE LAW BAR EXAM IS EASIER THAN THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CALIFORNIA FISHING REGULATIONS!! CHAPTER 1.....GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS.... 1.17....BAG AND POSSESSION LIMIT.......No more than ONE daily bag limit of each kind of fish,amphibian,reptile,mollusk or crustacean named in these regulations may be taken or possessed by any one person unless otherwise authorized: regardless of whether they are fresh or frozen, or otherwise preserved. Exceptions: See Sections 7.00 7.50(a) 27.60 (c) and 195, tittle 14, CCR.....So, if you have more than One daily bag limit of any specious in possession....You can be cited....Better eat them quickly and don't go over the daily limit.....In possession.....So, if your camping for a week or so and you got limits each day...You can't keep daily limits.....Because of the in possession rule...Section 1.17....What if you fished the delta & each day got a limit of Striped Bass ( 2 fish ) and returned home, cleaned fish, and returned to the delta........Does the possession rule apply here? I am totally lost!!!!!!!!!! Help!!!! See ya on the water..Naked........P.S...Much easier posting reports.....
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: my freezer
Weather: warm and dry in the house
Water_condition: Alhambra tastes the best
Date: 10-19-09
Remote Name: 75.45.127.244
Hey pole position, there was a question and answer in the latest issue of WON about the Halibut fillet question. Email me back if you want the posting. James
Name: fishboat
Email: fishboat35@yahoo.com
Location: Union Valley and delta
Weather: nice
Water_condition: 64
Date: 10-16-09
Remote Name: 216.93.194.60
Fished Union Valley two weeks ago for 4 days and caught limits of trout every day. I was camping there. I cleaned all the fish and had them in seperate plastic bags for each day caught. Now driving home to Citrus Heights I now have 20 cleaned fish in my cooler. If stoped by the F&G am I in violation of the 2 limits in possession? I can prove that I was at the lake for 4 days. Now would my only defense would be, have the fish checked for time of cleaning. I fish the delta sometimes for 14 days straight as I have a trailer at a resort on the Moke. I might be driving home after the 14 day trip with 28 frozen striper filets am I now in violation again as I am not at my home in Citrus Heights? Lowell
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: North Delta
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: semi-clear
Date: 10-18-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
I couldn't get any of my friends to go with me yesterday, so I decided to go fish for black bass. I had a good time out there with no one to bother me. I got out there at 7:20 in the fog. The fog lifted around 9 or 9:30. The little ones were biting right away. I ended up catching 3 keepers, one at l 1/2lbs and a good 2lb 13ozer. I had to put it on the scale, since its been so long since I caught a descent largemouth. I caught them all using 5 and 6 inch senkos. I never even casted anything else. I figured that since we had that good rain, fish would be looking for worms. I left at 2 o'clock. That's it! Good fishin"
Name: stripers only
Email: farpuzul@bigvalley.net
Location: haven't fished yet
Weather: don't know
Water_condition: don't care
Date: 10-18-09
Remote Name: 76.196.76.69
Do you feel so stupid for reading the reports that you have to tell someone to stop it? Sore asses......write whatever you want about your dog, share your fun day.
Name: stripers only
Email: farpuzul@bigvalley.net
Location: haven't fished yet
Weather: don't know
Water_condition: don't care
Date: 10-18-09
Remote Name: 76.196.76.69
Do you feel so stupid for reading the reports that you have to tell someone to stop it? Sore asses......write whatever you want about your dog, share your fun day.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: hot and muggy for October
Water_condition: the usual, stained
Date: 10-17-09
Remote Name: 75.45.127.244
Took some 6 year olds for a couple of hours to catch itsy bitsy perch. They had a blast. Hey Naked, your post about the stupid rule of the D.F.G. is going to put a hamper on the deckhands on party boats as they make a pretty penny cleaning fish that were caught on the party boats. Gonna save me some money though. Must have been a new class of graduates from D.F.G..
Name: poleposition
Email: thebesharas@att.net
Location: fyi fyi fyi fyi fyi fyi
Weather: mad
Water_condition: boiling
Date: 10-17-09
Remote Name: 69.225.38.180
after halibut fishing a couple years ago a friend of mine and myself were cleaning halibut we caught at the fish cleaning station in berkeley my buddy mike had a couple fish 2 inches over the minimum size limit. with the filets and the carcases the filets came from right there together was given ticket"s" for under size filets even though the fish made the size limit but the filets did not
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Not on this day
Weather: Very nice...Balmy....
Water_condition: Just like yesterday....
Date: 10-17-09
Remote Name: 69.229.120.72
SATURDAY.........OCTOBER 17th.... ARE YOU KIDDING ME?.....Guy brown, don't know about this ruling? What if you were staying at Vierria's or Brannon State park for a week or so and decided to eat a few of these stripers.....ITS NOT YOUR HOME!!!!! Would cleaning a legal striper for comsumption at this campsite be a violation? This is practiced all of the time..... DUH!!....What about all the fisherman that stop at Vierra's and clean their catch at the end of the day? Reading the regs, I understand that the fish can't be in the condition where its size can't be determined....Section 1.87......Another example: How about all the fisherman that have live-wells in their boats.....Its illegal to transfer LIVE fish from where you caught them....Well, to keep them fresh, many fisherman keep their live -well going till reaching home....This is a violation! Right? So, after KILLING the fish, and you don't have enough ice to keep your catch fresh till you reach home....After you drain your live-well...BY BOOK..You end up with dead stinky fish! WITH THE SHORTAGE OF GAME WARDENS....LETS STOP THIS NIT PICKING & GO AFTER THE REAL PROBLEM.......PROACHERS!!!!!!......Glad I'm a C & R dude......Naked.....
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Dirty, some debris
Date: 10-15-09
Remote Name: 69.105.90.185
Bill Crooks, my lucky dog, Spike, and I went out for some stripers or sturgeon. We caught 2 legals to 7#, 2 undersized, no hit/no stick and lost no tails. We fished bait (shad, eel) for 3 hours (one legal, had/missed one sturgeon pump), trolled shallow & deep for 3 hours (the 7#er). The catching that was done was down river from Sherman at the end of the outgoing, slack & start of the incoming. 6.5 hours (7:15-1:45), 24 miles, 8 locations. Launched at Lower Sherman Island. One fish caught on shad, one trolling deep (chartreuse Yo-Zuri). Water 64*, dirty (most of the time, most places), 30-60 minutes of semi-clear to clear, some debris on the outgoing. Air 62-80*, sky clear, wind 0-3 (mainly 0) mph. Some radio chatter about catching sturgeon down river & in Suisun Bay. Thanks for the company Bill, a great day. Interesting D.F.G. encounter, regulation & interpretation learned today. Bill cleans our fish after we come in while I de-rig the boat. Two Rangers drive up, chat with us ask to see our fish. Bill shows them two bags on nice fillets. They advise us we can’t clean any fish subject to a slot or weight limit until we get home. They do not give us a ticket as they could see by the size of the fillets that the fish were both legals. Here is the F&G Code Section that the two Wardens said we violated: 5508. It is unlawful to possess on any boat or to bring ashore any fish upon which a size or weight limit is prescribed in such a condition that its size or weight cannot be determined. The commission may adopt regulations, under which fish other than whole fish may be brought ashore, which establish sizes or weights for cleaned or otherwise cut fish equivalent to sizes or weights for whole fish. When Bill said that this did not say we could not clean a fish on shore, they tried to find another section that would say that. They could not find it, but said, "Trust us, that's the law"! For myself I seldom keep fish so this rule was unknown to me. Bill keeps fish frequently and was surprised to lear of it. I checked with the guys at F.W. Sacramento & they said don't clean your fish until you get home. Every time I go out I learn something new.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sherman Island to Montezuma
Weather: Fog Am hours...Balmy afternoon....
Water_condition: Just off colored at 63 degrees
Date: 10-17-09
Remote Name: 69.229.120.72
FRIDAY OCTOBER 16th...........SUPPLY & DEMAND .. (THREADFIN SHAD)...$$$$$$...Took Shell station Robert out for our first try, strickly bait fishing for Sturgeon / Striper fishing...We stopped at Bob's Bait in Isleton as we didn't want to spend alot of time searching for fresh shad...As expected, they only had FROZEN.....Nothing wrong with frozen shad if you can't find fresh, but!! $10.00 a bag!! TWO BAGS COST $21.70 after taxes!!! These shad were huge and about 8 to 10 a bag.....Enough said"......launched at Sherman county park.....weather conditions....light winds with fog....Took about 25 minutes to reach the location I wanted to try first....Just above Chain Island....Caught just the end of the outgo as the turn around ( incoming ) tide was around 9:00am....We stayed in this location for much of the incoming tide....Lots of nibbles & light touches on the butterflied shad...Only had one serious take down and missed him!..Our only bait on this day was shad..No shrimp..no salmon roe...Just shad....By 1:00 pm, decided to take a boat ride....Headed up to Montezuma slough and as we went through the salt water locks ran into Ron Retzlaff.. Ron has that Mark Wilson look alike boat!...Guess they did well bait fishing in Monti earlier in the morning on the outgo...Caught fish to twenty pounds...My problem was the locks close at 5:00pm and we would only have a few hours to fish....Fished downstream by Nurse slough till almost 4:00 pm....Once again..Just nibbles & light touches....Time to go! Got to the locks in time and headed back to Sherman....Other than a few short stripers....which cost $ 21.70 to catch & release...that was it for the day....Oh well, Robert had never been in Montezuma before...so it was a fun boat ride for him....See ya on the water..Naked.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: foggy, then sunny
Water_condition: stained more than usual
Date: 10-16-09
Remote Name: 75.45.127.244
The port is loaded but the fish are small on the screen. Picked up 1 just legal striper, and 1 undersized slow trolling jumbo minnows in the basin. Only saw 1 other fish caught, a 24incher fast trolling lures. I don't know the secret here yet. I waited 6 years on the waiting list to be able to launch here but have little to show for it. Can anyone help?
Name: Mike and Jay
Email: popie27@comcast.net
Location: San Joaquin and Sacramento River sides of Delta
Weather: Beautiful day
Water_condition: Stained
Date: 10-16-2009
Remote Name: 71.193.49.239
My son and I launched out of Brannon Island State Park and fished both the San Joaquin and Sacramento River sides of the Delta between 7 in the morning until 2 pm. We used small swim baits, spoons and sardines and caught 3 keeper stripers 3-4 pounds) and about 8 under the legal size limit. All fish caught were released.
Name: A Fisherperson
Email: underwater@sbcglobal.net
Location: delta (Sacramento)
Weather: calm now
Water_condition: getting better
Date: 10-12-09
Remote Name: 76.217.156.85
I don't believe anyone is monitoring this site but us fisherpeople. I think we all have a point in this squabble. If you wish to complain or give thanks for info you've read here, please send it to the person's email address. It does not need to be on this site. I appreciate all the tips I get from reading these blurps. I do get tired of reading about somone's lucky dog or any other pet. Lets just stick to the facts please. That's all I'm looking for. If I want to know anything else I'll contact you through your email address if you leave a valid one on your report. Thanks
Name: Rex Hammer
Email: rex.hammer@hotmail.com
Location: Eagle Lake - Spaulding Ramp
Weather: Nice, Nice, Nice
Water_condition: Very, Very Low
Date: 10-11-09
Remote Name: 75.26.53.228
Back from our annual trip to Eagle Lake. The water is about 1 1/2 to 2 feet lower than last year. Many areas to be very careful and there is NO bobber fishing the tules because the water is a foot deep at best there. We did well finding a nice bobber bite in the morning North of the Rock Pile across from Pelican Point. All fish on crawlers most with some type of attractant. Powerbait trout, Garlic Dip and Carp Spit were the most active. Trolling we did best off the Youth camp running West to East (afternoon) pulling a silver dodger and a mid sized Red Head Copper Dick Nite. Also caught a few on Orange Cripplelure behind a 50/50 dodger. The fish were running smaller this year with the "nice" ones coming in between 19" to 20". We did catch some bigger ones with my 20"er going 3lbs 3 oz. Caught that one on an olive micro jig under a clear casting bubble (half a crank on the reel, count to 12 then another half crank on the reel). They are supposed to be dredging the Spaulding ramp starting next week and they had people out doing some prep work so it will probably happen. If not there is about a 1/2 foot of water on the left side (as you head out) about 15' from the shore, large vessels will definately hit the and more than likely stick in the mud. Be Careful...
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Civility Please
Weather: NA
Water_condition: NA
Date: 10-10-09
Remote Name: 69.224.218.191
The Administrator, if there is one, should delete posts with no e-mail address &/or insulting, personal attacking information. This site & all other fishing blog sites are intended for recreational fishermen to share the information they wish. If someone posting cannot say something nice they should not post or the Administrator should delete the post.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Catch & Release (C&R)
Weather: NA
Water_condition: Na
Date: 10-10-09
Remote Name: 68.125.109.14
Steve: FYI. Regards.
Name: Steve Robinson
Email: casarobinson@hotmail.com
Location: at home watching football
Weather: cool and dry
Water_condition: ????
Date: 10-10-09
Remote Name: 76.20.18.118
Hey Mike and Jay, what does (C&R) mean? Please elaborate. Thanks.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: clear and calm
Water_condition: the usual, stained
Date: 10-09-09
Remote Name: 75.45.127.244
Slow trolled jumbo minnows in the turning basin for 1-17 incher. Very slow day talking to the other members out there. The charts were full of big fish but I think there is too much bait in the water. Need some colder weather to kill off some of the shad. Maybe the weather coming will help the bite.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: clear and calm
Water_condition: the usual, stained
Date: 10-09-09
Remote Name: 75.45.127.244
Slow trolled jumbo minnows in the turning basin for 1-17 incher. Very slow day talking to the other members out there. The charts were full of big fish but I think there is too much bait in the water. Need some colder weather to kill off some of the shad. Maybe the weather coming will help the bite.
Name: Mike and Jay
Email: popie27@comcast.net
Location: SJ/3 Mile, King Island
Weather: Windy on Thursday, better on Friday
Water_condition:
Date: 10-09-2009
Remote Name: 71.193.49.239
My son and I fished the delta the last two days. Thursday we went to the San Joaquin/3 Mile/Fisherman’s Cut areas. It was slow fishing for us on this breezy day. We caught about 10 undersize stripers and 4 bass, all C&R. Today, we went to the King Island area and again encountered a slow day. My son caught around 7 bass (C&R), and never mind how I did. I hope the larger stripers show up soon.
Name: big fish II
Email: bigfishII@urmamas.com
Location: Big fishes moms house
Weather: cloudy
Water_condition: stained
Date: 10-10-09
Remote Name: 66.60.181.171
Hey big fish give us ur location where u fish so we can meet u out there and see who is the better fisherman. Ur Call
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: North Delta Sloughs
Weather: Breezy at times....Fishable.....
Water_condition: Clear to semi clear at .. 62-63 *
Date: 10-08-09
Remote Name: 69.229.120.72
THURSDAY OCTOBER 8th...........COOLER WATER... JUST BEFORE RIO VISTA DERBY....Brian Arimoto joined me for a day of bass fishing and once again launched at Hogback.....Just one other vehicle in the parking lot! We found the water temps dropping another 5 degrees since Tuesday....62 degrees in early morning and just hitting 63 degrees by late in the afternoon...The cooler water had definitely effected the bite!....Unlike Tuesday, the fish were just not as aggressive as both of us worked hard, fishing till almost darkness for twenty fish....With the slow bite, we make adjustments & downsized our baits...We went with 5 inch Senkos instead of the 6 inchers..and the smaller Brushogs instead of the super hogs....This seemed to work? Brian picked up a 7 pound striper which surprised us both as we found a pod of bass and he must have been in the mix? Largest bass of the day went about 3 1/2 lbs...No 4's or 5's on this day.......Looks like the forecast for some pretty good rain will hold off till after the Rio Vista Derby....Last year., the winds howled to 40 mph!! Good luck to all, trying their luck.....Thanks for the company Brain...See ya on the water.. Naked.
Name: big fish
Email: donthave@aol.com
Location: just reading blow your own horn's report
Weather: could be better
Water_condition: same as above
Date: 10-09-09
Remote Name: 71.193.49.27
BLOW YOUR OWN HORN-What's your old lady's number?
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: North Delta.....?.....
Weather: Balmy afternoons...cool mornings...
Water_condition: Perfect..semi clear....at..68 degrees.
Date: 10-07-09
Remote Name: 69.229.120.72
TUESDAY....OCTOBER 6th........................FIRST DAY WEARING WINTER OVERALLS!...Mike Booker invited me for some black bass fishing in all the many sloughs that connect to the main river system...Mikes Crestliner is dialed in for this type of fishing ......while it is not a true bass boat, it handles very well putting us on the fish in tight quarters.......We launched at Hogback with the air temps in the low 40's and with the light northerly winds, it felt much cooler.....Both of us had brought our winter overalls which made things very comfortable. The tides for the day were a morning outgoing tide ( 2.5 feet & a major incoming tide of 4 & 1/2 feet whice would take us to darkness....At this writing, STRIPER FISHING has been slow as on this day we observed many fisherman trying their luck for very few fish being caught...We had a slow start in the early morning...even with the good water movement with the tide going out...Could have been the cooler water temps? A drop from 72 * to 67 * A few bites for me & a 4 pounder for Mike...his fish came on a weighted SENKO...By noon, the winds let up and the temps became very BALMY....A slow morning bite changed in the early afternoon as we incountered the incoming tide & warmer temps....Using finesse wacky jigs with 4 inch Senko's....We caught a ton of DINKS! and about 6 fish in the 3 & 4 lb class..Mikes fish count had to be well over 50 bass! Mostly one pounders...and about 25 for myself...A very enjoyable afternoon even though the the steady bite was made up with small fish...Heading back to the barn ( Hogback ) just before dark ,we ended the day fishing tules in lower Steamboat.....They were still biting as Mike picked up a solid 3 1/2 pounder!....Very rare having zero delta winds in lower Steamboat just before dark!! Not a whisper of winds.....Thanks for taking me out Mike....See ya on the water...Naked...
Name: Blow my own horn
Email: don't u wish
Location: every place that was posted
Weather:
Water_condition: crowded
Date: 10-10-09
Remote Name: 131.89.192.112
You guys should give it up on posting. you really ruin it for guys that have fished these spots for years. Posting you caught two 20" stripers big deal make others want to go out and try those spots.OH BOY. why don't you keep your reports to yourself and who what where when what color what temp what tide what weather what fish what boat ramp who you took what dog went what guide you saw well maybe you might get it by now. word of mouth should be good enough, posting for every fisherman from 200 miles around will come and crowd our water ways and boat ramps. Good luck tight lines happy fishing WHATEVER give it up. You might as well share your old lady too
Name: Tim Mcm
Email: singletracktim
Location: Folsom Lake
Weather: windy
Water_condition: 70
Date: 10-03-09
Remote Name: 98.238.145.82
Started at 7:30 drop shotted and dragged split shot brown worms for 3 bites in the front of the boat for 1 broke off heavy fish, lost the others 1/2 way back to the boat, no bite's for the back of the boat. Very windy and boat control was difficult took off at 11:30 due to the wind. Naked and Guy please continue to post reports there are many of us out here that uses this site "your reports" and other's to plan our fishing trips and get a heads up on whats and where is "hot", some of us only have the weekends to fish so Guy and Naked doing the research is very helpful not to mention the nice personal touch both they put into there reports. Mr, X does not work and play well with others.
Name: Pete Fredeen
Email: pfredeen@aol.com
Location: not enough lately
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 10-03-09
Remote Name: 69.108.172.229
I don't post enough but this is the first site i go to get info on how the regulars are doing. I thank you all for your insight. Please dont get discouraged by the idiots. Tight Lines, Pete
Name: big fish
Email: Jasper@aol.com
Location: home at the computer
Weather: nice
Water_condition: nice
Date: 10-03-09
Remote Name: 71.193.49.27
Naked and Guy: We appreciate your reports and sharing your experiences. Don't let them two "sportsman" jerks get to you. Hey jerks: this site is to share info amongst friends and not to hear jerks whining so buzz off!
Name: fishwithron2
Email: fishwithron2@yahoo.com
Location: home by the pool
Weather: clear
Water_condition: clear
Date: 10-02-09
Remote Name: 75.26.194.180
Don't let thoe two guys get you Naked as Mr 2 and Mr xxx are just some wise guys jealous and can't catch anything. As mention down below, if you don't like it, don't read it.
Name: Hewescraft Mario
Email: masje@sbc
Location: Delta Rio Vista area
Weather: ssss
Water_condition: ss
Date: 10-02-09
Remote Name: 69.225.228.198
Whats your problem bud. We like these reports so if you don't like them don't read them. We REAL fisherman appreciate this information and use on a daily basis.People like you discourage good writers to share their comments. So beat it!!
Name: mr x 2nd
Email: xoxo
Location: minor slough
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 10-02-09
Remote Name: 76.193.48.229
Please mr. Guy go away with your detailed reports. No one wants to hear them and cares who you were fishing with and who you saw on the water. Let people go and find there own fish, speeds, and set backs. Regards.
Name: Neutral Reader
Email: avidreader.com
Location: Steamboat, Minor
Weather: Good
Water_condition: Wet
Date: 10-02-2009
Remote Name: 71.193.49.239
Mr. XXX, You should follow this advice: Silence is Golden. You have only yourself to blame.
Name: Mr.Xxxxxx
Email: MrX@Minor.com
Location: Minor & Steamboat
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Good
Date: 10-2-2009
Remote Name: 207.166.7.209
Naked there you go agian telling everybody about the fish you did'nt catch.Why do you tell everybody what at good fisherman you are.Good fisherman don't give up there spots.Some people have been fishing there for years.Thanks for ruinning a very productive fishing area!! Thanks again Naked Fisherman Mr.X
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Shoals....Steamboat.....Minor...
Weather: Mild daytime temps with northerly breezes
Water_condition: Semi clear to off colored at 68 *
Date: 10-02-09
Remote Name: 69.237.118.217
THURSDAY OCT 1st.........................THE BASS WITHOUT STRIPES....... Tom Ramage joined me for an early fall day in the north delta......We launched at Hogback finding the air temps on the cool side with a hint of fall in the air....Remember, just last week...107 degrees at Rio Vista!...Spent much of the morning shallow trolling in lower Steamboat & Shoals. Finding the water temps down to 67 degrees and pretty decent tides, we were hoping Mr. Striper would respond to our Yo-Zuri lures.....?.... Gotta tell you, it was poor fishing with just two stripes caught all morning & a few tail stealers......Both fish were very bright and fresh run...5 & 6 pounders....Ran into Pastor Steve who was working the lower area below the bridge ( westbank) they picked up two below & two fish next to us at the shoals.....Looking at my notes from last year at this time....most of our days out were averaging 10 - 18 fish a day....Every year is different, but I'm not willing to run miles & miles for a few fish! Guess I have been spoiled over the years? ................THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY....Both Tom & myself brought our bass gear with us. We headed for Minor slough for the afternoons 4 foot incoming tide...Ran into Mike Booker who had been working Minor while we were trolling the shoals......He had a good morning catching bass.....We began working the two canals that loop back into Cache slough....Instant sucess!!! with the moving water ( incoming ) we found the bass on a positive bite. Using mostly finesse style Zappu jigheads ( 3/32 oz ) the robo MORNING DAWN color was the hot ticket!! Both of us hit 4 pounders with lots of two's....very few Dinks!.....While I have fished these shallow canals many times, it can be DEAD without moving water....but, on this day the timing was perfect...lots of moving water.. The action stayed hot till the current relaxed and the bite slowly went south....Later in the afternoon, we fished more in the main part of the slough where we found more current...But, the best bite was back in the canals earlier in the day...Stll waiting for the striper bite to pick up...and it will....but, meanwhile keeping my bass gear in the boat....Thanks for the company Tom......See ya on the water...Naked....P.S...Forgot to mention..tried throwing traps for about an hour in Steamboat for nothing.....
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Dirty to semi-clear to clear
Date: 10-01-09
Remote Name: 69.108.231.123
Bill Crooks invited my lucky dog, Spike, and me out for an early Fall striper outing. We caught 10 legals to 10#, a 7#er, most 22”, 4 undersized, no hit/no stick and lost 4-5 tails. The catching was done at the end of the outgoing, slack & start of the incoming tides. 6.25 hours (7:00-1:15), 32 miles, 14 locations. Launched at Lower Sherman Island. Shallow trolled (6-8’ of water) 140’ back at 4.5-5 mph & deep trolled (13-17’) 65-75’ back at 3 mph below Sherman. 2 fish caught shallow trolling on the chartreuse with black spots and brown/purple/silver & white (the 10#er) Yo-Zuri. 8 caught deep trolling on the chartreuse & Redhead. Water 68*, dirty, semi-clear to clear, lot’s of witches hair on the incoming. Air 56-75*, sky clear, wind 0-5 (mainly 0) mph. Clyde Wands & Pastor Steve were on the water today. Thanks for the company Bill, a great day.
Name: Capt. Moe
Email: moesatt2@yahoo.com
Location: Farallones ISlands
Weather: low light fog/mist/sunny
Water_condition: clear/low swells
Date: 09-27-09
Remote Name: 76.102.120.231
Aboard the New Salmon Queen out Emeryville Fishing with Dan Hernandez (pro angler) of So. California We set over a wrecked boat for near limits of lingcod with live bait for 20 rods Later limits of fat husky pacific rockfish for 20 rods A plus many whales in the area good watching Respectfully submitted Capt. Moe
Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Union Valley
Weather: Cold early then pleasant
Water_condition: clear, 65 deg F.
Date: 09-30-09
Remote Name: 66.81.44.22
The Wheels and Reels went to Union Valley for its Sept Derby with many small fish being caught. John Holkko reported that he caught and released three limits. I caught several small fish in addition to the my five keepers. I fished down at 100 ft with blades and a nightcrawler most of the day with one exception- I dropped an orange broken-back rapala down to 80 feet and hooked the derby winning fish. It was an 8 pound 9 ounce trout ( mackinaw). This trout is the largest that I've caught in 15 years in a SIRS derby. Bragging rights? No I'm too modest. Ha Other derby winners include Vern Avery 2nd place with a 1 pound 11 ounce Mack and Dean Milton 3rd with a 1 pound 5 ounce mack. Our Oct. derby is scheduled for Camanche on the 28th.
Name: 14_Blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: San Joaquin
Weather: Warm to hot
Water_condition: Semi Clear, lots of weeds
Date: 09-26-09
Remote Name: 71.202.251.96
Fished with Scott and Uncle Tom. We launched out of Laurentzen's. We were able to catch fish at all the stops we made. We were limited to what we could do because our steering cable on our main motor snapped; however, we did have the kicker. We limited out by 10:30 am (3 limits). There wasn't a whole lot of trollers out there, I bet they were at the fishing seminar. The hot lure was the red headed white Yozuri, it caught all the fish except for 2. We should've been off the water a little after 10:30, but it was a very very slow ride with the kicker.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Minor, Steamboat ..North Delta.....
Weather: Warm.....light winds.....
Water_condition: Semi clear to clear at 72 *
Date: 09-25-09
Remote Name: 69.237.68.27
THURSDAY....SEPTEMBER 24th.........DINK CITY!..........Launched at Hogback around 7:30 am. with Mike Booker....With my batteries fully charged, this would be a day devoted to pure bassing......Meaning I would be running my Minn Kota to death!....which we did....The bite was off & on as finding a pattern that would produce steady bites was tough!! Most fish caught were one pounders with a few slighty bigger.....Unlike Tuesday....couldn't locate those 3-4 pounders....Could have been the lack of water movement with a weak outgoing tide of just one foot...?....We worked hard for about 18 bass...Spent most of the day in Minor .......Just like stripers, the bass in the delta can humble you at times...But, thats what makes fishing interesting and you cherish the banner days on the water...See ya on the water...Naked. P.S. Fireman Jack..Are you going to Haps Bait for the annual Seminar tomorrow?
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Decker/Sherman Islands
Weather: HOT! HOT! HOT!
Water_condition: semi-clear 71 Degrees
Date: 09-22-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
Yesterday I took Bill Bushey out to bait fish for stripers yesterday. And after getting 2 pounds of luscious fresh shad at Thorntin Bait, I thought we were gonna get our limits of stripers easily. Boy! Was I wrong! I got skunked! I didn't even catch a catfish. All I caught were about 8 dinks. Bill must have caught close to 20 dinks. However, he did catch a legal striper and one catfish. Thanks to Guy Brown! I did launch and buy a old timers's launching pass at Sandy Beach. It sure beat Brannan Island's pass price. Thanks again Guy! Since striper fishing was so lousy, I'll be back to black bass next time out. Good fishin' Jerry
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Decker,Shoals,Minor..Steamboat
Weather: HOT! HOT! & HOT!!!!! WINDLESS!!
Water_condition: Off colored to very clear at 73 *
Date: 09-22-09
Remote Name: 69.108.1.125
Tuesday Sept 22nd............................FIRST DAY OF FALL? ONLY ON PAPER!!....Tom Ramage joined me on a day which both of us understood we would be facing daytime temps in the century mark! If your looking for a good striper fishing report, you'll not get it from us!! We put in an honest effort both deep trolling & shallow trolling from Steamboat slough down to Decker Island...From the top of the tide and most of the outgo, we just nailed ONE striper that went seven pounds that took a Clown colored Yo-Zuri with a orange colored zoom tail....Got this fish at the shoals....You know its pretty slow when your not receiving those tail wackers ( short strikes ) which is common when shallow trolling....and the witches hair was not a problem as we stayed away from the westbank and focused mostly on the east side .........My Hummingbird Matrix was showing fish at all levels and I gotta believe the fish were there....but not responding......Could be the warm water temps are putting the stripes on the NOT GONNA BITE MODE? By noon and very close to the bottom of the tide, we came to the conclusion...trolling was not productive....Lets head to Minor & throw Traps and if that doesn't pan out.....Change gears & simply Bass fish......Getting to minor, we found zero winds & very hot conditions....Had to be over 100 degrees as both of us were sweating with drenched shirts.....Throwing traps produced nothing, not even a schoolie striper.....Time to get the bass gear out as we approached the larger incoming tide.....While the stripers showed no interest, the bass did, as we used Senko's & shaky jigs......Finesse style worked well, but the large 6 inch worms also worked!...Both Tom & myself landed bass close to the 5 pound mark with lots of ones & two's....These largemouths were very tight to cover as most fish were biting just next to structure ( shaded areas ) By 4:00 pm. we had caught & released about twenty bass with 5 going over the 4lb. mark....Not bad for such a hot day...Tom reminded me that the sun goes down about 7:00pm and he wanted to do some smallie fishing to end the day....We left Minor the back way and hit the upper Steamboat area trolling the rip rap with speedtraps heading back to Hogback ramp.....Lots of dinks caught with just a mix of larger fish....and most of them spitting up crawfish parts when hooked!..Tom caught a two pounder with half of a crawdad still hanging outside of the fishes mouth! Talk about agressive!! WOW!.....Once again, a dissappointing day striper fishing....but a super day for largemouths......Looking forward to attend the annual Hap's bait seminar in Rio Vista this Saturday.....Thanks for the company Tom....Cooler weather just around the corner!...See ya on the water....Naked.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Hot, no wind
Water_condition: 72*, semi-clear to clear
Date: 09-22-09
Remote Name: 69.106.75.247
Bill Crooks, my lucky dog, Spike, and I went out for an early Fall striper outing. We caught 2 legals, 20” & 6#, no undersized, 1-2 hit/no stick and lost no tails. We were out early & off the water by 11 due to the heat. The catching we did occurred at the end of the incoming & start of the outgoing. 4.5 hours (6:30-11), 27 miles, 10 locations. Launched at Sandy Beach. Shallow trolled (6-8’ of water) 140’ back at 4.5-5 mph & deep trolled (13-17’) 65-75’ back at 3 mph below the Rio Vista bridge. Fish caught shallow trolling on the chartreuse with black spots Yo-Zuri. Water 72*, semi-clear to clear, lot’s of witches hair on the outgoing. Air 62-88*, sky clear, wind 0 mph. Pastor Steve, Bob Harries & Tom Ramage on the water today. Thanks for the company Bill, another good day.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: SACTO RIVER side of Delta
Weather: SUNNY WITH LIGHT BREEZES ( perfect )
Water_condition: Off colored to semi clear at 71 *
Date: 09-16-09
Remote Name: 69.108.3.73
WEDS SEPTEMBER 16th....................PRETTY SLOW FOR THIS ANGLER....Took my youngest brother Randy out for a day in the delta hoping to just maybe have an average day...like catching some of those small schoolies that have hanging out the past few weeks....Pretty rare to get my brother in the boat as fishing to him is just a seven letter word! Well, on this day I couldn't find stripers that would co-operate....not even on the tide change!....The Shoals, Dairy, Decker & Steamboat were DEAD!! Can't tell you how many passes I made for nothing!...Managed to hit one fish at Westbank ( 7&1/2 pounds) and this fish came on my rod.....Working with the big outgoing tide in the early morning was tough! lots of debris with off colored conditions....The incoming tide in the afternoon was better, but still didn't produce....Only saw just one other boat at Westbank catch a fish and there were plenty of others working this area....Even went to my veteran older YO-ZURIES that have kicked butt in the past with teeth mark scars on them! Nothing!....By 3:30 in the afternoon and trolling for nearly 8 hours for one fish....I raised the WHITE FLAG!!! My objective was to have my brother get bit & feel the power of Mr. Striper....just a schoolie would work....Didn't have to be a big fish!......Just couldn't get it done on this day......Ended up doing what I didn't want to do....Smallmouth fishing!.....When everything else fails...these guys seemed to produce & save the day......Shot upstream past the Ferry in upper Steamboat & began working the Rip Rap using red/orange 1/8 oz speedtraps......BINGO! My brother was catching fish...as we found a pretty decent smallie bite on the incoming tide....No! they don't pull your string like stripers, but on light line fun to catch......After picking up a couple dozen to 2 1/2 pounds decided to call it a day.....heading back just above the Ferry, we observed two sealions tearing into some nice size channel cats....Eating everything but the heads!! The heads were floating on the water surface along with the air bladders...we counted 6 heads! These cats had to be fairy large fish? As I picked up one of the heads & guessed the total weight with the body attached in the 8 pound class! What a waste!....Better a cat than a striper or salmon. Back at the hogback ramp, talked to a few other fisherman and they too had a tough day striper fishing....Just one of those days.....See ya on the water.....Naked.....
Name: Nick Garcia
Email: nickg1028@comcst.net
Location: United States
Weather: XXX
Water_condition: XXX
Date: 09-16-09
Remote Name: 67.172.164.51
We have lost a great fishing friend . Our good friend Bob Roselli succumbed to cancer after a hard fought battle. I know how much he loved striped bass fishing. He was member of the Striped Bass Associated. May the good Lord allow him to catch his limit in heaven.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Kings Island area...and covering 33 miles
Weather: Light breeze & HOT!!!
Water_condition: Very clear on both tides at 74.4 *
Date: 09-10-09
Remote Name: 69.108.3.73
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10th.................WATER MOVEMENT IS EVERYTHING!.......Got a chance to join Mike Booker for a day of Bass fishing the East delta. A break from striper fishing which has been more cold than hot the past couple outings....With the water temps still in the low 70's...Lots of 18 to 20 inch stripes being caught with very few larger fish being recorded....Like other anglers, I too, get caught up rushing the season and not waiting for the delta waters to cool down with the shorter daylight hours & cooler longer nights.....So it made sense to focus on bass fishing with Mike, who in my opinion is one of the better guys in the know on catching Mr. largemouth in the east delta......We launched at Kings about 7:00am. Instead of heading south, which is the norm, we decided going north & trying places we haven't fished for awhile...like Potato slough & Old river making a loop via the main San Joaquin.....A good move as we incountered three tides in 11 hours of fishing.....Water clarity was outstanding everywhere we fished as lack of winds & weak tides cleaned up the water...We used drop/shot..shaky head jigs...6 inch senko's ....Brushogs & sweet beavers....Everything worked!....The key was water movement as we got all of our action on either the income or the outgo, it didn' matter as long as we had moving water!...The slack high tide produced nothing! A perect time to eat your lunch....Mikes hot set up for the day was the 6 inch Senko with the tail with a fixed 1/4 ounce bullet...Only downfall was the short strikers were biting the tail off! Mike went through many worms...Our final catch for the day was 28 fish, nothing over 2 1/2 pounds....Both of us had our chances for larger fish, but due to angler mistakes....SLEEPING while fishing & not getting a good hookset! they didn't stick!!! LOL....This was a day you did alot of SWEATING as the light breezes & HOT air temps (99 degrees) were a factor, but getting bit kept you in the ballpark! Just keep drinking liquids.....As i said earlier, the water was so clear, you could see the bass attacking your bait at times! By 6:00pm and just after catching my last fish of the day. we decided to call it a day...We could have caught a few more, but we were beat! Eleven hours of run & gunning takes its toll....A very enjoyable day on the water with a good friend......See ya on the water.....Naked.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Semi-clear to dirty, lots of wiches hair
Date: 09-08-09
Remote Name: 69.225.195.193
Madsen invited John Franz and me out for a day to review fish-finder, GPS & map card skills while trying for a few stripers. Good tides. We caught & released 2 legals to 20”, 3 undersized, no hit/no stick and lost 2-3 tails. 5 hours (10:30 - 3:30), 33 miles. 10 locations. Launched at Sandy Beach. Shallow trolled (6-8’ of water) 140’ back at 4.5-5 mph & deep trolled (13-17’) 65-75’ back at 3 mph below the Rio Vista bridge. All fish caught shallow trolling, most on the chartreuse/black spots Yo-Zuri. Water semi-clear to dirty, lot’s of witches hair in some areas on the incoming, lures needed clearing every few minutes), air 63-90*, sky clear, wind 0-2 mph. Heard some reports of larger fish being caught, some lures, hooks, split-rings being broken or straightened. A good day reviewing fish-finder/GPS skills, poor day catching. Thanks for the company Ron and John.
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Decker/Sherman Islands
Weather: Double digit winds
Water_condition: semi-clear
Date: 09-10-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
I brought my good friend Bill Bushey out yesterday to throw some fresh shad for stripers yesterday. Perfectly calm in Sacto yesterday morning at 6am. However, when we got to Hap's Bait in Rio Vista, the SW winds were blowing 10mph. We fished the West Bank to avoid the winds. However, all we caught were dinkies and 3 catfish. So we moved outsde and of Decker Island and didn't catch anything. So we moved inside of Horseshoe Bend to catch the incoming tide. We saw plenty of trollers that were having the same difficulty as were were especially on the West Bank. We caught a couple of keepers in Horseshoe Bend when we avoided the wind. Maybe in a couple of weeks it should get better. Good fishin' Jerry Yuke
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: SACTO RIVER side of Delta
Weather: Very Humid & HOT! light winds
Water_condition: Semi clear to super clear at 72 *
Date: 09-02-09
Remote Name: 69.227.208.47
WEDS SEPTEMBER 2nd........................MOSTLY DINKS!...........Nothing against taking the wife out striper fishing, but when I do, It seems I end up doing mostly the TROLLING thing which is just one way to hook Mr. striper....On this hot & humid day with fairly large tides, we spent 80 % of the day shallow trolling, covering water from Steamboat to Decker island...It seemed the fish were scatttered with a fish just here & there...with many undersized!...Water, even at the low tide stage was very fishable with good clarity.. Witches hair was not an issue....We found the best bite inside of Decker island at the tide switch...Once again, all small fish under 24 inches. Ran into Clyde Wands at the westbank, he said" like us , just catching small fish....Surprised the shoals & the dairy didn't produce for us....fished both the outgo & income for nothing but two tail strikes!...NO HOOKUPS!! By 2:00pm my wife had caught & released 6 keepers to 5 pounds and just two keepers for me!..both small fish.....Later in the day, talked my wife Sandy into doing some smallie fishing above the ferry in upper steamboat as I was stinking up the place shallow trolling for stripes....We found the water in upper Steamboat the clearest I have seen in a long time!..not to mention a pretty good smallmouth bite using crawfish red & orange speedtrap patterns...Just about every fish was spitting out crawfish body parts when hooked! We stayed with the smallie fishing to the top of the tide ( 5:30 pm ) If only the stripes would hit this good? Returned to Hogback ramp just before dark and found a note on my truck....from Fireman Jack....QUOTE: Launched solo at 11:15am and fished the lower Steamboat area for 12 stripes to 14 pounds! left at 4:00pm.......JUST KNOW HE WAS THROWING TRAPS!!!!!!.....will have to give him a call....Stopped at a Wendy's on the way home and bought Sandy a Burger & Fries for whipping me striper fishing..LOL ...See ya on the water...Naked..
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Windy outgoing, flat incoming
Water_condition: Semi-clear/dirty outgo; clear incoming
Date: 09-01-09
Remote Name: 69.227.22.236
Bill Crooks, my lucky dog, Spike, and I went out for a summer striper outing. Not the best tides, windy in the morning on the outgoing, flat on the incoming. We caught 6 legals to 12#, released it & 3 others, 2 undersized, 1 hit/no stick and lost 6-9 tails. The catching we did occurred at the end of the outgo & start of the incoming. 6.25 hours (6:15-12:30), 34 miles, 11 locations. Launched at Sandy Beach. Still launching & taking out on the downriver side of the ramp due to sand build up on the up river side. Shallow trolled (6-8’ of water) 140’ back at 4.5-5 mph & deep trolled (13-17’) 65-75’ back at 3 mph below the Rio Vista bridge. 4 legals & 2 undersized caught shallow trolling (12#er on the black/gold/salmon Yo-Zuri (first time I used it) at first light, the rest on the chartreuse/blk spots Yo-Zuri. 2 legals caught deep trolling, chartreuse Yo-Zuri. Water 71.2-73*, semi-clear (outgo, lot’s of witches hair, lures needed clearing every few minutes) to clear (income, less witches hair), air 55-88*, sky clear, wind 0-9 (6-9 outgoing, 0-4 mph incoming. Thanks for the company Bill & getting the 12#er off that hook & safely back into the water.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful, no wind
Water_condition: Semi-clear to clear
Date: 08-28-09
Remote Name: 69.227.22.236
Bill Crooks invited my lucky dog, Spike, and me out for a summer striper outing. What a difference the Captain can make. We caught 8 legals to 22, released 5, 3 undersized, had 2 hit/no stick and lost 6-12. 6.5 hours (6:15-1:00), 40 miles, 11 locations below & above the Rio Vista Bridge. Launched at Sandy Beach. Due to driving a 2-wheel drive and sand build up at the ramp we launch & take the boat out on the downriver side of the ramp (6-8” of sand on the up river side). Shallow trolled (6-8’ of water) 140’ back at 4.5-5 mph & deep trolled (13-17’) 65-75’ back at 3 mph. All fish caught shallow trolling in one of the 11 places we tried, once at the end of the outgoing & again at the end of if the incoming. 6 of the 8 legals on the Red Head, 1 Char/blk & 1 the Rainbow Yo-Zuris. Water 70-72*, clear. Air 62-90*. Sky clear to overcast. Wind 0 mph! Another great day on the Delta, thanks for the invite & company Bill.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: nice in am, then hot
Water_condition: usual stained
Date: 08-28-09
Remote Name: 75.45.123.205
Hooray!!!! After about 5 years on the waiting list, I finally got in the club. Got there at sun up and there were fish everywhere on the surface. Didn't get nothing except lots of hydrilla with a slack low tide. Switched on the graph and there were fish just about everywhere loading up on bait balls everywhere. Switched to jigs and still got nothing. Decided to give trolling a try down by the palm tree. Just like the basin, fish stacked up everywhere. Finally got the kicker started but forgot my trolling lures. Tried trolling Huddlestons for about 30 minutes. Nothing. Ok, well if I am gonna get skunked, then I ain't gonna waste any gas so decided to try for some largemouth with rattle traps. Immediately got 1 keeper about 1 1/2 lbs then nothing again. Decided to try the cove by the launch ramp and picked up 2 dinks on senko's. Well, I finally got in the club so I am happy for that. Saw 1 keeper striper caught trolling.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: SACTO RIVER side of Delta
Weather: Light breeze & WARM
Water_condition: Semi clear with surface temps 71-73 *
Date: 08-27-09
Remote Name: 69.238.168.153
WEDS AUGUST 26th....................WHERE DID THEY GO ? Hooked up with Fireman Jack Clemons at Hogback county park....( Jack lives in east Stockton ) and I live in south Sacto. Jacks new 18 foot blue Lund boat was dialed in! Great set up for multi-fish angling with all the bells & whistles.....The differents between Monday & Weds.....NO WATER MOVEMENT!!!!! A very weak outgoing tide...ONE FOOT!! You could hardly see a drop in the water level..Perfect tide for winter sturgeon, but, not for Mr. Striper...We shallow trolled at all the following locations....Steamboat, Old Sac,The shoals, The dairy, West bank, Inside Decker & ended the day throwing Traps in Minor slough......9 hours of Run & Gun......5 small fish for Jack.....ONE fish for me.....4 lost tails.....Very few regular striper fisherman out on this day...Didn't see Mark W or any of the other guide boats....Maybe they knew something I didn't ? Looking at my Tidelog book, we won't be getting decent daytime tidal movement till September 1st..I can understand why the trap bite was poor as the prerequisite is moving water, but have caught stripers numerous times trolling in slack water! Oh well.....enjoyed being spoiled in Jack's boat....Most fisherman would be delighted having one HD color lowrance ! Jack has two! Bow & cockpit.....and powered with 135 hp Honda with a 8 hp kicker...very smooth dry ride.....with lots of elbow room....Nothing wrong with my Jetcraft but the Lund is a step up for sure!...Been along time since Jack & myself have been on the water together....Had a fun day even though it was tough fishing.....See ya on the water..Naked..
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Windy incoming, flat outgoing
Water_condition: Clear to dirty
Date: 09-25-09
Remote Name: 69.229.233.34
Pastor Steve, my lucky dog, Spike, and I went out for a summer striper outing. A humbling day. We caught one 20” striper (good thing Pastor Steve came or the boat would have been skunked), two undersized, lost 2-3 tails. Other boats we talked to, heard on the radio had caught 2-5 legals each. 6 hours (6:30-12:30), 40 miles, 12 locations. Launched at Sandy Beach. Due to driving a 2-wheel drive and sand build up at the ramp I launch & take the boat out on the downriver side of the ramp (6-8” of sand on the up river side). Shallow trolled (6-8’ of water) 140’ back at 4.5-5 mph & deep trolled (13-17’) 65-75’ back at 3 mph below and above the Rio Vista bridge. The legal caught deep trolling, undersized shallow on the chartreuse or chartreuse/black spots Yo-Zuris. Water 69.5-72*, semi-clear (outgo) to clear (income), air 58-85*, sky clear, wind 0-9 (mainly 0 (outgoing)-4(incoming)) mph. A little windy on the incoming but flat on the outgo. Thanks for the company Steve.
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Decker/Sherman Islands
Weather: Windy! Same old thing!
Water_condition:
Date: 09-26-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
Hello! Fishermen! I took my good friend Bill Bushey out yesterday to Decker Island to do some bait fishing for anything that bites and get some relaxation. When we left Sacto at 6am it was as calm as can be. However, by the time we go to Rio Vista the same old West wind was blowing little white caps. And with the good outgoing tide and the wind in our face the wind was very annoying. All we were getting for the first 3 hours were dinks biting our sardines and shad. Except for Bill he caught a good 20 incher. I got a good 13inch catfish on the tide change. So I changed my rigs to catch catfish. I ended up with 4 and Bill caught one catfish to go with his striper. We decided to go catfishing one of these coming nights cuz catfishing is fun. Thati's it! Good fishin! Jerry
Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Lake Pardee
Weather: great
Water_condition: clean, 76 deg F
Date: 08-25-09
Remote Name: 66.81.45.227
The Wheels and Reels fishing club went to Pardee to hold their Aug. Derby. The bite was slow as 12 fishermen caught just 16 trout, with the heaviest weighing 1 lb 2 oz. by Art Sutter. John Holkko nosed out Bill Kishi by one ounce with his 1 lb 1 oz. trout to round out the top three. I caught two that were slightly smaller and my partner, Dex Moise, got a donut. Bob Skinner won the open category with a 1 and 1/2 lb catfish that hit a lure as he trolled. A couple kokes were landed; but were VERY small. It was a relaxing day with light wind and mild temps at a lake filled with clear, clean water. Our Sept 30th derby is scheduled for Union Valley. Hil Felton
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Above Rio Vista & Steamboat Slough
Weather: Perfect ! Light breezes..Mild Temps
Water_condition: Just off colored to semi clear at 71 *
Date: 08-24-09
Remote Name: 69.238.168.153
MONDAY AUGUST 23rd...........SHALLOW TROLLING ........Didn't get to Hogback till 9:15 am. High tide in this area was about 8:00am and I would have a moderate outgoing tide which would peak in the early afternoon...On this day, the delta winds were just enough to put a slight chop on the surface and keeping the daytime temperatures mild....Keep in mind, I haven't trolled for stripers since mid June. But, knowing this is the time of the year when we normally get an influx of early returning stripes that have been enjoying the salter water in the bays where food is more abundant and their body weight returns to normal along with the bright shiny colors typical of healthy fish....THIS IS HOW MY DAY WENT.......Started shallow trolling just below Snug Harbor using a Chart/ black Yo-zuri tipped with a white zoom tail.....Went all the way down to the mouth without a sniff, not even a tail strike. Next, shot over to Old river around the corner and fished the east side......Got two short strikes and lost two tails....Lots of fish on the graph, but little action! Left this area and headed down towards the shoals trolling all the way... halfway towards the bridge things changed...The fish were more aggressive as I picked up 4 stripes to 5 pounds very quickly...There were about three other boats working this area...One of the boats was a Smoker Craft with the legend Clyde Wands in it....Talking with Clyde for a short time, he tells me he & his friend had picked up 5-6 fish, but nothing over 6 pounds....Continued working this area with Clyde & a few other boats....I found a pretty good school of fish in a 200 yard stretch and got a fish just about every pass! These fish were larger as I caught a 12 pounder & two 9's....The bigger fish were very bright & fat with a mixed bag of fish that were in the system awhile ( DINGY ) Picked up 9 fish in ten passes! Clyde & friend did well also....By noon, the action slowed slighty, but still picked up a fish here & there....Told Clyde, I was gonna make one more pass then head back to Steamboat & try some Swimbait throwing on the low tide....Getting back to lower Steamboat, let the boat drift with the aid of the electric motor...Did alot of casting before getting my first fish....A 5 pounder!...After throwing for more than an hour got my second fish, another 4-5 pounder...Pretty slow...Time to a little bass fishing on the east side where the tules area....Did well using Senko's & Robo worms but all small bass, couldn't get one over 1 1/2 pounds.....Its now mid afternoon ( 3:45pm) I now have the option to call it a day after catching & releasing 17 stripers & 9 black bass or making a quick run above the ferry and do some smallie fishing....You guessed it... I gave the smallie thing a try.....With the tide coming back in, trolled along the rip rap using a crawfish colored speed trap......Nothing but dinks! picked up a dozen smallies...couldn't find those bigger fish....Its now 5:30 pm...STICK A FORK IN ME!.... I,M DONE !!!....Summary: Yes! there are schools of stripers moving through, but with the water temps in the 70's they will be moving around alot...Ya just gotta find them.....See ya on the water....Naked.... P.S, ........ Clyde Wands will once again be doing a seminar at Haps Bait next month...not only striper trolling, but small mouth fishing! Interesting!.....
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Semi-clear to clear
Date: 08-21-09
Remote Name: 69.229.233.34
My lucky dog, Spike, and I went out for a quick summer striper outing. We caught & released 4 legals to 3#/22”, 1 undersized fish, one hit/no stick, lost 3 tails. 3.75 hours (10:45-2:00), 18 miles, 7 locations. Launched at Brannan Island. Shallow trolled (6-8’ of water) 140’ back at 4.5-5 mph & deep trolled (13-17’) 65-75’ back at 3 mph below the Rio Vista bridge. All fish caught shallow on the chartreuse/black spots or Rainbow Yo-Zuri, none caught deep. Water 71.2*, semi-clear (outgo) to clear (income), lots of witches hair in the water in some locations, lines needed to be cleared every 5-10 minutes. Air 85-93*, sky clear, wind 0-6 (mainly 0) mph. One notable experience. While trying to get a small legal on the fish gripper I get a hook all the way through the soft flesh on top of my right hand while the striper is still hooked up, shaking all over! I cut the line, release the fish & motor over to the Decker Island sand removal barge & the two guys there nip the barb off. I remove the hooks, they give me some antiseptic & band aids & I’m off trolling again. What an experience.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Mendocino county ( ALBION AREA )
Weather: Cloudy Cool LOW 60's
Water_condition: COLD!! Minus tide at 52 degrees
Date: 08-22-09
Remote Name: 69.238.168.153
WEDS & THURSDAY AUGUST 19th & 20th...........DIDN"T DROWN........My son in law Gabe & myself camped at Albion cove....A 4 hour drive from Sacto...After renting wet suits & all the other gear required along with ABE cards...we hooked up with some experienced ABE diver / slash... rock pickers.......Now, I know why Abalone prices are so high! This was the first time trying Rock picking for both myself & Gabe.....Slipping into the cold water at 6:00am while the tide was at a minus stage exposed the many rocks which were surrounded with thick KELP which is constantly wrapping around your body & legs!! Not to mention , Seals swimming just next to us...Reaching blindly in all the rocks & trying to feel with your gloved hands for an Abe is lots of WORK!! must have grabbed half a dozen red crabs...Scarry! Gabe managed to find one Abe just 1/4 of an inch short of 7 inches....After working the water for about an hour the tide started back in creating waves which made it tougher to feel the bottom & sides of the rocks.....After two hours....we both gave up.....SKUNKED! but it was interesting experiencing this type of fishing.....Ended up picking Mussels off the exposed rocks for dinner...Mucher easier..LOL...and taste great with a butter wine sauce...Bottom line: I think I was meant to fish from boats or land with( rod in hand)....But , will try it again October......Guess the striper bite has picked up some as I checked my E-mails and my buds are getting them..Will be giving a real fishing report soon...See ya on the water.....Naked..
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side late report
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Semi-clear
Date: 08-13-09
Remote Name: 69.229.233.34
Bill Crooks, my lucky dog, Spike, and I went out for some summer stripers. We caught 13 legals to 8#, released 9, 1 undersized fish, no hits/no sticks, lost 12 tails. 6 hours, 39 miles, 3 locations. Launched at Sandy Beach. Shallow trolled (6-8’ of water) 140’ back at 4.5-5 mph & deep trolled (13-17’) 65-75’ back at 3 mph below the Rio Vista bridge. Three fish caught shallow on the chartreuse/black spots Yo-Zuri, 10 caught deep with the chartreuse Y-Zuri. Water 72.1*, semi-clear, air 62-90*, sky clear, wind 6-12 mph. A great summer outing, thanks for the company Bill.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta, Sac-side
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Semi-clear to dirty
Date: 08-10-09
Remote Name: 69.229.233.34
My lucky dog, Spike, and I went out for some summer stripers. We caught & released 2 legals to 6#, 4 undersized fish, no hits/no sticks, lost 3 tails. 6.5 hours, 48 miles, 11 locations. Launched at Brannan Island. Shallow trolled (6-8’ of water) 140’ back at 4.5-5 mph above & below the Rio Vista bridge. All fish caught on the chatreuse/black spots Yo-Zuri. Water 72.1*, semi-clear (incoming) to dirty (outgoing), air 62-90*, sky clear, wind 6-12 mph. Bill Crooks & Ted Fagunes were on the water & did much better.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Northern Farallon Islands
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Beautiful
Date: 08-04-09
Remote Name: 69.229.233.34
Late report. Bill Crooks, John Bergman & I joined a group of 22 Sacramento area Jolly Hookers (SIRs) fishing club members & guests who took the Outer Limits out of Sausalito to the northern Farallon Islands. The water was flat, the calmest, most beautiful day any of us have experienced. 4-8 rockfish/person & 3 lings to 13#. Live bait (anchovies) 6—130’ down. Saw 3-4 whales. Next time I’m bring a line counter reel. A great outing.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: North Delta (late report)
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Semi-clear
Date: 07-28-09
Remote Name: 69.229.233.34
Bill Crooks, his son-in-law Bill & I went out for some summer smallmouths. We caught & released 10-20 Smallmouth Bass up to 2# trolling Speedtraps & throwing Rattletraps & worms. Launched at Hogback. Worked Sutter (10), Miner (10) & upper Stamboat (1) Sloughs for the last 3 hours of the +3.1’ incoming, the slack & first 3 hours of the –2.3’ outgoing. Bob Harries showed us a few places to try & said later in the outgoing tide the bite improved considerably. Water 70.6*, semi-clear. Air 62-85*. Sky clear. Wind 0-6 mph. Thanks for invite & company Bill.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: New Melones..Glory hole campgrounds
Weather: Warm.....light winds.....
Water_condition: Low water conditions at 75 * surface...
Date: 08-18-09
Remote Name: 69.230.116.80
FRIDAY...AUGUST 14th thru the 16th.............Kokes & Bass...SLOW FISHING.......Went group camping with about 12 others & I gotta tell ya , while the camping was fun! The angling was not...The lower ramp at Glory Hole was a zoo...Recreational boats dominant the lakes activity...Putting the boat in about 6:00am. was easy.....Getting the boat out in the afternoon was unreal !!! Long lines launching with about a dozen boats waiting their turn to get out...Saturday was the worst! Sunday was better....With the lake level down some two hundred feet, still found water depths well over 240 feet...This was the first time I had ever bass fished this lake so I did alot of searching for structure and areas I thought would hold bass....Fishing with my son in law Gabe...we managed to pick up three bass, fishing for 5 hours....All small fish! My buddy Bill Meyer focused on Koke fishing on the other end of the lake by the bridge....In two days of trolling...he picked up just one Koke ( 15 inches ) in 70 feet of water....Nice fish, but it was starting to lose its scales....If I had to do it over again...I would have left my boat at home & just camped....and I do understand this lake is a major KOKE / TROUT fishery but I think May & June would be the months to go....My next adventure is right around the corner as I am leaving for Fort Bragg this afternoon and doing some ABALONE diving....Don't know how this will go as this is a first for me....Renting wet suits & gear are a must as the water is COLD!! Picked up my Abe report cards at Fish & Game yesterday...$ 19.70.....Limit of 3 per day.....Just hope to get ONE!!!! Back to my normal fishing in the delta soon.....See ya on the water....Naked.....
Name: robert from shell
Email: rainbowtrout@sbcglobal.net
Location: stumpy meadows
Weather: hot
Water_condition: clear
Date: 08-13-09
Remote Name: 74.37.76.31
Well I took my last 4 days of vacation and headed up to stumpy meadows reservoir on Wednesday afternoon August 12. Here goes a 3 day report. The weather was hot water temps was 72.3 very warm for this lake. Got on the water at 5.45am started to troll in 40 feet of water using a hook and worm on downrigger set at 20 feet of water and the pole set at 3 ½ colors of lead core line. Started to turn at the month of the cove at the end of lake, wham a 4 ¾ pound germen brown trout at 8.23am thinking it’s about the same time we started to catch fish back in June. With already a fish I’m thinking this is going to be a good trip. I fished until 2pm the wife called me on are walkie-talkie radio and said launch was ready. Got back on the water for the evening bite and I got nothing for 2 hrs. Friday morning same time around 7.41am got my first take down and lost at the boat, did manage 2 bass going 1lb and a 3 ¼ using a green hoochie and flashers got off the water 1pm due to high winds. All Friday night my wife and I herd something walking around at night going through bags of garbage. In the morning when I woke up I wanted to go hiking with my wife. Since she was so good letting me fish Thursday and Friday, and not saying a word because it’s our ten years anniversary. I said lets go hiking and she replied you not going fishing, I said no its your day to do anything you want, so we started to walk towards the restroom and their was a note be carful there is a big bear lurking around at night. That didn’t scare my wife, we still went hiking for 3 hrs and she said that’s the best present that I ever gave her. So the total fish caught was not worth bragging about but the time I spent hiking with my wife was
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Kings Island area...and south...
Weather: BREEZY...SUNNY......WARM....
Water_condition: Semi clear to VERY CLEAR at 74 *
Date: 08-12-09
Remote Name: 69.230.116.80
TUESDAY...AUGUST 11th..........................THE BEST WORM IS ?.........Met Brian Arimoto at Robert's Shell station on Elk Grove Bld just next to Interstate 5.....gassed up the boat...Filled the ice chest with Roberts famous lucky ice...and headed south to Kings Island ramp hoping the east delta would produce on this day....Just leaving the ramp , we ran into Allen Fong in his shiny new bass boat...He's heading north & we are heading down by the main San Joaguin.....The tide is still coming in as we started fishing by light 13 and the delta breezes are blowing about 12 mph....Both Brian & myself are using finnese rods with 3/32 oz Zappu jigheads wacky style.....Brian is using a 5 inch natural colored Senko which is heavier than my 6 inch Robo worm which makes throwing it much easier & Brian claims sinks faster!....Within 45 minutes , the Senko worm catches 6 fish to my just one bite on the pink/purple Robo!.....Totally frustated , I refused to change my set up....This is my confidence bait....moving to another close bye location , the table turns as the Robo worm takes charge!!! I pick up 6 fish in a row as Brian just gets nibbles! GO FISH!.....We are now tied up with 6 fish apiece....I'm feeling much better...None of these fish are over 2 1/2 pounds but we are getting bit at a good rate...Then...here comes the water skiers!!! 3 boats churning up the water and running right next to us and making it very difficult to fish....Time to find another location.......Moved downstream about one mile....much better! no recreational boats around.....I pick up the largest fish of the day...a 4 pounder!!!....just next to the weedline in 10 feet of water...After eating lunch , we decided to try Columbia Cut....found fish , but all were on the small size.....with the windy conditions in the afternoon & losing my battery power , boat control became an issue once again....We fished in the disappointment area till all power was gone....its now 5:00pm and the bite was just hit & miss anyway....In a nutshell: We caught 28 bass with just 6 between 2 - 4 pounds.....The rest...DINKS.....but enough action to make it interesting...Another fun day fishing with Brian.....And, for the record...both worms worked well.......Will be going camping at New Melones on Friday....No trout or Koke fishing...Just a little bass fishing & R & R.....See ya on the water... Naked.....
Name: Mike and Jay
Email: popie27@comcast.net
Location: Kings Island Area-Delta
Weather: Very nice with mild temps
Water_condition:
Date: 08-07-09
Remote Name: 71.197.90.171
First report. My son and I fished the Kings Island area on Friday. On the water at 6:15 and off at 1:00. No top water action today. Decent fishing for my son who caught 10 bass with biggest going 3.5 pounds using plastics near weed lines. Tough day for me with only 1 keeper. All fish released.
Name: Hil Felton
Email: WXYZ
Location: Folsom Lake
Weather: WINDY, COOL ( MARCH LIKE)
Water_condition: clean, 74 deg. F.
Date: 08-06-09
Remote Name: 66.81.33.251
Had to get out of the house so the forecast of possible thunder storms, wind etc. didn't faze me. I sort of had second thoughts when I heard the wind whistle as I got the boat ready to launch. The next second thought or third thought was the white caps at the ramp. Are fishermen dumb or what? I set the downrigger at 30 ft with an orange b-back rapala and hooked a 1 1/2 lb rainbow 10 min into the first troll. The white caps are 1 to 2 feet at this time. 20 min later I let the second downrigger down to 40 ft. with a golden eye and hooked my second fish, a 2 lb. rainbow. Now the wind is howling and I try to get closer to shore for some protection fighting 2-3 foot white caps. The wind lay down a bit so I eased out and replaced the orange rapala with a grey-shad Excel and fished at 60 feet. I hooked a 2 1/2 pound rainbow within minutes. Then the wind began gusting- making in nearly impossible to fish. I was ready to hang it up when the golden eye hooked another 2 pounder. I had no rain gear so the spray was becoming a problem. I left dike 8 area to the few boaters crazier than me. I did notice a new sign warning boats about Quagga Mussels and how to inspect your own boat to keep them from spreading. Also at the front gate at dike 8 (Folsom Pt.) is an new electronic money machine that takes exact amounts due or credit card.
Name: Dale Stanfield
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Davis - Portola
Weather: Nice til the afternoon showers
Water_condition: 74 degrees and fairly clean
Date: 08-01-09
Remote Name: 75.19.156.139
On the water at 7:00 AM and trolled until 2:30 PM. Lost count of how many small ones (8" to 12") we caught and threw back but it was around 15. Caught 3 that went from 13" to 16". The fish were mostly covered with lots of skin sores and pretty ugly looking. We caught most of them on Copper/Red wee dick nites on Side Planers from Seps. They do work great. All of the other fish were on small copper red head Super Dupers. Released them all but not going to fish here again until the Fall when the big un's want to get caught.
Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Crystal Basin, Loon Lake
Weather: great weather
Water_condition: clean, clear 70-72 deg F.
Date: 07-30-09
Remote Name: 66.81.46.106
The Wheels and Reels had a small group venture to the high country to make up a missed derby date. A good friend had passed and in respect for him, we re-scheduled our derby. Because of other obligations many from our group were unable to attend. Thus the small group. The water looked great- near capacity and clean. The fish, however were small sooooo Dick Jackson won the derby with a fish under a pound. Dick and I each caught four fish; but my largest was smaller than his. A slim willie and night crawler at 30-40 feet was successful for me, while Dick used a brown grub and dodger at 18 ft. Nice day in the high country. Hil Felton
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Upper Steamboat & Sutter Slough
Weather: BREEZY...SUNNY...COOLER...
Water_condition: OFF colored to clear at 72 *
Date: 07-29-09
Remote Name: 69.237.117.178
TUESDAY...JULY 28th................RECKLESS START! .........The plan was to meet Bill Crooks, Guy Brown & Bills son in law in the upper part of Steamboat for a day of Smallie fishing...Bill is the kind of fisherman that likes to get on the water early & off the water by midday...Well, I promised Bill I would make an honest attempt to get on the water alittle earlier than normal to show them the locations that produced good decent hookups......DISASTER STRIKES!!!!! A routine I have done a thousand times getting the boat ready in the gargage...checking my fishing gear....batteries....ice chest....lunch....then lifting my aluminum...( non- electric ) gargage door then hooking up to my Ford truck.......As I pulled forward , the top of the sliding aluminum door catches my boat windshield.....Heard a lound noise & hit the brakes!!!!...TOO LATE...Pulled the door off the rollers & the metal cables are off track!!!!! The clearance from the top of my boat and when the door is fully open is about 2 inches...I GUESS I DIDN'T CHECK TO SEE IF THE DOOR WAS FULLY RAISED? AFTER clearing the door off of my windshield , the door did a free fall....BANG!! Knowing it would take hours getting the cables back on and I promised Bill to meet him early...just decided to fix it when I got home..........The fishing report.............Didn't get to Hogback till 8:00am and just knew Bill & Guy were already fishing for about two hours....called them on channel 68 to find out where they were at.....They were in a good location in upper steamboat by the Mansion Inn to get out of the delta winds.....took me about ten minutes to find his Wllies boat....The three of them were throwing robo worms ( wacky style ) and picking up a few smallies....They had tried rip rap trolling with speedtraps for awhile , but were just picking up DINKS!...Explained to them about my garage door & the reason I was late.....The tide was just about at the bottom & the bite should get better on the income... I joined them throwing robo worms & in about 30 minutes picked up 8 smallies....just one 2 pounder....the rest...DINKS!....We decided to troll back to the T and try a location in Sutter slough where I have done well catching bigger bass....I trailed his Willies boat & picked up another half a dozen smallies using a crawfish red/ orange pattern...They too were getting bit trolling , but just small fish....I did manage to bring in a 7 1/2 pound Striper that took me for a ride...Fun! on light gear.....Once getting back to the main Steamboat area , we found really windy conditions which made trolling a bit difficult , but not impossible......Heading north & reaching Sutter slough we found the bite on the slow side & boat control was an issue.....I picked up a 15 inch largemouth & a almost two pound smallie...We tried just throwing worms , but with the winds ....It was fruitless.....Just too much wind!......Its now about noon and Bill tells me he's gonna try down by the Ferry where its more wind protective.....Don't know how long they stayed on this day as I continued trolling the rip rap after saying goodbye....The tide is now coming in at a good pace and the water clearing up...The bite got much better as the afternoon progressed.....I trolled back from Sutter slough , all the way back down to the T.....I found a consistant steady bite picking up 25 more smallies with 5 fish in the 2 1/2 pound range.....While fishing for smallmouth is fun....I was ready to try some largemouth fishing down below Snug Harbor if the winds would allow me too? Picked up a shot downstream..... I found Way too much wind!....2 foot rollers with whitecaps....NO CAN DO......found a spot just above Snug which has tules & wood structure & less winds....Finished the day here using Senko's & light 3/32nd oz wacky jigs with purple 6 inch robo worms....Picked up 8 bass...nothing over two pounds.....Its now about 5:00pm..... and I keep thinking about the task ahead....FIXING MY GARGAGE DOOR SO I CAN PUT MY BOAT AWAY!!!! The option would be leaving my boat out in the driveway....Not in my neighborhood! LOL!...The good news.......When I got home.....My son in law Gabe had fixed the garage door!!!!!! WOW!...I owe him big time.......And for Bill Crooks & Guy Brown...just hope the bite would have been better in the early part of the day....And less winds.....See ya on the water.....Naked.....
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Flaming Gorge, WY
Weather: Nice, windy around 2 p.m.
Water_condition: 68-70*, clear to 10', some debris
Date: 07-18-09
Remote Name: 69.227.23.91
Saturday July 18th. I caught up with Bill Crooks & John Bergman in Green River, WY last night. This morning we launched at Buckboard Marina together with Ron Madsen, John Franz & Ralph Schuhriemen. All of us belong to the SIRs Sacramento area Jolly Hookers Fishing Club. Reporting for our boat 7 hits, caught & released 5 Kokanee to 3#, no Rainbow, 2 Mackinaw. 7 hours (6:15 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.), 43 miles, 6 areas. Water 66*, clear to 2’, some grass on the surface & suspended from place to place; air 52-86*, sky clear; wind 0 mph. Sunday July 19th. We launched at Buckboard Marina. 12 hits, caught 8 & released 6 Kokanee to almost 4#, no Rainbow or Mackinaw. 6.75 hours (7 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.), 24 miles, 1 area. Water 68.8*, clear to 2’, some grass on the surface & suspended; air 62-78*, sky overcast, late thunder, a few lightning strikes; wind 0-6 (mainly 0) mph. Monday July 20th. We launched at Buckboard Marina. 6 hits, caught 5 & released 2 Kokanee to 4# 3oz, no Rainbow or Mackinaw. 7 hours (6:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.), 42 miles, 5 areas. Water 68.7*, clear to 10’, some grass on the surface & suspended; air 62-78*, sky overcast, late thunder, a few lightning strikes; wind 0-6 (mainly 0) mph. Tuesday July 21st. We launched at Buckboard Marina. 7 hits, caught 6 & released 1 Kokanee to 3# 10oz, no Rainbow or Mackinaw. 7.75 hours (5:24 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.), 34 miles, 3 areas. Water 68-70*, clear to 10’, some grass on the surface & suspended; air 58-84*, sky clear, wind 0-3 (mainly 0) mph. Travel: The group spent two days driving to and two days returning from the Gorge. We stayed in a Green River motel. Most productive area: The bank South and across from Squaw Hollow. Best time of the day: Early or around 3 p.m. Most productive gear: Sep’s 4/0 watermelon dodger with Kokanee Special gel, pink RGT w/2 hooks, both with a small piece of the Berkley Gulp pink trout worm. Signature watermelon dodger with Kokanee Special gel, pink hootchie, green Berkley Gulp maggot died in Pro Cure Bad Ass Red on each hook. Signature Funky Kamikaze dodger with Kokanee Special gel, double pink hootchie, green Berkley Gulp maggot died in Pro Cure Bad Ass Red on each hook. Final thoughts: Veterans said this was one of the worst “catching” years they recall. A long drive for 5-8 Kokanee/boat/day for 3 persons/boat. A beautiful lake. Thanks for the company Bill, John, Ron, John & Ralph.
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Hog slough to the Meadows
Weather: BREEZY...SUNNY...CLOUD FREE...
Water_condition: Semi clear with surface temps 72-75 *
Date: 07-25-09
Remote Name: 69.237.117.178
FRIDAY..JULY 24th.........THE WHEELS FELL OFF THE CART!!!! After being very successful my last three outings bass fishing......I invited my bass instructor Mike Booker to join me....This would be my chance to shine...Spent much of the day Thursday getting my boat ready.....as Mike's Crestliner is always in ship shape & organized.....After launching at New Hope, my plan was to do exactly what I did on Tuesday knowing the tides would be about 3 hours delayed.....meaning the bottom of the outgo would be about 4:30 pm and we would get bit right through the bottom.....Unlike Tuesday...the delta winds were relentless, blowing a steady 7-12 mph....and the bass were very inactive with just a few hits .....Still thinking the bite would pick up as the morning progressed....It didn't.....Worked our way towards the Lost slough area....Still not happening!....And to make matters worst...My Minn Kota is losing power......DIDN'T FULLY CHARGE MY BATTERIES ON THURSDAY!.....with the wind blowing..gotta have a fully charged battery....Duh!!....Another factor....Its another State Workers Friday off and the boat traffic looks like a SUNDAY!!.....Water skiers everywhere!...With three fish caught all morning is this area...and the infux of boaters, Mike talks me into making a run the other direction towards Hog slough....Less boats , but just about no power to the electric motor...Having a tough time holding the boat next to the tules!...We are getting some bites and Mike hooks up but breaks off!...I get hooked up & the fish gets me tangled up on a under water stick up....I could feel the fish, but I can't get him off the wood! Ended up losing the fish!....Nothing is Easy on this day...NOTHING!...Its now 4:00pm...My batteries are completely DEAD!!!!!.....I can tell you...Its really easy to post a GOOD fishing day.....But tough to report a SH-T day.........Things to do.......Make sure batteries are fully charged.....Think twice before fishing Fridays....And, next time go in Mike's boat...LOL......See ya on the water...Naked.....
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Mildred area
Weather: Beautiful in morning! No breeze at all!
Water_condition: Very clear to slightly murky
Date: 07-22-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
Yesterday, I was taken out to fish the Delta with my good friend Dan Gee. We launched about 6:15am. We couldn't get any hits on buzzbaits so we changed to cranks and senkos. I caught my only keeper of my day on a crankbait around 8am. It was a good 2lb 10ozer. It was a good thrill since I haven't been fishing for the past 3 weeks ( Since March I've been taking care of my wife and her illness! Hope to have a better year 2010 ). At least I didn't have to take that hot- cheezy yellow weed off my hooks. Like I was doing up in Snodgrass Slough! To make a long story short. I caught that only keeper plus 5 dinkies. However, Dan caught his limit of 5 keepers plus 20 or more dinkies. All I was doing from the stern of the boat was watching him set hook an netting his fish. His fish were from 1lb to two 2lbers. We quitaround 1pm. That's it! Jerry
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: MEADOWS , LOST SLOUGH AREA
Weather: SUNNY WITH LIGHT BREEZES ( perfect )
Water_condition: Semi clear with surface temps 72-80 *
Date: 07-22-09
Remote Name: 69.237.117.178
TUESDAY JULY 21st..................GREAT START & GREAT FINISH FOR 10 HOURS!!...........Instead of heading to the East or North delta, I decided to try launching at New Hope landing....( Jerry Yukes ) favorite bass grounds......The only experience I have at the meadows & Lost slough is mid-winter striped bass fishing......which can be quite good some winters.....Even before leaving the house I was very uncertain of how the day would go after reading my TIDE BOOK....WOW! A perigee New Moon with giant tides!....High....7.1....Low.... Minus 1.5 feet!.......Thats alot of water movement.....and I would be working the outgo till about 3:15 pm......After launching at New Hope which is much better than Kings in the East delta...( Same Price ) Ten dollars, I headed slowly upstream towards the meadows.....Looking for tules & weed beds, I stopped at the first patch of weeds not more than half a mile from the launch just before the first tower.....While I'm still not good about matching worm colors with the water conditions I went with a Green 6 inch Senko with red & green specks using 50 lb braided line....The morning sun still has shaded spots along the rip rap and I'm hoping holding bass.....On my second cast, I get on the board....A two pounder!...within 50 feet...I pull out out 5 more...these bass are behind the weed beds towards the rocks in less than 5 feet of water...Did not expect to find the bass so aggressive but they were!! With nothing over 2 1/2 pounds...my 6th fish of the morning had some weight....It went 5 pounds 4 ounces!!!..Got my Sony movie cam out for this one.....Fishing for less than 45 minutes & 6 fish to 5 pounds and I haven't even fished the Meadows yet! and still had the whole day to go!! I'm in HOG HEAVEN!!.....In the back of my mind, I keep remembering Jerry complaining about the green slimy stuff getting on his set ups on his report...I'm not getting any of that stuff!......stayed another 30 minutes in this area before picking up & heading for the Meadows.....And yes, got two more small bass...After reaching the POSTED 5 MPH SIGN that most boaters don't obey....I did...and it took me about 25 minutes to reach Lost slough......This area looked very fishy with stickups ( Logs ) and that cheesy stuff on the surface along the waters edge.....Didn't continue fishing till I reached the highway bridge....My plan was to start there & work back down....The water temps were much warmer in this area....80 degrees where it was just 72 downstream.....Did alittle top water frogging for about one hour for one blow up and miss!...Might have been the wrong time of the day for this? very close to noon.....Slowly working back, I then worked the weedlines using my hot Senko worm...It wasn't working as well as down below but managed to pick up a few fish....Decided to try the finnesse stuff and went to the wacky Zappu jigs with 6 inch robo worms....With the water dropping some 4 feet..the weed line was really exposed and I was dropping my jigs just in front of the weeds....Did very, very well with the Zappu jig.....Caught two bass in the 4 pound class & lots of one & two pounders!! Caught up with all this steady catching of fish...Its now 2:45 pm...And I forgot to EAT MY LUNCH!!!! Which I gulped down in less than two minutes....And continued fishing till I reached the turn to Snodgrass.....Its now about 5:30 pm and the tide has turned ( incoming) While the bite has slowed down...I'm still picking up fish!...Had about 3 boats run by me wide open!!! Maybe they thought the sign said" 50 mph??? Not 5 !!...Fellow bass fisherman with the BIG BOATS!!!...Just RUDE!!! Oh well.......Ended the day where I started out and caught another 4 bass...And another 4 pounder! ......Either I had a terriffic LUCKY day and this is not the norm?...but you'll have a hard time keeping me out of this area bass fishing...Look out Jerry Yuke..LOL.....10 hours of fishing....32 bass....2 smallies...1 largemouth over 5 lbs...four 4 lbers...and lots of one & twos....And lots of chances...Missed fish......Nice hearing from you Mike Booker.......See ya on the water...Naked....
Name: robert from shell
Email: rainbowtrout@sbcglobal.net
Location: prosser creek resv
Weather: hot and hot
Water_condition: clear
Date: 07-17-09
Remote Name: 71.128.109.32
I decided to head up to Prosser creek reservoir on July 17 2009, I invited my cashier Chris and his 12 year old son out fishing with me. His son never fished before and I heard that Prosser was planted two weeks ago. Chris didn’t mention anything to his son about going fishing. So at 3.00am he woke up his son and said we are going somewhere. They arrived at our shell station at 3.45am. Chris called me to ask where I was, I told him on I-5 and elk grove blvd. He also told me that his son was not happy waking up at 3am. I pulled up to the gas station and Donovan saw my truck he yelled no way, Chris finally said we are going fishing. After almost 3hrs of driving we arrived at the lake. Chris told his son that where my father drowned 10 years ago. After setting up all four poles with silver half fast flashers and one with white hoochie and the other green hoochie the other two with hook and worm. Donovan ending catching his limit and his dad caught his limit and yours truly caught 3. We caught all fish In 50 to 65 feet of water and down 20 to 30 feet down. I showed his dad and Donavan how to operate the boat and how to thread a worm on a hook. We spent a total of 4 hours on the lake. At the end of day dad and son fell asleep while I drive home
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Steamboat Slough lower & upper
Weather: HOT! HOT! & HOT!!!!!
Water_condition: Semi clear at 74 * surface
Date: 07-18-09
Remote Name: 69.229.123.46
FRIDAY JULY 17th......................STATE FURLOUGHS & HEAT WAVES.......Found a ton of recreational crafts ....water skiers....Jet skis.....and very few fisherman......With the temps running above the century mark and with the influx of State workers being forced to take a non-paid Friday off, many headed for the water looking for some relief from the present heat wave!! CAN'T BLAME THEM!! ......Launched solo around 8:00am at Hogback & found the tide pretty much already out and the water clarity semi clear to stained. Headed for the lower Steamboat area (below Snug Harbor) and fished for Mr. Largemouth using robo worms, Brushhogs & Senko's...Had the whole area to myself for about 3 hours...then by about 11:00am....Here comes the Recreational boats!! It was bad enough the bite was slow just picking up three bass and getting just a few other bites...Now, I had to deal with getting rocked with waves by passing boats pulling skiers....No biggie! I'll just head upstream pass the Ferry and fish by the T (upper Steamboat)....Won't be as much largemouth..but this is a smallmouth haven and on a very Hot day, I just wanted to catch fish.....The tide had switched around by midday...( Income) and the water clarity much improved....Instead of trolling speedtraps...decided to continue throwing 6 inch purple robo worms on a 2/32 oz shaky jig along the rip rap......The smallies were on a tear! Just flipping my jig next to the rocks, the worm never hit the bottom..they were on it in a split second....By the early afternoon the air temps had reached well over 100 degrees and I was sweating so bad I had to keep wiping my eyes with a wet towel just to see!! The smallies were liking this incoming tide and the water was so clear you could see them charging the baits....Most of the smallies were in the 10 to 14 inch range but every 5th fish caught, produced a bigger one...My problem was keeping cool & dealing with the intense heat!! Didn't do any trolling speedtraps because the jig bite was that good....just let the boat drift & worked the rocks...By 5:00pm I was spent!! Too much heat! Headed for the barn..(Hogback) My temp gage in my truck was reading 102 * on the way home....For the record...much less boat activity ( skiers ) above the Ferry.......A good day smallie fishing and the incoming tide was the key!!!See ya on the water....Naked........P.S. Nice hearing a fishing report from BIG AL...Have spent a lot of hours fishing for SALMON just next to his Thunderjet....Disco Pk...
Name: salmonstriper
Email: salmonstriper@att.net
Location: where did they go?
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 07-15-09
Remote Name: 75.14.204.228
I know that the fish sniffer has new owners but what is the new paper called?
Name: ROCK " N " PONY
Email: unknown
Location: Beardsley Resorvoir
Weather: clear and hot
Water_condition: flat or breezy
Date: 07-17-09
Remote Name: 75.43.32.242
Went to Beardsley last Wednesday for the first time. Trolled crawlers behind flashers, speedy shiners, rapalas, all downrigged. Caught 20 trout, 19 browns, 1 rainbow, 10"- 16". Kept 10 browns between 2 of us. Went again yesterday, over 30 trout caught, 4 rainbows, the rest browns, same size. Found new spots, dam area. Tried white grubs as well with great success. Lots of fun yesterday. Bottom line: Great brown trout fishery, beautiful lake, crystal clear water, great smell.
Name: Big Al Ezell
Email: Bigalsfishn1@sbcglobal.net
Location: New Melones Lake
Weather: Clear with North & South breezes
Water_condition: Clear to 10ft 72-78 degrees
Date: 07-16-09
Remote Name: 69.108.12.12
I have been taking groups of 3 to 4 people for Kokanee to New Melones for 2 weeks and before that Lake Berryessa for 3 months. The results have been excellent. We have 30-40 hook ups on average with the Kokanee in the 12-15 inch range. We use the same combinations of Radical Glow tubes with Rocky Mountain and Seps dodgers. Colors are natural green,powerful pink,radiant red for the rgt's, and green,blue and rasberry splatter as well as pink tire track. Depths vary to the area on the fish finder the Kokanee are, usually 40-70ft early in March and April 6-12ft. The speed is usually 1.2-1.5 gps speed with 40 and 20ft set backs. All lures must be tipped with shoepeg corn and flavored with Pro Cure scents of Kokanee Special, Garlic, Carp Spit and you can try various flavors to enhance your baits. I feel its fun to catch something that resembles our missing Salmon on our valley waterways. These Kokanee are better tasting than many species you can fish the Delta for and you don't have to worry how many times a week not to eat them. The are easy to smoke and they go down easy. You meet many nice people that are willing to share knowledge of how to catch the tasty fish readily. Every season has its catch and as for me there is no boredom fishing for these fish. Good Luck to all, Big Al
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: EAST RESERVOIR (Maxwell area)
Weather: Very Warm with north winds
Water_condition: Clear at 78 * ( LOW WATER )
Date: 07-15-09
Remote Name: 69.229.123.46
MONDAY JULY 13th.......................GREAT EXPECTATIONS!!!! Our first trip to East Reservoir this season will be our last! The Dept of Reclamation ( Water resources ) has drawn this body of water down some 10 feet!......leaving all the many coves & inlets bare....not to mention making it very difficult to launch your boat.....Can't remember the last time in July seeing the water levels so low.....We found the falling timber & wooded areas that produced great habitat along the shoreline completely exposed (high & dry ) Weed beds were almost non-existence......So, instead of camping.....my wife Sandy & myself made a one day trip.......Here's how the day went.....Looking for water deep enough to launch my 16 ft Jetcraft was tricky and even with 4 wheel drive, barely got the boat off the trailor in 3 feet of water!!! With our favorite coves high & dry we focused around the many islands and drop- offs looking for bait balls & followed the Western Grebes who seem to find the bait better than my fishfinder!....We used Robo worms Drop/shot set up & shaky jigs......While finding the bait was no problem , finding the bass was! We went fishless for more than two hours and didn't catch our first bass till midday....Talk about SLOW!!! things got alittle better in the late afternoon as the bite picked up slighty.....I found a 3 1/2 pounder that took my purple 6 inch Robo worm in 12 feet of water...That was the largest fish of the day....My wife nailed a two pounder and that was her biggest....With the low water conditions, I don't know if I made the right ajustments finding these fish? Just know there is a good bass population , but on this day just couldn't find the magic method.....We fished from one end of the lake to the other, the spillway, the dam....deep water....shallow water....Just a Slow day.....8 bass in 11 hours....Pretty sad!....Didn't even try for Crappie....About an hour before dark....gave up and some how got the boat back on the trailor with minimum problems......Long drive back to Sacto for a one day adventure.....Oh well..thats fishing.....See Ya on the water....but not at East Reservoir......Naked....
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: EAST DELTA ( MILDRED AREA )
Weather: NO WIND AM. BREEZY PM. FISHABLE!
Water_condition: SEMI CLEAR TO CLEAR AT 73 *
Date: 07-11-09
Remote Name: 69.229.123.46
FRIDAY JULY 10th......................DID OK!.........Ricky who lives in Antioch meets me at the strip mall just off of Highway 5 on eight mile road....Its about 7:00am and just a few minutes from King Island resort ( launch ) ......There is absolutey zero wind!! and just about all morning , perfect conditions everywhere we fished....We started off in the main San Joaquin river & Disappointment slough area as we were at the high slack tide & this would be the first part of the system with moving water......A slow start and as the tide started to move out the action slowly picked up.....Ricky got the first two fish...a one pounder & a two pounder...No action on my shaky jig, so I switched over to a 6 inch Senko...Found a very aggressive two pounder that took it for a ride....Ricky, being a tournament young gun as expected was pulling all kinds of lures out & trying different stuff...He went to a top water lure & had three blow ups....hooking two...both small!!.....As we passed light 13, we both went back to shaky jigs....I stayed with my pink/brown 6 inch robo & Ricky went with his lucky 5 inch worm which I couldn't pronounce!! Both worked! Drifted down for about two hours picking up another 10 fish, a few just about in the 3 pound range.....My biggest problem of the day was keeping the fish on the hook....Can't tell you how many fish I lost on the first jump....With advice from Rick , I set the hook alittle harder on the first take, that seemed to help as I didn't lose as many the remainder of the day....We decided to try moving down south in the Columbia cut area & towards Mildred island.....Didn't find as many fish to the south, but still caught fish and that dreaded wind picked up late in the day limiting our fishing locations.....A 12 hour day with about 25 fish caught and tons of missed fish mostly, by me!!! caught about 5 fish that nearly went 3 lbs.....just couldn't find those bigger fish....Did learn some new methods watching Rick working the water and most of all the easy way getting your stuck bait off the tules by pointing your rod tip towards the tules & bending it towards the boat.... It really works most of the time.....Thanks for the company Rick...Have new tricks to show Mike Booker....See ya on the water....Naked... P.S... Will be going to East Reservoir just out of Maxwell for a few days camping & looking for CRAPPIE & BASS.....
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Steamboat Slough lower & upper
Weather: Less winds & warmer NICE!
Water_condition: Off colored to semi clear at 70*
Date: 07-09-09
Remote Name: 71.128.111.10
WEDS JULY 8th...................PERFECT WEATHER.........Unlike Monday, more fisherman out taking advantage of the Balmy weather & light winds....After launching at Hogback . got a chance to fish the lower section of Steamboat which was out of the question on Monday when the winds were creating 2 foot swells & whitecaps.....still would be working a large outgoing tide....(Minus - 0.6) which turns the water to less than semi clear.....Pretty much stayed all morning below Snug harbor working the tules & strips of weedbeds which is abundant on both sides......Used Brushhogs, Senko's, Chatter baits & Zappu 3/32 oz jigs with weed guards......All worked, but spent more time with the smaller wacky jigs as this method is still new to me and very productive even though you get a number of small bass, you can still catch the bigger ones!......THIS IS THE SAME AREA I HAVE CAUGHT THOUSANDS OF STRIPES EITHER TROLLING OR THROWING TRAPS the past 30 years! And now doing the bass thing have to block out thinking STRIPERS!!!!!! and just focus on the business at hand.....BASS FISHING........And I know I wouldn't be envolved doing this IF THERE STILL WAS A SALMON SEASON STARTING JULY 16th AND RUNNING RIGHT THROUGH LATE OCTOBER......But it is, what it is! and I 'm glad I have found an interest in bass fishing the delta as KOKE & TROUT TROLLING is just not my cup of tea!.....No offense to all of you that enjoy that type of of fishing.....Meanwhile , all my salmon gear is sitting on the back shelf in my garage hoping in the near future to be put back in service if the summer & fall runs ever get healthy again?......WHOOPS! got off track.........caught about 10 largemouth with the largest one a 2 1/2 pounder and once again caught another one of those ugly SQUAWFISH which hit my chatter baits....Decided to try fishing upstream in the afternoon above the ferry and instead of heading north turned east at the T and fished for smallies all the way to the main Sacto.....The bite was below par as trolling the speedtraps along the rip rap was not productive & just producing a few fish every 100 yards! It could have been the tide had run its course and the incoming tide had started? Just a slow bite in the late sfternoon....picked up about twenty fish with alot of dinks...Called it a day around 5:00pm. A pleasant day without Winds and a decent number of bass caught...Will be hitting the East delta on Friday with a mutual friend who does tournament bass fishing....Just know I'll be out of my leaque? Take it easy on me Ricky!! See ya on the water...Naked....
Name: NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Steamboat & inland sloughs
Weather: Windy ! delta winds much of the day
Water_condition: off colored to semi clear at 69 *
Date: 07-07-09
Remote Name: 71.128.111.10
MONDAY....JULY 6th...................WHATS A LITTLE WIND? ........Hogback looked like a ghost town as I found just one other trailor in the parking lot at 7:30 am.....Suffering from post 4th of July events....Parade's, Family BBQ & Fireworks.....I needed a day on the water....Knowing I would be facing delta breezes 10 - 20 mph....I didn't care!....as I would focus on the upper bodies of water like above the Ferry ..(Upper Steamboat , Sutter, & Minor sloughs ) You can always find some protection in these sloughs....Looking at my trusty tide book, would be facing a pretty good size outgoing tide...( A minus - 0.7 ) with a 4 foot incoming late in the day. With releases from Shasta & Oroville over 20,000 cfc combined, the water was up some two feet from normal....I always wonder if these summer releases are for the Farmers or filling up swimming pools in in southern Cal? The Report: Started off Rip Rap trolling using crawfish speedtrap colors ( orange red ) just above the T where Steamboat turns towards the main Sacto.....going about 5 football fields without a pickup, I was wondering if the stained water was the reason? By 9:30 am, I got my first smallie and for the next hour or so did pretty good staying in the 6-8 foot range....just like I thought, they were coughing up crawfish body parts when hooked....had the right color pattern....Trolled all the way down to the Minor slough cutoff picking up more than a dozen smallies with one that went an honest 3 lbs!! and a striper who took my speedtrap for a ride towards the middle of the slough...He went about 5 pounds...great fight using a ultra light rod with 8 pound test!..By 11:00 am. picked up and headed for Minor slough to try some of the cuts below the rice mill & Halls landing..By midday, the tide was out some 3 feet exposing alot of the wood & weeds so I went to Brushogs & 6 inch Senko's....just one bite using the big stuff...switched over to my finnese rig set up with a 6 inch FAT robo & light wacky jig....same set up I used in the east delta.....This was the ticket as I started catching Mr. Largemouth.....picked up 12 bass to about 2 1/2 pounds and had one much larger throw the hook & worm while going airborne!! At the bottom of the tide, the action stopped....I continued throwing, but no bites!...Returned to upper Steamboat and once again tried smallie trolling late in the afternoon slowly working my way back to the launch...The tide was once again filling back in and the water was clearing up to semi clear so I switched over to a white & pink shad color Speedtrap which did very well.....The bite late in the day was much better than the early bite on the outgoing tide as I picked up a fish every 10 to 20 yards and even caught a squawfish that slammed my shad !! This ugly slimy fish went about 6 pounds!!! Got back to the Ferry & picked up...A 12 hour day & enough fishing for one day....50 smallmouth...12 largemouth..1 striper...& one ugly Squawfish!!!!! And very little pressure from other boaters.....Kinda breezy, but very fishable.....See ya on the water.....Naked.....
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: 71.4*, clear to dirty; some debris
Date: 07-02-09
Remote Name: 69.229.127.136
Bill Crooks invited me and my lucky dog, Spike, to try for summer stripers. Bill picked a beautiful day to hit the Delta. We weren’t successful “catching” today as we only caught & released 1 barely legal striper throwing fish traps/Rattle Traps, caught nothing trolling deep/shallow (may have had one hit) or jigging (except for one very small small mouth bass). Caught two small smallmouth bass trolling. 7 hours (6 a.m. - 1 p.m.), 43 miles, 15 areas. Water 71.4*, clear to semi-clear to dirty, some debris on & in the water from place to place; air 54-88*, sky clear; wind 0-10 (mainly 0) mph. Bill’s Willy boat. We launched at Hogback & mainly spent our time in wind protected sloughs above Rio Vista. It was great to get out, we tried a little of everything, thanks for the invite Bill.
Name: THE NAKED FISHERMAN
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: not today, just checking reports
Weather: alot cooler..under 100 degrees
Water_condition: super fishable in the delta
Date: 06-30-09
Remote Name: 71.128.111.10
JAMES, BLAME IT ON THE WORLDS FOREMOST AUTHORITY ON FRESHWATER FISHING.............IN-FISHERMAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE......they have an article on Wacky jigs & Dropshotting just about every addition........NO NEED TO CUT YOUR LURES OFF!! as most serious bass fisherman already know this method...LOL!.....Naked....
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: nowhere yet
Weather: ?
Water_condition: ?
Date: 06-30-09
Remote Name: 75.45.115.16
Hey naked! Stop telling others about my secret lure. lol That was my Folsom go-to bait last year. This year too much grass and too much water. Have to go to carolina rig. You would think that one would get snagged everytime he threw that lure but you really don't. You do break off the normal though. So okay, it was a secret but I guess its out. I was cutting my line when I went back to the docks so that others would not see what I was using. Also works good using a wackey senko with a lead-head jig but 4" work better.
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: EAST DELTA KINGS ISLAND AREA
Weather: WINDY & HOT ( NORTHERLY )
Water_condition: Semi clear to clear at 74.5 *
Date: 06-25-09
Remote Name: 69.237.71.75
WEDS JUNE 24th.............................THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT!............After getting my butt kicked about a week ago by my bass instructor Mike Booker....I9 bass for Mike...1 for me....I decided, if your gonna do the Wacky Jighead thing, you better have the right stuff...So, I used all the gift cards I received on Fathers Day & my own pocket money.....This is what I got... A 6 foot seven FENWICK ELITE-TECH EXTEME SENSITIVTY ROD....While most of my rods are Lamiglas or G Loomis, they are great for throwing big baits like Senkos & Brushhhogs or swimbaits......While this rod is alittle pricey...It felt so good in my hands & just know I could detect a 2 inch bluegill & still do battle with a large delta bass.....I mated this rod with a SHIMANO SEDONA 2500 fb loaded with 10 pound Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon........Ok! enough about the new Equipment....Time to put it to work....THE REPORT............Got to Kings Island ramp about 7:00am.....( Gotta be the worst ramp in the delta) for a $10.00 launch.....just picked a windy hot day and would be working an outgoing tide much of the day....with the high water, I started off using my bigger baits, a super brushhog with a pegged 1/2 oz weight.....Got two bites but no hookups....Went to a 6 inch Senko....No pickups .....Lack of water movement as the tide was still slack....and with the wind blowing, boat control was an issue....First hour of fishing, just two bites.....Moved over to the main San Joaquin via Disappointment slough looking for moving water....The tide there was just starting to move....Time to try the Zappu jighead & new equipment.......Went to a purple/pink 6 inch robo worm.........wacky style.....caught my first fish within twenty minutes!!! A one pounder! The wind is pushing me along faster than I wanted,but between gusts I was getting the jig down where I wanted it....I'm now down by light 13 and found a pocket of bass....picked up 4 within 10 yards, all under 1 1/2 pounds!....but, its a start......As the current picked up, the bite increased as I found most bass in less than 10 feet...I'm feeling more relaxed using this method as I'm picking up a fish every 6-10 casts.....While the fish are on the small size, they are are tearing up my robo worms on every hookup...No biggie as I have plenty more....I'm now up to 15 fish and not one over two pounds!!!!!! Still very happy getting bit.....Then it happens....a nice 3 1/2 pounder!! after catching all these dinks, it looked much bigger, but the scale doesn't lie!! LOL......Stayed in the main San Joaquin for about three hours and continued catching fish......Most bites are very light taps on the worm then it loads up...Interesting! My fish count is now well over 30 fish with 4 in the 3 pound class...no monsters, but a positive bite for sure...After eating lunch, headed south towards Columbia cut & Latham slough.....picked up another 12 fish with nothing over 3 pounds.....while the wind was a factor all day, I managed to get bit and just hoped my batteries would hold till the end of the day.....called it day at 6:00 pm......just know Mike would be happy for me as I nailed 43 fish......mostly one & two pounders with half a dozen three pounders.....Do I love my new Fenwick???? worth every penny spent......Just wish the winds were down, as I worked hard with boat control all day......and man do I Iove this style of fishing....Its WACKY.........Now the tough part...getting the boat on the trailor which never goes on level at this ramp......A fun day in the east delta....See you on the water...Naked...
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: EAST DELTA KINGS ISLAND AREA
Weather: WINDY & HOT ( NORTHERLY )
Water_condition: Semi clear to clear at 74.5 *
Date: 06-25-09
Remote Name: 69.237.71.75
WEDS JUNE 24th.............................THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT!............After getting my butt kicked about a week ago by my bass instructor Mike Booker....I9 bass for Mike...1 for me....I decided, if your gonna do the Wacky Jighead thing, you better have the right stuff...So, I used all the gift cards I received on Fathers Day & my own pocket money.....This is what I got... A 6 foot seven FENWICK ELITE-TECH EXTEME SENSITIVTY ROD....While most of my rods are Lamiglas or G Loomis, they are great for throwing big baits like Senkos & Brushhhogs or swimbaits......While this rod is alittle pricey...It felt so good in my hands & just know I could detect a 2 inch bluegill & still do battle with a large delta bass.....I mated this rod with a SHIMANO SEDONA 2500 fb loaded with 10 pound Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon........Ok! enough about the new Equipment....Time to put it to work....THE REPORT............Got to Kings Island ramp about 7:00am.....( Gotta be the worst ramp in the delta) for a $10.00 launch.....just picked a windy hot day and would be working an outgoing tide much of the day....with the high water, I started off using my bigger baits, a super brushhog with a pegged 1/2 oz weight.....Got two bites but no hookups....Went to a 6 inch Senko....No pickups .....Lack of water movement as the tide was still slack....and with the wind blowing, boat control was an issue....First hour of fishing, just two bites.....Moved over to the main San Joaquin via Disappointment slough looking for moving water....The tide there was just starting to move....Time to try the Zappu jighead & new equipment.......Went to a purple/pink 6 inch robo worm.........wacky style.....caught my first fish within twenty minutes!!! A one pounder! The wind is pushing me along faster than I wanted,but between gusts I was getting the jig down where I wanted it....I'm now down by light 13 and found a pocket of bass....picked up 4 within 10 yards, all under 1 1/2 pounds!....but, its a start......As the current picked up, the bite increased as I found most bass in less than 10 feet...I'm feeling more relaxed using this method as I'm picking up a fish every 6-10 casts.....While the fish are on the small size, they are are tearing up my robo worms on every hookup...No biggie as I have plenty more....I'm now up to 15 fish and not one over two pounds!!!!!! Still very happy getting bit.....Then it happens....a nice 3 1/2 pounder!! after catching all these dinks, it looked much bigger, but the scale doesn't lie!! LOL......Stayed in the main San Joaquin for about three hours and continued catching fish......Most bites are very light taps on the worm then it loads up...Interesting! My fish count is now well over 30 fish with 4 in the 3 pound class...no monsters, but a positive bite for sure...After eating lunch, headed south towards Columbia cut & Latham slough.....picked up another 12 fish with nothing over 3 pounds.....while the wind was a factor all day, I managed to get bit and just hoped my batteries would hold till the end of the day.....called it day at 6:00 pm......just know Mike would be happy for me as I nailed 43 fish......mostly one & two pounders with half a dozen three pounders.....Do I love my new Fenwick???? worth every penny spent......Just wish the winds were down, as I worked hard with boat control all day......and man do I Iove this style of fishing....Its WACKY.........Now the tough part...getting the boat on the trailor which never goes on level at this ramp......A fun day in the east delta....See you on the water...Naked...
Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Folsom Lake
Weather: Warm early then HOT
Water_condition: Clean 76 deg F.
Date: 06-24-09
Remote Name: 66.81.45.226
The Wheels and Reels Fishing Club opted to go to Folsom instead of Berryessa as scheduled for our June derby. The reason, the parisites now found on trout caught in Berryessa. The water level at Folsom is still up and pleasant to see; but the bite was very slow. I had two strikes all morning and landed both. Each rainbow was just under a pound and were found between 40 and 50 ft. near Folsom Pt. I used a golden eye and a pink apex. My partner, Dex Moise lost a fish near the boat and had a couple other strikes; but ended up with the donut. He fished with several different rapals. Darrel Toms landed a one pound 11 ounce rainbow to win top honors. "Ole Man Folsom " , a.k.a Art Sutter, landed five rainbows the largest, a one pound 6 ouncer, won second place honors. Ted Lutman, also know as "bullfrog" landed the third place winner that scaled in at one pound 2 ounces. Lots of jet skiers, water skiers, and wide open speed boats after it warmed up. Most, not all, left us fish w/o the fear of being run over. The lake being full helps spread out the users. Our July derby is scheduled for New Melones on July 29. Hil Felton
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Snodgrass Slough
Weather: Very warm
Water_condition: Silty
Date: 06-24-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
I took my building contractor Bill Bushey out to try for largemouth bass in the north delta yesterday. We launched at New Hope Landing at 6:30 yesterday cuz the high tide was around the same time. The outgoing tide dropped over 4'. The bite was very slow for us. We tried buzz baits right away and nothing. Then tried we tried senkos. We couldn't even get a bite in the Meadows. To make a long story short, Bill caught 2 bass at 2 1/2 #s. I got 3- 1 1/4, 1 1/2 and 2 1/4#s. All fish were caught on senkos. I got tired of ripping moss of my senkos. That slough is loaded with green moss. We quit at 11 am. You can have it. That's it! Good fishin' Jerry Yuke
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Snodgrass Slough
Weather: Very warm
Water_condition: Silty
Date: 06-24-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
I took my building contractor Bill Bushey out to try for largemouth bass in the north delta yesterday. We launched at New Hope Landing at 6:30 yesterday cuz the high tide was around the same time. The outgoing tide dropped over 4'. The bite was very slow for us. We tried buzz baits right away and nothing. Then tried we tried senkos. We couldn't even get a bite in the Meadows. To make a long story short, Bill caught 2 bass at 2 1/2 #s. I got 3- 1 1/4, 1 1/2 and 2 1/4#s. All fish were caught on senkos. I got tired of ripping moss of my senkos. That slough is loaded with green moss. We quit at 11 am. You can have it. That's it! Good fishin' Jerry Yuke
Name: Wishnbfishn
Email: wishnbfishn@hotmail.com
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: Warm to Hot
Water_condition: Murky to Clear
Date: 06-24-09
Remote Name: 65.90.202.10
Guy and Naked - Just wanted to thank you both for the excellent reports you both post. While many of us are stuck at our jobs that keep us from fishing as much as we'd like, we can taste a little of the excitement, and the disappointment, that you both enjoy and are kind enough to share. Naked - that day near Courtland last week sounded epic! Just once I would like to experience a day of catching like that. Good job, and great report! Thanks again! Wishn
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Steamboat, Main Sacto & Minor
Weather: Warm with light breezes
Water_condition: Off colored to semi clear at 72* surface
Date: 06-19-09
Remote Name: 69.238.168.188
TWO DAY REPORT...........Weds 06-17 & Thursday 06-18.......OUTSTANDING ONE DAY..AVERAGE THE NEXT..................My wife Sandy joined me on Weds for a " Lets Just Catch Something " fishing day.........With weak tides and a warming trend just wanted to try a little low key smallmouth or largemouth summer pattern type fishing & maybe see if we could locate some post spawn stripes.......This would be a no trolling day.....Arrived at Hogback around 8:15 am. finding the tide still going out.......lots of of the tree stumps & weed beds exposed so we could work our baits in front of weedline as the bass have no place to hide in tight cover.......We found the bite very slow, but Sandy managed to get one small bass on a light drop shot set up.....just one hit & miss for me....knowing the incoming tide would top out by 2:00pm.....thought we would try heading to the Courtland bridge area & see if we could find some of the returning post spawn stripes that I got into on Monday.....and if that didn't pan out. do some smallmouth fishing in upper Steamboat & Sutter slough..........In twenty minutes, arrived at the courtland bridge and noticed the Crawfish guy in the white boat setting his traps on the east side of the river..think he is still the only fisherman still doing the crawdad trapping left? .......Its now about 10:30 am and the tide at courtland is starting to relax ( incoming) As i put the boat just under the bridge in the shade area my wife asked me whats all that splashing on the surface and is that from the swallows flying around!!!!!!! Looking at my Hummingbird, I find the bait fish everywhere from top to bottom.....The stripes were on a tear! they were attacking the bait from below & bringing them to the surface as you could see there backs flying all over the place.....Dropped the electric motor & shut off the main motor......Sandy went to her hopkins jig set up & threw to the boils.....Bam! Easy pickins as a 4 pounder hammered her jig....I used a swimbait as I wasn't set up with a jig.....Didn't matter....these stripes were hitting anything next to them.....The bait chasing under the bridge lasted for more than twenty minutes as we caught one fish after another....Most fish were 2-4 pounders with some larger fish mixed in....After awhile the top water splashing stopped, but it was still no problem jigging them from the bottom....I swear! In one hour, we had caught & released some 50 stripes from 2 -10 pounds!!!! As the action slowed for a while, it picked right back up as once again they were pushing the baitfish to the surface....I went to the baitbox & used everything I had from Rattletraps to top water surface lures....Everything worked!! By noon we had caught well over 75 fish and I'm think this bite is gonna end....but it didn't..It may have slowed down at times, but we continued getting bit!...At the top of the tide the water cleared up so you could see the stripes chasing the baits much better & when you had one on, you could see other fish following your hooked fish...It was CRAZY!! It wasn't just threadfin shad that were being attacked but the larger delta smelt which are about 5-6 inches long...and brownish in color....While this kind of bite is rare, I don't think I have seen one last as long as it did on this day.....? ......By 3:00pm and the tide was once again going slowly out, the bite had slowed down to just a fish here & there and very few boils on the surface.....We lost count of total hookups, but it must have been very close to one hundred stripes with the largest maybe 12 pounds?...One time as I was pulling in a 6 pounder just next to the side of the boat I witnessed a much larger fish just next my hooked fish...it had to go twenty plus pounds! But, it seemed the smaller fish are much quicker than the big ones & get to the bait faster? Don't know? By 4:30pm we quit and Ijust know my wife had caught more stripes in 5 hours than she has in the past 5 years!!! LOL!.....Ended the day trolling speedtraps on the way back in to the ramp....Got about twenty smallies but the bite didn't compare to the stripers in fight or pulling your string!....Home way before dark & still thinking of the days events!!! WOW!...........Day Two ... Thursday......Calling Tom Ramage late on Weds...He wanted to try the striper thing if I felt I could do two days in a row....Telling Tom, you know how fishing is and that school could have moved on or the bite might not repeat itself twice....But, I was willing to give it a try........Here's how it went.....Got to courtland about the same time as Weds.....And just like Weds, we found the surface action for a short time...just a short time! And the bite was not as intense but we managed to pick up 20-25 fish working much harder on this day....The numbers were just not the same...less fish for sure....By noon, I decided it wasn't gonna happen as the bite pretty much died.....We decided to try some smallie fishing close bye & did ok as we got into some nice two pounders....In the afternoon we headed to Minor for some largemouth fishing....Slow bass bite just getting a few bites using Brushhogs & Senko's....While waiting for the current to pick up thinking the bite would turn on, the delta winds got stronger & boat control was an issue....While the temps were in the ninty's just too much wind & decided to call it a day...While Weds was a banner day, Tom got a sample of striper fishing on this day......Fishing on Monday, Weds & Thursday.....I need a rest....A fun week....See ya on the water....Naked....
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: New Melones
Weather: 57-82*, clear
Water_condition: 71.3-73.9*, clear to 8'
Date: 06-16-09
Remote Name: 69.108.12.131
Tuesday. Bob Bonner joined me and my lucky dog, Spike, on our Jolly Hookers/SIR derby. 13 of the 14 boats launched at Glory Hole, one at Tuttletown (go figure). 27 Jolly Hookers and one guest had a great outing. Most of us caught fish, a few got limits. Big fish was a 1#+ Rainbow. 2nd & 3rd places came in at Kokanee 14” & 13”. Bob & I were fishing at 6:15 a.m. We trolled off the South end of Rose Island to the South end and back to North of the Tuttletown rock pile. 8 Kokanee to 14”, 1 LDR, 1SDR, 11 hit/no stick. Most at 38’ on pink RGTs early, most on green wedding rings or hootchies after 9 a.m. Almost all following a watermelon dodger covered with Krill gel. One Kokanee on a mini-crawler (Rainbow rig)! 1.25-1.5 mph. 13 miles, 6.25 hours (6:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.). Water 70.3-73.7*; air 57-82*; sky clear; wind 0-4 (mainly 2) mph. 40+ other boats on the water. Another great Jolly Hooker/SIR outing followed by a great lunch and a 30-45 minute construction delay in Angels Camp on the way home (should be over by June 19th). Thanks for the company Bob, great spending the day with you.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Berryessa
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Good
Date: 06-11-09
Remote Name: 69.108.12.131
Thursday. My daughter Lauren wanted to spend a day with me. She & I took my lucky dog, Spike, out for Kokanee. We launched at Capell Cove & were fishing at 6:15 a.m. I fished and Lauren observed the full-range of trailering, launching & retrieving, fishing (very little catching) for Kokanee. At then end of the day she was able to do just about everything in the boat required to fish for Kokanee. We trolled off Skiers Cove, Ranch House & Big Island at 1.25-1.5 mph. We caught 2 Kokanee 17+” & 12”, one 15” Rainbow all at 50’ down. The Kokanee were on a watermelon dodger, pink RGT, Kokanee Special scented corn. The Rainbow was on white Sep’s mini micro flashers & green RGT, Kokanee Special scented corn. We had 1 LDR and 8 hit/no sticks. Krill gel on the dodger & downrigger ball. 13 miles, 5.75 hours (6:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.). Water 70.0*-73.5*; air 52-72*; sky high overcast to clear; wind 0-2 (mainly 0) mph. 30+ other boats on the water, little to no radio traffic, very few nets out. A very special day with my daughter. Quite a girl to get up at 3:30 a.m.!
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: New Melones
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Nice
Date: 06-09-09
Remote Name: 69.108.12.131
My lucky dog, Spike, and I decided to explore some different water today. We launched at Glory Hole. We trolled at 1.25 mph from the rock pile off Tuttletown to the South end (first time for me) of the lake. Caught & released 10 Kokanee to 14” all the way. Had one double, 4 LDRS, 3 hit/no sticks. 9 of the ten caught were on a pink RGT double hook rig trailing a watermelon dodger with Krill gel using corn scented with Kokanee Special. 9 of 10 were caught at 38’’, one at 50’. 26 miles, 6.5 hours (6:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.). Water 69.6*; air 58-75*; sky clear; wind 0-4 mph.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Mokelumne River
Weather: Protected from the wind
Water_condition: Dirty to semi-clear
Date: 06-08-09
Remote Name: 69.108.12.131
Monday. Bill Crooks & I decided to try live bait drifting for stripers on the “other, other” river. We bought a dozen of the smallest “jumbo” minnows we’ve ever seen at Broadway Bait. We launched at New Hope & went up river. We drifted, used the electric trolling motor to get downriver (from above the Thornton bridge to New Hope) 4 miles on a -3.5’ outgoing tide. We used all of our minnows, got one 19” striper. We also shallow trolled below New Hope & deep trolled Hog Slough for nothing. 22 miles, 5 hours (7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.). Water 68.5* dirty to clear; air 58-65*; sky clear; wind 0-6 mph. Bill & I both enjoyed the very scenic Mokelumne & will “drift minnows” again. Thanks for the company, being willing to try something different Bill.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Berryessa
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Nice
Date: 06-04-09
Remote Name: 69.108.12.131
Bill Crooks & I went out for Kokanee. Bill caught one Rainbow. I did not keep any notes for the day, must have been an off day.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Dirty
Date: 06-02-09
Remote Name: 69.108.12.131
Bill Crooks invited me and my lucky dog, Spike to try for stripers in the Port. It was our first “summer” try for stripers at the Port. We had one take, caught no fish. We trolled deep with downriggers, trolled with deep diving Yo-Zuris (the one hit), trolled shallow. 3 hours (9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.). Water *; air *; sky clear; wind 0-2 (mainly 0) mph. Thanks for the invite, company Bill, a worthwhile outing, we’ll figure the Port out some day!
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: New Melones
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Nice
Date: 06-01-09
Remote Name: 69.108.12.131
Pastor Steve & his son, Andrew, joined me for the day. It was my 3rd trip to New melons this year. We caught 15 Kokanee to 13”, lost 7, had 7 hit/no stick. Three concentrations of fish (off the Tuttletown rock pile, Spillway and the bank SW of it). We trolled 1.25-1.5 mph, set backs 40’/25’, 120-340’ water, 42’ (most at 45) to 50’ down on two-hook pink RGTs/watermelon dodger, green double hook Wedding Rings/Watermelon dodger, pink RGT/pink Sling Blade, blue & pink spinner/silver Starlite dodger. Sand Shrimp, Vanilla, Garlic scented corn. I used some Krill gel on one of my dodgers, none on the other or downrigger ball. 5.5 hours (6:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.), 13 miles. There were 20-30 other boats on the water today in the main area of the lake, no incidents. Water 74.0-74.9*, clear to 7’; air 52-85*; sky high overcast to clear; wind 0-10 (mainly 2-4) mph. Thanks for the company Steve, another nice outing with you and Andrew.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: New Melones
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Nice
Date: 05-28-09
Remote Name: 69.108.12.131
Late report, thought this site went down. Bill Crooks invited my lucky dog, Spike to go fishing. Spike would not go without me. So, the three of us spent a comfortable, hot day under Bill’s world class boat top & his self-made side shade curtains. It was our 2nd trip to New melons this year. We caught 10 Kokanee to 13”, lost 2, had 7 hit/no stick. Two concentrations of fish (Spillway and the bank SW of it). We trolled 1.25-1.5 mph, set backs 30’/20’, 120-340’ water, 42 (most at 45) to 55’ down on two-hook pink RGTs/watermelon dodger and green double hook Wedding Rings/Watermelon dodger. Sand Shrimp scented corn. I used some Krill gel on one of my dodgers, none on the other or downrigger ball. 4.5 hours (7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.), 13 miles, 2 different spots. There were 30-40 other boats on the water today just in the main area of the lake, no incidents. Water 74.5-78*, clear to 5’; air 62-90*; sky clear; wind 0-2 (mainly 0) mph. Thanks for the company Bill, another great day on the water. That top & those side-shade curtains, not to mention your fans, were great!
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Steamboat & Main Sacto ( Courtland)
Weather: Much less winds with mild temps
Water_condition: Semi clear to clear at 69.5 *
Date: 06-16-09
Remote Name: 69.238.168.188
MONDAY JUNE 15th............................OH! WHAT A DAY.......As I launched solo at Hogback around 7:45am I was the only boat in the parking lot! Yeah, the wind was still blowing about 10 mph, but nothing like the past two weeks....Before leaving home, I made sure I was prepared for a multi-specious fishing adventure...8 rods, from ultra light,trolling, trap throwing & bassing.....High tide was around 11:00am and a 3 foot outgo lasting till late in the afternoon......Just needed the winds to stay below 15 mph......HERE'S HOW MY DAY WENT....dropped down below Snug Harbor and set up a chart/ black spot Yo-Zurie...didn't go 50 yards and my rod is screaming!! Whatever I had on was big as my line counter on my reel is showing 275 feet of line out....Slowly, I get most of my line back and my bubble pops! A huge twenty pound plus BROWN CARP!!....and not foul hooked as the lure is stuck in its mouth....Continued on after releasing this not so pretty fish....picked up 4 small stripes, all under 20 inches.....as I made it down almost to the mouth of Steamboat & Cache.....Surprised the winds are cooperating and trolling is no problem, but all I'm catching is dinks!!! with the tide starting to turn around 11:00am. decided to try some Trap throwing in the lower end of Steamboat....Much better deal as I got bit right away & the the stripes were bigger than anything I caught shallow trolling...picked up three fish to 9 pounds in about an hour of throwing, all dingy post spawned stripes....While throwing the Traps a couple guys in a Lund boat trolled by me and said " hello Bob" don't know who they were? First boat I saw all morning....with the tide moving at a good pace, I next tried some bass fishing on the tule side of Steamboat....Did very well pitching a pumkin Brushhog with a fixed 1/2 oz bullet weight....found a positive bite as I got bit often throwing just next to the weed edge with most bites on the fall.....nothing big with a few in the 2 pound range and lost many....Parked the boat....time to eat my lunch & sip a few cold Buds.....My next plan of attack was to head to the Coutland bridge and see if the returning stripes..( from the feather & Yuba ) were hanging around the bridge as in previous years....The winds were still cooperating with just light gusts making spooning fairly easy.........just a few bankies bait fishing on the shoreline which is no problem as I am in the middle of the river spooning....My method of jigging is letting the boat just drift under the bridge moving though the shade area where the fish hold when they are there......I use one ounce Hopkins spoons either in green or blue....and you can legally use a treble hook with this weight......My first few passes drew blanks on my Hummingbird...Nothing...then on the third pass, started to detect a few fish along with bait....then it happened...caught three fish in a row...average weight....6 pounders....Just as I get in a roll, here comes a Fish & Game boat and they are checking the bank fisherman for license & fish.....just know they are gonna interupt my hot fishing & check me next...And they do....Showed them my license quickly and told them I have been getting bit jigging and have been releasing all of them.....HAVE A GOOD DAY!! as they backed their boat off....As I dropped my jig back in the water I felt it load up very hard.....Damm! I think I have a salmon on! I did and I'm nervous as hell as the two fish & game wardens are watching me battle this bright silver out of season fish......I am only using 12 pound floracarbon line and this fish is taken line at will....all I want to do is get it in ASAP and release him or her...just next to the boat and the fish dives under my boat & heads upstream.....Quick release as the line breaks on the bottom of my boat......BYE BYE!...The wardens now leave as I quickly tie up another Hopkins.....The striper bite goes away, but I manage to pick up another 3 fish, once again in the 6 pound class......Headed back to Hogback late in the afternoon and trolled speedtraps in the upper Steamboat area...caught about 35 smallies with one that went 5 pounds!!! (Took a Picture of the big one ) Most were one pounders....Its now about 6:30 pm...a long day but very interesting for sure....Carp, Salmon, stripers, & largemouths & Smallies.....While I was on the water for ten hours, the day went bye fast!!! And the best part...The wind didn't blow me off.....See ya on the water...Naked......P.S....Tried to get a hold of you Tom Ramage...No Luck..
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Heart of the Delta
Weather: Comfortable & breezy
Water_condition: Gettin' clearer
Date: 06-12-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
Hello! Fishermen! Sorry, I forgot to mention what Dan Gee and I caught our bass on. Dan caught those immediate two fish on a Clacker buzzbait. And the rest of our limits were caught on Senkos. Colors! Were Green Pumpkin and Watermelon! One on a Chartreuse/Shad! Now you know! So go catch them! Good luck! Jerry Yuke
Name: Twin/Twin
Email: dean260@comcast.net
Location: Montezuma Slough
Weather: perfect/warm w/slight breeze
Water_condition: calm
Date: 06-12-09
Remote Name: 98.234.14.129
We set out at about 11:20am me and twin coasted into our spot 15minutes later, ankers set baited up using grass shrimp an hour or so go by i got two small taps its on at first it did'tfeel like much then all a sudden my ugly styk doulbed over twin ask me is it big? i said its got weight next we know the boat is being pulled across the channel pulling anker and all i fought it for about 25 minutes the reward was sweet using the anker rope twin tied the rope behind the head of what turned out to be a 62 1/2'' white stourgeon YEAH!!! This turned out to be good day. Thankyou Suisun Bait for making this trip a success and a day we'll never forget. GOT GRASS
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Heart of the Delta
Weather: Comfortable & breezy
Water_condition: Gettin' clearer
Date: 06-12-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
My good friend Dan Gee invited me out today for a day to fish for largemouths in the Delta. High tide was at 7:15 am this morning. We started casting lures about 6am. Dan caught two descent fish around 2#s within the first 15 minutes. I caught my first fish around 90 minutes later, after the water started moving out. Then we went bang bang bang! We caught our limits by 10 am. Nothing big! Biggest was around 2 3/4 #s. Smallest was about a 1 1/2 #s. But we got a kick with all the action in such a quick time. Then after they quit biting around 11 we went home. And that's it! Good fishin'! Jerry Yuke Tip! There's still a lot of fish spawning to be done yet, so get out there before its too late.
Name: robert from shell
Email: rainbowtrout@sbcglobal.net
Location: stumpy meadow
Weather: rainy and cold
Water_condition: clear
Date: 06-04-09
Remote Name: 74.37.111.90
I planned a camping trip to stumpy meadows lake like I always do around June. Knowing that their will be on and off for thunderstorms I still went up their with Evan. We arrived at stumpy meadow on Wednesday around 6.15pm set up camp then we notice a big black cloud coming toward us at 9.30pm. Boy we surprise with thunder and lightning and hail. It did not discourage us for staying. Thursday started partly cloudy and arrived at the lake at 6.17am caught first fish at 7.45am nice 18inch rainbow then 8.37am wham a nice 3 pound germen brown. All on 3 to four color of lead core with hook and flashers with 4 50/50 blades and a three foot leader. So a total of 6 germen brown and 3 rainbows all 16 to 21 inch long. Friday but started little later at 7am and using same set up 5 rainbow and 3 browns all in the 16 to 19 inch rainbows all were photo and release back unharmed still fishing in 40 to 60 feet of water and 18 to feet down at 1.4 to 1.5 mph. On Saturday arrived at 7am and got off the water at 1pm total of 10 fish 3 rainbows and 7 browns using the same setup but with a twist 2 was caught on downrigger and 2 was caught on long line using a apex in red and yellow at 18 feet with 80 feet of line out on long line was out 180 feet of line in 40 to 60 feet of water. We release 7 and gave 3 to an elderly couple who was watching hooking up. It rained all three days of fish hard at sometime but steady and very cold temps was to upper 30’s to mid 40’s. this was a experince I will never forget for 4 nights 3 days
Name: robert from shell
Email: rainbowtrout@sbcglobal.net
Location: stumpy meadow
Weather: rainy and cold
Water_condition: clear
Date: 06-04-09
Remote Name: 74.37.111.90
I planned a camping trip to stumpy meadows lake like I always do around June. Knowing that their will be on and off for thunderstorms I still went up their with Evan. We arrived at stumpy meadow on Wednesday around 6.15pm set up camp then we notice a big black cloud coming toward us at 9.30pm. Boy we surprise with thunder and lightning and hail. It did not discourage us for staying. Thursday started partly cloudy and arrived at the lake at 6.17am caught first fish at 7.45am nice 18inch rainbow then 8.37am wham a nice 3 pound germen brown. All on 3 to four color of lead core with hook and flashers with 4 50/50 blades and a three foot leader. So a total of 6 germen brown and 3 rainbows all 16 to 21 inch long. Friday but started little later at 7am and using same set up 5 rainbow and 3 browns all in the 16 to 19 inch rainbows all were photo and release back unharmed still fishing in 40 to 60 feet of water and 18 to feet down at 1.4 to 1.5 mph. On Saturday arrived at 7am and got off the water at 1pm total of 10 fish 3 rainbows and 7 browns using the same setup but with a twist 2 was caught on downrigger and 2 was caught on long line using a apex in red and yellow at 18 feet with 80 feet of line out on long line was out 180 feet of line in 40 to 60 feet of water. We release 7 and gave 3 to an elderly couple who was watching hooking up. It rained all three days of fish hard at sometime but steady and very cold temps was to upper 30’s to mid 40’s. this was a experince I will never forget for 4 nights 3 days
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: EAST DELTA
Weather: BREEZY PARTLY CLDY 70's
Water_condition: Semi clear to clear at 72.5 *
Date: 06-04-09
Remote Name: 69.238.171.246
THURSDAY JUNE 4th...........................WACKY ZAPPU JIGHEADS..........Mike Booker invited me once again for a day in the East delta for some pure bassing. Instead of using the conventional large baits like the Brushhogs,Beavers, & jumbo Senko's. we would be down sizing with 1/32 oz. jigheads & smaller 5-6 inch worms....WACKY STYLE !!!.....After launching at Kings Island & heading down Disappointment slough we found some fairly breezy conditions, but Mike knowing the area much better than myself found some islands that were semi protected from the delta winds....With the outgoing tide less than half way out, we started off using 6 inch Senko's & within ten minutes, Mike picked up two fish....I didn't get a bump.....After spending about an hour or so in this location and not getting bit....Time to move....We headed south towards Mildred Island and found more protected Islands.....This is when we switched over to lighter zappu jigheads....Mike was looking for water just next to weedline that was less than 12 feet.........with no deep dropoffs......Mike goes on a TEAR!!!! Every cast, he is either catching a fish or getting bit! We are using the same exact set up & I can't seem to find a bite.....After watching Mike pick up 10 fish to my NONE, I brake down & ask for HELP!!! What am I doing wrong? Can't even find a Suicide fish.....Mike explains to me the 1/32 ounce jigheads must be on the bottom & I have been retrieving the bait too quickly lifting the worm & not making contact close to where the fish are.....So, being a good student, I slow down on the retrieve and make sure I am making contact........Just like magic, I can feel the taps, but by the time I get my first hookup...Mike had reached 15 fish....But, I got the monkey off my back.......I caught my first fish of the day......The bad news was it took me the whole tide to learn this new presentation and the bite ended once I picked up this method......So in nutshell: Close to twenty fish for Mike.....One for me.....While we never got a fish over 5 pounds, this is a deadly method that really works well.....Thanks for the instruction and your patience Mike as I will continue to get better on finnese fishing for bass......See ya on the water......Naked...
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lower American ( River)
Weather: Perfect! not to hot..
Water_condition: Very clear at 57 degrees.
Date: 06-02-09
Remote Name: 69.108.1.116
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...........JUNE 2nd........FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.........Tom Ramage joined me on a spare of the moment shad fishing thing.....Got to Disco park around 3:00pm..Noticed lots of boats just at the mouth of the American & main Sacto....and they were doing pretty well catching shad...But, no group fishing for us & you have to use lots of weight to get your jig down....With the releases in the American at 3,500 cfc we wanted to head upstream and try for some stripes throwing Traps if we could make it up by Cal Expo...Taking our time moving up the river,as the water gets pretty shallow in certain locations, we reached Paradise beach....No stripes hitting our Traps, just a couple pretty girls on the beach entertaining us...LONG STORY!! LOL!... Dropped back down by the second bridge and settled down on anchor in 9 feet of water....We used the 1/16 oz curly jigs in chartreuse & red and several split shot to get our baits down....With three other boats also working this area the action was very slow!....From about 4:30 till dark we only picked up 4 shad with Tom getting the only female....a nice 4 pounder....Prime time in this location is usually from about 5:00pm till just before dark and in the past have had 20 - 40 hookups when the bite is on....but, on this evening.....SLOW!!!!...Can't judge the bite with just one outing but I really think the next couple of weeks will produce better as the females work their way through....Thanks for the company Tom....will get them next time out......P.S. Hope this web site stays on line as I have posting the past 5 years!!!....Naked.
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Frank's Tract area
Weather: Breezey
Water_condition: Gettin' clearer
Date: 07-27-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
I took my good friend Mario Alman out to launch at Brannan State Park. We both wanted to try Frank's Tract in May and with a good outgoing tide in the morning and not with too much wind. Well, that's about all we got in Frank's Tract. Nada!! Not one hit in the Tract! Even tried the West Wall! That's twice I've been there this year and nada. In fact there were tons of bass boats out there today. Every time I turned a corner there was a bass boat. We kept saying to each other, "Don't these guys ever work?" No wonder I don't fish weekends! I don't think I'll even fish Wednesdays anymore. Now for the facts! Poor Mario didn't even get a black bass hit all the time we were out there. And that's 7:30am till 2:15! At least he caught a good fighting pike on a spinnerbait. And I caught 3 LMB. 2 - 1 1/2#ers and one 2#er! That even felt like a limit to me. I got those in Old River. Fishing was very very tough. I asked guys on 3 bass boats, "How were they were doin'? And they all had the same answer, "Very tough!" If I don't improve I might have to sign up for a fishing guide service. Good fishin! Jerry Yuke
Name: Hil Felton
Email: WXYZ
Location: Folsom Lake
Weather: great!!
Water_condition: high and clear 74 deg F.
Date: 05-27-09
Remote Name: 66.81.33.121
The Wheels and Reels held its monthly derby at Folsom Lake NOT Folsom puddle. What a pleasant site to see-- water, water clean water! I can't remember the last time I fished it when it was that full. And the new bridge over the river made the trip half as long. The fish bite for me was early and died at 9:00 AM. I hooked seven fish and landed four. Three trout and one salmon. All weighed in slightly over one pound. All four were caught on a golden eye, behind a dodger. at forty feet, going about 1.5 mph. My partner, Dexter Moise, got a donut. Art Sutter was the hero of the derby by catching a salmon weighing just under four pounds. Bob Skinner brought in his second place winner that was a shade under three pounds. And Jim Bennett rounded out the top three with a one pound ten ounce trout. The fourteen participants landed a total of 26 fish. Our next derby is scheduled for June 24 at Lake Berryessa.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: New Melones
Weather: Nice, warm around 11 a.m.
Water_condition: Clear to 5'
Date: 05-26-09
Remote Name: 69.224.151.177
Bill Crooks and I went out for some Kokanee. I left my lucky dog, Spike, home as it was going to be over 90*. It was our first trip to New melons this year. We caught nine Kokanee to 13”, a 3# Rainbow (3-4 3” smelt in its stomach), lost 6-7, had 3-4 hit/no stick. Two concentrations of fish (off Rose Island & the Spillway). We trolled 1.25-1.5 mph, set backs 40’/30’, 70’/50’, 120-340’ water, 45-60’ down on pink RGTs/Watermelon dodger or pink Slingblade, pink UV spinners/Watermelon dodger, a #4 bait holder hook with just corn and Watermelon side-kick dodger. Garlic, Vanilla & Carp Spit corn. I used no gels on my dodgers or downrigger ball, Bill did. 5.5 hours (7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 19 miles, 2 different spots. There were 30-40 other boats on the water today from the Hwy 49 bridge to the South end of the lake, no incidents. Water 74.3-77*, clear to 5’; air 62-90*; sky clear; wind 0-2 (mainly 0) mph. Interesting gear issue came up. I could not turn my downrigger on. Pulled my plug and found one of the male posts broken off. We got it working by crimping the ends of a barrel swivel, sticking it in the female sockets, hooking the cords together, it worked fine. Took it by Sacramento Fisherman’s Warehouse on the way home. They replaced the cord for me as a warranty item. No cost, Fisherman’s Warehouse priceless! Thanks for the company Bill, another great day on the water. P.S. On the way home talked to Pastor Steve. He went to Berryessa for a limit of Kokanee to almost 18”. PPS – It now costs $8 to launch at New Melones, if you launch at Glory Hole the Iron Ranger is in the upper parking lot.
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Not a report..
Weather: Sunny or balmy?
Water_condition: warming up
Date: 05-26-09
Remote Name: 69.108.1.116
TUESDAY MAY 26th...............SORRY!!!! Have been really busy the past three weeks with Sacto Jazz Jubilee.......I am the site manager at the Firehouse Lot & its pretty normal for me to park my Jetcraft in the garage during this period!... With a few days rest, will be back in service soon.... I do need a fishing fix ASAP......As you know, the delta is my passion......Thanks for missing my reports.....Naked......
Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Lake Tahoe, west side
Weather: Clear Sunny
Water_condition: Clear 60' visability
Date: 05-24-09
Remote Name: 71.202.249.104
Went fishing with Capt. Gene, my dad, and 2 other gentlemen. We trolled jerk minnows between 160' and 230'. 4 Macks for 4 anglers. We can't do what we did on the Montauk because our downriggers don't go that deep.
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Snodgrass Slough
Weather: Breeze
Water_condition: Gettin' clearer
Date: 05-23-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
Last Friday I took my good friend Dan Gee out to try Snodgrass Slough. Dan caught a good 3 1/2 #er on his second cast. I thought we were gonna kill them. As usual I was wrong. Dan got another good one about 2 1/2 and 2 other keepers. I only got 2 hits which ended up in 2 keepers. That was a good tide also. Good tides this week for the lower delta! That goes to proove! You never know when it comes to fishing. Good fishin' Jerry Yuke
Name: Doug Hurst
Email: dhurst9060@aol.com
Location: Delta fishing
Weather: n/a
Water_condition: n/a
Date: 05-25-09
Remote Name: 207.200.116.7
To; Bob Harries Bob I and I'm sure many other fisherpersons miss your fishing reports. Have you given up posting your fishing reports or are you busy doing other things? Miss those reports. Thanks for any info. Doug
Name: Got Bait?
Email: dontopen@comcast.net
Location: Lower Delta
Weather: slight breeze
Water_condition: clear
Date: 05-20-09
Remote Name: 71.193.54.127
Stripers must have gone through. Delta was deserted, had the place to myself. Saw less than six boats all day. Lots of undersize on the San Joaquin, one 22 incher on dines. Nada on the Sac. Only saw one troller. Guess gonna have to wait until they come back down.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Berryessa
Weather: It got hot
Water_condition: Clear to 15', 71-80*!
Date: 05-18-09
Remote Name: 69.224.151.177
My lucky dog, Spike, Pastor Steve and I went out for some Kokanee. It was a slow day, again. Two small concentrations of fish, two short bite windows. We caught six Kokanee (17+” & 16” & smaller) and three Rainbows (12-14”), had two hits, no sticks, lost corn hits 6. All trolling in 104-145’ water at 1-1.36 mph, 40-60’ back on RGTs, pink spinners, a few other Kokanee lures, pink and green. 10-47’ on the downrigger. Garlic corn, Kokanee Special gel on the downrigger balls and dodgers. 7 hours (6 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 19 miles, 2 different spots. We stayed away from other boats (30-40 others out today) as much as possible. Water 71-79.8*, clear to 15’; air 62-90*; sky clear; wind 0-2 (mainly 0) mph. Thanks for the company, it was nice seeing you catch all of those fish Steve!
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: Dirty to semi-clear
Date: 05-14-09
Remote Name: 69.224.151.177
Bill Crooks invited me to join him & Ted Fagunes. It was a slow day, for Ted & I. Our main activity was watching Bill bring in the fish. We launched at Sandy Beach (Solano County pass). Bill caught three stripers to 5#, a couple under sized, 2-3 hit/no sticks 7 Lost 6 tails. 6.5 hours (7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., 40 miles, 13 different spots above & below the Rio Vista Bridge shallow trolling 140’ back at 4.5-5 mph in water 6-8’ deep. No concentration of fish. Water 64.6*, semi-clear to dirty; air 50-78*; sky high clouds; wind 10-16 mph. Thanks for the invite, company & catching lesson Bill
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Berryessa
Weather: Beautiful, a little hot
Water_condition: Clear to 14'
Date: 05-12-09
Remote Name: 69.224.150.91
My lucky dog, Spike, and I went out with Nick Garcia and 17 other boats from the SIRS/Jolly Hooker fishing club for some Kokanee/Rainbow Trout. It was a slow day. We caught two Kokanee (17+” & 16”) and two Rainbows (12-14”), had several hits, no sticks. All trolling in 100-145’ water at 1-1.25 mph, 40-140’ back on RGTs, pink spinners, Red & White Dare Devil, worms, a few other Kokanee lures, pink and green. 48’ on the downrigger, 4 colors on the lead core. Garlic corn, Kokanee Special gel on the dodgers. 6.5 hours (7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 24 miles, 2 different spots (Skiers Cove & the upper Narrows). We stayed away from other boats as much as possible. Water 66.5-70*, clear to 15’; air 55-90*; sky clear; wind 0-4 (mainly 0) mph. Thanks for the company, catching the “big” fish Nick!
Name: ROCK " N " PONY
Email: NONE
Location: mouth of 3 mile
Weather: clear
Water_condition: clear
Date: 05-09-09
Remote Name: 75.43.38.85
Fished the high tide and the incoming at the mouth of 3 mile. Jigged Hopkins Shorty for catch and release of over 50 fish. Kept two 5 pounders. Great action from 9-2pm. Hooked about a dozen keepers. Did troll the area around the mouth with yozuri's with only one hookup. Lots of bait in the area.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Outgoing dirty; incoming semi-clear to clear
Date: 05-06-09
Remote Name: 69.224.150.91
My very lucky dog, Spike, and I went out for some stripers. It was a better day for me, not large numbers but good quality. We caught & released 5 stripers (20#, 12#, 11#, 20”, 19”), no undersized, one hit/no stick and lost 2 tails. All shallow trolling in 5-7’ water at 4.5-5 mph 140’ back on shallow running Yo-Zuri (brown/purple, rainbow micro lips). 8 hours (5:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., 61! miles, 19 different spots on the Sac & its sloughs above & below the Rio Vista bridge. We launched at Hogback (37 miles, 47 minutes). We found one small concentration of fish. We fished the end of the - 4.6’ outgoing, slack and most of the incoming +3.5’ tides. We could not stay to fish the last of the incoming/first part of the outgoing tides. We caught all fish within 90 minutes of the start of the incoming tide. Water: 60.5-62.9*. During the outgoing tide it was dirty in most places (I could not see my anti-cavitation plate). It was semi-clear (I could see my anti-cavitation plate, not the prop) to clear (I could see my prop) in most places on the incoming tide. There was lots of surface debris, the water is getting dirty with the water coming down river, out of the feeder streams & creeks. Glad I got out today, water may be too dirty to troll for awhile. Air 55-72. Sky clear. Wind 0-6 (mainly 0) mph.
Name: robert from shell
Email: rainbowtrout@sbcglobal.net
Location: prosser creek res.
Weather: clear
Water_condition: cool
Date: 05-06-09
Remote Name: 74.37.78.118
Yesterday was my father 10 year drowning at prosser creek reservoir and I always try to go up their on May 6. My wife and sister joined me. Arrived at the lake at 2.07pm and fished until 5pm. It looked like the lake was almost filled. There a tree that I like to fished at, next to the lake campgrounds by the creek. I started to use green power bait and rainbow colors. Total of 3 hook ups and three lost 2 hits and 4 bait stealers. It always nice to get up there to fished.
Name: robert from shell
Email: rainbowtrout@sbcglobal.net
Location: prosser creek res.
Weather: clear
Water_condition: cool
Date: 05-06-09
Remote Name: 74.37.78.118
Yesterday was my father 10 year drowning at prosser creek reservoir and I always try to go up their on May 6. My wife and sister joined me. Arrived at the lake at 2.07pm and fished until 5pm. It looked like the lake was almost filled. There a tree that I like to fished at, next to the lake campgrounds by the creek. I started to use green power bait and rainbow colors. Total of 3 hook ups and three lost 2 hits and 4 bait stealers. It always nice to get up there to fished.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Overcast
Water_condition: Clear to semi-clear
Date: 05-04-09
Remote Name: 69.224.150.91
My lucky dog, Spike, and I went out for some stripers. It was a hard day for me. Three hours before my first bite. We caught & released 3 stripers to (10#, 5#, 3#), one undersized and lost 2 tails. All shallow trolling at 4.5-5 mph 140’ back with shallow diving B16 red head. 7 hours (6:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.), 52 miles, 19 different spots on the Sac & its sloughs above & below the Rio Vista bridge. We launched at Hogback. We found one small concentration of fish. We fished the end of the - 3.6’ outgoing, slack and most of the delayed incoming +2.9’ tides. We caught all fish on the incoming tide. Water: 58.9-61.8*, semi-clear (I could see my anti-cavitation plate, not the prop) to clear (I could see my prop); air 55-80; overcast; wind 0-6 (mainly 0) mph.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Clouds to rain
Water_condition: Clear to semi-clear
Date: 05-01-09
Remote Name: 69.224.150.91
A short day to make it up to Spike for not taking him yesterday. We caught & released 4 stripers to 5#, two undersized and lost 4 tails. All shallow trolling at 4.5-5 mph 140’ back with shallow diving Yo-Zuris (chartreuse/black dots & red head). 5 hours (6:00 -11:00 a.m., 40 miles. We launched at Hogback. We fished 5 different spots on the Sac & its sloughs above the Rio Vista bridge. We found one small concentration of fish. We fished the end of the + 2.4’ incoming, slack very first part of the outgoing -4.2’ tides. We caught all fish on the incoming tide. Water: 59.8-61.0*, semi-clear (I could see my anti-cavitation plate, not the prop) to clear (I could see my prop); air 58-62; clouds to light rain; wind 0-2 mph. Headed in early as it started to rain, Spike does not like the rain or water & I had chores. On the way home Spike dries out, warms up tells me all is forgiven.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Clear to semi-clear
Date: 04-30-09
Remote Name: 69.224.150.91
Bill Crooks invited me to join him & Ron Madsen out for a striper trolling outing. I left my lucky dog, Spike, home, upset, as the boat would be a little crowded with four of us. I told him I would make it up to him. We caught 11 stripers (14#, most 3-5#ers), released the largest and seven others, two undersized, one hit/no stick & lost 18-24 tails. All shallow trolling at 4.5-5 mph 140’ back with shallow diving Yo-Zuris (chartreuse/black dots & red head). 7 hours (6:30 a.m. –1:15 p.m.), 40 miles. We launched at Sandy Beach. We fished 11 different spots on the Sac & its sloughs above & below the Rio Vista bridge. We found two concentrations of fish. We fished the end of the + 2.6’ incoming, slack and half of the outgoing -4.6’ tides. We caught 7 fish on the incoming tide. Bill captained the boat all day permitting “hot stick” Ron to catch most of the stripers. Ron brought a great lunch for all of us. Water: 59.8-61.0*, semi-clear (I could see my anti-cavitation plate, not the prop) to clear (I could see my prop); air 58-65*; clear; wind 0-4 mph. Thanks for the invite Bill, a great day with you & Ron. When I got home Spike was really upset & said “You’re taking me out tomorrow or else”!
Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Collins lake
Weather: light wind, nice
Water_condition: clean 60 deg F
Date: 04-29-09
Remote Name: 66.81.45.251
The Wheels and Reels chose Colins as their monthly club outing and found the fishing good. The group was small; but the catch wasn't. Only one fisherman earned the donut award. Tom West and his K-mart special ( a rooster tail looking lure in pink) won top honors with a 4 pound 9 ounce eye popper. My second place fish weighed 2 pounds 12 ounces and was caught on a pink rooster tail. John Holkko rounded out the winners with a 1 pound 13 ounce that nosed out Dan Wolfe's fish by using the balance beam scale. I caught and released fish all day as the bite was on and since my partner cancelled out of going-- had the opportunity to have three doubles.--- and landed 5 of them. If you fish Collins use PINK!! Art Sutter and his partner Tom West had the chef's chore of providing lunch-- good old 8 inch hot dogs. Thanks to you both. Next outing is scheduled at Folsom lake on May 27th. Hil Felton
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: EAST DELTA Including MILDRED ISL
Weather: Cold morning...Mild afternoon..Breezy
Water_condition: Clear to semi clear at 64.6 *
Date: 04-28-09
Remote Name: 69.227.211.228
TUESDAY APRIL 28th....................SMALL BAIT....BIG FISH!........Got a chance to join Mike Booker for a day in the East delta where we could just target Largemouth bass period. After a dismal outing on Sunday in the north delta chasing stripes, I was looking forward to a change of scenery, not to mention this is the time when these big bucket-mouths are lurking in the shallows with the biological urge to spawn......After launching at Kings Island and with the winds blowing around 10-12 knots, I was glad we brought our winter overalls as the wind-chill factor was very cool!....Mike, knowing this area much better tha myself and knowing where the best locations to fish during windy conditions took control and in a short time had us on the electrics on one of the many breaks that are fishable....With the tide in and an outgoing minus tide forecast throughtout the afternoon, we started fishing very close to the brush, thinking the bass would be tight to cover...and they were, as I picked up the first two fish using a weightless 6 inch watermelon/pumpkin Senko....As many times I have fished with Mike, I never have caught 2 fish to his none!!! This was short lived as Mike even the score as we had two apiece...While I was using the bigger baits like the Senko's & Super Brushhogs, Mike was doing the finesse thing using small wacky jigs & 4 1/2 inch worms!! In the late morning, I hit fish numer three....A 4 pounder!!! Once again, this was short lived as Mike picked up 4 fish in a row to my none!!!! but my 4 pounder was still the largest of the day.....Its now late in the afternoon and the big outgoing tide has dropped some 4 feet exposing the muck & weedline....Mike has caught 8 fish to my 4!!! I'm staying with my super BrushHog & Mike goes to a light Drop/shot rig...5 inch worm......With the water way out, we are focusing in front of the weedlines hitting all the pockets & crannies....Its now 5:20pm. and we decide to give it about twenty minutes more before we call it a day........Bang! Mike is hooked up with a MONSTER on his light drop/shot rig...Don't think I have ever seen a bass pull drag like this one with water swirling & repeated jumps! All we are trying to do is back the boat out to deeper water and keep this fish away from the structure & grassline.....We are both hoping the 14 # floracarbon line holds on his light spinning gear with a small drop/shot hook!!! What seened like twenty minutes...but was more like five...Mike guided this very tired bass to the net I was holding.....This female bass went 8 pounds 6 ounces!!!!! After taking many pictures, we were ready to call it a day.....Once again, Mike gave this old striper fisherman a clinic on bass fishing....and a new meaning on finese & the idea that Big baits...Big fish is not always the case........as my big bait only caught a 4 pounder!! LOL.....Thanks for a great day bassing Mike and your theory...NEVER GIVE UP! ...See ya on the water...Naked....
Name: crazy_chriss
Email: crazy_chriss@yahoo
Location: Hwy 70 canyons to Butt lake
Weather: B E A utiul
Water_condition: Clear and cold
Date: 04-25-09
Remote Name: 24.113.247.92
Took my daughter out for the opening of trout season. Would have gone to Bishop and usual, but with the lay=offs, and I'm a single dad it crimped me. So we hit the HWY 70 corridor. Anyway, hit a my 1st spot and we were the only ones there and it was gorgeous! clear water and no one around. Hit the tail out riffles and WHAM! had a big hit, the drag was singing to me and then she surfaced, throwing her head side to side. Then I saw the most heartbreaking thing... my panther martin flying off to the right and the trout going to the left. Pretty good size. Well worked the hole and got to the riffle at the beginning. Casting all over the place working my angles and current and drop time. then WHAM! again, this one had my drag singing to me too. (4 lb test, i have loose drag-sets.) this one was landed and a solid rainbow about 3 lbs! A natural trout that as hard as it was was released back. So I told my daughter there would be plenty more thru the day, don't worry. We left the canyon and worked up the river. Everywhere we went there were people. Sucked! We went up Caribou Rd and had a tri-tip sandwich at the market and found out there was a tournament going on and the camp ground was full. worked all the way up to Butt Lake and alas, no people on the shore. cast in a floating crawler and wham set hook and nothing. after a hour or two, I asked my daughter if she wanted to go to grandma's and she said yes. So I asked to to reel in her pole and after a few cranks she starts screaming at me she"s snagged. The only reason I didn't believer her was her drag was singing to her. she ended up with a 3 lb small-mouth bass!! her 1st. took a couple of pics on the phone and released the egg heavy female. I will return to catch more and will bring out pontoon float tubes and Have fun. I hope you all have a great season!! TIGHT LINES ALL!!
Name: Fishing Ninja
Email: fishon@tighlines.net
Location: in the water
Weather: anywhere w/o wind
Water_condition: wet
Date: 04-27-09
Remote Name: 65.78.173.88
I've been overhearing that they're getting shad everywhere in the Sac from Clarksburg up to Discovery Park. Nothing red hot, mostly small males but if you put in the hours you'll probably get a few. Just gotta put in the hours and find a school. Everyone remember to fish Ninja style: leave no evidence that you were there, including your trash.
Name: MrUncomfortable
Email: Solidadken@gmail.com
Location: Sac/American/Feather
Weather: Fishy
Water_condition: Fishy
Date: 04-27-2009
Remote Name: 192.55.54.37
Anyone have any current reports/feedback on the shad bite? I know they've started to trickle into the system.
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Steamboat,Courtland,Sutter & Minor Sl.
Weather: Breezy & Mild Spring conditions
Water_condition: Outgo- Dirty! Incoming- Semi clear 64*
Date: 04-27-09
Remote Name: 69.227.211.228
SUNDAY, April 26th.........................BIG TIDES & WINDS = DIRTY WATER..........After being off the water for nearly a week, decided to try a Sunday outing with the wife. Knowing we had big outgoing minus tides along with very windy conditions the past 48 hours, took a chance on finding a few fish.....After launching at Hogback, we found the water in lower Steamboat a mess! Clarity, less than a foot!....Tried some shallow trolling below Snug harbor using Yo-Zuries in Charteuse & red & white hoping the fish could see these lures in the murky water! Just one did..A 20 inch spawned out male....Very slow all morning.....decided to search for clearer water and moved up river towards Sutter slough....Same deal, the whole system was discolored on the outgo.....Even tried for smallmouth along the rIp rap which is almost an automatic bite...Nothing! We next shot over to Minor & found the same water conditions..STAINED!! Bottom line was this water wasn't gonna clean up till the tide turned in the afternoon.....Around 2:30pm the current started to relax as the incoming tide pushed back in......Went back to Sutter slough and once again tried some smallie trolling along the same exact location we tried earlier...Instant success! with the clearing water they hit our speed traps just like a summer pattern...This late in the day and being shut out all morning, I didn,t care if it was just smallies, I was catching fish!.....and no monsters, just a couple in the three pound class...with lots of dinks.....Followed Sutter right to the main Sacto above the Courtland bridge and while passing under the bridge, my fishfinder detected a good number of bait balls & scattered bait.....With less than an hour belore darkness, we decided to try a little spooning with 1 oz Hopkins....Bang! we found stripers!...All small fish 12-18 inchers!!!! You would think April 26th...There would be some spawing fish, but nothing was caught larger than these pan size cookie cutters....GO FISH?....We could have continued catching these little guys till the cows came home, but we were running out of time & day light.....Second to last getting out of Hogback with just one rig left in parking lot. The only consistant bite of the day...Mr. Smallmouth.....when the water cleared..(Income ) See ya on the water.....Naked.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: S-cl/dirty due to wind/tides/waves
Date: 04-23-09
Remote Name: 69.237.199.174
Peter Daru invited me out last week for a spring stripers trolling outing on his 20’ Alumaweld. Peter set the date & time & we stuck to it. I left my lucky dog, Spike, home as it appeared that it would be a pretty windy, rough day. We caught 2 stripers (10#, 4#) two undersized & lost 3-4 tails. All shallow trolling at 4.5-5 mph 140’ back with shallow diving Yo-Zuris (chartreuse/black dots). 6.25 hours (7:15 a.m. –1:30 p.m.), 42 miles. We launched at Vieira’s as Peter has his boat there. 10-15 other boats out, little radio traffic on a very windy day, rough day, particularly in the morning (outgoing tide/SW winds 10-20 mph). The boaters that were out all knew how to handle their boats in rough conditions, e.g. 4-5’ rollers at times. As expected it was quite a bit calmer on the incoming tide. We fished 13 different spots on the Sac & its sloughs above & below the Rio Vista bridge. Again, no to only one small concentration of fish. We fished the end of the -4.2’ outgoing, slack and very beginning of the incoming +3.3 tides. We caught all of out fish at the very start of the incoming tide. Water: 64.4-66.4*, semi-clear (I could see my anti-cavitation plate, not the prop) to dirty (I could not see the anti-cavitation plate); air 58-65*; high overcast; wind 6-20+ (mainly 15) mph. Thanks for the invite Peter. Sure glad I left Spike home, it was really rocking & rolling out there today.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Folsom Lake
Weather: 00
Water_condition: 00
Date: 04-22-09
Remote Name: 75.45.123.219
does anyone know where the release spot was after the tournament on Saturday. That area should be red hot!
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Hot by 11:00 a.m.
Water_condition: Clear to semi-clear
Date: 04-21-09
Remote Name: 69.237.199.174
Bill Crooks and I went out with a small group of Jolly Hookers/SIRS for spring stripers. I left my lucky dog, Spike, home due to the heat. We caught 8 stripers (10#, 8#, &# down to 19”) shallow trolling at 4.5-5 mph 140’ back with shallow diving Yo-Zuris (dark, Red Head and Rainbow) and B16s (Rainbow & Pearl). 7 hours (6:00 a.m. –1:00 p.m.), 43 miles. We launched at Brannan. 20-30 other boats out, little radio traffic, a few nets flying, boats turned out. We fished 11 different spots on the Sac & its sloughs above & below the Rio Vista bridge. We fished the end of the -3.3’ outgoing, slack and very beginning of the incoming +2.7 tides. We caught all of out fish on the outgoing tide, the bite shut down on the slack & incoming tides. Water: 63.2-65.6*, clear (I could see my prop) to semi-clear (I could see my anti-cavitation plate, not the prop); air 62-91* (it was very hot out there by 11 a.m.); sky clear; wind 0-3 (mainly 0) mph. Thanks for the company & companionship Bill. Sure glad we left Spike home in the shade by the pool.
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Decker/Sherman Islands
Weather: Very warm
Water_condition: stained
Date: 04-22-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
Yesterday, I took the MVP Baseball Champion Bill Bushey out to throw some old frozen shad into the Sacto River. We didn't get a lot of good bites, but Bill caught a 7lb 4oz striper and 3 keepers. He threw back 2. I ended up with only 2 keepers. Not one fish swallowed the hook and bait. Maybe cuz of my old bait. Hap's never did get any fresh shad from his supplier. We quit at 1pm and beat the traffic. That's it! Good fishin'! Jerry Yuke
Name: mow-mow
Email: noneya.nutup
Location: not on the map
Weather: cool
Water_condition: wet
Date: 04-20-09
Remote Name: 75.48.42.220
Yo wergods, nice report glad to see that people make mistakes,and cop to it but those guys that are in those 50.0000 $ boats are there to make a living! A name for there selfs,and be in there little corner of this Mad, Mad, Mad, world,as you are in yours. Keep up the reports they are glib.. MOW MOW
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Frank's Tract
Weather: Very very warm
Water_condition: semi-clear
Date: 04-19-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
My good friend Chet Young took me out bassin' today. Since we went in his boat we left Sacto at 7 am. However, if we'd have gone in my boat, I'd have left at 5:15 am. I think we would've had a better chance at catching fish during the tale end of the outgoing tide. Especially using buzz baits right off the bat during the sunrise. However, we went in his boat. As it was Chet caught one nice 2lb. 15 ozer and one keeper on a brush hog. And I got skunked. Yes! Skunked! I didn't even get a hit. I threw everything at them. From senkos to swimbaits, and cranks! However, I wasn't surprised. The incoming and outgoing tides moved only 1.4 and 1.6 ft. Horrible tidal movement! It'll be much better next week. Also there were 10,000 bass boats out there fishing for bass. One time, I counted 5 boats withing 300 yards of each other. Forget it! I'm going to throw my anchor out Tues and bait fish for stripers. That's it!! Good fishin' Jerry Yuke
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Folsom Lake
Weather: breezy and warm
Water_condition: clear
Date: 04-18-09
Remote Name: 75.45.99.76
wow, did not know there was going to be a tournament today. There must have been 500 boats there. Started the day off with 1 nice spot about 2lbs, a couple of missed fish and then when moving to another spot, motor kind of sputtered then looked at the gas gauge. !@#$ out of gas. oops. with all our weight to the back was able to get it started back up and load up to get gas. Back out on the water about 1/2 hr later. Could not believe how rude and inconsiderate the tournament boats were. Was fishing a point when a $50,000 boat sped up to me only about 50 feet away, threw 5 times then went full throtle to another spot. Damn near knocked me out of my boat. Supposed to be a 5mph speed limit 100 feet from shore idiots!!!! Then so much boat traffic in the north fork, moved to the south fork in the 5mph area picked up another nice spot was cut off by another $$$$$ bass boat and he had the nuts to tell me to move because he wanted to fish where I was. Finnaly got fed up with the a..holes out there and headed back to trailer the boat. oops bad timming. It was weigh-in time. Took me 30 minutes to get from the boat ramp to the exit of the park. Lesson learned, check for tournaments before I go fishing on the weekend again. But I don't think I could ever fish a tournament because I am a courtious boater.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful, a little wind
Water_condition: Clear to semi-clear
Date: 04-17-09
Remote Name: 69.227.22.65
My lucky dog, Spike, and I went out for a quick trip between tides and before Spring garden chores. We caught 1 20” striper shallow trolling at 4.5-5 mph 140’ back with shallow diving Yo-Zuris (Chartreuse with Black Spots). 3.5 hours (6:20 a.m. –9:45 a.m.), 38 miles. We launched at Hogback. We could not find the fish. 50-60 other boats out, no radio traffic, no nets flying, boats turned out. We fished 14 different spots on the Sac & its sloughs above & below the Rio Vista bridge. We fished the +1.5’ incoming and slack tides. Water: 58.4*, clear (I could see my prop) to semi-clear (I could see my anti-cavitation plate, not the prop); air 46-62*; sky clear; wind 0-12 (mainly 0-4) mph. Next time Spike don’t wake me up on a day I did not plan on going fishing have chores to do!
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: North Delta ( Two Day report )
Weather: Breezy & Mild Spring conditions
Water_condition: semi clear to clear at 59 *
Date: 05-18-09
Remote Name: 69.238.171.153
APRIL 16th,Thursday.......................My wife Sandra joined me for a day of shallow trolling & throwing Traps.......We fished the shoals, Steamboat & Minor slough.....Lost a total of 13 tails with the short strikers!!! Picked up 8 stripes all shallow trolling, largest eight pounds....Best area that produced was the shoals but most fish were in the 3- 5 pound range.....Ran into Ron Retzlaff around mid day, he had a much better day than us with a twenty plus fish count...Still waiting for bigger fish... The 3 pound males are everywhere! Throwing traps only produced two largemouths...2 pounders which we were not targeting.....Don't know why we are getting so many tail stealers this year? been trying slowing our trolling speed down to just under 5 mph... Same results....... FRIDAY April 17th......Joined Tom Ramage (HEAD HUNTER ) in his Tracker thinking maybe his boat had better luck than mine has lately....Another sub-par day with small males once again dominating the bite....Tom did catch one female that went 7 pounds....Again, lots of tails lost with short strikes....Water temps are on the rise again as we are getting back to a warming trend....surface temps reached 62.5 * by mid-day......Better days ahead........Hopefully with an influx of stripes from down below....See ya on the water.....Naked..
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Berryessa
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Clear to 7', 57.4*
Date: 04-16-09
Remote Name: 69.227.22.65
Pastor Steve joined my lucky dog, Spike, and me for the day. We caught 1 14” Kokanee, had 3 long distance releases. A very slow day for us. Saw very few fish on the fish finder. 20-30 other boats out, heard little to know radio traffic, saw very few nets flying. 5 hours (7:45 a.m. –12:45 p.m.), 16 miles. We fished 3 different spots (Big Island, Ranch House, Skiers Cove). Water: 57.7*, clear to 7’; air 36-68*; sky clear; wind 0 mph. Used pink, white, green hootchies, spinners with garlic, anise & krill gels on the downrigger balls, dodgers. Fish/LDRs came at 15-25’ deep. Thanks for the company & companionship Steve, sorry we could not get into more fish.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Clear to semi-clear
Date: 04-14-09
Remote Name: 69.228.104.16
Bill Crooks invited me and my lucky dog, Spike, to join him for a striper outing. We caught 10 legals to 5#, released 6, caught & released 2 undersized, lost 10-12 tails. All were caught shallow trolling at 4.5-5 mph 140’ back with shallow diving Yo-Zuris (Chartreuse with Black Spots & Rainbow). 6 hours (6:45 a.m. –12:45 p.m.), 36 miles. We launched at Hogback. Mark Wilson w/2 put in after us. Two small concentrations of fish. We fished 14 different spots on the Sac & its sloughs above the Rio Vista bridge. We fished the -3.9’ outgoing tide. Water: 58.1-4*, clear (I could see my prop) to semi-clear (I could see my anti-cavitation plate, not the prop); air 46-58*; sky clear to some high clouds; wind 0-12 (mainly 0-4) mph. 10-20 boats on the water. Thanks for the invite & companionship Bill. Great call on the day, weather, heading in as the wind picked up.
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: North Delta
Weather: 72 degrees light wind
Water_condition: slightly stained
Date: 04-13-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
I brought Bill Bushey out to cast for largemouths today, because I heard that a big north wind was gonna blow Tuesday and partly Wednesday. We started fishing about 8:30 am cuz that's approximately when the high tide was gonna start at New Hope Landing on the Mokelumne. Bill caught two before I even got a hit. One keeper and one about 2 1/2#! Then about an hour and a half later I caught a 1 3/4 #er. We got these all on Senkos. Then Bill caught a 3#er on a Rage Tail. He ended up missing a 2#er in the air. You should have seen his face. It was so sad. I told him," Bill! That was only a 2#er. At least it wasn't a 7." And he said, " Yeah I guess you're right." It was 2:30 then, and fishing was pretty slow for us. So I told Bill that we'll start heading back to the dock. We'll just hit a couple of places on the way home. So when I saw this one big stump not quite in the middle of the slough, I turned off my outboard. And threw a good cast to the stump and the wind took it 10 ft to my left. And I felt a light tap. Then I came back to feel something light. I told Bill, " Its just a dinkey!" Then The light started heading out toward the middle of the slough pulling a little of my drag. I had a great struggle with the 4# 12ozer. Then Bill fished the rest of the stump and nothing. That's it! Good fishin" Jerry Yuke
Name: Robert fisherman
Email: @@@@@@@@@@@
Location: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Weather: @@@@
Water_condition: @@@@@@@@
Date: 04-11-09
Remote Name: 76.213.201.217
April 7, 2009 -- AB 1253, the bill introduced by Assembly woman Fuller (Bakersfield) to deregulate and remove all support for the striped bass is still on the agenda to be heard by the Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife Committee. CSPA has sponsored a letter writing campaign to kill the bill in committee and we understand our supporters are having an impact. However, this is no time to slack off. Each and every letter received by the committee is counted as pro or con and the totals are reported on the date of the hearing. We want to make sure that the pile of letters in the pile recommending the bill be killed overwhelms those in the pile recommending its passage. The bill will be heard by committee on April 28th. The committee secretary states to be the most effective we should do the following: Here are the NEW instructions to send your letters to the committee. Send ONE letter to the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee either snail mail or FAX. The committee does NOT want e-mail! The address of the committee is: Assemblymember Jared Huffman, Chair Assembly Committee on Water, Parks & Wildlife 1020 N Street, Suite 160 Sacramento, CA 94249 The fax number is: 916-319-2196 Your letters should be addressed: Re: Opposition to AB 1253 (Fuller) - Striped Bass Chairman Huffman and Members of the Committee
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Steamboat,Shoals,West Bank & Minor.
Weather: NO WINDS! But Showers & Rain....
Water_condition: Semi clear to clear at 59 *
Date: 04-10-09
Remote Name: 71.128.111.173
THURSDAY APRIL 9th......................THE TOP WAS UP...........Brian Arimoto joined me on a WET but very little winds striper hunting day.....Very suprised to see so many fisherman on the water with a 80 percent chance of rain forecast ! While we endured numerous showers all day, don't think we saw any winds stonger than 5 mph? Can't remember the last time I had put up my green canvas top on my Jetcraft, but on this day, it was up!!...Ran into Guy Brown & Ron Retzlaff & like us the catch of the day was the smaller stripes under 10 pounds....We found fish at the West bank, Shoals, Steamboat & finished the day in Minor slough....Worked hard for a total of 9 stripes, eight came on the shallow troll & just one deep trolling...The Trap bite was almost nil, but Brian managed to hook a small 20 incher....Late in the afternoon, we decided to try Minor with the incoming tide....While throwing the swimbaits, we were constantly bumping our baits into large spawing CARP which were all over the waters edge....Both Brain & myself foul hooked two apiece!! The bad news was it took about 10 minutes to bring the fish in to retreive our baits!!! We gave up up throwing the traps and the stripes were not responding anyway....Went upstream a little further & tried some bass fishing...Very slow! I did have a small bass on using a 6 inch Senko, but it threw the worm with one jump!!...Ended the day deep trolling by the rice mill....Brian picked up the largest striper of the whole day.....a 9 pounder!....a very fat male.....with about an hour left before darkness, we headed back to Hogback via the back way in Steamboat....Once again the last boat out!....In a nutshell: another slow day for most anglers....After dropping Brian off at Robert's Shell station on Elk Grove Bld, the skies opened up and dumped hugh amounts of heavy rain all the way to my home in south Sacto.....Ended up with a very WET boat.....LOL......To all my fellow anglers....Have a happy Easter.....Thanks for the company Brian......Naked....
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Overcast, showers, light rain
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 04-09-09
Remote Name: 71.129.80.36
Bill Crooks joined my lucky dog, Spike, and me for a striper outing. We caught 4 legals to 9#, released one, caught & released two undersized, had one hit/no stick and lost 4-6 tails. All were caught shallow trolling at 4.5-5 mph 140’ back with shallow diving Yo-Zuris (Chartreuse with Black Spots). 6 hours (7 a.m. –1 p.m.), 38 miles. One small concentration of fish (Old Sac, Rat Island). We fished 11 different spots on the Sac & its sloughs above the Rio Vista bridge, the -4.2’ outgoing and slack tides (we never saw the “late” +3.5’ incoming). All fish were caught on the outgoing. Water: 59.1*, clear (I could see my prop); air 46-62*; sky overcast, showers & light rain most of the outing; wind 0-2 mph. 10-15 boats on the water for a “rainy” day. Thanks for the company & companionship Bill & helping us get our two rigs out of the 25’ long floating, running with the current log. What was I thinking going between it & the bank! Seen & talked to on the water Ron Retzlaff, Bob Harries.
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Steamboat & SHOALS PERIOD!
Weather: BALMY with light winds
Water_condition: Semi clear to Clear at 61*
Date: 04-07-09
Remote Name: 69.227.210.40
MONDAY APRIL 6th. ........................HIT & MISS !...........Why is it, when the weathers nice the wife wants to join you?? Because they are smarter than us guys..LOL.....Took my lovely wife Sandra out for a day Striper angling....Without a doubt, the warmest day so far this spring...About 15 trailors at Hogback at launch time ( 8:30 am ) With the bottom of the low tide a few hours away, went right to throwing Swimbaits just below Snug Harbor..We found about half a dozen others working this area, mostly shallow trolling....While the Trap bite was not red hot, we managed to pick up 6 fish to 9 pounds, all males....Lots of short strikes...The pattern on this day was to keep reeling slowly while detecting the tick- ticks till the fish loaded up, sometimes, just a few feet from the boat!...Picked up one black bass that went about two pounds...By 10:30 am. the current slackened & the bite went away!... Ran into Guy Brown & his lucky dog just before noon and we both decided to give the shoals a quick try as the tide began moving back in.....Made two passes, both directions for nothing!...Not even a tail wacker!! Returned to Steamboat in the early afternoon ( incoming tide ) and started off with a DOUBLE HOOKUP........more small males....Then just a fish here & there throughout the intire tide.....We could not find concentrated schools as most action was scattered with long periods of NO BITES!!!! No problem locating fish on the fishfinder, but most were suspended with very few close to the bottom.....Ended the day once again throwing traps on the start of the outgo.....No response.....Total fish caught & released...13 stripes & one bass.....All stripes were free flowing (milt) males........Looking forward for the larger females to get involved which should happen soon? We used the Chart/ black spotted Yo-Zuries & Clown color with the famous Tom Ramage tails... LOL....Chartreuse tipped white trick worms.....A beautiful day on the delta and heading home in the dark.......See ya on the water....Naked......
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Clear to semi-clear
Date: 04-06-09
Remote Name: 71.129.80.36
My lucky dog, Spike, and I went out for stripers. We caught & released 4 legals to 9#, two undersized. All were caught shallow trolling at 4.5-5 mph 140’ back with shallow diving Yo-Zuris (Rainbow with a pink tail). 5.5 hours (7 a.m.–12:30 p.m.), 41 miles. We fished the end of the -3.5’ outgoing, slack & first part of the +3.4’ incoming tides. The undersized were caught on the outgoing, legals on the slack and incoming tides. Again, no concentration(s) of fish on the Sac & its sloughs above & below the Rio Vista Bridge. Water: 57.8*, semi-clear to clear; air 46-67*; sky clear; wind 2-7 mph. Saw Bob & Sandy Harries.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Trollable
Date: 04-05-09
Remote Name: 71.129.80.36
My lucky dog, Spike, and I went on a rare Sunday outing for stripers. We caught & released 7 legals to 8#, one undersized. All were caught shallow trolling at 4.5-5 mph 140’ back with shallow diving Yo-Zuris (Char/Blk Spots; Rainbow & B16s (Pearl). 7 hours (6:45 a.m. – 1:40 p.m.), 41 miles. We fished the end of the -2.9’ outgoing, slack & first part of the +3.0’ incoming tides. All of the fish were caught on the slack and incoming tides. Water: 57.8*, semi-clear to clear; air 46-67*; sky clear; wind 2-7 mph. Could not find any concentration(s) of fish, one here, one here on the Sac & its sloughs above & below the Rio Vista Bridge. Saw Barry Canavero, Ron & Char Retzlaff, Rod Bowden, Marcn2 (CSFC), Tom & Mona Ramage.
Name: Leo Castro
Email: Steelhead0n@yahoo.com
Location: North Rio Vista
Weather: Windy- nippy
Water_condition: stained 58 degrees
Date: 04-05-09
Remote Name: 69.62.181.72
Fished Rio Vista Saturday. The weather was windier than anticipated and I did not dress accordingly. I did not warm up till mid morning. On the other hand the fishing was very good, we caught 12 keepers to 8 lbs. and about 20 shakers. Every where the sonar showed fish we caught fish. The lure color was anything in green in the morning and red and white in the afternoon.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Berryessa
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Clear to 7', 57.4*
Date: 03-31-09
Remote Name: 69.111.104.181
My lucky dog, Spike, and I invited Bill Crooks to join us on a Jolly Hookers, SIRS King Salmon, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout trip. We caught 3 Rainbows (14”) and one King (16”). Three on worms on he surface, one on a white hootchie. We had 6-12 hits, no stick on the worms, nothing at 15-30’ on our downrigger rigs. 5.5 hours, 22 miles. Water 56.4*, clear to 7’, very little debris. Air 48-65*. Sky clear. Wind 0-2 mph. 5:30 depart 206 Breckenwood. 6:29 Markley Store (48 miles/59 minutes). We launched at Markley Cove, self certifying boat cleanliness. We trolled the Narrows, Skiers Cove, off the Big Island and Ranch House. 1.0-1.5 mph, surface to 30’ down, worms on the surface, hootchies, RGTs & spinners with corn/anchovy & dodgers (shad gel) OTW. Saw a few fish on the fish finder, not a lot. 12:48 take out gear. 1:00 Sandy Beach. 1:23 depart Sandy Beach. 2:35 arriv8 Markley. 1:30 depart. 2:32 206 Breckenwood (1:02, 48 miles). Thanks for the company Bill, catching the “big one”! PS – Our friend Pastor Steve went to the Delta today and caught 6 legal stripers to 4#!
Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Hog Slough off the Moke
Weather: 72 dgree's with cold breeze
Water_condition: Tea Clear
Date: 03-31-09
Remote Name: 76.217.156.85
Took Hap Hammonds today, launched a Wimpy's, very cool ride to Hog. Threw some fish traps at the entrance to Hog, had one bass on and lost him, no other hits, so began trolling. Trolled over many favorite spots but no joy. No striper bites at all. Saw fish at maybe two locations but couldn't get them to bite. Did not see anyone catch a fish at all, including bass fishermen (black bass). Came back out of Hog and trolled the Moke for a while, nothing, then went on to Beaver Slough. Same results there with fish traps and trolling. Trolled shallow runners and deep runners in both sloughs plus throwing the swim baits and no joy for us at all. Finally gave it up and talked it over at Wimpys with a beer, then headed home. Still a great day just being out there. j.
Name: Leo Castro
Email: Steelhead0n@yahoo.com
Location: The delta- Rio Vista
Weather: Sunny and Warm
Water_condition: 62 degrees with perfect clarity
Date: 03-28-09
Remote Name: 69.62.181.72
Fished on saturday with the family around Rio Vista. The weather and water temp was perfect. But the fishing was not as good, I had my first skunk of the season as we only caught three shakers. Fish where all over the sonar but they were just not bitting. I did manage to get a hook in my finger. I had a three line tangle, so I was taking care of the mess when the kicker catches one of the lines. OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At the time the kicker caught one of the lines I had a lure in my hand. After 45 minutes the hook was removed, back to fishing. Over all it was a great day, I could only see the fishing improving. On a side note: 21 foot North River Trapper for sale $29,000.00 boat is In good condition and it is a fish Magnet!!
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: North Delta ( Two Day report )
Weather: Breezy & Mild Spring conditions
Water_condition: Off colored to semi clear at 58* surface
Date: 03-26-09
Remote Name: 69.229.121.252
TWO DAY REPORT...TUESDAY..24th & WEDS..25th.........The Head Hunter, Tom Ramage joined me on Tuesday as the winds died down enough for some trolling...We found different water conditions.....The cold front that came through over the weekend & windy conditions turned the north delta off colored at best!...What was promising late last week was now a step backwards as the bite really slowed...We fished Steamboat, the shoals, & the West Bank along with about a dozen other boats...Some fish were caught, but the numbers were dismal...We managed just two fish at west bank after three hours of trolling...With the dirtier water, red & white brought the strikes....Went back inside Steamboat in the afternoon ( incoming tide ) and found the water much clearer but the bite was still off as we just picked up one fish shallow trolling.. And, once again drew a blank throwing Traps......Adding insult to injury, I pulled my lower back muscles picking up my electric motor just as we decided to call it a day.....two Aleve & a cold beer, I'm good to go!!.....Just three fish to 6 pounds all day....Thanks for the company Tom...................WEDS..........Joined Mike Booker for another day of fishing giving my boat a rest! ...After launching at Hogback, we found the water much clearer than Tuesday...Mike has a new TOY!...A Lowrance HD 7 fishfinder.....The color & image is unreal!! Makes this Hummingbird guy want to jump ship & purchase one...Headed directly to the Westbank ( outgoing tide ) and joined about half a dozen other boaters shallow trolling.....Made two complete passes from Sandy's Beach to the lower end accross from Decker......NOTHING! same for the other boaters....the further downstream we went, the windier it got....We decided to pick up & head to Minor....(less winds) a try a little Trap throwing and bass fishing.....I had a striper follow my swimbait and hit my trap just as I was pulling it out of the water...he didn't get the hook in his mouth...and that was it throwing swimbaits!!! Switched over to bass stuff...I went with Senko's & Mike went with a weighted Brushhog...Purple....Mike gets a 5 pound fat female bass in less than 4 feet of water!!! After taking a few pictures, we let her go.....Mike gets another one on a swimbait ( smaller) and I struggle to get bit.....Giving up on the stripes & doing a little bass fishing and watching Mike land a five pounder was still fun even though I had a Skunk day.....Hoping, once we get some stable weather the striper bite will rebound? See ya on the water...Naked...
Name: Hil Felton
Email: WXYZ
Location: Lake Amador
Weather: spring like
Water_condition: murky, some debris, 59 deg F
Date: 03-25-09
Remote Name: 66.81.47.59
The Wheels and Reels Fishing Club, sponsored by SIRS 112, fished Amador for their monthly fishing derby. The weather was great, the lunch was great, the ramp was great; but the fishing wasn't great. The bite was slow and light. The fish caught, sixteen altogether, were good looking and all weighed in over two pounds each. This might look good; but eight fishermen got skunked. The winner of our derby was new member Tom West. His first place fish weighed in at a cool 3 lbs 10 oz. My second place 3 lb. 5 oz. cutbow narrowly edged out Dick Jackson's 3 lb. 4 oz third place fish. We had a new category for a "non trout" fish for the first time and Lloyd Willoughby had no competition as his 1 lb 10 oz crappie won the event. The fish today were caught on a number of different set-ups. My partner, Dex Moise caught one on a fire tiger rapala behind blades. I caught two on a white grub behind blades. Some other color grubs were used to catch some also. The main technique was to fish slowly in the top ten feet of water. We had a good time and hope to do the same at Collins when we fish it in April. Hil Felton
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Dirty, semi-clear
Date: 03-24-09
Remote Name: 69.111.104.181
My lucky dog, Spike, and I invited Bill Crooks out for a striped bass outing. We caught 2 4# legals, 1 hit/no stick, lost 10-12 tails. The water has dirtied up. Spent all of the day shallow trolling (both fish were caught on the chartreuse/black spots Yo-Zuri). We trolled the Sac above & below the Rio Vista Bridge. We caught our fish during the last our of the outgoing tide. 6 hours, 42 miles. Water 56.7-58.4*, semi-clear to dirty, very little debris. Air 46-65*. Sky clear. Wind 0-4 mph. We launched at Sandy Beach. A very slow day, 10-15 other boats out there (Pastor Steve & his son, home on spring break). Another beautiful day (except for the dirty water), thanks for the company Bill.
Name: Dan Danger
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Prosser - Truckee
Weather: Cold/Windy/Snowy
Water_condition: 13" soft ice melting fast
Date: 03-21-09
Remote Name: 75.26.20.178
The end of this years Ice Fishing adventures. Shoreline is melting and the ice pack is starting to break up. We got on okay early in the morning and with nine lines in the water we got a total of four fish (three were mine, thank you very much) on crawlers and powerbait. The wind came up and the ice starting getting softer by the minute. We got off the lake at 1245 and finished off another year of ice fishing. Longest season that we have had as far back (25 years) as anyone could remember. Now is Striper Time...
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 03-20-09
Remote Name: 69.111.104.181
My wife volunteered to put in an extra shift at the Cancer Society Thrift Store so I volunteered to go fishing with Bill Crooks when he invited me to join him on a striped bass outing. We caught & released 6 legals to 4#, released 2 undersized, 1 hit/no stick, lost 10-12 tails. Spent all of the day shallow trolling (4 on the chartreuse/black spots, 1 on the clown Yo-Zuri, 1 on the pink/silver B16). 7.5 hours, 42 miles. Water 57.2-58.7*, clear, very little debris. Air 54-75*. Sky clear. Wind 0-4 mph. 5:15 depart 206 Breckenwood. 6:10 Hogback. We launched at Hogback & worked the Sac & its sloughs above & below the Rio Vista Bridge. More boats on the water today. Thanks for the invite Bill & another great outing.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: folsom lake south fork
Weather: BEAUTIFUL light breeze
Water_condition: clearing up about 3-4'vis
Date: 03-20-09
Remote Name: 75.45.101.101
Took out the boat and hit the south fork this afternoon to find some pre-spawn bass. Lots of boats out there. The south fork is around 58degrees. The bite was slow but did manage 2 keepers spots and lost 2. My dad was skunked. Launched at Granite Bay and at a launch where I have not been able to launch since 2-3 years ago. Stage 2 is about level with the water now so no one is launching there. Stage 3 is open with about 8 lanes. Stage 4 is just about ready. Looks as if there is about 3-4 feet underwater.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 03-19-09
Remote Name: 69.111.104.181
My lucky dog, Spike, and I figured it should be time to catch stripers trolling. We caught & released 6 legals to 9+#, released 2 undersized, 2 hit/no stick, lost 6 tails. Spent all of the day shallow trolling (most on the chartreuse/black spots Yo-Zuri, a couple on the pearl B16). 6 hours, 41 miles. Water 57.4*, clear, very little debris. Air 52-68*. Sky overcast to clear. Wind 0-3 mph. We launched at Hogback & spent all of our time on The Sac & its sloughs above & below the Rio Vista bridge. Boy was Spike glad to get back on the water in "good" weather. Saw Bob Harries & Tom Ramage as I was getting ready to leave.
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Steamboat to Sandy's Beach area
Weather: BALMY, SPRING LIKE TEMPS
Water_condition: Semi clear at 57 *
Date: 03-20-09
Remote Name: 69.229.121.252
THURSDAY MARCH 19th.................PEAR TREES ARE BLOOMING!.....Tom Ramage ( AKA The Head Hunter ) joined me for a day Striper hunting in the North delta...Without a doubt, we found the weather the warmest since last Fall as short sleeve shirts were the uniform of the day....Water conditions in this part of the delta were outstanding with great visibility & water temps reaching 58 degrees at the surface. We found scattered schools ( mostly males) from Steamboat, the shoals, the dairy and the Westbank....All our bites came with the shallow troll method using the Chart/ black spot Yo-Zuries & the clown patterns...Tried a little deep trolling but caught nothing in the deeper water.. Saw many other anglers hooking up throughout the morning with one boat bringing in a fairly large stripe in the teens....The incoming tide towards the top and just at the turn seemed to be the best bite period.....Boat traffic was not an issue on this day as we saw less than half a dozen other anglers around the westbank area and we had the Dairy & Shoals to ourselves!...While we didn't find a red hot bite, we manged to pick up 6 stripers to 7 pounds and lost many tails with the short strikers! Steamboat was the least productive as we devoted a few hours throwing swimbaits in the afternoon ( outgoing tide) for nothing...Tom did pick up one Black bass. a two pounder on a 1/2 oz jig with a crawtail.....Summary: It seems this part of the delta could break wide open very soon? With the ideal conditions and getting closer to April.....Look Out!!!! Had a great day with the Head Hunter on a very pleasant day......P.S.....Fireman Jack, Quit your post retirement job! The river calls!! LOL!.....Naked....
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Pardee
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Clear to 14'
Date: 03-17-09
Remote Name: 68.125.109.151
St. Patrick’s Day. I invited Bill Crooks to join me and take his 21’ Willy boat to the Jolly Hookers, SIRS outing. 10-15 boats, 20-30 fishermen. Bill & I were skunked! We weren’t the only ones. We used everything in all the wrong places at all the wrong times. Largest fish caught 2+#. Water 54.8*, clear to 15’. Air 48-65*. Sky overcast to clear. Wind 0-3 mph. Thanks for the company Bill.
Name: robert from shell
Email: gibbs@tooleyoil.com
Location: sitting at work
Weather: clear
Water_condition: perfecto
Date: 03-17-09
Remote Name: 74.37.127.17
That’s a funny question! When my father was alive he uses to put wd-40 on his live worm because he says it keeps them a live longer. One of his favorite lakes was prosser creek. One day we weren’t catching anything that day. Then this older man came to our camp and mention to us about wd-40 on the worm. He claim that it kill the sent of humans. The next day we limit out within 2 hours. After seeing the trail of the oil leave on the water we decided not to use it no more. According to department of fish and game, you can use it only where you could fish with live bait. Believe it or not it is consider a fish attractant.
Name: dan danger
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: eleven characters
Weather: just right
Water_condition: probably fishable
Date: 03-17-09
Remote Name: 75.26.20.178
Without opening a can of worms... some of my friends were discussing Stiper fishing and the discussion turned to the use of WD40 as a fish attractant. this led to the arguement about whether or not it is true or just an "urban legend" and whether or not it is legal. Anyone have any information about this???
Name: Dan Danger
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Prosser - Truckee
Weather: High Clouds/Cold Temps/Windy
Water_condition: Good solid Ice Pack and shoreline
Date: 03-14-09
Remote Name: 75.26.20.178
14 lines in the ice for a total of 17 rainbows. The largest was 15 1/2" and another was 14 1/2", the rest were all 12 to 13 inches. Mixture of catch on Crawlers or Gulp and almost all were about 6 to 8 feet down. Two Big Bald Eagles kept us company all day. Finally Tom broke his bad luck streak and landed three. I got my five fish limit although no big ones this week.
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: The Power Lines-Sacto River
Weather: Windy and cold! About 12 mph!
Water_condition: A bit silty
Date: 03-14-09
Remote Name: 24.7.146.124
Yesterday, I finally I got to go fishing for the first time this year. Yep! You guessed it. I brought my good friend Bill Bushey with me to go after sturgeon. We got to the Power Lines about 7:45am. We picked up a pound of grass shrimp and 6 ghost shrimp at Bob's Bait Box in Isleton. He had everything there but fresh shad. I think I'll try this so-called eel next time. That way I don't have to bait my hooks so often. At 8:30 I hooked a good solid fish. It started stripping my drag a bit. And then I got excited. Then the sturgeon surfaced completely out of the water. I said, "I think that's pretty close." After about 10 minutes we boated the fish and measured him. Was I ever close. It measured 45 1/4." You're right! Just 3/4" too short! So Bill took my pic and I released it back. To make the long story short. Bill caught 3 undersized sturgeon and I caught 6. Bill also caught 1 keeper sized striper and 1 catfish. I caught a 4 1/2 lb striper. We caught those stripers also on grass shrimp. I used some old frozen sardines and didn't even get a bite. I think my sardines scared the stripers away. We quit at 4:30 pm. That's it!
Name: Ron Hamataka
Email: ronhamataka@cs.com
Location: San Pablo Bay
Weather: warm
Water_condition: murky
Date: 03-13-2009
Remote Name: 207.200.116.7
Mike Sprouse and I caught seven stripers all legal kept four seven to nine lbs. let one mama go to maybe have lots of babies. two under size sturgeons , three flounders , one bullhead , one crab and a skate . nice day
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: EAST DELTA Including MILDRED ISL
Weather: Cold morning...Balmy afternoon..60's
Water_condition: Rapidly clearing & fishable at 56.5 *
Date: 03-12-09
Remote Name: 69.237.69.238
WEDS....MARCH 11th......................GLAD SOMEONE DID WELL!........My bass instructor, Mike Booker invited me to join him hunting for PRESPAWN bass in the East delta....My favorite haunts in the north delta are still suffering from dirty water as it always seems the main Sacto river takes much longer to clear after heavy rains....We arrived at Kings Island ramp just as the sun began rising....A cold start for sure as we put on our heavy overalls as I know Mike would be running & gunning much of the day....To my surprise, the water was in great shape in most areas with one to two feet visability! A week ago, it was chocolate!....With a full moon, we had big tides, both outgo & income with lots of water movement....We started off using Pig & Jigs with crawfish tails....Mike gets his first fish of the day, a 3 pounder which inhaled his jig....Nothing for me......Soon, we hit another location searching for warmer water....heading south in an area i have never been, we try this location switching over to finese fishing using Wacky style jigheads ( 6 inch worms) & Wacky drop shots.....We are fishing our baits shallow next to deeper water.....Nothing for me, but Mike gets bit right away! A two pounder!....and loses another......I can't buy a bite!!!!! Its now midday and we have covered some twenty miles....Mike has caught 3 fish and has been bit numerous times....I can't get a bump!! I'm starting to panic as I switch over to Senko's, Brushhogs,Spinnerbaits & soft plastic crawdads....Nothing worked!....Late in the day, Mike get his 4th fish and lost two more....He offers me the same exact 6 inch worm he is using.....NOTHING!!! ...........After covering some 60 miles of Running & Gunning and throwing till my arm was falling off....I couldn't get bit!..While Mike worked hard for his 4 fish, He was getting bit!!...Just one of those days I guess? Another adventure in the delta...Thanks for the bass seminar Mr. Booker... LOL...see ya on the water.....Naked.
Name: Jerry Mullen
Email: JMM0077@aol.com
Location: Lake Camanche
Weather: Sunny
Water_condition: 53
Date: 03-11-09
Remote Name: 207.200.116.5
I haven't posted here in a long while. I managed to get out on the water for some trout trolling today with my co-worker Jackson Felt. It was beautiful day on the water. Fishing was a little slow. We ended up with 5 fish. They were caught from zero to ten feet on size 2 needlefish in the rainbow trout and flo. orange color. The largest fish was a chunky 6 pounder and the rest were just average.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Dirty, lots of debris on incoming
Date: 03-10-09
Remote Name: 69.237.199.124
Pastor Steve Murakami joined me and my normally lucky dog, Spike, for a sturgeon outing. We were skunked! 5 hours, 21 miles. We launched at Belden Landing & fished above & below the bridge. We fished the end of the outgoing (dirty, -4.0’), slack and the first part of the incoming (dirty, lots of debris on the lines, rigs, +4.4’) tides. We tried ghost & grass shrimp, roe, shad, sardine & bull heads, not a bite! We even tied up next to Bill Crooks & Ted Fagunes figuring that if they could see sturgeon on their fish finder we could catch them, not. Even with all the expert advice they gave us and Spike on-board no change in skill or luck. Water 55.4*, dirty; air 46-60*, sky clear; wind 0-4 mph. 30-40 other boats! When we arrived at Belden (8:45) there were 3 empty trailer spaces. When we left at 3 there were 5-6 trailers on the road. A beautiful day on the Delta with a good friend. Thanks for the company Steve.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: WEAREGODS1@ATT.NET
Location: Folsom Lake
Weather: sunny but kind of windy
Water_condition: cloudy but green
Date: 03-10-09
Remote Name: 75.45.123.204
Hit Folsom yesterday for some pre-spawn bass not expecting much. Fished the North Fork. Found bass holding at 12-14 feet and got em with a robo worm fished real slow. That accounted for 5 spots to 2 lbs. Then when the wind died down a bit, wackey rigged a 5"senko which accounted for 2 spots. Then the wind picked back up and tried a reaction bait which accounted for 1 spot and 1 smallmouth. Ended up with 9 bass caught all of legal size. No sublegal fish. Better get your waypoints plotted cause the lake is fillin' fast. Even though the website says stage 1 ramp is open, its underwater and stage 2 is open. There was a trout plant when I got there and they were being harrassed by the trouters itchin' for some fresh planters. They seemed to be catching them on kastmasters.
Name: Dan Danger
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Davis - Portola
Weather: Cold turning nice later
Water_condition: 9" soft ice on 3" hard ice
Date: 03-08-09
Remote Name: 75.26.20.178
One more trip to Lake Davis to see about some BIG ones. It did not disappoint. We had twelve lines in the water for about eight hours for a total of 12 fish on the ice. Numerous bites all day long, some were very soft bites and some were very hard "one hit wonders". Biggest fish was my 17 1/4" Eagle Lake Rainbow. Four others in the 16" to 17" range and numerous throwbacks in the 12" to 13" range. Surprise this week was that almost all of the fish were caught on nightcrawlers instead of powerbait. All of them were caught 6' to 10' down in about 50' of water. The shoreline is starting to get soft and it looks like we will be lucky to get one more week in. Once again I promised to not embarass our one intrepid friend who had numerous bites but just couldn't hook one. Sorry T*M...
Name: James V Netzel
Email: WEAREGODS1@ATT.NET
Location: Crockett-Morning Star
Weather: cold in the morning, then T-shirts by afternoon
Water_condition: nice and muddy
Date: 03-05-09
Remote Name: 75.45.124.25
Outstanding day on the Morning Star today. Fished the outgoing tide all day. Boat ended up with 3 keeper sturgeon, 60", 57", 54", and a huge oversize that was over 7 feet long by the captains measurments. The oversize took 2 guys 45 mins to be able to get to leader. 2 undersized sturgeon at 40" each. Also 10 keeper sized stripers and a flounder. Only 1 bullhead was caught and some small stripers. The bite today was on ghost shrimp and ghost/grass shrimp combos. Stayed within eyesight of bridge all day. Honey hole was the...., well the captain might not want me to say and I want to go again. Great day, I had one undersized sturgeon at 40" and my dad had the 60" sturgeon, a striper, and a flounder.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Rainy & windy
Water_condition: Semi-clear, 53*
Date: 03-03-09
Remote Name: 69.111.105.243
Bill Crooks invited me and Pastor Steve Murakami out for a local striped bass outing in the Port of Sacramento. We caught 2 legals to 6#. The fish were caught deep trolling in 35-39’ of water between the fertilizer and cement plants using a 2-3 oz banana weight, spreader, Pearl broken-back Rebel or Chartreuse deep running Yo-Zuri on top, 2-3 oz hair raiser on the bottom both with shad or garlic gel. One fish on the Rebel, one on the Yo-Zuri. 80-150’ back at 2.0 mph. All fish were caught trolling against the outgoing tide. 4 hours (7:00-1100), 15 miles. We launched at the Washington Outboard Club. We fished the end of the incoming (semi-clear, +4.5’), slack and an hour or two of the outgoing (semi-clear, -5.4’) tides. Water 52.8-53.2*, semi-clear, very little debris; air 50*, sky partial overcast to heavy rain; wind 0-20 mph. No other boats. We were caught by heavy rain & my “rain resistant” gear was not “water proof”. If we had stayed longer we probably would have caught more fish & I would have gotten a cold. Still a good day with two good friends. Bill’s quote of the day “We don’t need no stinking top”.
Name: robert from shell
Email: rainbowtrout@sbcglobal.net
Location: lake pardee
Weather: clear
Water_condition: clear
Date: 02-27-09
Remote Name: 74.37.127.17
was to meet me at my shell gas station in Elk-Grove off of I-5 and Elk-grove Blvd. Evan showed up at 4.45am and still waiting for Chris by 5.15 decided to leave Chris at no show no go. Arrive at the lake at 6.am to my surprise only one other boat on the water. We set the downriggers at 10 and 15 feet and 115 feet on the side planners with a small fire tiger rebel one side and an orange and brown on the other side first hook up with 10 min. after putting the planners out. After two passes nothing happen. After heading up river had hook up with 10 to 12 inch trout nothing wroth keeping. We decided to try everything I have ended up with a 2 pound rainbow and the first cove to your right at 45 feet of water and 17 feet down on the downrigger. Had an awesome time with a great friend and most of all thanks Tom for letting me use your extra downrigger
Name: Clampinator
Email: Clampinator@hotmail.com
Location: Rio Vista Delta
Weather: Overcast
Water_condition: Stained
Date: 03-02-2009
Remote Name: 69.19.14.34
Friday 2-28-09. No boat running so fished off the dock, near Lindsay Slough. Fished outgoing for nothing not even a cat. Incoming turned around and bite turned on. Slow but got 1 keeper Striper and 3 shakers with some cats to boot. Slow day but catching is catching after all. Used frozen shad in 12 feet of water. Very weak tide. Some debris. Cant wait for the spring striper to pick up. Tight lines to ya
Name: Dan Danger
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Davis - Portola
Weather: Nice day til afternoon clouds
Water_condition: 12" good solid ice
Date: 02-28-09
Remote Name: 75.26.20.178
Six of us made the trip to Lake Davis. Twelve lines in the ice for about 7 hours got us a total of 8 fish. All but one was caught in the 8 to 10 foot range, the other was about 18' down in 27' of water. Six of the fish were caught on Powerbait, two were caught by the "jigger". Numerous other bites and "fish on" but I promised not to "dime out" my friend that lost FOUR fish that were actually on his line. Better luck next time T*M. Five of the fish were 15' to 17" inches and big and fat Eagle Lake Rainbows.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta, Collinsville Area
Weather: Nice, windy early
Water_condition: Dirty, small debris on the outgo
Date: 02-27-09
Remote Name: 69.111.105.243
Pastor Steve Murakami was nice enough to invite me out for a sturgeon and striped bass outing. Steve picked the right day, weather was fine, a little windy early, nice most of the day. We caught 1 undersized (30”) sturgeon & 2 undersized stripers (16”, 12”), all on grass/ghost shrimp or frozen shad. Steve had lot’s of junk bites. I had very few bites or takes. We launched at Lower Sherman Island. We slow trolled dirty water deep early for an hour for nothing, 5 other boats in the area, same results. We then anchored downriver of Sherman in 28’ of water. Lots of trailers in the lot, boats on the water. Very little radio traffic, few shouts or hollers. Two of the fish were caught during the outgoing (lots of small debris in the water, on the lines) tide, one on the weak, late, a 2 hour late, turn around slack and incoming tides. 7 hours (8:00-3:00), 20 miles. We fished the end of the outgoing (dirty, -3.3’), slack and an hour of the incoming (dirty, +2.8’) tides. Water 53.6-54.5*, dirty, lots of small debris on the outgoing, very little on the incoming; air 42-59*, sky clear; wind 8-6-0 mph. 15-20 other boats out. Steve & I have had a great day though the catching was not that great. Thanks for the invite and companionship Steve.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta, Collinsville Area
Weather: Beautiful, a little wind early
Water_condition: Dirty, debris on the outgoing, 51*
Date: 02-27-09
Remote Name: 69.111.105.243
Pastor Steve Murakami was nice enough to invite me out for a sturgeon and striped bass outing. Steve picked the right day, weather was fine, a little windy early, nice most of the day. We caught 1 undersized (30”) sturgeon & 2 undersized stripers (16”, 12”), all on grass/ghost shrimp or frozen shad. Steve had lot’s of junk bites. I had very few bites or takes. We launched at Lower Sherman Island. We slow trolled dirty water deep early for an hour for nothing, 5 other boats in the area, same results. We then anchored downriver of Sherman in 28’ of water. Lots of trailers in the lot, boats on the water. Very little radio traffic, few shouts or hollers. Two of the fish were caught during the outgoing (lots of small debris in the water, on the lines) tide, one on the weak, late, a 2 hour late, turn around slack and incoming tides. 7 hours (8:00-3:00), 20 miles. We fished the end of the outgoing (dirty, -3.3’), slack and an hour of the incoming (dirty, +2.8’) tides. Water 53.6-54.5*, dirty, lots of small debris on the outgoing, very little on the incoming; air 42-59*, sky clear; wind 8-6-0 mph. 15-20 other boats out. Steve & I have had a great day though the catching was not that great. Thanks for the invite and companionship Steve.
Name: gabeefishing
Email: gesteves@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sac
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 03-26-09
Remote Name: 75.42.83.49
Hey Guy Brown! Try changing your jig to the short leader and the Yozuri to the long one. I've been fishing the Port for over 30 years and hardly ever have a problem getting my limit. Good luck.
Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Lake Pardee
Weather: Great!
Water_condition: Clean , Plentiful 50 Deg F
Date: 02-25-09
Remote Name: 66.81.32.28
The Wheels and Reels Fishing Club fished Pardee for its Feb Derby. A dozen fishermen started at daybreak with rain gear aboard hoping for a break in the weather. Well we got it - no rain- no wind. The bite was slow to start with, as my partner Dexter Moise, and I trolled for two hours without a fish. Then I caught four in a short time. The largest being a 3 lb. 15 ounce trout that won derby honors for the largest fish. All four of mine were caught on a trout colored EXCEL lure behind a sling blade. I was out two colors of lead core line. Dexter couldn't get hooked-up so he got skunked. Others with success were John Frantz second place ( 2 lbs.5 oz.) and Lloyd Willoughby a trout just under a pound for third place. They caught 8 fish , all with night crawlers and blades near the surface. Lots of water-- we will consider it for another derby later this year. Our next Derby is scheduled for Amador in March. Hil Felton
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Dirty to semi-clear
Date: 02-24-09
Remote Name: 71.136.181.127
Bill Crooks was nice enough to invite me out for a local striped bass outing in the Port of Sacramento. We caught 3 legals to 6#, released one. We slow trolled week old mud suckers (live & dead) for one take, no hook-ups. All 3 legals were caught deep trolling in 35-39’ of water between the fertilizer and cement plants using a 2-3 oz banana weight, spreader, Chartreuse deep running Yo-Zuri on top, 2-3 oz hair raiser on the bottom both with shad or garlic gel. One fish on the Yo-Zuri, two on the hair raisers. 80-150’ back at 2.0 mph. All 3 fish were caught trolling with the incoming current. 7 hours (7:00-2:00), 15 miles. We launched at the Washington Outboard Club. We fished the end of the outgoing (dirty, -4.3’), slack and most of the incoming (semi-clear, +4.9’) tides. Water 51.1-54.2*, dirty to semi-clear, very little debris; air 52-65*, sky partial overcast to clear; wind 0-5 mph. 5-6 other boats out, a few other legals caught to 5-6# trolling deep. Bill & I have had a hard time patterning the Port as a place to catch Striped Bass, today was our best day thus far.
Name: Dan Danger
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Prosser - Truckee
Weather: Beautiful til Noon
Water_condition: 14" good ice
Date: 02-21-09
Remote Name: 75.26.20.178
Decided to go back to Prosser for another day of Ice Fishing. Great Ice Pack and the snow around the lake is about 2' but firmly packed down by the snowmobilers. Fishing was slow but steady throughout the day with a total of 12 fish for 10 lines in the water for six hours. Same thing as usual, nightcrawlers and green power bait. No size to the catch for this trip. All the fish were about 13" but very nice color to them all.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: folsom lake
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 02-22-09
Remote Name: 75.45.124.5
does anyone know what water elevation folsom lake needs to lift the 5mph restriction?
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sherman Island area below light 7
Weather: Mostly sunny with light breezes
Water_condition: Slighty stained to semi clear at 49 *
Date: 02-20-09
Remote Name: 69.230.119.130
THURSDAY FEB. 19th.............................SYLVIA TO THE RESCUE........Tom Ramaged joined me for a day of Sturgeon fishing once again returning to the flats just between light 7 & light 5....While we had frozen shad & salmon roe balls & grass shrimp, the only place we could locate some GHOST SHRIMP was at VIEIRA'S.....and Sylvia just gave us the shrimp as most were D. O. A......Smelly etc.....I offered Sylvia some money, she wouldn't except it!....On the way down from Sacramento, we took the river road and found the main Sacto about seven feet higher & stained......but, had little effect in the big water below Rio Vista as it remained semi clear......After launching at Sherman Island County ramp, we found our regular spot below light 7 and anchored in 27 feet of water....We would be working a weak incoming tide till around noon...Both Tom & myself started off using the smelly ghost shrimp tipped with the grass shrimp....I guess the idea was to use it up as soon as possible as the whole boat was stinking! LOL....Within 5 minutes, Tom's rod is rocking!! Not pumping, but ROCKING!! Tom stands up & hits the rod...A solid hookup...This fish is not a jumper and the fight is close to the boat with no long runs....Just one inch short at 45 inches!!....Took a picture, then released him.....Using shad, Toms next fish is a 8 pound striper...Perfect lip shot as it was easy to release....Soon, we are losing the tide and the wind has us sideways for about half an hour.....Just after the turn around and with the wind behind us a huge Sturge fires out of the water just 10 feet to our left!!! We must be in the right place? And not long after the first jumper another jumper on the right side of the boat....We are now getting line rubs as the fish are swimming into our braided lines....Both of us are now changing baits going to roe balls to shad filets tipped with eel....I caught my first fish of the day...An undersized striper!! while Tom is still getting pumps but no hookups....Very little junk bites all day, not even using the roe...Heard a lot of commotion just behind us as sea gulls were flying just off the surface and we see a sealion tearing up a very silver salmon!! Another one bites the dust!! Its now about two hours into the outgo and the bites are far between....I decide the roe balls are not working and went back to the even smellier Ghost shrimp....Soon, my rod tip is showing signs of a slight pull...I pick it up and feel the classic pumping action...I put all my 170 pounds of body weight and hit the rod with everything I had.....I felt the hook connect but it didn't seem solid!!!!Within 30 seconds this fish ran upstream and was almost passing my anchor line!! The drag on my Calcutta 400 was screaming, then it just came unbuttoned......What a rush!!! All this happened within about one minute....And gone!!! You wait all day for this kind of bite and this time the fish wins.....Oh well, thats fishing....We stayed till almost dark hoping for another hook up but on this day, it was over...The top bait of the day had to be the Dead smelly Ghostshrimp as they passed over the juicy fresh roe balls and fresh grass shrimp.....Go fish ? Another fun adventure in the delta with good company....See ya on the water........Naked.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Fishable
Date: 02-18-09
Remote Name: 69.106.74.55
Bill Crooks invited me out for a local striped bass outing in the Port of Sacramento. We caught and released one 18” striped bass trolling a Chartreuse deep running Yo-Zuri 105’ back at 2.5 mph. We had 3 brief takes on mud suckers, no hook-ups. A very slow day. 7+ hours (7:30-1:45), 15 miles. We launched at the Washington Outboard Club and slow trolled or drifted mud suckers most of the day, deep trolled 1-2 hours. We fished the end of the outgoing (-1.2’), all of the incoming (+1.8’) tides. Water 48.9*, dirty to semi-clear, very little debris; air 42-68*, sky overcast to clear; wind 0-2 mph. 8-10 other boats out, a few legals caught to 5-6# drifting live bait, trolling deep. I have not patterned the Port as a place to catch Striped Bass, may be a tough nut to crack. Thanks for the invite & outing Bill.
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Watching the rain fall at home
Weather: STORMY & I like it
Water_condition: Rising slowly
Date: 02-16-09
Remote Name: 69.230.119.130
TUESDAY FEB.16th..........................ITS A START!!!!....Went to Broadway Bait yesterday morning and had Peter replace a tip on my Lamiglas swimbait rod which I damaged using braided line last week....Peter is an ICON at this baitshop and is always friendly and quick to serve us die hard fisherman.....Guess I missed Mark Wilson by a few minutes as this is Marks watering hole on the rare days he is not working the delta...Lots of important fishing information has been shared on the front sidewalk & parking lot through out the many years. Better than any computer report as you hear info from the horse,s mouth.......Like, the old days before cell phones & PC's....Happy getting my rod fixed, I shot down to Miller Park & checked out the river....Just eyeballing it, it looked as if the water was up about three feet! and without a doubt discolored....Just know, all the big reservoirs upstream are holding all the water they can & not releasing anything so I'm thinking this rise on the river is from small canals, creeks & storm drains etc....With this current system moving out late Tuesday & getting a short break Weds thru Friday, the forecast is more rain/showers over this coming weekend...Just when the trolling bite was getting started in the north delta last week with the great water conditions & water temps flirting in the low 50's....It,s gonna be back to bait fishing 101...And, I'm happy as hell!! And, I know I'm speaking for most fisherman including all the guides that depend on good water quality during the long dry months ahead....LET IT RAIN & hope this wet pattern runs right into March....Got about 4 pounds of salmon roe left and just know Mr. Sturgeon is waiting for a piece of it...See ya on the water...Naked...
Name: Dan Danger
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Boca Resevoir
Weather: Cold, Snowy, Windy, Sucky
Water_condition: 12" of good ice
Date: 02-14-09
Remote Name: 75.26.20.178
Boca SUCKS, 10 lines in the water for about 7 hours got us two fish. Mine about 13" rainbow 8' down. Tom kicked ass with a big 17 1/2" German Brown for biggest. mine on Gulp powerbait 10' down, Tom on a Crawler 3' down. One other bite all day... Do I really need to say more?
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: North Delta ( OLD RIVER & Steamboat)
Weather: Cold Morning & staying cool all day
Water_condition: Still Semi clear at 50 degrees
Date: 02-12-09
Remote Name: 71.128.108.118
THURSDAY FEB 12th...........................GONNA CHANGE SOON ?.........Another window between cold fronts as Mike Booker joined me with the idea that it won't be long till we see a change in water clarity......A series of pretty strong weather systems are lurking just off the pacific coast promising much needed rain & snow which should muddy up the delta which is normal for this time of the year.....The report: Launched at Hogback at about 7:00am. finding cloudy conditions and a light northly winds which kept us in our winter gear much of the day....We worked an outgoing tide which would bottom out around noon & much of the incoming tide that would take us into darkness....Tried shallow trolling & throwing traps in the lower Steamboat section for more than two hours without results! Water temps were still in the 50 degree range & water clarity outstanding...Next we moved to the Old Sac River mouth around the corner and found the shallow water on the east side....One tail stealer, no hookups!....Ok, we hit the shoals next and made about 4 passes....A few more tail takers & zero hookups!!! Whats with the short strikes? We decided to try the Old Sac mouth one more time and as we head that direction my Hummingbird is showing lots of echos just off the drop offs in 12- 18 feet!...We also see a couple of guys in a bass boat working this area jigging.....and throwing traps.....They are getting fish!...We drop our lines back in the water using the Yo-Zuries and Mike hooks up as he is letting his line out!!! Nice 6 pounder.. then gets another one in less than two minutes....Meanwhile the guys in the bass boat are getting bit on a regular basis throwing traps....No brainer here..as we pick up our lines and joined them throwing traps......I get my first fish of the day...second cast!....And for some reason the action just stopped for both boats? Might have been a quick burst of bites as we were just at the turn of the low tide? Returned to Steamboat and resumed trolling....Not much happening.. Decided to run down to Minor while the tide was still out & try some trap throwing.....Mike gets the first fish, a fiesty 8 pounder....a little later I get a 10 pounder...That was it as we stayed with throwing the baits for about an hour.....We next hit the DWC on the fast incoming tide once again shallow trolling....While the water looked fishy....NOTHING...not a bump....Its now late in the afternoon and decided to finish off the day closer to Hogback and returned to Steamboat....One more short strike shallow trolling and another lost tail....Getting close to dark we ended the day once again throwing Traps....No stripes but both of us got one largemouth apiece.....Eleven hours of fishing for 7 stripers & two black bass.....Better than getting skunked right? For the record, we found the average water temps right at the 50 degree mark with a few locations up to 51 degrees...Hello to Guy brown who has been out of commission recovering from surgery...and who will be back on the water very soon....Bring on the rains!!! see ya on the water....and thanks for the good company Mr. Booker..........Naked.....
Name: Big Al an Old steelheader
Email: Bigalsfishn1@sbcglobal.net
Location: Russian River
Weather: Clear to Heavy Rain at times
Water_condition: Low and clear 7 until rain colors it
Date: 02-12-09
Remote Name: 69.106.74.186
I've been fishing the river for the past 2 months 2 days weekly with some success as of last 3 weeks. The water was low and clear and the fish were holding in the lower reaches of the river and the best method was fly fishing. I was fortunate enough to catch a 10 pound hen for roe at the start of my trips as Steelhead roe is the best here. These fish are only 10 to 15 miles from the ocean and in no way compare to their American River relatives that usually arrive with dark suntans and pink gill plates. I have been fortunate to have caught and released some wild fish that have earned their status as wild. After all 45 years of fishing these fish at 58 years old I still feel that adrenaline rush when hooking these fish. There have been days I found myself alone in my favorite spots. I have great friends that have lived on or near the North Coast streams that keep me informed of water conditions on a daily basis and for that I am very thankful. The limit is 2 hatchery fish and release of all wild fish. Hopefully this recent rain will help the fishing. It has been slower than last year due to low water and smaller pods of fish working their way up river. The fish get pounded by anglers and get line shy. The last 2 days I used 8 lb flourocarbon to catch a 10lb hen and a 6 lb hen. Both chrome bright and full of fight. I fished next to a young man who has the art of flyfishing down to a science and caught 2 - 11 or 12 pound hens within an hour next to me. What a thrill to watch. I hooked a 15 pounder on a fly and he snaped me off in a second or 3 when he jumped 4ft doing cartwheels. I needed to sit awhile to recover from that and I am still thinking about it. This was a 2 month report sorry it took so long. The coming storms will blow out the rivers for at least a week. Good luck and see you on the river, Big Al
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: North Delta ( Mainly Steamboat & shoals )
Weather: Partly cloudy with light breezes
Water_condition: SWEET! semi clear at 51 degrees
Date: 02-10-09
Remote Name: 71.128.108.118
MONDAY FEB 9th..........................NOT TOO BAD!..............With a full moon & jumbo tides.....+6.8 high......-1 ft low....really didn't expect much action as the good part of the day was fishing the big income.....With the recent rain showers, not enough precipitation to make a dent in water conditions...Found the water temps a degree warmer than last Weds & water clarity the same.....Very fishy!!......Here's the report...............Had Mike Booker ( Bass man ) with me as we launched at Hogback getting a late start.....While the weather people were calling for a 50% chance of showers, we didn't get a drop and the winds were on the light side, less than 10 mph....Just about 10:00am. the tide started to come back in as we began shallow trolling the lower section of Steamboat....Not much action, as we got a few tail stealers and hooked one small schoolie.....I wanted to try the shoals before the tide filled back in as I always do terrible in that area on the flood stage!....On the way to the shoals, we tried the East side of the Old Sac River finding the 6- 8 foot water....Bang! I hooked up & when Mike was reeling in, he hooks up....A double!....Made a few more passes but just got another tail stealer!....Not staying long, we made it downstream to the shoals and picked up 3 or 4 more fish with many short strikes and lost another 4 tails!!! We were the ONLY boat working the shoals except one bass boat who was doing his thing working the shoreline...Broke off for a short time & tried two passes a little further downstream at the Dairy....Nothing there!....Returned to the shoals and got two more and once again Mike got bit reeling in but lost this one.....And again, lost another 3 tails!!!! with short strikers...Glad I had a good surplus of trick tails!! Returned to Steamboat to finish off the day which would take us right to the top of the tide...( 4:00pm.) and give us an hour or so to fish the turn....Picked up another 3 fish shallow trolling bringing our total to 10 stripes all released with the largest going just nine pounds.....These fish didn't come easy, as we worked hard and covered lots of ground trolling and losing a dozen tails!! The Clown & Chart/ black Yo-zuries were the only colors used...Just before dark, we tried throwing swimbaits but on this day, the stripes were not interested....But, Mike manages to catch a 2 pound bass...In a nutshell: The stripes were much less aggressive on this large incoming tide compared to last week when they went on a tear with the strong outgo....And the trap bite was non existing...with just a stray bass caught...Still looking for a major rainstorm to blow out this river as we still need lots of rain... I would gladly give up this early trolling for about 10 inches of this wet stuff.....Thanks for the company Mike, and the next time your at the Warehouse, pick up some Trick worms!! !LOL....See ya on the water,,,Naked.
Name: raymond mccullough
Email: colfaxsarge@yahoo.com
Location: knights landing
Weather: clear weather
Water_condition: muddy
Date: 02-09-2009
Remote Name: 66.81.172.102
thomas arant caught a 5ft 59 pound sturgeon at knights landing early in the morning using eel for bait. this was his first legal sturgeon of his life so you can imagine this was quite experience when it took him 45 minutes to land the fish using 100 lb test line from the bank.
Name: slough hog
Email: devin61699@yahoo.com
Location: linsey slough area
Weather: clear some clouds
Water_condition: dirty
Date: 02-07-09
Remote Name: 71.198.51.88
while trying to fish for sturgeon nothing happen. saw some fish moving on the surface decided what the heck throw some fish traps for about 1hr none stop striper bite fish were everywhere caught one 15#r and dad lost a big one at the boat ended with 3 fish caught about 15fish great day
Name: robert from shell
Email: rainbowtrout@sbcglobal.net
Location: lake pardee
Weather: cool
Water_condition: clear
Date: 02-07-09
Remote Name: 74.37.127.17
The last time I took out my boat it was in late in November, not realizing that I normally change to smaller prop when I trout fish. My assistant manager Kari talked me into taking her and Evan out on opening day at Pardee. We arrived at 6am and it took about 1 ½ to launch the boat. I decided to head towards the river mouth to try for kokanee and holdovers. With a speed of 1.9 to 1.7, put out 2 long lines with repelas with orange on one and green and white on the other. With 7 hours of trolling and 4 lines out manage to get 2 17 inch Kokanee and 4 19 to 20 inch holdovers rainbows. It was Kari first time netting a fish and she hit one in the head and she still manages to net her first fish. We was using a white hoochie and blades and a dodger and worm. All fish was caught in 45 feet of water at 20 feet down on downrigger and at 3 colors of leadcore line. We lost 4 at the boat and 5 misses.
Name: Dan Danger
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Frenchman's - Lunker Cove
Weather: Cold, Windy, Snowing
Water_condition: 8" to 9" Ice
Date: 02-09-09
Remote Name: 75.26.20.178
Decided to give Frenchman's a try this weekend. Five of us with ten lines in the water for about six hours. Total of 10 fish landed, seven by me (Thank You very much). Kept a limit of very nice 16" and 17" Eagle Lake Rainbows. All of the fish were nice, although not as fat as the ones over in Lake Davis. The fish were all over the water table. We were fishing in 40+ feet of water and most of the fish caught were in the 15 to 20 foot range. Crawlers and green power bait were the ticket with the "jigger" catching one on his lure. It was a litte uncertain when we got to the lake. There is open water out in the middle of the lake and the ice at the dam did not look that good. The drive around the West side of the lake to Lunker Cove (up at the North end of the lake) was fine with easy access. The entire North end of the lake is frozen solid and there were three other groups out there fishing as well. If you go, pay attention to the ice because with the open water the ice cracks have room to expand and open up. Be careful...
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: North Delta ( Mainly Steamboat & shoals )
Weather: Partly cloudy with light breezes
Water_condition: Clear to Semi clear at 51 *
Date: 02-05-09
Remote Name: 71.128.108.118
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 4th......................WHEN EVERYTHING GOES WELL.........Launched at Hogback around 8:00am. Looking at my trusty TIDELOG, I still had a few hours till the top of the large incoming tide, a + 6.2 followed by a - 0.1.......Being excited with the water conditions and fishing solo, I could work at my own pace either shallow trolling or with the right conditions, throwing traps!! I found the lower section of Steamboat as sweet as it gets with great visibility and temps in the 50's and not a sole around the whole morning! Started off using several Yo-zuries trying to find the color pattern they wanted. Once again, the Chart/ black with the white zoom tail was the best producer followed by the clown.....A slow start all morning with just 2 fish caught and short strikes ripping my tails off.. Things quickly changed on the tide turn as I found fish every 100 yards or so... Most of these fish were cookie cutters between 4 & 6 pounders! And with just one rod out plenty of action to keep me busy....I know the rule, don't leave fish to find others, but on this day I really wanted to try the Shoals and it only takes a few minutes to get there....Same deal going on in this area as I picked up where I left off in Steamboat....and no other boats around! Trolled the shoals for about 2 hours for some really decent action....No size, but steady bites!! with numerous tails lost!....I'm now up to 21 fish, all released...Not bad for early Feb.....Returned to Steamboat to try some Trap throwing...The tide is really moving out with lots of current....I caught the first fish in less than 5 casts!! The strange thing was the bite...Normally, I let them tap and continue reeling till they load up...Not on this day! So, I set the hook on the first tap and that was the ticket!! Found fish as deep as 8 feet and as shallow as two feet...Most were just next to the rip rap and others were hanging in the mud flats...My largest brought to the boat was about ten pounds but lost a few that had to be bigger!..Color didn't matter as I used traps from white to dark purple...All worked!...Drifting & throwing till almost dark I boated 16 stripes and lost many...I FELT LIKE BOBBY BARRACK in the late afternoon....Everything worked! See ya on the water......Naked....
Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Port of Sacto
Weather: cool AM- very nice day
Water_condition: clean
Date: 02-03-09
Remote Name: 66.81.47.156
Fished the Port with fishing partner Dexter Moise on Tues. We landed one shaker and three schoolie stripers in the 2-3 lb range. I used a spreader with a weighted jig- rebel combo to catch several. Dex used a stick rebel to catch his fish. Several other boats had some success, One in particular, using live bait, scored very well. Nice day on the water--- is it really Feb??? Hil Felton
Name: Dan Danger
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Davis - Mallard Cove
Weather: Low 20's in the AM
Water_condition: 11" good hard ice
Date: 01-31-09
Remote Name: 75.26.20.178
Five of us hit the ice at Davis for the first time this year. 10 lines in the water got us a total of six fish landed (and two back in the water). My five were two 16" and one 17" inches, one 12" throwback and one 3" fingerling that hit a Kastmaster jigging. That one cracked us all up as the lure was as big as the fish. Good news is to see fingerlings alive and (still) well in the lake. Fish were caught on nightcrawlers and Green Gulp powerbait. The most hits and fish were about 4' to 8' down. A few fish made it as far as the hole when they decided they didn't want to become dinner and got off. All of the fish were Eagle Lake Rainbows and Big and Fat. Oh yeah, guess I got to say that Larry's Fat 18" fish was biggest. Funny how you forget the "small" details.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Semi-clear, dirty, 48.1*
Date: 01-29-09
Remote Name: 71.134.163.223
Bill Crooks invited my lucky dog, Spike, and me for a sturgeon/striped bass outing. We caught and released a 19” striped bass on shad. No other takes! A very slow day. 7 hours (8:00-3:00), 10 miles. We launched at Lower Sherman Island and bait fished (ghost/grass shrimp, mud sucker, chummed a # of frozen sardine & some of the grass shrimp all day. Bill also used a “secret” (stay tuned for more on this in subsequent reports) bait trying for sturgeon). Bill, "I'm always open for offers of money" Crooks may be bribed to reveal his "secret" bait. We anchored above Collinsville & below Sherman Island. Water 48.1*, dirty to semi-clear, some debris (very little on the surface, larger in the water); air 40-62*, sky clear; wind 2-6 mph. Lots of grass/ghost shrimp stealers, no mud sucker, "secret" bait action. 20-30 other boats out. We fished most of the -2.5’ outgoing, the almost 2 hour slack/turn-around and 1st hour of the incoming tides. Some radio traffic, not many legals caught, quite a few “nothings”. In the parking lot at take out two guys said they had caught and released six 20-24” sturgeon (all on grass shrimp) and one small legal striper. On our way out of Lower Sherman we stopped across from some bank fishermen & gave them our leftover grass shrimp, mud suckers & shad. While there one of them told us that someone 100’ down the bank had just landed a 55” sturgeon. Another great day with Bill. Thanks for the invite and companionship Bill.
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: North Delta Steamboat, Cache area
Weather: Cold with light northery winds
Water_condition: Semi Clear at 49 *
Date: 01-29-09
Remote Name: 71.128.109.71
MONDAY JANUARY 26th..............BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.........Tom Ramage joined me on Monday hunting stripes via trolling.....We left all our bait rods at home with the idea that we would just focus on throwing traps or troll....We found a fairly strong incoming tide to work with that would crest at 6.1 feet...Started off deep trolling in the 12 - 18 foot range and couldn't buy a strike! We stayed with the deep troll method well into the early afternoon....Nothing.....Thinking, If they are not deep, lets try shallow....switched over to the Char/ white Yo-zuries with white trick tails...We found them...No monster fish as most were in the 3- 5 pound bracket....Lots of tail stealers & short stikes...Fish were scattered as we covered lots of ground... the only action on throwing traps was very late in the day when Tom got bit just next to the boat on the retrieve...On & off!...Don't know how many anglers are still trolling in late January , but it was good to know you can still get a few in the north delta...Best action was just at the flood tide and turn...As we headed in towards Hogback, I felt like I had lost all my body heat as I have been nursing a cold the past few days and taking the boat out at Hog I felt terrible!...Long story short, Spent the next couple days recovering from this cold...so that explains this belated post....Wouldn't you know it? The day we hit the north delta, Guy Brown gets a sturge where Tom & myself have been bait fishing the past two weeks...Way to go Guy!!! See ya on the water....Naked...
Name: Nick Garcia
Email: ABCD
Location: Deepwater Channel near Port
Weather: Cold -AM warmer in PM
Water_condition: Clear-48 degrees
Date: 01-28-09
Remote Name: 67.166.134.78
Another good day of striper catching. 6 keepers 4-6 lbs /one schoolie. Trolled Rebels & Yozuries with spreader & jigs . My buddy Shayne outfished me. Fish fought good. Tried jigging too -no luck. In the water 9:15 AM out at 2:30. Tight lines!!!
Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Lake Camanche
Weather: Cool temps early- windy mid day
Water_condition: clean 49 deg F , low water
Date: 01-28-09
Remote Name: 66.81.32.77
The Wheels and Reels fishing club, sponsored by S.I.R.S. branch 112, held its first derby of the year at Camanche. With low water conditions the 14 of us could only manage 8 fish. It was very cool as the frost was on most everything; but bundled up we managed to give it the old college try. I had 5 strikes; but only one hook-up. My partner, Dex Moise had several strikes; but zero hook-ups. The balance beam was needed to determine the winners as they top three fish weighed 3.4 lbs, 3.4 lbs and 3.3 lbs. Walt Hodnett's fish took top honors followed by Dan Wolfe in second place and my fish took third place honors. All fish we caught in the top ten feet on a variety of lures, and bait. Mine was caught on a Pin Minnow, using a side planer in the narrows. Most of the fish were caught in the narrows. Our derby next month will be hosted (food provided) at a lake to be decided by available water. Hil Felton
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta, Collinsville Area
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Semi-clear to dirty
Date: 01-26-09
Remote Name: 71.134.163.223
My lucky dog, Spike and I went for a late morning sturgeon/striped bass outing. Spike was a very lucky dog today. I caught and released a 55” white sturgeon on a ghost/grass shrimp 2-hook rig at the beginning of the incoming tide. A classic sturgeon pump, classic hook-set (what else) and great fight and release in the water. 4 hours (11:45-3:45), 10 miles. We launched at Lower Sherman Island and bait fished (ghost/grass shrimp, mud sucker, chummed a # of frozen sardine & some of the grass shrimp) all day for sturgeon & striped bass. I anchored in 28’ of water above Collinsville, below Sherman. Water 49.8-50.4*, dirty to semi-clear, some debris (very little on the surface, very small stuff in the water); air 55-63*, sky clear; wind 3-7 mph. No mud sucker action. 10-12 other boats out. Fished most of the +1.7’ incoming tide. On my way out of Lower Sherman I stopped by two bank fishermen & gave them my leftover ghost/grass shrimp. While there one of them hooks and lands a 60-65” white sturgeon. The first time I’ve ever seen one of the guys on the bank ever hooked up. Quite a sight. Another great day with Spike, thanks for the company Spike. Ps – I did post my sturgeon report card.
Name: Nick Garcia
Email: nickg1028@comcast,net
Location: Deep water channel
Weather: Rainy -Misty
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 01-23-09
Remote Name: 67.166.134.78
Friday 1/23 my friend Shane and I picked up 5 sripers near the Port within a mile of the mouth of the deepwater channel. Only a few boats on this rainy day at the port but my bimini top and my "western" hat kept the water off. My warm coveralls kept me from frostbite. We trolled Yozuries and Rebels with a spreader and jig in 20-25 ft of water. Landed 5 fish to 6 lbs. kept 3 to bring home for dinner. had a great time on the water. That's all folks!!!!
Name: jasper01
Email: dontopen@comcast.net
Location: Delta powerlines
Weather: cold windy
Water_condition: clear
Date: 01-24-09
Remote Name: 71.193.54.127
Striper fished the powerlines on Saturday. Wind was howling, saw half a dozen boats at light 14, nets were flying in the wind, none used for what it was intended for. Bait fished frozen shad all of the incoming, boat had a hard time turning for the outgo because of the south wind. Bottom line, one three pounder and many babies. Still beats cleaning the garage!!
Name: Dan Danger
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Prosser Res. Truckee
Weather: Warm, Snow and Rain
Water_condition: 9" of ice melting on top
Date: 01-25-09
Remote Name: 75.24.202.66
Went up for some more ice fishing despite the latest storm which had brought above freezing temps to the Truckee basin for several days. Chanced it and got to the lake to find a solid shoreline and good ice pack with standing water 2" to 3". Total of six fish for eight lines in the water for about six hours. Kinda weird watching the water on top of the ice draining into our fishing holes. "Frigid" temps are predicted for the rest of the week so the lake should be solid by next weekend. Crawlers, PowerBait and jiggin Swedish Pimples were the ticket this weekend.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: San Paublo Bay
Weather: sprinkles but no wind to speak of
Water_condition: stained mostly
Date: 01-23-09
Remote Name: 75.45.120.107
Slow day on the Morning Star. Lots of bullheads, a skate, and a stingray. I did have my chances with the sturgeon though. The deckhands rod went off and was told to set the hook as hard as I could twice. On the second set the line snapped. !@#$% yep there were some areas of nips on the line where it snapped but I was not aware of it. Then about an hour later my rod did the textbook sturgeon dance. Lob, lob, lob, lob. I set the hook but forgot to thumb the reel spool and all I did was pull a lot of line out and no fish. The deckhand set my drag loose because, well I don't know why but that is what he recommended. Needless to say I will have it tight from now on. Unless someone tells me different. All in all I had a good time except for my screw-up and I know that we all have some stories about how we screwed up while fishing and still remember them to this day. Went home very tired with horrible traffic to find out that my wife threw me a supprise birthday party and had about 50 friends and family waiting for us to return. All-in-all, had a wonderful birthday. One I will not forget for a very long time. With the baby comming in about 2 months, that is probably the last time fishing for a while. Maybe.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Overcast, sprinkles, light rain
Water_condition: Semi-clear, debris on surface
Date: 01-23-09
Remote Name: 71.134.163.223
Pastor Steve & I cleared our busy calendars for another 2009 striper outing. We caught one 10# striper, one undersized striper. 7.5 hours (8:00-2:30), 11 miles. We launched at Lower Sherman Island and bait fished all day for sturgeon & striped bass. Water 49.4*, semi-clear, quite a bit of debris (including fairly large trees) on the surface; air 48-52*, sky overcast, sprinkles to light rain; wind 0-3 mph. 10-12 other boats out, including Bob Harries & Tom Ramage. Fished the end of the -1.3’ outgoing, all of the +2.2’ incoming, slack and very beginning of the outgoing tides. Bought our first two Mudsuckers at Hap’s. I used one, Steve the other. I put a 5/0 Gama Octopus through the center of its upper lip about 1/8" & cast it out. Rod in balancer, reel in free spool with clicker on. About a half hour later the Mudsucker started to really move around. A few minutes later the pole went down a little, the clicker went off for a second or two. I left it alone, waited. Same thing happened 3-4 more times. Finally clicker goes off longer than before, I pick up rod, take clicker off, thumb the spool & wait until I have a 5-7 second run & set the hook. Fish on! Landed a clean 10# striper, my first on a mudsucker. Back at the ramp had to replace my trailer winch strap with the spare I always carry. Another great day with Steve. Thanks for the company Steve. Guy's first striper on a mudsucker. [URL=http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=guysfirststriper10onlivbz4.jpg][IMG]http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5203/guysfirststriper10onlivbz4.jpg[/IMG][/URL Tree Steve got off our anchor line. A lot of debris this size on the water today. [URL=http://img150.imageshack.us/my.php?image=logoffanchorlinejan2320sj5.jpg][IMG]http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/395/logoffanchorlinejan2320sj5.jpg[/IMG][/URL
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Overcast, sprinkles, light rain
Water_condition: 48-50*, clear!
Date: 01-21-09
Remote Name: 71.134.163.223
Bill Crooks invited me to join him and “Old Man River” Clyde Wands for an early 2009 striper trolling, take one for the team, outing. Bill awoke to find one of his hydraulic lifters on the truck not holding pressure. He called Clyde, Clyde agreed to hook-up his boat & take me out for the day as Bill needed to stay home and fix the lifter. I’m not sure why Bill did not go with Clyde and ask me to take care of his truck (he must be aging faster than I thought). Clyde, somehow, was still able to pick me up at my place “on-time”. We caught & released an 18.5”er shallow trolling a Yo-Zuri Clown with Shad gel at 4.5 mph in 6.5’ of water. We lost 3 other tails, no other hookups. 7 hours (7:30-2:30), 45 miles. We launched at Brannan Island and trolled shallow and deep all day from above Collinsville to the Northern Delta. Water 48.1-50.3*, clear in most places (down to 5’!), semi-clear elsewhere, little to no debris in the water, some on top where we encountered minor debris fields; air 45-62*, sky overcast to sprinkles to light rain; wind 0 mph. 10-12 other boats out, no other stripers reported caught. Fished most of the incoming, slack and very beginning of the outgoing tides. Great day with Clyde Wands, great company, sorry Bill had to excuse himself. Thanks for the invite Bill & Clyde.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: going on the morning star
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 01-18-09
Remote Name: 75.45.122.164
going sturgeon fishing on friday the 23rd for my birthday. Going on the morning star out of crocket. They say all the bait is covered but does anyone know if they will bring roe or should I bring my own. If anyone wants to come its supposedly going to be a good tide. So far, myself, my dad, and best friend are going plus 1 other that I don't know so there should be plenty of room. James
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Berryessa
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Clear to 4', some debris
Date: 01-16-09
Remote Name: 71.134.163.223
My lucky dog, Spike, Bill Crooks and I tried for King Salmon for the first time in the month of January. 4 Kings to 14”, 1 Rainbow to 14”, 2 hits no stick. 5.5 hours (8:20-2:00), 30 miles. Launched at Capell Cove (in good shape). Water 51.7-53.7*, clear to 4’; some debris on the water & suspended; air 48-72*; sky clear; wind 0-4 mph. Trolled all day, on the surface and down 10-20’. All 5 caught on the surface. 4 on a mini crawler & split shot 100’ back, 1 anchovy filet/split shot 100’ back, 1.5 mph GPS, 75-86’ deep water South of the Putah Creek bridge. All caught, takes were within a 300 yard long North-South line. 3-4 other boats out, saw very little action, heard no reports. A long, slow day. Thanks for the company Bill on this early season (for me) King Salmon outing.
Name: redione
Email: redschevelle@msn.com
Location: looking Kauai Papai Beach area
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 01-15-09
Remote Name: 149.136.17.253
Has any body fished this area in early march??? if so any info on boats, fish???
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: 3 day report (see below)
Weather: Mild afternoons all three days
Water_condition: Semi Clear at 47 *
Date: 01-14-09
Remote Name: 69.239.106.129
THREE DAY REPORT COVERING JANUARY 11TH,12TH & 13th.......SUNDAY.....After installing my new Hummingbird Matrix 37 with the Quadrabeam transducer decided to field test my new toy solo in Steamboat slough......Arrived at Hogback just as the fog was lifting with an air temp of just 29 degrees! Yes! the ramp was once again frozen with a layer of ice....Devoted most of the morning learning all the new features which is much more complex than my older 400 TX model which I have learned to trust the past five years and was a great tool finding fish.....First thing noticed, was the advance detail on the screen with the 90 degree coverage which makes it harder for fish around the boat not being detected....With that said " It still doesn't mean the fish are biting!!! LOL!....I pounded the water in lower Steamboat using traps for most of the incoming tide.......Did not get one tap after 4 hours of throwing!...and tried shallow trolling at the top of the tide for about an hour...Nothing!.....Having fun with my new fishfinder, I still drew a blank and chalked up a skunk day!...............Monday...Jan.12th.....Tom Ramage joined me for a day of Sturgeon fishing once again below light 7 Sherman Island area.....The weather was ideal most of the day for mid January.....We used Roe Balls, grass shrimp,eel & shad.....Very little junk bites till late in the day at the top of the income...( clearer water) Tom picked up a short 24 incher which took his Roe & eel.....and later in the afternoon missed a classic sturgeon pump which he is still cursing about!!!!.....I once again got skunked.....We fished right into the sun going down over the coastal mountains & pulled out at Sherman in the dark.................Tuesday Jan.13th.....Joined Mike Booker for a day of Bass fishing in the East delta......Once again great weather for the middle of winter!...We tried every method of bassing you could think of....Nothing worked! Shallow water, drop offs, deep water....We found water in Mildred that was in the lower 50's.....Nothing! Slowing the baits down and working very slowly did not draw a strike....We finally ran out of baits to use in the tackle box......Down sizing & using drop shotting....Nothing.....My third day in a row getting skunked! Pretty tough, but thats winter fishing......Felt bad for Mike as it was his Birthday & NO FISH!!! Stayed right till darkness trying to get that ONE fish....Didn't happen......Looking forward to hit the Fishing show at Cal Expo this weekend.....maybe a few days off the water will help break this SKUNK FUNK? See ya on the water...Naked..........
Name: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Prosser @ Truckee
Weather: Cold
Water_condition: Icy
Date: 01-17-09
Remote Name: 75.22.191.245
No Official Hullabaloo but... We will be Ice Fishing at Prosser on Saturday. We are on the ice by 0730 and off around 1430. If anyone is interested in trying out ice fishing come on out. We have a power auger and will drill you some holes. It is absolutely a different kind of trout fishing but if they are biting it is a kick in the ass... We are usually by the boat ramp off of Prosser Dam Rd. but after it sucked so bad last week the guys are talking about fishing by the dam. Don't know from there where to tell you to look for us but we will do all we can to put some "fish on the ice" for you.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: Dirty, no debris
Date: 01-12-09
Remote Name: 71.134.163.223
My normally lucky dog, Spike, and I tried for stripers. I was skunked for the 4th time this year. 5 hours (9:30-1:30), 22 miles. Launched at Belden Landing. Spent half my time scouting water I’ve never been on. Water 48.7*, dirty, little to no debris in or on the water; air 48-85*; sky clear; wind 12-16 mph, gusts over 20. Trolled deep & bait fished shad. Snagged & released a 24” sturgeon deep trolling. No bites on shad. Had to pull into the tulles to keep the boat steady for awhile, the temperature hit 85*. 5-6 boats out, saw very little action.
Name: Dan Danger
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Prosser @ Truckee
Weather: Beautiful, Zero degrees on lake
Water_condition: 9 inches of ice
Date: 01-10-09
Remote Name: 75.22.191.245
Second Ice Fishing outing for this year. Great weather, colder than a well diggers ass in Alaska. Fishing sucked today. 11 poles in the water, total of seven bites from 0730 to 1400 hrs. Results 2 Rainbows for me, One SUCKER FISH for Frank, One Crawdad for Tom, Good News is that I won the fishing pool... Caught one on crawler, the other on Green GULP Powerbait.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Amador
Weather: Cold
Water_condition: Clear, 50.7*
Date: 01-07-09
Remote Name: 71.128.153.251
Wednesday, January 7,2009. Bill Crooks joined me and my normally lucky dog, Spike. Bill got 1 13”er slow trolling Rainbow Glitter Power Bait, I was skunked (3rd outing in a row). 6 hours (7:00-1:00), 8 miles. Water 50.7*, clear, air 44-48*, sky high overcast, wind 0-2 mph. Trolled shallow, slow (brown, black grubs with white PowerBait egg, Rapala F7 jointed FireTiger, Rainbow Glitter PowerBait, 0.8-1.5 mph, 150’ back), threw a Kastmaster a few times, & tried PowerBait from the bank. 20-30 boats out, saw very little action. 3 boats had got one each, one boat of three got 6 to 8#. The 30-40 bankies also seemed to be having a slow day. I’ve fished Amador since around 1991, never seen the water as low (forgot to take pictures of the launch ramp, launch ramp “channel”, really dramatic for those of you familar with Amador). Thanks for the company, sharing your lunch Bill.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Fishable
Water_condition: Semi-clear, no debris
Date: 01-05-09
Remote Name: 71.128.153.251
Bill Crooks invited me to join he and Pastor Steve Murakami for a local outing for stripers. We were skunked (2nd outing in a row for me). 7 hours (6:15-1:00), 11 miles. Launched at the Port of Sacramento. Water 47.6*, semi-clear, air 35-50*, sky overcast, wind 0-3 mph. Trolled deep, jigged, threw Fish Traps. One take on a jig. 4-6 other boats out, 3 stripers caught. Fished the end of the incoming, slack and most of the outgoing tides. Water semi-clear, no debris. Jigged the basin, Fish Trapped the tied up boats, trolled the deep-water ship channel deep (30# Power Pro, 3 oz banana weight in-line, 36” 30# mono leader, deep-diving Yo-Zuris at 1.75 mph 80-120’ back. Cold day, great company, thanks for the invite Bill. Bills Willy Boat going downriver. Bill Crooks invited me to join he and Pastor Steve Murakami for a local outing for stripers. We were skunked (2nd outing in a row for me). 7 hours (6:15-1:00), 11 miles. Launched at the Port of Sacramento. Water 47.6*, semi-clear, air 35-50*, sky overcast, wind 0-3 mph. Trolled deep, jigged, threw Fish Traps. One take on a jig. 4-6 other boats out, 3 stripers caught. Fished the end of the incoming, slack and most of the outgoing tides. Water semi-clear, no debris. Jigged the basin, Fish Trapped the tied up boats, trolled the deep-water ship channel deep (30# Power Pro, 3 oz banana weight in-line, 36” 30# mono leader, deep-diving Yo-Zuris at 1.75 mph 80-120’ back. Cold day, great company, thanks for the invite Bill. Bill's Willy Boat going downriver. http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=billswillyboatheadingdomf9.jpg
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: nowhere yet
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 01-05-09
Remote Name: 75.45.122.164
Want to go sturgeon fishing. If I actually catch a keeper, don't know how to clean it. If and when I do get one can I trade someone have a fish to show me how to clean it? James
Name: dan danger
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Prosser-Truckee
Weather: Cold, Windy, Rain, Wet Snow
Water_condition: usual lake level, 8" ice
Date: 01-02-09
Remote Name: 75.22.191.245
First Ice Fishing trip of the year. Cold, raw weather made for some tough fishing conditions but the good news is that the lake is frozen with 8 to 9 inches of good ice. Four of us fishing, I got three nice fat rainbow trout, the others had a few bites but no fish.
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Upper Cache & Minor & Steamboat
Weather: COLD!! Start then still cold!!
Water_condition: Semi Clear at 46 *
Date: 01-04-09
Remote Name: 69.237.69.38
SUNDAY JAN 4th..........................FROSTY & JUST PLAIN COLD!!!! Tom Ramage once again talked into a days fishing and on a Sunday!! While my boat is protected in the garage, my Ford truck isn't.....It took me over 20 minutes just to get the ICE off the windows....looking at my outside garden temp gauge....It read 27 degrees!!! and it was only 5:00am......We reached Hogback in the early morning & just found three other rigs in the parking lot and the metal ramp frosted over which makes launching an adventure! Our main plan was to try some sturgeon fishing in the upper part of cache between shag slough as we had an afternoon outgoing tide.......On the way down Steamboat ( top of the tide) we tried throwing swimbaits and with the air temps still in the low thirtys both Tom & myself quickly loss the feeling of our left hands....COLD! and no gloves....Managed to pick up one small stripe...( Maybe 3 lbs!) Got up the shag area soon afterwards and anchored in 27 feet of water just at the tide switch.....We used fresh Roe Balls & refrozen shad.....Not alot of junk bites but very little action detected for the three hours we sat on anchor and NO JUMPERS! Did get a pumping action on my shad but missed the hookup....We put a time limit on the bait fishing as we wanted to try some trolling in Minor and some spooning.....Zero fish using both methods as we could not locate the stripes anywhere!...shallow or deep.....Ended the day back in Steamboat heading back to Hog & picked up just one more stripe throwing swimbaits...Another small fish......Braving the cold, just two small stripes all day!!! and both caught in Steamboat. Did hear from Guy Brown on the radio as he was fishing somewhere close to us..don't know if he found fish? I'm thinking Sunday was a good day to stay home & watched the playoffs next to a warm fire nursing a cold beer! Thanks Tom!...See ya on the water...Naked.
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Upper Cache & Minor & Steamboat
Weather: COLD!! Start then still cold!!
Water_condition: Semi Clear at 46 *
Date: 01-04-09
Remote Name: 69.237.69.38
SUNDAY JAN 4th..........................FROSTY & JUST PLAIN COLD!!!! Tom Ramage once again talked into a days fishing and on a Sunday!! While my boat is protected in the garage, my Ford truck isn't.....It took me over 20 minutes just to get the ICE off the windows....looking at my outside garden temp gauge....It read 27 degrees!!! and it was only 5:00am......We reached Hogback in the early morning & just found three other rigs in the parking lot and the metal ramp frosted over which makes launching an adventure! Our main plan was to try some sturgeon fishing in the upper part of cache between shag slough as we had an afternoon outgoing tide.......On the way down Steamboat ( top of the tide) we tried throwing swimbaits and with the air temps still in the low thirtys both Tom & myself quickly loss the feeling of our left hands....COLD! and no gloves....Managed to pick up one small stripe...( Maybe 3 lbs!) Got up the shag area soon afterwards and anchored in 27 feet of water just at the tide switch.....We used fresh Roe Balls & refrozen shad.....Not alot of junk bites but very little action detected for the three hours we sat on anchor and NO JUMPERS! Did get a pumping action on my shad but missed the hookup....We put a time limit on the bait fishing as we wanted to try some trolling in Minor and some spooning.....Zero fish using both methods as we could not locate the stripes anywhere!...shallow or deep.....Ended the day back in Steamboat heading back to Hog & picked up just one more stripe throwing swimbaits...Another small fish......Braving the cold, just two small stripes all day!!! and both caught in Steamboat. Did hear from Guy Brown on the radio as he was fishing somewhere close to us..don't know if he found fish? I'm thinking Sunday was a good day to stay home & watched the playoffs next to a warm fire nursing a cold beer! Thanks Tom!...See ya on the water...Naked.
Name: MJPFISHON
Email: mpeckham@pacbell.net
Location: Sacramento River Tisdale
Weather: Foggy Am sunny All day
Water_condition: Muddy color
Date: 12-30-08
Remote Name: 24.32.37.166
Second to last day to catch one of those endanger species The King Salmon, The morning started off with a little fog on the way to the boat ramp. It was foggy on the water as we headed down the river. The river flow is almost back to where it was before the storm came. There was very little debri in the water, now. The water is muddy in color. We passed 5 boats through out the day, looking for the same school of fish. No take down and no fish? We trolled five rods with everything but the Kitchen Sink, Nothing. If a school snuck by, it was on the other side of the river! Finally we made the last pass of the Season, nothing. We packet it up and headed home. I 80 was backed up all the way to New Castle. Good thing we came home the back way. What a great day on the river after the fog lifted, to end 2008 Salmon Season, Let’s go chase some Steelhead now. MJP
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Clear, 48.6*
Date: 12-29-08
Remote Name: 69.228.104.175
Bill Crooks invited me to join he and Joe Grandchamp. We launched at the Port of Sacramento, Sacramento Outboard Club (my first time in years). Bill’s first time as a member. Bill’s Willy Boat. 6 hours, 12 miles, 10-12 other boats in the area. We caught a 6# striper deep trolling 35’ water at 1.75 mph 88’ behind the boat with a 3oz banana weight with spinner beads & Red Head deep diving Yo-Zuri. We caught a 16” striper & a 4 # striper throwing swim baits. The 4#er was my first legal striper on a swim bait. Bill caught a 4# LMB on a swim bait. We saw only one other fish caught by someone on the bank with their child. Water 48.6*, clear. Air 50-62*. Sky light clouds. Wind 0-3 mph. Thanks for the invite Bill and first stripers in the Port of Sacramento (my first legal on a Fish Trap)! <’{{{{~
Name: MJPFISHON
Email: mpeckham@pacbell.net
Location: Sacramento River Tilsdale
Weather: Sunny and Cool
Water_condition: Muddy full of Debri
Date: 12-26-08
Remote Name: 24.32.37.166
My friend, John and I went to the new boat ramp at Tisdale. We were a little late. There were 8 boats ahead of us. We launched and headed down the river. Bundled up with new stocking hats and new fleece gloves from Santa, we popped the boat up on plane. We headed for the fleet that was working the water down from Tisdale to Knights Landing... We settled in and put our four rods out searching for a group of Salmon that would be shooting their way through the area! No take downs yet, I did notice the water was rising and more and more debris was collecting on the lines Searching for clean water, I had notice more and more debris was coming down the river, I had problems with my jet clogging up with leaves and sticks. As the day went on, the river was raising more and more the rock on the levies were under water. It was time to get off the water when, the logs starting to show up. By 3:00PM, the river had risen more than 5 ft pluss. All the boats were off the river and the parking lot was empty. No Salmon today. Most of the boats reported very slow day. When I got home and checked the flows they were up. They opened the dam and let some water out. The flows are back down now. We will have to go back on Monday, to see how the Salmon are doing? MJP
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: not bad at all
Water_condition: unfishable
Date: 12-27-08
Remote Name: 75.45.115.126
The water today was up 6 feet with 30-40 foot trees floating downstream. Darn scary. Very dangerous conditions as I saw way too many people without life jackets. A snag like that floating downstream would swamp any boat, especially those 12 foot valco's that were out there with kids on them. Too dangerous for me until I get some insurance on my boat. I've got a 21 footer but was too scared to take a nap until Big Al said he would watch out for me. Thanks
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Above Collinsville ( Sherman Island )
Weather: Mostly Sunny with light breezes
Water_condition: Slighty off color at 48.5 *
Date: 12-27-08
Remote Name: 69.108.1.185
FRIDAY DECEMBER 26th........................CURE FOR HOLIDAY PARTYING!......Both Tom Ramge & myself rolled out of bed early after both of us hosted a family Xmas dinner with all the trimmings.....Lots of work! The day after Xmas is normally a day for resting but we decided this year to hit the delta and work our fresh salmon roe balls........Looking at my records, can't remember the last time I fished on the 26th...?....After launching at Sherman we headed downstream and anchored up in 30 feet of water...Same spot we did well last year....Just caught the turn of the tide, end of the outgo, and start of the income......Used the roe balls tipped with eel and grass shrimp...also used shad filets....We found water conditions fairly semi -clear in spite of recent rains and water temps in the upper 40's....This tide started off with lots of JUNK bites and very light pulls but no pick ups and running with our baits....Pretty slow till just at the end of the tide...( 2:30 pm.) What started off as another junk bite developed into a hard dip on my rod...this take down took me by surprise after just getting light stuff for 3 hours!!! I set the rod as hard as I could & it was ugly , burning my finger on the braided line!! After a short run away from the boat, this fish runs right back to us and is heading towards the anchor rope.....Tom quickly releases the anchor, but the boat does not move as there is NO CURRENT!!! I now feel the fish and my anchor rope. a sick vibrating twiching on the braid!! Don't know how we cleared the rope from the line, but we did! Or should I say " Tom did!.....Once cleared, this fish headed for the middle of the river and quickly wore itself out....A 51 incher which fought like he was much bigger....Once in the boat, the hook fell right out.....After releasing all of our sturgeon this year ,decided after all the hard work, this fish was going to the dinner table....and it was a male.......Finished the day fishing an hour or so on the outgo.....Got one small catfish on the roe....Didn't hear of any other sturgeon caught on this day, but talked to a couple guys at the boat ramp and they picked up 5 stripers to 8 pounds fishing by light 5.....Home in the dark.....P.S cleaning this fish in Tom's backyard we found an empty stomach......See ya on the water...Naked.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Surprisingly nice
Water_condition: Semi-clear 48*
Date: 12-22-08
Remote Name: 69.227.18.228
Bill Crooks and I shared a slow catching but surprisingly nice day on the Delta. I left my lucky dog, Spike, at home due to the cold. We fished the lower Delta. Caught & released 11#, 17” deep trolling (Mackerel & Chartreuse Yo-Zuris at 2.25 mph, 65-72’ back). We tried bait fishing with shad but got no takers. 3-5 other boats in various areas. Water 48*, semi-clear. Air 45-58*. Sky clear to overcast. Wind 0-6 mph. Thanks for the company Bill. Seasons greeting to all. <’{{{{~
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: knights landing 1st line
Weather: cold, cold, cold. cold
Water_condition: pretty clear for this time of year
Date: 12-20-08
Remote Name: 75.45.115.126
you should have seen it. There were 8 boats in the front line. It was a mess. If you get there early you cannot sleep because people don't know how to manuver boats in tight spaces. If you get there late, and there is no room on the front line, please don't crash into him to wake him up. Well if the fishing is no good, at least there is plenty of entertainment. I've got a great story to tell ( I hope my dad does not read this though). My dad was fishing in his boat and me in mine. The plug came out of the boat and filled the bottom with 3 inches of water. Cold water I might add. Well all his warm weather gear was in the bottom of the boat. !@#$% Then as its been legal fishing time for about 2 hours, he was watching his poles and another boat comes by and just nails his with a crash you could hear all the way to sacramento. !@#$$% and a few more !@@#$%%^ with no apology from the other boat. Then 2 lost fish. !@#$% Then fish and game comes and checks licenses. Crap! he left his at home. !@#$%^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A ticket soon follows but warden was nice not to take his poles. All in all, I will never forget this day and season. I've met a lot of great people there and hope to build on some friendships and secret spots in the future. I will be out there till the end of the year because I have had the most success of any year I have fished. For all that plan on not comming out again, thanks for the tips and great conversations. Pastor Steve, Bob (naked guy), Big Al, Walter, Tom, Billy, there's more but I am tired and cannot think right, yall are great guys and hope to see you out there for sturgeon and stripers. James "iamgods1" Netzel <><
Name: joe the plumber
Email: joeblo@aol.com
Location: internet,,,,,
Weather: cold
Water_condition: cold
Date: 12-21-08
Remote Name: 69.233.68.215
just goes to show you, going way early is usually a waste of time. :)
Name: Mow/Mow
Email: junkinthetrunk
Location: south of teasdale
Weather: rain
Water_condition: just a bit cloudy
Date: 12-21-08
Remote Name: 75.48.15.9
found some fast water in a narrow part of the system, thru out the lead with a mow/mow spinner, ten min's wammm grab the rod pull back, notta.. droped back in 40 min's wamm, grab the rod, fish on start reelin , fish OFF, dammmm droped back in 1 hr wamm, wamm, pick pole up fish on, start reelin fish on two cranks fish off FFFFFFFF well all in all had some thin on three times, better than a sharp stick in the eye and sittin @ home reading someone else's report. 14 feet deep ten feet off bank. Take care SEA BEAVERS
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Upper Sacto River ( The BRIDGE )
Weather: BRRRRRR! COLD...FROSTY ETC.
Water_condition: Still Clear with fallen Temps..43.8 *
Date: 12-19-08
Remote Name: 69.108.1.185
THURSDAY....DECEMBER 18th.......................COLDEST DAY SO FAR!.......Anchoring on the line ( 3:20am. ) Tom Ramage & myself along with 6 other BRAVE souls waited till about six thirty to get our lines wet....No fog on this day, just bitter cold as the air temps were in the 28 degree range. With the top up and my prophane heater on high, all parts of the boat exposed to the freezing air were frozen with a layer of frost!!! Don't know if the fallen water temps or the lack of fish in the area created a tough bite all morning with just one fish landed by noon? The boat just next to us had a fish on about 12:30pm. but it came unbuttoned just a few yards behing the boat... Both Tom & myself were wearing Santa Clause hats and decided to take them off in the early afternoon.....Not two minutes after removing the Santa hats. Tom's rod hammers down!!! (True story ) We boated the first fish of the day, a 33 pound silver hatchery hen!!! Within a hour, I get a takedown......A twenty pound very fresh run chromer....This fish was a buck but a quality table fare dinner......One thing noticed, with the cold water the fish fought very differently than last week when the water was 49 degrees!. Getting off the water with our limit ( Two Fish ) on a very slow tough day, we were fortunate to to get a few fish as others did not fare well....With the numbers of returning Kings way down it doesn't make sense to take more fish as we now have enough Roe to make at least 100 Roe balls.....not to mention the season ends in 12 days.....Next week looks very wet right into Xmas day as our Pacific storm track taps into some warmer sub-tropical moisture...Just what the doctor ordered for our water shed......Will be leaving the Santa Clause hats at home!!!LOL......See ya on the water....Naked.....
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sac R, Tisdale
Weather: Cold! (Thanks Bill)
Water_condition: 44*
Date: 12-17-08
Remote Name: 69.227.18.228
Bill Crooks, Alex Alexander and I went out on one of the coldest days of the year (what were we thinking). We launched at Tisdale (my first time), a free launch. Bill’s Willy Boat. 6 hours, 35 miles, 3-4 other boats in the area. We were skunked, not even a bump. One 20#er caught by the other boats. Water 44*. Air 28-62*. Sky clear. Wind 0-3 mph. We started trolling just above Grimes (1-3 oz weights, various spinners, e.g. Silvertrons) and ended up downriver, 5-7 miles below Tisdale. A beautiful, if cold, day. Blue Herons, Egret rookery, tri-colored Heron rookery; Beaver; Turkey Buzzards; 10-15 other types of birds. Bill and Alex are hard core fishermen (who else would be out in sub-freezing weather). Thanks for the invite Bill and company Bill and Alex. <’{{{{~
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sac R, Knights Landing
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Fine
Date: 12-11-08
Remote Name: 69.227.18.228
Bill Crooks, my lucky dog, Spike, and I went out late for King Salmon. We launched at Knights Landing. 3 hours, less than a mile on the motor. 11 other boats in the area, no fish caught (one brief hook-up). Water 49.4*. Air 65-72*. Sky clear. Wind 0 mph. I pulled into the first line of boats below the 113 bridge without incident. My exit qualifies for "funniest fishing boat video of the year" consideration. I did not wait for Bill to finish putting the gear away & released the anchor myself. By the time I got onto the throttle we were drifting into the boat to out Port. Soon we were into it and the boat next to it. Bill Crooks & the other boats/owners were VERY civilized helping me get away from them, their anchor lines. No boat, gear damage. A near miss! In the future I'll remember to let the anchor line out and drift the boat behind the line, then bring the anchor in & drift back, out of the line. Regret giving a bad name to other "flatlanders" fishing the Knights Landing area (locals', please don't take it out on them). Thanks for the company Bill and Spike. Thanks for the help disengaging from the other boats Bill. <’{{{{~
Name: "Clampinator"
Email: Clampinator@hotmail.com
Location: Cache Slough
Weather: Cold
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 12-13-08
Remote Name: 66.82.9.58
Went out Saturday and froze my ><&*%%$ off well you know what I mean. Very slow action tried trolling up cache one shaker on a broken back rebel. Went to bait all I had was frozen shad cause the bait stores dont have fresh. Got 4 shakers with bait. Worked it all day through the change of tides. All boats we asked had nothing Back to the casa to warm up all frozen parts. Hope it picks back up water may be too cold right now I guess. Tight Lines to Ya "Clampinator"
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Upper Sacto River
Weather: Foggy & Cold
Water_condition: Gin Clear at 49.7*
Date: 12-13-08
Remote Name: 69.237.70.31
FRIDAY....DECEMBER 12th...........................A FISH OF A LIFE TIME.........Yeah ! I know I said " I was done salmon fishing up river on my last report.......But, I get a call from Tom Ramage late Thursday and Tom talks me into trying just one more salmon trip before the forecast of rain & wind!......We are anchored in a line of other boats ( six) and just next to us, we notice a young man fishing with his dad....This young mans name is Cole.......SEVEN YEARS OLD!!!! In the early morning fog, Coles rod takes a dive and his Dad sets the hook then hands the rod to his son.......with his fathers assist, they battle this fish for about twenty minutes while every boat in our line reeled in to give this fish plenty of room to run........Long story short! They land this 43 inch chrome buck which went a slamming 44 pounds!!!! Cole weighs about 55 pounds!!!! A standing ovation and clapping of hands by all adult fisherman in this line.......Not long afterwards, Tom lands his first fish of the day....A mere 25 lb buck!! While I tried all day to pick up our second fish for a limit, my luck wasn't helping....I hooked a nice jumper & on the first jump, it threw the hook and foul hooked itself.....Had to release the anchor and chase it down.....this fish went about twenty pounds and being foul hooked had to do the right thing & let her go!...Got my Kwik fish back!........My last chance came late in the day......My leader broke just behind the knot....another lost fish!....Ended the day with just one 25 pounder but had many chances to limit......But, Tom & myself both agreed seeing a youngster catching a forty plus pound fish was very rewarding......Now, let the rains begin as we head back down to the delta.....See ya on the water.....Naked.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: c
Water_condition: c
Date: 12-11-08
Remote Name: 75.45.115.126
I was wondering the same thing. I already have a lowrance with external but it is black and white. Want a color lowrance and talked to Alan Fong and he prefers external GPS. Since he owns my favorite fishing store and is an expert in many ways, I would go with his advice.
Name: wxyzxyz
Email: yyyy@fishindelta.com
Location: murky waters
Weather: soggy n foggy
Water_condition: wet
Date: 12-11-08
Remote Name: 207.200.116.132
personaly i'd go with internal..lowrance has some good ones
Name: tryintocatchem
Email: lessipoo@sbcglobal.net
Location: sacramento area
Weather: foggy
Water_condition: wet
Date: 12-10-08
Remote Name: 75.45.117.110
Fellow fisherman, first time on and have a question that maybe you could help with. Intending to purchase a new fish finder/ GPS combo. Would like input as to your recomendations and wheather I should purchase an internal or external GPS antenna.
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Upper Sacto River
Weather: Foggy & Cold
Water_condition: Gin Clear at 50 *
Date: 12-11-08
Remote Name: 69.237.70.31
THURSDAY DECEMBER 11th...................ALL I WANT FOR XMAS IS...ROE BALLS!!...... Tom Ramage and myself put in the time & effort and joined the group sitting on anchor trying to intercept a few late Fall Kings .....Objective....Harvesting a few hens for much needed salmon roe which we could convert into the coming months as our main bait ( ROE BALLS) One of MR. Sturgeons favorite meals in mid-winter fishing.....In five outings, we managed to pick up 8 fish to 25 pounds with 6 females.....With a limit of one fish per angler, per day it was a slow process! All fish caught were fresh run chromers, some hatchery,and a couple naturals...Our method using the K-15 Kwik fish was almost the same we used in normal years downstream at DISCO PK...except we added a slice of sardine .......and no spreader.....On some days we had our limits by 9:30 am and others it took the entire day to get that second fish...Stick a fork in us as we are done reaching our objective, catching a few fish. and getting enough roe for our Strurg fishing in the next few months.....The bonus was the tasty orange/red filets from these fresh run wild Kings.....Thank you Coleman Hatchery....With a little luck from Mother nature we will hopefully get some much needed rain to muddy up the delta and get started on the big boys.....See ya on the water...Naked.
Name: fellow sportsman
Email: sameasyours.com
Location: northern cal
Weather: any
Water_condition: kirk p
Date: 12-09-08
Remote Name: 69.237.197.53
Kirk Portaccerrio for a guide? . I have used him 3 times, twice too many. Look for someone else
Name: BassJack.com
Email: Jack@BassJack.com
Location: Lower Delta
Weather: nice
Water_condition: clear 54 degrees
Date: 12-07-2008
Remote Name: 208.79.244.67
12/7/2008 – Launched at Sherman Island with Lee at 8:30 am. We used frozen shad (no fresh available) and pile worms. We couldn’t get away from the shakers all day. We made four moves and covered water between the power lines to Chain Island. We tried fishing shallow in 4’ of water all the way up to 38’ deep but couldn’t find the keepers. I thought that it was odd that the shakers were so active with the water temperature at 54 degrees. Usually I would assume that they would be less active with the cold water. We caught lots of shaker striper and one yellow bullhead catfish. I did manage one small keeper striper off of Sherman Island. Off the water at 4:30 pm. <a href="BassJack.com">http://www.bassjack.com/</a>
Name: GuyBrown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Great
Date: 12-06-08
Remote Name: 69.108.13.69
We fished within a few miles of Cabo on a small, inexpensive cruiser ($225 including bait plus $26 for licenses for 5 hours). Our trip was going to be primarily for Dorado with a small chance of striped marlin. We caught a Dorado within an hour and changed over to marlin. We were rewarded with no marlin but our most spectacular single day of whale watching ever. They were active for 2-3 hours, countless jumps (one time all the way out of the water (head, body, tail all at the same time for a moment)), tail slaps, fin slaps, spouts, etc. We could have averaged over a Dorado an hour if targeting them. When time to head in the motor would not start, we had to be towed in. Our gear had been put away but I suggested we put some trolling rigs out. A few minutes later another Dorado! The Capt. & Mate got a real kick out of this & got on the radio telling everyone that the dumb gringo’s idea worked!
Name: jflippslm
Email: dont insult my daddy
Location: out of the gimp box
Weather: fruity/penispunchingbag
Water_condition: vacanforkirktoenterme
Date: 12-08-08
Remote Name: 192.128.134.68
kirk an ultimate professional sure didnt see any bit of that tell me vacanforkirk how did you get youre hand off of kirks belt loop long enough to write that brilliant response " ALL I INTRODUCE HIM TO USE ONLY HIM FROM THEN ON " WHAT THE F ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT learn how to put a sentence together . now that explains why youve been giving him youre business for 8 yrs stick to what you no and get that face back in the pillow.. hero.
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: foggy
Water_condition: getting kind of clear
Date: 12-06-08
Remote Name: 75.45.115.126
As I read in the regs and talking to game wardens, its 1 fish per day and 1 in posession. Now I don't know that if my wife fishes with me and she has a license, that we as a family must only have 1 in posession or if we can have 2. If there are any wardens out there or someone smarter than myself, can you please clarify the regs cause I can't find it that we can have 1 in posession for each license. But to be safe, we are eatin' salmon like it is going out of style and have some really good friends now.
Name: confused
Email: www@fishin hole
Location: wasn't fishin
Weather: foggy
Water_condition: water?
Date: 12-06-08
Remote Name: 69.226.96.231
I must of been misinformed i thought you were only allowed one salmon for the season where the river was open
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: cold and foggy, real foggy
Water_condition: couldn't see water due to fog, actually 3-4 feet visibility down
Date: 12-06-08
Remote Name: 75.45.115.126
Got a 42lb buck today. Bright and shinny silver. Thats my biggest salmon yet. Still waiting for that 50+ pounder to mount over fireplace. Today K-14's silver with yellow head and tail with sardine wrap got both fish. Out of the mess of boats by 10:30am. Dog-Gone!!!!! It was cold and foggy.
Name: VACANFORKIRK
Email: livekirklive
Location: JFLIPPSLM's hole
Weather: dark
Water_condition: smelly
Date: 12-06-08
Remote Name: 71.146.150.205
JFLIPPSLM Kirk has done all my guiding for 8 years and is the ultimate professional, all I introduce him to use only him from then on, JFLIPPSLM, I believe its just your inability to capitalize on Kirks placement of you in the wild. Maybe check a local fishing pond
Name: James V Netzel
Email: wearegods1@att.net
Location: Sacramento River- Knights Landing
Weather: foggy
Water_condition: stained
Date: 12-04-08
Remote Name: 75.45.115.126
the usual, K-15 kwickfish yellow head and tail with sardine wrap. My wife and I got our limits by 10:30 am
Name: meltodd
Email: meltodd@hotmail.com
Location: not today mmmmm
Weather: fog
Water_condition: DON'T KNOW
Date: 12-04-08
Remote Name: 99.18.253.38
I had same question about bullheads. Here is a site with one way. Hope it helps. http://www.fishdelta.com/resources/dans_fishing_tips_bullheads.html Good luck.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Weather: Nice, wind 5-10 mph
Water_condition: Surf was up
Date: 12-03-08
Remote Name: 189.176.146.145
I went out with Wesley Brough, Guide and Jim Chrismond (Conn. fishing blod acquaintenance). The surf was really up on the Pacific side, could not fish from the beach. We fished North of Cabo on the South beach leading to Lighthouse Point. We had to fish from a cliff 35-50’ above the water. 11’ Okuma surf rods/reels. 25# mono or 30# braid. Fished from 6 to 10 a.m. Most action the first 90 minutes. Threw 2 oz jigs on a 36” 100# leader. Caught three Sierra Mackerel (Jim 2, Guy 1). I had one other hit & hooked up another but got cut off. Wesley kept all 3 for members of his church. My first time surf (kinda) fishing. Lots of work, I was tired when we were done. As we were leaving a 20# Dorado swam into the cove directly below us. We cast to it but no hookup, too bad!
Name: slough hog
Email: devin61699@yahoo.com
Location: rio vista decker island
Weather: foggy
Water_condition: clear
Date: 12-01-08
Remote Name: 76.103.73.178
I know this isnt a fishing report but you guys know what you are doing i would like a little help. I always read about using cut bullheads... were and how do you cut them and rig them up with mucher rig trebble hook etc?
Name: JFLIPPSLM
Email: KIRKDIE@AOL.COM
Location: RED BLUFF WOODSON BRIDGE
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 12-02-08
Remote Name: 192.128.166.68
JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY DO NOT GIVE KIRK PORTOCARRERO / OUTDOOR ADVENTURE ANY OF YOURE HARD EARNED MONEY THE GUY IS A PIECE S#^t THANK YOU
Name: ROCK "N" PONY
Email: mcclen001@aol.com
Location: BIG CUT, FREEMAN ISLAND
Weather: FOGGY
Water_condition: MILD
Date: 11-30-08
Remote Name: 76.254.131.162
Went fishing on Saturday 11-29. Got bait at Dockside Bait, 6 Bullheads and a pack of frozen shad since thats all they had. Launched at Pittsburg at 6am. Passed up a barge being pushed by a tug and then hit the pea soup and used my trusty GPS and went 12mph all the way to Big Cut, my old sturgeon hole. Since I know this is an old haunt for stripers at night, I was sure it could'nt miss in the day since the area was labeled " hotter then a pistol" in the weekly report. Sure enough after an hour, 2 rods rigged with live bullheads on 8 ft lamiglass rods with Garcia 6500C4 reels set in free spool with the clicker on, one rod starts clicking, grab the rod and release the clicker and away the fish goes, thumbing the spool ever so lightly. I let this fish go approximately 20 yards since it was humming off the spool and engaged reel, let some slack take up and hit'em. I'm on for 15 secs and then off. Ok, now I know. 10 min. later, anothe zipper, let him run appr. 40 yards and hit'em. Fish on. A nice 7 lber. Caught my 2nd fish within 30 min, a 9 lber. Fish were on the small side but the best eating. Easy limits right now. Fish the Roe ,Ryer, middle grounds area and you cant go wrong. Know what your doing though. Gotta let these fish run.
Name: capt jim
Email: dontopen.comcast.net
Location: Sac'to Delta
Weather: Foggy, foggy and more foggy
Water_condition: couldn't tell, too foggy
Date: 11-30-08
Remote Name: 71.193.54.127
Launched at 7:00, boy was it foggy. Finally made it down below power lines. Fished the weak outgoing tide, shad and dines. Starting getting bites towards back half of outgoing, then went crazy on the turn. Limit to 5 pounds on shad, dines attracted all the babies, can't figure out what it takes to get big momma. Fog didn't lift until early afternoon. That's it, tight lines.
Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Northern Cal Delta
Weather: Cold
Water_condition: Cold
Date: 11-27-08
Remote Name: 76.217.156.85
Happy Thanksgiving to all and a special thanks to the four fisherman who took the time to respond to my plea for info on what to wear in order to keep warm while fishing this winter. John Cullen
Name: justhoppen
Email: meltodd@hotmail.com
Location: not, stuck in office
Weather: UGH
Water_condition: DO NOT KNOW
Date: 11-26-08
Remote Name: 207.104.161.130
Thanks guys for all the reports. Good reading for all us that do not get out that often. Thanks Mel
Name: was 65 ford pick up, now toyota pick up
Email: fishboat35@yahoo.com
Location: at home in the house
Weather: nice wth the heater on
Water_condition: hot enough to make some more coffee
Date: 11-26-08
Remote Name: 216.93.192.130
Ok John, I was a commercial fisherman for 18 years in California, fished salmon, crabs and albacore.What I used fishing in the winter was insulated underware top and bottom.Over that a pair of jeans,insulated shirt, a good insulated jacket and a nit hat.Of course I had on HELLY HANSON rain gear overalls and jacket, these are the best you can buy, I still have a pair I ware fishing in the delta in the winter time.They are 15 years old and still perfect.The rain gear kept the salt water spray off all the clothing under it and stoped the wind.I used to have drawers full of insulated underware that I bought at Sears ,Pennys and stores like that. I would say ,go buy some insulated top and bottom underware at Sears or a store like that and a insulated shirt, try to find the underware that has the best insulation. You can also buy a pair of "Carhart" insulated overalls, they are not cheap but are great for sitting in a boat and waiting for the fish to bite. They also give you a little cushion from the hard boat seats.Get some insulated gloves also, get them a little large so when a fish bites you can get them off shaking them towards the deck so they are not in the way when reeling in the fish. Buy a good insulated jacket.In the winter when the sun warms up later in the day you can remove some of the outer clothing but still have protection if the wind blows. A word of caution with all this insulated clothes on be careful not to fall in the water( I did this once in the ocean fishing crabs) it is impossible to swim at all, I was lucky the boat was able to get to me in a couple of minutes. I hope this helped, good luck fishing this winter. Lowell. tight lines and loose drags.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sac River, Knights Landing
Weather: Fishable
Water_condition: Fishable
Date: 11-25-08
Remote Name: 69.108.13.69
Pastor Steve invited me join him for a day trying for King Salmon. We launched at the Knights Landing Fishing Access. We anchored 100’ above the Hwy 113 Bridge at 5 a.m. We rigged up our gear and chatted with 4 other boats until legal fishing time. We each caught a legal King Salmon (19#, 28#, my first fishing on anchor) with K14/15s on a 36-40” leader (Chartreuse/silver) with a garlic sprayed sardine filet wrap, 2 oz weight on a sliding 20” dropper. We got our 1st one at 7:45, 2nd at 10:40 and were off the water at 10:45 and back in Sacramento by Noon. Water 53.3*, some debris. Air 45-65*. Sky overcast. Wind 0 mph. Another great day with Pastor Steve, he really knows how to catch salmon. Thanks for the invite and company Steve. <’{{{{~
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sherman Island area below light 7
Weather: Cloudy & cool much of the day
Water_condition: Semi clear at 58.9 degrees
Date: 11-26-08
Remote Name: 69.237.117.144
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25th.............................OUTSTANDING BAIT......Once again invited my bass instructor Mike Booker along for a try to get his first legal size STURGEON.. Like most bass anglers, Mike is used to Run & Gunning, Flipping & constantly working his baits in a standing position! Bait fishing on anchor requires very little physical movement & many tedious hours of watching your rod tip in a sitting position... And, when the bite is slow, ITS REALLY SLOW!.........................Our day.......Stopped by Bob,s Baits in Isleton and met with the owner Cam, who carefully picked through two pounds of beautiful fresh shad... All were uniform in size......Reaching Sherman Island county park by 8:00am, only three other rigs in parking lot. By 8:30am dropped anchor in 27 feet of water in a location just below light 7 where I picked up 7 keepers last year to 65 lbs.....At this writing, nothing so far....With the great fresh shad & a dozen Roe balls I'm thinking very positive..With the tide turn & the start of the incoming tide ( 9:30am) Went to work using both Roe balls & butterflied shad....Went through the window of opportunity without a pump! Fished the entire incoming tide with just a few nibbles...Saw no jumpers all day...The next tide ( Outgo) started at about 2:30pm...It was a fast turnaround as the light breeze was at our back... Stayed with this tide till the last moment hoping to get bit!..Never happened! as we ended the day just before darkness....The catch for the day was 3 undersize stripers!!! No Sturgeon action.... Very little boat traffic as we were the only boat in that area...Mike,s first sturgeon will be on hold at least till after Thanksgiving when we'll try it again......Wishing all my fellow anglers a happy Turkey Day....See ya on the water....
Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Northern Cal Delta
Weather: Cold
Water_condition: N'A
Date: 11-26-08
Remote Name: 76.217.156.85
The question to all of you was for help in picking undergarments to wear in cold weather. I received two responses. Thank you, that's to you two gentleman who were gracious enough to answer. I received the best tip from a friend who is positive on silk underwear but said the best thing is to go to REI or someone like that who knows what I'm talking about instead of Sports Authority or Big Five. The rest of you don't seem to want to help. Sorry I bothered you. j.
Name: Fish In PV Sport fishing
Email: puertovallartafish@gmail.com
Location: Puerto Vallarta Mexico
Weather: 85
Water_condition: smooth
Date: 11252008
Remote Name: 189.164.252.168
Back at ya with a Fresh Salt water Puerto Vallarta fishing Report. November 2008. The black marlins have grown rapidly these last 2 weeks in numbers and in size we tagged a 500 + and 300 + got tangled in the line so we had to bring it From the bank Sunday what a fish We were not doing anything to tricky just trolling with live bait and lures. We also found a nice dirt line and filled the rest of the day casting for dorado's and brought home a feast you find the right spot right now and you can catch as many dorado's as you can handle and remember Fish In PV Sportfishing now offer's a freezer service located right here in the marina so you can bring your fresh dorado steaks back home if you like! the cow season has been slow these is normally the time of the year when everyone is bragging about the big tuna I caught We have seen 2 300 + cows and about a 1/2 dozen 200+ this season which is very rare for Puerto Vallarta but that's fishing. The bay is full of jack's bonita's smaller Dorado, Needle fish, and red snapper. so even on a short day you can get alot of smaller action which is pretty normal in Puerto Vallarta or go for a half day off the point Where We have been catching sailfish, Dorado, and striped marlin! for more recent report check out www.puertovallartafish.com
Name: Fish In PV Sport fishing
Email: puertovallartafish@gmail.com
Location: Puerto Vallarta Mexico
Weather: 85
Water_condition: smooth
Date: 11252008
Remote Name: 189.164.252.168
Back at ya with a Fresh Salt water Puerto Vallarta fishing Report. November 2nd 2008. The black marlins have grown rapidly these last 2 weeks in numbers and in size we tagged a 500 + and 300 + got tangled in the line so we had to bring it From the bank Sunday what a fish We were not doing anything to tricky just trolling with live bait and lures. We also found a nice dirt line and filled the rest of the day casting for dorado's and brought home a feast you find the right spot right now and you can catch as many dorado's as you can handle and remember Fish In PV Sportfishing now offer's a freezer service located right here in the marina so you can bring your fresh dorado steaks back home if you like! the cow season has been slow these is normally the time of the year when everyone is bragging about the big tuna I caught We have seen 2 300 + cows and about a 1/2 dozen 200+ this season which is very rare for Puerto Vallarta but that's fishing. The bay is full of jack's bonita's smaller Dorado, Needle fish, and red snapper. so even on a short day you can get alot of smaller action which is pretty normal in Puerto Vallarta or go for a half day off the point Where We have been catching sailfish, Dorado, and striped marlin! for more recent report check out www.puertovallartafish.com
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Sherman and Decker Islands
Weather: Cold w/NW breeze
Water_condition: semi-clear
Date: 11-24-08
Remote Name: 24.7.147.46
Yesterday Bill and I launched my boat at Brannan Island State Ramp at 7am. Low tide was around 8am. We didn't want to go thru the dead tide issues of constantly re-casting our lines and boat drifting here and there. So we brought our black bass rigs so we could throw our Senko worms in the tules, weeds, logs and pileons during the tide change. Right off the bat I got I got the tinyest of tick after casting into this lone,young tule berm. Then I reeled up the slack, felt the weight and slammed him. And the fight was on. She was 2lbs.14oz. What a nice change of pace compared to those little shaker bites that stripers give. I got another tick tick, reeled up slack, hauled back but just barely feeling the fish that didn't get hooked. I ended up catching another fish about 1 1/4 lbs and Bill got one about 1 1/2 lbs. Then after about an hour of senko-ing we went out to the Sacto River with our sardines and fresh shad. I ended up with one nice 6 lber. and Bill got one 19 incher. When the stripers quit biting we tried throwing our senkos again. Bill got one small bite. He missed it. Then NADA! So we quit at 3:45pm. On the way home I stopped and filled up my 4-Runner and boat at the truck stop at Highway 12 and Interstate 5 cuz gas was $1.67. The ARCO was at $1.65. That's it! Jerry Yuke
Name: C Reading
Email: crazy_chriss@yahoo.com
Location: Bowman lake
Weather: B E A utiful
Water_condition: Clear and cold
Date: 11-15-08
Remote Name: 24.113.250.9
Floating nightcrawlers and powerbait on the lake. Caught 3, 2 Browns 3.5 and 3# and one nice rainbow to 4#. released 2 and harvested one due to hookset. YUMMY and pink. Roads are still clear and I may go again before the road closes. water is low and watch the rocks. Oh yes, Fuller is still hitting. Caught one nice Brown on Yo-Zuri a week ago too!! Tight lines all.
Name: Dan Danger
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Davis, Portola
Weather: Very cold AM, 12 degrees
Water_condition: calm, clear
Date: 11-24-08
Remote Name: 75.30.70.5
Launched at Mallard launch at 0700 hrs. the dock is still in and is supposed to be there until the first storm hits. We had fish in the boat 30 minutes later and ended the day with a total of 8 fish for two guys. The hot lure continues to be the smaller Dick Nite Red Head/Copper. Out fished everything else four to one. Had hits on other lures and a crawler behind a dodger but the red head copper is the hot lure. Biggest fish was 17" with a 16" right behind that one, those were the only two we kept. The rest were about 12" to 14" inches. Talked to another group of guys pulling out and they said (if you can believe them) that they caught all of their fish on Crawlers behind Dodgers. They had a very nice string of fish (around 12) of mostly good size. Lake should be freezing soon and can't wait for the ice fishing to start...
Name: Jerry T
Email: jerryt@morenotrenching.com
Location: Chain Island
Weather: Nice No Wind
Water_condition: Flat
Date: 11-24-08
Remote Name: 65.198.5.58
Fished at Chain Island in About 36 feet of water. No Wind today. The water was like glass all day except for durring slack tide it was a little choppy for a bout a half hour before it turned to glass again. Fished with Shad and Ghost Shrimp. Caught a few Strippers to 11 pounds, a flounder and a 12" Bullhead. Had no Sturgeon Bites all day and most hits were very soft.
Name: robert from shell
Email: rainbowtrout@sbcglobal.net
Location: steam boat
Weather: foggy to clear
Water_condition: simi clear
Date: 11-23-08
Remote Name: 74.37.127.17
Decided to do take a day off from working this Sunday! So came by my shell station to get gas and some drinks and my graveyard cahier wanted to hang out with me. So we arrived at Hog back at 6.30am it was pretty foggy. Hang around hog for about 4 hrs and land a 17 inch striper and a 18 pound salmon on a Yo-Zuri in clown. So total of 3 fish and got off by 3pm.
Name: robert from shell
Email: rainbowtrout@sbcglobal.net
Location: steam boat
Weather: foggy to clear
Water_condition: simi clear
Date: 11-23-08
Remote Name: 74.37.127.17
Decided to do take a day off from working this Sunday! So came by my shell station to get gas and some drinks and my graveyard cahier wanted to hang out with me. So we arrived at Hog back at 6.30am it was pretty foggy. Hang around hog for about 4 hrs and land a 17 inch striper and a 18 pound salmon on a Yo-Zuri in clown. So total of 3 fish and got off by 3pm.
Name: BigYurk
Email: hyurkovich@sbcglobal.net
Location: Farallon Islands
Weather: Breezy
Water_condition: ~6ft at 9 sec. ~5ft. viz.
Date: 11-22-08
Remote Name: 71.146.84.115
My buddy Kevin and I went out of the gate for a day of rock fishing today. We called on wednesday to the Berkeley Sportfishing Marina and got a reservation. Saturday morning we got our spots on the Goldeneye 2000. My buddy and I were wondering what was up when we counted many more people on the boat than rod holders on the rail. No sweat, right? We have our spots and have been on the boat for more than an hour. Just prior to departure (6am), my buddy and I were told that we we had to leave because the boat was filled up and we were now placed on the wait list. After further discussion with the deck hand I was told that the captain has his "crew of regulars" that takes priority. No happy at all, actually pretty furious, we went back up to the Berkeley Sportfishing store to talk with the person who we had set our reservations and paid our money to. When I talked with him he told me that he just keeps sending people to the Goldeneye 2000 until the captain tells him to quit. I asked about the more people than rod holders and his reply was that they count on peopel to get sick and not fish. In my opinion this is not a party boat, it seemed more like a cattle boat. All of this was kind of a blessing in disguise. We did get aboard the New Easy Rider with Capt. Gallia. Got the wettest spot on the boat (bow) but that did not take away from the trip. We had a fantastic time with a great set of deck hands and an awesome captain. The boat was not crowded and did not have more passengers than rod holders. Capt. Gallia put in the time to get us our crab (3/person which is great for this year) and the fishing was wide open. My partner and I both came home with limits of gigantic yellow tail, a huge boccacio and vermillion. My buddy and I also both limited on lings. Another guy who got waitlisted off the Goldeneye 2000 got an outstanding mixed bag limit as well as a couple of nice lings (biggest fish on boat about 15lbs). Truly a great combo trip. It was really nice to step off the New Easy Rider at 5pm and having to make 2 trips to the truck to carry fish while we saw some of the people from the cattle boat with less than their limit of trash fish and one crab. The lesson I learned today is that since the party boats are now independent go directly to their web sites and make your reservations there. Do not rely on a middle man like berkeley marina. I truly believe that there is something inherently wrong with overpacking a boat and counting on people to get sick and not fish. If you pay your money you should have a spot no matter who you are. It should not matter if you are in with the captain or not. New Easy Rider (neweasyrider.com) thank you for saving my day and for the wonderful time on the high seas. I will definitely be riding with you again. Goldeneye 2000, blah, shame on you!
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta Sac-side
Weather: Fishable
Water_condition: Fishable
Date: 11-22-08
Remote Name: 69.108.13.69
My lucky dog, Spike and I caught & released 5 legal stripers to 8# (four on fresh shad, one deep trolling). Water 58.4*, dirty to barely semi-clear. Air 45-70*. Sky foggy to overcast to clear. Wind 0-2 mph. I fished most of the +4.5’ incoming tide (four fish) and the first part of a delayed -4.6’ outgoing tide (one fish). I trolled for 2 hours deep & bait fished for 6 hours. First thing in the morning I picked up 3# of fresh shad at Rio Vista B&T. I used a half # & when I got home put the rest in sea salt water to toughen them up. I'll freeze them for Dec/Jan bait fishing. A relaxing, beautiful day on the Delta. Water a little dirty for trolling. As the ebb tide picked up I had to clean my bait rig every 10-15 minutes. The bait bites were fairly strong (e.g. rod went down, line went out, put reel in gear, rod loaded up, set the hook). Very few light bites. Thanks for the company Spike. <’{{{{~
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Pittsburg & Suisun
Weather: Fishable
Water_condition: Fishable
Date: 11-20-08
Remote Name: 69.108.13.69
Following Bill Crooks example four Jolly Hookers (John Franz, Bob Bonner, Ron Madsen & Guy) went out with Jay Lopes on his Right Hook 24’ Parker with twin 150 hp Hondas for a day of sturgeon chasing. We launched at Martinez. A slow day, Ron caught & released an undersized sturgeon. Each of had several chances to hook up “something”, only one or two looked like sturgeon takes. Water 60*, dirty to barely semi-clear. Air 45-70*. Sky overcast. Wind 2-9 mph. We fished the top of Little Cut, below Pittsburg, Suisun Bay shallow & deep. We used eel, Grass & Ghost shrimp. Bob should have brought some Roe. I should have brought some shad, my lucky dog, Spike, and my iPod with my "lucky" Bob Seger tunes. A great group of guys to go fishing with, Jay a great guide, worked hard trying to get us the sturgeon. <’{{{{~
Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: The Delta Area
Weather: NA
Water_condition: NA
Date: 11-23-08
Remote Name: 76.217.156.85
Hi all, have a question that I'm sure all of you can answer for me. For cold weather fishing what's the best under garmets to wear? I keep hearing about Under Armour and seeing it advertised but we fisherman who mainly sit in a boat and do not generate much heat need something other than what skiers would wear I think. What do you wear and what do you think is the best for fishing in cold weather? You can answer by emailing me please. hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net. Please put under armour in the subject line so I'll know it's not some garbage email. Thanlks guys. j.
Name: Pete Fredeen
Email: pfredeen@aol.com
Location: Lake Tahoe Homewood
Weather: 22 degree @ sunrise
Water_condition:
Date: 11-21-08
Remote Name: 69.225.242.32
Used night crawlers off a private dock for 3 rainbows to 3 lbs. and 1- 5lb mackinaw.
Name: chuck mckay
Email: mckaychuck@yahoo.com
Location: rio vista by bridge
Weather: perfect
Water_condition:
Date: 11-20-09
Remote Name: 74.37.145.54
bait fishing with shad , pile worms , sardine , kitchen sink lol , 3 small strips , 2 flounders 3 catfish and 12 in. link cod what beautiful day on the north side of the bridge out of the wind
Name: chuck mckay
Email: mckaychuck@yahoo.com
Location: rio vista by bridge
Weather: perfect
Water_condition:
Date: 11-20-09
Remote Name: 74.37.145.54
bait fishing with shad , pile worms , sardine , kitchen sink lol , 3 small strips , 2 flounders 3 catfish and 12 in. link cod what beautiful day on the north side of the bridge out of the wind
Name: captjim01
Email: dontopen.comcast.net
Location: i'm at home
Weather: excellent
Water_condition: n/a
Date: 11-21-08
Remote Name: 71.193.54.127
Jerry-There use to be an outboard mechanic shop on highway 12 going west just outside of town by the golf course. Also, Delta Marina below the bridge also has a shop. I've not used either but in a pinch beats towing it home.
Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Same old place-Decker Island
Weather: Windy! 10 to 17mph
Water_condition: semi-clear
Date: 11-20-08
Remote Name: 24.7.144.195
Yesterday, I took Bill Bushey out to continue our baitfishing for stripers and had the biggest surprise at the launch ramp. My wonderful 2003 Yamaha went "tick tick tick tick" when I turned the ignition key. So I checked both battery positive clamps, and they were fine. To make a long story short. I forgot Sunday I was upkeeping my four batteries in the boat. And after taking out my outboard battery from underneath and checking it, I forgot to replace one of my two black lines on the negative side. So instead of anchoring at 7am we anchored at 9am. But at least I didn't have to drop off my boat to a marine mechanic and go home without fishing. So we got to one of our favorite spots and it was at least 8 mph West wind. However, it was at our back cuz of the incoming tide. I caught 2 keepers there. So we reanchored on the West Bank I caught another keeper. Then the wind increased to 15 mph. And that means wind against current which also means bigger waves. So then we went inside to Horsehoe Bend to hide a little from that wind. And Bill finally caught a keeper around 3pm. We quit at 4pm. However, I was lucky in marine mechanic expenses. None!!!!! Oh! Dan Gee told me today reg. gas at the truck stop at Highway 12 and Interstate 5 was selling for $1.73. When was the last time we had a good gas war? Bill and I were'nt at the Brannan Island ramp for 2 hours. We went spent a good hour and 1/2 in Rio Vista looking for a marine mechanic. Good fishin' to ya'll! Jerry Yuke
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: MONTEZUMA Slough AREA
Weather: VERY WARM WITH LIGHT BREEZES
Water_condition: Good Condition bait/ trolling at 61*
Date: 11-18-08
Remote Name: 69.229.121.119
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18th..........................AT LAST!!...............Tom Ramage gets into his salmon roe stash he picked up last year from the great state of Oregon.....For being FROZEN for 6 months and thawed out it was in very good condition! Spent Monday evening making up Roe balls in the classic cheese cloth method, adding Fire Power Pautzke pure Krill & Nectar.....On the way to the Belden bridge ramp, we stop at the local bait shop by Mac Donalds.......No fresh shad! No ghost shrimp! The owner says, he gets his stuff on Thursday!! Ended up getting half a pound of grass shrimp & a few packages of FROZEN shad...At launching time, we leave our jackets & winter overalls in my truck...Don't need them as there is no wind and the air temps are already in the 50's and rising!!! We head downstream to a location where I have had success in the past and as we anchor up just at the turn of the tide, a weak outgo just over a foot!! Tom & myself went with combo,s of Roe balls & grass shrimp or shad & grass shrimp....Lots of big blips on the Hummingbird and a few jumpers just in front of us! Twice I had fish run into my braided line but no pumps! Most bites were jiggles with light pulls....As my buddy Guy Brown calls it....JUNK BITES!!...Fished this soft tide right to the end with zero hookups...Plan two....We decided to head upstream just next to the cut ( Nurse slough)...for the income......Just a few minutes into the tide, I get a classic pump on my Roe ball!!! Hitting the rod standing up. I feel a solid hook up! I'm into a JUMPER as this fish clears the water twice....Not a monster, but close to a keeper...As we get the fish close to the boat, we eyeball the marks I have on the side of the boat...Guessing he's in the 45- 48 inch range...Not what we are after!!! Never brought him in the boat as Tom released this young fish boat side.....With a long season ahead of us & with the idea that we just keep one fish a year apiece.... a 55 incher would be the keeper size....Everything else...Catch & release and recorded.......Ended the day at this location just getting more junk bites and no stripers! For the record, the water was clear enough to troll, but on this day, we decided to do the bait thing.....A very warm day for mid- November as a short sleeve shirts was the uniform of the day...Wish I had brought my shorts!! Had to be in the seventy's in the afternoon? The boat traffic was almost nil as very few others trying there luck.....Thanks for the company Tom....See ya on the water...Naked.
Name: Feej-000
Email: 1234
Location: Decker, Sherman Island
Weather: Clear, summer like condition
Water_condition:
Date: 11-15-08
Remote Name: 64.172.142.154
The two of us picked up some shads and pileworms from Haps and headed towards light 17 across from Decker Island. First line in the water at about 5:55am. 4 hr and only one keeper striper at 19" on left over sardines. Decided to head down a litte farther south. Beautiful day, condition couldn't have been any better. There were boat everywhere. Decided to fish in about 27ft of water east of light 8. Right away, we started consistently landing shaker stripers every 5-10 minutes. After about 2 1/2 hr of this, we've had enough. Decided to head upstream for one more last stop. Half of the boat aroung the sherman island area had left. Decided to anchor in 32' of water east of light 12. After about 15 minutes of none action, I decided to bait up a rig with pile worm (first time today). 8 minutes later still no action. Just as i was finished talking to my brother-in-law about how to detect the sturgeon bite, I notice a slight movement on the rod. Decided to pick up the rod and as the rod moved slightly again, what the heck, set the hook. To my surprised, something was moving at the end of the line. 5 mins into the fight, it made a splashed on the water surface. After about another 13-15 min fight and a couple failed netting attempts, finally landed my first keeper sturgy at about 48" (still incoming tide). Had me worried a little, because i was using my 7' med action lamiglas e-glass black bass rod with a shimano curado equiped 20lb mono leader. After a slow day all day, I'd say this was pretty successful. Another 15 minutes, and we decided to call it a day. Boat out of the water around 4:30pm. Total: many shakers, one 23" Sac Pike minnow, one 19" keeper striper, one 48" sturgy. Hope everyone out there had a successful and great day. Tight lines!
Name: Western Pursuit
Email: adh@shasta.com
Location: West Delta...
Weather: Warm
Water_condition: 59
Date: 11-15-08
Remote Name: 74.61.211.102
Trolling Rebels in the morning. Ended at noon with 3 limits. All stripers were 18-21". Worst part was the "Angry Fisherman". Passed by one guy who seemed mad at the world. Can't catch a fish that way. Come on were fishing it can't be all that bad.
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Below light 7 Sherman Island area
Weather: Perfect with light north winds
Water_condition: Off colored to semi clear at 60* surface
Date: 11-16-08
Remote Name: 69.229.121.119
SATURDAY........NOVEMBER 15th........................TIME FOR NORMAL, FOGGY, COLD WEATHER!........Nothing wrong with sunny days & temps 10 degrees above normal for mid- November and water temps reaching the 60's in mid-afternoon...One would think the bite would be outstanding? But, it has not been good at all!..I would think the metabolism level for stripers & sturgeon would be on the high side and aggressively feeding on the favorable tides? This has not been the case....Talking with my fellow anglers and with my own experiences the past three outings, we all share the same results....Most bites are on the very light side regardless of what bait is used....Once in awhile, you will encounter a major takedown.....but it is just a small fish with a occasional larger one!....Many times in mid-winter with water temps in the upper 40's & lower 50's I have had stripers almost take your rod into the water using a balanced rod system!!! And, now with water temps in the SIXTY'S just nudging your baits!! Just know, after me talking about the present bite between light 1 & 7......Someone thinks I'm full of sh-t as they had a great day of catching fish!! Maybe one boat out of 100? LOL.....And, now my post.........Anchored up in 23 feet of water next to the wind towers downstream from light 7.......Staying away from the fleet of boats anchored closer to the main channel with most boats hanging around lights 1 & 5.....Had my wife Sandra with me and we had great shad & lively ghost shrimp we picked up at Bob's Bait...Fished the final hours of the outgo ( 11:00am) and all of the incoming tide which lasted till almost dark (4:30pm)......The turn-around from slack low & the income took more than half an hour!!! ( noon) Sandy used butterflied shad all day & I used the shrimp period! Best action on the shad was the first two hours of the incoming tide and the bites were on the light side as Sandy picked up 6 stripes to just 5 pounds the largest with most fish in the 18- 20 inch range! Using the ghost shrimp only method for me produced ZERO pumps from the big guy as I received only nibbles the whole day long!....Did see one jumper just at end of the day and my hummingbird showed a few large fish moving through but they were not interested in eating my shrimp for sure! ...Looking forward to the colder nasty weather and tule fog which is the norm for November & December and a better bite!! The barn swallows are still hanging around, they should be gone by now!!!! See ya on the water...Naked.
Name: captjim01
Email: dontopen@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento Delta
Weather: slight nw
Water_condition: ok
Date: 11-15-08
Remote Name: 71.193.54.127
went out yesterday a.m., fished the end of the outgo with shad at Decker. Must been the full moon, bite was very light, no big take downs. Caught couple of 22 inchers. Moved down to powerlines for the turn. Turn took forever because of the northern breeze, the bite really died on the incoming. That's it, tight lines.
Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Upper Suisun Bay
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Fishable
Date: 11-13-08
Remote Name: 69.227.126.57
Bill Crooks, my normally lucky dog, Spike, and I devoted the day to looking for sturgeon in all the wrong places. Another beautiful day on the water but no sturgeon. Bill got 10 & 15 stripers (inchers). Had to fish without live ghost/grass shrimp. Launched at Belden Landing. Fished below the Montezuma Bridge (no one else there but very encouraging marks) & in Suisun Bay (15 other boats). 7 hours, 20 miles. We fished a 5 ½ hour +4.0’ incoming tide. No sturgeon pumps or take downs. Lots of junk bites. We used eel, roe, defrosted shad, defrosted anchovy, defrosted grass shrimp. Water 59*, semi-clear, little to no debris; air 55-80*, sky clear; wind 0-5 (mainly 0) mph. Thanks for the company Bill, sorry to interrupt your (how many years has it been?) no-skunk streak.
Name: BOB HARRIES ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sherman Island area Above light 7
Weather: Light breezes, very nice for November
Water_condition: Semi clear..Full moon tides at 59 *
Date: 11-14-08
Remote Name: 69.229.121.119
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13th......................LAST YEARS LOCATION..........Had Mike Booker with me on this first day of Striper / Sturgeon bait fishing......After launching at lower Sherman Island county park, in years past I would head for the Power Lines by light 14 and find my 33 feet of water where I have had fairly good success the past 5 years or so...But, with the wind up and predicted to be choppy in that location much of the day decided to head downstream below light 7 towards Collinsville...While it can be breezy, Its not half as bad as the open waters at the power lines!...Once again, we found great fresh shad at Bob's bait in Isleton and that would be the only bait used as they were out of ghost shrimp and of course, NO Salmon roe balls this year!....Anchored in 27 feet of water just at the end of the outgo and the turnaround was very quick with a 4 & 1/2 foot income...Lots of fish on the fish finder.....but, as most of you know, it doesn't mean they are gonna bite! ...Went through the first few hours with ZERO Sturgeon pumps but caught a few stripes ( small size) and they took the bait as if they had been feeding all night ( FULL MOON ) and were not aggressive!..At the tides strongest movement, very little action!......After the peak, and when the current relaxed, we once again started to get bites...But, No Sturgeon pumps...Did catch the largest stripe of whole day at this point, a 6 pounder that just took the rod DOWN!! With the surface temps at 61 degrees late in the afternoon, the stripes for the most part, were taking the bait like it was mid- winter....Must be the Full Moon thing? Our last window of opportunity came very late as the tide once again turned ( Outgo ) Again, No Sturgeon pumps!!! By 4:30pm. We were done!....Didn't see any jumpers all day, but did see a rare salmon jump! After throwing swimbaits & trolling the past few months, it was a nice change up doing some bait fishing, even on a slow day....As we slowly headed back to the ramp towards Sherman, the orange/ yellow full moon showed itself over the east.....Mike & myself are thinking they gotta be feeding at night!! Better days ahead...See ya on the water...Naked...
Name: crazy_chriss
Email: crazy_chriss@yahoo.com
Location: Bowman Lake
Weather: NICE
Water_condition: Clear and cld
Date: 11-10-08
Remote Name: 24.113.250.9
Jeeped back in to the back area. Saw em rising. Tossed lures and bobber/fly combos but nothing. Decided to float a worm and what do ya know.... WHAM... My clipped on bell was a ringin and ringin and I was 10 yards away and I was a runnin to it. I set the hook and on 4# test it took awhile but it was a nice rainbow 3.9 lbs. As i brought it in there was a beautiful pair of Bald eagles soaring around. I will try Fuller and then go back to Bowman before the snows close the road. Tight lines all.... I did get pics of the fish. I will get them developed and post it at Sportsmans soon.
Name: BassJack
Email: Jack@BassJack.com
Location: Lower Delta
Weather: nice
Water_condition: dirty/50 degrees
Date: 11-11-2008
Remote Name: 208.79.244.67
11/11/2008 – Launched at Sherman Island with Thomas at 7:00 am. Thomas caught a 6.5 pound striper on the first cast on a shad/pile worm combo at the end of the outgoing tide. I picked up a 41” sturgeon on shad with and E-chip leader at the beginning of the incoming tide in 57’ of water. Moved by Chain and marked fish but not takers. At the end of the incoming tide I caught a 20” striper on shad. At the same time Thomas had a pull down and the fight was on. Thirty minutes later we see a 60”-65” belly hooked sturgeon come up to the boat. Oh yeah, Thomas was using the striper rig with 20 lb test mono. A quick turn of the pliers and the sturgeon was off. Fished the outgoing tide near Chain Island but didn’t have any luck. Off the water at 4:30 pm for a nice delta sunset. Covered water from Pittsburg to the Power Lines.
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