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Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island to Isleton
Weather: Blustery Wind/Sunny
Water_condition: Off Color to Slightly Off Color @ 72 Degrees
Date: July 6, 2006

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Thursday, July 6, 2006...Arthur Bard and Dave Varshawsky went striper fishing with me today. We trolled Bombers in the Rio Vista area for nothing. We trolled Rebels up at Isleton for 5 shaker stripers and 5 keeper stripers to 11 pounds. We spooned at Decker Island with 1-1/2 oz. Hopkins and 2 oz. Crippled Herring spoons. We caught over 100 stripers on those spoons out of two schools that we found. Most of the stripers were real small, but we did manage 7 more keepers. We kept stripers at 11#, 7#, 5#, 4#, 19" and 19". We put on 30 miles in the 30 mph+ winds today. Rollers and whitecaps again. A lot of action for a lot of fun. And, yes, we did see Mt. Diablo all day. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Berryessa
Weather: Great!!!
Water_condition: Clear flat in am, turned to Dux in pm
Date: July 4, 2006

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I went Koke fishing by myself, actually I brought a nephew that said he wanted to go fishing, but didn't want to reel in fish. In my book, he was just going along for the ride. Anyway, these Kokanees have very tender mouths, 4 or 6 of them came unbuttoned before I could boat a fish. I should've been off the water before noon, if it weren't for those long distance releases. I noticed I was the only one fishing after it started getting windy and rough, but I had to stay because I was still one shy from a limit. I eventually got the last Koke in the boat around 2:40pm. I'd say most of the fish I caught were in the 14.5 inch range, 1 fish was about 11 inches. Oh yeah, I caught a trout that had parasites on it which I released...I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it, yuck! Lucky lures: Killer B's chartruese spinner, Watermelon apex (caught the last fish), and the new UV apex modified with a radical glow tube. The New UV had the most take downs. Oh yeah, I was using Fire Corn. I would've chased hali's in my "backyard" or gone after rockfish, but my fishing buddies couldn't make it....Scott was studying, Tom was working. Alan, I'm glad you guys are going continue with this site.

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: RioVistaSanJuaq
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: Clear/72degrees
Date: Tuesday/4th of July 2006

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Changed my oil/plugs etc on my Arima so had to take it for a run. Had a great day slammin stripers and fighting the wind. Biggest fish for today was a 23 pound male that made a run that took my line-counter from 140ft to 360ft in less than 5 seconds! I was solo so had to quickly power up and chase the hog so I wouldn't get spooled. With the 25mph winds it was quite an adventure. I met up with Rudy in his Skipjack and ended up towing his 21' boat back to Brannon due to mechanical problems. Oh well, water was clear and fish were vicious so it was a good day. Now I'm REALLY off to Bodega until next week. Get out there y'all. Take Care.

Name: TIBBY
Email: tibby@inreach.com
Location: Sheter Cove
Weather: breeze
Water_condition: nice clear /blue green
Date: July 2,3

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Just came back from 2 days of fishing at Shelter cove, fishing for salmon is spoty- but well worth it, it is not that there are not kings there but that you have to catch 6 silvers before you find a king. But it is worth it they are averaging arould 20lb, I brought home 14, 18, 24, 36 lbs kings, with limits of nice rocks and lings between 10 & 30 lbs.

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Isleton to Decker Island
Weather: WINDY!!! TO 35 MPH!
Water_condition: Off Color/Rollers and White Caps
Date: July 2, 2006

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Sunday, July 2, 2006...Mark and Nikko Andronico went striper fishing with me today. We actually had a "pot luck" trip with a mixed bag of fish. Smallmouth, stripers and squawfish made up the bag, but the squawfish took big fish honors at about 10 pounds. We trolled Bombers for only one hit and a miss. We trolled Rebels up at Isleton for 3 small shaker stripers. We trolled Speed Traps in Steamboat Slough for a couple of small smallmouth bass. We spooned at Decker Island with Hopkins Spoons, 1-1/2 oz. for about 50 stripers and about 20 squawfish. We hit it at the top of the tide and then later at the bottom of the tide. The first school was about 100 yards long and was a mix of squawfish and stripers. At the end of the day we had 8 small keeper stripers, which we kept four at 21", 20", 20" and 19". We lost 2 big stripers, one of which broke off, and the other just pulled loose. My 3/0 siwash hooks on my Hopkins spoons are bent to pieces. The only problems today was dirty water and the big winds to 35 mph. Rollers and whitecaps all day. Made it tough to get around and to maintain a drift while spooning, but we had a lot of action. And, Mt. Diablo was in sight almost all day. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: RioVistaSanJuaq
Weather: Nice/Breezy
Water_condition: 72degrees/semi clear
Date: Saturday/1July2006

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Took Dave and Katy his teen age daugher for their first trolling trip. Again I brought 3 bags of frozen anchovies not planning on finding too many stripers. Our first pass thru West Bank got a small 4 pounder. Then hit San Juaq. for a 4#, 5#, 3# and the big 12 pounder hooked by Katie. She was SO excited...a few more shakers here & there and off the water by noon. Never touched the anchovies since we were able to find a fish here & there. Not bad for 5 hrs. of fishing. Not much boat traffic either. Well, I'm off to fish Bodega for 5 days next week. Take Care Y'all.

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: n/a
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Water_condition: n/a
Date: 30Jun2006

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Hey Alan...I echo "Dan's" posting about how much I appreciate this website. Unfortunately, I can't do anything to help because I have absolutely NO computer skills...that's why I'm a you-know-what. You don't need a brain or computer skills to do what I do for a living! Anyway, keep up the good work and I'm still waitin for that invite to get on your show...hahaha. Take Care. Heading to Rio Vista in the morning and Bodega Bay Thursday. Regards. Tomi.

Name: Dan
Email: ddebord2005@comcast.net
Location: nowhere
Weather: pretty nice
Water_condition: unsure
Date: 06/30/06

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Alan, I think it is great that the owner of the site is changing the posting rules to eliminate the unwanted SPAM. I hope that everyone who posts fishing reports or has in the past will continue to do so. After many years of raising a family and working too many hours I now find myself again able to go fishing with my friends, son, and grandson. Trying to move from a "stinking" bait fisherman, that i used to be, to a lures fisherman that i want to be, i have used this site to learn from the nice people who are posting fishing reports. It would be a real shame to not have all of the wonderful fishing reports continue to be posted. I have even figured out how to quickly look back to prior years to get an idea of what to expect in coming months so I like all the history. Thanks for taking the time to work with the owner to keep the site up and hopefully SPAM free in the future. And thanks to the owner who is taking on this challenge after just recently having to renew the naming rights. All is appreciated by myself and my fishing companions.

Name: vic
Email: vmkrampitz@netzero.net
Location: nowhere
Weather: nice
Water_condition: n/a
Date: 30 june 06

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hey Alan. I would be willing to help fix this site's message board. I've used this site for the last year ever since Tomi took me out on his boat and told me about the site. I've gotten a lot of useful info from this message board & would be happy to try to help out. I'm actually going through multimedia school right now, so I'm sure I can work out the bugs. I'll email you. Vic

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: S.F. Bay
Weather: Nice until the WINDS Came Up
Water_condition: Off Color a Little (Big Tide)
Date: June 30, 2006

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Monday, June 26, 2006...Jack Thomason and I went down to South Bay to chase some halibut. We trolled straight herring for 10 bites resulting in one striper at 4 pounds, one 25" halibut, and one 27" halibut. A bigger halibut got away at the boat. Some other scratched baits and that was it. We trolled in about 9' of water between Candlestick Point and Oyster Point. Very nice weather until the wind came up. A long run back to Richmond. There was nothing on the Berkeley Flats for us.....Thursday, June 29, 2006...Went back out on the Berkeley Flats with Barry Canevaro, Arthur Bard, and David Varshawsky. Only sharks to the boat. No stripers or halibut for us. The bite was off. We worked all over the bay but the good fish did not want to bite. Plenty of wind by late morning. That's it. Good luck. Catch you alter - Mark.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: nowhere
Weather: hot
Water_condition: clear
Date: June 29, 2006

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Attention Fisherman who post on this site. Starting next week the owner is changing how this site is running. You will have to get a password to be able to post your fishing reports. He is also looking for some one who wants to help maintain the site, it won't take to much to help out. You can contact me at Fishermans Warehouse. Finally all this spam will go elsewhere! Alan

Name: joe
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Location: mexico
Weather: spamy
Water_condition: spamy
Date: 6-29-06

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All you spam cock suckers really fucked a good thing up for everyone who has worked hard and put alot of time in to make this a great place to share information. We all kept it clean till now i hope your glad i hope they build another sight and block you cock suckers out so you cant fuck it up to sorry to everyone who kept this sight clean this will be my last post

Name: TIBBY
Email: RAVEN@THE-RAVENS.NET
Location: n/a
Weather: n/a
Water_condition: n/a
Date: 6/29/06

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I totally agree with webfoot, that we need to save this site. I have found the owners email address and have emailed him directly, lets see what he has to say. Scott

Name: Webfoot
Email: Rebernhardt@aol.com
Location: Right here
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/a
Date: June 29, 2006

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A great big thanks Mike for the Wimpy's Report below. NOt only was it a fantastic report on some great unexpected fishing, but you topped it off by expressing my feelings exactly on not giving up on this site. It's by far the most informative one for me. Yeah the SPAM IS A PAIN IN THE %$#&%^#!!! And I'm afraid I'm not computer literate enough to know what to do about it ---- BUT C'MON GUYS & GALS LET'S DON'T LET THE AGGRAVATION OF THE SPAM STOP US FROM ENJOYING THE MANY BENEFITS OF THIS SITE. SOMEONE PLEASE ACCEPT ONE OR MORE OF THE OFFERS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORTH TO ELIMINATE OR MINIMIZE THE SPAM & KEEP THIS GOOD THING GOING!!!!!!!!! Thanks Ron Bernhardt (WEBFOOT)

Name: MJB
Email: jig_man15@yahoo.com
Location: Wimpys
Weather: perfect
Water_condition: Good
Date: 6/19 6/27 6/28

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Well I wasnt going to post this but after the second trip I felt I needed to share my sucess . Monday the 19 th. I went Striper/Black Bass Fishing. I took two friends along that really want to hook into some Stripers. I told both of them that the Striper fishing was pretty much over with...... WRONG!!!! We launched out of Wimpys & headed south. The first stop & about 10 cast later with a fish/trap , one of my buddies hook's into a HOG!! This fish is pissed & makes a run up stream taken a few hundered feet of line with him. Needless to say we lost this fish too a snag in the river, we regroup & start throwing fish traps some more. I was thinking we just nailed a way ward solo HOG & that was going to be it for the day, WRONG.. We nailed another striper in the same area, that we landed & went about 12 lbs. then later that day we hit two more schools which produced a few more fish. I really felt that this was a one time deal & we just got lucky, I mean come on it's almost July & we were catching Schooling stripers in the Moklume. I had to see If it was luck or if by chance some of the Stripers from up around the Colusa area STOPPED IN FOR A VISIT. So I set out for a two day trip on June 27th & 28th. & Both days produced Stripers. On the 27th. I fished with a great young lad that lives their at Wimpys. Ridge is his name & with-in an hour Ridge & I nailed a nice limit of fish on rattle-traps & Top-water Bait's the biggest fish went around 14-16 pound's. The next morning the 28th. I hit the water at high tide & headed south on the Moklume . I found fish again In the same area's as before. After catching & releasing 4 nice fish up to 16 pound's, I was convinced that their are Stripers still holding in & around the North & South Moklume, I might have been able to catch more but I really want to hit the high tide frog bite for Largemouth Bass & I am glad I did. After catching a few & missing one very large fish , I nailed a 7.8 lb. on a frog. I saw this fish coming out of the coner of my eye & she had & great aim. This fish stuck that frog up in the shallow water , I set the hook on her & set it GOOD (FOR A CHANGE) this fish tail danced her way across the water until she got hung up on a log sticking up out of the water. This made for a rather easy retrive because her mouth was wide open & her body was half in the water & half way out. When she first hit & started tail dancing, alls I saw was the size of her mouth & thought to myself that's a 10 plus fish, WRONG!!! But needless to say she was truly an AWESOME FISH. I put on a few miles yesterday the 28th., I went from Wimpy's almost to Paradise via White Slough, wait I was in PARADISE ALL DAY, MAN I LOVE THE DELTA. FOR YOU GUYS THAT ARE GIVING-UP ON THIS SITE, PLEASE DO YOURSELF & ALL OF US A FAVOR & PLEASE , PLEASE "DO NOT" LET A SMALL LITTLE THING LIKE THIS MAKE YOU TURN THE OTHER CHEEK, IT CAN BEAT!!! IF THE CURRENT MOD. DOESNT WANT TO DEAL WITH THESE SMALL LITTLE ISSUE'S, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO STEP FORWARD & KICK SOME MAJOR SPERM & SPAM..... & I AM SURE A FEW OTHERS WILL DO SO ASWELL & HELP CLEAN-UP ALL THE SPERM & SPAM!!! After all I will miss reading Alan Fong's, Mark Wilson, Bob THAT NAKED DUDE(OH WHAT A SITE THAT MUST BE) & ALL THE OTHER WOUNDERFUL FISHING PEOPLE THAT REPORT THEIR SUCESSFUL & NOT SO SUCESSFUL FISHING TRIP'S HERE ON THIS SITE. & BLASTING THE WEBMASTER FOR HIS OR HER IN ABILITY , TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ALWAYS GOING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I think you maybe barking-up an empty tree, I mean look at the last time this web-site was Revised Sep.21 2000..... It Very well could be (NO ONE'S HOME ). Well Good Luck too ALL & I will do some poking around too see what can be done about contacting someone . May all your fishing dreams come true!!!! MJB A.K.A Mike

Name: captain neal goodrich
Email: captainneal@fishingfrenzy.org
Location: mosquito lagoon florida
Weather: clear and rain
Water_condition: clear
Date: jun 20 06

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The days have been beautiful early in the morning for fishing and the fish have been just great about biting when you find them. Sometimes you can catch your limit on the first stop, but most of the time you have to search for them. Just keep moving until you find a good bite. I give each stop about 15 minutes of fishing and if the fish are there you will know it by then. If not, just move to another spot. I had a family out one morning this week. I am sorry to say it, but I couldn't find any redfish for them. They did catch 14 keeper trout and some were over 20 inches. It was a good day and the said they had a great time. I know I enjoyed watching them fish together with live bait for the first time. Another trip this week with two men, we spent fishing in the rain. There have been a great many good fishing days lately. And you have to fish them when you can. Those two men caught 10 good trout with three over 20 inches and one 24 inch Redfish. They deserved everyone they caught because we were all soaking wet all day. Just this past Saturday I took a friend of mine and his 7 year old son fishing. My friend used to be a fishing guide and is usually hard to beat. But on this trip I smoked him like a cheap cigar. The reason was, while I was fishing, he was taking care of his son. We went late in the day and we caught 10 nice keeper trout. Out of those fish, four were too big to keep. The 7 year old boy, Eric, caught and landed a 25 inch redfish. It was a hot day, but a great day of fishing. Oh, my friend caught one keeper trout. What a day! Every day fishing is a great day! Captain Neal Goodrich www.fishingfrenzy.org 386-690-0473

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: HMB 11 miles offshore
Weather: Overcast
Water_condition: Flat as a pancake
Date: 06/24/06

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Went fishing with Scott, normally Tom fishes with us, but he was at a softball tournament in SoCal. A friend told me about his fishing adventures the day before. He landed 3 limits before 8am on Saturday. He encouraged me to go out on Sunday. It took us all day to catch 4 salmon (we threw one back because it was 19"). The ones we kept were 26, 26, 10. It was fun because we were using the same rods that we would use when fishing on the Moke or at Vieras....I had 2 downriggers. We trolled FBR's (red, blue, and chartruese). Oh yeah, we modified them by adding a stinger. All fish boated were caught on the stinger. If you do use a stinger, make sure you're within the regs. As soon as you leave Princeton Harbor, head out at 210 on your compass, stop when you get to 290 feet, then troll. That's about a 10 - 11 mile run, but the waters were flat so I was basically going wide open throttle the whole way.

Name: Bob Harries ( The naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: June 26th 06 Monday

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FINAL REPORT ON THIS WEB SITE!!!! What was fun is no longer enjoyable..One fishing report, & 28 Viagra sales info!!!! For sure this has been ( not last 5 Months) the best site for Delta fishing reports from fisherman like Mark Wilson right on down the list that put many hours on the water & who take the time to type HONEST & up to date fishing conditions & reports........This spam artist has taking away the tools of comunication from us fisherman & must be making a profit??? If you can help me find another wed site thats easy to report & read reports, please contact me.... See ya on the river. Bob Harries.. (Naked )................

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Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: Isleton area
Weather: hot/breezy
Water_condition: semi clear / 71 degrees
Date: o6/24/06 saturday night

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went out on evening high tide change . got 37 striper , mostly little guys . but , i did manage 2 at 8# , 2at 6# , a 5 #er and a couple at 4# . nothing to brag about . but a lot of fun . not as many salmon in the water as last weekend . clown rebel was the ticket . out of water around 2:30 a.m. .

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Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Isleton to Broad Slough
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Date: June 22, 2006

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Wednesday, June 21, 2006...First Day of a Hot Summer...Arthur Bard and David Varshawsky joined me today to go looking for summertime stripers. Not many to be found. We did not get a hit today trolling Rebels or Bombers. We did find some action on small stripers with spoons. We spooned around Isleton and spooned in Horseshoe Bend for about 30 stripers, of which only 4 were keepers, and the biggest was about 3.5 pounds. David did manage to catch about a 5 pound squawfish (David is Squawfish Queen for the Day). That was it from 6:30 a.m. tol 4:30 p.m. Will check back next week for another try at summer fish. They just haven't stopped by yet. That's it. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: N/A
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Date: June, 22, 2006

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Attention all Washington Outboard Club members. Two days of renewals left for you. Tonight, Thursday at the West Sac VFW Hall 4 to 8 PM and this Saturday morning at 9 AM till noon. You must renew on these two dates or lose your membership. If you can't make it send a friend with your required documents or copies of. Our new keys were not working for a day or two but we have rekeyed the new lock to accept all the keys now. Any questions please call me. 916-363-5563 or email me but be sure to put WOC in the subject line. Thanks John Cullen Secretary, Washington Outboard Club (WOC)

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: South Bay
Weather: nice
Water_condition: good
Date: 06/19/06

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Headed to the bay to shoot a Fun Fishing TV Show on halibut Monday with J-Lopes "Right Hook" fishing guide who works at the Warehouse. We trolled from 7 AM to 1:30 PM and we hooked over twenty halibut and landed fourteen to thirty pounds and lost a bunch too! The show will air on July 1 on Comcast Sports #34 at 8 Am. J trolled tray herring and I used huchies, both were very effective! Don't miss this show, it is very imformative on trolling for the butts.

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Name: gil
Email: ignats@pacbell.net
Location: rio v to mok r.
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Date: 6/20/06

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great reports! keep em comin. heres a late one, went to delta on tues with "broken chair" g . once again, mw was right as the water cleared up in the afternoon, we went at least 50 miles, and found a couple of schools on s.j. river. caught 4, two were keepers. go, go, go.... oh yea, thanks for the bodega report, were dying to go there

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Bodega Bay (mostly the channel)
Weather: Flat like glass in AM, Very windy in the PM
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Date: June 21, 2006

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Went to Doran and launched about 0730, jigged the channel for a while for Halibut but no takers. Reeled up and went to the golf course just outside the channel and jigged, nothing happening there. Too much wave action for this old man, went back into the channel and trolled anchovies, still no action. Met a man called Carl. He and his buddy caught two Halibut trolling anchovies exactly like we were doing. We still did not get a bump or hit all day. We went back out of the channel for a while and trolled anchovies out there but still no joy. We quit about 2PM and headed for hot Sacramento. The morning at Bodega was beautiful but the wind picked up as the day went on and it was a very cold wind. We went from T shirt to down vest to foul weater gear to block the wind. Nice cool weather but no fish for us. Jiggin Gene was my guide this day. At least we didn't run into any bouy's. You'd have to ask Gene about that one. Later, j.

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Did a two day run this time. Parked my camper at Sandy Beach ($14 for old buggers). Hit the water at 12:00pm to catch the last of the incoming. Trolled down the west bank for nothing. About 5 years ago, Mark showed me how to cast fish traps into coves on the incoming tide (near high). With him I caught a 12-14# in a place called the “Duck Tank”. (It’s his spot--you need to ask him.) I used my, newly repaired, trolling motor to fish the same spot. This time I caught a 12#, spawned out, skinny bugger. Would have thrown him back, but he swallowed the fish trap. Trolled down below power lines & back. Nothing. Back to Sandy Beach and microwed my self an early dinner and intended to fish the low tide. Problem was two beers & the basketball game. I hate both teams but decided to listen & not threaten the sober people on the river. Got up, hung over, and hit river at 7:00AM. Trolled down river. Nothing. Ran for Broad slough. (That was probably a $40 round trip!) Trolled deep & shallow. Nothing. Then at 9:00Am, when in coming got started, I started catching. Got three shakers & 4 keepers by 11:00Am. Keepers were 20in to 8#. I kept a 5# and went home. SAD DAY. This is my last report. Can’t cope with this site. I have met some great fishermen through this site. I have received much help. One of the many great things about this site is I can go back a year or more and review the skunks I had on any given day. The spam ruins this! I’m continuing to check out other sites. See youze on the river.

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Went fishing at the martinez marina off the banks lots of schoolie size stripers but if you stay long enough you'll bound to catch a legal size though. Using grass shrimp for bait.

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Name: Erik J. Tallstrom
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Bob, Your story about getting stuck on the outgoing tide brought memories of an experience that I had in Vietnam driving river boats in 1970. I was a member of a unique special ops river boat squadron formed by Adm. Zumwalt in 1969. We had custom designed 24' aluminum hull high speed boats with two Mercruiser 427cu. in. Chevys and stern drives. Top end was about 70mph with a light load. Snce we were the fastest boats in Vietnam" our CO volunteered us to ferrie Army brass across the border into Cambodia from our barracks ship anchored in the Mekong during theCambodian "invasion". One day I was assigned to ferrie the Army general in charge of all of southern Vietnam into Cambodia. As I walked our boat sideways out of our boat nesting area alongside the barracks ship against the strong Mekong current using the engine throttles, the general was impressed with my boat handling. When I got him to his destination in Cambodia, he complimented me as a #1 boat driver. After awaiting hours for his return to the boat and the return to our barracks ship down river, the outgoing tide had dropped the river level a good 8'-10'. We had no charts for Mekong in that area. We were going around a bend at full speed in the middle of the river, when all of sudden we hit a sand bar. The impact through everyone around the cockpit in the boat and we were realy stuck well up on the sand bar. We were also a sitting duck for NVA fire from the shoreline. Needless to say, the general was no longer happy with my boat driving. After several hours the tide started to come in and I managed to rock us free and get back O.K. You may have been very embarassed and inconvienced by your grounding, but at least you didn't go from being #1boat driver to #10 with the general onboard and surrounded by hostile NVA.

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman )
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Location: Steamboat, Courtland,Isleton,Minor
Weather: Breezy & warm
Water_condition: Off colored & Dirty at 69 degrees
Date: Sunday June 18th 06

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SUNDAY JUNE 18th FATHERS DAY.....A Fathers day Blunder!!!!Decided to take my lovely wife for a day of relaxation & maybe just a little fishing in the delta. As I was getting the boat ready, my wife Sandy was getting the food together..Knowing Sandy, we will have enough food & goodies for a whole fleet of boats!! Last item put in boat was my propane B.B.Q...Leaving the house I checked the days tides & noted we had a high tide at around noon, could do a little spooning durning this period? Put in at Hogback & headed up Steamboat slough to the main river at Courtland. Found the shade spot under the bridge & started spooning with 1 oz. hopkins jigs. Could not find a fish on the graph nor did we get even a tap on the jigs. No fish in the area. Headed down the main river going through Isleton with the crawdad festival just getting underway..Lots of boats every where!! All sizes & shapes..Not a good area to fish for sure. Just kept going till we reached the mouth of the Sacramento. The winds were really picking up so I decided to head to Minor slough where we could get out of the delta winds... Arriving there, we saw 5 boats fishing on anchor at the mouth of Minor & lots more boats in the main body of Minor...Trolled for just over an hour with zero results. Must be a off day for fishing even with the pretty good tides. Time to find some shade & fire up the B.B.Q. for a late lunch. Knowing that the west side of the deep water channel had some trees on the muddy beach I headed for that area & slid the boat under one of the shade trees in shallow water..After devouring three hot dogs & a large plate of macaroni salad, chips & three Man sodas. I was ready for a quick nap...I told my wife just let me snooze for 30 minutes or so cause the tide was going out & in this area its very shallow. It was about 2:00 pm. when I took this nap. It wasn't too long after closing my eyes & enjoying a little rest when I jumped up & saw my wife sound asleep. Man!!! Nice second mate!!! Falls asleep while on duty!!!! Only 45 mins. had gone bye & half of the boat was dry docked. I jumped into the muck & tried to push the boat into deeper water. It would not budge! The bottom of the boat was sucked into the muck ( not sand ) After telling my second mate ( Wife ) the situation we were in as nicely as I could, very few swear words. Right!!! We are at the mercy of tidal conditions..The low tide wouldn"t bottom out till around 6:15pm.& its only 3:00pm.......By 5:30pm. the poor jetcraft boat was tilted some 20 ft. from water..Because I was un- sure of the next incoming tide I tried to reach someone on channel 68, with no results!!! Decided to finally break down & call the U.S. coast guard in Rio Vista . They were very helpful, with the tidal conditions in the area that I was stranded . I was told that the high tide would be at 11:23pm. at the deep water channel. The good news was that I had lots of food & a radio for the NBA game at 6:00pm. As many years experience I have fishing the delta, this is the first time I got caught with mt pants down. Pilot error on my part....For the record; Had 5 or 6 boats drive by and never offered any assistance at all!!!! But, I could read their lips...THOSE PEOPLE MESSSED UP , THERE ARE STUCK!! It would have be nice if just one of those boats stopped to see if we were alright, or needed water, a beer, something? Didn't happen! I don't get it! We stuck out like a sore thumb with the water that far out & the boat on its side in the muck.... Oh well Thats life! Finally at about 8:00pm the water had come in enough to try & free the boat, We got out in the muck & pushed & pushed. Free! at last the mud let go of the boat bottom & we were floating once again!!! Headed for Hogback as quickly as possible & home by 10:00 pm...Next year I'm staying home & watching fishing on T.V.... Oh yeah! we managed to catch one small under size striper at Courtland...I did tell my first mate I was sorry for yelling at her for falling asleep......See ya on the river Bob H ( Naked)

Name: Mark Wilson
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Location: Rio Vista Area to Courtland
Weather: Windy in AMl/No Wind in PM and WARM
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Date: June 20, 2006

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Monday, June 29, 2006...Jack Thomason and I went searching for summer stripers without much luck. We trolled Isleton to Sherman Lake with Rebels and Bombers. We spooned with Hopkins and plugged Fish Traps in Steamboat and Miner Sloughs and up to Courtland. We landed about 6 shaker stripers for those efforts. Then we switched over to trolling Speed Traps for about 6 or 7 smallmouth bass to 2.5 pounds. Back down to the West Bank for some more trolling after the high tide. One big striper on over 20 pounds. It broke water several times with it's head shakes, but came unbuttoned for a long distance release. And that was our day for 70 miles of waterways. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Location: Isleton area
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night trolling , went south to Rio Vista area first . had word of big fish in the area . nada , zero , zip . headed north to Isleton . picked up 10 striper , 2 at 8# , lost a nice one , 2 hits no stick . i am leaving this report as an ODDITY , slept on boat . woke up at 5 a.m. , back to trolling . 9 more striper , 4 hit no stick . here is the ODDITY . at about 6 a.m. , my rod went off like a freight train . i knew what it was . it took to the air , a 15# female salmon , took a while to get her in . the odd thing is 30 minutes later , my rod was bent over , drag screaming , i thought , their is no snag here . grabbed my rod . and it went airial , once , twice , third time it hit the water hard . and came loose of my lure . i would guestimate , it was a 25# buck . all fish were caught on DJR285 , the clown , rebel . and of course i had to release the salmon .

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Dan Gee took me out fishing in his new 16 ft Lund. We started at 6am and Dan limited out with largemouths by 8am. And I hadn't even had a hit. So I just said to him that he could catch all the small ones and I would catch the big one. Dan ended up catching 12 legal bass ( 1# to 3#s ). And about 8:15am crest of the high tide I caught my first fish of the day- 8# 2ozer. I caught it on a weightless 5in. watermelon senko on 3/0 EWG Gamakatsu. We caught about 5 on spinnerbaits and about 15 on senkos. Good luck! Jerry

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Finally talked my son into going fishing with me today. Also brought along Jermaine just home from Iraq. We left Brannon at 9am and fished until 1pm. I didn't plan on trolling because just wanted my son and Jermaine to have fun catchin shakers, keepers and anything that 2 bags of frozen anchovies will bring. Well, my instincts kicked in and I just had to troll a couple hot spots before droppin anchor. Sure enough...the first spot I boated a 27 pound male. All 3 of us took turns fighting it which was a thrill for my son and Jermaine. We took pictures and released it. Spent the rest of the day catchin shaker stripers and catfish. Great day on the water. Take Care Y'all.,

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Myself,Ron Jones, Gordon Light and new fishing bud Scott??? left at 4 am. Wed. Arrived at West Side about 6:30 am. Headed south in Gordons Parker toward Point Reyes on flat seas. Began off 10 mile beach in 225' of water. Two of us on downriggers and rest on balls. Scott using his secret new apex lure we have never seen before, nailed the first salmon. He continued on to have the top rod of day. Most of the early bite salmon were shakers or small. Total for day 8 keepers from 5 to 10lbs. plus 6 shakers and several short bites on and off , plus 3 that simple unhooked themselves . A perfect weather day with all taking home salmon. Only wish we could have found thoses biggies. Have a good one ....

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Hey banana Bob! Where is that bodega Trip report????????????I guess love dont live here anymore! Just wait till next week big guy!

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Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman )
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Location: American River ( Cal Expo area)
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Just about 11:00am. got that urge to put the boat in and do some FISHING somewhere. Too late to head for the delta & the tides down there are ripping on a big out-going tide. Decided to try Discovery park close to home thinking maybe I could hit a few mid day shad. Arrived at my regular spot up the American just about noon. While this time of the day is probally not the best time to hit shad I was thinking with the cloud cover maybe they would cooperate & bite. After two hours with zero hits I thought different!! Remembered that last year when it got slow at the second bridge I moved upstream just past the 80 bridge and did well. Decided to give it a try & headed upsteam very slowly in the shallow water by the 80 bridge. Water conditions were not too bad as the river was running at over 6,000 cfs and the bottom was never less than 3 feet. Found a good spot in 8 ft. of water next to the beach on the south side of the river..While the drift for my curly tail jigs were very good, still no shad action!! Its now 3:00pm. in the afternoon and the weather has become very cloudy with sprinkles on & off but still on the warm side.Well I'm thinking maybe it was a mistake moving up river & its might be better action where I started from. Pulled anchor & headed back down river slowly..Man! looks like someones throwing rocks on the water as I see splashes just below me in the middle of the water.. As I get closer, I realize the splashes are not from rocks but are boils from fish!!!! Quickly dropped my electric motor to slow my drift & set up a swim bait in grey & white. Began throwing this 1/2 oz, bait in the direction of boils.. On the third cast I felt a bump on the retrieve & on the next cast BAM!! I hooked a 6 lb striper that felt like it weighed 20 lbs. in the fast current. Released him as fast as I could & returned the swim bait to the same location I caught the first one. Bam!! another fish but not as large as the first. I am totally not thinking about a stinking shad at this time. I'm 100% focused on Mr. Striper.While they are not Monsters, they are real line pullers in this current. Had one fish hit the swimbait right next to the boat as I was pulling it out of the water. These stripers were all very healthy and not like the ones I have been catching down in the delta skinny & spawned out...This surprised bite lasted just about 45 minutes then over..Largest fish was in the 10 lb. range for a total of 12 fish..Returned to the second bridge by 4:30 pm. & caught only 3 shad in the next 2 hours. Oh ! I forgot to mention I did catch a 5 pound striper while trolling a deep diving rebel ( Rainbow trout) color on the way back down to the bridge..So thats a total of 13 stripers caught & returned to the water to get BIGGER!! While, I have been striper fishing for along time, I have not put much time hunting these guys in the American. It was different for sure! Will try it again soon and see if it was just a fluke or this is common this time of the year. I can tell you that the larger female shad are in the lower american at this time.....See ya on the river. Bob Harries ( Naked)_................

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Rented a 17' whaler from the Naval Air Station. Went out and had no luck. Saw fish jumping and seen them in the water but no bites... should have got some local info. Looking forward to getting back to California and the SF-Bay/Delta

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Launched around 6:30 at Discovery Park. Went across and downstream on the Yolo side and bait fished 3 lbs of sardines purchased at Elkhorn Bait for $3.00 per lb. My partner Rex paid for them. I buy mine on Stockton Blvd. for 99 cents a lb! Same brand. We fished until 12: noon since we had one sardine which we used...then we both caught our stripers a 3lb and 5lb. No bait left so we went up river to see where Mark Wilson says he fishes for them above the I 80 Bridge. It was really rough up there due to the wind direction. We headed back and trolled for about an hour. No luck trolling. That's it. A good day since we have meat on the table yum!!! For you members of the Washington Outboard Club, tomorrow is our annual sign up day at the VFW . Don't forget.

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Finally got a chance to take the boat out after a couple weeks of being grounded. Launched from the public launch with Johnny at 8am. Off the water by noon. Final count....ONE large mouth bass! That's right...we tried and tried and tried but could not find any fish anywhere! Sorry guys, wish I had better news. Guess I better go review my "How To Catch A Striper" book. Nice day on the water though and good thing we had XM Radio/Comedy Channel to keep us laughing. Heading to the SF bay next week so I can catch some fish. Take Care Y'all.

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THURSDAY JUNE 8th 06......EVEN A BLIND DOG FINDS A BONE ONCE IN A WHILE!!!!!!!!!! Put in at hogback & headed to Minor slough for a day of trolling. Spent half of the morning trolling the out going tide, No Luck, not even a bump! Tried every color combination I had in my tackle box. The tide bottomed out at around noon & slowly turned around on the incoming, still no luck trolling! Towards the top of the tide I discovered a school of something on the graph. It went completely BLACK from the bottom to the top in about 18 ft. of water. Went to my 6 foot lamiglas rod & put on a Hopkins 1 oz. green & silver jig. The lure never made it to the bottom,as a small schoolie striper nailed it on the way down. The whole area under the boat was full of stripers!! As the boat drifted along with the current I hit one fish after another, mostly small two pounders with a few 6 to 8 pounders. As fast as I released them & got back in the water the action continued on. It seemed this large school of small fish never ended. This great bite lasted over 2 hours and not another boat around! My question is where were these fish earlier??? Man! I trolled the same water for hours on the other tide.....For Nothing!! The school of stripers on the gragh showed lines of bait mixed with them, so I am thinking once the bait was located, that started the action? Caught an estimated number of over 70 to 80 stripers to eight lbs. releasing them all. Nothing over 8 lbs. but lots of fun. Lost 2 hopkins lures to the bottom, but had a great time. Got back to Hogback at dark & home to ice my right arm Ha, ha! ...The key for the day. Flood tide bite & sharp jigs at one ounce..... See ya on the river.. Bob Harries ( Naked)

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Wednesday, June 7, 2006...Jack Thomason got his pins pulled and his cast removed and was ready for a fishing fix, even with the continued swelling. I took him bait fishing with sardine filets on the Sacramento River above the I-80 Bridge above Discovery Park. A lot of action for about 30 shaker stripers to 17" and 3 keeper male stripers at 7#, 5#, and 4#. The fish fought hard in the fast current. We fished right in the middle of the river with 3 oz. of weight in 14' of water. But, Jack had it by noon, so we pulled out, and headed over to Garcia Bend to filet fish and home before the afternoon heat. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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THE SPAM ON THIS SITE IS OUTTA CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where did all that spam come from? This spam isn't ever gonna stop as long as the "spammers" have the email address for the form submittal page on this site. Someone needs to change the address!!!!!!!! WHO'S THE WEBMASTER??????????????? I've enjoyed using this site ever since the "main-man" Tomi told me about it. I gotta admit it's a shame that it's being defaced like this. If the owner of this site needs some help, I'd be glad to help. I'm an avid fisherman stationed at Travis Air Force Base. I'm currently attending technical school in Fort Meade, MD for multimedia & web design. I'm bored outta my mind in my spare time. Wish I was back home on the Delta. So, if the site owner needs someone to clean this site up, let me know, and I'll hook ya up with my contact info.

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Location: Lower American River( Below second bridge)
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Date: Weds June 7th 06

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TUESDAY JUNE 6TH, 06. Had Mark Wilson as a fishing partner on this day. First thing Mark said to me was " Hey Bob, you know the release on the American is up some 1,000 cfs. " No!! Go Fish! I just got the river figured out catching shad with the flow at 5,000 cfs. Now, its running some 6,000cfs. Started fishing at 3:45pm. the action was very slow. Mark being the fisherman he is, ajusted his weight many times till he got his jig right off the bottom.. While the bite was on the slow side compared to Monday, we did get fish. Best bite was an hour before dark. Caught over a dozen or so with a few females.. Hated to keep Mark out so late as he told me he & Jack Thomason were fishing for Stripers early on Weds morning.. Quit about 8:30pm & headed home. Always interesting fishing with Mark......See ya on the river.. Bob Harries (naked)........

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Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman )
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Date: June 6-06

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MONDAY AFTERNOON TILL DARK..6-5-6...Very, very slow start!! Arrived at Discovery park about 3:00pm. As warm as it was, very few pleasure boats out & launching was a breeze! Ran into Pastor Steve who was taking his NEW boat out after day of fishing with his Family. Got to my regular spot up the American River by 4:00pm. I must be the only boater that obeys the 5 mph rule in the river. It seems most boats are going way too fast!! I could anchor anywhere I wanted on Monday as I was the only boat in this area, so I located my boat in 14 feet of water some 20 yds from shore... Slow start for aleast the first hour.. Even ajusted my weight twice to get bit..The secret was 4 split-shot or 1/4 oz of weight..Just after 5:00 pm the action turned on. One fish after another in waves. Used the pink & white curly tail jigs early then switched to the lime green jigs towards dark. Both worked well..Only three other boats around me on Monday. Will probally be a full house tonight... Oh well lots of room for all..Over 30 fish that I caught & released & just one female!!! I'm still thinking the larger female shad will start to be a factor later this Month? The bites are alittle better now that the water temps are getting into the low 60's...See ya on the river...Bob Harries.. ( Naked) .....

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Date: June 5, 2006

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Monday, June 5, 2006...What a difference a day makes...I went striper fishing with Clyde Wands today. We trolled the Sacramento River from Sherman Lake to Isleton, including Steamboat Slough. The water was pretty clear down below Decker Island, but there were no bites. We did pick up one shaker striper and one keeper striper at 5 pounds at lower Decker Island on a B25 Bomber. Also, Clyde caught a mystery fish. We trolled Bombers and Rebels all day for only 3 hits. The Sacramento River above Rio Vista was very trashy and there was a lot of current. Maybe a release upriver caused the rise. Yesterday was a pretty good bite day in the Old Sac. Back to Vieira's early and home before rush hours. Oh, Clyde's mystery fish was a stinking, ugly, old squawfish with sores on the body, and it weighed about 5 pounds. Clyde is the Squawfish Queen for today. Nice going Clyde. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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The Trout are Still Biting My report will be a little short this time. I've been really busy fishing! When the wind goes North they slow down but, when is backs up to southeast or southwest the trout tear up the bait. On one trip this week with a party of two clients, they caught 34 nice sized trout. all of them 15 to 20 inches. That did not include the shorts. We were back to the dock by 10:30 am with our full quota. Not a bad day. Shoot, it was a great day! There are jacks around too. While catching speckled trout we watched a school of jacks devouring a school of finger mullet. What the jacks didn't get the birds picked up. There are also some bull redfish out there. On a trip this week, after catching our limit of trout we found a school of big reds and decided to play with them for awhile. Chris from Arkansas caught one 36 inches long and his friend Bob caught one 33 inches long. Man oh man! Another great day of fishing!

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SATURDAY JUNE 3RD....From Sacto. to east reservoir round trip is almost a tank of gas ( $50.00 ) It was worth every cent spent on fuel!!!!!My wife Sandy & myself had a super day drop shotting on post spawn largemouth bass. We used 6 lb. test on ultra lite equiptment with ROBOWORMS in grape color or purple. Drop-Shot weights were 1/8 oz. Hooks were # 2 Eagle claw ultra sharp!. Thought we would find the bass in deeper water like last year, this was not the case, they were still in 5 to 8 ft. of water. I'm so amazed how beat up these fish are after making their egg nest!! Yet, so willing to charge a bait! We quit counting how many fish caught after reaching 55. While the average size was in the two pound range, we did manage to get a few in the 4 lb. class. Using light line & ultra light stuff these fish gave us a battle all day long...Thank god the roboworms float!! After each jump they would throw the worms off the hook..We went through 6 packs of worms!!!! Thanks Mr. Mike Booker for turning us on to drop-shot bass fishing. If I were not such a passionate Striper fisherman I'd be after Mr. Black bass full time!! Also caught 4 crappie thet still had eggs.. Well, back to the American River shad fishing this week. Close to home & lots of fun. Still too windy in the delta so I'll wait a while longer to catch some of those returning striped bass that you fisherman missed~ Ha. Ha!....See ya on the River. Bob Harries. ( naked).............

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Sunday, June 4, 2006...Ron Retzlaff and I went striper fishing today. We covered the Sacramento River from Sherman Lake to above Isleton, including Steamboat Slough. Hit all the usual spots. Pretty slow until we got into the Old Sac. A lot of action on small fish. We caught over 30 shaker stripers and 13 keeper stripers to 7 pounds. We caught them trolling Bombers and Rebels and on Hopkins spoons. Only 2 fish over 5 pounds. Had to fight the WIND all day. I'm soaked. Home for dinner and to bed. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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My Son, his Friend Donny and I fished the Port yesterday. On the water at 5am and took a long ride down to #57. We started bait fishing (sardines) at 5:30am and had 1 bite striper 17" in five min. then nothing. It took 2 hours to find more fish and all shakers. After sweating our butts off for 9 hours we called it quits. 3 shakers and one Cat. The port is not the place to fish this time of year.

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bait fished with sardines at sherman island ---- windy but not bad on the incoming tide ---- out going tide was a different story as white caps appeared ----- went through 2 bags of bait for 10 shakers -- 2 keepers to 15 pounds and a bunch of missed hits ---- a very fun day -- OUT

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Date: Friday June 2nd 06

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Thursday June 1st.. Well, the shad are still racing through this part of the American river. About 4 boats more than Weds. Started fishing around three in the afternoon and like on Weds. the best bite came from 4:00pm. till 7:00pm. Water temps are still on the cool side, fish are not hitting the jigs hard, just a light tap. Again, having a hard time getting the curly tail down to the bottom where they are moving through. Tried many weight combinations to be consistant. found 1/4 oz bullet weight worked the best..Still many male shad with just a few females. Gonna try Bass & Crappie at East reservoir on Saturday ,should be a post spawn deal? See ya on the river ( Lake) Bob H. ( Naked)

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Name: Mark Wilson
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Date: June 1, 2006

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Thursday, June 1, 2006...Clyde Wands went striper fishing with me today. We really switched gears and did a bait fishing day locally around Sacramento. We went in at Discovery Park and headed up above the I-80 Bridge and fished in the middle of the river with sardine filets. Only 3 oz. to hold bottom. A good morning striper bite blitz and then it slowed to a fish here and there for the rest of the day. We used up 8 pounds of sardines and caught about 30 shaker stripers between 15" and 18", plus 18 keeper stripers between 18" and 8 pounds. Most of the stripers were in the 18" to 21" range. Only 1 female striper and all the rest were males that were in various stages of spawning right where we were fishing. A good action day. Stopped by Garcia Bend on the way home to filet fish and then home before rush hour. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman)
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Location: Lower American River
Weather: Very nice! Warm temps.
Water_condition: Clear at 58 degrees 5,000 cfs.
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WEDS. May 31st...Decided to do a little Shad fishing after being off the water for more than three weeks! For you that don't know,. I run the Firehouse lot for the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee. Now that its over, back to my normal life ( FISHING 4 to 5 days a week).. Put in at Discovery Park & moved to the second bridge up the American. River conditions are just perfect once you find the right amount of weigh to get your curly tail down to their level! Fished from 4:00pm. till dark & had off & on action most of the late day. Best bite for me was between 5:00pm. & 7:00pm....Just about all the shad I caught were small males which means to me that the shad run in this lower part of the river will just get better later in June. Used pink & white curly tail crappie jigs most of the time.. Will try it again on Thursday evening & see if some of the females are moving through. Good to be back on the water. For the record; Caught & released 27 shad in 5 hours of fishing,thats less than 6 fish per hour!! Not red hot yet!! See ya on the river.. Bob H. ( Naked)

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Took the Arima to Bodega Bay Sunday with Scott(son), Eric Simoni to fish for salmon. Prior two trips were good, my string of luck ran out. We found the fleet in 275' of water directly off the head however we did not find the right lures and depth for for several hours . We saw several boats head south to where, not sure, and was afraid to get to far south, as wind was due to increase in afternoon. So move away from fleet towards head and i finely change to blue and white apex at 40' and we started getting silves . Finely my rod went off and Scott grabbed it while Eric brought other lines in and raised downriggers and helped Scott bring net the 30 + salmon. Total fish caught 5, 4 silvers, 1 King salmon. Got home at 7:30 pm. Nice job bringing in that fish Scott.

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Decided to spend my Memorial Day on the water for a few hours and pat myself on the back for serving my country for 21 years (77-98) in the Air Force. Launched at 7am public launch...hit West Bank for one 6 lb male. Nothing but shakers the rest of the day. Went up Steamboat all the way and just made it a nice day watchin all the sexy jet skiers buzzin around. Off the water by noon. Hey y'all...just keep posting your reports inbetween the spam...sooner or later it will go away. Take Care Y'all.

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Launched from public launch at 7am with Otha. Tried to hook up with Mark on West Bank but too windy. Ran up north for nada so headed back down the Sac River with its 1ft. swells. Hit the San Juaq. which was calmer and landed a 6lb. keeper. Couple of shakers and called it quits at noon. Managed to stay dry with my Arima and still catch one keeper. Bad news is the gas it took to find that one fish makes that keeper an EXPENSIVE one! Take Care Y'all.

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Just a comment on the condition of Miller park ramp. The city plan to charge in the future to use the ramp. They better keep that place clean of all the silt which in the past they did a lousey job. That mean it should be drege more than once ayear if that. This goes for Garcia Bend ramp also.

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Rio Vista to Sherman Lake
Weather: Blustery Wind to 25 MPH or MORE
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Thursday, May 25, 2006...I went striper trolling with Danny Hayes, Fish=N=Trip Guide Service, and his clients Kevin, Robert, Pete and Wayne. We trolled the West Bank from Rio Vista to Sherman Lake, including the Old Dairy and Decker Island. It was a tough troll with all the big winds and dirty water. One hit and one lost fish 1/2 way back to the boat, and that was IT for the whole day. It was one of those "should have stayed at home" days. Flat tire on the trailer to start. I had to provide the spare, because Danny's spare and bracket decided to leave the trailer sometime in the past. Then, Danny's clients got stuck in road construction traffic for over 45 minutes. The only fish on got tangled by two other lines. After getting them undone, the fish was gone. Big winds over 25 mph at low tide. Real dirty, muddy water. A ship went out. What a day. Home by 4:30 p.m. to get my truck out of the dealership (in ther for two days) for warranty work. What else, oh, lost a lure on a snag. Got two back from snags with the lure retriever. Don't have to take a shower tonight. Already had mine. But, I'll be out there again soon as we get off the big tides. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Miller park ramp still has lots of silt built up. Looks like they have tried to clean but as the water is dropping the sand becomes a problem for larger boats. only 2 lanes out of 4 currently functioning. I will stay with this site and just scroll by the SPAM!! It is not a problem unless you click on it. The e-mail address are probably phony having been stolen by some spammer and rerouting the junk. I personally am glad the owner of the web site lets us use it for fishing reports. It is so easy to get to the reports and can be accessed quickly if your computer has reasonable speed.

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Back to Bodega with Ron Jones and Gordon Light in his 23' Parker. Arrived at 6:30 a.m. It was so windy we did not go out until 9 a.m. Went directly off the head to about 200' drop our lures i used a silver and red apex and the others used rotary killer and a red apex. I was the only one on a downrigger at 36' and quickly got 2 fish both small which we kept one. Then Ron put his lure on the downrigger at 35' We bounced our way to 300' it was really tough there and bite was not good until we got back to 265' and about 3 hrs later..Then bite turned back on. Tolal fish hooked 9 and we kept 6. unoffical sizes #15 #10 #9 #8 #5 #5. I lost two large fish as i had to go to a back up reel and its drag not working right. Going to buy a new one today. A tough day on water but exciting when fish were caught, really a challenging fun day!!! ..

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Keep them reports comin. looks like we'll have to do more fishin. the idea is to have more fishin reports than spam. its brilliant i say! ha ha , ....any body been to clear lake lately,.? drop me a line. kg....out

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Rio Vista to Collinsville
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006...My old friend Rick Leal joined me today to do some striper trolling. I got him away from his music for a day to do some catching. We trolled the West Bank from Rio Vista to Collinsville all day and picked up a fish here and a fish there. Final tally: about 25 hits for 3 lost fish, 6 shakers stripers, and 13 keeper stripers to 8 pounds. We kept fish at 8#, 7#, 6# and 5#. A lot of 4 to 5 pound fish to the boat. Quit around 3:30 p.m. and headed to Vieira's to take a picture, filet fish and get home before midnight. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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On the water by 6:00am,,,Nothing at Decker,,west bank and Broad Slough,,,Packed up and went to San Jaquine,,,Trolled Shallow Trout Bombers,,,8 shakers,,,4 keepers,,,10#,,,8#,, 5#,,,5#,,,Trolled for 10 hours Got a fish every 2 hours,,,and worked hard to land them.,,,but it was a GREAT DAY OF FISHING,,,Launched right next to Mark Wilson,,,so I knew it was going to be a Great Time Fishing,,,Got home by 7:00pm,,water temp. went from 61* to 67.5*,,,tried Deep Divers & Rattle Traps Only got hits on Shallow Bombers

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Ted Fagunes & I had a great breakfast & hit the water at 8:00AM at Sandy Beach to fish the incoming tide. The weather was overcast in the AM, but the water was flat calm all day. The fishing was not as good as the weather. We trolled bombers from Steamboat to the power lines. Small fish all day. We had many hits, three fish lost at boat, three shakers and five keepers. We kept a 4 & 5#. I’ve been checking out the Fish Sniffer Site. I hate to leave this site, but I’ve just about had it with the spam! But if the site owner doesn’t care—why should I!

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A man named Kevin Wilson was shot early this morning in Rosemont. It is not our fisherman Kevin Wilson. I called and he returned my call and I informed him of the article. So he is ALIVE AND WELL. JC, Sec, WOC

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The site is getting to look like a prono site now instead of a fishing site please filter this junk mail out.. These people are taking over here..

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Hey Whitey aka: Finchaser Thanks for the Bodega report...I've been wondering how things were out there. I've got my reservations for July. Can you email me at the above address...just have a couple questions for you. Thanks LuvMySon Vacaville, Ca

Name: Whitey
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Location: Bodega Bay
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Sunday Kevin Wilson, Mike ?? and myself went salmon fishing. Left a 4am. and began fishing by 7:15am. Out about 5 miles off the head in 250' of water as that is where we spotted bait . Mike caught the 1st. two salmon using a apex mostly pink in color both were small..so Kevin changed to apex watermelon color and hooked a nice appox. 14lbr. Then i went o a red and silver apex and caught a 20+ lbr. Two of us used downriggers at 36' and Mike uses a 21/2 lb wt. at 44 pulls . Total caught was 8 salmon of which we kept #20+ #14 #12 #10 #8 the others were unsized or silvers and were let go. Arrived home at 6pm. Great trip and fun and productive..

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yea, lets get going on this, this is a great fishin site, please webmaster or whoever, block this spam. thanks...........gil

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to the web master please filter the crap, add a filter for all the url address and be done with all the crapy spam once and for all. Just a thought........

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Sherman Island
Weather: Rainy w/a Trolling Breeze
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Date: May 21, 2006

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Sunday, May 21, 2006...I went trolling for stripers with Barry Canevaro today down by Sherman Island. Barry asked me to break in some new lures. No problem. We trolled new and old Bombers all day. The hot lure was rainbow trout colored with red head/white body next. Several hits for 1 lost fish, 4 shaker stripers, and 10 keepers to 12 pounds. The bite was at high tide. Pretty slow otherwise. Quit early and headed for home. Beat the afternoon winds and rain. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Whew what a day to go striper fishing as the winds were screaming. However had loads of laughs today with Jon and Scott( son). The casino was open on board today and dollars were on the line. For the every fish, biggest etc. Mother Nature had other plans today as total caught was 5 . Scott being the big winner with 3. Jon 1 and myself 1. Largest , 10lber.,was caught by Scott however was lost at boat by a X-named fisherman on board who accidently knocked it the lure. OH MY. Only one other boat trolling today. Most were wiser than us.... See ya soon..

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Name: Mark Wilson
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Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island Area
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Date: May 18, 2006

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Thursday, May 18, 2006...I had an opportunity for fish with Cindy and Bob Art aboard Barry Canevara's (Fishhookers Sportfishing) boat. We trolled Bombers in rainbow trout pattern for about 20 hits resulting in 3 shaker stripers and 10 keeper stripers to 21 pounds. We kept the 21 pound male and a 6# male for the dinner table and let the others go free. We broke off a real good fish and landed another female around 18 pounds. The other fish were between 10# and 18". The water turned dirty today from the big outgoing tide, all the wind to 25 to 30 mph and the big ship that went downriver. But, a good day by all. Thanks Barry for the invite. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Email: finchaser
Location: Sacto River.Decker
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Date: 5/18/06

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THUS. fished with Ron Jones. Arrived at 7:30 am. and trolled shallow bombers and rebels. Hits 9. Caught 7 strippers #24#6#5#5#5#4#4. All but 1 fish was caught on the inside. Ron caught the biggest on Marys (wife) favorite lure and the most today. Atta Boy Ron ..Left at 1:30pm. as got very windy .The fish tended to be scattered today .

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Name: Mark Wilson
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Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island to Miner Slough
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Date: May 17, 2006

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006...George Morita, Howard Hatanaka and Ben Fukui went striper trolling with me today. We trolled on the Sacramento River and Cache Slough for 20 hits or so, resulting in 2 shaker stripers and 11 keeper stripers to 21 pounds. We trolled rainbow trout Bombers in shallow water all day. The water was slightly off color due to the wind and big outgoing tides and the temperature was between 63 and 70 degrees, depending upon what part of the river yopu were on. We kept fish at 21#, 11#, 10#, 10#, 9#, 8#, 7#, and 6#. Two of the fish, including the 21 pounder, swallowed the lure into the gills and we had to keep them. A lot of work, but we wound up with a pretty good day of catching. Home before rush hour. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Took my boat down to Sandy Beach Monday and the Portagee came down to fish WITH ME! I stayed the night at the camp ground. The wind almost tipped the camper over. Must have been 30mph. On the water at 6:00 AM. A fish every 15 minutes--until 6:45AM. Caught 20in, 6# & 9#. Fished to 8:00Am with no further hits. Mark was right, all bites at top of tide. Wind and waves were bad. Went home. Actually missed the Portagee and his constant reminder to me to, 'fish deeper & slower!'

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how to stop spam: LETS DO WHAT ALAN SAID ANDCLICK ON "Your Comments" on the upper right hand corner and file compliants. I submitted mine. Jonnboy

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Monday, May 15, 2006.....Bill Crooks went striper trolling with me again today. We trolled Bombers in shallow water near Decker Island. We started at 3:00 P.M. to catch the end of the incoming tide at 7:30P.M. We ended up with five fish one sharker and the other four a 10, 8, 7, and 6 pounds. Pink was the color of the day. Lots of wind and the only other boat we saw was Mr Wilson's barge. Fish came easy today.

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Headed to the Delta for some fun fishing with a couple of freinds. Had a good day, I caught a 7.50 & 4.75 pounders for my two biggest fish. We caught over thirty bass today on sweetbeavers and toads in two feet of water. The bass are very agressive now.

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
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Monday, May 15, 2006...Arthur Bard and David Varshawsky went striper trolling with me again today. We trolled Bombers in shallow water near Decker Island. The best bites were at the morning's high tide and the early afternoon's low tide. Not much in between. About 15 hits for 6 keepers and 6 lost fish, 3 right at the boat. We kept stripers at 13#, 10#, 8#, 7#, and 6#. We worked real hard for our fish today. Nice in the A.M. and real windy in the P.M. Water was a little off color, due to the big outgoing tide, and between 64 and 70 degrees, depending upon what part of the river you were fishing on. Back to Vieira's to filet fish and home before midnight. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Could you get rid of spam by having user name and a password.Ive been using the fish sniffer forums and have had no spam.

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The easiest way for the webmaster to eliminate this kind of automated spam is to limit the top input to genuine keywords.... For example... Where were you fishing.... Limited to keywords such as XYZ River , xyz Lake, Delta, Ocean etc.... Weather... Hot, Cold , Warm etc... anything else would automaticaly be rejected. Just a thought Jeff

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if you don't like that crap from other countries , start sending your complaints to 'your comments' upper right on the bottom of fishin report, when you first come on the report, if they get enough , they might start doing something about it , unless they idiots.

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I'm outta here to. If the moderater can't stop this jerk, this sicko can have the site. His daddy is gonna be not to happy when he finds out his 11 year old boy has been playing on daddys puter.

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I'm outta here to. If the moderater can't stop this jerk, this sicko can have the site. His daddy is gonna be not to happy when he finds out his 11 year old boy has been playing on daddys puter.

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Can't Come to this site anymore for all the spam.. Thanks for all the reports in the past.. Hopefully I'll drop in sometime down the road and this stuff will be gone.... R. Graham

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Just returned home from Lake Berryessa and man what a ride to get there. Unlike the last 2 weekends at Camp Far West we did not get 40+ bass. a day. We did catch Bass (Small and Largemouth) on any Crankbait or Topwater we used. We stayed at The Berryessa Marina Resort and despite the lack of shade it was a top notch place to RV. Our site was right on the water and next to the guest dock. Biggest Bas was a Largemouth just over 5 pounds, but the smallest fish was over 2 pounds. Berryessa has tons of Smallies over 4 pounds and they were masaquering our topwater baits Sunrise and Sunset.

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Decided to come back after a month hiatus. Computer was down, wasn’t catching much & the spam left me with a high level of pisstivity! But May has come, the rains have stopped and the fish are back. On May 1 Ted Fagunes & I caught some stripers in Steamboat & Minor and we turned back a 19#. On May 3 I hit the ocean with a group from the Jolly Hooker fishing club. I got a 12 & 15# salmon. (But I chummed for them!) Today was the best & most exciting trip I have ever made with a guide. Bill Croyle & I leave town at 3:00AM to meet Dave Jacobs in Oroville. We are on water at 6:00AM on Feather just above the outlet of the afterbay. Dam release is 600cfs. Afterbay flow is 15,000 cfs. There is an 8 foot standing wave as it hits river. Dave pushes the boat right into the white water. There are a few other guide boats on the water but none that are this nuts. BUT Dave is catching more fish than all the rest. We have 10 salmon on by 9:00AM. We boat only three. This is real “combat fishing”! These are bright springers & you can only keep one each. They are 15#, 13# & 10#. Next we drift minnows downstream for strippers. With the heavy flow it’s tough to fish. We catch none. We go back to whitewater & anchor for sturgeon. I have never seen anything quite like this. Current is ripping. In one hour we have 5 take downs. We are using light salmon gear. I break off a hog. Bill hooks up next. We pull anchor & the fish takes us for a ride right across the white water. Waves go over the 22 ft. boat. Bill gets him near the boat. It’s about a 7 foot, green sturgeon. (Cant keep um.) It heads back into the white water & heads for Yuba City. Dave Jacobs is a great guy. I recommend him highly. See his web site at www.davejacobsfishing.com. And no Ted, we will not be going to Oroville to try this in my boat!

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Below Rio Vista
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Date: May 11, 2006

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Thursday, May 11, 2006...My dear ol' dad and my hunting partner went striper trolling with me today. Again, we trolled Bombers in shallow water down by this new spot called SANDY POINTE. We had a pretty good day with 2 shakers and 18 keepers up to 14 pounds. This day was a first for me as we NEVER LOST A FISH TODAY, not even one. Everything that hit stuck. We even had 3 stripers swallow the lure, so only the bill was sticking out of their mouths. We kept fish at 12#, 11#, 11#, 10#, 8#, and 7#. Back to Vieira's early for cleaning fish and home before rush hour. Good catching dad and Ed. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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spam spam spam spam spam spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam, hideous spam, spam spam spam spam spam...................sorry, got this damn song stuck in my head, any way about the fishing................. got late start on wed at noon. tolled decker and west bank for a big zero. as i approached the secret spot (that everyone knows about) where there is always fish, there were about four boats all over it. one guy just kept going around in circles around and around the school. needless to say, didnt see anyone hooking up. so , went to mouth of 3 mile and s.j. and threw swimbait. i usually can catch several this way in the shallow weed flats, but only one 7# today. largemouth bite was week too all the way till sun down. anyway, final tally for the day......one 7# striper, two plastic ducks (my dogs favorite new toys) and one 3 inch large mouth. thats it...... spam spam spam spam spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam, hideous spam, spam spam spam spam spam...................................out

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left from suisun at 7:30, trolling the grizzley bay on our agenda. water was a little ruff so decided to throw some 2 week old clams at catfish (suggestion- use rubber gloves). i had 3 gloves in tackle box, gave jim 1. about an hour into this hunt, we had 4 cats. then jims 2-piece 5' rod , 10# test string, connected to a crappie setup with some of these sweet smellin clams on hook slowly arc down from his balance setup. hook set, must be a log. log moves, log pulls boat from weeds, log goes under boat, log comes back, log not log! 39" dino. fun mornin.

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Name: Mark Wilson
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Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island Area
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Date: May 10, 2006

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006...The "Old Kids" Ed Inaba, John Sueoka, and Tommy went striper trolling with me today. Those kids range in age from 75 to 88 years young. We had a pretty good time once the bite started around the morning's low tide. And, it turned "on" for about 2 hours. 2 shaker stripers and 14 keeper stripers. Six of the stripers were spawned out. We kept stripers at 15#, 12#, 12#, 11#, 10#, 7#, 5#, and 5#. Everyone caught fish. Shallow running Bombers in less that 10'. A good day for all and we quit around 1 p.m. and headed in. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Today I went striper trolling and was in view of Mt. Diablo and the Striperguy-Mark Wilson most of the day. We didn't do nearly as well as the striper guy, but most don't, but we did end up catching 10 stripers to 9#. We were just trolling in the same area as the striperguy and he was nice enough to indicate that he was catching fish in this area. After a few more passes Mark told us what color he was using. When the striperguy called it a day he came over to our boat to see how we were doing,and offered another bit of advice. Thank you Mark Wilson you are a CLASS GUY.

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Tuesday, May 9, 2006...Arthur Bard went striper trolling with me today down by Rio Vista. We trolled shallow running Bombers in rainbow trouth colors all day. Some fish finally showed up and we had a pretty good day of catching for a change. In fact, best day of the spring run, so far. We caught 6 shaker stripers and 22 keeper stripers to 11.5#. A lot of fish in the 5# to 7# bracket, with a couple of 8's and 10's too. The bite was at the end of the outgo, all through the income, and into the first part of the next outgo. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Trolled Rebles and Rat-l traps around Decker up the the Old Dairy and Back the along the West bank for 1 4# headed over tothe San Joaquin side and trolled from 3 mile to False river back up to the San Clara Shoals and back for 1 3# 1 18 in and 1 shaker. Only saw one other fish caught.

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Went out with Bob White today so that he could show this young guy how to catch fish. We started it out with me showing him how it is done for one boat bottom out, one snapped line on a snag and no fish, then it finally turned on and he showed me how big fish can snap braided 50lb line.. We ended the day with 2 keepers, 6#, 15# (both were males) and two or three shakers and a couple that got off. We were lucky with the Dallas Cowboy shallow runner. Jonnboy......... p.s., Scott do you need some fish? :-) LOL, we know your working hard !

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out and back at it again this weekend . it is a tale of 2 different days . saturday out with good friend, and fishing buddy . Rocky Cariglio , it was windy , we marked fish but , could not get them to take . finally we knoked the skunk off . but still nothing to brag about . we tried all colors . red with white b - 16 bomber was the ticket . SUNDAY - OUT ALONE . WENT OUT AT 11:00 AM 6 fish 4 keepers 2 shaker , 5 hit no stick . took fish at 10# and 8# , both female loaded with eggs . no wind today . red head with white , b - 16 bomber was the hot lure .

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Another RED HOT day at Camp Far West. My Son, his Friend and I caught and released over 40 Spotted and Largemouth Bass yesterday. Assorted plastics on small darter and ball heads in any color produced Bass all over the lake. Biggest fish was just under 5 lbs, and most fish were in the 2 to 3 lb class. We only counted about 10 other Bass Fisherman on the water and they were the very friendly. This is turning out to be the best Bass fishing of a lifetime, at least for us.

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OK. Here the low down on todays stripers fishing. Art and myself headed to the delta expecting lots wind to our surprise it was calm. So started out good and Art got a nice 9lb as he first put his line out and we hadnt gone but just a short distant again and Art got another fish. As we fished on Art got a total of six stripers. I GOT NADA ...I did have one on and the hook broke off. later i got a shaker ...Arts catch for day was #22 #20 #9#10 #3 #4. Nice going Art.. Fish off contest is scheduled Sunday same place same time!!!!!

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Mike Sprouse , his fiancee and I using ghost shrimp started fishing around 7:30 , at around 8:30 she hooked up ona 50 inch sturgeon , her first big fish she ever caught, beating Mike for the first legal sturgeon caught between them. about 20 minutes later she hook another ,but it was only 37 inches long , then Mike hooked a 62 incher , her record still intact. I got lucky nailed one 47 inches and a eight pound striper around 9:45 and 10:00 then everything went dead no good bites after that so we left at 1:00 oclock

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Name: Mark Wilson
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Friday, May 6, 2006...I had to do a striper seminar at Brannan Island Friday afternoon/evening, so I decided to take my boat along and do some striper trolling early in the day. Guy Brown and Steve Murakami joined me for the early trolling. We trolled Bombers in shallow water and Rebels in deeper water to 15'. A bite here and there. We probably had close to 20 hits for 6 shakers, 5 keepers to 15 pounds, and several lost fish on the way back to the boat. Nothing real hot and no schools. We covered water from Miner Slough down to Decker Island and over to the Santa Clara Shoals, into Fisherman's Cut and False River, back into the San Joaquin and then pulled out at Brannan Island in the afternoon. 45 miles of water ways trolling and running and gunning. It was a windy/blustery day for sure. Again, I could see Mt. Diablo. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Deep Water Channel ( south)
Weather: breezy mild spring-like temps
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THE LAST 10 YEARS I REMEMBER VERY FEW BOATS IN THIS AREA OF THE DEEP WATER CHANNEL. THIS AREA IS JUST A MINOR FISHERERY FOR STRIPED BASS. MOST ANGLERS FOCUSED ON THE MAIN RIVER FROM RIO VISTA TO SACRAMENTO DURING THE SPRING RUN. But, with the high water and almost impossible conditions for trolling or bait fishing, it didn't take long to figure out that the Deep Water channel can be very fishable even with the high water flows!! It warms faster, and dead ends some 24 miles upstream..While striper fishing can be good at times, it still only holds a small percent of striped bass compared to the main river system. This area was my get-away from the large crowds of fishermen who seemed to be everywhere.. NO MORE!!! The past few years I would see the same few guys that fished this area over & over I 'm thinking they liked the lack of crowds like me and could hit a few limits at the same time.. Oh well" Welcome to this part of the delta" There's plenty of room for all. Now, here's my report.. Friday May 5th..About 10 boats trolling during the high tide on both sides of the channel. While the bite wasn't a hot one, saw many fish caught. I managed to get 5 stripers to 13 lbs. Mostly males with one cow. Released them all. The fish are scattered but once locating a school it can be good action.. My good friend Mark, and Tyone & Donnie had a fair day. Tyrone's best day was on Monday when they got into larger fish on the West side. Once the tide turned & started to go out, the bite was over. I stayed till the end. Morning bite for sure..Hope you don't think I'm snobby & own that part of the delta. Just making an observation . Welcome.. See ya on the river, Bob H. ( Naked...

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Went to the Port with Bob McCoy in his Arima yesterday (Thursday). We made a few trolling passes around the basin with Mann's lures. We saw some fish but they didn't seem interested in our offerings. We headed up into the channel toward the locks. As we neared the new bridge we saw all kinds of fish on the screen. I mean lot's of them, big ones too. We tried jigging for them with no luck. Then we tried jigging crappie jigs, nothing. Then Bob put a piece of baloney on his hook and still no help. There were two other boats in there and they didn't have anything either except the one boat who was casting for Black Bass. We never did find out what kind of fish they were. Couldn't get any to bite anything. We finally gave up and headed for the house. Saw Nick Garcia and his friend Freddy there. They elected not to launch their boat and just fish off the sail boat dock since the wind was blowing so hard. It was blowing right into the ramp, making it difficult to launch and recover, especially if you're by yourself. If anyone catches anything down by the bridge I'd sure like to know what they are. Later, j.

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Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Rio Vista Area
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Date: May 3, 2006

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Wednesday, May 3, 2006...Arthur Bard and David Varshawsky went striper trolling with me today. We trolled the Rio Vista area again with Bombers. About 20 hits for 6 shakers and 10 keepers to 18 pounds. We kept fish at 3#, 3#, 5#, 6#, 6#, and 7#. No real hot spot. Just a fish here and there. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Launched at honker cut, trolled first hour westside of whites slough for nothing. No fish on meter water temp 60. Tried spooning in 20 ft water bouy 57 shoal nothing 64 water temp dirty color. Tried rattle traping 7 to 9 ft water San Andreas shoal nothing there. Started trolling San Joaquin end of fishersmans cut one hit, lots of grass in 10 12 ft of water in the cut. Trolled 12 ft water along Santa Clara shoal caught first fish at 10 am and 2nd at 10.15 about 4 lbs each. water greenish on the out go, 65 temp. Silver with red back broken back rebel.( trick worm) Called it a day I was having a heck of a time eating lunch( left my teeth at home). Guming ham and cheese sandwich's don't get it. Home by 1.00. Lowell

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Date: May 2, 2006

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I fished with my good friend Kenny yesterday at White Slough and Disappointment. We were very disappointed at Disapppoint Slough. We caught 5 shakers and 1 crappie. Alan! You certainly weren't fishing where we were cuz I fished a white tube quite a bit yesterday and didn't even get a hit. That's it! Jerry

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
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Location: Delta
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Date: 05/01/06

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Went to the Delta today to help a friend pre-fish for a tournament. We ended up catching over twenty bass, best five went just over twenty pounds. I caught an 8.00 & 6.00 pound bass on sweetbeavers and tubes.

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista/Sac River
Weather: Warm/Nice
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Date: Monday/1May2006

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Well, hit the water late (9:30am) and trolled to about 1pm. Just a quick run to get a sanity check. I was solo today since my fishin partner Jose' had knee surgery. Final count just one fat female at 7 pounds and a couple shakers. Released the female so she could have her babies. Home by 2pm to jump in the pool for the first time in 2006. The wife returns from vacation Thursday so maybe I'll get more time on the water. This single Dad thing is tough....Take Care Y'all.

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Rio Vista Area
Weather: Sunny/Warm/Breeze tp 10 mph
Water_condition: Clearing More and Warming to 67 Degrees
Date: May 1, 2006

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Sunday, April 30, 2006...Jack Thomason called me up and asked if I wanted to go striper trolling in the late afternoon. Of course, I said yes. We went down to the Rio Vista area and trolled Bombers for a few hours. It was kind of slow. 5 hits resulting in 3 keeper stripers at 19", 5#, and 9#. All fished released and we headed home before dark...........Monday, May 1, 2006...Ed Inaba, George Morita and Howard Hatanaka went striper trolling with me today. We trolled the same area as yesterday and had a little better luck. 18 hits resulting in 3 missed fish, 6 lost fish, and 9 keepers. We kept fish at 6.5#, 7#, 7#, 8#, 8.5#, 8.5#, 9#, and 10#. We trolled Bombers again and the best color was rainbow trout. The water has cleared a little more and has warmed up to 67 degrees in the afternoon. We quit early and headed home. The bite was all through the outgoing tide, even though it was a "ripper". Again, all within sight of Mt. Diablo. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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slow traveled over 50 miles caught 1 small fish to shackers want to know where all the big fish this time of year cant seem to catch males that are milking do you think the spawn is late maybe we will be catching them into june. last week we caught some females up to 10 pounds but the eggs didnt even look ripe. do u think the water conditions hurt the spawn do u think the spawn is over or yet to come. with the wheather warming up the water flow is only going to get worst do u think the spawn is going to be affected by the high waters this year the fish being caugth seem to be in the 22 ft range

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Date: 4/30/06

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Went down with my dad this morning below the sacramento yacht club. Got to first spot around 5:30 and by 9 my dad caught the only fish which with 19 inches. Moved down river about a mile and things started off slow there. but decided to try and fish close to shore and see what happened. Caught my 2 fish within an hour. ended the day arond 12 with three fish from 19 inches to about 8#. dads fish was caught on sardines, my 2 came on anchovies about 20 ft from shore. only had to use 1 oz to hold. fish are still hitting harder then ever , have to keep a close eye on your rod.

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My Son and I had the best day Bass Fishin ever, yesterday. We were the first rig in line when the gates opened at 6:30am. Launched by 6:45am and had the first Bass (spot) in the boat before 7:00am. We fished most coves with water temp. above 67 degrees with small plastics on darter heads. Didn't matter what color we thru we caught Bass. At just before 2:00 pm we called it quits, with 40 bass boated. Biggest was a Largemouth at just under 5 pounds, and numerous Spots over 4 pounds. We have never had a day like that before, IT WAS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Location: West Bank, Decker, SJ
Weather: Sunny and windy
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Date: April 29, 2006

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Scott, Tom and I also were motivated by Mark W's reports during the past week. Our first destination was Cache Slough for no hits. We headed down to West Bank, Decker, and Old Dairy for nothing. IMHO, the waters were too choppy and dirty. We then proceeded to 3 Mile Slough...since there was a long 5mph zone, we trolled that too for nothing. As soon as we got to Santa Clara Shoal, things started to pickup. We ended up with limits between 7# - 3#. We had 4 shakers, and a bunch of short strikes. A keeper and a couple of shakers were trailers. We lost 2 bbr's and several worms. Scott was using the roboworm, that worm really stretches. I think I only saw maybe one or 2 boats trolling West Bank, but there were a lot of boats in Santa Clara. I don't think the boat traffic affected the fishing at all because I noticed that after we made a pass, the boat behind us would get bit too...or vice versa. The aft deck of my boat was "swamped" with striper DNA. Hot BBRs: Trout Mother of Pearl Silver with Chartruese back.

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Location: west bank and cache
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Date: 4/28/06

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Mark Wilson's report motivated myself and my fishing bud Ron Jones to go to west bank and try it. We didnt get a hit so moved north to Miner, Cache and upper Port Channel .Water temp was above 60. Trolled shallow rebels. Total hits 18 with 11 in the boat largest 20lbs most were above 10lbs 1 shaker for the day, kept 4 fish 5#4#14#13#. Bad start but good finish! This year with such high water it is mandatory you go where the water clears up, temp is 60+ and slow your troll down as we had several short strikes today.

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Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista Area
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Date: April 27, 2006

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Thursday, April 27, 2006...Arthur Bard and David Varshawsky joined me today to do some trolling for stripers. We trolled Bombers around the West Bank for 7 hits resulting in losing 4 nice fish between 10# and 15# and landing 3 keeper stripers at 14#, 11#, and 9#. All three were "ripe" females. Just a fish here and there with most fish hitting around the bottom of the big outgoing tide in the morning around 10 a.m. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: John Cullen
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Location: Hog Slough
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Date: 04-27-06

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I wasn't there today but I was planning on going there in the morning but I got a call from Jiggin Gene and he told me Doug Edwards was there today and they brought in barges of rock by tug and rocked the levy's. I noticed the other day they had rocked some and of all things they cut down the few tree's that were there. What a shame, they shouldn't be allowed to do that. Anyway it's muddy as hell right now and probably will be for a while as they continue to rock the levy's. Too bad there were some good fish in there. Just wanted to put the word out. Later, j.

Name: Otha Livingston
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Location: Sac/San Juaquin EVERYWHERE
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Date: 4/23/06 (Sat) Late Report

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Just got back to my computer so late report. Went out trollin' with Tomi, we both got skunked.... first time since fishing San Pablo Bay a couple months ago. Stopped and got two bags of anchovies... able to salvage the day with 2 keepers...... Bunches, bunches of shakers... Between three of us we went through both bags pretty quickly. Found a school around the ferry boat on the San Juaquin side near Franks Track, anchored. Had fun.. What the heck, threw back the keepers, 19-22 inches. Hopefully, they'll grow big and FAT!!

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
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Location: Delta
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Date: 04/25/06

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Back to the Delta with Cecilia and Bob, but it was a lot more windy today. Right off the bat my trolling motor switch got stuck on the on position. What a pain as I had to use the speed switch to turn it on & off. Plus the wind was blowing from the north and it made me work hard all day. So as I cruised down the bank we used Sizemic Toads and Chatter baits to catch the bass today. We still caught thirty bass today but the biggest going 4.50 pounds that Ceciallia caught. She did good today but if she would of set the hook harder in the morning she would have caught a couple big bass! She landed ten bass today herself. Our best five went twenty pounds today but it was still a lot of fun!

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
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Location: Delta
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Date: 04/24/06

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Headed to the Delta with Dave and Joe my camera boat drivers to do a little bass fishing with NO cameras. The day started off good as I landed five bass up to six pounds in the first fifteen mintues on the new CHATTER BAIT! The boys were begging me for one but I held out and said NO! As the day went on the fishing got better for all of us. Joe caught the biggest bass of the day at 8.25 pounds on a senko. Daves biggest was a four pounder. My best five bass were a little over 31 pounds as I had two over 7 pounds and ten more big bass from five to six pounds. I was using a wake bait over the weeds. Our best five for the boat was 34 pounds and we landed over forty bass. We had a blast out there today!

Name: Bob Harries ( The Sunburned Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Minor slough & Deep Water Channel
Weather: Sunny, warm,Very nice!!
Water_condition: Still High but much clearer @ 57*
Date: April 27th 06

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WEDS. APRIL26th. 06.........As I was making a lunch & getting my boat ready for a day of Striper fishing I noticed my wife Sandy was running late getting ready to go to WORK!! I think it was one of those days she really didn't want to go in. I said the magic words "" Call in. take the day off & join me..In ten seconds, she was on the phone! I had a partner... We launched at Hogback & the first thing I noticed was how clear the water was from the last time I went out some 6 days ago!! Yeah! the water is still running high but it is shaping up as far as visibility is concerned. My rule is " If I can see my prop in the water its trolling time!! With the tide going out in the morning hours I decided to anchor in Minor at my regular spot & bait fish till the tide turned and the water relaxed somewhat. Only caught one fish with sardines & this fish was a small male ( 6 lbs. ) Very slow bait bite! The tide started to diminish slowly as the incoming tide took over. Pulled anchor & headed over to the deep water channel..We put on the rainbow colored Bombers & trolled in the the shallow water for more than a hour before hitting the first fish. At the top of the tide, things got better! We nailed over 10 fish to 12 lbs. with my wife catching the largest! Also lost a few fish that got off. After this action slowed down, went back inside Minor to find the clearer water in the slough to throw swimbaits. My first cast I hooked a fairly large fish that broke my line! Not because the drag was too tight, I think I had a weak spot far from the hook? While I was throwing swim baits, my wife was spooning & caught a couple small schoolies. Called it a day at 7:00 pm. & headed back to Hogback. Not a bad day of fishing with the high water. Saw other boats in this area catching fish so they were around for sure. Sandy & myself got a little pink wearing shorts & tank tops but better than Rain!! Hey Mr. Brown from fishermans warehouse sorry we didn't hook up & fish didn't get a chance to see you over the weekend. Lost your phone number.... See ya on the river.. Bob H. (naked).........

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Location: Fether Verona
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Date: 4/23/06

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Fished the Feather river from Verona to the 99 bridge with Roland,and Mario for 6 stripers to 13.5 # one 12 the rest 6/8 all fish came on deans, the water is a little cool and we had to look around for the fish but when we marked a fuew we would get bit.There was no dought about the bites hold on to your rod.It should only get beter but take your miscato stuf boy are they out there.The sack looked good but we didn't get a bite in exsept for miscats.SHUDDABEEN

Name: Herb Brown
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Location: south delta
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Date: 04/26/04

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Finally getting the bass fishing in the delta figured out.Had a great day my partner and i cought 15 bass to 6 lbs.Sencos and spinner baits were the ticket.kept two and let the rest go.Until the stripes start to show up its bass fishing for me. Good luck everyone.

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Rio Vista
Weather: Overcast w/15 mph Breeze
Water_condition: Clearing @ 57 Degrees
Date: April 26, 2006

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Tuesday afternoon, April 25, 2006...Fred Hicks and I headed back down to Rio Vista to troll for stripers. The water has cleared even more, but cooled to 57 degrees. The current was running pretty strong. We trolled West Bank, Decker Island, the Old Sac and into Steamboat Slough for one 15" striper. They were there Sunday but not this day. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Email: captainneal@fishingfrenzy.org
Location: Mosquito Lagoon
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Date: April 23 06

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Oak Hill Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report (April 23) The wind has been blowing hard... That makes fishing hard too. It's hard to fish where you want to, you have to fish where you can and finding the fish on a windy day is just about a miracle. I got in a couple of good days before Easter and caught some nice trout and a couple of jacks. I saw two big schools of redfish but they just would not bite. We tried gulp, live shrimp and gold spoons without sucess. The trout hit the shrimp and the gulp pretty good. But, here were a lot of small ones, about 10 shorts to a keeper. After Easter I got right back on the trout. They were still biting the gulp and we caught some upper slot-size ones. We went right back to the big schools of reds too and caught some real nice keepers on live shrimp. It's really something to slip up on a redfish and watch him when you cast your bait and it hits right in front of him, he turns to look at it. Kind of like "Hey, what was that." Then he cocks his head and just when you think he doesn't care anything about it, he charges for it and the fight is on! You always imagined that was the way it was... but to actually see it happen produces a feeling you can't describe. Whew! If you get a chance, take someone who hasn't fished out and let them get hooked! Until next time, catch one for me! Captain Neal Goodrich 386-690-0473 386-345-1006 CaptainNeal@fishingfrenzy.org NealCaptain@aol.com www.fishingfrenzy.org

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Fished Montezuma for 2 sturgeon all on the incoming tide. One at 71 inches and the other 36 inches. I used a combination of eel and roe for bait. I think I might have a better chance at winning the lottery or the Kings winning without Artest than catching a sturgeon in the new slot.

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4/23/2006 – Launched at Garcia Bend at 2:00 pm. Anchored in some trees on the Yolo side of the river in 20’ of water across from the silver water tower. Fished the outgoing tide for one small 19” keeper and three shakers. All fish were released. Bait of choice was sardines. Had steady action from shakers but no good bites. I didn’t see too many fish moving through. The water temperature was 57 degrees.

Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman )
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I KNEW IT!!! I TOLD MY WIFE ON SATURDAY THAT MARK & JACK THOMASON WOULD CHALLANGE THE IDEA OF NO STRIPERS AT RIO VISTA...I DON'T CARE IF THE WIND WAS BLOWING 30 KNOTS,THEY WOULD FIND THEM!!!!!!!! THEY DID!!!!!!!!MARK, SORRY TO HEAR YOU LOST YOUR LUCKY BOMBER..............RED & WHITE???...........Bob H. .........

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Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista Area-Sacramento River
Weather: Windy to 20 MPH!
Water_condition: Dirty @ 59 Degrees
Date: April 23, 2006

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Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2006...Finished with parent duties early. Called Jack Thomason to go striper trolling with me. I heard there were not any fish around the Rio Vista area. Had to check it out for myself. We got there right at high tide around 1:00 p.m. and there was a little bite window. Even though the water was dirty and the current still running out, we managed 7 hits today for some good luck and bad luck. The good luck was we landed two stripers at 5# and 17#, both of which were released. The bad luck was that we lost one striper over 15 pounds and another striper over 25# which broke off and got away with my "hot" Bomber. Oh well, I guess I will have to start a new hot Bomber. Quit at 6:00 p.m. and headed home. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Jonnboy
Email: jdaily@frontiernet.net
Location: Pwr lines
Weather: windy as Hell !
Water_condition: clear, high and white caps
Date: 4-23-06

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Well, let me add to the humble reporting. My good friend Scott White and I went to the power lines to fish for sturgeon on the outgoing tide. We used roe. We only stayed 2 1/2 hours do to the 3' swells rolling at 3 second intervals. It was good practice for his family’s upcoming bodega bay trips! We managed to catch a 3 - 4 lb catfish, set the hook on something that got off and I lost my hat from the wind. My friend wants to take me duck hunting because I always bring the wind! We will try again soon. A very short day on the water Jonnboy !!

Name: Bill Deutsch
Email: coke30years@comcast.net
Location: Steamboat/Minor
Weather: Perfect
Water_condition: Stained 55*
Date: 4/22/2006

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Well just to let you guys know, Niko and the rest are right, NO FISH……..My fishin buddy Dale & me launched at Hogback on Sat. morning around 6:30 AM with one trailer in the parking lot. As expected the water was high and stained, but not as bad as we thought it would be. We came prepared to troll or bait fish. With the water not looking too bad we decided to troll and explore new territories. We took a couple of runs up and down Steamboat for nothing. Decided to run up to Minor, as we have never been there. Saw a couple of boats bait fishing at the at the mouth of Minor so we decided to bait fish for a while, nothing. We then trolled up the deepwater channel to marker 54 and back down, nuttin, so we tried up Minor & into the clearwater slough on the left & back down …..nada. We seem to be marking fish all over but nothing biting. Bait fished for a couple of hours in the upper tulle island and finally got a few junk bites but that was it. Sooooo we cruised back up Minor to check out Arrow Harbor and the launch ramp there….looks OK. Saw a lady catch a legal striper just past the harbor on bait, continued around to Steamboat and trolled back down to the launch at Hogback, still nada. We were loading up when a boat came in with TWO stripers, 1 just legal & 1 about 24” on bait. That’s it, hope the catching gets better, the day couldn’t have been better. Good luck, Bill

Name: Josh Knee
Email: athleticsfan4lf87@yahoo.com
Location: sacramento river
Weather: party cloudy with some sun
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Date: sun 4/23

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went down below sherwood harbor off the bank this morning from 8-12. started off catching a few small fish. then when the sun came out around 10:30 got a great bite only to set the hook and then break the fish off shortly after i hooked it. put a new hook on and the next cast caught about a 8 lb striper. about 30 minutes later caught one more about 20 inches. the fish a hitting real light so you have to really give them time to take the bait. used sardines. saw a few fish on stringers in the same area.

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: East Reservoir ( Stony ford )
Weather: Cloudy with rain showers all day
Water_condition: Semi-clear to clear at 63*
Date: Sunday April 23rd.06

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Saturday April 22nd. 06.....Decided to head north & do some CRAPPIE, Bass fishing & see some other scenery other than the Delta.. After reading Niko's report on the Striped Bass bite, glad we went elsewhere. The East gate at East Reservoir is still closed due to weather conditions so we had to drive to the town of Stonyford to enter the back launch area. On this day, I took my wife Sandy ( The CRAPPIE QUEEN ) Water conditions were very good for as much rain we have had this spring. Temps. are in the low 60's perfect for spawning crappie & bass... Game plan was to target the fallen trees & brush along the shore line with pink & white curly tail jigs. While we didn't catch alot of fish, the ones we caught were quality crappie to 18 inch slabs!! The bellies were fat with eggs. Next, we went bass fishing in the shallows using the drop shot method. The bass are in a spawning mode & we caught many fish in less than 3 feet of water. No monsters, but many 2 pounders. I think the weather conditions kept the bite below normal for this time of the year. It rained just about all day long, but it wasn't a cold type rain just steady!! Only about 5 boats on the whole lake! Guess the weather report was a factor?" Fished till 7:00 pm then headed for the dirt ramp, which was a mud ramp after all the rain.. If you decide to head for this reservoir this time of the year, Yes! you do need 4 By 4 to pull your boat out!!!!! Stopped at Mc Donald's at Williams & home by 10:30 pm. Long day but alot of fun!! For the record, released all the crappie & bass. While crappie is one of my favorite things to eat, I need to catch aleast 20 for a meal, we didn't come close.... See ya on the river.. Bob H. ( Naked) P.S. Round trip from my house to reservoir almost a tank of gas!!! $60.00...Ya gotta love fishing!!!!!!.......

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Hey guys..I really struggled to write this report but thought it would show some humility on my part. Here goes...this morning me & Jose' launched early from Brannon to avoid what I "thought" would be a crowded ramp. Hit the water at 7am and off the water by 1pm. Otha was in his Arima behind us with 2 others in his boat. That makes 5 of us right? Well, here's the bad news...after traveling over 40 miles on the delta and five lures in the water, all different colors, depths, speeds, incoming tide, slack tide, outgoing tide we ALL GOT SKUNKED! I mean not a single shaker, keeper or squawfish queen for the entire trip! Yes I said not even a shaker! We just could not figure it out. We hit San Juaq., Sac River, Collinsville, dark shadows of Mt. Diablo, West Bank, Steamboat, Old Dairy, and my most productive spots and not a single fish. It was unexplainable. The water wasn't bad at all but we just could not find a striper anywhere. Hopefully Otha got a fish after going to Haps to get some bait. We quit fishing and headed for McDonalds. Somebody please go out tommorrow and prove to me that there really are stripers in the delta. VHF chatter described the action today as the April "disappearing act" for the fish. Good thing I've still got my daytime job...take care y'all.

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Date: April 22, 2006

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Went fishing with Scott and Tom today. We were inspired by Mark's 9 sturgeon day last week so we went to Monty. I lost count on how many dino's were jumping, we marked quite a few on the Lowrance. We honestly thought we were going to have an outstanding day. As the day played out, we didn't get a single pumper. To tell you the truth, it might've been better if we didn't see any sturgeons jumping out of the water. We had eel, herring, and salmon roe....nothing, not even a striper. Hmmm, maybe some of the fish we saw on the fishfinder and those that were jumping were not sturgeon.

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Well Bill and I went back to Franks Track today but boy what a diferance a day makes. Should of thought about the delta reopening. We get to where we caught fish yesterday and there12 boats mulling around wating for noon so they can toke off for the water that wasen't used for a week.By the time noon came there must of been 25/30 boatr headed out we did manage a fue fish but it wasn't worth the hasel with all of the fishermen so confined to one area not there fault probly mine shuld of wait untill next week.SHIDDABEEN

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On the water by 6:15,,,1st fish ,,,2#,,,10:30am,,,Plastic worm ROBO Carolina rig,,,15 feet water,,,two more bass by 11:30am,,,also on plastic Quit at noon,,,it was great to get out,,,Fished the whoule day in sight of the SUN,,,Good luck

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Went black bass fishing with Bill today checked our usual spot a fuew fish looked around untill we found wormer water ended up with a 6,5 two 3.5 and some smaller fish going back tommrow, hear the hole delta is opening up after noon hope so! When we found the fish it was getting late so we are off tommrow to see if ther in the same place.So we won't have to look so much and fish more.SHUDDABEEN

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Went to Folsom to try and catch land lock king salmon mooching. Fished for about three hours with only four bites and I missed them all. Should of been there three weeks ago as I know friends were killing them. Went and fished for bass with big swimbaits and I had two on and lost them both. The first one hit and I got him half way back to the boat and it tried to jump but was to big to get any further out of the water but his head. The wire leader to the trailor hook came off and he got off. Second one swirled and just grabed the tail by the boat. Oh well heading to Clear Lake to do a show this weekend on bass.

Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman )
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Location: Minor Slough Area
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Water_condition: More off colored than Saturday
Date: April 19th 06

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Tuesday April 18th.......Launched at Hogback county park.The water was almost in the parking lot as the high tide was at the top. As I moved through Steamboat on the way to Minor I noticed the water was less clearer than Saturday.It was worst in Cache slough!! Once in Minor, I found the clearer water from the feeder streams that run into the main water. Here the water temps were in the upper 50's......Started throwing swim baits both 1/2 oz & 3/4 oz. The fish were lying in 6 to 8 ft of water. Nailed a few right away but this action was short lived & there was alot of unproduction fishing. Every time I found a school I would catch a few then they would move....I guess they get spooked in the swallow water? While most of the fish were small males I did manage to get a couple fish in the 10 to 15 lb. bracket, these fish really pulled my string!! With the high water, very little pressure from other boats. Matter of fact did not see another boat all day in this area. As the day went on the tempertures went up & it wasn't long & I had peeled most of my clothes off. Not used to the warmer day time temps yet...... Did try bait in the main body of Minor but only only caught a few small stripers to 20 inches!! Finding the clearer water & throwing swim baits was the ticket for me........Staying home today & getting my tomatoes in the ground will hit it again on Thursday.See ya on the River. Bob H. ( Naked) P.S. I think once the river drops a few feet this area will once again be great for bait fishing, I don't know about trolling?

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Location: Folsom Lake
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The Jolly Hookers Fishing Club celebrated SPRING at Folsom Lake. Very few water skiers, speed demons etc. just fishermen and of course no rain. The fish didn't exactly co-operate as 30 of us caught 30 fish and when several JH's caught 3 fish you know there were donuts to be found. The big winner was Darrel Toms with a 1 lb. 10 ounce fish. And to think that he doesn't like to fish Folsom. Second place went to Don Brown with a 1 lb. 5 ounce winner. Not all went well for Don , as a non-club member, backed his boat into Don's boat and Don's small motor was damaged. Geeeeez!! Alex Alexander needed the balance beam to beat Art Sutter for third place. The digital scale had them deadlocked at 1 lb. 1 ounced. For the most part, the fish were found in the top 10 feet and were caught on golden eyes, rapalas and the "Dick Jackson special" ( night crawlers) Hot meatball sandwiches, salad, chips and dip, soft drinks and Ice cream were served up by our hosts, Ron Madsen and Art Sutter. I think Ray Lankford assisted also. Good Job hosts. Our next derby will be May 16th to Collins Lake. Hil Felton

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Location: Montezuma Slough
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Date: April 18, 2006

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Tuesday, April 18, 2006...First of all, Alan Fong and myself will try and get a hold of this website owner and see if he can get the "junk" mail stopped...Fred Hicks and I went sturgeon fishing today down in Montezuma Slough. We fished salmon roe all day for 4 opportunities resulting in two missed fish, one lost fish, and one sturgeon at 70". Jack Thomason and Ron Retzlaff caught three at 53", 70" and 73", plus breaking one off. They had the hot rods again today. Heh guys and gals! CalTip works. We saw some guys land an oversized sturgeon and then literally run off with it. It was around 100 pounds. I called CalTip and they responded with a warden within 15 minutes. The guy tried to throw the fish back into the slough, but it floated. The warden caught him and issued a ticket and told us to take the fish out in the slough and revive it. It worked. After about 20 minutes, the fish came around a swam off. It was a big 73" female sturgeon that now has another chance at life. Thank you Warden Jeff. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Happy Easter! Took some friends out striper fishing this morning and we got rained on big time. We got wind and rain all morning! Marian FW cashier also braved the cold rain too! It was tough fishing but we caught three nice stripers to ten pounds and three bass to three pounds on fishtraps and rip baits. Marian lost one on my rod and it broke the back hook off. We were back at the ramp at 11:30 am soaked!

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Name: Bob Harries ( naked Fisherman)
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April 15th 06 Saturday......My good friend Mike Booker came over my house to help me fix some snaps that came loose on my boat top. After fixing them we decided to try a few hours fishing if we could put in at Hogback. Stopped at Romeo's bait shop & picked up 8 lbs of sardines. Arrived at Hogback just about noon, while the water was at the top of the ramp it was no problem launching. Knowing the river at the I st.bridge was at 25 ft above sea level , we knew we had to be very careful on the water!! Yeah there was some trees & things floating by in the swift current but not any worst when I last went out & the water was at 21 feet..Again, found my regular spot in Minor & anchored as close to the bank as we could.. Tried a couple of hours with the bait but only got light bites with only one serious take down on Mikes rod. As the tide slowed down on the income we pulled up the anchor & started throwing swim baits along the tules. Guess what? Started catching schoolie stripers to 7 lbs. This action lasted for a short time. But , we managed to catch a half a dozen or so. All were small males full of milt......Think we could have caught more if the winds gust were less. Pretty hard to hold the boat steady with the wind gust!! My electric motor got a work out for sure! Gave up at about 7:30 & headed back to the ramp.While the bait fishing sucked! Glad we had some luck with the swim baits. And the rain held off till this morning..Looks like better weather this coming week, will try it again on Tuesday.. See ya on the river Bob H. ( Naked) ......

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4/14/06 Bob White and Ron Jones joined me at the port. We were on our way to Bodega but the wind came up so we turned around. We arrived at the port around 7 am and found two really big schools of stripers. We ended the day landing 46 fish up to 17 lbs. We trolled rebels and man's 15 plus lures.

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Clyde Wands called and said he would show me how to catch trout on Camanche. He did! We started fishing at 7:30AM. Mainly stayed between Big Hat Island & Dike 5 & 6. We caught six fish by 10:30. The sun came out & the bite died. We went up above the 20MPH buoy and caught one more fish by 2:00PM quitting time. Fish were much bigger than last week at Folsom. Top three were 4.5#, 3.2# & 3#. Smallest was 15 in. Hot lures were Keith Kerrigan’s ,all black &all pink, kokanee spinners with a worm trailer. (Keith is a guide out of Truckee—his lures are the greatest!) Clyde said if he could find water that clear in the Delta, he would never come home.

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Thursday April 13, 2006 – Launched at Sherman Island at 8:00 am. Fished near channel markers 8 and 9 for lots of junk bites on the outgoing tide, but no pull downs. Water temperature was around 57 degrees. The incoming tide wasn’t moving because of the flows coming from upstream. Used roe, lamprey, pile worms and sardines. I saw lots of sturgeon jumping, just no takers. Off the water at 3:30 pm.

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Well folks...like Mark said..can't go striper fishing so go sturgeon fishing. Unfortunately, we didn't have the results like StriperGuy. We got the big skunk today. Oh well, haven't been out in Montezuma for years so nice day out and back early to do yardwork. Maybe I should have bought that $13.00 frozen eel at Virgils...hahhaa Take Care Y'all.

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Date: April 13, 2006

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Thursday, April 13, 2006...Can't go striper fishing so let's go sturgeon fishing. 2 boats of us...Jack Thomason, Bob Thomason, Brent Thomason, Chris Thomason, Ron Retzlaff and myself head down to Montezuma to do some sturgeon fishing with salmon roe. A balmy day with no wind and the sturgeon were biting. 9 fish to the boats today at 45", 48", 53", 55", 60", 65", 72", 78" and 80". We kept the 3 in the slot and got off the water by 3:30 p.m. A pretty good bite with other starts and drops. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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HAPPY EASTER to all! The river flow at I street bridge is holding at 25 ft.Thats 4 feet higher than when I last had my boat on the water!! Even when the flow was lower at 21 ft. It was just marginal fishing. I'm going nuts! You can only watch these T.V. fishing shows for so long!! My jetcraft boat has a new record for sitting in my garage for 13 consecutive days!!! Last time was 8 days when I had the FLU!! On a positive note: Mother nature will soon shut off the the pacific storms that have been tracking right through Northern California & we will have Summer ( Not Spring ) like weather with 80's & 90's Mark my words & get your suntan lotion out...Should be a great SHAD Run!! Ha, Ha! See ya on the river....Bob H. ( Naked)

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sardines and more sardines for only 2 cats and one striper, <*{{{{{{>< guy up the bank had little better luck he had one when we walked up at 8:30am said he caught more? CANT WAIT FOR DAMN RAIN TO STOP!!!!!

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Well guys...somebody had to brave the elements to see if there's any stripers out there. Since I'm on vacation all week I had no excuses to stay home. Even with the threat of thunderstorms, rain and wind. Launched SOLO at 9:30am from Brannon and there was only 1 trailer in the entire lot. Ran over to Sac River and it was a mess...hit San Juaq. and water was pretty dirty but I tried anyway. Final count...7 keepers up to 8 lbs. All released except for a 20 incher for my son. Not a bad day considering I wasn't expecting to get anything with that dirty water and debris. I never got rained on and the wind never came up. Off the water by 2pm home by 3pm. Nobody in the Brannon lot went I pulled my boat out. Besides the 7 keepers I got the nice thing was I got to park in Mark Wilson's spot at the launch. I think that's why I scored today...hahaha Take Care Y'all.

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Tony invited me to fish black bass with him. We threw swimbaits and spinner baits. We also flipped sweetbeavers. Total, 12 bites landed 5.

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Water_condition: Howard
Date: Howard

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Name: Ron Hamataka
Email: ronhamataka@cs.com
Location: San Pablo Bay
Weather: clear warm in the sixtys no wind
Water_condition: murky
Date: 4-6-06

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Mike Sprouse , Jim Sultzman and I went in Mikes brand new Crestliner boat ,started fishing about 7:00 using ghost shrimp, fishing til 5:00 . we hooked five sturgeon , lost 2 over size, landed 1 over size ,landed 1 chub and keeped 1 49 inches. we also lost 1 striper about 14llbs , landed 5 other between 4 and 6 pounds so it was a great day all got sun burnt, yes sun burnt , best day of the year for us

Name: FishWisher
Email: adsfasdf
Location: Camanche
Weather: Perfect!
Water_condition: Pretty clear for all the rain.
Date: 4-6-06

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Trolled for about six hours, caught three trout top lining, two with an orange spinner. Caught only one on downriggers at about 25' with a small chrome Flatfish. Total of four fish. Two boats at the ramp with us, one boat caught one, the other five. Finally! A sunny, nice day. Pray for more!

Name: Sarah
Email: matt@fromru.com
Location: United Kingdom
Weather: Sarah
Water_condition: Sarah
Date: Sarah

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Name: Monica
Email: zane@pochta.com
Location: Australia
Weather: Monica
Water_condition: Monica
Date: Monica

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Name: Sarah
Email: raymond@mail15.com
Location: France
Weather: Sarah
Water_condition: Sarah
Date: Sarah

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Name: Mr Limpet
Email: <'{{{{{>< @ :.) .com
Location: folsom
Weather: beaut
Water_condition: 55 stained to clear / debris @ramp
Date: 04/06/2006

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hey gloria, what da hell is dat?... i got skunked fishin for bass @ folsom today. guys were catchin small planter rainbows at the ramp. git a trout swim bait and go fer a big bucket mouf. i tried my cttn cndy lizzerts as usual........the basses werent in the trees .............. some stable weather and it should bust loose. out

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: williamcrooks@sbcglobal.com
Location: Folsom Lake
Weather: Beautiffule!!!
Water_condition: Calm, 49.2-53.5
Date: 4/06/06

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Alex Alexander & I needed to get out of the house. Also needed to run my kicker. We launched at 7:30AM at Browns Ravine. No crap in the water, like we found last week at Granite Bay. The water near the dam was muddy. I’m sure it’s due to the heavy release. Water between the dam & Browns was clear. I fished two rods deep (20-55ft.) looking for salmon. Found none. Alex fished shallow, with a sling blade, a worm, and no weight. He caught four trout before I got smart enough to change over. Both of us caught one more. Alex said he had his limit & so we should go home. He’s the chairman of the Jolly Hooker Fishing Club, and a very tough dude. I remembered the Pistons & Heat were playing early, so home we went! (Last week we paid $10. This week the dude says $14 for two seniors. I guess seniors need to make up the state’s deficit?)``

Name: The Insane Fisherman
Email: none
Location: Duck Pond
Weather: partly cloudy/nice
Water_condition: clear
Date: 04/05/06

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Went to the Duck Pond today. Hammered them! The water level dropped about 1-2 ft. Still managed to pull out 5 nice largemouths. Largest went around 16" & 19". Used Texas rigged worms. 5ft rod w/ 6 pound test. Slammin back Bud lights! What a blast!

Name: ron
Email: fishwithron2@yahoo.com
Location: wimpy's and new Hope
Weather: clear
Water_condition: stain
Date: 4/6/06

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FYI Wimpy's and New Hope are both flooded so you'll need to go to another ramp to launch. Proably be under for at least aweek or more.

Name: Dave
Email: -----
Location: Garcia Bend Boat launch
Weather: -
Water_condition: -
Date: April 6 2006

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Just came back from Garcia Bend Boat launch. the launch back up area is under water, the launch has been gated off.

Name: Gloria
Email: rhonda@pochta.net
Location: Japan
Weather: Gloria
Water_condition: Gloria
Date: Gloria

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Name: Angie
Email: kevin@gmail.com
Location: Iran
Weather: Angie
Water_condition: Angie
Date: Angie

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Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sherman Island/Garcia Bend
Weather: cool
Water_condition: semi clear/51 degrees
Date: 4/1/2006-4/2/2006

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Sherman Island Report 4/1/2006 Saturday April 1st 2006 - Launched at Sherman Island at 10:00 am and headed to my regular spot by channel marker 9. Used roe and pile worms for sturgeon but had no luck. I switched to sardines on the slack tide and ended up with one 18" keeper striper which I released. The water temperature was 52 degrees. It was a slow day for sure. *************************** Garcia Report 4/2/2006 Sunday April 2nd, 2006 - Launched at Garcia Bend at 10:30 am. The water was all the way up to the top of the ramp but we made it in. Went down to Cory's Bend and tied up to some trees on the Yolo side of the river across from the silver water tower. Lots of constant action from schoolie stripers on sardines. Ended up with seven keepers, two lost fish and two shakers. All but three were released. The fish are moving through, you just have to stay in the slow water along the trees. The water temperature was 51 degrees.

Name: rocket
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: vierras to decker and back
Weather: small breeze - mixed clouds
Water_condition: semi to stained , very high . big flow/greenish , but milky , 51 - 54 degrees
Date: 04/01/06

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went out alone , from around noon to 6:30 p.m. got 2 north of rio vista bridge . lost 1 tail at decker , 1 hit no stick on west bank . very slow . trolled b - 16 bombers , and broken back rebels . b-16 bomber with red head / white body was the one . both fish keeper size . 7# , 5# ,badebadebade dats all folks !!!

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: Hog
Weather: rain and wind
Water_condition: clearf
Date: 3/31/06

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Ron Jones joined me to go trolling in Hog slough. While we marked fish there were no hits at all. So moved to Sycamore and threw lures and trolled for no hits. Boy was the wind blowing we moved back to Hog and Ron rod went off. He ended with the hot rod of the day and caught a #12, #8 #4. I caught a #6 and lost one. The rain began coming hard so we headed back to port. Lots of fun while it lasted. No banana in bodies or on boat today .Hmmmm may be something to that myth??

Name: GIL
Email: N///A
Location: DINT
Weather: HAAARIBLE
Water_condition: ITS GONNA BE REAL WET
Date: TODAY

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Name: Penis enlargement
Email: palenque@korect.com
Location: pakistan
Weather: rain
Water_condition: cold
Date: 10.14.2005

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Name: Bob Harries (The Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Minor Slough area
Weather: Overcast with drizzle at times Cool
Water_condition: Off colored at 52.6 degrees
Date: March 31s 06

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Thursday March 30th.......Once again, put in at Hogback & headed down steamboat slough on the way to Minor..Reaching the mouth of Steamboat I ran into Jack Thomason in Ron's boat along with about 5 other boats in this area. After a quick conversation with Jack, I put the boat in gear & arrived at my regular spot in Minor..The outgoing tide was ripping so I tucked in close to tules in 14 ft. of water. The morning bite was just so so. caught a fish about every 30 minutes up to 7 lbs. All males!! I guess the bite at the mouth of Steamboat was not happening as Jack & Ron called me on the radio & asked me how I was doing. Told them I'm getting a fish each 30 minutes or so. They decided to give it up at Steamboat & join me..Ron parked his boat about a 100 yds below me also close to the tules..They took advantage of my great CHUM LINE!! It worked for sure as Jack caught a female fish at 19 lbs just about 2:00 pm. Jack released this spawner after taking a few pictures. They left shortly afterwards leaving me all by myself. I fished till 5:00 pm catching 6 more fish to 7 lbs....I could not find a fish over seven pounds!!!!! Thought for sure when the tide relaxed. I'd find the bigger fish..Didn't happen..Used only 5 lbs of sardines on the hook & atleast 6 or 7 pounds for CHUM.. Maybe I over chummed????? Ha, Ha!.....Hello to the guys in the North River boat who came by & said hello...I know they had a long day also...Man! I sure am tired of wearing WINTER Clothing this time of the year!.. I should be wearing shorts & tank tops....Guess everyones in the same boat on this issue...Where's the balmy weather??? Don't forget to put your clock forward this weekend.. See ya on the river....Bob H. ( Naked)...

Name: Kevin Wilson
Email: kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: folsom
Weather: cloudy
Water_condition: clear
Date: 3/30/06

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Trolled with a friend today for salmon and trout. It was slow in the morning and picked up well in the afternoon. We trolled from Browns Ravine to Dyke 8 for several triples that kept us busy. Trolled Ken Mathis's spoons and Mooselucs for 17 salmon up 3.9 lbs and 4 trout up to 15 inches. Good Luck !

Name: Hangman
Email: hqly@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: ??
Water_condition: ??
Date: 03/31/2006

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Shoudl i go out tonmorrow in the storm? any opinion?? is the fishing really bad? or fishable? i don;t mind a little rain.. btu if fishing is horrible in the storm.. i'd rather nto take a day off

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River and Old Sacramento River
Weather: Rain/Wind/Breeze/Cloudy
Water_condition: High, Clearing and Warming to 56 Degrees
Date: March 29, 2006

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006...Arthur Bard went striper fishing with me today. We started out trolling around Decker Island and West Bank with Bombers. Real slow. Only one hit for one 5# striper. Next we headed into the Old Sac below Vieira's and bait fished sardines right at the start of the morning's incoming tide. Another 7 keeper stripers to 8 pounds and a couple of shakers. Once the tide slowed all we got were junk bites. Back to Vieira's early to filet fish and home before dark. Oh, couldn't see Mt. Diablo too good today. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Lake Amador
Weather: wind,rain, sun, cloudy, coooold
Water_condition: murky, debris littered. 53 deg F.
Date: 3/29/06

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The Jolly Hookers had a make-up derby to take the place of a rained out derby earlier this month. It was a chore; but we got it done in spite of poor weather conditions. The fishing was poor also as 25 of us caught 16 fish-- not our best showing for sure. Tom Doris was the hero or the day with his first place award winning 3 lb 3 oz. dandy. His boating partner, Ron Madsen won second place with his 2lb. 14 oz trout; but needed the balance beam to nose out Don Saba's 2 lb 14 oz third place winner. My 2 lb. 14 oz fish was a bit light. White grubs caught most of the fish today; but the water was was muddy and visibility was poor-- as was the catch. Our hosts John Frantz and Ralph Schuhriemen save our day with a hot lunch comprised of hot chile, hot dogs, chips and dip and cookies all washed down with a beverage of choice. The group thanks both of you for your efforts. Our next derby, scheduled for April 18th, will be held at Folsom Lake. Hil Felton

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: williamcrooks@sbcglobal.net
Location: Snodgrass
Weather: Wind & Rain
Water_condition: 53-57.3, simi-clear
Date: 29 March, 2006

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Son-in-law, Bill Conyers, & I launched at New Hope at 6:30AM. We rode the out going tide & current all day. Weather much worse the dude said! The Mokelumne was really cookin. We went up Snodgrass. We trolled & pitched for stripers for no success. We also went into the tulles for bass and came up with one smallie, who is still swimming. Water is fairy clear & warms to 57.3 at upper end. We quit at 12:00 because we were not having fun.

Name: Kevin Wilson
Email: kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: folsom
Weather: windy/ rainy
Water_condition: white caps
Date: 3/29/06

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Today good friend Biff joined me trolling for salmon. After a while waiting and debating whether to launch we decided to go for it. It was raining hard and blowing wind all day. We ended up with 10 salmon and 3 nice rainbows. The salmon was a bit smaller this day. Trolled Ken Mathis's spoons and mooselucs.

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: Weds March 29th 06

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This is for the reader that caught my mistake!!!!! I've only launched at Hogback a million times!!! Sorry....Don't know why I said Hog Slough???? Too much Rain... Bob Harries

Name: A fisherman
Email: ABC.com
Location: Steamboat
Weather: Nice till noon
Water_condition: Nice
Date: 3-28-6

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Mr. Harries, I believe you meant Hogback ramp instead of Hog slough. When you launched you were in Steamboat Slough correct? By the way, you're very lucky that you have a wife that supports and likes to fish with you. Good job.

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: West bank,Sanjaun,false
Weather: Overcast
Water_condition: West bank mud.rest clear
Date: 3/27/06

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My guest (idenity secret) and i left Sacto. at 6A.M. On the way down to delta, i told him the pros were out sunday and did ok considering water flows etc. So i gave him a choice go to West Side etc. or upper Molek. He choice was West Side. Fishing by 7:20A.M. Using a red and white bomber i got decent hit in first 10min. That was it for long time . I finely got another hit on a shallow rebel that bit off the worm. Move to San Jaun. I got my first fish however it was a tad undersized. We moved to false and my guest got a nice hit however it did not stick...We headed for home at 2P.M. SKUNKED! We decided were not ready to fish where the pros go yet and we may need another several years practice. We did have good time out there boating and its still better than working for living!!

Name: Alan Fisherman Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Feather River
Weather: nice & cloudy
Water_condition: stained & high
Date: 03/27/06

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Headed to the Feather River to try for stripers with Dave Oller my camera boat driver and Dave Capps to do some bait fishing. I heard from a friend that the water was getting pretty clear as of last Thursday. When we arrived there Monday the water came up as they released water out of Oriville over the weekend and it got higher and very stained! The parking lot was half under water. The key was to find a bend in the river where you wouldn't get any grass on your line. After about three stops I found that bank and we ended up catching four stripers to nine pounds and a twenty pound salmon. All of us missed a few take downs too, we should of had our limits. There were no junk bites, if you had a nibble the rod went straight down! If we get a few days of warm weather the striper action will bust wide open!

Name: Bob Harries ( NAKED FISHERMAN )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Minor slough area
Weather: Balmy Sunday----Rainy Monday !!
Water_condition: Slighty off color at 53 degrees
Date: Tuesday March 28th 06

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Sunday March 26th...........Took my main sponser out on this day ( this would be my wife Sandy) We put in at Hog Slough & headed for Minor slough. Found the inside curve that I have been fishing the past week or so. The water is only 12 to 14 feet deep but with the river ripping in the main channel this is very fishable...Only caught one 6 lb fish on the outgoing tide but when the incoming tide slowed up the current we caught fish to 12 lbs on a regular basis... Again the bite on sardines is slight untill Mr. Striper decides to take it. No slams like when the water is warmer. Also, no need to thread the bait on the hook. very little small fish to steal it. Just quality schoolie stripers. While Sandy caught the largest fish of the day, the average size was about 7-8 lbs.......The weather on Sunday was great!! High clouds at times with light north winds. Total fish caught & released on this day was three for me & four for my wife. Not red hot but with the water conditions as they are, not bad!!!..............Monday March 27th...........Took Mr. Bill Meyer out with me again launching at Hog Slough & returned to Minor. On this day the river was up another foot from Sunday & less clear as the big rains on Saturday had finally reached this part of the delta. The good bite was gone! It seemed Mr. Striper did not want to dine on sardines with the off colored water around? On this day we managed to catch only two stripers to 8 lbs. The weather fell apart by 2:00 pm as the sky un-loaded with heavy rain...Even with the top up on my jet craft the rain found its way to us blowing sideways! We stuck it out till almost dark thinking maybe a late bite could develope. No late bite!!! Just two wet fisherman having some fun. Headed to ramp & called it a day.. See ya on the river Bob H. ( NAKED)

Name: Herb brown
Email: hbrown4130@sbcglobal.net
Location: south mokel river
Weather: nice am rain pm
Water_condition: very muddy to semi clear
Date: 3/27/06

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After chasing black bass in between rains,decided to go after the stripes. Since all the experts are picking up a few including tomi yes i think he is getting the hang of it.I decided to try the south fork of the mokel.its closer and the rain was supposed to hit about noon. The main river is very muddy but the upper end of hog and sycamore slough are clear enough to troll.We managed to pick three fish 5,7 and a 12 lb female which i released she was full of eggs.We trolled deep rapalas in 14 to 20 feet. Need some good weather.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Very nice early, then breeze picked up
Water_condition: Clear except down by second pump 56 degrees
Date: Mar 27, 06

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Launched at 0815, just before the tide change, went immediately down to the second pump house, trolled between there and the house. Gene did well there yesterday. Nothing there for me today except muddy water being pumped into the channel from the pump house. Went on down to Marker 73 and trolled behind Doug Edwards and John V. all the way down around the corner (marker 69). Doug and John stated they were not seeing any fish so they left. I picked up two 16 inch stripers and released them. I finally turned around and headed back toward the basin hitting a few spots along the way. Just nothing happening and very few fish on the finder. Got a 19 inch striper trolling by our launch ramp and released it. By this time the wind was pushing up white caps and blowing straight into our ramp. I knew I'd have problems getting my boat on the trailer in the wind by myself but Nick Garcia gave me a little help and I made it OK. So three dinks but better than sitting at home wondering if they were biting or not. Always great just to be out there. j.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: williamcrooks@sbcglobal.net
Location: Folsom Lake
Weather: Nice in AM.
Water_condition: clear & 50.3
Date: 27 March, 2006

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Joe Grandchamp & I read Kevin Wilson’s report on Folsom and we decided it was a nice day for a trip close to home. We launched at 7:30AM at Granite Bay. There was a horrendous amount of floating wood at the launch ramp & all over the Lake. The water was flat calm. The speed limit on the lake is 5 MPH. We trolled lots of different spinners & lures. We got only one, 14 inch, salmon. We quit at 11:30AM. (As I understand it, something good was going to happen to Joe if he got back home at “Noon”.) On the way in the wind was starting to pick up. It was a nice morning with an old friend, but his day can only get better!

Name: CaptianJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Garcia Bend
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: 10" vis/52 degrees
Date: 3/26/2006

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Sunday, March 26th 2006 - Launched at Garcia Bend at 5:30 am and carefully headed across the river. Anchored up in the trees on the Yolo side of the river in 14' of water. This area is normally a beach, but now it's under water. The middle of the river is 32' deep and moving fast! The water is surprisingly clear but is still only 52 degrees. We caught two keeper stripers and lost one on sardines right at sunrise. The bite shut off at about 9:00 am. There are a few fish moving through, but you have to fish along the bank in slow moving water to have any shot at them. Lots of action from Pike Minnows all morning.

Name: scott white
Email: scottsdeck@aol. com
Location: power lines
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: nice
Date: march 26 2006

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Went out fishin with jonboy got on water about noon. waiting for the tide change. thought we would try west bank for some stripers. trolled bbr for no luck. as soon as tide change we baited the hooks for the sturg. 10 min later i got a nice pull down and jonboys big a.. was in my way missed it. jonny lay off the snickers! a little after that bam! nice pull down set& fish on! for a 44in. sturg. lots of junk bites. off of water at 5pm. we missed you out there banana bob! If you go out monday send us a report.p.s.

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: SJ River
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: stained kinda clear
Date: March 26, 2006

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Went fishing with Tom and Scott. Trolled all day with no fish to show for. I did lose a worm somewhere on Dutch Slough and Scott allegedly said he had a bite on a fish trap. Other than that, no fish at all. All I can hear Tom and Scott all day say was, "We should've gone to West Bank."

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River/Decker Island
Weather: Nice w/10 mph Breeze to No Wind
Water_condition: Clearing @ 52 to 56 Degrees
Date: March 26, 2006

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Sunday, March 26, 2006...Fred Hicks went striper fishing with me today. We trolled the morning and bait fished in the afternoon after the tide change. We trolled Bombers most of the morning for 11 hits, losing 2 fish and landing 5 keeper sized stripers between 5# and 8#. After the tide change in the early afternoon, we switched over and bait fished sardines by Buoy 18. Three more keeper stripers to 5#, 2 shaker stripers and one broken off leader. Once the current started running hard the bite turned off. The trolling bite was around the changes of the tide today. Water is clear enough to troll and warming to 56 degrees in the late afternoon. But, here comes some more high water down the Sacramento River! Thanks Fred for all the "laffs" today. And yes, I could see Mt. Diablo. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: mjb
Email: jig_man15@yahoo.com
Location: Delta/Wimpys
Weather: Rain on & off
Water_condition: Getting Better
Date: 3/24/2005

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Late report from friday the 24th. I launched out of wimpy's at 9:30 a.m started fishing for stripers throwin a Vixen top-water bait from reaction enovation. As I was working a shoreline on the south mok. to my surprise a striper blew-up on some bait down river from where I was. I slowly motored down stream & on my first cast I had a blow-up that stuck. Afer a great fight I landed the 12 lb. female which I released, during the fight I noticed my fish finder was loaded with fish in 20' of water. I went for my jig box but to my surprise I must have left it at home. So I waited until this school worked the bait towards the top & this paid off in three more fish from 4-8 lbs. all on top-water.The bite shut-down so I went fishing for black bass, with in a short period I nailed two fish that were a little over five pound's, one came on a chart. & wht. 3/8 spinnerbait & the other on a speed-trap in delta red fishing the rip-rap. While lipping the second fish I had the misfortune I getting stuck with one of the treble hooks, the bummer was the fish was still on the other end & it was as if he or she knew I was on the other end. This five plus pound fish made another run & it was all I could do too stay in the boat & not go swimming with this fish, the fish turned & came back towards me I gave it a bear-hug & both the fish & myself hit the deck. Lesson learned BRING A NET..... After getting the bleeding to stop I went back to fishing. I ended the day catching 8 stripers all on top-water from 4-12 lbs. & a handful of bass from 1-5 plus pounds on spinner baits & speed-traps.I fished early in the week with a good friend of mine Scott, he nailed a 7lb. lagre mouth on a pig-n-jig in blk. & blue NICE FISH. The stripers are their you just gotta put sometime in & fish shoeline's with water flowing into them & you will gett'em. All fish were caught on the main river system, tried fishing the sloughs but they didnt produce. SO WHAT DO I KNOW!!!! Man..... my finger is SORE!!! ~Mike

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: RioVistaSanJuaq
Weather: Beautiful/Flat
Water_condition: Pretty-Clear/53degrees
Date: Sunday/26March2005

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My first outing for about a month now and turned out a fun day. Took Jose' and my co-worker Rich who had never chased stripers before. We expected the water to be dirty so we brought 2 bags of anchovies. But much to our surprise the water was clear and very trollable. We ended the day with limits inspite of a sea lion following my boat. I know he wanted our fish but just couldn't figure out how to grab em with all our yelling and banging the plastic bucket. I had the hot pole and Rich ran a close 2nd. Largest fish was 5 lbs. Couldn't find any schools anywhere on the San Juaq. side just a fish here & there. Great day even though we had to search hard for our fish. Curious to hear how you ended your day Mark. We looked for you at Old Dairy but couldn't find the Fish-Rite anywhere. Just wanted to say hello on the water. Take Care Y'all. Gotta go watch the Kings.

Name: Capt.Scotty
Email: scottkjohnson@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta
Weather: clear
Water_condition: muddy
Date: 3/23/06`

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Took my son who is on leave from the Navy sturgeon fishing, stopped at the power lines and cought our 1st one at 10:00 due to his dad the son lost the fish. Move down about a mile to the second set of power lines and hooked up the second sturgeon and left the son alone and after an hour and half we landed a 48" 50lb. To make the trip that much more sweeter the sturgeon was taged by the DFG with a $100.00 disc, And as kids are he's not sharing the money.

Name: Kevin Wilson
Email: kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: Folsom
Weather: rainy
Water_condition: clear
Date: 3/24/06

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Today Dariel Olson joined me for some salmon trolling. Arrived at 7:30 am at Dyke 8 trolled in front of the dam and in front of Browns Ravine for nothing. Then to the mouth of the North Fork for 26 salmon and 1 trout. The salmon went from 1 lb to a nice 5 lber, all very silver and full of energy. We trolled Don's Custom Lures behind Sling Blades. Good Luck !

Name: Bob -Sacramento
Email: rjralli@pacbell.net
Location: Montazuma Slough
Weather: sunny - windy
Water_condition: dark and stained
Date: 3-23-06

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Chester, Charley and I decided to chase some sturgeon in the slough. Launched at Belden about 8AM. Drove down towards the mouth looking for some deep holes. Wind and the end of the incoming tide made it difficult to get a good set, plus did not mark any fish. Went to the mouth and finally got some good flow however, still could not find any fish. Charlie picked up two shaker stripers and later in the day at Little Honker, Chester picked up 2 healthy cats, but my hot rod on Monday was completely cold. Didn't get a serious pulldown. Wind picked up big time about 3, so we called it a day. Did get some sun and after these last few weeks, that alone was worth the trip. Bob

Name: Bob Harries (The Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Minor Slough area...........
Weather: Almost Balmy ! Very nice..
Water_condition: Semi clear,cool,Lots of water movement
Date: March 24th 06 Friday

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Weds.March 22nd.........Fished solo in the Minor slough area. With the big flows pushing downstream from the mighty Sacto. river I just knew I would have to make major ajustments to get my sardines down to the bottom where Mr. Striper is holding...The key was to find inside curves where the water normally runs very slowly. The other factor is try & fish the incoming tides. While the flow is still very fast, its slower than the outgo.........Knowing Mr. Striper is a lazy fish and does not like the fast current to feed, I found the slower water was to his liking...Anchored in 14 ft. of water worked for me. My boat was just 15 feet from the shoreline & could reach the bottom with just 2 oz. of lead.......The water is still on the cool side, just 51 degrees on the surface & the bites are very light till they decide to take it. Caught 5 stripers on this day to 17 lbs. A mixed bag of male & females.............Thursday, March 23rd.........Took Jack Thomason with me & did the same thing but, even got closer to the bank..While the fishing was not red hot we managed to catch a fish about every 40 minutes for a total of nine keepers to 17lbs.... Again, a mixed bag of males & females....The weather was great on both days after days of cold weather & Rain.. Guess. I will continue to bait fish till the flows slow down enough to troll? Water color is not bad just too much coming down.. For the record..... The pear trees at Courtland are finally blooming!!!! See ya on the river.. Bob H. (Naked)

Name: Kevin Wilson
Email: kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: port
Weather: hazy/ nice
Water_condition: clear
Date: 3/23/06

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Bob White and Ron Jones joined me trolling at the port today. We fished the outgoing tide for a very slow day. After half of the tide we find out that Bob has a banana on board. We gave nana boy a hard time intill he ate it and got rid of the rest of it. As soon as he did we caught a 4 lb fish and three under sized one. Good Luck !

Name: FishWisher
Email: fishwishr@yahoo.com
Location: Suisun Bay
Weather: sunny, some haze
Water_condition: clean, no grass or debris
Date: March 22, 23

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I fished near Garnet Point on Suisun Bay for a couple of days at my sturgeon hole. First day: Fished from 1030 to 2015. Zilch. Second day: Fished from 0610 to 1300. Caught two little sturgeon morning of second day, 2' - 3', tossed back. Both took my one and only bait, lamprey as the incoming tide was slowing. (Still carving on the same carcass I've used for two trips now.) Spent the night at the same spot, the wind was pretty cooperative. Left for home Thursday about 1300. Had a good pull about 10 minutes before quitting, but stuck for only about a second. Dale

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Whites Slough
Weather: Perfect
Water_condition: Stained
Date: 03/22/06

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My good friend Gordon Ong and I arrived at Paradise Point Marina at 10am Wednesday. High tide was at 10:10am that day. Fishing was a tough the first two hours. So we thought we'd give crappie fishing a try. I hooked a 5# striper on my new Falcon ultra light 5 1/2 ft rod with 2# test line and a 1/16 oz jighead and a FinnS plastic bait. I must have fought him for at least 8 to 10 minutes before Gordon netted him. I also caught a 1 1/4# and 2# largemouths on that same jig. But not one crappie! But that was ok. I didn't mind. I also caught a 3 1/4 largemouth on a black/chartreuse tube off a lone tule berm in Whites Slough on the way back to the Marina. That's it! Oh! Poor Gordon didn't even get a hit that day. I'm sure his day will be coming. Good fishin' Jerry

Name: Bill the Butcher
Email: william-margie@camcast.net
Location: monty & nurse
Weather: hazy-warm
Water_condition: 52.5 - 54 murky
Date: 3 -23 - 06

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i knew it..... i just knew it! should have stayed home and stared at the boat! left from beldon at 8am after pickin up some pile worms at rockies.headed to nurse , to the first turnoff whatever slough that is. pulled into the tules cast out and waited, and waited. nuttin. pulled out and up to the hole at the corner of nurse and monty...nuttin again. last shot, the piling adjacent to cutoff slough. spent about an hour and a half there pulled up and headed in at 2pm. outgoing tide the whole time. tried eel , piles , frzn anchovs, and very ripe frzn bullheads. not even one of those hits that you think you see but is really not there. nice day - good coffee - good time..........Bill

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: williamcrooks@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sacto & San Joaquin
Weather: Nice, little wind
Water_condition: Clearing, 51-53 degrees.
Date: 23 March, 2006

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We went in Clyde Wand’s boat to change our luck. Launched at Brannan at 6:30AM. We trolled deep & shallow and threw fish traps. We started on west bank. Water is clearing up enough to troll. We then went to the San Joaquin and tried Tomi’s Rock Wall. On to Fisherman’s Cut and all Clyde’s spots to below Prisoner’s Point. Water was even cleaner on the SJ side-especially during the out go. We covered 45 miles today. We got one hit all day. We mark very few fish. Only one boat said they had a fish. Everyone else gives thumbs down. We gave up at 1:00PM. Both of us were feeling low. But then Clyde shared some of his wisdom with me. Something you could only get from an old sage who has been fishing for over 60 years. He turned to me and he said, “Bill, those stripers are somewhere!”

Name: Capt. Delta
Email: ggritz4u@hotmail.com
Location: Tomales Bay
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: 3/23/06

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Can anyone out there give me some insight into fishing for halibut around Tomales bay. Have always been a trout/bass fisherman but bought a 23 ft Proline last fall for the ocean. Kicked butt on the rockfish last year and was looking forward to salmon season this year. Now that salmon season has become clear as mud need to find some kind of fishing to tide me over till July rock fishing opens. Is there a spring halibut run? Anything about lures/bait/technique would be appreciated.

Name: Rick Iwatsubo
Email: riwatsubo@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Berryessa
Weather: Overcast, Chilly
Water_condition: 52-54F 2.5-3' visability
Date: March 22, 2006

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Fished with Fred Murata today ....... best day so far on the lake for us this season. We ended up catching and releasing 27 bass with several nice smallies to 2.5 pounds. Fish were in 10 feet of water and are starting to move up.

Name: Rick Iwatsubo
Email: riwatsubo@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Berryessa
Weather: Overcast, Chilly
Water_condition: 52-54F 2.5-3' visability
Date: March 22, 2006

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Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Folsom Lake
Weather: cool in A.M.; nice mid-day
Water_condition: Clearing 50 deg F.
Date: 3/22/06

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The Wheels and Reels Fishing Club fished Folsom and hoped for good weather and got it. The water was getting clear and had very little debris floating around. All toll there were 16 of us that showed up and gave it our best shot and landed 32 fish. My 1 lb 4 OZ salmon garnered the heaviest fish honors for the derby. Ray Lankford needed the balance beam to nose out Ralph Schuhriemen for second place. Ralph settled for third. Both fish, under a pound, weighed the exact same on the digital scale. Harold Mark made the scale for us a few years ago and has been very useful in breaking ties. Ralph fished with me near the dam and had success at 20-25 feet. Our best lure was a golden eye behind a sling blade at 1.5 MPH. Our day was capped off with a BBQ chicken lunch prepared and served by Master chefs Len Yates and Geo. Mc Kinnon. Thanks you Two!!! Also thanks to Len's daughter (or grand daughter) for the tasty cherry cobbler. We LOVED IT!!!! The derby next month may take us to Pardee.

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island
Weather: Balmy Overcast and NICE!
Water_condition: Clearing @ 51 Degrees
Date: March 22, 2006

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006...My daughter, Stefanie and grand daughters, Angela and Allison, from Oregon, went striper fishing with me today. The day was absolutely beautiful. We tried trolling by Decker Island early with no hits. We anchored up and threw out some ol' stinky sardines. We had some action...7 shaker stripers and 4 keeper stripers at 3#, 5#, 5#, and 5#. We lost two fish that might have gone between 8# and 10#. The bite slowed on the hard part of the outgoing tide, but there was still a bite here and there. Most action was before noon. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Cloudy
Water_condition: Great clairity and 53 degrees
Date: Mar/21/06

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In the water at 0830, no ships in the basin or at the fertilizer plant. Water looks great. Slight cold breeze blowing. Hit a few of my jigging spots and no joy, ended up down past marker 73, got one about 19 inches and one 12 incher, released both. Had problems with my Mann's Lures popping to the top. I suspect they are taking on water somehow. If you have some that don't swim right see if they sink when put into the water. Think I'll drill a couple small holes and check it out. Then seal everything after I'm done. Hopefully I'll find where the water is getting into the lure at. Spinner (Richard Marzolf) got a 5 to 6 lb fish. Rick the glass man got a 4 lb, it looked to me. Most others, a few not many people out, got small ones. Didn't paint many fish all day. Water is perfect so where did they go? Later, j.

Name: Jackson Chapman
Email: jackson.chapman@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River/Power Lines
Weather: Rain/some wind/cloudy
Water_condition: muddy, cool
Date: March 20, 2006

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Bob and I launched at Brannan Island (only 2 other trailers in the lot) and ran over to the power lines. Bob had the hot rod with bite after bite but we only had three legal fish, just barely. All fish released. The rain came down hard at times but by 3:00 it stopped for a couple hours and we went home.

Name: Victor
Email: none
Location: Mokelumne (south fork)
Weather: cold & rainy
Water_condition: semi-clear
Date: mar 20, 2006

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3 of us fished sycamore, hog, & beaver sloughs. threw & trolled rat'l traps, divers, bombers, and even fished some jumbo minnows. NOTHING. think i'll wait for some nicer weather. that's all. later, Vic

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: San Joaquin Delta
Weather: Sunny/Windy to 25 MPH
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 51 to 54 Degrees
Date: March 19, 2006

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Sunday, March 29, 2006...Jack Thomason and Justin, his grandson-in-law, went striper hunting with me today. We checked out the San Joaquin delta side in those 25 mph northerly winds. Not too much action. We did catch 5 shaker stripers and 3 keeper stripers to 4 pounds. Only a couple of other hits. Conditions were good, but we couldn't find any fish that wanted to bite. Only one "pod" of fish that produced 6 hits on two passes, then they were gone. All fish were released today. The rest of the day was real slow. We did a lot of bird watching today, and you know, the snow is gone of Mt. Diablo. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: MJB
Email: jig_man15@yahoo.com
Location: DELTA
Weather: GETTING BETTER
Water_condition: GETTING BETTER ASWELL
Date: REAL SOON

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Victor, I have had pretty good sucess fishing the Mokelume River in the past. I launch at Wimpy's most of the time, or B&W . For Stripers I like too fish both the North & South Mokelume, from Tower Park all the way up to Snod Grass. The three sloughs on the South fork of the Mokelume can be very productive, if you time the tide just right you can hit all three of them & have good water movment at each one (Depending on the tide) .Recently I have heard , the very end of these sloughs have been more produtive than other area's for Stripers, I plan on checking this out for myself on Monday . Bait's I use are all the normal stuff, Fish-traps, Ratraps, Rattle traps, Rip Baits, Pencil Poppers, Super Spook's, Crank-baits & if I troll Bombers & B/B Repala's. Well I hope this helps you, good luck. ~MJB

Name: Victor
Email: none
Location: nowhere yet
Weather: rain or shine
Water_condition: don't know yet
Date: to be determined

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Hello fellow fishermen. Long time no post. I haven't had my boat in the water since Nov last year. (My gears went out). I found a beat up lower unit on ebay for 40 bucks($50 s&h). Unit had a good set of gears, so after the headache of replacing the gearset, my gearcase is good as new. I want to go out, but don't know where to shoot for. I usually go around Rio Vista and work my way around the San Joaquin area. I learned to fish these areas from my friend Tomi. Thanks again Tomi! These areas were awesome during the fall months, but what about THIS time of year? Where's the action? I've heard a lot about the Mokelumne producing good results. But I'm willing to try just about anywhere. If anyone can lend some info, (good or bad results) please do! I'll be sure to post a detailed report afterwards. Thanks. Vic

Name: jack
Email: jackmo69@msn.com
Location: Na na
Weather: Na
Water_condition: Na
Date: 03/17/06

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It's just a shame the immaturity of these lonely sad people that have to post stuff like that on good stights like this

Name: a fisherman
Email: concerned fisherman
Location: n/a
Weather: n/a
Water_condition: n/a
Date: 03/16/06

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Its to bad we have some idiots out there posting this crap.Maybe we need some one to screen reports.

Name: Average Penis Size
Email: peter78b@gmail.com
Location: USA
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 17/02/2006

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Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Montezuma Slough Bridge area
Weather: Partly cloudy nice light breeze
Water_condition: off colored at 51 degrees
Date: March 15th 06

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Put in at Sherman & made the long run to the montezuma bridge area. Ran into the super pro's Clyde & Bill Crooks fishing just below the bridge. Thinking this would be a good day with these two veteran anglers around. proved to be just another skunk day for me.......Lots of sturgeon on the fishfinder but I think they were just suspended or moving through. While Bill & Clyde had great bait ( Large grass shrimp) we went with old stinky ghost shrimp & frozen shad..A few nibbles but no sturgeon pumps.........Decided late in the afternoon to return to my regular hole at the powerlines but the wind came up & ruined those chances.....Tried trolling inside decker No luck!!! Headed for home just at dark. Long day but enjoyed every minute of it. NO Rain!!!! See ya on the river. Bob H. ( Naked)

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@Aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: cold & hot
Water_condition: good
Date: 03/15/06

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Went to the Delta to shoot another Fun Fishing TV Show. Had a bad start when we put the Camera boat in and the battery was dead! Off to Wally World to get a battery and install it. It was after nine before we got started on the bass fishing show. Over all it was a pretty good day as we caught a lot of bass on spinnerbaits up in the shallow flats. The bass are getting ready to spawn. If this weather would settle down the fishing will be great!

Name: N/a
Email: 112233WWWW
Location: n/a
Weather: n/a
Water_condition: n/a
Date: 15Mar2006

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Hey Johnboy....stupid question but what kind of sturgeon do we have in the Sac River/San Juaq/Montezuma etc? Green sturgeon or White sturgeon? And did the lady have a reference (like a law code) that we could refer to regarding the restrictions? I was at Walmart today and didn't see anything in the fishing dept. about new sturgeon laws. Thanks

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: whc@ aol.com
Location: Montezuma Slough
Weather: Great
Water_condition: dirty, 50.5-51.5
Date: 15 March, 2006

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I hoped that Old Man River (Clyde) would get me off the skunk. Apparently the skunk is deeply imbedded in my boat. It was a nice day. We hit Fairfield bait at 6:30AM. We got pile worms & the best looking grass shrimp I have seen in ages. Most were loaded will eggs. So big we put one to a hook. (I think Clyde snuck some home to put on the barbeque!) A great day of fishing. No wind until a breeze comes up at noon. We don’t mark as many as last week. When the current got cookin, we got some weed on line. We also used roe & eel. Only a few junk bites. We saw Bob Harries & friend. They had zilch at noon, but Bob took off for the power lines where he probably killed um. No fish, but a nice time. I will be watching “March Madness” for the next two weeks. I asked Clyde to go out and find some dumb stripers that I may be able to catch.

Name: Jonnboy
Email: jdaily@frontiernet.net
Location: DFG
Weather: ...
Water_condition: ...
Date: Wed 15th

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I saw this on the DFG website and I called them to ask if it is currently in effect. They stated that I should fish based on this new regulation. I asked them if that was just them telling me to error on the side of caution, because she didn't really know the status of the law, or if it was the law currently. She stated it was the law currently... If someone finds info that supports a different opinion, please let us know.. On Thursday, March 2, the Fish and Game Commission adopted emergency regulations regarding white sturgeon and green sturgeon. The following emergency regulations were adopted: Zero (0) bag limit for green sturgeon year-round in all areas. For white sturgeon, reduced the maximum size limit that may be taken or possessed from 72 inches total length to 56 inches total length for 120 days. Emergency regulations will become effective after approval by the Office of Administrative Law, which has 10 days to review the proposed regulations.

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Montezuma Slough
Weather: A very Nice Day/Breeze in PM
Water_condition: Dirty @ 51 Degrees
Date: March 13, 2006

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Monday, March 13, 2006...Friday the 13th fell on a Monday this month. Not my day. Another lost fish. Jack Thomason and I went sturgeon fishing in Montezuma Slough. We stayed in there all day today. The water was dirty at 51 degrees. We marked some fish, but not a lot of bites. Jack was the lucky one, catching a 56" sturgeon on salmon roe. The rest of the day we talked with friends on the radio, watched birds and clouds go by, and those other things you do when not getting a lot of bites. Nice to be on the water though. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: jonnboy
Email: jdaily@frontiernet.net]
Location: delta
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: Monday

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Hey thanks for all of the feedback. I comprehensively & empirically get the answer to my question now. I truly appreciate the responses :-) Now let's go get some fish :-) Jon Thanks again

Name: Bill Deutsch
Email: coke30years@comcast.net
Location: nada
Weather: nada
Water_condition: nada
Date: 03/13/2006

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Name: Bill Deutsch
Email: coke30years@comcast.net
Location: nada
Weather: nada
Water_condition: nada
Date: 03/13/2006

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Name: Bill Deutsch
Email: coke30years@comcast.net
Location: nada
Weather: nada
Water_condition: nada
Date: 03/13/2006

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Jonn......you can also try this site from the Department of Water Resources. Just play around with it and you can find water releases from all dams, flows, temps, river stages, tides, it's all there. If you have any questions just email me, Bill

Name: ddebord
Email: ddebord2005@comcast.net
Location: no where
Weather: dd
Water_condition: dd
Date: 03/13/06

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I am not John but thanks for the web site with the tides. I fish several locations and the tides a quite different because of the distance between the locations. By checking out the web sites I was able to find all locations that I wanted. Now that I have them saved I can check them out whenever I want. Thanks again for the HELPFUL advice. Spelling checked via free software from the web called ieSpell thats works against Web pages.

Name: FishWisher
Email: abcdef
Location: Suisun
Weather: abcde
Water_condition: abcde
Date: 3-13-06

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Name: CaptianJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Montezuma Slough
Weather: rainy
Water_condition: 50 degrees/muddy
Date: 3/12/2006

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Sunday, March 12th - Launched at Belden's Landing at 10:00 am and fished until dark. Used roe, ghost shrimp and pile worms for basically no action all day - just a couple of light peck bites. The water was muddy and 50 degrees. Probably the slowest day of bait fishing I have ever experienced in my entire life. Everybody at the boat ramp had the same luck as us. Had fun watching the huge flocks of mallards buzzing around the marsh. Hopefully the bite will turn back on next week!

Name: Sal DiMercurio
Email: Whaler1@sbcglobal.net
Location: not
Weather: not
Water_condition: not
Date: 3/13/06

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John, if you have a tide book that says tides at the Golden Gate Bridge, that means the tide times are for the GG Bridge, not Pittsburg. The incoming tide time difference at Pittsburg is approx 3 -1/2 hours later than the tide book says it is at the GG Bridge because were approx 35 miles up river & the tides originate in the ocean, but the current will continue to run for another 1 - 2 hours. Now the book tells you the time the tide will be high or low at the bridge but that just means the water wont get any higher or lower, that is the virtical measurement of the tide [ up or down ] , "NOT" the horrizontal movement known as the current. The current will continue to run in the direction it has for another 1 - 2 hours after what the book says. The incoming tidal time difference at Pittsburg [ New York Slough ] compared to the GGBridge is in fact 3 -1/2 hours later than it says in the book at the GG Bridge. The outgoing tide at Pittsburg is in fact 4-11 minutes later than the book & the outgoing current can run longer than the incoming because of rain run off from the mountains. There are 4 tides every day, 2 incomings & 2 outgoings each lasting approx. 6 hours each,...4 tides at 6 hours each equal 24 hours or 1 day. Some times you can find a tide book that will give you times at Pittsburg but not very often. If your book reads times for GG Bridge, just add 3-30 minutes for the incoming tide & 4-11 minutes for the outgoing at Pittsburg & another 1 - 2 hours for the current to stop & go the other way. Example,....high tide at 3:00pm at the GG Brides means it will be high at Pittsburg at 6:30pm [ 35 miles up the river ] & that current wont stop until approx 7:30pm. Hope that helps,...if not, I'll try & explain it in a more simple way. Sal

Name: jonnboy
Email: jdaily@frontiernet.net
Location: Pittsburg then Powerlines
Weather: ugly, but nice toward the end
Water_condition:
Date: Suday 12th

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Sunday, Bob White, Scott White and I went chasing after sturgeon today. We started this morning to fish the incoming tide in Pittsburg, but we got nothing and the tide took way too long to turn and then didn't last very long. The incoming tide took 3 ½ hours to actually start to pull straight behind the boat. Seriously what’s up with that? We couldn’t figure it out. Also we noticed the white caps were closing in on us, so then we high tailed it to the power lines At the power lines, we fished the outgoing tide. We were that right at the start and it kicked in within 45 minutes whereas the incoming tide took 3 ½ hours. It was a nice straight long outgoing tide. We used roe and we had many junk bites and two really good take downs, but no fish. We were close though. Lots of fun hanging out! Bob, don't give up on the sturgeon just yet, we got lots of bites and MW said he had no luck today too! Jonnboy p.s., HELP PLEASE ON THIS QUESTION: Seriously, on a side note, could someone explain how the tide works in reference to when the butt of your boat should be facing straight with the river? So if it says high tide at 3:00 pm, how long after 3:00 pm until the butt of your boat is done spinning and facing straight with the river? I hope that question makes sense…

Name: Jonnboy
Email: jdaily@frontiernet.net
Location: Pittsburg then Powerlines
Weather: ugly, but nice toward the end
Water_condition:
Date: March 12, 2006

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Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Collinsville and Montezuma Slough
Weather: Rain and Some Wind
Water_condition: Dirty and Muddy @ 50 Degrees
Date: March 12, 2006

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Sunday, March 12, 2006...Jack Thomason and I went fishing today for striper/sturgeon down by Collinsville and Montezuma Slough. We marked a lot of fish, but not much action. We lost one sturgeon early on salmon roe and we only had 3 other "nibble" bites all day. We fished three tides today for our non-action. Quit at 4 p.m. and headed for home. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: dd
Email: adfadfff
Location: ssadsfads
Weather: ffasdfa
Water_condition: ddasdfasdfads
Date: ffasdfasdfa

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It would be a good thing if the site administrator would remove about 99% of this page so it doesn't load so slowly. This page goes back over five years!

Name: j.d.
Email: jdong
Location: not
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 9/11/06

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Hey Herb-Maybe you should have bought a Lowrance with spell check instead of f/f. Just kidding

Name: herb brown
Email: hbrown4130@sbcglobal.net
Location: mokel river
Weather: partly cloudy
Water_condition: muddy to clear
Date: 3/11/06

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Finally got out to try my new lowrance 26c hd.The d/f worked great but could not find the fish.Tryed hog and sycomer no luck.Bob s you must have cought em all.Talked to two other fisherman and they had no luck.The water temp in the sloughs was 53 so cant blame it on this. Nice day on the water though,ill get em next time. hb

Name: Jonnboy
Email: jdaily@frontiernet.net
Location: Powerlines
Weather: terrible !!!!!!
Water_condition:
Date: 3-10-06

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Where was everyone today? And you call yourselves fisherman :-) ..Just kidding...My friend, Scott White and I went out to the power lines today and we were the only crazy fools to do so.. We got wind, hail, and lots of slack tide, but we also got on top of a productive hole that landed us one shaker sturgeon, and one that got off in mid air as it jumped completely out of the water while Scott fought it.. We also caught a 4 lb bullhead catfish.. We had a great time !!! if it wasn't for the weather, we would have stayed longer.. Roe was the deal !

Name: Bob Summers
Email: BSummers@comcast.net
Location: Moke/Hog/Sycamore
Weather: Overcast & cold
Water_condition: Moke Stained, clear as u go back
Date: 3/10/2006

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Got out early while the weather was decent today with my nephew. Good thing we did, fishing was EXCELLENT. It was easily a 20-30 fish day for each of us. The Mokelumne was a lot of crap floating in the water so we kept moving back towards Hog/Sycamore. The fish seemed to be super concentrated in the backs, and on a few occasions were boiling on the top. We got them on Swimbaits (1oz white ) and rattletraps (several combos). Gonna head out again if the weather holds out half way decent.

Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Powerlines again!
Weather: Cool Partly sunny Breezy southerly winds.
Water_condition: Off colored but not muddy @ 50.5 degrees
Date: March 10th 06 Friday

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March 8th, Wednesday.............Put in at Vierras due to a head on wreck on highway 160 just below the three mile slough bridge. All traffic at a stop for many hours!...Arrived at the powerlines and dropped anchor at my regular area by 7:30a.m. With the flow from the Sacto river at a very high level, the incoming tide which was only a weak two footer never turned the boat around!! Even with the southerly winds the boat faced downstream. With the out going tide starting around noon we finally managed to get the boat in a normal position..While the sturgeon bite was non-exsisting, managed to get into a striper bite. Largest fish was a Fat female of 14 lbs which I released hopefully to spawn at a later date. The stripers hit sardines & shad..Fished till 3:00 pm as the delta winds picked up & ended our day.Very choppy water......................................Has anyone noticed the pear trees in the Courtland area are not blooming as yet? I have been fishing for stripers for over 30 years and as a rule the white blossoms are showing by March 10th....Not this year!!! My point is: Pears in bloom, many male stripers are normally on a up river bite moving to the spawing grounds in the upper Sacto river......Two years ago (2004) the temps were in the 80's at this time while the normal highs are 66 to 68 degrees.....I'm thinking that the much below temps the past two weeks have put the spring run on hold. not to mention the cold water temps with the swollen Sacto River. While I'm totally ready to chase Mr. Striper, Mother Nature is holding back the normal spring-like weather conditions that we are used to in the month of March.......O.k enough said about the weather. I'll shut up and be patient like the rest of my fellow anglers..........See ya on the river.(Naked)

Name: FishWisher
Email: FishWishr@yahoo.com
Location: Suisun Bay Garnet Point
Weather: breeze, mostly sunny
Water_condition: lumpy, muddy
Date: March 8

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Headed downriver from Brannan to my hole near Garnet Point. Fished the beginning of a good outgoing current. With the pending new slot of just 10" (46" to 56") my goal was to catch one more monster! And I sure did! I caught a 72", 107 Lb. sturgeon on lamprey in about two hours time! Didn't even get to spend the night on the river. Frankly, she was almost too much fish for me, I'm too old for those knock-down brawls with such huge fish. Maybe I'm in favor of a somewhat reduced slot after all. Naaaaah!! Photos and details on my homepage: www.FishWisher.com

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Clear Lake
Weather: Windy and cold
Water_condition: Muddy
Date: Mar 9, 2006

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Dan,a good friend of mine, took me and my boat to Clear Lake yesterday to give crappie fishing a try for the first time. It was very muddy at the launch ramp at Lucerne. However, we went south in search of clear water. We had a very difficult time in the morning. However, in the afternoon the fish were biting better at some of the clearer water docks. We ended up with about 27 nice crappie. The biggest was about 1 3/4#. We ended up using small jigs in the afternoon cuz the fish were biting so lightly. Good tip: Use light equipment Good fishing! Jerry

Name: Kevin Wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: Amador
Weather: nice
Water_condition: clearish
Date: 3/8/06

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I recieved a call from Ron Jones asking if I wanted to fish a derby put on by the Rooster Tails fishing club. We arrived at the lake about 6:30 am and had a 2 lb cutbow in 5 minutes. The rest of the day was alot slower with only 6 fish caught. At the weigh in Ron and myself both had a fish each that weighed exactly the same. We both won first place and I won second. Ron went home with a nice downrigger trout rod with reel. I won a year long boat ramp pass to Lake Commanche. Both of the biggest fish were 3.12 lbs and second was 2.10 lbs. All fish were caught on perch rapalas and Don's custom hooches. The most fish were caught on Hooches. Good Luck !

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: whc@global.net
Location: Montezuma Slough
Weather: Nice in am, then a little wind
Water_condition: Dirty
Date: 8 March, 2006

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Alex Alexander & I just had to get out of the house. We didn’t expect much—so didn’t get any. We hit the Fairfield Bait shop for ghost shrimp and got to our spot at 7:30AM. High tide at 9:00AM. Water very brown & clarity is about 6 in. Very little floating debris, or weeds on bait, even at heavy current. Out go was 54. In coming 52. We mark many sturges, in many spots. We tried ghost, eel, roe & shad. Very few junk bites. One take down. If it was on Alex rod we would be eating sturgeon tonight. Instead it’s crackers & beer & rooting for the Kings. Tomi, you remember how we use to catch those sturges in MS? Apparently I don’t. How’s about catching one for me this weekend—before the new limit comes down.

Name: Rick johnson
Email: bigrick@hotmail.com
Location: American river upper sunrise
Weather: fair
Water_condition: dirty
Date: 03\07\06

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Caught a 25 steelhead and a couple 5-6lb Strippers all on gulp power bait (earthworm)

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: Rainy & 30MPH winds
Water_condition: Good
Date: 03/07/06

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Headed to the Delta today to do some bass fishing. Started out with rain this morning and then heavy winds out of the north-west. Our best five bass went twenty-two pounds and were all caught on spinnerbaits in less than two feet of water. The biggest was a 5.50 pounder. I was amazed how good the Nitro 911DCD "Fun Fishing TV" boat handles the rough water. We were in three to four foot swells in False River and never had one wave come over the bow.

Name: leo
Email: steelhead0n@yahoo.com
Location: Hog slough, sycamore
Weather: Rain, shine, wind
Water_condition: 3 foot visibility
Date: 3/7/06

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Fished Hog slough with my cousin and caught a fourteen pound striper and a couple of schoolie sized fished. The schoolie sized fish were caught trolling shallow bombers and the fourteen pounder was caught on a fish trap. I saw Andy from Kiene's fly shop, out on the water and he caught a six pounder on top water lures. The bite was pretty tough today and the seals did not help. Fish on.

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Name: bmac
Email: fishon_991@msn.com
Location: sacto
Weather: foggy
Water_condition: .
Date: 03/07/06

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Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sherman Island
Weather: cool
Water_condition: muddy/50 degrees
Date: 3/4/2006

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Saturday March 4th, 2006 - Launched at Sherman Island at 9:00 am. Fished in 32' of water about 1/2 mile downstream of channel marker 8. River was muddy and full of trees and debris. Right off the bat I had a nice pump that I missed. Then two minutes later I get another pump - fish on! Turned out to be a 36" shaker sturgeon. Then about thirty minutes later I get another sturgeon about 40". After that things slowed way down. Only a few more junk bites all day. Fish were caught on roe/pile worm/lamprey combo during the outgoing tide. Tried sardines for about an hour but only had one junk bite and that was it.

Name: John E. Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Cold and breezy
Water_condition: Not bad, 54 degrees
Date: 03/04/06

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Launched about 0930, Cajun Bill was right behind me. Went to a few spots down the channel but no takers, went way down the channel and got a little non keeper, then about two in the afternoon a 12 lb female slammed the lure. (Mann's Wonderbread) I've been painting the belly's of them with a red magic marker, seems to trigger bites. That was the only keeper I caught. Saw Phil Marco and his son in law they had fish. Cajun Bill and friend had fish, Kevin had one fish. Not a lot of fish caught and most were small. Unable to find a school or any kind of grouping at any depth. I tried other lures but no joy on them either. Well it's rain for a while now. Tight lines, j.

Name: rocket
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: SJ/mokuleme/the other side of no where
Weather: windy
Water_condition: bad /clearer around false river/sj
Date: 03/04/06

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went out with Frank Latham . very slow day . could not find fish . found plenty of sea lions . they were everywhere . i have never seen so many before on my life . some markers had 4 stacked up on them . they would pop up everywhere . so where are the fish ??? finally after trying every where , we found some at tower park bridge . 3 keepers 2 shakers . no runs no hits and no errors !

Name: RGraham
Email: rgraham28@hotmail.com
Location: Delta/ Viera's / Rio Vista
Weather: Sunny Early/ Cloudy Later
Water_condition: Muddy
Date: 03/04/06

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We started trolling w. BB rebels for no hits... We went to shad on the bottom for 22" fat Striper and something I've never caught before on the Delta... a 18" Steelhead We took pics and released... really cool but unexpected..

Name: leo
Email: steelhead0n@yahoo.com
Location: beaver, hog, venice cut, san joaquin
Weather: cold and windy
Water_condition: clear except in the san joaq
Date: 3/4/06

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put in at brannan, and my buddy called me letting me know he caught a 9 pounder at beaver. So I headed his way since the water was a little murky on the San Joaquin. When I got to beaver the bite was dead. I trolled for a couple hours with no luck. I then tried Hog slough, trolled, threw fishtraps a couple bites but no fish. I decided to make another run and headed to venice cut, a few more bites on the fishtraps but no fish landed. The water was in perfect condition at Venice. At the boat ramp I talked to the DFG representative and I asked her if she's seen a lot of fish caught and she said she's only seen two Stripers and one Sturgeon caught all day.

Name: John
Email: fourmontanas@sbcglobal.net
Location: Mokelume/ SJ river
Weather: Cold
Water_condition: Clean in spots
Date: 3/4/06

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Ok, enough of the editorals, here's a fishing report. Began the day at the Mokelume River by Wimpys Marina. One 7 lber on a deep diving rebel by Guistis resort. One 3 lber in Hog slough on a fish trap. Water was very dirty by the Marina but extremely clear in Hog Slough. Unfortunely, there was a million boats inside Hog (Typical weekend pressure). Decided to put the boat on the trailer and fish the SJ river. Water was surpisingly clear(at least two feet in visibilty). Caught 4 more shakers before it got dark in the false river. Thanks to Tomi for the info about the false river.

Name: STOP WHINING PEOPLE
Email: anti-whiner@anti-whiners.com
Location: Internet
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: March, 4, 2006

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For those of you that don't like hearing other peoples oppionions, just ignore them and stop responding with whining remarks. I don't like hearing political crap either, but it's worst when I have to read a sarcastic response towards others. Just stop whining and stop responding to non-fishing reports. TYI. Your free to whine, just whine outside this forum, hopefully to your wife so that she can slap you silly.

Name: Kevin Wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: port
Weather: clear
Water_condition: clear
Date: 3/4/06

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Bob White joined me today at the port. It was a very slow day with only one fish and one good strike. Bob caught the one fish 20 inches. We trolled rebels with buck tails and manns lures. Good Luck !

Name: Trash
Email: T.Rash@aol.com
Location: delta
Weather: warm
Water_condition: cold
Date: 2.4.06

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This board is getting out of hand... I think that they need to suspend it. T. Rash

Name: fishermaN
Email: .COM
Location: quit
Weather: yer
Water_condition: bitchin
Date: go fishin

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Name: Lost Fisherman
Email: Not Important
Location: No where
Weather: Cold and wet
Water_condition: N/A
Date: Today

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I thought that this was a website to post and read fishing reports. I did not know that it changed to a MESAGE BOARD, Political issues board, Ieave an insult board, leave a joke board, $$$$ product adverti$ement and promotion board $$$$. What happen to this website? It seems to me that there's more CRAPOLA here than fishing reports. It's begining to stink. Please people take your issues somewhere else. Hint; Go to other website and stink up that one and not this website. Lost Fisherman.

Name: RockyToo
Email: bplee1@sbcglobal.net
Location: N.A.
Weather: N.A.
Water_condition: N.A.
Date: March 3, 2006

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There was a striper restocking program in the late 80's and partly funded by the striper stamp and by DWR fish mediation fees that allowed DWR to install 4 additional pump at their Delta Pumping Plant. Stripers were raised in farm ponds near Galt and released into the Delta. This restocking program was stopped when F&G said that stripers were eating the small salmon on their way out to the ocean. The pond stripers were then released into lakes and the Cal aqueduct. Some ended up in asian markets at $3.59 a pound. Some of the current $5 Delta stamp was for fish enhancement but there is no staff to administer the funds collected.

Name: art
Email: kings !!!
Location: up the hill !!!
Weather: restock!!!
Water_condition:
Date: 3/3/06

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Name: Dan
Email: funforme@AOL.com
Location: The Delta
Weather: NA
Water_condition: NA
Date: 03/03/2006

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We all need to try and not break fish and game rules and try to turn in all the poachers we see. The DFG will never hire enough wardens to protect our wildlife so it is up to us to get our fishing back. WE should also try to elect sportsmen to government otherwise all of Californias fishing is lost but LA will have water for their pools

Name: dan
Email: funforme@aol.com
Location: Sac riv
Weather: na
Water_condition: na
Date: 03/03/2006

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Regarding the sturgeon problem If we all did our best to follow the laws and try to help catch all the poachers since DFG can't afford to hire enough wardens. We might get our good fishing. If we had good government our water would also still be there. We need to really try a vote in the right people.

Name: fisherman
Email: .com
Location: restock
Weather: restock
Water_condition: restock
Date: startraisinemsoon

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this may be a dumb question but, why cant we have programs for restocking sturgeon, threadfin, striper....etc.....(endagered and dwindling feesh) why is it just for steelhead and salmon? why not raise a zillion sturgys and let em go ....why,...why ...why....... if it werent for the fishin, goin up the hill , and the kings, this place would suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk! have a nice day and good luck out there :-)

Name: fisherman
Email: .com
Location: restock
Weather: restock
Water_condition: restock
Date: startraisinemsoon

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Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: everywhere
Weather: good
Water_condition: good
Date: 03/03/06

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Reguarding Fun Fishing, Getting spots to air on Comcast or any other TV channels are very difficult as most spots are already filled. It is also aired on Tuesdays at 3 PM. The show comes on late at night also to fill in spaces at different times and days. The shows will cover all different spiecies of fish as all of our viewers go after all different kinds. Most people have VCR's or Tivo and can record the shows. I have a web-site www.fun-fishing-tv.com and we will be selling the DVD's of all the shows. Alan

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: 03/02/2006

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Hi all, for the results of the DFG meeting on the three proposals about Sturgeon go to John Bringuel's site which is americanriverrat.home.comcast.net/ and click on Commisioner's meeting.

Name: LuvMSon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: Thurs/2March2006

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Now that's a new concept...."What do you get when you cross a Mark Wilson with an Alan Fong? Answer: A "Mark Fong" (Or maybe Mark and Alan made a run to Vegas and got hitched...hahaha)

Name: Jeff
Email: tropical@hotmail.com
Location: tv show
Weather: show
Water_condition: good
Date: 3.2.06

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Name: Fun Fishin
Email: funfishin@delta.com
Location: Fun Fishin Show
Weather: NA
Water_condition: NA
Date: Today

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Alan Fong, I like your show, but why do you air it at 8:00am on Saturdays when everyone is fishing at that time? I'm thinking because of the price of advertising on tv. Good thing I got a Media Center PC that I can use to record the show while I'm fishing, but you are surely missing out on alot of viewers because of the time. Oh, by the way, striper fishing is about the only fish that we would like to see targeted, since 99% of the viewers and here in the forums are striper fisherman. Just my thoughts though.

Name: Fun Fishin
Email: funfishin@delta.com
Location: Fun Fishin Show
Weather: NA
Water_condition: NA
Date: Today

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Name: JustFish-N (2)
Email: jjohle@sbcglobal.net
Location: west bank
Weather: Great!!
Water_condition: a bit dirty
Date: 3/1/06

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Left Vieira's late about 8:30 in the Skipjack with "Capt" Ron and Wild Bill or River Rat Bill and headed for the west bank, trolled from Sandy beach to the power lines and back, a hit here and there for 8 hits and landed 6 keepers between 4 and 11 pounds. We kept a limit of fish, 4#,5#,7#,9#,10# and 11#. A good day of catching and hardly anyone around. Except Mark Wilson and Company. Fished Broken backs and bombers, Gold and orange or brown and orange was the color. Back to Vieira's cleaning station ahead of Mark, we were done and gone before he got there, At least we beat him at something! Good seeing you Mark! Looks like its over for a week or maybe more, water coming and looks like more rain to follow! Great day, thanks Ron and Bill JustFish-N 2 John and Ron

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Rio Vista Area
Weather: Very Nice/Light Breeze/Some Clouds
Water_condition: Semi Clear/Rising/54 Degrees
Date: March 1, 2006

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006...Took another day off and decided to try and beat the wall of water coming down the Sacramento River. It made Walnut Grove this afternoon. Anyway, Bill Crooks went striper trolling with me today. We trolled Bombers all day long in the Rio Vista area. The water stayed in good shape and has warmed to 54 degrees. We had a hit here and there until the bottom of the tide around 11 a.m., then the stripers turned on for about 1/2 hour. We had a couple of bump hits, lost 4 fish, one was a pretty good one, and landed 11 keepers between 4 and 11 pounds. We kept a limit of fish between 7# and 11#. A good day of catching and hardly anyone around. Rainbow trout was the color. At Vieira's cleaning station, the stripers I cleaned were all females, one of which was pretty "ripe", and all of them were full of steelhead smolts. Bill, thanks for the company, and you found out - "no Hootchie Cootchies". That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: windy & little rainy
Water_condition: good
Date: 02/28/06

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Headed to the Delta to shoot the next Fun Fishing TV Show to be aired March 11th on Comcast Sports. Had a great day considering the bad weather, it was real windy but the rain missed us. It only poured on us for about ten minutes. We caught over thirty stripers on swimbaits in three feet to twenty feet of water. Warren caught a 28# striper in five feet of water in the morning. Mid afternoon we found the birds working small schools of steelhead and we killed the stripers there from six to twelve pounds on trout looking swimbaits. Over all it was Warrens best day ever striper fishing. Watch for the TV show to air!

Name: Tibby
Email: raven@the-ravens.net
Location: not
Weather: not
Water_condition: not
Date: 2/27/06

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Your right to fish, I agree that this forum should be a place to put your fishing reports, but it is also a forum to dispence important information that is very important to the fishing community. Sal DiMercurio gave us a heads up on what is transpiring, What ever your politics are what was said is basicly the truth, and ther is no need for name calling, lets all get out of the 10th grade and act like adults. If you don't have a problem with what the Federal Gov. is doing you are entiled to your opionion, and are free to voice it, and let all hope that in five years their is still something to post fishing reports about. Tibby

Name: Squirrel
Email: squirreltrafton@aol.com
Location: Sacramento Port
Weather: Sunny and Warm
Water_condition: Flat and Clear
Date: 02/24/06

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Thought I would stop just down river from the Port of Sacramento and give it a try in a spot I hadn't fished in about a year. After an hour of fishing bait from the bank I had a 6lb & 12lb striper and a couple of catfish. Let the catfish go and had some fresh striper for dinner.

Name: JD
Email: jd@yahoo.com
Location: Sal's grammatical errors
Weather: murky
Water_condition: slack tide
Date: 2-27-06

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Sal, The period should come right after the word "crap." You have the word and then a space and then the period... Come on man

Name: Sal DiMercurio
Email: whaler1@sbcglobal.net
Location: not
Weather: not
Water_condition: not
Date: 2/26/06

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Obviously some people on this site don't care enough about their right to fish, because it's being taken away right in front of your eyes & you people think I'm bashing the Government. For your information, it was the federal government that shut the water off no matter how you look at it & if you people don't want to face it we are in deep crap . They are closing down the salmon season, they are closing down the sturgeon fishing, they already closed down the rock cod fishery , the delta is being sucked dry of life & you people think I'm bashing the Gov. You people need to wake up to the real world & realize what is being taken away from you. Obviously there's only a few of us on this site that have the testes to stand up & fight for our fishing rights, the rest of you can take up golf because with your attitude thats all thats going to ge left & you don't seem to give a darn. Sal

Name: Tim
Email: th2005@gmail.com
Location: delta
Weather: warm/cool
Water_condition: clear
Date: 2/26/06

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wheew! Glad to see somebody is fishing out there! Guys, keep up with the good fishing reports! TH

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: China Camp
Weather: Beautiful Sturgeon weather (Calm w/sprinkles)
Water_condition: Not that muddy
Date: February 26, 2006

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Went fishing with Tom and Scott. We made a run outside the gate to drop off crab pots, then headed towards China Camp where we met Tony on his boat. Thanks for the herring, Tony. We fished the incoming, we caught a shark. Tony also caught a shark on his boat. As soon as the boat started to turn, Tom hooks into a sturgeon. It was a 36" shaker. I let him borrow that rod and believe it or not, that rod has not landed a keeper sturgeon, it has landed oversized and undersized sturgeons in the past. About a half an hour later, Scott's rod pumps and then he lands a 27" striper. Total, 1 36" shaker sturgeon, 1 keeper striper, 3 lost pumpers. I guess I had "sturgeon fever" I saw my rod twitch, I picked it up and it was still twitching, but I set the hook when it went up...missed the set. Not a bad day. BTW, we went back for our pots, only 3 dungies, and 9 rock crabs... Just had a rock crab, it's not that bad.

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River Side/Rio Vista
Weather: Rain Off and On/Big Wind after 3 p.m.
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 52 Degrees
Date: February 26, 2006

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Sunday, February 26, 2006...Jack Thomason and I headed down to Brannan Island to chase stripers. We went exclusively on the Sacramento River side from Steamboat Slough to Sherman Island. It was one of those flustrating days. A lot of lost fish and a lot of hits, but only 5 keeper stripers from 3# to 8#. Good action though. We had one tail ripped off of a Fish Trap, but that was the only bite. All the rest were trolling in water depths less that 9'. It was a good day until the 25+ mph winds came up at 3 p.m. We had to run fast in the white caps. My trolling motor bounced out of the bracket and down into the water, and now it looks like a broken pretzel. Oh well, have to get it fixed. Stuff happens! Back to Vieira's at dark to filet fish and home for a late dinner. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Tom
Email: Tgold@hotmail.com
Location: report
Weather: good
Water_condition: good
Date: 2/25/06

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I agree with Concerned below. Guys please maintain dignity. Posting political cheapshots based on political beliefs is not what this board is about. In case you guys haven't read the title... this board is about FISHING REPORTS, not neo Nazi attacks against the Fed government. Take this to your State leaders... they run the DFG. Let us keep it real. PLEASE! Fisheries know no political lines! and don't need the redirect. PLEASE... Stop the trash talk, it dosen't show class. Tom

Name: Tony Koregelos
Email: ihookem@hotmail.com
Location: responding with Sal
Weather: not
Water_condition: not
Date: 2/26/06

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For those of you who think the salmon closure is a big joke you better think again. Thousands of letters are being sent to DFG, the governer, and many other political bodies to prevent the closure at this very moment. If the closure happens it will be the start of a huge downslide of our fisheries . Dont be a fool like the person below and send letters now. Sal is right.

Name: Sal DiMercurio
Email: Whaler1@sbcglobal.net
Location: not
Weather: not
Water_condition: not
Date: 2/26/06

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We have some real brave soles here who are afraid to even post their name or e-mail & offer absolutly nothing to help the situation the [ FEDS ] put us in. People who hide behind a no e-mail or name post are pure cowards. You best stay hidden for your own good. Sal.

Name: Circle Hook (Danny)
Email: ThisOldManHasItAll@SBCGLOBAL,NET
Location: Chain Inland
Weather: Great
Water_condition: 50.2
Date: 02/25

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Wife and I Fished around light 31 for the last of the income. Then moved up to 3 for the outgoing. No fish for us but on the radio there was a 42-47-60 and a 67 landed around us from light 1 to 5 in 10 to 28 feet of water. Seen alot on the meter but no takers for us. Had a Great time in the sun water was like glass all day untill about 5:30. See you some where some time Danny

Name: Concerned fisherman
Email: Concern@aol.com
Location: Klamath
Weather: cold
Water_condition: clear
Date: 2.25.06

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Sal DiMercurio You are a polically biased fool. Please do us a favor and spare us the antifed vomit. Blame your liberal crackhead demo Gov instead. Concerned fisherman

Name: BEAR
Email: CSBAman@aol.com
Location: Mazatlan Mexico
Weather: Sunny
Water_condition: Warm
Date: 2-26-06

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Just returned from Mazatlan after 2 weeks in the SUN. I mean it got hot down there. We fished out of a Panga (mexican walk-around) 2 different days. Red Snapper were the most abundant on the bottom in about 100' . Biggest Red was only about 5 pounds but we caught over 30 of them in 2 hours. Now the Light Tackle trolling was great. Barracuda, Pompano, Jack Crevale were just a few of the species being caught. All you need for baits are shallow diving stick baits in White-Red Head and White with a Dark Back. If you visit Mazatlan I highly recomend the Aries Fleet Pangas and make sure Ramone is your guide. He is by far the best Panga Guide in the city and it is widely known. He is booked most everyday. If you like to fish in the Surf I have found another Guide for that and to fish the Mangroves. Just let me know if you need any info. Last Thing, make sure you bring all your tackle with you. The prices are OUTRAGES, Let me know if you need any info. It's good to be back home.

Name: Bob Harries (The Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Cache Slough / Mouth of Minor Slough
Weather: Balmy sunny Spring-like temps.
Water_condition: Just off colored at 51 degrees
Date: Feb.26th 06

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Saturday, Feb.25th,06.......Enjoyed some great striper fishing along with my wife Sandy. Trolled swallow running bombers just along the drop offs at the top of the incoming tide....The bite lasted more than 2 hours with red & white the top color......Just about all these fish were Fat males, milking in the boat as we un-hooked them...Largest fish went about 14 lbs, average weight just about 6 to 8 lbs....As the tide turned to go out we went to bait fishing using sardines. Anchored in just 14 ft. of water we caught a half a dozen schoolies to 8 lbs..Total fish for the day 14 trolling & 6 on bait.......Released all but one.................................On a sad note, I have lost a dear fishing friend. Kenny Da Vega AKA The Hogg Man. Kenny was just 55 years old and was a fixture at the miller park area fishing for salmon every fall for the past 17 years. I know he will be missed by many who fish this area . Kenny was the one with the blue jetcraft boat . He talked to everyone on the river that got close enough to hear him. Kenny was always helping out others new to salmon fishing, giving them spinners at no cost or advice for free......Socializing was as big for Kenny as catching a fish. maybe bigger..While the Salmon runs will continue each & every fall as it has since the beginning, I had the pleasure of knowing Mr. Da Vega ( HoggMan) as a personal friend. Thanks Kenny, for all the years of memories of banner years of fishing to the dismal years it didn't matter. We did together. Loved you like my own Brother & I know you are in HOG Heaven........See ya on the river. Bob ( Naked)

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: SanFrancisco Bay
Weather: Beautiful/Flat
Water_condition: 52degees/nice
Date: Saturday/25Feb2006

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Otha called me Friday and said he was taking his wife out in the Arima. I told him I usually don't fish on Saturday's but I'd "force myself" to take my Arima and follow him. Launched from Berkely Marina at sunrise...and what began as a fishing trip, sadly ended as a picture taking trip. No fish anywhere with any bait. When we launched we wondered why we were the ONLY trailers in the lot...now we know why! hahaha Otha's wife had the hot rod today and my boat nearly got skunked. All in All it was a beautiful day and my first voyage in the bay with my Arima. Next time we'll concentrate more on fish-catching than picture taking. Take Care Y'all and stay dry. Forecast called for 50 mph winds in SF Bay tommorrow.

Name: Sal DiMercurio
Email: Whaler1@sbcglobal.net
Location: Not
Weather: Not
Water_condition: Not
Date: 2/25/06

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If any of you guys fish salmon in the ocean you need to be made aware that we wont be having a salmon season this year unless the PFMC accepts Darrell Ticehursts proposal . The reason for no season is, 4 years ago our wonderful feds turned off the water flow in the Klamath river when it was full of over 40,000 adult pre spawned Chinook Salmon, killing them because they [ feds ] decided the potato & cotton farmers also wated more water so thats where the water went & the fish died. What escapes me is the fact that the Salmon were here long before anyone even thought about planting the federally subsidized crops of potatos & cotton with federally subsidized water costs & the Salmon are a natural resource & to willfully knowingly destroy that particular run of fish is a blatant crime, but the Bush administration seems to be above the law in all fields. If you kill a sea lion you go to jail for sure plus minimum $10,000 fine but it's ok for the feds to absolutly look the other way & turn off the faucet & knowingly kill 40,000 plus adult Salmon. If the PCFMC accepts Darrell Ticehursts proposal of putting aside the floor count of 35,000 salmon to spawn, because they already know there wont be 35,000 returning because of the kill off & the Indians fishing the river with mono gillnets, we could possibly have a season. If any of you guys knows anyone in politics you better tell them to please support that proposal this week because the PFMC is meeting in Seattle next week & they will make the decision to accept the proposal of close the season the 3rd of April. The closer will go from above [ north of ] Oregon to Pt Sur 18 miles South of Carmel. Sal

Name: JustFish-N (2)
Email: jjohle@sbcglobal.net
Location: west bank
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Good but LottaTrash on top
Date: 03/24/06

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Left Vieira's with Fish-N buddy Ron and Uncle Bill In the Skipjack about 8:30 headed for west bank. Trolled from Sandy beach almost to power lines and part way back, had 6 good keepers by 10:30 and no shakers all day. caught fish till top of tide with Bombers and broken backs , had 1 double hook up! and not much after that. Headed in about 2:30, The day was nice! the company was good and the fish-N was on fire for awhile! A fun day! Too bad the rains coming! could get real good with this warm weather! JustFish-N 2 John & Ron

Name: FishWisher
Email: FishWishr@yahoo.com
Location: Rio Vista & Suisun
Weather: Perfect
Water_condition: clear
Date: Feb 22 - 23

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Spent a couple of days and nights at Brannan State Park. Fished sturgeon at Light 25 near Coasties for nuthin' but grass debris. Surface was pretty clean. Cruised down to Garnet Point Thursday for one 40" sturgie released and one big'un that ran and breached and spit it in about five seconds. Exciting and disappointing! Fished with lamprey only. Cheap. Effective! Photos at my homepage: www.fishwisher.com

Name: Jonnboy
Email: jdaily@frontiernet.net
Location: Pitts
Weather: 71 deg no wind
Water_condition: clear 50 - 52 deg
Date: 2-24-06

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Well, my good buddy Scott White and I and Dan Marqueze gave it a try at the sturgeon today. We fished Pittsburg for a really nice bite on the incoming tide, but we missed it.. Then on the outgoing I hooked into one that came off.. Beautiful day and fun hanging out, but no fish.. Almost had them though.. p.s., Sal, if I misspelled anything, I am sorry man :-}

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: San Joaquin/Sacramento Delta
Weather: Very, very, very nice
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 52 Degrees
Date: February 23, 2006

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First of all, a new website which will teach you, in detail, how to operate your Sonar/GPS units, and might really be worth while in the long run. Check it out at: www.sonargpstraining.com. To fishing - Thursday, February 23, 2006...Mike Smith and his friend Tom went striper chasing with me today. We launched at Brannan Island and headed over to the San Joaquin River where we trolled and plugged from the Mouth of Threemile Slough all the way to Prisoners Point, and into Middle River, and down Old River, and across Frank's Tract, into False River and Fisherman's Cut. Then down to Antioch and through Mayberry Slough and Sherman Lake to Collinsville, and up to West Bank and Decker Island. Only 3 shaker stripers trolling Rebels. Nothing trolling shallow lures. We caught 12 more shaker stripers and 15 keepers to 20 pounds throwing Fish Traps in shallow water. Mike lost a big fish over 15 pounds. We kept fish between 4 pounds and 20 pounds (swallowed the lure) and back at Vieira's to filet fish after dark. 66 miles chasing those stripers, all in sight of Mt. Diablo. Maybe the fish are starting to show. Hope the weather cooperates. Home after rush hour. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: JustFish-N (2)
Email: jjohle@sbcglobal.net
Location: west bank
Weather: Great!!
Water_condition: Bit Dark but fishable
Date: 03/23/06

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Got a late start, launched the Skipjack at Vieira's with my good fish-N buddy Ron about 8:30- 9am, headed for sandy beach and troller all the way past the power lines for 3 hits and boated 2 keepers on broken backs and bombers. trolled all the way back for 5 more take downs on broken backs for 2 more keepers, back to Vieira's at 3:30 total day 4 keepers to 15lbs, Lost 2-3 nice fish! Great day on the water! broke the New old boat in the right way, Catch-N Fish! JustFish-N (2) John & Ron

Name: Bill
Email: william-margie@comcast.net
Location: San Wakeen, False River etc.
Weather: beootiful
Water_condition: 51 and pretty clear
Date: 2-23-06

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Beings that my wife bought herself a brand new first time fishin license, we decided to give it a try today. Left Brannon @ 8am. hit the barges for zip across to the trailer for zip zip, hit False and wifey got hit! It shookhook after a few seconds, but she was pumped. Went around to the river and back to Brannen for nuttin more. Good time, wrong spots I guess.

Name: Bill Deutsch
Email: coke30years@comcast.net
Location: San Joaquin
Weather: Perfect
Water_condition: clear to about 24" & 51.5 *
Date: Wed. Feb 22 2006

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My fishin buddy Dale (Gritz) and I launched at Brannon at sunrise. What a start to a perfect day. No wind, no fog & a beautiful sunrise over the ramp!! We started out trolling with b-16b, down the SJ from 3 mile past Eddos to Antioch, not a hit. Headed up to Peacock for nada. Took the run to Prisoners Point and found clear water & temp about 51.5 degrees. Started marking a lot of fish and started to get hits. We had 4 double hookups and a bunch of singles. We keep 3 to 25” and lost a monster that broke the leader, 25# Maxima!!! The bite turned off at about 1:30 but we couldn’t pass up the day and fished until sundown. Still no wind, the water was like glass all day. We were in tee shirts by 11AM. Thanks to Mark, Alan & Craig for all of the tips Good fishing and tight lines, Bill

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Powerlines to Nurse slough
Weather: Mild Temps Mostly Sunny
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 50.6 degrees
Date: Feb.23rd 06

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Took Jack Thomason with me & fished our regular spot at the powerlines. No sturgeon action, just JUNK bites using roe & frozen shad. Jack hooked a 8 footer on Tuesday & got him just to the boat when this monster broke off...........About midday, we decided to give it up at the powerlines & try another location. We ended up at Nurse Slough some 30 miles away. No action .... Dropped back down to the chain island area and finished the day there......At 5:00pm Jack hooked a good fish but it didn't stay hooked very long as the hook came off......That was all the Sturgeon action for the day.Very slow day......Good news!! My Mercury motor ran very well all day with the recent tune up from Gone Fishing......Just about ready to join the group & do some striper trolling as the water conditions are looking good. See ya on the river Bob H ( naked)........... ( Wednesday Feb. 22nd 06 )

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: East Delta
Weather: Mostly clear
Water_condition: Sunny
Date: 2/22/06

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A not so good day on the delta today for us!! Art and i trolled molek and prisners point mostly. Caught about 8 shakers today. 3 skinny stripers at barley 18" ,2 black bass, 2lb. +1 1/2lb. Kept none today. Fished 4 hours and finely gave up and went home . Weather was great, water temp..as high as 53 degrees in p.m. Bite should have been better. Apears most fish took the day off today.. See ya ought there soon.

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: San Joaquin/Sacto Rivers
Weather: Great! But cold in morning!
Water_condition: 50.9 Still stained
Date: Feb 22, 2006

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I took my good friend Gordon Ong out to troll the San Joaquin and Sacto Rivers today. We caught 12 stripers trolling deep diving rebels. With only 3 keepers and 9 shakers. I'm sure we'd have caught more had it not been for that hungry seal. He just stayed around where we were catching fish in the San Joaquin. Then the tide changed and the seal took off. Then no bites at all. That's it! Good fishin'! Jerry

Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Amador
Weather: "cooold" early, then springlike
Water_condition: clean 51 deg F.
Date: 2/22/06

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Went to Amador with high expectations that didn't materialize. The bite was pretty slow and not like the previous two trips there earlier. My partner, Ray Lankford, and I had eight strikes on 8 different set-ups. The hot lure cooled off after a fish struck--- really weird. About the only consistent thing was the color "RED". Ray caught three on his four strikes and I caught one. I had a beauty on for quite awhile and then lost him. I think most in the club caught one fish and the were several skunks also. At the weigh-in three of us had a fish that weighed about 3.5 lbs. The balance beam showed that John Frantz had the heaviest , I had the second heaviest and Dan Wolfe had the third heaviest 3.5 pounder. Without that BB ( made by one Harold Mark) it would been anyones guess. The week before, the Jolly Hookers, needed to use the one he made for them because there were four 1.7 pounders caught at their derby at Pardee.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: Cold
Water_condition: good 49*am 51*pm
Date: 02/21/06

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Went to the Delta for bass today and it was tough! Never boated a bass but Dave lost one and I missed one. On way in tried a flat for stripers and I caught five and only one was a keeper at 20". What a slow day!

Name: CaptianJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sherman Island
Weather: nice
Water_condition: 50 degrees/14" visibility
Date: 2/20/2006

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Monday, February 20th - Launched at Sherman Island at 10:30 am. Outgoing tide produced a lot of junk bites but no solid action. We caught one yellow bullhead catfish on a frozen shad. Then just before slack tide I get the first pump of the day which turned out to be a 44" sturgeon. That was it for the day. We didn't see too many sturgeon arches on the sonar.

Name: Circle Hook (Danny)
Email: ThisOldManHasItAll@SBCGLOBAL.NET
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: 02/21

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So is anyone going to be fishing, The Derby this weekend? Does anyone know if it's the BIG fish WINS or a DRAW size? See you ALL on the water soon.

Name: Fishing Jim
Email: info@allbusinessmachines.com
Location: Comanche Lake
Weather: Sunny 57
Water_condition: Clear, 54.9 degrees
Date: 2/20/2006

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We put in at the North Shore Ramp @ 10 AM and sped over to the causeway near hat island to no avail. After two hours of nothing we sped over to the narrows. We started pulling doger/crawlers at the 20 MPH marker. We pick up our first of three in the Narrows. The second one came as the bridge was insite, and the third, as we came back from under the bridge. The biggest was 3.4 Lbs, the other two 1.4 & 1.11. The weather was perfect and we had the whole lake to ourselves. The water temperature was 54.9 degrees.

Name: Bob Harries (The Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: FEB.21st 06

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THANKS to the quick & painless service from Gone Fishing Marine service dept, my boat is ready to go... Cliff, the service manager was very professional & personal with all my needs...This Lund dealership was recomended by Jack Thomason & Mark.... My Mercury powered Jetcraft is Back in service........Been off the water for a week! Thats a record for me. Hope you guys didn't catch all the fish? See ya on the river.......Bob H. ( Naked).....

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: prisoners point to mildred
Weather: cold
Water_condition: 50 degrees to 52 degrees .clear to semi
Date: 02/21/06

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went trolling with close friend Rocky Cariglio , started early at prisoners point . headed for mildred via middle river . we caught fish everywhere we tried . 16 total . 10 keepers , to 6# , 6 shakers , 3 lost fish and 7 hit no stick . the fish were hitting lure from behind . this happens when water is cold . fish are lathargic . b - 16 bomber ,red head / white body .

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: North Delta
Weather: cold and breezy
Water_condition: good
Date: 02/20/06

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Headed up north to try for stripers with a couple of friends. Had a good day catching twelve stripers to ten pounds. Had three nice stripers from eight to ten pounds. The stripers were on the flats in five to seven feet of water. Caught them on fish-traps and rip baits. Going back to the delta tomorrow for bass!

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: SJ to Montezuma Slough
Weather: Cold Clear Nice
Water_condition: Stained Semi Clear
Date: February 20, 2006

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Fished with Tom and Scott. Found 1 keeper on the SJ side then headed off to Sac side. Went down West Bank for a 16" Shaker and 5 Keepers. At the end of the day, our total was 1 shaker and 6 keepers, Largest was 8 lbs. We were going to concentrate our efforts on the SJ Side, but MW's favorable report made us change our minds....thanks Mark.

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: San Juaq
Weather: Beautiful/Flat
Water_condition: 51degrees/Slightly Stained
Date: Monday/20Feb2006

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Took Jerryaki out for his 63rd birthday with Jose' and Jerry's "suitcase" full of lures. Launched late at 8:30am and off the water by 2pm. Final count was 38 shakers and 6 keepers to 5 lbs. We found a school of fish that kept our poles screamin for hours...even got 3 double hook-ups, and one TRIPLE hook up. As you can see by our final count most fish were shakers but it was fun anyways. Hot lure was black with silver sides and red bottom. Very few boats out today and the water is really clearing up nicely. DFG at the ramp to measure fish and told us we were the first ones with limits all day. Well, happy birthday Jerry and thanks for the great company. Back to the black & white tommorrow. Take Care Y'all.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Deep Water Channel
Weather: Beautiful with a cold breeze
Water_condition: Murky
Date: 02/20/06

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Bob McCoy and I went down the channel today and got our limit, all approx 4 to 5 lbs. Got lot's of smaller ones too. We used Mann's lures, Wonder bread and Doctor Death. We saw Jigging Gene and Cajun Bill there, they never got a keeper but caught lot's of undersize fish they said. Also saw Tom McKenzie and his daughter, I think they got one or two when we saw them last. I forgot to check the water temp. We trolled in twenty foot of water and it seemed whoever was on the inside caught the fish. I suffered a couple hook injury's because of a thrashing striper while trying to get the hooks out of him. I bled all over thanks to the blood thinners I'm taking. Had a great day of fishing. j.

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: East Delta
Weather: Cloudy
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 2/19/06

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Art and i must be glutens for punishment or were addicts. We arrived at 8:15 a.m., trolled and or threw traps at the Molek, Prisners Point, False, south of Eddos and Santa Clara shoals. Caught a total of 8 strippers of which 4 were shakers. We never caught more that 1 in any one spot, no schools anywhere. Water is clear and 50 degrees. We keep thinking bigger numbers of striper are coming soon. So we will be back! soon..see ya .

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: b&w to prisoners point
Weather: mild
Water_condition: milky - clear , depending
Date: 02/19/06

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hi , everyone . i got out today about 4:00 p.m. finally , had my first fish by 4:30 , Quit at 6:30 p.m. . final count 5 keeper , 2 shakers , 6 hits . trolled b - 16 bomber , red head white body . water at b.w. was 49 degrees . prisoners point was 52 degrees . guess where i caught the fish at . thats right . where i found warm water . thats where . anyways , let you know how it goes tommorow . bye

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Miner Slough to Montezuma Slough
Weather: Cloudy and Very Nice/No Wind
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 52 Degrees
Date: February 19, 2006

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Sunday, February 19, 2006...Fred Hicks went striper fishing with me today. We trolled Rebels and Bombers from and between Miner Slough and Montezuma Slough. The only bite we got was 1/2 way through the outgoing tide to the bottom of the tide. That was on the West Bank towards Collinsville. We wound up with one 17" shaker striper and 6 keeper stripers to 5 pounds. A couple of other missed hits and that was it. About 55 miles on the water for our efforts. There were not to many fish around, but the weather was good and the fishing was good, it was just that the catching was a little slow. The water was in real good shape. It should not be long now til the stripers turn on. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Franks Tract/False River
Weather: Overcast/Rainy Cold
Water_condition: Stained 49 - 50 deg
Date: February 17, 2006

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Tony invited me to go black bass fishing with him and Andy. We hit known holding spots and places where he caught a couple of days ago....NOTHING! We tried north Franks Tract, nothing there either. Then we tried False River along the rip rap, Tony gets a hit on his Speedtrap, he thought it was a largemouth, but then it starts pulling even harder and starts zig zagging, about 5 minutes later, he hands the pole off to me so he could grab the net ( I would've grabbed the net if I knew where it was). The fish was a striper, 11.5 lbs, 31". Tony said, if the black bass aren't biting, let's crank for stripers. We go back up stream to begin our drift again, this time, I get a hit on a Yozuri Hardcore Drum, I fought it for about 3 minutes and then it came unbuttoned. I assume it was a striper because when I inspected the lure, it straightend out the treble hook. I know that MW does mention to change the trebles to 4X on the stock lures during his seminars, but we were black bass fishing. No more action after that. I don't mean to digress, but Andy went Sturgeon fishing at China Camp and then the Pump house yesterday for 3 shaker sturgeon. All were caught on herring.

Name: Sal DiMercurio
Email: Whaler1@sbcglobal.net
Location: not
Weather: not
Water_condition: not
Date: 2/18/06

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Name: Scott White
Email: Scottsdeck@aol.com
Location: n/a
Weather: n/a
Water_condition: n/a
Date: 2/18/06

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Hey Sal i cant belive you took the time to write that! Bye some glasses!&GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Scott

Name: Scott White
Email: Scottsdeck@aol.com
Location: n/a
Weather: n/a
Water_condition: n/a
Date: 2/18/06

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Hey Sal i cant belive you took the time to write that! Bye some glasses!&GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Scott

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: East Delta
Weather: Cold, Lite Rain later in day
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 2/17/06

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Art called said he had a hunch on where the big stripers were.. Hmmm.... ???Well sometimes he right. So off we went to hunt for those elusive stripers. Arrived at noon went running for home at 3p.m. as it started to rain and was to darn cold. Lets call like it is, we whimped out!!! Trolled and caught 6 stripers 1 was a shakers, plus 1 black bass about 2lbs . Largest striper was about 5lbs. Took 3 home.So not bad considering we didnt hang in very long. Lots of fun again. See ya out there soon as i am getting striper fevor again . I seem to catch it ever year about this time...

Name: Sal DiMercurio
Email: Whaler1@sbcglobal.net
Location: Wasen't
Weather: Inside
Water_condition: Not
Date: 2/18/06

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Scott, why are you yelling? All capitals means your mad & your screaming at us. Notice no one else uses all caps? Plus it makes it pretty tough to read because it all blends together. No harm done. Thanks Sal

Name: SCOTT WHITE
Email: SCOTTSDECK@AOL.COM
Location: WEST DELTA/PITTSBURG
Weather: COLD
Water_condition: STAINED
Date: 2/17/06

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WENT OUT FOR THE STURG FISH PITTSBURG/3 MILE/SAC RIVER FOR NADA JUNK BITES ONLY. I GUESS WATER TO COLD? WHO KNOWS. FUN FISHING WITH JONBOY AND HIS GIRLFRIEND KELLY JO.

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: east delta
Weather: windy and chilly
Water_condition: stained
Date: 2/15/06

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Art called about 9 am invited me to go fishing for strippers . He had heard that there were being caught...in delta??hmmmm?? We arrived there at about 11: am. We threw fish traps and rattletraps for about an hour for NADA. Moved on to False river and trolled the walls for NADA. Continued on to south of Eddo,s for NADA. Back to False caught shakers , i got the prize for smallest ever caught trolling, later i redeemed myself with the biggest of day 23". Fished here and there all the way back to ramp. finaly count 10 strippers .only 4 were keepers. Lots of fun glad to be back fishing again. Looks like rain this weekend so see ya all next week.

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta
Weather: Sunny/Nice/Warm/Breeze on and off
Water_condition: Dirty/Clear @ 54 Degrees
Date: February 15, 2006

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Monday, February 13, 2006...My hunting partner, Ed Chico and his nephew Frank Flores went fishing with me today. We started out after sturgeon on the Sacramento River near Buoy 14 or the Power Lines below Decker Island. We quit sturgeon fishing at 10:30 a.m. and never even had a bite. Not one! Then, we headed down to Montezuma Slough to check out the water and did some striper trolling for another zero. Back up to the San Joaquin River near Eddos for nothing. Into False River for nothing. Into Old and Middle Rivers for 4 shaker stripers and 1 six pound striper. Quit at 4 p.m. and headed for home. 86 miles on the water today. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Vern Hoover
Email: HHEVISHOT5@AOL.COM
Location: Montezuma
Weather: sunny, breezy
Water_condition: muddy
Date: 2-14-06

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Using ghost shrimp, hooked a sturgeon. Took 1-1/2 hours to get it into boat. 6 1/2 ft long and well over 100 #, fat and clean, took pictures and released.

Name: Heinekenman
Email: Fish.com
Location: around Wimpy's
Weather: COLD
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 02-15-2006

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Launched out of Wimpy's today. Saw about 4-5 other boats. Only saw 1 3 lb striper caught. I ran into boat trouble and didn't get to fish. Batteries on trolling motor barely got me back to the ramp. From people I was talking to, they didn;t seem to have much luck neither. Striper pros, where are the Stripers at?

Name: rocket
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: this weekend
Weather: its gonna be rainy
Water_condition: ????little help please
Date: 02/15/06

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hey whats goin on everybody . great reports , thanks for the excitement over the winter . this weekend will kick off great striper trolling . and i just got my boat out of the shop . i'll let you know how it goes . and hey Jeff . go to one of MARK WILSONS fishing seminars . it is the only place to really get the info you seek . and Mark is a great teacher . i trolled for 20 yrs . maybe 30 fish a year . after seminar . 20 fish per outing . . . and that is a slow outing . any ways , here comes the big fun we have waited all winter for . good luck everyone . and have a lots of fun .

Name: D Brown
Email: Anywhere@.com
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: 2/15/06

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Jeff if you want Info on sturgeon fishing go to Fishsniifer.com There you will the fishing forums. Go to the Sturgeon Board and dwell in the the vast amount of information there is to be found there. Good Luck

Name: Jeff Given
Email: Qguard065@aol.com
Location: Sac River
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 15 February 2006

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Hello all. I have been reading here for a long time now, and was directed here by the Naked Fisherman waaay back during the salmon run (I have the camo duck hunting boat, and met you at miller park boat ramp). Anyhoo, I was wondering if anyone could recomend me a guide I can use so I can learn how to sturgeon fish and striper fish. The Delta is a bit of a drive for me, and the Sac River is right here...Basically, I want to get onto some fish and learn how to do it myelf. Thanks guys. Jeff Given

Name: Jeff Given
Email: Qguard065@aol.com
Location: Sac River
Weather:
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Date: February 15, 2005

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Name: Bob Harries (The Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: PowerLines Again!!
Weather: Breezy at times Mostly sunny (Mild)
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 53 degrees
Date: Feb.14th 06

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FEB.13th Monday......My good fishing buddy,Jack Thomason did it again!!! With about 10 boats in the area where we have been sturgeon fishing for several months ,Jack parked his Lund boat just 75 yds below me & kicked butt again!!!! One 40 incher & one 60 incher.......Believe me no other sturgeon were caught all day!!.......Last Thursday (Feb.9th) Jack hooked 6 fish before noon & went home with one keeper at 55 inches!!! While I'm in a slump, Jack has remained RED HOT!!! I think he had the POPE bless his salmon roe or something? .........Other than that, the water is really clearing up with only a few small trees floating downstream at times....The great weather conditions have been a plus the past week or so. Yeah, thats gonna change as Mother Nature ushers in some colder air & Rain this coming week. Man! Had my shirt off twice last week...Well, My Jetcraft boat is telling me its time to get that 50 hp Mercury motor in the shop for some overdue maintenence. That will be aleast a $ $500.00 to$ 600.00 bill!!!!!!! Man! catch & release is expensive....Haven't seen lov-my-son in the powerlines area for a while . Chasing stripers???? See ya on the river Bob H (Naked)

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: hot
Water_condition: good
Date: 02/13/06

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No Fun Fishing TV Boat, It's still in the shop so went fun fishing in the delta today with Dave and Jennifer. Started in Franks and I caught one five pounder and a couple missed hits. Then we tried for bass and only caught three up to three pounds. So we tried for more stripers when the tide started to come in. Went to Delgado's spot on the river and we caught twenty stripers up to five pounds for the day. Looks like most of the bigger stripers moved to the west side of the delta?

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: Monday/13Feb2006

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A wise old fisherman once told me, "...keep an eye on the cherry blossom trees...once they start blooming the spring striper run will begin". Well Mark, I was freakin sneezing all day and thinking about you...hahaha I sure wish we could have the spring run WITHOUT the spring allergies. (Sorry for the useless report guys...goes to show you what a couple beers, some allergy medicine, and a computer can do to you.) Take Care Y'all...just being silly. "LuvMySon"

Name: me
Email: me@aol.net
Location: no where
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: wet
Date: 2/13/2006

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I'll trade some fresh frozen roe for some tuna! hehe. I have so much of it atm, and I dont think that I'll use it all this season.

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Delta
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: stained-clear
Date: February 11, 2006

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Fished from Antioch to Whiskey Slough and in between for ZERO stripers. I believe this is the 2nd time I've been skunked this year, and they both happened right after a full moon. Last Saturday was different, we had 5 keepers, 7 shakers.

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: RioVistaSanJuaq
Weather: Beautiful/Flat
Water_condition: Stained/51degrees
Date: Sunday/12Feb2006

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Launched from Brannon at 0730 with Jose and Charlie who had never trolled before. Fished last of incoming and 1/2 of outgoing. We found some fish on San Juaq. that kept us busy for a little while. Nothing big but a fish here & there for 8 keepers and 9 shakers. The bite came to a screeching halt at noon but we kept trying for that last big one...maybe next time. Great day on the water...hopefully the water will clear up soon. Take care y'all.

Name: Kevin Wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: mokelumne
Weather: very nice
Water_condition: clear
Date: 2/11/06

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Good friend Mike Roy joined me hunting and fishing for Stripers. Arrived at Wimpys for a good breakfast and launching at 6 am. Trolled the South Mokelumne, Beaver Slough, Hog slough, Sycamore for 0. We thru Fish Taps and Rattle Traps at the islands in front of Beaver and Hog for one 3 lb large mouth. We then went north to Dead Horse Island for Mike to get Lucky for a 9 lb and 7 lb striper then onto Snodgrass for 0. We ended the day at dark for the two fish. Good Luck !

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Power Lines 32 ft deep
Weather: light breezes Mostly sunny
Water_condition: Off colored @ 54 degrees
Date: Saturday Feb.11th 06

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Fishing was pretty good all week,so I decided to take my wife Sandy out for a day of Sturgeon fishing. Wouldn't you know it, It was a off day on the bite!!!Many, many boats in the area. Three day Holiday & warm spring like temps....And a Full moon!.......Parked in my regular spot (32ft.) of water & fished three tides, nothing but junk bites all day.....Used salmon roe only. Saw very little action from surounding boats..Did see one jumper. Will try it again on Monday....See ya on the river Bob H. ( Naked)...........

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Frank's Tract area
Weather: Superb
Water_condition: Very stained clear down 10"
Date: 02/11/06

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Yesterday, I took my good friend Gordon Ong out fishing for the first time this year. We launched at Brannan Island at 7:45am then spooned the mouth of 3Mile Slough on the San Joaquin and nodda. Then spooned the Santa Clara Shoals and nodda. Then trolled two special spots in the San Joaquin and nodda. Then, we trolled the False River are and you guessed it. Nodda!!! So we took a good break before giving Frank's Tract area a try for black bass. Gordon got two surprising hits on a crawfish jig but was way too slow on hooking them. I didn't even get a hit. However, we did limit out on sunshine and relaxation. That's it! See ya out there. Good fishing, Jerry

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: williamcrooks@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacto.
Weather: Great
Water_condition: 12-18 inches visibility
Date: 10 Feb. 2006

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Joe Grandchamp gave me a ride to the Port today. We arrived at 9:00AM in time to see two guys leaving with 4 fish from 4 to 7#. They used minnows. We spent way to much time trolling 30-35 ft. water, using a splitter with a rebel & a big jig, for no hits. Why? Because we marked hundreds of fish there. Most of the boats had 1-2 fish. A few had none. One guy said he caught five. We then trolled in 18-20 ft. for a 3# & 4#. We left at 2:00PM. I think I’m done chasing strippers for a while. Off to Puerto Vallarta for two weeks. Alan, package up some more roe. I will have tuna to trade!! I hope you guys will clear up & warm up the water before I come back.

Name: Fish Hunter
Email: ramirez1hs@yahoo.com
Location: Delta
Weather: Perfect
Water_condition: Perfect
Date: Today

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Hey Alan, when is your Striper show going to come out? It would be pretty cool to see you team up with Mark Wilson on one of your shows and do a trolling/jigging/swimbait show. I'm sure you'll get alot more viewers.

Name: FishWisher
Email: Fishwishr@yahoo.com
Location: Lite 25 Rio Vista & Garnet Point Suisun
Weather: Fantastic!
Water_condition: cold, flat, junky
Date: Feb 9

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Stayed at Brannan for two nights. Great place! Springlike conditions. Feb 7: Fished big outgo at Lite 25 near Rio Vista about 6 hours, gave up at dark so missed turn of tide. Lots of tules floating, some other junk. One striper-like hit, fishing for sturgy with lamprey. Skunked. Feb 8: Cruised down to Garnet on Suisun to catch big outgo with lamprey. Fished about six hours for zilch. Soaked up much sun, beer, great time. Made up for 2nd skunk. With weather and great tides skunks are somewhat tolerated.

Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman)
Email: Rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Power LInes Again
Weather: Cool A.M. Balmy Afternoon
Water_condition: Semi Clear to Off Color at times
Date: Weds. Feb. 8th 06

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WEDNESDAY FEB.8th...........Didn't see Marks report, so here's mine.....Fished with Mark Wilson & Jack Thomason on this day... Always a pleasure to be in Marks boat. (Lots of elbow room)...We caught three short sturgeon & one keeper at 46 inches...Best action came on the top of the incoming tide & start of the out go......We used Salmon roe,ghost shrimp,& shad..Between sturgeon bites, Mark caught many undersize stripers with one keeper...Jack did a great job of keeping Mr.SQUAWFISH off our lines catching three of these guys......All the sturgeon bites came in short spurts with long periods of waiting......No Monsters!!! Had a great time.. See ya on the river. Bob H. (Naked)........

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Email: khgjgmgc m
Location: fgnxgnl
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Name: Sam
Email: wa6vko@frontiernet.net
Location: Marker 14 Sacramento River
Weather: GREAT Sunny & Warn
Water_condition: Very dirty
Date: 2/8/06

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Got to the bait shop in Isleton at 06:45 a.m. NO Grass shrimp, NO Ghost shrimp, had to get frozen Shad and Pile worms.. Don't know what's happening with the bait shops anymore.. Headed down the Sact'o from Brannon Island ramp to marker #14 not to many boats out.. Spent the day there and hooked up a 33" Sturgeon (Baby) and that was it no other hits at all.. Didn't hear of anyone taking home one either.. Good Luck to all.. It was a beautiful day on the water though enjoyed it.. Sam

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Clear Lake
Weather: nice and warm
Water_condition: clear 49*
Date: 02/07/06

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Took the TV crew to Clear Lake to do some filming. It was very cold in the morning with frost on the ground on the way up. Found a lot of crappie at Kona T. I caught over thirty crappie myself up to three pounds on fin-s jigs. The show will air next Saturday at 8 AM on comcast sports west #34 the "Kings Sports Channel".

Name: fishon_991
Email: fishon_beach is me fishon_991
Location: love the delta
Weather: dosent matter
Water_condition: well maybe
Date: please dont ever let it happen

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this is the single most important delta page on the net I had withdrawals please please dont ever let it happen fishon_991 THANK YOU GUYS

Name: fishon_991
Email: fishon_beach is me fishon_991
Location: home again
Weather: clear now
Water_condition: wonderful
Date: yes love every one

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Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sherman Island
Weather: windy
Water_condition: 12' visibility/51 degrees
Date: 2/4 - 2/5

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Saturday February 4th & Sunday February 5th - Fished near Sherman Island on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday we caught one 44" sturgeon on frozen shad/pile worms during the outgoing tide near channel marker 8 in 32' of water. On Sunday we caught one 13 lb striper on frozen shad/pile worms during the incoming tide near channel marker 9 in 42' of water. Pretty slow weekend - most of the action was on the outgoing tides. The incoming tide is still pretty much dead. Lot's of boats fishing the sturgeon derby along with some free entertainment on the marine radio.

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: SacRiver/SanJuaq
Weather: Beautiful/Breezy
Water_condition: stained/dirty
Date: SuperbowlSunday/5Feb2006

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Well, I finally got my Arima out after being dry-docked in my driveway for over a month due to all the rain. Made a last minute decision to skip the superbowl and hit the water with Jose' and Kevin. Otha followed in his Arima with his son Joseph. San Juaq. was fishable but not as clear as last week I think. Final county for us...7 keepers (2 lost at boatside) and about a dozen shakers. It was a slow bite until mid-outgoing. Ran down to Collinsville but nada...one pass thru a dirty Old Dairy for nada then headed home. Off the water by 2pm and home in time to catch last half of game. Nice being out on the water again. Take Care Y'all.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Beautiful day
Water_condition: Clearing
Date: 02/04/06

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Went to the Port with Jigging Gene this afternoon and had a great day. We trolled first and Gene put me to shame with his home painted Doctor Death Mann's lure. He boated eight stripers to my one, then we found a small school. We started jigging and all hell broke loose. We began catching 18 and 19 inchers but fat ones. Then we must have caught them all because that's when the 8 to 10 pounders started, one after another. I was laughing so hard, it was so comical. You could'nt drop a lure down without it being inhaled. I've had some days like this before but not many. Of course Gene takes credit for putting us on the fish. Smile What a blast. We must have released at least 30 very nice fish and a bunch of smaller ones. Today was one of those days that you tell people about and they just look at you and you know they don't believe you. What's amazing is there was no one else out there hardly. Gene's son Spinner came by and got into them too and then one other boat but that was all. Today made up for all those days of no bumps or hits or whatever. Thanks Alan for making this site work again and for the opportunity you give us to share our great moments and those not so great too. j.

Name: Kevin Wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: lake pardee
Weather: foggy/ sunny
Water_condition: clear
Date: 2/3/06

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Fished today with Mike Roy in his Fish-Rite for the opener at Lake Pardee. Fished up the river arm and the mouth of the river for 13 trout and 4 dink kokanee. Trolled from 5 to 20 ft with needle fish and Humdingers. Good Luck !

Name: Sam Hughlett
Email: wa6vko@frontiernet.net
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: 2/4/06

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Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sac/San Joaquin Delta
Weather: Very Nice Today
Water_condition: Dirty to Clear to 52 Degrees
Date: February 3, 2006

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Friday, February 3, 2006...Steve Ong went striper huntin' with me today. We launched at Brannan Island and headed to Collinsville to plug swim baits for stripers. Nothing. Headed back up to Decker Island and trolled Bombers. Nothing. The water was dirty or off color on the Sacramento River. So, we headed over to the San Joaquin side where the water was much clearer. We trolled Bombers in False River for one 8 pound striper. Then into Washington Cut for nothing. Across Frank's Tract and into Old and Middle Rivers where we found stripers. Another 8 shaker stripers and 17 keepers to 9 pounds. Three double headers. We caught those fish on Rebels and Yo-Zuris trolling deeper water between 14' and 18'. A lot of debris on top of the water. We caught stripers on both tides, but towards the end of the day, the fish scattered. We quit around 1:30 p.m. and headed for home. A pretty good day of fishing, and again, all in sight of Mt. Diablo. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Ron Bernhardt
Email: Rebernhardt@aol.com
Location: ----
Weather: ------
Water_condition: ------
Date: Feb. 3, 2006

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ALAN, Just wanted to take the time to thank you for getting this site up & running. As soon as my hand surgery is healed enough I'll be back to fishing & posting reports. Thanks again. Ron Bernhardt (Webfoot)

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: williamcrooks@sbcglobal.net
Location: San Joaquin River
Weather: Fog, then sun.
Water_condition: 51-52 degrees
Date: 3 Feb. 2006

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Alex Alexander & I launched out of B&W at 6:30AM. Water in the Mokelumne is very dirty. We started down river. Fished Old & Middle Rivers. Threw fish traps, spooned & trolled. Ended in Connection Slough. Clarity about 2 ½ feet but lots of floating weeds. We had many hits, caught 3 shakers & a 20 inch. We wanted to wait for the bottom of the tide, but opted for home, cocktail hour & Kings. Quit at 1:00PM.

Name: jack
Email: jackmo69@msn.com
Location: n/a
Weather: na
Water_condition: na
Date: 2/3/06

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I was going nuts thanks for getting the sight up again. no where else can i get true fishing reports

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: N/An
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: N/A
Date: Friday/3Feb2006

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I echo the Naked Fisherman's comments Alan...thanks for getting the site back up again. We'd all have to start knocking on Mark's door at his house if this site went away. Thanks Again. I'm brushing the cobwebs off my Arima gettin ready for this weekend. See you on Comcast in the morning.

Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: N/A
Weather:
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Date: Friday Feb.3rd. 06

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ALAN FONG!!!! THANKS FOR GETTING FISHIN REPORTS BACK ON LINE..... Bob H. ( Naked)..

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: no where
Weather: rainy
Water_condition: good
Date: 2/2/06

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Guys this site is up and running again! So keep up the reports. I finally got a hold of the owner and we'll be talking about having someone maintain this site keeping it up to date with articles. If you are know how to maintain a site and are willing to put in some time maybe we can work something out. You can contact me thru my e-mail address. Alan

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: cold & raining
Water_condition: good
Date: 1/30/06

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Back to the Delta today with Dave. Haven't been there for a month and I was shocked to see the clairity of the water. It was green and I could see two feet down. Started on the SJ river around Lost Isle where we caught a few shakers. Then I headed towards Mildred and fished inside around the trees with not even a hit! Then it was time to hit Middle River towards the SJ river. Fishing the shallow flats with swimbaits we caught twenty stripers from fifteen inches to twelve pounds. Then a noon it started to pour rain so we headed home. I think the striper action will bust wide open soon!

Name: Jack Turner (WHEELS & REELS)
Email: jacktur77@surewest.net
Location: Amador
Weather: partially cloud calm wind
Water_condition: murky
Date: 1/25/2006

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A group of members made their monthly fishing trip with mixed results but some quality fish were caught. Largest was 4.1 lbs, 3.2 lbs 3 lbs. 18 anglers caught 34 fish weighing 2 to 4.1 lbs. Some limits attained but there also was some skunks. Most used worms and white grubs with and without flashers or dodgers.

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sherman Island
Weather: Nice!
Water_condition: 12" vis/49 degrees
Date: 1/29/2006

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Sunday, January 29th 2006 - Launched at Sherman Island at 8:30 am. Had several junk bites on the outgoing tide but no hookups. About two hours into the incoming tide I hook a 42" sturgeon on roe/pile worms/lamprey. Nothing else on the incoming tide except for a 14" striper. Fished up to the slack high tide and got out of there. It seems like the incoming tides have been really slow ever since the big storm. I marked lots of fish and saw about six jumpers but the action was slow. Looking forward to next weekend's outgoing tide.

Name: Jonnboy
Email: jdaily@frontiernet.net
Location: Pitts
Weather: good, slight wind
Water_condition:
Date: 1-30-06

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Hey, Scott no confusion here. I know you had fun and now have a full belly of Mr. Sturg. Knock em dead "Big Guy" Jonnboy

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman)
Email: Home .Alone net
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: Monday Jan 30 th. 06

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Hey Mark! Sure glad you had a super day striper fishing on the other river. And on swim baits too! You know that Jack Thomason only lives less than two blocks from my house. Mark, I only weigh 170 lbs & don't take much room up in a boat......Oh well, Don't worry about me. I just stayed home & pruned all my fruit trees & mowed the back yard.... Hightlight of the day, watching the Kings lose another in overtime!!!! Just kidding Ha! ha!. Glad you had a chance to get out on the water. Jack said he had alot of fun!!! Bob H. (Naked)................

Name: Brian
Email: fishon_991@msn.com
Location: not confused
Weather: same
Water_condition: ya know
Date: today

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you go scottie just keep doing what your doing we can read a real fishermans report tell confused switch to decaf LOL

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: San Joaquin River Delta
Weather: Very Nice/NO WIND
Water_condition: Clear @ 50 Degrees
Date: January 29, 2006

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Sunday, January 29, 2006...I got another "day off" this month and was able to go fishing for the 4th time this year. Boy, am I getting my money's worth out of a Lifetime Fishing License. Jack Thomason joined me today to go chasing stripers. We started off at Brannan Island at dawn, then headed into the San Joaquin River. We trolled Rebels and Yo-Zuris, and even plugged with swim baits for nothing. Into False River for another Zero. Trolled Washington Cut for another Zero. The Z's are adding up. Then, across Frank's Tract and into Middle River where we finally found a couple of schools of stripers. About 2 hours worth of trolling before it was down. Then into Middle River around Mildred Island for some more stripers. Then we went farther back into Middle River where we found some fish and caught 2 on spoons before they hightailed it out of there. Then, we found a pretty good sized school with swim baits. That bite lasted for about 45 minutes or so. Final tally: 35 shaker stripers and 25 keeper stripers. Two of the keepers went 10# and 8#. The rest were under 23". Quit at 2:30 p.m. and headed for the barn. 65 miles of the delta today and didn't even make the Sacramento River. Back to Vieira's to filet fish and home just after dark. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Confused
Email: confused.com
Location: nowhere
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Date: 1/29/06

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Scott.. either your grammer has major problems or you are too excited.. but i gotta admit.. each time i read your post I have a hard time making out what you are trying to say.. but nonetheless ..good day fishing

Name: luvtocatchem
Email: @yahoo.com
Location: clearlake
Weather: fog
Water_condition: cold
Date: sat 28 sun 29 06

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went out saturday what a ball i myself had 70 + fish my buddy had close to that. whack them all day , went out sunday and whacked them in the morning till about 10 oclock. then it just shut off ?? crappie fishing is pretty good in front of mount konocti till next week fish on!!!!

Name: Ernnie C
Email: ecresswell@comcast.net
Location: n/a
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Date: 1/29/2006

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Was reading Western Bass on line --some guy says he caught a 17 lb striper at Clear Lake--anyone heard of this or is this guy just blowing smoke up our------maybe the same guy who said he got a sturgeon there last year

Name: bonecrusher
Email: unavailable
Location: Diego Garcia
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Whoa guys! Sorry for the long old story. I just had a flashback and started writing & couldn't stop! Ha! Ha! LOL

Name: bonecrusher
Email: unavailable
Location: Flats of Diego Garcia
Weather: Beautiful/sunny/warm
Water_condition: clear/beautiful
Date: 01/13/01

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Went fishing on the flats of the very, very, very small tropical island of Diego Garcia. Located in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Fished both the ocean & lagoon sides of the island. Had my fishing tackle in my backpack, and my 5 ft telescopic lightweight spinning rod in my hand. Waded through knee/waist high water in search of those elusive bonefish. The water temp was in the 80's and I could feel the sun pounding down on my hat. I switched back & forth from bucktails to rooster tails. I used a white colored rooster tail, and bouched it along the bottom like a bucktail. You could see the shadows of the bonefish as they prowled through the shallows in search of critters. I would cast a several feet in front of them, as these are very easily spooked. The feeling was awesome as I would watch them advance on my lure....then BAMM! FISH ON!!! What a thrill and what a fight those fish put up. I did this throughout the day for weeks....months. Caught many small sharks, shiny fish that to this day, I still don't know what they were, and many, many bonefish. What a great time & what great memories.

Name: scott white
Email: scottsdeck@aol.com
Location: delta pittsburg
Weather: windy
Water_condition: stained
Date: 1/28/06

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went out for sturgon with good buddy jon boy he hooked us up with mark delnero aboard the shake rattle n roll.rite away mark put us one the fish jason was a ride along he hooks a 45in on row. fished that hole out so moved to marks spring hole. we all swiched to row on incoming tide couple of junk bites the my ROD! thats rite mark i did call it a ROD! starts to bow like a performer in a play i set it and bam!it was on never caught a dino before not bad 61in thats the biggest fish i ever caught! what a ball! wind came up fished till 3pm back in sac at 530 long day but well worth it! good friend jon flips the bill for trip. as i dont fell good about that it was and is a day to remember ! thanks mark for putting us on the fish! cooking fish as i write this gota go fish done FIN ADDICT SPORTFISHING thanks again mark! ok mark its a rod not a pole! i can say it in my sleep now! scott

Name: BEAR
Email: CSBAman@aol.com
Location: n/a
Weather: n/a
Water_condition: n/a
Date: 1-29-06

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Anybody have any tips on Light Tackle Trolling in Mexico. I need info on Baits, Lures, Rigs and tackle if anyone can help.

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: port
Weather: cloudy
Water_condition: stained
Date: 1/27/06

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Today friend Greg Jose fished with me at the port. We started about 10:30 am and fished untill the last of the incoming tide. We trolled rebels and buck tails for 5 stripers up to 8 lbs. Good Luck !

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Overcast with cold breeze
Water_condition: Beginning to clear some
Date: 01/27/06

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Launched at 0900, overcast with a cold breeze blowing. Did a once around the basin (no ships in port), saw fish on the south bank but they wouldn't bite. Wind was from the southeast. Continued down the channel and finally got a 18 incher. Kept going till the palm tree, then reversed my tracks. Went up into the canal to the locks, saw fish but no takers. Came back by our docks and got a slammer, good fish, but didn't stick. Lost a couple worms today from short strikes I guess. Gave it up at 1:30, wind died down some by then. The training center worked on our entrance road and it's much better now. Thank you Mitch. Later, j.

Name: RonBernhardt
Email: Rebernhardt@aol.com
Location: n/a
Weather: n/a
Water_condition: n/a
Date: Jan 27, 2006

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Hey Fishon, That was a NO KIDDING & A NO BS report. It came from delta guide "Dan". You can contact him at Dan@fishdelta.com if you want to check it out & MORE IMPORTANTLY - HELP DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!! There's still a few more days for imput via email before the window for public input is closed. I just figured that the folks on this site need to be informed - you confirmed that. Ron (Webfoot)

Name: Ron "No Catch Em" Johnson
Email: RJohns@rebelsrus.com
Location: Clear Lake Oaks-Clear Lake
Weather: Overcast
Water_condition: Off Color
Date: 1-27-06

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1-26-06 at Clear Lake. Cudn't get a bite on crapie. LuvtoCatch em, where you fishing by mt. Knocti?? I want to go back and get a bit. waht did you catch them on. Poppers? thank you in advancing, Rom No Catch Em.

Name: luvtocatchem
Email: @yahoo.com
Location: clearlake
Weather:
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Date: 1/25/06

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caught between 40 or 50 crappie all is sight of mount konocti had a real good day

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Clear Lake
Weather: Cold w/West Wind @ 15 mph
Water_condition: Clear @ 49 Degrees
Date: January 27, 2006

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Wednesday, January 25, 2006...Rick Moore and I headed over to Clear Lake to do some crappie fishing. We fished around Shag Rock, the Sea Breeze Motel, and a couple of other locations near Clear Lake Oaks for NADA. On a tip from Alan Fong, we headed over to Red Budd across from Konocti Harbor and started catching crappie on all of the crappie jigs and tubes. We quit around 1:30 p.m. after catching between 80 and 100 crappie. About 10 of them were close to 2 pounds. We released all fish and headed home. It was a cool day with the colder temperatures and 15 mph wind. We found the fish close to the docks over 26 to 29 feet of water. The fish were suspended between 8' to 18'. In fact, sometimes when reeling up, you could feel the jig hit fish. A good day for us, after we found the fish. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: fishon
Email: fishon_991@msn.com
Location: wtf
Weather: spam?
Water_condition: wtf
Date: just afterbernhardt

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Name: Kent (Saltgator)
Email: k7mshelton@webtv.net
Location: power lines
Weather: foggy morning sunny afternoon
Water_condition: stained and trashy
Date: 1/26/2006

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Left Sutter Creek yesterday morning at 5:30 a.m. arrived at Brannon Island at 7 a.m. Fished power lines till 1:30 using roe and ghost shrimp....NO BITES!! Nothing!! Crossed to West side and trolled up-stream to entrance of 3 mile slough.....Took my Arima back to Sutter Creek and put it to bed....Pardee opens 2/03/2006....I`m hungry for fish!!! Hope somebody has better luck than me.....Kent

Name: Ron Bernhardt
Email: REbernhardt@aol.com
Location: ---
Weather: ---
Water_condition: ---
Date: Jan 25, 2006

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This alarming info was sent to me by guide "Delta Dan" Unfortunately the meeting is TOMORROW NIGHT!! Ron --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Delta Dam Projects for 2006 We need your help now! It’s once been said that “all the water we have on earth is all the water we have on earth”. That is, unless you live in California. Then all the water you have is somehow owed to Los Angeles and the central valley farmers. Like fishing Frank Tract? Big Break? Sherman Island? Then you’d better take a look at what the state wants to do with what ESPN and BASS have deemed the third best bass fishery in the country or kiss it goodbye. Now have I got your attention? How ‘bout our levy system? How far do you have to travel on the river to see levy damage? The Jones Tract break was just a warning. I’ve talked about this briefly recently, but I’d like you to into this and I encourage your participation. This is serious stuff and we’ve got to stand up and say enough is enough. The Department of Water Resources ( DWR ) and the US Bureau of Reclamation are responsible for the water quality of the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Delta. Together they have devised a plan to put 4 dams on the Delta causing flooding in geographic areas. People living in the area have expressed concern about, increase levee stress, enormous harm to the fishery and eco system all in the name of Delta improvements. The BBAC and the Allied Fishing Groups has formally come out against this project. The project known as the South Delta Improvement Project ( SDIP ) primary purpose is to flood the Delta and use it as a water storage system so they can ship an extra 5,000,000 gallons of water per day to Los Angeles and South. People this is only the Tip-of –the-Ice-Burg. This year its 5,000,000 gallons per day but long term it could be 10,000,000. The people behind this project have little regard for the fisherman, homeowners on the Delta like Discovery Bay or Bethel Island . High Tide swings due to , winter rain and restrictive water flow caused by the Dams can cause major damage to our Levees, Homes and Docks. During the summer months when we have lower tides and they are pumping we may see ultra low areas and mud bottoms damaging our fishing habitat because they are changing the river flow. They are proposing 4 dams that will span end to end on selected canal, Old River, Grantline Canal, Middle River and Old River where it leaves the San Joaquin River. In some cases we are talking about Dams100 feet long possibly more, that flood very large areas. The enormous inflow of new water being sucked into the Delta will cause the salt water to intrude far into the Delta contaminating Franks Tracks and other Area. For this reason a separate project to add a 5th Dam is proposed at False River between Big break and Franks Track. This Dam is in the proposal stage to reduce the salt inflow. This project has major backing from the Southern California organizations and the time-is ticking. DWR has conducted 3 public hearings already. DWR and US B of R are in the 90 day public review cycle that started November 20 and runs to February 7, 2006. At the end of this time their duty to inform the public is complete and they will move forward. You can view the project information on the DWR web site at http://sdip.water.ca.gov The time is now to inform the people of Northern California who must act to protect their environment. Fishdelta.com is asking for each environmental groups, fishing clubs, Delta Home owners, Marina operators and concerned citizens to organize Club to attend a Jan 26 meeting in Stockton and get on the record their disapproval of the project. We need a Maximum effort from the Bay area clubs. Jan 26 Stockton Meeting Location: Department of General Services Auditorium, 31 East Channel Street, Stockton CA. Time 7pm to 9 pm Be There wee need all anglers who enjoy the delta to attend and where you’re colors, tournament shirts ect... See You There!

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Power Lines of course!!
Weather: Very Foggy a.m. sunny p.m.
Water_condition: Clear enough to troll top of tide @ 49 degrees
Date: Weds.Jan.25th. 06

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Monday January 23rd............... Fished regular spot at powerlines with my Good friends from the Sacto City School District..Had Mike Booker in my boat with Bill meyer in his t-top Klamath fishing just next to me..Lots of bites all day with zero hook ups!! Just below us was Jack Thomason fishing with Mr.Ron again.....Jacks day ended by noon with 2 keepers. Both fish in the 50's. For what its worth, Jacks was the bigger fish by 4 inches...Lucky Jack!!.....While it was a Skunk day for us, it was fun being with my ex fellow school district employees..........( Being retired for two years now) They can't wait to join me!!!............... Tuesday January 24th............. Fished on Jack Thomason's boat on this day. Why not? He was lucky on Monday..Arrived at Sherman Island by 7:00am.. Very Foggy...Met Bill Crooks & Clyde Wands in the parking lot. Wow! how often do you see two Striper fishing Icons together? After shooting the bull for a short time, we headed for the power lines in very thick fog... Jack convinced me he could find the exact spot he fished on Monday.After the fog lifted, He was off by 50 yards!!!Jack has a very nice GPS.He just doesn't use it much!! The bite on the incoming tide was strange, the fish would pump the rod just gently but didn't complete the take down....Zero fish on the incoming......The outgoing tide came by 11:00a.m.As Jacks boat started to turn on this tide a boat approached us & asked if was alright to anchor next to us. No problem.....We discovered we met this person bfore fishing for Salmon in October..Nice guy but new to sturgeon fishing.. Name is Steve...The outgoing tide was much like the incoming. Light bites with no follow through..Thinking we could show Steve how to hook a sturgeon just didn't happen...Steve left in the early afternoon.About 4:00p.m. I finally got a real sturgeon bite!! As I double set the hook & Jack was speed reeling in, the fish came un-buttoned!!!! That was the only action of the day........Bill & Clyde were smart leaving early, not much of a sturgeon bite. Slow day...Used salmon roe tipped with ghost shrimp ......See ya on the river. Bob H. ( Naked)............... P.S. Bet you the water is now clear enough to troll for Mr. Striper..

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Clear Lake
Weather: nice and cool
Water_condition: south clean
Date: 1/24/06

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Now that the ISE shows are over for us I can get back to fishing! Headed up to Clear Lake with Joe and Dave to do some scouting for one of my next TV Shows. Started the day bass fishing in the narrows. First stop we caught three bass up to four pounds rippin smithwicks in fifteen feet of water. Headed north but the water was dirty so we went back south towards Redd Bud. Next stop I caught a four pound small-mouth, the first for me at Clear Lake. Over the next five hours we boated and lost fifteen bass. Then we went to look for crappie but had no luck. I only caught ONE! The guys on the dock at Indian lodge were catching a lot but I couldn't buy a bite! OH well thats fishing!

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: whc@ww.com
Location: Sacramento @ Power Lines
Weather: Fog in AM, then sun
Water_condition: 48-49 & clearing up
Date: 24 Jan. 2006

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I thought I would change my luck on the “Skunk Cruiser” by getting Clyde Wands on board. But no, not even the Delta Dandy could will a sturgeon on board. We found the fish in many spots around the power lines. We threw roe, eel & squid to no avail. We saw no fish caught. Jack & Bob had none when we left at 2:00PM. With our luck they will probably get on a hot afternoon bite. The sturgeon were not as numerous as we have seen at Montezuma-but they are there. DF&G warden at Sherman Island launch said he only saw one striper. (Yes Bob, I had my license.) Water is clearing up. Incoming is cleaner. Clyde thought it could be troll able next week, although the high tides are coming.

Name: GuessWho
Email: GuessWhat
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: Monday/Jan2006

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Captain Jack. Like many of us that read & write on this website I have also experienced rude boaters out there. Last year it happened so often I took my friends advice and started throwing golf balls at them. The key here is to hit the boat NOT the person driving it! hahaha And since the balls sink there's no evidence left behind. And if you've got a good arm the balls leave a nice spiderweb in their fiberglass. Take Care. Yours Truly, "A Little Aluminum Boat Owner".

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sherman Island
Weather: windy
Water_condition: 12" visibility
Date: 1/22/2006

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Sunday, January 23rd - Launched at Sherman Island at 7:00 am and headed out by channel marker 9 in 42' of water. Caught a 36" sturgeon on the end of the incoming tide on shad/pile worm combo. Then came the psychotic north wind. Around 10:00 the wind is howling while I try to cut some shad. I hear a clacking sound. It's my rod slamming into the back of the boat. Fish on! Turns out to be a 30" sturgeon on roe/lamprey/pile worms. A few more bites that looked like stripers but no hookups. Surfed the huge swells and white caps back to the launch at 1:00 and got the hell out of there! I only saw a few other boats on the water that day. A couple of them were nice enough to blow past me about twenty feet from the front of my boat. One of them was so close that their wake broke over the bow of my Boston Whaler. I actually feared that their prop might cut off my anchor rope. I thought that boaters in the Sacramento area were rude, but delta boaters really take the cake!

Name: CHUCK VASI
Email: POLEHOLDER1@NETZERO.NET
Location: "FLASH NOTICE"
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 01/23/06

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GENTLEMAN, PLEASE CHANGE MY E-MAIL ADDRESS TO POLEHOLDER1@NETZERO.NET, THANKS. HEARD ON THE RADIO THIS WEEK THE DFG WILL HAVE A MEETING TO LIMIT CATCH ON STURGEON TO ZERO (0). YOU CAN FISH FOR THEM BUT ITS ALL CATCH AND RELEASE. UNKNOWN WHEN THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE, REPORT STATES SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY. AREA AFFECTED, FROM RIO VISTA BRIDGE TO GRIMES. ANY WORD OR UPDATE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. LOOKS LIKE "ARNOLD" WOULD RATHER PASS A LAW THAN FIX THE PROBLEM, ITS MUCH CHEAPER THAT WAY!!!!

Name: CHUCK VASI
Email: POLEHOLDER1@NETZERO.NET
Location: "FLASH NOTICE"
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 01/23/06

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GENTLEMAN, PLEASE CHANGE MY E-MAIL ADDRESS TO POLEHOLDER1@NETZERO.NET, THANKS HEARD ON THE RADIO THIS WEEK THE DFG WILL HAVE A MEETING TO LIMIT CATCH ON STURGEON TO ZERO (0). YOU CAN FISH FOR THEM BUT ITS ALL CATCH AND RELEASE. UNKNOWN WHEN THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE, REPORT STATES SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY. AREA AFFECTED, FROM RIO VISTA BRIDGE TO GRIMES. ANY WORD OR UPDATE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. LOOKS LIKE "ARNOLD" WOULD RATHER PASS A LAW THAN FIX THE PROBLEM, ITS MUCH CHEAPER THAT WAY!!!!

Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: Sunday Jan.22nd 06

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Hey Sal, There's gotta be more than us two, thinking on the same page!!! No other fish in the Delta can pull your string like Mr. Sturgeon......If the F & G biologist say the numbers are declining for the numbers of keeper sturgeon, I gotta believe them.....There is not much we can do about the POACHERS. They are gonna get their quotas, But, we ( Older sport fisherman) can teach through example..If I kept half the fish I have caught this year (Keepers) I would need a 20 cubic foot freezer & both of my refrigerators in the house & garage!!!! The point is: How much fresh fish can you eat? I carry a Sony camcorder & 35 mm camera in my boat at all times. If I want to bragg, come watch my 36 in. T.V........Can show you many monsters I have caught & released & give you popcorn and a drink of your choice....( Beer)......For me nothing is more rewarding than releasing a large fish that totally kicked your butt after a long battle on light line... Sturgeon filets are a true gormet delight. I don't know anyone who doesn't like the tasty white mild flavor!!! So! Keep a couple fish for this purpose....Let the rest go!!!!!!! Thank God most of the regular guys I fish with think like I do...Yeah Sal, We probally should be concerned about regulation changes coming soon..Don't know if I'm ready for sturgeon punch cards.. See ya on the river Bob H. (Naked).................

Name: Sal DiMercurio
Email: Whaler1@sbcglobal.net
Location: not
Weather: not
Water_condition: not
Date: 1/21/06

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Dont know if you guys are aware, but there's legislation right now to emergency close Sturgeon fishing during spawning months "ABOVE" the Rio Vista bridge. I was told 6 guys went fishing & 2 hours later they had 6 keepers from 55" to 70". I used to fish the area they are proposing to close & it should be closed because darn few of the guys release any & they are just plain to easy to catch there. I had 1 guy tell me he caught 7 in 7 days & kept them all..........not a very smart thing to brag about. People abuse it & their gonna find themselve with a season & lots of closed areas with a punch card like Abalone but for only 2 sturgeon per year. I recently read a report from f&g & it said in 1998 they estimated 144,000 legal sturgeon in our system, today they estimate less than 10,000 from the netting & tagging program. Sal

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Powerlines 32 feet deep
Weather: Perfect for January A.M. Fog
Water_condition: Off colored at 51 degrees
Date: Friday January 20th 06

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Once again the outgoing tide was the ticket!!The bait of choice Roe Balls.......Having Mark Wilson & Fred Hicks next to me was a bonus..Many, many, striper stories!!!! The weather was perfect after the fog lifted. Down to t-shirts by midday with just a slight breeze. Thanks to the Weather Gods...My rod started things off. First fish, 40 inch short. twenty minutes later,a 59 incher... hour later...a 65 incher that I couldn't bring in on the anchor! Only using 20 lb.test mono loaded on a Calcutta 400 reel & 8 foot (Wimp) G.Loomis rod...Really a challenge on the big boys!! But FUN!! I'm thinking catch & release with maybe a shot with my sony camcorder or a photo...Back to fishing...Mark & Fred got into the action as my rod cooled off. While Mark hooked 2 shorts,Fred couldn't get his hooks to stick. All the action came on Salmon roe...As the tide relaxed, the bite pretty much quit the rest of the day..But like true fisherman,we stayed till almost dark......See ya on the river. Bob H. ( Naked)..

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Power Lines
Weather: Very Nice - No Wind
Water_condition: High and Stained @ 50 Degrees
Date: January 21, 2006

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Friday, January 20, 2006...I got a chance to get away and go sturgeon fishing, so Fred Hicks joined me for the day. Our day was slow with just 2 shaker sturgeon at 40" and 45" and 1 lost fish. We had some other junk bites, but that was it for our day. Bob Harries fished next to me about 30' away, and caught 1 shaker sturgeon and 2 keeper sturgeon at 59" and 65". He missed a couple of bites too. The best bite was at the startup of the outgoing tide in the morning and again at the end of the outgoing tide in the afternoon. All fish came on salmon roe balls. Ghost shrimp and shad only produced junk bites. The water was high, stained, not muddy, and around 50 degrees. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Cold early then warming
Water_condition: Basin fishable, channel very murky
Date: Friday Jan 20, 06

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Launched 0830, went down past #73, too murky for me, came back to basin. Got two hit's and one fish on the south bank trolling a chartuese w/red head bbr with white trick worm, sprayed with bang. Tryed a shallow running bomber with the worm but no joy. Gave it up at 1:30PM. Saw Joe Roberts and friend, he had released one 18 incher. Saw the Marco brothers and they hadn't had much luck either. Jiggin Gene had about the same luck. Water is pretty ugly but fishable in the basin. Minnows are probably the best bet

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: port
Weather: foggy
Water_condition: stained
Date: 1/19/06

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Fished with Dairl Olson in the port today. We launched his Design Concepts at 6:30 am and fished till 1:30 pm for two stripers one five pounds the other 19 inches. Trolled buck tail jigs and rebels. Good Luck

Name: Otha Livingston
Email: Olivingston@sbcglobal.net
Location: San Pablo Bay, Mare Island Area
Weather: Overcast, foggy
Water_condition: Muddy
Date: 1/19/06

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Late report.. been working graveyards again..... Started out the day launching at Mare Island. Pretty nice launch, easy access to San Pablo Bay. Worked the area of the Pumphouse. Marked lots of fish and a few big bottom feeders. Soaked Pile Worm, Roe, Shad/Anchovies with no takers. Worked both sides of the tide changes, and headed to the Rock Wall at Mare Island.. Super muddy lots of debris, tried Anise scented Bang... no takers. Headed to a old hole that I used to fish when I was stationed at Mare Island with no takers... Not even a shaker striper. 1st time I was skunked in a long time. Oh well, better than being at work!! MARK, Kevin Bennett wanted me to say Hello. I work with him monthly. WATCH OUT FOR LOGS!!!

Name: Otha Livingston
Email: Olivingston@sbcglobal.net
Location: San Pablo Bay, Mare Island Area
Weather: Clear, overcast
Water_condition: MUDDY
Date: 1/19/06

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Late report, working grave yards now. Dad and I launched out of Vallejo, and headed south. Worked the Pumphouse area, maked lots of fish and a few big bottom feeders. Soaked pile worm, roe and shad/anchovies to No Bites. Spoke to a really nice guy at Milley's Bait Shop in Vallejo. He said all the grass shrip went out the gate. Crabbers are finding grass shrip in their traps. Headed up to the Mare Island rock wall area, not even a shaker striper!! Headed around to the Mare Island/Vallejo Channel to an Old hole that I used to fish when I was stationed there. Marked lots of fish, but again... no bites. 1st time I've been skunked in a long while. Lots of junk still in the water. Watch out for LOGS!!!

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: sameo
Location: Montezuma Additional Report
Weather: same
Water_condition: same
Date: 18 Jan 2006

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I have seen some reports lately that expressed problems with Virgil’s Bait in Suisun. I too have had problems: Not open when promised, poor quality bait, bad attitude. Therefore, if I need bait for Montezuma, I go to Live Bait in Fairfield. Open early, good bait, good prices & helpful attitude. He is at 1306 W. Texas Street. About 50 yards west of Pennsylvania Street. (707) 425-2248. I agree with limits on sturgeon. I just want you fellows to know it's not me catching them!!

Name: Natron
Email: Nsiesser@calpine.com
Location: Amador
Weather: cloudy
Water_condition: Stained
Date: 1/18/06

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Fished amador Monday,caught 4 fish totall trolling.Couldnt get a consistant bite on anything. Orange apex nailed the largest. Hey Kevin, you mentioned hooches. Are these the same ones (hoochies) used for kokes?Have never tried those out there.Please advise.

Name: Ron Bernhardt (Webfoot)
Email: Rebernhardt@aol.com
Location: -------
Weather: ------
Water_condition: ------
Date: Jan 17,2006

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Here's a posting from the Fishing Columnist on the MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL on the Coastside website. Thought many of you would be interested. Webfoot ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- emergency sturgeon regulations proposed #266207 - Tue Jan 17 2006 04:21 PM more on this later, but here's some breaking fish news ....// nels State marine biologists, saying the Bay Area’s sturgeon population has dwindled to a 50-year low, are urging emergency regulations limiting the harvest of sturgeon in the Sacramento and San Joaquin river systems, where the fish spawn. Marty Gingras, supervising state biologist for the Department of Fish and Game, told the Marin Independent Journal that tagging studies and related reviews indicate the population of sturgeon from 46 to 72 inches long has plummeted from 144,000 fish in 1998 to just 10,000 fish this year. He said fishermen, now allowed to take one sturgeon a day, as well as poachers, poor spawning success, environmental and related factors all have pressured the population. The situatiuon “constitutes an emergency” for the conservation of the fish, he said. He and other staffers asked the Fish and Game Commission Tuesday to ban the take of sturgeon this March through June in areas of the Saramento and San Joaquin rivers. Additional proposals to limit fishing, including an annual limit of the number of fish an angler can take, could follow, he added.

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: amador lake
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: stained
Date: 1/17/06

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Fished with Ron Souza today for cut bows at Amador. Arrived at 6 am trolled rapalas and hooches for 17 cut bows and lost 10. Trolled the hooches off downriggers and top lined rapalas. Fish were all 1 to 2 1/2 lbs with lots of energy. Lots of fun with a beautiful day. Good Luck !

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: williamcrooks@sbcglobal.net
Location: Montezuma Slough
Weather: Nice, no wind
Water_condition: flat, 50-51.5
Date: 17 Jan. 2006

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With the Portagee golfing in Hawaii, I thought my luck would change. It did not. On the water at 8:00AM to catch the last of the out go. I marked surgeon in many places from the Bridge to the mouth (west). This time I see no jumpers. Used roe, eel & ghost shrimp. Fished the incoming until 1:00PM. No hits. No one else caught anything. Save me a spot at the Power Lines, fellows!

Name: CaptianJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sherman
Weather: nice
Water_condition: dirty
Date: 1/16/2006

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Monday, January 16th 2006 - Launched at Sherman Island at 7:00 am. Headed 200 yards downstream of channel marker 8 in 32' of water. After a few hours I got a nice pump and landed a 30" sturgeon. About an hour later I went to check my bait and discovered that I was snagged. Five seconds later the snag bolts upstream - it turned out to be a 48" sturgeon! Had a nice pump a few minutes later that turned out to be a 17" striper (doh!). All action was on shad/pile worms on the outgoing tide. No action on the incoming tide again today.

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sherman
Weather: windy
Water_condition: dirty
Date: 1/15/2006

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Sunday, January 15th 2006 - Time to break in my new rig - 7.5' light rated Ugly Stick Tiger with an Abu-Garcia 7001 loaded with 65 lb test Power Pro. Launched at Sherman Island at 8:00 am. Headed 200 yards downstream of channel marker 8 in 32' of water. Outgoing tide was moving pretty fast. Got a few junk bites right off the bat. Next I got a nice slow pump that turned out to be a 50" sturgeon. A few more missed bites during the outgoing. All bites were on shad/pile worm combo. The fish didn't want roe today. We moved a few times during the incoming tide but it was dead. No bites at all the rest of the day. The tide is moving upstream really slow during the incoming tide. Our drift sock kept us from spinning around like the other boats out there.

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Powerline area
Weather: Overcast with light breezes
Water_condition: Off Colored at 51 *
Date: Monday Jan.16th 06

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Headed for the powerlines early on Monday morning, but not early enough. My good buddy Jack Thomason who was fishing in Ron's boat had arrived before sun up.There were 3 fishing out of Ron's boat. I was solo again. My partner for the day Bill Meyer had called me at 6:00 a.m. Saying he would like a rain check. ( think he had too much fun the day before at the H. D show) I anchored about a football field above Ron's boat. The tide was outgoing.. Another boat soon showed up & anchored close by.. The bite started in the mid morning. Ron's boat started it off when Jack caught the first short one ( 40 incher) Then brought in a keeper ( 53 incher) The other boat also caught a short. I finally got in the action towards the end of the tide. Caught a 46 ( just legal) Jumper!! This fish displayed alot of fight for his size....After releasing him, he jumped again!! By the time we lost the tide around 1:00p.m. The total of fish caught for the two other boats & mine was eight!! three keepers & 5 shorts..not bad for one tide . Ron decided to leave early & asked me to take Jack in my boat.. No problem!! Jack lives two blocks from me..Other than a few nibbles the rest of the day, The sturgeon bite had ended. Nothing on the incoming....Salmon roe was the bait of the day for all in the morning hours...Got to figure this out!!! one day they want shad, the next salmon roe!!! Oh well atleast we are catching them.........Had to use the double anchor method again to hold the boat on the incoming..Still too much flow from the Sacto.river...See ya on the river. Bob H. ( naked)

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacto
Weather: Cool with a slight breeze
Water_condition: Muddy in basin and semi clear at Fertilizer plant
Date: 01/16/06

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Launched at 0830, trolled the basin with a spreader and used the big deep diving bomber with a charteuse road runner jig. No joy, went behind the docks and jigged a little, no joy, too muddy. Left the basin and it seemed to clear somewhat in the fertilizer plant area. Hooked many 16 and 17 inchers on just a rebel with the white trick worm. Finally got a couple 19 inchers for my neighbors. Where did the bigger ones go? Gave it up about 1:30PM.

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Sherman Island Area
Weather: Nice, cool, w/10 mph Westerly Breeze
Water_condition: Muddy and High/Fishable
Date: January 16, 2005

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Sunday, January 15, 2005...A chance to get out, so I went sturgeon fishing today with Jack Thomason. We had a very slow day. A couple of junk bites on the morning's last of the outgoing tide. Nothing on the incoming tide. And, a few more bites on the later afternoon's start of the outgoing tide, resulting in one shaker striper, one 20" striper (released), and one shaker sturgeon at 40". Nothing else. On the water before sunup and on the water after sundown. A long day for me. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: ron
Email: fishwithron2@sbcglobal.net
Location: delta
Weather: c=lear
Water_condition:
Date: 1/15/06

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Too bad Bob on your son in-law. Seems the FG can't bust any of the poachers and go after us as it's proably easier and safer for them. That license BS is the stupidest law ever to come out where you have to have it out. They need to go into the back sloughs and look for those guys in small prams who are the real law breakers.

Name: ron
Email: fishwithron2@sbcglobal.net
Location: delta
Weather: c=lear
Water_condition:
Date: 1/15/06

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Too Bob on your son in-law. Seems the FG can't bust any of the poachers and go after us as it's proably easier and safer for them. That license BS is the stupidest law ever to come out where you have to have it out. They need to go into the back sloughs and look for those guys in small prams who are the real law breakers.

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: port
Weather: clear
Water_condition: stained
Date: 1/15/06

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Fished today with Dairl Olson at the port. We fished the incoming tide for one 19 inch fish and several strikes. It was a slow day fishing saw a dozen boats with thumbs down. Good Luck !

Name: Jonnboy
Email: jdaily@frontiernet.net
Location: Rio Vista, And SJ
Weather: great
Water_condition:
Date: 1-15-06

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Well, it was the first sturgeon trip of the year with my good buddy, Scott White and Jason. We fished the power lines, and two other spots close to that and where the SJ meets 3 mile or false. We used all known sturgeon baits and did the rod balancing and all for: a couple of take downs, some rattles, but no fish. Despite no fish, we had fun and the weather was perfect.

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: Sunday Jan.15th 06

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Thanks, Sal for the information. Its probally not what I wanted to hear, but in reality, my son in law will probally get hit with a stiff fine!! Yeah Sal, its the same F&G boat.........Here's the part that really gets me.. With all the poaching & boats hiding in the brush fishing all night taking way over their limits (Under size stripers etc.) One fisherman makes an HONEST mistake & they give you no slack.While the fishing rules are black & white I think sometimes you can use the gray area on minor infractions.........I also realize that F& G Wardens must write so many ( Quota) citations in a certain period of time, just like police officers. Thats revenue for certain counties...On behalf of the two young game wardens. I know they have heard every excuse known to man. Its a judgement call..On this day it was writing a citation. Its a done deal......A lesson for all.. Thanks again Sal.. Bob H. ( Naked)..............

Name: Sal DiMercurio
Email: Whaler1@sbcglobal.net
Location: not
Weather: not
Water_condition: not
Date: 1/14/06

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Naked, a buddy of mine forgot to hang his license above his waist & got popped for it, & the judge hit him $275.00 in Fairfield. He had his license in his pocket & still paid dearly for it. Also it's a good thing your son-inlaw didn't have his line in the water with roe on it when they pulled up, because the boat limit deal is only good outside the gate, not inside. He would have gotten busted for fishing for sturgeon while already having his limit in possession. Was that the black hard bottom Zodiak with twin outboards? That thing flies about 60 mph. Sal

Name: BEAR
Email: CSBAman@aol.com
Location: Gonna Fish Mazatlan in Feb.
Weather: ?
Water_condition: ?
Date: 1-14-06

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I'm going down to Mazatlan next month, anybody know anything about surf fishing down there? Any help would be great.

Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: The Famous Powerlines 33ft.
Weather: Some clds.light breezes south/east.
Water_condition: Off Colored at 51 *
Date: Friday the 13th 06

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A great day of fishing with a Bittersweet ending!!! First! The forecast was for gusty delta winds as a Approaching cold front was due late in the day...Believe me, other than slight breezes & some low clouds the weather was perfect for mid January...Fishing most of the week here at the powerlines, the action has been off & on most of the time. With the heavy flow of the Sacto. river during the incoming tide,there is a problem for boat control!! The water which normally pushes upstream during a incoming tide does not!! Your boat just swings with the wind. I found out using two anchors during this part of the tide really helped to hold the boat steady for better control....On this day. I had my son in law Chuck Harris with me. Chuck has not caught a legal sturgeon & my total thoughts were to get Chuck his first one. Even though it was Friday the 13th we needed some good LUCK!!! We started using butterflied shad at the end of the out going tide. This was about 9:30 a.m. Chuck got the first bite. But, it wasn't the kind to set the hook. After rebaiting & using some bang on the shad filets,his next bite was a pumping action. He set the hook hard with my verbal assistance!! Fish on!! Chuck had his first keeper sturgeon in the boat....Not a monster, but a 53 incher!! No pressure on me now!! Mission acomplished!!! Anything caught now would be a bonus.....Fished with the shad for about two more hours with no bites.. Decided to go to Roe balls for the afternoon. Good decision!!! Caught 4 more sturgeon all on eggs in a pretty short time. All these fish were just short!! During this time period we saw many fish jumping around us. While the storm held off ,we ran out of time. Ckuck had to get home for his sons basketball game. Just as we picked up the rods. I looked behind me and saw a large black boat.. FISH & GAME!!!!! As they boarded us & looked at the keeper sturgeon they asked to see our license. While I was kind of shocked to see fish & Game wardens live & in person. ( I fish atleast 200 days a year)and never see them!!!As I presented them my license which I have hanging on my steering wheel I noticed my son in law fumbling through his backpack very nervously!!! He left his license at home!!!!! One rule that I have. Nobody ever fishes in my boat without a LICENSE!!!! Nobody...In this case Chuck was in error leaving his license at home.Not even having the duplicate copy in his wallet........Well, the two officers did there job. Chuck recieved a citation for not having a valid fishing license on posession..I'm hoping the court just gives him a warning when he appears next Month? If anyone has had this happen to them, Please let me know..All said and done a great day of sturgeon fishing except for the infraction...See ya on the river Bob H. (naked)..................

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Clear
Water_condition: Roily
Date: 01/14/06

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Note: The Washington Outboard Club membership is open to all. You must come to a meeting and submit an application. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month at the West Sacramento VFW Hall at 7PM. Our membership is capped at 550 members. When the membership is full you must go on a waiting list. That list right now is approaching 400. This club originated years ago when the locks were open to boaters and there was a public launch on the south bank by the locks. Since then the locks have closed and either the Port or the City condemed that public launch which left our ramp as the only one. We all waited for our names to come up to join just like anyone submitting an application now will have to do. We built our ramp and have maintained it for years. We had nothing to do with closing the locks or the public launch ramp. We share the property with two rowing clubs and a sailing club. Come to a meeting and ask questions, don't listen to rumors. Thank you, j.

Name: wanna fish the port
Email: public for all.com
Location: port of sac
Weather: cleared
Water_condition: great
Date: 01/01/3001

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I have a question for members and the ones that run that private launch at the port. Why does it take a few years to join the club and gain access to the launch? Why not make it public and charge let's say $12 per launch? And even if guys don't wanna make it public and charge a fee per launch. Why not make the membership easily accessable? Seems kinda selfish to me. I am just curious. I like fishing the port but only access for me is the south and east side of the bank.

Name: tlae
Email: tlae@ch2m.com
Location: n/a
Weather: n/a
Water_condition: n/a
Date: 1-13-06

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For the recent inquiry about the deep water Port launch - it is a private launch for members only (no public access). The waiting list to join the club is several years long. I recall Mark Wilson submitting a report about this a few months back that can offer more detail.

Name: Lowell
Email: fishboat@surewest.net
Location: not today
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: dry
Date: 1/13/06

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"FUN FISHING" with Allen Fong is on CSNWS channel 409 dish tv on saturday at 8 am. Check your local listing. For those of us that will not be fishing saturday might as well see what Allen has to offer on his new show. Lowell

Name: Gary
Email: brookshomes@sbcglobal.net
Location: San Pablo Bay, pumphouse
Weather: fog am, beautiful pm
Water_condition: stained
Date: 1/12/06

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Fished 17 feet of water for 3 hours, no bites. Moved over to where all the boats were (in ten feet of water) and after another hour we got a little action. Final count; 3 guys, 5 hours, Three sturgeon bites, one keeper-- 61" no shakers. They prefered ghost shrimp over pile or roe. Good luck!

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Powerlines Again!
Weather: Foggy a.m. Cloudy p.m.
Water_condition: off color at 51 #
Date: Thursday Jan.12th 06

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Didn't get on the water till 12:30 p.m. I know its a long drive from Sacramento to Sherman Island for 4 hours of fishing. But, I had a hunch Mr. Sturgeon would be biting on this tide like yesterday. My fishing buddy Jack Thomason & his partner (Ron ) got to the powerlines very early in the day. They caught the bottom of the out going tide & the best bites of the day.. Ron caught a 52 incher on shad.. The afternoon bite was non-existent!! No hits, No Errors Nothing!!!!We used every type of bait known to mankind........Nothing on the fishfinder......Blank- Blank.........What a differents a day makes?? On Weds. I would get a bite without waiting 10 minutes...Same tide..........Same location.......Oh well. Hope tomorrows a better day? Knowing a pacific cold front will be making its way inland on Friday, hoping the wind will hold off till late in the day. We'll see!...Taking my son in law out & he still has not caught a legal size sturgeon...Not to mention its Friday the 13th... See ya on the river.. Bob H. (naked)

Name: D Brown
Email: fish market@ amador
Location: Lake Amador
Weather: Overcast and Fog
Water_condition: MURKY
Date: 1-12-06

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Got a late start on the water at 8am off the water by 10:45am.With limits for two. Using white 3 inch grubs fifty feet behind the boat on a SLOW troll.

Name: gil
Email: DGJFUKLGKJ;
Location: wishin
Weather: good
Water_condition: EYRTHDBG
Date: SFGSDHHN

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Name: gil
Email: DGJFUKLGKJ;
Location: wishin
Weather: good
Water_condition: EYRTHDBG
Date: SFGSDHHN

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Name: Dan De Bord
Email: ddebord2005@comcast.net
Location: Deep water Channel?
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 01/12/06

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I see in the fishing reports there is a launch site for the Port. Can anyone tell me how to get there?

Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Powerlines 33feet of water
Weather: light rain early then partly cldy
Water_condition: Off colored at 51 degrees
Date: Weds. Jan.11th 06

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Launched at Sherman Island County park at 7:00a.m. The only trailer in the parking lot was my good buddy & fishing partner Jack Thomason. Knowing Jack, He probally got on the water about an hour before sunrise. After putting my boat in I called Jack on channel 68. He told me He was anchored by channel 14 and even though the tide was incoming the water was not pushing upstream!! Way to much flow coming down from the Sacto......I found that out after anchoring next to Jack...The whole morning we just swung around like it was a slack high tide!!!!!! All we could do was to wait till the tide turned at about 1:00p.m. We decided to move upstream before the tide started to move again..We anchored in my favorite sweet spot in about 33 ft. of water..As the tide finally started to go out we got bit!!! Jack caught two schoolie stripers in a short time. I was using salmon roe with zero action...Decided to change to shad just to get a bite or something. Well, I got something..After a twenty minute battle I brought in a 60 inch sturgeon who liked shad over salmon roe... This was a fat fish, It weighed 56 lbs...Stayed with the shad & caught several more schoolie stripers as well as Jack.. Fished till almost dark, then headed to Veirr;as to clean two limits of stripers & Mrs. Sturgeon.(female).. I make it a point to keep just two sturgeon a year.No problem releasing these great sport fish!!!!! This was number two..Catch & release is now the rule. Just for information' " If you launch at sherman be prepared for the water to reach the one lane road entering the park at high tide" All kinds of driftwood etc..No problem for me, I drive a Ford F 150 4 by 4..Ha, Ha!! Well, the good news is the stripers are back hitting bait.. See ya on the river Bob H. ( Naked)......

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: 01-09-06

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Sorry I'm late with this story but had to let you all know of this. Monday when I was jigging down the channel past #73, one of our members showed up with his 80 year old father. I was there jigging and so was Jigging Gene. The few stripers had moved so we were getting ready to move also. Gene told the member and his father to just sit tight and jig a while. We left, several minutes later the member and his father decided to leave. They began trolling, all of a sudden their screen went black. The son said Dad just reel in and let's jig. Of course the father reeled in and caught a fish on the way in. After getting the fish in they dropped jig s down and they both had fish on. During the course of a few minutes there were fish all over the bottom of their boat and the father slipped and fell and hit his head and was laying in the bottom of the boat with the stripers and fish slime. The son asked are you OK dad? So here's this 80 year old father down, but he was laughing his butt off saying this is the best fishing ever. How great, just wish I hadn't moved and had been there to witness that happening. Now that's how it was told to me by Jigging Gene. I did withess them jigging while I was there. I hope they have many more days of that. Thanks, j.

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: port
Weather: sunny/ lite fog
Water_condition: stained
Date: 1/10/06

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Fished the port today with friend greg. Arrived at the ramp to find dirty water in the basin. I saw serveral trailers in the lot so I new there was cleaner water down the channel. Trolled from the fertilizer plant down to the second power lines. Trolled a spreader, buck tail, rebel for 5 stripers from 20 inches to 7 lbs. Good Luck

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Beautiful day
Water_condition: Off color
Date: 01-09-06

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Launched late today about 10:30AM, Immediately went down the channel, stopping at a few jigging spot with no joy. Found Marc Hammonds down the channel. They had a couple at that time. I noticed Marc's friend (can't remember his name) would spray his jig with Bang every now and then and it was working well for him. I did the same on my jig and my trolling lure. I trolled with a Rebel, charteuse with a red head and a white zoom trick worm. During the course of the day I only had three keepers a 4#,5#, and a 7#. Today they didn't seem to group together, they were spread out at all depths. Doug Edwards and John Valenszuela were trolling in deeper water and doing well. You could hear them cackling everytime they got a fish. Cajun Bill and Herb Wilfong did well also. Jigging Gene got skunked by his partner Hap Hammonds. Way to go Hap. Bob Crider and his wife Kim did well too. The fish are there folks all up and down the channel. They just didn't seem to school up today. Later.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: williamcrooks@sbcglobal.net
Location: Montezuma Slough
Weather: Great, no wind
Water_condition: Dirty, 51-52
Date: 1-09-06

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Ted Fagunes & I launched at the bridge at 7:30AM to catch the incoming tide. We marked many sturges in a number of places. We saw six jumpers & two of them were big! Used roe & eel. Only a few junk bites. Everyone else said the same thing. We were in tee shirts by 11:00AM. We fished until the out go was strong. Lots of floating weeds in the water, but we were surprised to find very little on our lines. Highlight of the trip: We both remembered to bring a “bait fishing lunch”, so we had plenty to munch on!

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sherman Island
Weather: windy/cool
Water_condition: Muddy
Date: 1/8/2006

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Sunday, January 8th - Launched at Sherman Island at 7:30 am and headed to channel marker 8. Fished with roe/pile worms/lamprey. No bites and the wind kicked up so I moved to the other side of the river about 75 yards away from channel marker 9 in 40' of water. The water was dirty and the incoming tide was actually moving out really slow. About 10:00 am I get my first bite. Turns out to be a 55" sturgeon. Revived and released the fish after about ten minutes. The current got too strong on the outgoing tide so I moved over by the entrance of Sherman Lake in 25' of water. No bites - off the water at 2:00 pm.

Name: gary
Email: brookshomes @sbcglobal.net
Location: san pablo
Weather: perfect
Water_condition: still chocalate
Date: sat., jan, 7

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Fished from 7:45 am till 2:00 pm Used roe and pile worm. 3 guys 6 hours one bite (takedown) missed. Will try again mid week.

Name: gary
Email: brookshomes @sbcglobal.net
Location: san pablo
Weather: perfect
Water_condition: still chocalate
Date: sat., jan, 7

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Fished from 7:45 am till 2:00 pm Used roe and pile worm. 3 guys 6 hours one bite (takedown) missed. Will try again mid week.

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Powerlines on both sides
Weather: Partly cldy North/west winds 5-15
Water_condition: Muddy to very Muddy at low tide
Date: Sunday Jan.8th 06

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Left my south Sacramento area home at 6:00a.m.got to Brannan Island State Park at around 7:30 a.m. I really thought there would be only a few boats at the launch. Wrong!! Saw 20 boat trailers in the parking lot....Putting the boat in, the water level was just to the point of getting your feet wet. That was no problem, Seen it much higher than that in past years...While passing under the 3 mile slough bridge I had to lower my rods & radio antenna. Again, no problem....Finally getting to my favorite spot at the powerlines on the Sacto. side at 8:00a.m.The tide was just starting to go out with a light north/west wind...After fishing here for about an hour the wind on this side of the river really picked up! So, I decided to move to the other side . This was a good decision. Much less winds & I could detect rod action much better. Seemed the water was more MUDDY on this side but very fishable.Only used 4 oz. of lead to get to the bottom. Used fresh salmon balls with a shad kicker..Hooked my first fish around 11:00a.m. Really,this fish hooked me!! I was making up some roe balls & happened to look up at my balance rod just pumping away. Duh!! Hit it very hard with roe all over my hands....Did not get a good hook set as this fish came off after ripping some 50 yds of line!...........Had to be a keeper for sure...As the day went on & the tide got stronger had to go to 7 ozs. of lead to keep the bait on the bottom. As always, using roe, caught my first Squawfish of the new year...Just as ugly as last year...Fishing alone on this day, I continued to look behind my boat for floating trees etc.. Really was not much to see! Very fishable ....The afternoon bite did not bring much action, I think the current got too strong?...By 4:00p.m. moved back to the Sacto side & fished to dark..The day ended with one large fish on for 25 seconds & one ugly squawfish. No stripers & no shorts... But, It was great being on the water again!!!!! Note; While the main Sacto. river is running high ( 23.5 feet at I street bridge) Rio vista is very fishable & will get even better soon...See ya on the Delta. Bob H. ( Naked).......................

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: China Camp
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Chocolate Milk
Date: January 6, 2006

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Went fishing with Tony, Scott, and Tom on Tony's boat. We picked up bait from the Mecca and were enlightened with words of wisdom from the Guru himself. Once we got to the fishing grounds, we began zig zagging (technique from the Abe's book) looking for arches, we saw 3 so we anchored off. 20 minutes later, my rod tip had a subtle twitch, remember what Keith told me last time, I ran to my rod and hit it for all it's' worth and it came to life. I caught a 50". Tom caught a 40", Tony caught a 48", and Scott caught a 74". When the 74" reared it's ugly head, all 4 of us yelled out in unison and stepped back...it kind of reminds me of the shark video's that they show on the Discovery channel. I'd say we had a great day that day going home with 2 dino's. No grass shrimp available, we used Ghost Shrimp and Eel combo. All dino's were biting the eel.

Name: herb brown
Email: hbrown4130@sbcglobal.net
Location: folsom
Weather: fair
Water_condition: muddy
Date: 1/8/06

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Cabin fever got to me,soi had to get the boat out.Tryed folsom big mistake.The lake is muddy and the speed limit is 5 mi per hour on the whole lake.No fish. Herb

Name: Dreams of Fish
Email: BigFishes.com
Location: Sacramento
Weather: sweet
Water_condition: don't know
Date: 1-8-06

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The weather is been really nice except a light drizzle friday night/sat morning. Where are all the reports? How is the water condition. I know some of you guys have gone out. Don't be shy even if you got skunked to share with us your catches and the water conditon.

Name: Born2BYoung
Email: warlord431@yahoo.com
Location: Delta Open Again to Boating
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 12-05-06

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Delta Waterways Reopen to Recreational Boating After Round of Winter Storms Contact: June Iljana (916) 263-0788 e-mail: pubinfo.dbw.ca.gov January 4, 2006 SACRAMENTO – Cal Boating today reopened the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta waterways to recreational boating due to reduced water levels and less floating debris, effective 10:30 a.m. The closure was issued on Dec. 31, 2005 , during heavy winter storms and was to expire at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006 , but monitoring revealed that an extra day was not necessary to protect the levees. “Water levels throughout the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta system have tapered off enough that boat traffic no longer poses a threat of overtopping levees.” said Deputy Director of Cal Boating David Johnson. “While our first concern is public safety, we are aware that access to the waterways is important to the people and communities who rely on it, and we make sure to open the waterways as soon as it is safe to do so.” As levees are still saturated, boaters should monitor the size of their wakes and operate at a safe speed both for the boat and for the levees. Cal Boating is authorized to restrict or ban recreational boating in the Sacramento-San Joaquin during periods of high water levels to protect people and property, facilitate flood fighting, and control vessel wakes that may lead to overtopping of levees. The Department of Boating and Waterways (Cal Boating), the state's boating agency, promotes on-the-water safety and helps develop convenient public access to the waterways through programs funded by vessel registration fees, boating fuel tax dollars and boating facility construction loan payments. http://www.dbw.ca.gov/PressRoom/2006/060104Delta.asp

Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Port Of Sacto
Weather: Cool, light breeze
Water_condition: murkey
Date: 1/5/05

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After all this rain I finally got out and fished. I didn't care if I caught anything or not- just getting out was enough. The water was high and the incoming tide made it even higher. Some debris floating; but not bad. I fished a spreader with a hair raiser and a broken back rebel for a total of two strikes. One eight pounder and a miss. There were a few other boats; but I didn't see any fish on a stringer. After a couple of hours I left the rest for seed. Hil Felton

Name: Gary
Email: brookshomes@sbcglobal.net
Location: San Pablo Bay/10 'deep/pumphouse
Weather: breezy/nice
Water_condition: 1-2 inch visability/3' waves
Date: 1/4/06 ( Wed)

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The water was unbeleivably muddy, the whole bay is dark brown with whole trees floating around. Very few other boats, what are we doing out here? Started fishing at 11:00 am, roe and pile for bait. By 11:30 the water settled down and by 12:00 we had a little 18" sturge. at 12:30 we caught a 45 or 46 incher that had to be released befor we could put em on the stretcher , we needed to free up the net to land a 71" 76 lb beauty. At this point we remembered why we came out here . At 2:00 we caught another shaker 43". The wind picked up and we had a nice ride back in. The 21 ' Chapparal handled the chop nicely. Final count ; 2 guys -3 hours 14 lineal feet af fish! One on worms, others on roe. See ya out there on Saturday.

Name: Fishin' fool
Email: coke30years@comcast.net
Location: NOT
Weather: fine
Water_condition: DON'T TRY IT
Date: 1/4/2006

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Just an addation to born2Byoung. Boater Advisory: Delta Waterway Recreational Boating Closure Extended Contact: June Iljana (916) 263-0788 e-mail: pubinfo.dbw.ca.gov January 3, 2006 SACRAMENTO – Due to continued high water levels, substantial floating debris, and swift river flows, Cal Boating has extended closure of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta waterways to recreational boating through noon Thurs., Jan. 5, 2006. Water levels throughout the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta system are still very high due to runoff and high tide, so levees continue to be threatened. “Recreational boat traffic continues to pose a risk of wakes overtopping the levees,” said Cal Boating Deputy Director David Johnson. “A large amount of floating debris and swift flows also pose a serious risk to boaters.” The closure order will be updated as warranted. The Department of Boating and Waterways (Cal Boating), the state's boating agency, is authorized to restrict or ban recreational boating in the Sacramento-San Joaquin during periods of high water levels to protect people and property, facilitate flood fighting, and control vessel wakes that may lead to overtopping of levees.

Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: DEATH WISH !!
Date: JAN.3rd 2006 TUESDAY

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To all my fishing friends, Please stay off the Delta & Sacramento river system till conditions are stable!!! The water conditions are completely UN-FISHABLE!!!! I don't care what size your boat is!! Hope everyone had a happy Holiday?? See ya on the river soon .Bob H. ( Naked)..............

Name: Born2BYoung
Email: warlord431@yahoo.com
Location: DELTA
Weather:
Water_condition: Delta Close to Boating
Date: 12-31-2005

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Didn't know if anybody else new about the Delta being CLOSED! Found this on Another Fishing Site. Boater Advisory: Delta Waterways Closed to Recreational Boating Contact: June Iljana (916) 263-0788 e-mail: pubinfo.dbw.ca.gov Effective 1 p.m. PST December 31, 2005 SACRAMENTO -- Cal Boating has issued an order to close the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta waterways to recreational boating effective immediately through 12 noon, Tuesday, January 3, 2006. “Our primary concern is that water levels are high enough that boat traffic on the Delta waterways could cause water to flow over the levees, potentially causing damage to the levees,” said David Johnson, Cal Boating deputy director. “ High water levels also pose substantial risk to boaters due to very swift flows and large floating debris.” Water levels throughout the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta system are expected to stay at a high level for the next four days, as runoff from rain locally and at higher elevations converge with high tide. The closure order, which will be updated as warranted, can be enforced by all State and local peace officers. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta includes those waterways in a triangle area formed by the City of Sacramento to the north, the City of Pittsburg to the west, and the City of Tracy to the south. The Department of Boating and Waterways (Cal Boating), the state's boating agency, is authorized to restrict or ban recreational boating in the Sacramento-San Joaquin during periods of high water levels to protect people and property, facilitate flood fighting, and control vessel wakes that may lead to overtopping of levees. http://www.dbw.ca.gov/PressRoom/2005/051228storm.asp

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Raining
Water_condition: Stained and very high
Date: 01/02/06

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Went down to check out the Port today, about 1:30PM. Our docks held together but the water is very high. You can stand on the docks and touch the top of the metal cap on the pilings. You could see where the high water debri line was in our parking lot. Right now the level is a few feet down from the very top of the ramp. A higher tide should occurr at 6:20 this evening, a foot higher than yesterday. That should be the highest it will get this month. The water looks fishable really but I'd be very watchfull of the debri floating and especially those submerged but only partially sticking up debri. It would probably be best to wait until it dropped some really. That's just my observation. I wouldn't have fished it yesterday but some people did and caught fish. Take care, John, Sec, WOC

Name: Mike
Email: p00_butt@yahoo.com
Location: Port of Sac
Weather: A little rain, and windy as all hell
Water_condition: stained, little muddier then normal
Date: 1/6/2006

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Went out to the Port New Year morning...it was alittle windy at first but manageable. By 5the time we left (around 1pm), it was insane and small boats were taking on water. Anyway, we managed 5 fish to 7#, 2 misses. Our buddies in their boat got 3 keepers and some undersized. We got them on broken-backs and hairraisers. Good way to break in the new year! Especially since we didn't sink LOL

Name: bubba
Email: yuracrzybeeach@DUMASS.COM
Location: poseidonshole
Weather: catugorie 5 hurricane
Water_condition: soonamie
Date: write apter my downsindrom bro

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if you had any sense you would have fish in a pool in your back yard and that wouldnt be safe not here to condemn you are just one crazy beeach!!! BUT I TELL YOU WHAT???? I WOULD FISH WIT U ANY TIME CARZIE BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat
Location: port
Weather: gusty wind
Water_condition: clearish
Date: 1/1/06

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Well today decieded to do a crazy and stupid thing. I thought I needed to start the new year right buy going fishing on a nasty day. I called guys after guys to find someone to go and everyone said your crazy. The last call I maid was dairl olson he said yes. We arrived at the ramp at 8 am to see a boat in the parking lot the owners was staring at the big swells with white caps then they said to me if you go we''ll go, so we went first. We trolled side ways and in circles for 3 fish from 18 inches to 26 inches and lost 4 because of the out of control boat. At noon it was blowing 40 plus and several waves over the bow and over the transom it was time to really get out of there. I was very thankfull to make it out with little damage to my boat, tailer and most important our lives. Good Luck !

Name: Gary
Email: brookshomes@sbcglobal.net
Location: Mothball/Susuin cut/18'deep/sturge
Weather: mild
Water_condition: muddy
Date: 12/29/05

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Virgrls was out of bait (no shrimp or pile, or much else) but the hostile attitude was in good supply! So all we had was some half cured roe from some spawned out salmon, but with enough majic thread to knit a quilt we got the stuff to hang. 5 hours of fishing ( 2 guys) resulted in 2 bites for one 42" and a 55" (plus or minus 4") that shook loose on the second jump. I love it when they jump, but I dont care for long hours of instant replay that go along with the quick release. Not too bad for a short trip with lousy bait. Take the time to call around to find your favorite bait befor you head out!

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: Wrong Place
Weather: Cloudy/Chilly
Water_condition: Stained/Debris/52degrees
Date: Thurs/29Dec2005

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Well, probably my last fishing trip on my 2005 license. Not a very ceremonial day either...a big SKUNK for Tomi and Jose'. Guess we should have stopped by the bait shop and got some shad and enjoyed "Life According to Mark". Well, got to check out my new stereo which is great on days like today when you ain't catchin any fish. A Happy New Year to all you anglers and I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Get your 2006 license and we'll see who gets "da-big-one" next year. God Bless Y'all....Tomi.

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Suisun Bay down below Pittsburg
Weather: Overcast w/5 mph Cold West Breeze
Water_condition: Off Color/Stained at 53 Degrees
Date: December 29, 2005

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Thursday, December 29, 2005...The water today was still in pretty good condition. Not too dirty at 53 degrees. The bid dirty water has not hit Pittsburgh yet, but will probably be there by tomorrow...Ed Inaba, Tom Morisawa, and George Morita went striper fishing with me today for "new years" fish, which will become sashimi on Sunday. The day started off slow on the last of the outgoing tide. Only one small shaker. Then the tide started in and the bite picked up. We caught all of our keeper fish on the incoming tide. The early afternoon startup of the outgoing tide produced only small shakers. We fished butterflied shad all day. We wound up catching several small shaker stripers and 8 keeper stripers, and even broke a good one off. The fish went 10#, 7#, 7#, 6#, 6#, 5#, 5#, and 20". A good day by all. And, Mt. Diablo was in the corner of my right eye most of the morning. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later, and a HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE - Mark.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Grey day
Water_condition: Stained but not bad, 53 degees
Date: 12/29/05

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Well today they wanted it trolled fast, shallow and charteuse with or without a worm. Lot's of fish but very few over 19 inches. Still fun, got chilly as the day wore on. Had to quit early but had fun. Lot's of folks out there today, couldn't believe all the vehicles and trailers. Everyone must have had cabin fever. Hey Mark and Tomi, try a charteuse rebel in shallow water trolled fast at Rio Vista and the SJ just for the heck of it. I bet it would work great by those reeds by Eddo's. Later, j.

Name: Bob Harries (The naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Power Lines 34 feet of water
Weather: Cloudy with showers
Water_condition: Off colored 54 degrees
Date: TUESDAY DEC. 27th

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Launched at Sherman Island park . Saw Mark Wilsons truck & trailer in parking lot. A total of 7 trailers in parking lot. Wow! I wasn't the only fool!!......Discovered my running lights on my trailer were not working.So before launching, I tried to fix this problem..Re taped all the little colored wires but still could not get the running lights to work!! Oh well! I still have brake lights & turn signals!! Instead of fishing till dark, I'll have to get off the water by 3:00pm as it takes me aleast one hour to get home.Headed to the power lines & fished the incoming tide till around noon. No bites!! No nothing!! Used salmon roe tipped with a shad....The tide turned around at 1:20pm..This would give me only two hours of fishing ,as I needed to get off the river & head home before dark. Remember? No running lights!!! Well, Again no bites on this tide as well. This has been the first time in along time that I haven't had aleast a few nibbles!!!!!!! The water looked just perfect for Mr. Sturgeon.But, He wasn't feeding for me on this day. Not even a Squawfish jiggle!!!! As I finally gave it up & headed in for Sherman, the sky opened up with heavy rain showers.. Only two trailers in the parking left, Mine & Mark Wilsons!!!! Got home just before dark running the river road all the way... I'll be working on those trailer lights today.....With more rain forecast,running out of options to launch. Many sites are now closed due to high water....See ya on the river Bob H. (Naked)...........

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: South Delta
Weather: cloudy & rainy
Water_condition: good
Date: 12/26&27/05

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Headed to the delta Monday and Tuesday to look for some stripers. Dave and I got there around 11 am on Monday. Went south on the SJ river to Fourteen Mile slough and over to Discovery Bay looking for clean water. The SJ river at Fourteen Mile is pretty clear and I marked a lot of fish but only two small keepers. Middle River is clean and I marked a lot of fish but no ation. This water coming in so fast, it's got these fish at an idle. I've found in the past it takes the fish a week to get addapted to the incoming water flows. Everywhere I've caught fish in the past I was marking big schools of fish in twenty to thirty feet of water. Dave made a coment that something was wrong with my electronics there were so many big fish on the screen. I told him to wait for another week or two and well go back!

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: 27Dec2005

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Thanks Mark for braving the louzy conditions and showing us what REAL fisherman are made of...that's the spirit! I don't know what's worse...the weather or the Sacramento Kings. haha See ya on the water SOON!

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast. net
Location: San Joaquin River-Antioch Bridge
Weather: On and Off Rain
Water_condition: Stained at 52 Degrees
Date: December 27, 2005

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Tuesday, December 27, 2005...Howard Hatanaka, Ben Fukui, and John Sueoka went striper fishing with me today. We headed over to the San Joaquin River and bait fished butterflied shad by the Antioch Bridge. A pretty slow day. Our action was on the morning's incoming tide and at the start of the outgoing tide in the early afternoon. Otherwise we watched rod tips, clouds going by, and raindrops hitting the water. Our final tally was 7 shaker stripers and 4 keeper stripers. The biggest two went 7# and 6#. Left at 3 p.m. when the rain really started coming down. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sherman Island
Weather: cool
Water_condition: 51 degrees/12" visibilty
Date: 12/24/2005

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Saturday, December 24th - Launched at Sherman Island at 8:00 am. Fished the edge of the shipping channel just downstream of channel marker 8. Used roe/lamprey/pile worm combo for one 39" shaker sturgeon and one 7 lb striper. Had one really big sturgeon on during the slack tide. The fish rolled in my line and pretty much shredded it to pieces. Pop - see you later fish. Never saw how big it was but it didn't ever slow down - may have been oversized.

Name: Stripper Chaser
Email: Stripper.com
Location: North Delta
Weather: nice, cloudy with some sunshine
Water_condition: Brown and debry
Date: 12-26-05

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Tired if staying indoors and hit the water after the storm passed. Launched off Wimpy's and went north. Found some decently clear water. Threw Crank Baits, Rapala DT-10 deep diving crank bait in blue gill patern. Nailed a 10lb and a 20 incher. That was it for 4 hrs of fishing. Used light tackle, 10lb mono so it made a fun fight. Had fun.

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: China Camp/Outside GG
Weather: 12/23/05 Nice - 12/24/05 Not so nice
Water_condition: Brown water
Date: 12/23/05 - 12/24/05

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12/23/05 Fished with Tony. We dropped off 6 pots outside the gate, then we made a run for Keith Fraser's Bait Shop. The Guru said China Camp so after we picked up some ghost shrimp and grass shrimp, we headed off to China Camp. The water was soooooo calm with no winds. I'm a rookie dino hunter, I had 3 sturgeon pumps and I didn't set the hook on those 3 occasions, I was expecting them to hook themselves....oh well. 12/24/05 Fished with Scott and Tom. We headed off to Keith's place to pickup more bait and some words of encouragment. I told him what happened yesterday, he told me to stand in the corner and put my head down. He explained what I should've done...hey, now I know. We got to China Camp and it was windy and the waters were so choppy...what a difference a day makes. We stayed a couple of hours, then we headed for our pots. We ended up with over 30 dungies, we kept the largest 30 and we also had 6 legal rock crabs. I guess that'll more than make up for a sturgeonless Christmas. Merry Christmas everybody!

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: December 24, 2005

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From me, my family, and my fishing buddies..."A Very Merry Christmas to All" - Mark.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Grey day but not cold
Water_condition: Stained and worse after first pole, 53 degree's
Date: 12/23/05

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Launched about 0900 and went down the channel. Tried Mann's Tiger Dot, no joy, put on Charteuce Mann's stretch 15, got a dink then at tide change got a ten pound fish. Then another dink. Stopped and added a 2 oz in line sinker to get deeper. I could see fish suspended at 20 feet in 30 feet of water. Picked up a few more dinks and then called it a day. Saw Jigging Gene and Rick the glass man there, they got a few. Also saw the Marco brothers they had five when I checked with them. Don't know the sizes. Pretty nice day, caught fish most of the day, mostly dinks but still fun. Love to hear that reel scream even if it's a dink. j.

Name: d stanfield
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Prosser/Boca/Davis
Weather: Hope it's freezing
Water_condition: you tell me
Date: 12/23/05

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Anyone with any information on the condition of the Truckee Basin lakes as far as Ice Fishing goes. Are they frozen yet, been out, how thick is the ice?

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Sherman Island
Weather: Overcast/Fog/NO WIND
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 50 Degrees
Date: December 23, 2005

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Friday, December 23, 2005...My wife let me go fishing today, so I went down by Sherman Island to practice what I preached at the Fisherman's Warehouse last night. Fred Hicks and Steve Ong went with me. Our trip was to bait fish roe for sturgeon and shad for stripers. The sturgeon catching was limited to one 40" shaker. For stripers we caught 2 shakers and 6 keepers with the two largest being at 8 pounds. Most action was at the end of the incoming tide and the first of the outgoing tide around mid to late morning. After that, it was slow. Back to Vieira's to filet fish after dark and home by midnight. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: 10 YDS from marker 14
Weather: light winds & cloudy with sprinkles
Water_condition: Slighty dis-colored to semi clear
Date: TUESDAY DEC. 20th

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Going totally nuts staying at home, I decided to call my good fishing buddy, Jack Thomason who was fishing somewhere by the powerlines...This was at 11:45 a.m.!! When Jack told me the water was flat with no winds & no rain.. It was a no brainer!!!! Hooked the boat up in 15 minutes & headed for the Sherman Island launch...Got there by 1:25 p.m.......Found Jack just next to light 14..Jack was using shad instead of salmon roe.. Said, the SQUAWFISH were jumping all over his roe without any sturgeon bites... So, He was doing pretty good catching schoolie stripers. I used salmon roe balls & found out very quickly, the squawfish were in charge!!!!!!!Man! I hate those jiggle bites!! Always a squawfish behind that action!!!The tide changed late in the afternoon ( Incoming) but the bite was the same. Jiggle, jiggle. Fished next to Jack till almost dark..Great tide,but no sturgeon action!! Still had a good time getting out of the house...By the way ! I heard Santa is getting me new long john underwear for XMAS!!!!! Boy! Do I need them....Ha, Ha!.........Again, Sure was nice getting out on the water, even for less than 4 hours!!! I needed that.....Jack ended up with a limit of stripers & one flounder......All on shad.....See ya on the Delta....Bob H. ( Naked)..............

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: foggy & cloudy
Water_condition: stained
Date: 12/20/05

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Launched out of Brannon Island to do some filming on jigging for stripers. Last time I was down here was three weeks ago. After this last rain the water has stained and I was metering a lot of fish on the SJ River in twenty to thirty feet of water but I couldn't get them to bite. My partner caught six stripers up to five pounds and I caught four under size fish. It was a very tough day and I think they need to adapt to the water change. This next week should be wide open! I told the film crew thats why it is called FISHING!

Name: John
Email: fourmontanas@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sj River
Weather: overcast
Water_condition: Stained
Date: 12/20/05

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Fished Sj river. Trolled for nothing(weeds floating are a pain). Threw fish by Eddos for 4 stripers to 6 lbs. Saw Alan and his film crew. Looking forward to his show in January.

Name: Gene Chapman
Email: magicg@attglobal.net
Location: Lake Orville
Weather: Overcast,,,almost raining
Water_condition: Clear,Clean,and 56*
Date: december,20,2005

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After being house bound for tolong,,,Chet and I went black bass fishing on the middle fork of lake Orville,,,on the water at 7:00am,,,water like glass Trolled nightcrawlers on blades in 35 feet of water,,,landed 7 black bass over 12 inches ,,but only two were keepers (over 15 inches),,,at 11;00am water like glass,,,at 11:30am white capps,,,off the lake by noon,,,home by 2:00pm,,,we snuk out and got in 4 hours of fun fishing

Name: Pete Fredeen
Email: pfredeen@aol.com
Location: amador
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Date: 12.20.05

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Name: Pete Fredeen
Email: pfredeen@aol.com
Location: amador
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Date: 12.20.05

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Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sherman Island
Weather: Rain
Water_condition: 49 degrees/clear
Date: 12/17/2005

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Saturday, December 17th - Launched at Sherman Island at 8:00 am and anchored near channel marker 8 in 32' of water. Outgoing tide was slow - only a few shaker stripers on shad. The incoming bite was also slow. Around 3:30 pm we finally started to get some sturgeon pumps. Landed three shaker sturgeon all about 36" on roe/eel/pile worms within 1/2 hour time. Then we left to avoid the downpour of rain! It seems like the striper bite has been almost dead the past couple of weeks. Maybe this rain will bring up some decent sturgeon.

Name: kevinwilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: port
Weather: cold light fog
Water_condition: clearish
Date: 12/17/05

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Today fished with good friend Mike Roy at the port of Sacramento. Fished the out going tide until 12 noon. It was a slow day for only three hits and one 18 inch dink. We trolled spreaders, deep rebels, buck tails. I rather of fished the incoming which is my favorite. We where off the water at noon and on our way to Auburn Outboard for my early Christmas present a new 9.9 merc pro kicker with all the tricks. Good Luck

Name: FishWisher
Email: fishwishr@yahoo.com
Location: Camanche
Weather: calm, overcast, cold
Water_condition: calm, clear
Date: Dec 16

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My fishing buddy John and I put off a Camanche trip Thursday due to the heavy fog, but made it out Friday. We managed a two pound trout each, and had three strikes each that didn't stick. I spent most of my time in the cabin with the heater. Ol' John's a lot tougher; he stood over his rods in the cockpit. We drug Rapala Fire Tigers for the two we caught. It was a cold, miserable day but the two trout were fun. Pray for summer! Photos at my website www.fishwisher.com

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: Rio Vista area
Weather: cold foggy
Water_condition: clear
Date: 12/16/05

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Today fished with friend Ron Souza in his twin Harbercraft to mine. I felt right at home. We fished around decker for the out going tide in 25 to 32 ft of water for 3 dinks. We then moved to the mouth of 3 mile and San Joaquin in the same depth for 2 dinks, then all the way back to the Rio Vista bridge for 0 . The last move was the mouth of the Old Sac for a big 0. We trolled and jigged the whole day. Back to the Port Tomorrow. Good Luck

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River Delta
Weather: Foggy! Then clear late morning
Water_condition: Semi Clear and Cold at 49 Degrees
Date: December 15, 2005

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Thursday, December 15, 2005...Arthur Bard and David Varshawsky went striper fishing with me today. They wanted to troll, so troll we did, at least for the morning. Today was the Dave Show. We started out around Decker Island with Bombers and Dave hooked up within 100 yards of the start of the troll. Peeling line, then came off (0 for 1). That was it there, next was West Bank. Another hit and a missing worm tail (0 for 2). Headed to the Old Dairy for nothing. Then, to Steamboat Slough for nothing. Then to Cache Slough. Dave had another hit and the same thing happened on another good fish (0 for 3). And, that was it until 1:30 p.m. where we switched over to bait fishing butterflied shad down by the Power Lines. Dave got the first action at the end of the incoming. A nice 7 pound striper. Right back out and Dave had another take down. A 10 pound striper. Then, I got a striper at 20". And that was it for us. We quit at 5 p.m. and headed in. Fileted fish at Vieira's in the dark. Home before midnight. All fishing done in sight of Mt. Diablo. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later. Arthur, your turn next time - Mark.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: Crooks@ dotnet
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Fog, then sun.
Water_condition: Clear, 52-54
Date: 15 Dec. 2005

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Joe Grandchamp and I decided to stay close to home and try the Port. We heard there was a bait bite so we left our trolling gear behind. At Troy’s at 7:00AM for bait. At 8:00AM, still no Troy. We go to Penny’s. I get 12 minnows & 6 mud suckers. Dude says $25.60. I swallow hard & pay him. Wow, you bait guys got it tough! We are on water in heavy fog. Mark fish in channel. Two take downs and no fish. We run into Hilmer Felton. He is catching fish trolling. Joe asks me to go home & get trolling gear. Not. We go back to turning basin. Sun comes out. Hilmer stops catching. We start. We have 6 more take downs. We catch a 20in. & 7#. Even if we let the fish run, they release the bait unharmed. That’s not a bad thing since the damn bait costs so much. Not to worry, I saved unused bait.

Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Port of Sacto
Weather: Fogggggggggggy
Water_condition: 51 deg F
Date: 12/15/05

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Fished the Port of Sacto this very foggy A.M. Had many strikes and caught 4 keepers to 4.5 lbs , also landed three shakers. All fish taken on a spreader with a broken back rapala and hair raiser. The high point of the trip was two fish on my spreader at the same time. The rapala foul hooked one on the dorsal fin and the hair raiser hooked one in the mouth. I thought that I had hooked the Loch Ness Monster! When the fog lifted at 10:00 the bite shut down for me. Good outing. Hil Felton

Name: Kent (Doohicky)
Email: k7mshelton@webtv.net
Location: Brannan to Chain Island to San Joaquin
Weather: foggy, cold
Water_condition: 5o and breezy
Date: Dec 14, 05' Wensday

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On way to Brannon, canvas top rolled up on bow cover, got blown over windshield on boat and bent poles, so had no top!!! So remember to tie those tops down. Fished with bombers, traps, shad, and ghost shrimp at Chain. Got ran out about noon by east wind. Bait fished at Dutch and Bradford...nata!! no bites!! No where,no how. Maybe dynomite will work next time. Left water at 4 pm and headed home, with my Buddy, Larry, to Sutter Creek. Following boat on trailer to Lodi in front of me, watched both tie down straps (back)break,every bump that boat bounced 6 to 10 inches off trailer. Told the driver, he said he knew it. Wonder if he made it home?? Hope everybody has tight lines!! Kent (doohicky)

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: Overcast and Cold
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 49 Degrees
Date: December 14, 2005

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Wednesday, December 14, 2005...Biff Brethour went striper fishing with me today. We made a morning run in fog down to the Power Lines below Decker Island to catch the last of the outgoing tide. We fished butterfled shad. Within the first 5 minutes we caught a 56" sturgeon on shad. After that, the tide died and there were no more bites. We went trolling then. We trolled Rebels and Bombers between Decker Island and Miner Slough and back. 2 keeper stripers to 7 pounds for our troubles. Back to Decker Island for the last of the income to bait fish shad again. Only a couple of shakers. Headed down to the Power Lines again for the startup of the outgoing tide. A 45-1/2" (couldn't stretch it) shaker sturgeon and 2 more keeper stripers. We quit a 4 p.m. Back to Vieira's to filet 3 limits of fish and home after dark. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Channel 14 32 feet depth
Weather: Foggy a.m. hours. Sunny p.m.
Water_condition: Cold- 50 * Slighty off color
Date: TUESDAY DEC.13th. 05

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Fished solo just below channel marker 14 some 100 yards from the bank. Armed with fresh roe balls & shad,my main target was STURGEON. While I saw a few jumpers, Did not have a sturgeon bite all day!. Each time I switched to Shad, I caught Stripers....The stripers were biting on both tides. Late in the day, I tried roe balls tipped with a shad. Again, I caught only stripers...The largest, a 20 pounder!!! Released some 20 small schoolies on the out going tide. These fish averaged about 4-5 lbs....By dark, completly ran out of shad. My fishing buddy, Jack Thomason was just downstream from me, they had the same bite.. No sturgeon, just stripers....Not much of a takedown when these guys hit. The water is now cold at 50 degrees...If I would have known it was going to be a Striper day. I would have brought a lighter outfit..No fun catching schoolies on a rod set up for the big guys!! Bet you! If I went to a lighter outfit. Bam! I'd hook up with a Sturgeon..Thats how it works. Right?Oh well, If it wasn't for Mr. Striper it would have been a long day... Had a fun day.. See ya on the river. Bob H. ( naked)....

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: san jaun ..
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: stained in some areas.
Date: 12/13/05

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ALERT!!! ALERT!!!! NO FISH TODAY.....NADA....ETC...WE MUST HAVE BEEN THE OTHER BOAT IN CHAPMAN REPORT...WE WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ANTIOCH BRIDGE NADA ...EVEN THREW LURES, NOTHING WORKED ..ME THINKEST THAT MOON IS PART OF PROBLEM ..WE ARE NOT SEEING FISH IN FINDER IN ANY NUMBERS..... THE FISH HAVE MOVE OUT.... WE EVEN WENT TO DECKER SIDE AN LOOKED DEEPER WATERS FOR FISH TO SPOON...NADA...ON POSTITIVE NOTE UPPER SACTO RIVER IS CLEAR NOW AND ALSO GEORGIANA ..IT MAY CLEAR UP SOME OF STAINED AREAS....THATS ALL FOLKS ...GOING HUNTING NOW ..SEE YA

Name: mikeov
Email: mikeov@hotmail.com
Location: Folsom Lake
Weather: nice
Water_condition: clear
Date: 12-13-05

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Hey Everyone, Well the last outing of the year was on a warm December day (no fog) for the Hookers. There was only one water-skier to worry about, and he didn't last long without a wetsuit. The fishing was tough as usual, although the smallest Rainbow caught was over 16". Pretty good except that was the only fish caught by the small turnout of mostly Overmyers. We also had Mr. Folsom and George R. rounded out the group of fisherman. Our leader even stopped by for the festivities and treats. We were able to commiserate considerably after the event which has been the high point of these derbies lately. Anyway that’s it for this year so Good Luck, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.

Name: gene chapman
Email: magicg@attglobal.net
Location: Decker,,san Jaquine,,Moke
Weather: sunny but on the cold side early
Water_condition: water looked good but 48* to 50*
Date: December 13th,,,05

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WE got skunked again,,,we tried Bombers,,rattle traps and Broken backs Except for one other boat we were the only one trolling on the san Jaquine,,,Is the temp,,of 49* to cold,,,I'm going to call Alan Fong on water temp,,,my logs indicate good water temp of 55*,,,I'm concerned about the cold water temp...Other than not catching any fish ,,We had a great time

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River Delta
Weather: Overcast/Coldl/No Wind!
Water_condition: Semi Clear and cold at 51 Degrees
Date: December 12, 2005

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Monday, December 12, 2005...Today I went striper fishing with Jack Thomason. We launched at Hog Back County Boat Launch and trolled Rebels, Yo-Zuris, and Bombers in Miner Slough, Cache Slough, Shag Slough, Steamboat Slough, the Old Dairy, and Decker Island. We also did some spooning along the way. After the PM tide change to outgoing, we switched over to bait fishing salmon roe and butterflied shad down below the Power Lines. Final count: No Sturgeon; 2 shaker stripers; and 4 keeper stripers at 11#, 7#, 6#, and 5#, which we kept. Stayed late and home after dark. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: JOHN
Email: fourmontanas@sbcglobal.net
Location: SJ river
Weather: cold
Water_condition: stained
Date: 12/12/05

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Fished SJ River. O fish trolling, 3 keeper stripers and 1 green fish on fishtraps North of EDDO's. Saw Tomi and friend on a Skip Jack. Thanks Tomi, you are always helpful. I wonder if the striper fishing is slow because of the near full moon.

Name: JOHN
Email: fourmontanas@sbcglobal.net
Location: SJ river
Weather: cold
Water_condition: stained
Date: 12/12/05

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Name: JOHN
Email: fourmontanas@sbcglobal.net
Location: SJ river
Weather: cold
Water_condition: stained
Date: 12/12/05

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Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: RioVistaSanJuaq
Weather: Cold/Flat
Water_condition: 40's/Lots of debris/stained
Date: Monday/12Dec2005

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Launched at 8am in Rudy's Skipjack and boy was it cold! After reading Mark's report from yesterday I knew we were in for a challenge to find fish. Didn't get our first keeper until almost 10am. Then a few shakers during the incoming and 4 more keepers in the last hour of the tide. No runs to Collinsville for us Mark due to so much debris and logs in the water. Saw John out there and hopefully we got him into some fish. Anyhow, 5 keepers, 3-4 shakers and that was it for the entire day. Off the water by 2pm and McDonalds by 3pm. Take Care Y'all and good luck.

Name: CaptianJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sherman Island/Power Lines
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: dirty/50 degrees
Date: 12/10/2005

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Saturday, December 10th - Launched at Sherman Island at 7:00 am. Anchored by light 10 and fished with shad during the incoming tide. Ended up with two shaker stripers and one 36" shaker sturgeon. Missed a nice sturgeon pump while I was cutting bait - the classic snub! Forgot I had the clicker on, set the hook, and well...you know the rest of the story. Trolled up to the power lines using B16 Bombers during the slack tide for zero hits. Anchored in 33' of water downstream from light 14. Caught one 42" sturgeon using roe/eel/pile worms during the outgoing tide. The striper bites have really slowed down - the water temperature was close to 50 degrees. Saw a few jumping sturgeon but was about it. Didn't see any nets come out today besides ours. All in all it was a really slow day.

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: SJ all over
Weather: Foggy in the morning/nice
Water_condition: 50F, stained
Date: December 11, 2005

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Fished with Tom and Scott, we trolled all over SJ for 4 shakers and 1 keeper (20"). I can't believe it, it was foggy in the morning and this one bass boat was blasting by the tules (Eddos) where we were trolling, that person came within 10' from doing a headon with us...good thing I had my Nav and anchor lights on....he didn't have his running lights on at all, but you can hear him.

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: south eddos, false, molek, san jaun.
Weather: sunny, chilly
Water_condition: some areas clear,others stained
Date: 12/11/05

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GOT DARN NEAR SKUNKED. Got to happen every ones in while. Went in Arts boat and we covered lots of area to no avil. We did our normal route backwards today, as we were itching to go back to below Eddos and find that school we had last time out. Not there of course so plowed the waters down there Art got a 21" and another hit, after which we should have went home. However we continued on to all area listed .We trolled, jigged and we threw fish traps and rattletraps. got one more hit up in molek ..that was it....we went home. We ran into Jon and Kristen with my son scott as guide in there new boat who stayed reasonable close to port and out fished us self proclaimed experts. Nice going kids !! Congrads on nice new boat and to Kristen who outfished all of you. What your secret Kristen? When your seminar . I want to signing up ....As usual we had fun and like the terminator ...WE WILL BE BACK!!!!!

Name: Ed
Email: ed_yano@surewest.net
Location: HMB
Weather: Sunny Sat, Colder on Sun
Water_condition: Big swells on Sun
Date: 12/10 and 12/11

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I went crabbing for 2 days in HMB. Sat. was beautiful with T-shirt conditions. On a 5 hr. soak we ended up getting 25 med. to small crab plus 15 assorted rockfish for 4. On Sun. with the swell up, Harold, Al, Michael and I got 4 limits of crab. The seas were bigger, and my 3 crew members got queasy, but they hung in there. You need to have your pots soaking overnight to get the quantity with the commercial guys crabbing day and night. Ed

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacto
Weather: Overcast with slight breeze
Water_condition: Clear in basin, stained down the channel
Date: 12/11/05

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Launched about 10 AM, did a once around the basin then headed down the channel. No luck until I met up with Dennis Da Veiga, he had better luck. Told me to use BBR, green back. I switched to a Charteuse with a red head and a Zoom white trick worm. Finally hooked up with a 4 and 1/2 lb striper. Went through the same area several times and got three more. Used my new Boga Grip lip grabber. Believe me, it's the best. Thank you Mark Wilson. I tried the Rapala, the Berkely and on Marks recommendation the Boga. What a difference. Cost more but having one that goes into the mouth easier and holds, is well worth the money to me. I also came across Spinner and Seth, they had a couple nice fish too. Pretty chilly out there but warmer than the other morning in Hog slough. Later, j.

Name: Mark Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River Delta
Weather: Fog Early/Nice Later On
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 51 Degrees
Date: December 11, 2005

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Sunday, December 11, 2005...Fred Hicks went striper fishing with me today. We tried trolling Bombers and Rebels around Decker Island, Sherman Island, Broad Slough, Chain Island, and even into upper Montezuma Slough. Not a hit one! Nada. We switched over to bait fishing with butterflied shad and salmon roe. The shad caught 3 small keeper stripers to 20" and the roe caught one 36" shaker sturgeon. Not many bites on bait at all. Will try again soon. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Jonnboy
Email: jdaily@frontiernet.net
Location: River View, mouth, 3 and false
Weather: good
Water_condition:
Date: 12--11-05

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Broke-in the new boat with good friend Scott and wife Kristin and met up with Scott's dad Bob and his buddy. Today was very slow. We worked hard for the fish and came out with 3. The largest was 10 - 12 lbs. Kristin had the lady luck and caught two of the three using BBR's Raiders with pink panties. Good seeing you Bob and fishin with ya Scott.. Maybe we will have better luck next time, but I think we caught more than most today.. Jonnboy.

Name: Bob Harries (naked fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Just below light 14
Weather: North winds 5 - 12 m.p.h.
Water_condition: Slightly stained at 50 degrees
Date: FRIDAY DEC. 9th... 05

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Fished with Chuck Harris. Started at 7:30a.m at the power lines,the north winds started picking up early. Very hard to fish the incoming tide! The wind was right in our face & the rods were bouncing around like crazy........If we got any hits,we couldn't detect the bites..Too much wind...I knew once the tide turned around,fishing would be much better.Gave up on the powerlines & decided to try just below light 14 for the out go...The winds died down enough to see the bites with no rocking motion....I stayed with roe & Chuck used Shad through this tide.. Chuck caught 3 schoolie stripers up to 8 lbs...These fish hit the shad very slowly as the water temps are cool ( 50 degrees) The regular group of fisherman were right upstream from us. One of these boats hit a 66 incher early in the afternoon..At this same time, I had a major sturgeon bite & missed him!!!One by one all the boats in this area peeled off & we found ourselves the last boat to leave.Seems I'm always the last boat off. Never know when that big fish will come?...Right?.....Just for the record, while cleaning the largest fish in my gargage,we found four 5 inch baby EELS in the stomach & one half digested shad.. Just in case Mr. Santa Claus is reading this report. I need new long-johns in a bad way!!! Mine are getting pretty bad!! ( Lots of holes)...They are falling apart......See ya on the river. Bob H...... (Naked))

Name: Sal DiMercurio
Email: whaler1@sbcglobal.net
Location: not
Weather: great
Water_condition: not
Date: 12/09/05

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I hear you Ed. I know they have been out a few years but I "WAS" a died in the wool Rebel, Creek Chub, & Bomber fan until I first used a Predator [ last year ] but I never really gave it a chance until yesterday & I really studied them big time. I found the split ring that connects from the lip to the leader is a bit to big & can alter the way they run if cock eyed. By going to a smaller ring it should clear that up. Other than that, I feel they are top of the line Rebel type striper lures. Sal

Name: Ed Carr
Email: guess agin@nothere
Location: not
Weather: none
Water_condition:
Date: 12/9/05

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Hey Sal; No disrespect but the p-line predator has been out for three or four years. You can run tails from them but not hoochies and a tail. Or what some call the wild thing. You can run both on rebels but not predators. strange since both seem to be the same. ED...

Name: L109bri
Email: l109bri@msn.com
Location: Dreams
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: 12.09.05

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Not Really a report but wanna go fishin with "Rocket" ASAP, heard he was one of the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: port of sac
Weather: nice
Water_condition: clear
Date: 12/9/05

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Today invited friend Greg to join me fishin in the port. Trolled in 30 to 40 ft with speaders, buck tails, and rebels for 12 fish the biggest 13 lbs. It was a great day on the water. Good Luck !

Name: Mike Wilbur
Email: mike@chaserkeywest.com
Location: Key West Florida Keys
Weather: wonderous
Water_condition: super
Date: 12/09/05

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Friday, December 09, 2005 Key West Cobia's for Xmas? Already there are a few of out winter warrior's showing up on the Gulf of Mexico flats. The water has cooled and the migrating bait and Cobia, Pompano and Barracudas are starting to get frisky. Big Jack's , Lady fish and Sea Trout are showing also. Permit on the Key West and Lower Keys flats are in good number as we get closer to Xmas we'll have some good action for those rascal's. The tide sequences the next few weeks will be super and we're looking forward to more water on the flat as this last week or so there has been "sucky" tide's to work with. Alot of my regulars will be in town soon so we can catch up on news and ofcourse they will all want to hear about Hurricane Wilma and her bad behavior. The weather has been us wonderful with, mid to upper 70's and night in the 60's and that's a good thing www.chaserkeywest.com # posted by Capt.Mike Wilbur

Name: scott whte
Email: scottsdeck@aol.com
Location: delta
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: clear
Date: 12/8/05

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second report pushed wrong button! went out with bob&art started spooning rite off the bat nada. moved for some trolling bbr started slow fish here&there moved got a little better. pool sooked or something pop said lets give it a rest. so we move again started throwing traps bam! doubles,triples,singles. 5 ft of water what a ball fished it out.went back to trolling hole for a couple more. i hooked a monster of the deep peeled line like nothing tryed to get a look then rite back to the bottom then pop! gone! oh well being the sportsman that i am i would have put her back anyway. then on way back in pop stops for some spooning i will be darned if he didnt put us on em bam doubles! lots of fun great day out! thanks pop(bob white) i had to put your name in! jon boy fish will be there when you get there! oh ya 30 plus fish mabe 6-7 shakers rest keepers. my lure needs a paint job!!!!!!!!

Name: Sal DiMercurio
Email: Whaler1@sbcglobal.net
Location: San Joaquin river
Weather: excellent
Water_condition: clear
Date: 12/8/05

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Picked up 4 nice fish from 8 to 12 lbs on the afternoon outgoing tide from Eddos down to Broad slough using a new lure I got at Hook Line & Sinker in Oakley. I picked up 3 lures made for PLine called ..."Predator"..... They look like a deep running Rebel but are made "FAR FAR BETTER" & much better finish. They can be trolled up to 6 mph & have 2 chambers with rattles in em & they are noisy just like we want. My prediction is they will be #1 in a couple years once the fishermen see them & hear about them,...awsome. They also have a wire molded right into the lip that runs the lenght of the body in case you get tight drag symptom & bust off the lip as many people do, but you wont loose the fish because the wire is still hanging on. I sound like a salesman & I'm not. Sal

Name: Sal DiMercurio
Email: Whaler1@sbcglobal.net
Location: San Joaquin river
Weather: excellent
Water_condition: clear
Date: 12/8/05

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Name: Sal DiMercurio
Email: Whaler1@sbcglobal.net
Location: San Joaquin river
Weather: excellent
Water_condition: clear
Date: 12/8/05

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Name: MIke
Email: mkeck24@comcast.net
Location: no where
Weather: Indoors, dunno
Water_condition: Wish there was some to fish in
Date: 12/08/05

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Name: Sal DiMercurio
Email: whaler1@sbcglobal.net
Location: not
Weather: rain
Water_condition: wet
Date: 12/7/05

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In case you guys are wondering about Mark, he has a problem with his computer. Sal

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Mokelumne, Beaver & Hog
Weather: Overcast, no wind
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 7 December, 2005

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Son-in-law, Bill Conyers & I launched out of New Hope to fish the incoming tide at Moke R., Beaver & Hog. We fished shallow & deep. Water cold, 46-48. Mostly clear. Hog was coffee colored from AG drainage. Marked a lot of fish (Carp?) & bait in Hog. Saw a few small fish caught. We had a number of hits, lost two, landed two @ 22in. They are still swimming. Nice to see the Spice Man. He, of course, out fished us. Left early. Thank god the Kings are not playing tonight! I could not get to sleep after last night’s game.

Name: herb brown
Email: hbrown4130@sbcglobal.net
Location: mokel river
Weather: overcast
Water_condition: clear
Date: 12/7/05

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Decided to give the mokel river a try its a little closer and could only fish till noon.Final tally 4 keeps and three catfish all cought spooning in 25 feet.Kept one for the table tonight. Hey bill crooks good to see you. Herb

Name: Jolly Hookers
Email: bill.kishi\@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Amador
Weather: Perfect
Water_condition: Calm
Date: Dec 7, 2005

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What a great day of fishing! Tuesday Dec 6th was selected for our final derby of the year and we could not have picked a more better date. Sunshine and very little wind and fish jumpin' all over the lake. 42 members and guests signed up for this event. Fish checked in at the end of the day were all huge. Joe Murphy weighed in the heaviest one that tipped the scale at 3#7oz. with Bob Chan coming in a close second with a 3#6oz beauty and Bill Alsup came thru again with a 3#1oz catch. Just about everyone came in with something to take to the dinner table. The highlight for most of us was the lunch of fried striped bass, french fries, salad, and drinks served up by Phil Arnold and Joe Grandchamp. The bass was donated to the cause by Alan Fong who continues to support our club and activities. Thanks Alan and Bruce at Amador for helping make this a great outing.

Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Power Lines AGAIN!!!
Weather: DENSE FOG EARLY COLD!!
Water_condition: STILL VERY CLEAR 51 degrees
Date: TUESDAY DEC, 6th 05

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Launched at Brannon Island at 7:30 a.m. Said hello to Alan Fong as he was with his camera crew in the parking lot.. Lots of tule fog & cool....Somehow, after slowly running the boat through the thick fog reached my sweet spot at the double powerlines..The fog lifted by 10:00 a.m..Talked to Jerry Yuke on channel 68 & invited him to join me . He was fishing above me at the Decker Island area. Jerry parked his Lund boat next to me & I threw him some roe balls. While the conversation was great all day,the fishing wasn't!!!!! It was just one of those days Mr. Sturgeon won. While I stayed with salmon roe,Jerry & his friend Gordon also used shad & pile worms.. No Sturgeon action... My buddy, Jack Thomason was fishing below us in 24 ft. of water by light 14. They caught a 74 incher (over size) & a short on the outgoing tide plus two limits of stripers.........Guess thats where the fish were, while I stayed at the powerlines & died!!!! I lold Jerry, he probally would have had a better day if he stayed at Decker at his hot spot....Oh well, Again the conversation was GREAT!!! Ended the day just before dark.. Long ride home.. Will try it again on Friday. See ya on the river Bob H. (Naked)..

Name: Fishwisher
Email: Fishwishr@yahoo.com
Location: Camanche
Weather: Clear, calm, sunny, almost warm.
Water_condition: Flat calm, clear
Date: Dec 6, 2005

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We launched at the South Shore and trolled for about five hours. The hot lure was Rapala Fire Tigers. We had downriggers, but the lake has turned over and we fished near the surface. We reeled in a total of five trout to three pounds. We had the lake pretty much to ourselves; we saw only four boats all day long. Photos at my homepage www.fishwisher.com

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: east delta
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: stained at 3 mi..clear below
Date: 12/6/05

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Art and myself began trolling at 10:30am using BBR's ...Water was stained some at 3 mile at the San Jaun.. so we moved on down stream. False river was clear however their was floating vegetation most everywhere. In the clear spots we did get stripers . Total was 16 . 9 keepers 7 shakers. A so so day . We did try our luck spooning however no luck as we had to get home for honey dues.....etc....Thats it' see out there ....

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: foggy & nice
Water_condition: good
Date: 12/06/05

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Went to the Delta today with my TV crew " Fun Fishing TV Show" to shoot a show on " Learning to catch panfish in the Delta". We caught over fifty redear & sacto perch up to 3/4 pounds on drop shot rigs. Our shows will start to be aired in January. On the way back to Brannon we stoped on the San Joaquin River and fished for stripers. We hit this flat up by Edo's and killed the stripers to ten pounds on fish-traps in two to five feet of water. My partner Warren had five in a roll on consective casts! It was a lot of fun today as we had lots of action catching perch and stripers.

Name: Markl_Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: South San Joaquin River Delta
Weather: Very Nice, Cold and No Wind
Water_condition: Clear @ 52 Degrees
Date: December 6, 2005

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Sunday, December 4, 2005...Leo Goto and his friends Jonathan and Bill went striper trolling with me down on the South San Joaquin River Delta. We trolled some Bombers and Yo-Zuris in 15' to 20' of water. A pretty slow bite. We had some action for 1 shaker striper and 8 keeper stripers to 10 pounds. We lost 3 and had another 5 or 6 hits and that was it ------- Monday, December 5, 2005...Arthur Bard and I went back to the South Delta and trolled for stripers again. A slower day. 5 hits for 1 shaker striper and 3 keeper stripers to 6 pounds, all on Bombers and Yo-Zuris. We decided to take a "scouting" run and covered some miles. We fished Disco Bay, Old River, Middle River, San Joaquin River, Connection Slough, Franks Tract, Mokelumne River and some spots which were not marked on my GPS. Only a few more hits, a lost swim bait, and one 2 pound largemouth bass. Fished til the sun started to go down then headed for home feeling like the fish won today. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: the butcher
Email: william-margie@comcast.net
Location: sac & san walkeen
Weather: cold am mild @ noon
Water_condition: 49-52--sac stained sj pretty dang clear
Date: 60 yrs @ 1 day after i was born (12-5)

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Left Branon at 7:40. old dairy-nuttin. Steamboat- nuttin. On the SJ at 9:30 or so. Hit the trailer for a couple, stucco for a couple more. A few more on the False, and up to the bend. Total 9 keepers,6 shakers, according to Tomi's beads. All on bbrs with gold. Great time in a spankin new ARIMA. Thanks Tomi for a great day fishin...........Bill

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: RioVistaSanJuaq
Weather: Beautiful/Flat/Cold
Water_condition: 49-54degrees/stained to clear
Date: 4Dec2005/Monday

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Well, I beat you to the report Bill....fished with Bill the ex-butcher today. Had most of the delta to ourselves today and caught about 6 keepers and 9 shakers. No double-digit fish but some good reel screamin action and not bad totals for only 34 miles and 5 hrs. of fishing. Good fun and a nice birthday present for Bill who turned 50 for the 8th consecutive year! Sac River up above the RioVista bridge, Old Dairy and Steamboat were all too dirty for any good fishing. Moved over to San Juaq. and did much better all on deep runners. Take Care Y'all. Good fishin to you!

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sandy Beach
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: 53 degrees/Clear
Date: 12/3/2005

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Saturday, December 3rd - Launched at Sandy Beach to avoid the huge swells being generated by the north winds. Used shad and pile worms for 2 shakers and 3 keepers up to ten pounds. All fish were caught on the incoming tide and released. Action was slow and the weather wasn't the best, but we managed a few fish.

Name: scott white
Email: scottsdeck@aol.com
Location: delta
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: clear
Date: sun dec 4th

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went out with bob white and jon boy started trolling bbr around decker little wind early. i could not buy a fish today! jon boy &bob had hot hand today. score was 30-35 mabe more lost count. trolled all day the on way in saw some fish in fish finder started spooning bam! lots of doubles . had a great time pop! thanks again. oh i think i had the biggest . jon boy knocked him off at boat! some people will do anything too win! biggset went mabe 10 pounds. pops fish never put on scale. mabe 10 shakers rest nice fish. thanks again pop!

Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Channel 11 & Power lines
Weather: North winds to 12 knots
Water_condition: 52.5 degrees good shape!
Date: SUNDAY Dec.4th 05

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Talked my wife Sandy into going sturgeon fishing with me.. Had to put the propane heater in the boat!!!! You know how women are... Its either too hot or too cold!! As it worked out, It wasn't a bad idea..The cold north winds blew much of the day....Fished at the power lines for the morning (Weak) outgoing tide. Caught a few small stripers on shad,no sturgeon bites!! We decided to try light 11 for the incoming tide. Anchored in 35 ft. of water just outside of the channel. Once the tide started to move, we found this area un-fishable!!!!Too much green garbage stuff loading up on the line...Like 5 or 6 lbs of this stuff bending our rods down in just a few minutes!!! Went back to the power lines at about 1:45 p.m. Even though the winds were in our face, no bottom garbage here!! At the top of the tide, I caught the first sturgeon of the day...A 41 incher!!!! Used a salmon roe ball for this guy. Also we caught a few squawfish ( NOTICE, I SPELLED IT RIGHT THIS TIME ) but, they didn't dominate the roe bite as in the past....Still waiting for the water to get stained,but on Sunday the water looked very clear for the amount of rain we received. We fished till the end of incoming tide. Headed back to Brannon at dark. No keepers, but a fun day!! See ya on the river.. ( Naked) BOB H......

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: east delta
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: clear
Date: 12/4/05

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Went striper fishing with son scott and his long time friend Jon. Jon has just got himself a new boat and wanted to get some ideas on catching stripers in the delta. So you all will soon be hearing from him on the web.. We began by going to the decker area jigging as Kevin Wilson as knock them dead on sat .we did not get hit..But thanks for the tip anyhow Kevin. SO moved to san jaun. and trolled using BBR's . We got into um right off and had a decent day till about 3 pm ..So as we were on the way back towards the ramp We stopped by several favorites spots and trolled them...I noticed in a deeper hole some fish, so whipped our jigs and nailed several fish...We lost count, boy was that fun!! Here is as close to our score as i can get...Score 36 stripers largest 15lbs most were schoolie size. Appox 9 shakers..Its was quite day today with those two!!..see ya all out there...

Name: scott white
Email: scottsdeck@aol.com
Location: delta
Weather: sunny/windy
Water_condition: stained
Date: 12/3/05

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went out with the bob white &his good buddy art on water about 945 am till about 4pm lots of hits lost tails trolled lots of areas weather people wrong again north wind a blowin! started off slow but found them in afternoon not a bad day fished went real! small to better. the bob with the smallest i cooked that one dad and it even tasted small! anyway lost count it think we landed 24? 26? to 12lbs? mabe bigger no scale at home. thanks pop&art for all the wisdom! p.s. at least last time when you guys scored last trip i didnt have to watch you guys gring them in!

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Discovery Bay/Outside Mildred
Weather: Clear Windy cold
Water_condition: Stained? 50 degrees
Date: December 3, 2005

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Trolled at Disco for 2 bites no stick. Met up with friends that were suppose catch bluegills...they didn't catch any. We left Disco for the Mildred Area. We trolled and verticle jigged for 7 Keepers and 2 shakers, we kept 4. I noticed that the stripers weren't attacking the lures with fury, they were just nipping at the worm. We lost about 8 worms today. Lures that caught were: BBR's (mother of pearl and baby steelhead); All silver castmaster; Baby Steelhead Perk Minnow. We kinda stuck out like a sore thumb....we were trolling in a Ranger Bass boat. Since it was a bass boat, it had no rod holder so we were holding the rods the whole time.

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: Rio vista & bellow
Weather: clear/ windy
Water_condition: clearish
Date: 12/03/05

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Today fished with good friend Mike Roy in his Fish-Rite. Trolled and jigged in 25 to 30 ft of water for 31 fish to 10 lbs. Fished from 7:30 am to 12 noon. Liked to of fished longer but to windy with good gusts. Great day on the water. Good Luck

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Discovery Bay
Weather: Great, little wind
Water_condition: Clean, 53-54
Date: 2 December, 2005

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I saw Clyde’s, red hot, report about DB in the USA Hot Sheet. Took my son-in-law, Bill Conyers, out to see if we could do half as good. We did not, but we still had a good day. On the water at 7:30AM (Hey, it’ a long way from my house.) From 8:30 to 9:30 (Right after the top of the tide) we caught 4. We fished until 12:30 for 4 more. All were keepers & big and fat. They were from 12# to 5#. All fish were full of bait. Big clouds of bait were everywhere. But we seemed to catch most of our fish some distance from the bait balls. We caught fish on bombers & BBR. The water was very clear. There were many drifting bait, but they did not seem to be doing that well.

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: POWER LINES
Weather: Mostly Cloudy light breezes
Water_condition: Semi Clear @54.5 degrees
Date: Weds. November 30 th, 05

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Here's one of those days I decided to try Sturgeon fishing between storms. Put in at Brannon at 6:45a.m. Only about 20 Trailers in parking lot!!!!Shot to my favorite spot at the power lines. Only a few other boats here. Made up about 40 roe balls on Tuesday. Thought, I had plenty of bait. WRONG!! Caught the last part of the out going tide & fished the entire incoming tide.Never had a bite that I thought could be a Sturgeon.. If the bite wasn't a jiggle or sharp up & down motion ( Sqawkfish ) It was a vibration type bite like a crab!!!! Did not see a jumper in this area the whole day..Also, the graph showed very little large fish..............At about 2:30 in the afternoon & 13 roe balls short, I lost the incoming tide....Well, I decided to stay for the turn, and fish till dark....This was another bad decision!!!!! All I caught were more Sqawfish....Here's what I should have done................................. With zero large fish on the fishfinder & no jumpers around the powerlines & going through bait like crazy!!!! I should have picked up the anchor and MOVED!!!!!! But, because I have done so well in the past. I stayed till the end!!!!!!! Results......9 Squawfish + 21 roe balls = STUPID & STUBBORN. I thought about not moving, all the way home driving in the dark & finally getting home at 7:00pm. to watch the Kings lose to the Warriors!!!!Oh Well, Thats fishing! Sometimes, you win, sometimes you lose!! See ya on the river" Bob H. (Naked)...............................

Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Folsom Lake
Weather: cold and Fogggggggggggggy
Water_condition: clean 57 deg F.
Date: 11/30/05

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The Wheels and Reels were able to keep their record of no cancelations of scheduled derbies intact. It was cold and visibility was "a boat length" plus the fish didn't bite very well; but 10 of us fished. The others stayed home by the fireside I guess. I had six strikes and landed four small salmon and a small keeper black bass. All of my fish were caught in the top 10 feet of water. I used speedy shinners and nightcrawlers behind a sling blade at 2 to 3 mph near dike eight. I saw only two boats all morning and they both asked for directions. It was really foggy !! All of the fish caught were salmon and all weighed under a pound. Fortunately one of mine was heavier than the other fish caught. Walt Hodnett needed the balance beam to win second heaviest fish over Dan Wolfe who settled for third heaviest. During the year, points are awarded, for acheivement to each fisherman and at years end a FISHERMAN OF THE YEAR is decided-- this year GEORGE McKINNON has won that prestigious award! Congratulations Big George!! Hil Felton

Name: gene chapman
Email: magicg@attglobal.net
Location: decker/west bank/broad slough/brown island/chain island
Weather: clod//very light wind,,,no rain
Water_condition: stain a little
Date: 11-30-05

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two boats,,four fisherman,,,46 miles,,8.5 hours,,,snow pants and gloves 5 keepers,,,6 shakers,,,3 8#ers,,,,,2 4#ers,,,Bombers,broken back and rattle traps,,,,one on broken back and the rest on traps,,,it took 8 hours to land 5 keepers,,,it was a very tough day,,,water temp 55* strong current in both directions,,,lots of floating folage on san jaquine

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Sherman Island
Weather: Overcast/Sprinkles/Cold
Water_condition: Clear @ 56 Degrees
Date: November 28, 2005

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Monday, November 28, 2005...Fred Hicks went striper trolling with me today. It was overcast with some sprinkles and some wind. We trolled Rebels down in the Sherman Island area. The water was pretty clear at 56 degrees. It was a lot slower today. Not much action. We did manage to catch 5 shaker stripers and 8 keeper stripers to 8 pounds. We kept 4 fish between 6 pounds and 8 pounds and quit after the turn of the tide to outgoing. Back to Vieira's to clean fish and home after dark. A long day. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Erik Tallstrom
Email: tallstr@pacbell.net
Location: Knights Landing
Weather: Clear & Cold
Water_condition: Stained & 52 degrees
Date: 11/28/05

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Friend of my son had never hunted wild pheasant or fished for salmon, so we planned a trip from Fresno to the Woodland area 11/27 & 11/28. Got one wild pheasant each on Sat. at a friends ranch in Zamora. Fished Knights Landing on Sun. morning. Got two nice bright kings about 18 lbs. & 22lbs. between 9:00 am and 10:30 am. and lost one pull down before the hook could be set. Obviously, a fresh school of late-fall run fish moved through as most boats had at least one hook up and several boats, including us, had multiple hook ups. All were bright fish with all their scales. We used double bladed pink/silver Silvertrons exclusively anchored above the bridge along the "line". Others were catching fish on both spinners and Quik Fish. My son had to leave to pick up his newly pregnant wife (my first grandchild!) and head back to Fresno, so we had to quit at noon. But his friend got his first king salmon and was thrilled to fill out his first wild pheasant hunting/king salmon trip.

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sherman Island
Weather: Windy/Raining
Water_condition: clear/58 degrees
Date: 11/25/2005

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Friday, November 25th - Launched at Sherman Island and fished downstream in 32' of water. Hit a 36" shaker sturgeon near the end of the incoming tide on roe/eel/pile worm combo. Wind reversed direction and started howling in the opposite direction of the outgoing tide. Moved into the mouth of Sherman Lake and caught some shaker stripers. Saw some birds working and started throwing Fish Traps and Rattle Traps. Only managed hits - no hookups. Must have been a bunch of shakers pushing the shad around. Got a drift sock this weekend so I don't have to deal with the wind/tide conflict again!

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: INFORMATIONAL : THE WEATHER
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: November 28th,05 MONDAY

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One of the biggest factors in Delta fishing is the weather. Don't let the National Weather Service or local T.V weather people dictate to you !~!! Use your own common sense. No ! You wouldn't want to launch your boat if a strong Pacific cold front was forecasted..Usually, these systems have strong gale force winds or slighty below ( Like 15 to 25 m.p.h. ) I'm talking about those un-organized weather systems. The ones they predict :Like 20 to 40 percent chance of rain or showers. With these kinds of weather systems,there is a window of opportunity... Many times, I have had great fishing days when these un-organized ( weak ) storms are forecast...If you can get 6 hours in before the rains come or the winds pick up when the weather cell moves over. You can have a good day of fishing. Sometimes the window is short lived. Maybe only a few hours ! The chance to catch a limit is there!! Better than staying home & waiting for the rain that never comes as forecast.....Or,just a sprinkle... The best part of taking a chance & fishing on these so called stormy days is you usually have the whole river to yourself!!!!!! I also know if the winds forecast in downtown Sacramento as 5 to 10. It could blow to 20 m.ph. or more in the Rio Vista area...Going to Rio Vista is always risky & unpredictable..The option would be to move upstream in the main Sacramento river (Less winds for sure)...Just last week, the forecast was for a 40 percent chance of rain & 5 to 10 m.p.h winds turning to a 60 percent chance by late afternoon. This was one of those days I took a chance & fished the Cache slough area. Guess what? No rain,or winds stronger than 5 m.p,h the whole day!!! Caught many,many fish. Even saw the sun much of the day..Another forecast that didn't pan out !! ....There has been times where the 40 percent of rain has back fired!!! It turned out to be a stormy,rainy day & I got totally wet!!! This does not happen often... Again, its a no brainer.. If the weather people say'" RAIN LIKELY. that means a better than 60 percent chance. I'm probally gonna stay home. But, when I hear the words A chance of rain or showers,I'm hooking up the boat. I'll take that chance!!!!!It doesn't have to be a Blue Bird Day to have a sucessful day of fishing........I'm hoping that some fisherman doesn't get caught in a down pour and blame me for it after this report.. Its not fool proof. Some times Mother Nature can change her mind & drop a ton of rain with the word CHANCE OF !!!!! Rain!!!! Oh well, I hope I have got my point accross?????See ya on the river Rain or shine, Bob. H. (Naked).....

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: san jaun..
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: clear
Date: 11/27/05

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Art and i hit the water at about 10a.m... Trolled san jaun., false for very few stripers .. IT WAS SLOW..so we continued trying here and there ..finely after 2hrs or so..we found a school..and stayed there till 4 pm ..could have stayed longer as they were still biting. Total score 33 stripers ..17 keepers . to 10lbs several in the 6lb and 5lb range..16 were shakers.. Art had the hot hand today as he caught the most , However i got the biggest.. THE GODS DID INDEED SMILED ON US TODAY!!!.....Were jazzed, so be back soon... P.S. Eat your heart out Scott

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: All Over the Darn Place (70 Miles)
Weather: Very Nice and COLD!
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 56 Degrees
Date: November 27, 2005

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Saturday, November 26, 2005...I went striper fishing with Jack Thomason today. We trolled Rebels and Bombers most of the day for 6 shaker stripers and 6 keeper stripers to 7 pounds. A fish here and there. Around 1:30 p.m. we hit Buoy 5 on the Sacramento and fished salmon roe for sturgeon. Jack hooked up a pretty good sized sturgeon in about 1/2 hour and he fought that fish for a good 5 minutes before it came unbuttoned. Oh well, the big one got away.........Sunday, November 27, 2005...James McNiel went striper fishing with me today. We trolled Bombers and Rebels all day. Started out around Decker Island, then to the West Bank, then to the Dairy, then to Steamboat, then to Miner Slough. By 9:30 a.m. we had not even had one bite. Where did they go? So, I made the long run down to Winter/Brown/Chain Islands/Collinsville/Broad Slough to see if I could even find a fish. Finally, we found some that would bite on Rebels. 5 shaker stripers and 13 keeper stripers to 14 pounds. Our first bite came around 11 a.m. then it turned on from there. The bite quit in total around 4 p.m. and headed back to Branna Island. 70 miles today, and almost all of it within sight of Mt. Diablo. Home late today. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Victor Krampitz
Email: vmkrampitz@comcast.net
Location: San Joaquin
Weather: Chilly/Partly sunny/slight wind
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 27 Nov 05

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Went out with a friend from work. On water by 7am. Trolled broken back rebels on San Joaquin near Big Break, False River, and north bank of Bradford Island. Most fish caught in 8-12 feet of water. Ended up with 5 keepers to 5 lbs, and 3 shakers for me, and 3keepers/2 shakers for my buddy. No big ones though. Tomi, nice to see you. I didn't get your email before I left, so I didn't have your new number when I tried to give you a ring. Nice boat bro. One day I hope to have a nice rig like that. As for now, I'll settle for what I got! Well, that's about it. Thanks again, Mark Wilson, for the help. Good luck all!

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: RioVistaSanJuaq
Weather: Cold/Flat
Water_condition: 56degrees/semi clear
Date: Sunday/27Novt2005

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3rd trip out in the Arima and finally scored 20 yrs. on the engine. Very slow day today for fishing. The 3 of us only got 6 keepers and a 1/2 dozen shakers. No double-digit fish today...all schoolies. There seemed to be a bite right before the high tide...then it all went dead. We looked all over for stripers. Anyhow, nice day on the water anyways. Hey Vic...hope u did better than us. Take Care Y'all.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Cache, Minor, Steamboat
Weather: Cold in AM, then nice.
Water_condition: 53-54
Date: 27 November, 2005

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After reading Bob Harries report on Cache, Joe Grandchamp & I decided to give it a try. We launched at Arrowhead at 6:30AM after an easy 45 min. drive from my house. It’s $10.00 to launch and there is no adjacent dock. Singles need to bring a long rope or do a two step launch. Very nice ride down Minor Slough. We trolled the mouth of Minor (very clean), and upstream on Cache (dirty) on the incoming tide. We trolled shallow & deep and did some spooning. Only a shaker. We then motored down to Steamboat (very clean) and trolled there. We even hit “Clyde’s Hole”. We returned to troll Minor & Cache at the top of the tide. Having no success, and disgusted with the 49ers, we left. It was still a nice trip with an old friend. No wind. Warm sun in PM & I learned some new water.

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: SJ/Discovery Bay
Weather: Raining on 11/25 Sunny on 11/26 (both days cold)
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 11/25 & 11/26

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Went striper trolling with Tony on Friday. It was miserable, I had not mask so the rain was pelting my face...Tony is a bass fisherman and he had one of those masks. I went to most of my honey holes for nada except for 2 keeper largemouths. Saturday, went fishing with Tom and Scott and then we tied our boat to Andy's boat and we trolled blue gills in Discovery Bay...we didn't get anything. So when Andy and his crew left, we didn't have an electric motor (that's why we tied up with Andy), so we resorted to the only thing that we could....trolling rattletraps, bombers, and bbr's. It was getting late, but we did get a 22" and a shaker. I think if we trolled our "normal" way, we would've done much better. With that said, I thought it was interesting learning a new technique and Andy said the previous week they didn't have any stripers less than 10 lbs, in fact one of the stripers last week snapped the tip of his G-Loomis IMX when the fish went under the boat (he shouldn't have tightened his drag).

Name: Jimbo
Email: jmullins4@sbcglobal.net
Location: Bear River Resv, Caples
Weather: Cold
Water_condition: Cold Clear
Date: 11-26-05

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Had a couple hour window to fish so dropped some line in at Bear River Reservoir for nothing, not even a nibble I have been to this lake twice with no success has anyone ever had any success at Bear? When with what and where at. Left Bear trudge through snow to Caples, fished for about an hour off the bank at the dam for 2 nice trout with Rainbow and Orange Powerbait. Caples is close to freezing, so this lake is done till spring thaw. If we don't get a report in before EVERYBODY have a wonderful Hollidays Jimbo

Name: Ed
Email: ed_yano@surewest.net
Location: Sac River/Chain and Decker
Weather: Nice AM, windy PM
Water_condition: Smooth until noon
Date: 11/26/05

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4 of us tried our luck again fishing on the Sac. We ended up catching an 8# and a 19", which is a big improvement from Fri.. Started by Chain Isl. in 21', and caught the larger fish. Then about 10 am started to get junk on our line, so we moved by Decker and ended the morning with 1 more. The nasty wind came up around noon, so we head in at 1 PM. Also, caught and released 8 shakers, all caught on shad. Ed

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: port of sacramento
Weather: rain/ light wind
Water_condition: stained
Date: 11/25/05

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Today fished the port with one of the drivers from work. It rained almost the hole time. We only caught one fish 22 inches. Fished deep rebels with hair jigs. Thats all Good Luck

Name: Otha Livingston
Email: Olivingston@sbcglobal.net
Location: San Juaquin River
Weather: RAIN, WIND
Water_condition: Dirty
Date: 11/25/2004

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Trolled broken backs for 2 Keepers to 7 pounds. 3 Shakers. 1 Foul hooked Salmon (looked like it was on it's last leg). Lost Power to my boat, electrical system blew fuses (3) 2005 Yamaha 115 EFI. Kinda funny how no one wanted to give a helping hand. Even the Sherriff's Department went right by me. I was waving both arms and waving a red flag! Had several other boats come by and keep going. Called Vessell Assist and back to Brannon. Had to find the manual release on the outboard and had some great guys at the launch help lift the engine. (I could not help much... bad back). Gave the 7 pounder to a great guy that helped us lift the motor.

Name: Ed
Email: ed_yano@surewest.net
Location: Sac off Decker
Weather: Wet and Windy at noon
Water_condition: Pretty clear
Date: 11/25/05

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Three of us braved the rain, wind and cold. We were happy to stay dray under the canopy with the rain coming down. We had numerous taps, but no real take downs, so we ended the day catching and releasing 5 shakers. A little after 1 PM the started blowing from the NW, so we decided to call it a day instead of fighting the wind and tide. Will give it another try tomorrow. Ed

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Baker Beach
Weather: Overcast/nice
Water_condition: Good
Date: November 24, 2005

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With sore arms, I type this report (We're jr. crabbers with no winch). Happy Thanksgiving. Went crabbing today with Tony, Nando, and Nando's son. Ended up with 38 Dungies and a bunch of rock crabs. I'll probably have less Turkey for dinner to make room for some dungies tonight.

Name: gene chapman
Email: magicg@attglobal.net
Location: Decker,,west bank,,mouth of 3 mile
Weather: great
Water_condition: great
Date: 11-23-05

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8 1/2 hours trolling,,,46 miles,,,8 keepers,,,8#,8#,7#,7#,4#,5#,3#,3# On the way back to the ramp (brannan),,,trolling 1/2 oz rattle trap at the mouth of 3 mile slough,,,chet and I fought a 37 inch,45# salmon,,,no net and after a hour chet flagged down a passing boat and barrowed a net and we landed a beautiful salmon,,,best day fishing ever,,,thanks mark and alan for all your help on teaching two old guys the ropes

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River-Collinsville Area
Weather: Balmy Nice
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 58 Degrees
Date: November 23, 2005

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE from me and my family...Wednesday, November 23, 2005...George Morita and Tommy Morisawa went striper fishing with me today down by Collinsville. We trolled Rebels in the morning in 12' to 16' of water. We caught 3 shaker stripers and 21 keepers to 11 pounds. Then, we switched over to bait fishing shad while eating our lunches. Another shaker striper and 5 more keeper stripers to 4 pounds. The best bite was at high tide and the first part of the outgoing tide. The weather was balmy nice and the water was semi clear at 58 degrees. Quit at 2 p.m. and got caught in Holiday traffic trying to get home. Doubled back and took the river road home. No traffic there. Whew! That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Cache Slough area
Weather: Balmy very light winds 70's afternoon
Water_condition: Very FISHY!! semi clear
Date: TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22nd.

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Had the rare chance to fish ALL BY MYSELF!!!!No pressure,No problem.....Knowing I had a incoming tide through the morning hours & a super weak out going ( One footer) in the afternoon,didn't know how the bite would be? Looked for water in the 6 to 12 foot zone.. Used shallow running bombers all day. Concentrated in skinny water,nothing deeper than 12 feet.. Most of the hits came in the 6 to 8 ft. levels....Did not catch ONE undersides fish! Of the 40 or so fish I caught, Most were in the 3 to 5 pound class.. Right at the top of the tide,Hit 2 stripers close to 20 lbs!!! On the weak out going tide it seemed the small schoolies took over.....These small schoolies kept me going for a long time..Water temps were 58 degrees. Very active schools of fish when you found them! Went through lots of TRICK worms!!!! Only used two colors. Red & white & Rainbow..Don't think color played much of a role as the fish were in a positive mode much of the day.....Released all fish but one. This 25 incher swallowed the bomber too deep!!! Tried some spooning at the turn of the tide at my favorite places. Caught just some isolated fish not schooled up,so went back to trolling... I have been invited to be envolved with the annual Japanese Farmer FUN DERBY on Friday..Guess all this pre-fishing will be in vain as a cold front is due on this day!!!!! That will change everything. (Windy Conditions) for sure.. All well, Its the same for everyone....Hope other fisherman had a good day like I did??? Again , Really rare to be fishing SOLO. Enjoyed the day... See Ya on the River. Bob H, (naked)

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Bodega Bay
Weather: nice and calm
Water_condition: good
Date: 11/22/05

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Headed for Bodega Bay today with Alfred, Dave, Jody and my dad to pull our crab gear. Pulled seven traps and we had our fifty crabs in the boat. These two friends were glad we had an electric puller! Then we went rock fishing up the coast. I was the only one to bring a light spinning rod and I was catching one after another on small grubs. The blues & blacks were suspended and I was hooking up on every cast. After we moved up north past Fort Ross in eighty feet of water we got into some unbelievable ling cod fishing. We were hooking two at a time which I have never been in a big school of lings. We could not catch any other kind of bottom fish! Everytime someone would yell fish on it was a ling! We caught and released over twenty lings in this spot! Boy you know I put these numbers in my GPS!

Name: scott white
Email: scottsdeck@aol.com
Location: decker
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: some clear
Date: 11/22/05

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went out with the bob(dad) white started off jigging for stripes no luck waiting for tide change. started trolling bbr for people like jon boy thats broken back rebels! pops had the hot hand today. we caught 12 half were keepers. pops hooked fish of the day to bad it was a carp. he also tells everybody you shouldnt hold your pole! on way in hooked fish of the month but had pole in his hand. that reel started to sing and then pop! it was gone to bad he had pole in his hand! did not take me very long to remind him! great day on the water with your pop! thanks scott

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: striperguy@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River by Collinsville
Weather: Balmy Nice
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 58 Degrees
Date: November 22, 2005

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Tuesday, November 22, 2005...Ben Fukui and "Big" John Sueoka went striper trolling with me today. We trolled Rebels in 12' to 16' of water and bait fished butterflied shad down by Collinsville. Only 4 small keeper stripers to 4 pounds and 3 shakers on shad. 15 keepers to 10 pounds trolling. We kept fish at 10#, 9#, 9#, 8#, 8#, and 7#. The bite was around the morning's high tide and the first part of the outgo, then it was over. Quit early and home before dark. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Dan De Bord
Email: ddebord@infoconex.com
Location: Sac River south of Miller Park
Weather: Beautiful, cool then warm, no wind
Water_condition: Clearing compared to previous week
Date: 11/19/05

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Thanks to everyone for the guide information! Decided to take another shot at Salmon fishing. Took my 12 year old grandson and friend from church. We used jigs to catch 5 salmon by 2:00 pm. My grandson after 5 hours of jigging hooked and landed his first ever Salmon, a nice 8 pounder. Fish ranged from 8 # to 19 #. one slightly dark the rest nice and bright. I think my grandson is now hooked on fishing. Managed to even get his first catch on video and he now has a keepsake DVD of his first salmon.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Chilly then warm
Water_condition: Fair in basin, muddy down the channel
Date: 11-19-05

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Results of the Washington Outboard Club Striper Derby. We had 104 boats with approx 150 fishermen. Winner was a 14 lb beauty by Richard Woods. Not sure about the actual number of fish caught but not enough for that amount of people. Weather was great, food was great and the people were great. It all went pretty smoothly, prizes were great, we paid or gave prizes for 11 places. My son in law and grandson went, I guided. I better stick to retirement, they didn't get a bump. Tight lines. j.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Feather River
Weather: Hot
Water_condition: Good-Low
Date: 11/21/05

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Went up to the Feather River today to fish for steelhead. Took up the new 20' Custom Weld jet boat Cope's is sponsoring my TV show " Fun Fishing" which will start airing in January 2006 on Comcast West Sports (Kings Network). Took my dad, Alfred and Dave. Ended up catching 10 steelhead to three pounds and four channel cats to five pounds all on roe. Five of the fish were native and these were the biggest at 3 pounds. Boy it was too hot out there felt like summer! We were in 8" of water alot of the time, the river is low. With the jet boat it is easy to go up river.

Name: Otha Livingston
Email: Olivingston@sbcglobal.net
Location: San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay
Weather: GREAT!!
Water_condition:
Date: 11/21/2005

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Want to start out by saying THANK YOU! To the California Dawn and Crew. Especially, Tawnie and the California Dawn Burgers!! Took a group of kids from the City on a Chartered outing. San Pablo Bay for sharks, no luck. Except (1) Bat Ray. Went to Suisun Bay and hammered the schoolies. Bite was WIDE open for about 2 hours. Everyone in our group liminted!! Fished with live bait (Anchovies) on a slide. Great boat, Great food and a great time with a group of great kids. What more could you ask for?? Only Charter Boat I've been out on with a full galley, serving breakfast and lunch!! Great cook. Conveinient for the area and price. (Martinez). Time to take out my boat, see ya on the river. Otha

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River/Suisun Bay Area
Weather: Fog Early/Very Nice and Balmy Later
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 58 Degrees
Date: November 21, 2005

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Monday, November 21, 2005...Ed Inaba (88 years young) and Howard Hatanaka (82 years young) went striper fishing with me today. We trolled Rebels in 21' to 16' of water and bait fished butterflied shad in 20' of water. 17 keepers on the troll to 10 pounds and 3 shakers. 7 more keepers to 9 pounds on shad, and a couple of more shakers. The bite was through the high tide, all of the outgoing tide and at the low tide. We quit around 1:30 p.m. and headed for home. All in sight of Mt. Diablo. Home before dark. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Nick Garcia
Email: nick@tactilesign.com
Location: Port of Sac
Weather: Warm-Sunny
Water_condition: Good
Date: 11/19

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Saturday November 19th marked the day for the Washington Outboard Club's Annual Striper Derby. Lots of nice prizes were awarded including a fishfinder; several rods & reels; a smoker; electric filet knife and several smaller prizes. There were over 140 fishermen registered for the derby which was limited to members and family only. The largest was 14 + pounder then down from there. I managed to win 6th prize with a 9.3 lb. monster. I caught it drifting jumbo minnows. He fought good! My prize was a Daiwa rod & spinning reel outfit. It was donated by Troys Bait & Tackle in West Sacramento. It was a nice rod & spinning reel but I don't use that kind of gear, so Troy's traded it out for me for a medium action baitcasting rod I can use for striped bass fishing.

Name: CaptianJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sherman Island
Weather: nice!
Water_condition: stained/59 degrees
Date: 11/19/2005

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Saturday, November 19th - Launched at Sherman Island and fished just upstream of Sherman Lake in 32' of water. The outgoing tide had some decent action. We managed one 7 lb striper on shad and one 47" keeper sturgeon on roe/eel/pile worms. I released the sturgeon. Lots of jumping sturgeon on the slack tide, which took about 1.5 hours to turn! The incoming tide was dead - no fish. The big problem was the water hyacinth. It was everywhere, making fishing very difficult.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Bodega Bay
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Same
Date: 20 November, 2005

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A little different fishing trip today. Nancy & I leave at 10:00AM for a nice drive to Bodega Bay. Have a great lunch at the Spindrift Restaurant at the Harbor. Get on a six pack from Will’s (707-875-2323) for a nice, 2 hour spin on the ocean. We are joined by two nice couples from Vacaville. We pick up 36 fat crabs and, reluctantly, head for shore. The, crab only, trip is $35 + $3 for bait. With the commercial guys still on strike the crabs are big & fat and limits are easy. With 12 crabs filling the cooler, I decide we can spare 2 for our neighbor with the barking dog. This is a great trip to take you special gal-especially when the sea is flat. It’s a lot cheaper than going to a King’s game-and a crab will never break your heart!

Name: LuvMySon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: RioVistaSanJuaq
Weather: Beautiful/Flat
Water_condition: 58degrees/SemiClear/debris
Date: Sunday/20Nov2005

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Finally got around to making my 2nd trip out in my new Arima. Rudy & Jose' accompanied me and we had hook ups all morning. Lost count at about 15 keepers but nothing big or in double digits. Just fat little schoolies. Had a great time though and got off the water by noon. Didn't even make it over to Sac River which looked beautiful on the drive home. Kept 1 fish each for the dinner table and tossed the rest back. Still gettin used to my new boat. Mark, you don't owe me a dollar...I had no paper in my car and found the dollar in the bathroom floor. Lucky me huh? hahha Take Care y'all...it "almost" feels like the fall run is on.

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: SJ River
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Clear w/lotsa surface debris
Date: November 20, 2005

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Went fishing with Scott and Tom. We found schools in 3 locations, which were far apart. We caught all schoolies, 15 keepers, total over 40....we lost count. We had a large number of no sticks which explains why we went through a whole bag of White Zoom Trick Worms. We kept 6 with the largest going 6 lbs. Hot BBR lures: Patriot; Rainbow Trout, first pattern; Rainbow Trout, 2nd pattern; Mother of Pearl. We broke one of our rules, "keep fishing till the bite stops". We left while the bite was still on because it was getting late/dark.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island to Collinsville
Weather: Very Nice and Balmy/No Wind
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 58 Degrees
Date: November 20, 2005

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First of all, thank you Barry Canevaro for the "hot" tip, and thank you Tomi for the $ Bill on my door latch. Tomi I owe you $1...Sunday, November 20, 2005...Khoa Tran, my old work buddy, went striper fishing with me today. We trolled Rebels and Bombers for 15 keeper stripers and 3 shakers. We bait fished butterflied shad for another shaker and 8 more keepers. Our largest fish went 34# (released after pictures), 13#, 12#, 9#, 8#, on down to 18". Khoa caught the big one. We kept fish at 13#, 12#, 8#, and 6# and released all others. The best bite was on Rebels in 12' to 14' of water. A real good day, all in sight of Mt. Diablo, even though it was hazy. Thanks again Barry. Quit fairly early and home before dark. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Jonnboy
Email: jdaily@frontiernet.net
Location: Daily Ranch
Weather: clear and cool
Water_condition: cool and murky
Date: 11-20-05

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Last week as the water went from warm to cool the catfish were relentlessly getting in the way of catching other fish. Today, with the water from cool to cold, Jonnboy and Barbless worked the morning run just before day break and until 10:00 am. The peak being 8:00. The morning run produced very aggressive black bass ranging from 1 - 2 lbs in size and some hybrid carp. No cats. The black bass were knocking worms on the bobber and actually trying to eat the red and orange florescent bobber itself. We brought the worm 4" below the bobber and it was on. We also ran small rubber bluegill and a red topwater crank bait. Barbless, was right, these fish wanted movement and thats what we gave them, and we caught fish. At the end of the morning run, we had over 10 black bass, 3 hybrid carp, and some good hanging out.

Name: Bob Harries (The naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Cache Slough area & Power lines
Weather: Great Fall fishing ( Cool a.m. Balmy p.m.)
Water_condition: Murky to semi Clear temps 58-59@
Date: Monday through Friday 10-14 to 10-18

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Decided to lay off Sturgeon fishing this week and focus on Striper fishing in the Cache slough area.Trolled,spooned & used some bait from the mouth of streamboat to the mouth of Minor.Caught most of the schoolie size Stripers just next to the drop offs from 6 to 12 ft. of water!! Lots of quality water in this 5 mile run.....Best action came in the afternoon, This was the flood stage. Took my buddie, Jack Thomason on Weds. Very slow morning. But things picked up on the incoming tide. We managed to get two limits to 14 lbs..The largest fish of the day came on my rod! This fish took my RED bomber for a long ride. Came off, after peeling 80 yds . Never saw this fish, but must have been in the 20 pound class!!! Poor Jack felt pretty bad all day as He was fighting a Major COLD!! I offered to take him home but he refused as the bite stayed pretty constant... Jack never complains,but on this day He could never stop coughing between hook ups...After,catching some 25 schoolies. Called it a day!!! And, That was a good thing. Jack had the color of my boat. GREY!!!! Now! Thats a real fisherman. Sick & all, He never Quit. All & all Striper fishing was not bad Monday through Thursday. Really had to put the time in between bites,and no large fish put in the boat. Decided to try the power lines on Friday for Mr. Sturgeon. Had Chuck Harris with me on this day..Used Salmon Roe & Shad.. All our bites came on the roe!! The boat just down from us got one keeper & a few shorts. We fished both tides & managed to catch just two shorts. 22 incher & 33. Saw many jumpers but didn't hook any. Counted aleast 25 boats in this area. The good news! NO SQUAWFISH ( BAIT STEALERS) bites...Just a slow day for us...Bad NEWS!! Started to get a sore throat late in the day! Thanks Jack for giving me your COLD!!!! Stayed in bed most of the day on Saturday. Thank god for College football!! Ha, Ha!..Weather looks good right through the Thanksgiving holiday.. Dry & zero Rain.............See ya on the river...Bob H. (naked)..........

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: rio vista bridge to Isleton
Weather: chilly early nice later
Water_condition: 56 degrees/semi-clear
Date: 11/19/05 saturday

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went out with good friend Rocky Cariglio . we got 16 total 14 keepers 2 shakers ,1 double header 1 hit no stick . green bomber was king , 2 x 10# , 3x x8# , and a bunch of 4-5 #er's . good luck !

Name: Ed
Email: ed_yano@surewest.net
Location: HMB
Weather: T-shirt weather
Water_condition: Flat and Flatter
Date: 11/18 and 19

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Went crabbing with Harold and Al. Left around noon on Friday, and dropped 6 pots in 150' of water off of Montara. After a 2 hour soak we caught 20 nice crabs. Saturday we had 4 quests, and easily caught our limits on an overnite soak. The weather was fantastic with t-shirt weather at 10 PM at nite. Ed

Name: O'Kishi
Email: att.net
Location: Sacto River
Weather: Calm with a slight breeze
Water_condition: Little murky: water tem at 56
Date: Nov. 19, 2005

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Wayne Gates with Jack DeMuth, and Alex Alexander and I spent a leisurely day on the Sacto river north of the I-5 bridge checking out the Salmon on friday the 18th. We picked up a total of 4 fish with the largest being a 36 1/2 pound beauty. What a way to get all the smoked fish you need for the year with one netting. All the fish taken looked good. We did not see too many boaters on the river on this weekday. The largest fish was taken on a 2 bladed silvertron spinner. Bright colored Blue Fox and home made imitations were used also. T-shirt type weather, nice lunch, great company, and good fishing without traveling far from home------what more can us ole' guys want? Happy fishin' to all.

Name: O'Kishi of the Jolly Hookers
Email: att.com
Location: Folsom Lake
Weather: Great
Water_condition: Calm - smooth as glass at times
Date: Nov 19, 2005

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The Jolly Hooker fishing club had their last regular 2005 derby at Folsom Lake. 29 members on the lake but only 27 trout taken home. The weather was forcasted to be windy but the weatherman was wrong again. The gates at Browns Revine does not open until 7 am so we all started after that and finished for weigh-in and food before 2 pm. Bill Alsup took first place with a 1 pound 7 oz fish, The 2nd and 3rd place catch came in at 1 pound 6 ounces taken by Dick Jackson and Bob Skinner. For the rest of us the highlight might of been the beef stew and hot dogs served up hosts Dean Milton and Jim Bennett (our derby chairman for the year). But the biggest winner was Hilmer Felton who took the Fisherman of the Year award again for this year. This makes the 9th year out of the last 11 that he earned this honor. Not easy considering we have over a hundred club members and points are earned by taking the largest fish over the year and by club participation. Way to go Hil. Next month we go to Amador for our Memorial outing to finish off a great year for this club.

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Decker Island Area
Weather: Sunny, light winds, calm
Water_condition: Semi-clear
Date: 11/18/05

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I fished with good friends, Dan Gee and Gordon Ong today. We struggled to get our limits today, baitfishing with sardines and shad Jerry except for Dan. He caught 6 keepers to 6 1/2lbs. Gordon and I just barely got our keepers. We must have caught at least 35 or so shakers. That's it! Good luck

Name: CAPT. JOHN LOPES
Email: jjlopes@pacbell.net
Location: n/a
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 11/118/05

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I would also recomend RIGHT HOOk SPORTFISHING. I am booking sturgeon and striper trips for more information call me at 916-417-5670.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island to Minor Slough
Weather: Very Nice and Balmy/No Wind!
Water_condition: Off Color to Semi Clear @ 57 Degrees
Date: November 18, 2005

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Friday, November 18, 2005...Jack Findleton went striper fishing with me today. We trolled Rebels and Bombers for our fish. It was hard fishing today, with just a fish here and a fish there. The water conditions were pretty clear and at 57 degrees. The tides were pretty good, but we couldn't find any concentrations or schools of stripers. The final tally was 5 shaker stripers and 8 keeper stripers to 5 pounds. Back to Vieira's early to filet fish and home before traffic. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: san jaun, false
Weather: load of debrie
Water_condition: clear
Date: 11/17/05

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Very nice weather so had to go ....Art and myself started at 8am., water stained early, until close to bottom of tide ...so moved on and ran into lots of stuff in water finely found clear water in upper false river . we fished till noon and score was 11 stripers ..6 were shakers 5 keepers. kept 2 for din.. thats all folks .

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: very nice & warm
Water_condition: good
Date: Nov 14th - 17th

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This last four days I was on a houseboat on the San Joaquin River chasing stripers. Monday the weather was very windy but we managed to catch a lot of fish jigging on the main river. Everyday we caught over twenty to thirty stripers on jigs, rattletraps and fishtraps. I looked for birds everyday as we traveled down the river. Most of my action was around False River to Santa Clara shoals. Most of the schools of stripers were small groups and you had to move to stay on top of them. Our largest fish was an eight pounder in my boat and a fifteen pounder caught in one of the other guys boat. If we get some rain and the weather breaks it should turn on and the bigger fish will move in.

Name: leo
Email: steelhead0n@yahoo.com
Location: San Joaq
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: last year in december around christmas( my christmas present)

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I would like to refer Don Pagannelli 's as a top notch delta fishing guide. Last year my little brother and I fished the delta with Don and we had a blast. The fishin was not red hot but Don did all he could to try to get us on fish. We launched at 6am and fished till it was dark. In one day I learned what would of taken me a lifetime. Don is a diehard fisherman, I promise you he will not disappoint you.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: November 17, 2005

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My references for fishing guide services in the Sacramento delta: 1) Fish Hookers Sportfishing out of Pittsburg @ 916) 777-6498; 2) Sacramento Sportfishing out of Rio Vista @ 916) 487-3392; 3) Steelie Dan's Guide Service out of Elk Grove @ 916) 684-7148 - Mark.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: November 17, 2005

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Name: Dan De Bord
Email: ddebord2005@comcast.net
Location: Minnow Hole
Weather: Varied
Water_condition: Mostly good
Date: 11/17/05

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Been caching some salmon jigging in this area until last week when the water was too murky. Previous week we had 7 on 2 in the boat, last week only one on. was wondering since i have not been fishing for the last 10 years because of work and now have a new boat where i might find a good guide for the delta. Would love to get in on all the striper action especially when i take out the grandkids but not sure where to got his time of year and the best way to fish. Not worried about lunkers some shakers and a few keepers would be nice so the grandkids do not get bored. I have a pontoon boat so launch points need a little bit of extra room to get it lined up right.

Name: herb brown
Email: hbrown4130@sbcglobal.net
Location: san juan and middle river
Weather: great
Water_condition: off color
Date: 11/17/05

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We gave the san juan river a try today trolled rebels in 12 to 17 feet of water and picked up three to 10 lbs.Went to middle river and picked up five more and 4 shakers.We kept two for the table.It was beatiful out there today.I guess we should take advantages of it while it lasts. Hey Tomi have fish scales in that new boat yet?Later hb

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Decker Island Area
Weather: Sunny, light NW winds
Water_condition: Stained! Semi-clear
Date: 11/16/05 Wednesday

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I took my good friend Gordon Ong out to bait fish for stripers in the area of Decker Island. We caught 9 keepers and 145 shakers ( Just kiddin' ). Probably closer to 35 shakers! The biggest was 6 lbs caught by Gordon. He caught 4 and I caught 5. Can't wait to bring my grandchild out there. He'll have a blast reeling these small stripers in. Weather was superb. That's it! See ya in the Delta! Jerry

Name: gene chapman
Email: magicg@attglobal.net
Location: decker/west bank/broad slough/old dariay
Weather: perfect,,water like glass
Water_condition: great for trolling
Date: 11-16-05

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two boats,,,chet and I,,,,sam and john,,,8 keeper to 8#,,,6 shakers worked very hard to limit,,,one fish on bomber,,,one fish on rattle trap,,, 6 on broken back (fishermans ware has a new green back broken back it was the hot lure) ONE GUY FORGOT HIS LUNCH,,,NIKKI the good luck DOG was very upset,we won't say who but NIKKI told John "don't do that again,,,no pictures,,,but great fillettes

Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Camanche
Weather: Air 65, no wing, sky clear
Water_condition: 63 degrees, clear
Date: Nov 15 2005

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Dick Dyer and I fished for 5 hours, 11:00-4:00. There was no wind, the lake was like a piece of glass. The action was very slow. All four fish caught were 1.5-2# each and caught at 1.5 colors of lead core with a 60' leader on fluorescent red/pink trout worms scented with sand shrimp oil or orange Power Jelly. Three were caught around Hat Island, one at the dam, at 1.8-2.0 mph. We got 4-6 other bites or hooksups but none in or near the boat.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento/San Joaquin Rivers
Weather: Windy AM/Nice PM
Water_condition: Semi Clear to Off Color at 58 Degrees
Date: November 15, 2005

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Tuesday, November 15, 2005...50 miles on the water today, all in sight of Mt. Diablo...Arthur Bard went striper trolling with me today. We covered the Sacramento River from Steamboat Slough to Broad Slough and on the San Joaquin River from the Antioch Bridge to the Santa Clara Shoals. A lot of traveling for 2 shaker stripers and 10 keeper stripers to 7 pounds. We trolled Rebels and Bombers in selected locations. Only one striper on a Rebel, all the rest were on Bombers. A fish here and a fish there. Actually, the morning's low tide was the best bite resulting in 4 keeper stripers and 1 shaker. Back to Vieira's at 4 p.m. to clean fish and home during the "rush hour". That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Discovery Bay
Weather: Windy & warm
Water_condition: Simi clear 60-61 degrees
Date: 15 November 2005

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When Clyde Wands & I planned to fish today we didn’t know I’d bring back a hurricane from Mexico. When we got to Rio Vista it must have been blowing 20-25 MPH. We kept going to Discovery Bay. Wind was less & it’s protected. On water at 7:00 AM. Only a few hits and two lost fish by the bottom of tide. (11:30 AM.) Then one guy gets hot. Guess who? It was the same guy that fishes (illegally?) with a discontinued bomber. How’s a person going to compete with that? We ended with a 3#, 4#, 7#, 7# & 8#. And one snagged cat fish. That was caught by the other guy in the boat. Most of water was relatively clear. We saw a lot of bait fishermen. Some had fish. Thanks, Clyde, for the striper dinner.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island Area
Weather: Very Nice
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 58 Degrees
Date: November 14, 2005

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Sunday, November 13, 2005...Ed Inaba, Howard Hatanaka and George Morita went striper fishing with me today. We trolled the morning's low tide and the afternoon's high tide, and bait fished shad in between. Only 2 small keepers on bait. All the rest came from trolling Rebels and Bombers. 10 more shaker stripers and 9 more keeper stripers to 7 pounds. No large fish today. I look for better days to come next weekend on with the better tides. That's it. Good luck. Catch you latler - Mark.

Name: Otha Livingston
Email: Olivingston@sbcglobal.net
Location: CAPLES LAKE, Sierra's
Weather: CLEAR, COLD
Water_condition: CLEAR
Date: 11/13/2005

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Fished with rainbow, and lemon twist power bait. Small trout broken back rebel and 1/4 ounce Kastmaster did the trick. Took the drive up Caples Lake before it get's too cold. Day was SLOW, full moon night before. Still managed to limit out. Nice browns, and a couple brookies (Trout). 4 pound flourocarbon and slide sinkers. 6 pound test on the lures. Biggest to about a pound and a half, skinny compared to Berryessa, but MUCH TASTIER. Done with lakes, see yall in the Delta!

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Los Cabos
Weather: 90-75, and little wind
Water_condition: clear, blue & calm
Date: 14 November 2005

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Ted Fagunes, Bill Croyle, Larry Hoskins & I went out last week on a Fish Sniffer sponsored fishing trip to Los Cabos. Bill & Larry went down early to make sure everything was arranged for us. They went out on a panga on Tuesday and got 9 tuna to 18#. Ted and I flew in on Wednesday. The four of us went out on a cruiser on Thursday. Fishing was great with the crystal blue sea like glass. The catching, however, was not as good. We trolled long and hard for marlin, wahoo, and rooster. Nothing. We ended late to the tuna bite & produced only an 8# tuna, bonita & rock fish. The sardina were only 2 to 2 ½ inches. Thanks to a call from our advance team we had many #1 hooks. We donated our meager bag of fish to the captain. The next day we told the captain we wanted action. We got on the tuna early. We put 8 in the boat to 18#. Most came on one, red hot, 15 minute bite. During that time I got a beautiful, 17# dorado. When the bite died we trolled with massive reels & 200# line for bill fish. After about 2 hours a rod explodes for a twenty second screaming run. The deck hand sets the hook, puts it in the fighting chair and it gets off! He makes four great jumps and he’s off to South America. When we examine the line, it looks like a break at the knot. (The Mexicans only change their line when it runs out. Their 200# test is probably equivalent to my 65# test sturgeon rig.) The captain said it was a black marlin about 300#. It was huge! We had a nice stay at the Hotel Posada Real. We met many nice fisher persons. Many read this report & shop at the Warehouse. The event was won by two women who caught three bill fish. We were not provided with the total results but I’m sure the results will be in the next Fish Sniffer. Oh. The low point of the trip was getting ripped off of all our dorado and about 10# of tuna fillets, which were in the hotel freezer. Still a good trip.

Name: john
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: 13 Nov 05

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Notice to all Washington Outboard Club members. On Tuesday morning, the 15th of November Homeland Security is conducting a Security Exercise which will feature an evacuation of the entire area. I would not advise anyone to launch until at least noon. That's all the information I have at present. John Cullen Secretary, WOC

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: rio vista bridge to isleton bridge
Weather: nice
Water_condition: 56 degrees semi to clear
Date: 10/12 - 10/13

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worked 1/2 day sat , went for a little troll 4 keepers 2 shakers and 15 hit no stick??? strange! most action was around mouth of old sac . sunday morning early , 5 fish . 5 hits , nothing to brag about . 5# was biggest . rainbow trout b-16 . bad tides , bad results . even though i did not stay out that long , it seemed the bite window was only 30 minutes long . very short . after that not even a hit ... good luck !

Name: LuvMSon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista
Weather: Beautiful/Flat
Water_condition: Slightly Stained
Date: Sunday/13Novt2005

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Drove up to Oregon last week to pick up my new Arima 17' SeaChaser w/ 115 Honda. Spent a couple nights in CoosBay and trailered my new boat down 101. Took it out today for its maiden voyage with the wife and son. On the water by 11am (hey, it was a family outing) and off the water by 2pm. One keeper and a few shakers then homeward bound. Feels great to finally have an 8 foot beam under my shoes. Take Care Y'all. Now I can get back to fishing.

Name: Jimbo
Email: jmullins4@sbcglobal.net
Location: Mccloud lake
Weather: cool & Frigid cold
Water_condition: Clearish & cold
Date: 11-10 / 11-12

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Drove to Mccloud thurs afternoon, for the 5 hour drive i was rewarded with 10 nice 14-18" trout thursday 3 to 5pm. Back out fri am at 6:30 for 18-25 trout 1 Dolly Varden nice day cool. Sat am on water at 6:30 "FREEEEEZZZIIINNG COLLDD" caught 10-15 trout Out of water at noon for long drive home... All needlefish, various colors 10' to 40' Jimbo

Name: Jimbo
Email: jmullins4@sbcglobal.net
Location: Mccloud lake
Weather: cool & Frigid cold
Water_condition: Clearish & cold
Date: 11-10 / 11-12

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Name: Jimbo
Email: jmullins4@sbcglobal.net
Location: ?? Caples????
Weather: ..
Water_condition: >>
Date: today

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Olivingston after you fish caples can you please report back I am interested how you did(and i don't care if you forget your net) and best of luck to you Thanks Jimbo

Name: RANDY HARRIS
Email: bassguy6@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Elsalto Mexico
Weather: 92 sunny
Water_condition: cloudy
Date: 11-12-05

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WOW! What a trip ,Anglers Inn, mexico , five star. The best black bass lake in the world, We arived around 7 pm on the 6th to a great dinner , We woke up at 4:30 am, breakfast at 5:00am on the water by 5:30am . Frist cast on my zera spook a 6LB black bass, 3 cast later a 6 1/2 lb bass, next cast 10+ hits my spook and takes off , snap my 15lb pline and took my lure with her. Changed to 20lb, world of difference. We cought over 150 bass in 4 days, 5 fish 7lbs, one 8lb our largest, 25 over 6 lbs we seen a 11 and 11 1/2 cought by a Japan guy, jimmy maroa?We LOST 4 large fish on top water , fish over 10 +lbs This lake still putting out the big ones. check it out , Anglers Inn Lake Elsalto. see you on the water, Randy

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island Area
Weather: Overcast/Fog/Clearing in PM
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 58 Degrees
Date: November 12, 2005

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Saturday, November 12, 2005...Back from hunting and now hunting fish again. Steve Ong and I went striper trolling down by Decker island. We trolled Rebels and Bombers and the bite was split between them. The morning's low tide bite was pretty good. We caught 5 shaker stripers and 10 keeper stripers to 6 pounds. We lost one good fish and had some other hits. After the tide got rolling in, the bite turned off for us for the rest of the day. Only a couple of more hits for the rest of the day. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Wild Bill
Email: flymecessna180bs@yahoo.com
Location: Decker Island
Weather: cool/windy
Water_condition:
Date: Nov 11,2005

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Took my 2 sons and grandson out to Decker and mouth of Horse Shoe Bend. Grandson caught his first striper at 18 1/2'', the excitement on his face will stay with me forever, it was great to watch him reel it in. He out fished me and my 2 sons, not bad for a 4 year old. The bank fisherman were catching alot more stripers than the people in the boats and they were some pretty nice size fish.

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: SJ River
Weather: Overcast day
Water_condition: Kinda clear
Date: November 12, 2005

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We caught 6 keepers, 6 shakers, and 10 no sticks with the largest at 5 lb. Kept 4. Since we limited out at 10 am, we tried trolling at the North Fork of the Moke for about an hour and a half, we got bored and went back to the docks. Great day, thanks for towing my boat and fishing with me Tom.

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Rio Vista Light 11 to 24 Power lines.
Weather: Major WINDY!!!!!!
Water_condition: Stained from winds 69.5 degrees
Date: VETERANS DAY 10-11-05

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Thanks again for the weather people for missing the forecast!!! 5 to 10 mph is a Delta breeze. Not 15 to 25 mph GUSTS!!!!! Yes very tough conditions for all!!! Lots of boaters at Brannon on this Veteran's Holiday...The main body of water in the Rio Vista area was WHITE CAPS all day. Only chance for decent anchor fishing was in the A.M. hours!!!As this was the incoming tide. If your anchor would hold!! This was the only window open till noon............If you didn't get bit early, then you were probally done for the day... Don't have to be a rocket science to figure out the wind blowing in, and the tide going out does not WORK! Sometimes,. the wind will lay down in the afternoon . Not on this day!!! It increased some 5 knots....Tried every place I knew to find someplace where I could anchor & not have my boat push side to side!! VERY BAD HAIR DAY!!!! Gave it up at 1:00p.m. Hope some LUCKY angler did well? See ya on the river. Bob H. ( Naked....... P.S. Yeah ! I could have gone inside the HORSESHOE area with the other 40 boats, but I hate bait fishing in there..The real deal is fishing in the Big water!!!.................

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: mouth of old sac to koket
Weather: windy
Water_condition: cloudysouth clear up north
Date: 11/11/05 veterans day

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i am a veteran . i had to work today . i took off around 11:00 a.m. and went trolling . Eric Cossey and Gary Barr with me . trolled from 12:30 to 4:30 . 1 16#bright chrome salmon (hen) .13 striper , 9 keepers 4 shakers . 7 hits no stick . we took fish at 12# ,8# , 7# , 6# , 5# , and the salmon . to windy down south , stayed up in the river today . greenbomber with orange belly . and rebel clown and gold with orange back worked good . salmon was caught on rattle trap , near mouth of old sac . good luck !

Name: Schatgun
Email: Schatgun@aol.com
Location: south east delta
Weather: dirty/stained/lots of debris
Water_condition: 59 degrees with mild chop
Date: 11-11-05

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Took 3 of my buddies out. One was my neighbor and his first time out w/ us. What a great way to introduce him to some good fishing. We trolled w/ broken back rebels all day. Did pretty well w/ the clown and the patriot. Threw some rattle traps along some water flowing over a wall and had some good action. Had 14 fish 10 while trolling and 4 w/ traps. biggest was 8 lbs. kept 5 keeper between 6 to 8 lbs. not a bad day....next week its back for the salmon

Name: Otha Livingston
Email: Olivingston@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Berryessa
Weather: Great!!!!
Water_condition: CLEAR
Date: 11/11/2005

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I've been promising to take my youngest fishing, so today we went. Got on the water by 0730. By 0705, had a nice trout on .... guess what. All the way to Berryessa with the Arima and NO NET!! Ended up losing 5 NICE fish. Trolled live minnows for 18 fish, 5 Plus runs on the poles. Couple nice ones to 3 pounds the rest average about 2 pounds. NICE FISH only 3 were covered with parasites (Shark/Crab Bait). Used 4 pounds test and light tackle, couple small split shot about 5 feet up with Treble hooks through the lower and upper lip. Ran 75-100 behind the boat. P.S. My youngest caught and brought in 3 on bobbers, approximately 5' under the bobber. I'll be going up to Caples lake this Sunday, for the last trout run, then it's back to the Delta and Stripers! Can't wait, trout and light tackle is fun, but nothing compares to Trollin' for Stripers!! TOMI, HOW's the ARIMA?

Name: Jeff Earl
Email: tropic2tropic@hotmail.com
Location: Decker Island
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: semi clear 60f
Date: 11-11-05

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Trolled BBR's at Decker island from 7:30 am to 1pm today.... Got a big skunk for my effert... zippo, nadda! Not even a shaker between the 3 of us in my boat. Marked plenty of fish, saw a couple caught on fresh shad, but nutin trolling. Jeff

Name: Tom Callaghan
Email: tomcal
Location: Folsom lake
Weather: windy
Water_condition: 60 degrees
Date: 11-11-05

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Went out with broken chair George. Trolled using rebel trout stick minnows, live minnows and a goby. had 6 on the rebel minnow, 4 in the boat. One on the goby and lost. 4 on the live minnows and 1 to the boat. trout 14 to 20 inches. ones that didn't work today were tiger speedy shiner, needlefish and a hoochie.

Name: Jimbo
Email: jxpearce@yahoo.com
Location: Miller Park
Weather: Great
Water_condition: cloudy
Date: 11/10/05

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Fishing slowed considerably at Miller Park over last week. The rains to the north have reduced the water visibility about 50%, now only a foot or so and water is brown. Looks like fishing is going to be difficult from now on.

Name: Gene Chapman
Email: magicg@attglobal.net
Location: sac,river,RIO Vista & San Jaq /3 to7 mile slough
Weather: over cast very little breeze
Water_condition: OK,,,,60* to 59* Clear enough to fish
Date: Nov.10th,,,05

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Chet is Back,,,we were on the water by 6:00am,,1st fish 6:20am,,,Limited by 7:15am,,,3#,6#,8# & 10#,,,for the day we landed 10 keepers nothing bigger than the 10#,,,Limited on 3 different coloured Bombers at decker for the day we also landed 20 shakers,,,most of the fish were caught on Rattle Traps,,,San Jaq. had lots of junk in water but it had lots of fish also nothing on broken/backs,,,but we had a hard time coming up with a lure that DID NOT CATCH FISH,,,They were hungry and hit everything we trolled we had 5 doubles,,,now that was fun

Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Port West Sacto
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: 59 deg F. Murky
Date: 11/10/05

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Went to the Port and had a nice boat ride. Had a number of light tail hits ; but zero fish. I did see a couple of keeper size caught by a lucky few. Most of the two dozen jiggers, flippers, trollers and minnow drifters that I talked with will stop by the fish market on their way home. Wait until next time- right Bill C. ? Hil Felton

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: south delta
Weather: calm
Water_condition: stained then turned clear on lowtide
Date: 11/9/05

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Art and i began fishing at noon...using rebels . .. we caught fish here and there until about 4 pm.. as we worked our way back the marina we stopped and got a couple more stripers ...and then Art got one that ripped off line.. soon it jumped and we saw it was a chrome salmon very large. when he got to the boat it made 3 more runs and finaly i netted it... score was 14 stripers ..8lb the largest, and a salmon ,who cherl, art wife verified its at least 30lbs...caught on a rebel....not bad for 4 hours of fishing..

Name: Alan
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: work
Weather: mild
Water_condition: cool
Date: 11/09/05

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The city of Sacramento is considering charging a fee to launch our boats at Miller Park and Garcia Bend to help pay for expenes to maintain the ramps. The charges are $8.00 for day use and a yearly pass will be avaiable for $100.00. There will be a community meeting on the issue on November 28th 2005 at Kennedy High School multipurpose room at 6715 Gloria Drive at 6 PM. If you want to have an input show up at the meeting to speak your peace!

Name: Nick Garcia
Email: nick@tactilesign.com
Location: Sac River near Miller Prk
Weather: Sunny -warm
Water_condition: dirty as usual
Date: 11/9/05

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Went out today after the newscasts said that it was going to be windy and cold. WRONG!!! It was a beautiful day. Maybe 5mph winds and sunny . There are 4 slots at Miller to launch, right? Well we were in one slot and the others were empty. Two old farts decided to use the same ramp my boat was in after I launched and went to park my vehicle. What's with these old guys? We ( Rex caught it and I netted it ) did land a 22 lb male around 9:30 AM below Miller Park. Then, same dodos that were at the ramp crossed my line as I was trolling upstream and the were going downstream -sure as hell they hooked onto my lure. At the same time my buddy Rex had the salmon hooked on. I was trying to get my lure back and get ready to net the monster when I felt it my line loosen and I thought for sure that I had lost my gear. He must have cut his line to release my lure from his. Thank you, whoever you are. At the ramp there were three slots open and guess what? Two more old farts coming in chose the one we were at pulling out of ! I had taken on on water and had to open the plug holes to release the flow while the boat was at an angle above the ramp. I took my time cleaning the boat out above just to agravate the old timers.

Name: Dave
Email: -------------
Location: n/a
Weather: n/a
Water_condition: n/a
Date: NOV 9 2005

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Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Rio Vista ( Power Lines )
Weather: Cloudy & Breezy 10- 20 knots
Water_condition: Still semi clear with weak tides!!
Date: SUNDAY NOV. 6TH. 05

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Arrived at Brannon at 7:00a.m. The parking lot was more than half FULL! I forgot that there was two STRIPER DERBIES going on........... Oh Well! My wife Sandy & myself were still going STURGEON fishing.While a lot of boats were anchored all over Rio Vista not too many were in the Power LINES area... After finding my water depth & anchoring I looked at the days Tides.. Not too good!!! One foot going out & two ft. coming in!!!While I like the Minor Tides for Sturgeon fishing, I didn't like the winds being stronger than the current. Hard to hold the boat still. While the winds were light in the morning . They picked up on the turn of the Tide around noon. Atleast we had the wind blowing on our backs on the incoming tide!!! Armed with Salmon roe & Shad we were ready for some action. We received plenty of action all day long!! Mr. SQUAWFISH kept us plenty busy ......Except for a few small schoolie stripers caught using Shad. The main feature was feeding SQUAWFISH!!! I don't remember getting ONE Sturgeon bite the whole day. Went through 24 Roe balls & one pound of Shad......Heard reports on channel 68 that some Sturgeon were picked up in the lower Delta in the early morning but only saw one SHORT caught in the power lines area....This was the first time in the last 6 outings that I didn't pick up aleast a Short one....If they had a SQUAWFISH DERBY on Sunday. We would have taken FIRST PLACE for most fish caught & probally the largest ( 13 lbs.) Yes! MR. STURGEON humbled me on this day.....See what happens when you start letting these big guys go! Not really. You can only put so much in the freezer. Right? Got to be a SPORTSMAN.. Keep a couple a year & release the rest. Its the BATTLE were after....Well, I'm over getting Skunked on Sunday...But. I was on such a Roll!!!!!Here's the better news.. Alot better Tides next week....Water temps are still around 60 degrees. Last year at this time we were in the 57 degrees range..........See ya on the river Bob H. (naked)..........................

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Sac/SJ
Weather: Overcast
Water_condition: stained
Date: November 6, 2005

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I went out again this time with Scott. We never had a boat limit of any species, I thought today would be the day. We trolled West Bank, Decker, Old Dairy for nothing. We then hit the SJ ( Jersey and Eddos). We did get the boat limit, 4 shakers, plus a bunch hits. We lost about 8 worms today. All this wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for the MW seminars...Thanks!

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: rio vista bridge to isleton bridge
Weather: windy
Water_condition: 59 degrees stained down south / clear up north
Date: 11/06 / 05

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went out with nephew , David (bubba) Henshew . at 12 yrs old bubba has already caught several 20#rs , but , that was another day . today we got 14 stripers . 9 keepers 5 shakers . numerous hits . bombers and rebels worked . 10#er was the biggest . all the larger fish are coming in from up river . good luck !

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: North Fork Moke/SJ
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: Off Color
Date: November 5, 2005

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I took my wife's sister's kid (6 years old) with me for an extra rod during salmon trolling. I trolled from Giusti's to the fork...no chinookie. I didn't have any patience at all, since I had the striper gear on board, I made a run to Eddo's, Jersey, and inbetween. Ended up with 4 shakers and 2 keepers (18" and 22"). I caught fish at all stops. I couldn't troll with 2 rods for stripers because the kid didn't want to reel any fish, he was content watching me catch. The Patriot BBR did all the catching today during the Salmon break. I went back to salmon trolling on the Moke since I had 2 in the box...I didn't see anyone catch salmon today.

Name: herb brown
Email: hbrown4130@sbcglobal.net
Location: sacto river
Weather: windy
Water_condition: off color
Date: 11/5/05

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My bud gary and i hit the sac river at decker today.Not to good for the troll but managed a couple of limits on shad to 10 lbs.A lot of boat traffic today . Herb

Name: dr pepper
Email: ?/////////
Location: sherman island
Weather: breezy ( not bad )
Water_condition: stained / lots of junk floating
Date: 11- 5 - 05

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well no fish today ---- very little water movement on both sides of tide ---- should have stayed home ----- had some very good "shad for bait " ----- couple of shakers ----- didn't see any keepers caught ---- out

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: decker, san jaun...
Weather: 3-days sunny, windy, rain
Water_condition: decker side stained,s.j. good
Date: 10/30- 11/2- 11/4/05

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3- days reports....Sun 10/30 son Scott and art ...11 of off and ons on Arts secret new lure. Had K-mart hooks. Score ...2 in the box, about 4 shakers 11/2/05. Art and i. Found a school right off caught 8 fish in small area ..A large boat saw us catching fish moved in plowing the waters and soon fish got the heck there and we did to. Winds came, so hard to fish other areas so we went home. Score 6 keepers, 2 shakers ...Kept 3 fish 11/4/05 . Kevin, Art and i fished decker side first, lots of grass and water stained. so move to s. jaun. we picked up a fish here and there, until we finaly found a spot that had no other boats in and stayed there .Score 20 fish , 12 shakers 8 keepers . #9, #8 #6, #5 # 5 #4,#4,#4. We kept 5 fish Thats it folks ...oh. forgot...we trolled all 3 days..mostly deep runnering rebel .varies colors. each day a different lure was hot.

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Rio Vista (Power lines )
Weather: A.M. showers Windy afternoons
Water_condition: Semi Clear Smaller tides!
Date: Friday Nov.4th 05

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Had my Neighbor & fishing buddy with me yesterday. Mr. Jack Thomason.... Put in at Brannon at 6:45 a.m. Anchored in my favorite spot by the power lines at 7:00A.m.........Had a very weak out going tide to deal with. This tide was only a 0ne footer!!!! The turnaround for the incoming tide was around noon. That would give us 4 hours on the out going tide!! Only three other boats in the area. Had to put the top up as the showers came!! No biggie!!! Don't mind the rain if the wind stays down. At about 9:00 a.m. Caught the first fish of the day. A Keeper at 47 inches....Decided to let this just legal fish go...No more sturgeon bites the rest of this tide!!!!!As the tide turned at noon, The winds really picked up from the south West............. The incoming tide was a stronger tide at 3 ft..But, It was still hard to hold the boat steady....The wind rocked us the rest of the afternoon & It was hard to detect hits!!!!! At 4: 30 p.m. caught my second fish of the day. A 48 incher!!! Legal, but released this one also!!!! Jack kept all the splittails & catfish at bay while got the two just legal sturgeon.. What are friends for? Ha, ha!!!! I don't feel bad for Jack, He nailed a 58 incher on Thursday... Tyrone & Donnie Paige in their Concepts boat did well across the river on the west bank trolling deep diving rebels.. Largest... 18 lbs. average...12 lbs... While we hit sturgeon, they trolled for two limits!!! See ya on the river. Bob H. (naked) P.S. ......Looks like RAIN on Monday & Tuesday.............

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: between decker and koket resort
Weather: rainy to sunny
Water_condition: 59 degrees and very clear up river
Date: 11/04/05

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took cousin Eric Cossey , and friend Gary Barr , trolling with me today . we managed to land 10 , 7 keepers and 3 shakers . we lost 5 fish today 1 was very large . many , many , hits . found several roving schools today . fish were lathargic . 12# was the biggest . caught fish on all bombers , and rebels . all colors seemed to work . prehaps the clown (bb)and rainbow trout (b16) worked the best . and by the way , i believe in sharing the knowledge , getting to know the other fisherman . and having a good time . i am a nice person , and mean no one any offense whatsoever . and if you are offended my brother , i am sorry to offend you .good luck !

Name: Craig
Email: 1stkamikaze@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sherwood and Minnow hole
Weather: Cloudy
Water_condition: Clear and about 60
Date: 11/04/2005

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Went out at 9:30 and back at 12:30 with a limit of 6. All of the fish were between 15 and 18 pounds. We jigged with the Ultimate Minnow Legend in the 2 and 3 ounce size. The only 2 colors we used were Green/Silver and Blue/Silver. Good Luck all. Tight Lines. Craig

Name: Jeff ( Modesto )
Email: tropic2tropic@hotmail.com
Location: Vierras
Weather: clear
Water_condition: clear 60f
Date: 10-31-05

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They are still catching Salmon at Vierras. I caught a 20lb hen very close to the resort on a Silvertron. Halloween day. Not many boats out there... about 50% caught fish. Jeff

Name: Randy Harris
Email: bassguy6@sbcglobal.net
Location: American River mouth at the Sacto River
Weather: VERY NICE
Water_condition: Sacto muddy, american clear
Date: 10-31-05

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Salmon still running, Me and my fishing wife Joe Martin seen 11 cought, jiggin gibbs 1 1/2 oz 2 oz 15 lb pline, Blue Sliver #1, try this next time, don't ancore , drift when you jig, let your jig go to the bottom , reel up a turn, bring the end of the pole up 3-6 in thats all it takes, 7:30 am I 19 lb and 10:30 am 16 lb. both took it in the mouth. 11:30 Joe Hooked one and it was off, He had a scal on the end of his hook the size of a dime, I dont think that was a salmon? 1:00 Joe hooked another, the fish looked to be 25lbs as it jumped over the back of the boat 5 feet in the air, I could see it was hooked in the side. I have noticed the salmon will jump alot when they are fouled hooked, Well this one came down and snaped Joe 20lb test like it was 4lb test. Joe was happy with that 10 sec fight and made his day. We are going to Lake Elsalto, Mexico Sunday we will let you know how bass fishing is in Nov. See ya on the water. Randy

Name: Sofia
Email: sofia_galvez@hotmail.com
Location: Sacto River
Weather: nice
Water_condition: good
Date: 10/31/05

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Went fishing with Christi and Michael. the day was very nice and there was no wind. we were jigging with gibbs minow, 2 & 3oz. i got the first one in the boat, it was a jack the about 30min later christi got a 30lb by the waterfall and mike caught the last one. and that's it

Name: mikeov
Email: mike_ov@hotmail.com
Location: Rio vista
Weather: WINDY
Water_condition: DIRTY
Date: 11-02-05

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Hey Everyone, The NDO for November was a blow out. We were greeted with 20+ knot winds and uncooperative stripers. The group was small, but fearlessThe day was more typical than not for this time of year on the Delta. The port was Brannon Island for this outing, with only a few boats willing to try their luck against the elements and the bass. Alex and Ken win the iron man award for braving the winds without a windshield on their boat and they even boated one 4# striper. We had one of our past members, Bill (now eligible for reinstatement) fishing with Clyde . They managed to land 3 keepers, but lost 14. Joe and Phil also had three on but long line released them. I fished with Bob and Nick . Bob landed a nice limit to 7#. All fish were caught trolling bombers shallow.The water was dirty with a lot of debris. The chairman was late for the weigh-in, but we three did enjoy the treats any way.

Name: Bob Harries ( The naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Rio Vista ( Power lines)
Weather: Some clds Balmy ( No winds) Rare!!!
Water_condition: Semi clear 6 ft tides........
Date: TUESDAY Nov.2ND, 05

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Got to the power lines at 7:30 a.m. After hearing the weather report on Monday I though we might be in for some increasing clouds and strong Delta winds!!!! Well we got the high cirrus clouds but very little winds.......Just a great early November day. Short sleeve shirts is all you needed by midday..I took a good friend of mine who has never caught a Sturgeon. Mr. Everett....We used roe balls & picked up a pound of shad from Bob's Bait. Started fishing the end of the out going tide. The window for this out going tide was less than a hour. It was already slowing down right after we anchored.. Everett got the first Sturgeon bite. I coached him on the take down. He held his rod & stood up feeling the very slight pumping action. When I told him to hit the rod as hard as he could. He responded!!! The first fish of the day was just short!!! 45 inches........ This little guy jumped three times....This would be Everett's first ever sturgeon. One inch short!!! Back to the water to get bigger.After losing the tide, It took about 25 minutes for the turn around... About on hour into the incoming tide I caught the second fish of the day... A KEEPER for sure!!! Got this 56 incher on a butterflied shad... After hooking fish that were either too big or too small it was a thrill to get one to bring home!!!We ended the day late on the incoming tide. Caught a total of 3 Shorts & one keeper. Again, we heard reports on channel 68 of other fishermen catching sturgeon from down below us. I think this was from channel marker 14 & below!!! Very little pressure in the Rio Vista area for sturgeon fishing as most of the angers are either fishing for Striped Bass or are still chasing Salmon in the river system..I saw a large number of jumpers the last three times out!! All in the Power Lines area....This is a good start for this time of the year. And the water is still pretty clear from no big rains yet!! Between sturgeon bites expect other critters to hit your bait. The water temps are still above 60 degrees. ..............Heres a rule I use when Sturgeon fishing... While the RIO Vista area is very large & plenty of room for many boats & I don't OWN the water ways!!! I never anchor just below another anchored boat...... Or anchor right behind another anchored boat!! Its just common sense!!!! These fish can run over a hundred yds. in less than one minute....I always leave myself plenty of room to fish with other boats close by..Just something to think about....Oh well..See ya on the river. Bob H. ( Naked )

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacto River
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: Dirty, except Steamboat
Date: 2 November, 2005

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Clyde Wands was so happy that I was gone so long; he gave me a ride as inducement to take another vacation. It worked. We had a bad day! After a day like that, I’m going to Baja. We launched early out of Brannon Island. Not even the threat of a Jolly Hooker Fishing Derby would deter us. (Just the thought of all those trout trollers clogging up the trolling lanes is enough to keep you home doing honey dos.) The wind was tough against the outgoing tide. It would get worse. We trolled all the spots from Decker to Steamboat. The high tides & wind made the Sacto dirty. We fished with Teflon hooks today. Had many hits. Lost small & big fish. Landed 3 shakers, 7#, 5# & 3#. Clyde’s special, out of production, bomber saved us. Apparently it was the only lure we had with steel hooks. To make matters worse, when we return to Brannon, we find someone has knocked off the tail light of Clyde’s trailer. The dude (or dudess) leaves $40, but no name. Only problem is, damages is more than that! Clyde is off the water Thursday getting estimates. If anyone contacts me, no names needed, I can tell him the bottom line. Clyde doesn’t need reimbursement for loss of fishing time!

Name: Franky D
Email: caskydvr@aol.com
Location: nowhere
Weather: beautiful
Water_condition: NA
Date: 2Nov2005

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Well, I just wanted to say goodby to everyone, I am on my way to Charleston SC. I have learned alot from reading and talking to the guys on this site! Tomi, I really appreciate you taking me out and putting me on some fish! I will still check the site and see how ya'll are doing. Thanks again and keep in touch. Talk to you all later!!!!! Franky D

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: calm
Water_condition: good
Date: 11/01/05

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Went to the Delta with Frank and his new Northriver 21' w/ 225 yamaha. Lots of room and it goes pretty fast for a big sled. Looked for stripers in Franks and only caught a couple keepers on the east side. Only had outgoing tide until 10 am, so I decided to go out to the SJ river. On the way we spoted birds at the mouth of Fishermans Cut. We spooned in twenty-five feet and killed the stripers. The biggest was a eight pounder I caught! We had lots of double hitters when we we on the school. Once the tide slowed the fish left! Out to the SJ river where we caught a few more keepers and we headed home around noon.

Name: X-BUTCHER BILL
Email: william-margie@comcast.net
Location: grizz bay
Weather: BEAUUUTIFULLLL
Water_condition: CLOSE TO CLEAR
Date: 11-1-05

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Went out to try for sturgeon...nuttin. started trollin ,Jim with rattletraps me with shallow bomber. Jim had the hot hooks. 12 or so, 4 keepers. tryin the rivers next week. Great day....MOTHER NATURE IS SURE GOOD TO ALL OF US!.........Bill

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacto River
Weather: Tee Shirt!!!
Water_condition: Clear on out go. 61-62
Date: 1 Nov. 2005

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Three weeks of partying in Michigan & Canada and I was ready for a fishing fix. (Does anyone know an AA Chapter in Sacramento for old guys?) On the water near Decker at 7:00 AM to fish the last of the out go. Troll bombers. By 9:00AM I have 6 stripers from 20in to 8#. Then the hit to end all hits. I’m sure it will top Tomi’s big fish! It takes 430ft. before I can get some line back. It fights like a freight train. After what seems like an hour, he’s near the boat. I see him! He black and he’s ugly & hooked by the tail. No way he’s getting into my boat. I give him line, shake the rod & he gets off. At least I got my bomber back. I catch one more and go to power lines to look for sturgeon. I see only a few. I set up for a few hours. Catch none. The incoming starts cooking & gets dirty. Lots of weeds. I troll until 1:30 PM and no hits. Go home to get ready for the Kings.

Name: LuvMSon
Email: nikokingi@comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista/Sac River
Weather: Beautiful/Flat
Water_condition: Slightly Stained/63degrees
Date: Monday/Halloween

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Rudy twisted my arm late last night to go fishing so I called Jose' and we put our twenty dollars bills together and headed out at 8am. Nice bite in the AM but didn't last too long. Several hours later, the bite picked up again and we ended the day with about 8 keepers to 9# and 8 shakers. Rudy had the scorching hot lure today...shallow runner black/silver. At one spot Rudy hooked up 3 big ones in 3 consequetive passes while me & Jose' scratched our heads. Anyhow, fun day and back to the black & white tommorrow. Hey folks...selling my 16'Crestliner..check it out on Craig's list/Sacramento. (sorry guys...had to mention it) Take Care Y'all.

Name: gene chapman
Email: magicg@ attglobal.net
Location: Rio vista,west bank,decker,old dariy
Weather: shirt sleeve,,,sonny,,,nice,,,no wind
Water_condition: 63*,,,slight stain,,,perfect
Date: 10-31-05

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Took John C striper fishing,,,on the water brannan island with "NIKKI" the good luck dog onboard,,,by 6:20am,,,,7:15 a forty inch 29 pound striper on board for pictures and released,,,limited by 9:15,,,,a 3# 4#, 5# and a 6# that we kept,,,8 keepers ,,,quit at 11:00am ,,,to find the bar FOSTERS in down town rio vista,,,,Got 1 fish on RATTLE TRAP,,,2 fish on TROUT BOMBERS,,,5 fish on boken back rebles,,,BLUE BACK/ORANGE BELLY/WHITE SIDES,,,5 shakers,,,fished friday with out "NIKKI" the good luck dog and only got ,,,2 keepers (3 and 4) after 43 miles and 9.5 hours of trolling,,,,BY THE WAY I RENT "NIKKI" THE GOOD LUCK DOG OUT It's good to see that "NIKKI" is over her "DEAD FISH "smell

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Moke North Fork
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Clear
Date: October 30, 2005

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1 for 3 after 9 hours of fishing...all the action came within 20 minutes near the end of the day for a 15 lb chrome hen. She bit on the double bladed red silvertron. The other 2 hits came off of the chartruese silvertrons. After reading all the positive striper reports, I just might start chasing stripers.

Name: Bob Harries ( The naked fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Power lines Below decker Island ?
Weather: Light northerly breezes mild temps..
Water_condition: Semi Clear with some floating debries
Date: Sunday Oct. 30th 05

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Are you getting tired catching Salmon yet? While some anglers didn't quite get their quota . I managed to land 79 since July 16th... Lots of hours with good days & Some bad ones!! More than half of these fish were Hens.. Now is the time to put these Salmon eggs to work.. Yes! You can use the normal baits like; Ghost shrimp,grass shrimp, Shad,etc. They all work! But we all know ( the secret is out) Salmon roe is very productive!!! If you got it,now is the time to use it...Great tides the past week have been very productive in the delta.. My problem has been.... Either shorts or way too big!!!!! Sunday October 30th.... Didn't get on the river till 12:00 noon.. Caught the last half of the incoming tide at the power lines...My wife Sandy had only one sturgeon pump while I only had a few taps which could have been anything.. At about 3:30 p.m. We started to lose the tide..Thats the part about this type of anchor fishing I dislike!!!It took nearly 45 minutes for the tide to turn the boat around to fish.. With the clocks turned back, We lost an hour of daylight.....At about 4:30p.m. The tide finally moved enough to allow us to use our balanced rod holders... My Hummingbird started chirping with very large fish under & around the boat.. My wife caught the first Sturgeon. A short 44 incher!!!!! Not a whole lot of time to fish as we put in at Hog back & thats a 30 min. boat ride. While my wife was now getting like catfish bites. My rod started to pump slightly. I picked up the rod & felt a very light pull up& down. I'm using a G Loomis 7 ft rod designed for bass spinnerbaits (17-25lb.test) & a Calcutta 400 loaded with 20 test with 30 mono leader...Not the ideal equiptment for Monster fish!!!!! Standing firmly, I hit the rod as hard as my 170 lb body would allow!!! A solid hook-up!!! This fish jumped about 30 ft behind my boat. It looked like a redwood log!! At that point I knew this fish was way past 6 feet!! More like 7 feet.......As the line burned off from my calcutta. I told my wife Sandy to throw the anchor. By the the time the boat was free, I had very little line left!! Fought this fish for about 30 minutes... Never getting total control or seeing him bubble..Every time i gained line,he would peel off another 100 YDS. At this point, I just wanted to get him next to the boat to get some kind of measurement. Then cut the line! I didn't have too. The hook pulled out after a long battle!!! Thats the way it has been so far this year. Either too big, Or SHORT!!! Lots of fun but I would like to get one in the middle. Like a 5 footer!!! After losing that Monster it was time to get.. The sun was almost down!!!Got back to the launch at Hogback in the DARK....No fish but very tired arms...Will try it again on Tuesday.....See ya on the river ( Naked) Bob. H....................

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Decker Island Area
Weather: Nice after 3hrs of NW winds
Water_condition: Good
Date: 10/30/05 Sunday

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I took my good friend Gordon Ong out to bait fish the Sacto River down by Decker Island. After the incoming tide picked up in speed, the stripers began to bite very aggressively. We ended up with 4 keepers to 5#s and must have caught at least 20 shakers. We still had lotsa fun. We caught our fish on both shad and sardines. I like using the shad much better. My hands don't smell like a sardine. Especially when eating a BBQ hot dog. Good fishin'! Jerry

Name: Jack Smith
Email: jack300c@yahoo.com
Location: Sacramento & San Joaquin
Weather: good, sunny
Water_condition: cloudy
Date: 10/30/05

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Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island to Sherman Island
Weather: Sunny w/10 mph N. Breeze
Water_condition: Semi Clear to Off Color @ 62 Degrees
Date: October 30, 2005

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Sunday, October 30, 2005...Howard Hatanaka and "Big" John Suoka went striper trolling with me today. We trolled Rebels and Bombers down by the Old Dairy, Decker Island and Sherman Island. A little slower today, but we managed 7 shaker stripers and 14 keeper stripers to 14 pounds. John had the hot stick, catching the most, and Howard caught the big one. We kept fish at 14#, 7#, 7#, 7#, 6#, and 5#. The bites were around both the morning's low tide and the afternoon's high tide. Not much in between. A fish here and a fish there today. Good catching John and Howard. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Ed
Email: ed_yano@surewest.net
Location: East Cape, Mexico
Weather: 80-85 degrees
Water_condition: Flat and clear
Date: 10/25-29

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8 of us went to Playa del Sol for some Baja fishing. 7 out of the 8 were new to Baja fishing. The one person who went last year gave us the scoop, but we ended up being under equipped. Thinking from last year trip Ron was talking about catching Dorados and Tunas in the 30# class 10-15 miles from the resort. Well, on our first day the fishing was very slow in close. We had reserved 4 Super Pangas, and only 1 out of the 4 had any success. The one boat caught 6 yellowfins to 30#, and the last 3 boats caught 1 80# sail, 1 15# Dodo, and my boat caught 1 4# Bonita. After getting back to the dock, and seeing that the Cruisers were doing better, we decided to upgrade from the Pangas. A group of 10 guys from San Jose, CA had done fairly well, but they had to go ~40 miles out. One of their boats caught a 211# yellowfin that took 4.5 hrs with all 5 (2 crew and 3 customers) taking turns. I thing they brought this fish on a Ugly Stick with 50# mono on a Black Penn 3/0 or 4/0 senator. Also, another boat landed a 200 lber, but attached a float to the rod and reel to tirer the fish out. Day 2 we had 1 Super Panga with the same guys going with the same skipper. That boat, the Siboney, with 2 guys caught 5 more tuna and 2 jacks to 73#. One of the 2 cruisers went 40 miles out and caught 4 tuna and 1 dodo for 3 to 60#, and my boat ran 35 miles and had engine problems, so we ended up trolling for 5.5 hrs back to the dock, and caught 2 sails and 1 dodo, and getting tons of sleep in between fish. I'm getting a little disappointed with our luck plus the resorted wanted to charge full fare, because we trolled in, and accidently caught 3 non- targetted fish. Day 3 was suppose to be a trip to Cabo to see the Bisbee Marlin tournament. With only ~200# of fish for 8 guys we decided that we needed to fish, so we got 2 more cruisers for 6 of us, and headed out for tuna on Fri.. Our boat headed NE, and stopped 30 miles out on a school of porpoises, but they was no tuna. We continued out and trolled for another 2 hrs without a bite and not seeing another boat. Around noon Ron tells the skipper we need to find tuna, so the skipper says a few boats are catching tuna another 25 miles north. So we head N for an hr, and see 3 cruisers working a school of porpoises. Now, we are 60 miles N of the resort, and have very little time left to catch our first tuna. Finally, at 1:30 AM we hooked our first tuna on chunk squid. It took 3 of us 2 turns to get that 80 lber in. The skipper tried for another 30 min., but no more bites, and it was getting way passed his arrival time. As we started our run back he sees jumpers, so we pull the gear back out, and proceed to catch, more fish in 30 mins. then we did in 3 days. We had 2 triples, and at one time we had 5 fish on. We ended up with 10 tuna to 80#. The other boat caught 3 tuna to 85#, but like us, caught all their tuna in 30 minutes heading back to port. Lessons to be learned. Skippers makes a big difference Juan on the Siponey was outstanding. Carlos on the El Dorado went the extra miles to get us fish. Cruisers gives you more comfort and flexibility. You can go 40 miles out. Call a couple days before to see what they are using for bait. We needed to catch giant squid for bait, and some boats didn't have the equipment or lures to catch the squid quickly. This cost us at least 1 hr per day to get bait, and with a 2 hr run, we were lucky to start fishing before 11. Plus with big thick squid you need large tooks like 9/0's.

Name: DR PEPPER
Email: ????
Location: sherman / sac'to river
Weather: flat calm slight breeze
Water_condition: pretty clean
Date: 10--29--05

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since the weather was going to be GREAT i called my good friend OLIVER to do some STRIPER fishing with me today ----- we had a great time ---- its been awhile since we've fished together --- anyway we caught 2 keeper stripers and about 20 shakers ---- and " 1 " 45 inch STURGEON ---- hoping it was going to be a BIG striper ---- it fought way to hard to be a striper ------------- SHAD was the ticket TODAY ----- thanks OLI for the company ----

Name: Herb Brown
Email: hbrown4130@spcglobal.net
Location: sacto river
Weather: great
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 10/29/05

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Took the son in law with me today and had a pretty good day.Had limts by 12pm biggest 15 lbs.Didnt keep any today just had fun.Shallow bombers in 6 to 9 feet was the ticket.Decker and sherman lake was the area. Note!!!!!! Im not bragging just given some info for other fisherman.Local fisherman you were a little hard on Ron.

Name: local fisherman
Email: www.tomuchboattraffic.com
Location: Next to rod
Weather: crying
Water_condition: blue
Date: today

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To the fisherman that calls in all the fleet on the internet and then complains. Get a clue ROD if you are going to post on this sight and invite people to fish then you get what you deserve. Rain again .. you know what that means......You must be some spectacular fisherman bragging of your catch. Do you think you own the area down there? Get a clue. This site and the boasting that goes on is causing the traffic down there. If you dont want the boats then keep off the site.

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Power Lines Below Decker Island
Weather: Overcast with light showers Breezy
Water_condition: Semi Clear Temps 62 @
Date: Friday Oct. 28th 05

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After hearing the weather report late on Thursday. Jack Thomason & Myself decided to take a chance Sturgeon fishing in the Power Line area below Decker Island. Whats a little rain? The low tide was at about 10 a.m. We arrived at Brannan Park at 7:00am. Had about 2 hours to kill before the tide started to turn. So, we trolled for stripers inside Decker.Jack caught a few shorts & I only had one hit. Moved over to the west bank & Jack caught a 6 lb schoolie. No action for me! Time to Sturgeon fish......Headed over to my sweet spot at the power lines..Salmon eggs were the Bait of the day. We were both thinking, No! Catfish or Splittail bites please!!!Just Sturgeon bites.. About 1 hour into the incoming tide Jack started to get some incouraging pumping action..CATFISH!!!!!! A fat 3 lb big headed CATFISH!!! Next fish caught!! Same kind of bite again. This time, its a Sturgeon!!! As I'M reeling in as fast as I can. His fish goes airborne!!! The hook line & sinker flies in the air. This fish throws the hook! Looked like about 5 feet long ( A Keeper for sure) For the next 2 hours, nothing but sturgeon bites!!! And alot of misses on our part! Ended up getting one short on this tide...On the out going tide I hit another short!!!! No keepers for the day but lots of pumping action as the sturgeon pods were in the area..At about 5:30p.m. the winds really started to pick up & the rain started again. Time to go!!! While we didn't catch a keeper, We heard alot of reports of fish caught on channel 68 all day...Mostly shorts!!! Its only the end of October, Lots of time to get these Monsters!! Again, We only used salmon eggs! No shrimp baits or shad...See ya on the river (Naked) Bob H.

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: sac river
Weather: cloudy
Water_condition: clearish
Date: 10/28/05

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Today good friend Mike Roy joined me trolling for salmon. Only one fish out of seven hours of trolling. It seemed like it was less than one fish per boat around the yaht club. The fish was 12 lbs, trolled silvertrons. Good Luck

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: vieiras to decker , and back
Weather: cloudy not too windy
Water_condition: 61 degrees / clear in morn/semi in afternoon
Date: 10/28/05 friday

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work called due to rain . you know what that means .15 keepers 6 shakers , 5 lost fish , 3 double headers , 23 hit no stick . 7# was the biggest . a lot of smaller fish today . caught fish at all locations . b - 16 bomber black back/green , chartreuse side , orange belly . also... i see you all found my spot . can you please try and not drive over the top , of the middle of the sand bar . that REALLY SCATTERS THE FISH , so please dont do that no more . a lot of traffic , and a lot of pressure . i think someone was using one of those radios telling everyone where we were and what was going on. because , all the sudden the whole armada was on top of us . ugly , just plain old ugly ... good luck !

Name: rt
Email: RabonTadena@sbcglobal.net
Location: garcia
Weather: overcast
Water_condition:
Date: 9/28/05

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Would like to fish the walnut grove/Locke area on the sac for salmon. Does anyone Know if the cross channel is open? How do I find this information? Where is the best place to put in for this area? Thanks for the help!

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island Area
Weather: Very Nice w/Light Breeze
Water_condition: Semi Clear to Off Color at 62 Degrees
Date: October 27, 2005

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Thursday, October 27, 2005...Arthur Bard went striper trolling with me today. We trolled Rebels and Bombers down on the Sacramento River near Decker Island and Sherman Island. The weather was pretty good today. Early overcast, then sunshine, and only a mild breeze. A good day of catching. Around 60 to 70 hits for 15 shaker stripers and 32 keeper stripers to 14 pounds. 5 double headers. The best bite was around the morning's low tide and the first part of the incoming. The next bite window was at the start of the outgoing tide around 1:30 p.m. Back to Vieira's to clean fish and home during rush hour traffic. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: herb brown
Email: hbrown4130@sbcglobal.net
Location: sacto river
Weather: great
Water_condition: off color
Date: 10/27/05

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Tryed for stripes today with my black bass buddy and had a pretty good day.Nine fish to 12 lbs kept two for the table.Talked to the master mark out there and as usual he cought three times the amount of fish we did. He is the man. We used shallow bombers in red and white and orange flash. We were fishing in the decker island area. Herb

Name: herb brown
Email: hbrown4130@sbcglobal.net
Location: sacto river
Weather: great
Water_condition: off color
Date: 10/27/05

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Name: herb brown
Email: hbrown4130@sbcglobal.net
Location: sacto river
Weather: great
Water_condition: off color
Date: 10/27/05

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Name: herb brown
Email: hbrown4130@sbcglobal.net
Location: sacto river
Weather: great
Water_condition: off color
Date: 10/27/05

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Name: Don S.
Email: later
Location: in my head
Weather: nice
Water_condition: ok
Date: 10-27-05

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I have 24' boat and no one to go fishing with. never took the boat alone, today might be the day to try. going to the delta (from stockton).

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: sandbar south of das cliffe haus
Weather: windy/rainy
Water_condition: semi - clear , 62 degrees
Date: 10/ 26/05 wendsday

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no work , due to rain . went out alone at , 1:30 p.m. 24 total . 17 keepers , and 7 shakers , 1 lost fish , 16 hit no stick . red head/white body , worked good but ...black backgreen/chartreuse sides , orange belly , has consistantly picked up the bigger fish , over my last 4 outings . out of water at 5:30 . fish were still hitting . i think they are still feeding . ha ha ha ... good luck !

Name: Ron Mott
Email: WinterrunRon@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento
Weather: Clear, calm, cool at 60 degrees
Water_condition: Clear, calm, cooling to 60 degrees
Date: 10/26/05

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Headed down and launched at Miller Park by myself at 10:30 this morning. The parking lot was only half full. First order of the day was my good deed. I towed a couple of stranded fisherman to the marina for gas and then headed back out. Water is in gorgeous condiiton, practically 4ft visibility and cooling off a couple of degrees, now at 60. I fished below Sherwood today for two hours and hooked three there, landing one chrome 16lb hen. I had a huge male on and to the surface a couple of times but each time, down to the bottom he would go like a freight train, my drag screeming. Those big males are so powerful and have so much endurance it's almost impossible to not have something go wrong before you're able to land them, especially by yourself. This one just pulled off near the surface after about 15-20 minutes. Probably tore through some skin because he was barely hooked in the side of the mouth. I was likely only half way through the fight! He is every bit of 35lbs, chrome bright, and still out there for someone to catch. The second one busted me off immediatly. Not sure what happen there. No pigtail so it wasn't my knot. Third one was a charm. Glad to see it finally cooling off. Good luck. -Ron

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island Area
Weather: Overcast/Rain/NO WIND!
Water_condition: Clear @ 63 Degrees
Date: October 26, 2005

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005...Only a couple of more fishing trips 'til I leave on my elk hunting trip next week. Ed Inaba and Ben Fukui went striper trolling with me today down by Decker Island and Sherman Island. We trolled Rebels and Bombers. A lot of action today, probably around 60 hits, or so. We landed 8 shaker stripers and 28 keeper stripers, up to 8 pounds. Four double headers. Nothing big. We kept a 6 fish limit of stripers at 8#, 8#, 7#, 7#, 7#, and 7#. One of the 8 pounders was 26" long and had a tag in it's back, but no monetary reward. We caught fish at every location I fished. The bite was at the morning's low tide, through the incoming tide to the high tide in the early afternoon. After high tide we headed for home for an early dinner and to watch the "ball game". That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: the butcher
Email: william-margie@comcast.net
Location: sac @ san walkeen
Weather: cloudy-little rain-slight breeze
Water_condition: clear to semi clear
Date: 10-26-05

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out of brannon @ 6:15. 1st troll at the dairy. 1 fish 20". barges- grass every where. trailer for 2 fish, both 2 small. stucco for 2 more small ones. on up to the bend and around for 1 more lilone, and 1 small blk bass. better luck last monday, 62" sturgeon grizzly bay. .......back friday..... bill

Name: D. Stanfield
Email: Dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Eagle Lake
Weather: Cold, Clear, warming day
Water_condition: 3' to 5' visability
Date: 10/26/05

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First, thanks to all who responded about the lake conditions. Fishing at Eagle Lake has turned on and it is hot (while the weather is not). Water in the lake is extremly low but fishable. Launching out of Spaulding make sure to trim all the way up until you get out about fifty yards from the launch. Tule Fishing in about 5' of water. Crawlers about 2' to 3' down under a bobber had great success on fish to about 3 1/2 lbs. Bite ended around 9:00 AM. Trolling over by Youth Camp/Shrimp Island. After the tule fishing we trolled the youth camp area and then over to Shrimp Island. Water clarity was much better. Best set up was a silver/brass (50/50) trolling dodger with a crawler on a short (12" to 14") leader with a threaded crawler. Limits (2) every day good sized fish. Threw back alot of the smaller (16") planters. Good luck if you go. Stay warm.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: nice
Water_condition: good
Date: 10/25/05

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Headed to the Delta today on the San Joaquin River with Bob and Glenn for some striper fishing. We covered a lot of water chasing the stripers with the tides probably forty miles total. I lost count after our first school of fish. Most of the keeper fish were caught in twenty to thirty feet of water jigging . We had mutiple hook up most of the day. I was watching for birds chasing bait and had to move alot as the bait was getting chased up stream. The schools of stripers are not real big so had to move alot to stay on them. Fish-traps also caught a lot of our fish but they were smaller fish, the bigger stripers were deeper and on the bottom. Glenn caught a eight pounder and it had a tag on its back " NO REWARD ". Bob also had one at eight pounds and most of the other keepers were four to five pounds. The further south-west I went the cleaner the water. If we get some rain the Delta will be the place to fish for stripers on the San Joaquin side!

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Walnut Grove/Moke
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: Kinda clear
Date: October 25, 2005

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Launched from New Hope on Jim's boat with Scott also. Had bad luck the past few outings so we had to try something different....a banana was brought on board. We caught a chromer near Locke and another came unbuttoned there. We hopped over to the Moke, one came unbuttoned before the Italian restaurant, then about 5 minutes later, landed another hen just near the bridge. We were batting .500 (2 for 4)....I think it was the B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: north of rio vista bridge
Weather: windy
Water_condition: semi
Date: 10/25/05 tuesday

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got off work early . stopped by boat with Eric Cossey , and Mike Caster . on water at 1:30p.m. . 14 keepers 4 shakers 2 lost fish , and 15 hits . same 2 lure's as sunday . same spot . did not go anwhere else . off water at 5:00 p.m. good trip . good luck !

Name: SCOTT WHITE
Email: SCOTTSDECK@AOL.COM
Location: MILLER,&BELOW
Weather: WINDY
Water_condition: STAINED
Date: OCT 24 2005

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STARTED OUT TROLLING AROUND WATER PLANT WITH THE SALMONATOR(BOB WHITE) IN THE ARIMA SAW SOME BOATS HANGING ONE FISH ON THEM. BUT NONE FOR US. SO WENT DOWN TO CLUB. WE GOT THERE EVERYBODY LEFT. SO WE TROLLED ANYWAY.THEN DADS POLE STARTED TO SING AND THIS TIME HE PUT IN THE BOX . IT WAS A CHROMEIE. THEN THAT WAS IT. FISHED FROM 11AM-2PM MABE GO OUT THE GOLDEN GATE WEDS THURS OH YA MOST PEOPLE WHERE SPOONING

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Northern Delta
Weather: Perfect
Water_condition: Good
Date: 10/24/05

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I went black bass fishing by myself yesterday cuz everybody works. The fish were biting like gangbusters once the tide started coming in. I caught a fish at almost every sunken tree during the optimum of the incoming tide. I caught 8 keepers from 2 3/4# to 1#. Four keepers were 2#ers. That's it! Good fishin'! Jerry Tip: I caught one 2#er on a spinnerbait and the rest on Yum Green Pumpkin and Green Pumpkin Chartreuse Tail.

Name: Ted Fagunes
Email: Fish@4Striper.com
Location: Decker Island
Weather: Perfect, light wind
Water_condition: Semi-Clear 62 degrees
Date: October 24, 2004

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On Monday Oct. 24th I hit the water around Decker Island without my sometimes reliable deck hand Bill Crooks. Did not expect much to happen early as the tide change was not until around 11:00a.m. I caught two 20 inchers on the first two passes. Things were a little slow after that, a fish here a fish there. At High tide things got a little better. After 12:00p.m. I caught five fish to 10 pounds. The total for the day, 2 shakers, 12 keepers to 10 pounds.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Miller Park to Sandy Beach
Weather: Hot
Water_condition: Good
Date: 10/24/05

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Fished for salmon today with Jennifer, Alison and Craig (put Craig back on the dock at 8:30 to open up the Warehouse.) Craig caught one on the first drift and then nothin for the next hour so we took him back to the dock. Then I had a hunch to go up stream, so we changed over to single hooks and went up to Sandy Beach when we hooked six more salmon and we landed four to make our total to five for the day. Going after stripers tomorrow in the Delta.

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Cache slough
Weather: VERY BALMY LIGHT BREEZE
Water_condition: SEMI CLEAR - STAINED @ 64
Date: SATURDAY OCT.22nd.05

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Took my number one sponsor with me on saturday. My wife. who supports my fishing while i'm now retired!!! Gas, Beer, Ice, BAIT, JUNK FOOD,LAUNCH $ ETC. ADD THEM UP. I NEED HER WORKING!!! REALLY DON'T MIND TAKING HER OUT ONCE IN A WHILE ON A WEEKEND. LONG AS IT ISN'T MILLER PARK............ We decided to try a Vier'ra's for a few hours. If the salmon action was dead we would try for STRIPERS with bait.Well,over 100 boats & very few fish hanging... Didn't hang around too long. Picked up some shad at the bait shop from Mr. Jack.. About 3 lbs. In about 17 minutes we were at the mouth of minor & Cache slough....It was about 3:00 p.m. The tide was at the bottom with little movement. Not good for balance rod holder style.....We jigged for about one hour waiting for some tide movement.. Caught a few small schoolie stripes.. Finally about 4:20p.m. the tide started to move inland We anchored on the south side of Cache slough in about 39 ft. of water..Not to far from minor slough......My wife put herline in first with a fat butterflied shad... I went out next. My shad was much smaller also butterflied... Sandy got the first bite. I'm thinking it was a Kitty fish the way the rod tip moved...As I was reaching for a (Soda pop ) Beer!! Sandy is screaming "YOU\R ROD" My Fenwich rod is totally bent & Heading for the water!!! Dropped my Soda & hit the rod... Oh ! shit!! This rod is designed for fish under 30 lbs.. ITS A LARGE STURGEON NO DOUBT.....THE REEL IS a 6500 ABU... Good news is I just filled it with 17 lb. test line....My leader was 20 lb. test.. Once the fish realized it was hooked it took off like a torpedo!! Could not hold my finger down on the spool. This fish just burned out line.. My wife was heads up enough to release the anchor before I got spooled! After about 30 minutes of battle. I'm finally retreiving some line... about 30 yards from the boat this fish jumps out of the water!!! I'm thinking, Maybe longer than 6 ft!!! Hard to tell! When the fish re-entered the water my line felt different. Couldn't get any control!!! The reason was on that jump the hook came out & Hooked the belly!!!! Sounds like a FISH STORY But it really happened....Another 20 minutes goes by & my boat is some mile down stream I finally get the fish next to the boat. SIDEWAYS!!!!!! Remember the hook is in the stomach.....No snare. Its home in the garage. Just a thick rope....With the fish in the water & Next to the boat. I managed to measure the length.. 70 inches!!! A keeper if not foul hooked!!!!!!!!!!!! Looking at that fish floating besides my boat with that 6/0 hook in his stomach, I decided to cut the line......All I have is film from my Sony Minicam to show the moment of release. Thanks Sandy.... My arms are still sore!!! Didn't expect to catch a Sturgeon on a light Fenwick rod.............Film at 11:00 Ha, ha! Bob Harries (Naked ).See ya on the river.......

Name: Steve Sullivan
Email: sps_sac@yahoo.com
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: Sunny Day
Water_condition: 3 ft visability
Date: 10/22/05

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Went jigging for Salmon at Miller Park in the morning, but got nothing. Saw one large Salmon caught on a jig by a single fisherman who did a nice job netting it one-handed, looked around 15 lbs. Later started trolling downriver and around 11:00 am caught a nice Silver King, 18 1/2 lb male on a silver and green K-15 E chip-kwik fish just below the Sacramento Yacht Club. Didn't see many fish caught that day.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento/American Rivers
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Clear @ 62 Degrees
Date: October 23, 2005

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Sunday, October 23, 2005...Fred Hicks and Jack Thomason went salmon trolling with me today until 11 a.m. Not a hit. We trolled the Miller Park area with Silvertrons and we only saw two fish caught for everyone near us that was on the river. Pretty SLOW.....I left those guys and joined Randy Buffington for an afternoon troll on the American River. We caught one salmon at 12 pounds on a Kwikfish and that was it. The American is much more pretty than the Sac and there is a lot of wildlife there. We saw one nice buck on the cliff side, right next to the river. Four coyotes were foraging around and there were numerous types of birdlife around. A very fine day. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Nick Garcia
Email: nick@tactilesign.com
Location: Below Miller Park before the yaght club
Weather: sunny -warm
Water_condition: OK
Date: 10/21/05

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On Tuesday my friend REX and I went to this same spot and started trolling spinners (Sivertrons) and within 5 minutes I caught a nice bright 18 ponder! Later I switched to a Blue Fox # 6 and POW another bite and landed the 31 pound beast. I also foul hooked a large salmon on the back with a spinner. I could not get it in the boat. He fought hard and eventually broke my line near the leader. The smaller one was a female so I will have some eggs for the sturgeon bite. I had the bulk smoked by a friend. I fileted some of the meat for steaks. When we returned on Friday 10/21 it was deadsville from 7AM until we shut her down at 12:30 PM. That's why they call it "fishing" not " catching". This was my first week of "catching" this year. I thought I was loosing my "touch". We may try upstream next week by the I 5 Bridge.

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: north of rio vista bridge
Weather: nice
Water_condition: 63 degrees semi clear
Date: 10/23/05 sunday

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trolling b-16 bomber , red head white body . out alone today , stayed in 1 location all day . no bite on morning incoming , i didn't get started untill 8:00 a.m. at 11: 20 A.M. HERE IT CAME WITH A FURY . 27 total 22 keepers , 5 shakers , 4 lost fish , 30 plus hits . and i dont mean bumps or taps . i mean crack , zip , zip , rip , rip , clicker screamin' , line peelin' , then for some reason . they let go , or get loose .12# , 10# , 10# , 3 - 8#and so on . i stayed in 400 yds of water all day . last fish at 3:15 p.m.also got fish on black back green/chartreuse side/orange belly . pretty much no wind , a little gust ever so often . the fish hit hard , and were very strong today , i changed out my hooks ( all of them ) 2 times today . went through an entire bag of worms ... good luck !

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: vieiras to decker
Weather: nice . chilly early/warm after sun come up
Water_condition: 63 degrees , clear to dirty
Date: 10/22/05

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trolling this morning . got on a good bite had to leave as my trolling partner had a family emergency . 6 keepers 2 shakers 6 missed hits , and 1 lost fish . b-16 bomber red/white - green chartreuse orange .the best bite was on morning incoming ????? good luck .

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Miller Park Area
Weather: Perfect
Water_condition: Very good
Date: 10/21/05

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I took my good friend Gordon Ong out yesterday late afternoon just to try jigging for a few hours. And we found out that it was his day. He caught a 15#er at 5:35pm and a 25#er at 6:10pm. He was using an orange colored Gibbs Minnow type lure to entice his catch. By the way he got his lure at Troy's Outdoor Sports in West Sacto on Harbor Blvd. None for me though! Somebody had to net his fish. That's it! Good fishin'! Jerry

Name: DR PEPPER
Email: ???????
Location: PITTSBURG CA
Weather: VERY NICE --- no wind
Water_condition: stained ---
Date: 10--22--05

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went for stripers and or sturgeon in the PITTSBURG area ---- picked up lots of shakers ---- no jumpers no sturgeons that i know of ----- very hard to fish because theres way to much JUNK floating around ---- loading up your pole --- couldn't get away from it --- even tried fishing close to the bank ------------ did'nt help ---- packed it in --- drive back to SAC'TO

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: rocky point to duxbury
Weather: foggy
Water_condition: near flat
Date: 10/21/05

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I recieved an invite from from Bob White to fish the ocean with his son Scott. We fished from Rocky point to Duxbury in 65 to about 80 ft of water. With Bobs suggestion of taking turns on the rods when they go off. I caught 2 fish in 20s and Scott caught 1. Bob lost one nice one. We fished proll trolls. (like rotorys salmon killers) in the green colors with anchoves. Thanks again for the nice trip Bob. Good Luck

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: marine coast
Weather: foggy,
Water_condition: flat seas
Date: 10/21/05

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Left at 4:30 a.m. to fish out the Golden Gate. Foggy . When we were almost under the gate, the boat in front of us made a sharp turn to the right , we followed him as a precaution. Was a good idea as a real large vessel was coming thru the gate we never did see it but sure heard its horn blasting it. It was really frightening so all boats hugged the right bank till we cleared the gate and the point where we could make a right up the coast. We began fishing at 8am. Kevin Wilson won the toss to see who reeled the first fish on any rod (son )Scott was 2nd, I was last. Scotts rod went off and Kevin nailed it ..mine went off and Scott got it then. Kevins rod went and i lost it. We then trolled for long time and went to deeper water about 1:30 pm...hoping for something ..my rod went off again and kevin nailed it good...we trolled until 2:30pm ..gave it up and heading in ..all of us wanting to stay but knew were we in for a long ride in heavy traffic home. arrived a my home at8:30 pm...took pics .. all went in tired as heck but still wanting to go back ASAP. Stripers are calling . i hear um..got to go..

Name: BOB Harries ( Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: VIEIRA'S & Miller park
Weather: Sunny 80's
Water_condition: Semi clear @ 63
Date: Thursday & Friday OCT.20th-21st. 05

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The fishing was just so, so on Thursday. Some 12 fish caught for about 18 boats. The biggest action of the day came when, My buddy Tom Ramage hooked ( Foul Hooked ) a very large STURGEON on the down with a green silvertron spinner!!!! I stayed next to him in my boat to block boat traffic while He fought this Monster for almost two hours!!!! Tom, was using 20 lb. line!...After many attempts to get a rope around the head of this guy, No luck!! I told Tom, Maybe He should try and bring him in at the sandy beach just below the Yacht Club.. Thats what we did. It wasn't a sandy beach, But it was very MUCKY!!!!Our feet sunk deep into this muck!!!Tom,standing in two ft. of water finally managed to pull this big guy to the sand!!!!! Got out my tape & measured the length... Well over 6 ft!! 87 inches long!!! Est. weight....115 lbs!!!..........We pulled the spinner out of his left fin & took some pictures with my Sony Camcorder,,,, Toms arm was pretty much gone after fighting this fish for so long... I nursed this fish back to life, Moving him slowly back & forth in the shallow ,Mucky water till he swam off on his own power!!!! Bottom line,Tom got his spreader & lure back and Mr. STURGEON is on his way up the river again!!!! Tom & his fishing partner ended up catching 2 fish ( Salmon) Ha, Ha! before heading home.......I had three fish on and lost all of them!! RUBBER HOOKS!!. Ended the day at 4:00 pm. Friday, Returned to Vieira's for some salmon fishing with my son in law Chuck & his Son Buzzy. Lots of boats, but not too many hook ups!! We fished till 1:00 pm. Skunked!!! Decided to try some Striper Trolling in Minor slough. Did pretty good with rebels. All small schoolies.. 3 to 6 lbs...Also did some spooning & landed about 20 small fish to 5 lbs....The day ended about 5:30 pm.. Released all the Stripers.............Much better tides on Friday, compared to the large tides earlier in the week!! See ya on the river. Bob H. ( Naked)...............

Name: gene chapman
Email: magicg@attgolbal.net
Location: decker/west bank/broad slough
Weather: shirt sleeve
Water_condition: little green hair on west bank
Date: oct.21,,,05

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Took my good luck dog "NIKKI" striper fishing,,,Nikki got the 1st fish while I was launching my boat,,,first she rolled in it then she ate it,,,(NIKKI REALLY BECAME A STINK-EN DOG),,,had to keep the boat moving because the smell would make you want to abandon ship,,,John C laughed all day long,,,we went 46 miles and landed 3 shakers and 3 keepers,,,3# 3# & a 25# that we released after taking pictures,,,we used bombers and rebles,,,no fishing on saturday (have to give Nikki a bath and hose out the boat) have a great day

Name: gene chapman
Email: magicg@attglobal.net
Location: rio vista/collinsville
Weather: shirt sleeve
Water_condition: clear/but little green/hair
Date: 10-21-05

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Took my good luck dog,,,NIKKI,,,striper fishing,,,while launching my boat, Nikki found a rotten fish to eat and then roll in what she didn't eat,,,(Nikki really became a STINK-EN DOG) the smell was terrible. John C went with me,,,and laughed all day long. Fishing was good,,,got 3 shakers and 3 keepers,,,#3 3# and a25# that we released after we took pictures...no fishing on saturday,,,(have to give NIKKI a bath and hose out the boat) we trolled "trout bombers" ,,,& rebles,,,I landed the 25# and 3 hours later got a hit that broke the same 20# leader,,should have used a new leader friday night traffic got us home just before dark,,went 46 miles and I love my 15 horse merc. have a good day

Name: Ron Mott
Email: WinterrunRon@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento
Weather: Calm, warm
Water_condition: Clear at 62 degrees
Date: 10/21/05

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Skunked again... what more is there to know? Okay, here's a few details. Fished Miller Park on Thursday evening for 2 hours until a little after sunset. There were about 6-8 other boats, all spooning. The boat in front of me with 4 guys hooked 2, landed one chrome fish. The boat behind me with 2 guys hooked 2 and landed both, one dark male, I didn't see the other one. I charted several fish, more than I have in a while, so I was optomistic... but it didn't help my catching. I left at dark empty handed. Headed down again Friday late morning thinking maybe a few more fish might have moved in. The parking lot was full. Launched, and started fishing right away. I joined the parade (15 boats), at Miller Park. Nothing for anyone when I asked. I made only one pass and headed to Sherwood. A lot more boats (30+) than at Miller! I didn't see a fish hooked by anyone after 2 hours of fishing. I charted one big fish in two hours of spooning. The fish are few and far between. There is good news, however. I haven't lost a spoon or a fish in several hours of fishing. Ron

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Miller Park
Weather: Very Nice/Balmy
Water_condition: Clear @ 62 Degrees
Date: October 21, 2005

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Friday, October 21, 2005...I went salmon trolling with Jack Thomason today. We trolled spinners by Miller Park. Nothing but bad luck. Sorry Jack, buy you knocked my bright, pretty, never seen a better fish, 15 pound female salmon with lipstick and full of roe, right off with your net, when your foot slipped and you almost fell in. I will give you credit for netting the spinner for me. It didn't get away. That was at first light. Then a few hours later, I yelled at Jack that his rod was slowly going down. A really big fish. Jack didn't believe me and when he turned around, and the rod was down, he jumped up and set the hook. Into the pilings and back out and down the river and out towards the middle, just as the Spirit of Sacramento paddle boat was coming down the river on a cruise. Good timing Jack. Yes, under the boat it went and it got cut off, losing the fish, the spreader, the spinner, and those special, secret beads that salmon fishermen use. That was it for us. Let's go home and we did. A good day of fishing and a bad day of catching. We did see about 5 other salmon caught around us by other trollers. Otherwise, pretty slow for the amount of boats around. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island Area
Weather: Very Nice/Overcast Early/No Wind
Water_condition: Off Color with Big Tides @ 64 Degrees
Date: October 21, 2005

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005...George Morita and Howard Hatanaka went striper fishing with me today down by Decker Island. We bait fished the outgoing tide with butterflied shad until 11:00 a.m. Nothing but shaker stripers. Then we trolled until 12:30 p.m. Picked up two keeper stripers on first pass. They went 6# and 5#. That was it for trolling. Back to bait fishing with shad on the incoming tide. Agin, nothing but shaker stripers until the bait ran out (4 pounds of shad). We quit at 4 p.m. and headed for home. Pretty slow again for us. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: chilly till the sun came up
Water_condition: low they say
Date: Oct 21, 05

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Went with Jiggin Gene this morning up by the Airport near Rio Ramazza. We fished for a couple hours and didn't see anyone catch anything. Then I remarked to Gene I'd like to christen my new 8 and a half foot Ugly Stick. No sooner had I said that and wham. It was a 31 lb Buck, pretty red too. Got him on Silvertron green beaded spinner. I chose green since I've read the naked fisherman was having better luck with the greeen beads. Thanks guy. That was my first salmon this year, haven't fished for them much. Like stripers much better but I'm very thankful to catch a salmon too. BTW, seems like then the salmon started biting for a few others and it looks like a lot of salmon are caught closer to the shoreline than out in the middle. Later, j.

Name: Jimbo
Email: jxpearce@yahoo.com
Location: Miller Park
Weather: Good
Water_condition: 3 ft vis
Date: 10/20

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Surprised by the few fishermen. Only ten boats max at any one time. Fished 9am to noon. No fish caught by any boat but several had one fish tied on. No fish jumped all morning. One sea lion heading upstream about 9:30.

Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Vieira's to Miller park
Weather: Sunny to partly cloudy
Water_condition: Very good conditions Semi clear 63
Date: Monday thru- Weds OCT. 17th- 19th.

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On Monday,took my wife Sandy down to Vieira"s to try some Salmon fishing. Our plan was to fish for salmon till noon, then try some Striper fishing later in the day in the deep water channel area. We started fishing about 7:30am. Must have been overy 50 boats in this area....We concentrated in the water just below Vieira's... The fish started hitting right away!! Just about every boat had aleast one fish hanging by noon!! We hooked 5 Very nice fish. Got 4 in by noon.....Largest ( 37 lb Male) The other 3 were very chrome hens.... Average weigh ( 18 lbs) With a limit, we quit at 1:00pm. Shot down to Minor slough area to try for some Stripers. With a full moon, the incoming tide was 6.4 ft. Lots of debris floating on the surface made trolling almost impossilble. Only got one short striper after pulling rebels for two hours... Too much tide!!!! Called it a day. Had alot of Salmon to clean. Great day for salmon, but not good for STRIPERS!!!!...............Tuesday......... Went back to Miller park. It was very windy, but managed to hit 2 small salmon by 11:00am..14 & 11 lbs... Some 14 fish were caught for about 12 boats....... WEDS..............Took big Hands George with me. Less winds & mostly cloudy. Very nice trolling weather!! We both picked up a limit..... Largest one ( A Male 32 lbs ). The HOGGMAN got one in his boat. Other results.......Jack Thomason limited by noon. Big Al ( The Guide ) in the Thunder Jet got three!!! My fishing partener Big Hands George foul hooked a large 30 lb male at around noon. Yes! You can FOUL HOOK with spinners...... Doesn't happen very often, But,Man! When you do,Its quite a feat just to get your set up back!!!!!!This fish took some 35 minutes to boat!!!No control!!! After getting our set up back, We released this large male....... Also, hooked & released a small 4 lb. STEELHEAD!!!! Thats the third steelhead hooked in this area in two weeks... Boy! do they fight good, for such small fish !!!.......Running out of time, Gotta hook up the boat and head for the river... Hate that traffic on interstate 5............See ya on the river (Naked) Bob, H.........

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Miller Park Area
Weather: Perfect
Water_condition: Good! 62 degrees
Date: 10/19/05

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Oh! I forgot! Thanks Alan! I definitely would not have caught that 35 #er had I not read your report. Jerry

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Miller Park Area
Weather: Perfect
Water_condition: Good! 62 degrees
Date: 10/19/05

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I took my good friend Gordon Ong jigging Gibbs Minnows for 3 hours this late afternoon. I got the idea after reading Alan's Tuesday report. Sounded like there were a few salmon here. So I thought we'd try our luck. We got to the launching ramp at 2:30. After fishing for about 2 1/2 with the usual no hits. I said that now's the time if we're gonna have any luck. And then at 5:40 I was shocked. I got my first salmon hookup since the Fall of 2003. After about 15-20 minutes and the tugging of my boat around the river, Gordon netted the 35 #er. That's it! Good fishin' Jerry

Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Lake Camanche
Weather: springlike
Water_condition: clear 68 deg F ( surface)
Date: 10/19/05

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Camanche was chosen as the October derby site for the Wheels and Reels fishing club. We chose a lake where the trout had "lockjaw". The crappie bit. The bass bit; but the trout didn't bite much. The fourteen of us only caught nine trout. UGH!! And to make matters worse, many of the trout had parasites. Oh well. Dick Jackson did catch a clean 2 pound 2 ounce rainbow to win biggest fish honors. My 1 pound 7 ounce rainbow won second heaviest, while Frank Severn's 1 pound 4 ounce won third place honors. On Nov. 30th we will wrap up the year by holding our last derby at Folsom , Berryessa or Amador. Hil Felton

Name: LuvMySon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista/Sac River
Weather: Beautiful/Flat
Water_condition: 65degrees/semi-clear2clear
Date: Wed/19Oct2005

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Hit the water early again with brother Takeo and Billy in the Arima "hoping" to do better than yesterday. Hit spots north of the Rio Vista bridge since Rudy got some big ones there yesterday but nada for us. It was a VERY slow morning until 2pm. Then we headed into the "shadow of Mount DIablo" and the first pass hit a 9#er. Stayed there on the high tide for 1 1/2 hours catchin fish every 15-20 minutes. Final days count 13 shakers and 11 keepers to 9 lbs. 3 lost lures...2 snapped leaders. Great way to end my brothers visit. No fish for dinner...i wanna steak from Tahoe Joe's! Take Care Y'all..it was lonely on the VHF today.

Name: gene chapman
Email: magicg@attglobal.net
Location: sac.river & miller park
Weather: wonderful
Water_condition: very nice,,,63*
Date: 10-19-05

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went spooning today,,,nothing,,,not even a hit,,,after four hours started trolling,,,but not paying attention,,,when I looked at my line it was ahead of the boat,,,i had that fish on for 5 minutes,,,2 hours later i did see this this fish hit,,,it was about 20#,,,fished 8.5 hours,,,19miles

Name: LuvMSon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista
Weather: Windy/then nice
Water_condition: 65/stained/debris
Date: 18Oct2005

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My brother and friend came up from Ventura to visit and do some fishing. Launched at Brannon since Sac River looked like a washing machine. Trolled San Juaq. for about 6 shakers and 4 keepers up to 5#. We had a couple screamin reels that resulted in one broken leader and one stolen deep runner. Lots of tangles due to debris and I finally cut my finger with a bait knife after all these years! Ouch! Lucky thing we were in my friends Arima to handle the wind. Afternoon was beautiful on San Juaq. after wind died to just a breeze. The fish just weren't cooperating though. We worked HARD for our rewards today. Good Luck Y'all.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Michigan
Weather: Cold, windy & rain
Water_condition: All over the place
Date: October 19, 2005

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Only one quick fishing trip between visiting friends & going on trials & hunts with brother-in-laws, champion labs. One small muskie in weater that no Californian can understand. Good news, mother is in great health & found gas at $2.49!! We gots the best fishin in the lower 48 right in the delta. Ted, send me an e-mail.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Miller Park Sacto river
Weather: windy
Water_condition: good
Date: 10/18/05

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Back to Miller today with Dave and Virginia. Right off the bat Dave says snag! And starts to jerk his rod, then it takes off and the fish comes off! Then Virginia hooks up with a twelve pounder right after. We fished up at the falls and then Miller. Hooked six salmon and landed four nice chrome females from ten to fifteen pounds. I knocked off a thirty- five pounder off Virginias rod trying to net it! Oh Well! With the wind blowing so hard it was hard for everyone to jig because the wind would blow them around. Try to keep the line verticle by using your trolling motor. In the last two days we have hooked fifteen salmon in the same area.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker to Collinsville
Weather: WINDY to 30 MPH!
Water_condition: Off Color at 64 Degrees
Date: October 18, 2005

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Tuesday, October 18, 2005...I HATE WIND!! Arthur Bard and Randy Buffington went striper trolling with me today. Not much of a bite for us. We trolled the off colored water between Decker Island and Collinsville. Never had a hit until after 12:30 p.m. Then, we caught 1 striper at 10 pounds. The next two hits were a double header, and we lost one of those and caught another keeper at 4 ppounds. Next hit was a shaker, and that was it for the rest of the day. The wind was terrible all day. We caught our fish on Rebels and Rattle Traps. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Ted Fagunes
Email: T123@fish.lost
Location: Rio Vista to Decker
Weather: Perfect
Water_condition: Semi-Clear 62 degrees
Date: October 18, 2005

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I hit the water at 7:15am without that bad luck jonah Bill Crooks. The tide was on its way out and the water was very dirty. The further down the river the dirtier the water. As the tide started to slow the water got better. All fish were caught in the window around the low tide and incoming water. I ended the day with 5 keepers, 1 at 8 pounds and 4 at five pounds along with 6 shakers and one squaw fish. The weather was perfect.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Sacto River Miller Park
Weather: nice
Water_condition: good
Date: 10/17/05

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Went to miller Park for some salmon fishing today. I took my buddy Chris from Oregon and Rich jigging at Miller Park. We got on the water at 6:45 AM and as soon as we stoped I landed a nice 12# chromer. Chris landed the next salmon twenty minutes after. In the next couple hours I hooked four more fish and lost three of them in a roll after fighting them for ten minutes. Chris caught another at 18# and then lost the next one. Rich had a bad day and he lost one at the boat when Chris was to slow with the net! We had nine salmon on today as we quit at 1 PM. There were lots of boats that did not catch any fish drifting next to us. I talked to three of the fishermans who I know from the warehouse. I guess we were just the lucky boat!

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Freeport Area
Weather: Balmy Warm
Water_condition: Clear @ 62 Degrees
Date: October 17, 2005

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Monday, October 17, 2005...Fred Hicks, Jack Thomason and I tried to catch a salmon today. We fished Kwikfish and Flatfish in the Freeport area. Jack was the only one successful, catching a 12# salmon. Fred and I got skunked again. We saw only 3 other salmon caught. Really, really slow yet. Are the salmon coming this year? Anyway, back to stripers tomorrow. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Rio Vista
Weather: windy
Water_condition: clear - 66 degrees
Date: 10/14 thru 10/16

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Fished the Rio Vista area from 10/14 through 10/16. Ended up with seven stripers ranging from 19" to 11 pounds. Still no luck with trolling or plugging (???). Most of the action was drifting live bullheads and mudsuckers.

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: Shasta Lake
Weather: rain and windy
Water_condition: clear
Date: 10/15/05 & 10/16/05

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Fished the Shasta Lake trout derby with Mike Roy in his Fish Rite. We arrived Friday night at the Bass Hole in Lakehead. The owner of Shasta Tackle was there and said the trout bite for the week was very bad. Not good news for us. Saterday morning we launched at Antlers there in Lakehead, we saw fish sufacing under the hwy 5 bridge so we trolled under and around it for two trout and 10 bass. We then fished serveral areas down the Sac arm including the goose neck, Elmore Bay, and all the way to Digger Bay by the dam. Only picked up two more trout in Elmore. We ended the day at Digger Bay for only four trout for the day and back to the Bass Hole for way in by 5 pm. They only let you way in the two biggest fish per person so mine was 2.79. Mike was skunked. The next day sunday was the same results as Saterday Fished the sac arm but different areas like Waters Gulch and the mouth of the Mcloud for only three trout. On this trip we caught fished from 5 to 21 ft using every thing we had. I did not way in sunday because the two I caught would not help me. I talked to a lot of fisherman on the radio and at the way in and they said it was about two to three fish per boat but most were skunked. Well back to salmon fishing and I finally get to pick up my boat from the shop this Friday. I very happy about that. Good Luck

Name: CARLOS
Email: CARLOSJ@NETZERO.NET
Location: ANTIOC
Weather: GOOD
Water_condition: GOOD
Date: 10/16/2005

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I LAUNCHED OUT TO ANTIOC AND AFTER A SHORT RIDE I ANCORED IN A CALM SLEW . USING SHAD IN ABOUT 10 FEET OF I HOOKED A 41" STRIPER WITH 25 LBS TEST LINE I CAREFULLY GOT HIM TO THE BOAT REACHED DOWN PUT MY HAD IN HIS MOUTH AND BROUGHT HIM ON BOARD HE WEIGHED IN AT 32 LBS. IT WAS THE LAST DAY OF THE BASS DERBY AND I FORGET TO ENTER TOO BAD

Name: Ron Mott
Email: WinterrunRon@comcast.net
Location: Delta at San Joaquin
Weather: Nice if it wasn't blowing 45mph!
Water_condition: mostly clear
Date: 10/16/05

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Headed to The Delta Sunday morning with my friend Joe to chase stripers with fly rods and crankbaits instead of spooning for stinky salmon here in Sacramento. A steady 35-45mph North wind met us at the ramp and didn't ease up until after noon. We ended up landing several shakers and one bright male at 22lbs... a stinky salmon that is! While I was on the phone handling business calls, Joe noticed a large, single, well-defined arch on my console Lowrance. So he got up from his seat, picked up my rod, dropped my silver spoon over the side and when it didn't hit bottom after waiting several seconds, he fed it line (novice... we were only in 12ft of water!). Of course, Mr. Salmon had it in his mouth having hit it on the way down and was slowly swimming off with it. When Joe engaged the real, lifted his rod and reeled down to take up the slack he just fed, Mr. Brightsides thought he'd play some drag music and ripped 40 yards of line off in one sudden burst instantly gaining Joe's attention and quickly ending my call. 20 minutes later, he was in the net. This was only the second fish Joe's caught spooning in his life, both with me, both large salmon, about two weeks apart. I have yet to catch one this year. I'm calling it beginner's luck because it hurts too much to think about it any other way... Ron

Name: Bob Harries ( The naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Miller park area
Weather: Bright & sunny Balmy
Water_condition: Semi clear 63 degrees
Date: Thursday & Friday 10-13-14th.

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On Thursday,Fishing was so, so. Some 10 to 12 fish caught for 26 boats. Heard many reports that fishing was very good below at Clarksburg???? On this day my boat landed two fish by noon. One large male ( 30lbs ) & one fresh run hen ( 22lbs ).....Had about 3 more take downs, but no solid hookups! Quit fishing at 2:00pm...O.K Lets go to yesterday. Friday was the worst day in two weeks! It was like 20 orso boats trolling in a BLACK HOLE....No early morning bite,or mid day!!! Saw only ONE fish caught by a troller...If there were alot of fish reported down river on thursday,they were not in the Miller Park area on FRiday!! My highlight of the day, came at around 11:30 am. Had a 5 0r 6 lb Steelhead hit my Green spinner & tossed it with one air borne giant jump!!! Didn't matter, Don't have a steelhead punch card!!! We are at the middle of Oct. now. I'm thinking,we should be on some BIG schools of fish. Right? I keep hearing "THERE NOT HERE YET!!" Will I hear at the end of the Month. " THEY ALREADY WENT THROUGH " ????? Kinda Funny! HA,HA.. Without a doubt! Next week is my last at miller park...Till, next year. 6 weeks is enough! Yes! Will miss alot of the regulars in this area,but the DELTA CALLS!!! Sorry HOGGMAN. You are on your own through the end of the Month. I'm very lucky to have plenty of salmon roe for Winter Sturgeon. Now, With that said " Watch Mr. Salmon go on a rampage next week!! Oh well, See ya on the river. Bob Harries ( Naked)............

Name: Ron Mott
Email: WinterrunRon@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento
Weather: Cool and calm
Water_condition: up to 62 degrees
Date: 10/13/05

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Spooned for two hours in the morning on Thursday just after sunrise at and below Miller Park... nothing. There were approximately 40 boats trolling from Miller Park to the "brickyards" and perhaps 10 spooning. I saw only one fish caught and only charted a few along the way. I think the sea lion snoozing on the levee bank just up from Sherwood was a strong indication there were no fish around to be caught! My guess is she's waiting for them to arrive as well. -Ron

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island Area
Weather: Very nice until Late PM - Then WIND!
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 65 Degrees
Date: October 14, 2005

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Friday, October 14, 2005...Arthur Bard and David Varshawsky went striper trolling with me today. We pretty much stayed within sight of Mt. Diablo. We trolled Rebels and Bombers around Decker Island. The best bite was on the morning's low tide, then it slowed drastically for the rest of the day. We caught 4 shaker stripers and 9 keeper stripers. We kept fish at 9#, 8#, 8#, 7#, 6#, and 4#. Had one big one on for a little while until it got lost. No big fish for us today. Back to Vieira's to filet fish early. Boy, was that a mistake. You can't believe how long it takes some to filet a salmon. I waited about 20 minutes for two guys to filet two fish. They are the easiest of the "big fish" to filet. Home before midnight. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: marin coast
Weather: fog am, windy pm
Water_condition: flat am, choppy pm
Date: 10/14/05

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THURS. went out golden gate up marine coast with Ron Jones , Gordon Light, myself in gordon,s NEW 23' PARKER. its a beaut. Caught 4 salmon ,losts 2, short bites 4. It is slowing down out there but we did as well or better than most . However it was a long day and the bites were spaced out through the day ..twasnt easy this trip...but a blast as usual...my Arima;s new motor will be broke in soon and i try one more time at least , maybe more if weather permits...hate for to end ..but those stripers are a coming in delta and i am gonna be there....see ya

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Rio Vista to Collinsville
Weather: Very, very NICE!
Water_condition: Semi Clear between 62 and 65 Degrees
Date: October 13, 2005

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Thursday, October 13, 2005...Dave Hurley, who writes the Delta Chronicles for USA Fishing, went striper trolling with me today down on the Sacramento River between Decker Island and Chain Island, including West Bank. We trolled Rattle Traps, Bombers and Rebels. Nothing on Rattle Traps but a couple of shakers. 3 more shaker stripers and 15 keeper stripers on Bombers and Rebels. Nothing big, but a bunch of 5# to 7# fish. We caught fish througout the day, except when we put on the Rattle Traps. Quit early so Dave could make a soccer game and home early for me. Thanks Dave for the company. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Miller Park Area channel 68
Weather: Very balmy!! Mid 80's
Water_condition: Semi clear 63 degees
Date: Weds. Oct. 12 th. 05

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With out a doubt!! The most boats trolling all year in this area!!!!! I counted 28....... Aleast during the week days.. The fish caught were spread out for about 10 boats. Mr. Hoggman is still on a roll!! Lost one, and brought in a nice hen chromer.......... Nice guy! Gave me the eggs.....My only fish,. came off after a 5 minute battle. She didn't like the net!! Jumped, right before being landed... No Biggie! How do I know it was a Female???? It was close enough to see the BUTTON on the belly...Thats close!! While my luck has diminished, others fishing this area has not! And thats a good thing. As I mentioned, Aleast, 10 boats landed a fish..................Its slowly picking up..........The bite today was off & on from 7:45am. till noon....Trying ,not to get burned out trolling 5 days a week. But, it won't be long and, BACK TO THE DELTA !!! Mr. Striper is waiting to be caught.. The good news is ,down in the Delta, You don't get rocked by RUDE boaters. Or, other boaters trying to run over you, or your line!!! Much more relaxing for sure... Sure! You have to deal with MOTHER NATURE, But, I can handle the wind, the fog, the rain, etc... But, careless boaters, Thats not a natural thing.... I know, you know what I'm talking about!!! Lunch, Radio, drinks, camera ete, flying all over the place. Because of a careless boater who won't slow down just a little!!! ENOUGH!!!! Got off subject...............Sorry!..........Well, see ya on the river Thursday... Hope its a good day for all . ( TROLLERS Especially...........BAD!.................... Bob Harries Naked)

Name: herb brown
Email: hbrown4130@sbcglobal.net
Location: folsom lake
Weather: clear
Water_condition: clear
Date: 10/12/05

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Gave the sripes a rest and went to folsom lake for black bass.Had a pretty good day final tally 6 bass to 3 lbs kept three for dinner tonight.Used tube baits crawdad color for the most part.Its sure nice not having water skiers and jet skys out there. Hey tomi didnt see any decoys but picked up a couple of boat fenders. You wont see me in the delta this weekend,its going to be a zoo.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Freeport Area
Weather: Balmy Warm
Water_condition: Clear @ 63 Degrees
Date: October 12, 2005

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Wednesday, October 12, 2005...Fred Hicks and I went down by Freeport to fish for salmon. We used Kwikfish and Flatfish w/sardine wraps, and finished up spooning. Quit at noon and headed home skunked. One little "tick" hit on a spoon for a scale on the end of the hook, and that was it for 10 boats anchored, 8 or 9 drifting while spooning, and 20 bankies throwing spinners. Oops, one salmon was caught by a bankie. The run is on. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Gene Chapman
Email: magicg@attglobal.net
Location: rio vista to collinsville
Weather: very light breeze
Water_condition: very good,,,some areas 64* down to 62*
Date: 10-10-05

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Took john C striper fishing,,lauched brannan island 6:15am,,,there was a terrible car accident on 160 at 6:00am,,,7 hilechopters,,,traffic backed up for 2 hours,,,john got his 1st strike at 7:00am,,,broke a 20# leader,,,after that John got serious,,,he caught a 7#,,,10#,,,12#,,,I caught a 3#,,,john then caught a 15#er that we released,,,we did take lots of pictures,,,john is hooked on striper fishing,,,in more ways than one,,,while useing the fish gripper to land my fish,,,he managed to drive two of my lures trible hooks,up to the "BARB" ,into his right hand..but he was tooooo busy catching fish to let it bother him,,,the fish were scattered,,,and we did not catch any shakers,,,all fish were caught on bombers,,,(red/head white and trout),,,we tried rattle traps and rebles no luck lots thin green grass under the water,,,did a lot of cleaning lures

Name: Bob Harries The Naked fisherman
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Miller Park Area
Weather: Sunny ( Mild)
Water_condition: Semi Clear 62 @
Date: Tuesday Oct. 11th 05

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Great for alot of boaters, But, not for me!!!!! Did my heart good to see other fisherman that have not scored much, hit them today!!!!The Hoggman had 4 fish on & brought 3 to the boat!!! Wow!!!! Got to be a RECORd????? While Todd & Bill only got one. Aleast, 4 other boats caught fish,,,,,,,.....Don't know there names, but have seen them fishing many times!! The guy in the Gregor boat also got two!! He also did well on Monday!.... His boat has blue & green decals on the side.. I fished 10 hours with 3 take downs & no fish in the boat........ Oh well! Can't get them everyday!!! I really tried hard to get aleast one!! No Dice!!! Taking my neighbor out tomorrow, Hopefully, I won't stink up the place? For the record, The tide is way out in the A.M. Hours.. Water temps... 62 degrees.... Heard there was alot of fish down below at Clarksburg. Should be in our area tomorrow? Right? See ya on the river. Bob Harries (naked ) ................

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Delta
Weather: Beautiful! Balmy
Water_condition: Stained! Semi-clear
Date: 10/11/05

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I took my good friend Gordon Ong out to fish black bass down the delta today. The fish were biting on spinnerbaits as soon as we got there. The baby shad were jumping all over the place. The fish were hiting hard. We limited out by 11:30am. My biggest was a 3 3/4 #er caught on a Green Pumpkin Chartreuse Tail Yum Dinger 5" that I cleaned out at Troy's Outdoor Sports in West Sacramento. I find this worm to be just as good as Yamamoto's Senko. It moves exactly the same as the famous Senko, but it is $1.49 a pkg. cheaper. And you get 12 worms instead of 10 like Yamamoto's Senko. Good fishing! Jerry

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Freeport Area
Weather: Very Nice and Balmy
Water_condition: Clear @ 63 Degrees
Date: October 11, 2005

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Monday, October 10, 2005...Fred Hicks and Jack Thomason went salmon fishing with me today. We fished Kwikfish and Flatfish w/sardine wrap down by Freeport. 5 hits and only two small salmon to show for our efforts. One was about 10 pounds and the other was around 7 pounds. Both in good shape. The catching was pretty slow and slower for most. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Sac River Miller Park
Weather: nice
Water_condition: good
Date: 10/10/05

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Lander, Bob and I went to Miller this morning. Got there at 6:10am and put the boat in and went up stream to white dock. Started jigging and Bob hooked up at 7:30, but he foul hooked it and it came off at the boat. Lander hookes a nice fifteen pound male at 9am that I pulled in with my hands because when he set the hook he hit the free spool button and got one big back lash! I saw a lot of salmon in the twenty foot holes at Miller with my aqua-view camera just making there way up stream. They had NO intrest in hitting any lures. At 12pm I finally caught a fifteen pound female down stream from Miller. We also had three more strikes at Miller but none hooked up.

Name: x-butcher Bill
Email: william-margie@comcast.net
Location: san walkeen
Weather: beeeeautiful
Water_condition: clear enough
Date: 10-10-05

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took dels wellcraft out of brannon. on water @ 10am. barges - nada. trailer 2 fish . back up river trolled from 7 mile slu to 3mile.2 more. cut over to sac old dairy for 2 more. 3 on bomber b-16 rainbows, 3 0n pink belly bbrs deeprunners. all keepers - no biggies. fun way to spend a most beautiful day.............Bill

Name: p johnson
Email: 123@abc
Location: discovery launch 8am
Weather: sunny cool
Water_condition: same stained
Date: 10-10-05

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trolled spinners from mouth to bridge and back; up above virgin sturgeon @ that deep hole tried jigging; back to mouth jigging; down to miller park jigging; just looked at fish finder from miller lanch down to curve. Guess how many the two of us caght? that's right if you said zero

Name: gil
Email: ignats@pacbell.net
Location: miller
Weather: little wind
Water_condition: good
Date: sun. 9th

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Name: Otha Livingston
Email: Olivingston@sbcglobal.net
Location: CAPLES LAKE SIERRA'S
Weather: Clear warm, Windy
Water_condition: CRYSTAL CLEAR
Date: 10/09/2005

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Took the weekend off from trolling. Went trout fishing with my buddy. He's been raving about the lake all year. Finally went up, firts cast he hammered a 4.5 Pound Trout... Yes, trout, 22 inches. I said 4, not fourty and yes I had a scale TOMI. Both of us limited on trout. Caples lake is a great spot to fish from the bank. Rainbow power bait and 4 pound test line. Great day! READY TO TROLL FOR ANTOHER 18 pounder though! I missed my Arima.

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: vieiras to decker
Weather: breeze building as day progressed
Water_condition: 65 degrees semi clear
Date: 10/09/05 sunday

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went down to work on boat , after work was done i just had to try it out .5 keepers 2 shakers 5 hits . found fish in same local as yesterday . b-16 red head white body . 10# was the biggest . good luck

Name: x butcher Bill
Email: william-margie@comcast . net
Location: griz bay bothe sides
Weather: littlebit windy
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 10-9-05

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Took son out for a little trolling. Had a good report from a friend about grizzly bay.Left Suisun at 6am out to bay 20 min later. Long story short 4 fish .All pre-schoolies. Back at noon. Good news is boat didn't sink, and my truck was still there when we got back to the ramp. Later.........Bill

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: San Pablo Dam Reservoir
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Clear
Date: October 8, 2005

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Started trolling at 6:30am towards the dam, had 4 rods out, 3 on the surface and one on a downrigger. We anchored on the shoreline near the dam to bait fish. We didn't get a bite at all on the worms and powerbait. We saw a pontoon boat catch a fish by trolling at around 9:30am, so we packed up at 10am and started trolling again. We didn't hook into our first one till around 11:30am, but we didn't land it...drag was too tight. We started doing better in the afternoon. The final tally was 6 trout for 2 and 1 crappie. All were caught by trolling. Firetiger rapala (2 trout and 1 crappie) Apex Kevorkian (1 trout) silver and black broken back rebel (3 trout) 1 trout was caught at Scow Canyon, the rest were caught at the dam. We had to fish San Pablo Reservoir at least one more time before they close it down for the year. They close on October 31 and won't reopen until Feb 17, 2006. Hopefully, they'll be done with their earthquake retrofit project. There's stripers and sturgeon in San Pablo Bay so I just might hangout in my neck of the woods until the salmon bite gets better in the Delta.

Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Miller Park ( Marine radio ch 68 )
Weather: Almost Balmy Mid 80s
Water_condition: Semi Clear to semi murky (low tide)
Date: FRIDAY OCT. 7th 05

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Fished with Bill Meyer & son in law Chuck Harris. Bill took over the helm,as I was kind of burned out steering my Jet Craft all week.. Kind of nice ,just sitting & watching my rod tip!!! This turned out to be a long day, Started at 7:00am & ended at 6:45 PM. I hit the first fish of the day at 9:30 am. A bright hen of 22 lbs..Caught this on on the up, just in front of the paddle wheel boat. Bill, was next. Almost a clone of my fish. Hen,about 24 lbs....At this time,some 20 boats were trolling in this area. Only saw one other boat hook up. He lost it! Like on Thursday. The action turned DEAD!!....Nothing in this area caught through mid day.. Like every day this week. The number of boats trolling was reduced to just 8 or so by 1:00pm..Knowing there was a late bite on Weds. & Thurs. We were hoping this would be a REPEAT!!! Sure enough, They started hitting around 3:00 pm.!! We got two more by late afternoon..Another hen of 26 lbs. & a small jack 8 lbs........Had about 3 or 4 quick take downs that didn't stick....I'm convinced, that the fish we are hitting are moving through the system very quickly!! One minute they are there, Next, GONE!! So far, like in past years,no numbers of fish HOLDING in the deeper holes!!! Just my theory.... Have seen very few fish ROLLING... For the number of fishermen trying,only a small percent are having sucess......Or, are lucky, being at the right spot, at the right time!!! We still are using GREEN SILVERTRONS with 4 or 5 ounces of lead... While, We were lucky to hit 4 fish in 12 hours of trolling,this is still much below par for the date.........Got to think positive,and hope the real run will start SOON!!! See ya on the river: Bob H,. ( NaKED)

Name: G Tang
Email: jjjgtang@yahoo.com
Location: Freeport area
Weather: good
Water_condition: good 60.5 f
Date: 10/08/05

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Five of us went on jigging at Freeport are. From 8:00am to 12:00PM . There must be over 50 people fishing at bank at Sac side and about 20+ boats . not much action for bank fishmen and boat because there are not many fish in the systems. only one 15lb female hooked up and todays color was silver green jig. We quit at noon. Where are all those 1.7 million salmon ?

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: vieiras to decker
Weather: windy/clear
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 10/08/05 saturday

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went out with Ron Rebernhardt , we got 5 keepers and 2 shakers , 1 lost fish(got away with a lure) and 2 hits . bite at high tide change , and low tide change . found fish in 1 location only . 12# was the biggest . b-16 red head/white body hot lure . sure wish i had 2 of them . good luck .

Name: Jeff Earl
Email: tropic2tropic@hotmail.com
Location: Sac/ Vierras
Weather: Warm/ Sunny No wind
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 10-8-05

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Trolled the Sac near Vierras.... two days this week. Used Sivertrons and Wiggle warts for NADDa...Not even a bite. Whats more... I saw very few fish caught.. maybe 5 fish per 30 boats,,, All day....sad!...but I guess this is an average this year! I'll be out one more time tomorrow... probably my last attempt this year.... hopefully stripers sre better this fall. Jeff

Name: LuvMSon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: RioVistaSanJuaq
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Stained/Debris/66degrees
Date: Sat/8Oct2005

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Got off work at 1am and up drinking coffee at 5am...must be gettin old or just love fishing. On the water by 8am and limits by noon. Tough finding fish today with slow bite and lots of debris on incoming. Outgoing cleared up and the bite picked up abit. Short day for 5 keepers to 5 lbs. and 1/2 dozen shakers. Nice meetin you Dave. No fishin tommorrow..."MSon's" 11th birthday so we'll surprise him with a party at Travis bowling alley. Take Care Y'all.

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: sac river local
Weather: warm
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 10/8/05

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Fished with good friend Mike Roy in his new Fish Rite today. Arrived at Miller Park at 6:30 am fished from I st to the mouth till 1 pm for not one strike. We then went and fished bellow Miller Park till 3:30 pm for still not one strike. All day we saw 5 fish hanging thats it. We trolled all day. Good Luck

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island to Chain Island
Weather: Very Nice w/Trolling Breeze
Water_condition: Semi Clear to Off Color at 66 Degrees
Date: October 7, 2005

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Friday, October 7, 2005...Fred Hicks and Jack Thomason went striper trolling with me today. We trolled Rebels, Bombers and Rattle Traps. Not a fish on Rattle Traps. All the stripers came on Rebels and Bombers. We lost 5 very nice fish today and had numerous hits. We wound up catching 5 shaker stripers and 13 keeper stripers. We kept a 6 fish limit of stripers between 4# and 8#. Back to Vieira's to filet fish and home before Friday's evening traffic. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Montezuma & Suisun
Weather: Great!
Water_condition: 64-68 depending on location
Date: 7 October 2005

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I had planned to salmon fish in town today, but the reports from Bob & others changed my mind. Had not been to Montezuma Slough for sturgeon in a long time and I really enjoy the peace and quiet there. Well it was quiet all right. Not even the fish would talk. Launched at the bridge at the top of the tide. Saw a few sturges and sat on them for 2 hours. Hit a couple of places downstream. Tried the mouth. It was rather calm so I made a run for the fleet. I marked very few sturges. Back to MS to looks some more. Only saw a few singles. Not worth stopping for. I probably used about $50 of gas in truck & boat. Looks like I should have went striper fishin. Hwy 80 was bumper to bumper in Fairfield at 2:00PM! Well it’s off to Michigan for steelhead & Canada for walleye. Back in November. Save a few (BIG UNS!) for me.

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Miller Park Marine radio # 68
Weather: Very nice Warm
Water_condition: Semi clear @ 61
Date: THURSDAY 10-6-05

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Started trolling at 7:00am. Before the sun hit the water on the west side of the river,Bam!!! Caught a 20 Female chromer....Pretty rare to hook up bfore 8:00 am! At least for me. By 10:00 am. the boat count went to about 20 boats. Bad news!! Not one fish caught for 5 hours..Totally dead!! My partner Mr. Bill Meyer & Myself could not believe it!! All week long, aleast 8 fish have been hooked by 11:00 am. Not this morning... All the regular trollers here & Just drawing blanks...Did see a SEA LION move through the area, But he didn't stop & hang around........At about Noon, Finally some one hooks up!! Its my neighbor and fishing buddie Jack Thomason...Jack had hooked a jumbo male.. This fish pulled his Lund boat way down stream. After 25 minutes or so,this fish is in the net..Jack asked me to weigh it. It went 34 lbs!!!!! Its now ,1:30 pm... Only 2 boats still in the area. Asked Bill " What do you want to do ? Hang around alittle longer or go home with one.. Bills a die hard like me. We stayed. At 3:00 pm.,Only one boat still around!! Finally, at 3:30, some action! We caught 2 twenty pounders in less than thirty minutes ..One a hen, the other a Male...Would have stayed longer, but had to pick up my granddaughter by 5:00 pm........Must have been a afternoon bite? Bad news! No one around to enjoy it.....Going to have Bill & My son in law with me on Friday.. Chuck Harris will again be LUCKY as he always is on Fridays in my boat.........Hope the bite returns to a morning bite..See you on the river. Bob. H. ( Naked)

Name: Ron Mott
Email: WinterrunRon@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento
Weather: Warm
Water_condition: 3ft visibility at 60 degrees
Date: 10/6/05

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Fished noon to 2:30pm downstream from Miller Park today. Nothing. Saw one lost boatside after it was halfway in the net. Think I'll wait a few days and give 'em a chance to show up. -Ron

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: Very Nice
Water_condition: Semi Clear to Off Color-64 to 66 Degrees
Date: October 6, 2005

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Wednesday, October 5, 2005...I went salmon trolling with Jack Thomason today down on the Sacramento River by Miller Park. It was pretty slow for us. Although we saw other salmon caught around us, we had only 3 hits. Jack lost one of those at the boat, and the other two missed. That was it for Wednesday. So, I need a "catching fix". Back after stripers! Thursday, October 6, 2005...Arthur Bard and David Varshawsky went striper trolling with me today. We trolled around Decker Island to Chain Island. We used Rebels, Bombers and Rattle Traps for our action. A good day. We caught 5 shaker stripers and 15 keeper stripers. We kept a limit of 6 fish between 4 pounds and 9 pounds and released all others, including a 36 pounder and a 16 pounder. Dave caught the big fish. All of this was in sight of Mt. Diablo. No "hootchie cootchies" for us today. Back to Vieira's for pictures and fileting fish. Good job Dave and Arthur. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: jimbo
Email: jxpearce@yahoo.com
Location: Miller Park
Weather: Fine
Water_condition: 60.5 degrees, 2 ft vis
Date: 10/6/05

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Fished Miller Park again, 9am to 12:30pm, probably five boats with another five visiting. Even the guide boats were running up and down the river looking for fish. None seen caught. Some on the finder. I went up to the Nimbus hatchery in the afternoon, and there were very few fish there also. Only two banged the screen and maybe a dozen were at the fish ladder entrance. The good news, they're noticably bigger than last year, probably 15 to 25 lbs avg. Looks like another week or so. Too bad for the Salmon Festival this weekend.

Name: Wayne Gates
Email: wgates7217@aol.com
Location: Up river from I-5 bridge
Weather: Clear
Water_condition: Good
Date: Oct 6, 2005

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Salmon run still slow and spotty but have boated one each day for the five previous days out, but not a sign of them today. Fish taken run from 14# up to 28#. Have been using homemade spinners and #5 Blue Fox spinners. Not many fishermen trying this area, and have not seen anyone else boat a fish. Report is that the salmon is still hanging out in the delta, but moving this way in larger numbers and size.

Name: Bob Harries (NAKED FISHERMAN)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Miller Park Go on channel 68
Weather: Sunny warm
Water_condition: Semi clear slighty cooler 61.2 @
Date: Wedsday October 5th.

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Whats the big RUSH??????I'm talking about the fisherman who think they have to CODE THREE! their boats .miller park launching has not been crowded on the week days one time all year! Plenty of parking,Monday through Friday....But, to race your truck backwards down the ramp & Jam your boat into the water is CRAZY!! Have seen this happen at least half a dozen times..Its like get out of my way!!!Alot of these boats are very expensive!! Why bang someones boat, when you don"t have too?????? Fishing is relaxing. The good bite usually doesn,t start till the sun hits the water.. Plenty of time to get to your favorite spot.. Really!!! Oh Well, With that said " Here's my fishing report for WEds........ Another spotty day of fishing, Some boats scored,while many did not!! The boat count for the day was about 18 boats Trolling..While the first bite of the day starts when the sun hits the water. That did not happen on Weds.First fish caught was about 9:00am.. Todd & Bill got one. Ike & his wife Lind were the hot boat. They managed to bang three!!They have the small Valco boat with the tiny dog in it...They were using PINK! Sivertrons..My first fish came at 10:45 on the down. A 18 lb female ( Good shape) My second fish came late. 1:00pm. Another big male ( slighty dark) YUK!! This fish weighed 36 lbs. Also had two take-downs with no hookup. Don't think there was more than 10 fish caught for 18 or so boats.. Still SLOW!!....Have MR. Bill Meyers with me on Thursday.Oh Yeah, Bill caught 2 on Weds.. But one came off his poorly tied stringer!! Bill was never a BOY SCOUT!! See ya on the river.. Bob H. (naked)

Name: iwishtobe
Email: whatever
Location: not 2 day
Weather: nice
Water_condition: not cold enough
Date: today

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mike..... mike O....... mary is going to retire, in december. see you at the funeral.

Name: mikeov
Email: mikeov@hotmail.com
Location: Discovery Park
Weather: great
Water_condition: clear
Date: 10/05/05

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Hey everyone, the Jolly Hookers and Wheels and Reels were out on the water again. The NDO for this month was held at Discovery Park in hopes of King Salmon. We had one of the biggest gathering I ever seen, over 50 fishermen signed up but I did not get a final count because there was an evening bite today and many stayed out to fish it. I did see about 15 -20 boats during the course of the day. And many did make the weigh in to partake of the snacks, and commiserate. We hit it hard from the mouth of the American to Clarksburg some were up near the airport Most everyone trolled flatfish or spinners, we even had some jiggers in the crowd. Sad to say the salmon are little late this year and it has been spotty at best. Our leader Bill Kishi got a great birthday present, a nice limit of King Salmon, 20# and 17# to take the big fish honors. Nice way to celebrate the big day Bill. New member Jim Collison caught a nice 14# and guest Shayne Sutton also got a 14#. Not many fish but good quality and chrome bright. Great day on the river for all. Next NDO is for Stripe Bass in the delta, c-ya there.

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Miller Park get on channel 68
Weather: Northly winds to 15 SUNNY
Water_condition: Semi clear temps 62.5
Date: TUESDAY OCT 4th 05

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A early morning BLITZ that quickly stopped!! I was in the middle of about 7 boats trolling,when a school of fish went on a short,but fairly good bite!As I hooked up, I looked around and saw aleast 4 other boats with a fish on....I'm thinking!! This is gonna be a great day! This action lasted all of 30 minutes.My fish went 18 lbs. A female chromer...Any boat that showed up after 9:00am missed this action..My next two fish were caught at 11;30am & 1:45 pm.The last one caught was a Huge reddish looking Male! Large hooked jaw. Fought good, But thats not what I'm after. After weighing him ( 38lbs) Let him go......Todd & Bill ( Small Klamath) Got 2 nice hens. Didn't fish on Monday,but they also had a double hookup and managed to get both in!! RARE!! Wish I was there to see that!! For the number of boats in the area, Fishing is still Spotty! Also, Not seeing the jigging boats get many.For the record! Hoggman had two fish on & lost both!!! Some fish are now showing up on the dark side,While,some are still bright & Fresh run..........Water temps. have dropped again! 62.5 am. 63 degrees pm. Still using green spinners,tried pink,and other colors,not working yet! Boat traffic is still below normal. This tells me that the sucess rate is still below average. Which it is for this date.Well, Gotta go,its 4:00am & got to hook up the boat and head for the river. Maybe? This is the day it really breaks loose????? Right! See ya on the river Bob H. ( Naked).......

Name: Ron Mott
Email: WinterrunRon@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento across from Sherwood
Weather: Cool and very breezy
Water_condition: A bit more turbid at 61 degrees
Date: 10/4/05

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My 10 year old son has a show and tell report tomorrow about the Native Indians and their diet consisting of salmon. So rather than thawing out my Foodsaver'd striper and steelhead from the garage freezer, I took him and his sisters (age 8 & 12) out after school in search of some fresh stuff. Hit the water by 5pm and spooned for 2 hours across from Sherwood for nothing other than sticks and clams. Granted, our fishing was in between them doing their homework on the deck of the boat, but I thougth for sure we would find one with more than one rod in the water at least some of the time (all the kids can fish, even my 8 year old, but the girls get bored quickly). Our best laid plan met with failure. Closest we got to a live vertibrate was the dog we petted on a private boat dock that came to greet us. We zeroed. Guess we'll have to "go to the freezer-get the box" and I'll get out the orange food dye! A couple of other boats out, saw one hook-up and pre-boarding release, met one fellow at the ramp with a 10.5lb shiny hen with use for the eggs (I asked hoping he didn't fish for steelhead). Said he caught it below the "brickyards" and has 4 this year already (fishing out of a Ski Centurion and no trolling motor!). I don't know if that makes me feel more determined or more depressed. But the catching is so slow I'm keeping track of my lost spoons per hours fished. I'm presently at 1/hour... or looking at it another way, I'm paying $5/hour to float down the river. Good luck out there... I think luck is what's working right now. -Ron

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Sac River
Weather: good
Water_condition: good
Date: 10/04/05

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First trip out salmon fishing this year in the Sacramento River. Yesterday Jennifer limited out early at Miller Park. So I took Warren and Sam out to do some jigging. Guess what? Yup fish gone! Stayed there for three hours and finally Warren thinks he has a snag and OH fish on! Nice fifteen pound male has his jig "in the mouth". My dad was fishing down stream and he had two salmon. I did not meter many fish, DFG keeps saying they are coming but I'm starting to wonder. But I think everything has been late this year anyway so i'll keep ready for the big run!

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Miller Park to Freeport
Weather: Very Nice but w/N. Wind Today
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 63 Degrees
Date: October 4, 2005

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005...The DFG says there are 1.7 million adult salmon coming into our river systems this year. For the last 3 days I couldn't even catch one of them. Fred Hicks and Jack Thomason went salmon fishing with me for 3 days. Sunday we trolled Miller Park with Silvertrons and anchor fished near Freeport with Flatfish and Kwikfish w/sardine wrap. One salmon for Jack; Monday, we fished all Flatfish and Kwikfish down at Freeport for only 2 lost fish; Today, Tuesday, we fished down at Freeport again with Flatfish and Kwikfish. Jack missed two takedowns and that was it. Mostly pretty slow all over, except for those that caught a few. Tomorrow is another day. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Ron Mott
Email: WinterrunRon@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento
Weather: Beautifully cool
Water_condition: Nice and clear
Date: 10/2/05

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First time out this year in search of steelhead bait for the winter run. My weekend partner, Joe, and I went out in his boat Sunday and we spooned for several hours on the Sac from Miller Park to Sherwood. Tried the trolling thing in Joe's tin can of a boat a little while, got snagged, pulled in the snag to find it attached to 50lb test line, Joe raps it around his hand thinking he'll just bring it and whatever it's attached to in, but the current quickly drags the tin can boat downstream, snag doesn't budge and Joe's face turns tense with pain as he screams out for me to "cut the line, cut the line, cut the line!" Good thing I'm Ninja certified... saved the day with a quick swipe of the knife and all of his fingers too! Off to spoon for another couple of hours. Joe did find one hen about 14-16lbs, a shiny skinned beaut, but he wasn't able to muster the skill necessary to bring it all the way to the net. In other words, it got off. Lost out on the some nice steaks and the bait she was carrying! Saw 4 other boats hook up and land theirs around the time we did (all legally for you trolling non-believers!). Score as witnessed... spooners 5 (okay, 4) , trollers 0. Not much action otherwise by anyone. Lots of "thumbs down". Great weather, all fishing boats early until about 1pm or so, then the fair-weather weekenders came out... we left. Good luck. -Ron

Name: Otha Livingston
Email: Olivingston@sbcglobal.net
Location: EVERYWHERE SAC/Antioch etc.
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: Stained
Date: 10/02/2005

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Rebels, rattle traps, Rapala, tried every color in the rainbow, deep runners, shallow runners, grubs, worm trailers. WOW, I'll never fish another sunday until it gets COLD! Between the Cabin Cruisers, Go-Fast boats and the jet ski's. I wasn't surpised 3 fishing, we only landed 4 keepers and 5 shakers (Stripers) 1 NICE one got off at the boat. None in the double digits. On the water at 0630 off at 4:00 PM. Trolled the Sac River, west bank, San Juaquin Side, barges, every rock wall and even ran out to Antioch. Figure it was better than the best day at work! Hey Tomi, was that a one finger Salute to the Big Boats?? Or were you telling them they were #1? ;) Otha

Name: x-butcher bill
Email: william-margie@comcast.net
Location: san walkeen area
Weather: little breeze - warm
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 10-03-05

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Launched at Brannon, 20 minutes after my dear wife called me to rub in the fact I forgot my lunch. Three passes at the barges-nuttin. Two 20 inchers and a 9 #er at the trailer across the way. One more small one past the ferry landing on False River. All caught with the same lure;bbr deeprunner. All 4 fish in the hour before and hour after window Marc Wilson spoke about at Haps last weekend. That was a very informative seminar Mark, thanks much. Thats all 4now.........Bill

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacto River
Weather: nice, little wind
Water_condition: 65-66 simi-clear
Date: 3 October 2005

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My son-in-law, Bill Conyers, thinks striper fishing is easy. Sure, because the last time we went it was with Mark Wilson. Well, I couldn’t let him down. I told him we would get 4 keepers & then go salmon trolling. (Really, I’m old enough to know better!) We launched at Sandy Beach so we would be close to the Old River. In the water at 6:30AM. Trolled the West Bank to the power lines (two times), Horseshoe Bend, the Dairy, and the mouth of the Old River. We trolled both shallow & deep. We found lots of grass during the heavy current in all places except Horseshoe. The water was not as clear as last week. By 1:30PM we had 3 shakers, a 6# and an 8#. Too late to do anything but go home. At least he has fresh striper for dinner.

Name: jimbo
Email: jxpearce@yahoo.com
Location: Miller Park
Weather: Wonderful
Water_condition: 64 degrees - 2 ft visability
Date: Monday 10/3

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Stayed at Miller Park from 8:30am to 1pm, jigged down trolled back. We were the only boat to stay there. Others came and went. Only one seen cought (not us), about 13 lbs jigging at noon. Others reported very slow fishine. One of the guide boats said, "didn't get a sniff all morning."

Name: paul johnson
Email: xyz@abc
Location: I street to am.rvr mouth
Weather: cool and sunny
Water_condition: stained
Date: 10/1/05 sat

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Trolling mepps spinner on a 10'' dropper with a 3 way swivel up river from 7am to 8:30 am. for nothing. Saw two fish, one on a stringer the other was being fought on Gibbs minnow. I don't know if it was landed. Not much at all on the finder. # of boats 20-30, on anchor. They're comin' 1.7 gazillion.

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sandy Beach/West Bank
Weather: windy!
Water_condition: 67 degrees/10" visibility
Date: 10/2/2005

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Sunday, October 2nd 2005 - Launched at Sandy Beach at 12:30 pm and trolled down to Decker Island. Used B16 Bombers and Rapalas for no hits. Trolled back up to Sandy Beach and anchored off of the west bank in 20' of water. I fished with shad, but weeds were the big story. I had huge gobs of moss form around my sinker and bait on every cast. I had a few small bites but no hookups. Tried moving to several different spots with no luck - I couldn't avoid the moss. Off the water at 5:30 pm with no fish. If I would have launched at Brannon Island instead of Sandy Beach I would have moved to the San Joaquin system.

Name: GIL
Email: ignats@pacbell.net
Location: miller
Weather: HOT
Water_condition: STAINED
Date: oct 2

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yup fished miller 3 times in last couple of weeks for a big NOTHIN.. oh yea, i did catch two tree limbs and lost 3 double bladed silvertrons! ive been runnin with my main motor on my 18' searay as slow as she'll go....going up stream. maybe i should use my electric trolling motor ? rigged with tri swivel and 5 ozs. tried runnin at 40, 60, to 80 ft of line. if theres a salmon trollin expert out there who would like to share with me the proper way to troll salmon, i would greatly appreciate it ! good luck to all...............gil

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: sacto, miller park area
Weather: calm
Water_condition: good
Date: 10/1+2/05

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THIS IS A POOR SALMON SEASON...SO FAR..Fished sat with Kevin Wilson for 7 hours non-stop...silvertron lures ..i finely hooked a 12lb ....my first fish in 8 trips. saw 5 caught all day out of maybe 35 boats ...I guess i didnt learn anything as i went again Sun with son Scott same area less boats today. some got smart and stayed home...we never got a hook up went home to watch dem Raiders win a game...and later those poor49ERS...WHEW THEY WERE BAD ....gonna give salmon fishing another maybe tuesday...lets see what happens????? ..see ya...

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Miller Park & Freeport
Weather: Nice w/slight Overcast @ 75 degrees
Water_condition: Clear @ 67 Degrees
Date: October 2, 2005

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Sunday, October 2, 2005...Fred Hicks is back from the hills and joined Jack Thomason and I for a little salmon fishing around Sacramento. We launched at Miller Park and trolled Silvertron spinners early morning. Then my electric motor ran out of "juice". No action, and only saw two fish caught for about 20 boats. Packed it in and headed to Freeport where we anchor fished flatfish and kwikfish w/sardine wrap. I lost one salmon, Fred had a big ZERO, and Jack missed a hit while holding the rod, and had an 8# salmon with suicidal tendancies hit his lure. Pulled anchor there at 2 p.m. and headed back to Miller Park where we trolled spinners again with the big 140 hp motor, and a sea anchor out. It worked! Sea anchors are much, much better than using buckets. No more action. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: LuvMSon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: RioVista/Collinsville/SanJuaq/Mars
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: 67degrees/stained to semi-clear
Date: Sunday/2Oct2005

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Teamed up with Otha and his Arima crew today with our 2 boats and 5 anglers. We "thought" everything looked perfect for fishing...that is, everything EXCEPT for the fish. We trolled, and trolled, and trolled and ended the day with only 5 keepers, none being double-digits. Lots of shakers, lots of weeds in the water, and LOT'S of big boat owners with no boating etiquette! We almost got mowed over by all the cabin cruisers who refuse to stay in the main channel to minimize their wake. We had to "salute" several of them with our index finger we were so pissed. (Next time we've vowed to throw golf balls at em.) Anyways, it "almost" felt like Autumn today but still t-shirt weather. Well folks, I spent my last day at 45 yrs. old on the water...Next trip out I'm an aging 46! Ouch!. Take Care Y'all. Good Luck.

Name: Mikeov
Email: mikeov@hoymail.com
Location: RIo Vista
Weather: windy
Water_condition: na
Date: 10/01/05

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Hey Everyone, Want to thank Clyde, Bobby, Barry, Mark, and Bob for sharing their time and extensive knowledge of delta fishing techniques with us yesterday at Hap’s. Also CSBA members who served up the lunch for all, plus all others who helped make this event a great success. The years of experience and expertise that was available is a testament to their passion for this sport we all enjoy. Thanks again. Join CSBA….

Name: E. Satterfield aka Capt. Moe
Email: moesatt2@yahoo.com
Location: Farallones
Weather: thick shallow layer fog
Water_condition: 6' swell @ 8 sec
Date: 09, 30, 05

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Aboarb the New Huck Finn out Emeryville With Capt. John Y. and Dave our deckhand and 31 anglers. We started the day by catching a few hundered sand dabs (w/cut squid) the dabs are for ling cod bait (lings love them like strawberry short cake). Next we baited up with live chovies for rockcod limits in a couple hours. Then we went to the rock piles and baited up with the strawberry short cake for 48 lings to 22lbs. Edwin from Sac come on down.

Name: Ray Mcvey
Email: raymac36@sbcglobal.net
Location: Hap's Bait Shop
Weather: Windy,overcast in morning
Water_condition:
Date: 10/01/05

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Thanks everyone involved, for the great fishing seminer that was presented today at Hap's Bait.Very informative by all.

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: vieiras to decker
Weather: very warm
Water_condition: 67 degrees and semi clear
Date: 09/30/05

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went out after work , with good friend Rocky Cariglio . 6 keepers , 2 shakers . and 1 lost fish . 8 hit no stick . Rocky lost a nice one right at the boat .got real windy all of the sudden , just before dark went home . good luck .

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Miller Park Get on channel 68
Weather: Kinda Hot! 95 degrees
Water_condition: Semi Stain to semi Clear
Date: FRIDAY Last day of Sept...9-30-05

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After a full week of fishing,Monday through Friday. Lots of good fish caught. Best days were Tuesday & Thursday! Caught 3 fish yesterday, One small Jack (6lbs.) And,2 Hens 14 & 16 lbs..Overall,the bite took a dive.About 10 fish for 17 boats...One thing I noticed, some of the darker fish are showing up. These are the ones that probally were holding in the lower Delta when the water temps were in the 70's.......Kinda a mixed bad. Some Chromers,some not so fresh...Strange bite on Friday. Action very early, then a long dead time till about noon! The afternoon bite was from 12:30 pm till about 2:00pm. Mike Booker caught his first salmon of the year at the afternoon bite. Nice fish just under 20 lbs... Mike is mostly a bass fisherman. ( Great drop-shot expert!) He turned me on with that method this Summer. Fun way to take bass!!! My fish count for the month of Sept. Was 23 fish...All in the miller park area...I hear alot of reports from other fisherman who said" No fish in this part of the River yet!! I really think,they didn't put the required time in!!! Being RETIRED helps also !! I remember my working days. Hard to put alot of hours in & Work 8-10 hours... Well, the weekend is here. I'll be anywhere,but on the river!!!!!!!!Too crazy!! A cold front is due in next 24 -36 hours.....Also,chance for a shower. Hoping, the temps remain cooler for the first week of October? The HOGGMAN (blue Jet Craft boat) Almost got more than one fish for the Month of Sept.. He had two on, But managed to lose both....Kenny will do better in October!!! See ya on the River. Bob H. ( Naked))

Name: Tibby
Email: Raven@the-Ravens.net
Location: n/a
Weather: n/a
Water_condition: n/a
Date: 9/30/05

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Does anyone know Where I can purchace heavy duty crab pots in the Sacramento area?

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Sacto River@Miller Park to Sherwood
Weather: Very Warm
Water_condition: Stained
Date: 09/30/05

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I took my good friend Gordon Ong out to give salmon a try today. We saw three salmon caught this morning amongst 35 to 40 boats. About 90% were trolling and 10% jigging! Not too good of a fish per angler average! Huh? We'll be back after black bass next week. A lot more action! Ta hell with the salmon! See ya in the Delta! Jerry

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Sacto River@Miller Park to Sherwood
Weather: Very Warm
Water_condition: Stained
Date: 09/30/05

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Name: Bob Stevenson
Email: skybob@webtv.net
Location: Sac west bank
Weather: clear and very warm
Water_condition: semiclear
Date: thurs sept 29

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Trolled the west bank with rattle traps and bombers to Collinsville and Chain I with a little time in Broad S, no luck. So trolled back upriver with rebels and had 3 shakers, just about ready to call it a day when a good hit and landed a salmon 23 lbs a chromer . no keeper stripers

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island Area
Weather: Balmy Nice w/No Wind!
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 68 Degrees
Date: September 29, 2005

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Thursday, September 29, 2005...The water has cleared some and is running between 64 degrees in the early a.m. to 69 degrees at late afternoon. Arthur Bard and David Varshawsky went striper trolling with me today. Nothing on Rattle Traps, nothing on Rebels, all fish caught on Bombers. We trolled mostly West Bank and some around Chain Island. The bite, what there was of it, was around the 9:00 a.m. low tide. We caught our biggest fish then. The next bite was around the 3:30 p.m. high tide, which resulted in a few shakers and a couple of small keepers. Final tally was 9 keepers from 14# to 20", and 11 shakers. We saw Mt. Diablo most of the day. Back to Vieira's late for a couple of pictures and fileting fish and home before midnight. Thanks Arthur and David for the company. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bob Harries The naked Fisherman
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Miller Pk. AREA. Get on channel 68!!
Weather: Sunny Warm
Water_condition: 66,7 early 67.5 midday
Date: Thursday September 29th

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Less boats than Weds..... Counted about 18 today.. Trollers, (not the yo yo people) Man! I got to quit picking on those guys!!!! The bite was off & on all day.... Had Bill Meyers in my boat for the second day. We hooked 11 fish and, got 9 in the boat. Releasing, 5 on the darker side. One of these fish had been attacked by MR. SEA LION. Really tore up.. Front teeth marks,very noticeable on the belly...After being attacked by a sea lion,You just have to let him go.......Right?/ Yeah.....Guess the fish count for the day was about 18 to 20 fish?? Too busy fighting my fish to be exact!......Fun day!!...Like on Tuesday, Another boat (jigging) drifted through the in line trolling boats!!! What are they thinking?? Man! We trollers only have this small area to fish. The whole Sacramento is OPEN for Spooning!! This area is only maybe three football fields long.... I know what it is" They see the results of us TROLLERS.......And want to get some......... This water is only 14 to 20 ft deep... With no holes to rest the Salmon....... Not good for Jigging, But great for a moving spinner.........It would really bother me to drift sideways through a Formation of boats trolling in a organize manner.... Not Them... Oh Well! Enough, not going to waste my time on this subject! Its not gonna go away!...Taking my sun in law with me on Friday. Mr. Bill Meyers will be in his own T-Top Klamath boat... See ya on the river..........Bob H. (Naked)

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacto River
Weather: Nice,little breeze
Water_condition: clear, 66, little grass
Date: 29 Sept 2005

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Wow, this retired live is great! Yesterday a ride with Clyde Wands. Today a ride with Ted Fagunes. We go to same places & do same thing. We were a little later (“retirees don’t set their alarms”) and the early bite was not as intense. We got lots of hit and lost many fish & tails. I’m sure most were small because we landed about 10-12 shakers. We caught 4 from 18-20in, 6#, 6#, 8# & 12#. Attention Jolly Hookers and Wheels & Reels. We saw Joe Grandchamp on Broad Slough in the morning and he had a 5# & 10#. I sure hope he was not using trout from the Derby to catch those nice stripers. He told us he’s staying at Brannon Island tonight & fishing tommorrow. Think I’ll take tomorrow off---unless someone calls!

Name: Jerry/Sharon Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Northern Delta
Weather: Very Warm
Water_condition: Stained
Date: 09/28/05

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I took my good friend Gordon Ong out to fish the Delta yesterday. We were in the water by 6:45am. Last week was Gordon's week. Yes, I was Gordon's netter last time out. Yesterday was my day, cuz I limited by 8:30am. And I caught Gordon's limit by 2:45pm. Yes, I said Gordon's limit. But Gordon didn't get skunked. He caught plenty of dinkies. Hopefully, his birthday will be next time. I got nine fish on the famous Senko 5" worm rigged weightless with a 3/0 Gamakatsu EWG. Biggest was a 3#er. Several in the 2# category and down. First fish came on a white spinnerbait. I'm sure the bass are scarfing up for fall cuz they were regurgitating plenty of crawfish.

Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Folsom Lake
Weather: breezy early ,then pleasant
Water_condition: Clean and clear 69-70deg F
Date: 7/28/05

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The Wheels and Reels held their monthly derby outing Wendsday at Folsom Lake in an effort to cut down on "gas expenses". The derby attracted 24 fishermen who caught 22 fish. I might add that many of these were under-sized salmon that were released to grow for another day. The derby winners were all trout and caught in the top 20 feet with a variety of needle fish and other similar trout lures. The salmon, on the other hand, were deep-- 60 to 100 ft. Geo Mckinnon landed the derby winning trout that weighed 1 lb. 6 ounces. Ole sneaky Art Sutter used the balance scale to nose out Joe Grandchamp for second heaviest fish. Art's weighed 1lb 2 ounces, while Joe's third place trout weighed 1 lb. 1 ounce. Even though the catching was slow, the fishing was good and right in our own back yard. No problem with the recreational fools either ( gas is expensive for them too) and the weather really co-operated. Jim Readnour and Art Sutter teamed up and hosted this outing by serving hot shredded beef sloppy Joe sandwiches, with salad, drinks and cookies all ready and "right on time". Many kudos to both. Our next outing will be held on Oct 19th at Camanche, Berryessa or Folsom. Hil Felton

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Miller Park
Weather: Very nice with light north winds
Water_condition: 64.9 Degrees
Date: Weds.Sept.28th

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A Very quik report!!!!!!!!!! About 26 boats trolling. about 20 fish caught! Pretty good bite from 8:00am till noon.........Not RED HOT!!!!!! Average,for this late Sept.date.....Saw two boats with limits,Jack & Mark got 4...Ike & Wife got 4. Steve got three (two in boat) & the HIGH LITE of the MONTH!!!! The HOGGMAN Got A FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kenny has not caught a fish for the intire Month .. Now, he has his quota" One!! Ha,Ha!........Never give up HOGGMAN.....My boat had many take-downs,with no fish landed!......RUBBER HOOKS! Channel 68,Very busy all morning. Lots of fellow fisherman Talking.. Hats off to all the trollers who troll in a orderly fashion. sometimes,getting close to each other! But, Allowing the other boats room to pass....Only one boat ( Jigging) ) RAN HIS BLUE BOAT sideways through the middle of half a dozen boats trolling in a tight line! DUD!! doesn't make sense? There's always that ONE!!! See Ya on the River. Bob H. (Naked)

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@fontiernet.net
Location: vieiras to decker
Weather: nice / a little warm
Water_condition: 69 degrees / semi clear
Date: 09/28 /05 - wed.

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worrking in brentwood , have to pass boat going to work and coming home . well , not today . today we stopped and went trolling for stripers . my good friend and work mate , Mike Caster and i , caught 12 fish 9 keepers and 3 shakers , lost 2 , both at boat side 1 was a nice fish . mike is a litrtle lazy and did not want to pick fish up out of the water to release them . b-16 bomber , red head white body was deadly , we also had 9 hit no stick . clown rebel at pump south side decker was king . 3:30 p.m. to 7 ;30 p.m. .fish at all locations . biggest was a 6# , all schoolie size . bite was on entire outgoing tide . at decker at dark also low tide . still catching , had to leave . good luck !

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Miller Park
Weather: Warm or Hot @ 95 Degrees
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 65 Degrees
Date: September 28, 2005

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Wednesday, September 28, 2005...Mt. Diablo is located about 8 miles S.W. of Pittsburg, California. It is the tallest mountain in view and means Devil Mountain. And, "off color" means the water is not clear, but stained with a milky color to it. Today's fishing: I went with Jack Thomason today to troll for stinky salmon at Miller Park. We trolled Silvertron Spinners for 6 hits. Jack lost one and had another take his bright new chromie sinker. The other 4 hits resulted in 4 male salmon, not so bright, at 17#, 15#, 14#, and 5#. Quit at 1:30 p.m. and headed in. There were quite a few fish caught in the morning, all by trollers. The spooners did not catch any around us. Jack, your boat really stinks now. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacto River
Weather: Nice, little wind
Water_condition: Clean, 66-67 degrees
Date: 28 September 2005

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Frankly, I just got tired of reading reports from all you old retired farts! The last straw was Ted Fagunes calling me every day to fish. Most days I had to work. “Well I guess I will just have to go golfing”, he says. I couldn’t take it any more. I asked the President of our company, Nancy Crooks, if I could retire. She says, “Sure, but you get no severance pay!” That’s OK, I have enough for gas-I think. I work my last day yesterday! Woof, woof! I call Clyde Wands, last night, to see if he wants to help me celebrate. “Sure, we will celebrate on the water on Wednesday.” We hit the water at 6:30AM to fish the last of the out go. Light west breeze at Collinsville to Chain Island. By 8:30 we have 19in, 4#, 10#, 10#, 11# & 13#. All on shallow bombers. The current is still going out slowly & the wind shifts to the north. The bite dies, hard & fast. (Clyde tells me he has frequently seen the North wind turn off a bite.) During the next 4 hours we scratch up 5 more keepers, 18-20inches, & three shakers on shallow & deep trolling. We quit at 12:30 to celebrate at home-no DUI from Tomi! If you want more details, go see Clyde at Haps on Saturday. Thanks Clyde, for giving me a great retirement party!

Name: x-butcher bill
Email: william-margie@comcast.net
Location: san walkeen
Weather: beautiful
Water_condition: pretty dang clear
Date: 9-28-05

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on water at brannon at 8am. partner of 39 years accompanied me just to see exactly how i dont catch fish. surprised her! 1st pass at the barges - keeper. nuttin on the next 2 passes. crossed over to the trailer, 3 more keepers. biggest 1 - 7#. had one big sucker on. 2 fantastic runs and broke me off. should have listened to Tomi about leader strength! had 17# test on. broke about 1/2 way up leader. dang. used rainbow bomber shallow and clown bbr deep. had fun and so did my partner.

Name: Herb Brown
Email: hbrown4130@sbcglobal.net
Location: sacto river rio vista
Weather: clear
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 09/28/05

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i finally got out for my first striper trip,fished west bank to collinsville on the income tide.We picked up three keeps schoolies and 5 shakers.Trolled shallow with bombers.Hey Tomi no cement caskgets but a dead cow on the bank.It was a beaut of a day to bad i have leave early to beat the traffic.I might have to start spending the nite. Herb

Name: gene chapman
Email: magicg@attglobal.com
Location: west/bank,,,decker ,,sanjaquine
Weather: 6:16am windy,,,12 noon nice
Water_condition: clear and perfect
Date: 09-27-05

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ONE YEAR AGO TODAY<IS THE FIRST TIME I fished with MAR WILSON MARK IS THE GREATEST,,,today with John and my good luck dog NIKKI we landed 15 shakers and four keepers,,,BUT we only brought 3 home WHY YOU ASK? Because I landed a 38 pound STRIPER and released her,,,,(my father would turn over in his grave if he knew I released a 38 pound striper) I have pictures (4) and a WITNESS john and My dog NIKKI (whos not TALKING),,,,I COULD GO ON AND ON about this fish,,,BUT it is MARK WILSON "THE GREATEST STRIPED BASS FISHERMAN IN THE WORLD" ,,,"THE GREATEST TEACHER IN THE WORLD" that deserves the CREDIT,,,,you can fish for salmon if you want but STRIPER FISHING IS THE GREATEST

Name: gene chapman
Email: magicg@attglobal.com
Location: west/bank,,,decker ,,sanjaquine
Weather: 6:16am windy,,,12 noon nice
Water_condition: clear and perfect
Date: 09-27-05

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Name: Some guy
Email: yeahright@yahoo.com
Location: Mt Diablo??
Weather: Clear
Water_condition: off color???
Date: today

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Hey Mark, are you going to tell us where Mt. Diablo is? Also, what does "off color"mean??

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman))
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Miller Park area
Weather: Sunny Balmy, Great!!!! 86 degrees
Water_condition: Semi clear 64 degrees
Date: Tuesday September 27th,05

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Monday is never Lucky for me . And, yesterday was just that!!! While I had two take downs, Nothing stayed on !!! Different tides this week. Tides are going out in the am. hours. Water was not really CLEAR!!! Really think not many fish in the area! But you always get one boat that does well. This boat was a 14 ft. Klamath, with a lady aboard. She caught two!! Largest,about 30 lbs........Must have had the right set up?" Guess it was Ladies Day? Very glad to see her do well. Don't know, but bet she was using PINK? My wifes, favorite color......Called it a day at 1:30pm.. A SKUNK day!!! No biggy, There is always tomorrow. Which leads me into todays report.........My neighbor, and fishing buddy called me Monday night. Said" Mark Wilson told him lots of Salmon were caught in the lower Sacto. River on Monday. What a differents a day makes!!!!Today (Tuesday) These fish moved into the Miller Park area..... Started fishing at 8:00 am. Jack Thomason & (Lund Boat) Todd & Bill had already hooked up! They had started fishing at 7:00 am. About a hour before me. While they got three fish before I had a take down. I caught them, By hooking 6 fish!!! Bamb, Bamb Bamb! The action was long lasting! From 7:00am through 2:00pm.... If you remember my last report? Where"s the fish. Maybe? they are finally showning up?????????? The day Hogg Man takes a day off! The fishing picks up!!! He'll be there tomorrow... No doubt! This has been the BEST day for me since July 16th. ( THe opener)........By the way, With 6 fish on. I kept ONLY 2 of the largest. 28 & 39 lber. Just in case Fish & game reads these reports!!!!!!!! Is this just a one day event? Or will the rest of the week dictate a improved run????? Still using Silvertron double bladed GREEN spinners... Dans guide Service is also doing well. He is one of the better guides in the area. He really takes care of his clients!!!! pictures,Fish Cleaning etc....For the record, Boat traffic is still on the light side. Subject to change at any time!!!!!Bill meyer will be fishing with me on Weds.. Hope the North winds hold off? See you on the river... Bob Harries ( Naked).....................

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: September 27, 2005

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Tuesday, September 27, 2005...Not a fishing report, but if any of you readers would like to attend a big fishing seminar and sharpen your fishing skills, let me tell you what's going on. Hap's Bait in Rio Vista, along with the Fish Sniffer Newspaper, Fish Hookers Sportfishing, CSBA-Rio Vista Chapter, the Rio Vista Chamber of Commerce, Marine Max, and others, will be hosting and presenting the 58th ANNUAL BASS FESTIVAL this coming Saturday, October 1st, starting at 9:00 a.m. and concluding at 4:00 p.m. Bob Simms, KFBK Outdoor Show will be Master of Ceremonies of the event. THERE IS NO COST to anyone, other than to get there. Clyde Wands, the original shallow water troller, or "Old Man River", will be covering shallow water trolling techniques for stripers at 9 a.m. Then at 10:30 a.m. comes Bobby Barrack, Professional Specialist talking about plugging, spooning, and jigging for bass and stripers. Next at 12:00 is Capt. Barry Canevaro, Fish Hookers Sportfishing talking about bait fishing for stripers. Next at 1:30 p.m. is myself talking about techniques to catch stripers between 1' and 50' of water, including trolling deep, shallow, and shallower. And finishing up the event at 3:00 p.m. is Capt. Barry Canevaro talking about sturgeon fishing, the new sturgeon baits, and use of electronics to find fish. It should be a fun filled event and I know I might learn something from the other speakers. Hope to see all of you there. Thank you. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: fishon
Email: fishon_991@msn.com
Location: powerlines
Weather: cool till 5pm game time lookin bleak
Water_condition: same
Date: 9/26/05

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we went out about 2pm started with covies and caught one keeper after that lots shakers 15+ switch to thread fin chad caught at sun down 4 more keepers they went crazy for the shad hit very hard and fast ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ yababy!!!

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Bodega Bay
Weather: foggy
Water_condition: good
Date: 09/26/05

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Went to Bodega Bay for some rock fishing. Dad, Bob, Jennifer and Ali went with me today. The action started from the get go with everyone hooking fish left and right. Ali (Rocklin Cashier) did a good job on her first trip to the ocean. She was catching her fair share. As for the day we ended up with 50 rock fish and 10 ling cods to fifteen pounds.

Name: Ed
Email: ed_yano@surewest.net
Location: GG by Towers
Weather: T-shirt weather
Water_condition: Flat as the ocean can be
Date: Sept 26, 05

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What a fantastic day on the pond. I had Ron Lucky and Dennis Salty on board today. Salty, his day started bad when he missed the freeway turnoff, then the boat ramp turnoff. I think he knew he was in for a long day. Once we got started, we headed to the towers per the previous days reports. Stopped on some bait, but there was too much junk in the water. Picked up and headed out and stopped on bait in 115' of water. Lucky, who is using a green RSK with a med. echip flasher, and wearing a green t-shirt gets a nice 20#. A couple of minutes later he gets the 2nd fish in the box, a nice 22#. Lucky tells Salty to take the next fish. After 30 mins. and a scratch bait on Salty's pole, Lucky gets hooked up again. Salty fights the fish for a minute and it comes off. Saw the fleet of party boats in close, so started trolling towards shore. At 100' both Lucky and Salty hook up. Lucky boxes his 3rd fish another 22#, and Salty stays salty. We continue to troll towards shore, and my rod goes off. I let Salty have the honors, and of course the fish comes off. We continue to troll and Lucky gets number 4, a 24#. After numerous lost fish I decided to go to a pearl spoon with a large 7/0 hook. Proceeded to hook the largest salmon 27#, and let Salty bring it in. Very fortunate that the hook was large, because Lucky let the fish swim out of the net, but gets it on the second try. We decide to move towards Dux for the afternoon bite. When we get a mile outside of Dux we see bait jumping and proceed to get a double. Lucky losses his, but Salty comes through with the devil fish a nice 16#. So we ended the day with 16 hits, and 6 salmon, and a ton of jabbing.

Name: Otha Livingston
Email: Olivingston@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sac River, San Juaquin
Weather: GREAT
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 9/26/05

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Beautiful day, on the water at 0830 trolled with the usual assortment of deep/shallow runners. 6 Keepers to 10 pounds, 4 shakers and I let my buddy bring in a NICE keeper which got off at the boat... Keep a tight line John!!!. The bite went dead after noon. Watched Tomi, catch a nice 9 pounder in the afternoon while trolling a rock wall. On the road at 3:30. Beats a day behind the desk!! Doctor says back to work in Novemer :)

Name: LuvMSon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: SacRiver/SanJuaq
Weather: Beautiful/Flat
Water_condition: Clear/67 degrees
Date: Monday/26Sept2005

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Beautiful day on the water today with Otha and his buddy following me in the Arima. Hit Sac River for nothing so switched over to the San Juaq. to our favorite spots. We worked HARD for our fish today. I ended with 11 shakers and only 3 keepers to 9# in my boat. Just couldn't find the big schools today. I even went bank shopping and didn't find anything interesting on sale today. Felt like we had the whole delta to ourselves today. Take Care Y'all...Back to work tommorrow.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island
Weather: Overcast/Sunny/No Wind-NICE!
Water_condition: Clear @ 68 Degrees
Date: September 26, 2005

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Monday, September 26, 2005...Chuck Jacobs went striper trolling with me today. We trolled around Decker Island. The weather was great. A little overcast, a little sunshine, t-shirt weather, and NO WIND!!! The water was the best I've seen this summer. Clear at 68 degrees. The bite was around the morning's low tide and the afternoon's hightide. We trolled Rebels, Bombers, and Rattle Traps. The only lure we caught fish on was the Bomber in red/white and rainbow trout colors. A lot of hits for 8 shaker stripers and 13 keeper stripers. No big ones today. We kept fish at 8#, 7#, 7#, and 7#. Back at Vieira's real early to take pictures and filet fish. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Garcia Bend
Weather: nice
Water_condition: 64 degrees
Date: 9/23/2005

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Friday, September 23rd - Launched at Garcia Bend at 6:00 pm and anchored across from the boat ramp on the Yolo side in 17 feet of water. Fished with sardines and a live squawfish until 11:00 pm. No takers on the squawfish so I released it. Caught lots of small catfish on the sardines but that was it - no stripers. The salmon fishing still looks slow. I only saw a couple of salmon roll and everybody I talked to got skunked.

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: vieiras to decker and back
Weather: nice / little or no wind
Water_condition: semiclear/clear
Date: 09/25/05 sun.

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went out 3:00 p.m. to 7:00p.m. , 5 keepers , 2 shakers , 2 lost fish , 5 hits no stick . just me by myself . 10# was the biggest . rainbowtrout b-16 . nothing else worked . no - yozuri , no b-25 , no rattle traps . only b-16 . good luck !

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Vieria/Isleton/Decker/Westbank
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Clear
Date: September 25, 2005

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Yup, made it to the delta...I had thoughts about chasing salmon outside the gate since the winds were suppose to be mellower than yesterday. Launched out of Vieira's...I had to be careful just to get into a trolling lane (lotsa boats). We landed a largemouth bass on a green Silvertron...go figure. Then we hooked up at the proverbial bite window in the morning, it seemed like a big one because it took off like a runaway frieght train...we couldn't stop it. The fish takes off towards the port side, runs into the prop of the other boat trolling next to us and that was all she wrote. I don't know if it's bad karma or what, the last time my buddy Tom hooked a Sacramento river salmon (we were backtrolling up at Balls Ferry about 21 years ago), he lost the fish when our prop cut his line. He is 2 for 2 with losing salmon via the prop. We figured the "bite window" for salmon closed so we made a run for Decker and West Bank for a little striper trolling. We ended up with 1 shaker striper and 2 keepers. It sure would've been nice if Tom could've landed his first Sac River Salmon....oh well, maybe next time.

Name: G Tang
Email: jjjgtang@yahoo.com
Location: Freeport area
Weather: good
Water_condition: good
Date: 09/25/05

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Sunday Spetember 25 went out jigging again, lauchced at Garcia Bend at 9:30 am straight to Freeport area. Nice weather better than yesterday and friday. Fishing were very slow, We had two hooked up somehow didn't landed the fish. Not many fish on fishfinder either. the water tem was 64.3. Maybe next week will be better. Went home at 1:00pm.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Miller Park
Weather: Very Nice and Warm
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 66 Degrees
Date: September 25, 2005

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Sunday, September 25, 2005...Breakfast at Eddie's and discussed going salmon fishing locally. Yes, I joined Jack Thomason to go trolling for salmon around Miller Park. We trolled spinners all day. A late start. On the water around 10:30 a.m. and off the water around 4 p.m. The boat traffic was nasty, but there were hardly any fishermen. We had two bump hits, lost one fish, and caught one about 17 pounds. That was it for all day trolling. Home early. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: San Quentin
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Clear
Date: September 24, 2005

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Anyway, I didn't have to get up early this morning, Scott came by my house at 9:45am, we were able to get on the water before 10:30am. As soon as I dropped my line, I had a hit...that's what type of day it was. We ended up with 18 shakers, 2 keepers, and 4 wicked hits. Hot lure was a 1/2 ounce chartruese hair raiser w/white skirt and white worm. The white swimbait with the chartruese back did ok with about 4 fish. I know there's probably bigger fish up in San Pablo by the duckblinds and pumphouse, but we didn't want to leave fish to find fish...we did try Marin Island, near Loch Lomond, but was unsuccessful there so we went back to San Quentin. We had a "triple double"...we never experienced a double on my boat...now we did 3 times! I spoke to a gentleman in the next washdown stall and they had 3 white seabass hits out at Bonita Cove, in fact one came unbuttoned at the boat. I'm tempted to go out there tomorrow, but I've already washed down my boat, headed for the Delta.

Name: LuvMSon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista/Sac River
Weather: Breezy
Water_condition: Stained/67degrees
Date: Saturday/24Sept2005

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Short report folks...worked 15 hrs. on Friday but found myself wide awake at 5am this morning. So nothing else to do but hook the boat up and head to Rio Vista. Launched solo at sunrise and trolled until 1300 hrs. Final count...(ready for this) ONE keeper,4 shakers, and a brand new live bait bucket! Yep, thats it. Trolled all over the place looking for fish but no luck. Felt like last Tuesday again...Guess I'll go to 2 Sunday masses tommorrow and see if that helps my fishing. Take Care Y'all... Tomi

Name: G Tang
Email: jjjgtang@yahoo.com
Location: Freeport area
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: good
Date: 09/24/05

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laucnched at Garcia Bend 8:00 am the parking lot almost full. 6 of us went to Freeport area jigging. man ! it was windy just like yesterday but the wind blowing from north instead of south so we were drifting so fast. Not a good day for jigging and not many fish marked on fishfinder. We saw some boats with fish most were caught on trolling. We quit the day around 12:30 pm with empty hand. What a day!

Name: rod bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: isleton to decker
Weather: white caps and rollers/blowin like a hurricaine
Water_condition: semi
Date: 09/24/05 sat

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went out from 6 a.m. to 12 noon . windy , blowin . out of control . still managed 6 keepers 2 lost fish and 5 hits . biggest was a 8# , good luck .

Name: Big Al's Guide Service
Email: bigalsfishn1@sbcglobal.net
Location: Verona Marina
Weather: perrrfect
Water_condition: good clarity, inside mudline
Date: 09-21-05

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Fished Verona from 5 am to 330 pm. Silvertron double spinners and K-14 white kwikfish with red stencil pattern. Caught 1- 22# buck at 630 am then nothing till 330 pm. Then the bite was on, 3 salmon in 30 minutes at 18#,16# and 15#. AM fish on Kwikfish PM fish on silvertron with green & blue beads/ silver. All I can say is if you are patient they will bite. The fish are going through. Few boats out this day. The evening bite has been the best. Fish the outside of wing buoy on mudline.

Name: Bob Harries (naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Miller Park Area
Weather: Very Breeezy!!!!!Sunny
Water_condition: Semi-Clear Tempts-66-67 degrees
Date: Friday Sept.23rd 05

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After great fishing conditions through Thursday. The big delta winds showed up as predicted. While the boat traffic increased,Fishing results in this area took a nose dive.... I counted about 20 boats from Miller park launch downstream to Sacto. Yacht Club....Like me,Most were trolling..I caught a 12 lb Hen early. Thats the only fish I saw caught all day. Quit at 3:00pm. Knowing, Its difficult to troll at slow speeds with wind speeds to 20 knots. Its not impossible!!!!! In the past, I have done quite well in windy conditions.. When the fish are in!!! While, I reported the fishing was not to shabby from Tuesday through Thursday. That was not the case yesterday!!!It wasn't slow... It was DEAD!!! Same tides, Same water conditions... No Fish!!!.....Really felt sorry for the brave fisherman who stayed out in the windy conditions and caught Nothing! I'm thinking like every other Salmon fisherman. Wheres these large schools of fish??????? The water temps. are in the comfort zone for spawning fish.Less than 68 degrees...Water flow,Better than normal. Man! Over 12,000 cfc from Oroville Dam,9,000 cfc from Shasta,over 3,000 American!!! Thats a pretty good push of water! I realize the main run for the sacramento area is mid October. But, we should be getting the EARLY BIRD run in larger numbers by now.....While my fishing is Monday through Friday,And over 8 hours a day. I'm only seeing spurts of fish moving through.. Very long periods of NO HITS then short periods of productive fishing!!!!! Mainly,at the high tide stage. I keep hearing about the 1.7 MILLION Adult Salmon that are going to move through the Sacramento River Water system. Like everyone else,I"m really Jazzed about that!!!! Fishing for over 30 years, I haven't seen that influx of fish yet..Oh Well, Maybe? I'm just disappointed at the numbers of fish caught so far??? I have caught 27 fish at this writing. And, have logged about 350 hours of trolling!!!!! Man! Glad, I'm not in the guide business.. Lets hope, the last week of September turns on? Like all you Salmon fisherman, Its really great to see your fellow fisherman hook up , and aleast half the boats get some positive results. Don't want to catch them in late October. Now is the time to catch them while, there in full fighting condition & make great table fare. My Motto" Ha! Ha! IF THEY ARE NOT CHROME,THEY ARE NOT GOING HOME!! SEE YA OPN THE RIVER....... BOB HARRIES. ( NAKED)

Name: gil
Email: ignats@pacbell.net
Location: miller, american river
Weather: windy
Water_condition: clear
Date: friday 23rd

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Name: G Tang
Email: jjjgtang@yahoo.com
Location: freeport area
Weather: windy 20ml+
Water_condition: good
Date: 09/23/05

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Went out with my body Vince jigging again, It's so windy today in Freeport open area. our boat is hardly drifting because the wind. It must be Vince lucky day. He hooked 3 salmons only landed one nice 27lb male fish. All his fish was caught on the rattle jig rainbow trout color. Everyday it looks like fish had a differnt taste on clolor. We'll be there tomorrow. I think the salmon are start moving in to the system.

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Sacto River@Miller Park
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: Semi-clear
Date: 09/23/05

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I took my good fishing friend Gordon Ong out to give the salmon a try. And as usual, the reply was," You should have been here yesterday." We started jigging around 6:45am. We quit trolling for the elusive salmon about 11:45am. And we didn't get one hit. We saw only one fish caught all morning. And that was at the mouth of the American. All the fisherman we asked if they had any luck yet; all had the similar reply, " Nothing!" or " Not a hit yet." Well, my reply is, "Get me back to black bass fishing! Forget these lousy salmon!" See ya in the Delta! Jerry

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: miller park area
Weather: windy
Water_condition: stained
Date: 9/23/05

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Fished with Dariel Olsen today. Fished less than three hours because of all the complaining from Dariel about not getting fish right away. I was not happy. Any way zero fish Good Luck

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Rio Vista to Collinsville
Weather: Another Very, Very Nice Day/No Wind
Water_condition: Clearing toSemi Clear @ 69 degrees
Date: September 22, 2005

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Thursday, September 22, 2005...Barry Canevaro took a day off from fishing to go striper trolling with me today. Does that make sense? Anyway, we launched at Brannan Island and fished from the Old Dairy to Collinsville, all within the sight of Mt. Diablo. We trolled Rebels, Bombers, and Rattle Traps for a bunch of hits and a bunch of fish. I didn't keep count as we were talking so much, but the final tally was around 15 keepers and 10 shakers. We kept fish at 11#, 8#, and 6# for fish tacos, and released all others, including a 22 pounder, which was caught by Barry. It went out to over 400' before it stopped. It was a hard one to revive, but is still out there to spawn next season. Thanks for the company Barry and we'll do it again sometime. Back at Vieira's to filet fish and home before traffic. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Mike & Marty
Email: mafontes@comcast.net
Location: Miller Park
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 9-22-05

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Hey its great to hear from the "locals" (Bob, Jack, etc.--has Hogman hooked up yet?) out of Miller park! Keep the reports coming! We will be trolling with the rest of the "Real Fishermen" next Thurs. or Fri., & every Thurs. & Fri. after that. This week is going to feel like a month till we get into the water. Tight-Lines & Big Nets Marty-14'Whaler Mike-17' Crestliner

Name: Ch0deWarri0r
Email: Ch0deWarri0r@aol.com
Location: Miller Park
Weather: Cool, Sunny
Water_condition: Semi-clear
Date: 09-22-2005

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Went down to Miller Park with my buddy Skip Neilson and trolled this morning with Pink Double Bladed Silvertrons from about 5:30 - 10:45. We hooked up 6, and landed 4. All nice bright fish. They are in for sure. Like Bob said, there wasn't to many boats out.

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman )
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: MILLER PARK AREA
Weather: GREAT!!!WARM!! BALMY
Water_condition: SEMI CLEAR 66-67 degrees
Date: WEDS.September 21st. 05

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Where are all the fisherman????????Only counted 10 boats in this area fishing all day at Miller Pk. Fished from 7:00am. till 6:00 pm. Had my good buddy, Bill Meyer with me. While we lost many fish.We had many hook ups all day...This was not red hot fishing, But enough action to keep things interesting!!!!We both used Green double blade Silvertrons...I had 5 oz. of lead,while Bill used 4 oz... My fishing neighbor, Jack Thomason got his limit by 2:00pm. 20 & 22 lbs....Same set up,Silvertrons in green.........Dan of Dan's guide service also did well. 3 fish for two clients...Some jiggers, in the deeper water also scored with a few fish..They did a good job of staying away from the line of REAL FISHERMAN. Us trollers!!!!Plenty of water to share without getting into each others way. I'm sure if more boats were fishing on Weds. There would be higher fish counts. Without a doubt,There's more fish in the system.. Not RED HOT!! But, Better!!!!!!See ya on the river Bob Harries ( Naked)... P.S. Thank you city of Sacramento for doing a good job fixing up the ramp at Miller Park!!! Very easy launching,Unlike in other years...................Can we get a FISH CLEANING STATION???

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacto. & San Joaquin River
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Little Cloudy
Date: 21 Sept.2005

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Ted Fagunes & I decide to go for sturgeon. We ride by Vieira’s at 7:30AM and see about 25-30 boats. We keep going. We launch at Sherman and are at Broad Slough at 8:30. We start searching. Frankly Alan, ever since you sold Ted the Color Lowrance, we spend most of our time looking. “Bill look at all these pretty fish!” Anyhow we are still looking downstream of the Pittsburg Power Plant when we see a number of sturgeon jumping. We also see them on the bottom-in 52 feet of water! We have never fished that deep, but we anchor up. We use roe & eel. In a short time the out go is ripping. It takes 10 oz. to barely hold bottom. Ted strikes first with the biggest squawfish I have ever seen. It looks 20-but probably is 16-17#. I hit next with a 43 in. sturgeon. This is the first time we have caught a sturgeon in such deep, fast, water. We think this could be the day. It’s not. The tide turns & we keep trying but no soap-and no fish. We head for home & stop at Broad Slough to troll for stripers. Incoming is ripping and we strike out.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Rio Vista and Beyond
Weather: Very, Very, Very Nice/No Wind!
Water_condition: Milky and Off Color at 68 Degrees
Date: September 21, 2005

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Wednesday, September 21, 2005...Tomorrow - Happy 1st Day of Fall. Time to start catching! Arthur Bard went striper trolling with me today. We trolled and ran about 55 miles between Rio Vista and Collinsville today. We trolled a mixture of lures, using Bombers, Rattle Traps, and Rebels. The bite was just a fish here and a fish there, until we found the "school". Then the action started, including two double headers. We had about 30 hits today for 8 shaker stripers and 14 keeper stripers. We kept stripers at 11#, 10#, 8#, and 8#. We released stripers between 4# and 18#. A lot of fun today. Back to Vieira's for pictures and fileting fish and home after traffic and before midnight. All trolling was within sight of Mt. Diablo. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later. PS, the salmon catching was a little slow down Vieira's way today. There were a lot of fishermen today for just a few fish brought in. Tomorrow's another day - Mark.

Name: D Brown
Email: Mail box@rivers Bend
Location: Sacamento River Hamilton City
Weather: Fantastic
Water_condition: Clear and cool
Date: 9/20/05

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Well, today four of went to school.We fished with Bob Spare's Rocky River Guide service. we met in Woodland at 5:45am We headed north to Hamilton City.We launched around 7am.Up river we ran to his favorite drift. We learned how to bobber fish for salmon.I for one think this is a good way to catch salmon. On the first drift John f. hooked up a good fish and was spooled before any of knew what happened.the rest of us had plenty of action all day long.John F had the hot rod today.HE hooked 4 fish and landed only 1 fish.(23 to 25 lber.)Darrel T. caught one around 26 pounds.Ralph S was the Squawfish king today.He did get a nice salmon of 16 pounds, I caught my limit of salmon. We were thru fishing around 2pm.All toll we hooked 9 fish and landed 6 fish. If you have never tried BOBBER fishing you should give it a try.Bob is a great teacher Thanks Bob

Name: Bob Harries (The Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Miller Park Area
Weather: Mostly Sunny 85- 88 degrees
Water_condition: Semi Clear incoming tide 66 degrees
Date: Monday & Tuesday 9 -19& 20 05

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Got a late start on Monday. Not very many fisherman out on this day. Trolled from 9:45am. till 5:00 pm.Saw 3 fish caught around noon. Two caught by trollers,one caught Jigging. Didn"t have a bump all day!! Very slow in this part of the river.Not a good way to start the week. Tuesday, Alot more boat traffic. Good news,some of my fishing buddies were present. Kenny D. ( Hogg man) & Bill Meyer in his T- top Klamath...And, of course,VICTOR with his bright umbrella......The day started very slow. I'm thinking,Sure hate to get SKunked two days in a row!!!!!! Didn't happen!! Hooked 4 fish & got two in..All the action started at once. Just about the top of the tide... 11:00am through 2:00 pm..Just for the record!! Should have got three fish. Bad net job on my part!!!!!!! My fishing partener for the day caught his FIRST salmon ever!!! Very happy guy!!! Nice fish too. 18 lbs & chrome....While, I had a decent day,the fishing is still slow. Alot of boats got nothing... Still think its gonnna break open any day!!!Like last week, best time for action is the top of the tide... the water slows down enough to reach the bottom with 4 to 5 ounces of lead... And,less garbage on fishing line...Bill Meyer is leaving his boat at home and going with me on WEDS. Hoping ,Jack Thomason quits fishing with Mark Wilson for aleast one day.and gets his butt down to Miller!!!!!I have much better luck when he's around.....Shoot! Bring Mark, I don't care.....Can't fish for stripers every day!!!!!!! See ya on the river. Bob Harries ( Naked)................................

Name: Rocket
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: nada
Weather: nada
Water_condition: nada
Date: 09/20

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no report ... just a tip for all concerned . i.e. the lost fisherman . the best trolling advice anyone could give you ...Mark Wilson , and Clyde Wands are giving seminars at haps bait in Rio Vista on October 1'st . starting at 9:00 a.m. ... that is the best trolling advice in town my friend . good luck

Name: LuvMySon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: RioVista/Collinsville/SanJuaq/Mars
Weather: Beautiful/Breezy
Water_condition: Stained/67degrees
Date: Tuesday/21Sept2005

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Took the day off to do some more trolling since its been so good lately. Well, hit the water in Rudy's Skipjack with Bill (the ex-butcher) and headed for our spots. I told the guys, "Something must be wrong if Mark only got 6 keepers the day before". Well, guess what? Something WAS wrong....between the 3 of us we only got ONE keeper for me! Thats right folks...1 small keeper and about 1/2 dozen shakers for the whole day! Bill had the hot rod...the question I kept asking him is "Hey Bill how many shakers does it take to make one keeper?" How can you limit within a couple hours on Sunday...and almost get skunked on Tuesday...thats WRONG. We tried every color, trolling speed, size, weight, Bang, fish juice, licking the lure, rubbing the leader under our armpits and nothing worked. Met up with Jerryaki and his fishin partner and tried Collinsville/Antioch with NO luck! Unbelieveable... We ended up eating dried mangos at the Brannon boat launch and watchin Jerry walk around in his underwear. But thats another story....(Herb...good luck buddy. Maybe you outta try black bass fishin this week...hahahaha) Take Care Y'all.

Name: G Tang
Email: jjjgtang@yahoo.com
Location: Freeport area
Weather: Good
Water_condition: Good
Date: 09/20/05

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Went out fishing with my body Vince, launched at Garcia Bend 8:30 am There are 7 or 8 trailer at parking lot. We were jigging around Freeport water tower area all the way down the bridge. for 4 hours nada, and around 1:00 pm Vince hooked up a nice 32Lb buck nice chrome salmon. First salmon of the season, very slow start howevere we saw another boat hooked on one salmon too. That's about it. We were using the Ultimate Minnow Legend silver blue rattle jig.

Name: Bob Parker
Email: bparker@ameriquest.com
Location: Walnut Grove / Vierras
Weather: Sunny
Water_condition: Excellent
Date: 9-20-05

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Played hookie and went down to vierras for some trolling and ended up getting my limit on pink/silver silvertrons. Saw some other boats out but the didnt have anything.

Name: Lost fisherman
Email: Fishing@thewrongplaces
Location: Delta
Weather: Great
Water_condition: Green
Date: today

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Hello to you all expert striper fisherman. Where is the rock wall(s)? Please help! If you want you can e-mail me at buddmann2000@yahoo.com I have never caught a keeper stripe bass trolling. Thanks to all of you. Good luck! I need it ;-D

Name: Jim McManerberry
Email: bassfishin-4-life@aol.com
Location: Miller Park
Weather: Sunny 83 Degrees
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 9-20-05

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decided to go out to the miller park area to get a salmon fix and I fished that deep hole right across from the launch. Instantly I hooked up about a 8# striper on a 2 1/2 blue & chrome gibbs. I wasnt expecting that! I C&R'd him. A couple hours went by and didnt see any action and I didnt see any other boats with fish then wamooo I hooked up a 20# hen on the same lure. Landed it put it in the box and got off the water a little after 10.

Name: Jim McManerberry
Email: bassfishin-4-life@aol.com
Location: Miller Park
Weather: Sunny 83 Degrees
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 9-20-05

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Name: Otha Livingston
Email: Olivingston@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sac river, San Juaquin side
Weather: Great
Water_condition: Semi clear
Date: Sep, 18, 2005

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Late start, with my Dad in tow. He hadn't caught a keeper in 2 YEARS!! Got on the water at 0800 and was limited by 1030. The gold Rapala's and the red head/white body, deep runners were the consistent lures for the day. Day's total, 7 Keepers to 30, I mean 13 Pounds... Tomi your scale must be Broke.... Ha Ha. 5 Shakers plus 2 fish that got off at the boat, they were HUGE, the ones that got away, ok maybe they were 16 inches. Off the water by 2:00. Rock walls in less than 20 feet seemed the be the rule of thumb for the day.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island Area
Weather: Very, very Nice - No WIND!
Water_condition: Off Color to Clearing @ 68 Degrees
Date: September 19, 2005

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Monday, September 19, 2005...Jack Thomason and I had to go get a "striper fix". So, we headed down to Brannan Island to go do some trolling with stripers. The weather was beautiful, with no wind! We covered the Sacramento River from the Old Dairy all the way to Chain, Winter, and Browns Islands. A fish here and a fish there for a final tally of 10 shakers and 6 keepers, with the two biggest being at 10# and 8#. We trolled Bombers and 1/2 oz. Rattle Traps. Most of the fish came on the Rattle Traps in water 8' or less. Back to Vieira's early for pictures and fileting fish, and feeding the giant squawfish that are next to the fish cleaning station. The squawfish race the ducks for the carcasses and trimmings. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacto River
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Not so nice-65 degrees
Date: 19 Sept. 2005

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I had to work this PM, so asked Ted Fagunes if he wanted to fish in town for a few hours. Sure he said, a man can’t golf every day! We launched at 6:30AM at Miller Park. We spooned & trolled all our spots from Miller to Greenhaven. (That’s like the two or three places where we have caught salmon before!) We had a nice 6-8# fighter on for about one minute. He looked and fought like a silver. Probably a jack. No more hits. Didn’t see any boats with fish. We saw Bob Harries. He just got on the water as we were leaving at 12:00. Water was nicer than Rio Vista but not as nice as Grimes.

Name: Bill Thompson
Email: BThompson@Netzero.com
Location: Sacramento River /Freeport
Weather: Warm, about mid 80's
Water_condition: Off-Colored
Date: 9-19-05

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Went out to Freeport with my wife this afternoon. Didnt see much going on. Did manage to hook up 3, and landed 1 32lb chrome male. Used pink double bladed silvertrons.

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: West Bank/Decker
Weather: warm/windy
Water_condition: 8" visibility/69 degrees
Date: 9/17/2005

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Saturday, September 17th - Launched at Brannon Island at 1:00 pm and trolled the incoming tide. Trolled the West Bank and Decker Island with Bombers and Rapalas. Caught a ten pound striper on a rainbow trout pattern Rapala inside of Horse Shoe Bend by Decker Island. That was it - no other hits. The water was kind of muddy today so I switched to bait for a while. Nothing but shakers, and then the wind kicked up. I saw several boats anchored near the power lines - not sure if they were striper or sturgeon fishing. Off the water by 5:00 pm.

Name: Ed Yano
Email: ed_yano@surewest.net
Location: Dux Area
Weather: Sunny with wind after 2 PM
Water_condition: Very Surprised to see flat seas
Date: 9/105

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A little apprehensive to go out into the ocean today with the projected 10-20 mph wind with a south swell, but was dying to catch a salmon. Was very surprised to see calm seas until 2 pm. Well, 4 of us ended up catching 4 salmon, 3 in the high teens and the small one at 24". 3 were caught on a old pearl canadian spoon, and 1 on a pearl apex. All were 40-50 pulls down with 2# weights. Ed

Name: LuvMSon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: RioVistaSanJuaq
Weather: Beautiful/Breezy
Water_condition: Slightly Stained/67degrees
Date: Sunday/18Sept2005

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Short report so I can go watch my favorite show..Dog, The Bounty Hunter. Launched at 8am from the crowded public launch. Otha following me in his Arima, and Kirk behind him in his Lund. We had limits before 10am with Otha having the nicest boat AND the biggest fish at 13#. Thats "thirteen" lbs. not "thirty" ....and nothing is wrong with my scale bro! hahaha Lots of boats out tryin to get those stinky salmon I guess. OK. Take Care Y'all. Tuesday I order my Arima...yahooo..Christmas in September! Rock walls are holding the fish folks...find a rock wall and troll it!

Name: Navy Pop
Email: ScottKJohnson@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: Clear
Water_condition: Poor
Date: 09/18/2005

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Fished at the mouth of the river on the Delta, one hit, lots of trollers and saw only one with a Salmon that looked like it had been hit by a truck. Maybe next week-end will be better.

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: marin coast
Weather: wind to 15 to 25,
Water_condition: 5' to 6 'ft..6seconds apartr
Date: 9/17/05

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Winds and waves made fishing much tougher..however ..fish still biting.. Ron Jones and Kevin Wilson and i began trolling much sooner that normal due to winds/waves. Used downriggers and one rod on ball wt. started at 7:45 am...caught first nice hog at 9 am ..them 1 at 10am..lost 3 just north of rocky point just do to mistakes and odd happens and due to wind and wave conditions. Kept trolling towards the fleet to Duxbury. At 11:30 am we arrived at fleet, lots of boats and charters in area and they were catching fish. we were not..so slick Ron pulled old trick out of his hat to find out deep charters were fishing and it worked.We quickly got 2 more by 12:45 pm . We noticed that wind and waves were getting stronger so while we hated to ...we left for home..All fish were in twenties ..great day

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Chilly then hot
Water_condition: Basin 70 degees, #73 was 68.5 degress
Date: 09/18/05

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Launched at 0715, crusied the basin once, nothing, went down the channel stopping at several spots to check for fish. Nothing on the finder. Went on down to #73, water was a little murky there but saw a few fish. I was trolling along with a rebel and not seeing any fish when this ten lb striper tried to rip my rod holder out of the boat. Love that sound when the reel screams. That was at 10 AM, trolled back through there several times but no more takers. Went back to the basin and began to see lot's of fish but they had lockjaw I think. First decent fish in a while, sure felt good. I quit at 2:30 PM. Long day with not much activity but better than watching football. Later, j.

Name: Ed Carr
Email: carredwin@hotmail.com
Location: Verona
Weather: Sunny and warm
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: Sunday 9/18/05

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Fished Verona Sat. and Sun. very nice weather both days with a gentle breeze. Water temp is coming down was 65.4 Sat. am and 64.3 Sun am. Caught a 17 1/2 lb salmon Sat. and a 6 lb steel head. Happened after 3 pm and caught a 6 lb salmon Sun. morning had to leave early because dog was busting a bladder to get to shore. Used a Silvertron spinner two silver blades with chartreuse and pearl beads. 4 ' leader with a 2' dropper off a 3" splitter, walked back 50 to 60' behind boat, to just up and out from wing buoy to catch fish that were coming around wing dam. Used 2 oz. ball weight.Was anchored up with Don of Big Don's guide service and he helped get me dialed in. He and two clients had just lost a 40 plus lb fish that jumped out of water 4' and snapped leader. Saw Mark Wilson leaving . Mark it was good to see ya out there. Thats it later.ED..

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Pump House/San Quentin
Weather: Sunny mild breeze then windy
Water_condition: chocolate milk at Pump House/Clear at San Quentin
Date: September 17, 2005

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Went fishing with Scott and Tom. Tried trolling San Quentin at the bottom of low tide...too shallow, left the area went to Loch Lomond to pickup hair raisers from the Sturgeon King Keith Frasier. Told us to try the pump house. When we got there, we should've bought bait...we only had trolling gear. BTW, 2 rods were kokanee rods with SG27LCA's because we anticipated lots of schoolie stripers. We were trolling at the pump house in chocolate milk, Scott sprays his chartreuse rattle trap w/zoom worm with BANG and I swear, as soon as he dropped it in the water, his reel went off. It gave him an awesome fight because he was using the kokanee rod. It was 29.25 inches/13 lbs. We left the area to go to San Quentin. Total count, 29 stripers, 5 keepers. This was almost a typical Mark W. type of day for us. The hot lure was the one I bought from Keith, it was a chartreuse headed hair raiser with a white skirt and white tail...It caught 20 of the stripers! Just about every pass we made resulted in a fish. If I had binoculars, I could've seen my house in Hercules. The joke was if we kept any of the shakers, we'd probably be playing basketball with the inmates.

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sacramento Mouth to Feather River Mouth
Weather: Mostly sunny with south breezes
Water_condition: From clear to murky ( 66-68degrees)
Date: Sat.Sept.10th thru-Friday Sept.16th,05

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Fished on Saturday,Sept,10th at Vieira's.Lots of boats!! Counted aleast 30 by noon.The water was just perfect.As clear as the lower Sacto gets...Talked to a few fisherman that I knew. Said" Bob, You should have been here on Thursday & Friday!! The guys in the Fishing fools Boat had 4 fish on Friday...Using my regular set up,GREEN DOUBLE BLADED Silvertron with 5 ozs. of lead,finally had a take down at 11:30 am. This fish is on his way to spawn!! Came un buttoned after about 30 seconds!!!Oh Well! Thats fishing... Saw about 6 fish caught on this day...Ended this day FISHLESS. Monday,Tuesday,& Weds. Fished closer to home.. Miller Park area. Starting to see all the regulars here.The water in this part of the river is much more murky at times!! The rice farmers are draining there fields adding to this problem. This is normal, for the Month of September. Whats not normal,is the amount of green plant live floating in the current!! I'm thinking the very warm water temps this summer have caused this.. You have to check your line about every 5 minutes of trolling.The out going tide is the worst!!!! You can tell the fisherman who leave their lines in the water for long periods.The rods are really bent!!!Most of the fish I caught were on the slower part of the tide...Maybe,less green stuff in the water????And the water is somewhat clearer on the incoming.....Used pink & green silvertons. All the fish came on the GREEN...I'M thinking they see the green better in the stained water!!!!The 4 fish I caught were all hens & Chromers. Average weight about 15 lbs.Where's those Lunkers at?? All the bites came at spurts!! Long periods of nothing,then BANG!! Must be schools of fish moving through quickly.. Not holding in the deeper holes like Oct..After 3 days at Miller, I was invited to fish with Mark Wilson & Jack Thomason. They were hitting fish at Verona the past few days..Decided,to give it a shot at a different location & join them in Marks boat. Turned out to be a slow day,Mark ended up getting a hen in the late afternoon. About 14 lbs.Jack had two hits & myself had only one...Fun day,Always interesting fishing with these two guys. Went back to Miller park on friday,with my son in law Chuck. Could only fish till early afternoon because, I had SANTANA tickets for the Friday night concert at ARCO.....Didn't want to go there smelling like FISH!!!! While I had no action, My LUCKY son in law hit one on the down about 12:00 noon. We lost that fish due to the very windy conditions!! At least, thats my excuse... hooks pulled out just before netting him...Well, Thats my 6 day fishing report.. bottom line is : Its getting better by the day. Water temps are much better,The weather is Fall like.Fishing is still spotty in most locations,but limits are possible.....My prediction is: the week of September 19th through the 23rd.Much improvement on the fish count from the mouth of the Sacto. through the sacramento metro area....I talked to the local SEA LION on Friday. He says "look out!! There coming up!!! Got to believe the sea lion RIGHT???? See ya on the river. Bob Harries ( Naked )................................

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: golden gate .rocky point
Weather: calm...
Water_condition: small waves ...16 sec.
Date: 9/16/05

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Got tired of not catching fish here in Sacto river...4 days..no fish..trolling . SO ..called Ron Jones, he was ready to go and weather reports look good.. Got the Arima ready and left the house on thurs. at 4:25am. Arrived at rocky point at 7:45am lots of boats fishing already....But saw no nets raised at all. Began trolling toward Dux..off by ourselves. downriggers at 37ft.. with green RK,s. We hooked 2 on the way. Fished Dux for a while no luck there so picked and moved back towards the fleet at rocky point. we started to troll about 1 mile away from them, Ron a big fish that just would not come to the net, it finely popped the hook . We trolled for a while longer i stayed on downrigger at 37ft. Ron went back to ball . i hooked up and as i brought it in ron hooked up and our lines crossed .mine was lost .Ron got his.. total in the box 3, 2 lost 1 short bite. got home at 8pm..

Name: tom Callaghan
Email: tomcal@surewest.net
Location: rio vista
Weather: windy then calm
Water_condition: choppy
Date: 9-15-05

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Well, my nephew is back in town. He wanted to go striper fishing since he hadn't fished all summer. We ran Bombers at decker is., west bank, sandy beach, old dairy rio vista bridge and steamboat. Wanted to try isleton but figured the salmon trollers were there. Marked fish at the bridge but only got 2 hits. got 1 shaker and 1 lost tail. had one good hit ripped line for 5 seconds then lost it. Lesson for the day: from confusion When trolling with the current and one line snags bottom; reel in the free rod before putting motor in reverse. You guessed it, the free line went into the motor. Had to shut down the motor, lift it and free the line around the motor. In the mean time, the boat is still drifting away from the stuck lure then pop the line breaks at the bottom of the spool. totals: Cost of gas in the boat $45, gas in the truck $45, park pass $10, power pro spool and hardware $20 and lure w/ 4Xhooks 2Xrings and strike king worm ~$8 = $128. Reasons I go fishing = priceless. See ya

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Verona-Mouth of the Feather River
Weather: Sunny and Warm
Water_condition: Clear @ 66 Degrees
Date: September 15, 2005

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Thursday, September 15, 2005...Jack Thomason and Bob Harries went salmon fishing with me today up at Verona. We fished Flatfish and Kwikfish with sardine wraps all day for 3 "bump" hits and 1 takedown for a 14 pound salmon. And, that was it for us. We fished below the marina with about 10 other boats. Only 3 other fish caught around us. Pretty slow and we didn't see any rollers today. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Skipper Bill
Email: BillJJones@aol.com
Location: Verona
Weather: cool
Water_condition: clear
Date: Sept 15, 2005

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Fished Verona today with knock off Gibbs. Hooked six, landed 4. All were chrome beautiful fish. Lot's of fish rolling.

Name: Uncle Rick
Email: riwatsubo@sbcglobal.net
Location: Eagle Lake
Weather: Cool A.M., Little Wind
Water_condition: Low Lake Level
Date: Sept 12-14, 2005

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Just fished 2.5 days at Eagle Lake and fishing was on the slow side. I managed to catch my limit, fish up to 20+". Most fish were caught 30' down with night crawlers on a slip bobber, but did catch a few trolling needlefish and managed a couple casting a Blue Fox Flash Spoon. On Monday, it was a frosty morning with walking on the boat dock, slippery, foggier than heck. Each morning it was warmer, but cold enough for tule fog. It was really beautiful! Surface temp was 65 and water level is low after 6 years of below average precipitations (according to camp host). Fishing and camping with friends was great and our annual fish fry around the camp fire was priceless.

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: south of vieiras to decker and back
Weather: windy
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 09/14/05

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stopped by after work , my cousin eric and myself . got 4 keepers 1 shaker 1 squaw fish , and 11 hits no stick . had to go or i think things were gonna get good . all fish same spot as yesterday . same color , same lure . good luck .

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWillson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Verona-Mouth of the Feather River
Weather: Very Nice and Comfortable
Water_condition: Clear @ 64.5 Degrees
Date: September 14, 2005

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Wednesday, September 14, 2005...The water temperature in the Sacramento River at Verona dropped another degree to 64.5. Jack Thomason and I went salmon chasing again today up at Verona. We fished Kwikfish K14's with a sardine wrap. One of those flustrating days. 4 bump hits, 8 takedowns for only 2 salmon at 21# and 11#. We saw another 6 or 7 salmon caught around us. The bite is not red hot, but there are some fish to be had. We fished in the clearer water, inside the color line. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: isleton to decker
Weather: windy
Water_condition: semi
Date: 09/13/05

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got of work early stopped by boat for a little troll . went up to isleton bridge , nada . down to decker , got 1 on my way . trolled decker for a couple hrs , nada . back up . hit a school on the sand bars of das cliff haus . ended up with 7 , 6 keepers 1 shaker . b-16 bomber , black back green/chartreuss sides orange belly , caught all fish . good luck .

Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Ice House Resv
Weather: perfect
Water_condition: gin clear 63 deg F.
Date: 9/13/05

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The Jolly Hookers fishing club picked a perfect day to visit the Sierras and have their monthly derby. Cool in the a.m.-- pleasant the rest of the day. A real blue sky day!! And the fish, yes small, bit like they haden't eaten in weeks. Many limits were caught on just about everything. My partner and I released 14 fish, kept 9 and lost many more. I have to admit that I used nightcrawlers almost exclusively-- there Dick Jackson and Ralph Housley I admitted it. 24 Jolly Hookers brought 84 fish to the weigh-in. By far the best average this year. My biggest fish beat LLoyd Willoughby for first place by just two ounces as he had to settle for second place. Using the balance scale LLoyd beat Evan Cole by a whisker who finished third. The fish were solid and scrappy. Lots of fun. John Frantz and Ralph Shuhriemen a.k.a. Ralph "S" filled the bill as hosts that went above and beyond the call. Great job!!!! Our next derby will be at Pardee on Oct 18th. Hil Felton

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacto River @ Grimes
Weather: Great
Water_condition: Clearer than Rio Vista! 64 degrees
Date: 13 Sept 2005

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Alex Alexander, Jolly Hooker Champion Trout Troller, invited me salmon fishing. We went to Grimes. We used his, home made, Sacramento Spinners. (On stainless steel wire.) We hit the water at 7:00AM. Anchored up. It was beautiful. Nice cool breeze all day. At 9:00AM I got a nice 22#. (Never saw a river salmon that was “chrome bright”. I reserve that term for the ocean.) At 10:00AM. Alex hooks a, hot, brighter than mine, fish about 15#. It jumps five or six times. Fights like a silver. It takes one last, four foot, jump & throws the hook. That’s the last hit. Very few boats. Only one had fish. Bob Simms said it was red hot on Saturday. Maybe so, but not today. Highlight of the trip: Alex takes me to a blue heron rookery. About 20 fledgling herons right along the water. They are being taught to fish. They take off as we approach, but don’t fly far. It’s a neat place. About 5 miles above Grimes, on right bank. Just above a big, wooden, water intake on left bank.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Verona-Mouth of the Feather River
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Clear @ 66 Degrees
Date: September 13, 2005

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005...Jack Thomason and I headed up to the mouth of the Feather River at Verona. We fished Kwikfish K14's and K15's inside the color line. 4 hits for 2 salmon at 9# and 11#. We saw another 4 or 5 caught. It is still pretty slow up there. Water has cooled slightly to 66 degrees. Not much pressure right now with the fishing being slow. Good luck. Catch you later- Mark.

Name: SalMoN-KiLler
Email: troynkatie@netzero.com
Location: Sac River @ Virgin Sturgeon
Weather: Cool /Sunny
Water_condition: cool and off colored
Date: sept 13

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Trolled the sac this morning. Decided to try something different and went up river instead of the mouth. Picked up a 10# chromer right behind the Virgin Sturgeon. Other then that no hookups, didnt see any fish roll or jump. Was using silver and pink double blade silvertron.

Name: Jeff Harris
Email: left4-dead@surewest.net
Location: Verona
Weather: Perfect
Water_condition: clear/stained
Date: 9/13/05

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went out with a buddy out to the color line at verona this morning. We were using the gibbs minnow knock offs in white and the ones in blue. He got 2 that were in the 20# class and I got one fat female that weighed in about 25#s. We were jigging right in the color line. Its amazing how deep the single Si-wash hooks penetrate, I think I'm gonna switch all my gibbs /jigs over. We got off the water by 10. Fishing pressure was pretty light today with only a few other boats out.

Name: Chris Wilson
Email: Cwilson@comcast.net
Location: Sacramento River (Minnow Hole)
Weather: Nice and cool
Water_condition: Average for the Sac
Date: 9-13-05 Morning

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Went down to the Minnow Hole area with my wife this morning. The bite turned on about 6am and lasted a little past 9am. Caught and landed 4 Bright Kings up to 28 pounds. We were trolling pink/silver Silvertrons with a hootchie trailer on one rod, and a silver with green head K15 Flatfish with shrimp scent on the other. Excellent morning! It seems like their in the system.

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Delta
Weather: Perfect! 80 degrees
Water_condition: Stained
Date: 09/13/05

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I took my good friend Gordon Ong out to fish the early morning outgoing tide for black bass yesterday. We didn't catch anything really big, but had a lot of action. We limited out by the end of the outgoing tide. I caught a 3 3/4 on a 5" Yum Dinger watermelon chartreuse tail off a lone tree stump. The worm hadn't sunk more than 3 inches and then the fish gave a huge surface splash which reached 2 1/2 high. The 40# High Pro Spectra line then tighted up and and socked it to him with my G-Loomis 843. I also got another fish that weighed 2 3/4 # on a spinnerbait. I very seldom catch big bass like Alan Fong, but I have a lot of fun just getting out. Gordon caught his limit to 2 1/2#. Tip: Now's the time to catch black bass.

Name: BEAR
Email: CSBAman@aol.com
Location: Sac. River
Weather: Breezy and Sun
Water_condition: 66 degrees
Date: 9-11-05

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My Son and I fished the Sacto. River from Miller Park to Elkhorn Park. No luck and NO SALMON jumping or rolling. We trolled everything in the box and nothing worked. Man, I hope they show up soon.

Name: LuvMSon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista/Sac River
Weather: Beautiful/Flat
Water_condition: Semi-Clear/69degrees
Date: Sunday/9-11

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Wasn't planning on fishing today but Rudy called and invited me & Jose' out in his SkipJack. Launched at 0730 and had a 20 pounder boatside by 8am. Unfortunately, Jose' needs some remedial training on how to net a fish properly. It escaped before gettng the net around it and Jose' almost ended up overboard for that goof-up! We ragged him ALL day about making that "rookie" move. Anyhow, steady bite before the high tide then it was slow the remainder of the day. Final count for 3 of us...16 shakers, 11 keepers (mostly schoolies) and one big one that got away. We hit Sac River, Collinsville and San Juaq. Take Care y'all... Tomi

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: vieiras to decker and back
Weather: breezy
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 09/10/05 saturday

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worked hard this week , no time for play . went out this morning with stanley norikane . we got 7 fish . 4 keepers , 3 shakers , and 1 hit . pretty slow . i am trolling blind , my sonar is out ... good thing i've done this before . it could have been ugly . fish at 11# , 8# , 3# , and 18" . color seemed to really matter today . anythig with a red head seemed to work good . b - 25 , b - 16 , red head white body . rebel clown .

Name: Sal DiMercurio
Email: whaler1@sbcglobal.net
Location: didn't
Weather: windy
Water_condition: ????
Date: 9/10/05

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A while back Mark posted the name of a new sporting goods store in either Vacaville or Fairfield. Anyone remember the name. Thanks. Sal

Name: West Coast Dave
Email: dvdgcl@hotmail.com
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: Cloudy
Water_condition: Green
Date: 9-10-05

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I went fishing at the Sacramento river this morning from the bank and I caught a nice 21 1/2 pound King Salmon.The fish was 38" inches long. I caught the fish on a Mepps #5 spinner chartreuse body/silver blade. I have now caught three salmon this year casting spinners from the bank on the Sacramento. Tight Lines, Dave

Name: Nino2x
Email: Nino2x@sbcglobal.net
Location: Eagle Lake
Weather: great
Water_condition: low
Date: 9-10-05

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Spent two weeks at Eagles Lake. Water conditions low but can launch your boat. At Spalding only can use one lanch. Caught limit each day with bobbers 35 feet down and trolling 20-28 feet down. Gallentin marina still in use.

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Vierra's, Long Island, Decker, Isleton
Weather: Kinda Cloudy with the sun peaking out...windy
Water_condition: Kinda clear @ 68-69
Date: September 9, 2005

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Launched out of Vierra's with Tom and Tony this morning. I didn't even have to start my big motor this morning, I just used the little 6hp kicker. We were trolling a chartruese wiggle wart and a chartruese double bladed silvertron. We had a hookup about 30 minutes into our troll...our first pass. It was a 30 lb King. We trolled till 12pm in the general area and didn't get anymore bites. However, we did see one boat land 4 salmon. We dropped off Tony back at Vierras, Tom and I continued to fish. We headed off to Decker. That was a very very very wet ride down there. We were able to hook up a nice 28" striper on our first pass. We didn't get anymore at Decker so we made a beeline towards the Isleton Bridge. We worked the bridge for 2 Stripers. All in all, we had 1 King, 2 keeper stripers, and 1 shaker. My Yozuri Clone Rainbow trout got bit at decker, patriot bbr and clown bbr did also worked.

Name: Patrick Burgess
Email: sturgeon246@yahoo.com
Location: Sac River
Weather: ok, but a bit windy
Water_condition: ''
Date: 9/8/05

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My dad and I went to Discovery Park. We did not get there till 2:00pm we got a hit as we were trolling spinners out of the launch area, and nothing the rest of the day, to bad. We were marking a lot!!! of fish right below the i80 bridge in that eddie pool. Although there will most likely not be anything there, just thought i would say that. Good luck whereever you go!!!!

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacto River
Weather: nice in AM, then wind
Water_condition: simi clear, 68-69
Date: 9 Sept 2005

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I had the great pleasure of accompanying Ted Fagunes on his first fishing trip as a retiree. We hit the water late, just before the top of the tide. The reason being that, “Retirees don’t have to set their alarms!” The wind was mild until late morning. We shallow trolled all day. Just after the change of tide we get a few hits, land 3 shakers & a 22in. As the outgo picked up we started getting that stringy grass. No more hits. Ted is normally an intense fisherman, but not today. He bought a new, color, Lowrance Sonar yesterday, installed it last night and played with it all day long. Well, we saw lots of pretty fish, in color, but could not catch them. As the current slowed the grass lightened up and we had another hit and lost a nice fish. By that time the wind was howling and the waves were high. We went home to beat the traffic because, “Retirees have no reason to be driving in traffic! You can all look forward to Ted clogging up the trolling lane for many years to come.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island Area
Weather: Cloudy/Sunny/Windy to 30+ MPH!
Water_condition: Off Color to Semi Clear @ 69 Degrees
Date: September 9, 2005

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Friday, September 9, 2005...The water is cooling slightly with these cooler days and nights. Salmon are starting to show at Vieira's, which may be an indicator of better things to come pretty soon. Today, I went striper trolling with Clyde "Old Man River" Wands. We trolled Rebels, Yo-Zuris, and Bombers around Decker Island. The water was clear enough and has started cooling down to 69 degrees. Today's problem was with big wind to 30+ mph. Boat control was a challenge. We did manage a little action, but not very much. We caught 5 shaker stripers and 5 keeper stripers, with a 5 pounder being the largest fish. That was the only one we kept. Back to Vieira's to filet a fish and home before traffic. I HATE WIND! That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: sac river
Weather: nice
Water_condition: stained
Date: 9/9/05

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Fished with Bob White in his Arima today down on the Sac. Fished between I st and the mouth for zero salmon. The only fish seen was by the three sea lions. Good Luck

Name: Otha Livingston
Email: Olivingston@Cityofvacaville.com
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: Great!!
Water_condition: Semi clear
Date: 09052005

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Shallow, deep runner broken backs with worm trailers and 6"grubbs. Landed a 18 Pounder. Finished the day with 7 Keepers 6 shakers. P.S. Can anyone help me? I'm trying to get info on a charter for the Police Activities League. We want to take a group of 6 under privilidged kids out on a fishing trip. Preferably the bay, or somewhere productive, ie catfish, shaker bass, etc. Our budget is up to $300.00 for a charter. Please email me back if you have any recommendations. We are a non-profit group and there could be a nice tax break for the charter.

Name: DStanfield
Email: dandanger@sbcglobal.net
Location: Eagle Lake Conditions ???
Weather: ???
Water_condition: ???
Date: 090608

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Just wondering if anyone has been to (or heard about) Eagle Lake. I am hearing conflicting reports about the water levels and fishing outlook for a trip up there next month. Any info would be appreciated.

Name: gene chapman
Email: magicg@attgolbal.net
Location: north of nights landing
Weather: it could not be nicer
Water_condition: clearer than down in sacramento
Date: 9-7-05

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Took a break from being skunked at salmon fishing,,,so I took john and chet,,,channel cat fishing,,,using sardines and hiting the water at 9:00am,,,we landed 8 cats,,,the biggest at 3 pounds,,,all channles this was Johns first time cat fishing,,,(and in MARK WILSONS,,,QUOT "GENE <<<I CAN SEE YOUR AN OLD CAT FISHERMAN,,,YOU CAN'T SET THE HOOK WHEN TROLLING FOR STRIPERS AT THIS SPEED" well I showed John And Chet how to jerk the ROD and SET THE HOOK when a CAT BITES,,,,We went through 3 1/2 pound of sardines and 1 pound of clams,,,(the clams were frozen and the bait shop should have paid us to take them instead of charging us $3.00) But we had a great time,,,we visited,,,listened to "ROY ORBENSON" and talked about the "OLD DAYS" the action was all day long,,,as we landed 40 shaker stripers,,,and it is true if you turn a striper upside-down it does make them quite OLD GUYS DO THIS TYPE OF FISHING REALLY WELL

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Freeport Area
Weather: Very Nice
Water_condition: Semi Clear w/Mud Boils @ 69 Degrees
Date: September 7, 2005

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005...Took a break from stripers and made a quick trip to the Freeport area with Jack Thomason to check out the salmon fishing. It was a nice day and I think I got "bobble head" from watching the flatfish work the rods. Not a hit. We saw about 10 bank fishermen throwing spinners. One hookup and one lost fish from them. We saw one "snagger" ripping the spoon about 6' or more from anchor and he did catch one, actually in the mouth. That was it from 7 a.m. til 1 p.m. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: All the regular places at Rio Vista & West.
Weather: Breezy Winds to 15 knots
Water_condition: Semi stained at low tide,clearer at incoming
Date: Tuesday,Sept. 6th.05

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Got a call Monday evening from my neighbor & fishing partener, Jack Thomason. Hey! Bob, lets hit the Delta tomorrow.It was his turn to use his Lund boat. After telling Jack, I wanted to hit Miller Park for Salmon , He talked me into putting it off till Weds. Well! Its not exactly red hot at Miller. So, I said" Lets go.....We got to the Rio Vista area during the out going tide. Fishing the Dairy,Bridge,and West Bank,using shallow running Bombers. Only one small keeper,and about half a dozen shakers!!! Very Slow,for the time we put in!!! While, Mark Wilson had a fairly good day. We did not!! We did it all. Shallow trolling, Deep trolling, Rattle Traps. Guess,It was not our day??? Fishing with Jack for along time,One of us usually will have the Hot rod, On Tuesday,Neither one of us did!.. To make a LONG story SHORT!!! It was a super TUFF day.....I know? Thats Fishing!!! See ya on the river. Bob Harries

Name: Vic
Email: vmkrampitz@comcast.net
Location: San Juaqin
Weather: clear/sunny/slight breeze
Water_condition: clear
Date: 09/05/2005

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5 Sep '05. Went out with Tomi on his boat. Had a blast. Caught a bunch of shakers and at least a half dozen nice keepers. Landed a 12lb'er too. Caught it on a gold broken back. It was great. This was my first time catching a keeper striper. Thanks Tomi for bringing me out! Why couldn't I have bumped into you in the sporting goods section 4 years ago!? Anyhow, I had a great time. Maybe we can do it again sometime. Hey Frank, bummer about your engine. Hopefully it's up and running soon. At least you weren't left stranded, right? Well, gotta go. Take care everyone.

Name: Franky D
Email: caskydvr@aol.com
Location: rio vista
Weather: NICE
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 7 sep 05

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went out for the first time in my 12' aluminum bath toy. fished around and finally cought 1 shaker. my little 15 hp started to slip out of gear and then took a crap on me! My trolling motor help get me back to brannon island where "Luvmyson" picked me up and took me across the river to my truck, THANKS AGAIN Tomi!!! went back and picked up my boat, at least my friend cought a striper!!! just have to take my boat to the shop now, ok, talk to you all later! Franky D

Name: Franky D
Email: caskydvr@aol.com
Location: Rio Vista area
Weather: NICE, light breeze
Water_condition: pretty clear
Date: 5 AUG 2005

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Well, I took my little 12' aluminum out for it's first trip to the river. we trolled around with Bombers and rebels, no luck, went up into the San Juaquin, I think, and still no luck. My little 15 hp was doing great all morning, then it started slipping out of gear. decided to head for home and the engine quit, used the trolling motor to get home, cought a shaker, that was cool! There was no way I was going to make it back to the public launch, so I went to the brannon island launch. Thanks Tomi for the lift back to my truck, I am going to call the marine shop and see if I can get my engine fixed. At least we didn't get skunked, and got to fish with Tomi and Vic. Take care everyone, please say a prayer for our brothers and sisters that have been affected by the hurricans. Franky D

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker to Sherman
Weather: Sunny w/up to 12 mph Breeze
Water_condition: Off Color at 72 Degrees
Date: September 6, 2005

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Tuesday, September 6, 2005...Thank you John Cullen for keeping me honest on the meeting place for the WOC. John is the Secretary and he is a man in the "know". About fishing - Dr. Arthur Bard went striper trolling with me down on the Sacramento River, in sight of Mt. Diablo, between Decker and Sherman Islands. We trolled Rebels, Bombers, and Rattle Traps for numbers of hits, lost fish, 11 shaker stripers and 9 keeper stripers to 7 pounds. Most stripers were in the 4 to 5 pound range. The first pass with Rebels netted the 7 pounder. The next pass was a 4 pounder, and that was it, except for a couple of shakers, for the next couple of hours. Then, we headed farther west and found some small keepers and shakers. Another 7 keepers, up to 6 pounds, and 9 more shakers. Some more lost fish, and one which broke off about 100' of 30# test Power Pro and a Rattle Trap. Fished our way back to Brannan Island for no more hits and home before midnight. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Walnut Grove
Weather: hot
Water_condition: 71 degrees/20" visibility
Date: 9/5/2005

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Monday, September 5th - Launched at New Hope at 1:00 pm and headed out to the Walnut Grove Marina. Caught a 4 pound striper on the first pass on a broken back Rebel in Clown pattern. Nothing else after that - the weeds made it difficult to troll. We tried spooning in some of the deep holes but didn't have any luck. We switched over to do some bass fishing. Threw Zara Spooks, buzz baits, Speed Traps, spinner baits and Senko's for one hit and zero bass! We fished the meadows, Walnut Grove, the Delta Cross Channel and Georgiana Slough. I think all the recreational boaters had the fish scattered. Didn't see any other fish caught. Off the water at 7:00 pm.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: Sept 06, 05

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Correction for meeting place of the Washington Outboard Club. We meet at the West Sacramento VFW Hall on Drever St. at 7PM. I guess Mark has been catching so many fish he can't remember those small things anymore. Smile If you would like more information you may contact me by email. Please be sure to include WOC in the subject line so I'll know it's not someone with junk mail. Normally if I don't recognize the name and it doesn't have WOC in the subject line I delete it. Can't take the chance anymore. Thank You John Cullen Secretary, WOC

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: vieiras resort to decker and back
Weather: nice
Water_condition: out\cloudy - in clear
Date: labor day

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had a side job in the morning . went out in the afternoon . 2 keepers 2 shakers 3 hits and 1 lost fish . most of the action was at decker . lost big one at mouth of old sac , just south of vieiras .caught fish on clown rebel , and rainbow trout b-16 bomber . good luck .

Name: LuvMSon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: RioVista/Collinsville/SanJuaq/Mars
Weather: Beautiful/Breezy
Water_condition: 69degreesam/SemiClear
Date: Monday/5Sept2005

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Launched early this morning to beat the crowd at the public launch. With Otha following in his Arima we hit the water. I took a guy I met in the BX who had NEVER caught a keeper striper after years of fishing. I promised him AT LEAST one keeper...well, final count was probably 9 keepers and about a dozen shakers. Vic got the 12 pounder on a gold shallow runner and was the happiest guy on the delta. Just imagine...your first keeper and its a fat 12 pounder!!! And Otha & Gary following us limited with his biggest at 18lbs. Fish were caught on outgoing and lowest tide of the day which surprised us. Beautiful day...Frank, hope you made it back to Brannon okay to get your boat. We've all experienced broken boats before. Glad I could give you a lift. Labor Day boat traffic not bad at all today. Hey folks...say a prayer for those folks down south. Such tragic times for those who lost so much. See Y'all.

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Duxbury Reef
Weather: Windy inside the gate, ok outside
Water_condition: good for regular people, rough for me
Date: 09/05/05

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The ride from Richmond to Dux was semi rough, but I was able to handle it. We got to the reef fishing anywheres between 28' - 43'. I was only able to last about 30 minutes till the swells got to me, but in that 30 minutes, we had 1 shaker ling, 1 shaker butt, and a nice 28" butt. I was marking a lot of fish, there were lotsa bites but were not setting the hook. You better believe I wanted to stay out longer, but I was paying homage to king neptune twice and that was it. Maybe I should just stay inside the gate (bay, delta, and lakes) unless it's like glass outside the gate. We were using the brown glittery scampi on a lead head jig with a fillet of squid.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: September 5, 2005

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Monday, September 5, 2005...PORT OF SACRAMENTO ACCESS...The only way, locally, to enter the Port of Sacramento, is to belong to one of the clubs, especially the Washington Outboard Club (Not to exceed 550 total members). They meet on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at the Elks Club, just off of Jefferson Boulevard. There is about a 4 year waiting list, or more. I suggest that you go to the next meeting, or a meeting in the near future, and put you name on the list. The other access, is to launch your boat at Rio Vista, Vieira's, or Hogback, on Steamboat Slough, and make the 25 mile, or so run, up to the port. Good luck to you - Mark.

Name: Bob Harries ( The Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Chain Island to light 11 Sherman island area
Weather: Almost Gale Force winds!!!!
Water_condition: Choppy & Semi Dirty (cooler temps)
Date: Sunday September 4th 05

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We heard a few sturgeon were caught around the Chain Island area. So, decided to give it a try..Armed,with a couple dozen salmon roe balls,We launched at the County ramp at Sherman Island . We were lucky to find a parking spot,as this place was packed, due to the Labor Day Weekend!!!!! The wind was blowing about 35 knots from the west. As we turned towards the face of these winds ( Only way to reach the Chain Island) I realized,This was CRAZY!! My 16 ft Jet craft had waves of water crashing over the wind shield.. Not good!! Even if we got there,Where would we fish?? No protection!!! My wife Sandy,convinced me to turn the boat around,and head back to Light 11.. Alot less wind,and she wasn't happy with the FEAR FACTOR!! Made sense to me.. While the wind was still present,It was fishable. I found 33 ft of water and anchored. The tide was going out, and would turn around,about noon....Seemed like almost perfect for a sturgeon bite? Only one problem! We were invaded with SQUAWFISH!!!!!!!!! I don't know what the State record is,but,we caught them up to aleast 10 lbs!!! What a waste of salmon roe? I'm thinking,once the tide turns. Maybe,they'll go away! No way! They hit harder on the in coming tide....A couple of these fish kind of hit just like a sturgeon.( Pumping action) Just to get my hopes up... The SQUAWFISH population must be alive & well!!! After 4 hours of feeding MR. SQUAWFISH, We were down to the last roe ball. Gave that one to my loving wife!! Ha,Ha! She caught the last SQUAWFISH of the day....Decided to fish the west bank for Stripers up stream at the West bank..Like Bill Crooks said " in his fishing report" All kinds of slimy green stuff was loading up on the bomber lures...Even,on the top of the incoming tide!! Pretty frustrating...That stuff just kills the lure action,for sure!! No hits, no errors.....Then, To make things worst. The wind picks back up!!! It took us 45 minutes to get back the the Sherman Island ramp....Here's the good news!! With Labor Day almost over,They'll be less pleasure boats on the water.....And, with cooling temps ( River water down to 69.5) yesterday.Things will get better! Gonna try Miller Park on Tuesday. Maybe? A few fresh run Salmon moving through?????Maybe?....See you on the River... Bob Harries...

Name: Angler
Email: Angler.com
Location: nice
Weather: perfect
Water_condition: sweet
Date: today

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Hello, I would like to know how I can use the launch facility by the Port of Sacramento. Is that launch available to members only? If so how does one go about becoming a member? If any here knows please let me know. Thanks A fellow Fishermen.

Name: iwishtobe
Email: whatever
Location: with fat1bear
Weather: his boat
Water_condition: wet
Date: yesterday

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thanks for taking me out on your boat, bear. and you did catch the biggest fish. all he had been begging for, was a fish that required the net!

Name: BEAR
Email: CSBAman@aol.com
Location: Port of Sacto
Weather: Sunny / Windy
Water_condition: Murky and about 75 degrees
Date: 9-3-05

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Fished the Port (from the locks to Fertilizer plant). Trolled during the daylight hours and soaked Shiners after dark. We boated over a dozen Stripers to 10 lbs. (all released). Biggest was on Shiners. The ports full of schoolie stripers, with schools of a thousand busting shad on surface. Off the water at around 10:30p. with the wind blowing hard and COLD.

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: out the gate marine coast line
Weather: bumpy going out .ok rest of day
Water_condition: clear
Date: 9/02/05

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Ron jones called Thurs... and had a real urge to go fishing for salmon as he heard they had been getting nice big fish last 2 days. We called kevin wilson and as usual he was raring to to go..We left sacto at 4AM. Launched at Richmond Marina. Began trolling at 7:30 am till 3 pm ..caught #25 ,and #5 had a couple more hits plus 2 more smallies. also a black rock fish ..we kept it we were now desperate. We fished with lots of other boats and charters hardly ,ny talk on the radio...although some got fish way up by the towers most had slow day even though there was lots of bait ??? just no bite.....Had fun with the guys AND ..I KNOW THERE COMING ..SO READY TO GO BACK NEXT WEEK.. I MUST BE ADDICT!! I NEED A SALMON FIX...HELP.

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Clear Lake
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: ok
Date: September 2, 2005

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Fished with a couple of friends and 2 kids. I wouldn't say the bite at Clear Lake was on fire in the beginning, but we managed to catch around 30 largemouths and one cat for the day. It was on fire at the end. Buzz baits weren't working. Presentations that worked: spinners, crankbaits, Texas. The killer techique of the day was dropshotting. My kokanee rod was getting a workout because I was using it for dropshotting.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacto. River
Weather: All kinds of it!
Water_condition: 71-73 deg.,simi-clear & weeds.
Date: 2 Sept. 2005

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Decided to fish Thursday afternoon & Friday morning. If your in a hurry, I’ll give you the short version: It sucked! I launched out of Sandy Beach at 3:30PM and fished the end of the incoming. In the morning the weather dude said 5-15 MPH. The water was clear, but it was loaded with weeds. That black, stringy crap. Had to clean the lure often. The top of the tide and the beginning of the out go was better. The wind picked up sharply and forced me off the water at 7:00PM with only a skinny 19in., which was too ugly to keep. I could care less, I had KFC for dinner! During the night the wind blew like hell. My camper was rocking so bad that it was tough to sleep. I had to wait until 9:00AM. to launch. The out go was also weedy. I could not get a hit. I even tried spooning & throwing swim baits to no avail. Ran into Clyde Wands. He said he lost a small striper, a big salmon & landed a 19# striper. He claims to have a picture. I said, “Show me quick before your dog eats it!” I quit at 1:00PM and it was dead calm.

Name: iwishtobe
Email: whatever
Location: sacramento
Weather: very nice
Water_condition: 69 to 71
Date: 09/01/2005

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way down stream from mr. wilson. just below the mouth of the american. nada. flatfish, quickfish, blue fox and silvertrons. nothing for me and a lot of other boats. there were two fish taken, i know this because they held them up for the folks in the river taxi!!!!! however, the lady jogers....... i just love this time of year!

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Verona-Mouth of the Feather River
Weather: Very Balmy
Water_condition: Clear inside the Color Line
Date: September 2, 2005

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Friday Morning, September 2, 2005...I switched and went salmon fishing with Jack Thomason up at the mouth of the Feather River near Verona. We anchor fished flatfish and kwikfish with sardine wraps. There was another 10 boats scattered around us. NOT ONE HIT OR FISH CAUGHT THERE TODAY. No runs, no hits, no errors. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: herb brown
Email: hbrown4130@sbcglobal.net
Location: lake shastina and mccloud res
Weather: great
Water_condition: clear
Date: 9/01/05

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Its been awile since ive posted a report so hear it goes.Went north to shasta city with friends for a fishing and golf camping trip.i fished lake shastina for some great black bass results.We cought about 30 bass from 5 to 2 lbs.Top water in the am and spinner baits in the after noon.Lake mccloud res produced limits of trout from 2lbs to pan size.The old nitecrawler and flashers did the trick. You guys dont want to hear about the golf so i will skip that. I will start fishing the delta now since the reports have been pretty good. Hey tomi leave some for the rest of us. Herb

Name: Franky D
Email: caskydvr@aol.com
Location: wishin I was fishin!!!!!!
Weather: which state????
Water_condition:
Date: 2 Sep 05

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Hey Tomi, Franky D here, I have been gone on a road trip across the US. Did some fishin in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Utah. We went all the way to North and South Carolina's!!! I think we just missed the Hurrican, went through some nasty storms in Goergia, Now I am busy as heck sending Hurrican relief down south. So, I have been gone all month, but now I am back and aching to hook into some line siders!!!!!! Tomi, lets go fishin! I am hoping to go this weekend, but who knows what will happen. I'll report anything fish or no fish! Talk to you all later, Franky D

Name: crazy bill
Email: william-margie@comcast.com
Location: glass house- montezuma- glass house
Weather: nice- breezy
Water_condition: dirty 70.8 degrees
Date: 09-02-05

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left on the last hour of incoming to try some trolling. used rattlers, bbrs bombers and lord knows what else. not a hit! a little to early, i guess. started hittin them last year about the first of oct. rumor had it they were hittin, but couldnt prove by me. only one other boat, and he was catfishin. thats all folks CB

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Saclramento River-Decker Island Area
Weather: Balmy Hot/No Wind
Water_condition: Semi Clear to Clear-74 Degrees
Date: September 1, 2005

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Wednesday, August 31, 2005...With all the morning's "honey-dos" done, I called up my buddy, Jack Thomason, to see if he wanted to go striper trolling. The trip was on with a yes. Down to Brannan Island by 3 p.m. and we started trolling Rebels and Bombers for about 25 hits, resulting in 10 shaker stripers and 5 keeper stripers to 16 pounds. The highlight of the trip was chasing down 383' of line hooked to a fish that went into the weeds and a snag. Jack probed with the net and came up with my striper and lure. I cut the line, sacraficing about 5' of line, and we had the fish. We quit a 7 p.m. and headed to Vieira's to filet fish and home after traffic and before midnight, all in the shadow of Mt. Diablo. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Rick James
Email: RickJames@RickJamesInfo.net
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: Sunny
Water_condition: 72 Degrees, Stained
Date: 09/01/2005

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These are all matters of the stinky-stinky, and the kaka-dookey. Please take them some where else.

Name: ron
Email: fishwithron2@sbcglobal.net
Location: delta
Weather: To John Q
Water_condition: calm
Date: 08/30/31

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Sea lions were once protected due to shortage. Since then they have overpopulated like rabbits. Look at what they have done to pier 39 in SF and all around Montery. It's time DFG do something about them. They do make good water proof boots. Probaly get bash on this but I know other people and fisherman feel the same.

Name: John Q.
Email: none
Location: n/a
Weather: n/a
Water_condition: n/a
Date: 8/31/05

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The Sac Bee writing a story about sea lions bogarting our fish? Are you kidding me? I'd be less surprised to see a story about how fisherman are jeapordizing the sea lion's food supply. Maybe they will write a story on how mountain lions are depleting the deer herds too. Dream on. I'm a sportsman and I don't even agree with you. That liberal rag of a newspaper certainly won't sympathize. Sorry for the non-fish report entry but I couldn't resist.

Name: al kaholic
Email: !#%^$#%^#@76%^%^&*(
Location: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Name: mugu
Email: MUGUMUGU@MUGU.COM
Location: GUY
Weather: GOOD
Water_condition: ANY
Date: ANAYA

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Name: mugu
Email: MUGUMUGU@MUGU.COM
Location: GUY
Weather: GOOD
Water_condition: ANY
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Name: Scott Tibbedeaux
Email: Raven@the-Ravens.net
Location: n/a
Weather: n/a
Water_condition: n/a
Date: 08/30/05

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I dont know about tasting like chicken but there is not much you can do to get rid of them, under the protection of marine mammals act you can not harrass them. Really nasty fine and jail time if you hurt them at all. Not really worth it.

Name: nick
Email: nick@tactilesign.com
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: 8/30/05

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If any of you have a gripe against the seal-lions coming up from SF Bay eating all our fish, please contact Matt Weiser. Matt is a reporter for the Sacramento Bee. I have informed him of the problem and if a few more fishermen believe like I do he may write an article or maybe a series of articles . Email: mweiser@sacbee.com or call him (916) 9321-1264. If he does a feature article the powers that be may become aware of this nuisance. They eat their weight in fish every day and whole families of them are coming up the Sac and I hear the American River too. They are also in the Port of Sacramento and the deep water channel. We must protect our fisheries from these denizens. My suggestion, is to have an open season on them. I hear they taste like chicken...

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: North Delta
Weather: hot
Water_condition: good
Date: 08/29/05

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Joe and I headed to the Delta today to see if I could find some big bass in under the moss beds. Joe had a lot of problems today as the bass won the battle after the hook up! He has trouble dragging the bass out of the weeds after he hooked them. The rod was to light for this kind of fishing, Joe was to lazy to change his rod and re-tie on his frog. We caught twenty bass today mostly of frogs and spinnerbaits. But no big ones today. The biggest bass today went 2.75 pounds. I hooked this bass on the matt and there must have been six other bass darting all over as I dragged my bass into the boat. On this matt Joe and I probably had over twenty blow-ups! Over all we were batting 50% on frogs.

Name: LuvMySon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista/Sac River
Weather: WindayAM/BreezyPM
Water_condition: JustLikeMarkSays
Date: Monday/30August2005

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Well after 4 days in Ventura visiting family I was ready to hit the water today. Got my update from Rudy who said don't launch early because its a PM bite like the day before. Me and Jose in my boat and Otha and his father in law in his Arima took off at 1030am. Tried to make some passes on hot spots on Sac River but just too darn windy. Headed to the San Juaq and worked our butts off for a couple keepers to 8 lbs. and ALOT of shakers. It was slow today but we kept on after losing several big ones that straightened our 4X hooks. Finally a couple hrs. after the high tide we got into a school on Sac River...(Mark, you saw us I know. If you would have pulled over I could have picked you up in my boat and got you a couple more keepers! We were HOOKIN EM!) Anyhow, the run lasted one hour and we went home with our limits (8#, 9#, 4#, 3#, 4#, 5#, 4#, 6#) for 4 of us. Great day...but had to work hard and try every color of the rainbow to catch fish..hot lure...silver with blue top and bright red belly. Shallow runner...Gold. Thats it...Anyone got a relative who sells Arima's for cheap? Take Care Y'all. Back to the Black&White tommorrow.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island to Isleton
Weather: WINDY in AM/Breeze in PM
Water_condition: Off Color/Dirty at 73 Degrees
Date: August 29l, 2005

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Monday, August 29, 2005...After yesterday's seminars by Barry Canevaro and myself at Dockside, located at the Pittsburg marina, I decided to go practice what I preached today. Dr. Arthur Bard accompanied me on a striper trolling trip down by Decker Island to Isleton on the Sacramento River. It was REALLY WINDY in the morning, at 30 mph+. We trolled Bombers most of the morning for only 4 shaker stripers. The wind died some after noon, and we needed to make a change, so we headed down by Decker Island and switched over to Rebels. The first pass resulted in a 16 pounder. The school of stripers was there. For the next couple of hours we played catch some shakers and keepers and watch all the hits and lost fish add up. The depth finder was full of fish, but they were not real aggressive. We managed another 5 shakers and 7 more keepers to 7 pounds. A lot of fun at the end of a slow day. Quit at 4 p.m. and headed to Vieira's for pictures and fileting fish. Home after traffic. Good catching Arthur. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bob Harries (naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: From Rio Vista to deepwater Channel
Weather: Very Hot!! Over 100 degrees!!
Water_condition: Semi Clear to murky
Date: Sunday August 28th 05

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Returned to the Delta,without my wife, Sandy..Sometimes, you gotta do these things SOLO..Besides, She knew it was going to be a Hot!! Her passion for fishing is without a doubt,less than mine.. I don't really like to fish the weekends anymore. RETIRED!,But, what the heck,Got all my house stuff done on Saturday...Forty niners played on Friday evening ( They won two Games) I'm good to go! Got to Hogback County launch at 8:00 am, knowing the top of tide in the Rio Vista area wouldn't be till mid- day! Put on my swallow diver bomber,and started trolling around the Rio Vista bridge. Looking for the water less than 9 feet deep. The water conditions were very good,just like on Friday. Semi-clear and about 72 degrees on the surface. Caught 4 small, schooling stripers in less than 30 minutes!! Largest one about 6 lbs.I'm thinking "Not going to get skunked today"Moved to the West Bank area as the top of the Tide was approaching..Remember? I missed this tide on Friday. Just as I made my first troll from the Sandy beach area. Here comes this LARGE deepwater type SHIP. As he passes, the waves start to rip! The water turns a crappie brown in less than 2 minutes!!!Oh Well! I'm done here. Decided to move to the Deep Water channel, near the Minor slough mouth.. Found 18 feet of water and, started jigging. After a few minutes of vertical jigging. I realized that its too early. I needed alittle water movement!! Found some shade,and ate my lunch. At this time,the temps had to be around 100 degrees!! Sweating like a stuffed pig,my t- shirt was completly wet!! Its about 2:30 pm. Back to the location I thought the fish would be.. Finally, a little water movement.. The fish are now showing on my Hummingbird screen!! I put on a 1oz. Hopkins smoothy jig ( green) As the wind was blowing harder than my trolling motor could hold the boat in place. Hits were hard to detect. At times I maneged to keep the jig vertical. I managed to get vertical between gusts of wind. Thats when I started hooking up.. Fished till almost 8:00 pm. In this time I caught well over 40 fish!! From just 16 inches to about 8 lbs.... Released them all!!! I know I would have caught alot more if the wind was less!......Oh Well! Still alot of FUN!.. It is rare that I spoon this time of year. This is usually done on the Fall & Winter Months... And the Stripers are much bigger...Still FUN!! Well, that was my Sunday event... Will return to Salmon fishing around the discovery pk. area on Tuesday... Back to the crowds & big boats that like to rock you....Oh yeah! and Jet Skies.. Love them!! Sure hope those pesty Sea lions & seals are GONE!!!!! See you on the River. The naked Fisherman . Bob....

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Lake Tahoe
Weather: nice
Water_condition: clear
Date: 08/27/05

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Took the wife up to Lake Tahoe to visit Warren and Linda. We stayed up at Warrens on the lake to get away for the weekend. So in the morning Warren and I went out to do some kokanee trolling. We trolled for a few hours and caught six kokanee on needle-fish and uncle larrys spinners behind blades down about fifty feet.

Name: Ed Yano
Email: ed_yano@surewest.net
Location: Sac River
Weather: Hot
Water_condition: Tainted
Date: Aug 28, 2005

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Harold, Al and I went trolling and bait fishing today by Decker. On the morning outgo, we caught 1 keeper, 1 shaker, and lost 2 worm tails. When the incoming started running pretty good we switched to bait fishing. Who said the small stripers were low in numbers, because we couldn't keep bait on the hook. Pretty much fed the small guys for 3 hrs. Started trolling the top of the tide and Al hooks a hard fighting 16# on a fire tiger Rapala. We left the waters at 3 PM. Ed

Name: BEAR
Email: CSBAman@aol.com
Location: Rollins Lake
Weather: Warm - Sunny
Water_condition: Upper End Clear and about 70 Degrees
Date: 8-28-05

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Fished Rollins yesterday with my stepson Mike. From 6:30am to 10:00am. We caught Largemouth, Spots and Smallies. The biggest was a 3.5 lb Largemouth. We thru Tubes, Worms, Creatures it didn't matter what it was as long as it was purple. Morning mission was about 20 bass all caught in 10 to 15 feet of water. Then the skiers came out and we headed back to camp. About 5pm we went back out for the evening bite. Skiers and assorted fools were still flying around the lake, but we still caught bass. The biggest was a 2.5lb Smallie that my Wife caught on a Blood Red Magic worm W/ Chart. Tail. I know I said PURPLE but my Wife (Michelle) thought the Red One was pretty so she used that one. I've fished all the lakes in the area, but the Bass at Rollins seemed to fight harder and jump more then I'm used too. I've never had a Bass (smallie in this case) jump 3 feet out of the water twice before we released them. And this was just a 1.5 lber. I think it would be better fishing during the weekdays and SAFER.

Name: zeke zigler
Email: salmonchaser31@sbcglobal.net
Location: Salmon everywhere!
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Date: Sunday, Aug. 28

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Just wanted to say THANK YOU to all the politicians and water managers out there who are completely KILLING OFF our salmon this year. In a year when we've got more water than we've ever had this late, our fish are dying. Low flows in the Sacramento, Feather and Yuba rivers have comtributed to 70+ degree water temps in the Valley and lots of fish are showing signs of gill rot...the same gill rot that killed all those Klamath River salmon a few years ago. Anytime you look down at your fishfinder and you see water 70 degrees and above, take a moment of silence for all the salmon under your boat that will never make it to the spawning grounds. A big THANK YOU to the DFG as well for letting this all happen!!!!!!! This is shaping up to be the worst run I've ever seen here in 40 years of fishing and, let me tell you folks, it ain't going to get better in the future. Better grab a couple salmon this year before it's too late. --Screaming reels to you all (if you can find a fish!) --Zeke

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Duxbury
Weather: Overcast....nice
Water_condition: 60.2 mild rollers
Date: 8/27/05

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Went salmon fishing with Tony and Andy outside the gate. (I didn't know if I'd make it because I had a late night striper outing last night. Now I know why I didn't see the blue boat trolling at night...he was with Mark. Mark, I didn't want to tell you in person, but I did catch a squawfish) I don't know if all the boats that launched from Richmond were targeting Albies or Salmon. We trolled for a couple hours with no Salmon to show for except for 2 shaker lings. We trolled over to the Rockfish grounds which wasn't too far from the salmon armada. As soon as we started targeting the rockfish, I hooked into a 17" Cabezon. And a little while later I hooked into a 36" Ling. I felt redeemed. (I went striper trolling the past 2 weeks in a row and I haven't caught a striper...just the guys on my boat.) All in all we ended up with 3 cabezons, 1 ling, and 7 red rockfish. We used 2 ounce leadhead jigs (we could've used a little heavier one, but we didn't have a 3 ounce) with double tail scampies (brown crab color was the ticket...the cabbies were eating crabs). Oh yeah, I should've caught more rockfish because I was getting a lot of hits, but after the ling had my jig, it kinda turned it into a circle hook, I didn't realize until we almost left that my hook was bent inwards so there was no way I could set the hook...oh well.

Name: DR PEPPER
Email: ????????????
Location: pittsburg to chain island
Weather: nice with strong breeze
Water_condition: stained -- little choppy
Date: 8-27-05

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well we went fishing hoping for maybe a STURGEON and some STRIPERS -filling the in betweens ------ did catch stripers but they we're on the small side ------ the HOURLY weather report was'nt even close to the 5 miles an hour they predicted for pittsburg ------ tide and wind in the same direction made it NICE ----- and YES betty got me again ---- took $12 off me today ----- heard it all the way home ---- hey OLIVER how did you do today ?????

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Delta area (west bank ) & Minor slough
Weather: light breeze & hot afternoon temps.
Water_condition: Extremly clear incoming tide
Date: Friday Aug.26th 05

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Decided to hit the Delta,after fishing for Mr. Salmon near the American for three straight weeks. Got a very late start. The time my wife Sandy,got her stuff ready and the boat hooked up. It was already 11:00 am. Put in at Hogback at noon. Got on the marine radio to see if somebody was fishing the West bank area.Bill Crooks answered. He told me that the tide was already moving from the top..Also said " He had a few stripers . Well, the time we got there, I guess the bite had ended? Story of my life... Late on the tide change!! After a couple hours trolling the West bank area, We moved to the Rio Vista bridge area. Ran into Mark Wilson, trolling the shallow waters in this area. He nailed a few small ones, Said Hello, then moved on...The water looked very fishable. Very clear, for a out going tide!! Again we struck out...No Action!! Decided, to move on.. Next stop, Minor slough. Got to Minor and had a fast lunch.. The tide had already started to change. Incoming tide!!! Just outside the mouth of minor heading up stream towards the deep water channel on the turn, I noticed birds getting excited. Also, observed the mixing of the two waters, the channel & minor slough... In about 18 ft. of water, my Humming Bird went crazy!! Just Black with bait & fish...Time to get the Hopkin jigs out... As soon as the jigs hit the water and started to sink Bam!!! The bite was on!! This action lasted about 30 minutes..These stripers were all small 2 - 3 pounders. But, So what? We had not caught a fish after trolling many hours...As guickly, as the action started. It Stopped!! While these fish were on the small side, It was FUN!! We went back to trolling without any sucess. Headed back to Hog Back to call it a day. Just about 8:00 pm. Man! It gets dark fast.. The time we hit Streamboat, Had to slow the boat down.. Don't want to hit a log or anything...While the trolling did'nt work out, Had alot of fun spooning....Catch & Release...Well, Weekend is here. Time to get the house stuff done. Mowing lawns etc....It was a nice break to Striper fish the Delta,after Salmon fishing for about a Month!!!! Forgot, How much I love the Delta...Alot less boat traffic for sure..See ya on the River. Bob .... Naked Fisherman....

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: isleton to decker and back
Weather: clear and nice
Water_condition: 74 / very clear
Date: 08/26/05

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went trolling with my good friend Rocky Cariglio , we had the privlage , of riding along with Mark Wilson . we trolled b-16 bombers for 8 keepers , 5 shakers , around 16 hits, (lost count ) ,and a lost fish . yea !it was me . had a chance to show of to Mark Wilson , and i lost a big one . we ended up at the isleton bridge running rebels . big fun . 21#er was the biggest . thanks Mark for the lesson . good luck !

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Northern Delta
Weather: Sunny, light NW winds
Water_condition: Stained
Date: Aug 24, 2005

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I took Gordon Ong and Dan Gee out Wed to fish the incoming tide. We ended up with 12 legal largemouths to 3lbs. And caught at least 20 dinks. Dan got the 3lber on his first cast with a spinnerbait and no hits afterwards. We caught the rest on senkos: #912 and #913. It wasn't too bad considering the major solunar was in the late afternoon. Good fishing! Jerry

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacto. River
Weather: Nice early, then hot. Little wind.
Water_condition: Mostly clear.
Date: 26 Aug. 2005

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Ted Fagunes & I launched early at Sandy Beach to fish the incoming tide. We fished, both shallow & deep, from Steamboat to the power lines. The upper river was very clear but it got dirtier as we went downstream. At the power lines the in coming was a cool 68 degrees. We had only one hit when we ran into Clyde Wands behind Decker. He had a small striper and two, beautiful, squawfish. We continued trolling the out go. We picked up a 19in & a10# on shallow bombers. We left early. Low point of trip: Loading the boat we see a missing bolt in the trailer cross support. Not a problem. Ted robs a bolt from the side support and ropes up the side support. He called it a “Portagee Fix”. It will probably be good for a year or so.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWillson@FishinReport.Com
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: August 26, 2005

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Friday, August 26, 2005...Just a note for you striper and sturgeon fishermen. If you have nothing to do on Sunday, August 28, 2005, you are invited to a Grand Re-Opening of the Dockside Market, Bait & Tackle store located at the Pittsburg Marina, right next to the boat ramp, 27 Marina Boulevard, Pittsburg. This is a sponsored event by Dockside, Fish Hookers Sportfishing, California Striped Bass Association-Delta Chapter, and the Fish Sniffer newspaper. Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be 4 seminars put on by Capt. Barry Canevaro and myself, covering plugging/spooning for stripers; the trick to bait fishing for stripers; trolling, both deep and shallow for stripers; and, sturgeon fishing, plus the use of your electronics in finding fish. There will be a CSBA raffle, and refreshments. Bring a friend(s). Hope to see you there. Thank you. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bob Harries ( Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sacto River blow American
Weather: Just Warm upper eightys
Water_condition: Semi clear to slighty muddie
Date: 8-23 to 8-24 also 8-22 05

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While the trolling bite started back up,the bite on the anchor has really dropped off! Except, for Tom in the Tracker boat...While He only fishes about once a week now ( Due to football practice ) He is my Idol for consistant luck using the KWIKFISK lure!!!! Been watching him for overy 3 weeks now. If He doesn;t get a hook-up early,He'll get them in the afternoon bite!!He has mastered the art of using the Kwikfish.. Then, We have Alan. He has the Green Jet Craft like mine. He always tries to anchor next to Tom's boat. But,unlike Tom,He is alway just a spectator!!!! Sorry Alan!! Oh yeah, You did get a fish the week before!! Lucky!! He gave me the roe.... Back to the fishing report.While the fishing is spotty. The fish have been quality,fresh run. Average size.. Teens with a few twentys caught..While Monday through Weds. was ok. Yesterday, ( Thursday) I didn,t see a fish caught. I trolled till late afternoon. The large sealion that has been hanging around,has been joined with two more friends. Seals...The three of them worked the area all day!! Guess? Thats why no fish caught??? Don't know how long these are going to stick around? But, I'm thinking they have something to do with the action.. Saw aleast three other boats catch fish other than myself TROLLING. Very slow on the Mudline. Each time I made a pass trolling,noticed zero action by the jigging crew. Guessing,not much fish hanging in the mudline?? Will continue to fish this area till Sept. 12th... Then, Off to the Miller Park area through the third week of Oct. Or,till I catch 100 fish!! Ha,Ha. Whatever comes first!!I Need 76 fish to do that!! Glad the ramps are in at Miller! They were not in till Oct. !st last year!! Makes it easy to fish the Sacto. yacht club area......Just get there EARLY or your in the over flow parking!! Its a long walk back to your boat!! Well, Might hit the Delta this Weekend? A little Sriped bass fishing is needed to break-up fishing for Mr. Salmon every day!! See ya on the river on Monday. But,Not you SEALIONS & SEALS!! Go Away!! Bob Harries .............

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@softcom.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: n/a
Water_condition: n/a
Date: 08/25/05

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Notice to Washington Outboard Club Members, our launch ramp is now back in service. John Cullen Secretary, WOC

Name: Ron B.
Email: Rebernhardt@aol.com
Location: Antioch Pier
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Date: 8/25/05

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JDB Check your email for a source to find out how much your fine for no Delta stamp will be. Good luck. Ron B.

Name: JDB
Email: thecoach2@hotmail.com
Location: ANTIOCH OAKLEY PIER
Weather: WINDY
Water_condition:
Date: 8/24/05

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Not a report all though the strippers were biting live bait. But they all were small. Question though for all of you. What is the fine for fishing without a delta stamp. I was on the pier and there is nothing anywhere stating you needed the delta stamp.The warden wrote me up. If I would have read anywhere I needed the stamp I would have bought it. Does anyone know what the fine is?

Name: JDB
Email: thecoach2@hotmail.com
Location: ANTIOCH OAKLEY PIER
Weather: WINDY
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Date: 8/24/05

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Name: Hal Anderson
Email: andersonhal@gmail.com
Location: north of isleton
Weather: Clear, breezy
Water_condition: 74 deg. clear
Date: 08-17-05

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Hello all, Went out with Rod Bowden and Rocky last night, we had a ok trip. 5 keepers,1 shaker,4 hits,1 double header and 1 fish lost the biggest fish was 8# (going on the grill tonight). Over all good trip but I do have to say last friday night was a fantastic trip (read Rods report). These last 2 trips out with Rod have been awsome. Thanks Rod and Rocky , call me any time :). Hal

Name: Rev. Virg
Email: virgilfenters@sbcglobal.net
Location: anywhere theres water
Weather: Godly
Water_condition: wet
Date: today

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Just wanted to thank everyone who responded so fast to help me out with the saradine wrap question. I do appreciate it and now I am a little less ignorant on the subject than I was a short time ago. Again thanks and yopuall have my prayers for your next fishing trip. God Bless Rev. Virgil

Name: Zeke Zigler
Email: salmonchaser31@sbcglobal.net
Location: SARDINE WRAPS
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Date: Aug. 24

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Hey Rev!! In regards to your sardine wrap question...buy the freshest sardines you can...frozen's okay, but look to see that the baits have scales on them. Sardines without scales are not as good -- as they have not been cared for properly. If you get those kind, you may want to add some Pro Cure sardine scent to fillets and soak them overnight. Anyway, fillet the sardine like you'd fillet a salmon. Then, trim the belly and rib meat off with sharp scissors so the fillets are a perfect rectangle shape. Depending on the size of the baits, you may have to cut the fillet in half or thirds. Then slit the filet lengthwise down the center to about 2 mm from the end. On the underbelly of the lure, starting from the front of the bill, slide the sardine fillet down so that the top edge of the slit sits tight against the ((upstream side) of screw eye for the belly hook. Get some Miracle Thread (perfect for you, eh?) if you can find it -- Magic Thread works but not as well and securley wrap the fillet to the plug's belly. Make sure it is centered -- off center will make the plug run funny. Speaking of running funny, put the plug in the water next to the boat and pull on your rod tip. Watch to see if the lure tracks off to one side or the other. You want it to run perfectly straight, so if it does pull, say to the left, take some needlenose pliers and turn the line attachment eye of the lure the opposite direction a bit. Keep "tuning" until the lure tracks straight. And don't forget, when you get a bite, let the fish take it for about a 3-count before setting the hook! Good luck and screaming drags, Zeke.

Name: Rev. Virgil Fenters
Email: virgilfenters@sbcglobal.net
Location: delta
Weather: anyday is good to be on the water
Water_condition: wet
Date: 08/25/05

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Hey you real in the know firshermen and ladies. I know I'm not the most knowing guy on the river and salmon fishing in the river is new to me. Fist fish last year trolling out of isleton. Anyway if one of you can people to help me out I would greatly appreciate it and say a prayer for you next fishing trip. My question is How do you proper rap a sarading around a flatfish? Are these fresh saradines or frozen boat in the local stroes. I take many young people fishing and I want them to learn the right way that not only shows them how to catch fish today but then give them the opportunity to pass it along to one of their friends or maybe even their father for better times spent tomorrow. Thanks guys I appriciate your time. God Bless Rev. Virgi

Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Union Valley
Weather: Clear--- pleasant
Water_condition: clean 70 deg. F.
Date: 8//23/05

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The Wheels and Reels fishing club returned to Union Valley for our Aug derby. We went there in July and stunk the place up with a bunch of donuts; but after hearing how well the Jolly Hookers did there last week we decided to give it our best shot once again. We were greeted by a very cold, fall like wind out of the East that made us glad that we took heavy coats. As the day progressed it turned very pleasant and we parted with our coats, We also found that many others had heard of the Koke bite as the one lane ramp was crowded coming and going. Nice thing about this lake is that there is room to spread out so it could accomodate the number of fishermen. Our group was small, 16; but productive. We took 42 fish and released quite a few more. Most of the fish were kokes with one mack recorded. The color lure of choice was PINK. Most fish were caught at a range from 40-70 ft. I think that the fisherman ( Jack T.) caught his mack at 130 ft. A Pink uncle Larry's behind a watermelon side kick at 60 ft, worked for me. Ole LUCKY, Don Brown, won first place honors with his 1 lb. 2 0unce koke. Art Sutter broke into the win column with his 1 lb, 1 ounce koke and took second place. Jimmy Bennett finished out the winners with his third place winner that tipped the scales at 14 ounces. All the kokes that I saw were chrome in color and in fine shape. Bob Griggs and his able assistant Jim Bennett served up a lunch of chicken, salad, and cookies. Many thanks to both of you, " You done good"!!! Our next derby will be at either Capals or Stumpy Meadows on Sept 28th. Hil Felton

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island Area
Weather: Windy AM/Breezy PM
Water_condition: Slightly Off Color @ 72 Degrees
Date: August 24, 2005

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Wednesday, August 24, 2005...Dan Bacher went striper trolling with me today. We trolled Bombers all day long around Decker Island, the West Bank, and the Old Dairy. We had nada for the first two hours and then hooked and lost a really big fish. Then the bite turned on, right after the high tide change. The next 5 passes resulted in 5 keeper stripers, up to 11 pounds. We kept working at it and started catching a fish here and a fish there. Final result: 3 lost fish, 2 shaker stripers, 10 keeper stripers, and 1 very, very ugly 8 pound squawfish. I hooked it and Dan brought it in, so we are both the "squawfish queens" for the day. Off the water at 2 p.m. and to Vieira's for fileting fish. Home before traffic. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Zeke Zigler
Email: salmonchaser31@sbcglobal.net
Location: American River, Nimbus Basin
Weather: Hot
Water_condition: Good
Date: 8-24-05

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Hi there fish-fiends! Had to take the kid to the DR. this afternoon, so didn't have a chance to get the ol' boat wet. So, instead, did something a little different and threw on the waders and went down to Nimbus Dam. Got there are dawn and fished spawn sacs (that's what we used to call roe in Michigan's Upper Peninsula) off the south bank. There are A BUNCH OF SALMON IN THERE!! Had three good rips and landed 2 squawfish and 1 chrome king of about 12 pounds. I couldn't handle watching the guys down there, however, snagging salmon with beads and the long leaders. This was a new one on me since I have not fished from shore in a looooong time. They say they get them in the mouth -- but I say the salmon get the beads in the mouth the same way a motorcycle rider gets a mosquito in his mouth...FORCE FEEDING! What the heck is going on with people these days? Between the jig snaggers and the beaders doesn't anybody know how to catch a fish with legitimate methods? How fun can it be to catch fish without having to use one lick of brain power or skill? Maybe I'm just getting too old???

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sato. River
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: Simi-clean, 70-74
Date: 23 & 24 Sept. 2005

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Went out Tuesday night with old work buddy, Sam Harader. Got up to Old River at 8:00Pm to catch top of tide. We fish rebels near Vieira’s. From 8:30-9:30 we have 5 hits. Only two stick-both 8#. No more hits after 9:30. We clean fish at Vieira’s and I hit my camper at Sandy Beach at 11:00PM. Sam heads home to get ready for work. Wind is screaming all night but calms in AM. I set my clock for 2:00AM to catch bottom of tide. Alarm does not work. I rise due to old man nature call at 3:00AM. Try shallow trolling at Dairy, West Bank, etc. Nothing. Go back for breakfast and catch top of tide. More of those nothings. Highlight of trip: Seeing four salmon jumping at West Bank. Bob & Kevin, maybe we need to try spinners at WB!

Name: Alan Fisherman's Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: breezy & hot
Water_condition: good
Date: 08/23/05

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Took Jim to the Delta today for some frog fishing. I started out using a buzz-bait and on my first hook up I lost a five pounder that jumped off, what a way to start. Fished it the Tract for a few hours looking for that double digit bass. Caught a lot of small bass to two pounds and missed a lot of frog fish in the tulies. We moved out to the river and had a lot of fun using tournament frogs in the weeds. Jim had the most hits fishing behind me, but his hook up ratio was about twenty five percent! But he caught the biggest bass going 3.50 pounds!

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sac, between mouth of American and tower
Weather: Very nice
Water_condition: Dirty from Rice fields we think.
Date: 08/23/05

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Got invited to go Salmon fishing with John Bringuel this morning. We launched at Discovery 5AM. Promptly knocked my cell phone off the clip which was on my belt as I crouched down to get into John's boat. Never really heard a sploosh, but I'm sure it went swimming. It wasn't on the dock. What a way to start the day. Had two momentary take downs but nothing there. Saw the naked fisherman catch one at 0930 and one jigger had one on as we left. Ran into Uncle Larry, Kevin Wilson and a few other people we knew. Pretty slow day but still great to be out there. Sure nice to be in a big boat instead of my 12ft silver yacht. Smile Tight Lines. j.

Name: Bob Harries Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Same place 3 weeks Sacto River below American River
Weather: Warm mild mornings Warm daytime temps.
Water_condition: Semi clear except out going tide very dirty!!
Date: 8-22 & 23 05

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Monday,trolled about 8 hours. My wife had a take down at 12;30 pm. She miss that fish even though it struck three times!!! Thats life!!! We counted 25 boats from the mouth down to the pge tower.No fish were caught till 9;30 am. At that time ,3 fish were caught in less than 30 minutes!! Then it shut off. By 11;00am, half of the other boats left. Very slow day!!! Do the math! 3 fish for 25 boats!! Thats one eighth of a fish per boat!!! Not good..... Today!!!! The fish GODS took care of me! Again, I stayed with trolling, Same set up, 5 ounces of lead, A double GREEN Silvertron Spinner.At 9;05 hooked a 14 lb. hen.... At 12;00 (noon) Caught my second one! Thats a limit!!! It was a chromer.it went 18 lbs.... The interesting thing was, No body on the anchor using flatfish or Kwikfish had a takedown!!!!! Must have been a Super LUCKY day for me!!!!!!! I counted only 18 boats on the anchor today. About 6 boats besides me were trolling,, Again, It must have been my lucky day!! The other boats trolling struck out also!! I guess? Even a blind dog finds a Bone once in a while??? I'm am just Jazzed about getting fish again on the troll. Went a long time without!! Sure don't like being on the anchor. Or, using kwikfish, unless its the only thing thats working... Overall, Fishing is really slow. You can tell by the number of boats on the river. Less, each day.. And, the weather is much more comfortable.. Now, That I had my lucky day, I won't catch a darn thing for a while???But, I'm staying with the TROLL..See you on the River. Very, Very LUCKY Me, Bob Harries Naked Fisherman...

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: north of isleton
Weather: windy
Water_condition: semi clear-clear
Date: 08/21/05 monday evening

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well , well , well , i went out on a whim ! 7:30p.m. to 10 :30p.m. . just before dark i picked up 3 keepers about 5# , just after dark i lost 1 little one and 1 very big one i had 2 hits. that did not stick .i see more boats out at night this week , the tides are not as favorable as they were . 1 rod , by my self . still not bad . i had to leave just as the bite was gonna start . gotta work tommorow . did not have any clown color rebels (485) left , went out to late to buy any . used blue back silver sides and red head . good luck ...

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: sacto river below mouth of american
Weather: calm ,sunny
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 8/22/05

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Went out today to fish for salmon with kevin Wilson. Arrived at 6:30 a.m. and baited up a K-14 and a Pro toll w/chip (similar to flat fish) using 4oz. wt. on a spreader and dropped them in..never got a hit all morning except for small stripers...We had lots of boat company today ...maybe 40 boats and saw only 4 salmon hooked ...called a day at noon.,..Will be back to try again soon!!!!! The weather was beautiful.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island Area
Weather: Windy Early/Breeze Noon On
Water_condition: Slightly Off Color at 70 Degrees
Date: August 22, 2005

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I'm glad to read that there are other "squawfish queens" out there! My boat was beginning to get a complex. On to fishing - Monday, August 22, 2005...Dr. Arthur Bard and his two grandsons, Ariel Bard (12 yrs old) and Daniel Bard (8 yrs old) went striper trolling with me today, all in the shadow of Mt. Diablo. It was real windy early then it died to a nice trolling breeze just before noon. We trolled Yo-Zuris and Bombers today. 8 hits today for 8 fish. Our first pass in the first 200 yards resulted in a nice 12# striper. Then, the next pass resulted in a 23# striper. All at the morning's high tide change. That was it for a couple of hours, but we kept working at it. The next action resulted in two shaker stripers. Next was the highlights of the day! At the low tide change in the early afternoon, a double header on 11# and 14# stripers. They both came to the boat at the same time, so I netted both fish at once (2 fish in the net). A better observation showed a tag in the back of the 14 pounder. A closer look showed that tag to be a $50 reward tide. The 12 year old wins! Good going Ariel. A couple of more fish for the day and we head in just after 2 p.m. Back to Vieira's for pictures and fileting fish. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Randy Graham
Email: cccrcgraham@yahoo.com
Location: Redding / Lower Sac
Weather: 98* Sunny
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 08/20/05

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Got call from Bro-in-Law- He paid for a Drift Fishing Adventure on Sat down the Lower Sac in Redding. Left Stockton 5:30AM Got to The Fly Shop and went on Drift with Guide Bryan. It was one of the most enjoyable, memrable experiences of my fishing life. We saw a giant Bald Eagle watching us drift down stream. Using Fly Rods we drifted down the Lower Sac for about 30 Wild Rainbows and 1 Sqauwfish ( Yes Mark, I was the Sqauwfish Queen today) Lost Numerous Fish at the Boat, missed numerous take downs. Largest Rainbow 17". Covered 14 Mile of River using nymph fly's w. yarn indicater. Back in Stockon @ 10:30. Would recommend it to any one. That's All.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacto. River
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: Who could see?
Date: 21-22 August 2005

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Clyde Wands & I got excited reading of Rod’s great striper adventures. We were sure we could duplicate the feat. We did not! On the water at 9:00PM. We trolled both shallow and deep from Rio Vista to two miles above Isleton Bridge. Water very rough on out go below the mouth of Old River. Much nicer in side. We mark very few fish(deep). We get a 10# on a shallow bomber below Vieira’s. That is all! A few boats out. Talked to two with no fish. We quit at 3:00AM. Highlight of trip: Listening to Clyde detail how he is training his dog to not bark. Sure!

Name: LuvMySon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista
Weather: Windy Gusts/25mph
Water_condition: 68-70degrees/Stained
Date: Sunday/20August2005

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Launched from Brannon at 8am and headed straight to San Juaq. to try to catch some line-siders in the wind. Sac River looked blown out so we hugged the rock walls and managed about a dozen shakers and 2 keepers at 10 pounds and 18 pounds. I got desparate and tried a new type of tail...right away hooked the 18 pounder in 4.5 feet of water! Made a run to Collinsville but the incoming wasn't as clear as I anticipated so no fish down there. Water dipped to 68 degrees for first hour trolling...so maybe Fall is fast approaching. No chatter on 73 so headed home early to browse my Arima Brochure again. Not buying one...just looking. Take Care Y'all. Hey Frank...where'd you go?

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: north of isleton
Weather: breezy
Water_condition: 73/semi - clear
Date: 08-19-05 saturday night

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Night trolling for stripers . 9 total , 8 keepers and1 shaker , 4 hits and 1 lost fish . fish at 17# , 16# , 15# , 15# , 14# , 12# , 10# , and 5# . the fish are so big and strong over the last 4 weeks they have torn my collection of lures to pieces . the fish are very agressive , straightening out hooks on almost every fish , the big one's just mangle the lure itself ... . had one pull my rod and reel out of my hands , we got it back , by catching the line on a later pass . still had the fish on . 8 p.m. t0 12 midnight . good luck .

Name: DR PEPPER
Email: ??????
Location: SAN PABLO ( china camp )
Weather: nice breeze @ cool
Water_condition: stained
Date: 8--20--05

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listened to fishing report on the radio --- checked the weather and off to san pablo bay we went ----hoping to catch some stripers ---- not even a shaker ------ lots and lots of SHARKS ---- biggest going about 3 feet + 1 ray --------- my girl kicked my ASS on this trip --- well on the other trip too--- think i will try PITTSBURG when the wind dies down ----------

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: decker/isleton
Weather: breezy
Water_condition: 72 swmi to clear depending
Date: o8/18/05 friday evening

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trolled around decker . yozuri's and b 25 bombers , then after dark up near isleton . 12 fish 9 keepers , 3 shakers , 5 hits , 1 double , and 6 lost fish . fish at 18# , 15# , 15# , 15# , 15# , 12# , 10# , 10# , 8# , for a great night of trolling for stripers also 1 squawfish . itook 2 guy,s from out of state whom had never even heard of stripers before . they were on a salmon fishing holiday that wasn't going good . they had the time of their lives . good luck ...

Name: nick garcia
Email: nick@tactilesign.com
Location: mouth of the A.R. at Sac River
Weather: calm / sunny after the sun came up
Water_condition: usual
Date: 8/20/05

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This was my third attempt to catch one of them salmon I've heard about and read about in last Thursday's BEE ( liars) 3rd time getting skunked. They're not in yet folks. We launched at 5:30 and we were fishing soon afterwards. My friend Zdnek Turek and I anchored up at our favorite spot near the confluance of the two rivers (where we've caught them before -jigging and then went to flatfish.) Over 50+ boats at the mouth and downstream only saw one caught near our boat. One large boat caught a small boat's anchor line and almost dunked it. Most guys were jockeying for position and one guy kept getting in front of us jigging and trolling , and I let him know that I was not pleased. I always have fun trying though. I figure that there was a million dollars worth of boats and gear there this morning. I've got to invent a new lure so I cash in on this fad.

Name: nick garcia
Email: nick@tactilesign.com
Location: mouth of the A.R. at Sac River
Weather: calm / sunny after the sun came up
Water_condition: usual
Date: 8/20/05

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Name: MJB
Email: jig_man15@yahoo.com
Location: Delta
Weather: Clear /wind 10-15mph.
Water_condition: So-sooo
Date: 8/19/2005

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Launched out of Wimpys at 12:00 noon with hopes of finding some Stripers. Well, I did find what I was looking for But the size was a bit on the small side 6" & 10" not the pole benders I was hoping for. I gave up on these monsters & started fishing for Large Mouth Bass. I must have caught 40 Bass up too 3 lbs. I fished any bank that had water flowing into it, no matter If it had cover or not. Crankbaits Delta Red, Spinnerbaits white, white chrt & frog's where the bait's of choice. The whole time I was thinking to myself ,how this would be a great way too teach a young child how to throw these baits & catch fish at the same time, or it would be great for someone just starting out. So give it a shot, rockie shorline with no cover seemed to produce the best action. I did here that a 20 lb. Striper was caught trolling a B-n-B Repala Silver & Black with a yellow trailer. So Take a kid fishing & GOOD LUCK MJB

Name: THE HOOKER
Email: SCOTTSDECK@aol.com
Location: sac river mouth
Weather: nice
Water_condition: sac river? mud
Date: 8/19/05

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went out with captain bob white the salmonator! put in about 3 pm friday just to check things out sac below color line. useing flat fish. first day out since being sick. it was bobs lucky day! he got to watch his GREAT! fishing son SCOTT bring in the fish! thats ok bob your days coming! had a great time its always great fishing with the bob! 16.5 pounder only one but still fun! good to have you back pop! fish on! and dont stop! p.s. i think your scale is broke that fish looked bigger! the hooker!

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: Just below mouth of American
Weather: 85 and slight breeze,nice
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 8/19/05

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Nice to be fishing again after a surgery and recovery period. Scott (SON) and my self were on the water fishing by 2:30 p.m. Anchored in about 20' of water and baited up our k-14 quikfish sunk um down with a 4oz. wt. raised up the awning and kicked backed for a very enjoyable afternoon. After an couple hours as we were chatting away Scotts rod went off. and after about 10mins he boated a nice bright 16lb'er. We both re-baited again and sat back to catch more ....IT NEVER HAPPENED! not another bite, and we never saw anyone else catch one all the time we were there. We gave it up ar 8 p.m. The salmon is in brine now will smoked today...ready for 49er game. Thats the end of this tale have another ASAP....See ya.

Name: Dave O.
Email: thedaveo@mindspring.com
Location: American/Sac Riv confluence
Weather: Warm
Water_condition: 70 degrees
Date: Aug 19, 2005

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Tom B and I anchored near the Am/Sac confluence. At one time I counted 21 boats anchor fishing. Using a quickfish, Tom hooked up. It was a very nice high silver salmon. We saw 4 or 5 other boats with fish on the side. A few jiggers were in the area; didn't see any of them with fish.

Name: A.J
Email: rangeraj@gmail.com
Location: mouth of the American River
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: Aug, 19, 2005

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Does anyone know & has anyone seen "Little Joe"? I am an old aquaintance/fishing buddy. He used to fish the mouth of the american religiously. I haven't been able to find him & have only been out a few times due to work schedule. Any one know if he's still around? I know he had a bout with cancer last year but haven't heard much since.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Bodega Bay
Weather: nice & breezy
Water_condition: good
Date: 08/19/05

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Finally a day off, so I headed to Bodega Bay to do some rock fishing with Alfred, Mark, Jennifer and my dad. Headed to Fort Ross and graphed around until I saw the bait and fish. We started in 80 to 100 feet of water for our first stop. We dropped our Jigs in and as soon as we hit bottom we were hooking up with vermiliums, blues, blacks and lings. Yes we were jigging for these rock fish and 10% of our fish were foul hooked because there aim at hitting these squirley jiggs make it hard for them to eat it. We limited the boat out with 10 lings to 18 pounds and 50 assorted rock cods to ten pounds. Over all we had a great day!

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Moutezuma Slough & Suisun Bay
Weather: Cold then nice
Water_condition: Dirty
Date: 19 August 2005

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Ted Fagunes & I decide to look for sturgeon. We launch at Montezuma Slough Bridge. We check spots down to mouth & don’t mark many. We head to the Fleet. The out going tide against the incoming wind is tough. Three to four foot waves makes fishing tough, but that’s why I hire a Portagee Captain! Water is cool 62-63. We try a few spots. With high fog it’s cold. We head back to MS. It’s nice inside. We fish at mouth & then head upstream. We fish at a spot where sturgeons are rolling. That looks good, but frequently does not work. It does not today. Water is 65-66. Highlight of the trip is a sea lion that wanted to start an affair with Ted’s boat.

Name: Zeke Zigler
Email: salmonchaser31@sbcglobal.net
Location: Verona
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Lousy -- 70 degrees!!!
Date: Aug. 19, 2005

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Okay, hate to to break the news to you guys, but the fishing today was slow at Verona as well. Got three grabs on Flat Fish and landed one 12 pounder. Now on to something even more depressing...the mind set of some of the people out there in fishing land usa. First to address "Reader's" comment that went: "I think all of the salmon are going to die regardless of jigging. What's the difference between catching a salmon on a kwikfish then a jig? They still fight till they are tired..." Well, my friend, the difference is that most salmon caught on jigs are foul-hooked (it's okay to admit it), while nearly evey single salmon taken on a kwikfish bites it VOLUNTARILY!!! Fight a foul-hooked fish to the boat and release it in 70+ degree water and it's going to die. Now, on to the follow-up comments by "Another Reader" (why the names are witheld is interesting, don't you think?). He stated that...."Reader is right, all the salmons will die regaurdless. Only a very few will ever spawn when the hatchery opens it's gates. Most the fish that arn't caught and taken home only clogg up the river system. Arn't you guys tired of reeling in the same old smelly dark salmons that have already been released 8 times cause of a foul hook? I say take the old fish out the water so we don't constantly accidentally snagg the same old smelly fishes...." Okay, so where do I begin with that one? Let's start with the part about the fish will die regardless and only a handful will ever spawn in the hatchery. First of all, yes, all Pacific salmon die AFTER spawning. And, it is true that a small percentage of the fish are needed to get the quota for the hatcheries. HOWEVER, the fish you catch at the color line at the American may not be hatchery-bound. That snagged fish you keep could be a wild Deer Creek salmon or a wild Yuba River spawner or an Endangered Bear River king. Some of these natural runs are so small that you could wipe them out before they get a shot at propigating. Plus, every salmon that dies upstream in the river system (even if it doesn't succesfully spawn) provides the nutrients that are the base on which the entire river system's life web is built on. Remove the salmon from a saystem and the whole river gets sterile and dies. By killing too many salmon, you're also ruining striped bass, steelhead, sturgeon and trout fisheries upriver. So, it's a very benificial and necessary thing that salmon "clog up" the river. Now, "Another Reader" went on to say..."Screw the F&G for tormenting some of us weekend warriors who only want to catch a fish for our valuble time and alot of money spent on fuel and gears. I know law is law, but taking some of these fishes home will not hurt anyone so lets not make a big deal...." Well, the problem here, Another Reader, is it does hurt to take home snagged fish and attitudes like yours eventually lead to raping of the resource and then nobody's got any fish to catch. How about your grand kids? Wouldn't you like for them to be able to catch a few in 20 years? Okay, that's all I got today. I'm not trying to starting anything here but an open discussion and, hopefully, I can shed some light on things for the uninitiated out there. Screaming drags to you all!! --Zeke

Name: ed
Email: forgiven60@juno.com
Location: mouth
Weather: just right
Water_condition: murky
Date: aug 18-05

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Hello everyone, Just like to say Im glad the reports cleaned up a bit. Anyway went finshin Thursday at the mouth of the Amearican River, only thing I cought was a good wind burn, hope the water cools off soon, that might help the fishin sum. Using flat fish with a sardine wrap, not one hit, but I was only our for about 2 hours, tried some trowling for a while, still no hits. Came in at 3pm and took the little lady to dinner. That's it have a great evening. ED

Name: Bob Harries ( naked fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Below american river Main sacto river
Weather: Cool mornings Mild temps 80 's
Water_condition: Semi-stained
Date: 8-18-05

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Been fishing this area for almost two weeks now. Daily fish counts are really dropping.Yesterday(Thursday) saw only 7 fish caught .6 on anchored boats using Flatfish or qwikfish. Very fast bite at about 6:30am. One of the LUCKY anglers. Mark Wilson, fishing from Jack Thomasons LUnd boat.. I was anchored right below them. Mark told me he lost his first fish while letting his line out!! The next one, He nail it. Looked like nice chromer in the teens..Usually,there is a secondary bite around noon. IT DIDN'T COME !!!!!Mark & Jack left at around 2:30 pm. I tayed till 5:00 pm. Only 1 take-down Zero fish!! I did see one fish caught in a brown Fisher boat. First fish seen caught TROLLING!!!! Tom & Mona in the TRACKER boat caught one fish. I know its slow if they only get ONE!!!!They are pretty consistent. Well! Promised my wife Sandy.to take a day off and go the Fair.No rod in my hand today,Just a corn dog or two...Need a break anyway..See ya next week.Fishing should improve again????? Bob Harries (Naked)

Name: All of Us Readers
Email: xyza@bcdefg
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: 18Aug2005

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From all of Mark Wilson's fishing family....HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK"S WIFE!!! We love you...... Yours Truly... Striper Chasers of the World

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Mouth of the American River
Weather: Very Breezy and Comfortable
Water_condition: Off Color (Big Tide)
Date: August 18, 2005

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Thursday, August 18, 2005...Happy Birthday to my "Other Love", my wife! Jack Thomason let me go fishing with him today down by the mouth of the American River for salmon. My wife let me go, I'm so lucky. We anchor fished Flatfish w/sardine wrap for 2 hits and one "stinky" 12 pound salmon. That fish was caught at 6:30 a.m. and we did not have another bite all day, when we quit at 2:30 p.m. We saw very few salmon roll, and only 3 other fish caught for 36 boats at the mouth. Really slow, maybe because of the big "full moon" tide. Now I have to take my wife to dinner. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Name: Another Reader
Email: Chrome.com
Location: American River
Weather: Warm
Water_condition: Warm
Date: all summer

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Reader is right, all the salmons will die regaurdless. Only a very few will ever spawn when the hatchery opens it's gates. Most the fish that arn't caught and taken home only clogg up the river system. Arn't you guys tired of reeling in the same old smelly dark salmons that have already been released 8 times cause of a foul hook? I say take the old fish out the water so we don't constantly accidentally snagg the same old smelly fishes. Besides, some of us who have spent alot of money and time to get to the water to fish wouldn't mind taking a fish home to show from time to time. Like I said, they will only swim around and die without spawning cause the hatchery handles the spawning anyways. The fishes don't spawn naturally any more or rarely do they, so pulling these early fishes out the water will not at all hurt the spawning population as we only use a small few to spawn with. Screw the F&G for tormenting some of us weekend warriors who only want to catch a fish for our valuble time and alot of money spent on fuel and gears. I know law is law, but taking some of these fishes home will not hurt anyone so lets not make a big deal. I apolagize to those who don't agree, but you know I am right.

Name: Reader
Email: Reader@reader.net
Location: Mouth of American
Weather: Cold
Water_condition: Black
Date: today

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I think all of the salmon are going to die regardless of jigging. What's the difference between catching a salmon on a kwikfish then a jig? They still fight till they are tired. Let's keep this site stricltly fishing reports and not political please, I just want to know if fish are being caught, and where and how. We are all adults here all each and every one of us has read and understood the fishing regs, if anyone hasn't, then don't complain about getting a ticket cause that's the F&G job, let's not interfer with it.

Name: Zeke Zigler
Email: salmonchaser31@sbcglobal.net
Location: Mouth of the American
Weather: warm, but cooler
Water_condition: Dreadful!!
Date: August 17, 2005

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Alrightly now fellas, just wanted to check in for once. Been fishing the mouth of the American (aka the "Rat Race") for a few weeks now and thought I'd put my two cents worth in. A quick note on jigging, and I know there have been lots of people going back and forth on this issue. My main problem with it is: you're going to snag fish...even if you do it properly (which is to say, slight twitches of the rod tip, not the violent yanks you see most people doing). The illegal "pirate" jiggers snag 9 out of every 10 fish they hook, while the best of the ethical jiggers will still foul-hook maybe 2-3 out of every 10 they hook. Doesn't seem like much, but here's what everybody in this debate is missing: With water temperatures in the 70+ degree range, EVERY FISH that is snagged and released is a DEAD FISH!! Trust me on this, the fish are very stressed out when the water is that hot and will not survive to see the spawning beds because of the lactic acid build-up in thier bodies after expending so much energy to flee. When was the last time you snagged a salmon on a Flat Fish? I know it can happen, but compared to jigs, it's nothing. I'm not suggesting jigs should be banned, I'm just saying that they can be detrimental to salmon under these conditions. Maybe the guys out there yanking can tone it down a little bit -- you're not jigging properly if you lifet your rod tip more than about a foot. And rememebr, salmon don't strike jigs on the rise anyway...if you're doing it right, they'll hit on the flutter down. Try it -- you'll snag fewer fish (good for everybody) and hook more legal ones. Okay, that's it for today. By the way, the action today was pretty slow. Saw a few fish caught but that's about it. We need some more salmon to push into the area...

Name: Bob Harries (naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Below American River Sacto river
Weather: Alast!! Cooler!! 83- 92 degrees
Water_condition: Semi clear warm 72 - 73 degrees
Date: 8-15 & 8-16 2005

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The summer run salmon catch has slowed down in this area!!!Put in 14 hours!!! on Monday.Did not troll at all. I haven't seen one fish caught trolling spinners in this area since last Wednesday.(8-10-05.However,some nice fish are being caught anchored using flat fish or k-14 & k-15 Kwik fish Again! The numbers are DOWN!!! Saw about 20 fish caught on Monday in all the time I was out. Even slower on Tuesday. While the numbers are down, the fish are in great shape! Average size are in the teens.. On Tuesday, the jiggers took aleast 10 fish on the Mudline. Only ONE was not snagged!!!These fish were all released..Except, the Legal one..Getting back to trolling spinners. I have no answer why they quit working!! For two weeks,most of my fish wre caught using this method.Its not just me. The other guys who troll on a regular basis are not hooking up either!..Got to be reason?????? Right? Anyway,You probally saw me on the anchor using K-15 kwikfish on Monday & part of Tuesday On these two days I had aleast 10 take-downs and managed to get 2 fish in the boat.. Not good numbers!Taking today off! Will hit it again on Thursday. I have to believe the trolling bite will return!! See ya on the river. Bob Harries....

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island Area
Weather: Balmy Warm and No Wind
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 73 Degrees
Date: August 16, 2005

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Tuesday, August 16, 2005...My old work gang from Food and Agriculture, Division of Measurement Standards went fishing with me today. Danny, Gary, and George stayed with me all day. What were they going to do? Walk? Anyway, we trolled Yo-Zuris and Bombers for some pretty good action. Numerous hits for 2 very ugly squawfish (Gary and George are Squawfish Queens for the day), 5 shaker stripers, and 9 keeper stripers to 18 pounds. The highlight of the day was when one rod went off and another rod went off simultaneously. It was the 18 pounder on both lures. It must have hit one and then the other because both Danny and Gary brought in the same fish. And both lures and hooks were in it's mouth. The bite was around the morning's low tide, and again at the afternoon's high tide. Kind of slow in between. Only 48 miles of water today looking for fish. Back at Vieira's early for pictures and cleaning fish. Home during rush hour. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: LuvMySon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: SanFranciscoBay
Weather: Beautiful/Breezy
Water_condition: Clear/Cold
Date: Monday/15Aug2005

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Well, I didn't run into Deputy Gritz like everyone else but had a great time out in Otha's Arima again today. He keeps tryin to convince me to sell my Crestliner and get an Arima. Anyhow, decided to fish the bay today..launched from Berkeley at sunrise, picked up our 25$ scoop of anchovies and headed for Alcatraz. Fished all over, but not outside the Gate. Great time...caught one keeper leapard, keeper halibut, lots of stinkin sting-rays, lots of sharks, more sharks, and more sharks. Had a couple "screamin" hook ups that were fun but broke off. Just a great day on the water with light breezes and good company. Now can someone fill me in on this Deputy Gritz 200' "thing". hahaha Back to the black&white tommorrow. Take Care Y'all.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River - Decker Island Area
Weather: Cloudy and Windy to 30+ mph
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 72 Degrees
Date: August 15, 2005

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Monday, August 15, 2005...First off a thank you to Officer Gritz for doing your best. I probably waved a hello to you last Saturday evening. I realize that there are the 200' rules and an anchored fisherman can be "fair game". It's just that some boaters and jet skiers don't offer the courtesy of staying farther away. In my opinion, there should be a boaters driver's license ( a way the State of California could make some more money) to operate a boat on California's waterways. I've got years and years of boating experience and I try to offer as much courtesy as I can. I even take U. S. Coastguard Power Squadron courses to stay abreast of the rules and regulations of the "road. Nuff said on the subject. Again, a thank you to Officer Gritz and back to fishing. Dr. Arthur Bard and his granson, Ari Bard went striper trolling with me down by Decker Island. We trolled Rebels and Bombers for 14 hits. We landed 4 shaker stripers, 5 keeper stripers, and 1 "stinky" salmon at 12 pounds. The stripers went 12#, 10#, 8#, 6#, and 20". The bite was around the morning's low tide and again at the afternoon's high tide. It was slow in between. The wind was around 30+ mph until noon, when it backed off to a breeze. The water was semi clear and slightly cooler than it has been, at 72 degrees. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: San Joaquin
Weather: Blowing like mad
Water_condition: Normal and 71 degrees
Date: 08/15/05

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Launched at Eddo's in the SJ this morning at 0700, small ramp, very quiet place. Only one dummy launching, me. Went out into the wind, stayed close to the tules and ran a shallow running Bomber a couple passes. Then went over to False River knowing it was going to be a bear coming back. Got over there and let out my line, went twent yards and had five lbs of grass. It continued that way until I said it isn't worth this getting beat up by the wind for gobs of grass. Went back to the safety of the tules, one heck of time getting back. Trolled all depths, and used Rebels, Bombers and Yozuri's, no joy. It began to let up a little at noon but by then I was tired and worn from all the wind action and no bites. I only saw fish when I was in 30 to 35 foot of water and they were scattered at dufferent depths. Hardly any fish in the shallows but that's hard to defind when you're trolling fast in shallow water. So it was another day of rocking and rolling on the delta. Think I'll give it a rest. I guess I should know if Mark or Tomi are not there I shouldn't be there. Later, j.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sac. Rivre & Steamboat
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: simi clear, 71-72 degrees
Date: 15 August 2005

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Took out Alex Alexander (Former Jolly Hooker fisherman of the year.)in hopes of finding some stripers. The forecast for wind last night was 5-15 MPH. This morning it was 10-25. We knew we better opt for more protected areas. We fished above Rio Vista at Old River & Steamboat slough. Alex caught a 4# near the end of the out go. Then 2 hours later he gets a screaming snag. No pauses just rip. I stop boat & reach for Freddy (My lure retriever.) Alex screams,” It aint no snag”! After a log fight on his trusty trout rod, he lands a beautiful 22#. I rush for my camera. It will not open. Bummer! We know we must get her back in the water quickly, and we do. We fish until 11:30AM. Alex needs his power nap to compete with the Jolly Hookers at tomorrows Derby at Union Valley. Even if 50 guys show up their total catch will not top what Alex got today! PS: Thnks for the report Deputy Gritz, it was helpful & clarified some things. I appreciate your work on the river. (But that's why I like Rio Vista!)

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Freeport
Weather: windy
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 8/14/2005

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Sunday, August 14th - Launched at Garcia Bend at 2:00 pm and headed down to the Freeport line. Used Sardines on the outgoing tide. Ended up with two keepers at 20" and 9#. Lots of shakers as usual. Saw some people jigging and anchored for salmon but nobody caught any fish. Saw one big striper about 20# landed on the east side of the Freeport line right at high tide. Off the water at 9:00 pm.

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Lower American River
Weather: windy
Water_condition: clear/63 degrees
Date: 8/13/2005

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Saturday, August 13th - Launched at Discovery Park at 6:00 pm and headed up to the Capital City Freeway bridge. Caught a 5 pound striper on a B16 striper pattern Bomber near the upper dredger hole. Threw Zara Spooks and Rattle Traps the rest of the night for one more shaker. It was a slow night and the winds didn't help any. Made a few passed through the mouth of American River for salmon but didn't get any hits. There don't seem to be many salmon in the lower American River as of yet. Off the water at 11:00 pm.

Name: Jimbo
Email: jmullins4@sbcglobal.net
Location: Mccloud Reservoir
Weather: Sunny & Warm
Water_condition: Clear & cool
Date: 8-12/8-14-05

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Took the long venture up north Fri A.M. Fished 2 Hrs Fri pm, 4hrs sat am, 2 hrs sat pm, 1 1/2 hrs sun am. Caught a total of appx 85 trout. All fish caught between 8 to 18 ft, Firetiger and silver needlefish, The fishing was so red hot i barely had time to drink my coffee and choke my cigar, what a drastically depressing situation HUH? that's ok ill take it over nothing or a slow day anytime. Mccloud is a beautiful site with a campground(Fridays retreat) just 5 minutes before the lake, this is a lake i would recomend to all though i should try to help keep it a secret. Jim

Name: gritz
Email: n/ap
Location: reply to "rocked".
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 8-15-05

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To "rocked". Unfortunately the law doesn't allow me to stop people for bad etiquette. If it did I'd need a dozen extra ticket books. Hell, just the etiquette violations at the launch ramps would give me writers cramp.

Name: Someone who got rocked today
Email: athome@home.com
Location: Here & There
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: Nicer
Date: today

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Name: Gritz
Email: ggritz4u@hotmail.com
Location: Sacramento River
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: August 14,2005

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This is for Mark Wilson. I read your Saturday report and the problems with "go fast" boats zooming the fishermen. I'm one of those County Mounties patrolling the Sacto River. (Although I'm Sac County and the area you were in is Sac PD/Yolo County jurisdiction) Believe me I sympathize with your plight as a fisherman. I've been there many times myself. Idiots with a whole river (or lake) available think the only way from point A to point B is where you're anchored. Inconsiderate, rude,-yes. Illegal-No. Unfortunately there is nothing in the California Boating Codes or Harbors and Navigation Code that addresses "rocking" an anchored boat. The 200 ft rule only applies to "occupied docks and areas frequented by swimmers" . There are sections for reckless boating but they mainly address boating under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The other "reckless" sections are hard to prove unless you can show imminant danger of collision. I'm only on the water for the season ending after labor day but if you see one of our boats and want to get more information just ask for Deputy "Gritz"

Name: Scott
Email: scameron89@comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista area
Weather: WINDY!!!
Water_condition: Dirty @ 76*
Date: October 14, 2005

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Well woke up a bit late, no a lot late today. Headed down to Brannan Island to launch. Before I left I checked the winds and it looked calm. NOT! Got there and the wind was whippen. Motored out under the 160 bridge and said no way. Un fishable for trolling. headed back down 3 mile th the San Joaquin side to check things out. The water was much flatter as usual on windy days there but it too was unfishable because of weeds. Then I headed down the San Joaquin made a left and went about 3 miles just north of Franks tract. Nice water little bit of weeds but no fish. Oh by the way tons of boats who just have to motor 20' from you doing 15 mph throwing huge wakes. People you have the whole darn river why do you have to go so close to other boats?? Anyways, then I headed back up 3mile into Horseshoe bend down around the South tip of Decker. Trolled the West side of Decker in 3' rollers for nothing. Called it a day, much too windy. I was the only boat on the Sacramento that I could see other than 2 sail boats. It looked kind of strange for a Sunday and no boats on the water. Think I will give it a few weeks. Water on the Sacramento was very dirty @ 76*.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Mouth of the American River
Weather: Windy and Comfortable
Water_condition: Slightly Off Color and Warm @ 74 Degrees
Date: August 13, 2005

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Saturday, August 13, 2005...I finished my boat work and got Jack Thomason's trailer lights working, so we decided to go locally for salmon. We headed out at 3 p.m. and fished til 8 p.m. The boat traffic at the Mouth of the American was horrendous, unbearable, noisy, rocking and rolling, and everything else which is not nice. Even the sheriff patrol boats were making wakes, and not even bothering to slow those unmentionables down. We saw a lot of "rollers" again, but the bite was slow. Maybe because of boat traffic, who knows? We did have two bites and caught two bright female salmon at 11# and 9#. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bob Harries (naked fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Sacto River below American River
Weather: Hot all week
Water_condition: 72 to 75 degrees surface
Date: 8-8 thru 8-12

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While trolling is done only by a few of us. My wife Sandy, and myself did very well this past week! Most of my friends are anchored from the mouth, down to the p,g.e pump.To get in the right spot,they are getting on the water by 5:00 am!! Tom in the Tracker boat has been extremely consistent....But, I'm not ready to get up at 3;00am. to get that sweet spot!! With all the anchored boats in different formations( not in a line) Its sometimes hard to troll!! Early,in the week the fish were really reacting well to the double blade (green) spinners. Very solid hook-ups. But that soon tapered off in the later part of the week.Got skunked on Thursday!! It was the first time in two weeks that I did'nt hook up on a spinner. Same thing yesterday. I trolled for 5 hours. Not a bump!! So after tom got his three fish,and pulled out. Guess what? I tried his spot. Used a size 14 K-fish with only some bang on it, Had 5 take downs, and caught 2 fish in less than 1 hour. Again, I perfer trolling, but when its not working,Its not working..Also on Friday, my neighbor Jack Thomason in his Lund fished with Mark Wilson. They caught 3 nice fish by 3;30pm.I think Mark got two of them.Always nice to see Mark in the upper Sacto River!!!Just for the record. Still haven't hooked a anchor line in two weeks of trolling. It can be done! Just a little bit of boat control& common sense. Kevin Wilson in the Harbercraft did well early in the week. He was trolling also..Big Al in the Thunder Jet boat has been doing well on the anchor. He's another one who gets on the water super early.. Then, we have Victor who is on the river EVERY day. Some day, He gets them,some days nothing!!Always enjoy his presence..Very nice guy..The subject of jigging.While I don't approve of this style of angling,Its legal if the fish takes the jig with his MOUTH!! I saw with my own two eyes,A guy at the mud line foul hook a 35 lb. mint condition chrommer. After fighting it for a long time. He brought it to the net, The jig was in the rear dorsal. He picked up the large fish, AND... gently RELEASED IT!!! Did my heart good!! Very tempting to keep that fish,He did the right thing!!!Well, need a couple days off from fishing to do a few things at home.Like, mow the lawn etc. See you next week,hope the run continues for a while longer? Having fun! Bob Harries..

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Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River @ Mouth of American
Weather: Hot and No Wind
Water_condition: Slightly Off Color @ 74 Degrees
Date: August 12, 2005

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Friday, August 10, 2005...Got tired of fighting the delta winds so I went salmon fishing with Jack Thomason down at the Mouth of the American River. We hit the water at 6 a.m. and right away everyone was getting salmon hits, including us. Our problem was they wouldn't stick on our hooks. Probably 50 or 60 hits around us and some boats had 2 and 3 salmon hanging. We finally got some to stick and we wound up with 8 hits for 3 salmon weighing 16#, 15#, and 14#. The fish are pretty bright with scales. It was pretty hot throughout the day. Most action was before 9 a.m., but there were hook ups here and there until 3 p.m. when we quit. Early there were about 40 boats. After noon there were only 5 or so. Not too bad of a catching day for us. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sac. River
Weather: Nice-NO WIND
Water_condition: simi clear, 72-73
Date: 12 August 2005

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Ted Fagunes & I checked our records & decided it was time to hit our Chain Island spots for stripers. We had the incoming tide, but we needed to pray for no wind. We got it today. Fishing at 7:00AM in very light wind. By 9:00AM we had two shakers & 9 keepers (2 @ 20in, 21in, 2 @ 22in, 4#, 6#, 14# & 15#.) We fished 3 ½ more hours for a shaker & 20in. The top of the tide & the out go did not work for us today. We got fish both shallow & deep. By 12:30 PM it was hot with no wind. Don’t see how it can cool off tonight. Great job Captain—but, hell, you had no wind!!

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: Sunny and WINDY AGAIN to 30 mph
Water_condition: Slightly Off Color at 74 Degrees
Date: August 10, 2005

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Wednesday, August 10, 2005...Dr. Arthur Bard and David Varshawsky went striper trolling with me today down in the Sacramento delta. We trolled Yo-Zuris and Bombers around Decker Island most of the day. We stayed in sight of Mt. Diablo all day. It was really windy again and the water was off color and at 74 degrees. We did have some pretty good action. About 25 hits for 5 lost stripers, 2 shaker stripers, and 13 keeper stripers, to 20 pounds. Arthur Bard landed the big one. We kept fish at 12#, 8#, 8#, 7#, 7#, and 6#, and released all others, including the 20 pounder after taking a couple of pictures. The action was scattered throughout the day, But, we did find one pretty good school that we had two double headers on, landing only one fish each time. Then, they scattered. A pretty good day for us, under the conditions. Back to Vieira's early for pictures and fileting fish. Home before the rush hours. Arthur and David, thank you for the company and good catching today. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: gene chapman
Email: magicg@attgolbal.net
Location: sac riv and mouth american
Weather: great ,,,need I say more
Water_condition: sac stain,,amer clear
Date: 8-10-05

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Heres how my day started,,,anchored a 1/3 block down the mouth of american,,,another boat anchored close,,I say "how you doing,,any luck" his reply "HOW CAN I CATCH FISH WITH YOU ALL OVER MY AREA" Well I didn't talk to him anymore,,,he was having a bad hair day,,,Then my partner hooked an anchor rope,,,,The response from that boat "HEY CUT YOU !#%&*?? LINE CAN YOU SEE WE ARE FISHING!!!!!,,,WOOOOOOOO IS THIS IRAQ ? Then we saw the new way to catch salmon,,,THIS BOAT SNAGGED A SALMON,,,GOT HIM IN THE NET,,,THEN TO CONTROLL THE FISH WHILE REMOVEING THE QUICK FISH LURE,,,THEY STUNNED THE FISH WITH A BALL BAT,,,THEN LOWERED THE FISH BACK IN THE WATER released the fish because he was fouled hooked,,,THEN THEY FOLLOWED THE FISH DOWN RIVER FOR A BLOCK and NETTED HIM FLOATING ON THE SURFACE,,,I had never seen anything like that in my intirer life,,,I never would have reported this if I had been by myself,,,BUT MY BOTHER IN -LAW was with me,,,AND THE BOAT RETURNED FROM DOWN STREAM WITH A FISH HANGING OVER THE SIDE,,,,SOOO TODAY we met a new class of fisherman,,,Well we fished for seven hours and nothing,,,then at 12:55 pm my bother in-law hooked a 35 inch salmon (#25) which we landed and 10 minutes later he hooked a 33 inch salmon (#23) so we said good by the the better class of fisherman we had met and came home for pictures and filltteing,,,WE HAD A GREAT DAY FISHING which is really what it is all about,,,THERE IS NO GREATER CLASS ACT THAN VICTOR ON THE RIVER THANKS VICTOR FOR LETTING US KNOW YOU

Name: Frequent Reader
Email: Info@dfg.ca.gov
Location: Discovery Park
Weather: Hot
Water_condition: crowded
Date: 8/10/05

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Sounds like a great time Bob, funny stories indeed. I was at fishermans warehouse yesterday and was talking to a guy that was out recently. He said some 35ft boat with a woman driving came through over there and hit 2 boats, and almost took out a 3rd (his boat). He was pushing of her hull to not get crunched! Anyway, bout that Coast Guard part... the Coast Guard or whoever they are were in the wrong. Check the regs out: 2.10. Hook and Weight Restrictions. (a) Definition of Gap: For the purposes of this section, “gap” means the distance measured from the point of a hook to the shank. (b) Maximum Gaps and Gear Rigging for Rivers and Streams unless otherwise provided (does not apply to lakes and reservoirs, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (see Section 1.71 for definition of the Delta), and the Colorado River. 1. No person shall use any single hook with a gap greater than 1 inch or any multiple hook with a gap greater than 3/4 inch. 2. It is unlawful to use any hook which is directly or indirectly attached closer than 18 inches to any weight exceeding 1/2 ounce. 3. It is unlawful to use any multiple hook or more than one single hook on non-buoyant lures exceeding one ounce. 4. It is unlawful to use any weight directly attached below a hook. (c) Maximum Gaps for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (see Section 1.71 for definition of the Delta). 1. No person shall use any single hook with a gap greater than 1 inch or any multiple hook with a gap greater than 3/4 inch. They need to look at 2.10 (B) which states "Maximum Gaps and Gear Rigging for Rivers and Streams unless otherwise provided (does not apply to lakes and reservoirs, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (see Section 1.71 for definition of the Delta), and the Colorado River.". It says does not apply to lakes and reservoirs, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (see Section 1.71 for definition of the Delta), and the Colorado River. It's rediculous that you need a lawyer to understand it all.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sac. River
Weather: Nice in AM, then hot.
Water_condition: 72-74 and stained
Date: 9 August

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It’s really a great help to have a large number of good fishermen reporting on this site. I wanted to try the Delta today but the reports from Mark, Tomi & John were all I needed to stay home. Kevin Wilson & Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman) gave promising reports on the Sac. & mouth of American. So after Clyde’s dog woke me up this morning I headed out on the long 15 minute drive to Discovery. On water at 6:00AM. Twenty trailers in lot. Fifteen boats in a cluster ---- at mouth. Saw a guy trying to unwind a fish from his neighbors anchor rope. I’m out of there! Troll from mouth to I Street Bridge. Quickly lose my only double spinner. I catch a sun tan. See a few fish caught. Kevin caught his right in front of me. The Champion Trollers were Bob H. & his lady. I saw them catch three. I think they limited. Highlights of the day: 1. The Coast Guard chasing all boats from the mouth using more than one ounce gigs. 2. A 36 ft. Sea Scout boat (Alameda) tries to go on the land side of the marker buoys at mouth. He didn’t make it! Guess they haven’t got to the lesson on reading buoys.

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: sac river
Weather: hot
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 8/9/05

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Fished again for Salmon. Arrived at 9 am fished till 1 pm for one small jack salmon and lost another. Trolled from the I st bridge to the mouth trolled silvertrons and 4 oz cannon balls. ( also nice to meet you Bill C ) Good Luck

Name: Gene Chapman
Email: magicg@attglobal.net
Location: Mouth of American/Sacramento to I st. bridge
Weather: Great
Water_condition: stained
Date: 8-8-05

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Fished with my Son in-law Steve and Grandson Everett ,,,Trolled for 3 hours (6:30am to 9:30am),,,Spooned until 1:30pm,,,saw about 15 fish landed,,,half trolling and half spooning,,,No strikes trolling One strike spooning,,,about 18 pounds,,,Steve caught the Salmon His first time salmon fishing,,,I'm really begining to beleive in "BEGINNERS LUCK",,,,My brother in-law (chet) took his friend John in his boat,,,and John landed a 18 pounder for his frist river salmon We cleaned the salmon and took pictures,,it was a great day fishing thanks guys for a great day fishing

Name: LuvMySon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista/Sac River
Weather: Windy Gusts/25mph
Water_condition: Rough
Date: Monday/8Aug05

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Well folks...I've had rough days on the delta..but this one topped them all! The wind/waves were brutal on the San Juaq and even worse on the SacRiver. Tried ALL the lucky spots with Otha following me in his Arima but couldn't find the big ones. Got into a school of shakers on False River out of the wind but no keepers. Then we made the wrong decision to head to Collinsville inspite of the 30 mph winds. Even with the Arima flattening out the waves, me and Jose still got soaked and got one wave over the back of my boat soaking everything. If it weren't for my Bodega experience I would have been calling Vessel Assist I'm sure. (Should have listened to you Mark and headed north.) Picked up one small keeper down south before making the brutal run home. Hey John, good meeting you...we'll get together soon. You made a good choice to go home. Final count for 2 boats and 4 anglers...4 keepers, 13 shakers. Thanks Mark for the courtesy card...not only did I get beat up out there..then u had to rub it in with your results.... Back to the black&white tommorrow. See Y'all.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: San Joaquin
Weather: Lot's of wind and white caps and rollers
Water_condition: murky but more clear than the Sac
Date: Aug 8, 05

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Launched late at Brannon, close to 7AM. When I parked the truck I noticed I was parked next to Mark Wilson's new vehicle. I went out to the Sac and it was pitching and rolling, turned around and headed down 3 mile to the SJ, passed a Crestliner on the way. Called Tomi on the cell to see if it was him. He was just arriving and wasn't feet wet yet. He told me where to try and that he was on his way. We met up in the SJ, I finally got to meet up with Tomi, also his friend Jose. I asked about Rudy but he wasn't there. Tomi said he was recooperating from rough seas at Bodega. Eventually we went over to False river. Pretty rough going for me in my 12ft Valco. I didn't stay there long, I had to get out of the rough water so I headed back to the safety of the tules in the SJ. Picked up lot's of clumps of grass, no hit's all day, tried everything. I did see fish on the finder now and then but could not get them to sample my wares at all. I trolled 3 mile slough between the launch and the SJ to keep out of the wind, hoping it would lay down but that never happened. I finally quit about 1:30PM. The wind never let up. Mark's truck was still there when I left. Guess I'll have to ask Tomi about #45 after reading Mark's report. Even with all the wind it was still a great day. Got to finally meet Tomi and learned some new spots, sure beat's sitting around the house wondering if I'm missing the bite. Later, j.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island Area
Weather: Sunny and WINDY TO 30 mph!
Water_condition: Off Color at 74 Degrees
Date: August 8, 2005

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Monday, August 8, 2005...Had to get out of the house and get a fishin' fix. Mike Lewallen, my stepson, and I headed down to Brannan Island to troll for stripers. We trolled Yo-Zuris and Bombers for 11 hits. We caught 1 shaker striper and 8 keeper stripers. Mike got the big one at 15 pounds. We kept fish at 15#, 6#, 5#, and 5#. Back to Vieira's for pictures and fileting fish by 1:30 p.m. and then home before the traffic. Wind was blowing ALL DAY and the water was off color with rollers and white caps. It was a pretty tough trolling day. Hey Tomi, I found them in your 45# hole. We even caught one double header on keepers. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: sac river
Weather: warm
Water_condition: semi clear
Date: 8/8/05

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went down to the sac to troll for salmon ended up going by myself. Arrived at 10 am trolled from I st bridge to the mouth. First pass up stream ended up with a 22 lb salmon next pass with a 10 lb jack salmon ended the day at noon. Trolled with silvertron spinner and 4 oz cannon ball. Good Luck

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Freeport
Weather: Super Hot
Water_condition: Semi clear/75 degrees
Date: 8/6/2005

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Saturday, August 6th - Launched at Garcia Bend at 5:00 pm and fished at the Freeport line using sardines. Fish started to bite on the outgoing tide at 9:30 pm. Ended up with stripers at 16#, 9# and 6#. Also caught several catfish including a 4# channel cat. Left at 1:00 am. Before dark the shakers really go crazy so bring lots of bait. They stop at dark, but then the crabs take over. The last couple of years, I've noticed that the crab bite is really bad when the water temperatures get high.

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Lower American River
Weather: Hot
Water_condition: clear/65 degrees
Date: 8/5/2005

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Friday, August 5th - Launched at Discovery Park at 6:00 pm and fished the American River. Fished from the Capitol City Freeway bridge down to the mouth with pencil poppers, Zara Spooks and Rattle Traps. All fish came on Zara Spooks - two keeper stripers at 19" and 22". Also one 3.5 pound largemouth bass (the biggest fish of the night). A few other shakers, but all in all a pretty slow evening. We also trolled Gitzits for salmon but came up empty handed.

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Below Discovery park
Weather: VERY HOT
Water_condition: 72 to 74 Degrees Semi- clear
Date: 8-2 to 8-5

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Fished outside from the mud line,away from all the crazy boaters fishing on top of the mudline. Sometimes, there were as many as 25 boats all together either using jigs or flatfish on the anchor. These fishermen hooked many fish during the week, but many were lost into other anchor lines..Not my style of angling!!! I stayed outside of this group and focused on the main Sacto. River downstream .Tuesday (8-2) was the best day for these summer run fish. Saw aleast 35 fish Hooked in 4 hours. Trolled a SilverTron spinner with 5 ozs. of lead. Been using the double blade type in the color of green. The double blade seems to work better in the semi-stain water..Hooked many fish away from the mud-line down stream towards the rail road bridge..While most fishermen worked jigs or flatfish on the anchor. They had many hook ups when fish got active. Best bite was always in the early morning,7:00am thru 9:00 am.Not many other boats trolling,Myself,and maybe 5 others. Guess trolling is ( Old School?) Still works for me,I like moving the boat.I never got skunked once from Tuesday through Friday.Each day was a different bite. Never saw under 15 hook ups at any time..While the temps were very extreme.Over 100 Degrees each day,these summer run fish still hit ! Even after noon some days....My largest fish weighed 32 lbs. All fish were Chromers.And,most were Hens...On Friday, my first Jack Salmon was caught. Only 8 lbs. As I fished mostly by myself, I lost many fish trying to net them. Oh Well! Still lots of fun...This Summer run won't last long,so if you have the time.Give it a try. Its almost Fair time,These fish will move through fast. Then you'll have a slow down period till the Big fall run....See you on the River, But,not on the MUD-LINE!!!! To many people......Bob Harries..........

Name: Randy Graham
Email: rgraham28@hotmail.com
Location: Half Moon Bay / Pelican Point
Weather: Foggy
Water_condition: Semi-Clear
Date: 08/6/05

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On Saturday went Fishin' on the Queen of Hearts Charter w/ Captain Bob in Half Moon Bay-Had an awesome time - Swells 1-2' Feet in the morning 4-6' later in the afternoon. Using my Bass Rig catching Rock Cod a plenty (Some two at one time) including Cabezone- Ling Cod for about every other person and I caught a 7-8 lb Starry Flounder. Had a great time!!

Name: Randy Graham
Email: rgraham28@hotmail.com
Location: Half Moon Bay / Pelican Point
Weather: Foggy
Water_condition: Semi-Clear
Date: 08/6/05

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Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Delta/Sacramento side
Weather: Not quite as hot as Don Pedro or Berryessa
Water_condition: Not clear
Date: August 7, 2005

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My dad and I started fishing about an hour before lowtide and fished the incoming. We started at the westbank till the opening at Decker. Trolled Decker on the horseshoe side for 1 hit, but it didn't stick, made another pass...not there. Trolled the Sac side of Decker...nothing. We tried Old Dairy...nothing. Tried Cache Slough...nothing. Went up to the Isleton Bridge, had a 2nd hit, so we went back again. We ended up a little north of the Isleton bridge (about 2 blocks), then we got a hookup. My dad landed the fish. I was about to make the U-Turn for another pass, but a f$%^& ski boat made a huge U-turn at a high rate of speed along my trolling path. I don't know if that scatters the stripers, but when we made the pass, there was no one home. It would've been nice to have limited out, but that's ok, I got a kick watching my dad land the 26" striper (caught with a Clown BBR w/white zoom worm). Thanks Dad.

Name: Ed
Email: ed_yano@surewest.net
Location: GG North Side
Weather: Calm AM, Windy PM
Water_condition: Clear and flat until PM
Date: 8/7/05

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Scott and I headed out the GG with 1/2 mile visibility looking for rockfish spots on the north side. We tried Rocky Pt for nothing, so we headed further north. Started catching rocks and lings by Double Pt.. Ended up catching 1 28" ling, 6 undersize lings, 1 cab. and 13 assorted rockfish. Also, on a scampi I caught a 3' sand shark, and Scott caught a undersize butt on a shrimp fly. We did try for salmon for about an hour, but the action was very slow, and the wind came up. Ed

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento Launch Ramp Closure
Weather: n/a
Water_condition: n/a
Date: August 7, 2005

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Notice to all Washington Outboard Club Members. Our launch ramp has been closed as of today for repairs. Somehow,someone mangled our ramp and the end section has broken away. Metal is sticking up, and exposed bolts are also sticking up, which could cause major damage to anyone launching. We will have to hire an underwater welder to make repairs. The ramp is closed until further notice. Do not attempt to launch there. John Cullen Secretary, Washington Outboard Club

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: north of isleton
Weather: breezy/nice
Water_condition: clear / 74
Date: 08 / 05 / 05 - saturday night

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night trolling above isleton , 7 keepers 1 shaker , 5 hits and 2 lost fih both were very large . monsters ,we had one next to the boat but it shook its head , and straightend out the hooks , and c-ya .gone just like that . off the water around 12:30 a.m.lots of fun .brought home 12# and 6# . fished after top of high tide untill low tide . very modest movement . no heat . fish hit pretty much the intire time ... 1 double header ... good luck !

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Dux
Weather: Overcast...nice
Water_condition: basically calm
Date: August 5, 2005

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My friend and I went out the gate in each of our boats, 21 Striper and BW Montauk, repsectively. We started out at the light bucket, no one was swinging their nets after about 30 minutes so we left for Dux. Once we got to Dux, we separated. I found a ball of bait and I called my friend over. My friend in the boat with me hooks up and lands the salmon. It was a 24"...not too big, but hey, it got the skunk off my boat. I thought it was going to be wide open, but it didn't turn out that way for us. I had one, but it came unbuttoned. My friend in the other boat ended up with 4 (30 punder, 24", Silver shaker, and a chinook shaker). I don't think trolling was as effective as mooching today. I saw the party boats swinging their nets...I don't know what their final count was, but it must've been good. We tried to mooch for an hour with no luck. My friend wanted to go for rocks, I was going to follow, but my friend on my boat had to go home...he had a prior engagement..... I did hook up with my friend that went for the rocks, later on in the afternoon and boy, he did share the wealth. 40' blue FBR, modified (shortened the plastic sleeve, and added a 2nd hook, like the kokanee setups) Overcast day, calm. Pockets of baitballs.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@softcom.net
Location: American River
Weather: Very warm, very early
Water_condition: seemed to be slower
Date: 8/4/05

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Went with Bob McCoy Friday morning, launched at Discovery, entered the mouth of the American about 6 to 6:30 AM. Didn't look to see who was there, just concentrated on weaving our way through the boats. Sorry I missed seeing you Mark. We headed on up and fished the lower and upper dredger holes. Couldn't get a bump on flatfish or spinners. Saw lot's of fish rolling and a few large one's on the finder. We left early, got too warm. We were by ourselves mostly, I guess they were all at the mouth watching Mark give lessons. Later, j.

Name: LuvMySon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista/Sac River
Weather: Hot
Water_condition: 73degrees/Milkythenstained
Date: Friday/5Aug05

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Ran out to the delta today with my "look alike" Otha. Launched late to catch the last of the outgoing and couple hours into the incoming. Pretty slow until an hour after the tide changed...then the bite was on. Ended the day with our limits of stripers up to 5#. Half dozen shakers and about 8 keepers. Off the water by 2pm and home in the pool by 3pm. Life is good. Sac River pretty clear after the incoming...most fish caught in Collinsville. Headed back to Bodega on Monday. Can't get enough of those rockfish! Take Care.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Mouth of the American River
Weather: Hot - T-Shirts at 5:30 a.m.
Water_condition: Off Color in the Sac @ 74 Degrees
Date: August 5, 2005

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Friday, August 5, 2005...First, a Happy Birthday to Clyde "Old Man River" Wands. He is somewhere between 50 and 100 years old. Today, I went "stinky" salmon fishing with Jack Thomason down at the Mouth of the American River. On the river at daybreak and started trolling spinners for 2-1/2 hours. Not a hit. Then, we anchored up and fished flatfish with a sardine wrap. 4 hits resulting in two bright salmon at 5# and 19#. We saw another 6 or so fish caught for about 20 boats that were trolling, anchored, and spooning (jigging). Off the water before noon, as it was getting really hot. Headed to Garcia Bend Park to filet fish at the fish cleaning station, then home. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Guy Brown
Email: gbrownsac@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake Berryessa
Weather: Sky clear, air 65-90, no wind
Water_condition: 78-79, clear
Date: Aug 4 2005

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At Skiers Cove from 8-9, caught one 15" rainbow at 45' on a fluorescent orange wedding ring with 2 kernels of shoepeg white corn soaked in garlic scent behind a gold/silver dodger. Off the Big Island caught four 16" kokanee at 71' on a fluorescent orange wedding ring with 2 kernels of shoepeg white corn soaked in garlic scent behind a gold/silver dodger or a Radical Glo micro pink tube behind a silver dodger, also with corn. Lost 5 other kokanee. All in all a slow, but steady day.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Bodega Bay (mostly the channel)
Weather: Overcast with cold breeze in AM then beautiful in the afternoon
Water_condition: Clear but lot's of floating weeds
Date: Aug 3rd, 05

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I went with Jiggen Gene Marzolf to Bodega, we launched at 0800 at Doran south. While we were launching Red Hot Ernie came by and gave us some tips on where to fish for butts. We jigged the channel for a while then tried the ends of the rock jetty. Couldn't get a bump, moved over to just off shore from the golf course, still nothing and the waves began to get to me. Just can't handle it in a small boat. We went back into the channel and jigged the channel until 2PM and called it a day. We only saw one butt caught and that was at marker #25. Bob Crider and his wife Kim were there and she caught one too small butt and released it. Also ran into Joe Vargas and his Portugese buddy. I think that was my fourth trip and no fish. When I finally catch a butt this year it's going to have cost about $250 I think. It's OK, it's well worth it just to be out there. Life is short and I'm looking for all that gusto. Smile All of you gentelman that slowed down while passing us in the channel, I thank you sirs. For all of you that never slowed down and almost swamped us and several other small boats, sorry we inconvienced you by being on the edge of your entrance and exit channel. That's all folks. j.

Name: mikeov
Email: mike_ov@hotmail.com
Location: Donner Lake
Weather: cool
Water_condition: clear to 25'
Date: 8-2&3-05

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Mike’s NDO Report 8/2/2005 - 8/3/2005 Man, it’s been hot here in Sac-a-tomato! With the dog days of summer chewing on us, the Hookers and Wheels headed for the high country, to the beautiful setting and cool water of Donner Lake. The trip kicked off on Tuesday night with a gourmet dinner of pork tenderloin, BBQ chicken, spring salad, garlic bread, cookies, and a few adult beverages! Since the fishing has been so--so lately, we decided to take advantage of Captain Mike Kirk’s hospitality and made this NDO an overnighter at Mike’s cabin. We met up with several other Hookers, who were already up there beating the heat and hitting the lake. But all the reports said the bite was slowing down, after being pretty good .Friends, food, and fishing….and that was only day one. We spent the night at the cabin & woke up early the next morning trying to beat the skiers, who were already out there at 6:15 am. What could be better? Maybe a fish or two? Seriously, that’s about all the group could muster. Dizzy Dean Milton took top honors with a humongous lake trout. It was so big we didn’t even weigh it (about 3 pounds). There were several other Kokanee and trout caught & then LDR. All and all, it was a great way to cool off and relax. Good Luck!

Name: mikeov
Email: mike_ov@hotmail.com
Location: Donner Lake
Weather: cool
Water_condition: clear to 25'
Date: 8-2&3-05

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Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island
Weather: Sunny/Hot/Light Breeze All Day
Water_condition: Slightly Off Color at 76 Degrees
Date: August 3, 2005

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Wednesday, August 3, 2005...The water was slightly off color and warmer at 76 degrees. There was a big outgoing tide and the weather was sunny, hot, with just a light breeze all day. Still Leo Goto and his niece and nephew, Tina and Darren, went striper catching with me today. The morning was real slow until the bottom and change of the outgoing tide around 11:30 a.m. The bite turned on for about 1-1/2 hours. We had about 15 hits for 1 very ugly squawfish, 5 lost fish, and 6 keeper stripers at 8#, 8#, 8#, 7#, 5#, and 21". They turned on and they turned off. I couldn't buy another hit after 1:00 p.m. Tried up to the Old Dairy, Steamboat Slough, and back down to the West Bank. They were done. We called it a day at 2:30 p.m. and headed in. Thanks for the company Leo, Tina, and Darren. Tina, keep at it and you will be a good fisherwoman. You learn fast Doc. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Nick Garcia
Email: nick@tactilesign.com
Location: Pacific Ocean near Bodega Bay
Weather: Foggy AM -Clear ing around noon
Water_condition: 3-4 ft Swells -not bad
Date: 8/2/05

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Been meaning to send this in. Last Friday 7-29, My friend Zdnek and I snuck on down to Bodega Bay to launch his boat and try for some 'butts. The bait shop in Petaluma was closed when we arrived at 6 AM. Lots of guys were p-off. Finally a young man showed up around 6:30. It was my first time at this location. I took some "BONINE" for seasickness, which I am prone to get on the ocean. After launching, we deadheaded to my friend's favorite spot. We fished Southwest of the Bodega Bay outlet at a place called 10 Mile Beach. Saw lots of boats -not too many nets going up though. We also saw some serious waves going into the shore as we drifted we stayed clear so we wouldn't get caught. After an hour or so of drifting our frozen anchovies with a 2 hook set up, I got my first halibut! The clicker went off on my reel, so I grabbed my rod and started reeling . We landed the 18.5 monster ! After trying to knock some sense into him, we threw him in our fish box. He made a big ruckus in there. Some fish just can't take a joke. We tried trolling for salmon on our way back to the bay - I had one nice hook up but that was it. The traffic coming back to Sacramneto was terrible on Hway 80- well after all it was a Friday. In all, It was a good day!

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Been meaning to send this in. Last Friday 7-29, My friend Zdnek and I snuck on down to Bodega Bay to launch his boat and try for some 'butts. The bait shop in Petaluma was closed when we arrived a 6AM. Lots of guys were p-off. Finally young man showed up around 6:30. It was my first time at this location. I took some "BONINE" for seasickness, which I am prone to get on the ocean. After launching, we deadheaded to my friend's favorite spot. We fished Southwest of the Bodega Bay outlet at a place called 10 Mile Beach. Saw lots of boats -not too many nets going up though. We also saw some serious waves going into the shore as we drifted we stayed clear so we wouldn't get caught. After an hour or so of drifting our frozen anchovies with a 2 hook set up, I got my first halibut! The clicker went off on my reel, so I grabbed my rod and started reeling . We landed the 18.5 monster ! After trying to knock some sense into him, we threw him in our fish box. He made a big ruckus in there. Some fish just can't take a joke. We tried trolling for salmon on our way back to the bay - I had one nice hook up but that was it. The traffic coming back to Sacramneto was terrible on Hway 80- well after all it was a Friday. In all, It was a good day!

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: nice
Water_condition: clear
Date: 08/02/05

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Took John (stonefree) & Bub my nephew down to the delta. We had a good day having a lot of fun missing bass! Bub had a real bad day missing five big bass on slammers, sweetbeavers and frogs! He couldn't hook one to save his life! Finally he got the big blow up on the frog and he casted back and missed it again! Then I threw my frog in and yep I caught the 7.50 pounder. I had a twenty pound limit today for five bass mostly on senkos and frogs.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sac River
Weather: Little breeze in AM, then more
Water_condition: 72.6-74. Dirty downstream
Date: 2 August 2005

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After reading Mark’s report I decided that painting the bathroom could wait a few days. I had only a little better luck than last week. In the water at 7:00AM. Had the river to myself from the Old River to the power lines. Trolled mostly shallow, with about one hour deep. Quit at 12:00. Caught three at 16, 18 & 21. Sure wish I could say pounds. Will eat the 21in tonight. (By-the–way, 7 of the 8 people I have given my Alaska Halibut to have said they like stripers better. I agree. Those Pacific Halibut are not as good as California Buts.) The river still is muddy down stream. The winds are much greater there. Morning tide change was 5ft. Highlight of the day was getting back two snagged lures. Used my “Freddy Lure Retriever”. It’s the best on the market. Ask Mark to get you one.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: Hot
Water_condition: clear
Date: 08/01/05

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The ocean was to windy this morning so Mike and I went to the delta for bass instead. Right off the bat we were catching bass on toads and frogs. We caught over thirty bass today with the biggest three pounds. I had two big bass blow up on my frog, but I didn't set. Saving these for later this month for a charity tournament.

Name: LuvMySon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: RioVista
Weather: Breezy
Water_condition: Slightly Stained/73degrees
Date: Monday30July2005

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Well my report is the complete opposite of Mark's...trolled Isleton to Sac River to Steamboat and a quick run down San Juaq. for NO keepers and only shakers. Water cleared up on the incoming but I just couldn't find any big fish. Nice to get my engine washed out with fresh water after a week in Bodega. Just a short solo trip for me to get out of the house...missed ya on the radio I guess Mark. Glad you still got your touch. Take Care.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island
Weather: Sunny and Windy to 30 mph
Water_condition: Off Color at 75 Degrees
Date: August 1, 2005

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Monday, August 1, 2005...Jack Thomason went striper trolling with me today. We trolled Yo-Zuris and Bombers around Decker Island. The wind was blowing pretty good and we just stayed around Decker today. The bite turned on around the change of the low tide. We had about 25 hits for 1 shaker striper and 12 keeper stripers to 7.5 pounds. Most fish were between 5 and 7.5 pounds. A pretty good summer day of trolling for stripers. We quit around noon and headed back to Vieira's for pictures and fileting fish. We did not see any salmon activity today and no salmon came into Vieira's. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Tibby
Email: tibby@inreach.com
Location: sacramento river
Weather: hot & windy
Water_condition: cloudy /73 deg
Date: 7-31-05

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Fished brocken back rebel from decker to steamboat. 3 hit and miss 1 shaker and 1 nice one at 10#.

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: isleton area
Weather: windy
Water_condition: clear
Date: 07/30/05

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night trolling . 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. 3 keepers 2 shakers 3 hits no stick . biggest fish was a 20# , took home a 5# , 4# . hardly no one fishing ...

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: above isleton
Weather: nice/breezy
Water_condition: semi-clear/clear 74 degrees
Date: 07/28/05

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no work today ... on water at 8:30. 6 total fish , 2 shakers , 4 keepers ,2 missed hits , 1 lost MONSTER . 20# , 15# ( i brought this one home ) , 1 fish with a strange tag . had monster next to boat , it decided it didn't wanna get it's picture taken . broke off splitring and hook straightened out another , twisted the lure badly . 1 rod just me ...off water by 1:00p.m. broken back rebels , clown and flourescent red belly / silver sides / light blue back .life is good ...

Name: Ron Hamataka
Email: ronhamataka@cs.com
Location: out side the Gate
Weather: in the 60"s fog
Water_condition: clear
Date: 7-27-2005

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Jim Sultzman and I started trolling around seven in the morning using frozen bait the bite was slow around 8 we got a salmon about 20lbs , the real bite started after ten with stripers and salmon, the four biggest salmon ran 19,19,20and 21lbs., the stripers 22, 23, and two 25lbs , we released seven more stripers over 15 llbs, that was the best striper fishing we had in our life. hope there are more days like that.

Name: Bob Harries (naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: Verona area Just downstream from feather river.
Weather: Hot! Hot & More HOT!
Water_condition: Semi clear Water temps (surface) 74degees.
Date: 7-18 thru 7-22

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I fished monday through friday at verona. logged aleast 10 hrs under anchor each day. This is not my favorite way to catch salmon.But, this is something Ii do each year in July & early August .The flow in the main Sacto river is split between the Feather river flow & the main Sacto. I always look for the color line from the cooler & clearer wateron the left side of the river. With the Feather river releasing about 7,000 cfs & the Sac releasing 14,000 the color line is about one third of clearer on the left side..this is the area where I have had the best results in the past ten years. But, Back to my fishing report for last week! Logging over 50 hours from monday through Friday resulted in only three take downs with no hook ups!!! I used k-14 & 15s Kwikfish with every scent I had in the boat.This method of fishing is the most boring way to catch salmon. But , can be exciting as Hell when you get into there lane,and they slam your lure!!!It seems these fish (schools) move through very fast searching for cooler temps. It you get in there way. Life is good!! With only three take downs in a whole week. Like was not good for me. Not to mention, the extreme heat that was the norm in this period of fishing...Won't give up in this area till I catch atleast 5 0r 6 .Then its time to move down stream and troll the lower Sacto. Trolling is the way to catch them. Not so boring sitting under anchor waiting for the big take-down!!!!Hoping for slightly cooler temps and will return to Verona again soon. For the record!! Only saw 3 fish caught in that week... Won't go on line till I get some positive reports...I know!! Its Early!!! Everyone, says that!! Right up till November! Ha! ha!! Bob Harries (naked Fisherman)

Name: ME
Email: Whocares.com
Location: Delta
Weather: Hot
Water_condition: murky
Date: 072705

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Name: Hil FElton
Email: wxyz
Location: Union
Weather: good
Water_condition: good
Date: 7/27/05

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Jimbo : I asked several people about Ice House; but couldn't find any current info. Boy it was slow at Union I got five strikes all day for one small koke. The last three strikes at 50 ft, with a black uncle Larry's behind a watermelon side kick. Good luck, Hil Felton

Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Union Valley
Weather: near perfect
Water_condition: clean, clear, 72 deg F ( surface)
Date: 7/27/05

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Talk about beautiful weather-- The Wheels and Reels fishing club found it at Union Valley. Chilly early with a light breeze- calm and peaceful for the remainder of the day. Fishing? Very Very sloooooooooooooooooooo. The bite was off. The fish caught, small. The kokes caught were in good condition; but all under a pound. Most fish were caught at 20-50 ft. using a variety of koke lures. John Frantz's fish beat Geo. Mckinnon's koke on the balance beam for first place. Geo. in turn beat Mike Overmeyer for second place. Mike settled for third heaviest fish. Half of the 16 club members got a donut. So it was a poor day. I polled a number of other fishermen in the area and didn't find a person that had caught a fish. Chuck Snyder and I provided a good change of pace with poorboy sandwitches that made everyone a winner. Chuck did most of the work. Thanks Chuck!! Our August outing will be to Crystal Basin again. Hil Felton

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Rio Vista Area
Weather: Sunny/Warm/Wind to 25 mph
Water_condition: Off Color/Dirty @ 75 Degrees
Date: July 27, 2005

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Wednesday, July 27, 2005...Dr. Arthur Bard and David Varshawsky went striper trolling with me today down Rio Vista way. We fished in Steamboat Slough, the Old Sac up to and above Isleton, and the main Sac to Decker Island and below. The farther down we went, the diritier the water got. The water was off color and warm, and the wind was blowing around 25 mph, but we had a little action. The first pass in the morning we lost two good stripers and caught two at 5# and 6#. Another hit on the second pass then nothing until the afternoon. We caught 3 more stripers around 2:30 p.m. and they went 8#, 5#, and 20". Again, we lost another good striper. The wind started kicking up to about 30 mph and we called it quits. Back to Vieira's around 4:30 p.m. for pictures and cleaning fish. A lot of work today for our 5 fish. Only 55 miles on the water. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: North Delta
Weather: nice N hot
Water_condition: good
Date: 07/26/05

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Headed back to the Delta with Warren and Glenn. Went looking for some big bass in the moss beds. Warren found what we were looking for but it got off at the boat! We saw it and it looked to be around 7 to 8 pounds. We had over thirty blow ups today mostly in the afternoon. The largest I landed was just over four pounds. Bobby's Perfect Frog and the Swamp Donkey were the hot baits.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: South Delta
Weather: cookin hot
Water_condition: good
Date: 07/25/05

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Headed to the Delta with Jennifer and Wayne to catch some bass. With the tide coming in and high tide at 9am we started to flip the tulies up close. Boy I couldn't believe today I was so off balance. Almost went in the drink three times as I set the hook to late! Jennifer had to catch me a couple of times or else I would have been swimming! Setting the hook to late also made me miss a lot of fish. Then Jennifer lost a big bass on a toad! We all saw it come up and eat it, she never got the hook into the big bass mouth! Then fifty yards down it happened to her again! It must of been when we started talking _ _ _ _ about Wayne in the morning before he got to my house. We like to give him a bad time! Looks like the fish gods put a wammie on us! Over all we had a good day catching twenty bass but the 2.50 pounder was the largest bass.

Name: nickg1028@comca
Email: nick@tactilesign.com
Location: Mouth of the American/ Sac'to River
Weather: Cool then warm (hot)
Water_condition: Clear in The AR -Dirty in Sac'to
Date: 7/25/05

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Rex and I went out to try for a salmon. Had heard that they were "hot" at the mouth of American River. We tried jigging and a flat fish with a sardine wrap...no action today. Lost one flatfish to the River God. We saw about 4 caught that morning near us. One was caught by a troller the rest were by jiggers. Ended up trolling from Eye Street Bridge to mouth of the AR but no action. We'll try again later.

Name: Gary B
Email: brookshomes@sbcglobal.net
Location: san pablo bay
Weather: hot
Water_condition: 68 muddy strong tides
Date: 07/23/05

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Too hot to catfish,my boat is too small to go after samon and the river fish (salmon) arnt here in any numbers. So KC and I went out to the bay to see if we could catch a sturge this time of year. The tides were right. so we headed out. Started off a little slow, only 2 - 24" Rays . The sturgeon started biting about 9:30 am. I caught a 55" and a 66" also 2 rays 2 leopard sharks 24" ea. and a 24" grey shark (unknown type) KC caught a nice 67" sturge , two shakers (30") lost another beauty when it came out of the water.We missed a few good pull downs. Ran out of bait at 3:30 pm.All except one sturge were hooked on salmon roe. The one bit a ghost. The rays were not picky. I thought stugeon "season" was in the winter/spring.

Name: Gary B
Email: brookshomes@sbcglobal.net
Location: san pablo bay
Weather: hot
Water_condition: 68 muddy strong tides
Date: 07/23/05

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Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: jackson meadows
Weather: nice
Water_condition: clear
Date: 7/25/05-7/26/05

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Fished late on 7/25 on the water at 10 am due to a very late brother getting to my house. Fished two hours for 3 small planters by the dam. fished 30 ft down with silver triple teasers and Don's lures. The next day on the water at 6 am for bigger fish to 15 inches on the north side of the lake 24 ft down, same lures. Good Luck

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: Nice in AM, then hot.
Water_condition: 72.5-73.5 & dirty
Date: 26 July 2005

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I had not taken my boat out in almost a month. Needed a striper fix. Didn’t get one! Launched at Sandy Beach at 6:00AM. I was the only trailer in lot. (Don’t forget, old buggers can get a $40/year pass that covers all Solano County sites.) I thought the incoming would bring clear water. Not! I started at mouth of Old Sac. As I went downstream, to power lines, water got dirtier. I trolled both shallow & deep. As outgo picked up so did floating debris. I fished in a pleasant breeze for most of the morning. Then it started getting hot and I left at 12:00. Then I went home to some real heat! Never got a hit. Guess I’ll wait a while.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River below Rio Vista
Weather: Sunny and Hot/NO WIND!
Water_condition: Dirty/Off Color and Very Warm
Date: July 26, 2005

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Tuesday, July 26, 2005...I went striper trolling with Jack Thomason today. We trolled Bombers and Yo-Zuris around the Old Dairy to Decker Island. The first pass was a double header. We lost both fish. Jack's was a pretty good one and mine came off 1/2 way back to the boat, and it was around 8 pounds, or so. Another pass and another hit, no hookup, and just a stolen worm tail. We worked another hour and I had one more hit and a miss. That was it for the morning. It was so hot we quit at 11:30 a.m. and headed in. We left the fish for another day. Today's catch? NADA, ZIP, ZERO, and NOTHING. The fish won; the fishermen nothing. There will be another day, soon! That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Jimbo
Email: jmullins4@sbcglobal.net
Location: Union Valley or Ice House
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Date: 7-26-05

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Name: Ricks Custom Rods
Email: ricksfishingrods@msn.com
Location: Spicers lake
Weather: nice 82 deg low 50's
Water_condition: 72 deg
Date: 7-25-2005

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had alot of fun decided to get out of the heat. went to the mountains spicer lake is a beautiful lake The Lodi Sportsman Club was just having another fun an exciting outting. We had fun catching trout fish in the morning ,early bite troll down to 40 ft ,using orange needle fish with some prison tape.orange midge with a tip of worm. It sure is a good way to beat the heat. call the Lodi Sportsman Club if you would like to join the fun or e-mail me for more details

Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Union Valley Wed (7-27-05
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: 7/25/05

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JIMBO: Our fishing club is fishing at Union Valley this Wed- 7/27. I will write a report that eve. Maybe it will help you make a decision. Hil Felton

Name: Jimbo
Email: jmullins4@sbcglobal.net
Location: Ice House or Union Valley ? ?
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: 7-25-05

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Are there any recent outings to Ice House or Union Valley would appreciate any feedback, thinkin' of going Fri or Sat Thanks

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Rio Vista
Weather: Hot and windy
Water_condition: dirty/75 degrees
Date: 7/24/2005

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Sunday, July 24th - Launched at Sandy Beach at 1:00 pm and fished until dark. I anchored near light 25 and used shad and pile worms. The fish were not aggressive at all - even the little ones didn't seem very active. I trolled down past Decker Island and back up with bombers and rebels for zero hits. Tried bait again on the incoming tide but didn't catch anything.

Name: LuvMySon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: Bodega Bay
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: 59/60degrees and deep
Date: 21-24July2005

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Just returned last night from 4 days of camping/fishing at Bodega Bay with the Vacaville crew. 2 boats and 5 guys tryin to fill our boats with a biblical amount of salmon/rockfish. Well, the short of it is Thursday was good. We had nearly our limits in salmon. Friday/Sat/Sun/ the salmon bite was nearly extinct in the area of Bodega. Some attributed to rough water, but mostly the fish just weren't around. Rudy's crew on his 21' Skipjack picked up another keeper on Saturday and a 20# on Sunday but that was it! The lines at the Doran ramp were minimal as word got out that the salmon weren't biting...by yesterday the majority of folks with fish were guys who launched from Doran but fished miles up North or down South. I was confined to the interior bay 2 days due to swells that made my 16' Crestliner feel like a peanut shell floating in the ocean. The funniest story (u know there's always one) was Geno hooked a whale (literally) with his mooching rig as the whale dove under the Skipjack. His reel screamed and his 150' yds of braided was gone is less than 15 seconds...fortunately, he cut the line before it took his gear. No site of DFG on the water/ramp/or camp grounds. Fog was present every day here & there so GPS a MUST. I'll never complain about radio chatter on the delta after listening to 4 days of chatter on Chnl 77...when the salmon aren't biting...the BSing is rampent. Anyways, rock fish were plentiful but we had to move alot to find em. I've never worked so hard for rockfish in my life..OK. Just thought I'd share the Bodega trip wtih y'all. Overall it was a great trip with the guys...next year I hope to have 2or3 more feet welded onto my Crestliner and the name changed to Arima. hahaha Take Care Y'all.

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Berryessa
Weather:
Water_condition:
Date: 07/23/05

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Alan, I forgot to make mention that the pair of Scotty downriggers, Catera Rods, and the LMS-337 were awesome yesterday. I did break one of the Catera Rods, but that was due to operator error, not the product....they were cheapies, so I didn't feel bad. Thanks

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Berryessa
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Date: 07/23/05

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Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Berryessa (Big Island)
Weather: Hot
Water_condition: Clear and warm
Date: July 23, 2005

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I ended up going to Berryessa. Had a late start this moring, got on the water around 8am. We ended up with 1 Chinook and 8 Kokes. My buddy, Tom and I lost count and thought we had 8 total, so we said, the last 2 were going to be tough to get so we should just call it a day. Had I known we only needed 1 more to limit the boat, we would've stayed as long as it took to get the last one. My boat never limited, the most I've ever had was 1 shy of a limit. Vance's Watermelon Dodger and Killer_B chartruese and orange spinner for 1. Then took the Killer_B off and replaced it with a watermelon apex for 5 (57') Killer_B Dodger and Kevorkian Apex for 3, I ran it the deepest (70' because it was purple, the last color in the spectrum). We trolled anywhere between .9 - 1.4mph. I was going to go the dam, but the lady at the Markley Cove shop said everyone is at Big Island, so we fished there.

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Pacifica/Muir Beach/California City
Weather: Nice
Water_condition: 62 deg.
Date: July 22, 2005

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As we were going through the gate, we didn't know whether to turn left to go to Pacifica or turn right to go to Duxbury. We chose left. We were about 1/4 mile west of the Pacifica Pier. Actually, speaking for myself, it wasn't a bad choice because as soon as I let my line out, I had a fishon, 30"er. 15 minutes later I had another hookup for a 20" salmon. I thought it was going to be a grand day. There was bait all over the place. We were basically the only boat in that specific area (Pacifica Pier), the others were at Pigeon Point. Then the other boats came over to the area we were fishing. We noticed that there were lotsa moochers. We kept on trolling, though. The skipper loads a herring in his FBR and a couple of minutes later, fishon. The fish kept peeling line off the reel. We thought it was a huge salmon. As it got closer, we saw that it was not a salmon.....IT WAS A STRIPED BASS! I'd say it was in the 25 lbs - 30lbs range (MARK W., would've been proud of that!) After that, the bite shut down. We saw the coast guard boarding boats to check if they had their requirements...we didn't stay long enough for the coast guard to board our boat because we made a beeline towards Muir Beach. We were going to make the run to Duxbury, but we were getting pounded by the windchop so we just stayed at Muir Beach. Nothing there. We headed back into the bay. I suggested that we make a pass or 2 at California City before we head back in. Nothing there either. BTW, the hot lure on the boat was my blue krocodile. I might head out tomorrow on my boat or chase Kokes at Berryessa....hrmmm, what to do....

Name: tom Callaghan
Email: tombafish
Location: bullards
Weather: hot
Water_condition: did someone discharge
Date: 7-22-05

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Went with broken chair George and his son Joshua. Trolled the buoy line in front of the dam and started getting fish on the east side of it. I had a large silver prism dodger gold /red bead killer bee and a large watermelon dodger and blue double whammy. We stayed there until it slowed then we started working the east bank. George had a small watermelon dodger and a silver/red green whammy and a pearl side kick with a white hoochie. my stuff was smoking George until 7:30 but Georges stuff started raking them in. We finished out the limits at 8:45 and it took us until 9:45 to get to the top of the ramp, tons of people trying to launch and UN/load house boats. the scent desure was carp spit and Kokanee special. See ya'

Name: Ron Hamataka
Email: ronhamataka@cs.com
Location: Bodega Bay
Weather: nice 70 degrees no wind
Water_condition: clear
Date: 7-21-2005

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Jim Sultzman and I started fishing about 6:30 a.m. ,the fish were in close from 2 to 5 mile straight out . We limited out early , the fish ran from 15 to 20 llbs ,caught them on sardines trolling ,everthing went like you like it to. the fish were big enough, the ocean was flat, the weather was cool. the big thing was no wind like it always blows, about time for once

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Pacifica
Weather: Nice and cool.
Water_condition: Three foot roolers
Date: 21 July 2005

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I heard you could catch stripers in the surf at Pacifica. Even if you can’t, it’s cool. Left Wednesday night in my camper. Get off on Palmento and it takes you right to the pier. I stayed in the lot south of Pier and no one bothered me. I caught three shakers early in the morning. Went to talk to Joe Jimno at the Rusty Hook, one block from pier. He told me the pier was hot. I said that’s not for me. He said, then you need to find birds & bait. I tried but could not find any action. I went to Pier. What a Zoo! One hundred fishermen & three hundred rods. (Sign says two rods per person.) Every other guy was tangled. A few nasty words exchanged. I saw only two, skinny, fish caught. No stripers or salmon. I left at 1:00PM. No traffic & home in two hours. Oh, I used hip boots. Got wet. Waders would be much better.

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: silver lake
Weather: nice 80 degrees
Water_condition: clear
Date: 7/18/05-7/19/05

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Picked up uncle Wammo in Placerville arrived at the lake at 7 am. The first fish made it the boat within minutes. We caught 18 planters to 13 inches and one 7 lb mack, 6 lb brown Wammo had the luck with those two. The next day started earler at 5 thirty with 23 planters to 13 inches and one 8 lb mack. Good Luck

Name: thehooker
Email: scottsdeck@aol.com
Location: bodega bay
Weather: fog /sun
Water_condition: flat seas
Date: 7/20/05

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WENT FISING WITH THE BOB WHITE THE SALMON BITE OFF&ON BUT SLOW OVER ALL. STARTING TO SEE BIG BAIT BALLS OFF TEN MILE BEACH TUES. BOB&WIFE MARY GOT ONE IN THEBOX I WAS UP LAST WEEK WE TOOK HOME FOUR GOING TO 30 POUNDS LOTS OF ROCK COD. LOST COUNT. HAD A GREAT TIME THANKS DAD&MOM FOR A GREAT TIME!SEE YA SOON THE HOOKER

Name: thehooker
Email: scottsdeck@aol.com
Location: bodega bay
Weather: fog /sun
Water_condition: flat seas
Date: 7/20/05

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Name: thehooker
Email: scottsdeck@aol.com
Location: bodega bay
Weather: fog /sun
Water_condition: flat seas
Date: 7/20/05

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Name: thehooker
Email: scottsdeck@aol.com
Location: bodega bay
Weather: fog /sun
Water_condition: flat seas
Date: 7/20/05

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Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island
Weather: Sunny/Windy Early then Breezy/Warm
Water_condition: Off Color/Milky @ 75 Degrees
Date: July 20, 2005

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Wednesday, July 20, 2005...Gene Chapman and his grandson Everett, went striper trolling with me today down on the Sacramento River around Decker Island. It was pretty windy early, then the wind died down to a breeze. It wasn't too warm with the breeze until you got off the water. We trolled Yo-Zuris and Bombers in 8' to 15' of water. We found one pretty good school of fish, but they just would not bite. A couple of slap hits and one keeper out of the bunch. We had around a dozen hits today for 5 keeper stripers. A fish here and a fish there. We wound up with stripers at 8#, 6#, 5#, 3#, and 20". Back at Vieira's for pictures and cleaning fish and then home early. The water was warm today and a very off color because of the winds and the big outgoing tide (full moon tomorrow night). Gene and Everett, thank you for the company. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: MJB
Email: jig_man15@yahoo.com
Location: Everwhere
Weather: Perfect
Water_condition: n/a
Date: 07-20-2005

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This is not a report on fishing, It is a report on what the Fishermen in Northern California have done in reguards too cleaning-up the snagging of King Salmon on the American & Sacramento River's. I had the great fortune too meet one of the one of the nicest D.F.G Game Wardens back in 2000, his name Alan Weingarten. How did I meet this nice man, I was fishing at Discovery Park for Salmon, it was about 12:30 p.m when I notice a law inforcement boat coming down river at a pretty good clip. A few seconds later , one of the officers (ALAN) pointed at a boat & with in minutes Alan had Grandpa, Grandpas - son & Grandpas -Grandson heading towards the ramp for a little chat & some paperwork. It was time for me to leave so I headed to the ramp & when I arrived at the ramp, what I saw was kind of sad, I mean here you have 3 generations looking down at ONE King salmon that has a gapping whole on the side of it , they had too have soooo bad they SNAGGED IT & KEPT IT !! The only person I had any remorse for in this group was the poor young kid , he had no clue what was going on. Later I meet-up with Alan & we struck up a conversation about how he had been hiding in the VINES at the end of the beach since 4:30 am. He was kind enough to give me his personal ph # & told me too call him anytime, I witness the poaching of Salmon. Now the year is 2005 , 5 years have passed since I met Alan & on a spring day on Folsom Lake I had the great fortune of being greeted by one of the best DAM D.F.G Wardens (IF THEIR IS SUCH A THING) Alan Weingarten, he was doing undercover work checking for current lins. & under size fish ect. We talked for about a 15 mins. & durning our conversation he made it very clear to me " WHAT A GREAT JOB THE FISHERMEN OF NOR-CAL HAVE DONE TOO HELP D.F.G CONTROL THE SNAGGING ISSUE'S AT THE MOUTH OF THE AMERICAN RIVER" To those of you that have stepped forward & have helped clean-up this problem THANK YOU ! This board is for positive feed back, not for finger pointing. I want to read how Mark Wilson or Alan Fong ect ect fishing day went , So keep it positive or keep it too yourself. MJB

Name: T-N-T
Email: TTSpence@aol.com
Location: Wasn't
Weather: hot
Water_condition: warm
Date: 7-20-05

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Nina - Maybe you should try "Rollins" Lake - you might have better luck. I've never heard of Rolands Lake - is that some private lake somewhere?

Name: Nina
Email: ninaamontoya@yahoo.com
Location: Rolands
Weather: nice
Water_condition: not to cold
Date: 7/19/05

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went out to Rolands for the weekend , and did not even get a bite. I fished on shore and then we went out in the boat, still no bites, has anyone been out there and do any good? had a nice time camping and playing in the water.This is the part of the lake that is right outside of Colfax,

Name: Nina
Email: ninaamontoya@yahoo.com
Location: Rolands
Weather: nice
Water_condition: not to cold
Date: 7/19/05

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went out to Rolands for the weekend , and did not even get a bite. I fished on shore and then we went out in the boat, still no bites, has anyone been out there and do any good? has a nice time camping and playing in the water.This is the part of the lake that is right outside of Colfax,

Name: Nina
Email: ninaamontoya@yahoo.com
Location: Rolands
Weather: not to hot
Water_condition: not to cold
Date: 7/19/05

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Went up to Rolands lake out side of Colfax, Fished on shore and did not even get a bit, then went out of the boat, still no bites, did not look and any one else was doing very good, has anyone been up there? and if so how did you do?.

Name: BigDave
Email: BigDave@aol.com
Location: SAC
Weather: HOT
Water_condition: HOT
Date: 7-18-05

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I would like to appologize to all my fellow fishermen for acting so foolish and thinking that I own the trolling lanes when I really don't. I have to admit that I am a desperate old fart fool at the end of my rope. I have been jigging as well lately because I can't catch anything on my homemade spinner lures and I'll admit that they stink. Can someone please show me how to jig? It looks like alot of fun and I want to be a great jigger and a role model for the young jiggers out there. Please e-mail me at my personal e-mail address if you got some great advise.

Name: Reader
Email: BigDave@yahoo.com
Location: Discovery
Weather: HOT
Water_condition: good
Date: July 18, 2005

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Can we ban BigDave from this site and preferable from fishing? I've been jigging and catching 99% of the fish in the mouth.

Name: Fish Pimp
Email: abc@123.com
Location: Discovery Park
Weather: Hot
Water_condition: hOT
Date: today

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Dave, no one's crying except for you man. Yeah I'm real sure that YOU haven't seen a legal fish hooked while jigging in 20 years cause that's about how long you've had your head crammed up ur @$$ lol. Go back to AA, anger management,sleeping under the Jibbom Street bridge, or whatever one of the rocks that you crawled out from under.

Name: Fat1Bear
Email: CSBAman@aol.com
Location: All Over
Weather: OK
Water_condition: OK
Date: 7-18-05

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Big Dave, Mellow out dude. I know that snagging by anglers using jigs with treble hooks is a problem. But you don't have to be such a jerk about it. CAL-TIP is who you should be complaining too, not us. In recent years the Calif. D.F.G. has made alot of success in catching illegal snaggers. With the help of all anglers, we can put a stop to the snagging of all fish. OK, as for the trolling lane. You better just get used to anglers anchoring up just about anywhere. I know that 10 years ago you would have been thrown off the river for anchoring in the trolling lane, (but the the times have changed), So Big Dave take a chill pill or I'll tell everyone what your boat looks like and your truck.

Name: BigDave
Email: BigDave@aol.com
Location: SAC
Weather: HOT
Water_condition: HOT
Date: 7-18-05

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You Snaggers are a bunch of CRYBABIES, and let me tell you that in over 20 years of fishin I aint never seen a legal hooked Salmon by jigging. Remember legal is in the mouth. Thats OK I got CAL-TIP on speed dial and I'm reportin anyone I see SNAGGIN!!!!!!! I'll be laughin my BUTT off when they bust you SNAGGIN POACHERS. And My Sister could whoop all you crybabies so I'll tell her your coming.

Name: Randy Graham
Email: cccrcgraham@yahoo.com
Location: Delta
Weather: HOTHOTHOT
Water_condition: Murky
Date: 07/18/05

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Went out on the Delta w. the boys (8 & 12) We hung four Bass in about 30 Minutes on Buzz Baits. Kids had a blast bringing them in and putting them back in the water. P.S. Guys I really enjoy this web site and usually read it with the kids. Please work on keepin' it "clean" and safe for us fishin' families to enjoy. Thanks,

Name: Fish Pimp
Email: abc@123
Location: Discovery Park
Weather: Damn hot
Water_condition: cold and wet
Date: 6/16 - 6/17

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Dave, I'm really sorry that people like you are so ignorant that you don't realize that people acctually do catch a majority of legal fish jigging. Most of the gibbs fish are hooked legal and the ones that aren't have been going right back overboard. I haven't seen a one snagged fish kept out there this year. So next time your goofy ass is having a bad day and not catching crap with whatever method your doing, give jigging a shot. You might actually be suprised that it's a very effective method.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker & Sherman Islands
Weather: Sunny/Warm/Windy to 20 MPH
Water_condition: Off Color at 76 Degrees
Date: July 17, 2005

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Sunday, July 17, 2005...The water is getting dirtier with the winds and the bigger outgoing tide. Today I went striper trolling with Jack Thomason. We trolled Yo-Zuris, Rebels, and Bombers for about 14 hits. We landed 2 shaker stripers and 6 keeper stripers. The biggest striper was 23" long. It was slow. The fish are scattered and we could only find one school of fish and they didn't want to bite too well. We fished through the high tide into the incoming tide, hoping it would clear. It didn't, so we quit early and back to Vieira's to clean our limit of stripers and home early. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later. PS...Just a note for you salmon fishermen. There was an 18 pound salmon caught at Vieira's on Saturday, and a couple of small 8 pound salmon caught there today - Mark.

Name: Brian M
Email: fishonbaby@hotmail.com
Location: sss
Weather: sss
Water_condition: sss
Date: 7/16\05

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Big Dave Im coming to sacramento and I will show how to get around your sister's teeth.

Name: dave hater
Email: oicu8i2
Location: here&there
Weather: gray
Water_condition: clear
Date: 7/016/05

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just wanta know that the big"redneck" dave is not dave mierkey porfessional guide????

Name: dave hater
Email: wouldyouliketanodave
Location: all around dave
Weather: gray
Water_condition: pissin in daves boat
Date: 7/016/05

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you now how to circumcise dave "redneck" the greatest fisherman that ever lived kick his sister in the mouth!!!!!! LOL!!!!!

Name: Just a Reader
Email: xyza
Location: N/A
Weather: N/A
Water_condition: N/A
Date: Saturday/July16th

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HEY DAVE...whoever da heck you are man why don't you chill out. Or go to the "Angry Anglers" fishing website where you'll find more angry fisherman's reports...We're here to hear postive helpful advice and friendly fishing reports. Jiggers have just as much right to be there as you... And with that anger managment class, maybe you should also take an english as a second language class too....your spelling sucks.

Name: BigDave
Email: BigDave@aol.com
Location: Sacto River----I St Bridge
Weather: HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Water_condition: WET
Date: 7-16-05

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I guess I otta tell all you Wanna Be's what kinda spinners we was using, They aint no Wimpy-Pansy-Little Mepps or Blue Fox's. They was my own Big #8 Crome Monsters. All Silver from the Blades to the Hooks. And another Thing, All you snaggers or jiggers stay the hell outta the trolling lanes at Discovery. We real fisherman wanna catch em legally and them Game Wardens are watchin all you SNAGGERS.

Name: BigDave
Email: BigDave@aol.com
Location: Sacto River --- I st
Weather: wet
Water_condition: wet
Date: 7-16-05

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All you wanna be Salmon Fishermen need to start fishin. We had two on and lost both before the net. Spinners----Spinners----Spinners!!!!!!

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Alaska
Weather: 45-58 degrees & lots of rain
Water_condition: beautiful-no wind
Date: 15 July 2005

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Jerry Baldo & I just came back from a real nice, Alaskan, fishing adventure. We ended up the first day by flying into Petersburg. A little fishing village founded by Norwegians in the late 1800’s. Alaska Air, which has gone from best to worst in one year, lost a bag. We stayed in a great motel, Scandia, and delayed our float plane until the bag arrived the next morning. A 25 minute trip and we arrived at Point Baker on Prince of Wales Island. We spent the next seven days at Woxof Lodge, fishing from a 26ft. North River with a 250HP main & 8HP trolling. We were too late to catch Kings but we ate like kings! The last king (28 lbs) was caught by Nolan Ryan Rhoads. A dynamo, 13yr. old, fishing with his dad. Dad got the biggest halibut (76 lbs) of the week. Pink salmon (5-8#) were everywhere. We caught a ton. It was hard to keep them off your line to get to the Silvers. We caught 8 Silvers from 10-17 lbs. We spent a lot of time trying for big lings & halibut. We busted off four monsters. The guide uses 50 lb braided line. I don’t know why he doesn’t go heavier. We landed 18 halibut from 15# to 55#. Three were in the 40’s. Another treat was Dungeness crab that we harvested any time we wanted fresh crab. We could have harvested shrimp but the traps were too heavy for us & the guide is not allowed to lift them. We brought home 200# of mostly halibut filets, vacuum packed & frozen. We could have brought much more. (Hey guys, call before you come over.) Alaska Air lost all our bags & fish on the return trip. They said they would ship them to our home. BULL. We returned to the airport at 11:00PM to get them. We had rain almost every day BUT almost no wind!! Damn tough to go from the 50’s to triple digits!!

Name: Franky D
Email: caskydvr@aol.com
Location: nowhere yet
Weather: hot
Water_condition: Sounding nice!!!
Date: 15 Jul 05

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Hey Guys I know this is not the place to post adds but I am looking for an Aluminum style boat, 12-14' w/trailer and a 10-15 hp running engine. I have $650 I can spend. Current registartion and and anyother extra goodies would be cool too. I just need something that will get me out on the water, so if you know of any boats like that can you let me know, Thanks! Franky D

Name: Rocket
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: decker to isleton
Weather: windy and warm
Water_condition: semi-dirty(decker) clear ( isleton)
Date: 07/15/05 A.M.

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trolled low to high tide this morning... yuk! did not mark to many fish untill we got in the isleton area . thats where we found action (what little action we found) . 4 hit's . 3 fish . all little guy's . marked a large school but could not get them to hit ... too hot , even with the wind . i think i like night trolling a whole lot better ... played hookey from work to go , should have went to work . besides , we all know playing hookey is marks thing . i will go out again this weekend ... i saw salmon breaking the surface , mostly north of the isleton bridge ... tommorow starts salmon season . good luck everyone .

Name: Mike Wilbur
Email: mike@chaserkeywest.com
Location: Key West Florida
Weather: hot and sticky
Water_condition: hot and calm
Date: 7-1-15

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We managed to dodge hurricane Dennis and Emily is headed to Mexico so we're back on the Key West lower Florida Keys Flats. Good news is so are the Permit and Bonefish, with a few Tarpon showing up in the shallow rivers and basins. Key West fishing always inproves after a hurricane, seem to have a clensing effect on the ocean enviorment. We did have a few trees down, some signage suffered a bit and the electric was out for a few hours but the White Crown Pigeon's are flying again, what does that have to do with fishing in the Florida Keys? Read more at http://chaserkeywestfishing.blogspot.com have fun Mike

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker to Sherman
Weather: Sunny and Very Warm or Hot
Water_condition: Semi Clear at 75 Degrees
Date: July 14, 2005

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Thursday, July 15, 2005...Chuck Jacobs accompanied me today to do some striper trolling in the shadow of Mt. Diablo. We trolled Rebels and Bombers and spooned with Hopkins for about 12 hits for 1 shaker striper, 6 keeper stripers, and 1 very ugly, 5# squawfish (I'm squawfish queen for a day). Most of the action was around the change of the tide at high tide mid morning. Otherwise, pretty slow. We had hits in water from 7' to 20'. A lot of fish in one location, but they didn't bite very well. The fish that were there yesterday were gone today. We kept fish at 11#, 5#, 4#, and 3#. The delta breeze kept us comfortable until noon, then it died and we got out of there. Back at Vieira's early for pictures and cleaning fish. Thanks for the company today Chuck. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island
Weather: Sunny and VERY WA(HOT)RM
Water_condition: Slightly Off Color at 75 Degrees
Date: July 13, 2005

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005...A new batch of stripers moved into the Decker Island area. Jack Thomason and I went striper trolling this morning with Rebels and Bombers in 7' to 16' of water. We had about 20 hits for 9 keepers and 2 shakers. We kept stripers at 13#, 9#, 8#, and 6# (3 females with eggs and 1 male partially spawned). The big fish of the day was a 45", 42 pounds female striper which was released right after picture taking. It took about 15 minutes to revive her, but she swam away to spread here genes for future generations of stripers. We quit around noon as it was starting to get HOT! That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

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Name: Nina
Email: ninaamontoya@yahoo.com
Location: rolands
Weather:
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Date: 7/13/05

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would like to know if anyone has gone fishing at rolands lake , out of colfax going up there this weekend and would like to know what they are biting on.

Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Loon Lake
Weather: clear, warm
Water_condition: clean 65 deg F
Date: 7/12/05

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The Jolly Hookers went to escape the heat in the valley and were successful in that respect. They were not as successful in catching fish as 25 of us caught only 21 fish. To make matters worse 15 got skunked , some without a strike. The positive side was the scenery, cool breezes, snow covered peaks and gin clear water. So the bite was slow--- the lunch provided by Ron Madsen and Art Sutter was right on. A great spread of "fix your own" poorboy sandwiches with all the trimings. To top things off, Ice Cream sandwiches. How do you serve ice cream sandwiches in July, in the remote area of Loon Lake?? And of course we had a derby with John Frantz's 1 lb. 6 oz. German brown taking top honors. My 1 lb. German Brown garnered 2nd heaviest fish. While Don Brown's 14 oz, rainbow won on the balance beam against Dick Jackson to win third heaviest catch. Our next regular derby will be held at Union Valley on Aug 16th. Hil Felton

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: HOTTTTTTT
Water_condition: Good
Date: 07/12/05

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Bob and I went to the Delta today to do some bass fishing. The bite was on fire in the morning as the water was coming in. We were catching bass on swamp-donkey frogs and sizmic toads. Bob caught the biggest bass of the day at 3.75 pounds. He had four over three pounds and my biggest was a 2.50 pounder. I did miss a couple of big bass on the weeds in the afternoon! We caught over twenty-five bass today and we quit at 1pm.

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite26842@aol.com
Location: Bodega
Weather: A.M. thick fog, P.M.sunny
Water_condition: flat sea
Date: 7/10/05

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Old Ma nature gave us a break on sunday ..calm seas, however thick fog...GPS all the way to bird rock to 200'deep waters...When the fog cleared about noon, there was boats everywhere..Son Scott white knuckled it down there with me..We trolled a r. killer, color green and a watermelon apex w/white flasher at 50pulls only to get small shakers ...moved down to 80 pulls where we picked up our limits by 2P.M. Scott got the largest at 18#. Total was #18, #10, #8, #5, 4 shakers...Not bad for two green horns.. Hey Tomi candles burning and sipping some fermented grape beverage..see ya..

Name: LuvMySon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: Bodega Bay
Weather: Windy/Nice
Water_condition: 3-4 Ft.Mixed Swell/51degrees
Date: Monday/11July2005

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Took my first trip to Bodega Bay this year thanks to the constant update from RWhite2684 from our website here. The fog had lifted and initially it appeared to be flat seas until 10am...then YAHOOO...the ride was on!!! My partner Jose' was bellied over the side feedin the fish by 9am. I hooked a couple small lings and cabezon using chrome bars. But the wind finally got the best of us and we were off the water by noon. Not much chatter on Chnl 77 regarding salmon...one here & there. Sounds like they were out in 200 ft. or better. Nowhere I could go with my little boat. Had a good time though and ended the day with our ceremonial chocolate shake from Baskin Robins in Petaluma. Gave my fish to Jose' because he wasn't able to fish. It was a good warm up for my 4 day fishin trip out there next week. When we came into the launch at Doran there weren't ANY trailers in the lot....sounds like Mondays are the best day to fish there. Happy Anniversary Bob...get that candle lit in the bedroom! hahhaha

Name: LuvMySon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: Bodega Bay
Weather: Windy/Nice
Water_condition: 3-4 Ft.Mixed Swell/51degrees
Date: Monday/11July2005

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Name: Rev. Virgil
Email: virgilfenters@sbcglobal.net
Location: nowhere
Weather:
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Date: 7/10/05

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Hey has anyone spotted any salmon in the river near isleton. The opene is just a week away. Thanks for any information

Name: Jerry Yuke
Email: jerryaki@comcast.net
Location: Verona Slough
Weather: Light wind
Water_condition: Murky
Date: 07/07/05

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I took my good friend Gordon Ong out to get away from the blustery delta winds today and fish for black bass. Fishing was very slow. We had to work very hard to catch 6 keepers ( 1 1/2 lbs to 3lbs ). All fish were caught on spinnerbaits. I fished at least 2 hrs pitching senkos and didn't even get one hit. I couldn't believe it. I guess that's what makes fishing so exciting. You just never know. Good fishin' Jerry

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Decker Island to Isleton
Weather: Sunny/Windy to 25 MPH
Water_condition: Off Color at 73 Degrees
Date: July 7, 2005

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Thursday, July 7, 2005...Jack Thomason and I headed down Rio Vista way to do some striper trolling on the big outgoing tide (4:30 a.m. high tide to a noon low minus tide) and in the blustery wind to 25 mph. Dirty water and a lot of splash, but some limited action. We trolled Rebels and Bombers from Isleton to Decker Island for 8 hits. We landed 6 fish. 2 shaker stripers and 4 keeper stripers to 8 pounds. No big ones got away today, just one 6# keeper at the boat. We kept fish at 20", 5# and 8#. The clearer water is above Isleton. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: isleton
Weather: windy and warm
Water_condition: clear - 75 degrees
Date: 07/06/05

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went out between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. caught 3 shakers remembered i have to work tomorow . felt blessed , privlaged , and lucky to go out as much as i do... i saw salmon breaking the surface ...good luck

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: blowdega......
Weather: windy
Water_condition: waves peaks too close
Date: 7/4/05

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Blowdega bay.....wow ...its not letting up..had to fish close to Bodega for last 3 days ..Had family up for R&R..fished and ate too much...lots of fun... Caught lots of rockfish and 3 halibut 2 lings...nuting to brag about . Could not get up north for those big lings/ rockfish or down south off elephant rock in 250ft of water, weather is too much for me...That the nice thing about the ocean you can always get a fish fix somewhere..later in week weather should get better and will get a shot at it...weather is nice and cool here on shore though ...the wife loves it...ahhh she is in a good mood...hmmmm ....see ya

Name: Ricks Custom Rods
Email: ricksfishingrods@msn.com
Location: tomorrow
Weather: sunny i hope
Water_condition: 75
Date: 7-5-2005

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tired of small stripers we are headen for New Malones enterid in a derby sponsored calif fishing assos. all who is entered good luck fishing for kok's has been great 16 to 18 in fish being caught will get back later with you to tell you more results of the fishing make sure you are using uncle L:ary's lures fish them 45 to 90 feet

Name: Ricks Custom Rods
Email: ricksfishingrods@msn.com
Location: martinas bay
Weather: windy
Water_condition: 71 to 75 deg and rough
Date: 7-05-2005

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3 to 6 lb stripers lots of sturgon in deep water. Trolling withhair raisers and fish traps

Name: Ricks Custom Rods
Email: ricksfishingrods@msn.com
Location: martinas bay
Weather: windy
Water_condition: 71 to 75 deg and rough
Date: 7-05-2005

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3 to 6 lb stripers lots of sturgon in deep water. Trolling withhair raisers and fish traps

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: HOT
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 07/05/05

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Back to the Delta to do some bass fishing with Joe. Caught a lot of bass pitchin sweet beavers and senkos in the tulies in the morning. In the afternoon we started to throw frogs up in the weeds. The biggest bass was caught on the frog and it was a three pounder. Most of the bass were keepers to two pounds. Saw a friend of mine out there (al) and he had a nice 8.1 pounder caught on a senko.

Name: Rod Bowden
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: decker to isleton
Weather: hot/warm/windy
Water_condition: 74 degrees with variable clarity
Date: o7/03/05

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using bombers at decker, got 3 including a 20# moved up to old dairy nada. moved up to steamboat nada . went to isleton 2 more .5 total all keepers ... i think summer stripers are here ... good luck.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Steamboat & Sutter Sloughs
Weather: Hot and No Wind
Water_condition: Warm to 74 Degrees & Semi Clear
Date: July 3, 2005

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Sunday, July 3, 2005...Rick (Shuddabeen) Moore and I went fishing for smallmouth bass today. A lot of action on Speed Traps, but no big ones. We landed about 30 smallmouth and only two were barely over 12". Rick cought a 20" striper and released it and I caught a very small shaker striper. We went out at noon and worked the water on the last of the incoming tide. A lot of boaters today, but we needed a fishing fix. Quit fairly early and headed for home. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: LuvMySon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista
Weather: Windy/Nice
Water_condition: 71degrees/stained
Date: Sunday/3July2005

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Launched from public launch at 7am. Wind was kickin on Sac River and water stained in the am during the outgoing. Trolled West Bank for nada so hopped over to San Juaq. Much clearer and found a few keepers and a few shakers. Nothing big enough to even mention. But I did get to hear my Daiwa scream a couple times so that felt good. Water looks good on San Juaq. if you can dodge the debris and jetskiers. Hit Old Dairy on the way home since the wind died down but not even a shaker there on the low tide. Off the water by noon and home in time to jump in the pool. Have a great 4th of July everyone. Tomi

Name: Mike Wilbur
Email: mike@chaserkeywest.com
Location: Key West Florida
Weather: hot and sticky
Water_condition: calm and clear
Date: 7-1-05

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Hooked and fought 2 Tarpon on of 80-90 lbs, Boated one of those. Boated one on 10lb test of about 70lbs. Hooked and fought a Tarpon of about 80lbs on fly rod, he fell off, pulled the hook on one of the jumps. Read about flats fishing, fly fishing in Key West at. http://chaserkeywestfishing.blogspot.com http://www.chaserkeywest.com have fun Mike

Name: triplett
Email: extremefisherman_003@hotmail.com
Location: feather
Weather: hot
Water_condition:
Date: 06-30-05

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hey yall good day of fishin near the bridge. 38 pound was my catch of the day or the year we were using shallow runners castin the riffles and he hit it, dang thing barely fit in the net well good luck and have u guys fished the feather lately cause i cant really buy a bite and i need help thanx

Name: JustFish-N (john)
Email: jjohle@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake McClure
Weather: Hot!
Water_condition: Alot,clear, dirty on top! Grass!
Date: 6/30/05

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Today again TPR (Ron) and myself boated nice Rainbows on Mostly Ex-Cel lures 30 ft deep, Although tuffer then yesterday we did limit by noon. The catching started off good with a single hookup and then a double but then we trolled and caught maybe a fish an hour, it seemed slow after that. We left at noon, had a good day and got plenty of sun, fish were nice, Light boat traffic for this time of year! Have a good day, Thanks TPR (Ron) JustFish-N

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River below Rio Vista
Weather: Very Warm and No Wind
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 74 Degrees
Date: June 30, 2005

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Thursday, June 30, 2005...Well last night I got my $100 tail light ordered from EZ Loader Trailers in Washington and decided to go striper fishing again today. Dr. Arthur Bard and David Varshawsky joined me for a day of trolling within the shadow of Mt. Diablo. We trolled Bombers down on the Sacramento River for about 15 hits for some bad luck and some good luck. The bad luck was losing two big stripers, one around 25# to 30# and the other around 15# to 20#. The big one broke off in a snag and the other one pulled loose in the grass. The good luck was landing 7 keeper stripers and 1 shaker striper on 13 other hits. We kept fish at 21", 5#, 5#, 5#, 6#, and 19#. The nineteen pounder was bleeding, and a female, still with eggs, even this late, on June 30th. We'll probably catch a couple of more fish over the next few weeks that haven't spawned yet. Anyway, a lot of work, but we had some results today. Thanks Arthur and David for your company, and especially the laughs over the "unbrella". Those two incidents were classic. I didn't know an umbrella would float like a cloth raft with an antenna sticking up. I should have taken a picture! That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Lake Pardee
Weather: hot early--- then really hot
Water_condition: floating weeds clear 70 - 73 deg
Date: 6/29/05

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The Wheels and Reels hit the lake early to miss the heat; but found the temp hot when they arrived at sunrise. 15 of us toured the lake until our 1:00 P.M. weigh-in with less than favorable results. Todays newspaper ( 6/30) stated that the "kokes" were biting, and they were; BUT they were small. One of our members, Bobby G. , caught one and exclaimed on his CB that it was the smallest koke that he had ever caught. ( 4-5 inches) The total fish count reflects that the bite wasn't bad ---- 32 fish caught and many released. John Frantz's 15 ouncer won top honors with George Mckinnon close behind with a 14 ouncer that netted him 2nd place. And Ole lucky, Ted Lutman, catching the third place fish minutes before the weigh-in. His fish also weighed in at 14 ounces; but was nosed out at the balance beam by Geo's fish. All fish were trout not kokes. The winning for most of us was the spread put out by hosts Len Yates and Geo McKinnon. Len and Geo used a deli to make the crossants (sp?) since they spent the day before on NDO fishing stripers and halibut in SF bay. They added chips and dip, salads, fresh watermellon and the best of all Len's daughter baked a cherry cobbler with whipped cream. ( she received much praise by the group) Our thanks to our HOSTS. Next outing-- Crystal Basin on July 27th. Hil Felton

Name: JustFish_N (john)
Email: jjohle@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake McClure
Weather: Great, sunny, light breeze
Water_condition: Alot-clear,dirty on top(dead grass
Date: 6/29/05

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Today had the pleasure of fishing with my fish-n buddy TPR (Ron) and my Uncle Jr. (Bill) (Retired from 42yrs with SP Railroad) Loves to fish! I guess we may have made it for part of the morning bite arriving at about 7:15 and dropped our lines down about 8am/ First fish came on the very first set up and the second right after. From then on it was one then another with two double net jobs almost back to back, all very nice fat Rainbows, most came on Ex-Cel lures and a few on Needle fish, All gear up with 3 limits in the boat and heading in at 11am, 3 limits 3hrs! And I might add Ron had the Hot Rod today, with Uncle Jr. doing the reeling, I had the pleasure of doing the double netting!! A great day on the water! Thanks Ron and Uncle Bill! Justfish-N (john) Oh! Thanks Mark for keeping us informed on the Big River! Were awaiting the linesides to return, Glad to see you back reporting!

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: bodega bay
Weather: foggy
Water_condition: flat
Date: 6-29-04

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I recieved a invite from good friends Bob and Mary white to go out salmon fishing. We fished 10 to 12 miles south of the jaws in 320 to 350 feet of water. The fishing was very slow for us and the rest of the other boats according to the radio chatter. Ended the day with one sea sick brother and two dink size, throw back silvers.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River below Rio Vista
Weather: A Very Nice and Warm Day
Water_condition: Semi Clear @ 72 Degrees
Date: June 29, 2005

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Wednesday, June 29, 2005...Jack Thomason and I went striper trolling today down on the Sacramento River below Rio Vista. The water is in good condition and warm, up to 72 degrees by 1 p.m. We trolled Bombers and Rebels in 7' to 15' of water. 8 hits resulting in only two keeper stripers at 5 pounds and 18". Jack lost a couple of Trick Worms. There was no wind today and conditions were really good. Just no fish around yet. Maybe soon. There was only 5 truck and trailer rigs in the Brannan Island parking lot. I would like to thank the IDIOT that blasted off my right tail light assembly in the parking lot, and didn't even have the guts to leave a note. Like it was really crowded. Oh well, another $100 in the back hole of boat and trailer ownership. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bob Harries (naked fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: lower American River
Weather: windy at times mid 80s
Water_condition: CLEAR WATER TEMPS 62 SURFACE
Date: THURSDAY EVE. JUNE 23rd.

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Well! the shad finally started banging!! Took my 12 year old grandson out with his new fishing rod. Between 4:00 pm. till dark,hooked well over 40 shad! Got many double hook ups.With the water temps. up to the lower 60s,The fish were very active!!!The water flows were about 7,ooo cfm. We used two crappie jigs rigged with a three way snap. Also used a small bullet weight to get lures down....Alot more females to 4 lbs... Fun to catch in the strong current.. Hope this run last till the Salmon opener ( July 16th)... See Ya ! Bob. H......

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Name: Gene Chapman
Email: magicg@attglobal.net
Location: Bullards bar
Weather: slight wind at noon
Water_condition: clear 74*
Date: 6-27-05

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Fished 9 hours with Chet,,,landed 10 koks in the 9 inch class looks like only the dam ramp is open,,,parking lot full fish were at 30 to 40 feet,,,used blade flashers and wedding rings,,, tipped with corn,,,leaveing the ramp is very busy place,,,get in line while the fish were small,,,they tasted great,,ate all last night

Name: JustFish-N (john)
Email: jjohle@sbcglobal.net
Location: Lake McClure
Weather: Sunny, Light Breeze, Just Right!
Water_condition: Alot, clear, surtemp.75
Date: 6/27/05

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Fished w/ my fish-n buddy TPR (Ron) Great day, No Delta Breeze!!! Water Clear!!! On the water about 9am, missed the morning bite!! Off the water by 12:30 with Limits of nice fat Bows. All fish were caught with Ex-Cel Lures, 25-30ft deep. It was a fun day while waiting for the Sac. to blow out! Cleaned fish and still got home early enough to get the yard work done! Great fishing day Ron, next time I'll let you have the Hot rod! Thanks!

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: 30mph winds
Water_condition: good
Date: 06/27/05

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Took Joe and Jennifer to the Delta for some bass fishing. We fished up north in Sycamore off the Mokulume River. We caught a lot of bass but most were undersize. Ended up catching three up to three pounds and fifteen other small keepers. Caught most on senkos and toads. Oh yea I caught two bull frogs on the toad bait on the moss beds. It has been tough fishing in the delta with all this heavy winds.

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Garcia Bend
Weather: windy
Water_condition: clear
Date: 6/25/2005

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Saturday, June 25th, 2005 - Launched at Garcia Bend at 5:00 am and fished until noon. Anchored about 1 mile south of the launch on the West side of the river in 12 feet of water (across from the silver water tower). We used sardines and ended up with two keeper stripers at 19 inches each. Talked to one friend that fished down below the Freeport bridge. He fished Friday night and Saturday morning and ended up with five keepers up to 22 pounds. Looks like there are still a few fish coming down.

Name: schrade
Email: rugrats95632@yahoo.com
Location: folsom lake
Weather: clear/ calm
Water_condition: clear to 5 feet 68 degrees
Date: 6/18/05

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I was told of a hot bite at the mouth of the south fork,on 6/11. On 6/18 found nothing, so I motored off browns ravine. We were near the #4 sailing buoy and found constant action. We trolled pink apexs naked @ 19-25 feet. We had 15 fish,12 bows and 3 kokes. Our best bow was 16". We didn't even look for salmon,why?

Name: D Brown
Email: D@fishinhole.dcom
Location: Crystal Basin
Weather: Just about right
Water_condition: Clear and cold
Date: 6/22 thru 6/24

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John F. and I spent the Tuesday ,Wednesday, and Thursday ,Fishing the Crystal basin lakes.Loon Lake on Tuesday and Union Valley Wed. and Thurs. Tues. we got a late start and didn't get to Loon until 12:30.The wind was howling!I estimatated it at 15 mph.Trolled by the dam with no luck so we motored up the the back of the lake for SOME protection from the wind. Starterd to pick up a few little rainbows.The biggest was around 12"s. Trolled worms and flashers,on the surface.Ended the day with eight fish. The next morning(wed) found us at Union Valley,trying for some kokanee.We started at 6:45 and got our first koke in the box at 7am.Nice size,aroound thirteen inches.the bite is short lived in the morning,around 45 minutes then it shuts down.Then the hunt begins! it took us until 1:30 to get seven kokes and three rainbows. The fish are right on top we top lined about 120 feet behind the boat and down to 25'.Trolling pink apexes and small spoons tipped with corn Thurs. We hit the water at 6 am, did not get hit until 7am. Then it was wide open for an hour. Then it was hit and miss,ended the day at 12 noon with nine kokes to 13 1/2 inches. Great way to spend three days in the middle of the week. Thanks John.

Name: DR PEPPER
Email: ???????????
Location: napa river
Weather: windy
Water_condition: choppy but not rough
Date: 6-21-05

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well i wanted to fish the MOUTHBALL FLEET but way to windy for me ----ended up in the napa river ( vallejo ) ------ one boat fishing but we don't see any one in the boat fishing ------ any way we anchor up and start fishing ---- another boat comes up next to me and says are you RICHIE ???----- i say ya whats up --- he answers saying GEARY says i'am in his spot ( geary is at work ) ------ back to the boat with no one fishing -------- all of a sudden fisherman appears FISH ON ---- 68 incher ---- fun to watch ---- asked him what the bite was like and he answered --- don't know i was sleeping ----- my brother and i had two really nice take downs but missed ---- shoud have gotten mine --- OUT

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: Out the golden gate.
Weather: Lite wind,mostly sunny,
Water_condition: Fairly flat..
Date: 6/21/05

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Went in Captain Ron Jones 21ft. Striper, With his good fishing friend Gordon light. Started fishing about 7 am after a 30 minute run out the gate. lots of bait showing up, caught 1st. fish soon. It was small . Captain Ron has a rotation system no matter which rod gets the fish Ron selects who,s turn it is to bring the fish in. I was selected first. we then hooked 2 shakers and then it bite stopped. Moved about 2 miles and fished near 2 charter boat for 30 minutes, saw not one catching fish not much bait so moved to deeper waters ...not much there so move again, almost back to where we started. Fished there till about noon . Moved again into shallower water . Saw lots of bait and Gordon got 1 right away, it was a nice fish. Fished that area for another hour or so, caught several shakers and 2 more very nice fish....The hot rod was had a pro troll 8"flasher and a green apex lure . Total fish for day #25 #22 #10 #6, 7 shakers ,we also had lots of short hits on the anchovie bait. Thanks Ron and Gordon and Mother nature for a great time today.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Most of the Pacific Ocean!!
Weather: Nice, little wind
Water_condition: Like a Lake
Date: 22 June 2005

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Hot salmon bite over the weekend outside Half Moon Bay. Packed up my camper after dinner on Monday and headed to Emeryville. Found Joe Grandchamp & Bill in the parking lot. They were getting on the Captain Hook on Tuesday for a Bay run. I got on the New Salmon Queen. We launched at 6:00AM. A little bumpy with very little wind until we get about two miles outside. For the rest of the day the ocean was flat calm. We, of course, turn left and head for HMB. Arrive at 8:30 and fish for an hour. Nada. Captain gets a tip from up north. We pack up for an hour plus trip north. We troll right next to the Faralons. Nada. We head back south to HMB. At 1:00PM we put the first fish in the box. We get many hits and loose many fish. By 3:00PM 20 fishermen have 15 fish. Jackpot fish is not weighed but it’s about 20-22#. I weigh my little guy at home & he’s 12#. When the trolling bite is slow I have a few tricks I use (Most are from Alan F.) to look different than the rest. A few others also tried some tricks. Nothing but straight bait worked today. It was a 3 hour trip back up the hill to Emeryville. I estimate we traveled for 8 hours & fished for 4 hours. I have gone on this boat before. This is a good captain. He tried hard & gave us an Albacore type trip for a salmon cost. I was going to stay and fish Wednesday but it was just too little fish per mile for me! My suggestion is, as long as the salmon are off HMB, fish from there. There are lots of good boats. Go Pistons!

Name: LuvMySon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: Rio Vista
Weather: Windy/30mph.
Water_condition: 63degrees/Rough
Date: Tuesday/21June2005

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After changing the oil, filters, plugs, gear oil and lubing my boat engine, I decided to head to the delta inspite of the wind warnings. Launched from Rio Vista public launch solo at 8am. Off the water by 10am! Tried to go down West Bank but swells/wind were beating me up. Headed for Steamboat area and trolled up to Isleton Bridge. H2o visibility only about 12 inches so didn't even get a shaker. Got soaked on the way back to the launch with water going over my windshield. I only saw ONE boat on the water (SacSide) besides me! That's a "clue" the weather is bad. Chalk it up as an exercise in boating skills versus fishing skills...Back home to watch Dr. Phil and then go spend some $$$ at the warehouse. Take Care Y'all. Tomi

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: Clear
Date: 06/20/05

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Headed for the Delta today with Joe and Jim to do some bass fishing. It was windy from the get go this morning. This was probably the slowest day I've had this year. At noon we had one keeper and ten dinks! Then I tried fishing the outer weed line that was in seven feet of water, shaking a brush-hog. I started to catch bass out from the bank on the weed line. The biggest was a 5.50 pounder that Joe caught. Ended up catching ten keepers in an hour in the weeds. Chad was catching bass crankin the weeds also. It was slow this morning but if I had gone to the outside weeds I bet I would have done a lot better.

Name: Rocket
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: isleton
Weather: nice/warm
Water_condition: semi dirty
Date: 06/20

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had an appointment... then off trolling for 3 hrs 10am to 1 pm. bad tide... caught 3.biggest was a 5 #... otherwise no runs , no hits , no errors and no one left on...good luck.

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: naves@yahoo.com
Location: Garcia Bend
Weather: hot
Water_condition: semi-clear & fast
Date: 6/18/2005

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Saturday, June 18th, 2005 - Launched at Garcia Bend at 2:00 pm and fished until dark. Anchored about 1 mile south of the launch on the West side of the river in 12 feet of water (across from the silver water tower). We used sardines and ended up with two keeper stripers at 19 inches each. We hooked a nice fish that turned out to be a 3.5 pound Sacramento Pike-Minnow. Oh well!

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: camanche
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: clear
Date: 6-19-05

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To day I fished lake camanche with good friend mike. 10 fish landed 10 lost, hot lure was a gold blade Dons lure. biggest fish was 3 1/2 lb fished 27 to 39 ft. Hat island to little Hat island. Good luck kevin w.

Name: mikeov
Email: mike_ov@hotmail.com
Location: Jackson Meadows
Weather: windy
Water_condition: clear
Date: 06-19-05

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Hey Everyone, sorry about the late report. I took my first trip to Jackson Meadows for a little trout fishing. Arrived Wednesday, late start about 0930. Turned out to be a mini NDO with a bunch of the Jolly Hookers left over from the Spaulding derby hitting it early on the long way home. Nice to have them up there. DF&G planted 6,000 “catch-able” rainbows, and catch we did! Unfortunately we were not looking for 10 to 12 inchers. You could not ask for a more beautiful lake, brim full and not too crowded (no skiers yet). I did find some nice rainbows up the river where the water temp was 45 degrees, kept one for the BBQ then camped out in one of the coves on the water in my little cuddy. Great boat-in campsites (free). There was ice on the boat in the morning but a great way to start the day on the water. I tried trolling large BB Bombers for Browns but no luck. It was a good day to try everything in the box and everything worked on the planters. There wasn’t anything they would not hit .Couldn’t keep them off crawlers and the other hot bait seemed to be a large orange BB Rapala. They were hitting so often you couldn’t use two poles. It got nasty fast on the lake about 1100. The wind must have been 40mph within minutes, so we had to get off the lake. Ended up with 5 nice rainbows and 20-30 ten to twelve’s. Great place, long haul from Sac, 250 miles round trip, but worth it

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: Windy, little rain
Water_condition: Clean, 64 degrees
Date: 16 June 2005

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Ted Fagunes & I launch from Sandy Beach to catch the last of the outgo. Weatherman said last night that wind would be 10-20 MPH in AM and 20-30 in PM. At 7:00Am it was blowing about 30MPH. We trolled the protected side of West Bank. Water very clean. The further we went south the worse it got. Three to four foot waves muddied up the water. We turned back and went north to above Bridge. There was no way to go to the Dairy due to wind & waves. About one hour after tide turned the wind & waves died down. We moved down, fished the Dairy & back to the West Bank. We caught only a 20 & 22 in. They were skinny & mean. No way would we keep them. No meat. We left at 2:00PM, to very little wind & calm water. Only good thing to report was the clear water on both tides.

Name: Rick Moore
Email: shuddabeen@sbcglobal.net
Location: home
Weather: hot
Water_condition: rain once a week
Date: 66/6/66

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Hay Mark where are all of the fish.I know I need a fishing fix!!!!!!!This site is about fishing so lets go do some gies & GALS.Bored at home....

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: Nice, little wind
Water_condition: Dirty, 70 degrees
Date: 14 June 2005

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It seemed like a good idea at the time. Tomi & the boys reporting dirty water down stream. So I go above the American to lessen the flow. Fish at night to avoid the bait stealers. Launched at Discovery Park at 5:00PM. Went upstream to the 5MPH zone. Didn’t matter, jet skis & hot rods all over the place. Sacramento Sheriff gets two. If he stayed there all the time he could solve the Counties budget problem. Finally went above the Hwy 80 Bridge. Much less traffic but no fish. Water dirty. Moved below bridge after dark. (Some of these ski boats don’t use running lights after dark! Help Sheriff!) I thought junk bites quit after dark. Not so. I was still getting hammered at 11:00PM. Since I use 6/0 hooks, I couldn’t catch them to tell you if they were stripers or cat fish. I should have watched the game!

Name: O'Kishi
Email: JollyHooker@att.com
Location: Lake Spaulding
Weather: Beautiful Day with a breeze in afternoon
Water_condition: Mostlly smooth
Date: June 14, 2005

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The Jolly Hookers held their monthly meeting today. 26 members launched at Lake Spaulding hoping for the big catch. Fishing proved to be poor with only 17 fish caught. The winner was John Holkko with a 3#12oz beauty, and Jim Bennett beating Bill Kishi with by tipping the scale at 2#14oz. All the big ones were salmon. Worms behind flashers did the trick for most by most tried everything in the tackle boxes. The plus for the day was that the day was just perfect fishing day on a very pretty lake. Although we found a lot of drift wood on launch side of the lake most of the lake was clear and cold. Spotted a lot of fish on the fishfinders so we know we left a lot for all you who may want to fish and camp on this PG&E lake. Social time was the best part of the day with Bob Griggs and Jim Bennet doing the hosting with hot chile beans and hot dogs with all the trimmings. We're now looking forward to our next derby at Loon Lake.

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Garcia Bend
Weather: warm
Water_condition: 65 degrees/1.5' visibility
Date: 6/12/2005

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Sunday, June 12th, 2005 - Launched at Garcia Bend at 3:00 pm and fished until dark. Anchored about 1 mile south of the launch on the West side of the river in 12 feet of water (across from the silver water tower). Didn't see too many people fishing but there were lots of recreational boaters! We used sardines and ended up with three keepers up to eight pounds. The shaker bite was insane - we used eight pounds of bait!

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: Sandy Beach
Weather: windy
Water_condition: 67 degrees/8" visibility
Date: 6/11/2005

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Saturday, June 11th, 2005 - Launched at Sandy Beach and fished off the west bank just south of green buoy 25. Started at about 2:00 pm and fished until dark. We anchored about half way between the bank and the shipping channel in about 27 feet of water. Used butterflied shad for two keepers. One on the outgoing tide and one on the incoming tide right before dark. The fish were 4# and 7#. Action was kind of slow but was better than nothing. The end of the outgoing tide was the best bite.

Name: Rocket
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: isleton-steamboat
Weather: windy
Water_condition: semi-dirty
Date: 06/12\05

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water is no good picked up 1 at isleton bridge,1 in steamboat with bomber.only out for a couple hours,early.good luck-cause i aint gettin none...

Name: LuvMySon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: All OVer The RioVista World
Weather: Beautiful/Breezy
Water_condition: Muddy/Milky
Date: Sunday/12Junel2005

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Last night I scrolled back to this time last year...June 11th my report said it was a BIG SKUNK! Well, I was determined to change that..Launched at public launch at 7am...off the water by noon. Final count...BIG SKUNK!!! Thats right...trolled West Bank..too dirty...Collinsville...dirty/windy...Antioch...breezy/dirty...San Juaq...milky. The 2 of us didn't even get a single shaker...so, guess my report stays the same for the 2nd year in a row. Well, can't wait for July 1st...Bodega here I come. Take Care Y'all.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Muddy to green
Date: 06/11/05

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Went out with Bob McCoy and his son Jerry yesterday. We launched about 0700, and fished the outgoing tide. We went all the way to Marker 73 and painted fish, lot's of fish all day. Mostly they were suspended from 12 to 22 feet. Pretty muddy down by 73. We came back to the basin and about 3PM at low tide we picked up three dink stripers about 18 inches, released all three. Bob caught a line that had a two to three lb catfish on it. No rod or fisherperson in sight. Somebody must have had a break off. There was some muddy water in the basin also near the ship that was in there. You could see a color line in the middle of the basin. The south bank side was not muddy but green. Had a great day and a little too much sun. j.

Name: jack
Email: jackmo69@msn.com
Location: Delta
Weather: hot
Water_condition: clear
Date: 6/12/05

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Rode my bike out to my honey hole on the delta (It's the only way to get there) fished 6 hours and for about 10 bass to 2 lbs using red sinkos kinda slow this week last week i fished the same spot and came up with a 5 lb & a 8 lb black bass and a hole bunch of small ones on a brown and purple sinko but no good this week going out agene Monday...

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: Sly Park lake
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: clearish green
Date: 6-11-05

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Decided to pick up my uncle Wammo, in Placerville and give Sly Park lake a try. I also got a call from good friend Mike and he wanted to go since his new Fish-Rite is in the shop Again. We landed one mack 16 inches and 6 dink trout for the day. Arrived at 6 am and fished 13 to 29 ft and used blue and silver needle fish. A beautiful day in the hills anyway. Good Luck All

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Lake Don Pedro
Weather: Beautiful...warm edging towards hot
Water_condition: Clear
Date: June 10, 2005

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I went Kokanee fishing with Scott and Jim. This was mine and Scott's first time Kokanee fishing. We didn't know what to expect. Top producer was a pink spinner behind a green dodger. The next top producer was a green/pink Killer B lure behind a watermelon dodger. We used shoepeg white corn soaked in Pro-Cure Scent (single kernel) on each hook. We had our limit before 1pm. Most of the fish were caught at 50' - 60'. We had 7 Kokes come unbuttoned. It's hard to believe that these Kokes go through a metamorphosis and turn bright red with twisted hook like jaws during spawning season....just like the ones the Kodiak bears are catching in Alaska. The last salmon hit the 65' lure. As I was netting the fish, I said, "Wow! Nice Rainbow!" Jim said it was a King Salmon. It looked like a rainbow trout to me, but then we looked at his mouth and it was black! I know these salmon aren't as big as the ones in the ocean, but you don't have big swells to worry about, SEA LIONS, losing $5 sinkers, or a long boat ride to the fishing grounds and back. It was an awesome day fishing!!!

Name: Bob Harries (Naked Fisherman)
Email: rharries@sbcglobal.net
Location: lower American River
Weather: Partly Cloudy Mild conditions
Water_condition: CLEAR 8,000 CFM
Date: june 9th 05

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Jack and myself fished the lower american from 8:30am. till 7:oopm. We used curly tail crappie jigs in the pink & white colors. With the higher flows,had to use aleast three to four split shot to get lures down to where fish are schooled. A slow day! Only caught 10 shad in all that time! Most fish were on the small size. Males for sure! Jack did catch one that went about 3 pounds. Water temps were cool, about 56 degrees on the surface.Guess we were lucky to catch as many as we did with the water conditions as such! Much better fishing with less water flows. Oh well , Back to the Delta for Striper fishing..... Look out! Mark Wilson,We know your boat-less right now!! Bob Harries & Jack T.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Suisun Bay
Weather: 5 MPH in AM. Then to 20MPH
Water_condition: Simi Clear 64-66
Date: 9 June 2005

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Ted Fagunes & I launch at Montezuma Bridge at 8:00Am. We go straight to the Fleet. Light wind in AM. Fish outgo & then incoming. Wind gradually increases in afternoon. Water is simi clear-a few small weeds. We mark very few-catch none. Highlight of the trip is finding a big, dead, samon in MS. Ted would not let me take it home!

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River below Rio Vista
Weather: No Rain and windy from mid-day on
Water_condition: Off Color at 65 Degrees
Date: June 9, 2005

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Thursday, June 9, 2005...A short report. I went striper fishing with Clyde Wands today. We trolled the morning on the first part of the outgoing tide. One hit and one lost fish. We bait fished with shad mid morning to early afternoon down by the power lines below Decker Island. Three shaker stripers in the wind, rollers, and white caps. Trolled our way back up to Threemile Slough for nada, and called it a day. A big ZIP for us. I'm off on the Oregon Trail tomorrow morning to pick up my boat. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: 30mph winds
Water_condition: good
Date: 06/06/05

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Went to the Delta today with Bob and it was real windy from the get go. The first hour Bob had one about six pounds but it came off at the boat. For a windy day we ended up catching over twenty bass on Horny Toads and Sweet Beavers. All the bass were spawned out.

Name: Jster
Email: jster@charter.net
Location: Bouy A.. Alameda area
Weather: windy
Water_condition: clear to 2 feet
Date: 6/6/05

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Went out of Alameda to fish for Leopards... Out at 7am ...saw about 40 boats fishing butts. 3 were party boats. But, I was fishing for sharks! Bouy A is where we got about 6 Leopards and 8 Sand''s, with several Batrays in the mix. My 5 Foot Leopard broke off at the boat Steel leader.. must have been rusted some. Broke reel ...(darn) good excuse for new one! Bigger leopards only ate the bigger Midshipman bait we were using. Cheers! Ps.. Too windy at 1:30..so we headed in.. I have 18 footer..kind of small, but took it easy in the riptides. Wear Lifejackets if going in the bay when it gets big.

Name: Jster
Email: jster@charter.net
Location: Bouy A.. Alameda area
Weather: windy
Water_condition: clear to 2 feet
Date: 6/6/05

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Name: LuvMySon
Email: Nikokingi@Comcast.net
Location: RioVistaSanJuaq
Weather: Breezy
Water_condition: Stained/65degrees
Date: Monday/6June2005

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Well folks...decided to put down the redwood fencing project and hit the water for the first time in about a month. Launched from Brannon at 7am and actually got to park in Marks special slot. Only 2 trucks in the lot so figured it would be a challenge today. 1st stop...2nd pass got a 5# using blue/silver shallow runner. Couple shakers then nothing. Moved all over San Juaq. and only picked up one more keeper up near the shoals. Lots of grass in the water but last couple hours of outgoing really cleared things out and the water was fishable if you pick & choose your spots. Sac River wasn't too windy but the water is still muddy. My suggestion...head up north end of San Juaq. The water gets clearer as you go up. Rock walls also kept the water clearer today and kept us out of the wind. Overall just good to be out on the water and get a couple keepers. Off the H2O by noon and home by 1pm. Good Luck y'all... Tomi

Name: Rocket
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: isleton/steamboat slough
Weather: windy!
Water_condition: semi-dirty/dirty
Date: 06/05/05

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went out early morning to give it a try.no go,nada,not happening.first in isleton,at high tide the flow is so strong that it is like outgoing tide.hard outgoing tide with a lot of debris,bad wind,rollers,white caps. ugly!!!so over to steamboat to try bombers,the same very bad conditions.i did mark fish in both locations,steamboat paticularly a lot.good luck...and please let us know how you do if you go.so as to save us all some gas and frustration in these hard times.

Name: Ed
Email: ed_yano@surewest.net
Location: Berkeley Flats
Weather: Choppy, calm and very windy
Water_condition: Tainted on the outgo
Date: 6/5/2005

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Went to the Berkeley flats today for butts. It was odd that we caught our first 3 butts 15 mins after the hour. We then missed one, and then we caught 2 back to back at 12:15. Ended the day with Doug catching his largest striper 21# at 1:14. All the fish were caught on the troll using a OO dodger and herring. We caught most of the fish around "E" buoy. Ed

Name: Jimbo
Email: jmullins4@sbcglobal.net
Location: Jackson meadows
Weather: Nice days cool nights
Water_condition: clear cold some debris
Date: 6-3/4/5

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Took my youngest out of school fri to have a weekend camping & fishin' for those who don't know J Meadows is north of Truckee. Fished fri afternoon for a nice pile of keepers , Fished sat all day for nice keepers, fished sun a.m. for some more nice keepers. All in all we caught at least 75 fish most returned for size, True story, we hooked a big fish(didn't know how big till boatside)got it to boatside it was 24-28" at least 6# dropped the net in behind it to scoop it , the fish saw the net and took a hard left down deep, snap goes the line, I almost jumped in after it, my boy is my witness. Firetiger needle and crocodile were the HOT colors, the big fish came of a neon orange spinner near 2nd boat ramp at 8". If you want a beautiful lake to camp and fish this one is great, long drive but well worth it I think. Couple weeks of honey do chores so no fishin for me (man to be single). C-ya all Jimbo

Name: Jimbo
Email: jmullins4@sbcglobal.net
Location: Mccloud lake
Weather: Sunny
Water_condition: stained scattered debris
Date: 5-27/28/29

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Found it a tough couple days fishin but had a great time in a beautiful place up north, nothing awesome to speak of.

Name: Bob White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: S.F. BAY Fri...NEW MELONES Sat..
Weather: Bay, windy... nw.mel..perfect
Water_condition: O.K.
Date: 6/5/05

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FRIDAY.. Took New (used) Arima to bay for trial run with son Scott ..arrived at 5:30 am...launched and bought $25. worth of live bait...and headed out to catch them nice halibut...and or stripers...well lets make story short ...fished all over the bay never got anything except a ling cod..nice fight ..let go as out season...We switched to trolling for halibut still no luck ..gonna do more of that as you can cover lots more ground. Arima proformed well. SATURDAY...went to New Melones lake ..with kevin wilson...whew what a beautiful day....started trolling at seven south of the glory hole them move to the dam area ...in about 200 ft of water...at 35' deep..at about 1 mi and hour...started slow till about 9:40 then bite picked up ...we caught and landed 8 nice fish ...lost about 6...??? ..gonna smoke um today..see ya..

Name: derek eley
Email: dinnaz@aol.com
Location: deltona fl crystal lake
Weather: overcast with light rain
Water_condition: water temp 77, light chop to glass
Date: 6/4/05

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I fished in deltona today perfect light rain light wind lots of fish! the last couple days shallow weeds wasnt the call put the worm away ! put the jig away ! put on your rattle trap!! 5-10 feet deep try to get deep! today i put on a new xps trap cought 4 the first hour small but fun the last 2 hours i fished 30 yd away from pad and hydrilla lines. 10 ft deep cought 8 fish all were over 3pd 1-6pounder if your in the deltona fl area try it out cacheem big! dam it if you live in deltona and fish alot? and pro like me give me your report help eachother out when its slow? fishermansfriend peaceout!!!!!!!

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: In coming not bad, 68-70
Date: 4 June 2005

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Grandson, Justin (17 yrs.) & I launch at 9:00AM from Sherman Lake to catch the in coming tide. Forecast last night was for 5-10 mph. It was more like 20-25! No way could we get to Chain Island with 4 ft. rollers. Trolled Broad Slough. In coming was fairly clear. Tough to control boat. We go inside Sherman Lake and start casting rattle traps & fish traps. It was still tough to fight wind. Justin caught an 18in. that went back. Then just as I was thinking how hungry I was, I have a blowup in 2 ft. of water on a white fish trap. It takes a long time to bring her in with my wimpy pole, Bantam Curado, and 12# test. She is 32#. My biggest--so far. We take a picture & quickly put her back. It takes about 10-15 minutes to revive her. Far better, I think, when you can horse them in on 30# braid. They are in better shape for release. I don’t think there are many strippers around yet. There were very few fishing. We just got lucky with a lone wolf.

Name: Rocket
Email: jstrollin@frontiernet.net
Location: nowhere
Weather: nice and warm
Water_condition: thats what i would like to know?
Date: 06/04/05

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i know some of you have been out.i was hoping to at least get some sort of idea what is going on out there.the flow is down on the weekend and back up during the week.last sunday i went out for a while.caught a couple and had some missed hits.i cant wait anymore i'm going out tommorow.good luck.and let us know how you did.please...

Name: tomc
Email: tombafish@hotmail.com
Location: bullards bar
Weather: breeze
Water_condition: good
Date: 6-3-05

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Went with Olin and caught our limits of Kokanee. Best lure was a hoochie behind a watermelon dodger at 30 ft. today water temp 60 deg at 25ft down to 54 deg at 40ft early and 54 deg at 55 ft by the time we left. Tom

Name: dr pepper
Email: ?????????
Location: SHERMAN ISLAND
Weather: WINDY
Water_condition: CLEARING / CHOPPY
Date: 6-3-05

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fished SHERMAN for stripers since i had the day off from work ----- can' t wait for RETIREMENT ----- fished with shad and sardines for 2 keepers and 5 shakers ----- choppy with white caps --- settled down after the tide changed ----- hey better than being at WORK -----not many boats out --- later

Name: Mikeov
Email: mike_ov@hotmail.com
Location: New Melonies
Weather: windy
Water_condition: clear
Date: 6-1-05

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Here’s to another beautiful day out on the water -15 Hookers and Reels had a great NDO outing to New Melonies Reservoir. With the intention to catch all the Kokanee we could, we ended up catching more Trout instead. Regardless, it was an all-around success. It was great to see some new faces at outing Most managed to find and launch out of the “Glory Hole” ramp, and most eventually found their way back after calling 911 to report a stolen vehicle. This Mother Lode lake is beautiful – we heard it holds a diverse collection of rainbows, browns, and (as mentioned before) Kokes. The Big fish of the trip went to John Franz who’s limit was rounded off with a big fat rainbow weighing 1 lb. 11 oz., Mike Overmyer had a monster Kokanee – 1 lb. 9 oz.), and Ralph Housley rounded out his limit with a beautiful German Brown at 1 lb. 8 oz. To round off the big three.. Besides the good fishing, came the good food – any and every snack you could imagine was available. Be sure not to miss out on the next NDO trip – planned for early July. Hey JD, did you ever find your car? I hate it when that happens.

Name: BEAR
Email: CSBAman@aol.com
Location: Camp Far West
Weather: Morning Clouds / Windy
Water_condition: Bear River Arm / Muddy 71 degrees
Date: 5/29/05

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Fished Camp Far West early Sat. We fished Bear River Arm most of the day. Tubes in darker colors and Magic Worms in any color worked for 19 Bucketmouths to 4.5 lbs. At around noon the jetski's came out and went out of their way to piss us off. Coming all the way to the back of the coves at 35 mph. At that time we moved to Rock Creek Arm for little luck and Bass.

Name: CaptainJack73
Email: navesj@yahoo.com
Location: San Joaquin/Three Mile Slough
Weather: warm and windy
Water_condition: 67 degrees/14" visibility
Date: May 28-31, 2005

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May 28-31 - Fished all three days below the mouth of Three Mile Slough and the San Joaquin river. Tried fishing the power lines for a few hours but didn't have any luck so we moved to get out of the wind. We fished on the west bank of the San Joaquin in 12 feet of water. Action was slow but not dead. Caught 8 keepers up to 11 pounds - all on shad. It was tough to use sardines because there were so many shakers.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Rio Vista Area
Weather: Sunny and a Little Windy to 18 mph
Water_condition: Off Color at 66 Degrees
Date: May 30, 2005

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Monday, May 30, 2005...Jack Thomason went striper fishing with me today. First we trolled Bombers below Rio Vista on the morning's incoming tide for 3 keeper stripers to 6 pounds, and one miss. Then we switched over to bait fishing with butterflied shad on the outgoing tide. Another 9 keeper stripers to 7 pounds and about 15 shakers. Some misses and a couple of lost fish. A lot of action. The water was not that bad. We had action! Back at Vieira's for pictures and fileting fish around 4 p.m. and headed home. Jack, thanks for the company. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: just reporting
Weather: summer
Water_condition: good in places
Date: 05/30/05

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Reading all the reports and talking to everyone daily, seems everyone is waiting for the water to clear in the Sacramento River. Striper fishing has slowed as the rivers are high and muddy. Around the Sacramento area the HOT action is the Shad fishing in the American River. The river is dropping daily and you can catch these little fighters from the bank or boat all over the American River. Rather than waiting for the Sacramento to clear up go have some fun and go catch the shad!

Name: 14_blast
Email: pdm1n@netscape.net
Location: Point Reyes
Weather: Nice Ocean Breeze once overcase burned off
Water_condition: Clear
Date: May 28, 2005

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Went fishing on a salmon party boat...I'm not going to name names, but it's the fastest party boat out there. The action was quite slow compared to yesterday. We had 13 anglers and 16 keepers. Everyone on the boat went home with at least one salmon. I've fished on salmon party boats since the 70's and to tell you the truth, this is the first time I have ever hooked a coho (in California waters)...it was keeper size, but it was still a shaker. My first coho was caught on a wonderbread spoon. The 2nd coho was caught on a chrome and green j-plug. The boat would've limited if we were in Lake Oroville or up Canada or Alaska, but unfortunately we weren't. I caught 2 keeper chinooks, the first on a chartreuse crocodile spoon and the 2nd one on a watermelon stingfish (protroll's version of the apex with an e-chip). Had a nice day overall, I know my buddy Scott was hurting, not only was he bowing down and paying homage to King Neptune, he lost a nice fish on a chartruese crocodile. His reflexes slowed down, the fish took the lure, then headed towards the boat, by the time Scott got to his rod, took it out of the rod holder, Mr. chinook spat the hook and was long gone. Oh we knew he had a keeper fish because we set his sinker release on the 2nd hole from the top, which meant it had to be a big fish to knock the sinker off. It was a nice day overall...I need to do something else while the delta clears up.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-West Bank
Weather: WINDY to 30 MPH!!!!
Water_condition: MUDDY at 68 Degrees w/Debris
Date: May 27, 2005

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Friday, May 27, 2005...Jack Thomason went striper fishing with me today down on the West Bank across from Decker Island. The water was high (Into the parking lot at Brannan Island) and muddy with quite a bit of logs and debris. The wind was blowing about 25 mph with gusts over 30 mph. Not a real good fishing day, but...we did catch something. Jack caught a 2 lb. catfish and two keeper stripers at 7# and 20". He also caught a couple of shaker stripers and missed a few bites. I caught one keeper striper at 7# and lost a pretty good one on the way in. We bait fished butterflied shad on the outgoing tide. Big white caps and rollers out in the river. We had to hug the West Bank to get in some fishing time. Not a bad day for the conditions. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Mokelumne & Snodgrass
Weather: Nice cool breeze
Water_condition: Clear with grass & krud
Date: 26 May 2005

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Ted Fagunes & I decide to fish the incoming tide at New Hope. Only problem was, that made our launch at 3:00AM. Not too bad with a, all most, full moon. We trolled downstream to Beaver Slough. The incoming water was clear but full of weeds & crap on top. We decided to go above the heavy Mokelumne flow and troll Snodgrass. The water was clear; the temp was 66-68 degrees, and very few boats. But no fish. We troll back down the Moke. Lots of 57 degree water coming in at New Hope. Weeds & junk cleared up on out go. We quit at 11:00AM with one, 4# fish. We didn’t believe the Moke was blown out. We do now!

Name: Hil Felton
Email: wxyz
Location: Collins Lake
Weather: light breeze and HOT!
Water_condition: brim full -- clean
Date: May 25, 2005

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Collins was chosen as a replacement site for Stampede because it was closer snd would offer better weather. Closer it is; but the weather part is open for discussion. Anyhow, 18 Wheels and Reels fished Collins for a fishing outing. The hot weather slowed the bite as several got only the hole of the donut. Not so for newly emerging "Fishing Guru" Jim Readnour! His 4 pound 6 ounce rainbow with a white tag top all honors. He caught it on a barrowed lure that he got from me so it was fitting to share his ice cream prize with me. John Frantz not only won 2nd place honors with his 2 pound 3 ounce rainbow ; but he also caught five fish. Big Mike Overmeyer brought in the third place winner, a 1 pound 8 ounce German Brown. Darrel Toms and Bob Skinner served up a delicious lunch featuring BBQ chicken, potato salsd, bean salad, relish, fruit and pastry. Way to go to our hosts!! Next outing TBA Hil Felton

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: North Delta
Weather: nice
Water_condition: clear
Date: 05/24/05

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Went north today with Dave and Brian to catch bass. On the way out from New Hope landing I saw some top water activity and sure enough there were stripers chasing bait fish. Started casting fish traps and I caught a ten pounder on my first cast. We caught eight stripers but most were just keepers and then they were gone. So we started to fish for bass and I was the lucky one today catching one over eight pounds on a senko. We caught twenty bass today on senkos and sweet beavers in the tulies. It was a good day and we quit at noon.

Name: John Cullen
Email: hammerjohn@sbcglobal.net
Location: Port of Sacramento
Weather: Beautiful
Water_condition: Muddy
Date: 05/24/05

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For all Washington Outboard Club members, the docks have been rebuilt and a work party is finnishing up putting firehose on the sides this morning. So you may launch your boat there now. Renewals will be Tuesday the 14th of June, 4pm to 8pm at the VFW, 905 Drever St., West Sacramento. Thursday June 23rd, same place and times. Saturday June 25th, at the boat ramp, 9am till noon. Bring correct change or write a check. Bring current registrations for your vessel and the vehicle you wish to tow the vessel with. Also bring your key and membership card. Remember if you cannot make these dates you must have someone show to renew you with all the current data or copies of. Fees have increased, regular member $40, disabled or senior $20. To qualify for senior status you must be 62 yrs old and have been a member for five years. Thanks John Cullen Secretary, Washington Outboard Club

Name: Rev. Virgil
Email: virgilfenters@sbcglobal.net
Location: South Bay off w\alameda rock wall
Weather: cloudy sprinkled a little
Water_condition: flay
Date: 5/17/05

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A group of five of us went out on the Huck Finn. Fishing for Halibut and stripers. Limits of stripers for the whole boat and our group came away with 7 large halibuts to twenty five pounds. Stripers went to twenty two pounds. Soon I hope to get out on the delta to learn how to catch those bass out there. Had a great day. Used live anchovies for the catch.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: Windy
Water_condition: stained
Date: 05/23/05

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Went to the Delta today with Joe and Frank for some bass fishing. The wind started to blow when the tide changed and it came up quick! The tide was so high I could see over the levee as I was fishing. Started to flip sweet beavers and cut tail worms in the tulies in two feet of water. It started out good as I caught a nice 5.50 pounder. We caught twenty bass today mostly flippin in the tulies. We quit about 12:30 because our batteries were dead! Our best five went fifteen pounds. The water is getting dirty in a lot of places from all the water flowing down our rivers.

Name: Bill Crooks
Email: bcrooks@accessbee.com
Location: Montezuma Slough
Weather: Nice but windy in strait
Water_condition: Lots of weeds, 66-69
Date: 23 May 2005

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Launched at the bridge at 8:30AM. Low tide is 10:00AM. Tide change is 6.3ft. Slough is loaded with weeds. I go to mouth and head for fleet. The Portagee Kid caught a sturgee on Thursday. The Martinez Bait Shop reported 15 caught on Saturday. The wind is blowing but it’s not bad in shallow water. I round the point, hit the deep water, wind is 20-25MPH. I hit 4ft. waves. No one at fleet. I head back to MS. At low tide at mouth its fishable, but no fish. I try Suisun Slough. Nothing. Hit spots in Montezuma up to Nurse. I find I’m looking more than fishing. By then the incoming is cooking & so are the weeds. I leave. Only bad thing about the trip is KFRC has switched to religious music. No Rock & Roll. Why the hell would anyone fish the delta on Monday if they couldn’t listen to “Motown Monday”! Oh well. Maybe the Pistons will save the day for the Motor City!

Name: Ed Yano
Email: ed_yano@surewest.net
Location: SF Bat
Weather: Calm AM Windy PM
Water_condition: Clear at most spots
Date: 5/22/2005

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Started by the fleet by the rockwall for nada. At 11 we tried the end of Berkeley pier for 1 strike. Trolled towards Richmond for no more hits, but saw alot of bait around "P" buoy. The wind was kicking up, so we headed to Paradise. We trolled up to the Richmond bridge, and back for another zero. Made one more stop by Brooks Island, and finally got the sunk off the boat with a 25". Ed

Name: kevin wilson
Email: www.kevininhisboat@yahoo.com
Location: lake camanche
Weather: sunny
Water_condition: clear
Date: 4-21-05

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I recieved a invite from good friend Mike Roy to fish lake Camanche for trout in his brand new Fish Rite. I felt a little funny not being in my Harbercraft. Arrived at first light and fished little hat to big hat for ten fish up to 7 pounds. 7 lb 5 lb 3 1/2 lb biggest, all fish caught on Don's custom lures and needle fish. ( great day on the water.)

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta
Weather: Sunny w/20 mph Wind
Water_condition: MUDDY @ 61 Degrees
Date: May 20, 2005

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Friday, May 20, 2005...What a difference a day makes when Mother Nature is playing around. After yesterday's catch, Khoa Tran and Mike Wong decided to go with me striper trolling down Rio Vista way with Bombers. The high and muddy water showed up last night in the Rio Vista area and really turned the bite off. Today was a struggle for 4 hits for 4 keeper stripers, for all day trolling. We had a 1/2 hour bite window around noon and landed stripers at 19", 4#, 4#, and 6#, and that was it for the whole day. We went over to the San Joaquin River and couldn't find fish. The water there was getting dirty also. It looks like my trolling days are through for a while, until the water drops and clears. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River-Sherman Island
Weather: Sprinkles Early/Nice Later
Water_condition: Off Color @ 61 Degrees
Date: May 19, 2005

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Thursday, May 19, 2005...George Goto and Jim Fukui went with me today to troll for stripers. We trolled Bombers in the dirty water for about 20 hits. We caught 10 keepers from 4# to 13# and lost 4 nice fish. Quit early around noon and headed for home. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Ted Fagunes
Email: tednkay@calis.com
Location: Mothball Fleet
Weather: light breeze
Water_condition: 63.258 degrees
Date: 05-19-05

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Bill Crooks the retired guy had to work today. This was his fourth day in a row. Three days doing his civic duty as a juror and today his part time consulting job. Doesn't sound too retired to me. So I headed out to Grizzly Bay by myself. I sure did miss the breakfast Bill usually provides for me in the morning. I caught the last of the outgo and fished most of the incoming. Just as the incoming tide was ready to turn a 63 inch sturgeon took my eel and salmon roe offering and was off to the races. Three long runs later he was done and I was headed home. Stayed dry, brought home a big fish and didn't think about the office all day. Life is good. When the water settles down it will be back to the river for more stripers. Bill is headed out tomorrow. I gave him all the hints I could. We will find out soon if he was listening. Good luck Bill.

Name: John G
Email: rebarjg@missioncityrebar.com
Location: Santa Cruz
Weather:
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Date: May 18 2005

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Name: Mark_Wilson
Email: MWilson@FishinReport.Com
Location: Sacramento River
Weather: Off and On Rain
Water_condition: Dirty @ 63 Degrees
Date: May 17, 2005

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005...Steve Ong went striper trolling with me today in the dirty water and the on and off rain. We started a little late and trolled mostly below Rio Vista for a dozen hits. We lost 3 good fish and caught 7 keepers. We kept fish at 11#, 8#, 8#, and 8#. We quit at 4 p.m. and headed to Vieira's to clean fish and take a picture. Home late. Steve, let me know when you need another lesson in catching fish. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: 10 MPH
Water_condition: good
Date: 05/17/05

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Went back to the Delta today with Joe and Wayne and from the start we caught a lot of bass in the weeds on toads. We caught bass all day in the weeds in two feet of water. The largest bass went 5.0 pounds and Joe lost a nice one I estimate at 6 to 7 pounds on a frog. Over all today we caught over fifty bass and the best five going twenty pounds.

Name: Alan Fishermans Warehouse
Email: fishfong@aol.com
Location: Delta
Weather: windy
Water_condition: good
Date: 05/16/05

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Went to the delta today intending on taping a Bass Fishing Seminar on the water for my TV show. It was blowing 30 to 40 MPH but we shot the show anyway. Couldn't fish most of my areas because of the wind. We caught over twenty bass up to 4.50 pounds on Zoom Toads over the weeds. The taping went good considering the wind.

Name: O'Kishi
Email: Jolly Hooker Fishing Club
Location: Pardee
Weather: Partialy Cloudy
Water_condition: Clear in main body, muddy up river
Date: May 17, 2005

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Today the Jolly Hookers Fishing Club held their monthly derby outing at Lake Pardee. 28 men took advantage of a break in the weather and enjoyed a full day on the lake with no rain, pleasant temperatures and relaxation on one of the most beautiful lakes in this area. The fishing wasn’t great with 62 fish boated and kept. Many were released for another day and a better fight when they grow in size. Most of the guys used all their favorite lures in the tackle box and some even reverted to worms. 1st place honors went to John Holkko with a 1 pound 1 ounce winner. 2nd place catch of 15 ounces went to Alex Alexander. 3rd place was taken by Ralph Schubriemen with a 14 ounce fighter. Not large and the pickings were slim, probably because of over 300 kokonee fisherman attacked this lake over the past weekend and scared the heck out of the remaining population of fish. Temperature in the main lake was 61 degrees but the incoming water from the river went down to a cool 46 degrees near the headwaters. As usual the day was capped off by a after-derby social with a great meal of polish dogs and hot chili beans with all the trimmings and cold drinks provided by Hilmer Felton. Great job as always Hil.. Next derby will be at Lake Spaulding and a NDO outing at New Melones.

Name: Robert White
Email: rwhite2684@aol.com
Location: san jaun and molek...
Weather: WINDY
Water_condition: dirty to real dirty
Date: 5/16/05

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Bad day ...TODAY.... Took scott with me to troll and got nada....Had 3 hits.. No fish in the box today......Got to wait until water clears and no wind... Thats it for the day......