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DELTA REPORT
Updated - 8/24/2005
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Cooler
Weather brings changing conditions
 What
a week as the bigger temperature swings have changed the bite
up a bit. Unfortunatly I have been working on the Fishdelta.com
Boat deal most of the week and I am glad to report I am fishing
in the morning so for now I guess I'll just have to tell what
going on the week. Mossdale Boats, Bass Cat and Mercury have teamed
up with fishdelta.com for more on this check out the Bass
Cat Story.
The
Frog
bite has toughened this past week with the influx of cool delta
breezes shutting down the bite a bit. Those fishing slower and
deeper with shad patterns are starting to see some better results
now as well. Don't give up on the frog
bite as a few days of warm weather will have the top water action
back in play!
Striper
action is improving while bait fishing and trolling. The Rio Vista
- Decker Island area have been kicking out an occasional decent
numbers of schoolie-sized stripers in last couple of weeks Once
in a while a nice salmon to 40 pounds will show. Catfish are still
a good bet. The Cache Slough and Steamboat Slough are good. The
sturgeon may still be around but they are best in the Western
Reaches towards Collinsville.
Hair
Raisers will get some striper in the west reaches of Suisun bay
and around Benicia. There are some anglers finding increased numbers
of salmon in the area. There are few sturgeon around are grabbing
soaked baits. The area's with top mention coming to those fishing
Big Cut and PG&E, the slowing of the wind over the past few
days has brought anglers out to look for the Sturgeon.
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Vista - Isleton
Bob’s
Bait Report www.themasterbaiter.com
 Even
the weather was pretty good during the week in the Delta area, the
water temperature was still above 70 degree and didn’t cooling
off as years before.
This year is completely different as previous. The record rain fall
should be good for fishing in that year but it’s not. The
water level was still very low compare to previous year with less
rain.
Fishing for salmon was slow during the week with only a couple salmons
were caught at Ko-Ket resort, 2 miles south of Walnut Grove. Striped
bass fishing was also slow with only a couple striped bass were
caught at Isleton Bridge on Saturday 08/27/05 on shad. Catfish fishing
was still good in most of the Delta channels. Don Wilfong from Antioch
got 7 catfish on cut shad at Georgiana Slough on 08/26/05. Robert
Chen and his friends got 4 catfish on clam at Georgiana Slough on
08/27/05.
In order to get used to the hot spots in the Delta.
In some reports, it mentioned the Dump Gate, The Tennessee spot,
this link would explain where this location will be found. Sometime,
reporters wrote Garcia Bend or the Big Cut, these fishing holes
are explained in the link above.
Striped bass and salmon run in this Fall will pick up next couple
weeks when more water will be released that would help to bring
the water temperature down quicker to the idea level that would
spark salmon storm into the Delta Rivers.
When salmon run start, I will post in the front of our website special
section for most recent salmon caught.
The long holiday weekend will be this weekend. This is the last
longest weekend in the late summer when we are enjoying warm weather
with our family. This is also the busiest weekend in the Delta.
Most camp grounds were booked, and most of the bait shop will run
out of bait early. Be sure to check with the bait stores before
leaving your house.
Good luck to you all and have a nice long weekend
The
Wilson Files- Mark Wilson
Wednesday, August 31, 2005...Stayed home Wednesday
morning to do some of those "honey-dos". Around noon I
called my buddy Jack Thomason and asked him if he was ready for
a fishing trip. Yes was the answer, so I hooked up the boat, gased
and dieseled up and headed over to pick up Jack. Down at Brannan
Island by 3 p.m. We trolled Bombers and Rebels for about 25 hits,
resulting in 10 shaker stripers and 5 keeper stripers, up to 16
pounds. The highlight of the day was when the 16 pounder took line
out to 383 feet, and went into some grass and a snag. We backed
the boat down on the fish and went probing with the net, and up
came a 16 pound striper with my lure in its mouth. I had to cut
the line to get everything loose, but that was only a sacrafice
of about 5' of line. The big one did not get away. We also lost
another big one that just came "unbuttoned". Most of the
trolling was done around Decker Island and West Bank. The water
had cleared (No Wind) up some, which made good clarity for trolling.
It was still warm, between 73 and 75 degrees. We quit around 7 p.m.
and headed in to filet fish and, again, was home after traffic,
and before midnight. That's it. Good luck. Catch you later - Mark
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Sacramento
Area Report - by Jack
Chapman
 Sacramento
CSBA Report (8/30/2005)
For those
anglers wishing to learn a little about fishing for kokanee and
trout in our local lakes and reservoirs our chapter’s speaker
next week is Kevin Youst. Kevin runs Kevin’s Pro Fishing.
Guide Service concentrating on kokanee, trout and salmon. Our
meetings are on the first Tuesday of each month at the Golden
Tee Restaurant, 3216 Auburn Blvd. Sacramento CA 95821 (916) 483-1861.
The no host bar and dinner start at 6:00 PM and the meeting starts
at 7:00 PM.
Information
about the CSBA, each of its chapters, upcoming events, a message
board and much more are available at the organizations web site,
http://www.striper-csba.com/.
Trout and
Kokanee
One of our
chapters’s better known members, Alan Fong, fished Lake
Tahoe with another of our members for the following results, “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 Larry’s spinners behind blades down about fifty
feet.”
Halibut
No reports.
Striped Bass
The best (read
most consistent) reports are coming from San Francisco Bay from
anglers drifting live bait over the flats and various rocks. The
following chart lists the GPS numbers for the most likely spots
in the bay:
Location Latitude
Longitude
Alcatraz Island 37.49.60 122.25.30
Alcatraz West Rock 37.49.67 122.25.68
Anita Rocks 37.48.51 122.27.24
Arch Rock 37.49.80 122.26.47
Berkeley Pier 37.50.86 122.21.65
Blossom Rock 37.49.10 122.24.23
Brother’s Island, East 37.96.32 122.43.32
Brother’s Island, West 37.96.28 122.43.55
Harding Rock 37.50.17 122.26.74
Loch Lomond Marina 37.97.14 122.45.57
Marin Island (large) 37.96.44 122.46.82
Marin Island (small) 37.96.59 122.47.24
Paradise Cay Yacht Club 37.90.96 122.47.07
Paradise Cove 37.89.61 122.45.57
Point San Pablo Yacht Harbor 37.96.47 122.41.91
Red Rock Island 37.55.75 122.25.85
Rock Pile 37.49.46 122.26.59
Shag Rock 37.50.05 122.26.46
Shell Banks 38.01.48 122.27.39
Sisters Islands 37.55.20 122.26.55
South Hampton Shoal 37.52.84 122.24.87
Treasure Island 37.49.99 122.22.59
Treasure Island Expansion flats 37.51.66 122.22.98
Yellow “A” Buoy 37.44.50 122.19.45
The bite is
improving on the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers with most boaters
managing at least a fish a rod if they are willing to put the
time in and work the tides. Sacramento Chapter’s striped
bass guru, Mark Wilson reports, ”After yesterday's seminar
by myself at Dockside, located at the Pittsburg marina, I decided
to go practice what I preached today. Arthur 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 filleting fish.” Another of our
members reported, “Ted & 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 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.”
Salmon
A couple of
fish are being taken at California City but the best bite is still
along the Marin Coast at Duxbury and Rocky Point. The bite is
not wide open, most reports are about a fish a rod, but the fish
are real nice. A California City report from Coastside, “We
then headed to Cal City, there were only a handful of boats fishing,
with rumors of one guy, who talked to a guy, who saw a guy catch
a fish much earlier in the tide I felt our chances were grim.
About three hours into the very slow outgoing tide we had a 35
pounder hit a green FBR pulled behind a 11 inch red Pucci flasher.
The fish was pretty hot taking some great blistering runs. We
called it a day at 2:00, with one good one it the box.”
Rockfish
When the wind
is not blowing Bodega Bay and north is the place to be. Limits
are both rock cod and ling cod are the norm. If you go be sure
you are up to date on the regulations and tell the species apart.
Wardens are checking the catches.
Where I’d Fish This Upcoming Weekend
• Sacramento
River and San Francisco Bay for Striped Bass.
• Duxbury and Rocky Point for salmon trolling Apex’s
and FBR’s.
• Lake Tahoe for Kokanee.
• Bodega Bay and the Sam Mateo Coast for rock cod and ling
cod.
Good luck
and tight lines, Jack
Hook
Line And Sinker Report
Robert from the Hook in Oakley reports.
Black Bass:
The cooler nights have shut the topwater bite down a bit but flipping
and crank baiting have been picking up the slack for numbers.
Flipping really heavy cover has been putting better quality fish
in the boat with beavers, brush hogs, super hogs and senkos leading
the way. Stick to the delta basics watermelon/red, black/blue,
junebug and green pumpkin. For crankbaits try the shad patterns
for the best results with brown crawdad patterns next. The speed
traps and rattletraps are good bets for baits as well as shallow
running lucky craft baits like BDS 3 & 4.
Striped Bass:
The stripers are HERE! Big schools of fish are beginning to show
in the west delta from Honker Bay to Big Break. Several reports
of fish to 20 lbs are coming in with one report of a fish going
between 35-40 lbs. Trolling broken-backs has been putting good
numbers over the rail but the better quality fish have been going
to the plug casters and bait drifters. Drifting live bluegills,
minnows and other baitfish have been the most consistent way to
catch the larger fish. While tossing bucktail jigs, rattletraps
and super spooks have been catching numbers and size. I've had
personally reports of fish to 35 lbs on jigs and 25 lbs on topwater.
The fish are starting to make their way in and if the past week
is any indication on what this season looks like ahead watch OUT!
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Flash
Fishing Report www.flashfishing.net
 A
bit about Captain Steve, Captain Steve fished the San Francisco
Bay since 1970, when his grandfather would take him out to the
old Berkeley pier. He bought his first boat in 1980 and got his
Captain's license in 1997. He enjoys small groups (no more than
6) and gives personal attention to all. Having 2 young daughters
himself, he is especially patient with children on the boat. Bring
your own equipment or use Steve's top of the line equipment. Steve
has impressive state of the art commercial electronics on the
boat to optimize your fishing experience! And yes, we went to
the same High School, Welcome Capt. Steve!
A
box full of rock fish and 4 fisherman landed 2 of 4 Salmon,22lb
and 26 lb.
All and all the salmon bite has been scratchy but today there
were signs of a better bite.I have not fished for 3 days because
of uncomfortable seas and a week bite.
But things are looking up for Salmon so we are going tomorrow.
I have a group of 6.And the seas look much better.
We plan to try for the morning bite on Salmon the box some rock
fish then move into the bay and fish the income for bass and butts.
Wish us luck!
I am putting together a Tuna trip on Sunday the 28th.
If the catch and the seas look good it is a go,if not then we
will have the option to go for Salmon and Rockies.Time will tell,I
will not run for tuna if we only except to land 2 to 8 fish.
The cost and the time will not be worth it.
The cost for a Tuna trip will be $220.00.6 fishermen max.
We will leave at 3 to 3:30 am and return as late as 9:00pm if
needed.
My goal is to troll to find the fish and then live bait them.
All Victor custom rods and Avet reels.Some 2 speed reels.
Let me know if you are interested in a tuna trip.
Good fishing
Capt. Steve
Flash Sportfishing
Now
brings you out of area reports as well
Kokanee
Slows
Melanie
Lewis reports “We are starting to see more rainbows taken
by trollers- usually in mixed limits with kokanee. They are fat
and full of shad- most are in the two-to-two-and-a-half pound range.
Brightly colored Apex or spinners are what they are hitting, without
flashers. Anglers who caught rainbows while trolling this week include
John Darroch, Larry Gross, Lindsey George, Bill Cheney, and Richard
Kowski. If you are fishing from the bank for trout, you will have
the most luck in the local rivers and creeks. Night-fishing under
submersible light is also producing limits. Some night-anglers use
minnows, but a nightcrawler threaded up onto your line with new
chartreuse Double-Glitter Power Bait or spring green Select Power
Bait on your hook seems to be the best combo
Bass bite has been up and down, with fishing best at dawn, dusk
and night. not many big fish but plenty of action for small keepers
and almost-keepers. Fish are filled-to-the-gills with shad. Target
main lake points and steep banks in the south side of the lake,
and upriver. While there are lots of fish being caught relatively
shallow, bigger fish may be deeper. Drag a Carolina-rigged 4”
or 6” green weenie worm or Zoom Baby Brush Hog in green pumpkin,
25-30 feet deep. Since the water is stained, you may want to add
rattles or brass’n’glass to make a little noise. With
all the baby bluegill and bass in the grass in the coves, throwing
a crankbait or worm in those patterns should get some action. Night
fishing for bass is fun, especially during a full moon. Use big
black or June bug worms or Senkos, or black or black/red spinnerbaits.
Hang on to your poles! Big cats are spawning in the cove areas,
and are aggressively biting. Tuttletown, Angels Cove, Glory Hole
Point, or under the 49 Stevenot Bridge are all good spots to try
for big cats. Use mackerel, anchovies, or sardines, a sliding sinker,
leave your bail open, and be sure your hooks are sharp. Night fishing
is always best for catfish, but we see plenty caught during the
day, too. Dave Rannis of LaHabra wins Glory Hole Sports’ Big
Fish of the Week Contest with his 11.1 lb. cat caught, along with
two others, on sardines. Don Sicka caught 5 nice cats weighing up
to 8 pounds. Derek, Peter and Dylan Barrington caught 4 catfish,
including a 7.5-pounder.
Lake
Pardee
Water
conditions: The Lake water level is still right at spill and holding.
Temperatures varied a little since the last report, 82 degrees at
surface and 76 degrees at the 20-foot mark. Water clarity remains
unchanged at 17 to 20 feet. All measurements and readings were taken
in the Recreation Area.
Trolling-Blistering
temperatures have kept all but the hardiest anglers off the Lake
this week. Spoke to a group of friends that got some nice Rainbows
Thursday afternoon trolling in 30 feet of water in Mel’s cove
and the Woodpile-go figure. No first hand reports to verify it but
chances are the Kokanee are still keeping to the middle of the River
Arm at 100 feet and below. The most popular lures remain the same,
hoochies in florescent pink and green along with small beaded spinners
in pink, red, blue and tire track. Tip your lures with scented shoe
peg corn and drag it all behind a watermelon or large silver/blue
dodger or sidekick.
Bank
fishing-Century mark Temperatures have also discouraged bank fishing.
No first hand info to report so its up to you to catch ‘em,
get your picture taken and info recorded at the Marina. Stony Point
landing still a good bet early but bring some shade and lots of
cool drinks. Cast out further and put your bait in the deeper channels
30 to 50 feet off shore, as fish will go deeper to find cooler water.
As a rule the bite is early and the newly planted trout can’t
resist silver/blue casting lures and black wooly flies. For the
more experienced and smarter Trout use a sliding sinker rig with
a night crawler or processed bait in rainbow or chartreuse with
sparkles.
Some
success stories from July-William (last name missing) from Valley
Springs landed a 13.8 lb catfish in the South end with chicken liver,
I think. Bob Fisher, a local, got another nice cat, 15.1 lbs at
the Logjam. Last but not least Leo Mc Carver landed an 8.7 lb largemouth
off Rainbow Point using a worm, color not divulged.
As
of 07/28/05 a total of 43,000 lbs of trout has been planted by Lake
Pardee and the Department of Fish and Game with more scheduled for
the weekend!
Good
Luck---Tight Lines.
For
information or reservations call (209) 772-1472
Camanche
Bass and Catfish Action Decent
Reports from those who have been visiting Camanche are encouraging
for the Bass anglers. The bass bite continues to be red hot this
week. Lots of 1-4 pound bass are being caught around the rock piles
and cliffs in the Lancha Plana area. Camanche Jack's worms and leeches
in smoke, green, or purple are the colors most often mentioned.
The submerged island tops in the main part of the lake have been
giving up plenty of bass this week. Fish 10-15 feet deep, near deeper
water. Tube baits and deep running crank baits are the ticket here.
The big bass for the week was caught by young Dillon Parrish, of
Elk Grove. He caught an awesome 6.2 pound bass on a minnow, fishing
from shore in the campgrounds at North ShoreI have been fishing
topwater lures, such as Ricos or Lucky Craft Pointer minnows in
Rainbow or orange are taking some good ones as well. Works areas
with wind pushed current around brush and thick grass cover near
the Causeway and dike #1.
Catfish
action has slowed down just a little but still biting. Use Mackerel,
liver or nightcrawlers from 8 to 20 deep after dark. The Camanche
arm and Causeway cove are among the hottest areas to try. Don't
overlook the Trout or Beaver ponds at Southshore for after-dark
Catfish.
Trollers
who are on the water very early, or late, report finding fish from
Hat Island to the Dam, above the old river channel. Now that water
temperatures have topped 81 degrees the fish are very deep during
the day .between 45-65 feet. Needlefish in chartreuse color, and
R-Lures and Ex-Cel lures in green/gold, and blue/gold are reported
as the most successful colors this week. The bait fishing at Dike
3 continues to be great for overnighters using Power Bait, Power
Eggs, or night crawlers, especially when using underwater lights
at night. Anchor in about 50 feet of water, and drop your bait to
the bottom. The Camanche Hypolimnetic Oxygenation System, trade
named the "Speece Cone", has been in operation since the
13th of August. The H.O.S. distributes oxygen to the lower lake
waters at the dam. The southern end of the dam will soon become
the best place to try for Trout as the oxygen-laden water provides
ideal conditions within 30 feet of the surface. The "cone"
usually operates until mid-to-late October to improve the waters
released into the Mokelumne river fish hatchery.
Pennies
on the dollar for fishing rods, reels, baits, lures, and more? You
be the judge!
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