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April 6, 2011 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Friday, April 8, 2011, In : California Delta

December 8, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Friday, December 10, 2010, In : California Delta

December 3, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Friday, December 10, 2010, In : California Delta

November 27-28, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, In : California Delta

November 19-20, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Monday, November 22, 2010, In : California Delta

November 13-15, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Monday, November 22, 2010, In : California Delta

November 9, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Thursday, November 11, 2010, In : California Delta

November 5, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Thursday, November 11, 2010, In : California Delta

November 1-2, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Thursday, November 4, 2010, In : California Delta

October 29, 2010 California Detla

Posted by Rus Snyders on Saturday, October 30, 2010, In : California Delta

Good day on the Delta for stripers. 20 fish mostly 3-5 pounders, but one that went 15 pounds, caught on a Lunker Punker. Ripbaits and hair jigs also worked well. Big Break, Sherman Island, and San Juaquin River all produced fish.
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October 15, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Friday, October 22, 2010, In : California Delta

October 13, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Friday, October 22, 2010, In : California Delta

October 12, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Friday, October 22, 2010, In : California Delta

October 9, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Friday, October 22, 2010, In : California Delta

September 25,26,27,28 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Wednesday, September 29, 2010, In : California Delta

September 16, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Monday, September 20, 2010, In : California Delta

The stripers have moved in!!! For all who have asked about when to book a striper trip at the Delta, the answer is now. Give me a call and lets get out there. On this day, my friend Paul from Florida and I caught 25 stripers including one big 17.5 pounder.

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September 7, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Monday, September 20, 2010, In : California Delta

September 1, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Monday, September 20, 2010, In : California Delta

Had over 23lbs. for our best 5. Done fishing by 1pm.

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August 13, 2010

Posted by Rus Snyders on Monday, September 6, 2010, In : California Delta

August 8-9, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Monday, September 6, 2010, In : California Delta

August 3-4, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Monday, September 6, 2010, In : California Delta

June 19, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Thursday, June 24, 2010, In : California Delta

June 10, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Thursday, June 24, 2010, In : California Delta

May 9-10, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, In : California Delta

Despite the windy conditions, fishing was decent. Sunday we fished around Big Break, Franks Tract, and Little Mandeville Island and caught 10 bass. It was slow in the morning, but once the tide started to push in, we caught fish. Frogs worked when we got out of the wind, and spinnerbaits worked on the windier banks. At the end of the day I caught a 6.5 on a senko. Monday we fished around Little Franks Tract and caught 15 bass up to 3.5 pounds. Chartreuse spinnerbaits and crankbaits worked...
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April 18, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Friday, April 23, 2010, In : California Delta

With the warm weather the last few days, we found quite a few bass on beds. We spent most of the day sight fishing and throwing frogs. We caught about 15 bass with the largest going around 5 pounds. White Tora Tubes worked great on the bed fish!

April 17, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Friday, April 23, 2010, In : California Delta

Caught about a dozen bass up to 6.5 pounds. Flipping tules and punching mats worked best. Also found a few bed fish. Our largest 5 went around 23 pounds.

April 16, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Friday, April 23, 2010, In : California Delta

Started down south, but ended up catching all the fish, 9 or 10, near Franks Tract between noon and 5pm. Jigs, Senkos, topwater and crankbaits caught all the bass. Missed a nice one on a Lunker Punker. The largest was just over 4 pounds. Focused on the flats near deep water and current.

March 26,27,29-2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Wednesday, March 31, 2010, In : California Delta

Friday, we launched out of Russo’s Marina at around 7:00 am. This past week has been the first warm stable week of the spring. There was a couple ours left until the bottom of the tide, so we focused on offshore grass in Franks Tract. Throwing LV 500’s and spinnerbaits, we catch a couple small bass (maybe keepers). We move south and fish a couple spot off Old River but have no luck. At the bottom of the tide we stop at Cruiser Haven and look for bed fish. After 10 minutes of frustra...
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March 11-13, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Monday, March 15, 2010, In : California Delta

It’s been a cold week for all the anglers fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series. By looking at the weights these last few days, it’s obvious the weather has affected the fishing. Thursday we launched out of Orowood at 9:30, just as the tide was starting to come in. We made a short run to Holland Riverside Marina and caught a few small bass on spinnerbaits. They were positioned on the deeper points right at the mouth of the marina. We then went to another similar spot just up the main...

January 23, 2010 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Monday, January 25, 2010, In : California Delta

Fished a National Bass West team tournament with Chris Zaldain at the Delta. We knew the conditions were going to be tough. In the past week we’ve had about 6 inches of rain, and today was a bit post frontal with partly cloudy skies. Luckily the wind was still blowing out of the south rather than the north. We launched out of Brannon Island State Park and noticed right away that the water clarity was minimal, 3 inches at best. Figuring the clearest water was going to be around Whites an...
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December 11, 2009 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Sunday, December 13, 2009, In : California Delta

We were hit with a bad cold front about a week ago. That storm only produced about an inch of rain, which wasn't enough to muddy up anything (which is good). Right after that storm passed there was about three or four nights straight where the lows were in the 20's. I'm sure at that point all the fish (stripers, largemouth, and baitfish) were all in a state of shock. NOBODY, was on the water those few days, but I'm sure it would have been tough out there. Thursday night some cloud cover ...
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November 17, 2009 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Friday, November 20, 2009, In : California Delta

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November 13, 2009 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Sunday, November 15, 2009, In : California Delta

SPOT Personal Tracker GPS Waypoints
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November 8, 2009 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Sunday, November 15, 2009, In : California Delta

4.5 lb largemouth on a Black Dog Baits Small Cracker

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November 2, 2009 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Saturday, November 14, 2009, In : California Delta

October 11, 2009 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Sunday, November 1, 2009, In : California Delta

September 26-28, 2009 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Saturday, October 3, 2009, In : California Delta

Launched at Big Break Marina Saturday morning before the sun came up at 6 am. I was with two other anglers. Both were experienced bass fisherman but neither have targeted striped bass out on the California Delta. Just as the sun was coming up the tide turned and started rising. We exited the marina and immediately started seeing smaller sized stripers busting smelt on the surface. Throwing topwater lures by the boils, we each caught a few 3-7 pounders. Poppers, Vixens, and Lunker P...

September 17, 2009 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, In : California Delta

Launch the boat at 6:15 just before sunrise at Big Break Marina. The tide was going down and we still had a good four hours until it bottomed out. We started on a weedy flat just outside the marina. I was throwing a Lunker Punker and David was using a popper. About 15 minutes into the day, David misses a good sized striper on the popper. Not more than a couple minutes later, I see a guy fly fishing about 100 ft. away from me miss an absolute monster. It looked like someone dropped a V...

September 12, 2009 California Delta

Posted by Rus Snyders on Wednesday, September 16, 2009, In : California Delta

David and I fished the south Delta targeting largemouth. We had the video camera rolling with high hopes of getting some good footage of the new Shell Cracker Jr. (should be released a few months from now). We caught a few little ones on that bait, but the big one I caught hit a Lunker Punker Jr. She came off a grass flat right off the main river channel (Old River). Weighed 5.5 pounds. Pretty tough day overall, only 6 bass total. Thought the overcast skies would have helped the topwate...
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