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Tight Lines Guide Service Report

by JAMES NETZEL / Tight Lines Guide Service
            Though not as good as yesterday, which will be hard to beat, we caught 32 fish with 23 keepers. Both shallow and deep trolling a bit slower than normal. For deep divers, YoZuri Candy color with a pink tail was definitely top color and for rattletraps, crawfish colors.     Tomorrow has a chance for some precipitation and that means great fishing. Have 4 seats open and it’s

Nice double to start the morning

by JAMES NETZEL / Tight Lines Guide Service
Nice double to start the morning. 8 keepers by 7am!!!

Different day on the delta today

by JAMES NETZEL / Tight Lines Guide Service
Different day on the delta today. Only 3 keepers on rattletraps. Did much better on deep divers. Found a few haystacks of fish and made the best of it. It’s fun when you say 3-2-1 watch youre rods and 2 go off!!! Ended the day with 12 keepers and 20 shorts. Will be talking live on air tomorrow morning in the wind at 7am on

Pretty darn good bite on the delta

by JAMES NETZEL / Tight Lines Guide Service
Pretty darn good bite on the delta. No crazy wide open bite but just a consistent bite with about an hour of dead time. 5-6’ of water with rattletraps trolled slower than normal is what was working for us. Have availability next week with the awesome tides. Call me at 888-975-0999 or book online at www.FishTightLines.com.

Pretty good day today on both sides of the delta

by JAMES NETZEL / Tight Lines Guide Service
Pretty good day today on both sides of the delta catching some gooder Stripers on rattletraps. We did catch 1 keeper on a deep diver. Have availability Friday, then Tuesday-Friday next week. Call me at 888-975-0999 or book online at www.FishTightLines.com

Crazy crazy bite this morning!!

by JAMES NETZEL / Tight Lines Guide Service
Crazy crazy bite this morning!!! At 7:45 we have a live on the water report on California Sportsmen Radio Show and scored a quad!!! 3 of those were gooder keepers. Think we had 10-11 keepers by 8am. Not bad for an hour of fishing!! Then a slowdown but bite picked up only to have 2 ships muddy the water so we headed to the SJ

14 keepers & 25 shakers

by JAMES NETZEL / Tight Lines Guide Service
Not a red hot bite today but just a constant bite. We caught 14 keepers, 25 shakers mostly on rattletraps on both sides of the delta. Did catch 1 on a deep diver in shallow water. Have availability next week but no weekends available till May. Hear a live on the water report Saturday morning at 7:45 on 1140AM on California Sportsmen Radio Show with

Shaker city today

by JAMES NETZEL / Tight Lines Guide Service
Shaker city today but still a lot of fun. Bottom of the tide gave us triple keepers. Rattletraps on the SJ. Have Wednesday and Saturday available. Light winds forecasted for tomorrow which will be very nice.

Rattletraps were best today on the incoming tide

by JAMES NETZEL / Tight Lines Guide Service
We never caught the hot bite today except we helped another angler get a hook outta their finger. That was on a small hot bite but first aid is way more important. They were afraid but never realized I already got the hook out till the lure hit the floor. Easy simple trick. But you gotta do it when you’re still in shock.   For the fishing

Mega clear water for the delta and not many fish marked

by JAMES NETZEL / Tight Lines Guide Service
Tough day on the delta. Mega clear water for the delta and not many fish marked. Only good area was way upriver on the San Joaquin Uber a lotta floating debris. Deep divers in 15-16’ of water. Water temp on sac side was 53. Upriver in San Joaquin was 54-55.5.

Tight Lines Guide Service Fall Report

by JAMES NETZEL / Tight Lines Guide Service
We only fished for the fall run salmon a handful of times as it was very difficult to get excited with the poor run that was forcasted.  As many of you called, I did my best to talk you out of going and apologize, but just real difficult to run a business when I already knew the results would be unhappy clients. Well, we can forget

Successful windy day on the delta power drifting mudsuckers

by JAMES NETZEL / Tight Lines Guide Service
Successful windy day on the delta power drifting mudsuckers. Not red hot today but wind made it tough. Bunch of shakers to keep us busy.
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