Frank's Tract State Recreation Area, CA Fishing Report

Black bass bite is very good. Drop-shotting grubs and Senkos gets bass in the three to four pound class. Bass are scattered. Some tight to the shore others in deeper water. Hook, Line & Sinker (925) 625-2441

Overcast skies and wind slowed the bass bite. Expect good bite to resume. Five-inch Senkos in black/red or black/blue get bass. Frog bite is just starting. (925) 625-2441

Black bass bite is very good. Senkos, chatterbaits, topwater frogs and poppers and drop-shot all get bass. A lot of big fish are being caught from beds. Bass to 14 pounds are being hooked. A Yamomoto Open tournament is being held from Russo’s Marina. Call for details. (925) 625-2441

Little Franks Tract has a lot of schoolie stripers. Fish the current with LVRD10s. Largemouth bass chase five- and six-inch Senkos in watermelon red or green pumpkin. Bass are still on beds. (925) 625-2441

Fishing has been good but the wind has interrupted the action. Be careful, especially in small boats. (925) 625-2441

Black bass are active in the shallows. Find them from six inches of water to four feet deep, regardless of tides. Use Senkos or RoboWorms. Best color has been red. Bass to eight pounds are being caught. Stripers are being caught off levees with Ratltraps and Pencil Poppers. Keeper stripers were being caught last week in Taylor Slough. (925) 625-2441

Senkos, lipless crankbaits will get bass out of the shallows. Most are tight to tules. White, black-and-blue are good colors to use. (925) 625-2441

Lucky Craft LV500s account for black bass in the three to four pound range. Mainly males. Females aren’t on the beds yet. There are stripers taking the same lure – the majority are small. (925) 625-2441

Black bass bite is on. Use five or six inch Senkos in watermelon red or bluegill. Spinnerbaits and crankbaits will work. Piper Slough, Frank’s Tract and Fishermen’s Cut are all productive. Average fish is three pounds. (925) 625-2441

Water temps are in the mid-50s. Largemouth are reacting to jigs, crankbaits and chatterbaits. Spinnerbait bite is starting to pick up. Fish are 10 feet and deeper. Some are ready to start spawning. (925) 625-2441

Stripers are scarce. Black bass are active. Red spinnerbaits and crankbaits get bass. Bass are moving up to spawn. Water temperature is 58 degrees. (925) 625-2441

Black bass bite continues to have some life. Some are in pre-spawn. Use Senkos, spinnerbaits and shallow-diving crankbaits for bass to five pounds. Striped bass are scarce. (925) 625-2441

Black bass are starting to move. Bass are moving into the shallows during high tides. Hot bait is Ish Monroe signature crankbaits. Senkos and drop-shotting also are a good bet. Stripers are scarce. (925) 625-2441

Not a lot of action for black bass or stripers. Black bass are in deep water and lethargic because of cold weather. Try drop-shotting with a short leader. Stripers aren’t in the area. (925) 625-2441

Black bass bite is very slow. Those being caught are in eight to 15 feet of water. Work the lure very slowly. A few stripers are being caught with bait. (925) 625-2441

Black bass bite is slow. Water temps are in the low 40s. Some use drop-shots, others use swimbaits but action is very slow. Water is still dirty. Stripers will take eel/grass shrimp near Broad Slough. (925) 625-2441

Black bass are vulnerable to drop-shotting with RoboWorms or Senkos. Find bass under weed beds or where there is dirty, warmer water. Not much striper action. (925) 625-2441

Water is cold and dirty, making it tough for black bass anglers. The few being caught are small. Use crankbaits, drop-shotted RoboWorms or Yamamoto Cuttails. (925) 625-2441

There is a striper bite in Frank’s Tract and Big Break. Use Rat-L-Traps or cast hairraisers. Black bass are lethargic and in deep water. (925) 625-2441

Striped bass bite is good at Big Break and Frank’s Tract. Troll with P-Line Predators, crank and retrieve Rat-l-Traps or cast hairraisers. Some bass are in the eight to 10 pound range. Black bass are in deep water and the bite is tough. Use jigs or drop-shots. (925) 625-2441