California Delta Fish Report
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Updated October 22, 2026
DELTA, Sacramento side — Benicia at 1st Street or the Dillon Point State Park is the top spot for shoreline salmon, and up to 150 anglers are casting VZ Spinners, Blue Fox, or Mepp’s Flying C’s’ from the shorelines. Game wardens have been monitoring the shorelines since there have been reports of territorial behavior by anglers saving spots for people who aren’t present. Jeff Soo Hoo of Soo Hoo’s Sport Fishing reported large schools of striped bass in the west side of the Sacramento River from Rio Vista to Collinsville drifting live bait, limiting out within a single drift. The size has been mixed, but there are some larger linesides moving through. Largemouth bass fishing remains decent in the north Delta by flipping plastics adjacent submerged wood. Sturgeon catch-and-release season opened on October 1, but there is minimal interest with salmon and striped bass being the prime targets. Interest in sturgeon should increase in November/December.
DELTA, San Joaquin side — Largemouth bass fishing remains solid for numbers, but size has been a challenge. Randy Pringle, the Fishing Instructor, reported a ‘red hot’ bass bite for up to 108 fish per outing, scoring with the ima Pinjack or Squarebill crankbait in crawdad patterns around rocky structure. Better than average largemouths are found on the Slopperknocker/Stinger combination in green pumpkin. Flipping 10-inch Power Worms or the Berkley General is another option. School-sized striped bass to 21 inches are abundant, but the schools are moving daily. They will be in the main San Joaquin River from Prisoner’s Point to Ladd’s one day and gone the next. The popular Buckley Cove launch ramp at Ladd’s Marina in Stockton will be closed from October through December for dredging years of sediment over nearly 14 acres, including the entrance to the channel and waterways around the boat launch where equipment is able to access. Dredging will be completed to a maximum depth of 8 feet below the low-tide water mark, plus an additional 2 feet. The boat launches at Morelli Park and Louis Park will remain open in Stockton.
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