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Updated October 9, 2026

DELTA, Sacramento side — The Benicia shorelines are heating up for salmon with around 10 fish per morning off First Street and the Dillon Point State Park. The crowds have been heavy with nearly every available space taken by casters during the morning session. Striped bass trolling remains strong along the West Bank with anglers reporting up to 20 fish during the Friday of the 78^th Rio Vista Bass Derby, and 70 linesides overall for the weekend. The target length of 27.25 inches was announced on Friday morning, and the winner hit it right on the target length. The north Delta has been plagued with heavy grass on the outgoing tide, but the sloughs have been clear on the incoming tide. With the cooling water temperatures, the largemouth bass are migrating toward wood, and flipping and pitching is the top technique. As the water continues to cool, bait fishing for striped bass will improve. Sturgeon catch-and-release season opened on October 1, but there has been minimal interest with salmon and striped bass being the prime targets.

DELTA, San Joaquin side — Numbers of largemouth bass to 4 pounds can be taken with a variety of methods, but this week’s hot spell may push the largemouth bass back under cover. Finding moving water near tule islands in the flats has been the key to the larger bass, and chatterbaits, squarebill crankbaits, jerkbaits, or twitch baits are all working. Smaller bass are found along rocky shores with plastics, Senkos, or jigs. The frog bite has slowed down, but there is an early morning window for topwater. Boat traffic has slowed considerably. 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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