I had a great day fishing the delta today. On the water at 8:15am, off at 12:30. Bite was good early then stopped later in the morning. Found a channel in a swampy area that the out going tide was flowing through. Thew my senko in there and caught more than a dozen dinky bass. The larger ones were caught at the edges of the veggie mats.

Only three other boats were near me. One was a big boat tied to a tree, one was bass fishing and the other cruised by very slow. Not one speeding boat.

Largest today was 20", 4lbs 9 oz. I was in my little sik and had a hard time getting a picture and a measurement.

I'll be here again tomorrow.

I checked the NCKA photo gallery and the gallery displays the date/time the photo was taken from the EXIF information.

So if you load your images into the photo gallery, you should be covered in terms of date stamp issues.  IMO.

Erik

Nice!   That works good enough for me. Thanks Erik.
Mooch...I'm a low-tech old guy and I got the flash thing figured out.

Thanks Brian. I'll check it out.

I did a google and usenet search and people say the WPi can't do it.
They claim to use the provided software to do the date stamp from the photo data.

I'm surprised no one else has tried considering all the Optios we have out here.

I've pushed all the buttons and I've tried to read most of the manual, but still I can't figure out how to turn on the picture date stamp.

Has anyone done this with their WPi?

I would rather not have to place my winning fish on a soggy Sunday paper.

Thanks, Al

Great observation Don. Old ferry locations would make a nice ramp.

I was able to locate both of the locations you mentioned. White's Slough looks like a great fishy area and the ramps would make easy access.

The one on the channel looks close to a good group of islands including this one.
This ain't no delta meth shack!

Georgiana Slough Fishing Access is located a few miles south of Walnut Grove. Take Andrus Island Road south along Georgiana Slough.  This is a Sac county park, no fee...that's right..free access. I was surprised to see a nice parking lot and a mowed picnic area. Good looking slough with rock levees and lots of growth. According to my map the area a little farther south is good for stripers. It also looks like small mouth territory. There is a dock and an interesting ramp for small boats. The big boats can't launch here.







The boat ramp. Looks ok to me.

I'm paid and ready to fish!

I'm having second thoughts on where to go. Rancho...Delta...??? aarrrgggg....
Don't want to drive to Clear Lake, but I have a hunch it will produce the winning fish.

Any other Sacto or Valley people entered?

I stopped at two marinas on Bethal Island. First was Russo's Marina. Very nice facility directly across from Franks Tract. Good parking with a nice ramp. $10 launch fee. It was interesting to see over the levee into all that water in Franks. I can see why this is a popular location for the bass tournaments. I'll be back to try this place.







A little father down the road is Sugarbarge Marina. Looks like a nice restaurant or bar from the outside. Ramp fee is also $10. Don't think access to Franks is any better here than from Russo's.