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Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta fishing report

Updated Monday, 24 August 2026 · refreshed several times daily

A thousand miles of tidal sloughs where stripers run seasonally past resident trophy largemouth living in the tules — tide swings set the bite clock here.

Today's report: good (73/100)

Striped Bass is the most promising species on Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta today. Water temperature is around 24.7°C and barometric pressure is stable. Gauge SAN JOAQUIN R A JERSEY POINT CA shows the water level rising (7 cm/24h).

Best time to fish today

  • 22:00–00:00 local time — score 71/100
  • 03:00–05:00 local time — score 64/100
  • 07:00–09:00 local time — score 70/100

3-day outlook by species

SpeciesMonday 24 AugTuesday 25 AugWednesday 26 Aug
Striped Bass73 — good72 — good67 — good
Largemouth Bass0 — very poor0 — very poor0 — very poor
Channel Catfish0 — very poor0 — very poor0 — very poor

Why this score

Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta rating:

  • water temperature: helping (+1)
  • pressure trend: helping (+1)
  • solunar period: helping (+1)
  • wind: helping (+1)
  • precipitation: helping (+0.9)
  • season: helping (+0.85)

Forecast computed Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:45:59 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge SAN JOAQUIN R A JERSEY POINT CA · refreshed several times daily · see our published accuracy

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