Delta Fish Tracker

Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta · Rio Vista

Today's Delta fishing conditions, live.

Real-time tide, flow, water temperature, wind and solunar data for the Rio Vista corridor — the same numbers serious Delta anglers check before launching.

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Best bite windows — next 36 hours

Top fishing windows ranked by tide turns, solunar majors/minors, low-light periods and forecast wind. Plan your launch around these.

  1. Calculating windows…

Windows are guidelines. A solid plan, fresh bait and time on the water still beats any forecast.

3-day planner

Today, tomorrow and the day after — each day's top 2 bite windows so you can pick when to launch. Tide and solunar are rock-solid out 3 days; wind forecast confidence softens past 48 hours.

  1. Building 3-day outlook…

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Water temp—Rio Vista
Stage—Gauge height
Flow—Discharge cfs
Wind—Vieira's
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Tides — Rio Vista

NOAA Station 9415102. Stripers move on tide swings. Best windows are the hour before and after each turn — especially when a major solunar overlaps.

Tide height (ft MLLW) Now Solunar major Solunar minor

    River — Sacramento at Rio Vista

    USGS gauge 11455420. Rising stage and clearing flow after a push usually wakes up the bite. Watch for sudden temperature drops or muddy color from upstream rain.

    Stage (ft) Discharge (cfs) Water temp (°F)

    Wind & weather — 5 day

    Anything over a sustained 15 mph and the West Bank gets sloppy. Look for the first calm morning after a blow — bait stacks up and stripers feed hard.

      Delta hotspots

      Proven striper water within a short run of Vieira's Resort. Match the spot to today's tide and wind — it's noted on each card.

      West Bank / Powerlines

      Classic trolling lane on the west side of the Sacramento running south of Rio Vista. Drag deep-diving plugs and big swimbaits along the ledge.

      Best: outgoing tide, west wind under 12 mph.

      Sandy Beach & The Windmills

      First stop out of Vieira's. Work the rip lines with shallow-running swimbaits at first light or last light.

      Best: last hour of incoming into the top of the tide.

      Decker Island

      Current breaks and rock walls hold fish on big tides. Troll the edges or pitch swimbaits to the rocks.

      Best: strong outgoing, low light.

      Sherman Island shoreline

      Long stretches of bank for plugging and trolling. Wind blown shorelines pile bait against the tules.

      Best: incoming tide with a southwest wind.

      Three Mile Slough

      Cuts between the Sacramento and San Joaquin. Strong current pulls bait through — fish the mouths on the turn.

      Best: tide change, both directions.

      Collinsville & Horseshoe Bend

      Big-water stripers stage here on the spring run. Troll deep along the channel edges.

      Best: outgoing into the bottom of the tide.

      Steamboat Slough

      Tighter water, current seams along submerged wood and rip rap. Pitch swimbaits under the trees.

      Best: outgoing tide, calm wind.

      Isleton / Walnut Grove run

      Up-river run when fish push through. Troll rebels and big plugs through the bends.

      Best: rising water, post-rain push.

      Reports & regulations

      Tap straight through to the sources serious Delta anglers actually read.

      Regulations CDFW striped bass rules Limits, season, slot — the official word. Reports CDFW fishing reports Weekly Delta updates from biologists. Forum FishSniffer — North Delta Real-time angler reports, Rio Vista to Sac. Forum Western Bass — California Delta and Sacramento River chatter. Data USGS Rio Vista gauge Stage, flow and water temperature, raw. Data NOAA Rio Vista tides 7-day predictions, harmonics, datums. Community Sac Delta Striper FB group Daily reports from Delta regulars. Launch Vieira's Resort Ramp, fuel and bait at Rio Vista.