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Amazing Flood Pix: CA Delta Feb. 11, 2017

February 11, 2017 By JD 24 Comments

We took JD-Force 1 up today to get a bird’s eye view of the flooding in California. There’s been a lot of talk about the spillway at Oroville Dam lately, but I also wanted to see how the lower end of the system was faring. What we saw was amazing!

Starting with Liberty Island in the North Delta. Look at the debris and the whitewater…

The Rio Vista Bridge looks like it doesn’t have much clearance right now. Lots of homes and businesses on the shore either flooded or getting very close…

Looking down Cache Slough towards Rio Vista. The current speed and amount of debris in the water is staggering…

Hidden Harbor where Steamboat and Cache Sloughs meet..

A closer look at the bottom end of the Liberty Island area, where Prospect and Cache slough meet…

The Wimpy’s and New Hope area of the Mokelumne River, where the houseboats broke loose on Friday. All the house trailers are gone…I hope everybody was able to get out in time…

Apparently, the Deep Water Channel is the only clear water in the state…

 Looking north towards the Causeway. The bypass looks like the Amazon…

Unfortunately, there are lots of homes and farms either flooded or getting very close…

Sadly, there will be lots more structures inundated I’m afraid by the time this is all over. Look at the rapids caused by the road…

More properly and structures underwater…

Willow Berm Marina on the Mokelumne River seems to be hanging in there…

A wide, bird’s eye view of Liberty Island. So much junk down there it’s insane…

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: california, delta, flood, mokelumne river, sacramento river, san joaquin river

Another Swimbait Salmon!

December 16, 2008 By JD 2 Comments


Reformed salmon angler Tony Koregelos of Sacramento, CA shows off a chrome 20-pound Chinook salmon that ate a swimbait intended for striped bass in the California Delta.
Click here to read more…

Filed Under: Trophy Room Tagged With: delta, delta striped bass, delta striper fishing, king salmon, merced river, san joaquin river, swimbait

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