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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Made a monday trip or about 4 hours (10-2). Caught 11 jig ish all about 1.5lbs. Points seemed to hold all the ish as my usual spots produced absolutely nothing. Maybe the sudden rise in water level has not allowed the ish to move back into the usual spots. Lake is ull to the brim with a slight stain. No reaction bite what so ever. Can't go wrong tossing a brown jig this time o year.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Enjoy the lake now because our ski riends will be out beore you know it. Even in 51 degree water they were still there, believe it or not.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Not a report but just ino or anyone contemplating ishing CFW. Drove by today and or the irst time in a long time, the lake is illed to the brim with water coming over the spillway. Plenty o nice ish there so enjoy.
    City: WHEATLAND

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tried to beat out the pleasure boaters or ew a hours o ishing on a weekend, a risky thing to do on this lake. But still managed to get some good ish going in both arms o the lake. Easily had a 10-11lbs or 5 ish. I tried the usual stu,blades,cranks,jigs with minimal success. So tried a little dierent method and proceeded to load the boat. Most ish seem to be shallow as long as there is some shade to hold them there. Had 2 ish that were almost 3lbs each, which is great or CFW. Shad (white) colored baits seem to produce the best, although the ish i caught were ull o craws(orange).
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Go as early as possible, because at 9/10 o clock it turns into a zoo in a hurry.

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: While having to work at 3PM and still needing 4 more hours o break-in time on the new motor, decided to go to my local lake but unortunately I took a couple rods....Just in case. Well I wound up ishing or 4 hours and running only about 30 minutes as the bite was so good. Started out on Bear River and it was really hot on a Senko bite and went up Rock Creek and elsewhere with little or no luck so returned to the Bear and the bite was still HOT. They appear to be holding near any type o cover, ie, brush, rocks and such and not in the deeper water. Most were in 3-8' o water ready to head or the shallows to spawn. Will be back tomorrow and the ollowing day. Plenty o keepers and the average size was 1 1/2 to 2 pounds with the biggest one just tipping 3 pounds.
    City: Wheatland

    Tips: Tried jigs, blades and Senkos with the later the only thing that consistantly produced ish. Can't say that any one color was more productive than the rest as they ate any color Senko we gave them and worked it tight to cover or lay downs. Bear River arm was the only area that produced.

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Good day, got on the water around 730 ished about an hour locatin ish coaght a ew dinks. Fished up the bear river creek arm no luck located some nice points produced a ew ish on plastics. around noon located a couple schools o baitish threw spinnerbaits caught ish on nearley every cast total around orty ish between my partners and I, I couldnt believe how many people were up there this last weekend already becoming a circus o jetskis and skiers.
    City: woodland

    Tips: This lake is ready to bust open any time.

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    Water Temp: 56-59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went to CFW to get my conidence back ater a horrible trip to Oroville saturday. Got on the water about 10, ished 4 good hours. Ripped about 10 spotted bass up to 15" on 128 lucky crat. Caught another 6-7 using jigs in brown/orange 3/8th oz. Tried spinnerbaits with no takers. Lake is ull to the brim and that's good to see. But the boat ramp still sucks. Water color has more stain than normal, but should clear soon as that will help the rip bite.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: A little warmer water and this lake will bust wide open. Great lake, enjoy it now because it will be a circus in a month or two.

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    Water Temp: 45

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: With the tournament this coming weekend at Oroville and not wanting to disturb anyone's water there, I decided to go to CFW or the day and what lip rippin' day I had. Launching was easy as the dock is at the ramp and the lake is just about 4' rom ull. Fish were caught all day everywhere I went and on everything I threw. Only wish I had these last weekend at Oroville and caught only one ish that wouldn't have been tournament quality. The average was 2-3 and the largest was weighed at 4.1 lbs. Fishing water 20' was the most productive using dartheads, Texas rigged, jigs and spoons. Once I saw a school below us, dropped the jigging spoon and they inhaled it, none were snagged as they all had the hook in the mouth. Perect day or ishing as the water layed to perect glass on the surace and only 3 boats on the lake all day and I saw everyone catching ish. This lake currently has an excellent bite going on and it is indeed one o the best kept winter lake secrets o Northern Ca.
    City: Wheatland

    Tips: Worms were 4" peanut butter and jelly, morning dawn with chartruese tail (straight tail) and jigs in brown/green. Find the deeper water and work very slowly.

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    Water Temp: 70-75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Camp Far West last weekend. Bit was air biggest ish going 4.1. My advice to visitors to this lake would be ish at night. The morning bite didn't exist. The bite turned on at dusk (when the skiers go home) and continued until we were too tired to ish. Topwater was the ticket around wood and rocks. Fished mainly the Bear inlet.
    City: Livermore

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hot rippin bite. 5hrs ishing each day. 32 ish on the 25th and 36 on the 26th.
    City: Marysville

    Tips: leave the worms at home. only 3 ish on worms or two days. It's a reaction bite. hang on to your rod there hittin hard.

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    Water Temp: 55-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My son, his riend and mysel had a preety good day at CFWtoday. 15 ish up to 2.5 lb's on rip baits and cranks. Slowrip's and slow crankin'. We work the main lake and the mouth o the Bear River arm. Rip ish were holding on big rock and the crank ish were suspended in about 15-19 t.Thelake is real low so be careul.Dan B.
    City: Carm. Ca

    Tips: Crawdad color on the cranks and Lucky Crat Flash Minnowin the silver and black.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I ished CFW or the irst time in a while and they are on. I you like topwater now is the time,i caught over 20 on rico's and sammy's. Although most were small it was great action. Had to go jigs (again) to get better ish, mostly largemouth up to 3 lbs. Lake is low,but the ish are there.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Don't go on weekend's as you know who will be there in ull orce.

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    Water Temp: not sure

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I went out at camp ar west and drited my loat tube down the rock creek arm. I caught about 6 ish rom the 10-15 inch range. it was pretty windy so it was hard to make the right cast. I was useing my avioret shad rap lure and casting it into the submerged trees and bushes.
    City: Roseville

    Tips: a couple more hot days and this lake will be awesome

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Friend Wes and I went and walked along the bank bass ishing, caught one nice spot on a spider grub.
    City: Lincoln

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Friend Wes and I went and walked along the bank bass ishing, caught one nice spot on a spider grub.
    City: Lincoln

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    Water Temp: 59-61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Talked to sTony at our club meeting and he asked or a report on CFW.Well we've been catchin 10-30 ish per outing or the most part o Nov.The ish have been stacked up in creek beds eeding on pound smelts.Keep in mind that most o this ish are 1-2 lbs.It would be nice to igure out a way to help this lake produce better sized ish.Any Ideas?Dan B.
    City: Carm.

    Tips: Most any worm or jig will do the trick.

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught a truckload o dinks ( 1lb and smaller) with cranks and buzzers o rocky points in the Bear Creek arm. Bite seemed to be best between sae light and 10am and dusk till' you can't see to "chunk and wind" anymore.
    City: Concord, Ca

    Tips: 1/2 oz Bomber "A" in crawdad and white buzzers seemed to get the best results.