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Sunday, February 14th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I'm fishing a club tourny next month and I was hoping someone could give me a couple of tips I've only fished the lake ones and it didn't go well I blanked. so if any one knows anything I would love the help.
    thanks
    City: concord

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The lake looked great, to bad I can

    Tips: good luck, you can do it

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

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    Water Temp: 65-67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well, somebody had to report on Pardee during the fall - it takes courage! I decided to try yesterday because of the cloud cover. Did it help - no! I haven't been on the lake to establish a pattern but I thought topwater would be good. It was for a 12" smallie and a trout!! I did catch 4 largemouth from 1 1/4 to 2 lbs, from 20 to 35 feet, using Yamamoto Kreature baits. I targeted walls with shadows. I lost another 4 or 5. I fished the river arm most of the time.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: I did talk to some regulars that were pulling their boat when I was. They said it has been very slow this fall compared to previous years. They had a real good fall last year. I didn't check to see if the lake was dropping fast or not - that would slow the fishing. It seemed to be down about 10 feet or so.

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went out and caught 4.2 3.4 Lm and 3.14 Sm on topwater by 8 am we had a limit after that fished till 2 not 1 bight every fish caught left crawdads in my live wells
    City: modesto

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

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    Water Temp: 69-73

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: JUST A NOTE TO SAY THE SPAWN FOR LARGEMOUTH IS NOT OVER AT PARDEE CAUGHT SEVERAL BETWEEN 4PDS AND 8PDS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS ALL IN DEEPWATER COVES AND POINTS ALL ON SENKO TYPE PLASTICS CAUGHT A 11PD 3OZ AND A 13PD 11OZ SAME DAY PICURES GIVEN TO MAIN GATE OPERATOR WHEN I LEFT. ALSO MANAGED A 30INCH BROWN TROUT SAME LURE PICTURE GIVEN TO MARINA.
    City: ANTIOCH

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 68-71

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Made the long trip from Yuba City for 6 hrs of fishing - but I think it was worth it. Another first cast story - at 6:30 am, right out of the 5 mph zone, I casted the shad colored Chug Bug to a bush (the lake it totally full!). Second twitch a 2 1/4 lm nailed it. At least the skunk was out of the boat! On another main body point, a smallie took the bug THREE feet from the boat - and stayed on!! The fight was on after I recovered from shock. Luckly, I quickly loosened the drag - she was 3 lbs 2 oz. A few minutes later I threw a Lunker Punker over a rock ridge and it disappeared half way to the boat. She jumped - and so did I! She looked like a whale but was only a 6.0 lb largemouth. The trip to Pardee didn't seem to long now!! Both were spawned out of course, but still gorgeous. A few minutes later, bring in the Punker, I saw a big smallie following it - right under the surface. She saw me and said: "I think not!!!" And that was the action for my short trip. No more bites. I did not venture into the river arm just because - no reason. Three for 11 1/2 lbs total was cool, considering the insane weather.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Not much to say. I would assume the morning and evening bites are best now, though one should be able to get a good mid-day topwater bite when the weather settles. I saw some on the meter, but not many. I looked over the shoreline some and didn't see a single bass.

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 68-72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished for about 5 hours this morning. On the water about 6, off by 11. Found a good topwater bite in the morning. Wouldn't touch a Rico, but got a few to 3 pounds on a clear super spook, combination of smallies and blacks. Also caught a couple on Senkos, but they were smaller fish. Caught one on a shad colored crankbait. Little sucker crushed it on top while I was pulling out a backlash, so white topwater baits might work as well. One blowup on a white frog in open water (can't go anywhere without throwing a frog for at least a little while)! No takers on swimbaits (6" trout Hud), jigs, or rip baits. Couldn't find them after about 10 am. Water is very high, and fish were hanging close to partially submerged trees or bushes in the morning.
    City: Turlock

    Tips: Stick with topwater as long as you can. Very aggressive bites. If they miss it the first time, keep working it steady. All topwater fish caught missed it the first time but came back for it, so I would say it's best to use treble hook topwaters. All fish were grouped tight in specific areas

Monday, April 20th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hey Shawn if you want to know more about smallies at Pardee, send me a email, Matt
    City: El Dorado Hills

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took a couple of friends out today and we managed ten fish. The biggest one was close to 5lbs and we had a few that went 2-4lbs. Probably had about 16lbs for our best five. Most of the fish we caught were females that had not bedded up yet- in fact they looked like they had a ways to go before they laid (bellies were full, but not all the way- no sores or spawning marks. We only managed one smallie. I will gladly exchange information on the largemouth if somebody could clue me in on the smallmouth!!!
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: lots of males around submerged wood. Females seem to be deeper and alone- we never caught two females in the same area. RUN and GUN.

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 58.5-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I have gone to Pardee three times in seven days and have caught at least 20lbs for my best five each time. I caught my first post-spawn female yesterday. I am a one trick pony right now- I can only get bit on finesse, no reaction. All fish are coming on the same shad pattern Pro Worm. That is all I can say...sorry.
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: Think deeper than normal for this time of year, but don't go deeper than 20ft.

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 56-58.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took me a couple of hours to get a pattern dialed in, but once I did, all hell broke loose. Not alot in terms of numbers, but I caught four fish over 5lbs with the biggest tipping my scale at 9lbs 12oz and the marinas scale at 9 1/2 lbs. Total fish for Saturday was 7. All fish fell victim to the same worm on very light line. No fish were caught off of beds- they were caught in areas adjacent to spawning areas. I looked for beds and found a few with some males on them but they were very scittish and uncommitted.
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: Never go fishing without a camera. When I caught the big one, I realized I had no camera!!! I put her in the livewell (which was way too small on my 84 Ranger...she had to sit in there diagonally)and hauled to the marina. They dont sell cameras, but the guy working was kind enough to use his own camera to take pictures...I will post when he emails to me.

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

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    Water Temp: 57-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I hoped to beat an in coming front today but didn't make it. I started fishing about 11 am and the wind was up. It clouded up and got nasty in the early afternoon. I only caught a beautiful trout (14") on a Senko. Finally I caught a largemouth nearly 3 lbs at the south end. She was pretty beat up from spawning. As I worked my way back to the ramp, I threw the same brown/orange jig of the side of a point and my line took off. Finally a decent bass - another largemouth at 4 lbs 10 oz - not a mark on her - yet!! And that was it - 5 bites - 2 bass and 1 trout. I did not venture into the river arm - probably should have. Wish I had better news - and better timing!!!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: The lake appears to have dropped 2 or so feet since last week. It still has several feet to go before it fills - if it does. I saw a few on beds but wind took care of that kind of fishing. Didn't find any in the back of coves - except the trout!! The next warm front should bring a lot more bass up - but that won't be for a few days. Maybe big cold front on Monday.

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 57-61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Lets see if we can out do Larry's day on the water. Basin Bassmasters spent the day looking for that "BIG" one also. 12 boats with some of the best anglers around. After the day was done three boats blanked and others had some nice smallies and largemouths. The winning weight was 11.10 for four fish with a 3.62 kicker. A 3.86 lb smallie came in with Joe Miller and me a 3.80 largmouth. The winner Jason and Mitch were using split shot wacky senko worm. Watch for the bass on the beds, some of them are locked on and others are spooky still. Also look for warmer water. Use Jigs, tubes, worms and swimbaits.
    City: Rocklin

    Tips: Look for the bass on the beds and work them slow.

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 55-59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I made the long haul to Pardee yesterday to see if things were better 2 weeks ago. As usual, the largemouth were nicer to me, but a 4 lb 13 oz smallie put a smile on my face. She took a #301 5" Senko on my first cast with that bait - about 4:30 pm. I had caught a 2 3/4 lb smallie and two largemouth earlier in the day. After photos and releasing the big one, I fished the Senko for another hour straight - not a touch! Before I quit, I fished an off-shore rock pile from fun and got nailed by a 2 3/4 largie - again on the first cast (jig)! That was followed by 2 more 3 lb largies. So, hard work, but 7 bass total with my 5 best at 16+ lbs. Gorgeous scenery and wildflowers this time of year!! Almost makes slow fishing worth it, har!!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: 6 of my 7 bass were on Blade Runner and Rodstrainer jigs - all brown/orange with a 5" #180 Yamamoto double tail grub. I always use the double tail in very clear water where sight is important too. I was using a 1/2 oz jig which they seemed to like. I did that because of the wind and fishing deep water - but most of the quality bass were 12 feet or less. I caught fish in the narrows and the main body. Water temp was about the same everywhere - best I found was 59.7.

Friday, March 13th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out Friday with a buddy fished from sun up to sun down with no bites we did not even see a fish. You can see down 20+ feet in some areas. We tried everything from deep to shallow cranks, swimbaits, jigs,drop shot, shaky head, off of points,islands and drop offs. There was not a cloud in the sky with hardly any wind i think that played a roll as well as the fact that it is just starting to warm up out there. Good luck and tight lines.
    City: Citrus heights

    Tips: It should be getting better everyday as long as the weather permits and we can get that water temp up so the fish become more active in there journey to the spawn.

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: no winds, good sun..no bass..swim baits, jigs, spinner, all were no good..we hooked many trouts on brown tubes..1 bass was reported around 4pm
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: good luck on bass fishing....you'll need it..boats get in early for inspections

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    Water Temp: 51.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished all day Saturday with Big fish mike. I won the dollar fish one over 2 lbs. Too bad it was the only fish other than trout which are everywhere.Not bad for $23.00 for 2. Get there early for the zebra muscle check. Gates open at 5am.
    City: orangevale

    Tips: We used a cabellas underwater camer to locate some nice fish and got one to bite. We only saw 4 Bass all day and caught one? Go to clear lake and fish with minnows in the winter.

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Media Event took place with 18 boats. Out of the 18 boats only 11 fish were taken with the biggest going around 5 pounds based on info given. Very Slow!

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

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    Water Temp: mid 70's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished up river from 7:00-10:30, throwing top water on the sunny points. Caught 8 bass. 5LM, 3SM. Big fish 5.2# LM. Another solid 2.4# LM on a Senko. Smallies were shaker size w/ 1, 14".
    City: Ione

    Tips: Get out early and beat the heat. Fish your strengths.

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 76-78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at 5:30am fished till 3pm. My brother and I landed total of seven fish three smallies and four LARGE MOUTH BASS. Im not too familiar with the lake but hear from guys who fish it frequently say that there are no spotted bass in pardee. Man I am not sure what to think at this point LOL. Anyhow Most of my fish came from dropshotting roboworms oxblood w/redflakes at around 5-20 feet of water. four of the seven was caught on craw color jigs deepest fish caught on jig was at 25-80 feet (my brother caught one at that depth dont have to believe me but its true) BTW there are mud-lines if you can call it that there are clay deposits in the earth and it creates a merky light brown color stain in the water I spotted two of them along the arms of the lake fished them with no luck.
    City: sacramento

    Tips: after the morning bite jig deep for fish as temps rise they go deeper.