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Saturday, October 7th, 2023

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Nothing to report that matters. You can still catch small bass on anything and everything you throw. The water temp is warm but given 95 to 100 degree days lately the surface is warm. Their are acres of 7-9 inch bass to be found boiling offshore near shore anywhere they can push the shad up. I threw a big deep diving crank for a lot of my day. At anchor lock after about twenty casts I'd see all the fish that followed my bait sitting in a ball under the boat. If I dropped a 3/4 oz. chrome hopkins spoon through them their would be a mad dash made by the whole pack. I see a lot of bait in 25 -30. I know an a-rig is off the hook now. If you can afford the keitechs it costs it would most likely lead you to at least one legal sized bass. I had two legal fish in the week prior throwing a deep crank ( 16-20' ) in a mint green type of color. I have a Dobyn's lv 500 with that same coloring and I could throw 360 around the point I started on and catch fish on a deep yo yo type retrieve. No Keepers on this trip. If the fish I am catching were legal in size I wouldn't be as worried about the fishery. The ecosystem is broken right now and might be years in becoming a stable fishery again as it requires luck or extremely expensive electronics or both to manage a keeper sized fish. If I had fished in my swimming pool for the last 4 months my catch ratio for a legal largemouth would statistically be about the same.

      Tips: If you aren't an adept fisherman or have little confidence in your skills you need to come to Casitas and learn how to catch bass on these little fish. Everything that works on them will work on Bigger fish...we just don't have numbers of large fish in the lake anymore but you can learn the basics off of them.

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched zero dark thirty at Paradise, low incoming tide; hate casting in the dark so just worked dropshot along Disappointment tules and rock wall. Picked up a few 10"-12"ers as we waited for daybreak. As our eyes got adjusted to the dark and oncoming daybreak light, started throwing black Choppo 90 and Plopper 75 in white. Again, a few 10" - 12"ers; Did get one big splash heavy puller but got unpinned a couple secs after reeling, dang, never even got to see it. Worked our way to usual spots; managed a couple 1lb to 1.5lbers on craw and shad (white) colored squarebills (Little John and Frittside). Crankin' slowed to zip as we moved from spot to spot. As we moved around, we'd pick up only a couple and had to keep moving around. Eventually went back to our starting spot since the tide was now higher. Picked up a couple of 1.5 lbers on 6" weightless t-rigged Senkos. Boated nothing over 1.5 lbs. Had the one possible "big one" but came unpinned. Off the water by noon.

      Tips: Never qualified to give tips but here's what put put fish on our hooks:
      Craw colored squarebill - Little John
      White and shad colored squarebill - Frittside 5
      6" T-rigged weightless Senko topped with skirt cut from hula grub and a red bead pegged with a bobbert stop above the skirt; looked weird but it caught some fish.
      Choppo 90 - black
      Whopper Plopper 75 - white
      Ned head with MMIII 6" worm
      Oh, one tip I can give: Check out Steve Cooper's latest In Deep vid; always very informative... some of it we experienced today (the part about not catching as many as we did previous weeks but we didn't really figure out their transition) ...his vid would've helped us!

Sunday, October 1st, 2023

  • Lake County
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      Report: First, Clear Lake is amazing fishing! The big fish are biting, and anglers are catching. Matthew Brannon wins with an impressive 5 fish limit going 104.00” This is a 26.5 lb. 5 fish limit out of a kayak. Matthew Brannon’s game plan and execution helped him win the first Sandbaggers tournament. Brannon launched north and fished docks with grass and in 3 to 4 feet of water.“Everything I caught was on a chatter bait.” said Brannon, “I only caught 9 bass for the 21 hours of fishing but caught around 20 catfish.”“I was throwing an ½ ounce Jack Hammer in Bret's Hot Craw paired with Kickin Zacko in blue craw.” said Brannon, “Seemed like the paddle tail worked better than the forked tail trailer.”Brannon observed that the fish had moved from the deep rock piles towards the bank. It seemed the fish followed the bait that had moved shallow.“A month ago, I caught them good on offshore rock piles but couldn’t get a bite.” said Brannon, “I never got a bite out deep, so I just went shallow and found them.”“The key to get my bites was to slow roll the chatter bait as slow as I could.”Brannon would hear the bass popping in the back of the cover near the shore and would use several different lures but never got a bite.“I went all the way to Rodman Slough and found some great looking structure.” said Brannon, “Everything looked so good, but the fish were only in a few very specific locations.”Brannon practiced south lake but had found the better fish were on the north end.

      Portion of the Clear Lake Event Write Up here: https://www.westernbass.com/forum/matthew-brannon-wins-yak-bass-sandbaggers-clear-lake-t144360.html

Friday, September 22nd, 2023

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68-69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched early at Paradise. Low outgoing and bottomed out at 7am, then incoming, but water was colder and very low. Idled down to our usual spots and waited for daybreak. Threw topwater (Plopppers, Choppos, frog) and managed a few juveniles but no keeper size. Water was 68 degrees and ambient air was much cooler than it's been. Was wondering if this might affect the bite (windows). Long and short of it is that despite all the positive reports, we only caught 3 keeper size and many many 8-12"ers on ploppers. A couple on dropshot, a couple on stick worms, nothing on Ned, a few on squarebill cranks in shad, pumpkinseed (Livetarget), and flatside craws. All of our favorite spots were not producing. Chatted with a couple other guys in bass boats and they said same; speculated the cooled weather change and dropped water temp may have locked their jaws. By 10am, I was still alternating and throwing a plopper 90 and squarebill and hooking up with 11"-13"ers and only a couple that were 14"+, but far and few between. It was not the hotcakes all the youtube reports are pushing, but I'm not doubting them, today was just not like it's been the past couple weeks. Maybe it's US and where/how we chose to fish.... I wouldn't doubt that one bit. Still had fun catching the ones we did, but was expecting a better day based on previous reports....always our luck we go out when weather/water temps or something drastically changes; well, that's just my theory. Off the water by noon and glad of it!! Oh, and we did see spraying on Disappointment just outside of King's. Everywhere we fished, there were A LOT of floating hyacinth mats in varying sizes, some 10-12 yds in diameter or larger, some just 3-5 feet diameter. Oh well.

      Tips: Not qualified to even breathe a tip, but here's what put fish on the hook for us: Ploppers and Choppos in 60, 75, 90, and 110 sizes. Nothing on the frog. Livetarget Pumpkinseed (matte) squarebill; nothing on red craw. Dropshot MMIII and Morning Dawn.
      Stuff we tried but no takers: chatterbait, spinnerbait, misc plastics. Water seemed colder than usual and I never took off my sweatpants over my shorts... I just felt like the cooler ambient and water temp locked their jaws and I'll bet the afternoon bite probably will turn on; we can only fish the mornings til noon. Oh well.

Thursday, September 21st, 2023

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: NA

      Report: More of a heads up than a report
      Went to Pardee this morning 9/21/2023 and got to the gate @ 6 am . Gate was closed and no one in the Kiosk .
      They had a sign on a traffic barricade in the entrance at the Kiosk that said lake was closed and would reopen next February ?
      I pulled into the entrance before I noticed the sign so I had to back out my boat up onto Stoney Creek road into traffic to
      get out and turn around .

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

  • Lake County
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      Report: by On The Water Guide Service » Tue Sep 19, 2023 10:29 am

      As summer is coming to an end and fall is just around the corner, Clearlake is starting to transition with cooler over night temps and slightly cooler water temps. Water temps right now range from the low 70's in the morning to mid to high 70's by afternoon. Water clarity is just perfect with about one foot of visibility and a nice army green color in most areas. The water level is relatively high for this time of year with a reading of 2.85 on the Rumsey gauge. What a strangely mild summer we had this year with not many super hot days. The summer bite was decent but the topwater bite kind of sucked for the most part. I couldn't hardly buy a bite on the whopper Plopper this summer while last year they were cartwheeling on the darn thing. We did catch some Rico fish and some on the frog this summer but not a whole lot.

      The good news is that the bite is finally showing signs of improvement and that's because the cooling water temps has the bait fish heading towards the shore and the bass are actively feeding. The reaction bite is all about first thing in the morning to about 10am and slows down after that. One of the more productive patterns for mid lake and south has been throwing lipless cranks and square bill cranks on a rocky bottom in pretty shallow water of 1' to 10' deep. I have had good success on both shad and crawfish pattern colors. The key is to keep your head down, cover water and just crank down a rocky shoreline and you will catch fish. I have been using the LV500 in the lipless and the strike King KVD 1.5 or the LC BDS-4 in the square bill.

      The north end is finally starting to kick out some fish on shad pattern chatterbaits and spinner baits. The key up north is to target shallow and offshore
      weed clumps with your baits and make your retrieve thru the small lanes and openings in the grass. I have been doing well on the 1/2oz Zman jack hammer chatter bait with a Missle Baits Spunk Shad 5.5 trailer which I throw on 40# straight braid. Don't be surprised if you get the rod jerked out of your arm from a giant catfish from time to time as they are feeding up shallow and hitting bass lures like crazy.

      After the morning reaction bite is over I have been switching over to skipping a 5" whacky rigged Senko under the shade of the docks and picking up a few fish that way. Also a Texas rigged 6" Senko has been good on the tule edges and tule shelves. I would imagine there would be a good mid day punch bite also happening on the weed mats but I haven't tried it much myself. There is a decent jig bite deep at Henderson point and some of the offshore rock piles in the rattlesnake arm mid day and afternoon. I have noticed two things that are happening lately when the bite is really good. One is that I can see the bait flicking at the surface and around the cover and two is that there is a slight breeze coming out of the west. If these two things are happening, they are putting on the feed bag. If it is dead calm or the wind is coming out of the East, not so much.


      Good fishing and please do your part to protect the resource.


      Troy Bellah

Saturday, September 16th, 2023

  • Solano County
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      Report: by ILW » Sat Sep 16, 2023 1:08 am

      Was on the river couple days this week. Spent 2 days on the East Delta fished it all, :shock: :shock: White's and Disappointment and 14 mile and everything connected. Disappointment has been heavily sprayed but stil caught a few small fish on worms on the breaks with current pushing on them.

      Got into White/s and found some super clear water with bluegill everywhere. Started punching isolated mats. Out of the 12 mats I punched I only got bit out of 1. I don’t understand?

      I threw a buzzbait and ChatterBait all around and nothing. It was the best looking water I’ve seen with crunchy hydrilla and good clean water. So I thought okay I’ll have to slow down. So I did and picked up the ol Delta faithful Texas rigged Trick Worm. I started throwing it and pulling it through to the edge of the weedline and caught about 10 non keepers. So I went over to 14 mile and picked up a red crankbait. I went to work and once again it was a dink fest. I found a grass line and started flipping it. I caught 2 on a D-Bomb in Candy Grass. I’m not sure but I’m hoping this cooler weather and shorter days will make the fall bite come in better. I guess I will try again today.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 78-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Lake is closed to boating on these dates:
      Since everything is a frick'n secret at this lake I found out the hard way this morning that the lake was closed to boating today. The guy in front of me drove 3 hours one direction for the bad news I only went 6 miles round trip. He towed the boat 6 hours round trip for nothing. Ka-ching costly but they never said jack about it. The info is taped to a window you drive past to have your boat's transom available to the staff.It was never distributed to the locked in boaters.
      The Lake is closed on these dates:
      Sept 16
      Sept 29 until noon
      Oct. 4
      Oct. 14
      Oct. 27
      Nov. 2
      This is due to the fact that there is a cross country race course involving the roads and the launch ramp at Coyote Creek with high school kids and parents everywhere.Some more of the excellent and brilliant work by staff and management.

Monday, September 11th, 2023

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Been fishing central delta lately. Fishing by 530am and the top water bite has been picking up every week for me and clients. The choppo had been my number one producer however the bubble walker has been excelling lately. I have been targeting vast flats with water depths in the 2 to 6 foot range. Vegetation growth that extends out further then the rest of growth creating points have been getting blown up. When the grass is to thick to throw baits with treble hooks i have been throwing a double buzz bait. Then later in the day frogs on cheese mats have been catching fish.
      Once the sun is up I have been targeting shade banks and feel like I can keep the top water bite going longer by targeting shade. I have found low tide to be best for punching mats. Rotten tomato d bombs been working well. Low incoming tide has been best tide for me as of late. Usually I will be fishing outside weed lines with plastic baits.
      My boat motor is good and going if anyone is interested in getting out send me a message. I'm booked up next 2 weekends but have plenty of week days open. I will be doing striper trips last week of the month.

      Tips: Have a fluke tied on when you miss a blow up.

Monday, September 4th, 2023

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started early; topwater worked using Choppo 90 and buddy was killin' em on Whopper Plopper 60. Nothing truly sizeable but managed a few 1.5 - 2.5lbers. Very slow crank bite but did boat a couple 2lbers. Also managed many juveniles to 1lbers on ned and dropshot; nothing on wacky senko. Boat started taking water in the bilge so ended early at 1030am. I think my fwd livewell has a crack or leak somewhere in the line because it had water in it through the drain and I NEVER use my fwd livewell. Lots of troubleshooting ahead.

      Tips: As always, not qualified to give tips. Here's what worked: Choppo 90 - Maverick; Plopper 60 - Loon; Ned - Desert Craw on 1/8 oz shroom; dropshot - 6" roboworm MMIII & Morning Dawn. Squarebill crank in brown craw/orange belly.

Friday, September 1st, 2023

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 73/74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We fished Oroville yesterday and it was great to see the lake this full for this time of year. Wind blew and cloudy almost all day. Marked bait fish all over the place, mostly in the 15 to 25 ft depth range, everywhere we went. Bites were almost non existent but we did put three fish in the boat. Best was 16". Texas rigs, darter head rigs, ned rigs, drop shot, crawdad imitators, Kieteks, whacky senko's - - - - - ! We were glad to be on the water but the fishing sucked.

Tuesday, August 29th, 2023

  • Tuolumne County
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      Report: Post by Xperience Fishing » Tue Aug 29, 2023 9:38 am

      With the recent sweltering heat, you would think that it was time to take a break from the lakes? Well, that’s not the case. We are still out there catching fish, and some big ones too. Summertime swimbaits, ripping reaction and flipping finesse.

      DON PEDRO

      Water temperature: 78-82
      Water clarity: good, some stain from boat traffic

      This body of water has been one of the most consistent throughout the year given the major influx of water in all of our Mother Lode reservoirs. And, is where we have been catching our best quality fish. Some topwater, good finesse for size and numbers and an occasional giant bite for the swimbait tossing.

      Getting an early start is very important during the warmer months. Each morning we offer topwater, walking baits and ploppers. As the sun comes up switching to finesse has been a good choice. Wacky rigged stick baits, tubes and Texas rigs are a good selection. Once the wind starts to blow a crankbait or spinnerbait can do the trick.

      And, for those looking for a big swimbait bite, that is all to toss for the trip. We are looking for one big bite. If you stick with it you have a chance for a big one!

      Berah McSwain landed a 9-pound GIANT while tossing a trout patterned swimbait on an evening half day.

      I’m currently offering half day mornings and evenings when we are seeing triple-digits. For those who want to learn the gill-glidebaits, over-sized topwater swimbaits, and others? Now is as good of time as any.

      For those interested in just catching fish, we can offer a full breakdown on bass theory, bait selections and more.

      Seasonal tips:
      Look for stained water (mudlines) created by boating traffic. Bass will use the low visibility to hunt. Baits that rattle, vibrate or flash work best.

      Best time to go fishing is anytime you can!

      Thanks

      Xperience Fishing Guide Service
      John Liechty
      Dan Liechty
      (209) 743-9932
      xperiencefishing@yahoo.com

      https://xperiencefishing.net/

Friday, August 18th, 2023

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched early at Paradise; lots of kayak tourney guys prepping; pretty windy at 5am. Went down to main channel areas, oxbows. Nothing on topwater (poppers, frogs). Brother and buddy were getting bit on plastics. I was hoping for reaction throwing 1.5 and 2.5 cranks, spinnerbait and bladed jig. They liked the squarebills; 2.5 got more bites overall. Lots of 10-13"ers, only a couple 2lbers and one 3lber. We worked rock walls in Little Connection/Little Potato, purposely stayed away from more popular areas not to bother the tourney guys. Late morning we were gonna call an early day due to old-guy soreness (back, shoulders). Moved up Disappointment to fish closer to the ramp. Worked rockwall, nothing much on reaction but plenty on plastics, again mostly 12-13"ers. Largest boated today was a couple 2lbers and a 3lber. Off the water by noon, decent day, just fun fishin' and catchin', not carin' about size, just fun gettin' bit and fish on the hook. Spoke with one kayak tourney guy at the ramp who had nice catch lengths (largest 21") and he was headin' back out to cull a 13"er. Wished him luck and I bet he placed well. Kayakers are dang good bassers!

      Tips: As always, not qualified to give tips but here's what worked for us: Squarebills 1.5 and 2.5 in red craw and green tomato (red craw with chartreuse belly); red craw spinnerbait and bladed jig w/orange trailers; Plastics: 5" & 6" senkos, grn pumpkin and junebug. Yamatanuki, grn pumpkin/blue. Ned rig: desert craw (Roboworm). Decent fun on a moderately windy day.

Sunday, July 16th, 2023

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 78-83

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I hear it's bad up and down the state and then I Saw The Casitas results and they are consistent with what I am now experiencing. I fished all day two days prior from 5:30 launch time until I gladly pulled off at 4;00. The main obstacle as I see it is the fact from 42 feet deep to the bank has submerged growth on steroids. There might be 5 feet of clearance surface to top of structure in some area that grew prior to going from 29% to 73% .

      At first light pretty much everywhere there is water you will see 1 inch to 4 inch bass fry flying through the air. If you had the notion you could catch bass fry with ease all day long. Our temperature jumped 5 degrees in the last 2 weeks. It was 83 when I left main lake for home. I am told that there is still a red ear and bluegill bite going on.

      In the last 3 weekly trips I have taken. I have managed two fish on the first trip two days before the last full moon. I had 5+ pounds and had no idea that was killer as I was off the water for 5 weeks with two broken ribs prior to this trip(Hope your feeling better WRB!) I had to go down to a 2.8 keiteck on my bladed hook. And caught them on windswept main lake points. Then the wheels fell off the cart.
      I have a fairly vast amount of tackle and options x 10 so the next two educated blanks= 20 hours on the water with absolutely not a tap or more importantly a follower I am very perplexed.
      I have found bass fry all the way down to about 35. I have spawning/active bluegill/redear. I have threadfin in 15-30.

      I don't have any type of reaction bite going on. I cannot buy a fish on plastics in any form except...The Small Keiteck. I have not been rewarded with the same thing in any larger size. I have only seen one fish in 30 hours on the water silhouetted in the bright green slime that has coated the entirety of the shallow structure.

      Things I wish I could do are flat out overridden by the facts of the fishery. For example there isn't anyway to throw a big ol' crank. If it's not a squarebill you'll be using a plug knocker. For Me the keitech was the answer once I found the right combo of bladed hook for my swimbait. But it certainly does not explain … the zero's. I have fished the shallows top to bottom for zip. I won't bother you with all the different techniques or baits. Yes, I tried it/that/those/there.

      I don't have bells and whistles for electronics but I have enough to see enough to just flat shrug as to what I need to be looking for. I have gone down many rabbit holes when it comes to the fishes diet for naught.

      All that being said I was surprised that the ABA tournament wasn't a night thing because my next trips will be from noon until 7:45 to find out if the evening mud lines are where I need to be. I hope it's that simple but I doubt it. Beyond a doubt the toughest summer bite in my life.

Friday, July 14th, 2023

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hi all, Launched at Lazy M on Thursday at low tide. Threw my frog on mats in Italian Slough and got 1 blowup, so headed on out to Old River and did some punching on some favorite spots with nothing to show. Shot up to Mildred to check some spots out and managed a couple 1's and 2's on a spinnerbait. Flew up to Frank's and hit thulies and structure for some more of the same. It was windy and white capping, so decided to check Disco Bay to finish my day. Nothing going on there for me. The water up north is much better than the dirty water down south for me, and seems to be a bit warmer water as well. Also the incoming seemed to be much better than the outgoing tide. Good Luck to everyone !!!

      Tips: Have fun, and remember to enjoy yourself !!

Friday, July 7th, 2023

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched Paradise, very calm early morning incoming tide; ran down to some oxbows off San Joaquin; topwater was decent, several juvenile blowups and managed 3 keepers on Yo-zuri 3DB 110 Pencil Popper (bone) and R2S Bubblewalker (loon). Red craw squarebill and underspin pulled lots of 10"ers and 1lbers; ran to central delta and fished 3-6 ft sparse tules and tule points; nothing on spinnerbait but I think that's just me and how I was fishing it. Nothing on punch but got some good practice pitching it; Changed to squarebill crank, underspin, and bladed jig and managed a few 1 and 2lbers... 2lb 12oz largest of the day. That's ok, we don't fish tourneys so anything on the hook is always fun.

      Tips: Not qualified to give tips but here's what worked for us: 4.5" pencil popper in bone walk/pause/walk pause. Bubblewalker- pop pop pause; Red craw Frittside 5 slow retrieve to barely nip the vegetation. 3.8" Keitech and horny toad on 3/16oz underspin. Ned, Senko, and Yamatanuki also brought in a few but not red hot. Back at Paradise, one guy told me spinnerbait was his main catcher. Anyways, seems to be getting better.

Thursday, June 29th, 2023

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 72-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Having missed 5 weeks with some broken ribs I finally got back on the water. I heard it was tough so I went out and junk fished all day long. My conclusion is it's tough. I caught some fish (2) on small keitechs. Unless the water gets warmer the fish are going to continue being tough. I saw two fish over 5 pounds. One where it should have been and the other definitely lost. The 3 inch bass are thick as ticks and may constitute some sort of pattern but so far no real pattern other than the fishing picked up with the wind. No reaction to any topwater and it was 2 days before the full moon. I found a 3 inch bass with a shad stuck in it's mouth. I poked them with a rod tip and nothing moved after a minute or two I saw the gill on the bass almost imperceptibly move. I punched anchor lock and pulled the shad out of the bass and it just floated and the shad was dead. I cradled the bass in my hand for a few minutes until it had stopped floating and I watched it swim away a few minutes later...7 years from now that fish owes me a little thrill before I let him go just like that first time. I might have to tinker with a very small downshot rig but on this day it was for eliminating all the stuff that wasn't working which was just about anything I threw. Water seems dead and I saw shad in shallow but nothing in the shallows with it.

      Tips: observation: with 3 inch fish able to catch and eat shad Casitas fishing should get better over the next few years. Not trout eaters but healthier anyway.

Friday, June 16th, 2023

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched early at Paradise. Pretty windy at the ramp. Ran down to some usual haunts just off main San Joaquin channel. Water was 68deg everywhere in that area. We got off the main channel to some fairly protected oxbow rock walls so my boat wouldn't get blown so much. Decided to test the topwater so tied on a Zara Spook Jr. in chartreuse w/black head. 2nd cast got a blowup, 17" striper, dang, thought it was a nice bass. After releasing, threw to the same spot and bang, another 17" striper. I checked to make sure it wasn't the same one I already caught, I don't believe it was. Got a couple more bass blowups along the tules but nothing keeper size. Tried crankin' and picked up more juveniles (bass). As we moved to various locations, my brother and other buddy picked up a few on ned and neko. I tried the Yamatanuki but it just wasn't happenin' today, nor my t-rigged 6" senko. I guess I wasn't choosin' the right spots to throw. Ran up to White Slough and found some fairly clear water in a back slough at 73deg. Threw craw colored Little John and caught 3 small keepers. Buddy picked up 3 on LiveTarget pumpkinseed squarebill and lost something sizeable that took drag immediately. We were in 5-7 feet and could touch weed/grass tops at about 3-4ft down. Brother picked up a few more on ned and wacky senko but nothing big. Called it a day pretty early (around 10:30); Said hello to Steve Cooper/In Deep On the Delta. Hey Sugarwhite, thanx for the positive comment!

      Tips: As always, I'm not really qualified to give tips, but I'll share what worked for us. My Spook Jr (3.5") walked not too agressively (light rod twitches) seemed to work early morning along tule edges. It was a plastics day for my brother and buddy using ned and neko in junebug and green pumpkin. My plastics (Yamatanuki and 6" t-rigged senko in green pumpkin/blue flake) didn't draw any bites like they did last week. On my t-rig Senko, I was throwin' it out and just reeling it slowly through the weeds with rod tip pointed at it, not using my rod action at all. Bite would come as it it would hang up, then break free. Picked that technique up from one of Steve C's "In Deep ... " vids. It worked great last week, landing me a 2 and a 4 lber. This week, no such luck. As for cranks, shallow diving Spro Little John 50 squarebill in Western Craw worked slowly on with my rod tip high so I could just nip the weed tops. My buddy was using a LiveTarget Pumpkinseed squarebill but he was holding a low rod tip and driving it into the vegetation, then getting bit as he snapped it out. He's good at it, but me, not so good. Well anyways, that's what worked for us.

Wednesday, June 14th, 2023

  • Amador County
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      Report: by StanL » Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:44 am

      The top water bite has been really good in the middle of the day with whopper plopper, and walking baits and screwballs have also been good all day long with a 2.8 Keitech Ned has been working. Also, hope this helps. Good luck Fishing.

Saturday, June 10th, 2023

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hi all, I launched at Paradise And started fishing around the dock and slips. Caught a couple of dinks, so off I went to find some dirty water. The water at paradise is gin clear, and the fish could see me before I saw them. Hit whites and got a couple frog fish, which was nice. Went to Garlic Bros. and couldn't get anything. Did see fry in a few spots. Nothing big to speak of yet. But summer just started, so I'm going to be patient. I saw a picture of Ish that pumped me up. They are there !!!
      Sug out.

      P.S. Miss ya Deep V...post. Thanks !