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Thursday, September 9th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 78-80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: LAKE AMADOR HAS A NEW BLACK BASS RECORD IT WAS CAUGHT BY DANNY FRANCO OF OAKDALE IT WEIGHT AT 17lbs 1.6oz IT MEASURED 29in. by 23 1/4in. girth.THE FISH WAS REALEASED.
    City: IONE

    Tips: DANNY IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS COMPUTER,HE WILL WRITE A REPORT ON HIS CATCH WITH THE DETAILS SOON !!!.

Monday, September 6th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: dfhyhjgk
    City: Oakdale

    Tips: tyj

Monday, August 30th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 78-76

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Roland, no the Tracker wasn't me - I'm the white Triton. Plus your report was for the 29th and mine was for Monday Aug. 30th and started that evening ending up on Aug. 31st at 8 am. My advice is to use the Senko for the most part and once an hour check the jig/worm bite to see if they are again working because they aren't right now - at least in the lake areas I fished. I was only having success on one particular Senko color and I was Texas hooking them (not wacky) and fishing them weightless. Cast it out, let it sink, twitch it once or twice every 5 - 10 seconds. After the first "thunk", wait about 5 seconds and then set the hook IF you can feel some weight on the line. Watch out for deep hooking the fish. I think the delay is only needed for the little fish, but that's mostly what's biting! I used 5" Senkos with 3/0 Gamakatsu EWG hooks. Only one color worked at night and a different color worked during the early daylight period. Before dawn, try reaction baits.
    City: Folsom

    Tips: Cover a lot of ground. The great early morning bite I experienced was in an arm I had not fished during the previous night (12 hours) so it could have been that this area may have been great at night as well with better quality fish. Those points near the spillway have been good in the past in early to mid fall, but this lake is changing and the areas and methods that used to be good ain't so hot now. Most of my "milk runs" no longer produce like they used to. If you're fishing from the bank, you can cover a lot of water on foot now because the lake is low and the bank is walkable.

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    Water Temp: 78-76

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 6 pm till 8 am. Day after full moon. Senkos and crankbaits were the ticket during the remaining afternoon daylight. Then the bite died for 3 hours. Then the Senko bite turned back on and stayed on all night and continued into morning. Morning crankbait bite was pretty good. Saw a 10+ jump near the boat about 7 am. Probably caught about 20 all told. Maybe 7 of these were morning crankbait bite fish. All Senko fish were sub-2 pounds including many dinks, the crankbait fish went as high as 3.5 with many 2's. Btw, two days ago the Amador moonlight tournament was held and first place was about 21 pounds with big fish just under 4 pounds. Pretty sure the 21 pounds was for 10 fish.
    City: Folsom

    Tips: Fish rocky/shale banks. All fish were shallow though tried deep. Fish first light - night fishing nothing to write home about right now. Main body and the arms both produced fish.

Sunday, August 29th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Rick, was that you fishing in the Tracker? I was out there bank fishing the points above the spillway. I tossed jigs and brush hogs all night for nothing. I got a few hits on the brush hog but no takers; every hookset was a strike out. I did horribly out there. I should have explored a different pattern.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Read Rick's report.

Wednesday, August 11th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 81

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Lake is about 10' - 15' from full. Fished from 5 pm till 4 am. The plentiful baitfish we saw on our last trip were gone. No topwater bite. Moon didn't rise until 3:00 am. We caught about 10 - 15 fish with the biggest at 3.8 pounds on a big worm. Other fish were caught mostly on crankbaits and small and large Senkos, mostly after dark.
    City: Folsom

    Tips: Worms/senkos were the only baits which could make it through the weeds. Fish main lake points and fish (very) slow. Fish were shallow for about 1/2 of the time and about 15' deep for the other 1/2.

Friday, July 30th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 80+

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a night tourny, i didnt do so hot, caught one on a black senko with charturse flake. My mistake was fishing deep. The guys who placed were fishing shallow
    City: concord

    Tips: Drop shot bite's good, wacky rigged senko worked too. The bass are eating crawdads up there so try crawlike colors

Saturday, July 24th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well, its really slow out there. Caught a few but there was no size to them. I only caught 2 between dark and 2 in the morning. Honestly, between the slow bite and the 25+ bass boats on the water at 2 AM, no exaggeration, its not worth the trip.
    City: antioch

    Tips: Go elsewhere. But if youve got your heart on Amador try the brief topwater bite. Good luck.

Monday, July 19th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 72-73

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Larry's not telling the whole truth about last Wednesday! I personally netted his 6+ that he caught on a small Yamamoto grub! That fish was really hot, making a couple powerful runs before finding the bottom of my net. The bite had been slow up until then so this fish was a real pleasure....uhhhh....until we saw the whiskers! HAR HAR! Sure does make a slow night fun when you throw in a big cat every once in a while! (Otherwise, I concur with Larry's report!) And, while Larry was catching his bass one that grub, I caught all mine on a 10" Yamamoto grub in black/blue tail and lost another decent one on a buzzbait.

    Larry and I caught a dozen or so fish...many small, and our best 5 would have only been 8-9 pounds. We tried spooks, buzzbaits, worms, grubs, jigs, crankbaits and spinnerbaits. I think Larry even threw a frog for a while...tough bite!!!
    City: Fair Oaks

    Tips: Like Larry said, that "topwater" bite explodes right at dark for 30 minutes and it dies off as quickly as it comes on. Larry's grub was very effective during that brief topwater window. My 10" grub was best after dark and fished slowly.

Sunday, July 18th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 79

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 6:15am to about 11:00am, fish were chasing shad at the first stop near the spillway first cast produced a 2 pound fish on a spook. Kept moving down the bank throwing a shad colored senko and caught 2 more little guys. Searched for more surface activity and found some here and there but like Larry said they come up chasing bait make a few splashes and right back down they go. Bait fish activity almost died around 9:30 so I headed to the damn and started drop shotting a blue craw roboworm caught about 5 more off of the damn including a pair of three pounders(3.0 & 2.9 to be exact) all on the dropshot. I also caught the coolest looking fish I have ever seen almost looked like a blak crappie and bluegill mix, it had some of the most awesome coloring on a fish I have ever seen.
    City: Carson city, NV

    Tips: Oddly enough the bigger fish came on the dropshot. Follow the Bait.

Saturday, July 17th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 78.5

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: a small club and i were fishing from 7pm to 7am on the 16-17 with a hour brake at midnite. the evening started out hot at 100 deg with very light winds. water @ 78 deg with light clouds. before dark we used a spook, buzz baits, cranks and other reaction baits. the bit was slow for most of the nite. some fisherman were using 8-10 worms on a brass n glass rig. in the morning found some small bass chasing bait fish in carson creek, no limits for the 14 teams and big fish was a 2.82 smallie.
    City: rocklin

    Tips: fish slow and on points in the main body.

Friday, July 16th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 81

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I guided two great people - college sweethearts - who just wanted to fish Amador from a boat. They both LOVE to fish and handle spinning outfits like real pros! She amazed me - only one miss-cast the whole trip and she could reach the next cove - sitting down!! Her bait was always on target and would it hit with a soft "plop"! Just amazing! And she caught the biggest bass at 2 1/4 pounds! I was shocked when I arrived at the lake on a Friday afternoon and found out there was going to be a Fri night tournament during the dark of the moon. Wow, what is this world coming too, har! I believe this was a club from the Loomis area - great guys and very respectful on the water. I think, hearing their reports, we were all in the same boat - lots of smaller bass biting but no big bass. The terrible weed situation makes finding the big bass difficult and we had a southern front move in which usually slows the big fish bite - at least that is my experience. I think I heard someone land a quality fish because we saw the flash from the camera go off. In spite of all that we did land 9 or 10 bass with our five biggest at a little over 9 pounds. We each had a bass over 2 pounds and she lost a good one before dark and I momentarily hooked a big fish after dark on a 10" Power Worm. We caught our 3 biggest before dark, shaking 6" green craw worms on weed breaklines. The sunset was worth the price of admission (well, maybe!). I was surprised that some of our hits were very aggressive - there just wern't very many of those. We had a lot of hits after dark, especially on the black 7" Power Worm. He had the hot stick - landing 6 bass and a bluegill! I'll bet he missed 20! We really had a great time on a beautiful evening!!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: I tried to get the big bait bite going but it did not happen. We got most of our bites on points and weed flats that had a dropoff from about 10 to 30 feet. Wednesday evening the fish were fairly active in the evening on the surface, but not last night. The mornings seem to be best this time of year for surface activity because the surface water is lightly cooler. Try throwing a Yamamoto shad colored grub into a school of feeding bass - that sometimes works better in the summer than a topwater lure does. The bass are chasing shad up from deeper water and then going right back down in the evening. You have to throw to them immediately or they are gone.

Tuesday, June 29th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Took a friend new to night fishing out. Started at 5:30 pm and left at 1:30 am. The bite from last week in Rock Creek near the weed mats was gone and there was some residue or film on the surface of the water. Anyway, zero fish from Rock Creek. We started in Jackson just past the wall and found shad busting the surface even in a pretty brisk wind. Got a couple there on crankbaits and spinnerbaits. We then went to Rock Creek - zip and moved on to the cove just west of Rock Creek. At the back of this cove we found a pocket of active (small) bass and picked up a few more on crankbaits. Then moved to Mountain Spring at dark. The bite was dead until about 10 pm and then it picked up with smaller fish on worms and jigs. Big worms (12" black power worms) got bites but the fish were too small to eat the hook. About midnight the bite dropped off again and we got the "big" bite but wrapped the fish around a tree limb. The fish could have been anywhere from 6 - 12 pounds - very heavy and strong. Picked up a few more fish in the main body and the dam and that was it. Biggest fish was about 2.5 pounds caught at the dam on a spinnerbait at 2:30 am.
    City: Folsom

    Tips: First, sometimes you'll learn a lesson and then gradually forget that lesson after a few years until you re-learn that lesson again the hard way. I used to do the following in the past but haven't done it recently and now it seems I need to keep this tact in mind in the future. When you get a good fish on and you know from previous experience there are trees under the boat, MOVE YOUR BOAT RAPIDLY TO DEEP WATER ASAP THE MINUTE YOU KNOW THE FISH IS A GOOD ONE. I knew this point and knew there was timber on it and didn't get the boat out of the danger zone like I used to do automatically. The result is I lost what could have been a great fish and the only quality fish of the trip. Second, I've noted this pattern before 1) small fish bite, 2) dead period, 3) big fish bite. In other words, the small fish don't always feed when the big fish feed. So when you get a big bite signaling the big fish are feeding, you need to fish hard on your very best spots to take advantage of this short-term bite. The next two nights should be very good. Amador was its "old self" last night (pretty good action with a shot at a big fish).

Thursday, June 24th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 3 p.m to 8 p.m.. My son and I caught ten bass. Used flukes, texas rigged worms and poppers. Nothing bigger than 2.5 lbs.. Fun evening.
    City: R.C.

    Tips: Largest fish came on popper near sundown.

Monday, June 21st, 2004

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    Water Temp: 78 - 80

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 5:30 pm through 1:30 am. Fishing before dark was okay on various reaction baits (but not topwater). After dark as expected, bite slowed way down. This lake is very difficult to fish because of all the moss and weeds. The moss is so bad it even fouls up the ball bearings in spinnerbaits and you're lucky to get in a cast and have the blade spin for more than 10 feet of retrieve. Slow rolling on the bottom which is usually a good technique is impractical now because of all the moss/weeds. You can see well enough during the day to fish okay but at night you're casting blind and get into the muck a lot. Couldn't fish a jig and couldn't even fish a worm through the weeds after dark. The only thing which worked after dark was the spinnerbait and then you're pulling grass and moss off the bait basically every cast. Caught about 8 fish all together with the biggest coming just at dark, a 3 pounder.
    City: Folsom

    Tips: During the day, throw baits that stay above the weeds and moss. All my fish came from around weed beds. If you know the lake well, maybe you can find some areas that are free of weeds. If so, I'd start there. The best bite was from 8 pm - 9:30 pm.

Sunday, June 13th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 70-75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took my wife and the in-laws to amador for the day. we got on the water about 10 or so in the morning and caught fish right away on a main lake point. two on a carolina rig and one on a darter head with another two on a bone rico. I was surprised to catch two top water fish out in open water so late in the day. I put down the rico and started to drop shot and hit fish in bunches. i expected to find the fish scattered due to post spawn but they were schooled up on steep walls. i wasted alot of the day throwing a frog on every matt i could find and hit nothing until a nice 5 blew up on it twice. it was cool to see the looks on my inlwas faces when that fish slammed the frog. on the water at 10 off by 6, 20 or so fish total with one five and a three with the rest in the 1-2 range. it was worth the entertainment watching my wife try to catch bluegill under a bobber. the fish got the better of her.
    City: sacramento

    Tips: small lake, cover water and the fish will be on the same type of cover all over the lake.

Monday, June 7th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey Bob i know the feeling and share your thaughts on dirtballs like that and karma.It happen to me fishing some slough up by Colusa.Took everything in the back of the truck,cooler,battery charger even our clothes.Thata the only thing i hate about Amador is the Lowlife that camp there.it's a pretty raunchy crowd.I hopw you got a 10lber coming your way for the reverse karma.
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: Buy cheap beer and generic food.Montazumas revenge to all Baditos.

Saturday, June 5th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 75-77

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 7am-1pm. Warm day, only got 1 on a worm. It was almost 2 lb. Went out again before dark. Got 3 as the sun was going down on worms in Cats Cove. Nothing to write home about. Stayed out until midnight. Nothing. Went back to our campsite only to find out some campers raided our site when we were out. Pissed us off. We're pretty sure it was the hispanic group that was camping near us, as our tortillas and tequila were gone. I checked out there campsite after they left Sunday morn. and I also found some of my firewood there too. F-ing punks.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Shoot first, ask questions later. Lock up your food, liquor, and camp stove/lanterns/tools...etc. Most people camping are cool and respectful, but there are some losers at Amador. I believe in karma, hopefully those guys ran head on into a tree on there way home and are in a coma right now with their families balling their eyes out.

Sunday, May 30th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 74-75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Sorry...incorrect email address in last post...its corrected above.
    City: Fair Oaks

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    Water Temp: 74-75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: A friend and I went to Amador on the spur of the moment for some night fishing. We started at 7:30 in the evening, fished until 6 the next morning. Most of the night we enjoyed a pretty bright moon and fishing pressure was light....ran into a couple pot heads in a beached boat smoking dope....otherwise, very few boats.

    Threw top water on and off all night without any bites. Caught one small keeper on an 8" Yamamoto grub (black/blue tail) Texas rigged about 6' deep. Missed a couple more on the same bait. Graphed a lot of fish just above the weedline but couldn't get them to bite on dropshot, deep cranks or spinnerbaits. Tried fishing out to 60', no luck.

    About 1 AM, my partner switched to a black/purple 3/8oz DUH jig with a 6" Yamamoto twin tail grub trailer (color 231...plum with green flake). He pitched it up to the shore and worked it slowly out to 20'. His first fish was a strong 5 pounder...big head, long skinny body. He caught another 4 smaller keepers and a huge bluegill on that jig between 2-4 AM. All his jig fish came on main body points and walls between 10-15' deep. I continued to throw various plastics (grubs, craws, worms, dropshot baits) but they only ate his jig.

    Overall, the bite was slow and I was quite surprised at the lack of top water bite with such warm water and the moon light providing good back lighting.
    City: Fair Oaks

    Tips: Fish slow. Use big profile baits. All our fish had deep water close by. Mosquitos were out...take repellent.