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Monday, April 2nd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 64-68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Full moon, afternoon 10 mph north wind, periodic thin cloud layer. Fished from 4:30 pm - 12:30 am. No bites until sun started setting. Then, quickly picked up 5 fish all dinks except one nice 3 pounder and all on Senkos. Bite died at dark, lasted 1 hour at most. One hour after dark had another 45 minute period when I got bites and picked up 2 more fish one a dink the other a 2 pounder and both caught on Senkos. Bite died for good around 9:30 pm. Most fish 10 feet or less. No other baits worked for me. Wind died at night time with periodic 4 mph winds periodically starting and stopping. Pretty cool afternoon and night - may have affected bite. Only one or two other boats on water after dark.
    City: Folsom

    Tips: Senkos, gentle sloping banks, stickup green plant areas, deadstick, shallow north pocket coves with wood and weed/plant stickups, rocky bottom, coves/pockets not too far from main body. South side of lake didn't produce (but neither did north until sunset so maybe south side ok).

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Caught 20+ bass on dropshot and shaky head with Robo worms. Caught one 5, one 4 and many 2's all in 10 feet of water or less. Saw a few beds but not many. With the clear water I did see alot of large bass roaming from deep to shallow water.
    City: Ranch Cordova

    Tips: Used the Picasso shaky head my last two times out. Try it. You'll like it.

Friday, March 30th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: After a Pardee day trip I decided to fish Amador for a few hours around dusk. Good choice! Just before dark I boated my first bass using a brush hog - she was 5 1/4 lbs. I even caught one right after dark which is rare. She went about 3 1/2. I fished about 5 hours and boated 10 bass total, including the first spawned-out female of the year - 4 1/2 lbs. I had a nice limit of 18+ pounds, using brush hogs and Berkley Power worms.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: I caught some bass at the ends of coves, probably males guarding nests. The big one was on a point. No rhyme nor reason to where the bass were - one here and there. Lots of floating debris on the lake still - but it appears to be full!!!

Friday, March 16th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 64-70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Reading prior reports, I figured the afternoon bite might be good. Wrong! For me at least. I got 3 bites from 3:30 pm till 11 pm, one 12" fish on a brush hog at dark and 2 on jigs after dark. Only landed the little 12 incher. One guy said he caught 6 from one cove and another boat I saw caught at least 1 or 2 good ones (bass) around 4:30 from a small cove just off the main body but that wasn't a bass boat and they may have been using live bait as they appeared anchored and were 10 feet off the bank. Lake about 3 feet from full. Within a day of the new moon. Air temp was pretty warm and there were no clouds or fog. The great news is there are no weeds yet!!
    City: Folsom

    Tips: Unless you're happy with a 1 in a 100 shot at a decent fish or willing to fish till dawn, don't fish this lake at night without moonlight. The floating debris situation at the launch ramp was much improved.

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I don't know about the other recent posts but for myself, and several others I spoke to yesterday, things were mighty slow. I renamed it AmaSnore.

    Tips: save your cash

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 55-58

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished on sautrday and sunday, with 35 fish in two days,didnt get out till about 11:30 on saturday fished a main lake point first zero bites went back into rock creek and fish got busy, wife got her limit there no probelm for me wasant happening fishing way to fast for our first trip of the season.. went over to cat cove and I hooked into 4 bass in first four casts. a solid bite was begining to happen just had to slow it down. soft bites, if your a good line feeler you'll get your fish bigeest fish was 6-9. every place we fished we caught some fish lots of 2's and 3's, tried jerk bait and spinner nothing on reaction bite. 2 trout on watermelon 6 inch worms ..gave em to a guy trolling tried to release but just didn't happen.
    City: Topaz Lake

    Tips: split shotting was good for the most part anywhere I thought ..biggest came on carolina rig 8 inch blue flake ribbon worm enjoy and have fun

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 7:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m. Caught sixteen bass on a dropshot and shacky head using MM3 and bluegill Robo worms. Fished points and around brush in 1 to 10 feet of water. Bites are still very soft. Caught four trout with the MM3 worm on the shacky head.
    City: Rancho Cordova

    Tips: Lake should bust loose soon. Fish during the week if you can. The lake was a zoo Saturday. Good fishing.

Friday, March 9th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 54-58.9

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Clarity about 2 feet. Water temp: most places in mid-to-upper 58s, some places in the mid 54s. Fished from 6:15 pm till 2:30 am. No moon until 1 am and it was too low to make a big difference. All fish but one was on jig, other was senko. Two fish before dark (jigs) and about 8 or so after dark. No bites on anything else. A few fish were shallow but most were about 12'-18' (that we caught). Many metered fish out deeper in 18'-50' with no takers. Overall, quite slow but what do you expect for a no-moon night and cold temps and fog banks floating by? Day jig was Hemphill special with shortened 5" Yammy craw and night jig was Vypr black/chartreuse with 5" #180 Yammy grub. Smelly Jelly seemed to help. Caught fish about 1/2 way back in coves and main body but all but one were near points.
    City: Folsom

    Tips: Watch out for the debris near the launch ramp when loading your boat - tons of it. Tip: partially pull on and off your trailer 3 or 4 times before trying to put it on trailer. If you hear squeaking, it means there is wood stuck between your hull and your trailer bunks and you should reload. After you pull trailer out of water, visually inspect to see if any large wood is stuck between bunks ahd hull. If so, relaunch and reload.

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 54-58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I met my client about 6 pm for a 6 hr night trip. We started in the main body, nothing - so tried some areas in Jackon Creek. Bingo! I missed one and my trusty client set into a nice one, using a black/red brush hog. She went 4 lbs 10 oz. He then lost one that shot out of the water upon being hooked. I missed another, so 1 for 4 before dark. After a sandwich, back at it. We fished one of my favorite spots in Rock Creek and it is now HIS favorite spot!! When he grunts I know that is a good sign! I got to net a 7 1/2 pounder, again, taken on his brush hog. He caught 2 more and I caught one also - a nice limit of 17 pounds or so. I went out this morning for about 3 1/2 hours and also caught a 7 pounder along with a 3 3/4, 3, and a near 2. the big one nailed a purple Weapon jig with a #157 Yamamoto grub trailer and the other hit a brown/orange jig.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Water has good color but is fishable. Reaction bite may be a few days off. Bulky baits like brush and Power hogs are good this time of year. He also caught one on a 10" Power worm. The bass were very shallow before dark but were deeper after dark. Not any bass in coves yet, at least today!

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: 1boat.2 persons. started at 9am at jackson got 4 fish on drop shot in 10 foot deep with in 20 mins.3 shakers, 1 keeper bout 3.lbs fished catfish cove no takers on anyting but a 4"in roboworm saved the day.decided to just fish the entire lake 20 feet from shore got a total of 35 bass 2 biggest were 5-5 one half others 1-3 ponders did manage 1 fish on a blk/brn about 1 pound. finished the day ay 4 pm
    City: bay area

    Tips: fish are deeper now and NOT on the banks. banks will come soon about 6 weeks. fish slower and finese style as the fish are cold and dont wanna chase bigger baits. so a finese worm they figure they can take down with out much effort.
    good fishing!

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 48-49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Rick Tietz and I went to Amador today for some relaxation after the ISE shows and to see if we could get some frozen bass to bite! We fished from 11 am to 5 pm and actually caught a few. We sucessfully dodged about 100 trout boats and found some areas to fish, mostly in the main body. Rick had three bass up to 4 lbs and I landed two - about 3 1/4 and 2 1/2 lbs. Our limit was around 15 lbs and the bass were caught on jigs of various color combinations. No one color seemed best. Rick had several bites on his spoons and a Basstrix plastic minnow dropshot rig, but missed them all. I missed about 3 on jigs. Most bites were very sluggish but Rick caught two of his bass (including the 4 pounder) just before dark and they nailed his jig. A south breeze blew most of the trip which caused the day to be rather cool. That might have slowed the bite some but we wern't complaining! The zillions of shad in the lake were hard to locate - maybe they froze to death!!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: We really didn't catch any bass less than 25 feet deep. We caught two offshore but most bites came on steep shoreline points. Don't forget to deadstick your lure on occasion, and above all else, work it SLOWLY until the water warms a bit.

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: They charge $9 for day use and $8 to fish - that's $17 stinkin' dollars per person. We fished from 7am till 4pm. We had 6 poles out(w/ 2nd rod stamp) -bobbers w/ night crawlers, crank baits, minnows -not a bite all day! We only saw two fish taken all day by others. This place is a rip off.
    City: San Francisco

    Tips: Fish another lake!

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: flippin cold

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: went out wit three buddies, fifty bucks later. Launched the goddang boat at 10 am, caught 2 bass on
    plastics and 1 trout dropshottin. Nothing big...only thing big is the launch fee $50 for four guys...good luck...tightlines...wait for warmer water...
    City: sactown

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: took my buddy fishing today to catch trout. thru my hud a little had a big one chace thats it.
    City: cool

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The trout bite has been really good this year.We had 11 fish for 37lbs on the 14th and lost six fish near the net.The kids are still learning what to do.New years day seven up to 5 1/2 lbs.The 21st landed seven up to 4lb 10 oz with again several lost fish and bites.These fish in this cold water are very frisky!Some of our rods were pulled into the water!Gotta love it!Didn't really try hard for bass yet.

    Tips: No secrect techniques here, just throw power bait or power eggs from shore.IF you see them surfacing a sliding bobber with a crawler does well.Some people did manage around 4 fish per boat trollin white grubs from what I heard on the water from shore.

Friday, October 6th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 70.7

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished full moon from 5:30 pm - 2:30 am. My friend caught most of the fish but I managed 3 at least. Biggest 5 went about 12. Biggest was around 3. Mostly senkos but I had a keeper on a chug bug for awhile. We tried about every bait. Very slow - about 1 fish per hour. Evening bite was better than nite bite. It was post frontal conditions but I don't think that was what affected the bite - I think it's just that the fall bite hasn't started yet. Water down over 15 feet. Caught fish on main lake points and in coves. Saw fish on humps but no takers.
    City: Folsom

    Tips: Fish were shallow during the evening and deep at night (25 feet). I guess if I could have stayed till dawn the bigger bite would have materialized. Soon trout planting will begin so the lake will be a zoo with trout fishermen.

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 76-79.5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: 5:30 pm - 12:30 am - no bites no fish. Probably could have picked up one topwater dink if I was willing to chase surface boils.
    City: Folsom

    Tips: 1) Fish early AM if you can - probably only good time. 2) If you see good reports on this page, don't go the next day because it's usually bad after a good day and sometimes vice versa. So, you might want to go tonight since last night was lousy. (I wouldn't if I were you - I think the AM bite is the ONLY time to go for several more weeks). 3) The annual moonlight tournament had a winning 5-fish weight of 33 pounds anchored by a 9. So, either the fishing at Amador can be good during the late summer, or there are some folks that really know what they're doing.

Monday, August 28th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 79-82

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Friday and Saturday, never found a bite till saturday morning. Had a 3 lb. and a 8 lb. at 12-15'deep with a 5 lb. at 30+ feet. Never had a thing at night. I need to learn the night bite tricks but not a bad trip after all, an nice 8 lb. makes it nice.
    City: Citrus Heights

    Tips: Fish real slow slow slow.

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 77-78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 8 a.m. till Noon had one big blowup on topwzater, but she misses it all together. fished deep 25 ft plus caught nothing. fished semi-shallow nothing
    City: Topaz Ca

    Tips: wait till fall or fish at night

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water about 12:pm went and fished my favorite to arms and didnt get anything! off the water at 4:30
    City: Folsom

    Tips: Stay deep! throw everything at them! Fish at Night!