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Monday, January 29th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 49 ------50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Last Sunday at Berryessa the lake was like being on the ocean. Lots of wind and
    whitecaps. Coming from
    Steele Park the only place I could go was Capell Cove. Once I passed the five
    mile an hour zone the
    mountains protected me from the wind. I went all the way to the end at 1.9 feet
    of water and fished all
    the way back. For those who have never been in Capell Cove, there are alot of
    trees, bushes and rocks in
    the water. This structure is great for bass better in the spring but I didn't
    do that badly now. I caught five
    large mouth bass the biggest one was 2.7 pounds. Three small mouth bass largest
    one 1.8 pounds and a
    few spotted. The water temperature was between 49 to 50 degrees. Not a bad day
    of fishing considering
    the elements. Dino at Spanish Flat informed me that this weekend the fishing
    was fair. People were
    catching bass in seven to forty feet of water and trollers for trout were
    trolling in the upper ten feet of
    the water with needle fish and castmasters behind flashers. If you are
    interested in a daily fishing report
    I would call Dino or Mike at Spanish Flat the number there is 707-966-7708.
    February 14th - 18th I will be
    at the fishing show at the Cow Palace hope to see you there. The pictures with
    this email are to show you
    the baits and scents that I like to use. 'til next
    week................................good fishing!!!!!!
    fishingconnection.net If you would like to share any fishing stories or tips
    please call me at 650-583-3333 or
    email me at bestguide@hotmail.com
    from ALBERT BROWN LIMIT OF TROUT
    Subject : RE: FW: RE: Oh Happy Day,I finally did it.

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    Hi Sid
    I thought you might want to know the details. Well here you are:
    Bait = Live minnows, on a # 8 hook. Hooked through the mouth and eye ball
    Line = 10 lb test Fluorocarbon line, with a 3-4 foot leader , attached to a styrofoam red and white bobber. Two 1/4 dia split shot were used for weight, spaced 15 in apart on the leader.
    Water Depth = 22-25 feet
    Location = from the shore at the bait house, dock # 6, Steele PArk Resort
    Water Temp = 50 deg F
    No Wind
    Weather = It rained the night before, and it was cloudy and overcast most of the day. Air temp 55 degs
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    Sid # 650-583-3333
    TROUT REPORT FROM SHORE BY ALBERT PLUS PICTURES
    Hi Sid

    I thought you might want to know the details. Well here you are:

    Bait = Live minnows, on a # 8 hook. Hooked through the mouth and eye ball

    Line = 10 lb test Fluorocarbon line, with a 3-4 foot leader , attached to a styrofoam red and white bobber. Two 1/4 dia split shot were used for weight, spaced 15 in apart on the leader.

    Water Depth = 22-25 feet

    Location = from the shore at the bait house, dock # 6, Steele PArk Resort

    Water Temp = 50 deg F

    No Wind

    Weather = It rained the night before, and it was cloudy and overcast most of the day. Air temp 55 degs

    Fishing Events for YBAC for 2007

    Tips: SEE YOU AT THE COW PALACE BOOTH PROJECT PRIDE FEBRUARY 14 thru 18th FISHING SHOW.

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: 20 fish total from 8am-2pm. all drop shot tried everything else. 25-45 feet. mm shad roboworm and morning dawn 6in. main lake points with chunk rock no rock no fish.

    Tips: hope this helps. please post reports they help all of us that do not have alot of time to spend on the water.

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Sat shower forecast did not deter me nor the other folks who went fishing out of the cappell's.Mother nature was very cooperative as most of the day was mild.Fished the westside from spanish flat to the ranger station and totaled 10 fish up to 2#. All on plastics; some shallow(8-15) and some deep.(30-40) I don't think color is as important as keeping the bait on the bottom. haven't had any luck with reaction baits.
    City: orinda

    Tips: i usually average about 10-15 bites per trip. If your'e doing worse, my tips are: 1)fish 8-20 ft depths with rock. or 2) fish 30-40' making sure your bait is on the bottom. 3)colors: morining dawn, aaron's magic, crawdad shades. good news: when a fish decides to bite, no rush they will hang on to it...

Friday, January 26th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing at Berryessa continues to be one of the best winter bites around. Good numbers and good quality are available fishing points. Worms and jigs fished slowly are getting some nice fish...no reaction bite for me but that's ok. Natural colors are working great.
    City: Fairfield

    Tips: Get out when you can!

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Beautiful day on the water. No wind, a little cold in the am but very warm after sun came up. Caught 10 fish mix bag. Mostly on drop shot, 2 on a jig brown and purple, 2 on a crankbait (LV500) and one on a Carolina rig with a lime green lizard. Like Mark said we caught our fish between 30 and 45 feet of water in the am and caught fish later between 25 and 8 feet of water as water warmed up. Clear worms on the drop shot with 1/2 oz sinker. Good luck out there.
    City: San Bruno

    Tips: Move around when you mark 4 or more fish drop down on top of them and you should get a bite within 5 mins. If not move.

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 50-52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Nice that the wind laid down today. We caught 20 bass 2.5 was the best. Mostly Largemouth this morning the fish were in 35-45ft then moved up to about 25 as the day went on. Got 7 drop on drop shot, 6 on split shot and the rest on a pumpkin jig. All the drop shot and split shot fish were caught on a Sniper Bolt either brown or whit
    http://www.sniperlures.com/sniperstyles.html
    City: Martinez

    Tips: We didn't fish very slowly and every new spot if there were fish they bit right away. The better bite was in the main lake on the east shoreline.
    Best tip: submit a report share the knowledge don't be afraid!

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at 8:30 and the wind was blowing a steady 20+ al ready which took out the main lake stuff. Fished some off shore structure protected areas and managed 4 fish 2 spots, 1 smallie and Lm. About noon we braved the big water and headed near the dam and found the bite much better we landed about 10 more mostly 2-lbers. Half of the fish were on a pumpkin jig and the others were spilt shotting a pumpkin snipe.
    City: Martinez

    Tips: Fish were 15-30ft

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Sun. for about 4 hrs. 2 bites 1 fish. A 2 pound spot. Non stop 20 mile an hour wind didn't help. Both bites on black jig in about 20 feet of water. My first trip to this lake. I was surprised at the boat traffic for this time of year. Had a good time anyway. Good Luck wish I was more help.
    City: YUBA CITY

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 47-49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Devil Mt. Bassmasters held our first club tournament of the year at Berryessa on Saturday launching 6 boats. The day started cold and clear, luckily not as cold as the prior week. As a club we managed to bring in limits for every boat but the bite had definitely gotten tougher than the preceding week. Winning limit was 9.5 lbs with 9.05 taking second. All limits were grouped pretty tightly around the 8-9 lb area. Big fish was 2.6 lbs. with several guys bringing in fish in the 2.5 lb range. Fish were reported in water shallow as 15ft and the winners were fishing 20-40 ft using drop shot rigs. Dragging and hula grub accounts for a couple of limits as well.
    City: Walnut Creek

    Tips: We found our fish in main lake points in deeper water. Fish seemed to move deeper as the day progressed. Move your bait as slow as you can then slow it down even more. Water is stained and the darker colors seemed to work better. Watch out for the wind which can kick up in the afternoon and make for a bouncy ride back to the ramp!

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started out 8:00 A.M. stayed south end of lake wind blowing all day. Only managed A 7lbs limit. A lot of smoke was coming over the hill from the main body of the lake area so I left early.Didn't want to get stuck in the fire. Does anyone know how bad or exactly where the fire was?
    Terry
    City: SAc

    Tips: Brown Rod Strainer jigs with Yammamoto trailer with Smelly Jelly.

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    Water Temp: 48/49

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fish showed on sonar at from 20 to 60 feet. Only fished for the last three hours of day-light near Capel Cove. Got skunked!
    City: Middletown

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: A tough day after the front went through, winds about 15-20 made it tough to fish the main lake. We managed about 8-10 fish one on a brn/brn jig a couple drop shot, a couple split shot and a few on a huddle bug. Fish were 20-30ft deep green and browns were the colors we had success with. Most all of the fish came from off shore structure and didn't seem to matter what end of the lake. Some in the narrows a few in the main lake and a couple in a cove. Biggest fish was 2.25lbs
    City: Martinez

    Tips: The fish were finicky today we got quite a few short bites they would pick it up and spit it out seemed typical for post frontal fish, the bite should pick up the next few days.

    I tested some Gamma fluorocarbon line today; it was awesome great knot and tension strength

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: A tough day after the front went through, winds about 15-20 made it tough to fish the main lake. We managed about 8-10 fish one on a brn/brn jig a couple drop shot, a couple split shot and a few on a huddle bug. Fish were 20-30ft deep green and browns were the colors we had success with. Most all of the fish came from off shore structure and didn't seem to matter what end of the lake. Some in the narrows a few in the main lake and a couple in a cove.
    City: Martinez

    Tips: The fish were finicky today we got quite a few short bites they would pick it up and spit it out seemed typical for post frontal fish, the bite should pick up the next few days.

    I tested some Gamma fluorocarbon line today; it was awesome get knot and tension strength

Monday, January 15th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 46-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My buddy Forrest and I fished Monday and Tuesday and found a good bite in the narrows on steep banks with trees, Forrest 9 spots and 2 smallies to 2 lbs, David 5 spots and 1 smallie and 1 trout 2 lbs on drop shot robo's and plastic minnow imitator(18 fish total on Monday)Tuesday I got 5 and Forrest 6 put the cold front had came through in the night and my boat looked liked it had snowed on it, it was 19 deg at 6:00 am.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Fish 35-50 feet on steep rocky banks and once you hook the fish don't bring them up fast because they will die or bring a needle and deflate them.
    Eat at Steele Park Restaurant, nice people and good food, a little spendy but worth it. God Bless and come on spring!!

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 48-51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out of Markly Cove at 8:30 stayed on south side coves entrances and points. 35 to 40 fish biggest going 3.11lbs.
    City: SAC

    Tips: Fished Rod Strainer jigs and Yammamoto Hula grubs. Cought multiple fish when I found grass beds.

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    Water Temp: Cold

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished with my little brother. Launch out of Capell. We went to the Narrows and caught our first three fish on 1 oz football heads with spidergrubs. After the first hours this bite died. We proceed to catch fish on a 3/16 shakey head. We stayed on banks ith sun and caught 17 fish. best 5 went 13 lbs and biggest spot was 3.5 spot and 3.5lb LM.
    City: Suisun

    Tips: Slow, Slow, and Slow.

Monday, January 8th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing with Sid



    It was a beautiful day on Saturday but quite cold on the water and colder still
    when the sun
    started going down. My wife and I headed out early afternoon and decided to try
    fishing a
    rocky slope about a half a mile long. I threw top water at least forty times
    with no reaction.
    I changed to brass and glass with a watermelon senco and my wife used the same
    set-up
    but with a pumpkin senco. She caught more fish then I did and we both lost a
    lot of soft
    bites. I observed a gentleman and his two kids fishing a split-shot with live
    mini worms. They
    were fishing in the marina dragging the worm over the bottom and hooking some
    bass and
    even some trout. Next time I will get their names and a picture for the
    newspaper. Sunday
    I went out for a few hours by myself to the same spot as the day before. Again
    no top water
    action but I did very well with the brass and glass. The bass I was catching
    were all in the
    fourteen to sixteen inch range in approximately four to twenty feet of water.
    It seems they
    are going for the slow retrieve right now. But as all fishermen know that can
    change at any
    time. The water temperature is about fifty-one degrees. A lot of trout are
    visible on the top
    three to four feet of water chasing shad in the early morning. They will go for
    a rattle trap or
    crankbait that resembles shad. If you are fishing from the shore, hook a minnow
    behind the
    dorsel fin about three feet under the bobber. For those who want to see a new
    site ask for
    Mike or Dino at Spanish Flats and let them show you the size of the otters that
    are in the
    water by their marina. I thought they were seals. 'til next
    week.............good fishing!!!
    www.fishingconnection.net If you have any good stories you would like to share
    please
    email me at bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333.
    City: NAPA

    Tips: go out and enjoy the quite,RELAX,catch fish,have FUN

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Norm & I launched @ Markley around 10 am. Water by the dam was pretty choppy. We headed for the narrows and fished the coves in that area. Just too windy to fish the main part of the lake. Fished mostly darterheads & Robo worms. Brown and red seemed to work the best. Caught 6 fish between us 4 were 2.5 + (nice fish) 2 were just keepers.
    City: Woodland

    Tips: Fish are still interested in darterheads. Some taken drifting over points. Backend of coves didn

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

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    Water Temp: betwen 48 and 5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched around 6:00 am and mainly fished the narrows. I threw a 3/8 oz jig and my partner threw a darter head. I caught 4 fish between 1 and 2.5 lbs on the jig before the sun came up, then the jig bite quit and I swithed to the darter head. Biggest fish( approx. 2.5 lbs.) was caught on the jig. Early in the morning the fish were caught fairly close to the bank. When the sun came up we caught fish about 15 to 20 feet deep on the darter head.

    Tips: The better darter head fish were caught on 7 inch worms fished slow and all were pressure bites.

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Markley around 10 am. Headed straight for the Narrows and fished the coves. Caught 4 bass, two L M & two Spots. Both L M were just over 12 in. Both spots were around 2 lbs. All were caught on darterheads with 4in. Robo worms & Basstrix 4 in flashtrix in

    Tips: Fish were caught at the back end of the coves in 10