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Thursday, April 27th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 64 to 67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: caught 25 plus fish mostly spots w/ a 3 plus pound smb between 11am and 3pm on a suspending crank bait, picked up another 15 or so on it through out the day including a 2.5 lbs lmb that took it violently off the surface shortly after the crank hit the water. also fished senkos dropp shots and tubes all caught fish but not as well as the crank that day.
    City: benicoa

    Tips: dead sticking plastics is leathal dont over look the reaction bite when you get into a good one its a lot of fun and be wary of advise of from 20 yr vets who get mopped up in 5 consecutive days by a rook. good fun

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The date was april 27, 2006 on the last report
    City: Davis

    Tips: Once again, I will take any advice for fishing this lake.

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 62-66

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Had one client today and one awsome time on the water. I headed North this morning in helping define patterns and how the fish relate to certain banks this time of year. I showed in how to meter breaks and in how important it is NOT to overlook them, creek channels even if their small.
    We found the fish in 2ft to 5ft on the eastside. We caught 20 fish, with 15 keepers to 2+ lbs. Mixed bag of Smallies and Largemouth, few small spots. We caught them with senkos. Slow slow slow. After I explained, where the fish migrate from, we headed to the center of the Westside, rockpiles, we caught them there too but a tad deeper, mixed bag here too of smallies and largemouth, 1 spot. Caught them with a tip-up jig head using the new Roboworm Sour puss. From here I head to the south side of big island and found largemouth shallow, we caught approximately 10 more 5-7ft related to clumps of grass. Biggiest about 2 1/2lbs. I showed him a long extended point and in how to fish it with swimbaits. Low and behold I hook a 8+, she does a missile shot and comes flying out of the water with the swimbait in her mouth and spits it out at me. She wasn't very nice, most of been the wrong flavor. She caught me with my rod tip to high and I couldn't swing on her. Accomplishment: I made a believer with the client about swimbaits on Berryessa and in the approach to points. We ended the day laugh'in about that fish. She Won that one. Rich Thiel GS (707)374-1446
    City: Rio Vista

    Tips: Don't overlook bear'in banks, Fish between the willows and the bank and be ready to SWING.

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 55-61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: LAUNCHED OUT OF MARKLEY AND HAD A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN FIRST THING IN THE MORN. ONLY SAW FIVE BOATS IN THE NARROWS WITH NO SKI HOMOS. SIX LIMITS. MIX OF SMALLIES AND LMB. ALL ON CRANKS AND SHALLOW.
    City: WINTERS

    Tips: RUN AND GUN.

Friday, April 21st, 2006

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    Water Temp: 59-61

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: fished outside markley cove from 730 am till 1030 pm. caught over 150 fish all over 15 inches big fish went 8-11. all fish were in 8 to 15 feet of water caught on mm3 robo wormsand senkos.great day on the lake.
    City: vacaville CA

    Tips: fish slow.

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    Water Temp: 57 to 60 depend

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: These past few warm days have started to turn the bass on. I started out in markely cove for a couple 1 1/2 to 2 lb fish on a popper. From 7 AM until noon, we took 22 fish between 1 1/2 to 2 3/4 lbs on cranks and dragging brushogs around big island. From noon until 2 PM, when we stopped, we only caught one squeeker and one about a pound in the narrows. It looks like the fishing will only get better and get back to those 30 & 40 fish days in the spring at Berryessa.
    City: Suisun

    Tips: Fished the points coming out of the spawning flats. Fished seemed to be holding in 5-ft of water until the sun came out.

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 52-55

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Spainish Flat.Went to East side very windy and MUDDY.Caught fish on cranks and senko's 5 fish.too windy to fish properly.Tried skier's cove 5 fish.tried other points on east side by farm house 10 fish Caught them on weenies senko cranks
    City: S.>

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: NEW PRODUCT REPORT Subject : Fishing With Sid 6

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    City: napa

Monday, April 17th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Why did they sink 1000 Cristmas Tree's???? And where did they do it?

    Thanks
    City: San Bruno

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 56.4

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: FYI: The free launch was closed due to high water. Went to launch at Monticello and only one side was open to launch. The water is way too high, so be careful when launching.
    Fish still plentiful but no size. My brother-in law and I caught about 15 up to 2lbs on senkos and drop-shotting. Every stop we caught fish but you had to find clean water. East side very muddy, fished the south side for most of the fish although we moved to Big Island to catch some SPOTS, holding tight to brush. Left at noon. it was my brother in laws birthday and it was beginning to rain.
    City: South San Francisco

    Tips: Look for clean water, SMB holding outside; SPOTs tight into brushes.

Friday, April 14th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: The day started out somewhat frightening for my buddy (bassin b) and I. We had to drop the boat in at Markely Cove Resort instead of the free Capell launch are because of flooding. I

    Tips: Don

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey guys. I am new to this lake, we are planning to go out tomorrow. Any suggestion of what to use? ANd which spots to try? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

    thanks.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: good luck Fishing. Delta closed, that's why we are going there.

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 58-60

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Wow, what a nice day at Berry, sun out and no wind. Fished the south end. Water temp up to 60 in the afternoon! Caught evenly mixed bag of smallies and spots. Did not catch a lot, but all of them were a little bigger than average. Tried back of coves thinking the fish could have been spawning with the full moon. We had no luck. Caught all fish on the points.
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: Dropshot and darters worked for us, could not get the crank or spinnerbait bite going.

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 52-54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Reapers tourney on Saturday and we stuck to the main lake areas on the north end. Bite was slower than Friday but we still managed to get a large enough sack for 4th place (17.3 lbs for 7 fish). Crank'n and rippin accounted for our better fish up to 4 lbs. Also tossed Robo Worms and huls jigs around points for a good bite. Dark colors again with the plastics. The blade bite was off today. Landed a 3+ smallie on the last cast of the day on a Robo worm to help the cause. Great day, great tourney...
    City: Rohnert Park

    Tips: Dark colors again with the plastics. Shad patterns for crankbaits. Work the points around the spawning areas. Stick to the outside edges and just inside the coves for a more constant bite. Don't waste your time in the back water areas until the water warms up closer to 60.

Friday, April 7th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 52-54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished all day Friday up Putah Creek. Started past the farm houses and caught several on a 1/2 oz spinnerbait. Also caught fish on crankbaits and rippin. No big fish, but up to 2.5 lbs. We also caught 3 trout on cranks. Stuck mostly to the reaction bite but also caught some on worms and hula grubs. Overall the bite has been really good lately, but you just have to search for the big fish. A lot of smallies on the bite right now.
    City: Rohnert Park

    Tips: medium diving cranks in shad colors. chart/white blades. Try dark colors if using plastics.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Going to school in Davis. Wanted to go try Berryessa for the first time. Where is the best place to launch? Looks like a big lake, which parts of the lake are generally more productive for smallmouth (which I love)? Any advice appreciated!
    City: Davis

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 51-56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I went out thursday and started out at the free launch, it was closed, so I put in at Pleasure Cove. The water was alot clearer there. I fished mostly the south end of the lake, caught about a half dozen one 3 lbs. the rest shakers. All largemouth no smalleys. Had a ball!
    City: martinez

    Tips: All my fish were with plastics off the bottom 15-20 feet

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    Water Temp: 52.4

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: got on the water about 10:30 a.m. launched out of spanish flat. fished putah creek for 2 smallies, one 2 3/4lbs. & the other a dink. missed a decent largemouth, that followed my spinnerbait to the boat! any luck from the tourney fisherman?
    City: napa

    Tips: slow roll a chartreuse colored spinnerbait w. a colorado/ diamond blade combo

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    Water Temp: 55-57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Finally a break in the rain! Enjoyed my first outing to Berry this year. Got a late start. It did not help when I went around the horn to launch at Capell Cover to find it closed due to flooding. I was told by an B of Rec employee the ramp closes at 441.5 and the lake is at about 442.5. Well back to Markleys launched at 12 pm, ack! Caught average size spots right out of the gate at the southern most end of the lake. Bite lasted about 1 hour then dewindled the rest of the day. Caught all spots on Carolina Rig (should have tried old faithful dropshot, but I'm trying to fine tune C. Riggin.) Tried to get the bigger bite rippin/crankin later in the day, but only ended with one more average spot on a rip. Heard some did well droppin and dartin.
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: Was unable to put in an honest day on the water and truely get a good pattern going, but most of the spots seemed to be in the back 1/2 of the coves.

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Duck Hunt, Launch out of Cappell Cove (it's free). Recent reports have shown that bass are being caught in pope creek, putah creek and off the small island. The weather has been weird, so the depth varies. At Berryessa, green and purple senkos drop-shotted always works and during the spawn, craw and shad colored cranks in the gravel flats nail the big ones.
    City: Vacaville