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    Water Temp: 70-75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: i've fished 3 times in the past 3 weeks and have had good success in the early am throwing topwater and jerk baits...the fish are definitely relating to bait. i've been lucky and have found a few pockets of baits with fish on them...in between its pretty slow. a week ago most of the active fish were smallies, yesterday i also caught largies also....in afternoons i've caught a few fish on wind blown points jerkin' and with a few others draggin plastic at 25-30'.
    City: orinda

    Tips: definitely seems like summer...go early and cover water until you find fish either shallow or on your graph. there is to much empty water to fish slow.

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    Water Temp: 62+

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Had bit of a slow start ... didn't get on the lake till about 9. Went up north only to find that the areas were covered with boats. Had only one shaker smallie in the first hour on a crank. Went up to Putah and found the bite to be a little better, but only 4 fish at noon between both of us. Partner cranked up a nice 2.5-3# king off a rock pile (dinner tonight!). Went to Pope only to find an armada of pleasure boaters on a few of my favorite fishing grounds. Continued up river and when the wind (gusts up to ~15-20mph+) was not too bad, got into a decent bite. Ended the day with about a dozen fish plus that king ... no size though. Fish were very timid in taking the baits ... I thought this was spring! I think many were post-spawn pattern ... deeper than I would have thought.
    City: San Francisco

    Tips: 4" worms with chartruse tip working slow on 45degree angle banks with rocks ... oh, I mean SLLLOOOOOWWWWWWW. Good luck!

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    Water Temp: 60.1 - 62.8

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished our club event out of Putah creek 4/27. Tough bite for us! Caught fish just no size! Had 4 for the scale at a little over five pounds 8 and change won the money. Big fish was 1.6 for us, 2 and change for the money. Fished the rock walls down by the dam with Yamamoto grubs in the # 236 and partner was throwing # 178, 4 inchers. Lots of fish, but just 3 spots that would go for us. Caught our big fish (smallie) up Pope creek on a Senko # 297. We missed a few others on the senkos. Fish were light on the take. Fishing slow seemed to be the key for our fish. We did see some fish cruising in the back of coves and cuts, but couldn't get bit.
    City: Reno

    Tips: Cold front slowed down the bite we think? It should break wide open when the weather gets stable. Would of liked to fish this event in a couple of weeks. No rip fish. All our fish came on soft plastics and a slow slow presentation. Good fishing to you all.

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    Water Temp: 56.5--61.8

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Friday the 19th, was windy, post front for the last week and as expected the fish that were here for my last report had moved out. No fish shallow, not even any crusers. We adjusted and fished like I do in Jan. Feb. and did ok, mainly Jigs in 20-35 foot of water. Sunday I opted to fish the afternoon starting at 2:00 pm. The water had warmed to almost 62 from a high of around 56 on Friday. What a beautiful afternoon, almost no wind and warm. I ended up with 8 fish and unlike most trips only one was a spot. A good mix of smallmouth and largemouth which came on a mix of senko's, jigs, and spinnerbaits. All the fish were holding very tight to wood and if you were out of the 6 inch or so strike zone, no hit. Very suttle pickups and you had to hit the fish on the head with it.It's great when you can look at a tree top and in the clear water not see a fish , pitch a jig and watch it fall when the tree comes alive and a branch moves and eats it. Next weekend after a few days of warm weather should be DYNOMITE.
    City: Sacto.

    Tips: Slow, fish either suspended or holding tight to wood, that should change by the time you read this, for the better. The largest fish was a largemouth in Puta creek, 3.86 lb., on a wh/wh spinnerbait slow rolled in a tree top in 25 feet of water. Good Luck!

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    Water Temp: 62-65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Reapers Sat.had to leave early. Weighed in 12/46, with a 3.07 big fish.....Hope to see a check in the mail soon,,har.Started and stayed on the N/West side all day. Found a concentration of fish behind big Island, on the flats and coves way in the back. Even site fished a few smallies. Only saw small males largemouth on beds, no toads. We developed a pattern early after going 0 vs. 0 for our first hour throwing reaction baits. Splitshjotting 4" worms caught over twenty keepers,,all males.
    City: San Leandro,Ca.

    Tips: Fish still seem to be getting ready for another spawn. Should be awsome this week when the wind calms down......

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    Water Temp: 68-72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: On the water in Pleasure Cove at 6:30AM. Ran to the power lines at the west side of Wragg Canyon. Three fish for three casts first thing; two smallies and on spot to t.5lbs Continued south along west side of Wragg with many fish, some up to three pounds. Moved to the large cove west of Wragg for more great fishing.Of the water at three after boating and weighingin my lake best. 11.9lbs large mouth!! Took her to the store at Pleasure cove in hopes of a scale;no luck at the store, but a fellow bass fisherman permitted me to use his scale. After weighing, we returned her to where she was caught and released her. We finished the day with over 50 fish boated and released. Fantastic day on the B.
    City: Woodland,CA

    Tips: We had the best luck split-shotting 4" morning dawn worms and cotton candy lizards. Most of the fish were on the north side of coves along mud banks. The large fish was caught on a six inch cotton candy lizard in about 18 feet of water. Most of the larger fish were very subtle in their pickups; just a pressure bite.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I appoligize for the typo in my email address. This is the correct one now. Feel free to contact me for guided trips , my web site is under construction as I write this. It will be Golden State Guide and Fishing Instruction.com . (one word)! thanks, Ken
    City: danville

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    Water Temp: 54 to 62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got a late start(9:00), and fished till 1:30. Put 10 keepers in the boat with the biggest going a little over 3 lbs. Fish are on secondary points ready to move in to spawn. Did find a couple of bed fish but points were easier to fish and I'm not that hot on bed fishing anyway. Jigs, baby brush hogs and worms all worked with the better fish on jigs.
    City: Half Moon Bay

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    Water Temp: 58-60 degrees

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Berryessa on Tuesday and caught 9 Bass, all largemouths and spots. The fish varied between 1-4#, with the largest a 4.2# largemouth. The Bass have definately moved into the shallows with the prespawn at its peak. All the fish came on watermelon colored centepedes in about 3'- 10' of water with a split sot rig during the afternoon. They really are hitting just about any plastic right now and I would suggest trying the lake out soon. I fished the coves around Marina resort by shore and I saw a number of big Largemouths seeking out beds. Remember it is very important if your are not in a tournament to let the fish go right where you catch them in order to not disturb their spawning pattern. I'm heading back up today to try for some crappie and salmon. I don't really know what depth either fish are at right now, hopefully someone can help me out. I was thinking of trying the capell cove area. Thanks for any info.
    City: SF

    Tips: If you are not fishing cover, use as light as line as possible (6# test) and make sure to try dark colored plastics (eg. June Bug, watermelon, and brown). My favorite plastics for this time are $" predetor centepedes and Watermelon W/ red glitter 4" Berkely Power Worms. Almost the entire lake will be holding bass in 1'-5' of water from now untill late May. Good Luck and hopefully there will be some big numbers posted on the sight in the comming weeks.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Wrong Lake,should have been Don Pedro, Sorry
    City: San Leandro,Ca.

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    Water Temp: 52-55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished $$ 4 Bass tourney Sat.Fish were still in transition, it appears.Friends and fellow club members, Jim Yu and Joe Kopp,won it with 14+ lbs for five fish.They had a 6.43 kicker. All caught on crankbaits, on the main lake. We ripped two fish early,lost several more who couldn't stay hooked. Jigged a couple more on the main lake, then caught two more splitshotting. No bed fish yet, coming storm should hold the fish off even longer.
    City: San Leandro,Ca.

    Tips: Wish we could have found the crank fish my friends found.We weighed in 9.49 lbs for 7th place.........

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    Water Temp: 52'-55'

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water at dawn,cloudy,no rain,water temp mostly 54'....Started up Putah Creek.Caught two fish on two casts rippen.One was 2lb +. Rip bite ended soon after. Found another spot which produced a 3lbr. on a Rainbow 99,darter head worm. Caught four more fish during the day dropshotting 3" worms on broken rock banks, in 20 ft.Had around 10 lbs for best five.Real excited about ABA tourney on Sunday. Had front pass through sat. night,then temp dropped to 35 degrees. Very chilly in the morning.Start spot produced two dropshot fish,then the bite quit for us.We only managed a small limit,(7.42) the rest of the day dropshotting,slow. Had several bites,but the fish wouldn't hold on to the bait.Water temp dropped two degrees during the night.Oh well, better luck next time...
    City: San Leandro,Ca.

    Tips: Storm fronts and cold weather changed the bite,,,,not to mention bluebird sky......

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: City: San Bruno

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The three of us Fished from sunup till 2:00 without seeing even one BASS of any breed. Tried plastics, crankbaits, jigs, even tried Drop Shot for a while. We hit the banks, rock walls, some points, dropoffs and some deeper stuff. We tried Spinner bait, even a popper and a buzz bait. It was pretty cold and a little windy but we were kind of disappointed not to land anything. Tourney fisherman we saw said he did well in the shallows. Go figure ~ Better luck next time!
    City: Potter Valley

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: fished the lake on friday started around 9:00. started at skiers cove got some bits but no takers. Tried spanish flats for a while got 1 3lb smallmouth and more bits. then we hit the narrows more bits no fish
    City: woodland

    Tips: we found most the fish were about 10ft deep and around stucture use jigs,grubs and drop shot

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    Water Temp: 59-63'

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fiarly good day on the South end,,,,,found some fish ripping,cranking and with jigs.....small limit with plenty of dinks....looks like bite is improving a bit...
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: All points holding fish on main lake,,,,8-25',SLOW DOWN,,

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Another brutal weekend on Berryessa. Fished hard both Sat. and Sun. Between my buddy and I, boated 3 dink smallmouth's, 2 1 lb. Largemouths and 1 2 lb. Rainbow. We tried everything for the bass, until ultimately went on the troll with shad raps and picked up all of the fish of the weekend. Steep rocks seemed to be the best scenario. We saw the fish, they just didn't want to hit, pretty frustrating. On a lighter note, we picked up the trout (and lost another) while trolling shallow for bass, so maybe the lake's turning over?
    City: San Francisco

    Tips: Still looking for that breakthrough day on Berryessa. Maybe try in Feb-March??? Maybe try Clear Lake???

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well Berryessa is a tough lake to fish this time of year. Only managed about 8 or 9 fish over the weekend. A mixture of small and large mouth mostly on small cranks. Yellow seemed to be the color. Probably should have forced myself to fish DEEP but my buddy did manage two fish on one crank, both a smallie and a large mouth at the same time.

    Tips: Guess you gotta go real deep.

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    Water Temp: 73-75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished club tournament Saturday. Started throwing topwater near dam area with nothing happening on buzzbaits, spooks, ricos. One small bite on a senko, but no fish. We worked our way to the main body and by 11 am had one short smallmouth on a dropshot in 18 ft of water. Started splitshotting in 35-50 feet of water. On a steep rocky bank, we finally got into some fish from noon till 3 pm. I got 4 keeper spots (6.06 lbs) and 3 more short fish. Partner got 3 keepers, one on a brass/glass worm and 2 dropshotting. Winning individual wt was over 9 lbs for 4 fish caught on cranks in north lake near weeds. One topwater fish caught,(big fish 4lbs) first thing, but the angler never caught another fish all day.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: If I were heading back, I would drag splitshot # 39 magic worms along steep rocks in narrows in 35-50 ft. No BS here, just the facts! Phil

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: fished on sunday and the fish were biting. It really did not matter what you throw out they would hit anything. Get out early in the morning to avoid boat traffic.
    City: woodland

    Tips: Fish shallow and deep, lots of bigger smalles deeper