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Saturday, October 27th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 65-68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Very tough bite for Basin Bassmasters on Saturday.
    One limit came in with 10.76 lbs,second place had four fish 7.86 lbs.
    Most of the fish came on tubes, drop shot and darter head.
    City: rocklin

    Tips: worms, grass and rock on flats.

Saturday, October 20th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: It was a tough bite for us. One short fish in the boat on drop shot. Other guys also found it tough, with 2 teams with no fish to weigh in. Few limits. Some in club found good fish with winning weight over 15 lb with a 6.7 kicker. Graphed fish, but could not get them to go. graphed bait, got no fish around them to go.
    City: Sac

    Tips: cover water. They're biting somewhere.... somewhere else for us..... slow techniques seemed to be the flavor of the day....

Saturday, September 8th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the weekend. Only fished AM and PM nothing mid day. Caught 25 bass mostly spots. There was a hit and miss top water bite and a good crank bait bite PMs. Picked up a 7.4 lbs and a 3.5 lbs LM on a top water plus a bunch of smaller spots. The crank bait fish were all spots on a 1.5 KVD crank on steep rocky banks. Nothing on carolina rig or drop shot.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Fish top water early AM and after 6:30 PM. Mix casts with a crank bait to see what they want. Work steep banks with large chunk rock close to the shore casting parallel to the bank.

Thursday, July 5th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 84

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished 2 days over the 4th. Tough bite. Caught 15 LM and spots all in the river area. Inconsistant top water bite AM and PM. Biggest fish 4+ on top water. Once the sun got high switched to dragging a carolina rig in 15 ft off points and caught fish. Picked up several on crank bait. Nothing on drop shot.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Top water AM and PM. Carolina plastics the rest of the day. Try crank off and on all day on rocky shore.

Friday, May 11th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 67-70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched from the North Shore at 8:30am. Sunny day, no clouds, no wind, 10+ foot visibility. Went directly across the lake to the South shore dike. Saw a few fish breaking the surface in and around the submerged islands with stick-ups on top. We went to the dike wall and fished plastics (C-rig, watermelon baby brush hog) and crank baits. We were fishing in 4-10 feet of water. Spent 1 hour without a tap. Fished around the submerged islands in deeper water (18-25) and got our first bite on C-rig worm (brown with chartruse tail). My partner and I got a few more taps but were a little slow on setting the hook. On the trolling motor, we went to the East and found a shallow bay filled with small rocks and few trees in 8-10 feet of water. Stuck my first fish at 11am on a C-rig using oxblood with red flake 5" worm (15" LMB, 15ft deep). Moved thru this bay and stuck another (16" LMB) on same rig. My partner lost one on a Senko (Watermellon). My partner lost another on Senko (Watermellon). Got a few more taps on the C-rig but did not hook them.
    Took a 1-hour lunch break under a huge Oak tree on one of the islands. So, back at it and I land a 13" LMB on a drop-shot rig using a 4" curly tail shad pattern at 20-25 feet deep around the houseboats that are docked on the North Shore. Fished around the submerged island (12-15 ft) but no takers. Went back to the shallow bay with trees & rocks and hooked a monster on C-rig (oxblood with red flake). I thought it was going to break my line so I went to adjust my drag and the fish came off (rookie mistake!) Must have added a split second of slack in the line. Hooked another but did not set the hook well. (Another rookie mistake!) All the while my partner has been trying different colors and techniques without nary a bite. We finally make it back to the North Shore marina 4:45pm, stop near the rocky cliffs and both my partner and I hook up with fish at the same time using C-rigs (Oxblood with red flake) in 15-20 ft. We ended with only 6 fish in the boat but it was a great day away from the office.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: We tried topwater in the morning with no success. Bite was soft. Watermellon and Oxblood colors seemed best. Only a slight breeze all day.

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

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    Water Temp: 67 to 72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Clear water got to love it. Sight fishing is always fun. Me and my partner got abot 25 bass from 1 to 3 lbs. All on plasics. Robos,Sincos and anything that was plastic. My partner hooked a bass around 10 lbs but could not land it. "8lb test P Line" Dumb Ass. Mix of spots and florida bass. Tons of fun. Lots of big bass at this lake.
    City: Citrus Heights

    Tips: Use line stronger than 8lb test

Sunday, September 11th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Really tough bite. No top water am or pm with one brief 1 hr exception between 7-8 Sat evening. Caught about 20 total fish largest 2.5lbs on top water. All fish caught on drop shot or popR shallow less than 10 ft. Mud lines and weed lines were the only pattern. Should get better when the water temp drops. Slow bite probably due to lake draw down.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Drop shot along weed lines or mud lines shallow.

Sunday, August 7th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 80 +/-

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: On the lake at 6:15 am headed up to the dam and fished the riprap with no luck, fished some of the humps where I saw alot of fish on the graph and caught two small spots; decided to go fish up the river and threw everything I had in the boat with no luck. Fished under the bridge and caught a 2 lb at the piling and then watched two jump off the bridge right where I was fising. Slow day and only had the three bites.
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: Not sure i have any as I didn't do very well today.

Saturday, August 6th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 82

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished AM for a couple of hours Sat and Sun. Very slow bite. Picked up a total of 13 fish all spots except 2 smallies. Drop shot robo in morning dawn, a couple on PopR topwater and shallow crank bait were the only producers. Thought there would be a big AM topwater bite and almost nothing. Had one HUGE blow up on a frog in weeds 2 ft deep. Swung and missed. Nothing on Crig plastics. Fish were shallow on points.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Tips: Fish shallow on points and any shallow water with weeds. Try crank bait drop shot robo worms. Forget top water even though it looks perfect for throwing one.

Monday, July 4th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the 4th Holiday weekend. Caught 25-30 bass mostly spots. Caught several really big fish. Lagest was 9lbs, then a 5lb, a couple of 3-4lbs. Bite was actually pretty tough with the boat traffic. Fish were all shallow on points. Biggest fish were taken on top water, PopR and Jitter Bug late evening. Lots of AM fish caught on shallow crankbait and C-rig plastics.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: No top water AM. Look for shallow points with weeds. Start with shallow crankbait then work the productive areas with Carolina rig. Fish were 1-5 ft deep.

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished May 5-7. Caught 30 bass mostly spots. Caught 2 big LM one over 7 lbs and one over 8 lbs. Caught all fish on one of 3 lures. First top water PopR. Second KVD 1.5 Sexy Shad and third a Crig brush hog. All fish were caught in 1-5 ft on shallow flats and the back of coves. Great fun. Missed about 20 top water bites. When I switched from a Tiny Torpedo to PopR I hooked them. They were coming out of the water and hitting my top water bait from the top down where there are no hooks. Rarely seen that.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Start with shallow crank. Switch to plastics when you find fish. Top water PM after the water warms to 70deg. Fish shallow 1-10 ft.

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 60 deg

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out for 5 hrs and saw 3 bed fish in over a mile of shoreline. Picked up one 2.5 lb Spot/Smallie hybrid on MMII in 8 feet off first ledge. Marked fish still in 15 - 18 ft. Tried jigs, chatterbaits, drops, and creatures with nobody taking interest. Tried white spinnerbait and had 3 short strikes, all tentative. Water warmed from 58-60 deg.
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: water clarity is 10 ft and stealth is a must. Spawning looks to be right around the corner. The last cold front probably pushed it back a week until things really happen. Saw one nice pair actively spawning 3 lb/5 lb that were very bright color suggesting they had just come up. Saw one big gal by herself in 3 ft. pushing 8 lb+

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Cloudy with some wind. took the son-in-law since he too is not working. first and only stop was the second dike. we had over 30 fish each and they were all around a pound. we could of looked for bigger fish but the dike blocks the wind so good why leave. I let my son use my old pistol grip rod from the 1970s and told him to set the hook as hard as he could when felt a bite. After the 8th fish he caught on to my joke asked for a different rod. most of the fish today were spots with a few trout mixed in. we stay next to some old tree line in 35 ft of water we lost about 12 jigs and a few drop shots. good day
    City: Lodi

    Tips: the crazy color did not do well for us, the more natural colors were getting snacked hard. for jigs try 1/4 or 3/8 clear olive with watermelon or light smoke. drop shot was not as good but did produce. we use 4 inch green robo worms the purples, shad patterns and the larger worm did not work for us. when you catch you first fish start fishing small and slow. good luck and be safe.

Friday, March 11th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Landed 9 bass today fish are still holding to the deck around 20', 8 were 2 LB, 1 was 4 LB. Bite is tuff out there lot of presure, boats running everywhere all day long. Threw 1/2 to 3/4 oz gigs with craw trailers. good luck.

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

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    Water Temp: ??

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Will someone else PLEASE post a report? Someone has to have fished Camanche in the last couple months. Cmon, only takes a few mins!!
    City: Sac

Saturday, November 6th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 60-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I fished this weekend at The future pro classic the fishing was not steller but there was plenty to be caught my best fish came first thing in the morning on a frog (snag proof) over a five foot deep hump it was a 4.12 spot the rest of the fish came out of 12 feet of water they were buried in the grass piles that are all over the lake drop shots and small 1/4 ounce jigs in dark colors caught em just through your drop shot right into the grass shake it then go to the next one this pattern got us 11.25 at the tourney for eleventh on the first day.
    City: grass valley

    Tips: for more in depth report see my results at bigedfishing.com

Friday, November 5th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 62,64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I put the first 2 fish in the boat dropshoting and my grandpa put a few fish in the boat and we cote them on jigs
    City: roseville ca

    Tips: THIS is my first full season on the future future pro tour and i am going for angler of the year and i am 7 years old and my name is conner

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Basin Bassmasters just finished their last tournament before the TOC. Only three limits came in, winning weight was 12+ lbs. Most of the bass were cought in the main body and some in the nerrows. Drop shot, jigs, split shot with a lizard, worms and darter head. Some reaction fish for some, lipless crank baits. Look for the bait, wood.
    City: Rocklin

    Tips: Fish it slow.

Saturday, October 9th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: someone plz let us know how the tourney turn out n any tips be great

Friday, August 27th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished for 2 1/2 days last weekend. Caught and released over 50 bass both largemouth and spots. Biggest was just under 5lbs and took several in the 3-4bls class. The big fish were caught early and late on top water (PopR). The rest were caught on either shallow crank or drop shot in 1 to 5ft of water in grass lines. Great fishing. WX was very cool with a front approaching so the bite was off the hook
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Chug bait or prop bait top water early and late evening around grass edges. Fish very shallow crank baits and 4" worm drop shot in the weeds.