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Monday, April 23rd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 62/65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: CAUGHT FISH 15/20 FT ON SENKO/LIZARDS TRIED TOP WATER NO TAKERS ALL THOUGH WIND BLOWING DID SOME SIGHT FISHING DID NOT SEE ANT FISH ON THE BEDS MAYBE THIS LAST FRONT MOVED THEM TO DEEPER WATER LARGEST FISH WENT 4PDS ON RED PEPPER COLORED LIZARD CAUGHT SIX FISH TOTAL
    City: ANTIOCH

    Tips: 15/20 FT DEPTH SEEMED TO WORK THE BEST FOR ME ON ROCK

Friday, April 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: i was throwing a rapala crank bait bluegill...and cought a 2.5 pounder by the dam ...then decided to move and tied on a rapala shad crankbait...and the first cast in a about 2 feet of water caught a really healthy lookin 4 pounder
    City: oakley

    Tips: good luck

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 61-64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Out again after I got off work... so on the water at 9:30 took my daughter to net fish. First fish 3rd cast 3# LM White spinner bait w/white blade next 2 on same. 1 on a jig off a bed, another off a tree in 2 feet of water on a senko .Fishhed till 12:45. Only 5 fish. 9.14 for the 5. The fish are up. I even saw some guys killin the trout at the causway at about 11:00. They caught 3 while I was moving by. Go get'em. Some big fish will be up this week. Catch'em & releas'em.
    City: Ione

    Tips: Have a dark jig and a light jig so you can contrast the bottom. If you're bed fishin go where the wind is light, and have good glasses.
    The reaction bite is solid right now for all the fish that are staging. I still have not thrown a crank bait but I probably should have, so don't rule it out. Good luck.

Friday, March 30th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 60-63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got out late around 10:00. Fished from the narrows up past the bridge. We saw a few fish on beds. Nothing big. They're still hangin a little deeper. I got 4 fish in 3 hours. Senkos and spinner baits. All shallow. I'm sure the deeper bite is good but I chose to go shallow. I,m only submitting this report because I see nothing current. Be patient. Next week it's game on ! The weather is perfect. Take a kid fishing. It's spring break!!!
    City: Ione

    Tips: Fish seemed to want the bait moving.Sinner bait white w/white blades. Green pumpkin Senko Catch and release! <*)}}}<{

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 51 - 54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Peter and I fished the El Dorado Bass Club tournament this last Saturday on a beautiful February day. We boated 6 keepers for the day on jigs either green and black or brown and black. Bite was very soft or just a slight weight that felt different then all the rocks, mud, wood or weeds. First place went to Gregg & Rod whose five fish total weight was 19.66 pounds with Gregg's big fish of 7.70 pounds. My partner and I were fortunate to take second.
    City: El Dorado Hills

    Tips: Main body seems to have the bigger fish and we worked our bait very slow off of primary points or humps.

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 46

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: on the water at 7:00am,fished the area to the right of the dam,threw dd22 and nailed a 3.5 black......about 1hr later in the same areaI drop shotted a green weenie and caught a 2.1 black.....spent the rest of the day dart headin sabertail bugs and limited out...
    City: rocklin

    Tips: saw alot of people draggin hula grubs on a 1 ton with red tails, they seemed to be catchin fish..

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 45-50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Sorry forgot to put our full email address.
    City: Sacramento

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    Water Temp: 45-50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The Sacramento Bass Wranglers held our first tournament of the 2007 season. We blasted off 8 teams (7 boats) in search of winter time bass. When it was all said and done, we had 3 limits weighed in and one team blanked. Winners had 5 fish for 12.96lbs, 2nd (fishing solo, boater had last minute cancellation) had 5 fish for 10.52lbs, 3rd had 5 fish for 9.00lbs. Big fish was 3.62lbs largemouth caught on a drop shot in 40ft of water.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Most, if not all, fish were caught in depth ranging from 25-50 feet on jigs, carolina rigged plastics, dropshot plastics, and dart head plastics. Browns (green pumpkin) and greens (watermelon) seemed to be the ticket. One blade fish was caught early. That'st all for now folks. Check us out @ www.sacbasswranglers.net. Full results and NEW webpage layout should be up shortly.

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    Water Temp: 46-50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a small club tourny with 7 boats. My partner and I had 8 bites and caught 6 keepers. Our fish were all 2-3 pounds. The key to our results was similar to NaCl's report. We fished dead slow and on steep dropoffs near a channel. All fish came from 30 to 40 feet. We used football head jigs, dartheads,dropshot, and spoons. Fishing was very slow and sometimes hard to stay motivated and focused especially when you may only get 5 or 6 bites. I ended up with the winning weight of 11 pounds for 4 fish which included one almost 4 pounds.
    City: Sant Rosa

    Tips: Stay focused because the bite can come at anytime. Move your bait slowly...maybe a 1/2" every few seconds. The bass want a super easy meal without much work invloved. Give it to them. The real work is trying to keep the boat super slow with a super slow retrieve. Stay warm.

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 48 degrees

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: launched at about 7:30am fro the north shore ramp. Water was cold as hell, beautiful outside otherwise. Fishing was tough. Threw everything but the kitchen sink. Started fishing between 35-45 feet of water and got a few bites, but nothing. Went shallow between 12-25 feet and marked tons of balls of bait. Threw jigs, drop shots and darter heads, but nothing. I picked up a swim bait for shits and giggles and first cast got a bite. Second cast, got a 1 1/2 pound spot but came off at boat, third cast a 4# trout. Only 1 guy said he caught anything. Even went out deeper to about 90 feet and fished really slow. Came up with nothing. I was the only one on our boat that caught anything.

    Tips: Hell, normally i'm better than this, but maybe even I need some tips at this lake. First time there. This cold front shut em down i think.

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a club tourny with 15-16 boats. My partner and I caught 10 keepers to weigh in 12.99#. It was good for 2nd place. We lost to a team with a 6+# kicker. Our fish were all 2-3 pounds. We had our limit by 8:12 and culled before 8:30. We moved to our second spot and culled three more times. Also, lost 3 or 4 fish that broke off or shook off.

    The key to our results was fishing dead slow and on steep dropoffs near the main channel. All fish came 45 feet or deeper. I discovered this bite during prefish and managed consistent catches on this pattern every time I went to it. We used football head jigs with small plastics and small brown tubes on a C-rig to catch our fish. Also, liberal doses of scent.

    The prior three days were a severe cold snap but these deep fish were not affected. We should have boated 14 fish and, with a little luck, might have caught the 5# kicker we needed to win. But, under the freezing conditions, I'm very happy with 2nd place. Congratulations to the winners...great job on a tough day!
    City: Fair Oaks

    Tips: Slow, slow, slow! Boat moves 10 feet = 10 minutes! Find your fish during prefish, then trust them to be there on tourny day.

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Club tournament. 15 teams 5 blanked. I was lucky I had one bite for a healthy 1.40 lb spot at 8 am.Water turned into ice on my rod eyes and couldn't cast until you stick your rod in the water to melt the ice? Boy was this a fun day on the water or what. Still no lites on the bathrooms? Guess $24.00 can't cover a little electricity before sunrise. Won't be going back any time soon.
    City: orangevale

    Tips: Wait for a warming trend.

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    Water Temp: 48-49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: tough bite. fished club tournament. Heard about 5 teams blanked. we got lucky with a small limit. Most on jigs very slowly dragged. One on drop shot. partner caught 3 lb trout on tube---tell the trollers they are wasting their time. Heard some caught limit on darter heads shallow.
    City: folsom

    Tips: fish very slow with jig or drop shot around 35-40 feet deep. We caught most of our fish behind others, so be patient.

Friday, January 5th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got to the lake a little after 7:15am and went up the Fork to the right I dont Know what the arms called. I wasnt until around 8 that we got our first fish which ended up bein a trout!!! Next Fish Came at around the corner from the trought at around 10am on a Blue senko. Got a couple more nibbles but none stayed on! Realy cold today. temp just above 40degrees. Realy windy!!! Winds up to 35mph at times!! Realy realy Rough even in protected coves! It was the North Wind!!!!
    City: Folsom

    Tips: Throw everything including top water! Be Safe! esppecialy in the winds. If you have a smaller boat dont risk it! watched a guy in a smaller boat get blown around Stay Warm.
    TAKE A KID FISHING

Monday, January 1st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 52 degrees

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I couldn't launch until the fog lifted about 8:00AM. Caught 1 nice 3lb at the ramp. Fished points in the narrows and China Gultch drop with plastics & Jigs with not much luck.
    City: Elk Grove

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: $24 for launch ?? Price keeps going up at that lake. Don't see any justidication other than getting greedy. Boycott and go elsewhere and maybe they'll see the lite.
    City: sac

Friday, December 29th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 51/53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: 7 spoted bass 5 bigest went 13 to 15 lb my partner had the bigest at 4.75 and the rest where 2 to 3.5 most where in the 3 lb. range.cold in morning better in afternoon then cold in that magic hour.
    City: sacto.

    Tips: deep and slow real slow

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: $24.00 for a Camamche run? WHAT IN THE HECK IS GOING ON WITH LAUNCH FEES? Isn't 10 bucks enough? $15.00 at at Folsom during peak PERIODS is very questionale in my opinion. At least at Amador they at least stock the H$%% out of the lake! But that dosen't mean you are going to bring home anything..... WITH the price of gas ect. turns a day outing into a hundred dollar adventure!
    City: ANTELOPE

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: 7 keepers for 12 lbs best 5. 2 hour pattern. Price is going up to $24.00 to launch next year. Maybe they can afford to turn on the lites in the bathrooms early in the morning.
    City: orangevale

    Tips: Fish slow fish deep.

Friday, December 1st, 2006

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    Water Temp: 52-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fish China Gulch/Lancha Plana area with tubes for best luck. 20+ fish, NONE from main lake. All upriver.
    City: Ione

    Tips: Darter heads on tubes produced a 2.5 lb AVERAGE. Steep rocky structure.