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Sunday, April 10th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 58.5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Slayed the 2-5 pound fish in rock creek on Carolina rigged lizards and drop shots. Put over 40 fish in the boat, with a first timer. Could not buy a fish on reaction baits, they wanted everything slow. All fish came in 10'-15' of water.
    City: ROSEVILLE

    Tips: Very slow presentation

Saturday, April 2nd, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I took my brother and son out. We got on the lake about 8:30 out of the north ramp. We went east of the ramp and fished crank baits and tubes. I landed 2 1.5lbs off the crank and that was it. We also went by the dam and up by the river inlet nothing
    City: Davis

Friday, April 1st, 2005

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught a couple nice bluegills at the north end...each weight about 3/4lb and then no more bites so we moved to the dam area and still caught nothing. All in all it was not a good day. Will definately try again later though.
    City: Sacrameto

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Outstanding. Ok, we used minnows, but we found bass in 7-9 to 20-25 feet. Caught and released at least 30 bass up to 3 pounds. A mix of both males and females. Something though (striper or a channel cat) grabbed the minnow and stripped about 50 feet of line out before it snapped.

Saturday, March 5th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 54-58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My dad and I went out fishing and it started out slow until my dad got about a 1 pounder on a drop shot at only 10 feet of water. Then he landed a nice 3 pounder on a tube by a rocky bank. Finally I caught a 1 and a half pounder on another tube. After that we headed over to the back of a cove around the main body and I landed a nice keeper on a crankbait (shad color). My dad caught two other small bass on tubes still. After that we headed over to the southside of the lake and I caught about a two pounder on the same crankbait. My dad also landed two more bass still using a tube. He stuck with a tube most of the day and I used a combination of crankbaits and tubes. We ended up with ten fish altogether. The fish are starting to move back into the back of coves and they're starting to spawn. We enjoyed a great day of fishing.
    City: carmichael

    Tips: Fish structures at five to fifteen feet of water. Slow roll reaction baits and soft plastics.

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    Water Temp: 54-58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My dad and I went out fishing and it started out slow until my dad got about a 1 pounder on a drop shot at only 10 feet of water. Then he landed a nice 3 pounder on a tube by a rocky bank. Finally I caught a 1 and a half pounder on another tube. After that we headed over to the back of a cove around the main body and I landed a nice keeper on a crankbait (shad color). My dad caught two other small bass on tubes still. After that we headed over to the southside of the lake and I caught about a two pounder on the same crankbait. My dad also landed two more bass still using a tube. He stuck with a tube most of the day and I used a combination of crankbaits and tubes. We ended up with ten fish altogether. The fish are starting to move back into the back of coves and they're starting to spawn. We enjoyed a great day of fishing.
    City: carmichael

    Tips: Fish structures at five to fifteen feet of water. Slow roll reaction baits and soft plastics.

Saturday, February 26th, 2005

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: friend reported 7 fish from the bank on the north shore using 4" plastics. just thought id share. most were cause dropshotting, but the other were using a small split shot 18"s above the hook working it slow.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: slow for now, wait till the water worms then the fish that feel like snags start hitting.gotta love them fiesty spots!!

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2005

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    Water Temp: 49-57

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: The water was very muddy from the rain run off. Back in the coves the water temp was 55-57 degs. The main body was the place to stay using jigs, dart head, worms,lizards in dark colors. Using a scent and working it slow. The lake will be better when water clears up. Quency and I got 7 bits and two spots.
    City: rocklin

Saturday, February 12th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 47-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My fishing partner I started out working jigs in brown/purple in a hula grubs with a 1/2 oz football jig a # 3/0 hook. Moving into the Bear Creek and way back in a cove in 10-25 ft, finding four keepers. Back to the opening of the creek,draging a jig we managed to get a 4.8 spot. The water is warmer in the Rock Creek aera, @ 50-52 degs.
    City: rocklin

    Tips: work from the banks to 25 ft slow.

Monday, February 7th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 46-49.7

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: The water is still muddy, but the temp has gone up some. Quency and I found some bass in 10-15 ft. Others came in 20-25 ft. caroline rig brush hogs and dragging a jigs ,brown/purple. No rip bait, spinner or cranking.
    City: rocklin

Sunday, February 6th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Lake is full and clearing up quickly. Turkey shoot yesterday produced some nice fish while my partner Dick and I managed a five fish win with 12.41. Fish are starting to move up but you have to work the 25-30 depths. Another week or so and this lake will explode, pumping out a lot of big fish so give it a look.
    City: Wheatland

    Tips: Our pattern was dragging plastic on a carolina rig, using the carolina keeper, a 1 oz brass weight with a glass bead setting it about 18". Don't try and look for the fish on your electronics, rather look for the right depth as they are moving in and out and may not be seen but are there. The new north side ramp is absolutely beautiful, they did an A1 job with plenty of paved parking and new rest facilities. Lake is full and clearing nicely.

Saturday, January 29th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 42-45.1

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Denny,Quency and I found only three other boats on the water. The morning was ok until the north winds came in. We fished in the quarter mile cover and got three bass and 6 bits that we mised. The lake is full. We then fished in the back of Rock Creek and found some nice spots up to 3.5 lbs. Next mounth will be better.
    City: rocklin

    Tips: use small worms and lizards in 20-30 ft.

Wednesday, January 12th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: i drove by the lake on thur the 12th of jan and it is full to the top! spillway is overflowing however the lake is solid mud...gonna take awhile to clear up...
    City: lincoln

Wednesday, January 5th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Lake if overflowing very muddy - talked to a couple of boaters who came in without a hit. Once water clears a bit look for a great bite.
    City: Licoln

Wednesday, November 17th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught about 10 fish in 3 hours of fishing. Did well around submerged trees in the Bear river arm. Caught fish on dartheads senkos jigs and worms. Buddy caught nice 3 pounder on black jig. All other fish were small. Caught all fish in 15 feet or less. Released all bass back to the water.
    City: Y.C.

Monday, November 8th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The water is way down and launching is from the South ramp. There is no dock and you have to pull up to the shore to get your partner. The ramp is pretty flat so you have to back up quite a bit. Now that's the bad news. The good news is the fish are very cooperative. Len and I caught about 12 solid keepers and several smaller fish. A mix of spots and blacks. They bit tubes, jigs and dropshot 4" worms. Remember to have fun and leave the fish behind!
    City: Roseville

    Tips: chunk rock banks and secondary drop offs. found fish almost everywhere we tried.

Sunday, August 22nd, 2004

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    Water Temp: 75 deg

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Quency Malone and in the water at 9am in the south shore ramp, drove into bear creek and started on the big rocks with a darter head lizard. the first hour we put in the boat 20 spots and smallies, the winds were not so bad by now. moved into the trees with a jig brown/brown with a 180 grub double tail and picked one keeper 1 1/2 lb. went home at 1pm with 10 keepers the best five 8.5 lbs.
    City: rocklin

Friday, June 18th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Top waters first light - casting over humps,points, and creek beds. First cast produced three aerial attacks until he bit Spook - 12". Shad senkos caught 10 the rest of the day with one coming on 3X Zulu. Senko fish came off points. Last one caught at 1:30 pm. All came walking the shoreline. Biggest was 3#. Total = 11 fish for 25#'s.
    City: Rancho Cordova

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    Water Temp: UH ???

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went to CFW this morning to get in a little fishing. Got three on light green & pepper worm. There is a really nice launching facility now. Nicely laid out too. Got on the water at 6am, the water level is dropping quite a bit. The spillway is high and dry. While fishing on the river arm I look up and see a full race clown boat, V8 big block come screaming past. They turned around and came back the same way. Moving so fast that there was very little wake. As I moved out of that arm I hear drag boat after drag boat blasting off. I find out later that this is time trials for a drag race this weekend at CFW. I left at 1PM talked to the man that takes the money and he says by the end of the summer there won't be much water at all. He said there is 40% more rice this year and they're scheduled to lose most of there water. When this happens they are going to extend the launch ramp another 200 ft into the water. SO CFW is going to dry up soon.
    City: Rio Linda

Monday, March 29th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: out in the water at 730am with only a handful of other boats, fished the southside (in case you dont know and are planning on coming here, northside is still closed for remodeling and boat ramp so dont go there yet). lake is completely full and really clearing up beautifully. first fish was a dinky spottie within 10 minutes, than nothing much for the rest of the morning except 2 others with maybe a few missed strikes. Tried topwater zara pup and white spinnerbait early, a few crankbaits later on then dragged Senkos the rest of the day. about 2pm on the way in, landed 7 healthy and spunky spotties,all in 2-3lb range with the largest going 3.6lb, no largemouths caught. so actually finished the last hour or so with a good feeling. only two water skiers and no jet skiers during the afternoon, but this will soon change. forget fishing on weekends here soon and get away on a weekday instead. chances will be better and much more peaceful.
    City: yuba city

    Tips: fish 10-15 feet down during post morning hours which peaked at 2pm on this day. dont forget to release the bass ASAP as the prespawn begins. key in on the taller trees that cast shadows on the water right by it, a bass could be sitting in that shadow as i witnessed and did manage to catch one by the banked houseboat with numerous structure and blugill all around it.