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Thursday, February 15th, 2007

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    Water Temp: low to mid 50's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out about 8 AM, fished til'about 5PM. Did pretty good towards the south end of the lake on reaction baits. Rippin', blades, and also LV's caught mostly small shad feeders, big fish went 5-9. Caught some on jigs as well.
    City: Upper Lake

    Tips: Start out in the early morning with a slow presentation then work towards your reaction baits as the water temp warms. Good Luck!!

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Excuse Me? Why was my report about catching a Striper at Clear lake deleted?!?!?! I spent alot of time on writing that report and was very exicted. All I wanted to do was share my once in a life time expierience. You moderators are snobs, do you think I was making this up? Clear Lake is a BIG Lake and it is not too unbelievable folks. Wierd things have been caught out of Clear Lake before. I find this very disrecpectful. I caught a Striper at Clear Lake, face it!
    City: Nice

Monday, February 12th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 44 to 46

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: CAUGHT
    City: Willits

    Tips: CAUGHT

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 44 to 46

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished sat and sun figured it out sunday cought 5 fish for 15.5 lbs. cought two early on lv500 in american shad. small fish though. cought the bigger fish on Aarons magic w/red flake on a shakey head. 12 to 20 feet. 1 fish hit hard and ran but the other 2 just picked it up very soft.
    City: Willits

    Tips: fish super slow move it like 2 inches and let sit for 10 seconds then move it 2 more. Move around in 15 feet of water till you find the school of fish stacked up.

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 42-45

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Like the previous report, fish really slow. My Partner and I won the REBC club tourney on the 20th with 17.71 lbs. with a 4.96 kicker. We focused mainly on rocks and ledges dragging worms so slow it was almost like dead sticking. The bite was so soft, but if you didn't wait until the line moved to set you wouldn't hook the bass. Be patient and you will catch fish.
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: The next Redwood Empire Bass Club Tournament will be February 24th at Berryessa out of Capell Cove. We welcome new members both boaters and non boaters to fish with us. Rich Thiel a well known guide will be speaking at our next meeting on Tuesday February 13th at 7p.m. at the Rohnert Park Community Center on the corner of Rohnert Park Expressway and Snyder Lane. Log onto rebc.net or call me at 707-758.5762.

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 40ths

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: took two limits biggest 5.7, fished slow, drop shot dark colors 7-12', fished very slow fished on rocks with slow taper to deeper water no reaction bites.
    City: lakeport

    Tips: dead stick or very slow, soft bite

Friday, January 26th, 2007

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    Water Temp: ???????????????

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey CrankinKC. What club do you fish with? I fish out of a kickboat with the scbbbc. Im set up with a livewell and all that good stuff and Im looking for more tournament opportunities, if I could fish with your club out of my boat or as a co-angler let me know. Thanks.
    City: Ukiah

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 40-43

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The Redwood Empire Bass Club held their January tournament this past Saturday and most teams found little or no bite. Out of 11 teams there was only 2 limits. Top weight was 17.71 lbs with a 4.92 kicker and 2nd place was 15.54 lbs. Most teams stayed on the south end after launching out of Redbud, but the big bag came from up north. I stayed around the narrows all day and my partner and I caught 9 keepers to 3.25 lbs for second place. Mostly caught on Yamamoto Hula Grubs and Robo Worms in 20'-25'.
    City: Rohnert Park

    Tips: Fish VERY slow. Move the bait a couple of inches the pause, move a little more then pause. Stay in contact with the bottom and be patient. Browns and pumpkin colors worked the best. There was virtually no bite, just pressure as you crawl along the bottom. Try rip bait on the north end.

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 43-47

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED ALL DAY FOR ZERO. ANYBODY THAT CAUGHT FISH THIS WEEKEND SHOULD GET SOMETYPE OF SUPERFISHERMAN AWARD! (NO MINNOWS!)
    City: antelope

    Tips: Don't have any to share-only canght a sunburn.

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 40-42 (iced ove

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: When is this ice age over with?? Went out midday headed straight toi the pile off rat island....nothing, went to the narrows and dragged everything (real slow) including minnows...nothing.
    Went to Konocti, worked off the rocky point in 20-30 foot just south of the resort and found 'em...got two on jigs with a friendly pig (blk/blk) both in the threes. Then got two beauts on minnows...one 6-12 and the other was 7 on the dot....called it a day and thawed out!!
    City: eureka

    Tips: All my fish were close together, right before dark, and the two on jigs was slow rolled and shook the jigs when they were on pause (about a 30 second pause at that)....exytremely light takes!!

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    Water Temp: FOURTY!

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Decided to fish some spots I havent hit for a while on the north end.I put in at county park and fished the surrounding area for about 2 hrs and couldent get bit.went over to stete park area skunked.shag rock,hights marina,braitos DEAD BITE!Tried dragging soft plastics real slow,ripped quite a bit,and cranked lvs,and fished a drop shot rig.Pretty much beat my brains out for the 3 or 4 bites i got but never saw a bass.Ended up the day at kono taye in an attemped to save the trip and catch a bunch of crapie,pulled up and talked to some guys that were struggeling to get the crapie to bite!I stuck one and called it a day.Pretty sory!The water was iced over in a few places
    City: lower lake

    Tips: stay home

Monday, January 8th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 45

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at about 11AM yesterday after most of the fog had cleared. Fished around the Indian Beach area for awhile and noted numerous schools of Shad in the process of dying off. The birds were enjoying quite the feast. Marked a few suspended fish on the sonar but couldn't convince any of them to bite. So we headed over to Konocti and caught a few crappie using red/whit and white 1/16 oz crappie jigs. at about 3PM we decided to hit Shag Rock and on the way there we fished around Anderson Island...nada..zip..zilch...nothing even showing up on the sonar. Arrived at Shag Rock for the last hour of the day and caught a few more crappie before calling it a day and heading home. All fish were released unharmed.
    City: Petaluma

    Tips: For crappie red/white and white jigs were the ticket.
    For bass who knows what the hell they want right now???? I know I sure don't :(

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: What's up Roger's, no 371V in your name this time. ya git rid of her. I noticed you had five in the boat. Did you get a yacht. I saw a bass boat that day that was packed and your fave spot, its mine too. Don't worry, I won't give it away. I am the guy that sometimes fishes out of about a 15 foot red seaswirl and almost always throwin a jig! I saw you a few times when your ranger was in the shop and you were fishing in a small boat that looked like it had a cabin!
    Sounds like you have a good minner bite going, congrats.
    Been tough on the south end, I got skunked today, but then again I was chuckin the big baits in the middle of winter. I know I could stick a small bag if I downsized, but I don't enjoy that.

    Tips: Do better than me. I'd like to get a ton of rain in the next few weeks and have the weather chill by mid feb or so I can start stickin pigs! Be here before we know it. I hope it's not a late winter, so the water clarity gets good early and I can throw what I want to at em and win some moola. Wishful thinking, haha! Give me some tips so I can get em in the winter. Dec. to Feb is rough out here for me, but I know guys are gettin em. Someone always is

Friday, January 5th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 47-48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I made another short trip to Clear Lake at the end of last week and did catch a few bass. I started 45 minutes before dark and caught a 4-3 and a 3-14 bass on brown/orange Rodstrainer jigs w/Yami #180 grub trailers. One was 25 feet deep and the other over 30 feet deep - in the narrows. I did some rippin' as I did in the previous trip but no takers. I went to dinner feelin' pretty good about my 4 lb average (har!) and started again about 7:30 pm. After getting my token 10 incher out of the way, I caught a 2-9, 2-8, and a 2-3, all on Power hogs. So - how about that - a limit - wow!! Hey, at least it was over 15 lbs which isn't saying much. The night bass were caught north and south of Konocti Resort in rocky areas. They were very deep too. The cloud cover I hope would increase instead decreased with a bright moon soon showing. I wasn't in the mood to flip docks or other shadows, so I went home! Those bass lost out of my company! Serves 'em right!! I did have a big bass pick up my "hog" in about 25 feet of water. I did get a hookset after I realized I was pulling a fish in addition to my bait. I stuck her for an instant but she rolled off the hook. Another one I would have liked to see!!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: I think the carp have even realized that the water is now cold - did not hear a single one roll - even in the moonlight! I did throw jigs at night but they seem to want the Power hogs - with added Smelly Jelly!! Once the bass adjust to the suddenly cold water, I think the bite might return some. If you look at the long range forcast for some VERY cold weather - maybe not!! I think giving seminars in warm buildings sounds better to me!!! See you there!

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Redwood Empire Bass Club would like to invite all bass fisherman beginners or experienced, boaters and non boaters, to fish with us on January 20th out of Red Bud.Ten out of our eleven tourmaments this year will be at Clear Lake, Berryessa and Sonoma. You can sign up at our meeting next Wednesday at 7p.m. at the Rohnert Park Community Center at the corner of Rohnert Park Expressway and Snyder Lane. Our guest speaker will be Dave Church who with three different partners won the last two team tournaments at Berryessa and placed 2nd in Anglers Choice team on 11/26. Log onto rebc.net or call me for further info at 707.758.5762.
    City: Santa Rosa

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water around 11am today before the rain. Wind was pretty strong coming out of the north west. Stayed around Rattle Snake and the close vacinity. Graphed lots of suspended fish but they would not eat. Lots of shad in the water too! TRied dropshot, spoons, jigs, ripbaits and a c-rig...nada for 3 hours. I think the bass must be eating at night right now with the full moon. Could not manage even a single bite today. Will try the north part of the lake tomorrow or Friday...weather permiting.
    City: Fairfield

    Tips: Go to Berryessa! The bite has been outstanding there.

Monday, January 1st, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: minner fished on sun and mon with no takers fished around oaks and rattlesnake mon so foggy could go anywhere
    City: san jose

    Tips: put on your cold weather gear

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Where are all the bass?? Tried all my favorite spots in the narrows, Horseshoe, and Buckingham area with jumbo minnows (usually a sure thing) and didn't get a single bite. Others I spoke to said it was very slow as well. Gorgeous, clear, calm, and COLD!
    City: Greenbrae

    Tips: Wish I had some!

Friday, December 29th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 44-46

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Buddy Forrest and I heard about the great crappie bite so we gave it a shot first thing in AM at the Rock, Forrest got 5 fish that I would like to call medium pizza's before I got a nibble, these fish were ginormis, finally I told my buddy you take over the trolling motor and I finally got 3 in the boat, after 3 hrs we decided to go for bass and just got a bunch of 10-12 inchers.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Fish Bass Assasin 1 inch jigs for crappie and toss it out and let it set for 20 seconds and than reel in as slow as you can with out stopping, no pause or jigging, If it were not for my buddy I would not have got one crappie because I could not get this system down, I have trouble reeling that slow on 40 oz of coffee:)Use drop shot 4 inch robo's for bass. Spoke to many bass fisherman and everyone was having trouble putting any quality fish in the boat, that is fisherman that were fishing in daylight hours.

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    Water Temp: 44-47

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Spent a few hours around Anderson Island throwing a 6" swimbait. No fish, no hits and no follows. A bit too cold for swimbait fish but I had been dying to try out my new setup. I did fish the bait as slow as possible but no luck on this day. The lake conditions were decent and there was quite a bit of traffic, mainly other folks fishing. The fishermen I spoke with weren't catching a lot of fish even the ones using minnows, which surprised me.
    City: Petaluma

    Tips: Happy New Year !!!