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Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 41-49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I didn't finish my first report-my dog hit the keyboard. I'm proud to report that I released her. I didn't have my camera with me(Of course) By a lady from shore had her cell phone and took a snap. I will be posting pictures here the moment I receive them.
    City: ANTELOPE

Monday, February 5th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: To Jimbo or whatever you hide behind. @ guys followed Jim around Sat watching him graph Fish .When he left they pulled up on his spot and caught 4 fish that went close to 13lbs So dont write in with your stupid inuendos About people you dont know or believe. Do you even fish or know how to. I work at Folsom and can attest that Jim is there more then most people that belittle his reports. So if you cant say anything good about anyone then dont come on here and belittle someone that reports.I'm personally tired of this report page and the stupid remarks that the uneducated write. And you are the uneducated one.
    City: Folsom Ca

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 46 early

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: No bites until 11:00. Caught nine in one hole up to fourteen pound limit. Bait of choice was jig in 40-60 ft. As Scott S. said , slow, slow, slow. Thks Scott.
    City: Sac

    Tips: Listen to other pros when bite is tough. They sometimes can add to your day. Good fishing, Jimbo

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 41-49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Today was my day! Launched out of Granite Bay around 8:30 and was fishing with my good buddy Bruce. At 12:40 she hit! A long 45 seconds later she was in the boat! A 10.8 LARGEMOUTH! About 27 inches long! My lifetime personal best!!!
    City: ANTELOPE

    Tips: t

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    Water Temp: 41-49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Today was my day! Launched out of Granite Bay around 8:30 and was fishing with my good buddy Bruce. At 12:40 she hit! A long 45 seconds later she was in the boat! A 10.8 LARGEMOUTH! About 27 inches long! My lifetime personal best!!!
    City: ANTELOPE

    Tips: t

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: First things first. Congrates to Capt.Jack in his recent win. Always good to here an honest report. I'll be giving Folsom a try this friday.... let you know how it goes. Future Pro Tour- Clear Lake event. There are two different dates listed on their wedsite.For the Northern Region the event is listed on MAY 5TH. If you check the information secion- check in time is April 5th AT 5A.M.DOES ANYONE KNOW THE EXACT DATE OF THE CLEAR lAKE EVENT?
    City: antelope

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 44-49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I and Dennie Howard fishied the Basin Bassmasters tournament or or Granite Bay. We started out on the North Fork in the Rock Garden out on the bouys in 25 ft. Dennie was draging why I cranked with a orange/brown Norman. We watched two other fisherman catch five fish within the frist our. We moved away to another rock pile with samll rock so the sun will warm them up faster. We worked a rocky flat with himps in 10-30ft finding our first five keepers. we called one and then moved upto Rattlesnake on the steep banks, water was 39-41 degs. Headed back down to the main body just out across from Granite Bay in more small rocks calling another fish before weigh-in. Our winning weight was 9.8 and the only boat to come in with a limit.
    City: Rocklin

    Tips: Use leaches #266 & #261 with a split shot on 6 or 8 lb line. Fish it slow and or dead stick it.

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 46

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Please call your park office for that info and only post fishing reports on this site (thank you). I fished the dam area near the west side and some humps and depressions there and caught four fish. One was a smallmouth about a pound and one half and three spotted bass a little smaller. I was using a carolina rig with a light weight tungsten slip sinker with a red glass bead attaching a baby bass reaper for the bait.
    City: Sac

    Tips: There are a lot of smallmouth and sometimes some big largemouth in the area.

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: can anyone tell me if rattlesnake bar launch is open??...Thanks
    City: loomis

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started out main body again caught a 5 and a 3.5 ( both blacks) bite was slow so I moved up river at the temperature change, sea gulls were feeding on bait so I cast a swimbait, no takers, threw a Shad immatation drop shot bait, boom there were feeders all over the point, but they were only keepers. Desided to move back to main body but the wind got up and I left the lake very early. All fish came from about 10 feet.
    City: Sac

    Tips: Blacks today, spots tommorrow, it's anybody's guess. The wind had an effect today as it was nnw. Good fishing, Jimbo

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: unk

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started out in mainbody to let my other holes replenish(I have holes all over the lake) saw only two boats in south fork early. In about twenty minute I had about 15 pounds tossing a six incn swimbait and jigs. The 4.5 and the 5 came off the swimbait. Moved around a little bit and started culling 3 pounders for a limit of 18. It felt like a spring bite as the fish hit aggressively. Last week it was all blacks and this week it was spots (go figure)
    City: Sac

    Tips: The water level has been steady (unusual) for many days and has allowed the algae to start growing on the rocks and shallows. Agae equates to bait, fish, fisherman. Set your drag, put on new line and enjoy, Jimbo

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

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    Water Temp: unk

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started out on big point south fork , too windy to fish appropriate depht, moved to deep ravine caught three blacks, moved out went upstream to break caught 12 blacks. Rest of day enjoyed lunch and tried to get my permit for 07 but marina ewas closed, left lake. All fish caught on 5 inch swimbait in dephts 40 to 65 deep. Kokanne color was the ticket, had about 18 lbs, caught about 14 fish incvluding two trout about three or four pounds a piece. Also one five pound squaw fish. Like I've said forget about bass'n 101 do what you thin k get the fish.
    City: sacto

    Tips: Deep slow for most fish and bigger bags. Sure some will be shallow. No spots today, wonder why?
    Good fishing, Jimbo

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Q: If I were to go to folsom tomarrow and chuck a swim bait what should I look for, and how deep do you think I should fish.
    City: Cool

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: It was tough and cold! I hooked and landed a 2 lb-er on a rip bait fished slowly around a rockpile. Missed a carolina rig fish twice! My partner missed a jig fish and had 2 drop shot fish on....then off. He finally landed one. Hope the Folsom BAss league guys did better!
    City: folsom

    Tips: Slow down...

Friday, January 5th, 2007

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    Water Temp: warm

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught all fish from beds, all were spotted bass. They seemed to be all males??? Beds were on all shorelines facing either direction, most on northern face. Caught plenty, no real big ones.
    City: sac

    Tips: Run trolling motor along shoreline shallow enough to see beds, when you see one , immediately pick a rock or something as a guide to the bed, turn around and approach from the deep side after about a minute, giving them enough time to relocate. Cast to the area with bed not in sight for best results.

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    Water Temp: warm

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught all fish from beds, all were spotted bass. They seemed to be all males??? Beds were on all shorelines facing either direction, most on northern face. Caught plenty, no real big ones.
    City: sac

    Tips: Run trolling motor along shoreline shallow enough to see beds, when you see one , immediately pick a rock or something as a guide to the bed, turn around and approach from the deep side after about a minute, giving them enough time to relocate. Cast to the area with bed not in sight for best results.

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: To Jim Scarlett,
    thanks for a very informative report! this is the type of information that really helps all of us out and it it appreciated Jim.
    Brian feels that I was bashing you but it was not meant to come across that way so I want to appologize if you took it that way. I know you by reputation only and would never bash a fellow fisherman and especially for to one who is at least posting reports.
    Brian states that maybe you should just catch the fish for me and then hand me the rod well that would be ok with me maybe while you were catching them I could learn something from you. I am out on the water every weekend trying to learn so I am not sitting on my butt behind a computer as Brian mentioned. I don't understand all the hostility...maybe he was an abused child and he just hates everyone who knows! But I would like to thank you and all those who post informative reports.

    My report for Folsom 12/29: went up into the Rock Gardens with a good friend and managed 5 fish up to 2 lbs drop shotting Aarons Magic and Prizom Shad 4" worms. Nothing on jigs and all fish caught between 15-20 ft.
    City: Roseville

    Tips: Treat others as you would want to be treated. Remember there are men and women dieing for our freedoms so why do some have to fight and argue with our fellow americans. If you have that much to complain about then move to another country, otherwise just be happy that you live in a country that offers so much.
    thanks again Jim!

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

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    Water Temp: 50 ish early

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started out on main point to south fork, tossed 1/4 oz jigs (watermelon), got a quick limit in about ten casts at around thirty feet with one about four on first cast with the ole trusty 6" castais swimbait(shallow). Bite shut down as fast as it started so moved to Deep Ravine but there was a boat on the break already, so I moved further upstream acroos from New york Creek and jigged some more(all blacks to four lbs). The bite died there also(I must have a red X on the bottom of the boat. Moved back to Deep Ravine and boater was gone, stopped by the break and tossed jigs again with no luck. I moved the boat with trolling motor acrosss the saddle and saw a nice fish on my Lowrance 332 and dropped a basstrix down to it, caught it(black about four lbs0. You can figure up the weight. Bite turned off for my style of fishing so I just cruised looking for bait.
    City: Sac

    Tips: Looking for the bait after it shuts down gives you a hint as to where the bass may be during the feeding time, althought they will move an appreciable distance sometimes. All bass were aggressive (so they are hungry). Good fishing, don't worry, be happy, Jimbo

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

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    Water Temp: did not check

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started out in South Fork with swim baits(five inch Castaic,Rainbow) no takers. Moveed up to Salmon Falls Bridge area and fished darts(1/8, green with Robo 4" AYU). homemade jigs(1/4, 3/8,1/2,3/4brown with watermelon and blck specs, Using Yamamoto watermelon grubs as a trailer), drop shotted 1/2 oz weight with basstrix pond smelt, using P-line 6 lb. All fish were aught in various dephts down to 60 ft with some as shallow as 10 feet. Limit consisteed mostly of blacks up to 5+, limit weighed 18.5 lbs. I have fished this lake for more than thirty years so, don't feel bad if you don't do as well.`
    City: sacto

    Tips: make your home lake your experimenting one, get to know it well. Ther are certain creeks that hold many bass and those that are seldom visdited, find out why and find out why other spots hold a great number of fish and some will hold mostly large one. I hope you can take this report to heart, good fishing, Jimbo

Friday, December 29th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 48.8-49.9

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took a buddy to Folsom to show him the dropshot technique. I was a bit concerned about fishing in post-frontal conditions and following all the icy-cold north wind we've had for the past 2 days, but we didn't fare too badly. Started on the main body fishing points adjacent to spawning areas in 25'-50', and quickly landed 2 spots in the 2.5lb. range on the dropshot. A 4.5" Roboworm in the Prism Shad color did the trick, fished on 6lb. Cuda line with a 1/4oz. weight. We were fishing channel drops and small irregulartities in the bottom conture, and occasionally some isolated balls of bait. After another fruitless hour, we moved to a series of steep primary points and I picked up a beautiful spot pushing 4lbs. on a 1/8oz. darthead tipped with a 6" Fat Roboworm in the Morning Dawn color. The next point down produced another fat 2+lb. spot on the darthead, but by about 10:30am, the bite just DIED. The next 5 hours produced just 3 more bites - one missed on a darthead, a small 13.5" spot caught in a fairly shallow creek channel on a dropshot, and a beautiful King Salmon caught on a darthead! All in all, a pretty tough day on the lake, but at least we did manage 5 keepers. On an interesting note, we found the bait - boy did we - unfortunately it was all swimming out in open water at approx. 120'! This had to be one of the biggest schools of shad and/or pond smelt I've ever seen, and these recent cold temps we've had have pushed the majority of them DEEP!
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: Typical winter holding areas produced early, but then the fishing slowed to a crawl... for us anyway. Throughout the day, we fished dropshot, darthead, jigs, spoons, and even threw a crankbait and the Huddleston a fair bit. Vertical structure was the key for us, and all fish came from anywhere between 15'-40'. Stick with it... you will get bit!