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Friday, November 8th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Been a while since I could talk anyone into fishing. Went out today with Dana. Nice day, windy early, but not too bad. Picked up spots on points, 25-40ft of water on drop shot roboworms. Largest a 15" smallie, all others 13-14" as a guess. We ended up with 13 spots total for the half day of fishing. Water still dropping, has to be close to 170ft down.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know. I'm available 90% of the time. Email me at [email protected] Lets catch a few.

Thursday, October 24th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Jeff and I fished the main portion of the lake today, worked our way to north fork. Fist fish a nice 16 1/2" or about 2 1/2 pound spot. Not our best day on the lake, ended up with 7 spots, most 13-14" Tried assorted baits, could not get it to pick up any. Fish tend to be getting fatter now days. Still nice fish trip, thanks Jeff. We fished mostly roboworms in tan to brown shades.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone with a boat needing a fish partner, let me know and lets catch a few spots. I'm available most of the time. Email me at [email protected]. Lets catch a few.

Sunday, October 20th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Had to get the fish bug out of my system for a couple days, so shore fished Lime Saddle from 7am to 8:15am. First cast a 15" spot. Ended up with a total of 8 spots, all other fish a nice solid 13 1/2" to 14". Bite was super soft today, but plenty of fish to be caught. All caught on roboworms in brown shades.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone with a boat that needs a fish partner, let me know and lets catch a few. I'm available most of the time. Email me at [email protected] Let pierce a few lips.

Friday, October 11th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Shorty fish trip today. Launched about 7am, off the water at noon. Jeff and I got 9 spots, one was a small mouth. A couple were decent size, around 15" or so. The rest 13-14", maybe one smaller at under 13". Fished Texas rig roboworms and drop shot, a couple fish caught at 50ft, the rest 25-40ft. Tons of boats on the water with them all doing a pre-fish for the tournament tomorrow. Great trip, thanks Jeff.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know, I'm available most of the time. Email me at [email protected] Let catch a few together.

Monday, October 7th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from Lime Saddle from 7am to 11:30am, worked our way to north fork. Got 6 spots, drop shot roboworms in 25 to 35 feet, could not find fish more shallow. Lost 3 to bad hook sets, missed 3, too anxious setting the hook. Super windy first 2 hours.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone looking for a fish partner, let me know, I'm available most times. Email me at [email protected] ,lets catch a few.

Tuesday, October 1st, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Shore fished at Lime Saddle from 6:30am to 8 am. Texas rigged roboworms got me 5 spots, no large ones, all about 13" or so. Still a nice short trip.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know. I'm available most of the time. Email me at [email protected] and lets catch a few spots.

Friday, September 27th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Jess and I fished the main lake from about 7am to noon. We ended up with 8-9 spots, largest right at 16", (nice fat one.) Large fish was about 30-35ft down. Seems better sized fish tend to be deeper right now. Windy, windy day on the lake. We fished Texas, drop shot, both got fish. Both us us used roboworms.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know, I'm available most of the time. Lets catch a few. Email me at [email protected].

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Lime Saddle, fished a half day, off the lake at noon. We ended up with 10-11 spots, no large fish, all about 13-14" or so. ! was top water, several roboworms, a few tube baits, a couple crank baits. Seemed most baits worked. Water is down over 150ft. Hard to figure out where to fish with it changing so much each week.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know. I'm available most time. Email me at [email protected] Let catch a few.

Friday, September 13th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Shore fished today at Lime Saddle from 6:30am to 7:45am. Ended up with 5 spots, all right at 14-14 1/2", no large fish this trip. All on Texas rig roboworms. Seems like the fish are putting on weight and looking a bit fatter and solid these days.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know. I'm available most of the time, if not already fishing. Email me at [email protected] Lets catch some fish.

Wednesday, September 11th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished today with Joe. Launched at the spill way about 6:30am, off the lake at 10:30am. We ended up with 6 spots, the last location produced 3 in the 15-16" range, the others were typical 13-14" fish. Most fish on roboworms, bigger fish deep, about 30-35ft or so. One was a large mouth. Fished the main lake points and coves. Thanks Joe, great trip.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know, lets go fishing. I'm available 90% of the time. Email me at [email protected] Lets catch some fish.

Thursday, September 5th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went fishing today, launched at Lime Saddle about 6:30am. We ended up with 10 fish, no large ones, all 12-14" with one being a small mouth. Fished till the WIND BLEW, hard this time, no fish after 10:30 am. Most fish in the 20-30ft range. Lake is down 137 feet. Launch ramp is a killer, looks to be 600-800 feet long. Fished mostly roboworms, Texas style, shaky head and some drop shot.All caught fish.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know, I'm available 90% of the time. Email me at [email protected] Lets go fishing.

Wednesday, September 4th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at the spill way today about 6:30 am or so. Fished the main lake mostly, got 12-15 fish (lost count) Jeff got a 2 1/2 pound large mouth as the largest. A couple were small mouth and also got one small cat fish on a roboworm. Jeff got a couple small ones on top water, me a couple small ones on a swim bait. Not a bad trip, lost 3-4 fish. Boy, the water is sure getting low!!Great trip, thanks Jeff.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know. I'm available most of the time if not fishing. Email me at [email protected]

Thursday, August 29th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Shore fished Lime Saddle this am, from 6am to 7:45am. First hour tossed swim baits, just 2 short hits, felt like dinks. Switched to Texas rig roboworms, got 2 spots, one 17 1/4" and one 16". Wish I could have stayed longer.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know. I'm generally available to fish most days. Email me at [email protected] and lets catch a few.

Wednesday, August 28th, 2013

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    Water Temp: 75-78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Just spent the entire week houseboating and fishing on oroville. We fished about 6 hours each day, 6am-9am and 4pm-sundown. While it did die off on saturday and sunday, the bite was pretty consistent. We caught about 1 fish per hour on spinners, topwater, and worms. Over half of the fish were taken with a shaky head or wacky dropshot worm. It's a very subtle pressure bite, so pay attention and set if the line feels heavy.

    Last year during this trip the fish were small, but this year, over 70% of the fish we caught were slot fish, and all the fish on the worms were slot. Biggest fish were a 17" spot on a worm, a 15" largemouth on a worm, and 15" spot on slow rolled spinner.

    The fish are full of little white minnows. Half the fish we caught were vomiting them up at the boat.

    We found action all over the lake, South middle and north forks all produced. Just concentrate on points. Ignore the tress, unless they are on a point.

Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Jeff and I fished today mostly main lake from about 6:30am to 11am. Started out a tad windy, as time went on wind died off. We ended up with 4-5 fish (can't remember for sure) with Jeff getting the largest, a nice fat 15" spot. Jeff did a bit of top water, missed one, no other takers. Fished mostly roboworms from shore to down about 25-30ft. Kind of a slow bite, but great fishing partner, good times. Thanks Jeff.
    City: Magalia

Saturday, August 24th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Shore fished Lime Saddle from about 6am to 8am. Slow bite, got 3 spots, lost on as it tangled into a cable, just couldn't get it free, eventually the line broke. Fished Texas style, light 1/16oz, with curly tail roboworms, bold blue gill. Light weight lets you get past the rock working the bait back to shore. All fish were 13-14" as a guess, didn't measure any this trip.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: As always, anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know. I'm available most of the time, say about 90% or so. Email me at [email protected]

Tuesday, August 20th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Shore fished at Lime Saddle this am from 6:30am to 8am. Ended up with 4 spots, no large ones. All Texas rigged with curly tail roboworms in bold bluegill. Slow bit, but not bad for shore fishing and stuck to a small section of bank.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know. I'm available 95% of the time. Email me at [email protected]

Sunday, August 18th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Shore fished from Lime Saddle from 6:30am to 8am, ended up with 5 spots, all 13-14". Fished Texas style, 1/16oz roboworms. Light weights let you get over the rocks when working the worm back to shore. Slow to sink but it works.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone with a boat that is looking for a fishing partner, let me know. I'm available 95% of the time. Email me at [email protected]

Thursday, August 15th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Lime Saddle about 6:30am, fished till 11am, too hot!! today. Dana and I got 9 spots, no large ones, all 13-14", lost 3-4 to bad hook sets. Fished main points, rock piles, etc. Fish from shore down to 25ft. Tried many color, different baits, fished shaky heads, Texas rigs, jigs. Bite was good in the beginning, but not a single fish after 9:30am. Better days ahead:>) at least hope so.
    City: Magalia

Wednesday, August 7th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at the spill way today, fishing with Joe. Fairly cool morning with heavy breeze right at the beginning of our fishing trip. Hard to hold the boat in position with this much wind. We fished the basic main lake body, points, and or any rocks we could find. I might have lost count, but together, we got about 8 spots, 3-4 over the 15" and one very close to 17", the rest the basic 12-14" size. Fished shaky heads, and spot removers, in 10-30ft of water, various worms and or grubs. Gave up fishing about 10:30am, just too windy. Thanks Joe, great trip.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Anyone looking for a fishing partner? let me know, I'm available 90% of the time. Email me at [email protected]