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Sunday, March 3rd, 2013

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    Water Temp: Slightly cold t

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at enterprise boat launch. First time of the season for fishing and for the eagle(my boat). It was me jitterbug and sarge. Just a normal lack luster day. Got rained on for a bit but it opened up to give us couple more hours or fishing. Jitterbug caught more than his usual share, probably cause he was using some of my tackle (pink robo worm). Sarge stuck to his guns and tackle, had 3 fish on but none in the boat. I caught around 8 spots big one was 15 1/4", in last chance cove right before dusk. Not a bad 1st run.
    City: Palermo

Saturday, March 2nd, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: We launched out of lime saddle about 10am, fished till about 2pm. Ended up with just 1 spot at 14" Tried everything, could not get a bite going for the life of me. Mostly I just got sunburned like never before.
    City: Magalia

Friday, March 1st, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Shore fished 2 hours from Loafer creek area 8-10am. Got 3 spots, all about 14" or so, lost 2!!!! All on roboworms. Water was looking good. Fished slow, light bites.

    If you'd like a fish partner, let me know. Generally available 95% of the time
    City: Magalia

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out for a couple hours on south fork got 5 fish one 19 inch spot about 3 1/2lb next cast landed a 23inch large weighing in at 8.15lbs.
    City: Oroville

    Tips: Deep and slow craw immatation.

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Shore fished at Bidwell marine. Fished roboworms and got 2 spots. 1 16" and a really nice 17 1/2". Guessing the large one was about 3 pounds, maybe a tad less. This has been my largest fish caught in this lake. Fish slow, bits very soft, so pay very close attention. Anyone looking for a fish partner, let me know. Available most any time.
    City: Magalia

Monday, February 18th, 2013

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    Water Temp: mid -high 40's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished with variety of baits, no response on reaction baits. And you would think that there is no bite on finesse baits unless you really watched the line. Lot of bites came off in about 20-30 feet inside any coves, off those roboworms and jigs. Fished for only 3 hours, released over 15 basses, all chunky and fat. Between 2 lbs to 3 1/2 lbs, nothing less or more.
    City: Paradise

    Tips: Fish real really slow, and watch your line!

Friday, February 15th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Tom, I believe the "trout" you are catching are actually silver salmon. Fish On!
    City: Paradise

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished out of Lime Saddle today. Launched about 8am, off the water at noon. Slow fishing. Got 2 spots, one 15", one 14 1/2". Both on roboworms. Again, got 1 trout on a roboworm!!! I think they are trout. Silvery sides, green backs. Does anyone know what they are.

    Fish slow, both fish picked up the worms super light, no real normal tap like feel of a bite.

    Cold and slow fishing. Ton's of wood on the water.
    City: Magalia

Thursday, January 31st, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out with my buddy Dana from Lime Saddle, fished from 8:30am to 11:am. Got 6 bass, one was 15 1/2", one 14 1/2", the others 13-14". Same as before, landed 2 trout on roboworms!!! Water is cool, so fish slow, slow. All took roboworms, All hit very light due to cool water, so pay close attention.

    Anyone wanting fishing partner, let me know, available 95% of the time. I'm a fishing fool, can't get enough.
    City: Magalia

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Anyone with a boat that would like a fishing partner, email me, I'm generally available 95% of the time to go bass fishing.
    City: Magalia

Thursday, January 17th, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Shore fished Lime saddle from 8am to 10:30am, tried every color, different worms, nothing except 2 12-13" rainbow trout that took roboworms. Nice weather, but no spots to be found. Not even a nibble
    City: Magalia

Sunday, January 6th, 2013

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Had been fishing with my son and daughter for a few days. It has been excelint. So many fish we lost count everyday. Most of our fish came on bluegill and smoke with silver flake grubs with 1/4oz dart head. Most of the fish were in 10 to 25 feet on eather big chunk rock or sand bars. the best time was between 11 oclock and 4pm
    City: san jose

    Tips: 5" grubs and 3/8 jigs in bluegill and smoke with silver flake. We did the best in the middle fork and south fork

Tuesday, January 1st, 2013

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Shore fished Lime Saddle from 8:30am to 11Am, cold 33 degrees early. Landed 14 spots, no large ones, all 13-14 1/2" on Roboworms. Fished 10 Feet to 40 feet from the docks. No one around on a holiday to kick you off the docks!!!
    City: Magalia

Sunday, December 30th, 2012

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    Water Temp: Unknown

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing was slower than it has been lately. We fished up to the log boom on the middle fork. As usual, the rock piles and points were the hotspots, between 10 and 40 ft of water. Cast a 3.5 smallie beaver on a spot remover about 10 ft off shore and retrieve slowly, parallel to shore. We boated 52 fish up to 17 inches, and almost all were over 13 inches.
    City: Oroville Ca

Thursday, December 27th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Shore fished Lime Saddle from 8:30am to 10:30am. Got 7 spots, one 16 1/2", one 15", with the rest 12-14". Also one trout, small, about 12-13". Fished Texas rigged roboworms. Most fish hooked about 15-20 feet. Bitter cold morning.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: When shore fishing, work the worm all the way back to shore, even shallow. Many were hooked say about 10ft, like the bass follow them and take the worm as it gets closer to shore.

Tuesday, December 25th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Shore fished Lime Saddle from 8am to 9:30am. Got 8 spots, 2 right at 15" on Texas rigged roboworms. Colors didn't seem to matter. Rain got too much and had to leave.
    City: Magalia

    Tips: Fish slow

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Shore fished at Lime Saddle roboworms Texas style 8:30am to 10:45 am. Got 8 bass, largest 16 1/2", 15 1/4" and a 14 1/2". The rest were all 13-14" or so. Slow fishing compared to past trips. Got one 13" trout as the worm fell. Funny, they don't fight at all compared to a small spotted bass. Like maybe a 6-7" bass fights, maybe less!! Cold, cold.
    City: Magalia

Friday, December 14th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 49-52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I have not been very good at reporting lately but these last few weeks have been some of the best weeks of Fall/Winter fishing I have seen. Average numbers have been from 40-50 with high days above the 60 mark. Most of the bass have been in the bracket but many over as the average bags have been around 10 lbs. Good bags have been 12-14 lbs. I had a great guy out today for just 5 hours and our total fish count was around 40-45. The exciting thing was his best bag went 16lbs-14oz. His two biggest bass were 5lb-4oz lg mouth and a 3lb-8oz spot. I don't have to say he was pretty excited about his day!! Today we did not get real fancy as all we used were senkos. With this storm and the 50 feet of new water, it has brought the bigger bass up. Last week were using blades,rip bait,drop shot, jigs, finesse jigs with worms, spoons, A-rigs, just to mention a few of the patterns.
    City: Paradise

    Tips: Don't mind the weather. Go out and experience some great fishing.

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    Water Temp: 49-52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Mike Sperbeck and I launched at the dam today, fishing from 10 am to 4 pm, mostly in the main body. Too cold to run around much and there is already floating debris! Be careful!!! The bite was slow but steady until about 3 pm, when it died for us. The sun came out for about an hour around 1 pm and the spotted bass liked that - bite was pretty good. All the bass were good quality (including one largemouth) except for 2 undersize. We had 6 "overs" but nothing much over 2 lbs. Possibly the now extreme cold weather has slowed the bigger fish bite - or we got on the water too late this morning. Clay/broken rock banks held most of the fish - at the 10 to 25 food depth. We could not really get anything going with deeper bass.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: We both felt that the bass seemed "on a diet!" None of them seemed to have the nice bellies that have been evident in previous years. The jig bite was good for me this morning - and I got two on a D&M Piranha swim jig (green pumpkin). Mike was using various soft plastics on a dart head. Not sure how many total bass we caught - somewhere around 30.

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished today, ended up with 13 spots, nothing of any size, maybe 14 1/2 as the largest. The Coho salmon plants were hitting our roboworms, ended up landing one, small about 9-10 inches. They hit worms like a machine gun firing, Tat, tat, tat, fast. Worms and hooks seemed a bit large for them. North fork full of wood, nearly like a log jam. Fishing way off, all our honey holes very slow. Weather will probably hold us off for the next trip till next year. We'll try to get out, but not likely. Lake water still rising.
    City: Magalia