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Saturday, February 21st, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: we fished all day with few bits tried everything rip, crank, worm, jig, d shot, every color but no fish. we tried the main lake, coves points and trees. any suggestions
    City: concord

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: See the lake is up about 4 feet and wondering if anybody had noticed how much higher the water would have to get in order to use the new Bidwell ramp? I understand its done and they are now working on the road that leads in. And it looks like a good bit of rain is forcast for the next week or 2. And it appears they have cut back on the releases which is a good thing.
    City: Paradise

Monday, February 9th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 47ish

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The salmon fishing sucked by the dam....no bites in an hour.

    Bass fishing a little better. 4 bites in 3 hours for nice slot fish. Staycees got the only hits.

    As far as I can tell, it looks like the bidwell ramp is 5 vertical feet from hitting the bottom of the new ramp. So Probably 8-10 vertical feet from being usable.
    City: Yuba City

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 46

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Anglers Choice on Sunday. Thought it was going to be a really tough day when we woke to gin clear conditions and a big fat moon in the sky. However, it didn't take long for the weather to change and the edge of a storm moved in. Anyway, we fished the main body and found fish in the top 10 feet of water. It was total junk fishing. We caught em on darters, jigs, d-shot, rip, crank and voodoos. All quality fish. Not on fish on the day was under 13 inches. You had to let the fish eat the bait for 3-5 seconds before setting the hook when they hit the plastics. We must have went thru 35 fish or so and wound up with a limit of 10.83 pounds, which was good for first. We missed big fish by .006 of an ounce.
    City: Roseville

    Tips: Main body seemd to be the ticket for us. We were fortunate to find quality fish in shallow water. Always nice to not have to chase em deep. Any color seems to work when they are eating. Don't put too much action on your plastics. they seem to like it more subtle when the water temp is in the 40's.

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 42-48

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: It's been while since Iv'e had a report. Since the end of Dec. when the cold snap hit, the bite has really slowed up. The tournaments have produced some nice 3lb. to one 10lb. large mouth. Our trip out yesterday was productive with the biggest at 2.5lbs. and the rest in the bracket. Paradise Tackle jigs have prodcing with the colors changing each day out. Senko's and Bucket Mouth stinko's have also been working. Texas and shacky head worms and beavers and drop shot methods have all been working. Some swim baits and a few reaction baits have also produced bites.
    City: Paradise

    Tips: Fish real slow.S

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Thanks Fred. Nope haven't been there. Been going North to Shasta. Good ramp, good fishing and lots of water. When they get the ramp done at Bidwell and the water rises to meet it, I'll be back, unless they reschedule the Stren, in which case I'll have to show up.
    City: Paradise

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 46

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Good to be back on the lake after 1 1/2 years. What a sight to see some of our favorite holes 250 feet out of the water. Wasn't too bad of a day for the most. There were times it rained so hard that I thought the lake might fill up in one afternoon, but we were prepared for it. Started very slow. We only had one fish by 11:30. Then we got on to a great bite the rest of the day. I can't tell you exact baits because of an upcoming tourney, but I can say you just have to cover water. The bulk of our fish were in the 10-20 ft range and the bites were soft. However, when you got bit, there was usually 2 or 3 more around. The nice surprise was the quality of the fish. We finished with 11.7 pounds for best 5. I would gladly take that in the tourney. Usually a winning or a good check weight.

    Tips: Stay patient. Middle of winter and the fish won't feed all day. Try and find clean water. We were thinking the warm rain would have the spots feeding up the creeks, but we couldn't find them there. Ramp is steep. Defintely recommend 4 wheel drive.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Has anybody been fishing this lake? There's a boat dock at the spillway and lots of gravel to keep you out of the mud. Same amount of fish but lots less water like a rain barrel.
    City: Marysville

Friday, November 28th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 57-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: A bit tougher on Friday. Caught 22, partner 9 on 4 inch worms rigged on 16th oz texas rig and 1/8 oz dart heads. 6 fish over the slot with another 19 inch spot. Only one largemouth but it was over 3 pounds. Big fish came early, and a bunch of the typical 14 1/2 inch Oroville clones. Most fish came off the main body, a few in the Middle fork. Fish were located between 15 and 35 feet.
    City: Woodland

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: 30 fish up to three pounds in middle fork on rocky points from bank to 20 foot using dropshot rig Fluks and 4" Robo Worms.
    City: Fairfield

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 58 - 62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I have not fished this lake in over 10 years...but it is just as good as I remembered. Spent Sunday and Monday on the lake. Took about 35-40 fish each day. We caught most of the fish on 16th oz texas rigs and 4 inch worm. Points and walls were the most consistant. Took 2 fish over the slot on Sunday, and 6 over on Monday. We also took fish on tubes, dart heads, dropshot and grubs.
    City: Woodland

    Tips: Very slow retrieve in 15-30 feet. Fantastic lake.

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: got to the lake around 6:30 watched angler's choice blast off went up and fished a point and spent 4 hours there the fishing was none stop until about 11 and then we fished a couple more points and then left
    City: Rosevile

    Tips: fish shad type baits really slow and stay in contact with the bottom
    Pick up a hulla grub shad color and a football jig head catch fish all day

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

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    Water Temp: Don't know

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Well, with this rain, twice as much water is going into the lake as the amout they are releasing. If we don;t capture every drop we can this lake will never come close to filling and we can't rely on getting more water after the first of the year. I can't see where any farmer, the delta or anyone else down stream would need water right now. Leave the outflow alone.
    City: Paradise

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 62-65

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Well managed to get out on Tuesday the 28th...On the water at about 6:35 right at dark still and wanted to do some early topwater fishing but the wind was too strond and wouldnt allow me to. So instead i stayed right there and fished along the dam with reaction baits(something I;ve never done before) and it payed off nicely. i was throwing a 1/2 ounce white blade, and my partner was chuck a basstrix minnow swimbait. We fished about half the dam and came up with about 5 fish..3 on the blade and 2 on the swimbait, and one fish weighing 2.8 pounds. The wind died down on us from there, and let me tell ya...The lake is wide open right now! We then shot to a nice point on the main body and scoped more fish then i have seen in a long time. We went on to catch about12 fish off of it using jigs, shakey heads, and most came of the dropshot. You know with the water down the way it is, not only does it condense the fish, but more importantly it makes NEW structure and bank lines for these fish which are easy to key in on due to water level. We ended the day up the west arm beating the bank with shakey head worms using my personal favorite color on the lake which is morning dawn, and warmouth and probably caught another 20-25 fish easily..this lake is alot of fun right now, get aout there and make it happen before the water temp drops, and the fish begin to slow down! There VERY hungry right now.AND ACTIVE!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: This lake is fairly easy right now, most ALL of our fish were caught anywhere from 10-25 feet of water, the deeper fish came on dropshot. But we did have a few fish smack our tubes and Shakey heads very much up tight.(less then 5 feet) Anything platic and moved slow will pick fish up! The watre is a touch warmer on the main body which might have a little effect on the fishing.

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    Water Temp: 62-65

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Well managed to get out on Tuesday the 28th...On the water at about 6:35 right at dark still and wanted to do some early topwater fishing but the wind was too strond and wouldnt allow me to. So instead i stayed right there and fished along the dam with reaction baits(something I;ve never done before) and it payed off nicely. i was throwing a 1/2 ounce white blade, and my partner was chuck a basstrix minnow swimbait. We fished about half the dam and came up with about 5 fish..3 on the blade and 2 on the swimbait, and one fish weighing 2.8 pounds. The wind died down on us from there, and let me tell ya...The lake is wide open right now! We then shot to a nice point on the main body and scoped more fish then i have seen in a long time. We went on to catch about12 fish off of it using jigs, shakey heads, and most came of the dropshot. You know with the water down the way it is, not only does it condense the fish, but more importantly it makes NEW structure and bank lines for these fish which are easy to key in on due to water level. We ended the day up the west arm beating the bank with shakey head worms using my personal favorite color on the lake which is morning dawn, and warmouth and probably caught another 20-25 fish easily..this lake is alot of fun right now, get aout there and make it happen before the water temp drops, and the fish begin to slow down! There VERY hungry right now.AND ACTIVE!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: This lake is fairly easy right now, most ALL of our fish were caught anywhere from 10-25 feet of water, the deeper fish came on dropshot. But we did have a few fish smack our tubes and Shakey heads very much up tight.(less then 5 feet) Anything platic and moved slow will pick fish up! The watre is a touch warmer on the main body which might have a little effect on the fishing.

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

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    Water Temp: Around 67 I thi

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Haven't been on this lake since May or June. We got a late start (1PM)and went to Bidwell to launch but were advised by some that there some kind of metal structure right off the end of the ramp that was catching on trailers upon exit. Not wanting to screw something up we went to the dam and launched in the dirt. Granted, it could mean 4x4 for some but with a short wheelbase Blazer we were able to creap down and put in without 4x4. There is no dock but you can get the boat close enough to shore to get in and out. We went to the middle fork and chose a shady wall and working slow managed to catch over 20 fish (nothing over a pound and a half) on a combination of rattle traps, rip baits, tubes and worms in various colors.
    City: Paradise

    Tips: I think the better bite is on shady walls and just start with you confidence baits and see how it goes. They ate almost everything we used. We fished late in the day so the morning thing may produce different results. We have plenty of water out there and lots of different structure to look at. The launch will be your biggest headache so take your time and go fishing.

Friday, October 24th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 61-63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I spent the last two weeks over at Clear Lake for two tournaments and had a great time catching a lot of quality bass. Although it was great catching 4-6lb bass, it was nice to fish in clean water and be back at my home lake. The fishing is really good out here in Oroville Lake right now. Not much traffic and bass are ready to give you a thrill. We took spots on several methods, drop shot, tubes and jigs. The depth was from 15-45 feet. The only down side is our ramps. The dam ramp is 4 wheel only, but has no dock and is no charge. Bidwell ramp is still chargeing and caused a few to get towed out this week due to the water droping to the bottom of the metal tarmack which should be fixed for the weekend.
    City: Paradise

    Tips: Main body and all branches producing well. Drop shot anything like Basstrix minnows, Robo worms and shad. The Gitzit tubes in the clear sparkle color also produced. The Paradise Tackle Co. jigs in the brown-purple, blake-blue, brown-red and black and red produced most of the bass. Found bass on points and also walls (rocky and solid). I also heard some of the coves where produceing with tubes and senko's.

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went to the spill way ramp and it is closed. Headed back to Bidwell still open small one lane dirt and rock steep launch. Fished from 8:00am to 2:00 pm had 25 fish all 14" 17" bigest one 2.3 lbs. All fish came on worms and leaches in arons magic in 18' to 23' of water. We saw only one other boat the whole day, rained 11 to 2 great to see some weather
    City: Loomis

    Tips: main body points

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

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    Water Temp: 70-73

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 10pm to 6am. Caught about 30 fish with about 4 over. Not much size. Couldn't seem to get on any big fish but a lot of 14". Almost all fish were caught very shallow on worms and jigs. Tried numerous depths and areas but most our luck was shallow. No real small ones. All typical Oroville 13"-16" cookie cutters. Saw a huge mountain lion watching us from the hillside near Dark Canyon. Pretty cool. Beautiful night with great weather.
    City: Y.C.

    Tips: Launch at spillway is free right now but a little steep. Not much problem launching with 2 wheel drive but slipped the tires a little.

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched from spillway at first light ran up to the south side for no fish moved back to find some deep drop offs and found some dinks afterabout a hour of this we moved around the bend to the north and got on fish from jigs to drop shot broke off a nice one trying to horse into the boat. and the net was right next to me all fish were healthy and released Spillway from what I ould tell was free and I highly recommend useing this launch mucho better compared to bidwell kind of a tough day not sure why all the conditions were right except for no wind limit of5 for 6 # Question of the day when is the plane going to take off that has to be a site to see !
    City: Roseville

    Tips: find the fish and they will bite
    crank baits SEXY
    Stacy 90
    green pumkin grubs
    drop shot
    All caught fish just nothing real big today