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Wednesday, January 29th, 2014

  • Butte County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Shore fished at Lime Saddle this morning for 1 1/2 hours. Managed to get 3 spots, all 13-14" or so, standard size, no bigger ones. Texas rig roboworms did the trick. Fish at about 25ft-30ft of water from the docks. No hits when fishing from the shore.
      City: Magalia

      Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know and lets catch some spots. Email me at Jewelweaver@earthlink.net

Tuesday, January 28th, 2014

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Forgot to post so I'll post it late....Went out with Tiger for first trip of 2014. On the water at 9 off at 3. Six fish total. 4 for Tiger. Depth between 25 and 50 feet. 5 on Dropshot and one on T-Rig. 5 Spots and 1 LMB 2.2Lbs biggest fish, the rest under 2. Six fish all on different color plastic. Most of the fish were well away from the points (we were targeting points). Fished south end of the lake most of the time. No fish in the time we were north and we never went more north than big island. Air temp was near 70 - but only if you were sitting still and off the water.

      Tips: soft bite - for most all fish.

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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well hit some of my key points and rock piles with drop shot, jigs and a crankbait, caught quite a few fish on the drop shot Roboworm (prism shad) but had nothin on the jigs or crankbait. Then found the schools of shad and the bite turned on, threw spoons and drop shot. Caught more fish and seen more fish also when we found the shad. We even snagged a couple shad and used them (they hammered it) catching all different types of fish.
      City: Napa

      Tips: Find the shad and throw shad colors

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 52 in the mid a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We fished from about 11 to 4pm and managed 9 fish. Most were clones around 2 lbs and my brother caught a very nice 3.5 small mouth on a jig. Threw a swim bait for 4 hours an no bites. All fish caught on jigs and spoons 15 to 30 ft on the main body.

      Tips: Fish slow

Sunday, January 26th, 2014

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 48-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched 830pm public launch, fished until 130pm. Fished skiers cove, narrows, and damn area. Fished 20-40 foot rocky slopes. Fished minnows all day (drop shot, bobber, and split shot). Slow day. 2 fish for the boat, 4lb LM and 2lb SM. The 4lb LM felt like a giant on my drop shot rod! Big ole belly!
      City: Fairfield

      Tips: I'm thinking some sun would have turned them on. Didn't start warming up until mid-afternoon.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Four fishermen on two boats, launched at 8am off the water at 2pm. My partner and I headed north from the main ramp, slow day. My partner boated 2 smallmouth, best went 1lb 15oz. I had one follower and that was it. The fishermen on the other boat fish Sonoma pretty often and had a better day. They boated 7, all largemouth nothing over 2lbs. All fish from both boats were caught is dropshot.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: It's a grind, if you go fish slow. Fish seem to be holding in 15-30 feet of water.

Saturday, January 25th, 2014

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 48-49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a tough day, only managed to land 1 fish on drop shot. Our friends landed a few more than we did. Tried everything and it was just a tough bite.

      We need rain bad folsom looks like a river and it is very tough to launch if you do not have a keel gaurd.

      Anyhow if youre going out to folsom please keep the updated coming.

      Tips: None really through everything at them. Maybe I will try the kitchen sink next time.

Friday, January 24th, 2014

  • Solano County
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Question for all of you delta rats... with the weather being the way it is, shouldn't the fish think spring is coming in 30 days??? Looking for some help out here, the fish should be moving right?

  • Butte County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from about 8:30 am to 1 pm. Bad day, strong winds and white caps early when we launched. The further into the north fork, less winds and nearly glass like. Couldn't get fish to take anything. All Jeff and I managed were a 13-14 inch each, 2 fish the whole trip. Saw 3 large spots chasing my bait near the end of the trip, still couldn't get them to hit. Better luck next time.
      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 Jewelweaver@earthlink.net and lets catch some spots.

Thursday, January 23rd, 2014

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 45-48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: clear stable no wind 70s daytime 30s at night
      Lake Level: 7 ft down from full but most ramps still usable\Best Depths: 10-30
      still kinda slow with plastics but guys are getting big fish.minnow bite is good
      Big Bass: 10-3001/21/2014 - 13.54
      John Pearl on a swimbait
      Events: ABA team coming up 2-16
      Guide Information: clearlake outdoors\Name & Number: 707-262-5852

      Tips: I went minnow fishing yesterday and we caught 16 bass to 8 lbs and 3 catfish 15-30 ft deep in 5 hour trip

Tuesday, January 21st, 2014

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Float tubed Sevenmile with a buddy for only two bass, one for my friend. First one was about 4#, second barely kept. 5" senkos and a dropshot, 4" worm. No rip bait fish. Fished as slow as I could stand. Best fish hit toward the top of outgoing at about 10:30. Water stayed the same temp. even though it got warm in the afternoon. Nothing ate the red bomber.

      Tips: 5" Senko's and a 4" dropshot

Friday, January 17th, 2014

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Just to keep the reports active... Launched out of Ladd's and ran to Turner. 2 fish, one dead sticking drop shot and one ate flappin hog after picking it up after dead sticking. Fished outside weedines 10 to 15 feet near points.

      Tips: Although the weather feels like spring, fish are still cold. Dead stick or work bait very, very slow, and then slow down some more. Although not too bad, watch for debris.

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      Water Temp: 49.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Good bite for fish right now using jigs. Give it a shot.

      Tips: Boat ramp is still good to launch from.

Thursday, January 16th, 2014

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 46-48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: As I have said before - it takes a real man to make this report. Fishing was tough yesterday - at least in the lower lake. Mike and I fished for a little over 5 hours - from 4 pm 'til a little after 9 pm. I had 2 giant bites - yea - all of 3 1/2 and 2 3/4 lbs - after dark. Hey, at least I boated both of my bites!! Mike is still recovering from his recent 11.35 bass - hasn't had a bite in awhile. Mine were caught on black/blue hog-type baits in about 15 feet of water. Saw very little bait and few fish on the meter anywhere! At least yesterday - they weren't on the bank anywhere. I will end with the conditions - the warmest January night I have ever seen at Clear lake - and the full moon rise at dusk was nothing short of stunning! Problem is: too many sun and moon rises - how about rain clouds!!!

      Tips: Nothing much to say. The water temp this time of year might inch up on the surface, but after dark is returns to 46-49 degrees. Starting in February, the warm sun will mean something as the rays begin to penetrate deeper and fish will start moving more shallow - especially up north. They might not have far to go this year.

  • Butte County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Shore fished today at Lime Saddle. The reason the ramp is shut down is that the cement ran out on the ramp, dirt at about 6 feet out in the water. First cast a nice 14 1/2 small mouth, super nice golden brown color, best color small mouth I have caught. Managed 3 more spots, all typical 13-14 inch size. Caught all on roboworms on a texas rig. Let at 8:45, it was getting hot!!
      City: Magalia

      Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know and lets catch some bass. Email me at Jewelweaver@earthlink.net I'm available most of the time.

Sunday, January 12th, 2014

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 48.4 to 48.9

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My brother and I fished the Hook Tournament. Bite was slow, but good. First we went to an area that we had not tried in awhile. He got a 3.50# about 9:15 on a craw Timber Tiger. Bite was dead so we moved to an area near Franks about 11:45 and at 12:00 I got a 10.84# (PB) on a craw 1/4 oz SpeedTrap, it hit HARD. At 12:15 I got a 5# on the SpeedTrap. About 12:30 I got an 12+" on the speedTrap. Those were the only bites.

      Tips: Try different baits, colors and speeds until you find one. I was thinking that shad colors would work best, but for us it was the craw colors.
      Good luck

Saturday, January 11th, 2014

  • Napa County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On the water around 8am, off around 12:15. Slow day till the end. We found grass that we had success at during the summer. Grass on points in about 12-20 feet of water. Brief and light rain that lasted about 20 min. seemed to turn on the bite. All of our four fish were caught in that 20 min. window of rain. All were caught by way of dropshot.
      City: Santa Rosa

Sunday, January 5th, 2014

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Asked the guy at the boat inspection how the bite has been, he replied " I'm not even gonna lie to you guys, it's been tough". And he wasn't kidding. Launched at 7am and back by noon. Tried jerk bait, kastmasters, 1 1\2 oz spoons, jigs, drop shot, Carolina rig, crank bait, fluke, buddy even tried his fly rod, nothing. 3 people on the boat fished from the dock to the damn with not even a sniff from a fish. Talked with a guy at the ramp on a float tube who said he got a couple, I'm a assuming trout, he had three rods 2 rigged mice tails and one with a rooster tail. Got home in time for the niner game so the day wasn't completely lost.

      Tips: Cold, sunny, no wind. Wasn't able to graph any fish, saw a bunch 80 ft and below and I'm assuming they were not down there eating.

Wednesday, January 1st, 2014

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Lake is exstreamly low with the old railrod trussel towers rising forty feet out of the water just south of Barretts Cove Marina. There is no river so dont be shocked when you run up there; this lake is at about 20% and the lowest I have ever seen and I have fished it for thirty years.
      Caught about a dozen on drop shot and small spinner baits but no size, biggest being about 2 lbs. Best five may have been 8 lbs.
      Nothing in Cottonwood or Temperance and Portuguese cove is dried up so we went to main lake points and fished them out until we got bit. Find a bait ball and get a idea of the baits depth than drop shot while you very your hook position from six inches off the botton all the way to six feet or more off the bottom until they eat it.

      Tips: The bigger fish have to eat at some point, I think they are doing that at night and until the early morning hours so if you are going throw a big fish bait i would do it for the first couple of hours. It has taken less then ten pounds to win the last few events up there and one cast could match that with a swim bait, jig or spook.

Monday, December 30th, 2013