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Sunday, September 15th, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Orwood at 6:00am on first light. Tide was low, bottoming out at 8:45.

      I fished until 12:30 around the south and eastern sloughs of Woodward Islad. 16 fish, half dinks, half keepers. Biggest to 2 lbs.

      Early morning, caught dinks and keepers on shallow squarebills bouncing off inner weed lines or right up against tules. Early morning fish were really shallow, despite being low tide. Topwater and the outer weed edge were all unproductive in this situation.

      Later in the day after the slack, I caught the remaining fish on reaction bites with swim jigs and various depth crankbaits. The young ones were active. Other fisherman reported the same lack of bigger fish
      City: Redwood City

Saturday, September 14th, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started across from B&W; picked up 2 11"ers on red crankbaits. Outgoing tide was strong so went to tule strips and picked up a bunch of striper shakers to 17" on cranks and havoc sick fish 3.5"...fun but wondering where the bass were. continued fishing moke on inside/outside weedlines with cranks, spinnerbaits, jigs, and senkos, but only picked up a few here and there and most were barely keepers. Ran up to Sycamore and water was warmer, about 72-73, but on the low tide, same junk fishing as the main Moke. Just couldn't come up with anything sizeable today. Not even solid keepers.
      City: folsom

      Tips: Aboluly NONE. Sure would welcome some other more productive reports/tips. Ran into one bass boat working tule strip opposite direction we were working it...as we crossed, I told him we were only picking up here and there, bite was slow. He said same for him and his partner. He was cool. Was it a lockjaw day? Was for us.

Friday, September 13th, 2013

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

      Report: Anyone fished this lake recently?

  • Butte County
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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 Jewelweaver@earthlink.net Lets catch some fish.

Wednesday, September 11th, 2013

  • Butte County
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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 Jewelweaver@earthlink.net Lets catch some fish.

Monday, September 9th, 2013

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 72--78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: warm days , cool nights
      Lake Level: still dropping\Best Depths: 2-30
      you can catch fish on anything right now but chatterbaits have been one of the top choices
      topwater can be a good bet for bigger fish
      Big Bass: 2-3009/06/2013 - 11.36
      there was a 11.36 caught prefishing for the bobs marine tourny
      Events: triton owners oct 5-6,should be a good bite for this event!!flw oct 10-12th, aba toc oct 18-19
      Guide Information: clearlakeoutdoors\Name & Number: 707-262-5852

      Tips: 49.3 to win the bobs marine ,congrats to mike Rothstein and adam martin on the win (61boats)

Saturday, September 7th, 2013

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 76-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I took two good fisherpeople - guy and gal - out Thursday for a late afternoon/night trip. The cool weather was in the process of leaving as a north wind set in after dark. As usual - it slowed the bite at night. She loves buzzbaits and used my Blade Runner 1/2 oz black buzzbait. Just before dark she made a perfect cast about 2 feet from the bank and a nice bass smashed it and we soon had a healthy 4 lb 13 oz angry bass in the boat. She caught a smaller one right after that. We had to leave the main body because dark of the moon big swells aren't fun! We retreated to the narrows and caught a few more 2 to 3 pounders. Dark of the moon wind can ruin the best laid plans. Couldn't do anything I had worked out for the night bite. We did wind up with near 15 lbs for the best five.

      Tips: All our bass were largemouth with a few spots this time. The largemouth have really shown themselves this year - along with the smallmouth. My boat has seen very few spotted bass this year - thought I did catch a 4-2 spot in May or June. I understand my clients stayed another day and did well in the evening with bass up to 6 lbs! Probably a more pleasant evening with less wind.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched B&W for a half-day of bassin'... started on the Moke at our tule strips...brother immediately hooks up a 2lber slow-rolling a white spinnerbait w/white trailer along the weedline. thought that was a sign for some action. Not. Hits were spotty at best as even with the high and outgoing tide, crankbait hits were so-so with many only about 10". I did get a nice spunky 20" striper early on but didn't hit anything else til late morning. Around noon, we ran up to the island just outside of Sycamore and tried to find moving water but everything seemed to be a dead calm the whole morning. I finally got a fat 2lber on a black/blue flk 5" senko. Ran back up the moke and picked up a couple more each on senkos. Ratio of catchin' was about 3:1 in favor of my brother.
      City: folsom

      Tips: None. Sure could use some suggestions when the wind isn't blowin' and the water is dead calm, whether high outgoing or low. thanx!

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Bobs Marine event so we got up there on Friday to pre-fish. On the water at about 9:00am on Friday and we started throwing top water; Spooks, Buzz baits and killed em. We had better than 25 lbs for our best five and were amped up for the tournament.
      Fished the east side near the narrows and started out with a Berzerk Baits green pumpkin jig with pumpkin trailer and stuck two in the 3.0 range than went on to stick a 6.3 on a buzz bait.
      We lost two pigs on the top water and ended up filling out our limit at 20.34.
      Second day we caught them on the same Berzerk jig and drop shot but bite was much slower. We could not get the top water going and ended up catching our limit on shaky head Robo worms MM.

      Tips: Start out with top water and let the fish tell you what they want. Have a jig ready at all times and throw it' 3/8 oz Berzerk Baits gn/pkn jig worked best for me this year.
      Keep trying the top water and if you are not getting bit, MOVE!!! Try to put together several spots where water is different so if you are not getting bit at one, move to different depth and or color.

Friday, September 6th, 2013

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 76to83

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing with Sid‏














      Fishing with Sid


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      To: Sidney Silberberg, lake b Peter Kilkus new






      Picture of Fishing with Sid























      Labor Day weekend was just perfect at the lake this year. The weather was great and the fishing was super!!! I took out Justin whom I had not seen since last year. This year he wanted to target bass and boy did he. See photo of him holding two bass just over five pounds each. He had a great day. The following day I took Bob out again and taught him to drop shot, wacky worm, use brass & glass with a worm and use a senko weightless. We went to the vineyards and along the west side by the Bureau. Saw balls of bait all over the lake. We fished the area around the Bureau heavily with no luck so I decided to go by the west wall going south towards Spanish Flats with no success. I changed to deeper diving lures and instantly we started catching fish. Bob caught four bass up to four pounds in less than twenty minutes (see photos). We had a great time!!! The icing on the cake for this weekend was when my wife and kids just passed me on my son's boat and my wife had a hit and as she was reeling it in the bass jumped twice and it looked bigger and bigger each time. She brought in a ten pound two ounce very large mouth bass her biggest bass to date (see photo). 'til next week................................................................................good fishing!!!
      www.fishingconnection.net If you have any questions or stories you would like to share please email me at bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333.
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: Knowing the lake is important but knowing what when and where to use it makes a difference.

Thursday, September 5th, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70 ish

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went tubin in Sevenmile for decent action. Two punching, several smallish bass on red bomber crank and a couple on senko. Lost a big fish on frog fly right before dark after it buried me up in the grass. One dink on buzzbait. Red crankbait was the best.

      Tips: For me, low tide is a good time to dropshot. If its early or late, topwater. Dropshot 6" roboworms on a 1/0 roundbend offset shank hook to make it weedless. Drag it or hop it vertically outside the grass. Topwater work around the top of the grass with a buzzbait or frog. Strikes may come way out off the bank.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Calm from 7-10am when I caught a 3#lm pitching a softplastic along the weeds. Huge winds after that but I stayed until the afternoon. My optimism almost paid off, too. The wind sometimes positions the bait in the eddies so I was throwing a big shad crank and I finally got one of those bites again where you set the hook and you don't move the fish at all. Played it briefly but when I got the bait in only one hook, the only dull one, had flesh on it.
      City: dublin

      Tips: Get out and try even when conditions are bad. You just never know when that monster will hit. Even though I missed yet another chance it made my day all worthwhile.

  • Butte County
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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 Jewelweaver@earthlink.net Lets go fishing.

Wednesday, September 4th, 2013

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

      Report: Fished the Mokelumne south of Hwy 12 and Potato Slough. Very windy at times but managed several bass - around 15. The largest was 3 lbs. The bite seemed to turn on and off so it was either very slow or lots of action all at once. A couple were caught on a red speed trap (including one small mouth from a rocky bank) but the rest were on plastic worms with wacky and Texas rigs about 50/50.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: The worm fish were either at the base of the tules near moving water or just outside the weed line.

  • Butte County
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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 Jewelweaver@earthlink.net

Monday, September 2nd, 2013

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 75 to 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Kept getting reports Berryessa was fishing well in the Narrows in the morning on topwater (spitting poppers) and dropshot & split shot 15’ to 25’good once sun up. Went out this morning from 6:30 am to 11 am and fished what was recommended. Fishing was horrible to say the least. We only scratched up 3 fish on dropshot 25’ to 35’ deep. Did not get a bite on Topwater (spitting poppers/poppers/zara spooks), cranks, and split shot. Was surprised too because we had a light wind with cloud cover early on.

      Found ton of bait from the surface down to 50 feet. All the bait we found was too small at 1½” long. Got off the water at 11 am as the holiday crowd arrived. Hope others did better, because I could not figure it out today…

      Tips: None

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 72-75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished late Sunday night to Weds. Fished south again & fought the wind! Had good luck with jigs, double wide beavers, with a few crank & blade fish thrown in for good measure! Caught a few on top water also using that River2Sea Whopper Plopper. Didn't get that many but they were in the 5-6lb range & blasted the heck out of it. Our slow day was Monday again, we managed 4 fish for the day, but at least they went 4-5.5 lbs. Best day was Sunday night where we boated 17 for the evening with best limit going 22.9 lbs. When they hit, they are fighting hard. They were in 15-25 ft range. Biggest fish came on the Strike King 10XD monster crankbait. An 8.8 lb'er smashed it in deep rock structure & really put up a tussle! That was the highlight of the trip! We averaged 10-12 fish the rest of the time out! The wind wasn't gale force, but unrelenting.

      Tips: Jimmy at Clearlake Bait & Tackle told me about the Whopper Plopper & 10XD. I was was a little skeptical, but they worked. Big bait = big fish! Colors were Red Shad, Watermelon Red Flake, & Big Texan (Reaction Innovation color) Not one Senko fish & if Monday keeps on being slow, I'll start catching a Gorgonzola burger at the Saw Shop & watch Monday Night Football!

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      Water Temp: 70ish

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: warm cooler nights\Best Depths: 2-30
      south bite still seems to be better. fished north sat morning ,we caught fish to 5 # on trashfish, spinnerbaits, swimjigs,and whopper ploppers
      Big Bass: 2-30
      9 and a 10 lastweek
      Events: bobs marine next weekend
      Guide Information: clearlake outdoors\Name & Number: 707-262-5852

      Tips: move around and you can find a pack in one spot. frog bite has been better in afternoons

Saturday, August 31st, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 76-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to sycamore for the first time in a while so had no real expectations. Fished the weed line along the bank and found fish both inside and out. Med diver crank bait and filpped for outside and frogs pop-r and flipped the inside. All techniques produced fish but only a few in the 2-3 lb range.
      After the tide bottomed out punched and frog the mats in some of the coves. Again most fish were of the smaller size. wind made fishing the islands a little tough most of the day. good to see that sycamore still producing even if it's not the bigger fish.
      City: elk grove

Friday, August 30th, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched B&W 6:30, water was smooth and still, not much movement. Brother picked up 3 decent keepers in a row, best 2.4 (ok not real big but fat bellies always look good to us) on white spinnerbait with curly tailed trailer, slow-rolled on outside edge of the weedline. After I got nothing on a lipless crank and senko, I tied on a Dandy Mr Boops spinnerbait and immediately picked up 3 keepers, best 2lbs; we kept working the moke moving south and then ran back up and worked the tules and punch mats for another 9 keepers...nothing over 2lbs but still fun. Nothing on topwater, not even a ripple or a bump, much less any blowups. But the lipless crank worked along with a 3.5" havoc sick fish on a dart head for some fun on light action spinning.
      City: folsom

      Tips: We don't have much on tips cuz we just try what we like (crankin', spinnerbaits, senkos). Just out there having fun. We usually just try to move out a bit but we always seem to return to the weed edges and tules no matter what tide. I'd like to really know how to work the low tide so if anyone cares to offer up some low tide tips, it's appreciated. thanx!!