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Saturday, July 6th, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched B&W 515am...kinda cold and windy. Was expecting the crankbait bite to be on but only an occasional dink. Moved on down the Moke and when it was apparent the crankbaits weren't what they wanted, went to senkos and curly tailed plastics. Immediately picked up 3 one and possibly two pounders. OK, kept workin' the plastics til it started to warm up and in that time, picked up several almost keepers and about 3 more solid keepers. Also lost what looked to be at least a 4lber, possibly bigger but the way it jumped and shook out my senko, just looked bigger than what we were catchin'...and that was in 3ft under a log. Got warmer and we found another log... I picked up 5 keepers including a 2lber and my bud picked up a nice 3lber. I kept workin' that log at different angles (my tracker 185 only has a 55lb minn kota so I make the movement work for us by hitting different angles) and for whatever reason, we got about 8 decent fish outta that log. just kept movin' on down the Moke on one side and looked for logs and pilings all along the way. picked up a few more here and there....called it a day around 2:30pm after everything was just churned up from the huge cruisers and wake boats....everything just sorta shut down cept maybe an occasional dink.
      City: folsom

      Tips: We looked for shaded or structure type tules and would throw cranks (I used a suspending cordell spot...love it cuz it won't just sink if you miscast it and you can stop and it'll just sit there and drive em crazy)....anyway we threw the cranks right up against the tules, then slooooow retrieve til they cleared the weedline at a diagonal path....i'd get hit 1. right at the tules 2. just over the weedline/log 3. just past the weedline or log if I paused. bam!~
      FUN DAY! and my truck didn't get broke into again. Louis, bud at B&W came out to talk to me about my break-in 2 weekends ago. He's watchin' and checkin' the camera tapes. Also, I got buds that are LEO and CO. word's out.... maroon Camaro perp. and B&W is being watched now.

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 75-87

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I returned to Clear Lake after several trips to Berryessa. I guided a guy-gal team that I have taken before. We started at 7pm in the killer heat and humidity out of Red Bud - temp 103! I looked for a shady spot and they started fishing. Within 10 minutes - no one was more surprised than she was - she had one on and I netted a fat 3 1/2 pounder! Good start!! She is just getting into bass fishing. Up 'til about 11:30 pm we hooked bass after bass - and I emphasize hooking! He is a good stick but could not stick 'em last night. But they did boat 6 or 7 between them and I got 6 or 7. We had a 20 lb limit in the first hour - our biggest at 5 lbs. Then it really got weird - very weird! The carp stopped rolling, it got very quiet and the bite simply died!! We could only hear an occasional bullfrog. He caught the only bass for the next 3 hours. They did miss a few bites, but that was it. Rare to see the lake that quiet, and it got as calm as it usually does in the winter. Flat as a pane of glass!!

      Tips: We used all kinds and sizes of plastics. They brought their own stuff. The stubby things seemed to be what they wanter - hogs, beavers, Havoc baits, etc. The Dead Ringer and Power worms worked before dark, but not after. We tried a little topwater but I think surface temp was just too warm. We did find 89 degree surface temp. Bites were about 10 to 25 feet - weed edges and rocky areas.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched 615 at Dike8/Folsom Pt and headed straight to N.Fork. Worked points and shoreline with rocks and boulders using mid-diving cranks and dropshot for 8 keepers, 4 lost at boat, and about 20-25 dinks and 8-10inchers larger dinks that hit hard and fought like smallies. off the water by 230pm; pretty decent for a Wed, even with the ski/wake boats.
      City: folsom

      Tips: Worked boulders at points and rock faces in 10-20ft dropshotting. Most of the keepers came on dropshot but a choice few on mid-diving cranks. crank pause crank hard pause triggered several bites. dropshot hits were subtle and rod would just load up, then pull back hard. fun half day.
      get out early, then off between noon and 2latest and you won't get too bothered by the boat traffic.

Monday, July 1st, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished Franks tract area,Middle River. Caught fish all day long I tossed a Frog and a crank my partner threw a senko no big ones but constant action all day

      Tips: the hotter the air temp the better for tossing a Frog

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 70+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: hot hot hot 107-109 this week
      Lake Level: still dopping\Best Depths: 2-30
      get out early and the rico bite up north has been good, chatterbaits , senkos ,jigs, flukes, ,worms are all working
      Events: not many tournaments this month, there is a few night events
      Guide Information: 707-262-5852\Name & Number: clearlake outdoors

      Tips: algae has been getting bad but there is clear water out there

Sunday, June 30th, 2013

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 75-81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Two more good trips to Berryessa. I took a father/daughter team to the lake early Thurs morning to get the early bite. WHAT early bite?? There was none! Coulda slept in! As the day warmed up - so did the bite. Yes, a good bite was from 11 am to 2 pm and no, I'm not crazy - the bass are!!! We fished the west side of the lake - selecting different structures. Father-daughter both caught largemouth and smallmouth over 3 lbs and several over 2 1/2 lbs. I caught a 3-6 smallie. And - those quality bass were shallow - most at 10 to 15 feet - middle of the day - in fairly clear water! Our best five about 16 1/2 lbs. Mike Sperbeck and hit the lake Friday late afternoon/night and started of with a ball of fire - several bass to 3 1/4 lbs and one that snapped my line on a crankbait! We did not get on to a great before dark bite as I did last week, and even the night bite was fair. The bass were quality though, nothing much under 2 1/2 lbs. My biggest was a 3 lb 13 oz largemouth. Because Friday was the beginning of the heat - we were catching bass down to 25 feet. And that is the number of bass we caught - around 25.

      Tips: Where are the spotted bass? Other than the 4 lb 2 oz spot I caught last week, I have seen almost 0 spots in 5 trips. Thursday, most of our bass were caught on 6" Robo worms - most MMIII and oxblood/red flake. A few on morning dawn. The night trip again was successful because of the 7" black Berkley Power worm. Mike did catch some on Senkos. NO topwater action. I should have thrown crankbaits more than I did. We caught our night bass on shoreline areas with steep drop-offs and off-shore ledges. Both trips have shown me that the bass are not schooled up yet - feeding on bait. Many times we caught a single quality bass in an area - not 2 or 3. Again, our best five about 16-17 lbs.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: left Ladds at daybreak. about 40 caught but nothing over about 2.25 lbs. Most on Zoom super speed craw, senkos and red Rapala crank. Rising tide to high tide about 10am. Best 5 about 10 lbs. Hotter an blue blazes.

      Tips: Crank outside weedline for prety good action. Senkos and speed craws to bank dragged out to inside weedline.

Friday, June 28th, 2013

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 77-78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out monday hoping to fish in the rain, but the sun came out. as the sun went away, we did very well on tw. two of the biggest were on frogs (4lbs). shad were everywhere.
      City: elk grove

      Tips: go early morning or late evening

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 73 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Another late start but this time 7AM out of Orwood for the first time. Started with top water just outside the no-wake zone but no takers. Made my way north up to Little Mandeville, over to Mildred, down to Bullfrog Marina then back to ramp. Managed 15(!) using weightless Senko (grn pumpkin), KVD2.5 (chili craw), LV500 (Shad), Flashminnow (shad), 100SP MS American Shad. Focused on inside/outside weedlines depending on tide. Nothing over 2lbs but non-stop action was fun.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Focus on weedlines, inside and out. Caught 'em all that way today.

Thursday, June 27th, 2013

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

      Report: BigBuddy - Seems like conditions changed greatly from Sat-Sun with the front moving in. I wonder if that had something to do with the bite. I've got an '07 PT190 with a motor that sounds like a hair dryer. Say 'hey' if you see me.
      City: San Mateo

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sun. nite to Thursday. Ran into quite a bit of rain. Fished south (like always) & fishing was spotty, not like the last few trips! We caught the majority of fish on Skinny Bear Griz. Flipping Jigs, & Texas rigged Yamamoto creature baits. We averaged 8 fish an outing ranging 2.0 - 7.1 lbs. Our best limit went 24.7 lbs, & we had to work for it! Fished into morning Monday night & picked up a few reaction fish on blades & cranks. For us this trip there was no Senko bite at all. Go figure! Weds. evening into dusk, ran into a 10 minute top water bite using the Roomba! Nailed a 5 lber & that was a thrill! I think the weather kind of altered the fishing so we'll probably be up in a few weeks to check it out! Weeds are starting to grow, let's hope it doesn't get too bad this year.

      Tips: On the jig & Texas rig, we fished slow. We got a lot of our strikes throwing to the edge of weeds, slowly pulling or shaking the bait through. The fish would pick it up or hit it just as the bait came free! Good luck out there & be safe! Ted drilled the 7.1 on a Watermelon (194J) Creature Bait. The fish were close & shallow to maybe 8 - 10 ft.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The water was extremely clear with over 10' visibility, dead calm and hot until 9am. Tried to finesse them with soft plastics in/around weeds unsuccessfully. Took a break until the afternoon and used reaction bait in the wind in/over weeds/wood to catch 2 lm around 2# and 3# in the narrows. Fun to watch them come up and nail your bait.
      City: dublin

      Tips: Many beautiful sights around the lake kept me going when the bite was slow.

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

      Report: Launched at lime saddle about 6:15am, headed to the middle fork, but got low on gas and decided to come back to the north fork. Long ways to west fork from lime saddle in a small boat. Ended up fishing north fork and way back to Lime Saddle, I ended up with 13 spots, with one nice 16 1/2". also got a 14 3/4" and 2 14 1/2" " with the rest 13-14" Seems fish were mostly 20-38 feet deep, larger ones deeper. Dana had his best trip ever with 1 spot!!!!
      City: Magalia

      Tips: Fish deep and get fish even in bright light. Texas rigs, drop shots, both working well. We used earth tones in browns. (Roboworms)

      Anyone looking for a fish partner, let me know, I'm available 90% of the time. Email me at jewelweaver@earthlink.net

Wednesday, June 26th, 2013

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

      Report: El Guapo, I fished that area on Sunday. It was a hurricane that day but did manage to pick up 13 bass and a striper. Caught most of the bass on a Texas rigged beaver and a few on a crankbait. There r a ton of good looking areas around there but couldn't fish most of them Due to the wind. Good luck
      City: Lafayette

Monday, June 24th, 2013

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 78.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Name: Fishing With Sid Date: 2013-06-24
      Location: San Francisco
      Water Temp: 78.5 Water Clarity: 3
      This past week has been excellent fishing for bass. Last weekend I went out with my family on my son's boat and we fished the east side of the lake where I had not been for awhile. The water was calm and we were able to drift from deeper water into shallow water while casting and retrieving crankbaits. The water was very clear and we were able to see the top of the grass and the bass swimming into and out of the grass. Lighter colored crankbait worked the best. You could see the bass chasing the lure. My daughter-in-law cast out between two grass clumps and was hit hard by a 4+ pound bass which she successfully landed (see photo). Then I cast into the same area reeled fast to get the lure down and slowly reeled in toward the boat and saw the bass explode on the lure and landed him. Early morning fishing was best with top water lures. I trolled on the way back to the launch ramp and was whacked hard by what turned out to be a nice 3 pound trout (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. Book a guided fishing trip at Lake Berryessa! (650) 583-3333 www.fishingconnection.net

      Tips: early ,and when the sun goes down for top water
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: I love Feathers on my crank bait it works GREAT.

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      Water Temp: 78.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Picture of bigbadsid fishingconnection.net























      This past week has been excellent fishing for bass. Last weekend I went out with my family on my son's boat and we fished the east side of the lake where I had not been for awhile. The water was calm and we were able to drift from deeper water into shallow water while casting and retrieving crankbaits. The water was very clear and we were able to see the top of the grass and the bass swimming into and out of the grass. Lighter colored crankbait worked the best. You could see the bass chasing the lure. My daughter-in-law cast out between two grass clumps and was hit hard by a 4+ pound bass which she successfully landed (see photo). Then I cast into the same area reeled fast to get the lure down and slowly reeled in toward the boat and saw the bass explode on the lure and landed him. Early morning fishing was best with top water lures. I trolled on the way back to the launch ramp and was whacked hard by what turned out to be a nice 3 pound trout (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.






      Book a guided fishing trip at Lake Berryessa!
      (650) 583-3333
      www.fishingconnection.net
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: earl ,and when the sun goes down for top water

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      Water Temp: 74-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished from 6:30-13:30. the wind and sprinkles kept me in the narrows, decent tw action til 11am. 13 fish to 3 lbs (lots of dinks). dd crank was also productive yesterday.
      City: elk grove

      Tips: avoid the wakeboarders

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 70-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: cloudy ,not much rain yet out of this system
      Lake Level: dropping , the lake is down about 2 feet\Best Depths: all of our fish were in 6-10 ft, the water behind weedlines is clear
      fished the north part of lakeport yesterday and there is lots of weed growth but not much alagae,there are lots of clear pockets in the weeds and thats where we caught fish on spooks, buzzbaits ,senkos, ,trashfish and chatterbaits
      Events: tournaments are now all 6 hour events till sept
      Guide Information: clearlake outdoors\Name & Number: 707-262-5852

      Tips: this storm if we get any rain should knock down the alagae that has been bad midlake and south

Sunday, June 23rd, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched 6am B&W, expected to see more but not a lot of boat trailers. Started out on the tules in the Moke; a little windy and picked up some dinks. Tried the rock wall and picked up some keepers but nothing big; crankin lipless and shallow divers in crawdad as well as white with black back. Continued to fav hotspot and picked up a few more 1 & 2 lbers but considerably slower than the prev day's fishing. Went back and forth from various fav tules and rock wall sections and picked up more 1 & 2 lbers and also watched a very large 4-5+ lber follow a small keeper...then noticed about 2-3 others around it. Tried to immediately follow with cranks and senkos but they wouldn't take. Ended day with maybe 18-20. Cranks and senkos mainly.
      City: folsom

      Tips: Not much to offer, just kinda tried crankin', then went back over and worked senkos. then back to crankin' and each time got bit, but nothing hot.
      btw, my truck was vandalized and attempted break-in at B&W so watch out. Sac Sheriff Deputy responded and left a card on my windshield, so someone obviously interrupted the low-life scums and reported it. I came back to a broken rear window and both driver/passenger door locks/mechanisms disengaged. But nothing stolen. We launched at 6am; report said they responded at 7:24am...barely an hour and a half after we launched. For the next few launches, I think we're gonna return every hour or 2 just to check. ...and lord stay my hand if we catch someone. Whoever reported the break-in, THANK YOU!! I'da done the same!!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Rivers End and fished from 7-12. God was it windy!!!! Couldn't fish any of the areas I wanted to. Ended up with 13. Caught them on cranks, senkos, drop shot 1 on a frog and a beaver. All but one were rats. Never fished that far south. Awsome looking areas for flipping just to damn windy today.
      City: Lafayette

      Tips: Before you take your boat out, please know how to run one. Had to tow a ski boat into today with 4 mid twenty yr olds on it. They said they had way to much oil in their motor and when I told the guy to clip the tow rope on his bow eye he asked me "where is that" all I could do is laugh. Good luck fishing everyone