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Saturday, June 8th, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: Wasn't paying a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched the new (to me) boat out of River's End Marina at 6:45. Fished the slough that runs north/south along Clifton Court Forebay. Nothing on top water or wake baits. Got a couple keepers on chartreuse/black back KVD 1.5 (BPS rattling model). And "keeper" is being pretty generous. Dink here and there. Missed one punching but then got another. Four blowups on the frog at low tide but no hookups. Hotter than the surface of the sun today but somehow managed to avoid wake boarders/water skiers/jet skiers most of the day.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Man when it's a hundred and five out it's probably better just to go jump in the pool. I think I got heat stroke. Other than that: Come on WB board members! Start posting your reports!

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

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

      Report: Shore fished at Lime Saddle from 6am to 8:30am. Fair bite this am. Got 13 spots, one was a Jumbo toad, at least to me, right at 17" Also got a small large mouth at 14 1/2". Lots of fish in the water, most not in the mood to bite!! Caught all on Roboworms, Texas style.
      City: Magalia

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

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 72-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well, I think summer has hit Pardee! I took a good fisherman to the lake Monday - starting at 5:45 am - hoping for a nice topwater bite. Unfortunately, the delta breeze kicked in about then and shut off any good topwater bite. All day we had action on small largemouth - none over 11 inches. Saw lots of inactive fish suspended on the meter. After he left, I rested in my truck and was able to take a brief nap. I went out again about 6:30 pm - throwing all topwater in shadows I could find. I started catching all undersize and 2 legal smallies. About sunset I had another small blowup - this time on a Devil's Horse! I suddenly realized this was no dink and finally landed a beast of a 3 1/2 lb largemouth. A few minutes later I threw a Chug Bug to a feeding fish and nailed a near 3 lb smallie. A typical Pardee smallie - about as tall as she was long. A mini-pig!!! That action made the trip home a little more pleasant - a 20 1/2 hr day-night for me!

      Tips: I talked to Fred at the marina and he said that Pardee will rise another foot and should stay that way for most of the summer. It is almost full now. Bass should be found at a variety of depths this summer - some deep and some semi-deep in weed patches.

Saturday, June 1st, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: NA

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Bite is still pretty good out there. We caught most of our fish flipping a red craw. Deep tules next to rip rap on the outgoing tide. We didn't have to much top water action only a couple small ones and a couple blow ups. Best 5 went 16 lbs with a 5 lb kicker.

      Tips: Bite was best on a high outgoing tide for us.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 66-69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: A father-son team and I started yesterday about 6:45 am and had 3 in the boat at the first stop. I told the dad that catching one on the first cast was a jinx - and it sort of worked out that way - for all of us! A few big fish lost - one at the net (probably 6 or 7 lbs) and 2 others broken off! I hooked giant catfish on a Loomis NRX light rod - talk about over-matched! - and it finally broke off too after 5 minutes. Most of our action happened on outside dock pilings - nothing shallow. The son landed the biggest fish at 4 lbs - on a rock ledge. The north wind made us work hard for our fish. It was weird in the south end - blew hard early, then laid down for about 2 hrs, blew again and then settled down to a breeze.

      Tips: We used a variety of plastic baits and also landed 2 early bass on jigs. My clients brought their own baits and used some of mine. They liked to drop-shot and caught some with that technique. It worked good on outside docks. Small beaver-type baits were good and enticed two of the bass that broke off. Bass didn't seem interested in Senkos yesterday.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough for me. One bite only way back in the reeds but was a 6# bass. Caught it on a soft plastic early and as tucked away as I have ever caught one in this lake. Saw a bunch of beautiful Ranger boats on the lake, would be interesting to hear what worked or didn't work for them.
      City: dublin

      Tips: Don't fish on the weekend. A lot of the planted Christmas trees and other cover near shore were off limits due to all of the people fishing from shore.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had a great time Saturday fishing from 6am to 3pm with a friend. Tried main body, middle fork and south fork. Action was by far the best in the middle. Between the two of us we boated nearly 60; nothing big, biggest was a 2-1 largemouth. I'm sure we would have caught more if we'd stayed in the middle fork. Most of mine came on jigs and dart heads in brown colors (red flake seemed to help), and my friend got a bunch on a dart headed white grub.
      City: Foresthill

      Tips: Presentation was fairly slow, but the fish were aggressive and there were a lot of bites (and bitten-off worms). Have fun out there!

Friday, May 31st, 2013

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my kayak out on Lake Amador for the first time. Launched at 6am. Winds were calm, skies were fairly high. First pattern was to cast to the bank on sunlit main lake points on the north-west side of the lake. Second cast of the day with a Zara Spook One Knocker produced a healthy 6 lb LM. Had a few smaller LMs bite as well before the chop killed the topwater bite for me. Slowed down with a jig and shakeyhead further off the same main lake points and got quite a few more in the 1# to 3# range. Also tried the shakeyhead, a swin jig, and spinnerbait along the submerged weedlines in the backs of coves. Found that if I dragged the shakeyhead over the top of the weed line--creating a disturbance--from the inside out, and let it fall on the outside edge, the bass would inhale it as it fell. Lots of fish in there, following the spawning baitfish I would assume. As the day warmed uncomfortably and winds picked up, the bite died completely for me. Best 5 went for about 13 to 14 lbs.
      City: Los Gatos

      Tips: Get out early and hit sun-drenched points with topwater walkers, buzzbaits, and poppers. All of my topwater bites came almost as soon as the lure hit the water, so be ready and let them take it before swinging. As the sun rises, and the winds pick up, back off of productive points into deeper water and slow down. The outside edges of coves held fish as they seemed to be waiting for the baitfish to move out into the main lake before ambushing them. A lot of baitfish inside the coves, pockets, and feeder creeks.

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

      Report: Test
      City: Modesto

Thursday, May 30th, 2013

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 68-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished narrows and mainbody using rattle traps,jigs senkos,swimbaits,wacky rigs.Still finding smallmouth on beds. best 5 went 18lbs.
      good luck be safe

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

      Report: Fished the west fork from about 6:30am off the water at noon. Water still dropping and bite off a tad. Fished seemed to be deeper then past weeks, most caught in 20-30ft of water. Dane got 2 spots, me 10 spots. No large fish, all 13-14", no dinks this trip except for one redeye at 12" All fish on tan colored roboworms fished Texas style. Light breeze most am, then about 11am that wind that Lunker Larry and I love showed up. to me an off day of fishing!! Seems the fish hate the dropping water levels.
      City: Magalia

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

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 10-1 and caught 5 on dropshot and a rip bait. Probably had 16 1/2 lbs for 5. Only one fish was under 3 pounds with the biggest going 3.67. Didn't start catching the fish till noon. Quite a few boats on the water for a Thursday.
      City: Lafayette

Wednesday, May 29th, 2013

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 66-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: clear windy,warm calmer weather coming
      Lake Level: 5.26\Best Depths: 0-30
      ive been sick for three weeks and havent been out,but reports are good,frogs are working but you have to fish them slow,
      senkos ,dropshot,cranks,all will work, the post spawn jig bite has started,punch bite is also a good bet
      Events: WON Bass three day open june 10-12th
      Guide Information: clearlake outdoors\Name & Number: 707-262-5852\Pricing Specials/Open Dates: come down for the WON sign ups at the store on june 8th,bbq, raffle

      Tips: fish your strenghths guys are catching fish on everything

Monday, May 27th, 2013

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Memorial Day weekend was a lot of fun even though the weather wasn't the greatest. On Sunday I went out with Dan and he was using a "Speed Trap" lure with a feather hook on the back. We were trolling in about 35 feet of water and he said he was snagged. I felt he wasn't snagged and told him just keep reeling you've got a fish. He landed one of the largest trout of the season (see photo). It was pretty windy on the main lake so we looked for shelter in a cove and switched to fishing for bass. Bill took three people out for me and limited out in salmon and trout. He told me the wind was pretty bad and they fished in 35 to 45 feet down. My friend Jory was fishing the shoreline in my favorite cove and told me he was using a watermelon colored senko with brass and glass and caught a huge largemouth bass weighing in at 10+ pounds (see photo). I'm looking forward to this coming weekend the weather should be a lot warmer and the fish will be more active.
      'til next week...................................................................good fishing!!!!!
      www.fishingconnection.net If you have any questions or stories you would like to share please email me at
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      City: San Francisco

      Tips: shadows,timber,big rocks,bushes,grass,any place that bass can hide make great structure

Friday, May 24th, 2013

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 67-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: A client and I tackeled the Bar yesterday in mostly windy conditions - the 4 day in a row of north and south winds. Fishing was very tough except for the zillions of small bass. We started about 9 am and fished 'til 5. Around noon we found a school of good fish that would take a swimbait. I was able to bring a near 6 lb spot to the net. She took a large 6" trout colored swimbait. He broke off one, missed one, and I missed 3 or 4. That action only lasted about 45 minutes as the wind became difficult. We used many colors of Robo worms, Netbaits, and Power worms. Oxblood-red flake was the best color. Only 1 on a Senko. Even the small bass were 25 to 40 feet deep

      Tips: Hard to give tips on a day like yesterday. Weather is weird with rain forcast for Monday afternoon. Lots of clouds with the wind yesterday also. Just didn't feel like good "bass weather!!" We did cover a lot of the lake - some trees still in the water - but lake is slowly dropping.

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 69-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: my bud spOnge and I had a good day on thursday. The best part of seeing many shad balls all over the lake. I have never seen this much shad anywhere, with the exception of Clear Lake. With this much forage and all the grass, it should help this fishery.
      On to the catching; Most of the shad balls had fish on them, but many of them wouldn't bite. We did catch some nice spots, smallies, largemouths and squawfish(?) on some of the shad. And in some areas, there were fish nearby. Didn't find a honey hole, so we moved around alot and action was steady. The day was pretty nice except for some gusting winds. We fished form 8:30-6:30 and boated about 40-50 fish up to 4lbs.
      City: orinda

      Tips: We caught them on jerkbaits, spinnerbaits, and plastics. Later when there was shade, poppers on top worked as well. Couldn't pattern the fish as they were only active if there was shad nearby. Fish your favorite baits down to 12 ft and cover water. Keep an eye on the water and your graph. Only pay attention to the Grieves that go down and come back up in the same spot. spOnge and I found more shad than dem birds.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 70 - 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy and I took our annual two-day fishing trip to Clear Lake. On both days, Monday - 5/20/13, and Tuesday - 5/21/13, we launched out of Lakeport. Midmorning Monday, we headed south. The lake was calm and by afternoon, it got pretty warm out. Fishing was tough but after a couple of hours with no fish, we found fish in shallow water in coves with docks. The fish were on beds or roaming around the beds. With patience and a drop-shot rigged RoboWorm dropped into their beds, we could get the fish mad enough to finally take our worm fully into their mouth. Before this, the fish would only pick up the end of the worm as many as 5 times and spit it out. We ended the day with 10 fish between 3 and 5 lbs. Almost all were caught sight fishing. We did see some large schools of very small fry. Thus, the bigger fish have finished spawning and have already moved to deeper water. On Tuesday, the temperature dropped significantly and the wind was really blowing hard. Going north gave us some protection from the wind. Because of the wind, it was difficult to sight fish. However, we used the shallow water pattern that we had found Monday and blindly cast our drop-shot worms to similar areas. By late afternoon, we had about 20 fish. Almost all were between 3 and 5 lbs. Our best five fish for each day weighed a little better than 18 lbs.
      City: Pinole

      Tips: Go deep for larger fish using big lures.

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 70-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey - I can do almost as many reports as Tom does - LOL! I took a father/daughter team on a donated 4 hr trip. He was a very senior citizen but still could put the bait out there! AND - he only catches largemouth! Yea - we only went a little ways up the north fork and he caught the 2 largies - one just under 15". She didn't do very well - missed some - but landed the ones I hooked. Bite was slow with the delta breeze (wind!) hampered their ability to feel any bites.

      Tips: I've ALMOST had my fill of wind this spring. It only blows the day I am on the water. Anybody heard that excuse before??? Experienced bassmasters can handle it, but it is tough when trying to help folks on their first bass trip. We had a great time though! My client is probably saying - "hey - there are largemouth everywhere!"

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started at 3:00AM Tuesday morning. Did very well boating 14 fish in the 4-6.0 lb range. Fish were active, the wind was pretty harsh limiting our choice of spots to fish, They were hitting on Jigs, 1/2 to 3/4 oz, brown head, brown purple skirt, sweet beaver trailer(oxblood, brown side up) They were 15-20 ft deep, Our biggest was 7.5 with the best 5 going a little over 32 lbs. Tuesday afternoon & night, we couldn't go out on account of the wind. I felt it was not worth it the wind was terrible! We were fishing south, next time I run into harsh wind, I might tow the boat to Lakeport & see if it's better north as we usually fish south! Went out Weds Afternoon, caught 5 fish in the same range, with the biggest going 7.2 lbs. Went south of Konocti & ran into 4-4.5 ft rollers. Man I was glad for the Champion! Found a cove to duck into, took a deep breath & made it back to Konocti! Came off around 7pm went back out around midnight when the wind lessened, played duck & hide & managed another 7 fish 2.5-5.0lbs. All on jigs! Went out Thursday afternoon & night with the results very similar to Weds. Stayed mostly in Konocti around Richmond to shield from wind fishing 8-10ft. Caught a few Senko & Texas fish, but still hot on the jig!

      Tips: Hide the best you can from the wind. They were biting, but sometimes you had to watch your line or set on pressure cause bites were hard to detect in the wind. Be careful out there~

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

      Report: Launched about 6:30am at Lime Saddle and fished the west fork, off the lake just before noon. Great start, second fish 16". Dana got 8 spots, me 14 spots. Bite was great till about 10am then the wind blew hard and we couldn't get much going except for One I lost when he went under the boat, jumped and through the hook. Larger then the 16" for sure. Tried a few more location and gave up with the wind too hard to hold a boat for us. Fished roboworms in browns, Texas style. We had many jumper fish today, no idea why?
      City: Magalia

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