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Sunday, March 31st, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched B&w about 8am, fished first set of tules with RedEye Shad in craw/chartr belly for 4 barely keepers. Then pitched brown jig with junebug craw trailer for two more egg carriers, 3&4lbs. Moved to dock and next 2 sets of tules but no takers and the wind was pushing my tracker 185 at a fast drift so we moved up to the island just outside Sycamore. Picked up 4 more egg carriers between the tules and inside weedline, 2,3&4lbers. Moved into Sycamore and had a great senko bite all along the tules and rock wall. Brother also picked up a couple on craw/yellowbelly speedtrap and a couple more on the jigs, but mostly monster shad and blk/red flk senkos. Pretty good day, even with the wind.
      City: folsom

      Tips: Not sure if what we did is already well-known or if we were even on the current pattern. jigs pitched to open pockets and cuts gave us our bigger egg carriers. wacky senkos at the tules and cuts gave us lots of action; also continued along the rockwall stretches between tules just popping the senko away from the rocks as it settled. Also, I'd work a few cuts and corners 3-4 times and then my brother would work them behind me and get bit...funny! crankbait bite was good for a few but wasn't really turned on for us yet. Probably just due to our choice of where we worked 'em.

Saturday, March 30th, 2013

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Reading the previous report makes me happy that I like to night fish - didn't see another boat after dark. Mike Sperbeck and I hit the lake about 6 pm Fri and immediately each caught our first Senko fish of the year. We found the bite quite good up 'til dark and had a 5 fish limit over 20 lbs. After dark it was hunt and peck - one here, one there. And the bites went from savage hits to just pressure takes. They either wanted a meal, or a tidbit! We worked our way up to the narrows - finding no schools of bass as in previous trips. We did end with a 5 fish limit a tad over 28 lbs and I had big fish at 6 1/2 lbs. Another first for the year - I ended the trip with a beautiful 20 lb channel catfish. You just stand there and hold on to the rod for dear life!!

      Tips: We found most bass off the bank at the 10 to 30 foot depth. We did see our first "warming" bass, hanging just under the surface of some docks. They are spooky! We used our usual baits - brown/orange jigs w/Yamamoto trailers, Berkley Havoc baits, and some Netbaits. Did not throw swimbaits this trip. The bite should pop again next week if the weather warms as promised. Overall, many quality bass still seem stationed near deep water - at least in the south end.

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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry - testing

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 57-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 1-dark we caught 17-18 fish. several 2 lbs. all on plastic.

Friday, March 29th, 2013

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

      Report: Lots of bass caught off shoreline in the narrows and skiers cove area. Out of approximately 20 bass, no spawners were caught, nor were any beds seen in clear water down to 12 feet. All fish caught dropping plastics near the shoreline and fishing the baits slowly back to the boat. Most fish came out of 10-15 foot of water. Not to many solid "hits" but just light pickups that allowed for some weight to be felt at the end of the line. Expect fish to be more active as the water temp continues to rise in the uuper areas of the lake.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 61 - 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Friday 3-29-13, my buddy and I launched at 9:30 AM from Holland Track Marina about 1 hour after high tide. We made the long run to Mildred Track and fished that area the remainder of the day. Fish were first caught in 2 to 5 ft of water and as the tide moved out, the fished moved out to 5 to 10 ft. My buddy caught most of our 18 fish for the day. All fish were caught on dark colored Senkos rigged wacky style. The biggest fish caught was 3 lb 2 oz. with the estimated weigh of 12 lbs for our best 5.
      City: Pinole

      Tips: The fish should be on their beds. However, we only saw cruising fish. Perhaps the fish are so skittish that they were off their beds before we could see them.

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      Water Temp: 58-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Found a reaction bite this morning around tulle islands near Franks. My buddy was not greatest caster and had fun catching the bucks so I sought out cranking areas all day. He boated 7, I boated 10, but lost 4 and had 4 followers too. Biggest was 7-1/2 pounder! (Striper though.) I did manage a few spinnerbait fish too.

      Tips: There is a reaction bite if you don't mind chasing bucks. Caught spinnerbait fish in sparse tulles. Use Speed traps or BDS 3. color did not seem to matter. They seemed to hit after the bait reached the deep edge of weeds/grass.

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

      Report: Test
      City: Magalia

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 56-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 8-noon. Not a nibble and by 10 and I was getting ready to again call Folsom my least favorite lake when I gave up looking at my graph full of fish and moved back into a cove on the south fork and tossed the Staysee 90. Ended up with 8 in the next 2 hours, biggest was a 3. Did see some fish on beds in 60 degree water. Glad I put down the Dropshot and went reaction. Caught fish in coves and along rock walls.

      Tips: One day isn't a pattern but happy to be able to contribute a report where I figured something out. Jerkbaits in 10-12 ft. All hit on the pauses.

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

      Report: I shore fished Lime Saddle from 7am to 9am. Ended up with 11 spots, all small, 12-14", no larger ones today, missed 3 hits. All caught on various colors roboworms.

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

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      Water Temp: 62-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was very tough. Water levels low and water stained. Fished hard all day only got a single 2lbr on a split shot black worm.

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 57 - 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tuesday, 3/26/13 - Sorry for the late report. It took me a long time to get registered to submit reports. My buddy and I fished both the East and West sides of the lake. The water temperature on the East side was 59 - 60º which was about one to two degrees warmer than the West side. Crank baits, Senkos, and swim baits were tried but essentially all fish were caught drop-shotting 6 inch Roboworms. Of the 18 fish we caught, a few more of these fish were caught on the East side. Most fish were caught in 5 -10 feet of water which compared to two weeks ago is shallower water. All three species of bass were caught. My buddy caught the largest that was a real nice 4 lb 2 oz small mouth. Our best five fish weighted 12 lbs 13 oz.
      City: Pinole

      Tips: In the areas that we fished, we looked but didn’t find any bedding fish. With the full moon, I thought a lot of bedding fish would be found. The fish appeared to be in the pre-spawn stage and moving up. The water needs to come up a few more degrees to start the spawn in full

Sunday, March 24th, 2013

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

      Report: Bank fished east delta today from 7-11am. Caught 7 greenies to 3.5lbs & two bonus stripers. Couple came on spinnerbaits, couple came on jerk baits including the stripers, rest came on creature bait fished texas rigged on a 1/2 ounce bullet aeight.
      City: Oakland

      Tips: How to fish senkos in delta?

      I always fish em weightless or carolina rigged in lakes so I do the same in the delta but the current seems to drift it into weedz before the pocket. How do yall fish em? Texas rigged with bullet weights? Wont that mess up the action?

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 53-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Jim and I hit Clearlake for the first time this year with high hopes and a somewhat open mind. Fished Saturday mostly in the Redbud arm with not so great success. 5 fish about 17+ for the 5, one up to #6.12. Most of the Tourney guys were up north so traffic was not that big of a deal but there were several places we skipped because there was others there. Sunday we started south and then said what the heck and went north and east. started fishing with the other dozen or so folks in a big flat 4-10 feet throwing the obligatory umbrella rig like everyone else. Fished that end for about 3-4 hours Jim got 1.7 on a dropshot and I got one even smaller on the bama rig. Hit a few spots on the way back then decided to hit Rattlesnake area, wind kicked up for a couple hours so we went to find shelter. Only managed one more on a senko and off the water around 3. Rumor has it there was 30+ pound bags weighed in. In the 4 hours we were north we saw 50+ boats fish and in that time only saw ONE boat catch a fish. But there are countless places to fish on that lake, we just didn't connect. Fished Texas rig plastic, Senkos, Drop Shot, Jig, Spinnerbait, Rattletrap, Swimbait, Hippo rig (3 arm bama rig), jerkbait, we fished 4 feet to 35 feet in depth, slow and not so slow. multiple presentations docks, weeds, flats, and never figured it out. 2 fish on Senko, 1 on A-rig, 1 spinnerbait, 4 on dropshot.

      Tips: oh well, atleast we reported. No tips for from us, we stunk it up.

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 55-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of B&W and headed upriver towards Sycamore. Fished from 8-3 and caught 23 to 3.8. All in all a good day. A little wind helped a lot.

      Tips: They were on the flats and hitting in the weeds in 4-5 ft near deeper water. Most came on red rattletrap but also hit spinnerbaits, jerk baits and senkos. They're moving up!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: Low 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: hate coming here and not finding good information so I post reports every chance I get to share with fellow fishermen. Partner and I caught 7 keepers for 5th place in a TS. 13lbs for us 16lbs won. The bite isnt red hot but they are definitely biting and you can catch em.

      Tips: shallow rock piles worked for us. Most our bites came while our bait was 2 to 4 ft over submerged rock piles. There were lots of patterns but ours was shallow rock piles. All our fish were quality. 2 to 3 1/2 lbers. Rip baits and senkos in the rocks!! Good luck

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Lime Saddle about 7:30am fished till about 12:30. Got 14 spots, largest 14 1/2", all others 13-14" Seems they are beginning to get a tad more active as the water warms. Fished roboworms, most fish about 20-30ft.

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched B&W 7am; worked tules and weedline taking advice... s-l-o-w.... picked up 4 on junebug and green pumpkin senkos. moved to st francis big boat club and continued working senkos .... blk/red flk and black/blue flk...again... s-l-o-w...and picked up 4 more.
      City: folsom

      Tips: s-l-o-w....hated it, but forced ourselves to wait. even anchored in a few spots... helped preserve the deepcycle battery in the crazy wind...left 1230 pm as the condtions were not fun anymore.

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

      Report: Shore fished Lime Saddle a bit today, from about 6:30am to 9am. Got 13 spots, no large ones, all on roboworms Texas style. Lost 3-4, bad hook ties!!!
      City: Magalia

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 52-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 4 days starting on Sunday 3/17 - Weds. 3/21. Not much happening Sunday & Monday both day & night. Managed 2 in the 6 lbs range plus 11 2.5 - 5 lb range for both days. Tues. started out at 4pm catching a bunch of 2.5 - 3.5 clones on
      Texas using Sweet Beavers & Yamamoto Creature baits (watermelon Blk, flake). The rain hit about 7pm & the fishing literally exploded! Managed 13 jig fish all but two going from 6lbs. to 8 lbs. plus nailed a 7.4 & a 6.2 on a crankbait of all things. The rain really activated them I guess.Our first two limits for the night were over 30lbs (34.8 & 30.4) & the third limit went 28.8! Boated over 40 fish, best session I've ever had on the lake! The jig was 3/8 Rodstrainer with Reaction Innovation Sweet Beaver trailer Oxblood! The crank was Lucky Craft Deep Diver 20 Ghost Minnow. went out on Weds. night 11:30 PM trying to dodge the weather. We drilled a 7.75 & an 6.2 right out of the gate & then got blown off the water by the wind. These two were also on the jig! One heck of a trip for us! We fished just south of Buckingham Point, & Konocti Bay in a cove just south of Richmond. Tried Jsgo & Jones first teo daya but it was slow. Sorry for the long post!

      Tips: Rock structure for the jigs, & fish very slow. Tues. night water temp stayed steady at 52.4 all night. I really think the crankbait fish came from pure luck. 3/8 jig seemed the way to go, I fished the 1/2 the first few days & only managed 2 fish.