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Friday, March 1st, 2013

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 55 to 57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out again later in the morning at ~10:30 and fished to ~5:00. I hooked 4 and landed 3 of them which where all keeper size being ~2.0, ~3.0, and the biggest ~5.75 lbs. Landed all these on senko’s and swim baits.
      City: HEALDSBURG

      Tips: Fish slowly and be patient while the water keeps warming! Hopefully the colder weather and rain next week doesn't hurt clarity and water temp to much!

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished east side with P/B and tails for a limit in 4hrs..lake up now..alot of limits 2 weeks ago, starting to slow down..no blackies yet..

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I fished beautiful Lake Pardee yesterday with my buddy Mike Sperbeck. We started about 10 am, and was again shocked by the water clarity. I expected this with the lack of rain. We started in the main body with no success, then moved up the river. About 12:30 pm - our first bite and Mike puts a mighty 10 incher in the boat! Boy - that was worth a 2 hr drive!! Well, my attitude changed very quickly as I immediately set on a good fish with my brown/orange Blade Runner jig w/Yamamoto #180 grub trailer. She jumped and Mike yells "there is your 5 lb smallie!" Some of you know I am still trying to land one over 5 - I keep losing them. Again, this one was close at 4 lb 7 oz. A thrill anyway! The bite picked up - after Mike's second 10 incher! He did have last laugh when he landed a 5 1/2 lb largemouth later in the afternoon. Back out in the main body - after thinking about it for awhile, I decided to throw a 6" Basstrix swimbait. One feels like a genius when one catches a 4 lb 2 oz smallie on the first cast of his current thinking. She ate the swimbait! But no more hits on it. We ended the days with 6 bass for Mike and 3 for me with our best 5 around 18 1/2 to 19 lbs. No toads but very successful day.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We caught bass both on the bank and off-shore structure - from 10 to 30 feet deep. Mike had several swimbait hits too but only landed one. Fishing might have been better in the late afternoon but the lake went dead-flat calm! That is rare for Pardee. Fishing will probably be pretty good everywhere for a few of these warm days, but weather may change next week and possibly move them off the bank again.

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

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

      Report: Went out for a couple hours on south fork got 5 fish one 19 inch spot about 3 1/2lb next cast landed a 23inch large weighing in at 8.15lbs.
      City: Oroville

      Tips: Deep and slow craw immatation.

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

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      Water Temp: 51-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Nada. Fished from 0900-1500. Tried jigs, worms, C-rigged lizards and swimbaits. Some algae bloom was present.
      City: Monterey

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

      Report: Shore fished at Bidwell marine. Fished roboworms and got 2 spots. 1 16" and a really nice 17 1/2". Guessing the large one was about 3 pounds, maybe a tad less. This has been my largest fish caught in this lake. Fish slow, bits very soft, so pay very close attention. Anyone looking for a fish partner, let me know. Available most any time.
      City: Magalia

Monday, February 25th, 2013

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: clear warming this week
      Lake Level: almost full!!\Best Depths: 2-30
      we had a cold weather system come thru last week and dropped the water temps again
      warming this week will get em biting
      throw swimbaits , A rigs , rattletraps and jigs
      Events: KVC is having a two day team march 2-3 rd
      FPT on 9th
      ABA 10th
      Guide Information: clearlakeoutdoors\Name & Number: 707-262-5852

      Tips: fish have been moving shallow when it warms

Sunday, February 24th, 2013

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Jig bite is still working well in depth of 15 to 35 fett. The bigger bass are hold on or around isolated structure in the 25 to 35 foot range.also i gone from tossing arkie and football head jigs to now throwing bullet head jigs. Changing skirt designs and adding the right yamamoto trailers matching the jigs color has made a big difference in putting the bigger fish the boat. BBT tournament trail is there march 9th. I would think it would take 19 pounds or better to win the tournament. Ill be bowling a tournament that saturday and fishing hensley lake on sunday. Kenny let me know when your headed up too the lake ill drive up and bring you some jigs and yamamoto trailers to match. i only live 15 minutes from the lake and i will point out some areas to hit that will be holding fish. Weather going too warm this coming week.
      City: madera ca

      Tips: ISOLATED STRUCTURE

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 45-46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: trinity center ramp is clear with no dock and fairview ramp is good with dock, slow bite fish are mostly between 25-45 ft,jigs drop shot and swimbaits

Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished here for the first time this year, after eating one of Laurie Lockhart's wonderful patty melts at the lodge. I started fishing about 4 pm and caught a 2 pounder right away on a jig. I threw a Huddleston 8" swimbait for awhile and had a big hit, but lost the bass after 10 seconds. Caught a small bass and then a 3 1/2 - all on jigs. This was in the Jackson Creek arm. Overall, kinda slow. After dark I had the lake to myself, but the bass showed no respect. I didn't have a hit bite for about 2 1/2 hrs and was about to leave. I decided to hit 1 or 2 points in the Carson arm before leaving, using a black/blue Netbait paca craw. I got absolutely hammered by a nice fish an 3 minute or so battle was on. I won!! She went 6 1/2 lbs even and is now on display in the aquarium at the lodge. They will release her next week. I finished at the dam - landing another 2 1/4 lb bass. As always - good fish makes the long trip worthwhile!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I really didn't have enough action to give many tips. In Feb and March - jigs always work at Amador, as do swimbaits if you have the patience. I saw a 14 lb trout weighed in and bass don't eat them. Actually - maybe they hide from them!!

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 49 - 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The Results are in for Contra Costa Bass Clubs Berryessa tournament on 2/23/2013...

      Boater Chris D. takes it with a total weight of 16.18 lbs.
      Non Boater Tai N. tops the back seaters with a total weight of 11.44 lbs.

      A total of 19 members launched out of Capell Cove landing and releasing 58 fish totaling 120.35 lbs.

      Berryessa BIG Fish Bill B. 4.42 lbs., Brian B. 4.24 lbs. Chris D. 4.16 lbs.

      Windy day, fish were caught on dropt shots, jigs, a few on rip baits in the morning and afternoon wind. Predominant colors were browns, purples for jig and purples and shad colors for drop shots. Most good fish were caught main lake with smaller spots in the narrows.

      If your looking to fish in a great club, with a great bunch of guys whose main purpose is to become better fisherman and have fun. Look us up at www.ccbassclub.com or email me.
      City: Walnut Creek

      Tips: Stick to wind blown main lake points in 25 - 50 feet

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 6:30 till mid afternoon and bite was decent. Threw jigs most of the morning with pretty good results, four fish to three pounds on Johnny C's California Resevoir jigs that Matt had turned me onto at Last Chance Bait and Tackle in Hemet. Decided to go try and find a bigger bite so we started throwing swimbaits and we ended up catching two more; one about 4.5 and the other a 9.3; River to Sea S-Wave 6". Best three went 16.79 and would have had about 22 lbs for five.
      Jigs on rocky points early and reaction when the wind comes up later in the day.
      City: Desert Hot Springs

      Tips: Johnny C's California Resevoir Lure jigs in natural colors you can get them at Last Chance Bait and Tackle.
      Swim bait is hit and miss, we just hit it right that day but it was our only two swim bait bites in four days of fishing.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tough fishing. A lot of fishing pressure, must have been over 100 boats out there. A boat at just about every spot we went to fish. Caught 2 spotted bass up to 2lbs on jigs, both in around 50 feet of water. Saw other people catch a fish here and there. My partner and most other people were catching on small roboworms.

      Tips: Fish slow. Most the time you can't even feel the bite, just dead weight.

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      Water Temp: 54°

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Father in law got a new stratos deal took all day. We got on the water about 4:30 pm after a tournament. Wind was about 8 miles an hour +. We fished the banks by temperance nothing there then we shot to the dam found a point casted the wind caught a 2lb black bass. Night fished caught a 12.5 pound black bass on a shad coloured rattle trap 10ft deep 8:30pm full moon total time fished about 5 hrs. Awesome boat awesome fish time of my life at McClure
      City: turlock

      Tips: Jerk baits and rattle traps worked for me. All fish caught shollow

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 52 to 54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from around 10:30 in the morning to about 5:00 when is stared cooling down fast again. Water was still stained with only about a foot of visibility!! Water temp was 52 to 54 with a couple of spots hitting 55, but the minute the wind blew registered 54 again. Caught 2 Largemouth Bass of ~3.5 and ~5.25 pounds, so it made my day!
      City: HEALDSBURG

      Tips: Be patient and fish slowly!!

Thursday, February 21st, 2013

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Mike Sperbeck and I fished the south end Thursday afternoon. Windy again and difficult to fish. We caught 4 in late afternoon that went a little over 20 lbs. All soft plastic baits - about 15 to 20 feet. I wuz beaten by .01 of a pound!! His biggest was 5.80 and mine was 5.79. Bummer! We fished after dark for about 2 hrs - no bites. Left for McDonalds and some HOT coffee!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Sure can't complain about the size of the bass. They are eating something! All 4 bass were caught in a different area - unlike some previous trips. The bites seemed a bit more aggressive this time - probably because the water is a tad warmer - er, less cold!!!

Monday, February 18th, 2013

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 49-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at 8am and fished till 1pm. Caught 20+ spotted bass on pumpkin jigs in 50 feet water. Biggest fish was landed by my friend, a fat 7+ lber. No reaction bites, drag slow and dead stick, pressure bites only so set on any weight.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Jigs in 50 feet. fish slow and set on pressure of they drop it

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 48-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: clear still cold in mornings
      Lake Level: around 6.00 above rumsey\Best Depths: 2-30
      the north end kicked in A/C on sat took over 33 # to win . ABA on sunday 1st and 2nd both had over 39 # I dont think 30 # got a check!!
      Big Bass: 2-3002/17/2013 - 10.71
      10.71 in ABA
      Events: won next weekend should have some big bags
      Guide Information: clearlake outdoors\Name & Number: 707-262-5852

      Tips: throw the a rig and stick with it, the jig bite has picked up,jerkbaits also working

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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: MARK: What is the word? Jig bite still a factor? Coming up soon and want to get a gauge on bite. Water Temp? February normally good to me at Eastman of you fish slow.
      City: PacificGrove

      Tips: Looking for ANY before first trip of year.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: mid -high 40's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with variety of baits, no response on reaction baits. And you would think that there is no bite on finesse baits unless you really watched the line. Lot of bites came off in about 20-30 feet inside any coves, off those roboworms and jigs. Fished for only 3 hours, released over 15 basses, all chunky and fat. Between 2 lbs to 3 1/2 lbs, nothing less or more.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Fish real really slow, and watch your line!