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Sunday, February 17th, 2013

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: be sure and check ramp before paying. (10 BUCKS,WHY?) antlers so packed with crap its allmost unusable in afternoon. will use packers now. fishing slow for anything shallow. nice 13-15 in fish on wacky senko weighted on end. grey/blue with gold flake strike king xxx worked best. 15 to 18 ft. no wind no blade bite. fished gooseneck caught 10 doubt any over 2. learned that if someone fishing back in coves they also own the points. should have ignored the guy puffing up in front of his friends? family? not proud of my answers to that guy but dont meet that kind often.
      City: klamath falls

Saturday, February 16th, 2013

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 47-49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
      Pretty slow overall with a few brief moments of excitement.
      Fish are still in the winter funk mode, waters cold!
      Caught 12 on Saturday, 11 little guys and one 8.2# toad!
      Sunday was more of the same except no giants.
      No real pattern to report, caught fish throughout the water column but mostly in the 30-40' range.
      Typical dart heads, senkos, jigs.. Tossed the swim bait for two followers and no takers.
      City: Reno

      Tips: Wait a couple weeks unless you have a ton of patience!
      If not there's two ways to approach these fish: either super slow or super fast.
      Super slow: drag your favorite bait in 40-60' of water, hula grubs, senkos, dart head etc.

      Fast: run and gun with your favorite bait and fish in 15-30',
      Make lots of casts and don't hang out in one spot for too long. If you find the fish up they will be more than willing to accept your offer, however you will have to cover a ton of water to find them. I would still stick with the soft plastics fishing like this, just make two casts to each point and pocket and move on.

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      Water Temp: 49-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 2pm to 5pm. Had high hopes due to the stable weather. Hopes dashed until the last 1 minute before I was due to leave. Tried everything earlier,Jigs, Rip Bait etc, had to go back to my go to bait Green Pumkinseed Hula Grub to catch a fish.
      City: W. Sac

      Tips: Dock talk revealed a lot of fish caught on Green Jigs?? The last couple of days my fish have come no shallower than 25 ft on sunny long points. They don't seem to like it moved fast.

Friday, February 15th, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough day. Four keepers, and one short. Fishing Holland Tract area.

      Tips: None

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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished around corner from b&w at fav tule strip and dock...nothing! brother got one hit dragging a jig. tried black/red flk and black/blue flk senkos..nothing. then tried watermelon/red flk and junebug..nothing. also tried slow-rolling black spinnerbait...nothing. then tried black/blue rage craw...nothing. all the above have always managed a hit in cold, stained delta water. just not our day today.
      City: folsom

      Tips: none. what normally worked in these conditions didn't work. maybe someone can offer a new strategy?

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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished outgoing tide around Franks Tract. Caught some small fish on the outside of Franks. Nothing on the inside. Black and Blue Senkos. Cranked some rock walls - nothing. I saw one striper hit my jerkbait at the boat but missed him.
      City: Concord

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 50.9 to 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went to piney creek caught a couple in 50 feet on jigs.....then fished the canyon and caught 3 more in 10+ feet of water. total bag about 8 1/2 pounds
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Slow roll the jig, no luck in drop shot.

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

      Report: Tom, I believe the "trout" you are catching are actually silver salmon. Fish On!
      City: Paradise

Thursday, February 14th, 2013

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water at 630am. Fished until 2. Tried everything in my boat. First top water zara spook. thought Id get lucky. Still way too early in the season. Tried soft plastics, jigs, spinners. Didn't resort to drop shotting. Water is muddy and I dont plan on trying this lake again until at least the middle of March. Going to try lake Medocino tomorrow. Ill post on that lake. Talked to one guy he said he caught three on a plastic worm he threw all day. Good Luck out there.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Wait till spring. lol.

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 48-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Two days in a row, NOTHING ! It was just brutal, Fished sloooow most of the day fut tried fast a little.. Used most colors I had with me and still nothing. I generaly have an ok day at least, but two days in a rown now I've been skunked. Here's to wishing everyone else a better day..
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Never give up and keep trying !

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      Report: The brown and purple, 1/2-oz River2Sea Touchdown Jig got a workout today on New Hogan Reservoir.

      It was responsible for nine fish for Ed and Cole Austin,while John House and Stanley and Brian LaFever used it to catch six more.

      Water temp was 51-degrees.

      The bass pictured below were caught in five to 25-feet of water. The fish ranged from 2-lbs to five-plus.
      John House

      Photo: http://www.westernbass.com/forum/post506678.html?hilit=new%20hogan#p506678

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

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      Water Temp: 49 to 50.1

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a couple of hours right before sunset. Mainly wanted to get the boat in shape as it was the first time out in 6 months. 0 reaction bite so I went to my confidence lure on this lake, Green Pumpkin Seed Hula Grub. Caught two clone 1/2 pounders dragging. First was a light bite the second aggressive. Dock talk mentioned that the bite will get hot soon, due to the warming stable conditions. The lake is having it's annual Tourney on 02/23/13.
      City: W.Sac

      Tips: Fish slow. Listening to msic on my Ipod helped me slow down. No reaction bite drag for a small limit.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 48-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went over to konocti bay today in search of prespawners. Was suprized at how many fish i spooked out of the tullies. Picked up the jerk-bait rod and instantly got a few interested. I watched a 6+ take my bait! That was it fot sight fishing for the day beacuse the sun went down and i couldent see em anymore. Went back to jones and fished rock piles with jigs and swims and managed a limit. Not bad for 4 hours in winter
      City: lower lake

      Tips: Jig bite is defently picking up, just drag it slow and steady. 5 inch swims have been working for me all winter. Have fun!

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

      Report: Fished out of Lime Saddle today. Launched about 8am, off the water at noon. Slow fishing. Got 2 spots, one 15", one 14 1/2". Both on roboworms. Again, got 1 trout on a roboworm!!! I think they are trout. Silvery sides, green backs. Does anyone know what they are.

      Fish slow, both fish picked up the worms super light, no real normal tap like feel of a bite.

      Cold and slow fishing. Ton's of wood on the water.
      City: Magalia

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 47 to 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Look for swimbait fish shallow early in the morning. 7" osprey linethru's and 6" R-Macs in Ghost trout and Ghost purple trout have been the ticket. After around 9:30 in the morning the bite has been on brown and purple jig's, green pumpkin senko's and dartheaded 6" Mojave oxblood and purple ghost worms in the 23' to 35' range. If there is wind in the afternoon look for a spinnerbait bite on white with double white willow blades or charteuse and white with a nickel colorado blade and a gold willow blade
      City: Shasta Lake

Monday, February 11th, 2013

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

      Report: Larry you are a great fisherman and a man of integrity. I attended one of your classes at Yuba College several years ago I still draw upon the knowledge you bestoewd upon me. Thank you!!
      City: W.Sac

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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: After taking my Brother in law and his Brother in law (up from SoCa) to Clear Lake the day before they were told today would be quanity not quality. I rigged them with very light spinning tackle using small plastics. They both got their fill of 1-2# fish and some "dinks" thrown in. Wind in the early am was a little strong from the west then switch to the north and calmed down a bit. Bite was better, and the best fish came in the afternoon. I guess that's normal this time of the year. Lake still has some stain but not enough to stop them from spotting the bait!
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Fish your favorite spots with your favorite lures but make sure it's slow. Fish seemed to want it almost stopped except a couple of stupid "teenagers" that bit on the reel up. See everyone on the 23rd!

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 45-50 and will

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: it wasnt frozen this morning !! lake has been flat all day
      Lake Level: around 6.00 above rumsey\Best Depths: 2-30
      This weeks warm weather should bring some big bags in this weekends tournaments, Arigs are working as well as single swimmers , rattle baits, jerkbaits
      Events: this weekend
      A/C team sat @ redbud
      ABA team sunday @ konocti vista
      Guide Information: clearlake outdoors\Name & Number: 707-262-5852

      Tips: The lake is getting ready to bust loose so fish your strengths but slow down

Sunday, February 10th, 2013

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spent the day fishing sun baked banks and we were able to catch a nice mix of largemouth, smallmouth, spots and two nice trout. Fish were found 1' to 35' using dropshot, jigs and rip baits. The fish told us tehy we not in a aggressive mood so we slowed way down. total weight for the limit was 16 lbs plus.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Fish crawdad patterns slowand then slow down some more.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 50-54*

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Haven't put out a report in a while cause I just had a baby and not had too much time to fish. I'm just glad I can still find and locate fish on a winter pattern. I launched out of paradise and fished for about 4hrs and zilch on any sort of reaction baits like rip baits or chatter baits (even on rock walls mid day, I figured warmer water temps from rocks so more active fish) but my buddy and I had a pretty good jig and senko bite. The fish seem to be holding at around 6-8 ft and you just gotta cast and drag if yah jig fishing (brown and purple best color for us we found) and your typical senko fishing (cast let it sink, pop pop pause and repeat) the wacky rig senko did seem to get more bites than a regular t rig. ( watermelon red and black and blue worms) all in all 11 fish for 4hrs and almost all were cookie cutter 1.5-2lbers.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Don't sight fish cover, fish are holding Deeper and you have to adjust accordingly. Bites even on the high tide are on the outside of the weed line, yah don't have to fish super slow just be patient and the bites will come.