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Sunday, February 10th, 2013

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Invited my Brother in law and his Brother in law up for a day at Clear Lake and one at CFW. The fishing (minnows) was steady with about 20 for us. Smallest about 2.5# Most in the 3-4 range. On the first spot my Brother in law got his personal best 5+ His previous was a 1.5# Oroville monster. His Brother in law had never caught a bass until he got a 3+ at the 3rd spot we fished. Now the pressure was off me as both had caught bass. Well my Brother in law's Brother in law (huh?) grabbed the largest minnow in the live well and said "I'm going to catch a bit one with this" About 2 minutes later he said "I think I have one" When I heard the drag singing I said yup you do. Well after I saw color, I knew he had bested his PB already as she came in at 10.2#

      How's that for your first bass trip? A life time fish in just about 2 hours of fishing!
      City: Roseville

      Tips: No brainer, just get some of those great minnows from Jimmy at Clearlake Bait & Tackle, find some rocks in 15-30 feet and hang on!

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 55.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the afternoon with my new Setter Pup, which means when she gets wet I go home.3 Smallmouth bass one large mouth all small crank bait on the bank. No jig bite for me and I threw it most of the afternoon. Limit of trout on the crank bait, wiggle wart. Sunfish color. Wait awile..
      City: Hughson

Saturday, February 9th, 2013

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

      Report: Wendell - this is just a kindly reminder that the reports section is for fishing reports. Did you fish the lake? Opinions about tournaments, etc, are welcome on the forums, but not here. This is a political-free zone.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Left Fresno at 4:30 am, stopped in Turlock for coffee and $100 in gas for the boat, out of Ladds 7am, fished Mandeville, Mildred areas. threw topwater, swimbaits, jerkbaits, 6" senkos in two different colors, 5" senkos in two different colors, texas rigged 6" and 4" paddletail worms in two different colors, each, traps in both red craw and shad colors, blades in chartreus white with, chrome willow leafs, brass willow leafs, chrome colorado blades, brass colorado blades, one chrome willow leaf and brass colorado combination and one brass willow leaf with chrome colorado blade combos, jigs with craw trailers, craw trailers without jig skirts, used fast retrieve, slow retrieve, hopped the lures, drug the lures, soaked the lures, I stared at my tackle boxes full of lures for short periods of time, long periods of time, moved them from one locker to another and even tried a piece of peanut butter and jelly sandwich on a treble hook. off the water by 2pm. Not one, thats right, not one single bite all day. Not for me, my partner or the dude in the gorgeous new Ranger we spoke to. The only saving grace was my partner just got his concealed carry permit, so i felt completely safe from pissed off bank fishermen, illegal aliens and all forms of piracy.
      City: fresno

      Tips: Save your peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for yourselves. That didnt work either.

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the day after opening. Fishing was terrible. Trouser trout fishermen posted up on all the main lake points. Couldn't make the casts that would have caught the fish. I fish this lake at least 4 times a month. This is the worst it's been in the last 6 years. Threw everything in the boat at em! Cranks, Jerks, Jigs, swimbaits, dropshot....only bite I got was dropshotting a 6 inch senko. If you're thinking about going out here don't! Stay home until april when the water temp starts to heat up. I did hear people talking about a blue and white Nitro out there on opening day slaying em? Couple guys said they saw him hucking 5 lb spots outta his livewell at the end of the day.....After my experience I think they're full of it. I usually boat at least 10 spots each outing...it's just terrible right now.
      City: dublin

      Tips: Stay home until the water temp warms up. If you see a Z8 blue and yellow nitro out there with a 250 on the back watch out! He almost ran me over!

Friday, February 8th, 2013

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 50 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: jigs and drop shots off humps and points. moving on to something i read on one of the fishing reports addressing the future pro at clearlake. i fished anglers-choice, BBT, and future pro tour and i can say this all three circuits care about the handling of the fish, and it's a shame that the other two would bad mouth the future pro tour in order to gain another boat or two. the message that should get out is that it's the responsibility of the anglers in the events who bare the blame for those dead fish due to poor fish handling onboard there boats after the catch, and after the weigh in, not going the required distant to release the fish since the live release boat never showed up. And yes thats my name on this report as i don't hind behind my monitor, i stand by my words. happy fishing.
      City: sacramento

      Tips: move often until you find the right point or hump.

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 46-49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Since last Friday's bite was pretty good for us, Mike Sperbeck and I decided to try again! This time lady luck (skill!! - LOL) decided to smile on me! We launched out of Red Bud at 4 pm and found post-front wind - quite bad. We moved up to areas we could hide a bit on the west side, catching 5 from 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 lbs before dark. We were using small beavers and Berkley Havoc baits. As I tell all my clients - the bite after dark is dead for an hour or so. NOT so last night - at least for me - about time! I was trying a NetBait plastic thing in blue/black color. I missed a nice hit at first. Then, shortly after, my Flame Green Fireline just got tight. I set on instinct and immediately thought - catfish - all the way to the net. She was big - all 9 lbs 9oz of her. BUT, no whiskers - she was a bass - WOW! My biggest in 2 years. We put her in the livewell in case of a double photo. Five minutes later, the second subject of the photo picked up my bait and she added 6 lbs 10 oz to the photo. I was pretty stoked about 2 bass for over 16 lbs. Reminded me of the old days at Clear Lake. That was it - and we bounced our way back to Red Bud about 11 pm. One loves his Ranger 521 the most during those rides!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: All of our bass were around the 20 foot depth - nothing shallow. These big fish can take a bait so soft - rod sensitivity is everything in the winter!! As last trip, we were fishing off-shore broke rock fields as best we could in the wind. One needs to keep their line tighter that normal this time of year. Dead-stick is the structure will allow it. Water needs to get around 53-56 degrees to be the bass a little most active.

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 45-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: warming , clear
      Lake Level: 5.90 7.56 is full\Best Depths: 2-30
      the bite is picking up, arigs, swimbaits, the minnow guys are doing a lot better now ,its still cold so drop your minnows and SET STILL!
      Big Bass: 2-30
      SEVERAL 6-9 POUNDERS CAUGHT LAST WEEK
      Events: a/c team on 16th
      aba team on 17th
      won team 23rd
      Guide Information: clearlake outdoors\Name & Number: 707-262-5852

      Tips: fish slow , the north end bite is starting to pick up

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my stepson Jack Jetton who is 5 years old and we landed one 7lb and one 51/2 lb trout trolling rapalas. We also caught five trout the week before using the same method. All fish were on the top 3 feet trolling at a fast speed.
      City: Pleasanton

Monday, February 4th, 2013

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Have fished lake 3 times so far this year. Mostly Big creek arm and Rogers Creek arm. Have only boated about 4 fish only 1 going 4+. Mostly fished swimbaits no bites. fish on jigs and soft plastics 30-40 ft. Hopefully patients pays off with a 10+ swimbait fish.
      City: Waterford

      Tips: Would like to hear report from people fishn upper bay and the river up and around moccasin

Sunday, February 3rd, 2013

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 50-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water by about 7:30 am. First spot was a 2.5 on a crank. Second spot was about a 4 pounder on a shaky head. That was it for the day, off te water by 3. Both fish were good looking and fighters.

      Tips: Don't even think of a morning bite

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 50' - 53'

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Tracy Oasis @ 9. Ran to Widows Island, son picked up a nice 3.75 lbs. largemouth. I picked up a small 1.5 lbs. largemouth and lost a 5 lbs. @ the boat. Light breeze, nice warm day.
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: We fished shaky head cut tails with a slow drag and pause. Most bites came when the bait was idle. Tight lines!

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

      Report: Anyone been out lately? Few more weeks and if the mornings warm up a little the bass will start eating good.
      City: Lafayette

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake opens back up Feb 8th. Spots will be chomping good soon. Hope to get another double digit largie this spring.
      City: Lafayette

Saturday, February 2nd, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 46-50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Paradise Point fished several spots in Disappointment, 0 bits. Fished 14 mile, 0 bits. Joined a half-dozen boats in the Yacth, it was 0 for 6! with so much dead hyacinths’ floating in the water you graph is useless. hurry up super bowl!
      City: Citrus Heights

      Tips: Only bits were on a jig in deep wood.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 46-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Mike Sperbeck and I visited the lake after about a 5 week break. We started out of Red Bud about 4 pm. Beautiful afternoon - almost warm! Hope the bass felt that way too!!! One did! I was fishing a green pumpkin Berkely Havoc bait on my new Loomis NRX 852S (6-12 lb) with 8 lb test. After just a few casts, I thought I felt something strange - not a hint of a bite. She came into the boat about 3 minutes later - all 6 lb 5 oz of her. Clear Lake just being Clear Lake when you least expect it!! Mike caught a few smaller ones and lost a big one. After dark it was slow - we fished several areas in Konocti Bay with hardly a bite. The cloud cover was in the distance but never reach the lake - it was cold! Finally, Mike started throwing a small swimbait and found the key. He had several hits and landed a 6-9 and 6-10 back to back. We caught a few others in the 4 to 5 lb range. We thought we were going to join the early season 30 lb club, but ONLY managed a limit of 29 1/4 lbs. Nearly all of our fish were on off-shore rocky bottoms after dark. Before dark they were more shallow - my 6-5 maybe about 12-14 feet deep. Bass were biting after dark, but, no surprise, just a little pressure before dark. They were all in excellent shape.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We were able to spot a lot of fish our my HDS-8, but few would bite. I think the cloud cover would have kept the air temp warmer and enhanced the bite, but no such luck. We both just did the VERY slow drag - stop technic - even with a swimbait. Rock bottom produced better than a smooth bottom. Look for rock patches in about 25-40 feet - off the bank!

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 47-49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Left out of Antlers boat ramp again this time there was a guy out there dragging Logs in with a cable with his truck. Next time please dont block the boat ramp. 4 boats trying to launch and all of us had to launch away from the ramp because this guy was blocking it. He finally moved. Thank you. fished Jig heads with straight worms from 10 am to 5pm on sac arm. Got 13 spots and a Two pound plus Largemouth. Fish in 18 to 55 feet of water fished slow. Got a couple of reaction strikes with a 3/8 oz spinnerbait but didnt land em. Was a tough slow day but in the end , not bad again for wintertime. Most spots where right about 12 to 13 inches. Caught two dinks. Put em all back in the lake. Fish were very scattered and was mostly a very light bite.
      City: Klamath falls

      Tips: Be patient and try lots of different presentations . Spinner and ripbaits if the wind is blowing. When its calm and sunny , fish on the bottom . Mornings are slow. Better bite in the PM

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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished from 9am till 1pm
      2 fish in 2' of water
      1- 3lbs
      1 -6.5lbs
      no fish caught untill the fog lifted
      both on drop shot margartita robo worm
      City: santa rosa

Thursday, January 31st, 2013

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

      Report: Went out with my buddy Dana from Lime Saddle, fished from 8:30am to 11:am. Got 6 bass, one was 15 1/2", one 14 1/2", the others 13-14". Same as before, landed 2 trout on roboworms!!! Water is cool, so fish slow, slow. All took roboworms, All hit very light due to cool water, so pay close attention.

      Anyone wanting fishing partner, let me know, available 95% of the time. I'm a fishing fool, can't get enough.
      City: Magalia

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

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

      Report: Anyone with a boat that would like a fishing partner, email me, I'm generally available 95% of the time to go bass fishing.
      City: Magalia