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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

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Pretty tough bite for me today, one spotted bass about 3 lbs came off right at the boat. Got to the lake about 10 a.m. and so did that nasty wind that seems to always come up like clock work. Im actually looking for someone to fish here with as i live about 10 minutes from browns ravine. shoot me an email if your interested, not too worried about gas or anything have a pretty much fully rigged triton if it makes you feel better.
      City: Cameron Park

      Tips: Dont have any being as though i only hooked and lost one fish, but it was on a dropshot.

Monday, January 28th, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 46 - 49 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's today and fished my way to LVW Marina to get out of the wind. Got a cuople jig bites along the main channel, but no hook ups. When I finally reached LVW Marina started slow rolling my 4" PLine Kick R Minnow around the docks. Cuaght two bass around 1.5 pounds each. Also tried looking for some crappie, but was not able to locate any this time.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Look for calm water, clearer water. Spring is just around the corner. :-)

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 45-48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: windy on sat but mostly flat in mornings, warming slightly
      Lake Level: 5.80\Best Depths: 2-30, midlake and south
      still slow for most ,arigs bite has picked up , swimbaits, traps both working
      Big Bass: 2-30, midlake and south01/26/2013 - largemouth - 13.3 last week
      several reports of 30+prefish limits ,27+ to win A/C on sat
      Guide Information: clearlake outdoors\Name & Number: 707-262-5852

      Tips: fish slow,

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Slow bite, but decent fish if you are patient. Hit the water about 8am and stayed until 2pm. Caught 6 fish between 2 and 3.5 lbs. Try primary points near creek channels. Cast out your jig, let out enough line to get keep it on the bottom while you "drift" in a gentle breeze. "Shake" the jig gently over obstacles. Wait for the "tap tap", esepcially just as it goes over a log or rock. Give her a second to get the jig in her mouth, then nail her!!
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Best luck today on brown and purple jigs, with a brown crawdad trailer. Caught my 3 biggest on this setup. You have to use a very slow presentation. I sometimes use the drifting approach when fish are sluggish, and have had decent success in recent years.

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      Water Temp: 49.9 to 51. 7

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The bass have move up to 25 to 30 feet of water now and are hold on and around isolated rock piles and movig up on flats in mid afternoon. Bass to 5 1/2 lbs were caught this weekend on 3/8 oz jigs and baby brushogs. Boat traffic is still light on the weekends but with the warmer weather later in the week will pull the fish up even more there alot of good areas to fish right now. Water is still stained some but its not stopping the bass from biting.The bite is holding up well thru out the morning and into the afternoon.
      City: madera ca.

      Tips: jigs and baby brushogs fished slow. vertical jigging is still working well also. isolated structure hold the better fish.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: not sure...cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: while i walked my dog, i worked the dike8/folsom pt shoreline just below the picnic tables. hooked up a couple 1 to 2 lbers on a grn pumpkin jig with a 5" grn pumpkin senko trailer. that shut down so i switched to a wacky rigged monster shad senko..picked up 3 more 1 lbers. surprised me that i got that many from shore. have tried last few weeks this way and this was the best day. hope spring gets here soon!
      City: folsom

      Tips: i can't seem to force myself to fish slow so i made up reasons not to move my rod and simply put it down while i threw sticks in the water for my lab to fetch. then picked up my rod and it would load up or i'd feel the tic as soon as i'd move it. so i guess the tip is...fish slow.... if you can. i generally can't.

Saturday, January 26th, 2013

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 52 f

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Dam area. Caught five and missed 7 or so more. All on Berkley Powerbait Garlic. One had a stomach full of little silver minnows, inch and a half long.
      Bite was best at sunrise and there was a midge hatch happening most of the morning.
      City: Woodland