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      Water Temp: 55-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I ished Thursday the 19 through Sunday. Big storm moved through thursday and riday realy hard ishing but I caught two little largemouths holding in some brush by anglers cove on Friday. Then saturday I caught some qualitiy ish on crankbait and spinnerbaits early in the moring. Then the bite stop so I slap on a baby brush hog and started catching ish again. The whole time I caught 10 ish the biggest almost 3 pounds. And my best 5 weighed in about 6 and a hal pounds. And I caught one desencnt smallmouth. I know I will be coming back soon!
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Fish brush hogs in shallow water in timber, throw crank and spinnerbaits in the morning. And look or the warmest water.

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      Water Temp: 53-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: First o, thanks Pat, HippeMark, Hawgmanjones, Kentuck and cooch or tips on this lake. The CVBC held it's irst 'mystery lake' draw lake tournament there. It was actually a lot o un or me. It's cool to try to igure out a lake you've never ished beore during a tourney.The weights were light - the winning weight was by non other than Big Daddy, with 7.3 lbs., i think or 5 ish. I had 6.3 or second. I think that the majority o the ish were just begining to move into prespawn mode. I don't think they were up in beds as yet. I ound most ish on well sloped banks in Anglers Cove with recently looded grass (that was important) in about 5 - 12 eet o water. Warmer water was the key. so look in the south acing coves. Not many ish reported in the willows.. the water had risen 10' in the last three weeks, and spread the bass all over the trees. It was like a bayou rom scenes in 'deliverance.' My partner and i caught most o our 15 ish on brushhogs, c-rigged. we caught rip ish, but they were small. Even caught my irst sammy ish o the year (dink). caught a couple on senkos too. big ish was a 3.9 on a spinnerbait, early in the day. Look or the bite to bust wide open in about a week or less, depending on water temp.This is a very pretty lake. A combo o don pedro, tulloch, sonoma, and bayou..
      City: belmont

      Tips: ish slopes & lats with c rigs to keep your bait above the grass. Look or warmer water!!!!! Pre spawn now..

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: where are asll the ish. i have a nor cal club event this weekend. does anyone know this lake? i ished all day oe just 3 ish and they were nothing to wright home about. it sure dosnt seem like april at this lake.
      City: chico

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      Water Temp: 50-55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED FOR 8 HRS WITH OUT A BITE. THREW BLADES, BRUSHHOGS, JIGS, AND SENKOS. I WAS ABLE TO COVER ALOT OF THE LAKE INCLUDING THE BACKS OF COVES, MAIN LAKE POINTS, AND THE FLATS BORDERING THE SPAWNING COVES. I WAS PRE FISHING FOR A NOR CAL BASS CLUB TOURNEY. WE HAVE ABOUT 25 BOATS GOING UP THIS WEEKEND. THE FISHING HAS BEEN REAL TOUGH FOR EVERYONE LATELY.
      City: REDDING

      Tips: TRY ONE OF YOUR OTHER FAVORITE LOCAL LAKES. ITS GONNA BE A WHILE HERE!

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      Water Temp: ??????

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This is in reerence to waltmanb@c-zone.net report on 5/2.Sir, could your cord have been cut beore you arrived at Black Butte. Being a long time resident o the lake, I have never had a problem there and believe me, I spend alot o time on the water there. Not knowing till you put the trolling motor down states to me that it could have happened say, in Redding. Just a thought. Good ishing.Dennis
      City: Orland

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      Water Temp: 68/69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished shoreline grizzly lats outside willows 4/21 5:30pm to 8:00 pm in 1 to 6 t water,15 ish with 6 keepers to 15".Using Bill Dance spitting image and Bill Dance swiming image.Fished ishermans cove 4/24 10 am to 12noon using spitting image 2 keepers or 12 ish with lots o blow ups on the lure.
      City: Quincy

      Tips: These two lures seem to work great at this time. Spent 8 days ishing had ish every day. Water is warming up to 69 degrees when the wind doesn't blow.Better days are coming not many big ish yet on the beds.

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      Water Temp: mid 40's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The lake is up. Fished around the dam. Water is muddy, Had no bites yet. give about couple more weeks it should start out w/ a bang. Also did some ishing @ East Park Res. near stonyord. Look's like the ishing is going to be great out there in a couple o weeks also.
      City: Corning

      Tips: Start out w/ plastic and jig baits, as the weather gets warm and the water gets clearer try the crank baits

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On the water around 8:30 off at 5, finding fish was tough. My partner and I caught 5 spots for the day. 1 non-keeper 2 barely keeper and my partner had 2 spots that were in the 5lb class.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: fish were around 20ft range.

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: first time to bullards. wanted to go get some real fish at clear lake but decided to check to look for the cat that got out of the bag.and man am i glad i did. not only did we find the cat and the bag we found our best five spotted bass!!!at 19.+lbs i cant wait to tell my bass club to schedule a tourny out here. the best spotted bass lake ever. by far
      City: linda

      Tips: at first we ran from boat traffic to find fish with no luck. fish here like water skiers. find loud boats and u will find bigger fish. they absolutely hammer any 6inch worm.

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived at the res. about 7:00am. I ished the large cove south o Woodhead park. Fishing was slow. I caught 7-8 nice smalliesuntil 9am. I ished rom the bank so did not cover much water, I still did not see many boats in the area catching ish. I went down below the dam and ished on the Idaho side around the bridge. I caught 7-8 VERY nice smallie in about two hours and lost a ew others. Caught all my ish on a Zoom baby brush hog, rigged Carolina style.I tried cranks, grubs, spinner baits, top water, stick baits, and even tried or a ew crappie, no luck. All in all a very un day except or a twisted ankle. See ya out there.
      City: Boise

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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished small crawdad cranks and caught about 20-30 ish perday. Camped above the 5 MPH buoys on the Yuba arm. All theish were clones, 13-15 inches at best. Had a blast on lightline though, and had probably the best ish ry in many years (got to clean out some o small ish). Also best camping trip o the year, just the boys,beers,BBQ and lotso Bass. Freaked out a houseboat though while shooting claypigeons. Oh well, we asked i they wanted to play, we were willing to share our toys.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Fish ast with cranks resembling craws. Threw blades, butdidn't even get a glance. Worms weren't even a considerationwith the great reaction bite happening.

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

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: what a lake. drained all the propane in the el camino dragging the scalper up to the lake just to get a few dinks. broke a rod on my cleat. got stuck in the back of harvey's in the mud.

      threw topwater most of the day without much success. drug a few skinny bear jigs arounf the bottom and left them there. tossed a new custom blade and broke it off on a tip wrap. backlashed my new 20 dollar topoff fluorocaron into a birdnest first cast of the day.

      ran into some cat danglers from LA in the back of cachuma bay. they were on a few fish. next thing I knew I had their dacron all stuck up inside my new ninja trolling motor blades. lost about an hour of fishing time uncoiling it.

      at that point I decided to get some lunch. hit the burger shack for some grinds and got out of the sun for a while.

      back down lake around 1 heading down to the narrow for some afternoon cranking. lobbed out on a few flats. wind was picking up pretty good by then. got loaded up on the deep crank - felt pretty good. fish went into a tree or something and broke off my XT 8 lb. like nothing. tough day.

      picked up a few dinks on the goldfish colored trap down in the narrows. decided to call it a day while I still had bass smell on my fingers...
      City: Solvang

      Tips: cranks and blades.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Thanks for the update Wyatt. I heard that some hits were coming on the 'purple' stuff and I did chance it but no takers. I know that now, we should have headed deeper to maybe 45-50 feet.
      City: Santa Maria

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: For those in the Santa Maria area. A new tackle shop has opened up at 1010 West Betteravia Rd #C which is just 2 doors down from the Applied Tech [old King Bearing]. Shop carries some great deals on rods, reels and lines. Some off brand goods but also quality stuff like Abu Garcia, Storm, etc. Prices are GREAT as they pretty much buy in bulk. Lots of great Salt water and fresh water stuff and reel and rod repairs to boot.

      Hours are T-F 9 to 5:30 and S & S from 9 to 3, Yup Sunday as well.
      City: SM

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Santa Maria srry it messed up the text

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Where is the report Justin? Just curious, if anyone else has a report in March...
      City: Vandenberg AFB

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Second boat out on sat. Went out with Kramer - allways a risk, but his boat and equipment was "right on". Went to Santa CRuz irst o, ound The shadand started with the customized chugbug. In 15 minites had three solidish, one over our and a smally 2+. Switched to a 1/2 Viper blade andgot a 3-1/2 on irst cast. Picked up one more on blade. Let area or atournment boat rom Gold Coast. Fished the clear water in Cachuma & Johnson no takers. A un Day, Let at 11 to head home and do the weekendchores
      City: Santa Ynez

      Tips: Stay in the stained water. Fish the chuggers or poppers slow. Hits were on the pause

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Lake Cachuma and it was a tough bite. There was a ton o shad around and the ish were gourging themseleves on everything but my baits. I threw blades and cranks without a bite. Finally towards 6 pm I pulled out some 3 inch Big Hammer swimbaits i had and rigged them on a darter head and stuck a ish with in a ew casts. Ended up illing out my limit in an hour with the best ish going 3.5#s. It was a pretty awesome day and i am glad i iggured out a new iness technique or when the ish dont seem to want to bite, and its a lot more interesting than dropshoting.Brian #2
      City: Santa Barbara

      Tips: Email me i you want any ino on Cachuma

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      Water Temp: 75-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Here is a ishing report; went out with some kids on 4,5 and 7 July and Bass ishing a little slow most Bass caught were 10-15 eet in the 2 to 3lb class and caught them on cranks, spit shot bungie worms and jig & craw. did a little trolling ater the og burned o and had one nice surpise trolling a at ree shad. I hooked up along the clis south o Santa Cruz bay and the ish was ighting very hard and when it jump it looked in the 3-4lb range but was ighting like a larger bass. Got the ish closer to the boat and told one o the kids to get the net. Cody had the net and was ready to net the ish when his eyes grew large and he yelled "You have Two on". Netted the ish(s)and both were over 4lbs or a total o 8lbs 3oz. The unny thing is when they jumped I only saw the one ish. Water level is dropping so the lake is changing all the time, I have not seen the lake this low in a long time.
      City: Lompoc

      Tips: Don't under estimate how trolling can help you ind ish and take kids ishing it is well worth the smiles on their aces