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Saturday, January 5th, 2013

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      Water Temp: 49-50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started the day out very cold with temps in the low thirties. Wind changed direction a couple of times throughout the day making it hard to focus because of the chill in the air. Water temp started out at 49 and only warmed to 50 by afternoon. Fish can be caught but you have to keep moving. Found bait sitting over 50-60 feet in the 20-30 foot range but would not bite the spoon or drop shot that I offered them. I might be fishing an up and coming tournament there so I can't give out too much information. I've been out twice this week on Monday and Saturday. Saturday's bite was much better. All small fish nothing over 2.5 pounds. Fish are trying to fatten up but still very thin. I will report everything and how I caught those fish once the tournament is over. Until then take a kid fishing and be good humans.
      City: EDH

      Tips: I will give out that info in a few weeks.

Friday, January 4th, 2013

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 48-49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hello Basskeeter...thanx big time for the insights on your slow-rolling technique...makes alot of sense and I think my brother and I have tried similar...I think you're knowledge of the transition points seems like a key component so we'll be practicing that more...really appreciate the details you provided! We launched today around 930am at Dike8 (oops, Folsom Point) and worked along the dike to the table top. Saw fish suspended and at the bottom but couldn't entice them. I'm thinking I wasn't that confident they'd be in a biting mood. Moved up to some points and coves in the S.Fork..water was a couple degrees colder. Saw fish on the graph but still couldn't spark anything. Tried 5" senkos, 4" worms at the bottom and Staysee90 for the suspended fish we saw. Oh yeah, also tried counting down a fluke on a scrounger head that worked a couple months ago for suspended but no hits today. Still glad to be out and still had fun trying!
      City: folsom

      Tips: Can't offer anything up but i'm sure gonna work on Basskeeter's technique he was cool enough to provide. Thanx Basskeeter!!!

Tuesday, January 1st, 2013

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: don't know

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: assume it's still muddy. thanx gabuelhaj and deltabassbuster for posting reports...i thought we'd never get anyone to post.

      water is still choco milk in alot of places and i guess there's guys out there who can still put em in the boat...but they ain't sayin!.... that's ok, you guys deserve everything you get!!! i hope it's soon!!!
      City: folsom

      Tips: listen to deltabassbuster...he knows... and he at least posts a report. and thanx gabuelhaj for posting a report.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Decent A-rig bite 6-10 fish a day if you work all day. All the fish are 4 pounds+ so it makes it worth it. My best 5 went close to 30 anchored by a 7.57.
      City: Clear Lake

      Tips: 6" basstrix on the a rigs and fish them in 2-10 foot parallel

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: no thermometer

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: couldn't take the boat out so went to folsom point and fished the rocky point just below the picnic tables at the turnaround. some trout fisherman didn't mind me casting my junebug senko while they fished. caught a few 1 - 1.5lbers just deadstickin' and then shakin' or poppin' it up. a couple hit it on the initial fall. rather be in the boat but this helped fill the urge to fish.
      City: folsom

      Tips: if fishing from shore, look for the sides of the point and try and work the bait from the side and let it fall. gotta parallel cast out to the side of the point.
      hey basskeeter..thanx for the report. i'm a little confused though... you said slow rolling in 15-25ft. was that with the c-rig and t-rig? if so, i'm not sure what you mean by slow rolling. sorry, not trying to put you down...just not sure how to connect slow rolling with c-rig / t-rig, if that's what you mean. i'm open to learn!!

  • Butte County
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Shore fished Lime Saddle from 8:30am to 11Am, cold 33 degrees early. Landed 14 spots, no large ones, all 13-14 1/2" on Roboworms. Fished 10 Feet to 40 feet from the docks. No one around on a holiday to kick you off the docks!!!
      City: Magalia

Monday, December 31st, 2012

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 45 - 47 degrees

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Buckley Cove about 10:00 a.m. and was out by 4:00 p.m. Headed for LVW Marina in 14 Mile Slough stopping at spots along the way. Today tried jig&pigs, dropshot, mojoshot, cranks, jerkbaits, and small swimbaits. I was only able to get bit with PLines 4" Kick R Minnow slow rolling it around the docks at both marinas (LVW & Buckley Cove).
      City: Stockton

      Tips: I believe I lost my first three fish today becuase I was using a light wire darterhead style jighead with my swimbait on a med/heavy baitcaster. The first bass bent my hook out and ended up switching out the jigheads. After losing two more bass I switched to my spinning rod with a loosened drag and a more "for giving" tip and started putting fish in the boat afterwards.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 45-48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: we have clear skies ,down to low 30s in mornings
      Lake Level: 5.67 ,full is 7.56\Best Depths: 2-30 you can always find a few shallow
      slow ,the minnow guys are doing ok in the clearer water,there is a few being caught on big swimbaits
      night guys are doing good
      Big Bass: 2-30 you can always find a few shallow
      8.6on a huddleston last week,several 5-7 on minnows/nightcrawlers
      Guide Information: clearlake outdoors\Name & Number: 707-262-5852

      Tips: water is muddy at both ends and midlake is fishable
      HAPPY NEW YEARS
      GET OUT AND FISH!!!

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

      Report: Lake level has risen considerably but not quite up to the tules yet. 3 launch ramps again available. Water is muddy and gets worse heading towards the dam. Lots of floating debris including big logs so watch out. Lots of guys fishing. Heard a guy say it wasn't easy fishing but he caught a few sm and I saw him catch maybe another in the south narrows. I caught a 2# sm 10' off a shallow cove bank near stick debris on a spinnerbait. Couldn't get bit on a jig but had 4 bumps on a Mann's 30+ crankbait trying to go over rock piles/drops. Saw the trout guys nailing them shallow and close to shore.

      Tips: Fish for smallmouth? I usually don't because of the bigger and heavier baits I like to throw because of the wind you often see here.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My son and I fished the North Fork and Folsom Point over the New Year’s weekend. I caught several fish slow rolling in 15 to 25 feet of water. Biggest fished came in at 3.4 pounds but, we also caught several fish in the 1 1/2 to 2 pounds. The fishes are looking very healthy with tight bellies in preparations to the spring spawn. We stayed in areas that had a lot of rocks and worked the points that had transitional structure changes from rocks to grass bottom.

      Tight Lines.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Carolina Rig and Texas Rig was the method used that produce fish. Lure of choice were GYB senkos (oxblood) and large 6inch (ALL white) flukes. Majority of the bites came on the pause after a few jerks.

Sunday, December 30th, 2012

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Breezy and water is muddy and cold. Launched at Buckley Cove 10:30am and left at 3:00pm. Slow-rolled spinnerbaits and chatterbaits for one hit in the Calaveras river in a deep pocket.
      City: Manteca

      Tips: Fish slow and deliberately. Then slow down some more. Watch out for the floating debris in the channels!

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      Water Temp: Upper 50s

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Cruised the bank casting for bass. I hooked two fish both around 22". Lake was at previous full pool . Good time to get out take some pics mark some structure build some too. I think a lot of the big linsiders have been harvested. Didnt see all the Asian fishermen as I did in the past, this and the fact that trolling for trout has improved tells me that the biguns numbers have dropped off considerably. There are signs that stripers are spawning in there too. Look for this fishery to improve a for a few years following the rise. I think there is better potential for this lake than the harvest everything you catch model at least a slot limit on the bass.

      Tips: Get out there catch some fish and release the bass.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was slower than it has been lately. We fished up to the log boom on the middle fork. As usual, the rock piles and points were the hotspots, between 10 and 40 ft of water. Cast a 3.5 smallie beaver on a spot remover about 10 ft off shore and retrieve slowly, parallel to shore. We boated 52 fish up to 17 inches, and almost all were over 13 inches.
      City: Oroville Ca

Saturday, December 29th, 2012

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Really tough bite! I pretty much tossed a swimbait and A-rig tell 2pm. Went to every wintering area I had on this lake with no success. I finally broke out the drop shot and managed one 2 lber, and that was it for the day.
      City: yuba city

      Tips: Wait for some stable weather to get out here. The post front conditions and rising water made it very tough.

Thursday, December 27th, 2012

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished north fork from around 11:00 to 3:30.
      Marked some fish but bait spread out. landed a couple of spots in the 2lb range on dropshot 5" wacky senkos. Caught trout on cranks and a 8" trout on a 3/8 oz spinnerbait.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Find the stained (not muddy) warmer water and go slow.

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 1 3#'r on a swimbait. Nothing on jigs or jerkbait. Water level has come up a little.
      Now just touching the tules.
      City: Monterey

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

      Report: Shore fished Lime Saddle from 8:30am to 10:30am. Got 7 spots, one 16 1/2", one 15", with the rest 12-14". Also one trout, small, about 12-13". Fished Texas rigged roboworms. Most fish hooked about 15-20 feet. Bitter cold morning.
      City: Magalia

      Tips: When shore fishing, work the worm all the way back to shore, even shallow. Many were hooked say about 10ft, like the bass follow them and take the worm as it gets closer to shore.

Tuesday, December 25th, 2012

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

      Report: Shore fished Lime Saddle from 8am to 9:30am. Got 8 spots, 2 right at 15" on Texas rigged roboworms. Colors didn't seem to matter. Rain got too much and had to leave.
      City: Magalia

      Tips: Fish slow

Friday, December 21st, 2012

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished Collins yesterday afternoon for about 4 hours, but couldn't do much because of the howling wind. Hard to get away from it in this lake - being so open. I did most of my fishing at the lower end, near the dam. I missed about 6 or 7 fish - including a pretty good one - but landed 4 up to 2 lbs - all spots. Wind at 25-30 mph made feeling a bite impossible. All hits were on a D&M Piranha swim jig - craw color. I was using a Yamamoto Swim Senko as a trailer. Fishwere all over the water column - from 5 to 25 feet.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The lake is 10 feet from full and will fill within a week. Water will probably be dingy again for a few days. Bass will probably move quite shallow as the lake fills.

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

  • Butte County
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Shore fished at Lime Saddle roboworms Texas style 8:30am to 10:45 am. Got 8 bass, largest 16 1/2", 15 1/4" and a 14 1/2". The rest were all 13-14" or so. Slow fishing compared to past trips. Got one 13" trout as the worm fell. Funny, they don't fight at all compared to a small spotted bass. Like maybe a 6-7" bass fights, maybe less!! Cold, cold.
      City: Magalia