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  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I had a tough time out there today!! For 5 hours fishin, I managed only 3 fish. Got a 3.5 on a brown Rodstrainer, and 2 2's on a red/black BPS Jig. Also missed 2 other good hits. I was fishing rock in 10-20' of water. Seems like the fish backed out a little deeper, although some guys got them shallow. I tried flipping and fishing shallow first off, but scored 0. We need warmer weather!!!
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Continue fishing slow, and experiment with depths. Use a scent, as I believe it has been a key for me lately.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Calero in the afternoon Friday and Saturday. Friday caught 5 fish from 1 to over 4 lbs on mojo carolina rig with 4 inch blue worms and on black and blue 1/4 oz jig with blue ninja trailer. Missed another 6 fish - out of practice, I guess. Saturday caught 4 fish up to 4 lbs again, used 4 inch power worm on mojo carolina rig (black with chartreuse curly tail). Also picked up one fish on black/blue jig again. Missed 4 this time - still rusty. Saw a guy with two big fish (looked to be well over 5 lbs for one and the other looked to be about 4 lbs - he said they weighed 5 and 7 lbs each, but didn't look that big.) on a stringer that he caught with live shiners from one of my favorite spots. Didn't mind his catching, but noticed later after he had left that he left a bunch of trash at the spot (broken beer bottles, paper, etc.) Please pick up your trash. Sunday was raining and windy. Tried to fish for an hour. Had two hits, broke off the first one and embedded the hook in a scale on the second. Picking up hits in these conditions was difficult, so I called it a day early. The fish I picked up were generally hitting the baits well, except for the biggest fish, which simply swam off slowly with the bait. Unlike trips earlier this month, these fish really took off when hooked and fought well. Tight lines and please don't litter.
      City: Half Moon Bay

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out with my team partner from last year Dave P. Started cranking speed traps crawdad and shad color, caught one about 2 1/2 lbs, in 2 ft found some fish sitting on the bottom in about 38 ft and had fish supending in 4 ft above them. Caught one bass spooning it went around 3 1/2 lbs. and one more on hula grub green with red,gold flakes. We talked to a few fisherman who where doing pretty good one guy said he caught 7 fish when we came across him, he was shaking a brown worm. We got off the lake about 12:30 Dave was getting HUNGRY.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: With the weather being sunny crank rock banks and points midday.Throw jigs or worms in morning shaking the worm and spoon in the deepest part of the lake

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      Water Temp: Brrrrrr

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I tubed Calero this afternoon from 2:00 - 4:00. My body could only withstand the cold and wind for so long. Not a bad day considering it's the middle of Dec. I landed two and had numerous other hits. One bass had some type of disease or fungus growing on one gill plate. It was very skinny and sickly looking. The other was healthy. All came on a pig-n-jig fished between 15-40 feet.
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: Stay deep with heavy jigs!

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started out at 9:30, tried to get out there at 8 but my friend took forever. We saw lots of fish busting on shad. One hit a buzzbait but after that they wouldn't touch anything. Decited to go deeper and we nailed them on points using carolina riged reepers, and magic worms. Color didn't seem to matter to much but the reeper were brown with a chatruse tail. Magic worms were brown, blue shadow, green weenie, or peanutbutter/jelly. Any dark color will work. At the end of the day we ended up with 26 fish. I got 14 my friend 12. I always backseat him. On the way home some b*tch rearended us, and totaled my friends boat. I guess he is out of fishing for a while. He is not trustworthy of me when I drive my boat. So I guess he won't be fishing with me either.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Don't tow your boat in trafic.

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished calero 7/31/99. Caught a 4lber on a 4inch purple worm in the evening!!
      City: san jose

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 55.6-58.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: Stormy, overcast, no winds
      Lake Level: Top of the high to out gong
      Quality bites are far and few between through out the day. The black jig bite flipped into tules and rocks tends to produce the best fish of the day. Have found small schools of smaller fish 1-3lbs, around docks willing to take a dropshot. Jerkbait bite
      Guide Information: www.CoochsFishing.COM

      Tips: Gotta move around a lot and find active fish when tossing reaction baits, cover as much water as possible and don't hesitate ta move. Bottom bite, the jig & dropshot, require patience and ya gotta slow way down ta get bites.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Bassnsalmonguy - Thanks for the concern and the heads up but I had previously checked the regs and all of the Mokelumne above the Highway 12 bridge (near B&W) is ok for salmon this year. It hasn't been in recent years. Last year the whole Mokelumne was totally off limits but not this year. In fact, while I was in the river on Friday, a couple of Fish and Game guys came by in a boat taking a survey. I told them I was going to try trolling for salmon but hadn't started yet. They said they didn't have any reports of salmon yet from that end of the Mokelumne. It was about 20 minutes later that I hooked into mine. Again, I appreciate your comments just the same.
      City: Stockton

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: @MYBOATSFASTER.... First of all if your wiping your boat off ON THE RAMP your just an ignorant prick. I have an extremly clean bass boat that I can easiely wipe down in a parking spot anywhere on the delta! OH and try to wave me off one of my spots and youll get an 8" would Punker with brand new 2/O Gamies in your face... Bet you dont even know what that is.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: SELL THE BOAT AND FIND ANOTHER SPORT!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Myboatsfaster, I pre-fish all the time and I don't have any right to wave someone off a spot. In addition clean your boat the the parking lot like everyone else.
      City: Oakland

      Tips: Slow own on the water and be safe

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Delta Bass Buster, on 4/23 didn't you luanch the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1"? ; > )

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: bedfishking are you serious what the hell is wrong with you its guys like you snagging bedfish with trebels and taking them home for dinner that destroy our fisheries.
      City: sacto

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry about that! I meant to post on Del Valle site... My Bad!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Deepvbasser...

      Sorry for the incorrect date on my report it should have been 1/15/12.

      Glad the tip helped you out even though theye were dinks...small bites are better than NO bites.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: As far as the rip bait tip I also paralleled the weed line and stayed just outside when I worked the bait; I would then move out and throw the bait at a 45 degree angle to the weed line and SLOWLY work it back to the boat. It was almost as though the fish would follow it out from the weed line as most bites came closer to the boat than the weed line.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: annual crab feed Yerba buena Angling club saturday 12/3 No-HOST COCKTAILS 6PM DINNER 730PM DINNER 207 SKYLINE BLVD & HERBST ROAD behind San Francisco ZOO DONATION $40.00 raffle items,,, Fishing trips sold to the highest bider ,,, SALAD,, GARLIC BREAD,, PASTA ,,CRAB,,DESERT CALL SID FOR A SEAT 650-583-3333
      City: SAN FRANCISCO

      Tips: FUN NIGHT FOR FISHERMAN

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished franks tract from 11am-2pm. Short day out and calm conditions. Between the two of us in the boat, caught 25+. Both using crankbaits over weed beds and along grasslines. We had both a shad and craw colors. Both were hot but I had the edge with the shad on the front of the boat. But the bite was so good that we were double hookin with both colors. No big fish though. All around 8-15 inches. Still a fun 3 hour stint.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: All bites were in moving water.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: What was the results of the snag prof open

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished ranger owners tournament. Punched Sweet beavers in Ca 420 ended up with 21.57lbs for 3rd place.

      Tips: Find floating mats with deep water near by

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got pics on my DROID phone but website says they are to large to post here. Can someone phone/tech savy please help?

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      Water Temp: 55-59

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 3/17 Bite is on boys!...If Rolfy and I can catch'm anyone can
      Cranks,Sinkos,flippin,Shaky heads,,outgoing and incoming they were biting Had a great day for us.
      I'm sure for the Delta Rats it's all in a days work but for us it was great!
      We just kept on the move until we found active
      City: Woodpile

      Tips: We just kept on the move until we found active fish stayed with them until they quit then move again.Bottom of both tides seemed better
      Good Luck be safe