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  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 52.2 - 54.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the main body with Castaic trout most o the morning with no takers.
      City: Brentwood

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      Water Temp: 52--56 DEG

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was slow in the early morning. As it warmed up so did the ishing. I mainly ished a Carolina rig witha lightweight gammie #2 hook. 4 1/2'' Morningdawn worms seemed to work the best. Most o my ish came working deepdrop os in 20 to 25 eet deep. I caught 12 ish up totwo o'clock. Work the bait slow and wait or pressure, I never elt a bite, set the hook with weight.
      City: GRANITE BAY CA.

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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went down the south ork at about 6:45 a.m. pulled 15 ish in the boat and let at about 10:30.
      City: sacramento

      Tips: ish the rock piles

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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out about 6:15 went all the way down the south ork and stopped at the boeys and o to the right on the rocks and caught about 4 ish and missed quite a ew.with worms a riend gave me.
      City: sacramento

      Tips: ish the rocks and trees

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 5-7pm. Just worked the willows in the Granite Bay area. Caught two dink spots on 5" yamamoto salt/pepper grub. Fish were spended in the willows in 11 t o water.Buddy had two blow-ups on charturse buzzbait that produced on small spot.
      City: Elk Grove

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Bonneau, I have also had good luck on senkos- black & red, and green & black colors. The darker color crank baits are great aroud the steep bank on the road side. This place is great when the water is low. You can see all of the structure this place has. There is are good size cove on the other side that has a huge tree that comes out only when the water is low-(obviously).
      The california rig is great too, try 6" robo worms with about a 18 inch tag line.
      City: San Jose

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I don't mean to make this a chat room, but I am planning on tubing Guadalupe again this weekend, and I am hoping some old timers out there have some tips. Is the bank furthest from the road better than the steep bank closest to the road? I have heard that brown crank baits really nail them here, but I am primarily a plastic lure fisherman. Mick, thanks for the tip. I'll be there late summer. Look for two fools in Outcast tubes.
      Thanks in advance!
      City: Belmont, CA

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Just wait until later in the summer for the crank bait bite. Go along those steep banks in your float tube and you will catch bass all day.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 4:30 to 6:30 whit a bud. He caught a 2.5# on a brushhog around 4:45 hal hour later a nailed a 3.2# Nice... lost a couple o hits too. Couple o more weeks o warm weather and they should be active.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: plastic carloina rigged worked real slow

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: LEts get Guadalupe back in this... I have ound a ew nice Bass in coves recently throughout the lake, as well as some good action on shad crankbaits... preparing or the spawn...
      City: San Jose

      Tips: SHad Crankbaits, Certain Senkos, Big craw Jigs...

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Billy Bob, The regulars know that about Guadalupe. You now have inormed the world in more detail.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Figure it out!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: hey you guys you know how unpressured this lake is you know why because nobody knows about it. soooooo you need to stop making reports or guadalupe so it stays a secret. Thank You i know you'll agree

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      Water Temp: at surace 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Pretty good night. went out or about 2 hours rom 7-9 caught 2 ish. both airly nice weighed in at 3lbs a piece. both caught on shad spinnerbait in about 10-20 t o water. tried buzzbait when nightall hit. nuthin there. all in all pretty good or only two hours o ishing
      City: Saratoga

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      Water Temp: low 60's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom shore this time in the evening. caught 2 on a shad colored spinnerbait. both about 2lbs. little ol' buck bass. that was all this time.
      City: Saratoga

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      Water Temp: 62-67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Best day ever ishing Guadalupe. Only 15 so went with my dad. Had nothing until way late about 9:45. Was workin a weightless bubblegum zoom worm. Hooked up, landed it, weighed it, got measurements and took two pics. Fish weighed 5lbs. even and 20in.No lying. Biggest bass ever... not including a guide.
      City: Saratoga

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      Water Temp: lo 60's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: First time with my kickboat; caught a handul o keepers pitching a craw-pattern reaper into the shallows (brush-covered & otherwise). Also caught my FIRST FISH EVER on a weightless sot jerkbait (an Angler's Choice 4-incher, smoke w/chartreuse tail). Bout time! I had only caught 'em via a Carolina Rig, previously! Ran across some real 'bassy' cover as I worked my way along the bank, but my presentation skills (or lack thereo) oten spoiled what might have been a 'sure-thing' -- I **KNOW** there had to be something in there, or VERY close by! Not much pressure at this lake, & I've heard o some nice ish being caught here. Had a hell o a time getting my kickboat up that steep hillside, though! (Not to mention it was nearly dark -- another nice thing about this lake: not too heavily patrolled!). Oops! I didn't say that!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Good lip/pitchable cover along the roadside banks. On the opposite side, not as much cover, but it's even less travelled, so more open-water tactics would probably be real eective (split-shot rigs, spinnerbaits, cranks, sot jerkbaits, etc.). Bank ishing: not many places to choose rom in this high-water season.

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

      Report: In response to the last report. I think that the previous report was kindly inorming someone that they might not be properly identiying their catch. Many ishermen rely on these reports in order to get an idea o whats going on out there. So don't get your panties all in a jumble over an inormative response.
      City: Berkeley

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In response to the last report...Yes, a smallie over ten pounds is deinately "unheard o." However, they certainly do exhist. And on another note, the actualy world record smallie is not 11.5, the 1955 record was rigged. So, untill the IFGA recognizes that, the record may stand. But, as soon as they do, its air game....hey, personally, I think I have the world record, here in AZ. What y'all ishermen need to understand is that it isnt about ame, it is is all about personal goals. My smallie topped out at 9.8lbs....you dont see me bitching. I released that large beaty back into her environment without a second thought. Worry about what your next catch is, and not what other people say. Although ishing seems at times competitive, ultimately, it is all about us ishermen comming together and preserving our ishing environment. Next time you worry about what the other guy says in terms o that he/she says they caught, beore you get all pissed, think more about what you can do to the watersheds you ish to make them actually produce one o these world records. Its possible...at any water system, be it river, estuary, lake or pond, any o these is capable o producing a record. Do you part to conserve and spend your time helping, instead o bitching...Tight lines y'all...look into helping our lakes, streams and ponds, they are in dier need o it ellas
      City: Tucson/Oakland

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      Water Temp: 5o

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went to the lake to check water in low .temp was 50.the c.a. ish@game was there with there schock boat .they were gathering ish or boat show tank .Iwish all the people thatthink there is no ish in the lake go to the boat show All those ish came rom lake hennessy
      City: vallejo,ca

      Tips: ask .@g how they did it

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      Water Temp: low 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 3 to 5PM with no bites. Decided to put a live mini-crawler on the end o my white double willow spinnerbait. Dragged it past a submerged but visible log next to some tules and let it all as it hit the log. I didn't really expect a bite but you never know. Hooked and landed the biggest bass I've ever caught out o this lake-our and a hal pounds, 18" long and 14" in girth. The day wasn't over yet- 10 minutes later I landed the biggest blue-gill I've ever caught- 12" long, 1.3 pounds! Caught it on a crawler on the bottom and a #8 hook.
      City: napa

      Tips: Bass seem to be holding tight to cover due to cold ronts and muddy ( or at least murky ) water conditions. Reports o great catishing is what drew me to this lake on this particular day- that and the beautiul springlike weather. I water stays murky use noisy lures- cranks, spinnerbaits, rattling jigs. I tried all o these and ribbon tail worms as well as carolina rigged lizards with brass and glass or extra noise. Good luck!