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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!

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

      Report: how did the water look was it way down?
      City: santa rosa

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Anybody know if the lake is completely dried up yet? I havent been able to go but i plan to this weekend, hopefully with a float tube. I dont want to take everything just to see a dry lake! haha. I just thought that since there havent been any recent reports that maybe there was no more Lake Ilsanjo. Email or another post is fine. Thanks, good luck!
      City: Santa Rosa

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Bruce,
      The lake only came up 33' or so over the winter. It has already dropped 9' in the last month or so since Yolo County starting taking water. Its roughly down 75' and falling pretty fast. Not looking good.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: It's come up about 26'. Still about 75' to be completely full.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Haven't been back. I read in the local newspaper the main gate will be locked until March 1. Supposedly they are fixing up the road and the campground. Here's a link for the current lake level.

      http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryDaily?INV

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      Water Temp: 55.3

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: All day on Saturday. Snow on the peaks, and cold. Fished in my duck hunting clothes all day and still was chilled. Four bass all day, all around 2.5 lbs, two no a jig and 2 on a carolina rig baby watermelon red brush hog. Fish were on points down to 25 t. I did catch the largest crappie I have ever seen on a L.C. crank bait and the L.C. picked up a eagle lake trout.
      City: Sacramento,

      Tips: Here is the low down, good road conditions, water is close to ull, at least much more so than last year, ramp is good and even though I have a Ranger 518DVX the road and ramp were ok. Due to the storms and last 2-3 weeks o cooler than usual weather I would wait another month beore hitting this lake. Also be prepared to spend a ew hours cleaning your rig ater the 14 mile dirt road ride, even with a cover.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: don't ever waste your time going to this lake. it sucks trying to get there, the 5mph on the entire lake makes it even worse. and it is a scary place i think big oot lives somewhere around there.
      City: los altos

      Tips: stay away, be scared very scaredBIG FOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished this weekend between the hours o 6:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. ishing with everything we had rom live worms, crankbait, spinner luers, jigs, pork rinds, and powerbait, but couldn't even get so much as a bite. Ater talking to other anglers there, it seems not one person had any luck. In act, I overheard gentleman at the boat launch say he would even be happy i someone else caught something. Deinitely a waste o time.
      City: Santa Rosa

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      Water Temp: 48-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went to Indian valley(I should say Windy Valley) Been here abunch o times and the Indian winds always prevail. Very sunny with 20 to 25 mph winds at times. Had to stay in the coves to even lite a bowl. Caught a couple real deep on the stick-ups with a spoon. Don had a nice one on but orgot to set the hook.(had a little too much chrondo)I you ever want to see what hell looks like go here, It's pretty dry dirty windy, no water, no trees, no lie! Even though it was nov. I got burned to a crisp. Never coming back. Went to nearby Clear lake on the way home and caught a nice 4.6 lb. rom shore on a zipper worm.
      City: S.J

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      Water Temp: 72-77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was good. Partner and I caught about 20 over the two days. Mostly large mouths, some smallies. Not large in size but plenty o them. Most in the 1-1.5 pounds range. Lake is ull o underwater hazards. Lost tons o rigs, but that where the bass are.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Texas witch's T and brown worms in the structure. Cranks near the dam. Bring lots o rigs. Store has minimal tackle. Local rooster will wake you at sunrise.

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished the north end o the lake by the unimprovedcampsites. The water was pretty cold and dingy by theinlet. I caught ish in about 10 eet o water on lizardsand jigs. The ish really responded to chartruese. I alsocaught some smaller ish on rattletraps. It was a good day,but the ish had to be earned.
      City: antelope

      Tips: Spring lizard!

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

      Report: not too many people fish this place around this time of year because they close the park at like 7 or 8 and its not worth going there when you have to pay a fee to park, a fee to fish the lake, and then only have like an hour or so to fish because you get off work at like 5 and fight the traffic, and have to be out of the park in an hour or 2. plus the fishing isnt too great here unless you really know what you're doing. I fished here a few times this summer and didn't do great. I caught a few small largemouth on live worms and plastic worms. And I caught about 10 catfish between 3 to 7 pounds on anchovies and chicken liver.
      City: el sobrante

      Tips: If any body is ever looking for a fishing partner, send me an email or give me a call. 925-848-6990. Good luck on the water