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  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my 5 yearold grandson.Fished rom 6:30am too 11am.we done our ishing in Piney creek.ONly caught 11 bass rom 10in too 14in,all on worms.Most o the ish came on keeper 1048 worm.Most o the ish were caught on steep drop os.Light lines & small jig heads.Biggest ish was a 31/2 lb trout,caught on a double tail skirted grub.
      City: Riv

      Tips: Don't have any

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      Water Temp: 70-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday evening into night and Sunday morning. Between two boats we had 20 spots. All caught on split-shot worms and grubs. we ished temperance and horseshoe bend. The bite was real sot on some and others slammed our lures. The water-skiers drive them deep during the day. None were over 16 in.
      City: san jose

      Tips: We ound the bite to be a little tough. I hate skiers!

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      Water Temp: 81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had the Fishing day o the year... Top Water bite was on... ish every where you usually wouldnt.. big ish #4 came on 36 eet on water KaBluge... Why would I throw a Top Water in 36 eet... I wasted all morning drop shotting. Spots are VERY VERY agressive right now. Take advantage o it.
      City: Gilroy

      Tips: Do the opposite o what most reports are saying

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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well not quite like last Sat. No topwater bite at all. Did manage to catch a couple on blades and cranks irst thing. Then went to worms (greens and reds) Managed 16 ish all just under the slot. Bites were just pressure.
      City: Los Banos

      Tips: I you read these reports or ino beore you ish. Please post a report aterwards so we all can beneit, otherwise the ew that post are not going to keep wanting to share ino. Thanks

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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Awesome bite irst thing in the morning on just about anything. Mostly topwater, but also blades and cranks. Ater about 9:00 the reaction bite slowed so we went to worms and did just as good on brown 6". All together close to 50 ish with 7 over the slot or about 14 lbs and alot just under 15"
      City: Los Banos

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      Water Temp: 60+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a two day tournament on April 1 & 2. Lots o ish up shallow, but mostly smaller males. Managed to catch a limit both days or a total o 24+ lbs (irst place). Most ish came on Zoom Super Flukes, shad color, up shallow in the mornings, and then plastics(six inch brown) in the aternoons. Other teams ripped pointer minnows and ished jigs or smaller ish.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Females are still cruising and can be caught on reaction baits early. Look or mud lines and throw plastics ater the sun is up.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished rom bank caught a ew large mouth had something big on late in evening might o been a big cat
      City: escalon

      Tips: get a boat. and bag ull o tricks

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      Water Temp: 60-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: SMOKED EM, ished points with shad spinnerbait heading up river rom Barretts launch.Boated alot o spots in the 1.5 to 2.0 range. Missed about hal the strikes untilI put a trailer hook on, then it katy bar the door. I ran out o time beore I ranout o bites.
      City: turlock

      Tips: Wake it, move it ast enough to keep it just under the surace and hang on.

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      Water Temp: 59-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Perdo on Wednesday and Thursday....Slow Slow slow so went back to Mc Clure and things were great. Caught about 40 keepers in the 2-3 pound range. Caught all the ish rom Horse shoe to Bagby on Jigs,Blades and Worms. Most o the ish were rom 0-15 eet near running water or on wind blown banks.
      City: Hanord

      Tips: Throw BIG Jigs and blades near running water in the backs o creeks and i all else ails hit the lats with a split shot, color didn't seem to matter.

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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: IT RAINED HARD ALL DAY LONG BUT THE FISHING WAS PRETTY GOOD. WE CAUGHT 15+ FISH ON JERK BAITS AND ATLEAST AS MANY ON JIGS. FISH WERE ALL 1-1/2 - 2-1/2LBS AND WERE FROM 5-40 FEET DEEP.
      City: HANFORD

      Tips: BROWN JIGS AND WHITE JERK BAITS.

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Out o Barrett's on monday to see i we could still catch a ish ortwo in any body o water other then the delta.Caught ish on white 4" worms split shot @ 20+ eet in most coves, justhad to be patient and ish extreamly slow. We boated betterthen a dozen decent spots 1.5 - 2.0 lbs. and one black around thetwo pound mark. SLOW, SLOW, SLOW.
      City: turlock

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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spent the weekend on the lake and had a great time. Had over 40 ish on Sat. ishing jigs deep, 60 eet. Sunday was little slower, had around 20 ish, also on jigs deep. Best ive went around 7 to 7.5 lbs. Got on one school o ish on Sat. that ate the spoon really well
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Fish deep and slow, there is no such thing as too deep.

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      Water Temp: 52-57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Big time shad bite. Fish go up and down with the light, as is usual. Usual jigs and plastics eective. Plastics on Texas, Carolina, or dart head rig. Fish @ 16-30 t, with some deeper, esp i sunny day. Best concentrations o spots around big rocks. LMs avail but ew and ar between in creek channels
      City: Pleasanton

  • Mendocino County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The largemouth bass are stacked @ the drop-offs along with a ton of bait fish. they are pretty tight lipped. Changed gears to smallmouth. Could see on the surface after the sun was out for a while. Hooked into one in about 2 feet of water. & that was it , just one. bbbrrrrr. it's cold on the lake right now... dress warm.
      City: UKIAH

      Tips: Caught my one and only on a 1/2/0z. chartreuse w/ gold dbl. willow blades spinnerbait. Probably would have caught more if i would have stuck w/ it. But, it's a pattern I'll try more next next I get on the water.

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took two times out to find a pattern. Getting hard to fish after work. Need to go with a proven plan to catch some in what little time you have. Mid -lake - West side of the lake. In the eve. lots of fish feeding. Try a small floating crank bait. Lizard slow dragin' worked too before sunset. THANKS Rich for the tip.
      City: Ukiah

      Tips: move around ... find the fish GO FOR IT! Have fun & Keep it Reel.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I have never fished lake mendocino. I have some fishing buddies coming in from Washington on the 18th. We plan to fish Clearlake BUT thought it would be a nice change to fish over on Mendocino for one of the days.

      Can any of you share some tips about fishing for stripers there at Mendo??? What should we throw? What is the best area to fish for stripers? Should we throw rattletraps or can we use plastic like we do for Largemouth? What are the limits (number of fish and size) to keep? (one or two fish? 16" minimum??)

      thanks in advance

      Mike
      City: lakeport

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I been to mendocino bt i havent fished their i was wondering if their is any tips on catching the fish on the north end of the lake were the river comes into the lake Are their stripper on that channel? How bout bass? Will flipping into the tules around their produce any bass? thats were i will manly be fishing on a float tube.
      City: windsor

      Tips: anything will help

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We caught and released several large mouth bass. They were on the small side,but still a lot o un. Spinners in white and crank bait in craw patterns were the most successul. One striper made it in the boat at 34 inches! I'm not sure o the weight. I estimate 15 to 20 pounds. My 8lb. scale bottomed out quickly. The mouth o the creek kept us busy in the evening. There were too many skiers to ish during the day.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: I'm new to the area. I someone out here has tips on getting on the bigger bucketmouths, I'd enjoy some nuggets o ino. to work with.

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      Water Temp: 69 to 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: the report below was on 9/29/03 not on 10/29/03.
      City: resno

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: i am the king of this lake...i catch atleast one every time i come...but u have to no how to fish this lake....and sometimes that one bite from this lake can be a fish of a lifetime
      City: ssf