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  • 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

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Too bad salTIE. maybe better luck w/ the water warming up. tight lines.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: nice!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Ya i ws in the tube and i got 2 10lbers on nightcrawler!
      City: SF

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: LOL, Feels good dont it? I mean you, try, try and try and finally get em. Thats merced!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Very Nice fish Rusty!
      City: SF

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 10 fish in two days????? Let's see some proof!
      City: SF

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry about the prior post. Once I got started I could not figure out how to attach the photo's I have of my Lake Merced (LM) Large Mouth trophy's.
      City: SF

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Here's some Lake Merced Bass
      City: SF

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: there seem to be more large mouth in the south lake then any other at merced. there hard to catch but they are there i have landed a 12.5 out of the the south lake last year keep trying and your efforts will be rewarded!
      City: pacifica

      Tips: the bass are tucked deep into the tules pitch a t rigged worm in as deep as you can and you will get them. ><{{}})*>

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished there for about 3 hours and caught nothing....big surprise. In 3 hours tried just about for everything, trout, bass even catfish. saw 1 guy pull out a carp that was as dirty as the lake. this lake is complete and utter crap and a long time ago, it was worth fishing at.
      City: san francisco

      Tips: Dont fish here unless your a carp/goldfish fiserman and if u do happen to catch an edible fish, throw it back,cuz its most likely infected with sum killer parasite.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Just Wondering if anyone knew the spawnning situation here at merced? Done? Or Beginning? thanks...........

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: ay u can leave the man with the boots alone he could do what ever he wants to do wih the fish i talk to the man with the boots he's a reel nice person just dont approach him in a negative way the guy just likes to fish and to let you no he doesn't ask people to buy the fish, people ask to buy it

      Tips: JUST LEAVE THE MAN ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: So you catch carp with your crank bait huh? Stop your BS'ing. And for your info wise guy it was a asian couple that bought the fish. So people, We now have guys selling bass and carp? Ask this wader boot goof ball how much per pound! BAck to the REAL FISHING REPORTS
      City: SF

      Tips: See you on the water Wader boot boy.