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  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished for about 90 minutes. Water level is up considerably. Carolina rigged a roboleech along tules. Fished pretty slowly, but not a bite.
      City: Daly Citym CA

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: carps are easy to catch. Just get a can o kernel corn and ish with slide sinker rig. Best times are sunset. around 4pm -10pm.
      City: Fremont

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: You want to now how bad Lake Merced is,I went there Mondaynight to cast or some bass ,and the police dept pulled a dead guy rom the lake.
      City: san pablo

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

      Report: They spawn every year dude.

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      Water Temp: 48 to 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Been up to the lake several times since Chrismas, and the bite or me has been the same. I never get to the lake until about 10:00, so I don't know what the early bite is. I have been catching tournament winning ish at 72' to 85' deep on rock piles in the main lake. These ish range rom 14'' to 3#'s. All the ish that I have been catching have been caught using drop shot method, with 4# test maxima line, with 4" & 6" shad colored worms. These deep ish are gorging themselves with shad & sculpins. Now that the rains have begun, look or the ish to move up to shallow water.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Don't be araid to ish deep & deeper, use light line to let the bait all guickly.

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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WENT UP YESTERDAY AT SAFE LIGHT.......CAUGHT ALOT OF FISH IN THE MORNING OFF OF A FLUKE.......AFTER THAT I WENT TO THE SPLIT SHOT WITH SOME HANDPOURED SHAD PATTERN WORMS THAT I POURED........I KNOCKED THEM DEAD......IT WAS CRAZY.......ALOT OF 1 1/4LB FISH.....BUT DID CATCH A COUPLE ABOUT 2.5LBS.....WHERE ARE THESE FISH WHEN ITS TOURNEY TIME?......I DID HAVE A FISH SWELL UP ON MY FLUKE IN THE MORNING TIME BY THE LAUCH RAMP......HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS ABOUT 5LBS.....BUT I WAS LIGHTING UP, SAW THE SWELL, THE SPLASH AND THEN IT WAS OVER......MAYBE I SHOULD QUIT HUH?......
      City: FRESNO

      Tips: FLUKES IN PEARL WHITE IN THE MORNING......IF YOU FISH THE MAIN LAKE YOU WILL GET BETTER QUALITY......GO TO THE RIVER AND YOU'LL GET THE "FUN NUMBERS".....IF YOU DO GO UP RIVER YOU HAVE TO THROW RIGHT TO THE BANK BECAUSE OF THE DROP OFFS.....THE WILL HIT IT ON THE FALL AND THEN YOU'LL FEEL YOUR ROD LOAD UP......AND USE SHAD PATTERN WORMS.......MINE WORK THE BEST.......INFO ON BUYING PLASTICS OR LEAD HEADS CONTACT ME.....

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      Water Temp: 65.4

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: MILLERTON IS ON FIRE RIGHT NOW....ANY GOOD ANGLER SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING ABOUT 30 FISH A DAY....I DIDNT GET ANY BLADE FISH AT ALL...USED SPLIT SHOT AND 1/8 OZ. JIG HEADS WITH SHAD PATTERN OR PURPLE DEATH (4 INCH)...FISH SHALLOW...SAW A COUPLE OF BEDS IN THE MORNING THAT HADN'T BEEN SLEPT IN....CAME BACK IN THE AFTERNOON AND SAW SOME BUCKS ON THEM....SAW AN OLD MAN CATCH A 6 1/2 POUND SPOT WITH LIVE MINNOWS..........LIVE MINNOWS?????????.......HOW FUN IS THAT???...CHEATER!!!!!!!!!......WELL ANYWAY......HAVE FUN FISHING!
      City: resno

      Tips: SPLIT SHOT WHEN ITS GOING REAL GOOD..........WHEN THE ACTION DIES DOWN A LITTLE BIT SHAKE A DART HEAD........USE SHAD PATTERN AND PURPLE DEATH WORMS IN 4 INCH.......

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went up with a riend and caught all kinds o ish. The action at millerton was wide open. Caught all my ish on the main lake using a our inch worm in a dark color (my secret) but ill tell you that the rig was a split shot. the bigger ish o course was a pressure bite. The big ish was a 3 1/2 pound spot that was in about 3 eet o water. I'd say what i used but my buddy Mario might ind out and take advantage o the situation...HAHAHHA MARIO!!!
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Fish shallow and cast right to the bank. I ished alot o brush to get the numbers....but the bigger ish came o the rocks in the main lake. good luck!!!

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WENT UP FRIDAY MORNING ABOUT 830AM. WENT UP RIVER AND HAD A COUPLE OF BITES BUT NO HOOK UPS. FINALLY MY NOVICE FRIEND THAT IM TEACHING TO FISH SMOKED ME IN WINCHELLS COVE. I SNAPPED MY ROD EARLIER AND I WAS PRETTY UPSET ABOUT IT. MY CONFIDENCE WENT TO THE BIRDS. IF YOU HAVE EVER SNAPPED A LOOMIS THEN YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT. ANYWAYS.......MY BUDDY CAUGHT 8 FISH ON A YAMAMOTO GRUB SET UP IN CINN. BROWN W/LARGE GREEN FLAKE IN ABOUT 25 FEET OF WATER. I CAUGHT ONLY 4 FISH. :-( THE FISH WERENT BIG THOUGH. MAYBE 1 1/4 AVERAGE. SPRING HURRY UP AND COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      City: Fresno

      Tips: DONT BRING SOMEONE THAT YOURE TRYING TO TEACH HOW TO FISH!...........HE MIGHT JUST OUT DO YOU!

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing's great every time I ished at weest(no twest) lake
      o kiding I caught at least one bass and at least 5 bluegill.Not all are big but most put up a great ight especialy the bass.I'm a beginner so call it beginers luck i you will, but others are catching ish too. The bass are biting on spoons,believe it or not, and plastics.And the bluegill are biting on chuncks o worms, millworms,and even cunks o worn out(brown,sot) plastics. I you can try ishing down here some time and some advice ''by all means do not ish in the new river" it's suadge rom Mexixco lowing downhill into the salten sea 'highly toxic'oh and don't eat what you catch rom the salten sea.You'r likely to get sick.And the canals down here are polluted by insectaside in ield water run-o. But youll catch big catish in the major canals.
      City: El centro, 92243

      Tips: sh; / peakseason; / lure's/bait / / bass / May-early,Sept / spoons,bussards, / / rattletraps. / / cat's / any day/night / chunck velveta / / cheese,night / / crawlers,bloodbait. / / bluegill/ may-early sept / chunks o night / / crawlers,millworms,or / / small sot brown / / plastics.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Throw pearl white super flukes let them sink a little and slowly twitch them as you slowly work them back in. Fish the weightless with a #5 Owner offset hook and hold on.......

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Come on, doesn't anyone ish here anymore? How's the striper bites lately?
      City: Fremont

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      Water Temp: 79-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Saw the last report and headed up with the lyrods or the stripes. Bit o a breeze so no boils to speak o so I started drop shotting 4 inch Roboworms and was pleasantly surprised or a lake that ew people seem to ish. Got a nice mix o smallies and spots and one largemouth. Probably 6 were keeper size, the rest were just plain un, over twenty ish boated.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Picked up ish on just about every point I ished. The deeper the worm the bigger the ish.

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      Water Temp: 52-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Stripers were hitting hard yesterday as the sun went down. Trolled the main body o the lake in the warmer water with everything i could think o, nothing. Marked so very large ish at 30 t in 70 eet o water. Marked a massive school cruising the main body o the lake. From 5 eet to 30 eet. Went up in to cove arms to 50 t o water and drited minnows and whole lapper cut anchovies or several ish to 9lbs. Fish where holding about 30t.
      City: lodi

      Tips: Fish are holding at around 30t, Several crawdads in the bellies. Large whole anchovies seemed to be the hot ticket. Lots o loating weeds and algae.

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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I was bank ishing near the dam in the aternoon using crankbaits, Rat-l-Traps and sinking Rapala's. I caught and released six largemouths to about 3 lbs. There was absolutely no ishing pressure. Stripers should be hitting soon and I'll be there.
      City: Ione

      Tips: Just be patient and really work at it and the results will come.

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      Water Temp: 58-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Friday rom 4pm to dark. Landed 11 anywhere rom 11 inches to 16 inches; all males. Fish were on any structure and points 4-6 eet deep. Fished Sat. rom 8am-4pm. Landed 12 anywhere rom 10 inches to 16 inches again. Lost several 2-3 pound ish. Fishing was slow until mid-morning breeze started. Came on one point with big rocks on it that had 3-4 our pounders around it. Only managed one small male there though. All ish were caught on salt&pepper ringworm and 3-4 on a chrome rattletrap in the mud lines.Didn't notice any nests so I don't think the spawn has hit ully.
      City: Concord

      Tips: Split-shotting worked as always. Couldn't get a hit on topwater. Rattletrap produced too.

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      Water Temp: NA

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Was hitting nice ish with 5" Sencos on the back side o coves,tried split shotting,nothing,spinner baits nothing,started throwing the Senco and the bite was on,bite quit once the sun got low,it was sunny and warm
      City: Valley Springs

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      Water Temp: cool

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a coved under the campground area. Caught three 13-14 inchers in about 8 eet o water. They were right at the irst drop into deeper water. Two ish came on 4 inch worms, the other ell victim to a small crankbait. Looks like it's time to ish!
      City: antelope

      Tips: Find the irst drop into deeper water.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We went on a camping trip this last weekend and it was absolutely CRAZY. Forget ishing unless you were out on the water when the sun came up or when it went down. We didn't catch much ish but we had a ton o un. All ish were caught in less then 10 eet o water on magic worms or baby brush hawgs. The amount o skiers and jet skiers were un believable.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Watch out or the Rattlers, they are in ull eect out there right now...

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      Water Temp: 58-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got o work early, put the boat in the water at 12:30 ished until 5:00pm. Caught 15 ish, big ish was a 3 lb smallie.Fished coves in the lower lake with deep water close by,ished rip baits, senkos and hula grubs. Lots o ish moving onto the beds now but very spooky, ish quietly and stay o the bank and they will bite.See ya, Brian Allen
      City: Valley springs