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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Usually don't submit a report on this site because what I learn, I need. However being I won't be on this lake till the end o the month, thought I would share results o WON Bass Team Tournament there today Saturday the 8th. Maybe somebody ishing the Pro-Am this next weekend could use some o this. Although we caught 1 short ish on a blade irst thing, there was no reaction bite. For us purple worked the best. Purple senko rigged wacky style got us a 4.85 second big ish. Smoke purple and purple beast worms dartheaded accounted or most o the other ish. My partner, besides getting the 4.85, got the next best ish later in the day on a brushhog pitched into a bush. Virtually every cut we ished had a ish in it but you can't ish slow enough and there were a lot o dinks. The winners (12 pounds) with a 5.30 big ish caught their's "up river". The only ork that goes any distance is the North Fork and I believe thats where they went. Our best 5 went 10.93 good enough or 3rd. Our next stop is Clear Lake next weekend and could use some help i anybody has been that way in the last week. Use my e-mail address so my competition doesn't ind out. Good Fishing
      City: Paradise

      Tips: I your ishing slow, your ishing to ast. We never elt most o the bites. All this could change in a week so be creative.

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      Water Temp: 45-48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out riday to a tough bie or me on water at irst light with a little wind threw jigs and crank baits. irst cast on jig got hammered but missed him. threw a lucky crat cb 200 or a while only to start hooking trout, matter act i have never caought a bass on that 16 dollar crank bait, i wonder i the guys at oroville outdoors will take it back ha ha ha. manged to pick up a chunky 2.2 lb spot on a rip bait and another on a dart head about the same size. not a good day or me but still better than working. by the way whats up with all the trout lately. ive ished this lake or years and can't remember i ive ever caught a trout till this year.
      City: elk grove

      Tips: wwill ry again tommorow

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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished south and middle yesterday with most ish caught up the middle, however many were slot ish. Today I launched out o Lime Saddle and headed back into the west branch and started catching right o the bat on a darthead. Towards the back where the 5 MPH zone starts again they had a tug wrapping up and hauling out a lot o the loating debris with the log booms. Decided to go urther back to some o my avorite points and when the water temp hit 49, so did the big ish. Picked up 3 overs real quick and decided to work the deeper holes with the jigging spoon and got another 2 or 3 over the slot. Between Ross and mysel, had a real good day with over 20 nice bass. Bite is picking up real good and the water clarity back there was like gin so light line is the ticket. This was my irst launch out o Lime Saddle since the big wind storms a ew weeks back and I was astonished to see the damage and the amount o work that still needs to be done including a new roo on the store. Had a real good time getting on the water around 8 AM and o at 3 PM.
      City: WHEATLAND

      Tips: Downsized my darthead to 1/8 oz or slower drop, using 4" MGM/Bear (peanut butter and jelly) with hog's breath. Most darthead ish were taken in about 15' while a red/black Senko ished wacky by Ross was taking them right on the bank. Spoons were the BPS hammered silver and they loved the smaller ones. Tried cranking and blades but no luck. The target today as well as yesterday was inding water 49-50 degrees, working the jigs real slow with an erratic, occasional jerk. Jigs were brown/orange 1/4 oz with a Yamamoto #180 single tail.

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      Water Temp: 50-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Very quiet day on the lake. Fished the North Fork with good sucess. The ish seemed really bunched up in areas around run-o and creeks. The largest creeks were lowing stronger than last week and had conciderably more color so I looked to adjacent points and lats and had no problem getting ish. Caught some 20 ish shallow 5-15 eet on chart/white spinnerbait with painted blades and green/brown tubes. Coincidently, or not, 8-10 o the blade ish came rom one small creek which was the warmest area I ound, today. No problem getting bit with 20 lb. on the blade and 10 lb. on the tubes. Actually saw a nice bass bust baitish, twice in the same spot, a ew minutes apart, but it didn't want senko, trick worm, tube, rip bait, or crankbait. Trout/salmon were not so obnoxious today, maybe the bass are waking up. Thick debris ield at the conluence o the West Branch and the North Fork.
      City: Citrus Heights

      Tips: Lots o smelly jelly. Slow drag tube and shake in place. Slow roll the blade and bump it into the bottom.

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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the New Bass Tournament on Sunday. Took 13.75 to win or 7 ish. This report is really about to og. I you ish the main body at all, the og isn't clearing out as the day goes on and actually starts to roll back in around3PM so i you go ar keep that in mind. Reports are 1 team was out there till 11.30pm and was only ound ater they called home and had relatives give GPS coordinates to oicials who ound them near Canyon Creek. The story may dier some but thats the way it was told to me. NewBass had not let without them and had been looking. We ran, or crawled to the North Fork and struggled to get a limit or 10 plus pounds on jigs. The winners apparently caught their ish on the main body. So, the ishing is good but keep an eye on the og.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Fog and more og, and cold. Slow is the word. Worms in dark colors and jigs. We used brown.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: ound lots o wood loatingstartedin the slotone ish 16 inch went north and ound lots o salmon and 1 large mouth caught it reeling in struggling so ar then relocated in the north and ound10 ish with 5 over onrocks let the lake eeling good next daywent up a other armand ounda under water shel hold ing ish caught 12 ish o it never let it worms

      Tips: 20 pluss eet

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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Lime Saddle Marina today at noon to check the ramp. The water should be on the new cement by Monday morning i the rain continues and they don't dump any water. It would have to rise another couple o eet to be used but that could happen by next weekend. All the water is brown rom the run o.
      City: Paradise

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      Water Temp: 50 to 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: i also didnt get in the water til about 10am, an the ramp kinda mudy,haha....but the ishing was good .worked the middel and south orks,like the guy beor me said, any where rom 5'to 25' was working .chunk rock on red or black dirt,,i it had old stumps on it that was a plus..
      City: elverta

      Tips: a ew on crank bait....mostly worms an drop shot .........

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      Water Temp: 45-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I you like your rig clean and ree o mud, don't head to this lake or a while...but i you don't mind and want some good ishing, then by all means...GO! Ater surviving the mud launch ramp I headed to the N. Fork and not until 10:31 did I catch my irst spot, but between then and 3:00 I caught 26, and lost about that many as well. Most all o them were over the slot, and they were all ull o pond smelt. The water way up north started out at 45degrees, but ater working my way south it climbed up to 56. Caught a ew in the S. Fork but they seemed more active at the mouth o the North. The lure o choice was actually two. Speed trap would trigger them but i they missed it I would ollow it up with a super tube texas rigged. All in all a good day or December ishing I suppose. I don't think I'll go back 'til the ramp is ixed...I saw them working on the new ultra low water ramp, looks good, but still about a month away rom completion I heard. Tight lines...
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Most all ish came rom 1-24 eet deep, most noticeable pattern was any sort o structure change, rom chunk rock to small pebbels...they were holding.

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished all day Saturday. Launched at the dam. Needed to ire the big engine to get the boat o trailer. Saw some trailers at Bidwell and suggest you use that ramp as the dam is getting very shallow. Would be a real job i you were going out alone. Fishing was real good but seemed to drop o by early aternoon. We didn't move much and it could have been better in other areas. NewBass Tournament out o Bidwell on Sunday. See Ya
      City: Paradise

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Dam and Bidwell are open, but or how long. 4wd recomended. Be careull around the dam, a ew props have been damaged.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: How is the ramp at bidwell these days. Is it launchable out there sense they did the work on it or yamamoto tourney.

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Some good news and some bad. I was at the ramp at 6:30 this morning to watch them pour 1 lane o the new ramp at LimeSaddle. They say they will pour the other lane next Tuesday. Now the bad. The lake dropped another oot and a hal so now we need at least a 5 oot rise in water to use it. Thats a lot o water and its already the middle o November. Pray.
      City: Paradise

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: There are only a ew times in history where the F wordhas been acceptable 1.What the@##S& was that Mayor o Hiroshima 1945,2.Wher ##@% are we Amelia Earhart 1937 3. Fishermenon Lake Oroville where did all the @##$$ water GO GOOD LUCK in the Turnament
      City: Chico

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      Water Temp: 59ish

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished GCB invitational on Sat. Had a decent bite going later in the day, but chose to go against the grain and try or some more active ish. We got lucky and ended up w/9.14 lbs early and never culled a ish all day. Caught 10 or so more keepers, but only up to 1.4 or so. Winners had about 9.78 or so. Missed the awards though as I waited about an hour to get the boat out. Due to upcoming events and riends ishing them, I'll not be speciic as to baits/locations.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We caught ish rom 0' to 50'. It appears the water has gotten progressivly cloudier....maybe turnover.

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a tournament on Saturday with the Gold Country Bassmasters, 28 boats and 8.89lbs was leading when I let. Came up a little short with 7.56. Still tough to get a decent ish but lots o un none the less. Fishing again this Saturday with the Bassbusters o Yuba City. I you plan on coming be sure to bring a new unwrapped toy or their toys or tots program, and a chance to win an Allstar AS Titanium Rod. Lake continues to drop but still got in and out no problem. We may be on the next lowest ramp by Saturday. Honestly don't know whats working best, but you can always catch a ew on pink. Good Fishing.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Dropshotting or the slotters and your guess is as good as mine or the bigger ones.

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the lake today, Friday. Only 4 trucks in the parking lot when I launched at 8am. Fishing still good, but can't say much as there is a tournament there tomorrow. Talked with some guys on a patrol boat and they said the lake would be lowered another 2' per day or 4 days and then they plan on working on all the ramps. O course, last I heard it could rain by Wednesday or Thursday. Good timing, wouldn't you say?
      City: Paradise

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: was inormed Bidwell Marina may close because o low water and dangerous access Thank to DWR and Gray Duess Fish last tues early start drop shot no taker execept DINKS ater lunch ly line power bait to would and shade areas hooked up sone dozen spots 12/17 inches PRAY FOR Rain and as sportsmen vote next tuesday
      City: Chico

      Tips: Power bait 4 inch smoke/blue small nail in head and ly lined into shaded area Good Luck

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at the spillway this morning. Not nearly as bad as I had heard. Trick here is to go down the road on the let hand side, cross over to the right at the bottom and then circle around to the let to line up with the dock. Stay as close to the dock as possible when you back in. About 15 boats launched or a small tournament and it went o like clockwork. The only thing that could slow you down coming out is i 1 or 2 boats get tied to the dock, in which case you need to wait or them to clear out. Keep the windows closed on your tow vehicle as its quite dusty. We didn't win anything but it was a beautiul day and we caught a ew ish.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: We ished slow, but not slow enough and probably not deep enough.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: they have plowed a ramp at the spillway, and it is a long walk up to park. everywhere else is closed
      City: elk grove

      Tips: lake is the lowest in years