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  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 70-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Oroville or the irst time this weekend. On riday aternoon ishing was great. They were hammering everything I threw. Could see a lot o good ish in shallow water. Water was at 75 degrees. Through the weekend the ishing got worse. Water was dropping about a degree a day andished moved deeper and bites were less requent. Best consistent ish I ound were some three pound male spots that seemed to be guarding beds in about 18 eet o water around willows on lats.Caught them draging Black Zoom lizards.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Best baits besides the lizards were lukes, white spinners, and cotton candy 4" curly tale worms. On Sunday ish were not biting. I stuck on a very small spinner (Single colorado blabe and a hook) to ish or blue gill. Smalls and spots hammered it.

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

      Report: Anybody got any go-to baits that work good here this time of year? What are the major forage here?
      City: Sacramento

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I should proof-read! First sentence should read "better than two week ago".

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      Water Temp: 71-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went up to Pardee or a little un.(sorry I missed you "Hippie Mark" on sat. had to many Honey do's. Anyway,started out with a senko,(blue gill) and immediately got the big ish o the day, a very hot 5.03 largemouth. Next cast to a 3.3 largemouth. Man, it don't get any better than this. Missed a ew on a long point throwing top water. Went to an island nearby and got a nice 1.6 smallie. Let the area and went to another island in the main lake.Caught two 2.0 clones,largemouths dropshotting a small reaper. Went to another long point and to a 2.5 largemouth or a nice 14 pound limit by 8:30 am. Missed several more dropshotting during the morning, ended up boating seven ish. O the water by noon.
      City: San Leandro,Ca

      Tips: Never let the main lake. First time I drop-shotted this lake. Once the sun cam up the ish moved to 25'. Fish are everywhere. Gorgeous day, high 70's......

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      Water Temp: 60-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My dad & I started ishing about 6:30 am, by 7:00 he already had 3 in the boat. All about 14 inches. In total we caught about 12 large mouth bass on Sat. Biggest that day were 17", 16.5" & 16" in length. Sunday was about the same with our biggest being 18''. This is a great lake or bass ishn, I just hope it doesn't get over crowded.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: We were using Carolina rigged "green weenie" worms all day. Bass were sitting at the dropos anywhere rom 5 - 20" deep. Cast into shore and slowly drag worm along bottom until it drops o the ledge. Bass normally hit during the drop and they were hitting hard, no playing with the worm. FISH ON!

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      Water Temp: 51-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: First trip this year and not quite a grand slam. 3-SM best onone was 3.75, 2 LM best one at 4 even, and 2 trout best one atabout 5. Needed a catish or a grand slam. Great day orquality but not quantity, only 5 bass but all good ishFish were on points close to spawning areas. Had to beNEAR DEEP water, 25t plus. Got my irst ish on a dropshotrig, but can't say that is was skill, she had it beore ithit bottom. All ish, including trout were cought on tubebait, Basspros amber black and green lake, using a 1/8 oz,dart head but have the dart about 3/8 in. back rom the head o the tube. This makes the tube go in BIG circlesas it alls. Most ish had it beore it his bottom.
      City: stockton

      Tips: Water to cold or any spawning activity but the are gettingclose

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      Water Temp: 75'

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got up real early or the 2 hr drive, in order to arrive by 5:15 am and the top water bite. Went to my avorite point, and nothing. Went to my avorite tree, nothing. Went to another long point, nothing. Well, there was no topwater this am.............Started throwing micro weenies on 6lb test. Ended up catching 10 ish,to 3 lbs., mostly on points in the main lake and river.Bite was over at 10am.Pulled out at 12 noon and had a nice lunch at the coee shop.
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Some days the top water bite don't exist. the ish were shallow, as when the sun came up we could see them. 20' visibilty is the reason or the micro weenies and light line.

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      Water Temp: 74-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What a beautiull lake. It's a pleasure to ish a body o water where the jet skier's et. all are not present. Fished the CVBC amily tourney this past weekend. Had a great time sat. with Carol O., caught 2-3 lb.smallies on top water irst thing, then a 4.4 largemouth on a bluegill Senko. Had 12.44 lbs or ive ish. Several reported good top water in the early AM.Bite pretty much shut down ater 7am. Good bite earlier in the week, all day, according to a bassman who;d been there or seven days.Hot weather,cooled the bite some.Bite was main-lake and river arm.Not many bed ish, but a ew ound. Lot's o cruisers, not interested in anything.
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Points early or topwater. Find wood or senkos.Split shot breaks when sun comes out.

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The clear water makes it tough or Delta guys. Make long casts to the points. Most o our ish came on secondary points, mostly up the river arm.Caught mostly smallies, with a ew spots and largemouth.Had a great time on a beautiul lake. No skiers, no jet skis, ew bass ishermen.3.5 and 3.0 largemouth. 2.5 and (2)1.5 smallies, were the best. Love looking down 20t in the water and watching the ish do its 'dang, I'm hooked' dance. Airborn smallies, strong as an ox.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Smallies came on 4" Keeper worms, green weenie with green and red lakes. 6 pound test line a must.Largemouth got nabbed on Senko #284 which looks just like the crawdads.

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Me and my buddy went catishing.We baited up with worms and got a nice rainbow,3 pound smallmouth, a very large bluegilland a largemouth, I got bored and started lipping a spinnerbait and got 4-5 repectable largemouth. Jon
      City: Plymouth

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      Water Temp: 64-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had an awesome day, caught over 10 bass on lures biggest weighing our pounds and smallest about a pound. It almost looked like some ish may o spawned already, I saw a lot o empty beds? I did see a lot o pre spawn ish 3 or our well over 10lbs. No smallmouth today?
      City: Manteca

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      Water Temp: 62-65+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Stayed up there and ished or three days..Numbers were down but managed to catch some real nice smallmouth..All o em were 3lb+...couldnt get bit shollow..Cought all o em in 18-20'..split shotting..Cought several largemouth on topwater..best bite was mid day in any shady cut...and in the evening on the blus..best went about 4+-..
      City: San Jose

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      Water Temp: 74.0

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Put in at irst light...Fished main lake points with topwater or 3 keeper largemouth. Topwater shut down when the sun hit the water...moved up into the river arm and threw 3" Kalin grubs (clear glitter) on 1/2 oz jig heads or 5 or 6 smallmouth..all 12' to 14' ish..did catch one about 2.5 though..My partner out ished me with a 3/4 oz jig head...I stayed with the hal oz all day just to see the dierence...The aster all deinitly triggerd more strikes..He boated 12 smallmouth against my hal dozen with shared time up ront...Quality was the same though..A super overlooked ishery!!Grub ish were cought in 15-25' on the all..on steep banks and blus...make long casts and be carull o your movements and noise , i you go crashen around you won't get bit!!
      City: San JoseCoulterville

      Tips: Everything works here..you just have to be more subtle..

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      Water Temp: 77-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ir-sat-sun: ishing was pretty good riday, then progressively got worse. CVBC amily tourney. camping out w/club members and amily was a great deal o un, but the ishing was generally tough or most members. ew, and light limits. You can have a lot o un with dink smallies all day on topwater, tho.
      City: belmont

      Tips: micro weenies, senkos and pop ish

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      Water Temp: 60+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Big ish are starting to FINALY make there move...Shake small baits and ish slow on long casts..
      City: San Jose

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: it is a un place to go ishing,and camping im going on this riday.
      City: modesto

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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launced rom the spillway on Sunday. Beautiul day and the ishing was good. Caught ish shaking 6 inch morning dawn worms in 20 eet. And got a jig bite going late in the day rom 15-30 eet. Thanks or those o you in the orum with the tips.

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      Water Temp: 75-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at about 6:30AM. No bites on topwater or ripish. Lots o lookers but no takers on small trout crankbait. Went upriver but water temp was only down 4 degrees rom main lake. Caught three ish on a 4" Junebug wacky worm in back o weedy coves. Fish were buried in the weeds. Had to drop the worm on their heads to get a bite. Lost two nice ish because o my manly hook set on 6# test line. (I got excited.) Good topwater action at dusk. Had one blow up on my Chug Bug but I missed him. Sunday-one ish in weedy cove. Mayday inished
      City: Belmont

      Tips: Fish weeds in Junebug or Salt/Pepper color micro worms

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: i went to perris late in the morning, got a rental like last week, from which that trip i got 19 fish . 11 lbs 8 lbs 6 lbs bass along with some runts..4-6-12.. well 4-12-12 on thursday i went to the same area and got a few nice fish before the wind pick up. decided to go east off a main area that was close to the main channel. the spot was around 12 feet deep with random bait swimming threw the brush. i put on a bait just by chance, and first cast i hooked another toad from perris that was between 10 and 11 lbs..
      City: hermosa beach

      Tips: the elements around you tell u what to use. activities in the water tell u. and the color was pink and white and gold..drop shot and secret baits that me and my friends will not give up..

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: i had to start the new year to a good one. it was overcast and cold but the dam produced to be good 4 bass rom 2 To 4.6 where caught on yum crawdads and drop shoting
      City: La quinta

      Tips: Dropshoting: Try threwing it out and just leaving the bait in that place just shake the lure (not the weight) or you'll get stuck Crawdad: Threw it out and ish it slow like i you where dead sticking very slow (i you think you are ishing slow you are probly ishing it to ast )