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Thursday, May 17th, 2012

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went fishing with guide Richard pounds what a great time been going to cl for years first time with bass guide showed us the most awesome time we carried it over to our own bass boat thank u thank u Richard me and my friends have never cought that many big fish in our lives u r a. Master nick Scott Robert
      City: Grants pass

      Tips: Call Richard pounds and learn clear lake from a seasoned pror

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Nice day on the lake. Only stayed on water for about 5 hours as the recreation boaters took over. However, I ended up with about 7 nice keepers anchored by a 5 pounder on a fat free shad crankbait in shallow water. Not a bad day
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Good reaction bite. Bass are still shallow. Lots of smaller bass but a few bigger bass available. Vertical cast along the shore and focus on points as well.

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, did a 6a.m. to 6p.m. trip, with little results to show for my efforts. Fished the north fork. My first first fish came at 11:30 a.m.!Ouch! I was working hard at it too! It was a two and a half pound spot fly lineing a Senko in some trees. That fish ended up being the biggest of the day.Caught another spot on a spinnerbait, only about two pounds. My big surprize was the afternoon crankbait bite. Picked up another 6 spots under 2 pounds ea. Threw top water between 5-6, and picked up another spot. All in all an o.k. day, but I really thought it would be better. Size was a little disapointing. Might head back out on Thrusday.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: If u r cranking, crank fast! I caught my first one on accident. When I thought I was done with the cast,I doubled my retrieve and it slammed the bait right next to the boat. So I went with the fast retrieve, and boom! I got some results....see you on the water!

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing is very good right now. We caught about 15 bass (most short) in about 3 hours tuesday evening.
      Dropshotted watermelon red baby brush hogs fooled most of the fish with several small mouth taking shallow crankbaits.
      Big fish of the trip was a 6.3 caught in about 10 feet of water near 40 minutes before dark on the drop shot rig.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: stay a little deeper. work through areas quickly. stop and fish thoroughly when you get bit.
      No evidence of any surface activity but it felt like the top water action could start anytime now.

Monday, May 14th, 2012

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 61 to 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We got on the water at 8am, water temp was 61. We headed for the Gould Swamp area and started searching for stumps...when we found the stumps we found the bass. We also found males making beds in the gravel beds. We caught 10 smallmouth between 2 and 4lbs all males...Fished till 11am, water temp was 63 and the winds picked up with thunder storm moving in. Could see 8 to 10 feet depending on the area.
      City: Quincy

      Tips: Fish the shallows near Chester, look for beds in 4 to 10' of water. Caught most the fish drop shotting a Prizm Shad Roboworm and a camo cut tail on a 1/4oz darter head....
      The next 6 weeks are going to be a sight fisherman's dream....don't miss it!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The bass fishing here is outstanding on bass to 4 pounds 30 to 40 bass in 5 hours of fishing is fairly easy here. Jigs Senko's Baby brushogs Crankbaits Ripbaits & Spinnerbaits all are working here now Bass are in 8 to 20 feet of water.

      pumpkin green/black green crystal jigs
      watermelon red/black flake senko's brushog
      junebug senko's brushogs
      black/blue jigs
      bluegill jigs
      char/white spinnerbaits
      tenn shad ripbaits
      fried green tomato crankbaits

      If you are within 100 miles it will be well worth the drive to fish
      City: madera ca

      Tips: Fish flats and long points with deep water on both sides. the second and third ramps on east side of the lake. Large flats parking lots bass are holding on both. Im fishing with 1/8 oz & 1/4 oz finesse jigs and 4"twin tail yamamoto grub trailers Spinning outfits loaded with 6 or 8 pound maxima line.

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 76.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Unbelievable fishing this past weekend and my wife was a fish magnet. On Friday I went out for a few hours with Kevin. The lake was calm what a difference from last weekend. We saw boils in the water and threw our lines into it with great success. The trout were all over the lake in deep water as well as shallow and seemed to be biting anything we threw out. We ended up with full limits (see photos). On Saturday I fished with my pal Albert. We got an early start and fished the west side of the lake by the buoys. I threw a top water lure twenty or thirty times with no luck. We were able to see the fish but they just wouldn't bite. We decided to try our luck at trout in deeper water after talking to three other boats. I tied on an ivory PK lure and Albert cast it out letting it sink to about forty feet and we started trolling and within minutes he hooked a trout. Albert wanted to use the downrigger so I set it up just as my son called to tell us lunch was ready and where his boat was. We set off to meet up with my son, his wife and my wife. When we got to their spot they told me how the fish were chasing the bait and rolling on the surface all over the area and that they were catching trout and bass left and right especially my wife. No sooner would she reel one in and start to let her line out and she'd have another strike. They all came in with limits. On Sunday (Mother's Day) my wife had a great day again and topped it off by landing a largemouth bass that had to weigh at least 9 pounds. She was thrilled as you can tell from the photos. 'til next weekend...............................................................................................good fishing!!!!
      www.fishingconnection.net If you have any questions or any stories you would like to share please email me at bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333.
      City: Napa

      Tips: any lure that runs true caught fish my wife likes norman lures and i prefer p k lures my new real that i have been playing with runs smooth its called the wave spin dh3000z email me will send you pictures

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 58-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing by myself today. In the water around 8 am. Bluebird day, hardly a breath of wind with the occasional gusty breeze. Lake like glass most of day. Caught a few on tubes, a couple on Texas rigged worms. Wacky senko was the way to go. Lost count but caught between 30-40 fish. Most in the 11-13 inch range with a few bigguns thrown in.
      City: Reno

      Tips: Watch your line or you'll miss a lot of fish.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Rivers end, very windy.......30mph..
      few small fish... threw senkos and spinnerbaits. no fish on spinnerbaits only on the senkos in 5inch. picked up the small fish at the edge of the slop.
      hard to stay out with the wind as bad as it was
      City: Tracy

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 64-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Jones Valley and run up the Pit for a 3 day camping trip. Spent morning trolling for trout at about 15-25 down, 150 feet behind boat. Hooked up 1-2 fish per hour in 80-130 feet of water (on both sides of the channel). Most ranged between 1 1/2 - 2 lbs. Caught one about 4 lbs off the bank, off bottom with a Berkley Gulp 4" minnow right at dusk (was a fluke I think). I was hoping to hit a catfish while cooking dinner but this huge trout took the bait. Wife reeled in one and bragged that she caught the biggest fish of the trip.
      Mid-day I threw bushhogs (6" watermelon seed) and 8" brown power worms with lots of 1 lb spots hitting aggresively. At the last hour of the day, switched to Berkley Gulp minnows with no weight and threw into shallows in coves. What a fun time that was. Every cast we would hook a fish. They were fighting over this presentation. A few times the bass would jump out of the water and grab the lure before it hit the water. We were laughing and missing lots of hits. Fun time!
      City: Cottonwood

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 63-67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched from Holland Tract. Started off with buzz bait, got slaps and no hookups. Switched to a white spinnerbait and landed a 5 and a bunch of dinks. Found a sweet patch of slop and had some exciting blowups but no hookup! Arg! Flipped a couple 1-2 pounders and punched a striper! Senkos in pockets of calm for another 5 and couple more 1-2s.
      City: Pleasant Hill

      Tips: Junk fish and have fun!

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: launched at new hope 730 and worked corner island at sycamore low tide..picked up a few 12"ers on craw rattletraps and cranks. also picked up 4 more in the 1-2lb range on curl-tail roboworms and 5"&6" senkos. as tide came in, moved to mokulemne and fav tule strips and weedlines; as tide went back out, went back to the island near sycamore and worked again; 1 blowup on my river2sea dahlberg frog but no hookup. picked up 4 more on senkos/plastics before calling it a day.
      lost what we believe was a double-digit at the boat...would have been my personal best but now it's just a memory..oh well! it hit my delta red speedtrap as it cleared the weedline, surfaced once, made a dive under the boat. when i worked it back from under the boat, it surfaced and shook the speedtrap loose...ouch! 1 other boat watched so i know they'll be working it huntin' down that pig! mostly 12"ers to 2.5lbers today... nothing big cept the one that got away! Ouch again!!
      City: folsom

      Tips: work your areas 2x-3x with various offerings...2nd and 3rd passes on each area brought in fish. today i used 5 different color senkos (6" blk/blu, 6"blk/red flk, 5" sweet tater pie, red/blk flk, natural shad) and every one of them hit. crankin' i used 1/2 oz redeye shad in red craw and speedtrap same color. buddy used roboworms, blades, rattletraps, and sm swimbait (3") working either diagonal from tules and out across weedlines or just parallel the weedline...picked up several this way.

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      Water Temp: 68-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: worked around bethel island, launched from sugar barge and worked around the islands on sandmound and down dutch out to part of big break. really tough out there for us, only 3 fish all day but one was 4lb and the other just under 3lb, and a dink. all on swimsenko in grn/red flake. guy at the launch ramp said past day or two was slow. wind picked up in afternoon, started whitecapping at big break so we called it a day
      City: Livermore

      Tips: plastics/wacky rig and drop shot. they had lockjaw today. maybe wait a few days ?

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had a delightful time fishing with my wife, pre-Mother's Day fun. We caught 13 total. The biggest went 1.5 LB Of course she caught the big one!! The majority of our fish came on the main lake. We tried the Bear Arm not much action. The further we went up the colder the water was (65 degrees) and less action.
      City: W.Sac

      Tips: Witch's T (Robo worms) in colored water and Sexy Shad Robo worms) in clearer water. 0 reaction bite.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: up the pit for 7 days, rented a house boat out of jones valley.( I highly recommend this company I've used them for over 20 years!)shasta clones by the hundreds. we used green tubes and 4" green wennies on 1/8oz jig heads. All bigger fish came on twin tails during the day and spin and buzz baits in the early morning and after the sun went down, we had several 2 1/2lb smallies and plenty 3-lb+ spots.Rock walls and any wood was the ticket.we openned up a few spotted clones one night for dinner, not a female in the bunch! good time had by all. Si
      City: lakeview oregon

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water at 07:00. Fished the North end around the Airport and Squirrel Flats. Caught nothing but dinks around submerged trees. Saw some big fish cruising the flats, but nothing on beds yet. Moved South in the afternoon and was able to catch some larger fish in the stumps on steep banks. No size to brag about though. Good Luck!

      Tips: No luck on the A-Rig, Cranksbaits, or Blades. Caught all fish on a 5" light purple Senko, and a 4" Oxblood Roboworm.

Friday, May 11th, 2012

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 67-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched from the North Shore at 8:30am. Sunny day, no clouds, no wind, 10+ foot visibility. Went directly across the lake to the South shore dike. Saw a few fish breaking the surface in and around the submerged islands with stick-ups on top. We went to the dike wall and fished plastics (C-rig, watermelon baby brush hog) and crank baits. We were fishing in 4-10 feet of water. Spent 1 hour without a tap. Fished around the submerged islands in deeper water (18-25) and got our first bite on C-rig worm (brown with chartruse tail). My partner and I got a few more taps but were a little slow on setting the hook. On the trolling motor, we went to the East and found a shallow bay filled with small rocks and few trees in 8-10 feet of water. Stuck my first fish at 11am on a C-rig using oxblood with red flake 5" worm (15" LMB, 15ft deep). Moved thru this bay and stuck another (16" LMB) on same rig. My partner lost one on a Senko (Watermellon). My partner lost another on Senko (Watermellon). Got a few more taps on the C-rig but did not hook them.
      Took a 1-hour lunch break under a huge Oak tree on one of the islands. So, back at it and I land a 13" LMB on a drop-shot rig using a 4" curly tail shad pattern at 20-25 feet deep around the houseboats that are docked on the North Shore. Fished around the submerged island (12-15 ft) but no takers. Went back to the shallow bay with trees & rocks and hooked a monster on C-rig (oxblood with red flake). I thought it was going to break my line so I went to adjust my drag and the fish came off (rookie mistake!) Must have added a split second of slack in the line. Hooked another but did not set the hook well. (Another rookie mistake!) All the while my partner has been trying different colors and techniques without nary a bite. We finally make it back to the North Shore marina 4:45pm, stop near the rocky cliffs and both my partner and I hook up with fish at the same time using C-rigs (Oxblood with red flake) in 15-20 ft. We ended with only 6 fish in the boat but it was a great day away from the office.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: We tried topwater in the morning with no success. Bite was soft. Watermellon and Oxblood colors seemed best. Only a slight breeze all day.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 70+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: did ok from shore. rode my bike down to one spot with my dog after work, so fished from 5pm-7pm. got 3 and lost 2 (barbless hook) but the ones i lost were pretty small. big fish was 3 lbs.
      much better than i usually do there. i never catch anything at DV. i just needed to try some new spots!
      City: livermore

      Tips: fish rocky areas close to deep water

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The wannabe DeltaBassBuster you should be ashamed of yourself. I enjoy coming here to read reports and for one DeltaBassBuster does what he enjoys and shares it to many who values it. So please if you want to fool around do it somewhere else and please no racial remarks. I'm Asian and i hate it when people stare me down when I'm fishing. I fell that they quickly assume that I don't know what i'm doing or that I keep all the fish I catch. For one most of my friends who are Asian and I practice what is right and we believe in catch and release. So please have respect for each other and don't come back on here.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Respect and have fun on the waters!

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

      Report: Launched out of Packers Bay and proceeded to a few marinas. Had a few smaller fish on senior but nothing over 1#. Was kicked out of bridge bay but an guard with an attitude problem. Also tried flipping into submerged brush and picked up fish from 1 to 1.25#. Switched to darterhead and that was the ticket. 12 fish from 1.75 to 4 dragging across points and rocks walls. Fish were in less than 12 feet of water.