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Thursday, March 29th, 2012

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: didn't even loo

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: o heim, you're not alone...my bro and me have been fishing folsom since late 80s and now that i'm a decade resident (my bro's been here since mather was an air force base), we still have a love/hate relationship with folsom lake. sometimes we come out with 10-12 fish (no, we're not gonna tell you stories like these other guys with 30 fish, probably true for some but most are fudgin'. But yeah, we have some spots we tend to catch, but not all the time. I've actually caught my limit waiting for my bro to park the trailer at Dike 8. But then we've also been skunked so many times, we're not welcome at family gatherings. But yeah, it's our back yard too, but we fish the Delta.
      City: folsom

      Tips: Find what works for you and work it. Everyone will tell you, whatever worked at some other lake will likely not work at Folsom. I've had Pro-Am friends come up to Folsom and say 'NEVER AGAIN'.
      It's not Clear Lake, it's not anything like you've ever fished. But sometimes, the fishin' is catchin'. Headin' to the Delta......

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

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

      Report: Days like this ... I sure do miss Jim..aka..jimmyCrackCorn...fishing report. Pulling up a 10 plus lbers back 2 back when all else is struggling.. jim we miss u!!! He must be practicing for Coffee Cup tournament

      Tips: When jim speaks. All else should listen. Plz dont be rude n raise ya hands b4 asking questions for tips..words to yo ma-da

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well hit the "Dead Sea" again for 5 hours... same old story....na da! I refuse to drag a Robo worm behind the boat with the trolling motor on slow! I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THIS, BUT I REFUSE!
      City: folsom

      Tips: Metered a lot of fish between 40-55 foot. I did what I could, but no results. Went to the delta about a week ago, and caught a 5lbr. on my 3rd cast..... I'm starting to wonder why I waste my time here. Being only 5 miles away makes it my backyard.... but.....oh well keep trying!

Monday, March 26th, 2012

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out today and punched some hydrilla gorillas!!! Found them in less than 3 feet during middle low tide. Fished around Franks and Middle. Most bites came from a Mr. flippy ob a 2 oz punchin weight. Boom.
      City: sac-tucky

      Tips: Get out the broom sticks cause the fat girls are here, double barrel locked and loaded!!! Har!

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      Water Temp: 55 - 57 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER!" out of Ladd's at 8:30 a.m. and was off the water by 3:00 p.m. Over all the bite was tough for me, my focus was to fish the back side of 14 Mile Slough between the marina and the bridge. It was top of the high tide starting the out going tide. Also the wind was blowing pretty good this morning making it tough to fish slowly. I decided at 12 noon to head for the sailboat club next to Ladd's and fish for the bass I know are spawning there. Saturday afternoon and evening I enjoyed fishing from the bank after work and cuaght 5 bass off the beds.

      So for my last 3 hours I enjoyed catching the males (5 today up to 2.5 lbs) using my spinning rod and wacky zoom trick worms with nails for weight.

      Also while in the cove I tossed my california swim jig and noticed the larger females were willing to follow my swimbait to the boat, but would not commit. When this weather finally stabilizes I believe the bite is going to explode.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Get out of the wind the best you can so you can fish. If fishing clear enough water look for the spawning beds.

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56.5 Sat and 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Mildred Saturday and Sunday. Very different bite each day.

      Crazy topwater/reaction bite for striper for the first 45 minutes on Saturday. One big (10+ est) lost at the boat on the first cast. Fairly consistent 10" to 14" fish for the rest of the day with two 3 lbers thrown in. All caught on reaction baits.

      Went out Sunday to get more of the morning striper bite but a sea lion cruised through just as we arrived. Not even a sniff for the first couple hours. Around 10:30 the bite started on dropshot and senkos with one reaction fish for a tease. Mostly 12-14" fish but two 4's on the Senko so that made it a good day and the predicted rain stayed away.
      City: Davis

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched 8am from New Hope; light choc milk til we hit Sycamore area and into Mokulemne...straight to fav tule islands and dock..tried spinnerbaits, senkos, and cranks...ZIP. Worked our way back to just around the bend from Tower bridge and worked the islands...managed a 4.2lber on senko in 6ft in the weedline...full of eggs. Couldn't figure 'em out much less find 'em. Well not realy, graphed a bunch in 10-20ft but just couldn't figure out what they'd hit.
      City: folsom

      Tips: Not much other than try everything you know in cold, stained, whatever. Hope someone posts something that helps.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a hard fighting 4.5 lber on a 6" black worm.
      Fish was in 12 feet of water.No beds spotted. Next four to six weeks should be fun.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Try different presentations to catch Chabot bass. Today an aggressive lift and drop retrieve worked.

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      Water Temp: Chilly

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in a rain storm from my float tube. The only bite I got, I landed and it was 6.2 lbs. Caught him off the island with a weighted senko. Went in after about two hours and my jacket was soaked through.
      City: Cotati

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: What a change from 2 weeks ago. The water is chocolate brown and the fish are nowhere to be found. Fished the afternoon with a variety of baits and could not find a bite.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: Wait until the water clears up to head to Spring Lake.

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

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      Water Temp: 53-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Very litle rxn bite early, best action on jigs and brush hogs in 20-30 ft. A few fish shallow but not the spring conditions I was hoping for. Still a nice day on the water with 14 total for the both of us.

      Tips: 1st time here that dropshot did not work...better luck on dart head and flik shake.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the back lakes today the one nearest the parking lot. Was on the water by 6:15 and had first fish by 6:30 stinko in the tullies. Right around 7:15 bite turned on caught about a dozen chunkers right at the entrance to creek arm with a-rig, biggest 4lb. Bite died at about 830 or so switched over to deep diving crankbait on the submerged island top In between no trespassing sign and dog swim zone. Scored about another dozen biggest 3. Wind picked up about 1000 or so moved into the brush with jig and slaughtered got 2 5's and ton of 2's. Finished up with probably 20 to 30 fish in about 5 hours. Back lakes been slow I'm glad I fished this lake usually it's the opposite. I'm thinking the back lake is getting hammered. Good luck out there.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: Try lake closest to p-lot back lake has been getting a lot of pressure not as good, fish in other lake starting to turn on.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: got here around 7:30 A.M and headed straight for the back ponds for some bass. only had a few hits and landed one fish about 2 pounds on a jig with a sweet beaver trailer. i got all of the hits very close if not right in submerged timber. the strikes also occured early before the wind picked up and temperature dropped. my best advice would be come on warmer days with little to no wind and never be afraid to put your lure in thick cover
      City: pacifica

      Tips: my best advice would be come on warmer days with little to no wind and never be afraid to put your lure in thick cover

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      Water Temp: 55 main lake

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out this morning at 7 and figured I'd tube the main lake. Weather was slightly overcast and around 55 degrees, water temp the same. Water was crystal clear with visibility almost 15 feet. I looked shallow along the Stanley blvd side and saw a couple beds with no fish on them. Tried drop shot, jig, swimbait, and rip bait when the wind picked up but not even a bite. The sun never showed through the clouds and it felt like it got colder as time passed. I only fished three hours due to my legs going numb. I saw one 10+ bass cruising shallow along the Stanley shore and that was it gentlemen. I think these big bass are used to eating freshly stocked trout and that's about it. The only cool/sucky thing about fishing the main lake is that you get to see giant bass that you'll probably never catch unless you use a live rainbow trout as bait.....
      City: Pleasanton

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 47 - 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Squaw Creek arm with some friends from 3/19 - 3/22 with mixed results. Drop shotting worked best during the day and a for the evening a work a crank bait at lake points in water 0-30' deep. We didn't catch numbers but fish were of good quality.
      City: Morgan Hill

      Tips: Keep moving to find fish. The drop shot bite was very lite and it seemed as though the fish were loading up on the drop shot not much of a tap tap type bite. Fish were spitting up minnows and craw fish.

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

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

      Report: Hello and Happy Hump Day to all you teams. Just want to remind you of the 5th Tournament this weekend at Berryessa on Sunday (3/25/12) and to see who is coming. We’ll be checking in at Markley Cove Store and getting live-well checks, then blasting off from the gas dock. Check-in’s will start 5:00 a.m. in the Markley Cove Store and blast off will be at the gas dock at safe light (around 6:45 a.m.). Weigh-in’s will be at the gas dock with hot chili for all, and awards, raffle, and pics will be behind the store. Call me if you have any questions @ (530)795-2659 or email me at dukekalani@yahoo.com
      Lastly, I will be throwing a party for all to attend at The Main Street Cellars in Winters some time in June/July. Date will be posted soon. This party is in appreciation for all you teams fishing the Berryessa Pro Circuit and making it grow. At the festivity there will be Dinner & Wine with a Bocce Ball Tournament! Everyone can bring wife, girlfriend, friend and enjoy the party. No Questions! Just joking, if you have questions email me back anytime.

      Duke---<)Xx<

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      Water Temp: 53-54?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out for a couple hours with my little brother today. He ended up catching one about 2 1/2 drop-shotting a gray robo worm. Missed a few others about the same size. There were a lot of cruisers today, but they were pretty easy to spook and weren't feeding that aggressively.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Water is as clear as I've ever seen it, seems like finesse fishing is the way to go.

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      Water Temp: 52-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished here today from sunrise till 2pm the bite here is on i broke out my a-rig that i bought last fall and it was the right choise i caught like 40-50 fish on it 5 of them were doubles that was awsome i was using 3 of the 4inch wht fish traps on bottom and to wht colorado blades on top i was fishing the back lakes the one closest to the parking lot from shore i wish i would have brought my tube i think i would have got alot more but i was happy any way.
      City: pleasenton

      Tips: i hope this helps all lets keep these post going so we can all catch fish but please practise catch and release

Monday, March 19th, 2012

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 52 - 55 degress

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Luanched the custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's around 9 a.m. and was out by 2:30 p.m. Fished the main channel to LVW Marina in 14 Mile Slough and back. I was anticipating a windy day, but did not happen. I was ready to duck into the marina for cover. I managed 4 bass and 1 striper today. The first bass and the striper hit my 1 oz. spinnerbait slow rolling. 1 bass (big fish of the day about 4 lbs.) was cuaght in the main channel with a blk/blu jig along dropoff in 10 feet of water. Flipped on bass in marina using a chigger craw. the last bass was cuaght wacky rigging a zoom magnum trick worm in junebug color.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Keep changing up, no set pattern was found today. they did prefer rocks with tules.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out for a few hours late afternoon. Great cloud cover; however, I think the water is still a little too cold. Ended up with one Spot off some rock piles. Gotta get one of those A Rigs Lol!!
      City: West Sacaramento

      Tips: If I wasn't pressed for time; I would have fished a lot slower on points and rock piles. I think the cold water from the Sierra's is affecting the bite??