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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

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

      Report: HULA POPPERS ! JITTERBUGS ! DOES ANYB BODY HAVE LUCK FISHING THESE LURES AT FOLSOM ? LOOKING FO GUIDE THAT USES THESE LURES AT FOLSOM E-mail me !Emjansen@yahoo.com
      City: San Francisco

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Where the best spot to catch bass at Nicascio? I am a catch and release fisherman. Do Jitterbugs work there? Please e-mail me Emjansen@yahoo.com
      City: San Francisco

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

      Report: HULA POPPERS ! JITTERBUGS ! DOES ANY ONE HAVE GREAT LUCK USING THESE LURES AT PARDEE ? LOOKING FOR A GUIDE THAT USES THESE LURES AT PARDEE. E-mail me ! Emjansen@yahoo.com
      City: san francisco

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

  • Yuba County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: lucky day darthead about 45 feet down landed mondo 6.5 spot "oh ya" couple dinky 3 pounders lol. best day in a while

Friday, January 27th, 2012

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 47-49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well, someone needs to post a report - and it takes a real man to do this one!!! My buddy Mike Sperbeck had been there recently with his grandchildren, using minnows hoping for a better bite and it worked. He suggested we go yesterday and bring along some minnows. I said "you want to bring...WHAT???? I have only used those three times in the last 25 or so years, all at Clear Lake with clients that insisted. Hey - one of them got an "8" and a "10"! So, off to Bullards with minnows and "normal" lures. At least - no umbrella rigs in the boat! And it even rained a bit. Well, what can I say. The minnows produced Mike's first ever 7 lb spotted bass (7 lbs 2 oz), a 6-1, and a 3-13, I caught some of the "dinks" of course - a 4-5 and a 4 even. That made a 25+ lb limit - the best limit of spots I have ever seen. We caught about 6 or 7 smaller ones. Spots were on spots from 20 to 60 feet deep in about 4 different areas. Lake is up a few feet - looks good.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Well, there it is. We never saw the sun all day and water was flat most of the time. I would have thought the artificials bite would have been ok. I threw swimbaits some with no takers. We talked to some nice guys in a Ranger and they had one good fish early - I think on a jig - but struggled after. Saw 3 or 4 other boats and that was it.

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Marc - You been out with jigs recently? What is temp and any action? Heading up in few weeks.
      City: Pacific Grove

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Having never seen the lake, I went to the first bluff rock wall and started tossing a deep crankbait. Two rock walls and two crankbait changes later an 7.90 lb'er was in the well. A little later a 4 lb'er and 2 lb. "rat" Smallie was on board. Missed two other bites....all told...3 fish = 13+ lbs.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Remain fluid and don't be afraid to try different ideas

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 52.7

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: overall clear, some of the drains were a bit murkey. I have recently moved here from NC and this is my 3rd trip to this lake. Granted today was in a storm I have yet to get bit on this lake from swim baits to crank baits, to drop shot. I know there are small mouth and spots in this lake and given the water temp I am excluding the florida stain Large mouth but WTF. I can go to MCClure and do well, so am I early or is this lake that much different?

      Cold as the begebers today, rain sideways, and I was the only vehicle in Bartlett cove Lauch. That should have benn a clue. But we don't pick the weather on tourn days so I went.

      Looking for a partner for the Randy pringle's new tourn this year, e mail me at my contact if you wants fish this circuit.
      City: Hughson

      Tips: fish I graphed were in 80 -120 feet deep. That is beyound my comprehension coming from the east coast.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished folsom today with my friend and black bass pro angler "Brown trout ". Threw the new A-frame rig. All I gotta say is that we gottem

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 44-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Great to have winter here finally. This storm brought the lake level up which is awesome for the first storm of the year. With that much water intering the system the incoming water pattern was one I wanted to try Sat. It was a great pattern and bass were chaseing bait fish in the muddy water. We were throwing blades had bumps but no comentments so we went to drop shot and finesse jigs to pop some nice 2 1/2 to 3 lb spots. Great day
      City: Paradise

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hello BassinZ118...no worries on the date, I watch this pretty close and know when something's new. Your tip really made sense...funny, it's an ironic situation using a reaction bait but still fishing it "slow"...I didn't get a chance to try it the way you describe...45deg angle casts to weed edges but that's almost how I work my cranks, both lipless and square bill. I was leary about using my Staysees because they dive so much deeper than the depth we were throwing, but all it took was less cranks to get to depth. I only have 1-2ft and then 8-10ft Staysees. oh, and I agree, a fish on the hook is a fish on the hook, dink or not! :) I have just as much fun! That tip allowed me to have action on an otherwise anticipated hard fishing day! THANX HUGE!
      City: folsom

      Tips: When I worked the docks, most hits came in the corners or else maybe 5-10ft inside the end of the dock. That's where my brother got hit. We'd crank down to depth, twitch a couple...then let sit 15-30secs..twitch again, wait....reel in cast again. Didn't have to wait long between hits. Can't wait to try this on the weed edges where I normally crank. I gotta believe it could make a difference if they shut down on my cranks.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 53.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 2pm till 6pm, only 3 fish largest about 3 and change. All came cranking in 12-15 foot range. Lake looks like it dropped some from last week.
      City: Hughson

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

  • Merced
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      Water Temp: 45-48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started off crankin, topwater, chatterbait and nada. Slowed it down with a jig and dropshot. Had 3 fish - 4+, and two over 5lbs.

      Tips: Berserk slop jig sprayed grass and shad colored worms for dropshotting. Fish it slow, barely shake the dropshot too.

Monday, January 16th, 2012

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 50.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: From: bestguide@hotmail.com
      To: bestguide@hotmail.com
      Subject: Fishing with Sid
      Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:47:01 -0800


      Headed out late Friday morning hoping to hit some trout but spent most of the day trying to find them. At one point Kevin and I decided to try for catfish so I beached the boat on shore and we put out four poles using hotdogs for bait. I have caught catfish many times at this spot. We had our lunch and waited for over an hour with no signs of catfish activity. The water was a touch over fifty degrees and crystal clear. While waiting for a bite I was trying top water lures with no success and worming with a senko in fifteen feet of water produced nothing. Defeated we decided to head in and call it a day. Saturday morning with renewed enthusiasm we headed out once more adding my buddy Albert to the group. We spent most of the day trolling with no bites. My son was out fishing with his wife Sarah, my wife and his friend Bill and he called me to let me know that my wife had caught a nice size trout. That lifted our spirits and we headed towards the area they were fishing. Albert and Kevin wanted to try for catfish again but just couldn't seem to attract them. I had received some new lures from PK Products and Kevin wanted to try a count down crankbait. As soon as the lure hit the water and started to sink a trout just blasted it and he caught the first trout on my boat. We were all heading in early to watch the football game so we called it a day and were happy we had at least caught two trout. On Sunday I fished from the shore and used the new crankbait and landed a trout. I met some kayakers and told them about the lure I was using and gave it to them to test. Hoping to hear from them soon. 'til next week.........................................good fishing!!!!
      www.fishingconnection.net If you have any questions or stories you would like to share please email me at bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583=3333.



      www.fishingconnection.net

      www.projectpridelostchild.com
      Sid # 650-583-3333






      Hello Sid!

      It was great meeting and talking with you at Berryessa on Sunday! As promised, here is the report for the day. Long story short, only trout were caught. Between Saturday and Sunday around 12 kayakers gave it a shot for bass and trout, but only finding the latter in a biting mood. Most bites were on worms, either tipped on needlefish, or by themselves on a dodger trolling setup. Some bites and a lot of short strikes on some shad type lures, with only a couple fish being caught. The bass were very tight lipped, even ignoring minnows, dropshots, wacky senko's, and jigs. Our friend with a bass boat found one bass willing to bite, all the way up in the Puta Creek area, but that was about it.

      Thanks again so much for all the tips you gave us! Cant wait to get back up to berryessa and give them a shot! At the latest, that will be 4/21/12 for the Salmon tournament we are having. Tournament is on Sunday, but we will be arriving Friday. Feel free to come down and meet a lot of friendly kayakers and share some stories with them!
      Alan





















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      City: Napa

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 45-46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at H&H at 11am; wind was already kickin' up. Threw senkos and tried to fish slow but couldn't. Ran to St Francis and got behind 3 bass boats already there. Worked the docks using BassinZ118's suggestion...cranked a Staysee 2-3 turns to about 4-6ft and waited, twitched, waited; picked up 3 barely-keepers (ok, dinks) this way. That was it for today, left 3pm.
      City: folsom

      Tips: BassinZ118's tip to throw a rip bait and just let it sit after gettin' it down to whatever depth you like worked for the short time we were out. Wind was pickin' up so we didn't go to our usual spots where I would've liked to continue to work it. Thanx BassinZ118!

Saturday, January 14th, 2012

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 53'

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 2pm till 4:30. Son caught a 2# on dropshot, I picked up a 2 1/2# on rattletrap. Shad pattern on both.
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: Fish were up shallow chasing shad! Pockets off main points held fish.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 47-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing has been really good with this clear water. 9 1/2 lb. to 11 lb. bags on average using worms, jigs, tubes, senko's. In low light conditons the reation bite has been good with crank and rip baits. Finding bass in shallow water and deep, from 5ft. to 60ft. Some bass now going into coves while others are staging and still others are chasing bait fish in 60 feet of water.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Keep changing patterns until you find the one that is working that day in that area of the lake. Colors are changing day to day and also during the day.

Friday, January 13th, 2012

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

      Report: Hello Jesse Motenegro, the baitshop selling minnows north of capell cove launch or south towards turtle rock bar. Are the minnows pretty expensive?
      City: san mateo

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Thanks Sid. As far as minnows The Berryessa Store in Winters has them and just past Capell cove ramp about 7 min. there's a store that has them as well.
      City: Woodland

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 47-49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, the water (and pm air) temps have dropped at Clear Lake - and it seems, so has the bite. Mike Sperbeck and I gave it about 4 hrs to prove Clear Lake was worthy of our time - and it barely passed, har!! We only landed 4 - the biggest at 4 3/4 lbs on a Blade Runner jig just before dark. My favorite brown/orange jig with #180 Yamamoto grub did the trick - again! After dark - 3 more in the 3 lb range and 2 lost in the 5 lb range - one right at the boat! We were at McDonalds by 10 pm for some HOT coffee and a general thaw out!! Short trip, but at least a little action. We fished the west and east shore of the south end.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The lake is still in great shape level-wise in spite of no rain. We may finally get some next week. if you are fishing artificials in water that will range from 44 to 48 degrees, slow WAY down. Deadsticking works well too, except in heavy rock. That's called - expensive!!!!