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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 56-57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I did an 8 hr guide trip with a father-son pair that were new to bass fishing. They had fished Amador for trout before but wanted to learn about bass fishing. We started about 2 pm and fished until 10 pm - so they could sample night fishing. The nice folks who run the lake are pleased with a nice increase in trout anglers this fall. When I drove over the dam on my arrival - I could hardly see the water thru the maze of boats. After dark - we were it!! The son did have 5 or 6 hit and landed a bass before dark and one after dark - about 1 3/4 and 2 lbs. I caught a small one and dad missed 2. Bite was very slow and the weather didn't help. Clear skies and heavy dew always makes the night bite tough. The promised clouds and warmer air did arrive - unfortunately - about the time we quit. Had that happened at sunset, I think we would have done better.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Yamamoto Kreature baits and Berkley Chigger Craws got most of our bites. Active bass were about 15-25 feet.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 48 to 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Striped fishing is on fire old river to middle river the San jaquin rippin lucky crafts non stop if there is a striped near it it will crush it biggest 39" with tons of shakers nick only caught one shaker the rest keepers nick caught the most fish 26 landed and released just by nick and snagged one sore head salmon up the sj a mile or two Donnie 12 dono 17
      City: Stckton

      Tips: keep rippin til you can't rip has to be down 6 to 8 feet

  • Mendocino County
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      Water Temp: 51 - 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Most of the bass are in deep water right. they will pretty much stay there all winter.. Although, the smallmouth bass will still be some-what active. Teresa and I fished our hometown lake today and for a 3 hour effort we did okay. 4 bass total. 2 smallies, 1 largemouth and one striper. There is NOBODY on the lake right now ! What a blessing to have the lake all to ourselves. The lake level is still looking pretty good, especially for this time on the year. If you need a break from Clear Lake, give it a try. You'll like it !
      City: Ukiah, CA.

      Tips: Drop-shottin' is your best bet. Purple 4 - 5" worm SLOW... ALSO take a few casts here and there with the "cALABAMA" rig. I have picked some bass running it by some cover in about 12 -20 ft. of water. Have fun and, remember to keep it reel ! Don 4reelfishin.com

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: Low to Mid 50's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The bass fishing continues to be hit and miss due to the recent weather patterns. The most productive tactics have been Dropshotting, Dartheaded worms in Mojave Oxblood and Nail weighted Senkos in Green Pumpkin, Cinnamon w/ Black flake, Natural Shad and Baby Bass. Lots of keeper size fish are being caught and a few occasional 3 pounders. Those throwing Jerkbaits on windy banks have had some success.
      City: Shasta Lake

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Leo, what part of the lake did you spoon up those trout and salmon? I'm heading up to the lake tis wednesday and maybe thursday if I'm not too tired. I would really appreciate it if you could tell me. I havn't had much success lately. Are you fishing the putah creek, poke creek, south end of the lake? Where?
      City: san mateo

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Has anyoneone been been trout fishing? Any follows or signs of trout. I've been very curious about the trout fishing at this lake. Wonder if its worth the drive up there to fish for them.
      City: san mateo

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

      Report: Has anyone been fishing for trout lately. Any signs of trout. Berryessa was hot few weeks ago and just wondering how trout fishing at sonoma would be like.
      City: san mateo

Monday, December 12th, 2011

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spooned up limits of Kings and Trout. Kings and Trout averaged a nice size at 15"-19". Fish were from 15-35 feet.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: 3/4 oz Blade Runner (Duh)spoons are the only spoons you need.

      Still a lot of bait, so don't stay long in a spot you marking bait if you ain't catching. Keep moving until you find fish feeding on the bait.

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

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

      Report: Two of us fished the 7th and the 11th for trout. We limited out both days in less than 3hrs . Minnows under floats did the trick. Tried for bass using cranks and top water on the same points we were fishing for trout and picked up a few smallmouth each day up to 2.5 lbs. Very cold both days as the sun came up.
      City: Napa

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This past Saturday I took out Chuck and his grandsons Rowan and Kahlil. It was a very cold morning approximately 22 degrees before the sun rose and there was a mist on the water when I launched. I decided to go to my two favorite spots first. We went to Willy's ski school and I had them troll using a silver and blue crankbait and a chartreuse crankbait which worked great last week for easy limits and did nothing this time. Went to my second spot with the same results. The water was like a mirror with no sign of fish activity. Decided to try the Narrows and seeing no trout action I changed our plans to trying for bass. I told Chuck to let me know if he could feel bottom as we trolled along the shoreline. He was using a light rod with six pound test line and he yelled to me that he thought he was stuck but I told him to keep reeling in and sure enough he had a fish as he brought it to the boat the boys helped him net it. He landed a nice five pound largemouth bass!!! So we turned the boat around and did the same drift again and yes the kids landed a three pound bass. We would have continued this same pattern but another bass boat came along and wanted to try that point so I told the kids we would try another spot and headed for the ranch house which was a good move because the kids landed another bass weighing in at 2+ pounds. Before our next bass was caught we were able to land three nice trout. Next I headed towards the Vineyards where I showed the kids how to worm but we had no luck landing any fish. It was a successful day of fishing and I was heading back and decided to try Willy's Ski School one more time and good that we did because we picked up one more nice bass (see photos). 'til next week............................................................................good fishing!!!!
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      City: napa

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 45-46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched from Ladd's at 8:00 AM fished main river, fourteen mile slough and disapointment slough...the bite was slow in the morning with only 3 fish by 11:00 am; biggest fish went 3 lbs and lost a bigger fish at the boat. Tried spinnerbait, jerk bait, jigs and drop shot. Was off the water at 1:00 PM.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Most bites came on when bait was sitting still...caught one on a jerk bait and brought the rest in on a drop shot with senko wacky rigged. Pretty much dead stick the drop shot they hit the bait when I did nothing but let it sit and let the current move the bait.

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bass Busters of Yuba City had a tourny at CFW and everyone did quite well. I believe everyone except 2 caught limits and 11lb won it. Tried cranking and ripping in the morning with no luck. Sun was up and started to throw a jig and the bite got really good. Other members did really well w/ drop shots but I didnt even try it since I was getting bit on jigs. I fished points in 35ft of water. Sometimes they hit it hard and you got to really set the hook and other times you just lifted your rod tip and one was on. I had a blast! Cant wait to fish it again in January. If interested in fishing our club please email. We are looking for new members.
      City: Plumas Lake

      Tips: Have net ready and dont horse them in too quick. Lost 2 at the boat like that. Also retie when you know you been in the rocks a few times. I knew my line wss frayed a tiny bit and I kept at it cuz I didnt want to miss anything. Got a great bite, set the hook, fought it for about 10 seconds and then slack. 10lb line broke on what felt like was going to be my biggest fish of the day. I will retie next time no question!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 53-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Not too bad of a Day today! Not a bunch of fish, But Good quality and Fat Fish! You've got to find the bait! Seen quite a few boats fishing the bank and have No idea how they did, But we did'nt catch One fish on bank area's! You've got to look deep for the Bigger fish!
      City: Orangevale

      Tips: We found a lot of baitballs but we caught all of our fish on Vertical bait! Looks like smoke stacks! Spoons, drop shot, tripple rigged flooks whith 1/8th oz darter heads!
      Good luck tournament guys tomorrow.

Friday, December 9th, 2011

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: No more green slime!! Bite still a bit tuff though. On the water at 9am, fished until 3pm. Found no swimbait, top water or reaction bite. Caught 12 bass total, best five around 14 pounds. All on DS finesse worms with light line.
      City: Menifee

      Tips: Fish deep and slow, but keeping checking the shallows for those big girls that sun themselves in the rocks. Then toss the Flickshake or Senko with long casts to catch those bigger spooky bass...

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 55?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Keith. Sonoma is alway tough this time of year for whatever reason. Letting water out(affects them). Crystal clear water. Lots of food in the lake. You can still catch em, but there's not going to be a lot of big ones caught right now. The big ones will start showing up in January with some rain. For now just pull out a dropshot with a Margarita Mutilator(roboworm 6 inch) and fish between 25 and 45ft in the trees and you will do ok. When you drop down, it doesn't take em long to bite, but don't move it around a whole lot. Just let it sit with the occasional shake. The old saying: you find one, there's more with him.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: Prob use 10/12lb fluoro with the trees. You go lower, you will be sorry. 3/8th oz weight. Robo fathead 6inch. Keep moving til you get bit.

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Mike Sperbeck and I decided to see if the night bite was holding up and found that it was - sort of! Not as good as the last trip and nights much colder now. Brrr!! As in a previous trip - lots of bites from bass that just didn't want to hold on. We put in about 4 1/2 hrs, from 6 to 10:30 pm and landed around 20 with a few dinks showing up again. We did have a nice limit of 24+ pounds - biggest only 6 lbs. Several 4's and 5's. Not a monster to be lost this trip!! A few were quite shallow, but most on breaklines at 1o to 20 foot depth.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Typical bulky baits worked - new Yamamoto 5" Flappin' Hogs, brush hogs, and D&M Piranha swim jigs. No hits this trip on worms. Best bite was early before the moon got too high. Spotty after that! We fished mostly in the south end.

Monday, December 5th, 2011

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: don't remember

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Dropshot and darthead senkos boated only 3 spots at 20-25 ft off points. Couldn't figure out any other pattern. Agonizing to have to fish slow with very little movement but that was the only way we got bit.
      For the fisherman coming from San Mateo, Folsom is a tough lake, whether it's bass or trout. Trout fisherman do ok if/when there's a plant. Other than that, hit and miss....and miss is usually the report. As for bass, this is a love/hate lake for bass fishing. One thing I've heard many times from those who come as far as you or farther.... "I could have saved time, gas, and frustration by just going to (you fill it in). If you're lookin' to drive to a lake to catch trout, you'd be better off at Camanche.
      City: folsom

      Tips: S-L-O-W ... let your boat movement and drift move your bait...nothing else intentionally. 15-25ft.

Sunday, December 4th, 2011

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Been waiting for some new reports for a while and finally decided I can't complain if I don't contribute. :-) Fished from noon till 4:30 on Sunday and caught 3 nice fat spots (1.5, 2 and 3.5 lbs) -- nothing to brag about, but a decent day for me given that I've only been on the lake a handful of times. Two on drop shots, one on dart head; Baby Bass Roboworms and Purple Weenie Crosstail Shad; rocky points in the main lake and south fork; 20-30 feet. Others at the dock reported similar results except one guy who said he got 6 or 7 in less than 2 hours way back in the south arm.
      City: Foresthill

      Tips: Beware the sand bar at the end of the peninsula :-)

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

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

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      City: San Francisco

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  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: low 50's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: We didn't get to fish because we had boat problems and got stranded in the mud outside of Lido Bay. Just wanted to say thanks to the bass angler Greg who towed us back to Orrwood. Cheers & happy holidays!!

      We did go back the next day and targeted stripers but got skunked. Fished areas around Disco and Old River. Continued the bad outings drawing a blank last week in Little Franks.
      City: Martinez