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Monday, September 26th, 2011

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69 - 71 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: luanched the custom valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's at about 10:00 a.m. and was out by 2:00 p.m. Used a shad pattern crankbait as a search bait when hooked up slowed down and reworked the area with a black jig/black sweet beaver trailer along the mouth of the 14 Mile Slough all the way to the pump house back by LVW marina and back. 2 bass on crank baits, 3 bass on the jig, and the big fish wieghed 3.5 lbs cuaght on the jig. When the delta breeze came up I stayed with the crank bait. No sign of any stripers today even though I was prepared for a change of action.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: With a limited amount of time to fish use a search pattern then slow down to rework same area.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: jigs in 1/8 1/4 or 3/8 oz walleye head ,arkie head football head jigs. 208 watermelon/ red/blk flake 4" double or 5" single tail yamamoto grubs as trailers 25 to 40 feet of water rock structure brush plies channels and drop offs are holding bass to 4 pounds. Baby brushogs in watermelon/red&blk flake hooked texas style or on 1/4 or 3/8 oz bullet head jig also in 25 to 40 feet of water on same structure is also working good afternoon bite from 2pm til dark
      City: madera ca.

      Tips: pick good structure in 25 to 40 feet of water and you'll put nice bass in the boat. Lakes at 80% and in very good shape waters clear.

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 75 to 81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The past two weekends were very warm and the fishing was very good. The water temperature fluctuated between 75 and 81 degrees. This past weekend I took Steve, his son Chris and Chris's friend Danny out for the day. I decided to start off in the Narrows and work the shady side. Chris and Dan were using crankbait and each one landed a 2+ lb bass. They also caught a lot of small ones on the way to the Ranch house. I went into a cove and the boys were throwing top water lures in around four to five feet of water and getting some action but no keepers. I tried another cove and suggested they try worming with brass and glass using a senko texas rigged. Chris thought he was stuck but I told him to reel quickly because he had a fish on and sure enough he landed a nice small bass (see photos). The Sunday prior in about four feet of water I took out two beautiful bass weighing in at 4.5 and a touch over 5 lbs on a white "chugger" with a feather tail. I think top water fishing is one of my favorite ways of catching bass I love how they come up and turn on the lure (see photos). My buddy Albert was fishing with me and he limited out with a total weight of approx. 15 lbs (see photos). The day before I took out Andy, his wife Paula and their daughters Gracie and Katie who did well but they couldn't beat their previous record of one bass weighing 14 lbs 3 ozs. The past two weekends were very productive and I hope the fishing continues to get better and better.
      'til next time......................................................................................good fishing!!!!
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      City: Napa

      Tips: try shallows if deep water does not work for you find structure I did and was rewarded

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started at our usual tule strip and dock around the corner from B&W....wanted to crank but only got a couple dinks on senkos, nothing on the speedtrap. Went to second set of tule strips and picked up a few more that were just shy of keepers...cranks, dropshot (junebug senko), and weightless senko. Next down to Little Connection and picked up about 11 more...all just keeper size on speed trap and dropshotting curly tail roboworm in weird chartreuse...forgot the pkg name. Started drizzling so ran back to the island between Sycamore and Hog and picked up a couple more on senkos but then started raining so we fished some rockwall side tules and picked up a few more just under keepers on junebug senkos. Called it a day at 3:30pm.
      City: folsom

      Tips: Just kept cycling through cranks, senko, dropshot. Dropshot worked on both 5" senko and 4" curly tail roboworm.(nose hooked)

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Anyone been out? Heading in for 4 days and curious about water temp or any pattern beyond the typical Eastman bite...
      City: Pacific Grove

      Tips: I'll have some next week...

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Weather was about ready to change for Basin Bassmasters tournament on Saturday. We all were hoping for a great bite but those little 12" and under were all over that lake. Not much on top water action, a few over 15" came in. The Junior bass club "Nor Cal Bass Ratz' had three bags of five, one weighing 2.30 lbs. all under 12". Most of the bass were cought on drop shot in the main body, crankin, darter heads and tubs.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: fish in 10-30 ft slow drop shot, crank and a chatter bait.

  • Bayfield County
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      Water Temp: 65-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: little smokie but clam from some dum slash pile burner, should have known better not to burn big dummy
      City: Mad River

      Tips: drop down deep live worm with a puffie i use pink some times red. if you trout, but if you like bass lures are best spinners are all so good don't matter what kind if you know how you will get them, i use 4lbs test line for the challange!!

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 69.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Since the hot weather is on it's way out I thought I would see whats happenin on Trinity. Was on-call so I had to stay close to Stuwarts Fork ramp. On the water at 6:30am and fished till 12:00. Caught three small large mouth on top water. Tried fishing deep with plastics but no luck. Where are all the fish in the fall? Anyone fishing the noth end?
      City: Weaverville

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Very hot WX. Calm winds made the fishing tough. Fished from 10-2 and only caught 12 bass. Caught 7 on crank bait and 5 on drop shot 4" robo worm. All fish were shallow. Cranking at 6-8 ft along rocky shore and mud lines. Same with drop shot. Nice to get a reaction bite finally. Reaction bite should really turn on when the water starts to cool. I was suprised to get bit on crank with the clear calm condtions.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Fish crank bait and drop shot shallow from 1-10 ft along mud lines.

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

      Report: Fished Thursday and Friday, getting 3 bites and landing 2 each day on Texas rigged plastic worms. All were shallow in/around weeds. Biggest only 2.5#. Water was much clearer in the normal areas I fish. Tried swimbaits, cranks, senko and dropshot from Swallow Bay to south end.

      Tips: If you can stand it and feel you are where the fish are at, let your bait sit for awhile before moving on. I found one on after picking out a backlash and another after leaving the worm sit an inordinate amount of time.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I was at trinity wknd of sept 23rd, fished north end rock piles..startd off with boat problems so couldnt fish friday evening bite..did fish aftr dark and managed 1 2lb smallie and only one other bite. coaxed the boat to run saturday and fished rock piles and caught nothing but small largemouth on drop shot and some topwater..I ran out of time I wish I wouldve tried some deep water rock piles in 30+ ft if they arent shallow yet then they have to be deep..there is a ton of largmouth in the 5 to 6inch range which could be a great source of food

      Tips: try deep rock piles or main lake points

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 76-78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Alge bloom starting on the lake...caught 5 spots, 1 largemouth and 1 smallie...best five fish 14.25 lbs. tried some new techniques and forced myself to fish in "new" areas rather than the same old spots. Turned out to be productive and I found some new areas that I will keep my eye on in the future. Caught the smallie while "bugging" fist time I tried tis technique. Caught the others on either a sweet-beaver as a trailer on a jig, a jig with a swimming senko as a trailer and drop-shot with Keeper 6" worm.
      City: Sactramento

      Tips: Force yourself to try new techniques and seek out new areas to fish rather than the old stand-by's...you might surprise yourself and you will give yourself some new opportunities and broaden your knowledge.

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sun - Weds (9/18-9/20) It was pretty crazy. Fished south on riprap & rockpiles. You had to keep moving but once you found fish & were throwing what they wanted, fishing was really good. Our most successful pattern were plastics in red-brown + my partner did well with wacky rigged 6" watermelon Senkos. No reaction bites until Tuesday night but caught 6 fish in 30 minutes on a red double willow blade spinnerbait on the way in Tues. evening. I even caught a 16 lb catfish on the spinnerbait & that was a 1st for me. We caught alot of 2.5 - 4.0 blacks. Big fish were 9.7, 8.1, 7.5 with four fish in the 5-6 lb range over the three days.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Keep moving & when you graph fish, keep throwing different baits until they bite. Seems to me if you find out what they're willing to bite that day, you will do well, but the pattern changed everyday. I'm by no means a pro but this is what we ran into.

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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I've heard all the same reports for this lake all summer long and for the past three seasons. For all of those wondering why the past several years have been tough... The fish have plenty to eat, therefore, I don't believe it has much to do with fishing preasure. Clear Lake will always be a tough place to fish, especially when bait fish are plentiful (which is every year). Remember, your artificial lure is competing with the "cesspool" of life... that Clear Lake has to offer.
      City: Clear Lake

      Tips: You can always slow fish with a senko, but you may develop attention deficit disorder (ADD). Otherwise, use bad language...

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: mid 70's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: the lake is 42 ft down, mid 70's temps, water very clear in most areas, some small fish being caught, nothing much with the 2+ lb fish, most cannot get a limit, need some cooler weather, temps in high 90's most days, baliey cove will be out of the water in a week or so, go up into the upper arms and look for cooler water, ramps are pretty mcuh deserted these days, mid lake humps producing best with main lake points coming in a close second.
      City: redding

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Is anyone fishing shasta? I don't think the lake closes in July.

Monday, September 19th, 2011

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Decent day in White Slough. Got a great reaction bite on cranks and spinners. Black and red colors. Bounced back n forth between the rip rap and tule islands and got fish in typical areas like points, flats with weed beds and off of structre like pilings and trees. Pretty much every where that should hold a fish, had a fish. Most fish were between 1-4 pounds with a 5 pounder being the big one. All fish gave great fights. Very aggressive. You knew when you were getting bit.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: The bite was steady but really turned on at moonset. Believe that was around 1:30pm

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      Water Temp: 70 - 73 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Left the custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" in the garage today and went out with a friend/co-worker in his bass boat. Basically it was a dink day today with just a cuople keepers. Worked around and inside the mouth of 14 Mile Slough with shad pattern cranks in the morning and buuzz baits. Theb cranks were producing. As the sun rose higher tried some punchin' beavers with no success. Decided to go back to the main channel and piont hop out and then back towards Ladd's. Senko bite was pretty good using black and also red color patterns.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Should have brought a spinning rod for the back of the boat. I believe today was more of a finesse bite type of day. Oh well, wacky senkos were producing for me and shad pattern cranks, but just no quality today.

Sunday, September 18th, 2011

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 2:30 to 5:00 Sunday. Lots of ski boats on the water. Teaching an 8yr old how to bass fish. Caught 14 bass all under 2 lbs. All caught on drop shot 4" robo worm in 3-10 ft of water along rocky shoreline. My 8yr old back seater hooked several on his own - 1st fish on his new Zebco 202 from BPS. He got to reel in all fish and lipped them on his own. He caught the biggest fish. Boat wakes seemed to turn the bite on.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Fish drop shot along mud lines shallow.

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

      Report: Fished Sunday and Monday experimenting with 8 to 13 inch worms. Got more excited seeing the gals in the shop than the fishing action on the lake. Caught a 3# on an 8 inch worm in 14 feet of water and a 2.5# on the 13 inch worm fishing shallow on Sunday. Missed 3 others. I had a 5 or 6# fish that jumped a couple times and had it next to the boat but it dove into some wood on the bottom. My bait retriever brought up part of the branch...Monday I caught 2 around 2# each in the weeds on the 11 inch worm, one shallow and one at 13 feet. Had a good one on that came off shortly after the hookset.

      Tips: Measure your worms. I measure them as I imagine they would look while being worked. Some brands are around 1.5 inches shorter or longer than they advertise this way and it shows when you have 2 side by side.