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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

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

      Report: On the water by 8am. Caught 3 bass, biggest went around 3 lbs. on a senko in the calm near tules before the white caps hit at 9am. Fought the grueling wind to catch a little one on a worm and another that fought like a 10 pounder on a spinnerbait (and yes, I have caught 10 pounders out of here). Covered a lot of water with the spinnerbait to catch only one. Had 3 or 4 pecks on the worm that I missed.

      Tips: Get out before the wind picks up. Never caught any on a crankbait fishing deeper.

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished whites all day caught 25-30 nothing big 2 1/2
      lots on rattle trap and cranking, couple on senko and 2 on top water. couldnt get anything going really guess theres always next Sunday
      City: Elk Grove/ Sac

      Tips: throw ur confidence bait.

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished outside walls of Mildred most bites came off of a kvd's 2.5 cranks in brown craw color and lucky craft fat cb shallow cranks in royal red craw wind got strong and and fished the rock walls and did pretty good with persuader green and black jigs with a sweet beaver trailer. Just outside of grass lines.

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      Water Temp: 84.3

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in the coves around rock piles with small 6" lizard and a 4" bruch hog. We caught four in the morning and four more after lunch time. Most were small 1 to 1.5 pounds. Did a bit of trolling on the way back to the dock without a hit.
      All in all, wife & I had a great day although got a little wet from a passing shower.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Don't know where the big ones are,any suggestions?
      I really want to put the wife on a "HOG".

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Yorty Crk. early and it was a bit cloudy out, but I thought that would help. Caught a nice 2 pounder early and then it was slow until later in the day. Fish seemed to be scattered, once I caught the first fish I thought I could find similar areas and catch fish, but no go. Had to grind it out to catch fish later in the day.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Be patient and look out for the Summer boaters. No wake zone what does that mean? Duh.

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 78-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The lake is awesome right now, with several ways to catch them. The fish are busting shad, and there is also a great deep bite. If you find the right point or hump you can really load the boat. I'm not catching giant fish, but lots in the three to four pound range.
      City: Hemet

      Tips: Fish real slow with worms and jigs in 30 feet, and try a scrounger with a tiny fluke on the busting fish. Look for structure that is less obvious then a main lake point. If you find something good it's possible to catch a bunch of fish off one spot.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 79-83

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went from 730am.-300pm. Generally pretty tough, but did catch a few. topaters,wake baits, cranks, and spinnerbaits all got at least one. jigs and drop shot got zilch.
      City: atwater

      Tips: man the water is high and stained....lots of boat traffic.

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 69-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I was able to spend a few more days at beautiful Almanor last week. It was a short vacation with my wife and family, but I had to fish some - of course! I just fished some mornings and evenings and once at night for awhile. The night bite was very slow except at dark when I landed a good smallie that would have been well over 4 lbs, but after the spawn she was only 3 lbs 11 oz. I didn't catch many during my outings, but the quality was above average for summer. Several were in the 2 to 2 lb 6 oz range. Only a few small ones. Where were all the usual summer dinks? The big one was caught on a green pumpkin Berkley 4" Chigger Craw. Not sure why I picked that bait, but it was the ticket! I spent most of my time on off-shore rockpiles and flats.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I fished the east side of the lake mostly but found the best quality on the west side. I did miss one and caught one on the next cast, using a Chug Bug topwater lure. That was it - no other topwater activity - maybe because of very cool weather and lots of wind for several days before we got there. Robo worms were good again - this time it was oxblood they wanted.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69-77

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Just hopped around fishing all new stuff from B&W to Victoria Island. Most sucsess was punchin a PayCheck setup w/ a Double Wide Beaver in Blk/Blue
      Fish average 2-3lbs....the Pigs were Biting but could not get them out.
      Good Luck be safe
      City: Woodpile

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

      Report: Hows the fishing? What the temp?
      City: Sonoma

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

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

      Report: I have been fishing the south end of the lake. Its getting stinky up in here, some spots looks like pea soup. Good news is I have been killing it on topwater. The Buckingham/Konocti area isnt too bad, but try to catch it in the morning. 1/2 oz Snag Proof has been doing the trick.
      City: Kelseyville

      Tips: I have had a some problems with drunk boaters. I fish from a float tube and have almost been hit more than I would like, so be careful friends.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went fishing, some algae in the water. Not sure if they sprayed recently, but hopefully they didn't. Fish seemed to be a little more active, but still hiding when they want to. Had I guy in a tube take a picture of a decent one I caught. I guess others are giving it a try even though the fishing is up and down, but mostly down.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Fish all day long and you might get a nice one.

Monday, July 25th, 2011

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

      Report: this is not a report...just an update. We at Westernbass.com will be updating the lake info for Berryessa in the coming weeks. We are waiting for a callback from the Pensus Group with updated information.
      Special thanks for the "heads up" that we need to update the info from Sid from "Fishin' with Sid Guide Service" who is a local guide on Berryessa.
      for info about Sid's Guide Service go to www.fishingconnection.net

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      Water Temp: 78-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Wanted to try out new Cal-West drop shot rod, so brother and I went to LB Creek to see if we could get bit. Got on the water at 6:00am and I caught three fish in the first fifteen minutes all on the drop shot; they would not eat spinner bait(white/shad, fluke(pearl)or crank bait(chart/shad) so I got out the new drop shot rod and caught three on a Keeper 082 4" worm.
      We did not get bit again until late in the day and I ended up catching about twenty more from 7:00pm until dark.
      Pitching drop shot to edge of tullies and just shaking it for a couple of seconds.
      Biggest one was pushing five with a bunch of 1.5-2.5 fish.
      City: Hilmar

      Tips: Pitch to tully edges and creek channel breaks. Early and late were great, mid day sucked!

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

      Report: Gonna be back home around the 2nd week of Aug. I'll probably need a little help. Let me know what's happening. God, I miss that lake.
      City: Trinity Center

Sunday, July 24th, 2011

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 78 - 80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a great weekend of fishing but Friday started out slow. I took my good friends Kitty and her husband Bob and Kitty's sister Kathy out for the day. We started at the Ranch house and Kitty used a top water lure to start the day and we had a bit of excitement as a at least 3 lb. bass rolled over the lure but did not get hooked. We continued trying the top water lure for many more casts without any luck. Trolling to the Vineyards produced a large trout for Kathy on a "Rattle Trap" lure. At the Vineyards Kathy threw the "Rattle Trap" lure in about seven feet of water just coming across the weeds and caught a nice size sunfish. With nothing happening at the Vineyards I went to the Monticello Ski School and trolled to the back where Bob was catching smaller size bass with a "Speed Trap" lure (silver and blue). On Saturday morning we parked our boats at one of our favorite coves. Like last weekend we decided to put a pole on shore and set it up to catch catfish. I used a hotdog for bait as usual and while we were all swimming my son was BBQing and saw the rod bent over in half he dropped everything and ran to reel in the rod. He brought in a 9 lb. catfish (see photo). Later in the afternoon I took out Al for a little while because he wanted to try and catch a fish. We were trolling by the Bureau when he was hit by a 2.5 lb. largemouth bass which he landed like a pro. When the day was over we trolled all the way in. On my boat I caught four bass and on my son's boat he caught three bass one of which was a smallmouth weighing almost 3 lbs. (see photo). Sunday I went out earlier then the others and headed straight to the Ranch house. My first twenty casts of topwater landed three bass and at the point I used a "River2Sea" crawdad with "Pro-cure" crawdad scent and picked up and released a limit. Then I headed over to the cove where I was to meet my family and I set-up two rods for catfish one with a hotdog and one with mackerel. Just as my son arrived and his buddy Dan (who had fished with me previously)walked over to my boat I had a hit and Dan reeled in the catfish which weighed a whopping 12lbs 8 ozs (see photo). Dan wormed with a "Senco" from shore and picked up a couple of bass. Another great weekend. 'til next weekend..............................................good fishing!!!
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      Subject: Alan - mylinda-9lb cat fish
      From: bestfishingguide@yahoo.com
      Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:33:47 -0700


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      City: Napa

      Tips: try whats in your tackle box first then if no fish look at the conditions and ask yourself if i were a fish what do i want to eat and how do i want it presented.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70-74degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry, late report. Fished old river, south of Disco on the outgo. Strictly threw frogs(snag proof, Bobby's,green with green legs) from 6:30am to 11am and only came up with 4 keepers, biggest went 3.5lbs and smallest 1.5lb. A few dinks here and there. Tossed frogs to rock banks with laid over hydrilla nearby and let it sit til rings disappear. Began a varied retrieve from 'pop-pop' to steady back to the boat then pause. Let fish tell ya what they want these days. Nothing too steady yet.
      City: San Jose

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at the Lazy M, man what a zoo.... wake borders sucking up all the water right now! they have now idea how to move over when they go down the slough...Brainless people.
      City: fremont

      Tips: give up on the delta until winter i guess then maybe they will all go away.dumb suckers care more about rap music and beer.

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Little Potatoe and White Slough for 8 fish but largest was only 2.5 lbs. Threw lots of offerings - a red lipless crank was a fish favorite early and a dark senko worked best in the afternoon on both sides of high tide.

      Tips: This was my first trip on a weekend in quite awhile. Lots of boat traffic in the afternoon but it was fairly quiet in the morning. Go early.

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74 - 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My brother and I went out of Orowood at safelght and fished until 1:30. We caught and released 40+ fish. We threw watermelon Senkos, white Spinnerbaits and various colors of Rattle and Speed Traps, with minimal hookups or followers. We switched to red. That was the color, Senkos #302, Speedtraps, rattletraps and spinnerbaits. We tossed white frogs, alittle bit, and had 4 blowups but no hookups. The bite was solid, you knew you had one.
      Fish were only in the 6" to 2-3/4# range, but it was a good day for not having any wind.
      City: Antioch