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Monday, May 9th, 2011

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 62 to 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Daughter was visiting from Paris, so went fishing with Johhy C. as the guide. Had a great day, with some BIG spots (4 to 6 lbs.)& about 20 fish for the day.Using dart heads, & Senko's. It rained at the very last. Daughter would not hold the fish, because they BITE. Super Day.
      City: Linden

      Tips: Watch the Electronics. Look for pressure Bite, will not tap,tap,tap.

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: Both Fish finde

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The wind was nuts out their on the Delta 15-20mph
      Out going tide, catching them on everything from crank baits, rattle traps, spinner baits, jigs, senko top water! It was a good day caught about 25-30, average weight 3 pounds. Saw one boat all day thats it never been on delta without seeing people fishing but saw no other boats.
      City: SACRAMENTO

      Tips: Have Fun

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: mid to upper 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished full day on the norht end. Day started out calm but got windy mid morning and satyed that way until evening. Fished flats and ajoining breaks. Tough day only caught 3 2 smallies and a largemouth in 2 lb range. @ came on top water Zora Spook. Lost nice one on the spook and had several switrles at it. Lost nice one that I could not get to the surface on a swim bait. Couldn't see any fish in the shallows due to the wind.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: The guy (from Redding Norm I think) I met on the dock in the morning that was throwing the expensive bait, I'm wondering how you did on that bait.

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: mid to upper 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished full day at the north end. Day started out calm but by mid morning the wind picked up and it was windy the rest of the day until evening. Fished flats and rocks tough day. Caught 2 smallies and 1 largemouth. 2 fish came on top water Zora Spook. Lost a nice one on the Zora Spook and had a few other swirles. Lost a nice one that I could not get to the surface on a swim bait. Could not see fish in the shallows due to the wind.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: The guy (from Redding Norm I think) I meet on the ramp in the morning throwing that expensive bait. I'm wondering how you did on that bait.

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 61 / 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went fishing at Lake Berryessa this past Saturday (5/07) expecting nice calm water and warm weather instead it was very windy and the main part of the lake was all white caps. John, Albert and I left from Lupine (Steele Park) and we were so excited like kids going into a toy store. John told me he had not caught a fish in eight years and my mission was to change that. My game plan was to start by the Ranch house and end up at the Vineyards. Of course that meant cutting through all the white caps. Sitting in the front was not easy with all the waves and bouncing. We went into a cove where there was some shelter from the wind with no success. I was looking for spawning fish but was not able to see any. I decided to troll towards the Vineyards. The second cove was behind the Ranch house and pretty calm where we could see at least ten feet down but no fish. Continuing on to the Vineyards I didn't stop till we got there. It took about four times longer then normal but we finally reached the first barbwire fence and then we trolled slowly to the second one with no success. I told them we should change to brass and glass and use senco worms and our luck changed. John's first fish spit out the bait just as it got within reach of the boat but we were so excited to finally hit fish that he didn't feel that bad. His line was old and he lost a few setups because it snapped. My recommendation is to put new line on at the beginning of the season so you won't be disappointed when you hit that big one. John changed to a weightless senco with a wide gap hook and landed a nice size bass that weighed almost three pounds (see photo). Next fish was caught by Albert using almost the same method. It was a rough day because of the whitecaps. I feel that if the water would have been calmer we would have had a limit for everyone the fish were there it was just hard to keep the boat in place for any period of time. The water temperature was ideal from 61 to 65 degrees so the only factor working against us all day was the wind. Hopefully the weather will be better next weekend 'til then.......................................................good fishing!!!!!
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      City: Napa

      Tips: now its time to fish it is happening now

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished May 5-7. Caught 30 bass mostly spots. Caught 2 big LM one over 7 lbs and one over 8 lbs. Caught all fish on one of 3 lures. First top water PopR. Second KVD 1.5 Sexy Shad and third a Crig brush hog. All fish were caught in 1-5 ft on shallow flats and the back of coves. Great fun. Missed about 20 top water bites. When I switched from a Tiny Torpedo to PopR I hooked them. They were coming out of the water and hitting my top water bait from the top down where there are no hooks. Rarely seen that.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Start with shallow crank. Switch to plastics when you find fish. Top water PM after the water warms to 70deg. Fish shallow 1-10 ft.

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 64-68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched my new Ranger Z521 yesterday morning and putted around seeing if anything was biting. I threw a D&M Piranha swim jig next to a bush on the west side and nailed a 3 lb largemouth. Good first fish!! She was in a foot of water. I sight fished 3 more - all spots from 1 1/2 to 2 1/4 lbs. Missed 2 more. Didn't see any large fish at all. I fished for about 3 hours total and played with the boat another hour or so.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Water temp reached 70 when I left at noon, so I assume the spawn has been going on for awhile. The lake appears to be about 2 or 3 feet from max pool. Lots of boats on the water!!!

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

      Report: Fished with my partner Steve Started up north bad wind we went to the south fork still windy but Stevo started catching them. Steve had 1 over 5# 3around 4 and a couple of 3s thrown in We ended up with 14 or 15 fish all in the wind blown banks. Boy i showed Steve a thing or two about how to net em.
      City: cameron park

      Tips: We fish the wind blown banks with a carolina rig couldn't catch them on protected banks.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: mid 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished half day on the south end. Weather was clear at forst and by noor was light overcast. Fished flats rippen, and crankin with no luck. Did not even see any fish in the shallows and saw one bed with no fish on it. Started fishin steep banks targeting stumps and fallen trees in Buckeye. Caught four smallies one going 5 1/4 lbs. off the end of a fallen tree. Caugh three nice trout as well they are still schooling and are very active.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: anyone have info regarding bass clubs in the Redding area. looking to join one that is low key.

Friday, May 6th, 2011

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 69-71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What a let down this lake is. $32 to launch, what a joke. We found no fish on beds, we caught no fish and we didn't see any fish caught. Im starting to hate this lake just like folsom. We fished shallow, deep, points, coves, brush, rock and threw everything at them besides the kitchen sink.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Go somewhere else

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 65-68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished for 7hrs starting at 6am in putha creek. White spinner baits early pick up 2 lg mouth around standing dead trees in 12 feet of water. Caught 4 smallmouth on crawdad cranks around rocky walls and 2 more on a sexy swimmer after letting it sink 10 feet in and around dead trees. Best five 8.5 lbs.
      City: Napa

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Find tule banks in the N. east Delta with no weeds, just hard clay south east facing banks and you will find fish. Early throw topwater and crank baits, but later in the day back off the bank and drop shot or throw jigs. For bedding fish throw a white damiki hydra or stinger...wow hold on. Thanks to Rodney who put me on to such great lures, and a 32nd place at FLW.
      City: Sacramento

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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: May with 90+ temps
      WOW! The weather turned hot and the fish ran to the bank. Water temps were still in the low 60's but I would expect to see the temps in the high 60's if the weather will stay warm during the nights. The spawn is on, at least for the next few days anyway. I am starting to see fry and lots of bedding fish in the shallows. It won't be long before the bite really takes off. Currently, fishing slow and looking for bedding fish is your best chance at a delta giant. Drop shot a 4" Big Bite Bait finesse worm for bedding fish and for the big giants still cruising in the shallows I am throwing a Optimum Baits Titan Swimbait. Get out there and fish!
      City: tracy

      Tips: Fish are shallow!

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 60 PLUS

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On the lake at 6am calm and clear with slight breeze.Started down the north bank watchig lots of big fish feeding on open water.Tried a spook for a few cast but no takers. Tried a spinnerbait no takers tried a jerkbait nothing.Moved down the bank casting a dinger with garlic .Caught 3 fish in 3 hours. The wind came up around 9am and switched back to a chartruese and white spinnerbait and nailed 5 nice fish in a half an hour.Total 8 for the day.
      City: SANTA ROSA

      Tips: Wind has been blowing me off the lake since we have been getting warmer weather but spinnerbaits and jerkbaits work good in the wind.........

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 64 - 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Thursday, 5/5/11, beautiful day with a slight breeze most of the day and with temperatures to the mid 80’s. We started off-shore on the East side in 10 – 20 ft of water and only caught two fish. The water temperature was 64º. Next, we moved to a large cove on this side and caught 5 more fish. At noon we moved to the West side and fished from the small island south to Oak Shore Park. The water temperature in this area started at 66° and went up to 70º by 5 pm. We caught an additional 20 fish for a total of 27 fish for the day. The fish were a mixture of large mouth, small mouth and spots. Most were males in the 1½ to 2½ lbs range. A few were spawned out small females weighing close to 3 lbs. In protected areas where the water was perfectly calm, we saw a lot of cruising fish and were able to watch several pick up our bait. We also saw a couple pairs of fish which appeared to be on beds. All fish were caught drop-shotting 4½ in. shad-colored RoboWorms. They were mostly in 5 to 15 ft. of water on or around points with deep water nearby.
      City: Pinole

      Tips: Fish on and around points drop-shotting 4½ RoboWorms and have fun catching a lot of fish.

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      Water Temp: 60° - 64°

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hi Zach,I don't know about trick, but largemouth,smallmouth,spots and redeye are all lumped under the rules for "Black Bass"(Ca F&G) and Berryessa is under the balance of lakes and has a 12" limit for those species.
      City: Richmond

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

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

      Report: Sam thanks but I was being sarcastic. I messed up and forgot to put what I was going for. I watched this guy pull in a smallmouth that looked to be 10" from about 80' away, but I know a small fish when I see one. I know what the size limit is but this guy didn't.

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      Water Temp: Dunnow

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Walked the bank around Smittle Creek. Lots of wind into the coves but found no fish on reaction baits. All coves had huge balls of shad, but no bass amongst them. Caught one Salmon about 3-4lbs. that took a sp 100 LC. Saw no bed fish but saw empty nests. Are you allowed to keep 10" Smallmouth? Trick question.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 63 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I got lucky again fishing waters off the Mokelumne
      River. I broke my record from April 22,2011-9 lbs 11oz. I caught an 11 lbs 0 oz on a Lucky Craft BDS3 crawfish colored on the outgoing tide at 9AM.
      That same day Allan Fong from Fisherman's Warehouse caught bass weighing 10 lbs and two 7 lbers. He caught those also in the Delta.
      City: Sacramento, CA

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      Water Temp: 60 - 64 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: In at 8:30 a.m. and out by 12 noon at Ladd's, with less than 4 hours to fish today the game plan was to run the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" to Paradise Point Marina bridge and back. Fished different spots starting with reaction baits( double willow spinnerbait chart/white with large gold blades and Smithwick Rattlin Rogue Jerk bait in sunfish color pattern). When hooked up switched to pitching a Zipper Worm. I was able to muster a 5 fish limit, biggest fish went 3 lbs on the spinnerbait.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: With the high blue and sunny skies and also an out going tide the fish were holding in 10 feet of water along the outside deeper weed lines. Don't be fooled out there with all the carp spawning. they were ERKING me to throw my from LOL in the slop.