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Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

  • Fresno County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Good action on spotted bass but on the small side. Plastics and jigs worked best for us today. Minimal traffic on the lake today. Lake appears to be around 80% full. Should explode next week.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Small plastics and finesse jigs in brown and orange are working well.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished today with my son again. Was tough. Didnt get on the water till almost 11 oclock. Fished south fork to see what was going on. Picked up a couple of slot fish on grubs in about ten foot around noon and then nothing for almost 4 hours.got one more on a rip bait next to a waterfall. My son was pretty down but finaly got on a salmon bite that made him happy, lost 4 but did manage to land three. all on rip baits.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: I cant say too much but i'm hopping that a week of this weather will help."sure it wont hurt"

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Just finished a small club derby with 12 teams. Only one team actually caught their 5 fish limit. Most others caught 2 or 3. I caught my 2 spots on 6 inch redish robo worms. Yesterday I caught a 3 pounder on a spinnerbait and a 2 pounder on a jerk bait. I heard the team who caught 5 was fishing anything green. such as senkos and worms. It was extremely tough out there. Incredibly windy and apparently the lake is dropping a foot a day so the fish a very confused and not biting.
      City: Marin

      Tips: If you want numbers, green worms. size, spinnerbait and jerk baits. Oh and my fish were caught in around 15 feet of water on rocky shorelines.
      Good luck!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I'm coming down to Shastsa next week. No body's done a posting in a month. Whats the H20 Temp?
      Any fish moving up yet? Is it a normal spring on the lake this year? ie:Sencos and M/F hand pours in the trees/willows? Sure would like a heads up
      Thanks
      City: Lakeview, Ore.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 57-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Wow, talk about a lot of water. Never seen the lake that high before. Looks like they are pumping it out as fast as it comes in. Nice day on the water, started in the main lake, too windy so moved to Warm Springs. Managed to catch a couple fish in transition areas. Fished mainly the jig and D/S, but the jig was the winner. Wind seemed to die down later in the day, too bad we couldn't stay longer. Good times on the way!!
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Fish deep brown water, try reaction baits with transitions areas. Avoid the main lake when it is really windy. Also, if you are in a canoe know where you are going before you venture out into the main channel otherwise you might get lost. I guess they found the Marina though, didn't see them later.

Friday, April 1st, 2011

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 9:30am to 4pm and no bites. We fished points and bays. The lake was beautiful with all the water falls, just could not find fish. We tried drop shot, texes, jigs, crank bait, spinner bait even top water in first thing in the morning.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Even if you can not find fish the trip was worth it for just for the beauty of the lake

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58-70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Yea. 70 degrees. Fish south end today. Out of Lazy M @ 7:00. Hit Widow Island. Water was 58 deg. Partner caught a 3.4 right off with a green weenie. Next 1.5 hrs was slow. Tried Shad Rap, Green Weenie, Watermelon weenie, white Spinnerbait, bl/b jig. Nothing to write home about. Left for Mildred Island south end. Started catching dinks (2 lb or less) on the green weenies. Dead stick for 0 seconds with SOFT bite. Went back to Italian slough where it was 70 degrees in the back. water was chocolate. Finished the day with 4 more dinks in the last 15 minutes. Off the water by 2:30.

      Tips: I did 2 days in a row in this sun and I'm fried. I don't know how the pro's do it in that Florida heat. If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm almost always gonna report fish caught on green weenies.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished upriver to get away from the 20 boats that were in Cottonwood. Fish seemed to be holding in 10'- 20'. Fishin really turned on when breeze picked up in the afternoon. Biggest went about 3 lb. Lost a 4+ at the boat. Overall fishin was good. Lots of bites.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Dark colored plastics seemed to work best. Caught a few on crankbaits.

      Im looking for a new fishin partner. (catch n relase fisherman here). Your boat or mine. Help each other out the the cost of a days fishin. Maybe fish some tourneys someday as well. Email me.

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      Water Temp: warm enough

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I love this warm weather and how the bite is probably on fire back there in the back lakes... but we're not allowed to go fishing back there... thanks a lot you enviro-commi's, I hope you're happy scrambling to find a steelhead in the arroyo all while the public parks and state are losing revenue from a lack of fisherman. Once I see evidence of a reasonable closure I'll shut up, but until now this is bull...
      City: Back Lakes

      Tips: I'm guessing the males are coming up on the beds while the big mama's are hanging back... can't do anything about it.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 52 -64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Just what the doctor ordered... a beautiful day at the lake. Sunshine thoughout the week brought the water temp and the fish up. The lake level is still high, but down about 6' since Sunday (the highest I've ever seen the lake). Started off in Yorty Creek, fishing the sunny side's with the boat in about 20', throwing Drop Shot next to trees and submerged bushes. My son Sean hooked up 1st with a 3.2 large mouth on a Oxblood Roboworm, then I picked a 3 lber up on a Morning Dawn w/chrt tail. Sean got two more, then we moved to Cherry Creek and started throwing a Chrt/Wht Spinner bait (Silver/gold Willow blades, slowed rolled) off the edges of the flats and picked up 6 fish (nothing over 2.5lbs). Caught all these fish just outside of the weeds 5' - 10' deep, had a lot of misses too. Went to the backs of some of the fingers in Cherry and didn't see or catch any fish. Headed to the dam and Zach picked up a smallir on a white Spinner bait. Nice day, sure beat going to work.
      City: Pacifica

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: THE LAKE IS CLOSED AT YORTY CREEK DUE TO FLOODING.............
      City: Santa Rosa

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: getting warmer

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Been itching to go with the warm weather. But then I forgot with all the rain that it would be muddy. It's super muddy and lake level has risen. I have never done well there when the water is like chocolate. Tossed big bulky baits for zip. visibility is 0-6".
      City: san jose

      Tips: Check webcam for water conditions before you go out.

      http://www.world-cams.be/webcam/1883/morgan-hill-anderson-lake

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56-57

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Been years but I decided to leave the south Delta for action on the east side. Got to Ladds @6:00 I was the first boat there. Before I could get into the water there were 5 boats that beat me into the water. First stop Turner cut. 5 minutes I caught a 2.3. No action for the next 1.5 hrs. Left for Kings Island (near the Marina) Nabbed a 5.3 Slow rolling a white spinnerbait near the rip rap. Finished the day at about 1:00 pm within sight of the Marina with 16 lbs. Nothing under 2# All but the 5.3 with a green weenie fishing the shade side of the vegetation at about 3'- 6' of water.

      Tips: The water was like chocolate. Don't expect too much action, just boat the ones that hit you. I only had 8 bites all day but able to boat 5.

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      Water Temp: 57-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: well today started with a bang...caught a 4lber on a swimmer first thing and Im thinkin Finally...then two hours without a bite so I go back to flippin the brush hog and nothing,a slight breeze rippled the water the tide dropped out so I pick up a buzzbait and 20 minutes later the big girl eats! pushing 10!then 5 hours without a bite and I dont know what to think so I start chuckin a senko andsomebody flicked the switch! the bucks have moved up nothing over 3 though.Fished till dark and picked up about 10 fish in the evening on a spook.

      Tips: JUNK fishing today no solid pattern to speak of outgoing tide was better both of em 13 hour day today but most bites on the green pumpkin senko.

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      Water Temp: 57-64

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Muddy-Murky-Stained Nice 5 1/2 this afternoon and not much else to speak of. Don't think they've moved up yet should be soon though. fished middle river

      Tips: darker colors needed for them to see it. Motor oil/red senko a good choice right now.

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished south Delta...Zip Nadda Blanked.
      Water was very muddy...maybe 3" max clarity
      Nice day though
      City: Woodpile

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out from 4 to 6:30 and the fish won . I was expecting good things from the water temp , 56 deg. Tried chatter bait, jigs, brass and glass , and a fluke with no success . I did see lots of fish on the meter in 80 feet of water .I'm to embarrassed to use my real name.
      City: Granite Bay

  • Mendocino County
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      Water Temp: am = 53 degrees

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Mendo. on Sunday March 27th. Pretty much the plan was to scout things out after rains and flooding. Yup, the lake is nice and full. Water color would be "MUD" !! Tons of fish stacked in pre-spawn @ the old river drop offs. THOUSANDS. Water temp was 48 - 50 degrees. ------ Got a tournament coming up so , Teresa and I went out again on wednesday March 30th to come up with a game plan.... In just a few days the Corps had dumped a good 2 feet of water. But, the lake is still in really good shape. Water color was muddy-green and you could see down 1 ft in the open water and 2 ft. in the coves. Cool, water temp had come to the mid to upper 50's. I thought that there would now be some males up in the flats snooping around looking for a snack and possibly a nest site. I tried to keep the boat right on top of the drop offs . Teresa fished the drop off with a plastic crawldad and a paddle-tailed swimbait. She did get a couple of nice hits on the crawl. no takers on the swimbait off the bottom. ??? I mostly thru a chartrouse - gold dbl. willow bladed spinnerbait. I too missed two fish. ??? even with a trailer hook? Just when I thought that I was not going to find a pattern, We did. Then we got into the fish... Feel better about our chances now on April 9th... Off the lake by 2:45 pm.
      City: ukiah, CA.

      Tips: Find the warmer water. The fish that bit for us were in 60 - 62 degrees & in 7 - 10 ft. of water. YOU WILL BE A SUPER STAR IF YOU CAN GET THE FISH STACKED ON THE RIVER CHANNEL TO BITE. good luck ! see ya on the water. Remember to keep it reel ! DON 4reel fishin.com

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: arrived at yorty creek at sunrise to a locked gate. saw the ranger on the way out as was informed the parking lot was still flooded so i headed to the marina. got in the water around 8am. fished the no wake zone opposite the marina and south to the narrows with no luck. continued west to the back fingers and fished those all morning. i was throwing a half ounce spinnerbait and a 3/4 ounce fat free shad, deep diver. tried the wood, the grass and the creeks. not a bite all morning. conditions seemed perfect. i may have been fishing too fast.
      City: santa rosa

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 54-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well the tough bite continues.... Flipped a giant first thing in the morning only to have her break me off rite at the boat.....No bites for the next four hours then a five and a 3 and thats it.Franks tract north end today,less wind warmer water and did notice a few fish here and there on the surface sunnin in protected pockets.

      Tips: Same rig played with the colors a bit but went back to the black and red and got all of my bites,tried fishing inside away from current and nothing as soon as I went back out and started fishing 6' to 8' near current got bites and quality fish. tight lines.