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Sunday, April 3rd, 2011

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

      Report: Went over to the lake today with my dad to see if there were any fish moving up on to beds. There were and we had one hell of a day my dad landed 4 fish a 3, 3 , 2, and 1 and I landed 7 with an 8 pounder tossed in. Overall it was a great day of fishing heavy cover.
      City: Castro Valley

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My wife managed to catch her first decent bass up near Lucerne. went about 7.5lbs on the scale and back into the water. Last fall she caught many double digit catfish in the same area so shes liking clearlake fishing. Because of this, my normal fishing partners spend a lot of time home because she loves fishing now and i get to hit the water alot more.
      City: yuba city

Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

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

      Report: On the lake with my 6 year old to see how the bite was. Been working for a month straght and have not been able to get out. Hoping for a reaction bite then looking for bed fish. No reaction fish at all did a little worming and cought some solid fish including my sons 4 LB plus SM. Then around 10 went bed fishing. found quite a few wind did make it hard to see had to have the boat angle just right. Picked up around 10 bed fish all together all solid fish running around 2.5-4lbs. Then we found a monster worked the fish for around 45 minuts and was well worth it a 10.9 lb LM. For our best limit to date from this lake at 25.8LBS weighed on my scale. And to top it off my 6 year old cought his first bed fish all by himself.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: The fish are using all the new flooded cover. More bed fish are on the way. Can not understand the lack of reaction fosh though.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake has clear up.. It is now fishable... The anglers fishing from the shore are hooking into some nice trout, 2-3 pounds. They have been catching them on pink/orange& white power bait Troilers are doing well also pulling a action disc w/ a worm or fly chasing it.-----------> DON'T MISS THE TROUT FISHING DERBY APRIL 16 - 17.......GOOD FUN ! contact the Narrows for more info. or to sign up.... The bass bite should really start to pick up soon. Remember , the bass spawn later on Blue Lakes, due to the water temp. is cooler...... GOOD LUCK & Remember to KEEP IT REEL !!...........thanks Don ........4reelfishin.com
      City: Ukiah, CA.

      Tips: HAVE A GREAT DAY on Blue Lakes. ! & TAKE A KID FISHIN'. practice catch and release.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 59.2 - 63.6

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished the FAB-4 Invitational Derby on Saturday launching out of Sugar Barge marina. My partner, Hook 'em Hard Frank, and I headed South into Sandmound slough and Taylor slough to get out of the wind. This proved to be a good wind break for us and produced the clearest and warmest water. We found fish scattered along the outside of the weed bed, suspended at 5-12 feet deep in 15 feet of water. Fish were sluggish and bite was very very soft. In most cases, didn't know they were even on the hook. Weight of our best 5 was well under 15 lbs. First place went to Team Fremont, Karl T. Keeper. and Tommy Tight Loop, with their winning fish coming on the final cast of the day.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Fish very slow, letting bait sit motionless on the bottom for first 2-5 seconds. Senkos, split-shot worms and Carolina-rigged plastics produced the best results. Best bait was motor-oil worm with chartruse tail. Use straight tail, not curly.

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      Water Temp: 58-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: got out to the water about 7ish. fished on the east delta. at spud early morning, nada! had one hit off a brn/red jig with bloody red beaver,lost it hook didnt set. might be a small one who knows!! went to around empire, skunked!! decided to go try out this slough we fished last weekend because the water was really clear, and got good actions!!!fished there was already spawning and really active! saw an 8+ momma, couldnt get her to commit to bite..she was hiding and wouldnt come out from weeds. was alot of weeds...caught about 23# the whole day...average fish was mostly 4#....was out there for 12 hrs..
      City: stockton,ca

      Tips: caught most of the fish on points and tulles...mostly points is the key!! all fishes caught on topwater, traps, blades, and the number one senko!!!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Looking for a trolling motor repair shop in the area. Please post if you know of one. Thanks
      City: Bay Area

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      Water Temp: 54-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: A windy start to the day and I was fired up hopin for a good reaction bite (finally)Stuck a 6 on a 5/8 oz blade runner spinner bait and the heart was pumpin! Caught two 3's in the next 5 casts and that bite bite died,Bucked the wind on the windy south side of the tract for the next 3 hours and deciced to put the blades down.I started flippin the black and red beaver and sure enough the flip bite was back,after the last two days of the fish being suspended on the surface they finally moved back to the bottom.Managed to salvage 20lbs +or- for the day.

      Tips: Although short lived the reaction bite died for me early but these fish are still sluggish and tight to cover but reacting to the heavier weight on the flip if they dont hit it on the fall let it sit for 5 seconds and pop it 6 inches if that dont work make another flip.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 55-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Great day on the lake. Started off slow in the morning with fish mostly caught on senkos. After 3 P.M. the water temperature started to rise and the bite was on. Spinnerbaits around docks worked the best. Fish mostly south of Konocti Casino. Smallest fish was about 2.5 and most were around 3-5 LBs.
      City: Portola valley

      Tips: Stay out of my fishing hole.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 59- 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: A lot of fish looking to spawn, if the weather stays consistent the next full moon should be real good. Now's The Time !!! Goodluck! Also looking for trolling motor repair. Plese post if you know of one. Thanks!
      City: Bay Area

      Tips: Senkos and Flukes got me 20lbs. for 5 fish, 6 lbs. was my biggest.Lemon and white flukes, watermelon red senkos around spawning and backs of coves in 2 to 8 ft. of water.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 52-55.6

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Folsom for the first time this year and had a decent day. All fish came on blades from 5 to 10 feet of water. All fish came off a 1/2 ounch Persuader Chart/White spinnerbait with gold Colorado blades. Caught spotties in the 2's, a 3.6 and a 4.5 all on same bait.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Fished shallow coves/flats, cast up to the bank and slow roll back. Changing reel speed or a stop and go created more bites. Good Luck ~

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      Water Temp: 52-55.6

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Folsom for the first time this year and had a decent day. All fish came on blades from 5 to 10 feet of water. All fish came off a 1/2 ounch Persuader Chart/White spinnerbait with gold Colorado blades. Caught spotties in the 2's, a 3.6 and a 4.5 all on same bait.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Fish the flats, cast up to the bank and slow roll back. Changing reel speed or a stop and go created more bites. Good Luck ~

  • 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.