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Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

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

      Report: Tried to get on the lake today but could only stay out for 45 minutes due to weather. May try again tomorrow as the rain is supposed to let up then get ugly again for another few days.

      Tips: Fished Bullards several times but never saw it this rough. Ready for the rain to stop but it looks like it is going to get worse over the weekend. Didn't catch Sh!t today

  • Mendocino County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Walked the banks on the north end of the lake in the rain and wind throwing 6" worms and lipless cranks, caught 4 fish. 2 rats, 2.25 and 3.5. 3 LMB, 1 SMB
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Once the weather stabilizes the bite will be wide open. All fish were caught in less than 10 feet of water.

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 50.8 - 55.2

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This might be a shame - no posts since my last one? I guess there is no one fishing the lake much! Must have been a quiet weekend!! Not much pressure at night either - Mike Sperbeck and I were the only ones on the lake last night during a stunning, beautiful night. Dead calm sea and half moon in and out of the clouds. Air temp around 48-50. Now for the really good fishing report!! A 30-10 night again - FINALLY! Didn't know if it would ever happen again at Clear Lake. Mike and I boated a 30 1/4 lb limit and I landed my first "10" in awhile - #48 in my quest for 50 bass over 10 lbs in northern California. More importantly, Mike caught an 8 inch bass - a rarity these days. All our efforts were from below the narrows to the state park. We fished a ton of rocky areas and pitched to brush and trees. We ended up at Shag Rock where there are no fish left - except two. Mike caught a 2 1/2 and on the famous "last cast", I hooked another gorgeous bass - this lady at 8 lbs 1 oz. During our 6 hr trip, Mike caught 7 with his biggest at 5-2 (plus the dink) and I only caught 4, but their weight was about 24 lbs. Nice!! I lost 2 big bass and Mike dumped a 5 or 6 at the boat. We could have had a truly amazing weight - but no complaints from either of us. We did miss or lose about as many as we landed - Mike about 7 or 8 and me losing the 2 big ones and 2 others. Mike got some shallow bass to hit when the moon was brightest around 9 pm. but most of the quality bass were again around 20 to 35 feet deep. Bulky baits like the brush hog and Yamamoto big Flappin' Hog worked best.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I figured weather conditions would be ideal last night and that is why I called Mike about 3 PM and said "WE'RE GOIN'"!! Cloudy nights mean less heavy, damp air and an improved bite. Last night the boat was hardly damp and the bite was excellent. I did notice that many of the big bass were on the secondary ledges - 20 feet or below. When the bait fell off a ledge and landed in deeper water - I would let it sit - then shake it a bit. Bang!! That worked fairly good last night. While most of my bites the last two evenings have been just pressure bites, the "Lady 10" just CRUNCHED the bait. Probably the best hit I have had in over 2 years. I just kept setting the hook over and over while driving home. Nervous twitch???

Monday, March 14th, 2011

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started fishing around 1230 around disappointment as the tide topped off. Fish were up tight to cover until the tide started to move and the dark clouds and wind came. Caught many 1 lb cookie cutters on a crankbait but was catching better quality on the hula grub 2lb up to a 7 lber.
      City: manteca

      Tips: Pitched the hula grub tight to logs and tules until the weather showed up. Then started dragging the hula grub across flats and past small tule patches. Tossed crankbait anywhere the current was moving swiftly for the small fiesty ones.

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      Water Temp: 55.7 to 57.9

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The bass are still eating Jigs Baby brushogs and 5" senko's The warmer weather is producing bass in the 2 too 4 pound range
      City: madera ca.

      Tips: Fishing vertical right now is the hot ticket here fine and target small isolated rock piles or brush piles or off shore structure you can catch bass in up to 40 feet of water.

  • Fresno County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This lake is hopping with tons of small spotted bass that are willing to bite plastics from the banks to 40 feet deep. However if you want to find a larger fish, jigs or swimbaits are the ticket. This is a great lake to take a kid fishing now and my nephew and I had great fun jumping from cove to cove nailing spots up to 2 pounds on jigs. Will try this lake again this weekend.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Plastics, jigs, ripbaits all work here now.

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      Water Temp: pretty cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: a few sessions for me this week, all pretty slow a fish here fish there, got 4 today in 5 hours of fishing, all on senko's, mostly dinks, biggest went 1.5lbs......weathers been pretty bad, I am hoping its slowing down the bite, so I have alot more to look forward to this spring...... :-)
      City: San Anselmo

      Tips: wish I had some, anyone wanna go fishin?

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      Water Temp: 50's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: i post reports on this lake maybe too much,your right. but at the same time i have buddys that fish this lake and some of them have to drive a ways.im sure when you go to the delta,clear,sonoma or whatever bodys of water you like to fish im sure you check out reprts,ask freinds and family,call campgrounds,tackleshops etc etc.just trying to be helpfull.just to let you know spring lake isnt a secret,nor are lures. oh yeah reports dont ruin lakes if antthing it helps em.if any thing is ruining the lake its the sonar herbicide they spray,so you should do something bout that instead of bitching at me.i do fish from a belly boat(pontoon) and can post where i like.
      City: rosa

      Tips: just go out and enjoy the water and maybe catch some nice bass!! oh yeah dont turn into a bass nazi zzzzzzzzzzzz !! good luck.

Sunday, March 13th, 2011

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 51-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished school house with crawdad crank and basstrix drop shot and caught two butter balls on each. Then fished skiers cove and marked fish every were and could not get bit. I tried main lake rocky shores with trees down NOT a BITE. Then I decided to shot over to Markley cove and cruise with the trolling motor on high and look for beds. I was unable to find one. Only fished for 4 hrs before the rain chased me home.
      City: Napa

      Tips: This SUPER MOON on the 19th might start something in the right direction. GOOD FISHIN.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Great day..... Couple 3 lbrs....... Ended the day with a 5.6 once I got off the boat.... Off rip rap..... All caught on 6 in Sweet pie........... Stockton area
      City: Antioch

      Tips: High tide seemed they were burrowed away in tules....... Braided line is a great idea!! Pull em out fast or they'll lose ya

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      Water Temp: 54'

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the incoming tide in West Delta. Fish were tight into the tules. Catching them on dark colored senkos and surprisingly, they were smashing crank baits. Once the tide got high and wind picked up, nothing. Moved around into Franks but the rollers were tough to fish. Ended up with 10 fish up to 3 1/2 lbs. No big ones
      City: south San Francisco

      Tips: Threw a variety of baits and colors but they only wanted dark colored senkos and crank baits, tight in the tules.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 49-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Holder Ford Tourny at Clear Lake with Chris Z. Took 27th place out of 155 boats.
      First day we stayed north and fished the mouths of sloughs with ripbaits, Dry Creek Tubes and LV500's. We weighed 24.9 lbs and caught around 15 bass that day.
      Next day we caught a couple fish in the spots from the day before, and also flipped one on a jig in the keys, caught one on a ripbait in Konocti Bay, and flipped a few in Rodman Slough with a Brush Hog and a jig. Ended up catching 18.5 lbs that day.
      City: San Bruno

      Tips: Please visit www.russnyders.com for more fishing reports, videos, and info on Northern California Guide Trips.

      <a href="http://www.russnyders.com/">Rus Snyders Guide Service</a>

Saturday, March 12th, 2011

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52.5-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Slow Day. Found fish off main points in about 30 feet of water scatterd throughout water column. Couldn't get bit all day on reaction baits. Threw spinnerbaits, jerk baits, crawdad cranks, etc. Saw school of shad with bigger fish and caught one on a spoon. Tried catching the others with her and no luck. Fished main body of lake. then finaaly at end of day caught 3 fish in same spot. 2 on the crawdad crank that I threw all day, and 1 on a oxblood roboworm dropshotting. The 3 came out of Putah Creek off a submerged rock in 5 feet. Saw ZERO beds in all the coves I went into and no cruisers. Fish on my graph were spread from 6 feet all the way down to 100 feet. Got a ball of shad with some marks on my new Lowrance HDS in 100 feet but wasn't that motivated to fish 100 feet! Plus I couldn't get bit with marks found in 30 feet anyway..
      City: Sacto

      Tips: Hard to pattern fish on only 1 bite. Caught the spoon fish up against a rocky wind blown bank about mid way back into a small cove. Then graphed fish on end of several ponts in 30 feet with no luck.

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      Water Temp: 54 to 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: launch fees $15.00 Markley Cove off season
      City: orland

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weird tide, high all day. Weather was great. Only 2 mph breeze, some am overcast. Left Lazy M around 7:30. Fished Italian for only 15 minutes. No bites. Went straight to Mildred Is (south end). Fished points from 5-10 ft. Slow tide but water was moving. No wind. Caught 15 BB to 3 lbs over the next 1.5 hrs. Very gentle bite. Headed to Cruiser Haven. No bites. The tide was VERY high so we went into Widdow Is. Caught 5 BB to 2 lbs. but no bigguns there yet. Fished outside of Widdow and picked up a couple more dinks. then headed in. Nothing big but good to finally get some action. Although we threw B/Bl jigs, Speedtraps (shad) and Green Weenies, me and my buddy always have our best success with the weenies. No hits on the crank and only one hit off the jigs.

      Tips: if you're not going to report where you went to fish, could you put what marina you launched from or at least what section of the Delta you fished (North, South, East, West)? I'd say that piece of info is the most helpful

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: So just curious about reports on fishing???? We are all out here to catch fish, personally I C&R...... At least you know these others are feeding their families... ?? Came in late on the discussion but it seems it's veered off the reason I came on here........ How's the fishin??? What are you using ?? Tips ect............ Let's have fun and catch the hogs!! But please Catch and Release!!!!!

      Tips: Get out there!!! Spring is coming..

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Knock it off with all the racial comments. PC or not this is a fishing website not a political commentary site. You should be ashamed of yourself! If you see someone break the law call it in, otherwise keep your narrow minded stereotypes to yourself. Breaking the law is breaking the law. PERIOD!!!

      Now can we please talk about fishing?
      City: Livermore

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Pondpoatcher, thanks for helping to enforce the redneck fishermen stereotype.

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      Water Temp: 49-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Just Len staying close to home. Got in the water around 8am and stayed in Rock Creek most of the day. Three on the boat with 12 nice bass from 2-4.0 lbs. Drop shot, split shot with a light green lizard and a chatter bait. The bass are moving up to find the beds.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Work it slow.

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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Trying to save gas on a long drive, went to CFW for the second week in a row and must admit that it was a lot better than last week. Started at a cove going up Rock Creek and virtually stayed there all day as the bite was so good. Worked a gradual drop bank with a tube pulled slowly on the bottom to boat over 15 really nice, fat bass. Bite is starting to pick up and spoke to another angler at ramp who said they drop shotted the first fish and stayed with it all day with a real good day so if you're looking for some action without spending big bucks to drive elsewhere, CFW is starting to turn on as it has been at full pool for a month or more.
      City: Wheatland

      Tips: Convinced that we would get a reaction bite and having that fail, the tube turned the trick and they seemed to want a lighter color bait as the darker ones got us no bites. Working it slowly on the bottom, the bite was at times violent while other bites were almost impossible to feel until you moved your rod and felt a difference in the feel. Nice color and the girls are full of eggs and getting ready to find a home for the next generation.