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Wednesday, December 11th, 2019

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water around 9:30am Dec 11th and right away picked up schooled baitfish on the graph on rocky ledges and secondary points. Within 30 minutes I had 2 keepers in the boat dragging swimbaits on the bottom. Picked up another 4 keepers, biggest was 2.2lbs and got off the water just after 12:30pm since it started to rain and I had no rain gear. Tried dropshotting for a few minutes but put it down pretty quickly since I was picking up fish with swimbaits. Found a ledge that had access to 40+ foot of water super close and picked up all my fish in 15-20ft on the bottom.

      Tips: Fish on the bottom, fish slow. Most of my fish I didn't even feel the hit. Just felt some weight and set the hook. I only felt 1 hit that day and I missed that one. Find the baitfish. They were literally breaking the surface where I was at there were so many.

Sunday, December 1st, 2019

  • Amador County
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      Report: by StanL » Sun Dec 01, 2019 5:03 pm
      Fishing Lake Camanche Nov 29

      After Thanksgiving, my buddy Ryan and I went out to lake to fish the yearly Black Friday Shootout Camanche and it was challenging to say the least.

      First of all I would like to congratulate Bud and Kyle Porter for their win. They had a total weight of 16.95 with a beautiful 7.18 largemouth kicker they caught on an undisclosed swimbait.

      When we got on the water the surface temperature in the morning was 59. The water clarity was about 3 to 4 feet.

      We caught about 15 keepers for the day all in the 35’ to 50’ range on island tops. We threw a football head jig with a green pumpkin Berkley Power Bait Bearded Deuce.
      The bite was definitely better in the morning but the fish would just peck at it. We ended up changing from a ¾ ounce head to the ½ ounce head, which seemed to help.

      Rounding out the top three was

      1st Bud and Kyle with 16.95
      2nd Jerry and Dan with 14.12
      3rd Ryan and I with 12.80

      I have to give a big shout out to Steve and Crystal Dollard who put this on every Black Friday and New Year’s Day.

      I hope this helps. Good luck fishing

Friday, November 29th, 2019

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 54-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Super cold so I didn't get out on the water until 8:30am today and had a Thanksgiving thing to get to so I was off the lake by 12:30pm but I still managed to locate tons of bait fish and picked up 3 spotted bass, biggest was 2.5lbs and missed 2. I tried LV500's, deep diving jerkbaits, ned rig, drop shotting but the only way I got fish was off slow rolling a small swimbait in about 35-40ft of water. A trout fisherman trolling a Rapala picked up about a 3lb bass aprox 50 yards from me in 50ft of water. I had a really nice bass follow up my swimbait but when he saw my boat darted back down.

      Tips: Make sure your bait is on the bottom and go slow. Picking up tons of baitfish on rocky points.

Saturday, November 23rd, 2019

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: na

      Report: I remember growing up in San Francisco and going to Gus's on Balboa when it was just Stephanie and her dad, Gus Ernst. Deepest condolence to Stephanie and Family on Bill's passing.

Friday, November 22nd, 2019

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My friend Fred and I fished New Melones for 2 days Nov 21-22. I have only been here a few times and never at this time of year. The first day we struggled to locate fish while we looked for bait, hoping to find a spoon bite. We were fishing steeper areas in between the bridges. Expected the fish to be deep. We only manged 5 decent fish on a variety of baits. Next day we changed tactics and fished major creeks off the main body. Much better day. We found fish in the top 15 feet willing to take tubes and Ned rigs. We totaled 20+ decent fish, biggest was 3-12 plus a couple 3 pounders and several more in the mid 2 pound range. We figure the best 5 were 14 pounds. We were pretty happy with the end result. Really like this lake, it fishes a lot like Berryessa..

      Tips: Best areas were 45 degree banks and points with a mix of large rock and clay. Shade or a breeze seemed to help the bite. Hindsight, I might try an underspin or jerk bait along those banks with some wind. Watch for grebes, the birds were in all the areas we caught fish.

Thursday, November 21st, 2019

  • Napa County
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      Report: To all club members

      mailbox service

      Thu 2019-11-21 15:15

      bac Peter Lancestremere
      It is with great sadness to let you all know of the death of BILL SCOTT husband of Stephanie Scott. Owner of:
      Gus’s Fishing Tackle
      3710-Balboa St.
      San Francisco, Ca
      94121.

      Gus’ has been an institution in the fishing community forever.

      Sent from my iPhone

  • Solano County
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      Report: To all club members
      Thu 2019-11-21 15:15

      ybac Peter Lancestremere

      It is with great sadness to let you all know of the death of BILL SCOTT husband of Stephanie Scott. Owner of:
      Gus’s Fishing Tackle
      3710-Balboa St.
      San Francisco, Ca
      94121.

      Gus’ has been an institution in the fishing community forever.

      Sent from my iPhone

  • Sonoma County
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      Report: To all club members
      Thu 2019-11-21 15:15
      It is with great sadness to let you all know of the death of BILL SCOTT husband of Stephanie Scott. Owner of:
      Gus’s Fishing Tackle
      3710-Balboa St.
      San Francisco, Ca
      94121.
      Gus’ has been an institution in the fishing community forever.
      Sent from my iPhone

Wednesday, November 20th, 2019

  • Butte County
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      Report: by Inland fisheries advocate » Wed Nov 20, 2019 6:03 pm

      Grest day on Oroville. It was gusty winds, but we found some protected coves up the middle fork. Fish were in 15 to 35. Nice fat healthy fish.
      Used minnows, but I'm sure they would take senkos. Lots of fidh in back of coves around rocks & downed trees

Monday, November 18th, 2019

Saturday, November 16th, 2019

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bite was not on for today, conditions seemed great the overcast, light breeze. Surface temp is lower than I prefer but was expecting to find more active fish feeding before it gets too cold, trout are very active fish chasing bait on the surface every spot I fished. One smallmouth on a jig and one spot on dropshot. Fished from 6-2 an called it

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 58-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I fish Folsom almost every weekend and I've been doing pretty good. Last weekend (11/16/19) I caught 11 total, got out at safe light and left at 1pm. Been fishing the south fork for the last month looking for schooled up baitfish in small coves along ledges with access to deep water. Got my limit of keepers around 2lbs each by 9am. First couple came off a Ned rig around 25-30ft, next few came off a dropshot rig, picked up tons and tons of baitfish in the 30-50ft range and tried using a spoon but couldn't buy a hit off it but to be fair I'm awful at spooning. I wanted to try it though since I've heard people slammin the heck out of them spooning right now. Got the next 5 or 6 on a Keitech. Just trying to match the hatch with the baitfish swimming around so I went with the smaller impact Keitechs to match the baitfish size and did pretty well.

      Tips: Fish slow...dead stick the ned rigs and tiny twitches on the drop shot rigs. Couldn't even feel the hits, just felt weight on the line.
      Slow rolling a steady retrieve with the Keitechs just barely enough to move the tail. The smallest taps on the swimbait set the hook, several times I just felt a little tap and it was bass hitting them.

      Almost every fish I pulled up was spitting baitfish out so find the batifish!

  • Butte County
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      Report: Lake Oroville bass by Inland fisheries advocate » Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:45 am

      Fished the the Big O Thursday. Middle fork rock piles & coves. Fished with minnows. Caught 12-15 fish. All really fat & spitting out pond smelt. Mostly in 15 to 30 feet. Going to try plastics next time, minnows were $20+/dozen... ouch.... time to enjoy this fishery

Thursday, November 14th, 2019

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 60.1

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had to go check the house after the latest power outage & had a chance to hit the lake Tuesday night. After throwing everything but the kitchen sink ( thought about throwing that too! Lol), I figured out that they were hitting crankbaits! I threw the 6th Sense C15 & C20 in a shad pattern & when they hit it, they crushed it! They would not touch any of the other usual suspects, but this was a small sample size! Wish I had more info, but that’s all folks! Nothing really big, best 5 went around 18 lbs. I fished south in Konocti.

      Tips: They were deeper in the 15-23 ft range. I was cranking rocky structure and humps. I would reel down fast to get to he structure, then slow down to bump it along. Usually half way to the boat, wham! If you get bit in an area, fan cast around, there were multiple bites in an area. Have fun & be safe!

Wednesday, November 13th, 2019

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 61-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I guided two older gentlemen at Berryessa on Thursday. We found the fishing - "dead calm without a hint of a breeze." Normal for Berry lately! Finally some clouds the next day. I don't say much about my clients, respecting privacy. But one of them the most senior I have ever guided -- 90 +
      and could cast like he was mid 20's - no kidding!!! And he set the table, catching a keeper bass on his first cast!! I have now "seen it all" as a 36 yr guide!! We moved around the lake quite a bit and found the very clear water everywhere. Really couldn't find any big schools of bait fish, though we only went up to mid-lake. We wound up with several nice bass of all three species. Biggest was 2 3/4 lbs. We were drop-shotting Robo worms and dart heading Yamamoto grubs. Best 5 only about 10 pounds.

      Tips: Whatever tip I have, yours is probably better. We did find a lot of bass in the wood on the east side and did well in the afternoon. Maybe should have tried topwater there in the early morning!

Wednesday, November 6th, 2019

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I only fished for a few hours (2 pm - 5 pm). I figured I should try offshore structure today, so I went to (3) of my favorite underwater humps but didn't graph a large concentration of fish. On my 4th spot, I did see several fish along with baitfish and picked up a 2# smallmouth on a Carolina rigged grub in less than 8' of water. That was it - another slow day on Folsom.

Sunday, November 3rd, 2019

  • Butte County
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      Report: by Pat » Sun Nov 03, 2019 4:46 pm

      Yes, the fishing has been pretty good. Target bait fish, if you don't see bait on your graph, keep moving. Not saying you won't catch any if you don't see bait, but it definitely improves your chances. We have been catching fish from right on the bank out to about 30 feet. Water has been falling about a foot a day.

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      Report: From San Pablo Reservoir

      SAN PABLO RESERVOIR FISH REPORT
      11-3-19
      We had a 49-inch sturgeon caught on 11-1-19 by Bill Robinson what a way to end the season. The trout fishing is starting to pick-up with the cooler weather. This is the last week to fish the reservoir as we are closed as of 11-11-19 so better come out by Sunday. In honor of Veterans Day we will be giving all Veterans a discount on boat rentals on Sunday the 10th.
      Lake Conditions
      Lake Level 296.6
      Surface Temp 65 degrees
      Plants Rumor has it that DFW planted the week of the 26th. I can not confirm that they if they did or not.

      Park Information
      Bill Robinson of Berkeley caught a 49-inch Sturgeon on 11-1-19.
      Bruno Zambonin of San Francisco and Friend caught 7 trout fishing in various locations from a boat on 11-1-19. (They were camera shy no picture taken.)
      Lily Folan of Vacaville caught a trout using power-bait on 11-2-19.
      Marquis Mercado and friend of Vallejo caught 3 trout the stringer weighing 8 lbs. The largest trout 3 lbs at the rock-wall on 11-2-19.

Thursday, October 31st, 2019

  • Lake County
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      Report: by On The Water Guide Service » Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:32 am

      Had a special celebrity guest client out this past week and let me tell you this guy could fish. The go to lure for me has still been the LV500 in any of the bait fish colors. I have primarily been using the Pearl shad and Ghost minnow colors. The key to being successful with this lure is to experiment with the retrieve until you find out how they want it that particular day. For example when I am fishing the shallow water in Lakeport, I have been doing well just burning it in over the tops of the submerged weed beds. Fishing the lure in deeper water I have been doing well with a yo-yo style retrieve sweeping the rod to the side and taking up the slack as the lure falls back down. Another productive lure right now is the Pointer100 suspending jerkbait in a baitfish color. I also recommend experimenting with your retrieve with this lure until you get the right cadence they want that day. A good rule of thumb is the colder the water gets, the longer the pause in between jerks. Headwalls and boat ramps are good places to target this time of year because the bass will school up and coral the baitfish against them and feed often. I have seen a mixed bag of baitfish in different areas of the lake. Some areas have big schools of threadfin shad while other areas have silverside minnows and some areas have lot's of juvenile crappie. The bass are really getting their teeth as they often do this time of year.

      There is still an awesome jig bite mid lake and South right now. Brown/orange, brown/purple, or just plain old brown have been working really well in 5 to 25 feet. I have been doing well dragging a 1/2oz jig on a rocky bottom with a Beaver trailer and a touch of Smelly Jelly XXX crawfish. Another hot bait right now is the Zman Fatty Z Ned rig in the green pumpkin color as well as dropshoting a 6" worm with a short leader close to the bottom. Over all I would rate the fishing as good right now with water temps ranging from the high 50's in the morning hours and low 60's by the afternoon.

      The water level is currently holding at 2.96 on the Rumsey Gauge which is actually pretty decent for this time of year and no measurable rain yet. Both ends of the lake are fishing well but I do believe the deep water bite is more consistent. The water clarity is similar all around the lake with about a foot and a half visibility.

      It sure is nice having the power turned back on after 4 days of darkness. Thoughts and prayers going out for anyone affected by the Wildfires here in California. Everyone have a safe and fun Halloween this year and we will see you all out on the water.
      Good fishing, Troy Bellah

Monday, October 28th, 2019

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: With power out and no school, two boats from our high school fishing team went fishing. I was glad to get our faculty advisor out with me. We started in south fork first thing about 7 AM. In the first hour the two boats netted 6 keepers on worms and jigs. Nothing big but solid keepers. Most were shallow. Then one boat went further up the south fork and got two more including a 4. The other boat went up north fork to and could not buy a bite when the sun was high on the lake. We could see large schools of bait fish on the electronics and fish coming up from deep to hammer them. But we could not get bit until the sun got lower creating shadow lines, we could cast to for keepers. We got a few more there including two largemouth and a small mouth. Then cocktail time was closing in so we headed home.

      Tips: Never fished Folsom in the fall so no tips except jigs and worms.