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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I got to Casitas and started to throw the Double Diamond by Optimum Bait Co. I saw a follower and killed the bait action. Then I saw the bass follow the bait and then the line jump so I set the hook.
      She was 9 pounds on the dot.
      Good luck to all the bass are on the move.
      Chief
      City: Camarillo

      Tips: Slow roll those swimbaits

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Will someone please post a meaningful report??
      Out last Sunday; small tourney going on. Stayed away from them, gave them lots of room. Saw lots of fish but nothing interested them. Tried dropshot, darthead, jig, slow-rolled spinnerbait, deadstick rip bait, bumping cranks on bottom....NOTHING. Heard the tourney guys didn't bring in much either, if anything. What's going on? Someone knows something!
      City: folsom

      Tips: Please post real reports.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went up the mccloud this time. caught 8 none bigger than 2 lbs.
      City: Redding

      Tips: brown jig still

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

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

      Report: I work here in the office at Markley Cove Resort and we have receive numerous calls asking about the launch fee. After being given the correct amount (see Tips), a lot of callers tell us they saw it was $30 on your website & couldn't believe it!! It would be so great if you could update this. Thanks very much and happy fishing!
      City: Winters

      Tips: Markley Cove Resort Launch Fees:
      Off-Peak Season $15
      Peak Season $20

  • Benton County
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished deep off main points for most of the day used Jigs,and soft plastics. No bites in 4+ hours
      in the deepest part of the lake. Fished structure on main body with some brush hogs and speed craws.
      Vegetation is mostly dead and if there are fish here, I couldn't find them. I love the scenery here but can't get over the inactivity. I caught a couple of bluegill on a worm rig and a trout.
      Don't waste your time here.
      City: Santa Cruz

      Tips: Go somewhere else. Caught bass here before but that was a few years back. The bucket brigade probably took them home.

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Someone please post a meaningful report.. went out and couldn't get bit to save a life! Cranks, jigs, beavers, dropshot, flukes, lunker punker...nothing!
      City: Sac

      Tips: If I caught, I'd offer it up, but nothing worked!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Someone please post a meaningful report.. went out and couldn't get bit to save a life! Cranks, jigs, beavers, dropshot, flukes, lunker punker...nothing!
      City: Sac

      Tips: If I caught, I'd offer it up, but nothing worked!

  • Benton County
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      Water Temp: 45?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out for opening day because we heard this place has some bass. Pretty sunny with scattered clouds. We rented a boat with a electric motor. We fished deep and shallow. We through everything from drop shots and deep diving crankbait to jigs, senkos, and flipped beavers. Not a bite, we didn't see any fish or forage. All the tules were dead. I haven't seen a fish here in years...I think the lake is dead.
      City: Felton

      Tips: Stick to the Santa Clara Valley lakes...they have fish!

Monday, February 28th, 2011

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Jack - You can obtain current water temperatures (and much more information)on a website operated by the Department of Water Resources. Here is a link to the information at Little Potatoe Slough: http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryF?LPS

      IDs for many other locations in the Delta can be found at this this link: http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/mapper?level=2&map=17&quad=14

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

      Report: We all know the fate of the bass in this lake. The real mystery is what the hell happens to all the trout planted. The birds take some. The fish and fisherman take less. I think most of the trout swim str8 to hell.
      City: drawbridge

      Tips: Fish here long and fish here often. Expect to get skunked. Only then are you a quarry lake guru.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 49-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Saturday the 26th myself, and two other anglers, Nick and Steve, got to the Lake Sonoma at around 7am. We had post-frontal conditions, with partly cloudy skies and a light north wind. The water temp was 52 degrees with 2-4 foot clarity. Our first stop was a big flat with a few scattered rock piles, in the Warm Springs Arm. The bite was on, and in the first 20 minutes of the day we landed 7 bass, a mix of large-mouth and small-mouth. We fished 3/8 oz. jigs and Dry Creek Tubes fished in 15-25 feet of water. The key was to find those larger rock piles, and make sure to drag the bait as slow as possible. We put a few of the bass in the livewell, for pictures at the end of the day, and a couple crawdads got spit up. They were light brown with bright orange claws. We matched our jigs and tubes accordingly and worked our way through the narrows, stopping to fish any of the points that had rock. We picked up a few more small-mouth bass, all around 2lbs. From 10am-2pm, the bite got tough for us, we didn’t catch any bass, but Nick caught a nice 4lb steelhead on a crankbait. We then made a move towards back of the Warm Springs Arm. We found a couple rock piles that were stacked with fish. All were large-mouth bass, with the largest one going just over 4 pounds. By the end of the day we had caught a total of 20 bass. Monday the 28th was quite a different day. A cold storm had just arrived as we pulled up to launch the boat. There was a south wind and a heavy mist, which created a drizzle type rain that never let up all day. Right away I noticed the water temp had dropped a few degrees to 49. Ron and I fished all the areas through the narrows, where we’d been catching some nice small-mouth on Saturday, but only managed a couple tiny largemouth. It seemed many of the bass were suspended of the bottom. We worked reaction baits (spinnerbaits, ripbaits, and crankbaits), but had no luck. We went towards the back of Warm Springs to fish the rock piles that were productive on Saturday, and caught two more large-mouth on jigs, both were about a pound and a half. I dropped Ron off at the ramp at around noon and my friends, Hank and Chris, met me at the ramp. We fished around the narrows for a while but couldn’t buy a bite. For some reason this weather front really shut off the small-mouth. We then bounced around to a few new points in the Warm Springs Arm that I haven’t fished lately. All the spots were secondary points with rock. Using jigs and spinnerbaits (3/4 oz. white skirt/white blades), we caught a few more large-mouth. They weren’t as schooled up like they were before, we would hook one fish every half hour or so. By the end of the day we caught 12 large-mouth up to 3 pounds, and no small-mouth.
      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>

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

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

      Report: Drove to the lake this morning to find that both ramps (Emerald Bay and Dark Day) are closed due to snow and ice.

      Tips: Call the Emerald Bay Marina before you go to make sure the ramps are open!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 49-52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I did not take the custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out this afternoon since I was "on call" for my family. As nice as the day appeared to be this afternoon while I was walking the banks around Ladd's Marina and the Sail Boat club across the street. The jig bite was still going good, largest bass cuaght/released this afternoon went 6 lbs. using a brown jig w/punkinseed & chartruese power craw trailer. With the second month of 2011 almost gone I'm almost out of jig supplies as well. The water clarity still needs to improve from the last storm, but spring is coming soon. :-)
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Must keep looking for clearer/warmer water, sprint time is around the corner.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Would any of you be so kind as to pass along some water temps?
      City: Lodi

Friday, February 25th, 2011

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake opens on april 14th to all boaters....Coyote Bait and Tackle is holding a small tournament the week before at Anderson on day one and Coyote on day two in early april. Top 20 are given the opportunity to fish yote one week earlier than the actual public opening on april 14. Ill be there hoping to get a chance to get some pigs before everyone else gets at em
      City: San Jose

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well for you Grown Men that Like to Tease and Make assumptions, I personally seen Jim's Bag and took a Picture of his fish with His camera..Now at that time He didn't have an 8 pound fish, But He did have 5 fish that would have went around 18-20 pounds just from looking! He had 3 spots that were 5Lbs easy, a small mouth that had to be 3-4lbs and a dink..He said he caught them on a swimbait and Honestly I have no idea how he caught them, but he did have 5 nice fish!!
      City: Sac

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: That's wat happen when u fish behind Jim...lol

      Tips: Fish in front of Jim

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 50?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got a chance to go out and saw Jim at the ramp. He said he caught 25 pounds in the morning with an eight pound kicker.

      My partner and I blanked again. Hold off on Folsom for now. Its still cold and really fluctuating which can turn the fish totally off.
      City: Mactown

      Tips: None. Didnt even get a bite.

Monday, February 21st, 2011

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 49 - 52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Still haven't serviced my Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" yet and the motor told me so. I just worked my way out to 14 Mile sluogh and back. The jig bite is still on, though I lost every jig I used becuase still trying different knots to combine braid and flouracarbon. Just before typing this report I learned how to tie the Duoble-Uni Knot. It looks good, also applied superglue to it hopefully to help it to move more smoothly through the guides while casting.

      I was getting bit from 5 - 10 feet of water using black and black/blue jigs and pork chunk trailers. All my jigs I lost this year were rebuilt jigs up to 1/2 oz. in size. Good excuse to buy "new" jigs soon. :-)

      The coves along the main channel reached 52 degrees today and a little clearer. I found schools of bait fish around the sail boats and the graph showed fish were on them. Tried a small jigging spoon in about 8 ft. of water around these schools of bait fish, no bites. Crank bait bite hasn't started for me yet, but tried bumping the riprap with a firetiger pattern.

      For me the bulky jigs worked better than plastics today, tried finesse up to 10" Power Worms with out a single bite.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Look for clearer and warmer water. Keep the boat moter serviced so you don't ruin your fishing day. :-(

Sunday, February 20th, 2011

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 50 degree

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in Markley Cove for only about 4 hours catching KY Spots. From 3:00 to 4:30 pm the fish turned on. Largest was 3.5 lbs using a tube bait. The rest of the Spots were caught on Shakey heads and Robo worms in Oxblood color. Fish were schooled up around 20 to 30 feet.
      City: Davis

      Tips: Fish the docks and fish around 30 feet deep.