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Saturday, January 15th, 2011

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished NorCal team and it was a tough one for us with five bites, put four in the live well for about 8.5 pounds with the two biggest being about 2.5 each. We fised slow but maybe not deep enough for long enough. All bites came in 10-20 feet but I am thinking we should have been in
      50-60 feet. Caught all fish on 6" Robo worms on dart head. Could not get bit on the jig.
      City: Hilmar

      Tips: Slower and deeper!

Sunday, January 9th, 2011

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started the year with a nice 5+ on a 7" black worm in <2 feet of water on the last cast of the day.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Patience,use slow presentations till the water warms up.

Friday, January 7th, 2011

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: mid to hi 50s

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished hazard bouys on main lake near deeper water. split shot soft plastics caught most fish in 18 - 28 ft big fish wt 4-4 lbs. not much luck on other baits. most fish females full of eggs and bait fish. fish are moving on up! have fun and be nice to all.

      Tips: fish at a various speeds until you find biting fish.

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

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

      Report: Caught zero fish. No bites. Fished from the bank. The water was really muddy after all the rain. Tried white/chartuse spinnerbait and purple robo worm drop shot.
      City: Santa Rosa

Saturday, January 1st, 2011

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The bite was slow with 3 bass 3.5 - 4.9 all on jigs and one 8-9 lbs catfish on a jig.

      What was disapointing was how nasty the keys were. I'm not talking about alge bloom, I'm talking about the floating oil. The smell was so bad I almost vomited. I think EPA needs to do a little investigating on the pollution within the keys. Yuck!
      City: Lincoln

Friday, December 31st, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Markley Cove around 7:30 am temp was about 30 degrees. Started fishing in Haines Cove and caught a 2.5 lb within the first 45 minutes, had three other bites but lost them, for some reason just couldn't keep them hooked. Fished the narrows without any bites then moved to Skiers canyon and caught a nice fish on the flat right at the entrance but he snapped my off at the boat, if I had to guess maybe a 3.5 lb. Moved to the ranch house and fished the flats and caught two small fish, then moved to Pope Canyon and fished at the bridge with no luck, moved out to School House Isl. and caught one small one. All in all tough day bites were scattered like the fish and I seemed to lose more than I caught, not sure why I couldn't keep them hooked? My fishing partner caught two small fish one on a square bill crankbait in about 10 feet of water and the other on a texas rigged magic worm (morning dawn). Talked with a couple of boats who all said bite was tough and between the 3 other boats they had four fish, guess we got lucky. To fishing45, again thank you for the tips and we probably passed on the lake I was in a Ranger Z520 Black/Silver but I got off the lake around 1:30 pm. Happy New Year to you all and to Fishin45 hope to run into some time on the lake, take care and its nice to see you enjoy fishing with your son and its great you get to spend time together, nothing beats thats!
      City: West Sacramento

      Tips: Caught my biggest fish on a sweet beaver (Oxblood) in small laydown, caught two on drop shot and one on a jig. Fish SLOW and methodical I caught most of my fish after about 3 or 4 casts to the same location from different angles. Take your time and really work an area before you move on, patience is a virtue...fish SLOW!

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: well my fishing buddy and my 10yr old son, and i hit the water yesterday around 8 to find stained water and quite a chill in the air.

      to my surprise we were one of about 15 other boats launching at capell, glad to see that there are lots of other crazy fisherman out there....:)


      we fished all over the lake today. we started in the old spanish flat area and picked up a couple fish right away, and from there on out it was work.

      we ended the day with 5 in the boat (1) jig fish (2) rip bait fish and the others on a drop shot.

      we had several lost fish today, 2 lost on the ripbait and 1 that broke my son off at the boat (easy 4+ spot).

      after the first 2 of the morning the day was slow till the wind came up, after the wind started blowing we found the fish on top of submurged island tops as shallow as 5 to 6 feet and they were interested in the ripbait mostly . we did get a dropshot fish off the tops as well but for some reason i lost several with the rip bait on jumps from the fish. booooooo on my part.

      also my 10 yr old son didnt complain once about the hi of 40 degrees yesterday, boy did that make me proud he also didnt want to leave after that big fish he lost. it is very satisfying when your kid looks at you with frozen snot on his face, red cheeks and begs not to leave and wanting to know when we can come back to catch steve ( dont ask me why but he likes to name his fish he catches)the one that got away. sorry we missed you bass man, hope you did well, keep your eyes peeled for me im in a maroon,red,and black r71 ranger, so say hi if you see me around.
      City: san lorenzo

      Tips: keep your head up this time of year the fish are not jumping in the boat, and patience will give you a better chance of a limit. green pumpkin robo worms claimed the most fish, but the ripbait with long pauses had the bigger fish biting. hi spots and long points seemed to be the only bites and the river looked like the contents of my coffee cup.

      good luck all and have a great 2011

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I have only fished this lake once some 6 years ago; li am ooking to go out this Friday and was wondering if anyone had any tips on locations and what baits seem to be working this time of year?

      Thank you in advance for any advice...Have a Happy New Year!!!
      City: West Sacramento

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at New Hope - Fast running chocolate water, at least we didn't run into too many floating trees! Ran past Hog, Beaver, Sycamore sloughs looking for less chocolate...no hits, even in stained. Used everything in the arsenal. Guess I'll clean out and detail the boat.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Wait a couple weeks unless you know exactly where to go for clearer water...we don't. May try Folsom Lake for some dropshotting since it's our backyard. But prefer the Delta.

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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 7-3 caught 10 fish 9 on deep diving crank baits and 1 on a spinner bait. Fish were up shallow in the morning and backed off into about 15'-20' in the afternoon. We caught all of our fish in one spot. Best 5 fish went 16-17 lbs. Big fish was a 4 lb large mouth caught by my partner.
      City: Lincoln

      Tips: bang the bottom and fish slow.

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      Water Temp: 52.9 to 54.6

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The second ramp on the east side or back side of the lake is now closed as water is up on half of the parking lot so the east main ramp is holding the dock now. Bass fishing is still good on bass to 3 1/2 pounds most bass are hold in 15 to 40 feet of water and are still hitting jigs.I added a color as the water is getting more stain to it so i went to Green pumpkin black,green crystal/blue,black flake and a 5" single tail yamamoto grub in chartreuse w/black flake (156 ) as my trailer. Most bass were holding on or around rock piles. water temp was 54.6
      City: madera

      Tips: fish slow bass are hold to more structure now as the water comes up new structure is back in the water and there are some nice rock piles that are now in 18 to 30 feet of water and more trees and brush piles are also in deeper water.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Brown's revine at 09:00 hours. Temperature at 36 degrees with a light breeze out of the SW. 3 rigs in the parking lot as I was launching and 2 others arrived as I was pulling away from dock. Water Temp at 49.7 degrees to start with and warmed to 50degrees by 2pm. I fished only the South as I am trying to disect this side. I haven't fished the South much over the last year and a half. I had 3 bites all on a green pumpkin jig. I threw tube, dropshot and dart head as well. I caught a 4lb 10oz and a 3lb 4oz from one area and I am sure there were more fish there. I also caught a 2lber. All spotted bass that looked like footballs. They are eating real good and that is great news. Bait was scattered today. I found some bait in 20 feet as well as 50 feet. All bites came in about 15 feet of water away from the bait. What a beautiful day to be on the water. I needed to get the boat out and test it since I just got it back from the shop. I was told that water reclaimation dept will not let lake water level drop below 404. We will see. Get out there and fish...Happy New Years everyone. There were about 6 other rigs in the parking lot when I left.
      City: EDH

      Tips: One other guy that I spoke with also caught a 4 plus pound spot as well. He had two bites all day. So bites are few and in between but good quality fish. I hope this information is helpful. I notice that not many other fishermen are willing to share their information. I don't know why.

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: launched at G.B. around 11. fished up north for a couple dropshotting. cold and slow. then when pulling off ramp to go tie up to my suprise, here comes the california kid Skeet Reese. what a nice guy. i got him to sign my folsom pass and even talked to him a little. he said he was not there to fish but to shoot for berkely. so an all right day turned in to a great one.
      City: Sacramento

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 54-57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Been out five times in the past two weeks with today being the slowest of all the days. With that said still caught twenty+ fish today between myself and my old man. All spots, with the biggest just over four lbs. Most fish came dartheading in 10-30ft, some jig fish, but fewer than the previous trips. Also caught two swimbait fish, which has been about the same every trip (the big spot caught on my first cast with the big bait today).
      City: Turlock

      Tips: The darthead has been pretty consistent with fish in the two plus pound range. However the majority of the big fish have come on the jig and swimbait. Fish have consistently been in the 30ft range, but it seems like they have been moving up as shallow as 5ft at some point in the day (even today after the cold front moved through lastnight). Good luck, Mcclure has been hot for me and producing a bigger avg fish than I can remember!!

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

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

      Report: Fishin45, THANK YOU for you insight and information, I appreciate you sharing that information and I do have the bait colors you suggested. Good luck to you on Friday and maybe we can compare fish at the ramp.
      City: West Sacramento

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: hey bass man,

      i have not been out for the last 2 weeks however i plan to be there friday as well. in the past weeks i have not been catching a ton of fish however the ones coming to the boat are ones to be proud of. most of the bass i have been catching are from 2.5 to 3.5 lbs and the drop shot has been king of the hill for the most part followed by a rip bait and a swim bait.. the fish are using all available depths but around 15 to 25 has been best for me. don't be afraid to go shallow especially if there is grass i got an 8 3 weeks ago off an island top surrounded by grass.
      City: san lorenzo

      Tips: im a stickler to colors at this lake, i use natural shad,prizm shad,green pumpkin and oxblood exsclusivly with the occasional showing of warmouth(all robo worms). ripbaits well ghost minnow and table rock is all i throw, and white will work if that's all you have. i hope some of these tips will help. oh yeah all main lake from mid lake north. and coves with creeks coming in.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: not sure, maybe

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Yup, the secret is out, the secret fishing hole had many boats in her today (6 total), caught none in there, but heard that some of those boats were fishing tournaments, great take more of the big fish out of there and release them some where else. Very cold out today but fun time fishing with my Bass buddy, thanks for the food buddy.
      City: Lathrop

      Tips: Do the opposite of me I have been in a slump for about a month now.

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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Laurenzens Antioch, Fish Marinas in the area with Dropshot and Junebug Senkos, Caught about a dozen fish, Biggest a little 4#s, Had about 12-14#s for 5. Fish slow and tight to docks.

      Tips: Fish seemed to be more to the ends of docks, look for any structure near dock and shaded areas. Oh Ya, It is COLD out there.

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Morning started out cold at a brisk 29 degrees. A lil wind put a decent chop on the water. Headed out to creek arms and coves past the spillway in search of so clear water. Visibility was 2-4 feet with a decent current. Caught 3 decent keepers up to 3lbs. Was using 1/2 oz. blue and black football jig with a blue and black rage craw trailer. found all three on shael piles on grassy banks on backside of points where the current was passing by fast. First bite was two hard taps. Other two were pressure bites. Pops hooked into a decent smallie using a texas rigged blueblack rage craw. Fished everything really slow taking up to about three minutes to bring in the jig. Went tto try the Claveras arm but water was very muddy with zero visibily and lots of crap in the water.
      City: Orangevale

      Tips: Fish very slow. When you think you are slow, slow down even more.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 50-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tight lips, managed 3 fish all day. Throwing a jig in about 40 feet. no reaction bite at all. Biggest fish was 1.5 Cant wait for spring.
      City: Shasta Lake

      Tips: stay in 40 feet, most fish were concentrated in that depth.