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Friday, December 31st, 2010

  • 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.

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

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

      Report: Sometime we all just need to talk less and fish what we know. That is what's wrong with a Bass fisherman, to caught up trying to be the next guy. We are all Pro's until we found out the guy that won stuck to the basic's. Bummer ey?
      City: clearlake

      Tips: Just cast baby. It's like paying the lottery.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 49 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: tough 4 fish all day
      City: hayward

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

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

      Report: Nice day on the lake. On at 11am and off before 2pm and the wind. One 3 on a drop shot and lost two others before I could see them. All fish hit a good distance outside of marked bait. Used a white spoon for a bit and the salmon seemed to appreciate it.
      City: Granite Bay Highlands

Monday, December 27th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of Stockton into 14 mile and fished very very slow with watermelon/red stick bait. The fish were out of current and extremely close to wood/tules and had to let bait sit. Only 5 fish between 0800-1300 total about 13#.
      City: Modesto

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

      Report: Hey Ray, all of the above what AB stated and my brother and I also throw senkos in watermelon/red flake at the docks, dropshot white or wtrmln/rf 4" yamamoto cut-tail worms at the rockpiles. Slow roll 3/8" spinnerbaits also works but we generally stick with the plastics. Increase the worms to 6" sometimes gets bigger fish but we've gotten 2-5lbers on 4" worms just the same. They're decent but at Clear Lake, they're not the big ones. Clear Lake has your homestate quality bass! Good fishin!!
      City: folsom

      Tips: All of the above...you'll get more tips when you hit the launch and the water.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: was a great day on the lake drop shot and jigs in 20-45 feet of water. biggest spot was 2.5 pounds best 5 around 10 pounds
      City: Hollister

      Tips: fish the lake points

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Waiting for a day without rain and seizing the moment on Monday was worth the wait. Water was flat and begging to be fished with only a couple other boats on the entire lake. Started working points outside and entering Potters using a tube and quickly switched to a baby brush hog that immediately produced a nice fat spot. That opened the floodgate to one of the best days in many years at Oroville while boating only one over the slot, all others would have been welcome in any tournament as they were fat and healthy and eating. Most fish were taken in 20-30 feet off points or any type of cover when you worked your bait slow and some were popping the bait while others were a mere pressure bite.
      City: Wheatland

      Tips: Lighter color tubes and bruch hogs and work it really slow. Everytime I let it soak while unspooling some line, when I picked up the rod a fish was on the bait. Good to have Oroville bite back on in force.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 50-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: found good fish,beginning of tributeries in creeks. hope you all get on em. to the guy who blew by me,and knocked the wifes coffee all over her....its ok take the fish...we caught 7 bass up to 17inches in azalea till you did that.. you must be fishing the big one,to do that,then you shut the fish down each time you left?.its ok you did it 3 times today.we have a small boat with a 35hp. so please watch out for us,ok. hope you do good.
      City: redding

      Tips: there is a eddy outside the running water,let the boat drift into it,thats your warm water.


      tight lines to you all.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 4 of us went to Sonoma out of our kickboats. Fished main lake and we all caught a mixed bag. Smallies were the main fish as thats what we were targeting. Caught fish as shallow as 2 ft and as deep as 40. Mainly dropshot, jigs and senkos. 1 Steelhead caught on a blade. Was a perfect day on the water for end of the year!
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: No reaction baits, all finesse. Dropshot, jigs and senkos. No distinct colors was very random. Look for rocky bluffs with shallow waters and deep dropoffs near by. Use your electronics they were key!!

Saturday, December 25th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 51.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:58:27 -0800


      Fishing this past weekend was pretty tough. On Friday I went out with my son, my daugther-in-law and my wife on my son's boat. It was sunny and the water was like a mirror but it was cold. The water temperature was 51.6 degrees and there was no trout activity at all. We stayed out for a couple of hours with no luck not even a nibble! The following day I took my boat out and stayed close to the launch ramp. I trolled for awhile using different lures with no success. I decided to try worming for bass. I went to a location where I knew the structure under the water was a mountain from 30 feet to about 8 feet and I walked the worm up the mountain on the shade side very slowly and caught two bass but they were not keeper size. Hoping to have better luck next weekend. I wish everyone Happy Holidays.
      'til next weekend.........................................................good fishing!!!!
      www.fishingconnection.net If you have any questions or would like to share any fishing stories please email me at bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333.
      City: Napa

      Tips: HAPPY HOLIDAYS

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out on Christmas day to run my boat for a potential buyer, raining like crazy while I am waiting for him so I pull under a covered marina, older wood with old boats to stay out of the rain. Fished for about an hour flipping a green punpkin/bk flake senko with a nose weight under the boats.
      First bite, rod loads, I set, fish boils and runs and breaks me off; could not stop it.

      I re-tie and a few flips later rod loads and I set and put a 4+ in the boat.
      Flip a few more docks and put a 3+ in the boat.
      Keep going and put two more both in the 2.5 range.
      All in less then an hour....
      City: Desert Hot Springs

      Tips: Slow, flip, shake and let sit; dont be in a hurry they will just load up.