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Friday, December 17th, 2010

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 46 - 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished along dam. Picked up fish on graph. No takers though. Moved on to points on south facing side. Found water a bit warmer, caught two, boom,boom. that was it. Slow draggin' a watermelon-candy lizard. It sure is B E A U T I F U L UP ON THE MOUNTAIN! We are blessed to live where we do !
      City: UKIAH

      Tips: Take the road up real slow. If you do, you'll be alright. Make a day of it. DRESS FOR THE WEATHER. It's cold this time of the year. The bite was very soft, stay in contact with your lure. WATCH FOR THE BALD EAGLES! GOOD LUCK !

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Out of Italian Slough around 8 am. Fished inside Italian until the fog cleared around 10. tried everything. No takers. Went to the mouth at the inside of Widdow Island. Nothng on Speed Trap so I went to a Green Weenie. Picked up 3 keepers 1 1/2 lbs each right away but that's it. Fished high tide in Italian on the way out but nothing hit me.

      Tips: Buy a good rain suit

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: just wondering if that old hag park ranger with the painted on eyebrows still works here
      City: parts unknown

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 48 degrees

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Just posting to say something positive regarding the lake level. As it stands today, the lake is up 90' from last years level on this date.
      As long as DWR does not go crazy with its releases the lake could be near capacity by March 2011. Retaining water is not always a bad thing!!!!!!
      City: Oroville California

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

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

      Report: Looking at what the water level is 2311ft elevation, I have launched from trinity center when its quite a bit lower so you should be fine...please post on how you do...good luck
      City: medford

      Tips: I would try the straight up and down rock ledge shores on the main lake

Monday, December 13th, 2010

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tough bite today. Had about 10 bites between the two of us. Missed a few and and our 5 best was 13lbs. Checked a lot of areas today and the fish did not really want to play. Just keep moving is all I can say until you run into something. Only a few boats out there today. It was perfect. That will all be different on Saturday Xmas tourn. Lol.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: The thing I like to do is stay moving and look for the hot fish(fish that want to play). Sometimes going back to an area(that you like and you think has fish) that didn't produce earlier might turn on later. Pay attention or you will miss those valuable bites that are hard to come by right now.

Sunday, December 12th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water around 8:30 fished Portugese Canyon and Little Portugese; caught our first fish 2-1/2 lb about 9:45 in 12' of water on a brown jig, bites were slow and we missed a few. Went to Little Portugese and caught a 3-1/2 lb and 2-1/2 lb on on back to back casts using "Oxblood" sweet beaver in about 10' near some lay-downs; the bass hit the bait hard and inhaled it.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: We had the best luck finding fish around some wood structure but you had to fish slow; we crawled the bait, let it sei, gave it a little shake, let it sit. Fish slow.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 54-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched New Hope 6:30am; picked up 9 keepers + a bunch of 8-10"ers on speed traps and dropshot in 8-15ft. At 1-2pm, water was dead calm and stained; bite shut down for us so off the water by 3pm. Surprised us..didn't think we'd get as many as we did. Sure wasn't like this a couple weeks ago.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Worked the speed trap slow and stopped as soon as it touched weeds/grass...then start retrieve again slowly. Brother picked up 5 (3keepers) in 20mins dropshotting chompers 4" worms. Just kept shaking the worm in the weeds.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took Dreyson out today and could do no wrong black/blue jig any cut in tullie berm down current side 11 fish total 2lbs to largest 5.77 just drag it dont lift, dont hop,So if a limit makes you a stud what does a 15lbs+ limit make us
      City: Lafayette

      Tips: DRAG IT

Saturday, December 11th, 2010

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 56-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I made a trip to Amador yesterday to check out my new Lowrance HDS-7. Many changes in the last 4 or 5 years!! My HDS-8 is on the way! I did fish for a few hours as the favorable weather pattern (warm, cloudy) was leaving and the skies cleared about 8 pm. Temp dropped and high fog arrived pretty quickly. That will kill a night bite every time. Heavy, moist air is not good for night fishing. I did manage 3 quality bass from 3 1/4 to 4 lbs and one about 1 1/4 lbs. Four bites and four in the boat - I didn't loose one for a change. The D&M Piranha swim jig that worked well earlier in the week at Clear Lake did not produce a bite last night. All were caught on a big brush hog. I didn't fish any worms. All action was in Jackson Creek arm..
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The lake is still warmer than I thought it would be. I was the only boat on the lake - lonely out there! The two 3's were caught on back to back casts on a point - only about 10 feet deep. And they nailed the bait. The 4 was caught off to the side of a point in about 25 feet of water - no bite. Fishing might get better when the water temp drops a few more degrees. Just my opinion.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 56-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: A tough tournament for some teams, in that the fish were not chewing aggressively, they seemed to be interested but tentative. Considering the Xmas parties and other conflicting tournaments there was a decent showing, we had a total of 14 Teams that fished the third tournament on the Berryessa Pro Team Trail December 11, 2010. Thank

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wow.....what a beautiful day for fishing and CFW didn't let us down. Lake is at full pool and water clarity was magnificant and we had overcast most of the morning and zero wind all day. Yuba City club was having a tournament there and just curious as to what the winner had as our best 5 went over 12 lbs and would have been more had the 4+ not broken me off at the boat. Winter fishing is always a blast at this lake so get out and enjoy it.
      City: Wheatland

      Tips: Can't say there was any particular pattern as we caught them from 7-20' using tubes, dragging jigs and drop shotting. Seem to be holding on or near any type of brush or cover and some of the bites were jolting while others were pure pressure bites. Best plastic color was watermelon brush hog fished slow.

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      Water Temp: 56.4 to 58.6

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We got on the water 8 am and fished till 3 pm we boated 17 bass 13 were between 2 1/2 to 4 pounds and big bass honor went to dwayne lucckesi landing a soild 6 pound bass all bass came in 19 to 23 feet of water. All are bass came on 3/8oz football head jigs green pumpkin ,black,green crystal trailers used yamamoto 5" single tail grubs in watermelon/red,black flake ( 208 )weather was overcast most of the day slight breeze off and on traffic was light not many bank angler trying for trout.
      City: madera

      Tips: jigs drop shot brushogs are all working fish slow work structure rock piles flats dropoffs are all holding good fish.

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

      Report: Not many posts on Trinity. Is anyone looking at this site for Trinity? Looking some winter bass fishman willing to share info. Does anyone know if you can launch at Trinity Center? Going on 12/21 and would like to launch at the north end.
      City: Weaverville

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I made a short trip to the lake this afternoon - fishing the last 3 hours of the day. The lake is only down 17 feet now. Probably will fill easily soon. I threw swimbaits for about half an hour - no takers. I did get 5 hits on the "Hemphill Special" - brown/orange jig w/ #180 Yamamoto grub trailer. I lost 2 but did land 3 - a 2 lb 6 oz largemouth and spotted bass at 2 lbs and one almost 3 lbs. The biggest one had moved shallow with the rising water and was only 12 feet deep. I worked that depth for awhile but she must have been a stray! The others were about 20 feet on a west shore ledge. A couple of my favorite spots didn't produce any bites. All bass were found on rock piles and ledges.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Today the management put the trout they will raise in the pens near the marina. Remember not to fish within 250 feet of the pens. I think the morning bite might be better than the afternoon bite. Just my feeling.

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 49-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I made a quick trip to Clear Lake last night to check on the night bite. I launched about 7 pm - looked right, looked left, and behold! - there wasn't a tournament going on! I fished many areas to get a feel of what was going on in the short time I was on the water. It may be the first night I couldn't get bit on a Brush Hog. I was 4 for 5, naturally losing the one that hit the best. The quality was pretty good - 6-3, 5-5, 4-13, and around 3 1/2 (didn't weigh the small one). All were caught on a black/red D&M Piranha swim jig (3/8 oz). One was about 15 feet deep - the others over 30 feet deep. Very subtle bite last night. I really love my fluorescent Berkely Fireline - helps me feels those winter "non-bites"!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Spinnerbaits probably would have worked also - they seemed to need a blade to get then to commit. The south breeze made it impossible to fish some spots. About 11:30 pm the lake went dead-flat calm - gorgeous! Couldn't get bit at Rattlesnake Island after doing well on some previous trips.

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The weather and the fishing has been good in this last week, we fished mostly the south end and caught some nice fish on rock piles, ledges and docks. with the largest weighing 5 lbs.
      The fish are right where they should be this time of year.
      The swim bait bite has slowed down a bit but when you get one its a nice one. I have been fishing rip baits, jigs, worms and spoons.

      Have Fun !
      ......................... StevePerkinsFishing.com
      City: Clear Lake

      Tips: Tips, Try fishing the Jig and worm deep and fish reaction baits around cover. If you find a group of fish you should be able to catch them when they turn on.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 7.5 lb. bass fell for a Red Eye Shad. Missed 1 good fish on Spro BBZ swimbait.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Fish slow....

Monday, December 6th, 2010

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out on Monday, day after the Sunday soaker and got all of 2 bites. Left my danged sonar at home so even though I planned on fishing 20-30ft deep overall, had to guestimate based on experience in certain areas. Grrrr... felt 'naked' without electronics. Anyway, dragged brushhogs slowly for 1 bite in morning, then tried reaction as sun came out sun but nothing. D/S in entrance/arm to Cherry for zilch, then fished main lake points (d/s) toward end and got one decent smallie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se6F_ljfj6A
      City: San Rafael

      Tips: D/S 20-30 off points. Go deeper as necessary---esp if you can graph fish (which of course requires you remember YOUR sonar; ha). MOST IMPORTANT: Sign up for the Redwood Empire Bass Club's annual Open/Turkey Shoot! It's on Saturday 12/18 at Lake Sonoma! Sign up forms available at http://www.rebc.net/openpdfs.html so fill out a form for YOUR team and fax to James at 415-364-2880!

Sunday, December 5th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Rivers End. stuck around that area most of the day. I caught 5 bass 4 were keepers best going a little over two ponds. Caught 3 strippers 2 were keepers 26" was the biggest. My buddy Caught 6 bass 1 keeper three strippers none keep. Bass all came on LV500 Delta craw strippers came on 3:16 swimbaits. He caught all his on pointer minnows.
      City: Acampo