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Saturday, November 27th, 2010

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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: water up 20ft temp tropped 10 deg since last trip a week and a half ago. caught one fish spoon. lucky to get that

      Tips: dont ask me

Friday, November 26th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Threw crankbaits and jerkbaits. Jerkbaits were the ticket on the outside weedline landed 7 only 3 were keepers.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: fish slow with pauses

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      Water Temp: 54.6 to 59.7

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: we got to the lake at 7:30 am this morning and started off the east third ramp in 18 feet of water and on dwaynes second cast he boat a 4 pound bass.We added 8 more bass in the 2 to 3 1/2 pound range we also had 11 bass from 9 to 11 inches long again all the bass came on jigs.We use 1/4oz. 3/8oz. & 1/2oz. jigs in bullet head, arkie head,& football head.Are color patterns in jigs were Green pumpkin,black,green crystal, barbwire. Also we added two more colors today Brown,orange flake/pumpkin,black crystal gold Rootbeer,orange flake/pumpkin,green flake And for are trailers we used 5" single tail and 5 "double tail yamamoto grubs in color 186 pumpkin,black flake 208 watermelon,red & black flake we stayed in 18 to 35 feet of water traffic was light weather was cold in the morning. We were off the water by 2:30pm
      City: madera

      Tips: work isolated rock piles dropoffs work the baits slow Jigs fished slow brushogs texas rigged and 6"worms texas rigged both fished slow bite is light in some cases. Another fair day of fishing for us

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 58-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 10 Bass with the biggest 4lbs and the smallest 1 lb...our best 5 went for 14 lbs...Fished all walls, and rockpiles along the east bank ust north of Temperance..with Rainbow Trout Senkos, Natural Shad Senkos, and Baby Brush Hogs; Watermelon with red flake...
      City: Merced, CA

      Tips: Dead Sticking and letting it drift for 1-2 minutes in 25-30 feet of water seemed to be the trick...Most fish were in 25-30 feet of water, with my last Bass taken in 45 feet of water...slow down your retrieve and find the poclets of fish...

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 57.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy and I started out of Markly Cove at 9:00am. It was a very clear, cold and a windy day with it blowing about 20-25mph. The main portion of the lake had about 3-4

      Tips: Catch and Release

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 58.6

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: bite is picking up caught a few on dropshot
      City: Roseville

      Tips: fish slow look for bait

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

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

      Report: The lake was stocked at dusk with 10,000 pounds of Nebraska raised rainbow trout. Most fish are 1-2 pounds but this was a trophy stocking with 5-12 pound fish in the mix. To big and to late for bass food. Who ever is left trolling the lake for rainbows good luck.
      City: Ojai

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

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

      Report: Went to the lake to try out for the first time in months. About this time last year I did well ripping spinnerbaits aroung weeds. Fished around wind blown ponts and cuts. If you want large mouths you don't have to fish very deep.Try fishing from five to fifteen ft. of water. Throw jigs in weeds and rip it out from the weeds. Get a reaction bite. Give it extra action with whatever type of jigs or plastics you are using. Pop the bait a few times and let it sit for about four seconds and thats when the fish usually hits it. Also when thowing swimbaits work it the same around weeds an hang on for the hogs.
      City: fairfield

      Tips: If you want laremouths, fish around weeds. They're there all year long. Fish the windy areas. Points cut and wind blown in coves for the heavier stringers. For spots an smallies try fishing under water humps and look for baitfish. You usually find good size spots an smallies if you can make them bite. If you find bait, try spooning, drop shotting, shakeyheads and even heavy jigs to reach the bottom. You usually find the bait from twenty ft. to sixty ft. But usually around twenty to fifty.

Saturday, November 20th, 2010

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Redwood Empire end of year tournament. Weather, rain off/on, temp 30-48. 12+ pounds won it, 12 anglers. Shallow rattlebaits produced after many, many casts. Few taken on slower/dragged baits and the d/s bite was pretty much not there at all. Launch was from Red Bud and weather prevented many from venturing much further north than the Narrows.
      City: San Rafael

      Tips: Annual club open is 12/18 at Lake Sonoma. Stop by a meeting (Next mtng 12/8 at Rohnert Park Community Center) and say hello & sign up! Else fax your signed entry form to attn: James Ford at 415-364-2880. Should be a good turnout this year at the 'shoot!

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      Water Temp: 59.5 to 62.7

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We got on the lake by 10:30 am and started off working the third ramp on the east side of the lake in 15 feet of water the first bass landed by dewayne lucckesi was a 2 pound fish then we started moving into deeper water as deep as 30 feet and pickup several 9 to 11 inch bass before i landed a 3 pound bass we use 1/4 oz. bullet head jigs also 3/8 oz. football head jigs in light green pumpkin/barbwire and 4" twin and 5" single tail yamamoto 208 watermelon red/black flake grubs as are trailers. After 4 or 5 more 9 to 11 inch bass dwayne started carolina rigging a 6" kepper worm 082 red and green flake worm and landed a couple more bass about 1 1/2 pounds each. Then we pickup up and moved across the lake on the day use side and started fishing the second ramp in 18 feet of water and dwayne pick up a 3/8 football head jig in the light green pumpkin/barbwire and caught the big bass of are short day tipping the scale at 5 pounds we fished about 30 minutes on the day use side and then moved back too the east ramp where i put one more 11 inch bass in the boat and then we loaded the boat up and was off the water by 2:30 pm the weather was sunny a slight breezy at times very few boats. We still had fun even catching more smallier bass this trip over all still a good day. The week ahead calls for colder weather but you should still be able too land some nice bass here.
      City: madera

      Tips: Fish slow in the deeper water jigs brushogs worms will all work

Friday, November 19th, 2010

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Again, not a report. Just a response to the request for a fishing tournament on this lake. This lake is too small to support the number of fisherpersons that will show up to a tournament. That is why they quit tournaments in the past. Tournament fishing should stick to the larger lakes that can support the pressure of a large number of quality anglers over a day or two. Black Butte is not large enough to support this type of pressure.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 57-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: A friend and I decided to see if the night bite was going to turn on some this late fall after the tragic pounding the lake took in October. We really didn't get a fair shake since there was a pretty good wind blowing the whole time - rare for November. I fished the D&M Piranha swim jig w/Yamamoto grub trailer most of the time and caught a 4+ pounder and one about 2 1/2 lbs. My friend caught a 2 1/2 pounder also, using a brush hog. We missed 4 or 5 other bites and I did catch the token catfish - about 12 lbs. We only fished from about 7 pm to 11:30 pm. Water temp is not very cold for mid-Nov. Often it is 50-53 degrees by now. We fished some main spots in the south end and most of our bites were 12 to 25 feet.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Last night provided the night conditions I love the most - bright moon dimmed by clouds with an incoming warm weather front. It was the slowest bite I have ever seen under those conditions. Either something weird was going on with the bite - or - the bass population has really declined. Or - I wonder how many bass have been given a free ride up north to the new tournament center, Konocti Vista. Anyone remember the Skylark motel tourneys in the 80's and early 90's? Darn, just can't stop wondering about these bass "migrations"! Seriously, I think better trips are ahead once the water temp drops a few degrees more. We'll see.

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 57-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started at 7am with 6 inch swim bait and caught one 2 lb bass. Through spinners and cranks in shad colors and crawfish, and hooked up a few more bass and even caught a trout on a crank bait.
      City: Napa

      Tips: I was unable to put a pattern together. Even though the lake has not been stocked with trout for a few years, The trout I caught was about 9 inches long. This tells me there are a few babies being born in the lake. A few months from know a nice swim bait will produce. Happy fishin

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: cool windy day on the lake. Thought I would hook into some of the big Eagle lake trout that were stocked.. I THOUGHT WORNG. NOBODY not one caught anything that day ??? I guess it was fish day off ?
      Oh well. Still a great day on the lake with my wife. Shoot, could have been workin'
      City: u

      Tips: No tips from me today ?

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Out of Lazy M around 9 AM. LOW tide. Weather reports said there was going to be an 8 MPH wind. They get it wrong again. More like 18 MPH wind going south. Not much luck with worms, (Shad) crank or char. spinners from Italian slough at Old River to Widdow Is. (only one dink) Headed for deeper water at Mildred. 2 dinks here plus one small keeper. Tried spinnerbait on the rip rap windside with no takers. Very fast fishing in that wind. One more dink at the point at Cruiser Haven. Back to Old River at Italian slough where high tide and green weenies got me 3 keepers on 3 casts.

      Tips: South Delta water is not as clear as it is near Mildred.

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      Water Temp: 62.0 to 64.0

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The first load of trout were dump on the day use side 1000 pounds worth as of 11/15/10

Monday, November 15th, 2010

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 65-67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I have been fishing Cachuma for the last month. I have done nothing but spoon. My last trip was the best with a 5 lb. 9 oz. largemouth and a 12-13 pound limit. The jig bite is coming on now and we'll have to watch the weather and tie on accordingly.
      City: Ojai

      Tips: 3/4 oz. chrome spoon with a red hook from 20 to 45 feet...some jig fish on 1/2oz brown/ purple with yamamoto twin tail to match

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 60-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Two of us fished from 0900 - 1400. Went south,
      water was stained to milky. Fished the stickups and banks before and after the bridge, nada.
      Heeding T2's advice went to dropshot. Picked up 4, biggest only 1.6 off of main lake points east side, using MMIII's in 20' of water.

      Good luck to you tournament guys!
      City: Monterey

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched from Markley Cove with my kids and started fishing around 8 am. Picked up a Duh! Spoon prior to launching...I'm not a spoon fisherman, but thought I would give it a try since I've read so many articles and reports referring to them. (Sounds like the thing to do to pick up those staging bass). Picked up my first spot on a spinner bait in a couple feet of water along the rip rap. Picked up my next three on the Duh! Spoon in coves and drifting across points. Picked up my fifth spot on a crankbait while searching for baitfish in the 30-40 ft range...trolling it from cove to cove. Ended the day drifting near the dam wondering if I could pick up one of those fish showing up on my graph in 100+ feet of water. Fish were showing up between 60-100 ft. Pitched the Duh! Spoon over and pulled up a nice rainbow to end the day. Made the mistake of going into the main body of water to checkout skiers cove at mid day. White caps everywhere! 3 to 4 ft waves. A couple bass boats were already there so I turned around and fished between the main body of water and Markley Cove all day. Best 5 went 7.5 lbs.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: If you don't own a spoon, pick one up and give it a try. I recommend Morning Dawn.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started out in the turning basin and cranked a couple of small ones while watching a sea lion eat about a 15lb salmon. Moved into Turner Cut and onto Mildred. Caught a few more on a drop shot senko GrnPkn/Blk but no size.
      Total of about 15 fish with nothing to brag about, biggest about two pounds.
      Punched mats here and there with not bites! Tough
      City: Hilmar

      Tips: We threw buzz baits, crank baits; craw and blue gil colors, drop shot, Senko's wacky and punched.
      Most of our bites were on or near the main channel. I think you need to stay near the main channel and be looking for cuts with current right now.