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Monday, October 11th, 2010

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      Water Temp: 67 to 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was good early. picked up 3 . 2-8, 5-11, 6-15. Died not 1 bite ater the sun hit the water.
      City: Santa rosa

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out tried to find some stained water and weeds, punched most the day. not a lot of fish but good ones, using a black beaver. weighed in about 16lbs.
      City: disocvery bay

      Tips: make every bite count, have to have weeds

  • Fresno County
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      Water Temp: 60s

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Due to the SAN JOAQUIN SALMON RESTORATION PROJECT, the outflow of water to the lower San Joaquin River is really affecting the lake. I went out throughout the entire week and you can notice it!! The water clarity is incredible, you can literally see for forever with a good pair of fishing glasses..this makes for tough fishing though, the fishes are very easily spooked. Dock 1 is still in use for boaters.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Go out early!! This is really hard to do due to the fact that it doesn't open until 6...limits up to 12 pounds possible fishing between 6 and 730. Watch the noise and rattles...the fish will be spooked. Spots will be in schools foraging for smaller bass and bluegills.

      The bass are in their fall transition stage, so find deep points!! They will be running down those points throughout the day as it gets hotter.

      Patterns:
      -Shallow Cranking...I prefer the LUCKY CRAFT FAT CB3 in GHOST MINNOW...do this early in the morning...if you want to crank later in the day then make sure you are making contact with some kind of structure if not the bottom.
      -Drop Shot...ROBO WORMS in BABY BASS, AARONS MAGIC, AND especially MORNING DAWN!!
      -Top Water...frog bite??!! Yes! The frog bite is ON!! But you will have to find the big ones...no doubt dinks are also fun too!..for this I recommend you use ZOOMs HORNY TOAD in BROWN/WHITE with braided or else it will sink!

Saturday, October 9th, 2010

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

      Report: Out with my boys to see is the fall bite had started yet. Yes it has not all the way yet but it has started. Went with topwater first and still nothing going at the same time my 6 year old is dragging a brush hog and ties into a pig the fish headed for deep water but came off half way back in. I decided it was time to slow down with some worms within a few casts I have a nice SM around 3 lbs. on the next cast I get another the same size. Then my other son ties into a 3.5 lb LM. After that it was a slow pick but the quality was there cought one more LM 4 lbs and a 2 on a spinnerbait the only keeper reaction fish of the day. The SM were very active and all the fish were very healthy and fat. Only 8 keepers allot of shorts best 5 around 14lbs.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: The bait seened to be more broke up than last time. This has the fish scattered but they still do not want to chase a reaction bait yet. They are moving shallow all the fish in the 20 ft range rather than 35 like last time. Now you just have to cover water to get the fish, from the way it went today the fall bite will happen soon.

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

      Report: someone plz let us know how the tourney turn out n any tips be great

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 6 fish 2 to 3 lbs all on cranks about 3 hours of fishing, Dry Creek arm.
      City: penngrove

Friday, October 8th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing for largemouth. Hit Mouth of Italian Slough by 7 AM. Down Old River and inside Widdow Island until 9:30. Very little to write home about. Caught fish but nothing over 1.0 - 1.5 pounds. Off to Cruiser Haven. Same story there. Off to south side of Mildred Island. Fished points and started nailing more and bigger fish. Got LOT'S of hits and boated fish up to 3.5#. Most guuys fishing around us were using jerks, cranks and swim baits and reported very few fish. We try all baits but always settle on worms. Purple or Grn w/red fleck ALWAYS works for us. Off the water by 3:00. Damn fun day.

      Tips: Patience. Sometimes worm fishing means lots of dinks before a hog bites. Don't get caught napping.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This lake is fishing tough right now. I guess you have to be a pro to catch one. I fished two days and caught nothing. Well, I did catch about 5 bass under 6" if you count those. I fished the south end and the water was pretty clear. Didn't help me a bit. I guess the great Clear Lake is too much for me. Maybe I should of hired a guide but I wasn't asking for much. I just wanted a couple of keeper fish here and there and I would have been happy. I am confused and do not understand the reports claiming success. I never saw a fish caught and didn't talk to anyone that caught a fish other than 6"ers. I saw many boats flying around all over and they all seemed to be running around catching nothing as well. I fished some great areas and varied my depths and technique. There must be a trick to getting some action but it has eluded me. Maybe I just really suck? Apparently so.
      City: Yuba

      Tips: The only tip I have is to avoid what I know won't work. Drop shot rigs, weightless senkos, jigs, topwater and deep running cranks won't work. Then again, maybe I don't know how to fish any of those properly. Yes, I am sure that is it.

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69 - 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Ran the custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" be Lost Isle and the Turning Basin chasing schools of juniors. Some were 18" - 23", using jigging spoons, Rat-L-Traps, small swim baits, and the fly rod. Larger fish were 20 - 30 feet deep. Graphed schools towards the bottom and dropped the spoons down to them and then Bang!! Over 30 fish today. Also largemouth bass were in the mix, all were chasing schools of shad.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Be patient the larger fish will come. Nows the time to have fun catching/release for the kids.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 70-72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out at 0700 on a beautiful morning with low clouds and thundercells in the background. Cought 10 fish by 2pm. I big, 7#, the rest small dinks. All the fish were found off rock points, in 10-25 ft of water. The best luck was on Natural Shad Minnows, and green/red baby brush hogs. Did get a couple on lucky craft ripbait.
      City: Merced, CA

      Tips: Locate the fish and good luck. Didnt have alot of solid bites. Saw tons of baby bass swimming in the shallows. Saw alot of trout jumping. the lake has a Fall feel to it now.

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69-71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Chased Striper in the AM lot's of activity but only a couple on Punkers and one on a Fish trap..was hoping for the rain that didn't come yesterday.
      Drop shotted a small limit Largemouth on the incoming tide.fished Franks and the San Joaquin
      City: Woodpile

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 70-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What a great sight to see all the schools of small bass - I've seen them up to nearly 6 inches. I guided a talented fisherman from the mid-west last night who was visiting Clear Lake for the first time. We fished from 6 pm to 2:15 am and actually caught some! Because of a strong south wind all night, we fished mostly the east shore of the Clearlake arm. The bite was hunt and peck but we did land 7 bass for about a 16 lb limit. All but one were quality with the biggest at 4 1/4 lbs. Our little one was 13 inches, a size of bass one doesn't often see. The worm bite was the best, especially the 10" black power worm. And, of course, I caught the token catfish - this one over 10 lbs. The other night I caught one about 17 lbs. We found most of our bass on rock flats with a ledge nearby. Most wern't on the ledge but on the flat. I did a stupid thing again, using 12 lb test, and broke off twice. That will end that stupidity! My client wanted to fish a jig before dark and had a lot of action but they were mostly tail biters - attracted to that #180 Yamamoto grub trailer. After dark he got his fish using a Berkley Power hog. Fishing was difficult with the gusty wind. I told him that if the wind didn't lay down at midnight, it would by 2 am (I hoped)! 2 am - wind stopped immediately. We did get a bite at 1:30 am in the Oaks arm which ended the night ok.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: As we were enjoying the quite night with only one other boat seen all night, I thought about how the lake will be hammered to oblivion by tournament folks in the next three weeks. No one can do anything about that - I just think it is a little too much. I guided a good fisherman last Saturday and the bite was terrible. There was a front that moved up from Arizona-Mexico and, as usual with a southern front, the bite seemed to shut off. No carp rolling all day - water seemed to be dead. Last night the water temp finally dropped to 69 degrees. Cooler water should get the bite going some.

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

      Report: took my buddy up to y.c. caught 15 fish between us.fish were caught on buzzbait,split shot rig,cranks,drop,sencos and missed a huge boil on a twitch bait.transition period is in effect,bass were scattered-some trees,grass,deep and some in very shallow water (early hours)
      City: rosa

      Tips: not really sure.maybe try staying in the grass more,try ripping through it-seemed thats were we could only get the better ones.good luck&catch and release.

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out about 8 caught 3 and my friend caught 3 all about 15 inches,i caught 2 one after another by the dam.grubs are doing o.k tried top watter no strikes,fish on the fishin commishion
      City: sierra nevadaville

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished montezuma slough by the lock at the day use area. went out 3 times in the past few weeks and nothin no stripers yet ithink the water is a little warm still there. used fresh shad ,live bullheads i caught myself right there where i was fishing and anchovies still only a couple bites. usealy by this time of the year i get acouple at least some shakers but nothin. I guess i will keep on fishing!!!
      City: collinsville

      Tips: find cooler water i think!! I think i need tipis anyone!!

Monday, October 4th, 2010

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Saw a blonde guy keeping lots of bass. Most of them barely 12 inches. He said he is going to eat them.

      Please help save those bass. Here is a way, help transport any keeper bass from lexington to stevens creek lake where "don't eat fish" sign is posted.

      Tips: Practice catch and release. Help save our fun sport.

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Please help save bass. The "don't eat fish" sign on this lake have kept those meat fishmen away from the lake.

      If you are fishing other lakes where signs are not posted, please transport your fish from those lakes to the stevens creek lake.

      Tips: Practice catch and release!

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 8a to 4p. Saw the baitfish getting busted off Putah and creek just south at bridge. Caught a few (most largemouth, best 2lbs off mouth of Putah; rattletraps near ledges) and one nice smallmouth dropshotting along rockier points just south of there).
      City: San Rafael

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: not sure

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I have been fishing lake Casitas the last the week and have had some luck on the shore lines. I been getting hit on topwater in the morning and getting some senko fish in the later part of the morning.I have seen a boat or two, so not much else going on. They moved a couple of boat docks. Biggest bass was a 6 pounder and got 4.5 pounder on Friday both on the IMA Skimmer.
      City: Camarillo

      Tips: It has been slow so fish slower.
      mark chief torrez

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Great day out on the lake with very little traffic. Managed to pull in 6 largemouth using crankbaits and senkos. The boat inspection was brutal but it was worth it.
      City: Gilroy

      Tips: Before going check out sanjosebass.com for more reports.