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Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

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

      Report: Picked up quite a few 2+ lb bass dragging carolina rigged lizards. Fish are surprisingly shallow, all were in less than 15 feet.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Fish are really shallow for late summaer. Expected them to be in the 30 to 35 range but all were is less than 15.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish from 1-5pm, first 3 cast n got a hit on a Sammy. Didn't get another hit til an hr later. Water has drop since the last time I was here so wat was hot for me then is hot for me now. Junk fish til I figure a pattern. Saw a few cloud of bait ball on graph but no bass under or around it. Found bass hidding on submerge rock pile on main lake. Feel like I was in cold water. U think u fish slow....fish slower. Pull up 4-5 bass in some spots. U just gotta get the crowd to commit. Once that happens, u just gotta work the heck outta them. Once they stop give them some thing new. Finesse was the key n then crankbait to reignite them again
      City: Elk grove

      Tips: Still a lot of water craft out there. Can't wait til weather get a bit colder n they stop coming out. That should help us basser out a lot. Spotted n LMB share the same spot.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went fished Dry Crk and Cherry Crk. areas . The fishing was great!
      WHY ISN'T ANYBODY GIVING ANY REPORTS ? ? ??? ? ????? Could it be that it is so good that you-all want it to be a secret ?
      OK Somona County Anglers, You are being called out! SHOW US YOUR REPORTS.. it's all in good fun, don't get bent!
      City: Ukiah, CA.

      Tips: In the morning, start mid way up and then work your way out to the deeper water. Caught all my fish slow draggin' a brush hog and lizard. THE FALL BITE IS ON ! cool.

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70s

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Good day, and the fall reaction bite seems to be turning on. Buddy caught a 3#11oz LM bass on a brown jig and he lost a good size striper in the 4# category. Fished mostly Italian slough and caught numerous undersized stripers 10-12" range. These stripers were aggressive, relating to the incoming tide.We also caught a few LM black bass. These seem to be more aggressive when there was current.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: gotta love reaction baits - Staysees and bassdays sugar deep. majority of stripers were undersized but they were fun to catch.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 76-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the lake at 6:30am - off the water by 2:00pm. Caught a few on cranks fan casting the rocky points. Good bite near the bank around the greenery on green pumpkin creature baits. Caught around 10 fish up to 3.5lbs.

      Tips: Hit the shore with your plastics - if your not bit within 5 or 6 feet try again.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 55+

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Woke up at 5 am have been catching decent size catfish all morning biggest thus far is 15lbs off shad.
      City: clear lak

      Tips: they are biting really low right now

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Very slow day for us and the few other boats we saw. Caught a dink on a split shot worm then got a nice 5.12 on a T-rigged worm. Thanks to the Red Ranger who had a working scale and helped me fizz it so it could go back down. Got too hot so left at 1300.
      Lake will close to boaters 14 Oct.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Please practice, Catch-Photo-Release there won't be anything left if you don't.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 2:30 to 6:30. Caught 7 bass largest 4 lbs with one 3 lbs and the rest smaller. Bite was slow but a consitent pattern of shallow 1-4ft on the weed edges. Caught 5 on drop shot and 2 on top water PopR. Not bad for getting on the wate so late in the day.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Soft plastics shallow along the weed edges. Switch to top water when the sun starts to go behind the hills.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 2 on top water popper, 2 on texas rigged greenie weenie. Lots of miss hits and thrown hooks. 1 on top water around 5pm before a fast, incoming storm forced everyone off the water. All were healthy 2-3 pounders barely hooked on the lip.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Let them bite a millisecond longer before setting the hook. Wear your life vest. Afternoon was sunny/hot. Sunset storm caught everyone by surprise. Even the camp host wasn't expecting a sudden wind/rain storm.

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Good Job ART !!! Nice to hear you had a great day.Put a smile on my face....I like to use a norman suspending crank in craw pattern.Went out for a day of fun myself,NAILED EM....I just love the Red Eyed Meanies hitting my bait like a freight train ! Got a good number on top too.
      Gotta go early for good topwater..

      Tips: Snatch a kid off the street....and take em'fishing.

Friday, October 1st, 2010

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake is still brutal, I talked to an employee that said they did not bluestone it but rather used peroxide. I had never heard of that before but he said that it was cheaper than bluestoneing. I guess they thought they needed they're new $60.000 patrol boat that never leaves the dock with the other 2 patrol boats and forgot they might need to bluestone. Sorry if it seems like a negative post but the fishing has been terrible and I call em like I see em.

      Rich
      City: Oak View

      Tips: find another lake

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 67-73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Topwater has picked up for me and have been catching them on spooks,frogs and DDT buzzbaits.Jigs and the lv500 are also working Spinnerbaits around the silversides. Caught fish to 6 pounds on 9/30/2010
      City: Lakeport

      Tips: move around till you find fish willing to bite

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      Water Temp: 72-77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: It's about to bust. Heat had the fish down a little deeper - magic depth was 20 to 30 feet. Deeper water near shallower water was ticket. Plastic bite was decent, topwater was great early and late for bigger fish. Brush hogs, worms, senkos all worked well. Weightless was better. Fish were so agressive after they were hooked, but the bites were gentle.
      City: Pacific Grove

      Tips: Watch your line. I missed a few not paying attention. OFten, you would see 'tick' in line but not feel anything. Catch - photo - release. Caught many 2-3 lb fish, one nice 5-1/2lb fish. Quality over quantity now unless you fish shallow...you'll catch dinks all day. Should bust wide open in another few weeks till early November or super cold nights.

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We got out late about 6:00 pm. Dan caught one early on and then it died for about 3 hours. About 9:00 it opened up and we caught about 15 fish mostly on cb's. a couple on shaky heads one on a spook. Only 1 small fish (2#).
      Three fish were right at #6 each, and we had a few #5 fish. Close to a 28 pound limit for the evening.
      City: auburn

      Tips: slow rolling a dark CB in skinny water seemed to work best tonight. Only 2 fish hit topwater tonight and one of those was a bluegill about 2 inches that hit a spook.

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 73/74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tons of Bait in the water we did manage a few to 3lbs and several large cats to 15lbs.Fished the rocky areas if you dragged mud ,you weren't catching them we worked depths of 10 to 25ft using wacky wt'd senkos drop shot and 1/2oz football jigs..but no frog or any topwater action
      good luck be safe
      City: Woodpile

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

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

      Report: EPIC bass boiling on shad everywhere. Easy limits on small flukes. Lots of stripers to 15 pounds on the spoons or towater. Smallies mixed in. It is sic right now get out there NOW!!!

      Tips: Look for the fish flying out of the water all over the lake. Find shad find thousands of bass and stripers.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: sounds like someone is jealous or just has no fishing skills-i too have been catching and RELEASING some hawgs.hit me up fat girls if you want to fish sometime.
      City: p-town

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 70 -71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I LOVE Blue Lakes ! NO-BUTT-HEADS! Relaxation!!!
      anywho, Fished hard for 3 bass HOT WEATHER has slowed the bite. THE LAKE IS TURNING OVER. The fishing is going to be really,really good. Soon. PLUS, ----> News is, Fish and Game is going stock trout one more time during the last week of October... Go get on the water !
      City: UKIAH

      Tips: Bass fishing in the Narrows area is best.. Slow draggin' a worm, brush hog or lizard will work fine. watch your line , sometimes you don't feel the bite. Also have caught fish crankin' and a white spinnerbait. GOOD LUCK

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

      Report: Funny fishing day landed 3 stripers all in sherman lake fishing shad during slack tide. Anchored in abour 6-8 feet. Got a 6 lb, 8lb, and 15lb released back for you to catch also. Just trying to figure out were they are going to be for the Rio Vista bass derby. Would love to see some posts of anybody regarding Stripers.
      City: antioch

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tule Kid. You are disrespectful. It is not all about putting in money or being the best. It is about putting in effort or just having a good time out on the water no matter who you are or your skill level. BTW I dont have anywhere near top of the line gear but i appreciate the sport of fishing just as much as the next guy.

      Tips: Rattletrap, and senkos are what caught me some medium size bass and stripers. Also the spook caught me a little one. Top Water is always fun. Good Luck!