Northern California Lake Fishing Report
- Almanor Lake
- Berryessa Lake
- Cachuma Lake
- California Delta
- Camanche Lake
- Casitas Lake
- Clear Lake
- Diamond Valley Lake
- Don Pedro Lake
- Folsom Lake
- Iron Gate Reservoir
- McClure Lake
- New Melones Lake
- Oroville Lake
- Perris Lake
- San Luis Lake
- Shasta Lake
- Sonoma Lake
- Almaden Lake
- Almaden Reservoir
- Amador Lake
- Anderson Lake
- Barrett Lake
- Black Butte Lake
- Blue Lakes
- Bullards Bar Lake
- Calero Reservoir
- Camp Far West Lake
- Chabot Lake
- Chesbro Lake
- Collins Lake
- Contra Loma Lake
- Coyote Lake
- Del Valle Lake
- Dixon Lake
- Eastman Lake
- Guadalupe Lake
- Hennessy Lake
- Ilsanjo Lake
- Indian Valley Lake
- Kelsey Bass Ranch Lake
- Lafayette Lake
- Lake of the Pines
- Lexington Lake
- Loch Lomond Lake
- Los Banos Lake
- Los Vaqueros Lake
- Mather Lake
- Mendocino Lake
- Mendota Slough Lake
- Merced Lake
- Millerton Lake
- Modesto Reservoir
- Morena Lake
- Murray Lake
- New Hogan Lake
- Nicasio Lake
- Oso Lake
- Pacifica Coastline
- Pardee Lake
- Pillsbury Lake
- Pinto Lake
- Piru Lake
- Quarry Lakes
- Radio Lake
- Rollins Lake
- Ruth Lake
- Sacramento River
- Salt Springs Lake
- San Francisco Bay
- San Justo Lake
- San Pablo Lake
- Shadow Cliffs Lake
- Shastina Lake
- Skinner Lake
- Soulajule Lake
- Spring Lake
- Stevens Creek Lake
- Trinity Lake
- Tulloch Lake
- Turlock Lake
- Uvas Lake
- West Delta
- Whiskeytown Lake
- Woodward Lake
- Woollomes Lake
- Yosemite Lake

Friday, September 10th, 2010
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Nicasio Lake
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Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Went out to the coast for Labor Day weekend. Saw a lot of cars park on the side of the road and a lot of people fishing. I think about trying out this lake for the first time. Can anyone give some info? I read you can't launch a boat but can you use a pontoon boat or a float tube or a kayak? Does anybody know any regulations on this lake? Thanks...tight lines.
City: sactown
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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Clear Lake
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Water Temp: 70-72
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: This last weeks fishing has been on and off again, we are still catching fish deep down south and some in the shallows up north. Average size has been strong fighting 3 to 4 1/2 pounders. A couple days I had a great frog bite going with fish up to 5 pounds.
Caught fish on Frogs, Jigs, Hippo Tackle 5" Swim Baits, Cranks and Worms, with the best size fish eating the Frog.
The cooler nights have cleaned up the algae and the lake is healthy with lots of baby bass and bait everywhere.
City: Clear LakeTips: Tips: Cover allot of water, when you find them, slow down and fish the area throughly. Try and develop a pattern and you may be able to run it all day.
Have Fun !! .......... StevePerkinsFishing.com
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
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Clear Lake
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Water Temp: 74
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Got in a few hours each day 7th-9th. Last two days just fished off the dock, as my tilt/trim malfunctioned on the merc. Bite was off and on, but did better towards dusk than AM, except for one day: I woke up at 4AM on the 8th to the sound of rain on the water...1/2 the cove was BOILING with silversides, and lots of bass smacking them. Saw several injured minnows swimming in circles around the dock, it was just a slaughter. Tried to match the hatch with a 78 pointer, but it was lost in the crowd. Did get one 3# on a chartreuse blade at 6AM, but the fish had gorged and were taking a siesta all day. It was a pretty awesome sight. Did just okay the rest of the time, a few more on blades, one on a king shad, a few on T-rigged jelly worms. Threw spooks and sammy's at dusk, but nada. With all the baitfish, I threw mostly reaction baits, as my results with jigs and worms wasn't great. I think the one's that picked up the jelly worms were looking for dead bait falling to the bottom. Nothing bigger than 4#.
City: Clearlake ParkTips: Was only on the boat for a few hours, but did best with blades.
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
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Bullards Bar Lake
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Water Temp: 76
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Too many recreational boats. Still all in all a fun day. Ended up catching 4 iddy biddy bass.
City: W.SacTips: Wait for the crowds to leave, then hit the main lake points.
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California Delta
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Water Temp: 70
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Took pop out fishing from 4-8pm n found bass right away. Caught them on swimbait, plastic worm, buzz, drop shot, and frog. Some where in fallen trees but most where in front or behind weed beds. They look heatlhy as heck, fat n nice looking. Froggie caught all the biggy.
City: elk groveTips: nothing on spinner(kinda wierd cuz around tree it's alwyz a killa for me) and nothing on crank. MOst fish were in shade pocket n when sun is low..froggie got the most hits, 4 hits on one spot but was able to set hook on two..boy did they ever wanted the frog. Hit froggie 1 foot in the air n swallow it...soo sick. Got pop laughing on the backseat.. Fishing with pop n make him laugh=priceless !!
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Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Hey hitchhiker...where do you float tube? My buddy and I tube all over the delta. Got some awesome spots that have turned off recently. All I can find now are smaller bass to about 4 pounds and stripers. Fished Italian slough for 2 hours...only managed 8 stripers to 21". No bass, but the stripers slaughtered swimbaits and vixon's.
City: AntiochTips: Topwater before first light, then swimbaits outside the weedline.
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Coyote Lake
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Water Temp: 73-83
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Lots of dinks (9), biggest 2#. The lure-de-jour was a Texas-Rigged straight tail worm in watermelon candy.
Couldn't get a reaction bite with cranks or buzz-bait in the morning. Guess the fish don't read Ba$$Master magazine.
Spoke with the inspector at the end of the day who said they are talking about closeing the lake for the season on Oct 15.
City: MontereyTips: Please practice Catch-Photo-Release for the future health of our sport. That Japanese guy killed his world record for what? Its gathering dust in his room and now he is trying to sell it. Hah!. A replica would have been just as good.
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Monday, September 6th, 2010
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Calero Reservoir
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Water Temp: 70-72
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Lake is in Great shape. 2nd voyage of my new Red G3 Bass boat (love a boat that starts every time!) I was surprised with water temp this time of year at 70-72. I expected warmer. Anyway, bass were definately deep. Find them deep off points and structure, catch fish. Caught some absolutely horse crappie on drop shot rig, started free floating a mini jig while bassin' and caught a dozen more. Nice, big 1lb crappie. No dinks on the crappie front. Bass bite was decent on drop shotting small baits. I caught fish using gulp minnows and chartreuse power bait stick minnows, 4 inch robo worms and a couple on salt and pepper grubs. Lots of shad moving around... saw numerous shad being chased by bass... once in a while you would see a couple shad darting around near the boat - clearly being chased by bass or crappie. The fall bite is rapidly approaching.
City: Pacific GriveTips: Fish slow and fish deep. No reaction bite at all. Spinners, cranks, jerks = nada. Slow presentation worms and grubs got bites. Bites were a mix of pounding it and gently ticking it. Bigger fish were ticking, smaller fish beating the sh*t out of it. Best 5 went 15lbs. We caught a total of 14. Be gentile with those big bass. 1/3 of the fish had real jacked up jaws where people are not being cool with hook removal and release. 'enuff said.
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Oroville Lake
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Water Temp: 74-78
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: I guided 2 great guys yesterday for about 7 hrs - teaching them some good areas to fish and techniques that we use at Oroville. This was their first visit to this wonderful lake. You wouldn't know it was Labor Day weekend - until about 9 am! Then I taught them how to dodge wake-board boats, har!!! They mostly wanted to drop-shot Robo worms and they did catch several - one close to 15 inches. We fished the middle and south forks. I made the catch of the day - a 4 inch largemouth on a 3/4 oz Duh! spoon - in 20 feet of water. Yes, he/she are it!! They caught some as shallow as 10 feet - probably because there seemed to be an algae bloom in some areas, along with mud lines. Not a wait at all taking the Ranger out at the dam at 2 pm!
City: Yuba CityTips: Can't say much that isn't already known - the lake is dropping fast and most fish are off-shore. One will have to hunt for quality bass for another month - then things should get better.
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Sunday, September 5th, 2010
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California Delta
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Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: fished for about 4 hr in afternoon good bite fliping
City: oakdale caTips: big 10 inch worms
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Camp Far West Lake
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Water Temp: 76
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Weekend of campers, boaters etc... But get there early and stay in the main body, spoonin (cast masters) in 20-50 ft. Darter head, jigs and drop shot was our baits. Get off the water before you get ran over.
City: RocklinTips: after this weekend the lake will be good, try top water lures, Jigin slow...
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Oroville Lake
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Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Spent less than an hour fising this past weekend while boating with the family. Pretty easy bite on drop shot at about 20 feet.
City: DanvilleTips: Target rock piles at 20 feet. Easy bite. Oxblood with red flake
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Saturday, September 4th, 2010
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Eastman Lake
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Water Temp: 77.8 to 80.1
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: We hit the lake a 5 am saturday morning out off the edge of the third ramp east side of the lake i caught two nice bass on jigs but both come unbutton right at the boat when they broke water and after that i stunk the place up my partner didnt do much better he landed 3 small dinks on jigs we fished several area but with no luck.The traffic was very light till about 10:30am when we loaded up.
City: madera ca.Tips: The bass are there dont get me wrong i guess my heart wasnt in it saturday. jigs 1/8 or 1/4 oz in green pumpkin barb wire Yamamoto trailers 208/watermelon red/blk flake 4" twil tail grubs
Baby brushogs/watermelon red/blk flake will also will work The bite was light for us fish slow waters stable and there some cool weather on the way middle of next week. Sorry for a slow report but it wasnt there for us this past saturday. Will hit it again soon hopefully with some better luck
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Friday, September 3rd, 2010
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Casitas Lake
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Water Temp: 75
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Sorry guys my figer was to quick on the hook set. I did get senko fish by the launch ramp. I took a Big Minda Spear worm and threw it texas style to get the big 9.8 bass. did get some smaller one today on senkos. I had senkos on the brain. chief
City: CamarilloTips: proof read your reports lol
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
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Casitas Lake
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Water Temp: 75
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Fished the last two days at Casitas and the topwater bite is okay.Been getting them on a mixed bag on sammies and a Deps buzz bait. I picked up a senko and threw out by the launch ramps and nailed a 9.8 pound bass.
City: CamarilloTips: Throw out and change up often and move around the shad and around but in small schools. good luck, Chief
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
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California Delta
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Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Martin, Thank you. I will get an email to you today or tomorrow at the latest. Appreciate it!
City: Dublin
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
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California Delta
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Water Temp: 70
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: At it again early this am. Caught 5 shaker stripers before landing one with some size (7#). Put away the topwater and went with a Senko Blck/blue and landed 3 large mouth including the biggest I have ever caught (8#). Nice morning out! Float tube. Off the water by 10.
City: DublinTips: Enjoy...be careful and watch for us poor guys in float tubes.
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
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California Delta
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Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: This is to Hicthiker, if you want to go out on a small boat contact me. I have a 16ft boat. always looking for partners. MWitter@sbcglobal.net
City: Sacramento
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
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Berryessa Lake
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Water Temp: 80+
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Out with my son first time on the lake since June. Started in the lower end throwing top water nothing going. Moved to the main body picked up 4LM in a ditch nothing too big around 1 1/2LB. all came on a brush hog missed several others had to realy feed them the bait. Moved north and found some SM holding on rock walls picked up 6 most under sized one did go 2LBS. Checked out some weed lines and finaly picked up a topwater fish going 4 plus on a spook. Over all not bad for this time of year only fished from 7-12.
City: VacavilleTips: All the fish were on balls of bait so find the bait find the fish. Most of the bait is holding in the 30-40ft range in the ditches and creeks.
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Clear Lake
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Water Temp: 76-82
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: .......
August 20th-27th..........
This last week was off and on, some days the fish were willing to bite and then some days it was tough to get a limit.
I fished mostly in the south but I did spend some time up north. Our best fish were caught on the Ganesh Bug fished shallow, and also caught some nice ones on swimbaits and top water.
There was much less algae this week, some cooler nights and wind helped to break it up.
City: Clear LakeTips: In the south try fishing deep with jigs and drop shots, up north try frogs or plastics. Try football jigs and drop shots
in the rocks close to breaks or on the deeper side of the ledge.
Fishing top water and frogs will work but you might have to cover allot of water and run around during the day. Timing is critical so recheck your spots during the day to see when the bite is the best.
Have Fun ! .......steveperkinsfishing.com
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