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Saturday, August 7th, 2010

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      Water Temp: Boiling

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The risk of ninja fishing = poaching is being apprehended by the Poaching Task Force, comprised of reps of BLM, DFG, County Sheriff, and FSJ (Friends of San Justo) who visit the reservoir several times a month, at night, with night vision devices, for the sole purpose of arresting and filing poaching charges against anyone who violates the No Trespassing signs on the fences around San Justo Reservoir, which is CLOSED.
      City: Hollister

      Tips: You have been fairly warned!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Haven't been to Shadow Cliffs for a year. Took my float tube to the lake, pay to get into the lake, then they happen to tell me that the back ponds are closed for... STEELHEAD??!! WTF??? There's no frickin way a steelhead would show up in Shadow Cliffs!!

      So I ended up fishing the main lake for a few hours with no luck. I hate fishing the main lake for bass though.

      With the back ponds closed for an imaginary fish, that ends fishing at Shadow Cliffs for me...
      City: Livermore, CA

Friday, August 6th, 2010

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 71-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What a difference a month or so makes!! After my last trip, this one was beautiful - no clouds for 3 days, very warm, and flat water!! I had a half-day guide trip on Wed and the fishing was slow except for lots of small ones. The future looks good for the smallies - lots of young 'uns!! He did hook a nice one but lost it. He wanted to throw crankbaits most of the time and had quite a bit of action in spite of the 15 foot or so water clarity. Lots of nice bass at the 20 to 30 foot depth but couldn't get them to bite. I went out Wed evening for an hour or so to one of my favorite rock piles and did catch 4 up to 2 1/4 lbs and lost another 3 or 4. Boy, are they strong in the summer!!! I was using Berkley 4" green pumpkin Power worms - about 12 feet deep.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I'm sure Senkos would have worked well but didn't use them this trip. I did have one good hit on a black crankbait before dark, but that was it. During the guide trip, I had him using a chartreuse/craw Wiggle Wart which seemed to work well. Many of my favorite spots during the guide trip produced nothing - some wind probably would have helped!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: forgot to look

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Ladds. On the water at 0530 hrs. Fished Mildred Island area. Partner caught fish ( 5 or 6 ) using Buzz bait and I tossed a frog, nothing. Went to wacky rigged worms. We caught a TON. All day. Inside or outside the weed line. For a little while we tried punching and only got 1 fish. Went back to worms. Dark colors, black and blue. Tried lots of other colors but went back to dark colors. Best fish-4 lbs lots of 2-3
      City: Fresno

      Tips: wear sunscreen

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished weeds and lily pads with drop shot peoples and wacky rigged senkos. Fish in 2-3 lb range.
      City: Ventura

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 78-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: OUCH! That's why it's called "fishing" and not "catching." Three of us in the boat caught 8 fish. One in the slot and 7 around 9"-10". Split shot and darter heads caught the fish. Shad colored plastics. We found the fish in our usual spots between at 35

      Tips: Try a drop shot and stay in the same spot longer. We were moving slow but we should have gone even slower. We didn

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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out with my buddy today.on the water at 6:20.i pulled one little one off the big island and missed a few skippin.5,000 casts later my buddy got a 3.3 then a 2.2,5.4,2.0,3.15 and a dinker within a little over an hour, within that same hour i got my 5.3lber fishin behind him which gave me that little grin we all know about.
      City: rosa

      Tips: keep casting all day till you get bit.if you dont then come back and do it all over again.big fish being caught daily.

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

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

      Report: Launched at Ladds...On the water at 5:30pm for the evening bite. Started by Flipping Senkos on the backside of the weeds. Caught plenty of fish...but...no size(all about 1-1.5lbs). Started throwing Buzzbaits, Pop-Rs and Frogs. Caught one 3 lber on a Pop-R and one on a Frog.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Bite was good and caught plenty of fish...Definately worth the trip...Stick to what your confidence baits!!!

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

      Report: might fish it, what is going to work I'm a rookie!!!!

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      Water Temp: 70s

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out caught 3 fish.biggest went 3.2 lbs My buddy the day before got a 7lb. and a 5.2 within 35 min.
      City: rosa

      Tips: put in time,or just happen to be there when the fish are feeding.cant expect to go for 1-2 hours unless there on the bite which has been lasting bout an hour for the main one and about 30 minutes for the minor one.feeding varies depending on the lunar phase(most of the time.sometimes fish in the boat all day)anyways the bite has been noonish.when ur hands and arms are soar and havent got bit keep at it and all of a sudden it will be the opposite. FISH ON !!!!! GOOD LUCK!

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

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

      Report: Here is a video of how to modify the rubber on a frog...http://www.monsterfishingtackle.net/frogfishingvideo.html
      City: Delta

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: anyone know where i can view a video on how to change the live rubber in a frog? please post a link if so

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got one 3 early on a vixen. Everything else came off chunk rock in 18' on a flick shake 5.8 green pumkin. MF worm DS mojave oxblood and a variety of other fairy wand BS. Tough for me, most fish were rats with a 1 to 2# mixed in.
      City: Orangevale

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Just received the following response from the Santa Clara Water Quality Manager,

      "Thank you for your message. Regarding Lexington Reservoir I believe that it is still open to fishing but just not boating. I assume you are only interested in boat fishing. You are aware that the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department (Parks) currently runs a boating inspection program on four of our District reservoirs. The District helps fund part of that program but is not the owner. You'd need to contact Parks, if you haven't already, regarding implementing an inspection program on Lexington. The contact there is Ms. Kelly Klett at 408-355-2220.

      As far as plans for implementing boat inspections at Lexington I can tell you that there has been recent discussions about implementing inspections at Lexington. However, funding is an issue and it would need to work under the current funding amount for the existing program since budget concerns limit additional funding.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Call Ms. Kelly!

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

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

      Report: Fished the State Park area from the swim beach to Cole Creek with a float tube from 9 A.M. to sunset. Caught two 3.5 lbers with purple senkos rigged weightless, both inside Cole Creek near the boat launch. Otherwise, it was completely dead.
      City: Livermore, CA

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      Water Temp: 79 - 82

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The Fishing really has picked up in the last week with better numbers and larger fish.
      In the last few guided trips I had a kid catch his first fish ever and another catch his biggest limit. Fish range from 3 1/2 to 5 1/2 pounds. On Saturday we had a 22 1/2 lb limit and over 20 fish in a 6 hour day fishing with soft plastics and some reaction baits.

      I fished both the north and south end. In the south the algae is thick at the launch ramp but I was able to fish in cleaner water all week.

      I found the fish to be grouped up and most of the spots we fished we could catch a bunch of them if we had patience and stayed on them.
      City: Clear Lake

      Tips: Tips.. Fish slow, most of the bites are soft or just pressure.
      Use your electronics to find bait and fish, If you find the bait the fish are close by. For the shallow bite flip the weed and shade pockets or throw the Frog. For deep fish keep an eye on your graph.

      Have fun!......StevePerkinsFishing.com

  • Mendocino County
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      Water Temp: 79-81

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: launched @7:00pm. WOW! Another wonderful evening on Lake Mendo. The lake is still very full. The water quality is perfect. Fished the shadows on the East side to start. Caught a nice "catfish" on a swimbait? AGAIN, the top water bite started @ 8:15pm. got into a school of smallmouth's that were feeding on the surface. NO STRIPERS? The topwater bite lasted into the dark.. Off lake @ 9:20 pm. Hated to leave. Remember, KEEP IT REEL! Don
      City: UKIAH

      Tips: BILL DANCE COMES UP BIG AGAIN !! Tie on a spitt'in image for your top water lure.

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught the "trifecta" of bass (largemouth, smallmouth, spotted bass) from the bank on Monday. First fish came on a spook around 5:40am in Markley Cove. Many hours later and no success around Oak Shores, I finally caught my other 3 bass under the Putah Creek bridge. Only one was caught in the sun. I got many more bites and landed two fish in the shade of the bridge. All my afternoon fish were caught on crawdad imitating plastics drug slowly along the bottom.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Find the shade, especially with deep water or cooler current nearby and you will find more active fish. That's all I could figure out.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 76-79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Today the California BASS Federation Nation had the honors in taking out the "Stockton Ports" Baseball Team on the Delta with one fan per team member. Three fish limit for six hours, lauching out of the Webber Point and fishing the low Delta. Most of the bass were caught on Craw Speed Traps, Flipin a Brush Hog, Senko Blue/Black,Horny Toods and a LV500. Big fish was 5.26lbs and winning weight 10.50 lbs.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Have fun and becareful... ware you Life Jackets.

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

      Report: Fished the State Park area from the swim beach to Cole Creek with a float tube from noon to sunset. Not much action at all. Caught two 3.5 lbers with topwater frogs, one at the weeds outside the swim beach buoy line, and one at by the tules at the mouth of Cole Creek. Missed two as well. Otherwise, it was completely dead.
      City: Livermore, CA