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Sunday, August 1st, 2010

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: na

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went to calero on sunday the 1st and monday and tuesday the 3rd. walked the shore each day. had three blowups on my buzzbait. missed two cause i got too excited. the third came off right at the shore. my drag wasnt set so i didnt get a good hookset.. rookie mistake.looked like a 2.5-3 lber. went back the next day(monday) to reedeem myself. caught three fish and missed two blowups where the fish really didnt commit. caught two on a buzzbait(1.5 & 2.5).and caught a 3.2 lber on a super spook jr. i saw some fish chasing bait on the surface threw the spook out,twitched it twice and bam a fish hit it but jumped over my bait twitched it acouple more times and he came back and gobbled it. when i got him close i noticed there was three other fish swimmimg alongside of him all about the same size. came back the next day on tuesday and caught two. one on the spook again and one on the buzzbait. got there around eight and left by noon each day. every morning it was foggy until 930-10..but the funny thing is i never got a bite until that sun popped out thru the fog.
      City: santa clara

      Tips: throw buzzbaits right along the weed patches scattered along shore.

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

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

      Report: Got out early sat morning. I threw a black buzzbait and my partner threw a baby bass spook. Partner caught a few up to 2 1/2 lbs while the buzzbait didn't produce. Topwater bite died so we went straight to punching mats. Fish were biting but not near as aggressively as last week. Did not get the numbers or quality as last week but we were definitely still catching them. Missed a lot of fish because they weren't very aggressive... and also broke one of on 65 lb braid...
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Throw a spook or similar lure in the mornings and punch mats when the sun gets higher. When punching let your bait hop a few more times and work it a little slower than you're used to. Pay attention cuz they aren't slamming it like they were a week ago. Also check your line even when fishing braid cuz its very strong but not very abrasion resistant. It will break your heart real quick.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 79-82

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Very late start, on the water about 2 and off by 730.. Drop shot and texas pulled no fish. Lots of fish in 25+ feet rocky areas but to much sun on the water. Tried for reaction bite early evening still not producing..

      Note: Novice Fisher, could use some tips.. Thanks
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Fish early!!

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

      Report: Went in a buddies boat at first light. Stuck one over 4 pounds on a chartruse buzzbait on my second cast. Moved along. We caught 4 on senkos...Faded watermelon purple flake. Around noon my partner gets a 3 pounder on a lavender shad BBZ-1 and three casts after that I caught it's sister on the same weedline break on an all white buzzbait. Around 2:00 I hooked another buzzbait fish but my hand sliped off the rod and I wound my finger into the levelwind gearing....By the time I got myself un clustered It was gone....Same size fish as the previous...about 3 pounds. We moved in behind all of the anchored boats and caught one more on a senko before I had my frog blown sky high with a spectacular miss. Off the water at 3:00
      City: Ojai

      Tips: Mainlake points are best.

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      Water Temp: 70ish

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: spring lake has been one to five fish per outing.quality fish three to nine pounds between avid anglers,based on seeing the fish or hearing about them while chattin with other anglers.really nice toads being caught by someone daily!!!
      City: rosa

      Tips: try using baits that you normally cant.have been seeing very vicious topwater feeding explosions.cant get bit yet.take advantage of the foggy mornins get there at 6 am. midday shaded pockets and skipping holes can be good.tules hit and miss (flip deep)good luck and tight lines!

Friday, July 30th, 2010

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 81-84

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Mike Sperbeck and I fished the lake Thurs late afternoon and up to midnight. The previous algae bloom was gone and the water was pretty clear. bite was real slow in the evening as the delta breeze was very strong and cool. That killed any topwater bite. Mike caught a few 1 to 2 lbers and I had a good moment as I hooked a 4 to 5 pounder on a Power worm but lost her when she jumped. When the moon came up about 10:30 the bite was fair and we caught several up to 2 1/2 lbs. The bite died shortly after. I was using the 10" Power worm all the time - hoping for the big bite. Mike was using a small beaver and was catching the most. I think we boated 11 bass and missed a bunch.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Bass and bait are still in the top 30-35 feet of water. Lake level is holding very well - only down a few feet. The might have dumped in some water from Pardee - I don't know. Weeds are not real bad except in very shallow water.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took a friend and his son out Saturday. Tried a variety of techniques but had the best luck with roboworm and Baby Brushhogs in green pumpkin on shakey head and Carolina Rigs. Ended up with just 4 all around 1#. His son caught 2 and so it was a great day!
      City: Monterey, CA

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 79-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tough bite, ended up with a 3+ lM, pushing 3 spot, several little spots and 1 5-7 lb catfish.
      All fish on jigs..swimming the jig produce most of fish.
      City: Lincoln

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 73-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: No ones posted for awhile so here is an update of what I found today. My daughter and I hit the water around 7am and managed to get 10 bites and 6 keepers to 2lbs. on various baits. Cranked deep diving fat free shad(blue/chart)on flats 15 ft. of water. Baby brushhog mojo-rig(watermellon/candy),shakey head and flippin' weedmats and steep rock banks with superhogs(green/pumpkin)Stayed around the southend area most of the time,off the water at 12 noon.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Take a kid fishing... some goodtimes to be had on the water right now.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 79-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished friday night 8pm to about 4am, did pretty well with zara and xrap, after dark spinnerbait bite was excellent also brush hog was decent.. no real big fish, best was a 3lb largemouth and a 3lb smallmouth. Saturday fished from 10am til after dark, zara did well as well as drop shot, not as good as two weeks ago but still fun.

      Tips: spinnerbaits at night

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

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

      Report: Fished the Konocti area, water is pretty nasty, but fishing was good. I only had a few hours to fish but had 3 big blow ups on a tournament frog... but couldn't hook up. Downsized to a swamp frog and bingo. Almost every dock or cove with weeds had fish blowing up. Fish were up to 4 pounds.
      City: K-ville

      Tips: Top water was the ticket. Water is so thick with weeds could really only throw a frog. You boat guys probably want to flush out your rigs when you're done!

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

      Report: Hey Don thanks for posting something on the lake. I havnt been able to get over there yet this summer but im looking to hook into some stripers.
      City: K-ville

      Tips: if you want to share any please do!

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: OG, eat me!!!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Correction on the emails for Lexington. I sent one to the address Kenny provided and a nice person from the city wrote back and said we should use the following sites:

      https://clients.comcate.com/newrequest.php?id=80

      http://www.valleywater.org/
      City: Monterey

  • Mendocino County
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      Water Temp: 79-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Lake Mendo. after work, Launched the boat @ 6:30pm.THE LAKE IS BEAUTIFUL! Water quality excellent. There was a group circled around a school of stripers that were boiling on the West side. Had several small dinks interested in crank baits. The fun really did'nt start until 8:00pm when the top water action came on. TWO NICE ONES!
      City: u

      Tips: Remember we are blessed to have such a great lake in our own backyard ! HAVE FUN -
      Try cranking, the fish are active. Cover alot of water. White spinnerbaits works too!
      KEEP IT REEL! Don

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 83-87

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 7:00PM LAUNCHED @ FOSTERS FREEZE RAMP. MUCH , MUCH LESS ALGAE SCUM ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAKE,. FISHED A FEW SPOT ALONG HWY 20. WATER WAS VERY ROUGH. TOOK 4 WAVES OVER THE FRONT OF THE BOAT. CHARTED MANY FISH @ 12-16 FT. OF WATER. TOO ROUGH WENT IN @ 8:30PM.
      City: UKIAH

      Tips: FISH THE NORTH SIDE IN THE MORNING, ALONG HWY 20. THERE ARE FISH IN THIS AREA OF THE LAKE.

      FOUND A REALLY GOOD CAR WASH ACROSS FROM THE SENTRY MARKET. CLEANED BOAT GOOD ! WELL WORTH $2.00

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 79-81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well finally got out for a night trip on the infamous Oroville lake last night. Got on the water around 745-8ish. Began throwing topwater on submerged island tops in the main body with no luck at all. Started scoping fish on the humminbird all in about 15-25 feet of water, then began pitching dropshots and picked up around 5 fish all in the 2 pound range with a few under. The moon decided to come out about 10:30 or so, and really lit up the entire lake! I believe the night before was the actual full moon, which dwindled my hopes of haveing an amazing night due to them gorging the night prior. Once the moon came up we shot up the north arm to find big boulder type rocks which offered shade due to the moon light. Right around 12:30 or so after being in the north arm with not much luck at all, I pick up my 1/2 ounce football head jig equiped with a black and blue hoola grub and casted it about 5 feet from the bank, hopped it twice and BANG! Textbook jig bite, I set the hook and knew if was heavy right off the bat! It came immedietly to the surface and wehn it rolled myself and the 2 others on the boat KNEW it was big! We scrambled for the net, and it came up one more time just to spit my jig out of its mouth! The bottom line was it acted just like a big largemouth that you hook somewhere like the delta, clearlake,etc. You know on this lake in general you dont here to many fish(Spotted, or largemouth) being caught over 5 or 6 pounds here, but this fish was every bit of 7 plus at least! Overall, not the best trip ive had there fishing at night, i believe we boated 9 or 10 fish with a few under on dropshots. We also missed WAY to many bites! All out bites and fish came on spider grubs, beavers, and dropshot.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The fish were very aggressive when hitting the baits, only 1 or 2 fish were dead weight, everything else was wam! You knew they hit it. We used all dark colors which is a must when fishing night time. Fish came between 15-30 feet all night! Go fish that full moon and you will have an oppurtunity to catch a fish of a liftime on any lake. I just missed mine last night on Oroville! BUMMER

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 83

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 11:30am until 5:30pm.I caught about 20 bass.Best 5 just under 13lbs.Lots of small fish shallow, better fish were around 25-30 feet deep.

      Tips: drop shot natural colored worms. senkos on a flick shake head.I missed the top-water bite.I did catch one about 4lbs the day before on a wake bait.

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68 deg

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Was windy at my house and debated to go fishing . Said what the hell told the wife pack up lets go Started fishing out the gate at B&W resort fished tules with sweet beaver black with red flake with no takers threw a few crank baits . with no takers picked up and went North finding a few 2-lbers . lots of boats out skiing headed toward Tower Park stoped at a couple places to try to get out of wind. by the way I got out late @ 11:30 so I can fish the flood. fished bouldin Island north side with 7 total in the 2-3 lb class So Picked up again and was heading to tower park my wife noticed some one waving a flag at us . I did not want to look, but figured it might be a emergency. I know whats going to happen. yep ,,ran out of gas!!thery ran out of gas in there wake board boat being the bass fisherman I am .I wanted to say, stick where the sun don't shine but did not.I towed them to Tower park.Did continue to beat the water to a froth with minimum results fishing is tough right now . I did get on a good pattern with Pumpkin /blake flake ZOOM worm 6" with twist tail texas style .They loved it and were all over it . Think I would of caught some quality fish if I had more time to fish and the wind started blowing really hard later in the evening. Going to go out next weekend and give it a go . tight lines to all c ya on the water
      City: Elmira

      Tips: Carry a Phone # for vessel assist on you to give to water skiers running out of gas....Try to get on a pattern and stick with it .. try to plan to fish the tides at the right time. I personaly like the flood coming in from a really low tide, fish seem to be more active the last 3 hrs of flood. On really low tides try to find deeper edges fish really slow during low tides . I use bass pro shop "bass attractent" on my worms .

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I got started 11am from B&W and all the skier were out mucking up my spots. I knew I had to fish deeper. As I riged up by an island a friend stoped by and said the bite was off a bit.I gave him one of my best crankbaits wished him well. I found some nice spottedbass drop shoting in 12ft at Tower Park. The south mokelumne sloughs were pack with bass boats so I fished the only the major points. the fish were NOT right at the points today(it took me a while to figure them out),I found most of the fish on the upstream side of the sloughs (in comming tide). It took about 25 cast to get then fired up. I cranked for most of them and when grass got to sticky I use my spinner bait. most of them were 1 to 2 lb but real fun, a nice red eye almost took me to school. I started looking for bigger bites, I started tossing a big dbl wide beaver. caught two pigs by wimpys, one was a good 7Lb+. I started yelling never give up like Ike, but only ducks were watching.
      City: rio vista

      Tips: I know there is fish all over the delta, for numbers use moving baits, for size beef it up. the two pigs i landed were 2 hours apart with no other bite and in 7ft eddys. now I just need to do this when it counts. my colors are orange craw and shad for moving and black/bue,punkin for plastic. dont fight the skier just move, when IM angry I dont fish right. well be safe and my back seat is always open God Bless.