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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

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

      Report: Launched out of Orwood @3pm. Fished outside of Indian Slough and got a lot bites, but many were pretty dinky. Fished a buzz and frog = 0. Crank and threw swim bait with the same results. My bud started catching them on a Ika. Until the last hour of light most of the fish were 1-2#. He was half of the double we had and they both buried in the weeds. We had to debate whose fish to go after first. He finally relented and we went after my fish first. . Somehow the small senko hook held, as we weed through and pulled out a beautiful 6-10! Then we also got his pounder in. What a great way to finish the day. Ran out of light.
      City: orinda

      Tips: Threw reaction baits without a touch. All fish on plastics. Even tho most of the fish are under 2#, it's alot fun.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 76-79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Mike, thanx for the straight up word on current condition at Folsom. Have always known it can be good at times but it's a hard lake..many others have said the same thing. But you're right, just gotta keep at it! My brother and I are thinkin' they're moving or have moved deeper. Next time out we're gonna brave the chop and skiers/wakeboarders and hit our favorite structure out on the main body.
      Thanx again for the true skinny on Folsom!!
      City: folsom

      Tips: Same as Mike's and Chris B's and others who know Folsom.....keep at it and don't let low numbers discourage..I did and now I'm back with a purpose!!

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Folsom is really tough right now brother, we went out of Granie Bay yesterday morning and went all the way up the North fork to the river. We manged to get 2 fish up there and that was it. We then hit the main body and Browns Ravine with no luck. All I can say is keep at it.
      City: Anterlope

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 80-82

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I guided a great fisherman yesterday in his boat with the idea of teaching him some good off-shore structure areas for summer and fall trips. We started with topwater baits of all sizes and one paid off for him! I saw this smallie clear the water by at least a foot in the morning sun - what a sight!! She went 3.84 lbs - post spawn fish. He hooked another good bass on the same bait but lost it right away. The rest of the time we ran over the whole lake - looking and fishing several shoreline and off-shore structures. The cold front had pretty well shut the bite down with a very chilly morning wind and fog in the distance. We caught several small largemouth and smallmouth for our efforts. We did see lots of suspended fish on his meter, but couldn't get them to bite.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Topwater is always a good bet this time of year. Fish shadows for as long as you can. Several color worms worked for us, mostly drop-shotted and dart heading.

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 71.6 - 77.4

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished before first light until noon. Started with top water on rocky points and spinners around wood. there was a bit of wind until around 8am. Caught a few bass,then swithed to cranks a little deeper back in coves on steep rocky banks for a few more bass. I did try on of my favorite spots with no bites at all(skiers Cove)Usally a hot spot.
      City: Napa

      Tips: We were the only bass fisherman I saw all morning. Keep fishin

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78-81

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry AB, but I was there on july 13-14...why would I lie about the water quality. Anybody who has been there lately will have to agree with me. The water is terrible. I love Clear Lake, we used to catch 80+ fish a day during this time in the past. We were lucky to catch 15 fish in two days now...and 1 cat! if you say the water is fine you must be talking abot a different Clear Lake.
      City: S.S.Francisco

      Tips: Be prepared to work very hard to find a clear spot to fish. I did catch one 4.5 lb on a rago swimbait (Velvick BV 3D) and the most on sweet beavers. 2 on jigs.

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      Water Temp: 78-81

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: ok Steve, why don't you tell your possible clients about the worst water quality I've seen at DIRTY LAKE since I started fishing there about 10-12 years ago...I know is not your foult, but it's hard to read a report that doesn't even mention all the crap in the water. If you bring a boat there, be prepared to have wash it right after, not to mention having to replace all you line in all the reels. the only clear water I found was at the south west side near the end by some rocks. from konocti vista marina it's a loooong run to find clear water...I used to love this lake. Now I'm sad to say: no wounder all the for sale signs!
      City: S.S.Francisco

      Tips: try a different lake.

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      Water Temp: MId 80s

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the north end to the narrows the last couple days, we caught lots of fish up to 4 pounds. Most were strong fighting 3 pounders.

      The bite was different both days, yesterday we got into a great swim bait bite, We caught them on the 6" Osprey and the 5" Hippo. We also caught fish on soft plastics, frogs and the shakey head.

      I took out a guy (Chris) that wanted to learn how to catch them on swimbaits, well he flat out whacked them and I think he is addicted.

      I was fishing the sinko with only 1 bite and he was throwing the swim bait and had a limit in about an hour once we found out how they wanted it.
      We continued to run our pattern all the way down to anderson island and back up north.
      City: Clear Lake

      Tips: Tips: We covered allot of water to find the fish and changed our presentation until we found out how they wanted it.
      If you can get a pattern going it should work on most of the lake now. Each day the pattern has changed for me from a slow presentation to a reaction bite.

      Have fun !
      ...
      StevePerkinsFishing.com

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 76-79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched Dike8 and started ripping out left along the rock wall/construction road; also had dropshot..zip/zero. Ran to Brown's Ravine willows using senko, darthead, dropshot, even topwater-zip/zero. Next to NewYorkCove trying all same-zip/zero. Next further in at dogleg before Jack'sShack...zip/zero. Continued up river into 5mph but not quite to SalmonFalls Bridge...zip/zero. Back out to main lake peninsula willows-zip/zero. Submerged islands in front of Dike8 and out to depths of 30ft-zip/zero. Even tried countdowns and some slow-rolled spinnerbaits at depths we saw fish (7-12-20-30ft.....ZIP/ZERO! Trying real hard to like this lake in my backyard...real easy to dislike it...but still trying to like it! Chris B....help!!!
      City: folsom

      Tips: ZIP/ZERO - Tried everything that worked during similar conditions each year...each year changes. Thought going out middle of the week would help with less boat traffic...NOW THAT WAS NICE! Saw other bassers...saw no fish but I want to believe they caught. Haven't tried N.Fork....Should I??? Maybe Chris B. might help ...That is always appreciated!!

Monday, July 12th, 2010

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 79-83

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This is the year of the "grandpa!" I had another grandpa/grandson (13) trip last night - a little tough on a Sunday night with all the weekend traffic on the water. The boy became a good caster thru the trip and missed a couple of bites. Grandpa missed quite a few until about 1 am when he was 5 for 7 with 2 "overs" - one at 17 inches. I hooked one "over" and a few others before dark which I let the boy land. Though the fishing was overall surprisingly slow, the quality was excellent with only one dink (12 inches) in our catch. We used Robo worms before dark and 7" junebug Berkely Power worms after dark. Very few bass shallow - which they usually are in the dark of the moon. Most were caught 15 to 30 feet.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: After discussing the slow bite with grandpa during the night, I came to the conclusion that the bass may not have had the need to move shallow since there was so much weed growth cover at the 10 to 30 foot depth. That is not normal for Oroville except after several low water years. Several of our bass were caught ticking the weeds. I have to mention - stunningly beautiful night in the north fork - not a hint of a breeze. Quite dark of course. Once we got close to the dam - the east wind was howling as it does during a heat spell. Big waves! Getting the boat out was a challenge!!!

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry Stoveguy, kept callin' ya Stovepipe....
      All in all, had a good day; see prev post. Gonna try Folsom Tue with nephew and his girlfriend; look for my Folsom post Tue or Wed.

      Tight lines everyone!
      City: folsom

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Stovepipe..thanx for gettin' back to me and sharing the info..very cool of you!
      Launched today from New Hope, tried Beaver Slough to start; one blowup/miss on black/yellow frog. Nothing else on senkos/beavers this slough; went straight to our fav Mokulemne tules around the corner from B&W; boated 8 between Bro and Bud; then Tower Marina/Little Potato into Potato for couple more each; then all the way around back to B&W tules for couple more. Good day but all mine were strictly lipless crank (red craw); Bro and Bud mixed bag on plastics, lipless, and spinnerbait.
      Thanx again Stovepipe!!
      City: folsom

      Tips: Worked outside edge of the weedline for my crankbait hits. Bro and Bud hit tight to tules for senko plastics. Graphed lots of fish during low tide at the weedline and dropoff 7-12'. Dropshot didn't excite them.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished when it was cooler
      City: martinez

      Tips: check out bass fishing on clear lake with russ and roy on you tubethe

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went in the afternoon, mainly to check on how my boat was running after a few adjustments. After paying the $17.50 fee, I figured I should make a few casts. The good news is the boat ran fine. Unfortunately can't say the same for the catching. Fished for 2.5 hours and threw plastics and blades and didn't receive a bite. The previous reporter obviously knows a lot more than I do.
      City: orinda

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 78-82

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I guided a father and 2 teenagers yesterday early evening until 1 am. For the first time in a long time, I was disappointed with the bite - though they all caught a fish or two before dark - mostly largemouth and only one dink smallie. The size of the bass was good. After dark, the bite was horrible with only 2 bass being caught. The guys were fishing pretty good too - it wasn't their fault. Usually in 80 degree water the bite will start an hour after dark. Not so late night. The night was very quiet - no bird sounds, fish working, - AND - not a boat after dark around Big Island and north. Amazing!! I guess the 4th of July weekend must have done in the bass!!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We mostly drop-shotted Robo worms before dark, but dad got the most bites split-shotting his Robos. After dark we used my favorite Berry night bait, the 7 inch black Power Worm - normally red-hot after dark. Brush hogs didn't work either. Most of the fish were suspended in the top 30 feet of water, but many were sitting on the bottom - maybe carp and catfish. I wanted to try topwater and cranks, but no-can-do with 4 in the boat. We did see some bait balls also on the meter.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: warm-forgot to

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Ladds-fished Mildred Isl. Frog bit in the early morning 3 fish. Sencos (dark color) after that, about 15 fish, no kickers. Some wind not too bad.
      Great day all in all..
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Fish on weekdays if you can durning summer if you don't want to share with pleasure boats.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 73-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Water temps from low 70's to 80 even. Viz...Clear on the walls dingy everywhere else. Water elevation has dropped some which has started to kill off some of the weeds. I had over 20 fish on buzzbaits, three swimbait fish, one dropshot fish...Just to see if they were where I left them. 6 senko fish...one 7lb. 10 oz. one at 5lb 4 ozs. and one at 6 pounds 13 ozs. I had a great trip and just fished what I wanted where I wanted when I wanted...Lake was deserted because there was an evening tourney....Dave Poolman won it with 31 pounds and a nine pounder...

      Rip

      I had a dbl. digit miss my bait on two back to back casts....darn near stopped my heart on the second swipe :lol: She just plain missed the bait the first time and missed the hooks the second.
      City: Ojai

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

      Report: Fished a couple of hours each morning for the last week, primarily from the narrows to Rattlesnake. Overall it was pretty slow - for the first couple of days around the 4th I caught more cats than bass! Seemed to be the same for others I spoke with. Got a bit better later in the week (perhaps as the holiday crowds subsided?). Quite a sight to see all the carp spawning behind Rattlesnake.
      City: Glenhaven, CA

      Tips: Surprisingly slow bite on drop shot/dart headed worms, usually these work well. Most productive was Basstrix 4" swim baits off Henderson Point - got 2 4+'s in successive casts. Bite for all was very soft.

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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 7 bass towards north end. South end is clumped up again with algae bloom. Stinks real bad. Shag rock was a little better water. Wish F&G/County would let this lake go through it's natural cycle and stop spraying chemicals that are killing off all shad/baitfish and fry. $10.00 monthly stickers are a waist (nice to know money is going to spray chemicals in lake and killing off fish.
      City: pleasant hill

      Tips: Fish cleaner lakes and try again next year.

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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Agreed with earlier posts. It is time for local fisherman to somehow mobilize to get our access back to this lake. When I was a kid it was power boats one day, sail boats another. We have dealt with muscle inspection at other lakes in the area, we could clearly deal with it here. And, hey, electric motors only... fine! Let's just get some access to this beautiful location. In the tips section is a link to send email directly to santa clara county parks... i think if enough people start making a lot of noise, we may be able to get people thinking. Screw the rowing club - i see them in power boats buzzing across the lake and it pisses me off I can't be on there in at least a float tube. I have caught some nice fish here (crappie too) back in the day.. it's time to get back on Lexington!
      City: Pacific Grove

      Tips: Here is a link for email:
      http://santaclaraca.gov/index.aspx?page=1119

      Let's make this happen!!!!