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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

  • 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!!!!

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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I live in the hills, just a few minutes from Lexington. I've only lived here for about 3 years, and never bothered to fish Lexington before this summer, since the lake was so empty. Since mid-June, I've fished it 3 times and my sons and I have caught a good number of little bass each time. When I say little, I mean little---like 6 inches would be a lunker. We fished near the boat dock each time, and I'd bet some of these bass were stocked there (it's the only place to drive down to the water), since the further we move away from the dock, the less fish we catch. Anyways, there seem to be lots of small bass, there are definitely tons of minnows, and clouds of bass fry are everywhere. If the lake stays reasonably full for a few years, it should provide some quality fishing. Of course, you have to fish from shore, but everybody has the same handicap, so that doesn't bother me too much. Well, the rowers would have an advantage, but I'm pretty sure they're not fishing---at least I've never seen anybody troll that fast...
      City: Los Gatos

      Tips: Good fun for kids who just want to catch something and not concerned about the size.

Friday, July 9th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched from Markley Cove at 6:30 AM, hit a few points with topwater followed by drop shot before leaving the Narrows. Nothing. Ran up to Big Island and landed two nice largemouth and a beautiful small mouth in about 20 minutes with drop shot around 9AM. Ran up to Putah Creek and hit rocky walls and points. Nothing. Ran back to the Narrows and pulled in a nice spot. Ended the day at 2PM with a total of 4 fish in the boat. Only saw three other boats fishing for bass. Dozens of Kokanee trollers.
      City: Sacramento

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a great day on the water, but fish had a little lock jaw. I went out for four hours in the morning and only boated 7 fish. Fish were caught on tubes in 30' of water off main body points. Last week I was up at the lake and the bite was awesome cathing a 18lb bag. That day I was jigging a spoon on bait fish around 25-35' water. The boat traffic is crazy and no getting away from it. Mud lines where producing as well
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Deep main body points, natural color tubes, jigging spoons, mud lines all produced fish. Don't be afraid to hit main body points with lots of boat traffic as the fish still would bite.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 66 to 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: June 5-8th.

      On Saturday I fished the Rattlesnake arm to State Park and caught around 20 fish using worms, Jigs and swimbaits. The bite was much better for me in the morning.

      Monday and Tuesday I fished Rattlesnake and the Red Bud arm and had a slower bite and still got a lot of fish but it was a bit harder work.

      I was flippin the heavy cover, thules, weeds, and fishing the deep breaks with Jigs and soft plastics, also I fished with swimbaits and some reaction baits around ambush points.
      Most of the fish were only 3 1/2 pounders, kinda small but its still lots of fun to go out and catch a bunch of them.
      City: Lower Lake

      Tips: Fish the heavy cover or flip thules. Fish the deeper breaks.

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 80-84

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: After picking up my boat from Capitol City Marine (little odds and ends to be fixed), I decided to hit Amador for the evening bite. I knew it would be tough because of all the Sierra thunderstorms (they always shut off the bite)and the 4th of July weekend. However, the trip was worthwhile about 20 minutes after launch (5 pm) when I got a great blowup on my green Snagproof frog. I love it when I am so stunned by a blowup that I don't set the hook immediately. Maybe that's why I land most of my frog fish. This one stayed on the hook and she went 4 lbs 5 oz. Not a monster, but fun! I missed another blowup and that was it. I was reading the water as the Sierra clouds drifted over the lake - it became the dead sea. Not a single rise of anything and only saw a few shad dimpling. I decided to throw my B&M Piranha swim jig and landed a 3 pounder and missed another after dark. Just as it turned dark, I fished a Junebug 10" Power worm and hooked a big one but lost her after 10 seconds or so. Missed another Power worm fish and that was my action. I left about 11 pm.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The water has seen quite an algae bloom in the past few days and visibility is limited. There arn't too many fish below 30 feet right now. The lake looks great - only down a few feet.

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

      Report: launched out of B&W today and headed out to franks with no luck, then headed back and worked my way around stanten island, only caught one for the day...cant believe it!
      early morning i was throwin a dirty white bully wa 65 into slop and got nothin, then senko's at the weed edges and still nothin
      finnaly i picked up the delta craw jig and landed a nice little 2 1/2 lb. largemouth
      City: dixon

      Tips: i need some help on finding these fish

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: Mid 70s to Mid

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The fishing has been much better in the last week, and we are now catching an average of 15 to 20 fish a day. Still not to many big ones, lots of 2 1/2 to 3 pounders a few 4 pounders and a nice small mouth.

      I am fishing plastic worms 4" to 7" Texas ridged and Dropshot. Jigs, and some Reaction Baits. In the weeds try Frogs, 5" Swimbaits, Sinkos and Swim Jigs. The best action for me has been in the weeds and thules. For reaction baits try Deep Cranks, Swimbaits, and Buzzbaits.

      I have been fishing both the south and north parts of the lake and both are fishing well.

      Have fun !
      City: CLera Lake

      Tips: Try the Swim Jig in the weeds and Deep cranks around rocky areas.
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      StevePerkinsFishing.com

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

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

      Report: Fished for a couple of hours and hooked one. Nice size, about 4 lbs. i think the evening bite is the best time to go. Fished with Jerk baits and varied the speeds.
      City: san jose