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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 6/24-6/28. Mostly Sac arm. Good topwater morning and evenings. Schools of spots on points taking dropshot and jerkbaits in 10-30ft of water. Mostly small fish w/some to 2-3#.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Off the hook topwater 1st and last hr of light. Use larger lures and go deeper for better fish.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: well i caught a 6-7 pound bass out here today. it was awesome!!! she was full of eggs (late spawner). i was using a ton of different things and no luck and then switched over to rag claw pumpkin color and caught 3 bass.
      1st fish: 2 lber.
      2nd fish: 6-7 lber.!!!
      3rd fish: 1.5 lber.
      all caught on or by the tules.
      awesome day.
      City: seb-town

      Tips: use a rage claw the wavy claws are the key! and stay near the tules.

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Sid it takes a max of 10 to 13 minutes to run franks to discovery
      City: lodi

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Thanx HawgCatcher; we'll check the maps and explore. ...and try not to horn in on anyone's hotspots.
      City: folsom

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I think he's talking about middle slough that goes underneath I5 past snodgrass slough
      City: Galt

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      Water Temp: 82-85

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: TOUGH BITE. FISHED FROM 3-7 P.M. WITH POPS AND ONLY LANDED TWO FISH. WE MISSED TWO BITES AS WELL, BUT AS PREVIOUS REPORT SAID THEY FELT LIKE BLUEGILL OR REAL SMALL BASS. BOTH FISH CAUUGHT ON TUBES IN 20-25 FEET. WE DID SEE ALOT AND I MEAN ALOT OF FISH AND BAIT SUSPENDED 40 FEET DEEP IN 60 FEET OF WATER, BUT COULD NOT GET THEM TO BITE.
      City: LINCOLN

      Tips: DRAGGING THE TUBE IS WHAT WORKED FOR ME, EVEN IF IT WAS LITTLE SUCCESS.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey "D"...Hate to admit it but I have lost a little bit of interest lately as I have become increasingly frustrated with the people taking the big bass home. I love this lake and have caught many giants. It's in my backyard and am planning a trip soon. I will be switching things up a bit as I am getting back to my roots of fly fishing and will be targeting the gig gals with my new Lommis 9 weight. See you on the water.
      City: Antioch

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: on the water 6pm- robo worms darter head got the first 2, then 2 on crank and 2 on topwater in the trees.4 of them over 3lbs.
      City: auburn

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: an ok day...caught a lot of smaller fish on drop shot and texas rigged worms. Nothing on top water in the morning. Fished the bridge piling and produced 5 keepers the largest 2.5 pounds. Lot of activity on the water as a trout derby was going on and water skiers in the afternoon, Over all caught 27 bass.
      City: SACRAMENTO

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 73-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fun trip today from 6:45 am to 11 am with a grandpa and his 9 and 11 year old grandsons - the boys first fishing trip. We fished the middle and south forks - the south fork provided a breeze which helped the bite. We taught the kids how to cast and work a split-shot and drop-shot rig. The summer pattern is here! Lots of small spots but the 9 yr old did get one at 15 1/8 inches. We just used 6" Robo worms - sometimes biting them off to 5 inches. That offers a little more bulk than the 4 1/2 inch worms. The best color near the end of the trip was Sexy Shad. Bass were spitting up lots of bait. The colors I have mentioned in previous reports were still working also. We caught them as deep as 35 feet. Nothing too shallow. I'm sure Senkos in the flooded brush would be a killer also!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I would work bigger baits for bigger fish now. First and last light will be the ticket for a few months now.

Monday, June 28th, 2010

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

      Report: A friend an I launched out of Dissappointment and had a great day for numbers. We caught 41 bass. A couple in the 3 to 4 pound range, many 2 pounders, and a few shakers mixed in. The kicker fish still alludes me...until next time.
      City: Turlock

      Tips: Throwing senkos on rip rap banks seemed to be the most productive technique today. However, it seems like it changes from day to day for us. One day they are on a top water bite, the next, they won't touch it???

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: was wondering how long it would take to run from discovery bay to franks tract.
      City: elkhorn

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78*

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got in a couple of quick days, with much better results than weeks past. Didn't fish long, but had success numbers wise with weightless yamamoto creatures/senkos in pumpkin t-rigged. Mostly cookie-cutter 2 lb'ers. Couldn't find the big un's. Best bite on and in outside weed lines in 10-15 ft. Fished Windflower side of Rattlesnake arm mostly. Nothing on topwater yet, no hits on blades, and pretty much dead-sticked the bait with a little hop or two. Hits came when the bait came free from the weeds and after it dropped and sat for a minute. No slams or taps, just loaded up. When you think you're stuck in the weeds, you've probably got a fish on. Best action in the evening.
      City: Clearlake Park

      Tips: Go slooow. Lotsa smelly jelly. Parallel outside weed edges and toss to pockets in submerged weeds.

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      Water Temp: 70-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: lake was very high!lots of bait bass didn't want anything I threw at them(the hole tackle box!!!)At night shine a flash light on the bank, and see how how many craw fish there is!!!!! windy and warm..

      Tips: I wish I had some!!!!

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

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

      Report: stoveguy: could you tell us where middle slough is in relation to wimpy's? i'm believing you're referring to wimpy's at new hope? thank you for your recent report. we know snodgrass, beaver, hog, and sycamore from that area. we just don't know exactly where 'middle slough' is. any insight is appreciated. thank you stoveguy!
      City: folsom

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of Wimpy's on the water about 6:30 AM and went up to middle slough where the bass were plentiful on 5" watermelon senkos (bass pro version)w/ purple flake up to 4.5 lb.. Caught only one on a frog that was right at 4 lb.. In total a 19 fish day in a small area and best five @ 22.6 lbs.. Left about 1:30 due to global warming.
      City: Penn Valley

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got punched in the mouth. First skunkmof the year. Had a few bites but they felt more like a Bluegill hit. I'll try Bullards next time.
      City: W. Sac

      Tips: Most of the other Bass fisherman were out of the water by 11:00 A.M. They reported limited success. I tried for an afternoon bite.

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 71-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I took a good friend of mine to Bullards today - helping him test some new baits. Sorry, I can't say much more that that. To say it was a boating zoo out there today would be an understatement, but I am happy for all the folks that can now enjoy boating with a taste of summer finally upon us!! We hooked a lot of bass but the catching was not real great. We did wind up with a limit around 17 lbs and I caught my first 4+ lb spot in awhile. We fished 5 or 6 areas that all produced some bites. We found willing bass at many different depths and as shallow as 7 or 8 feet.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: In addition to other techniques, we did try some rippin' which has been pretty good lately, but nothing today. I did hook a pretty good fish and a smaller one on brown/orange jigs, but lost both of them. Unlike Oroville, the overall water color is quite stained - visibility only about 2 or so feet. By the early afternoon - mudlines everywhere! The Dark Day parking area seemed to be full in the afternoon.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished off the bank for thw first time. Bass seems more active. Fished Italian Slough and caught 4 to 3#.Bites were hard to detect. Look for weigth, when you get a bite. Some weedlines were way off shore.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: Best is to fish at first light. And set the hook if the line feels heavy

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well they had a big fun night fish on friday night the 25th. So the Ventura County Bass Club had the whole lake on the 26th. No pigs were caught but everyone had plenty of bites. I got a couple on the 6in Plunker and my partner caught a few on jigs. I swiych it up and started throwing cranks and caught a few. Wer had about 15 bass biggest was a 5.8 by the rockpile.
      City: Camarillo

      Tips: I was using braid with the cranks and only lost one bass. I had no luck on bigger plastics.