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Friday, June 18th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 75-79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We fished the Narrows from 4 pm until 8 pm. What a disappointment. We only caught a hand full on 4" shad worms (dropshot & shaky head). At least the fish were bigger than average. We caught our fish about 15-20 feet deep. We had a nice breeze and stained water on a lot of the points. We cranked and jerkbaits on and off while the sun was up and for 1 hour when sun was down. We did not get one bite. We should have fished the morning, but because I worked swings, it is tough getting up. I think the fish are going deeper and the fish are in transition. The lake is turning over....and to top it all off - too many wake boards/jetskier even though it was Thurs...
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: None. I quitting until the fall...

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Consentrated on 15-20' depth, and then moved up and back. Could not find em. Two fish all day, one SM and one spot --nice 3 1/2 lber but beat up looking. So much water in the lake that it is hard to find my spots because they are so deep now. The peninsula is gone! Tried frog, worms and senko. Wind blew good all day. Sure is pretty tho with all that water and no bathtub ring shoreline.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: wish I had some!

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 68-70+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started out of Centimudi and fished up to Digger Bay, fish were deep only got about 10, mainly on green and reddish worms, 4" greenpumkin senko's did will also. Head over to Dry Creek area, got one over 3lbs. got another 20+ agin all but 3 were over 12". Fish were mainly 15+ deep, only shallow fish were in mud lines. Biggest surprise was, 90% of fish were smallmouths. Saturday went out of Jones Valley, weather was cooler at first and light wind, took awhile but the bite stared, Greenpumkin 4" senkos, and green and reddish 4" worms, had to stay in the 15+ range and secondary points did well. Baby Bass color did will also, Only 1 smallmouth, other 20 plus spots over 12 and up to 17". Two good days, Boat traffic picked up when the weather got warmer, good thing was it made mud lines, which made a good area to fish.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Had to keep trying different colors but once you find the combo, it worked alday. Had to stay in the 15+ foot depth, or shallower in mud lines.

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out with my brother around 1630. We went over by the arms next to the marina. We were throwing crawdads with a bullet weight. My brother caught two on the crawdad with the biggest around two ponds. Very windy day, really worked the trolling motor to stay were the fish were. Was only out there for about two hours. Too windy.
      City: red bluff

      Tips: Crawdads worked well. Black with green claws. Missed a few fish

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

      Report: Went out to Delta couple days ago fish around Orwood and Holland. Caught couple small frog fish and had some blow ups. Tried disco bay with no result at all. 5.5lb was the biggest of the day I caught, the fish was hiding in the tullies. Overall still pretty slow for everybody else.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: No Tip. Junk fishing is the key!

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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished south delta all day, started on tulie island south end of woodward with no takers. Moved back to entrance of woodward fished our way in, my buddy caught one and i snapped one off on the hookset. We jumped around the tulie islands in the area with just one bite on a jig wich i lost because i didnt check my drag, didnt bury the hook on the set. We moved further south to Coney island, last two hours of out going tide my buddy gets on a good buzz bait bite while i was throwing a frog, i had two good blow ups on the outside edge of weed/cheese matts before i lost my frog up on the rocks, then tied on a buzzbait and helped my buddy out with that bite. We got 6 fish on the buzz bait and missed 6 others, best 5 going 13lbs.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: All fish came off tulie/rock banks, the buzzbait fish were holding on tulie clumps outside the weed/cheese matts.

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Great fising trip with my 25 year old son today. 20-30 fish between us today. Several over 3 pounds with the biggest pushing 4, caught by son on a 6" Junebug lizard on a 1/16 ounce weighted hook. Downsized tubes also pulled out several nice sized fish.
      City: Reno

      Tips: Remember to watch your line. You don't always feel the bite. If you feel anything, "Set the hook, and ask questions later".

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

      Report: Hey Don P, thanks for the info, we spent a great four days at the lake and cought in the dozens of fish, the second night was the best senkos did ok but the real bite came from dark red and dark blue tubes. The bit was on from before sundown untile the sun came up the next morning. And yea we released them all. Thanks again. And by the way the most active area for this trip came from going past the green bridge, hooking a hard left and down about a mile or so around the corner.

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The year of family and PBK ( aka ) Phoebee. Pbk hammered them. Me not so well. Awesome weather great fishery
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Claim to fame schooled Pete Howell( PBK K one night on rock wall throwin favorite jig and rip bait. He is one of californias best so it made me proud.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 63-68

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished out of B&W Area and fishing was slow
      Caught a small limit using chatterbaits and dropshots.mainly trying stay out of that Wind again.The only pattern that was consistant was the fish were all holding at least 10ft of water on outside weedlines and the tide was outgoing most of the day.
      Good luck,be safe
      City: Woodpile

Monday, June 14th, 2010

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: IDK

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Ya threw the swimbait for nad, then we switched to a senko. Hammerd two 5 pounders back to back castas, then some more small fish from 3- 2 lbs.
      Ya the fish are in 10 to 20 feet ow water.
      City: ventura california

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 70s

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: awesome day out on the kayak. caught 15 fish from between 6am and 1pm. biggest was almost 3 lbs. caught them on pretty much everything but the kitchen sink. guy about the float tube, go to the free launch ramp and just go up and down both sides of the bank. good luck!
      City: modesto

      Tips: throw it all, try everything u got

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the lake for summer vacation with my sons who are 8 n 10.These boys can catch FISH!We started off just messin' around catching bluegill and low and behold...the dock right at the KIVA was LOADED with crappie.My 8 yr old caught 68 in 3 hours.We moved to another cove and found the spot.I caught 75 in no time at all!My 10 yr old got over 55 but stopped counting after he saw the GIANT largemouth that were spawning right in the crappie hole.WOW it was cool.NO boat traffic...lots of fish.Priceless!!
      City: Hayward

      Tips: Hey Art,you want smallies?Try a craw colored crankbait on the absent bank across from the hotel...Its a cant miss.Good luck buddy!
      Take a kid fishing!

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

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

      Report: No big fish to report. Summer is here. Fished Franks and lil Franks, plenty of dinks on senkos. couple of blow-ups on frog. Fished main river, two follow swim baits and two strikes on swim jigs and again, dinks on senkos. Nothing on spinnerbaits or buzz. Fished rip raps with tulles.

      Tips: Fish were all tight in tulles.

  • Siskiyou County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a weekend tournament and didnt do so well. Caught 1 fish which went 2.26 lbs for the 2 days and got 11th place. Winning weight was a little over 8lbs. Very tough!! Caught mine on a black jig with brushhog trailer in the back of the weed beds. Be patient and fish slow. Did not get any on top water. Had 1 blow up at a frog but that was all. Have no good info for anyone other than that.
      City: Napa

      Tips: Fish slow and be persistent. I heard of alot of different things that caught fish. Senkos, spinnerbait, jig, buzzbait, no specific colors. Hope that helps a little.

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 56-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I spent a few days at Big Cove for a little fishing and scouting. Winter is trying to depart - but it is a slow process!! Surface temp on Wed evening was 62 and this morning (Sat) it was 56! I fished most mornings and evenings for about 2 to 3 hrs and found the smallies pretty willing hit but hard to hook. The wind blew both directions - hard - most of the time. I just fished a mile or so either direction from Big Cove. Each time out I caught from 4 to 7 smallies, but only one quality one, 3 lbs 2 oz. I caught about 25 and only 3 under 12 inches. Last night I got them to hit crankbaits including the ever-faithful crawfish Deep Wee-R. Before dark I was throwing the black Wiggle Wart and hooked a real toad. She stripped out line like I couldn't believe, but I lost her after 20 or so seconds. I did catch several 2 to 2 1/4 pounders on the crankbaits. The rest of my fish were caught on green pumpkin 4" Power worms and 5" Senkos - mostly #301. Before dark they were nailing the green pumpkin Senko w/ chartreuse tail. Lost a big one on that bait too, but it did produce my 3-2 smallie. Lots of bass were caught by the dock ladders that are now much in the water. All my crank fish were caught on a sloping rock bank with deep water next to it. That spot always seems to be good right at dark. The magic depth overall during the trip was 8 to 12 feet. I was mostly Texas rigging my worms but did catch a few split-shotting. There were so many favorite areas of mine that I was excited to work, but Almanor, like Clear Lake, will just kill your game plan. Overall, I did have lot of action (bites) but the mood of the fish, cold front, and the rough water made things very difficult.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The lake is filling rapidly. I took a photo of the inflow flood protection canal west of Chester. What a sight - running high!! If there was any spawning activity - I wouldn't have been able to see much. Most bigger smallies seemed to be post-spawn. Where I was fishing the visability seemed to be about 3 to 4 feet.

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

      Report: Freakin windy!! Launched out of Russo's and head out across Franks Tract. Three foot swells on the way out which quickly grew to 5 foot swells. Surfed the boat back inside the wall and managed to pickup a few.

      Ugly out there
      City: Danville

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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Worst wind I've come across in some time.Trying to control a 21' boat with a 101 lb minnkota on 90 was NOT what fishing should be! It finally calmed down in the pm and found some decent water to fish but counts were nothing like two days ago.Had to laugh at the dinks that would hit a 6" senko!
      City: Eastbay Grease

      Tips: Bikinis will save the day!

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

      Report: Fished a club tournament on Saturday my partner and I caught about 17 fish with the big fish going 3.35lbs. Fishing was good for the whole club but the big bites were tough to come by. caught most fish on the dart-head and some random ones on dropshot, swimbait, and jig. The big fish came on the jig. Islands and main body points worked best for us. Purples and blacks seemed to do best. http://www.sacramentobasstrackers.com
      City: Folsom

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Gotta post something. I hate approaching a tourny and there are no reports for weeks at a time..so heres mine. Caught dinks all day guarding nests, most were just short of 13 inches. If you want them throw spinnerbaits, senkos and flukes will work (any greens) in or around the old beds. The big female is gone from these spots so if you want her you gotta find her. Our bigger fish came from purple roboworms dartheaded around steep rock for smallmouth and the bigger largemouth came from some bigger size senkos (any greens again) thrown in shade pockets later in the day. Our club did well for the conditions. There are definitely fish to be caught. Have fun!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Mostly post spawn which was tricky but theres still spawning fish...adapt to the area you are fishing. you can still sight fish the spawners but will have to work for the post spawners.