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Monday, May 31st, 2010

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water right at 8:00. Lake is full and really beautiful. Caught a 5 lb about 8:20 along the bluff across from the picnic grounds and a 3 lb about 9:30 in the narrows-again right off shore along a bluff. Both hit BB rapala. Covered the back pretty well, nada. The lake needs to turn over its crystal clear at the moment.
      City: Palo ALto

      Tips: I would concentrate on deep water close (right next) to shore until the water warms a bit and the lake turns over.

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

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

      Report: Hooked/lost 10-15 LMB. All caught on senkos thrown tight into tulles. Colors: any dark color worked, fish not particular today. Caught early am and when tide began to move in afternoon. Most fish were small, 1-2 lbs.

      Nothing on frog or spinner baits

      Tips: fish were tight in tulles. look for pockets in tulles.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 2 days and caught 20 bass. Day 1 they were up shallow 2-5ft on the outside weed edges. Senkos worked. Day 2 they were in the mud lines created by the holiday boat traffic. Drop shot worked for that pattern. Fish were 7-15ft on the edges. Caught my biggest fish one evening when a top water bite turned on around 7:00PM producing multiple 3 to 4 lb fish and really exciting fishing. Tried a frog and got followers but could not trigger a strike. Switched to a small, quiet Zara Puppy and they exploded on that bait. All fish were caught in the east side of the main lake and in the river area.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Patterns only lasted 1 day so be flexible and switch quickly if yesterdays fish are not there. Fish from shallow AM to 15ft mid day. The top water doesn't turn on until just before dark in water 70deg.

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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had a fun day of fishing despite all of the annoying Jet Skis and Wake Board Boats. Wifey and I Fished the Bear River Arm for 4 hours netting 8 bass 4 keepers to 2.5 pounds. 7 Spotted one Small Mouth.
      City: W.Sac

      Tips: The Water is high and cold in the Bear Arm. Our best technique was to drag worms. Although Wifey caught the 2LB Smallie on a 5 inch Senko???

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 67-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Haven't been here in awhile, but managed a nice 21" spot that had a beat up tail from the spawn. Caught her in the empty boat slip next to mine at dusk on Sat. night with a 4" senko. Went out 3 times during the day Sunday with the kids and managed 2 each time. All spots in the 11-13" range. Mostly caught them on senkos and a white 3"? fluke with a some quick rips in less than 8' of water. Monday am caught 6 more on the above baits and hula grub and drop shot. A couple were only 10", but the kids don't care. Saw a few nice trout caught from shore while there. It is nice to see the lake full. Don't know for how long.
      City: Newark

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 62 - 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the long weekend over Memorial. Great weather on Sat & Sun. Fished in the evening on both days. Crankbaits were the ticket. Worked jigs an had no takers. Tossed other plastic and still nothing. Crankbait was what they wanted. Dark back with silver on the side. My son went out on Sunday in the morning and did not get a hit on anything. Once the sun went down the bite picked up.
      City: Fernley, Nv

      Tips: We were on the Sac arm, O'brien area mostly. Work a lot of different baits til you find what they want. Darker baits did best for us. Lighter color cranks were not doing it.
      Be cautious and what for debris.

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Was on the water a little late (approx 0800). Drove to the area under the bridge. Water started off very clear but the wind, ski boats and jet skis turned the water to stained quickly. Caught two right off the bat with a spinner bait. No luck with Robo worms on a drop shot. By 1000 the bit stopped.
      City: Dayton, NV

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      Water Temp: 61-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The cloud formations in the afternoon made for a beautiful scene yesterday at Berryessa. The rain and hail from the night before did not help the bite however. I had a beginner client wanting to see what bass fishing was all about. Unfortunately, he wasn't quite ready to go when I met him at Markley. We got off to a later start - after 7 am - and the bite was on - sort of. We started fishing Robo worms and he soon landed his first-ever bass on a MMIII Robo - a spot about 1 1/2 lbs. I got a largemouth about 2 and another smaller one. He missed about 3 or 4 others and soon the bite just died. We had 5 or 6 total in the boat and that was it. He did learn 3 or 4 styles of bass fishing and it was a fun day. I decided to have us drag behind the boat on an off-shore ridge. I was using a small beaver and had a real good hit and she snapped my 8 lb test in about 6 or 7 seconds. Fun while it lasted!! We fished the narrows and areas around the mouth of the narrows. Our bites were 10 to 20 feet deep.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Hard to give tips on a day with very poor, cold weather conditions. In addition to the very clear water, the lake went dead flat calm after 12:30 pm. I even took a photo - it was like a pane of glass. Not a single hint of any surface activity from any species of fish! I'm sure that the warmer days ahead will turn things around very quickly!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished out of Tower Park. Caught 5 but the largest was 2.5 lbs. One on a red speed trap and 4 on an orange craw rat-l-trap. Missed a few - maybe they were the bigger ones I was looking for. Nice day to be out - not hot or overly windy. Also tried spinners, soft plastics and chatterbaits without success.
      City: Stockton

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Did ok yesterday, not great, but not bad considering the storm that came through the day before.Did more gardening than anything else.The moss growth is a lot like Clear Lake.Looking forward to warmer water temps and a good top water bite!
      City: Eastbay Grease

      Tips: Don't break yer buddy's rod tip

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spent Memorial Day at the lake...ooops.Well..so much for fishing.I did see some fish trying to reposition for a second try at the spawn.They raised the water level 10 plus feet in a week or two.It put the spawn in a "STATE".I did see lots of trout jumping all over the place though.Will go up in a week after the water settles down.
      City: Hayward

      Tips: Take a kid fishing !

Friday, May 28th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough day 4 bites 2 fish. Biggest 3.5 on a Speed Trap, other on Senko. Fished out of B&W to Franks Tract. Spent too much time trying to perfect Punching technique. They can have it!! I'll wait for the frog bite to get those mean nasty mat bass!!

      Tips: Fishes appeared to be still affected by recent cold front, very sluggish.

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water at 8:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m.. Fished coves and points. My partner and I both caught 3 ea. Only two were keepers (we did release them) the others were around 8- 12 inches.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Weather was so windy warm.

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Overcast and windy. Put 5 fish in the boat on 1/4 oz. drop shot rig along rocky banks using Roboworms. Fished around Big Island and back of coves with reaction baits and drop shot...no action. Others anglers at the dock reported catching a lot more than than I. All under 2 lbs.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Bite is incredibly soft, fish slow & take the kids!

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      Water Temp: 62.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 6:30 am to 6:30 pm with my buddy Russ. Weather couldn't have been nicer; cloudy most of the day with a bit of wind.

      Boated 36 fish to 2 1/2 lbs on just about everything we threw: Senkos, shaky head, dropshot, tubes, and crankbaits. No big fish but what a fun day. Fish came on main lake rocky banks from 5-25 feet of water.
      City: Benicia

      Tips: Just go out and have fun, it won't last forever.

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

      Report: Forgot the date in the previous report

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had a great few days from the shore. I hit areas that no boat could get to and the bass were there. My biggest was on Optimum Furbit frog and caught bass on baby brush hogs in watermelon. You had to punch the wood chips to get the bass to see the baits. I also used spear worm by Minda Lures. Got them on buzzbaits,frogs brush hogs and spear worms.Had about 20 bass my biggest 7 pounds.
      City: Camarillo

      Tips: When fishing these back areas becarful of rattle snakes, I alsmost stepped on one. tight lines Chief

Monday, May 24th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Monday, 5/24/10. There was a SE wind that we couldn

      Tips: Fish slow drop-shotting small plastic baits. You will have fun catching a lot of fish.

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

      Report: Ditched the boat again this time because of the weather and boy was it a good day just walking the bank. First fish a solid 4 lber. Next cast to the left a solid 3.5 lber. Right then I knew it was gonna be a fine day. Missed a few then another 3 lber. My 7 yr old nephew was with me and he caught a 4.3 lber and a 2 lber weighed on the digital scale. Took some pictures and video for memories. 7 fish total for me and 2 for the young pro-angler. He even got big fish for the day :). All fish caught on various plastics, jigs, and one on a spinnerbait.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Walk the bank and take a kid fishing. He may out fish you! Tight lines.

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

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

      Report: Buddy just moved with his boat. Any thoughts any of you may have about someone showing up at a launch ramp looking to hitchhike and fish? Wife won't let me buy my own boat. Been married too long to ditch her!
      City: Pleasanton