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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 63-69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Two of us fished this past Sunday. We got on the water abotu 9:30 and were off at 7:30. Between us we caught 43 bass. Ten were over the slot, ten were under the slot and the rest in the slot. Two were small mouth and approx. 8 were largemouth. About 10 were on minnows, one on spinnerbait, two on dart headed worm and the rest on senko's. The fish were in the back of some of the coves and at ohter times they were on the points. Some areas of the lake, the water was very clear and other areas were it was windy, the water was stained.
      City: Rough and Ready

Monday, May 17th, 2010

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

      Report: Thnks for the report Catchbigone(david) Not many report on Berryessa lately or as well inform as yours. I've been wait for your report...thnks a million bro
      City: elk grove

      Tips: Gotta give David respect

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Chris... I sent you an email. Hit me back. I will be there tomorrow before I head out on the delta in the afternoon. Later....
      City: Antioch

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

      Report: Fished with bro-in-law today from 1:30 pm to 4. Had to leave cause of rain. Had one nice spot about 2 lbs. Hit it on a smoke/purple with flakes Senko. Felt like I had weeds all the way til the fish jumped out of the water!
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Fish very slow. Tried spinnerbaits, topwater sammy's, jigs, and Senkos. The Senko seems to be most productive at this lake for this time of year. I can't wait til they start committing to spinnerbaits and crankbaits!!!

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 60's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of wimpy's, headed north towards snod and meadows, water was dingy so I started huckin' a white revenge spinnerbait/gold willow in the tree's, no takers. Headed south to find clear water, ended up in beaver a ways and started huckin' two different speed traps. Proceeded to boat 6 largies to 3.5lbs and 3 linesides to 16"
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Largemouth were right up on the rip-rap, stripers were a little deeper on the edge of a wind-blown mud line. Keep the boat in about 12' to 14' of water.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out on the lake around 9:30 in the morning. (late start). We fished the South Fork but nothing, did not even see fish on the graph. Do not know where they were. If anyone can tell me where they have gone, I would appreciate it.
      City: Sacramento

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 61-66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: began the morning off fishing timber using dropshot and topwater. nothing on topwater though we did catch five on dropshot then when the sun was up we moved into coves and points with wood using dropshots and jigs. caught about 10 until the bite slowed down then the wind picked and the bite went crazy caught 3 two pound largies in a row on consecutive cast down a creek channel. the largies r in lookin for beds. we decided to stick to this pattern and looked for creek channel with wood around them and as we were fishing we started seeing a bunch of fish suspended on the wood in the back of this coves and then a big with two huge laregmouth guarding it. soo we backed off and came back in and after 45 mins finally pissed her off enough to bit it turned out to be a 6 pounder.
      City: castro valley

      Tips: finished the day with 45 fish all using dropshots and jigs and senkos. sight fihsing was fun.in some spots u could see 20 ft down in others about a foot. using a watermeleon dropshot wrom and also shad patterns like holo shad.

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

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

      Report: Went shore fishing for a change and hooked up with some nice fish. 6 fish total (2-3 lbs)with an 8 lb kicker. Woo! 5 caught using various plastics and one on a spinnerbait. No top water action again. Water needs to clear up a bit more.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Leave the boat at home and save some gas money. Go shore fishing :).

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      Water Temp: 65+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In the morning, fished south end of Mildred Island. 2-5 feet deep in tule's near deep drop offs. Slight breeze, water clear. Used 7' Zoom green lizard on short Carolina rig. Boated 5 1.5# - 2.5# keepers in a couple of hours. Move out to Turner cut, got very windy, nothing. Then back to old river at Italian slough, VERY windy and water went to muddy (wind and wake boats) nothing there either. Left for home early.
      City: Hayward

      Tips: Look for clearer water later when the heavy wind and boat traffic picks up. Don't get stuck on one bait (like I am right now).

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      Water Temp: 67 - 69 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got at 23 lb 5 fish limit this evening with a 9 lb kicker just camping out behind the sail boat club today. I did not get "BASSBUSTER1" launched until about 5:45 p.m. so I decided not to make any long runs this time. I used black jigs and 7 inch berkley powers worms. I was surprised to not even get a single frog bite this time.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Keep changing lures and techniques until Mr. Bass tells you what he/she wants for dinner. :-)

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 61-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What a nice day yesterday for this guide. I took a father and his 9 year old son and a friend of the father. We basically stayed in the Rattlesnake arm for the trip and mostly sight-fished. The 9 year old will be ready for the future-pro circuit at age 10!! What a hoot! After dad caught the first two bass on MMIII Robo worms on a rock flat, we decided to sight-fish since the water was calm. The young man caught the first - and last sight-fish, all on his own! The first was over 3 lbs and the second was over 3 1/2. I'll put his photo up next week. I did nothing for him except to rig his #169 Yamamoto grub. Dad and his friend caught the rest using a Blade Runner white jig with a Yamamoto trailer. The 3 of them caught all the bass - about 10 or 11 for about 16 1/2 - 17 lbs. We watched several bass spawning - fun. Hope the tournament guys don't take too many off the nests this weekend! I had a trip on Thursday too with 3 guys. It was breezy and the bite was much slower - they did catch a few thankfully. What a difference a day can make this time of year!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I assume some of the early spawners will be hanging out in and around deep docks and could be caught with Senkos and other slow-falling baits. The frog and topwater bite should start soon. Again - next weeks weather is going to be cool. Will we ever see the '90's??

Friday, May 14th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The water was gin-clear. I went with a good friend in his boat. We started in the area of the vineyards. We tried topwater first thing in the morning. Got some great blowups on a chartreuse super spook, however, they were missing it. I know that sometimes you can change to a different topwater lure and nail em. I got impatient and went to a senko, color 297 (green pumpkin). I got 2 nice spots (both over 3 lbs.) They were male cruisers, definitely not schooling. Significant waits between bites seem to be the rule of thumb. My partner got another spot near the Putah Creek bridge. We didn't stay on the lake long. I believe that for now, a slow worm presentation is a good approach. I do think there were more nice fish in the vineyard area.
      City: Esparto

      Tips: Always consider the Senko color 297. I like the 5 inch size. I wacky rig it in the center. That action seems to really attract some good bites. Remember, you can use this presentation in shallow water too, even if it's only 1 or 2 feet deep. Not many people do this, but I've caught some lunkers using this technique. I use a drop shot set-up at almost any depth. I personally use light line, around 8 lb test works for me. Yes, I sometimes get broken off, but I get so many bites that it's worth it.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Smashed the hell out of them today using a paddle tail swimbait! Fairly windy, enough to stir a bite. Spinnerbaits drew no attention but a 5 inch paddle tail caught me 14 fish with the biggest close to 5lbs. All bites came in two hours later in the afternoon.
      City: San Jose

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: caught two fish one of which was a dink and the other which was between 9-10lbs personal best by at least 3 lbs. Both fish came on brush hogs.
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: fish shallow

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: low 60's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out with Bob Myskey on my first ever guide trip. My fantastic wife gave it to me as a b-day gift. Bite was reported to be slow and very tough. It was, the bites were very subtle and you had to fish SLOW. Senko / Dropshot got our 9 fish. Bob had great stories, taught us a few nice tricks and I recommend him to anyone interested in a guide. He shared tips, techniques, locations, and told great fishing stories. Best 5 probably 15# and BF probably 4#.
      Tiger and I had a great time.
      City: Paciifca

      Tips: Slow / Dead Stick even..... if you get a chance and can swing it I recommend setting up a trip with Bob (bassin with bob).

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

      Report: Started About 10:00, finished up about 3:00. Caught 6 total with only four being legal. Biggest about 2 pounds. Alternated between drop shot, crawdad senko, and texas rigged brownish orange worm. Caught fish on all three, but senko brought the most strikes.
      City: Roseville CA.

      Tips: All my strikes came after letting bait sit for atleast 20 seconds.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 7AM - 2PM...caught 20 Spots on Rainbow Senkos wacky..all they would hit.
      Best spots ran 3-4lbs...fished walls and rockpiles. Fish
      Were in 10-15 Ft of water. Lake is 80-90% full.
      City: merced CA

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      Water Temp: 65-67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: belows date was wrong..it was 5/14./

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 63 -69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Friday 5/14/10, l fished from the back of the boat. Depending on the location on the lake, the water temperature ranged from 63 to 69

      Tips: In protected areas where the water was calm, we could still see fish on beds. If you are real patient (about 20 minutes), you can irritate one of these fish enough to get it to bite. We also saw many schools of fry from fish that had spawned earlier.

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      Water Temp: 61-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Today I fished with DON I. We left the ramp at 5:45am and headed north. Started with top water and spinners, no luck. Thru cranks,worms,jigs did not get our first fish in the boat until around 10:30 and then I think in one strech we caught 11 fish a combo of small and large mouths. Off the lake by 1:00pm.
      City: Napa

      Tips: All our fish came on wacky style. All mornning we were not getting fish and then we got into some fish. It went from no bites to they attacked the bait. Most all of our fish came in one cove. Good fishing