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Sunday, April 25th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 64-68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Found water up to 68 degrees. Wow. For the most part water was 65. I was hoping to find some pre-spawn bass. I fished reaction baits mostly in pre-spawn areas. Wind was blowing pretty good so was just about forced to fish reaction baits. I was not able to get a limit. I caught a few decent ones with rest being small. I guess most of the fish jumped up on beds overnight?
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: I'm sure with full moon coming and temps where they are, it is all going to be about bedding fish now. Third year in a row, I had lousy pre-spawn fishing. I don't even remember what normal March/April weather is. And of course, another big storm in the forecast.

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      Water Temp: 62-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED FROM 7:00-12:00 AND HAD 16 IN THE BOAT AND MANY OTHER BITES. 4 SMALL FISH, BUT ALL OTHERS FROM 1.5-3.5 LBS. ALL FISH CAUGHT ON PLASTICS IN 15-25 FEET, MOSTLY PRESSURE BITES.COULS NOT FIND ANY BED FISH ANYWHERE.I DID HOOK ONE GIANT, NEVER SAW IT BUT FOUGHT FISH FOR AT LEAST A MINUTE AND COULD NOT GET IT TO COME UP TO THE BOAT, MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BIG CATFISH.
      City: LINCOLN

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 56-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry for the late report. Lots of fish on beds including a 6+ in front of the house. Couldn't get her to bite though. Caught fish on jigs, senkos and ripbaits. All fish were about 3 lbs with one at 5. About 7 fish total with 3 guys fishing fri night, sat and sun morning. Hope you have better luck than us - it was tough, hadn't been here in six months.
      City: Concord

      Tips: Most fish caught were in the evening, with a couple at night. Couldn't get anything to bite in morning. Fish the North end of the lake, nothing we caught were in the South.

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      Water Temp: 58-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Devil Mountain Bassmasters lauched 8 boats from the Ferndale Resort on the 24th & 25th with gorgious weather and clear skies, my partner and I ran north on the first day and caught 2 fish in the 2 lb range in the morning and struggled for another bite all day. The weigh in on the first day 1st place had 18+ lbs. for 5 fish. The 2nd Day my partner and I ran to the keys and fished very shallow water throwing unweighted texas rigged Senkos green pumpkin and black flake, you had to really soak them before the fish picked them up, most bites were just mushy, I caught one sight fish. The resort hospitality was exceptional and highly recommended along with a great dinner at Zino's Resteraunt. A total of 84.04 lbs was caught for two days and a big fish of5.09 lbs.
      City: Martinez

      Tips: Slow Slow Slow, and if you don't succeed slow down.
      The fish we caught were skinny males, they haven't eatin for a while and they were showing it, soon the will be munchin hard.
      www.devilmtbass.com

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      Water Temp: 56-63

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I just came home from a Wednesday thru Sunday Clear Lake run. We caught the tail end of the rainy weather and wind. Water clairty varied from 1 foot visibility in the keys(Maximun) to 3-4 feet up north. Capt. Jack was right on with on of the patterns. Our big fish day came on Thursday when my friend lost about a 8-10+ right at the boat! Snapped new 15lb. like it was sewing thread! It looked like teeth issues were a factor in the break off. I did manage to land a solid 6lb. beast in a very rocky area. She bit, and ran straight into a rock formation, for 20 seconds I couldn't move her... finally got her out...., and to the boat! YEAH! Friday was the best day of the week, nothing bigger than 3.75; but the best numbers boated for the week.
      City: ANTELOPE

      Tips: Great trip!!!!!!

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      Water Temp: 65-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out about 2pm Sunday after getting pulled over at the left of the entrance...said we were going 5mph over the speed. 26yrs no ticket and he was yelling that this was gonna be one expensive fishing trip...long story short, he let us go. Threw everything in the boat from spinners to every kind and color plastic you could imagine. I never got a bite...frustrating. Hubby got 2 in the 2-3lb range and one trout after a stick bait, took the whole treble in its throat. Day couldnt have been any more beautiful but hot enough to put some blisters on this winter colored body. All his fish were taken in 10ft or less but they were stacked up in 20ft.
      City: Clovis

      Tips: Wish i could tell ya. He got both bass on a white swim bait. Some good hits on creature baits.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 63 to 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My cousin and I went up to the river area and caught over 50 bass. Shad color was the ticket, they hit on almost any color plastic we through.Biggest fish went 3lbs ,but most were 12".
      City: Modesto

      Tips: If you want to to teach your child to catch fish nows the time. P.S. They must be catching trout also main lake was full of boats trollingfor them .Plus we caught three fishing for bass.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well if you didn't fish the tournament at Oroville Saturday you missed a good one. Hats off to the Chico Conservation Bass Club for drawing 90 boats for a perfect day of fishing. Year in and year out they do everything to make their event just perfect. Just over 13 pounds was good enough to win it with big fish at just over 4 and a half pounds. I think everybody caught fish, enjoyed the food and the raffle.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: I heard the word senkos a lot but topwater was also mentioned along with worms. Just get out there and enjoy it before they pull the plug.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We got some nice Trout 17" to 19" today with Cast Master Lures - Gold. We were fishing 13 ft to 18 ft of water. We were at the mouth of the McCloud; West Bank, up from the Bridge.
      First trip out in a long time and had so much fun. The lake is finally full!!
      City: Bella Vista

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started out on the falling tide this morning in Connection with no bites, moved over to Franks where water is gen clear and fished of shore grass clumps and tulies throwing watermelon senco and 520 beaver in cal 420 and 420 in rythem&blues with no bites, moved over to entrance of sandmound, added a frog to what we been throwing with no bites.From there we headed to Middle River behind Mildred and got on some fish. We got about 7 fish, all fish came off 520 beaver in cal 420 and 6" senco in baby bass, biggest went 4lbs.
      City: modesto

      Tips: Fished all day with no bites, dont know if we made the right move or if the tide was right lol.

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

      Report: Well for the most part of the nice day on the water, Basin Bassmasters only had three limits come in. The winning weight was 18.55 lbs with a six pound kicker. The winners used a 4" Senko wacky style, skippin under docks. They stayed with that all day and found one next to a post also.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Stick with under the docks and let it fall to the bottom, wait and set the hook. 10-15 ft of water.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 65 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: One of the good days in between the rains. I tried this lake the week a couple weeks before and did pretty well. This time the fishing was much better by weight. We caught an accumulative of about 40 fish. Most of the fish were between 1.5 and 2.5 lbs. Around noon, I hooked onto a 4.5 lbs spot, on 6 lbs test none the less. Incredible
      City: Lodi

      Tips: I stand by it. 6 lbs 100% florocarbon, on a drop shot set up. Best colors I could find were MM2 and MM3. I have used others, but none with this success. Good luck to all.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 58-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I had a great time fishing my first bass tournament with good friend Bob Buckner on Saturday. I was glad to be on the water early to take in the scene of all the boats launching and staging in the early morning light. After blast off, all my nerves dissapeared and it was all about fishing. Bob quickly put two decent fish in the well working topwater on main points. We filled our limit working shakey heads and wacky rigged senkos shortly thereafter. We culled a few fish in the main body, then decided to look for bigger fish in the South and Middle forks. The wind kicked up, however, and we ended the day just over 9 lbs. The Chico Conservation Bass Club did a great job and everyone was enjoying the day. Congratulations to them and all the winning anglers on a great day.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: If you have never fished a tournament before, get there early. Not only is it fun to watch the boats arrive in force, it will ease your nerves being on the water and ready to go. Also, lots of different boats run in this event. I fished from a big jet boat and saw all types of boats both big and small having a great time.

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

      Report: Almost forgot to add, if you are up at Lake Shasta make sure you make a stop at the basshole...good times, nice people and great food. Check out the link.

      http://bassholebarandgrill.com/
      City: Sacto

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Almost forgot to add, if you are up at Lake Shasta make sure you make a stop at the basshole...good times, nice people and great food. Check out the link.

      http://bassholebarandgrill.com/
      City: Sacto

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      Water Temp: ~50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I just finished fishing the A/C pro / am and the WCB pro/am. I took 13th and 25th. Almost all my fish came on a 4" senko wacky rigged on a gamakatsu extra wide gap finesse hooks on 6-lb. flourocarbon. The key to getting the senko down to the 20-25 foot depth needed was pegging it in the center with a nail weight, and riggin it wacky style with a latex rubber band. Pro-cure added also made a significant difference and I would suggest using it. Most of my fish came fishing the stump infested canyons in the pit river, some of the canyons held bigger fish than others. The key was casting the senko 20' off the shore and let it sit, for as long as 45 seconds, twitch a couple times and cast again. Make sure to watch your line and use it as a bite indicator. I did catch a few key fish on a osprey line through swimbait during the A/C tournament, but those larger females were spawning by the time of the WCB tournament, so the swimbait bite was off, by which I did not realize until after throwing it all the first day of the WCB tournament.
      City: Sacto

      Tips: Pit river

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      Water Temp: 58-62 degree su

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish a friendly tourney this weekend 24th to 25th. Bite is slow but getting better. Caught 15 to 20 fish each day. Had to throw back lots of 10 to 11 inchers. Big fish weighed 3.37 lbs. fished isolated trees in coves. green worm worked best. other guys caught fish on white spinners and cranks in the wind and early morning. no much size to them.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: If i could do it all over again i would fish ever light green tree in every cove.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started off fishing Yorty Creek arm with my brother in-law John with not much success, water was dirty & stained and the temp dropped down to 54. We picked up few on drop shot, tried crankbait, spinnerbait & Jerkbait with no takers. With all the rain at the beginning of the week it messed things up, the fish were back out on the points and suspending. It was sunny but pretty windy, which made things a little tough, we ended up with 9 fish, largest was 3lbs by John, then we left @ 3:00.
      City: Pacifica

      Tips: Wait for a couple of weeks of warm weather and it should be good.

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

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

      Report: Went down to visit a friend and spent a day at Cachuma for the first time. Love this lake! Ended up with 3 smallies and 4 largemouth fishing on Luck-E-Strike bass magic, Z-Man ZinkerZ and Strike King Zeros. Fished the shore from Martini Cove to Jack Rabbit Flats. No real monsters but all fish averaged 2 lbs. I gotta come back and hit this place from a boat!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Water was clear, but still fished dark baits like I'm used to in dirty water. Junebug worked like an charm!

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

      Report: Totaly differant story today than yesterday, had to work to get 5 fish in the boat. Plastics
      City: Port Hueneme

      Tips: didnt get bit until changing the way I was rigging the worm, after that had 5 fish in an hr, off water at 3