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Friday, April 23rd, 2010

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 60 PLUS

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: TUFF DAY AT THE LAKE ..WATER CLARITY INCREASED BY AT LEAST A COUPLE FEET SINCE LAST POST..WHEN I PULLED UP TO THE RAMP I SAW A GUY LAND A NICE 3 POUNDER ON A POP R..TOPWATER IS ON ..I STARTED WITH A BUZZBAIT AT 6:30 AAND QUICKLY PICKED UP 2 FISH..BUT THAT WAS IT..THEN I CAST SOME SPINNERBAITS WITH NO RESULTS..TRIED RIPPEN AND ZIP..I HAD TO GO TO SENKOS TO FINALLY GET SOME BITES..OVER ALL IT WAS ASLOW DAY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR..9 BITES FOR 7 FISH AND NONE OVER 3 POUNDS..
      City: SANTA ROSA

      Tips: TRY TOPWATER EARLY AND LATE..THROW SENKOS AROUND STUMPS AND TREES.FROGS MIGHT BE A GOOD CHOICE..NEXT WEEK I WELL BE THROWING A MOSS BOSS OVER THE TOP OF THE WEED LINES.. GOOD LUCK...

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fish in slough...toss buzz bait, chatterbaits, senko,rattle trap,frog, n punch some matt. Got a blow up on frog n miss, got my tail bitten off on my beaver n got nada. Drop shot n bit was on !!! Caught fishes in 2-5 ft of water. Bass spit out red crawdad. Found most of them in tree lay down n stump. Bite are much noticeable. Bite that i saw my line moves and toss back same spot n got another bite. Bass got some shoulder n be doing the dolphin dance..haha. Pull them out quick b4 the tangle back in them tree branches.
      City: elk grove

      Tips: wish the pro would post here more often , so we can get some idea on pattern n location. I know they read these site. Puff puff give... my angler. Some do..but most don't.

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      Water Temp: 54-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished Franks without much luck,,,several dinks.Saw lots of Beds and saw several people fishing beds,but I didn't see any fish on beds.
      All of my dinks came on drpsht in 4ft. in tule pockets.I know this isn't much but it's all i got
      be safe and good luck
      City: woodpile

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

      Report: Most fish up shallow, threw plastics all day. Total of 10 fish with a 8.5 kicker. Had something HEAVY hit, swam under boat just to snap me off. heaviest fish Ive felt at the lake in 15yrs fishing it.
      City: Port Hueneme

      Tips: all fish came on a long pause drop shot.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey thanks alot for the info. That helps out alot. That was exactly what i was wondering. Ya i just got a new boat so its got the 3 star carb rating so i should be able to put it in there. Is there any horse power or length restrictions. The lake sounds like all the San Diego lakes that I am used to fishing. Ill be out there in APR and will post my first couple of trip reports on here.

      Tips: Go Big Or Don't Go

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Ok...I am bored. I agree these people that keep big, spawning females are morons that just want to brag to their buddies. Anyway, I no longer post when I catch BIG bass...not worth it. I fished in the pouring rain and managed 2 very good fish right on the bank. Got them on a go to bait of mine that usually produces. Let's all just fish and try to persuade these baby killers to release their catches as they happen.
      City: Antioch

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My partner Dan and I went out between rain storms for 5 hours last night. Dan caught one while I was parking the truck, and then caught another a few cast later on of all things... a buzzbait believe it or not. The next thing he caught was me. Right on the head. , but it could have been worse. Things picked up at dusk and we boated 25 total with the biggest going #6 and we had a ton of #4 & #5"s.
      I caught mine on c.b.'s and mag jerkbaits. dans mostly came on the buzzbait or c.b., but he did get one I missed on a senko. we had doubles twice once it got started. About 9:00p.m. the skies opened up again and we bailed.

      Tips: No rhyme or reason to location. We caught em in thin water and thick. they did want darker colors though.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Would like to mention the Chico Conservation Bass Club tournament this Saturday. Launching from the dam, 80 bucks includes big fish, food and raffle. You can sign up that morning if you haven't already. And you don't need a full blown bass boat to fish this. But you need to keep the fish alive so a livewell of some sort. Also want to mention the flyer for the Yuba City Bass Busters tournament is available at Oroville Outdoors. Its another really fun tournament.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Shouldn't have much trouble catching a limit. The waters 126' from the top as of today. Just throw the stuff you have confidence in and you do just fine. Lots of debris so watch for that.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on water at 930am. fished yorty creek with my dad. threw a brush hog and a wacky rigged senko till 1pm. 3 bites, 2 fish. both fish caught on senko in less than 5 feet of water. Back at lauch, a bass fisherman told me that he caught 25 in past couple days all on lizards in 5 feet of water.
      City: Larkspur

      Tips: Cherry creek. texas rigged lizards. shallow. Tight lines!!

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 56 plus

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Toaday I was on a walk around the lake on the conn valley side and noticed the bass are starting to bed up. This has been happening for a few weeks now. There were a few pairs stuck together like glue and very aggresive towards intrusive baits laying in there beds. So this is more of an update of the way fish behave. I did stick a few bass.
      City: Napa

Monday, April 19th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of LazyM 8am and had 16lbs of frog fish by 9. Frog bite died after that. Don't know if it was the wind that picked up, or the morning topwater bite was finished. Either way it was good to see them aggressively eating the white phat frog. The rest of the day was ho-hum.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Bring your grass frog rod. They were 30-40ft back in the thick grass and a chore to get out. Only lost one (the first one) coming off halfway to the boat.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 58 TO 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report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s IN ORANGE AND BLACK STRIPES TIE ONE ON AND REEL SLOW DOWN THE BANKS AND RIP IT OUT OF WEEDS...GREAT DAY SAW 2 BOATS ALL DAY.
      City: SANTA ROSA

      Tips: POUND THE BANKS THERE ARE A LOT OF FISH THERE NOW..SLOW ROLL SPINNERBAITS OVER LOGS AND AROUND TREES AND STUMPS..THROW SENKOS ANY WHERE.THE WATER IS A LITTLE COLORED SO DONT FORGET THE SMELLY JELLY OR BANG.YOU CANT MISS RIGHT NOW..GET OUT AND GET EMMMMMMMMMM...

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: toss spinner,swim bait 4/6/8", jig,n wake bait but no taker. I did wat Matt S did n got bite. Just read Matt's report n notice my bite was the same but with different worm. Tried Aaron magic n a few other worm but no bite. Til I change to the right one n bite was on. Got there a little late n met up with a lot of boat traffic . That made the bite a little tough but once traffic dies down it was on.I had other boat cut infront of my path b4 but today i had a guy on the bank walk in front of my path n toss his lure in front of me. I guess he didn't see my 8 inches swim bait..haha
      City: elk grove

      Tips: spot that had a lot of moss didn't produce for me. Weeds was the key n points that had kind of a slow tapper(fish was sitting on the drop off). fish was in 5-10 ft of water. Try different worm til u get one. Bite is much noticeable. I had a few fish tick tick me twice n three times cuz i wasn't sure it was a fish or sinker dragging again the rock or snagging on weeds

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 54-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: If you have the chance to get out this is the place to be right now. The spots are big and fat and easy to catch. The junior Bass Club spent the day on this great water fishing for those big fat SPOTS. Most of the bass were found in the back of coves when you find the water falls. Using a darter head, worm and some time. They found big bags upto 16 plus pounds for five fish.Find the time right now and enjoy the day.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: fish slow and have plenty of darter heads

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 53 deg / 59 deg

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of B&W Went out with a good friend Water in the mokullume river was chochlate brown Threw some blades with no success , Senko , and cranks Water was 53 deg I am guessing From snow melt it was still cold. so we decided to go to south delta water was really nice and clear and temp was at 58.9 deg we fish around little mandeville bacon island .Threw swim baits, Senkos,blades ,cranks. Only to boat a 2-lber on senko texas stle . Weather was nice saw lots of birds and a spectacular sunrise. Going to wait a couple of weeks for some nicer weather . got a cold front coming in this week. Tight lines to all cya on the water PLASTICMAN1
      City: Elmira

      Tips: wit for water temps to increase

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      Water Temp: 59/60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out with Wifey for the first time this year.

      After dealing with the usual first of the year stuff(Battery issues water pump issues); We started out fishing around the launch area.

      I succombed to the first cast first fish curse. I caught a small Spotted on my first cast using a Stacy 90 Rip Bait. Only managed 2 more small ones.

      Wifey caught one in the Bear Arm in the Afternoon.

      Overall it was a great time. I got to see Wifey fishing in her bikini!!
      City: W.Sac

      Tips: It was a tough day. Talked to a few people they blanked.

      Bullards Bar next!!

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 54-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the rattlesnake area last week with marginal success. The size was good but the numbers were low. Averaged about 5-8 fish per day. The largest was a beautiful 8.2 female full of eggs...next was a 7.0 with the rest in the 3-5 lb. range...nothing under 3. Most successful bait was the senko (color didn't matter), white spinnerbait, and a jig. Almost all fish came in water 4' or less right off the bank.
      City: Sacto.

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      Water Temp: not sure to gra

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished the south end of the lake( keys, and rattlesnake couple others for nothing. Loaded up the boat took a ten min drive to the north launch.Fished from rodman, and a little creek by long tule all over really. threw spinner and chatter bait and senkos, with senkos being our only luck.Me and my partner landed 14 fish in 12 feet or less of water. best fish was about 5 lbs none were smaller than 3 lbs.
      City: Olivehurst

      Tips: Fish slow let your senko sit on the bottom for a couple seconds before you pull it in alot were suckin them off the bottom

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Dad and I got three bites we know of, but only one in the boat. Bite was very light for us. Drop shotting various colors. Clear with black flake & chartreuse tip was the winner today. I'm sure others did better. Water temperatures are rising. Varied from 58 to 61 today in main body and up in N. Fork. Saw lots of fish (carp and small mouth). The water is definately rising as we launched from Granite Bay's mid water docks. Water is clear. Good Luck.
      City: Sacramento

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Me and my friends caught a total of 9 Rainbows largest being 2 1/2 lbs. Friend caught a 2 lb. Thunder Trout which put up a good fight for a fish its size. Person next to us caught a 7 1/2 lb. Rainbow and another caught an 11lb. 2oz. rainbow off a Rapala as well as a 7lb. Thunder Trout.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: -Chart./Spring green powerbait
      -lemon-lime powereggs
      -Kastmasters
      -Biggest fish near Dock #2