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Saturday, April 17th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: After I launched at Markley with my 2 clients at 10 am and hit the main body, I realized I made a terrible mistake. I had to be at Clear Lake - because the water was green!! The guys convinced me I was at the right lake - so all was well! I knew they were right when their first bass was a spot! We fished all over the west side of the lake and the narrows with fair results, though they did catch a few quality bass including an 18" smallie for one (green pumpkin brush hog) and a 3 1/4 lb largemouth for the other. They caught 6 or 7 while I was trying several techniques which produced only 1 - a largemouth at 2 3/4 lbs. They probably missed 7 or 8 bites. My largie and his big largie were caught on red shad Robo worms and a few others were hooked on red also. Interesting. Most of their fish were hooked in the top 10 feet and, as the previous poster said, success was in the clearer water - if we could find it! It got pretty cloudy in the afternoon - preventing a nice warmup. I tried some topwater just to see if it was happening - nothing! Overall, a slower day than I expected. I thought the early evening bite would be better, but it wasn't. That is why we started later. Most of their action was between 2 and 4 pm. Saw lots of bass boats - most were running from spot to spot.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: As usual, the scenery was wonderful at Greenberry Lake (I renamed it!), especially in the narrows. Though the clouds didn't help the bite, they added to a beautiful outdoor picture! It certainly was weird to fish while watching heavy machinery tearing down Berryessa Marina. Sad.

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

      Report: Took Friday off from work . B&W at 5:45 am Right out the launching ramp Saw fish boiling from stripers . Chased them around for a hour Threw shad crank baits at them boated 7 small schoolies Was a lot of funEven my wife was hooking up .Until seal showed up around the bridge. Took off from there Was throwing Bill Dance top water pop- r .Had a 7 lber taker me and my wife saw the classic strike was picture perfect. Landed took pic and released caught several 2 and 3 lbers in mokolemme river water was 55 deg .Picked up and went to franks tract. noticed a lot of boats . alot of pressure over ther so decided to hang around to boat 2 more 2lbers and 1, 4lber . Used sweet beavers over at franks tract water there was 59 deg. picked up went to prisoners pt . picked up couple of dinks on senko and crank bait. Most fish were caught on rapala 2" shad rap . Fished Herman and helens ferry throwing shad rap along weed line 20 ft out from shore throwing paraell to bank picked up several more nice fish . picked up went to white slough with no takers . moved up to tower park bridge and picked up a 5 lber around west footing on crank bait. Boated about 20 fish including stripers had a great day Missed a large fish early in the am when I was throwing top water, will go back next weekend off the water at 4:00pm. tried fly rod around areas with no takers. tight lines to all. took lots of picks but for some reasonmy comp wont let me up load them if you want to see pics will send to e mails Tight lines to all PLASTICMAN1
      City: Elmira

      Tips: get out and fish

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      Water Temp: 59-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On the water around 8 started ripping with no bite so switched up to red craw lipless and managed one 2# spot. The rest of the day the fish fell to senko's. Total fish around 15-20 with at least that in missed bites. A friend of mine and his partner caught 20-35 a piece.
      City: Lincoln

      Tips: Slow presentation is what the fish wanted.

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

      Report: Two words...."White Jigs"

      I think you probably get the picture
      City: VC

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 52-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: No reports in April - for 7 or 8 days? I was supposed to guide 2 senior citizens from the mid-west for 3 days earlier in the week, but we only got in about 10 hours Mon and Tues and the bite was real slow. They missed a few and one of them got a nice 3 1/2 pounder Monday afternoon before the cold rain set in again and Tues started off with pretty good weather before rain and wind shortened the trip. The same fellow landed another bass and missed one or two. The other client used lures he brought including Mepp's spinners and small crankbaits. I wish they had worked! We fished in the narrows area - was too cold to boat too far. It was in the 80's when they left their home - and 40's to low 50's at Clear Lake. Sad!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Not too much to say. All bites were on jigs, beavers, and small brush hogs - in 5 to 10 feet of water.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Huh, kinda thought you'd be callin me a coward for not showing up by now??? Maybe you realized how retarded it is trying to call someone out on a public forum...... especially with your stance or maybe you realized just how lucky you are to still be able to fish this resource with which you still feel the right to pillage. Anyhow, I'm glad we live in a free country where you can do something totally contrary to being a westernbass member and I can continue to call you out and make you look like idiot. hope you got skunked today.... or someone took the fish outta your hands and released it.
      City: W.C.

      Tips: Don't post on this forum if you think its OK to keep double digit fish for any reason.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Reading all this stuff makes me not even want to try out CL. I have a buddy that goes there and he always manages to catch a few fish. He's C&R only, but listen guys, There will always be people that take fish to eat regardless of what lake you fish. Let them get mercury poisoning! They won't be fishing for long! You don't have to resort to violence, fishing is supposed to be relaxing!
      City: Hayward

      Tips: Cool heads always prevail.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 56-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a half day mostly south end. The lake is in great shape,it's as full as I have ever seen it, good water color and lots structure to fish.Saw a lot of fry back there,so some fish have spawned. There was a front that moved through today that may have moved the fish off. Did manage to get 5 bites 2-3 lb., flippin' a brush hog way back in the tules.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Go fish the next full moon, there just getting warmed up. Good Luck!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well fished future pro this weekend, bite was changing by the hour. did okay took 18th out of 126,Caught alot of spawners moving up as the day went along, i used the new HIPPO Tackle 5 inch swimbait in trout color, also caught them on a PHEXIX Tube and finness jig. I just found out they use Gamigastu hooks on there jigs. there web site is Phenix rods -proline.com/

      Tips: Look for staging areas, they started rubin later in the day.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Is anyone gettin blacks or striper from this lake? I've tried swimbaitin in the past here with limited sucess. just curious how the bite is.
      City: W.C.

Friday, April 16th, 2010

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Do yourself a favor Mike, put a post on the forum asking how many people would condone taking a double digit fish out of a lake as small as Contra Loma. Especially with the fact that the reproduction mounts can be just as nice and about the same price. Not sure you'll find many people on your side. But who know's you might prove us wrong.
      City: W.C.

      Tips: C/R

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Why don't you just answer the question you buster? How old are you? Do you think your going to scare all the locals from callin you out? what was said that was rascist? That is all I asked. But trust me< you obviously think you cna't be touched but I will warn you.... Don't get to big for your britches. I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to get all the dedicated TRUE bass fisherman who, might mutter under thier breath about a small bass being taken; will definetly raise hell about double digit fish being taken, especially around the spawn. So if your response was an answer to the question that you are indeed the aforemention MITCH then you might want to just let this go and lay low for awhile. I'm not some teenager you want to call out, I'm the type that I go into situations knowing that I'm not going to loose, I'm too old for that cowboy shit. So if you are lucky enough to see me you might not feel quite that way. For instance.... how hard do you think it would honestly be to bring out all the regular posters on the lake and other local lake in a show of support for what we stand for.... and not even in a violent fashion. Because that aint what this is about, it's about disgust in our own brother fisherman who doesn't know when to release a trophy breeder and when to want THEIR OWN PERSONAL TROPHY, pictures are just as good. Can't wait for your reply. S.K.
      City: W.C.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: So are you sayin they got your name wrong and it's Mike not Mitch? That'd be nice so nobody confuses my buddy with you. I'm white and i got no prob with anyone sayin that about someone keeping a double digit fish. If not I'd like to know what your refering to, since all I saw was a white trash comment.
      City: W.C.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started the day at about 11 left around 4. The guy checking the "vessels" said somebody walkin the shore caught an 8 last week, by accident? I ended the day with 8 fish to speak of, all but one came from 30ft of bank within 30 minutes of each other. Handful of little males an two better size fish back to back one about 4 the other a little smaller. 7 of the 8 fish came on blades and one on a split shot zipper worm. Threw swimbaits, jigs, jerkbaits, texas rig....Rowed to the picture perfect back of the lake with trees an the channel and points and nada, not one fish, wtf is that? i know they're there. Talked to two guys in a tin boat sayin they got a couple about 3 in the back the same time i was there.

      Tips: Whats it take to get the big mama's out here? I know theres ten+ lb fish i've seen'em on beds in the past. So whats the secret?

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: toss spinnerbait, crankbait, N topwater but no taker. Drop shot seems to work the best. Caught most fish off point on main lake and some in creek n submerge hump. Did well in water with less green algae. Last week we caught them in shallow, this week we caught them in water around 15 deep.

      Tips: weather for nxt wk is wack therefore pattern might change

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

      Report: Well did about the same time on the lake as yesterday. Only managaed two today, went left of the launch ramp i guess that would be east, total waste of time, i got one hit and that all the way back in the creek at the stables. Threw everything that worked yesterday an then some, didn't get a thing til i got back ou tto the main lake, two both about two lbs bac k to back casts on a split shot rig across from the launch ramp around 3. Tried to get some crappie driftin minnows no luck, i'm just not patient enough or something. Alot warmer and sunnier than yesterday.

      Tips: 20lb Carp mating???? all over the shallows in the back, i imagine it drives the bass away probably dont want they're eggs eaten. Maybe stay away from the area.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 59.9

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished the south side with my buddy for 24 fish up to 6#'s . Mostly on Senkos 5" black/blue. Italian, Grant line,Coney Island. Most came on the falling tide on the outside of the weedlines.
      City: SF

      Tips: Dead stivk them real Slowwwwww. Wacky rig.

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got out about noon fished franks track caught a couple of 2LB's on senko's. Fished entrances to sandmound on the riprap bigest fish 3LBS. Bite was OK.

      Tips: slow down and weeds is a plus.

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      Water Temp: 59-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Where are the new videos man?
      City: San Jose

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 54 to 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Two of us fished for two days and caught seven bass around three pounds on senkos, jigs, and a shaky head in 3 to 5 feet of water. Attended a seminar at Tackle It fishing shop in Lakeport and it helped my fishing. Ed offers the seminar every Wednesday night at 6 and discusses how to fish current conditions. Well worth attending.
      City: Novato

      Tips: For me, the up and down weather created a tough bite. Be patient - fish were here and there.