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Friday, April 9th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well I just finished the CBC on the delta, placing third. I started the day just outside of frank's on a rock wall with tullies throwing a koppers craw, but only caught one about twelve inches. I then moved south and started hopping points all the way down to the east end of victoria slough, long pitching a zoom super hog with a pegged 1/16 bullet weight, trokar hook on 12lb. flourocarbon line soaked with pro-cure. this is what I caught all my keepers on. The key right now, I believe, is to make long pitch casts, so the splash and the boat don't spook the fish. I leave all electronics off as well, and let the lure sit, peel off line like you have a backlash, so the lure falls straight down and let it sit, the waves, wind and current will give it enough action and repeat on the next point.All my bigger fish came in water about twelve feet deep. I did not have a limit until 1 oclock and knew I needed another big fish to make the top ten, so I moved up near the west end of disappointment slough and started fishing boat docks. With the high sun and high tide, I figured they would be there, and they were loaded. I stuck about a seven and culled a couple more. The delta has been tough right now, with the competition from the sea lions and all, but hopefully this helps some of you getting ready for the WRL delta on the 18th. It's off to shasta for me and having only fished it one other time,so I'm up for a challenge.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Fish the lure slow and position the boat as far off the bank as you can.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry to hear about your partner may god bless his soul .Im sure he will be missed. PLASTICMAN1
      City: Elmira

      Tips: none

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      Water Temp: 64-67

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake at 7:00 p.m. to check out the night bite. Started in upper lake (5mph zone) throwing blades until I broke it off. Went to a shallow crank and caught 3 fairly quick right off the bank. My partner was throwing a buzz bait which they were eating pretty good. I picked up a chatter bait and caught another 4 or 5 on it. The bite slowed down around 10:00 and we picked up a couple more here and there. All fish were 2-2 1/2 lbs. never found the toad I was hoping for.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: The fish seemed to go after anything moving near shallow grass. Maybe try deeper water nearby for a kicker.

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

      Report: I use the Browns Ravine website. They have a link to check weather, wind, water level ect. Its great! Good luck!

  • Fresno County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished early morning (0700). headed up river threw swimbaits, spinnerbaits and worms and only managed to catch one 3lb bass on a roboworm (dropshop 6inch holoram shad). From there moved to the marina and caught 7 more on roboworms FX sexy shad (dropshot). fish are in the 20-30 ft of water . Still no spawners wich is akward all fish caught were males released safely.
      City: Lemoore

      Tips: worms worms worms. Hologram Shad and Sexy Shad colors.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 51-53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The numbers were low for this time of the year. Three of us in the boat caught 30 fish in 7 hours. The quality was nice. All but 4 fish were between 2-3 lbs. The ususal techniques of split shot, darter head and drop shot close to the bottom worked.

      Tips: Fish slow and put the bait right in front of their nose. The bites were light ticks or we felt weight. The wind picked up around 11:30 - 12 noon and made fishing slow even harder. Plastic color did not matter.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 49.0

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Jones Valley. Lake was hit with a strong north wind so we headed for a south facing cove not far from boat ramp. Found fish at about 25 feet on the finder. Dropped minnows to bottom with slip bobber. Within 2 minutes, wife had 2 - 12" black crappie in the boat. Next two hours before sundown, we caught 12 black and white crappie and had lots of fun doing so. Talk about goood eating!
      City: Cottonwood

      Tips: Take the family fishing, they will love you for it!

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 55 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: OH WHAT A DAY..........I BACKED DOWN THE RAMP AT 6.30 AT YORTY CREEK GOT READY TO LAUNCH AND THE BOAT SLID OUT OF MY TRUCK AND INTO THE LAKE.. BOAT MOTOR 6 RODS TACKLE BAG OARS BATTERY ETC.HOPING THE WIND WOULD BLOW IT BACK I CHASED IT DOWN THE BANK.AFTER 5 MINUTES OR SO THE BOAT STARTED TO BLOW AWAY FROM THE BANK.WITH THE OUTSIDE TEMPS AT 35 AND WATER TEMP AT 55 I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO DIVE IN AFTER IT.....BY THIS TIME IT WAS ABOUT 50 YARDS OFF SHORE.I SWAM OUT GOT MY BOAT AND SWAM BACK TO SHORE. WHAT A WAKE UP CALL.. THE FISHING WAS GOOD ALL DAY. I USED XRAPS .. SPINNERBAITS AND SENKOS.. CAHGHT A FEW ON OPEN BANKS BUT MOST BITES CAME IN AROUND TREES IN 19 FEET OF WATER.....
      City: SANTA ROSA

      Tips: THROW SENKOS IN THE TREES SPINNERS AND XRAPS DOWN THE BANKS..............

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 60-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Like a report b4 me...drop shot with 4-5 inch robo worm. Toss out spinner,swim bait, lipless crankbait, n top water but no taker. Some spot(flats) was 65 temp but no taker on reaction bait. Lake water is so green n some points near the main lake had moss right off the bank. Cloves n water near the dam is clear. Even saw a few nice LMB at the dock b4 leaving. Bass fishing for 3 hrs n boat 5 bass,range from 2-3lbs.

      Tips: would focus more on clear water nxt time in the water. Caught most of the fish in clear water. Miss n lost 4 fish. Bites now feels like winter bite...lite or just felt tension

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 59-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished today with my dad. We started in franks throwing sinkos,craw speed trap and spinner baits and didn't get any bites. Went over to potatoe and fished rip rap and cought a few small fish. Picked up a stripper on a cast to get rid of a loop in my line to the middle of the channel.
      City: Napa

      Tips: Keep fishing..

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 54-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I guided a husband/wife team again after the first trip with them 10 years ago. This time we went in their new Ranger Z-21!! She landed a 5 pounder then but lost the 2 she had on this trip. Her husband landed a 4 pounder about 2 minutes after I landed a 4 1/2 pounder - both on Senkos. After a break at their house, she turned over her seat to her 8 year old son. He is a pretty good fisherman already! Dad missed a good fish and while he was trying to get it to bite again, I threw a #301 Senko into a bush and nailed a "hot" 3 lb 2 oz bass. It charged out of the bush at full speed - about 20 feet - and slammed into his boat. Wow!! We had 7 bites but only put 3 in the boat.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The previous poster commented on the nice weather - and it was nice Wed. So much for the nice weather - nasty this weekend coming up!

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

      Report: was wonderin if any body fishies swimbaits here.
      City: Elkhorn

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

      Report: Thanks deepvbasser...looks like dartheads and patience are a must for fishing Folsom. This is one tough lake!
      City: Sacramento

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Don't go to Folsom now , the fish are cold and will not spawn for two month's at least.I would wait for the jet ski traffic to know the bite is good. OK that's a lie , the bite is actually pretty good , not red hot yet but good. I have been out three times through this cold front and had decent action every time. However that said I have not had a good reaction bite, almost all my fish have been on plastic. Ripping and top water have let me down.

      All smallies and spots , the average fish is two and a half lbs with my biggest a four and a half lb spot last night. I have not seen any large mouth yet
      City: Granite bay

      Tips: Just go

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 61-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Beautiful Day to fish 75 and bright sun..but for some reason, the bite was dead.. We fished from the dam all the way past Horse Shoe Bend. We tried every color of Lizard, Senko, and worm, as well as ripbaits. I couldn't spot any fish shallow, but I also didn't see any holes burrowed in the back of coves either. We got tons of play bites, but until 6:00 P.M...we saw two fish 8-9" long and both fell off. At 6:00 P.M. though, I caught 5 fish 1-2 lbs along the rock wall south of Temperance on Natural Shad Senkos (Wacky). Lots of boats were on the Lake...water still rising. I saw lots of fish jumping right before Dawn
      City: Merced. CA

      Tips: I still would stick with the usual baits. The nights have been colder as of late, so maybe the fish are still not coming up all the way??? Warm weather is forecast for the next two weeks, so that will probably do the trick...

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

      Report: Went out of Lime Saddle and found success in the coves. Caught 5 in the slot and 2 coho's. The bite was steady until about 11am. The wind picked up after noon and the rock piles were hot.
      City: Magalia

      Tips: Remember to spayed and neuter your pets. Your neighbors apprieciate it.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: First fish of the year near the dam, parking lot side. Maybe 12" long, on Texas rigged Robo. Not bad for 1/2 hour before work. Saw a few fish jumping. No reports since mine last fall. Anyone been trying here?
      City: sunnyvale

      Tips: No mad skills here, but I was slow-bouncing the bottom.

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

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

      Report: not a great day when it came to lunkers, but there were a bunch of fish up shalow about 4-15 feet of water that were hangin off the shore some 20 yards on trees and other wood structure.
      City: Ventura Ca

      Tips: fish small baits like 4 inchers in shallow water on points with flats near by and on points in the backs of coes.

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

      Report: The weather is getting better, High 60's. Fishing structure. Drop shot senkos, tube baits and finesse baits seem to be working. Fish could move into the shallows next day or so but been catching them in 10-15 feet of water. The water is very clear and the lake is almost full.
      City: K-ville

      Tips: SLOW presentation is effective

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

      Report: Does anyone know what websight to go to get an accurate wheather forcast at folsom lake? I'm trying to find out what the wind is doing before I go to the lake. We all know how windy the this lake gets. I'm about 3 hrs. from this lake and hate to go all the way there and find out that its going to blow 20mpg. I just have a 14' alluminum.
      City: san mateo