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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tough bite for dad and I. Woked main body points and South Fork. Nothing on rattle traps in shallows. Nothing on spoons over submerged humps. Nothing on drop shots on rocky bottoms.

      Any advice would be appreciated.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Water is rising.

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

      Report: HAHA rob thanks for the advice! plugs are always a good thing to remember. we have all forgotten at least once.
      City: Chico

      Tips: "remember to put the plug in your boat BEFORE launching!" Rob

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      Water Temp: 59.7

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What the hell is wrong with this lake. With the temp where it is fish should have been up on beds all over. We covered the entire perimeter from 3-7 and didn't see a single fish. Not a single bite. Threw senkos and DS. Are too many fish ending up on dinner plates or am just not looking in the right spot.
      City: Santa Rosa

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 55-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Markley around 1pm and headed for the Vineyards.

      Partner threw 4" worms, all different colors d/s & Texas. I threw spinnerbaits, chatterbait, shallow cranks, jigs. Nada for both of us. Saw a few bass moving around and plenty of carp. Worked it from shallow to around 20'.

      Around 5pm went over to the west side north of the big bridge. The wind was blowing algae onshore so the top couple feet were pretty thick; the water underneath was pretty clean. Got a 2# smallie on a split tail crawdad imitation on a standup jig - no skirt. Hit came in about 12' off a rocky outcropping.

      Started working the windblown shoreline a little faster toward the bridge with a white spinnerbait, steady retrieve - no action. Decided to speed it up a bit and burn it through the algae and that did the trick. 7.5# LMB nailed the bait right at the boat. A couple casts later, a 3# Spot hit close to the boat. Snapped a few pics and let 'em go - both were full of eggs but the tails weren't worn down at all.

      As the sun went behind the hills, we headed back to Markley with a stop in Haines. The water there was really clear (colder too) compared to up north. No luck here - called it a day.
      City: Napa

      Tips: Every once in a while, a big change in speed makes the difference. Too bad I forget sometimes.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fantastic day. Went to left of entrance at that shallower end of lake. Fished Jigs and plastics and pounded them... got a couple on jerkbaits, but only shallow baits(0-2ft). Too much grass to use deeper ones. Plastic the ticket. Started at about 815 and by Noon had 2 limits. Nice fish in the 2-3 lb class (weighed on Berkley scale - they looked bigger to be honest). Bite was good all day, split at 3 caught 16 fish and only 1 small fish under 12"; Caught fish in 1.5 to 3.5lbs basically all day. Want to come back in boat for more.
      City: Pacific Grove

      Tips: Some pickups on longer pauses. Some hit on fall. I also moved around a lot and went back to areas i had bites and got bit again.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 57-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished around main channel outside Disappointment today. Got out around 9:30 and off about 5. Barely got my limit of 2's & 3's w/ several sub keeper size bass all on lipless cranks. I flipped sweet beavers and large senko's w/no takers. Going out tomorrow and try around the port maybe I could catch a few of those B.A.S.S. fish.
      City: Stockton

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 57-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: jt, work the coves and entrances to coves; use 3/16 or 1/4oz darthead with 4", 5", 6" worms in aaron's magic, junebug, morning dawn, or prizm shad. can also use inchi wacky jigheads with same worms or use senkos/clones...lately shad or light blue 5" kinamis and strike king 3x in junebug or watermelon red flake have worked. gotta work slow but ok to shake in place. bites are very light or you'll simply feel loaded up. hope this helps.
      City: folsom

      Tips: same as above.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Whats the water temp out there right now.also the water level. I was thinkin about going have not been there in 4 years.

Monday, April 5th, 2010

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

      Report: thnks for the report larry...it's great to be out fishing with your dad. Everyone who still have a dad should do it. Fishing with love ones = priceless

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

      Report: U go tell them Deltaking. Can't believe vinny(ignorance fool) label every fisherman with bobber are proacher or every bank fisherman in this case. They have the right to fish how ever they like, as long as it's in the legal guidelines. Does vinny actually sit there n watch them catch over limits? Just because he can't catch fish, now he gotta blame it on the bank fisherman. Get a life man or go frog hunting..there's plenty of those around, maybe that hobby u can alwyz catch something. I wish this vinny guy stunk every time he goes out fishing
      City: elk grove

      Tips: vinny <<---prejudice

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out to Mandyville area day after the storms for couple hours. Didn't expect much. Caught a couple 1-2 pounders next to current on traps. Missed a decent 4+ fish by the boat. No big fish caught. Still slow for me. Water was muddy/stained from storms.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Fish next to current to little ones, :).

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      Water Temp: 55 - 59

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: waited til after the rain storm so didnt get out until 1. Began throwing wacky senkos and flippin craw dad inmitations in black and red. caught one on wacky senko, one got right off at the boat but saw her nice 3#er. Also missed two flippin i jus couldnt get a good hook set on them bcuz such a soft bite. My dad caught three using a green pumpkin red flake worm. Biggest goin 6# right of the bank probly on a bed but we let her go.
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: slow it down tried a little crankin and a chatterbait no reaction. NO WIND TOO!! weird huh

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: back at coyote again with my daughter she caught one fish at 1.5lbs on night crawlers and i caught a 8.2 lbs on powerbait black worm within one hr thats it. fishing was slow but quality .will be back have good luck at this lake . earlier we tried anderson off east dunne and nothing. think you need a boat there. mines getting fixed for now.
      City: hollister

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 53-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: three of us launched out of granite bay around 9am with hopes of hot bite but not the case for us,fished main first around penisula and beals nothing went to south for three on darter and rip baits did not personally catch one myself I guess it was a bad day to leave rippin rod at home arrgh.We had alot of followers that would not quite committ,maybe not pausing long enough any tips would be helpful.always fun good luck all
      City: antelope

      Tips: caught fish in about 6ft

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Will this cold weather push the fish back down or will they continue to move and spawn?
      City: Sacto

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 50-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Rich and I were tired of catching "all" those fish at CFW, so we decided to head up to Oroville for a real challenge....we found it. The fish cooperated for the most part. Landed 15 total, missed at least that many for sure. The bite just died when the wind stopped at about 5:30pm so we headed out at that point
      City: plumas lake

      Tips: Worms and jigs, no reaction for us. Did have quite a few followers back up to the boat though, maybe here soon some reaction could pick up. I had quite a few hit my jig when I was pulling it up from the bottom, finally I got that figured out and started to land those fish as well. Good Luck.

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 57-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough day today..caught several 2's and 3's flipping sweet beavers and reaction bait's. I usually like the wind but today was a bit more challenging. Otherwise it was a good day not having to work.
      City: Stockton

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 58.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started out at about 9:00am started late. Fished Piney and caught about 11 in about an hour and a half. Caught most fish on drop shot in about 10 to 15 ft. of water using Keeper worms. Most fish were in the slot. Came back out later in the afternoon before the rain caught fish up shallow in about 6 to 8 feet of water behind Mc Clure point marina. Used Senko and drop shot. Caught 4 fish in about half hour Biggest 4lbs. rest in the slot. Start to rain had to leave had neice and nephew.
      City: Riverbank

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

      Report: Went out early due to the weather. The bite was slow and soft. Worked the coves and walls out of Lime Saddle. Caught one at 3lbs, lost another large mouth. Overall the weather won.
      City: Magalia

      Tips: Remember to put the plug in your boat BEFORE launching!

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

      Report: hey Shasta recreation, how about putting the other section of dock in at Bailey cove, get it out of the parking lot and in the water where it belongs, things get busy early and late
      City: shasta lake city