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Saturday, March 20th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 57 deg

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well had a good day today haven't been out in a while waiting for weather to warm.Fishing was tough, but was still able to pull out some nice fish 6.3 lber , 5.8 lber , 4.3 lber and a couple 2 plus lbers. Went out of B&W resort did not have to go farto pick these fish up the bigger of the fish were full of eggs they had some fat bellys getting ready to spawn they are staging right now and are moving up found most of these fish close to the bank around 9 ft of water was fishing around broken pile making really long cast try not to spook them. tried punching mats , no luck threw cranks no luck , finally got on a pattern with blades chartreuse with bleeding red terminator with willow blades gold .they were smashing it.I covered alot of water throwing non stop till I got off the water. I had to work for theses fish, so they just didn't jump in my boat. Saw the bass tourney going on at B&W did not see very many limits so fishing is tough need to wait for warmer water.Went down to herman and helens marina and water was really dark brown, where mokolume river was alot more clearer. not much difference in water temp. went and did lunch at TOWER PARK marina. Rosas restaurant had a mini pizza wife had the burger kid had the fish and chips. was really good and prices were cheap.took off and fished the bridge with no takers lots of boats fishing. going to try to post up some pics.Remember catch and release, let them mamas do their thing, so our future fisherman and their children can catch fish on one the this countries best fisherie the Delta . I did throw some large swim baits today with no takers.
      City: Elmira

      Tips: Get out and keep fishing it is going to bust loose soon ,after the spawn they are going to be hungry and gorge themselfs .try differant patterns till you hook up don't get stuck on something your used to using, today for me it was blades next weekend it might change or maybe it wont so dont be afraid to mix it up

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

      Report: Did some float tube fishing in the Buckingham area, not much action for me but that doesn't mean the fish aren't biting. Drop shotting, jigs, plastics, and swim baits are good choices with a slow presentation. Being a float tube fisherman, I like to drop shot about 10 foot of water and just drift along the bank without reeling in. Live bait seems to be the ticket for higher numbers of bass. Jumbo minnows are the #1 choice. The water is very clear and the fish should start staging any day now. The weather is supposed to be nice all week. I have heard the tournament guys were spotting a few fish already moving onto the beds.
      City: K-viille

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

      Report: fished for trout of the bank south end. Tough, tough, tough conditions. Believe fish are deep right now and since the water is wayyyyyyyyyy up beyond full you need a shotgun to shoot your line out where is needs to be. Only saw 4 fish caught all day and the bank was lined with people.
      City: Campbell

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

      Report: We fished from 1-6PM, saw a lot of boats on the water. Fished Barret's South Ramp and a little towards the dam and a little towards Piney Creek. We caught 10 Spots, all 13-14 inch bass. All were caught drop shotting in about 18-22 feet. Very aggressive bite, missed only two fish. Fished points and coves, didn't seem to matter, but we usually only got bite once a spot. Picked up 2 on one point.
      City: Denair

Friday, March 19th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 60-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out to a late start today. On the water by 10:30am. Caught 3 bass on drop shot and 1 on a crappie grub. One of the bass was 4+ and came unbuttoned right near the boat, heartbreaking for the first hour of the day. My brother caught a bass later on in the day on a minnow and dad caught one on a dt10 - both caught along a little rock wall. All bass were largemouth around 1.7 pounds.

      Tips: A couple fish hit the drop shot on the way down. Use a lighter weight if it isn't windy. Don't waste time on steep banks that arent near spawning grounds. Fish are not in super shallow yet but are hanging out near spawning grounds in 7-14 ft of water. Water clarity is pretty different in parts of the lake

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out to east delta area. Weather was great and the water warmed up from 56 to 62 in some areas over the course of the day. But only managed 2 fish. Caught the smallest and biggest fish of the year. A 5 inch bass off a 1/2 ounce white spinner bait, wow! And stuck a 7 lb off crank. Was slow day but that 7 lber made up for it.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Use bright colored cranks and spinners in stained water. Find new green grass and tules.

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

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

      Report: caught on 8 in hudd
      City: santa barbara

      Tips: slowww

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: does anyone have info on turkeyshoots or tournaments coming up for cfw. please email me if so. thank you.
      City: carmichael

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: warmer

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: joe daddy here, had a couple bites and 1 fish(141/2) on pinky magic. jitterbug had "coho bite". the rabbi came through with 2 fish. one nice 16" 2 pound spottie full of eggs.
      City: palermo

      Tips: confucious say slack in line equal slack in head

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started at 8am. Fished the coves till 1pm. Not a single bite.

      Tips: Wait till second week of April

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 50-53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went up to Bullards Bar to check on the great spotted bass fishery. Never caught so many nice spotts in one day. The biggest went 4 pounds but most were 3 to 3.5. I would go back any time.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Move around and look for running water coming into the lake. This is a very deep lake so fish slow to get your bait down.

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 57.3 - 62.1

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water temps finally hitting the 60's in spots. Carp are going nuts spawning on the banks in weeds, sometimes jumping clear out of the water!
      Bass- - - ? 1 small mouth between us in Big Cachuma. Water has cleared considerably but more heat is needed to get them motivated.
      City: SM

      Tips: Work edges. Think spawning is in deeper water. Bass just are not moving up yet.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Are the back lakes going to stay closed to fishing forever? And is the closure just for fishing or can you still let your dog swim back there.
      City: fre

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

      Report: Fished after work up the pit and got 13 fish in 2 hours. Fished last sat. caught 30 by noon then Sunday caught 21 but had to fish all day Dang it !
      City: Anderson

      Tips: Lots of Big Hens headed to spawn. Also heard its once again legal to fish right next to the dam. If thats true Look out Salmon !

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: This is actually a report on what's legal in Shasta. The salmon there are Chinook and it is legal to keep 5. There are not any Coho in Shasta.
      City: red bluff

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished this past sunday evening near mildred. fishing was pretty tough durring most the day. had a couple two pounders on a white and blue spinner bait. right as the sun went down the wind died the fish began busting all around me. i started working a white spook with very long pauses, up to a minute with slight twitches. got seven fish within the next hour, with a five pounder kicker. thought they were stripers when i first saw them pushing bait and was happily surprised to see they were blacks. what started out to be a pretty tough day, turned into one of my best so far this year. fifty four degress... hitting on top.. lots of fun.

      fished in and around big break yesterday. pretty tough bite. had only three fish all around two pounds. wasn't much wind... could only get bit on a six inch worm. think i'm heading back to mildred..
      City: bethel island

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 55 - 58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Warm Springs arm from 10am to 5. Caught 5 bass to 2.5 pounds on a variety of baits: jigs, senko, brush hogs, etc. No reaction bites. All were along bare banks in 5 to 10 feet of water.
      City: Novato

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out Sunday with my good buddy Ronnie and had an awsome day!!! It started off kinda slow in the morning no fish the first 3 hours but then we figured them out. Drop shot in 10 to 20 feet of water worked best for us. Also a few on rip baits, overall it was a good day caught about 18 fish with best 5 going 15 pounds not bad considerig everyone is saying its a tough bite...
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Slow down and dead stick your drop shot...

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      Water Temp: 48 - 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water about 1000 water to the north was stained and around 52 degrees...tried everything: rock, trees, islands, banks and still nothing worked...fish were just not biting..still a bit cold. Did find some clear water at the south end but water was 4 degrees cooler around 48.
      City: Berry Creek

      Tips: Give it another two weeks!

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 50 - 54 Degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Lake Camanche on Sunday March 14th, 2010 and caught 6 spotted bass and 1 largemouth in 9 hours of fishing. The best five when 16.60 lbs and big fish was the 4.33 lbs largemounth. We fished main lake island tops till 11am for one spotted bass and the kicker. Moved up the river arm and found a point (35' of water) just off a spawning bay and found a nice pod of 2.5-3lbs+ spots. I proceeded to wear out the spot to fill my 5 fish limit. Most of the fish took shad patterned plastics on 1/8 oz darter heads and hula grub on a 3/8 oz football head. Threw crank / jerk / swimbaits too, but didn't have any takers.
      City: Stockton, CA

      Tips: Get a map of the lake and look for deeper water (25'-65') areas off shallow water (5'-20') spawning bays and flats w/ fresh water creeks coming into the lake. With water temps in the low-mid 50's the fish seem to be in pre-spawn transition w/ the spotted bass being more active and running down baits. The fish will spawn around April 28th's and May 27th's full moon.