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Sunday, March 21st, 2010

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Al and I fished tube jigs and dartheads in the main body Sunday. Even with a late 10am start and tournament traffic we managed some nice quality spots to 2.5 lbs. We got bit on many colors including shad, green, purple and brown roboworms in 4.5 and 6 inch sizes. Almost all our fish hit from 10-18 feet deep on the bottom. Spoke with some real nice tourney fishermen who were also having a good day with similar offerings. On the way back in, we were checked by F & G wardens in an unmarked blue aluminum jet boat!
      City: Paradise

      Tips: We spent over an hour on one side of the main for zero fish, then cruised directly across to the other side to find our biters. Very light bites! If you feel anything unusual or lose contact with the bottom, set the hook.

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: got out around 645 to find out there was a ten boat tourney. started out throwing a lipless crank and dropshotting on the fourth cast wit the drop shot we had a nice 3 lber in about 9 ft of water. caught 10 more 2 to 3#ers with a huge 2# crappie on a senko!!
      City: castro valley

      Tips: fish points in about ten ft of water and cast to the bank and wrk it out and u have to have some red flake thts the key in this dirty water.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sun-mon did ok caught 13 sun and 10 mon. Was hoping to get on the spawners, didnt work so well.
      City: Kfalls

      Tips: Darter heads seem to work the best. Fished points and some coves. Good luck

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 48-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished north end Friday and found the water to be 48 degrees at 1030 and warming to 58 by 1500. Saw small, 1-1.5 lb small and largemouth bass in shallow water. Caught two, 1.5 lbs ea. on firetiger crankbait. Saw several others caught, about same size. Plastics didn't produce for me. Spawners are not on the beds yet but will be soon if the water stays warm. G'luck
      City: Trinity Center

      Tips: No ramps in water. Launch at Minersville or Trinity Center. VERY LIMITED parking at Trinity Center temp ramp.

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 59-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I checked out the lakee today for about 3 hrs in the afternoon and then my bud Rick Tietz joined me at 6 pm for a few hours of night fishing. The story is: water is still pretty cool and bass as still kinda deep - mostly. I started with a 2 1/2 pounder on a jig (about 20 feet deep) and then threw a D&M Piranha swim jig on an 8 foot deep flat - made a few twitches - and got slammed. The 5 lb 2 oz bass jumped at least a foot but I still got her in the boat - cool! The funny thing was I thought I had a rainbow trout 6" Basstrix trailer on the rainbow colored swim jig, but I had the perch color Basstrix instead. The bass thought I was stupid but didn't seem to care!! The next hour or so I missed 4 fish - weird. After Rick got there we had a pretty good pre-dark bite in Mountain Spring but he only landed one. After dark - very slow. Rick did manage a near 3 pounder and then set on a beauty, about 11 pm in Jackson Creek. She went 6 lbs even and hit a Blade Runner jig. I caught 2 more - one on the bank and one over 20 feet. How's that for a pattern?! Our best 5 about 18 1/4 lbs - not too bad.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: It is hard to give tips when every bite is so different. As I mentioned, bass were from 3 to 30 feet. Didn't see any shallow bass. I did crank a little - no takers. Still lots of pressure bites except from the big ones. Jigs seem to be the overall best bait which is normal for this time of year. Lake has come up fast the last 2 weeks and that might contribute to the slow bite.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started out the day at 7 am, very cold 36 degrees and water was 52. Tough bite as the fish were hitting short. Closed the day with about 10 misses and 4 boated. Biggest was just tad over 4 1/2 pounds. Total weight for the 4 was 12 pounds. All caught on Robo and ring worms carolina rigged. Water is a bit murky due to algae blooms.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Fish are not spawning yet and the water is still a bit cold. Fish submerged creek beds for the bigger fish in 15 to 20 feet of water.

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 57-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: lake looks like pea soup,seems it turned over,drop shot 6in robo ox blood,2-10 ft,mostly smallmouth,the largemouth are very healthy,some bed fish but hard to see and find,storkflats area seems to be the best area,also rocky slopes
      City: la canada

      Tips: nothing but 6in ox blood,drop shot,shake slow and watch line for movement.maybe two three fish days.

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

      Report: Can anyone tell me how to up load pics on this web site when logged in... thanks Plasticman1
      City: Elmira

      Tips: don't be computer illiterate

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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.