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Sunday, March 14th, 2010

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 53-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Not much action today..caught a few 1 lb spots on drop shotting..saw some fairly large bass in the shallows just hanging out..water is rising fast, and is still really cold. Saw some smaller males as well cruising around. Fishfinder showed fish in 20-30 foot range, but not reallt feeding.
      City: Merced, CA

      Tips: I think the spawn is 6 days of warm weahter away. Water is still too cold, but I hear forecast is for sunny days in the 70's...

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished out of Lime Saddle early Sunday and worked towards main body. Ramp is good w 2 lanes open. Two friends and myself tossed ripbaits and plastics in fairly clear and chilly 48 degree water with no action. The wind chased us out to the main body where we hooked a coho and then a nice spot about 3 lbs on a dark colored tube jig. Saw a lot of boats working the North Branch, but no fish. Early afternoon temps hit 53 in south facing banks with mudlines and that is where we found biters. We tossed dark roboworms rigged on light dartheads in shallow to 15' for the best bite of the day.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Sleep in! fish after noon with warming water. The best bite for us came off a muddy point with heavy boat traffic.

  • Bayfield County
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      Water Temp: 47-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Made the long trip over the hill again, always worth the trip, this place is a spotted bass factory. Started out in front of the rec and boated 8 nice bass on berkley gulp on 1/16 ounce dart head 5 large mouth and 3 spotted. moved over to rock point outside boy scout cove and landed 6 more on DD 22 in sexy shad. finished up in skiers cove with 4 more spots on black and blue jig with rage craw on the back. I love this place!
      City: Redding

      Tips: It's wide open get out and get you some.

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

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

      Report: caught a 8 pounder on big swimbait had another same size miss bait
      City: santa barbara

      Tips: fish by dam

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Still slow from wind earlier in the week.
      Wind was blowing hard again by noon. Caught 2 close to 4 lbs. 20' water.
      City: Ventura

      Tips: Copper flake hula grubs on a football jig. If youget bored flyline nightcrawlers for trout for easy limit.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: It

      Tips: Please visit www.russnyders.com for more fishing reports, videos, and info on Northern California Guide Trips.
      <a href="http://www.russnyders.com/">Rus Snyders Guide Service</a>

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 53-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Devil Mountain Bassmaster's launched 10 boats from a house boat at Flemming Meadows. The morning was calm for a smooth run across the lake. Fishing proved to be tough from the blue bird skies after the storm the night before, I targeted points in the morning assuming the fish would be in transition for prespawn, mid morning I headed to the water fall to find water rushing into a cove, two pitches later I hooked up with a 2.5 Spot at 9:30 on a trout colored senko, which was the only bite I had. Catching was tough for most but the time on the water on a beautiful lake was great. 1st Place was 3 fish for 6.96 Lbs.
      second place was 4.27 lbs.for 2 fish, third Place and big fish was 3.73. Lbs. The afternoon was a different story with winds in the 30 MPH range on the way back to the weigh in.

      http://www.devilmtbass.com
      City: Martinez

      Tips: Hine sight is a virtue, I guess smaller baits and slower presentations would have produced better.
      With the stable weather coming this week the bite should be better.

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      Water Temp: 53-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Devil Mountain Bassmaster's launched 10 boats from a house boat at Flemming Meadows. The morning was calm for a smooth run across the lake. Fishing proved to be tough from the blue bird skies after the storm the night before, I targeted points in the morning assuming the fish would be in transition for prespawn, mid morning I headed to the water fall to find water rushing into a cove, two pitches later I hooked up with a 2.5 Spot at 9:30 on a trout colored senko, which was the only bite I had. Catching was tough for most but the time on the water on a beautiful lake was great. 1st Place was 3 fish for 6.96 Lbs.
      second place was 4.27 lbs.for 2 fish, third Place and big fish was 3.73. Lbs. The afternoon was a different story with winds in the 30 MPH range on the way back to the weigh in.
      City: Martinez

      Tips: Hine sight is a virtue, I guess smaller baits and slower presentations would have produced better.
      With the stable weather coming this week the bite should be better.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished all day mostly in south fork. we caught ten fish 9 on brn jigs shallow near deep water in ny creek and near jacks shack. one on drop shot.in back of ny creek. had lots of missed bites. hella windy and hard to feel em. they will b exploding on the scene this week. best five 13.57
      City: plumas lake

      Tips: know that they r there wanting to enjoy sun on the back just like me. so they came up shallow all day here and there. they will be in your favorite spawning area NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just leave it there and give em time to seek it out. good luck.

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      Water Temp: almost 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished my normal hot spots. Started deep nothing.Then went mid level nothing.Finished shallow and got some action. 2 monster females full of eggs. Caught them at 7:00 and 7:30. Fish were jumping everywhere chasing bait fish.
      City: Richmond

      Tips: Think like a fish. Everyone left early and I stayed and it paid off. Use everything you got it might work.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 52 - 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Saturday 3/13/10, I fished from the front of my boat. The water temperature in the morning was about 52

      Tips: Fishing should get better as the water warms with the coming warm days that are forecasted.

Friday, March 12th, 2010

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out with the top guide on the lake Art Hill, had a great day!
      After he schooled my friend and I for about two hours, then we finally caught some fish. We fished dropshot and jigs and had a good time. I threw a swimbait and had some big fish follow it to the boat, one ate and I could have stuck her but I decieded to wait till my tourny next week to set the hook.
      City: santa Clara

      Tips: Wait for the wind to blow....then throw swimbaits.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 48-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: lot of rain and wind,, lots of spots in two days (8 hours total), only 1 smallmouth,, 25-40 feet,secondary points and adjacent coves, 4" and 6" plastic worms
      City: lassen

      Tips: slow and slower presentation

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 54.3 - - 55.7

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 1st trip to Cachuma in almost 1-1/2 years. See a lot of changes but my boat passed thank god! Store is closed, snack bar is closed, gas pumps are closed. Pretty sad.. Boat wash was well, pretty intense. Guy was nice and washed the boat, trailer, wheels, rear half of my truck, trolling motor, etc etc. Makes me wonder why I went back there?? If it wasn't for the meet this month, I wouldn't had.

      HitJohnson bay first and was surprised to see some very clear water. Like down 8-10 feet in spots! Looking for some beds but nothing located. Hit Santa Cruz with NADA on everything I tossed. Hit the tule weeds across from Arrowhead with nothing, worked the walls on Arrowhead with nothing. Gee -- starting to sound framilar?? Saw two guys with 1 fish and that was it! Good thing LITTLE IF NO WIND! Maybe 5-10 in spots but a really nice day comparied to the 45-55 winds the day before.
      Lake is almost full - -
      City: SM

      Tips: Give it a few days then head back.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday and Sunday march 6,7 with great success. Took my son and his buddy to the lake for the weekend. We used the go to bait (Jumbo minnow) this time of year with the fishing being a bit tough. 8 dozen minnows and 60 plus fish later we had a great time to say the least.Caught fish from 2 to 6.1 pounds. average in the 3.8 oz.range. We fished the south end of the lake, to be specific the call the Keys. In my opinion with the water being a couple of degrees warmer than the main lake the fish I think were starting a pre-spawn mode. The reason for saying that is they were hammering the bait like it was their last meal. Good thing I catch and release or it would have. Go see my buddy Bob at Limit out Bait and Tackle great guy very informative. Been going there for a dozen years. He has what you need more times than not.
      City: Plumas Lake

      Tips: Minnows almost a sure bet this time of the year. come mid-April you should be able to catch them with your car keys. LOL!! Good luck to all.

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

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      Water Temp: 52.7-54.3

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: It is great to see the lake with water in it. I fished this lake one time before when there was water and that was back in 06. then the lake was very full. I started fishing the this lake last year once I moved to Fresno. I am still learning this place and today was a learning experince. I took the advice of previous report and I started with the blade. about 5 minutes of fishing and I hook up with a chunker just under 3lbs its 6:30am. then 1.5 lbr about 6:50am. Then nothing until about 10 and I get one on the senko almost 3lbs. about 30mins later and 2lbr on the blade. The wind was kicking up and I am having a problem with the charge on my trolling motor battery so I leave the lake around 11:30. The senko fish was a fat female ready to pop. Normally i'd say she would maybe go 2 lbs. looked like a football.

      Tips: A lot of fresh grass in the water. rip the blades out of there and wait on the attack. Don't be afaird to go shallow all fish in less than 10FOW. I didn't fish deep at all, maybe i would have got a few more.

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

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

      Report: I appreciate all of the information. hopefully one of the ideas doesnt include a $2500 deductable. Thank you again.
      City: Carmichael

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: Don't know

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out the last two Sundays. Bass fishing is almost pointless, with all the pros fishing the lake. Salmon fishing is still going strong and 3 of us caught 19 on Sunday and 11 the week before. All about 13 inches. P.S. This site is for posting fishing reports and fishing tips. Not for asking lame questions and talking smack. Also Lake Oroville doesn't have Kokanee. You probably caught some Coho. Coho are silver and Kokanee are red with big teeth.
      City: Chico

      Tips: Fast troll 80 feet back on top water close to shore. Earth colors seem to working best but silver with a black back works well too. Drift fishing night crawlers never fails. For bass fishing, find muddy banks and try using brown with purple flake. In clear water, try a smoke color shad on a drop shot.

  • Jackson County
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Water high and muddy from recent weather. No signs of prespawn activity. Fish sitting deep 25-35 feet down. Unable to reach the Bear River inlet to check out activity there. Heading back on Saturday. Expecting better results.
      City: Sacramento

Monday, March 8th, 2010

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

      Report: Went out today battled some wind and light rain in south delta. Stuck a five pounder on rip rap where wind was blowing on red craw lipless crank. Threw swimbaits missed 2 good bites came unbuttoned. One follwer bit right before I pulled the bait out of water. Didn't see him follwing as wind was rippling the water. Tried jigs, worms, spinners with no takers. Several boats pre-fishing tourney I assume. The bite should get better as the weeks progress. Looks like Spring is finally here. Warmer weather next week! I can't wait!
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Find wind blown points and banks next to deeper water and throw lipless cranks and swimbaits! Don't pass up banks where ducks/birds are feeding. If no bites move on to the next one.