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Friday, March 26th, 2010

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 55 - 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Friday 3/26/10, I fished from the back of my buddy

      Tips: In the afternoon during periods of no wind, we could see fish up near shore looking for spawning beds. They would swim off when we threw our bait to them but would return in a minute or so. All these fish appeared to be small males. The full moon on Monday may bring the larger females up shallow to look for a mate. The bite should get real good.

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 59-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished thursday from 1pm-7pm caught 17 bass, biggest went 5 pounds. Best 5 went 19 pounds. Caught all of the fish on cranks, lipless and shallow divers, crawfish pattern. Also caught 11 striper and the biggest was 8 pounds.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Little faster retrieve worked for me, but I also had wind and cloud cover.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the high tide/outgoing tide this afernoon in east delta. Managed a pattern quickly. The low pressure system and wind must have turned them on. Had a really hard bite from one that pulled like a hog and then just sat down into the weeds. I was thinking to myself, this must be another 10 lber. Turns out it was about 4 lbs but went into the weeds and made it felt like a 10 lber.
      City: stockton

      Tips: Cloudy + winds = blades. They just wanted the blades today!

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      Water Temp: 53-60 depending

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I was there yesterday Thursday March 25th. Only saw two other boats one fishing for bass and one fishing for trout. We didn't get on the lake till 9:00. Wind was blowing , overcast and 58 degrees air temp. Water was 54 degrees and visibility was 1-2 feet. Got a few taps. Ran up the Bear River arm an water was 55-57 degrees caught three on tubes and worms. Move to Goat Ranch and found the warm water 58-60 degrees caught three all on tubes. All fish were shallow less than 3 feet. Graphed a lot of fish suspended and staging at the first break.

      The spawn is close and it will be big.
      City: Citrus Heights

      Tips: Fish slow and shallow

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went to eastman and fished the morning. Threw blades for the first hour for 0.Put on the ol' trusty wacky senko and the first 3 casts caught 2 2 1/2 lbrs. Five minutes later caught a 5 lbr. Caught a couple more dinks before the wind picked up. Left at 11:00 with 7 fish on the day.

      Tips: watermelon red flake senkos wackey in 0-10 ft of water

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

      Report: Yes, the jones valley ramp is open. However, it is not the primary launch, you have to drive out just a ways on a dirt road to a secondary ramp.
      City: Redding

      Tips: The fish are coming up and they are coming up quick. Try any water around where running water is coming into the lake and in smaller coves. Senkos have been killing them. Also caught a few on jerkbaits. Good Luck man.

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Out of Ladds about 8:00am worked first two hours toward downtown hitting points off main channel; not a bite. Decided to work our way toward Mildred by hitting the cuts off main channel. My brother flips a 6" Green Pmkn/Blk Flake senko on the outer weed line and sets the hook; good fish! almost 12#; always great to start the day with a toad. So we continue to flip the weed lines with senkos and do OK. Caught about fifteen total with the best five going about 26 lbs.
      City: Hilmar

      Tips: Weed lines, slow presentation, dark browns greens.

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished five days, 20th to 24th. Franks did OK most of the time, with a limit to 15 lbs. Disapointment was slow, 2 to 3 fish a day, up to 3 lbs. Potato only produced one fish. The best fish came from the main channel, cranks and senkos, w/ a few fish on 7" worms. Generally the fishing is slow, w/ no large fish up yet. The seals look like they are eating well this trip!
      City: Valencia

      Tips: Wait for two weeks and the larger fish should be up by then.

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      Water Temp: 59-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in the middle of the day so I could fish high tide. Had to work for my fish. Only able to scratch up a limit. 2 caught on spinnerbait, two caught on crank, 1 caught on senko.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: As the sun was up high and not much wind, I probably should have focused more on plastics.

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

      Report: Fished Wednesday, April 24 from 7:30am-2pm. Caught 16 Bass on Senko's and Drop Shot. I caught a few shallow (6 feet) but mostly 14-20 feet deep. I just love it when you throw out a Senko and as it's falling you see your line screaming to one side. Way too much fun. Mostly slot fish but some over 15 inches. I caught most of them on points or by big rocks. The biggest fish came on a bare bank close to the end of a cove. Probably some big fish in the spots where most of us don't fish.
      City: Denair

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 51-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lots of alge all over the lake in the north end. The bite was slow, although most of our fish were in ten to fifteen feet of water around trees. On our way back to the ramp we went to school house and pick up a nice spot.
      City: Napa

      Tips: Waiting for over night temps to maintain 50 deg and day time temps to maintain 68-72 deg and the all bass fishing will begin to EXPOLODE. Maybe by the April full moon we will be there. Keep fishing and good luck to all.

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      Water Temp: 53 - 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tuesday, 3/23/10. There were only a few boats on the lake. The air temperature at 9 AM was about 50

      Tips: Keep fishing and the bite should get better.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Just wanted to start off by saying that this report page is turing into MYSPACE with all the trash talkin' COME ON GUYS!!! Anyways, fished the north delta where the water was clearer, threw white blades up into the tree's for largies, caught a few small fish up to three pounds. Switched to fishing for linesides when the tide was pushin' caught two fish around 6lbs. on swimbaits around rip-rap.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Try your old faithful delta lures, white blades/w gold colorado, speed traps on rip-rap and flip some beavers if your feelin' frisky!!! Just look at what the elite series was catchin' fish on!!! Fishin' is tough but if your persistent with those baits, you'll boat a few!!!

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

      Report: Whatever you throw make sure its a slow presentation. Ive been dead sticking, drop shotting, swim baits and jigs. The bite should take off any day. Been about 70 everyday.
      City: K-ville

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 58-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tried my luck for about 3 1/2 hours this afternoon and found the bite still kinda slow - though I threw swimbaits most of the time. I did catch a nice 2 1/2 lb spot on the east side and missed 2 or 3 others - all on jigs. I was fishing the end of 2 north wind days, so, didn't expect much. Water color is good!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: With colders days at the end of this week, better work your baits very slow. Bass are still lethargic.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out this afternoon and the bite was off and on. ended the day with six fish all small under a pound and one 4 pounds (released). all fish caught in the weeds. 4 were caught on brushhog 2 on worm
      City: hollister

  • Fresno County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 7am to about 11:30 caught 30, fish are all up on the bank up river. Main Lake seemed speratic and not really a pattern. Up river still best bet. Most of them on texas rigged or Wacky Senko, couple jig fish.
      City: Madera

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished hard all day in Dissapointment. Had few bites ended up with only two a 3 and a 4 pounder on a brown chatterbait. Got them on the back of wind blown points off the edge of tule's. I flipped most of the day tubes and sweet beavers but not a single bite. I tried black and blue brn/blk..NOTHING. I did see a couple males setting up on beds.

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      City: Stockton

      Tips: I would like to think my best tip was to use the heavy wind to your advantage and fish wind blown points but, this did not seem to work yesterday.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished shallow along beach areas out of Granite Bay launch with no luck. Caught 5 nice spots between 2-3 lbs in heavy rocked coves. Use light blue color robo worms
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Bounce robo worms off rock piles, bites are light, you will feel like your snagged.

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

      Report: Fished FriDay 4 bass by noon then 18 Bass by 4 Got a 3.0 lb bass on a green grub. let her go so some other guy might enjoy seeing a fish that big on the end of his line.