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Thursday, March 4th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 53 - 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Thursday, 3/4/10, my buddy and I launched at Capell cove. There were only 5 trailers in the parking lot. We fished this day because it was the only day this week that it wasn

      Tips: Keep changing colors to find one that works.

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took the Padre out today for a much needed fishing trip. Started out with clouds and fog and no wind. We both picked up spinnerbaits for the early try at some up shallow. After about 2-3 casts each, I hear from the back "got one" as I watched him fight what seemed to be a nice one, I continued to reel back my spinnerbait. As it got almost to the boat a nice 2+ spot decided to make a last ditch lunge and hooked up. Well be landed the "double and the back took "big fish" with a 3.2 largie. We had a solid 11+ limit in about 1/2 hour then the clouds broke up and the wind came up. The bite slowed until later in the day when we picked up 6 in the last hour. Total for the day 16 with only one "dink" and about 11.5# Fish came on the tube, jigs rip bait and Spinnerbait.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Fish came from 5' to 20' and just fish your favorite spots with your favorite baits. The water temp is about 3-4 degrees from the place going nuts!!!

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Wednesday was brutally cold. The rain was coming down pretty hard on the drive up, but at 8am when we launched the sun popped out, for a few hours anyway. With frozen hands we made our way from Lakeport to the Clear Lake State Park. We begin by throwing ripbaits (Lucky Craft 128 pointer), and swimbaits (Osprey and Basstrix). We cover water quickly and make sure not to waist to much time in one spot. The water color and temperature would fluctuate drastically in the matter of 100 yards. The mouths of the creeks were dirty, but right around the corner you could see the bottom in 4 feet of water. With only a couple short strikes on the swimbait, we make our way south to fish rockpiles at the mouth of the Clear Lake Keys. Still, a couple missed bites, but no fish in the boat. We then pull out the jigs and flipping rods and head into the keys. In an hour or so we catch two bass, both around 3 pounds. At around 2, the temperature drops about 15 degrees, the sun goes away, and it starts hailing. The next few hours were painful, we both though our fingers were going to fall off. Low 40

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      Water Temp: 54-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: THE LAKE IS ALMOST ABOVE CHOWCHILLA SIDE RAMP,IT HAS COME UP ABOUT 75 TO 80FT. THE WATER HAS THE FISH SREAD OUT,STILL WE HAD 16.5 POUNDS FOR FIVE BASS.WE TRIED JIGS,WORMS,SWIMBAITS,EVERYTHING IN THE BOX.FINALLY I TIED ON A SPINNERBAIT 1/2 OZ WITH 2 WILLOW LEAF BLADES, ONE CHROME AND THE OTHER COPPER.CLEAR SPARKLE W FIRECRACKER COLOR SKIRT.
      City: PLANADA

      Tips: FISH EVERYTHING, THERE ARE ALOT OF CUCCABURR PLANTS IN THE WATER.TRY FISHING THEM??

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 52-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 4 Spots about 1-2 lbs after fishing from 1:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M....missed many bites, and fish finder showed most fish were 30-45'. Of course it had rained about 12 hours before, so that affects alot. Caught one on a Lucky Craft Chartreuse minnow, and the rest on Watermelon/Red Flake Lizards. The lake is rising fast and is about 5' below the flat concrete slab next to the dam. I saw a few small males cruising into the back of coves and for the first time in a long time I see LOTS of thick vegetation in the water,grass is growing fast, and the water looks clean and healthy. This year McClure will be RED HOT for Bass Fishing!!! I see the lake completely filling up by May...
      City: Merced, CA

      Tips: Fish slow and deep...Watermelon colors are going to be good, and brush hogs should also start getting action..

      Also, if you catch any fish that are Fat, and you can keep em...don't..they're probably mammas...ready to spawn...release them gently so we can catch back up for the last three years of drought..

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

      Report: Just a couple of questions. Should guides fish while ther're taking you out? I don't think they should!!! After all you're paying these guys your hard earned money so you can be taught how to fish and what to use at certain spots. He may be catching your fish!!! You should be the only one fishing!! Isn't it why thery're called "guides"...
      City: sacramento

      Tips: Anyone who's ever thinking about going on a guided trip should first find out if he's going to fish. You should ask the guide if he is going to fish. These guys already charge you way too much!!!!!!!!

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

      Report: I went out of Centimudi on Sunday the 28th and it was clear and in good shape.
      City: Redding

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out today from about 8 to 12. no bites. we tried jigs and plastics, roboworms, and spinnerbaits with no bites. talked to 3 other guys out there, nobody was havin any luck
      City: ro po

      Tips: wait for a few more days of sun and for the water to clear up from the last rain

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: M'tch is a dead can walking... I confronted him today and i punched him in the face and knocked itch out cold. for anybody else out there who wants a piece of itch go ahead and take it. hes a fat white trash piece of shit. ha ha ha and thats the truth. It drives a teal green cheavy 1500 lic #er Ca. 5h43994. go ahead and throw a brick at itch or better yet tell itch that its in for it, and itch or its truck is gonna get it. if i see him again he knows whats comming. knock that fat white trash piece of shits front teeth out! he knows it! and thats the truth. ha ha ha!!!
      City: antioch

      Tips: stay with it. nothing on big baits or reaction... but that will soon change. water temps 49 to 53. got bit in 10 + feet today. waiting for warmth or steady cold...

      knock itch the fu.. out if you see him, or just thro a brick through a window. thank you...
      c&r please!!! many of us do care...

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The guy who caught it is in a basstracker with a older chevy truck. You seen him, I always see him attempting to fly fish. Its not the guy, which does release his bass, that drives the big lifted suburban. This is a great way to start a new year for Loma! People just don't give a f, but whatever, what can you do. That fish is already poop in the toilet now. It really sucks for us people that spend hours and lots of money to try and catch these big girls. Bummer..

      Heres the pic if you didnt already see the dead fish :(
      http://ebparks.com/files/Mitch_Quarantes.png
      City: bwood

      Tips: PLEASE C&R

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

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

      Report: Any news on Trinity ramps ?

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: all ramps are in, centimudi ramp is unusable due to all the wood stacked up way out past the end of the ramp
      City: shasta lake

Monday, March 1st, 2010

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 52-56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake looked phenomenal with the water level up. Fished 2/25 out of the boat. Water started at 52 and was up to 55 by 2. Bite was slow but quality was there. 3-1/2, 4, couple of 2's. All weighed on the digi scale. Plastics. All fish were shallow in 10 or less. Went back on Sunday on foot for a few hours with some minnows and doubled up on 3-1/2 lbers, a 4lb fish and a solid 5.0. 2 were starting to show signs of eggs, others nothing... its starting. Treat 'em gently, grab a pic and get 'em back.
      City: Pacific Grove

      Tips: We fished slow, we caught fish. Usually around grass in 8-10ft. Nothing on reaction baits yet.

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

      Report: All ramps are in I think. Fished Sunday 9 to 4 caught 25 total. Minnows on bottom and bobbers and brown gitzits worked good too. Had fish tacos that night. Morning bite was best.
      City: Anderson

      Tips: I saw a flyer at DFG that said after Mar 10 its no longer needed to wear your licence in plain sight.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: What ramps are open
      City: Coast

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On the water by 7:30 am. We got rained on for a good portion of the day, but that seemed to help the bite. First fish came a couple hundred yards from the launch on a single tail grub with a 1/4 ounce darter head. Buddy picked up a nice 3 lb spot a few minutes later on a green pumpkin tube. A few minutes after that I break off a nice spot right at the boat. The bite slowed down in the afternoon and the fish went a little deeper. I eventually found a few more spots dragging a football jig with a hula grub. Buddy stuck with the tube a found a few more throughout the day. No reaction bite at all. Tried ripping, blades, deep crank, but no takers. At the end of the day we fished a submerged road close to the launch and found a pocket of feeding fish. I picked up 4 spots almost back to back on the football jig. Buddy got a backlash and had to watch me catch the fish while the sun went down!! 12 total fish for the day with the best five going around 13 lbs.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Fish slow with tubes or jigs. The fish aren't ready to chase reaction baits yet....very soon though. I was impressed at the quality of fish here. Good luck!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out this morning with my daughter. Beautiful winter day but alas no fish. There was alot of boats out there hopefully they had more luck than we did. Got a couple of bites off a 6" pumpkin worm dragging the bottom in about 18 to 20 feet. But other than that just enjoyed the sunshine and spending time with my daughter. I know there's fish in there......I'll find em!
      City: Brownsville

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      Water Temp: 49-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What would the weekend be without a CFW report? I knew it would be tough today with the cold fronts and rain along with a full moon and I was right. All my normal Rock Creek spots produced a big goose egg along with all my main body areas so I headed to the sulpher cliffs around noon (lots of coffee today) and the entire day changed. Landed over a dozen in the deeper water working a tube right along the walls where the sun was heating the cliff facings. Lost one of the biggest bass I ever had hooked at CFW and saw her surface twice before she took off straight ahead and I couldn't spool line off fast enough and got snapped off. It was at least a 5-6 pounder if it was an ounce. A real heart breaker! The water was a lot cooler and muddier in Rock Creek and cleaner in "the pits" where all the action was today. Wound up with an even dozen with best five keepers going a solid 12 lbs today. Lake has really come up with the latest rain storm and is only 3' from full so the storm this week will definately finish filling it to the brim.
      City: Wheatland

      Tips: Find cleaner water and depth of 20-25' and you will find some nice fish, especially if you have rocks heated by the sun. Once again, the magnificent tube produced all the fish today although the bite was tough and had a hard time getting them to commit to the hook in the first 3 hours of the day which has normally been the best catching time. A nice warm front of 3-4 days without rain and it will be on like donkey kong!

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      Water Temp: 49-53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at 7, tried fishing in shallow waters in the morning, couldnt get nothing. Then we went to deeper water (15-25ft deep) and looked for warm temps. I caught 3 and my dad caught 1. Biggest fish about a 2 1/2lb. We left around 1 with 4 fish in the boat. (released)
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Use Tubes, Spider Jigs, and Cinkos. We found fish in warm temps, we stayed in clear-ish water. its really muddy in some places.

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      Water Temp: pretty darn col

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: This was our first trip to this lake (ever). Launched at 7 am and had our first fish by 7:30. A nice 4 1/2 pound bucketmouth. Landed many more smaller ones before exploring the lake a bit more. Found an area on the north end of the lake that seemed to keep re-loading on fish. We would hit it, catch a few and then double back to it after drifting by some trees and we would always catch a couple every time back. Biggest fish was our first one (4 1/2)and only 1 smallmouth caught all day. As for almost every single lake in California, this lake is very low but at least there was a ramp in the water :) I can see how this lake can produce some nice bass at the right times.
      City: Oroville

      Tips: We caught them on a lot of stuff but our best producer was a drop shot fished 2 cranks off the bottom(no matter the depth) The big fish came on a K.V.D. sexy shad spinnerbait. It was the only fish caught on a spinnerbait. The smallie ate a bitsy jig with a black yum trailer. We were using all kinds of colors on the drop shot. With no 1 color being better than the rest. even caught a nice 3 pound trout while using 2" smelt on the drop shot. FISH SHALLOW if you want the big ones :)