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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

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

      Report: Stop eating them!! everytime I go to this lake its the same-o song.
      City: daily city

      Tips: catch and release

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Saw a couple decent size bass hitting top water. They were moving all around the shallows too. Ended up with a couple small ones (2lb range).

      Tips: Roboworm Oxblood

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      Water Temp: not sure

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wow What a great day at Lake Casitas. The fish are moving up and hitting the plastics.I started the morning on the shoreline throwing swimbaits and had only one good follower. So I started throwing a split-shot rig with a Mindalures Spear worm and got a nice chucky 2 ponder. I then saw a bed in deeper water so I broke out a 7 inch Meta Pearl spear worm and watch the bass hammer it and that was my big bass of the day. She was about 6.5 pounds. Finished the day with 10 more bass smallest was 1.5 pounds.12 bass overall. tight lines Chief
      City: Camarillo

      Tips: I was fishing the Mindalures Spear worms in 4in and 7inch.I fished them on a drop-shot,split-shot and texas rigged. The shad color and the pearl got the most hits.Shoreline guys fan cast and walk the banks slow most bass are not bedded down yet butthey are there. good luck

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Walked down to the lake at about 1:00am. One cast caught a 5.6 pounder, on a purple and white Senko. Fish hit it on the 4th crank along the bottom. Packed up and left. I cast one fish, only way to go.
      City: San Jose

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

      Report: Fished during the rain showers. Started at 1:00 PM and my nephew had the first spot in 15 minutes on a brown/green 4" worm Texas rigged. I was getting bit on the drop and changed tactics and caught and released 4 kokanee salmon 13-14" on a 1/4OZ darter head with a 4" green/brown worm, Panther Martins worked well too. Lake was down 200' still. One ramp open at the spillway ramp!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Dress for worst weather!

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: SHARED THE LAKE WITH TWO OTHERS CLUBS,NOT ALOT OF ROOM,CRANKS AND JERK BAITS FIRST HOUR,THEN DRAG JIGS AND DROP SHOT,IF WIND COMES IN TRY CRANKS ON FLATS,ALSO DRAG YAMAMOTO GRUBS,THRU FLATS 12-13 FEET,SOME BIG BAIT BITES A TIMES ACROSS POINTS
      City: LA CANADA

      Tips: JERK BAIT,CRANKS FIRST THING,JIGS AND DROP SHOT SHALLOW 1-5 FEET

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 52.7

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We fished the main like island tops in the west area of the lake near the dam for 3 spotted bass and 1 smallmouth and a 2.5 lb average. Tried fishing shallow in morning w/ jerkbaits, and worms, but the fish were deep. Moved off shore and picked up some fish. The spotted bass fell for hula grubs (watermelon black and red) fished in 20'-30' of water on a 3/8 OZ football head. The smallmouth smashed a Fat Free Shad in baby bass pattern in about 15'-20' of water along the southside dam. Didn't try up river or in the narrows, but would if I went back soon.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: The fish were not up in the shallows w/ the front blowing in/out. Fish deeper water and find island tops at 20' depths dropping down into 50' water. Dragging darker colored jig/pig or watermelon and watermelon red flake patterned lizards or brush hogs w/ a Carolina Rig 1/2 OZ -3/4 OZ in deeper water may be the ticket until the fish move back up in water less than 15'.

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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: If I thought it was good last week, forget about it! Today, Mike and I caught and released over 35 bass and every one was a tournament keeper. Perfect day weather wise and they were really on a fanatic bite. Saw quite a few more boats today than last week while seeing others catching them too. Had plenty of coffee today so stayed until 3PM and stayed busy all day.
      City: Wheatland

      Tips: Tubes, tubes, tubes. I throw them on a 1/4 darthead that tends to get it down a lot quicker and I can control it better. Headed to Rock Creek and caught 3 on first 3 casts and the bite just died........for at least 5 minutes! Worked in 20-25' of water but on the main body, many were right on the bank down to 5'. Caught a couple nice ones slow rolling a black/blue chatterbait. Great day so get out and enjoy.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 45-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out today and caught 17 lbs doing the things the previous posts said to do, thinking we did okay! Wrong! Look at the "AC Clear Lake "Slug Fest" Results" in the forums! 35.78 lbs won first place!!!

      Tips: Ouch!

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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a tournament w/ Fellowship of Christian Anglers Society. Started at first cove to the left of the dam. Caught a nice 2.5 lb. shallow on a lipless crank bait in the first 10 minutes. Continued fishing the area with out another bite, also trying jigs, and carolina rigs. Moved to the upper end of the lake and started catching again on jigs and texas rigged plastics shallow (2-10 feet). My wife had her limit by 9:30 and was able to cull a couple times. I was stuck at 3 fish and the fish stopped biting around 11:00. Kept working back and forth over the 75 yard stretch where we caught them before. Finally about 1:30 I decided to move out of the bank and found fish stacked up on a ledge that went from 10 feet down to 24 feet. I caught 6 fish between 1:30and 3:00, all 2 to 3 lbs. Ended up with 4 fish for a little over 9.5 lbs., enough to win by 2 lbs. My wife took 3rd about a tenth of a pound behind 2nd.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: When you find fish and they stop biting keep trying they won't be far from where you first caught them, and they will be stacked up this time of year. Try jigs, T-rig, and C-rigged plastics.

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

      Report: Fished windblown areas in 10 feet or less of water and nailed some big spots- best five went about 17lbs. All on the same worm shaken very fast.
      City: Elk Grove

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out around 7, fished near the Granite Bay ramp with no luck. Water level still pretty low. Moved over to the south fork and hammered points, flats and coves. Nothing until around noon (oddly, that was when it was getting colder), when we started getting bit. Four spots, all caught on roboworms on shaky heads and drop shot. Others found some luck with jerk baits, but most fished slowly. All around 20' of water.

      Tips: Persistence with spirit!

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: arrived about 1pm on Sat afternoon. really cold- really windy- Tried in the creek to the left as you head back away from the dam. Got nice fat 18 incher (I didn't weight) but it was a nice looking female caught with finess worm- very soft bite- I thought I had a stick but the stick started pulling back!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: keep warm- watch your line cause you may not feel the bite.

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

      Report: na im not a beginer, i've been fishin for bass for 5 years and usually fish anderson. i consider myself somewhat good for my age. also do you know why there is so many concrete slabs in the area of the launch ramp.
      City: elkhorn

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: Dunno

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday out of JV caught one on crankbait on a windblown point about 15 incher, but FAT. Boated a limit by the end of the day, lost 5 plus and had 10 or more short strike fish all on worms. Took my 5 year old with us this time he had a blast reeling in my fish. Take a kid fishing.
      City: Red Bluff

      Tips: 3/16 ounce lead head, I used MGM worms in brownish colors, Shake for long time. Sexy Shad crankbait caught the active fish.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 55.6 to 56.6

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Devil Mountain Bass masters launched 8 boats on a cloudy morning, the lake level is up to normal.
      All Anglers brought fish to the scales, Phil Lopez took 1st Place with five fish for 12 + pounds, his Fish were caught rippin, crankbaits, and senkos.
      2nd Place was Rom Cormier with 11+ pounds, 3rd Place was Howard Harrow with 10 + pounds and a five fish limit.
      Big fish of the tournament was 4.60 Lbs. caught on a black and blue jig in 10 ft. of water early in the morning.
      City: Martinez

      Tips: My partner and I both caught 3 fish each, all on black & blue jigs, the boat was positioned over 19 ft of water, throw the jig up to the bank and work it down, then let it soak- the bites were aggressive.

Friday, February 19th, 2010

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: water is still muddy, fish seems to be in 15-20ft. Fishing is slow, caught 2 bass, another boat caught 2 also. Boat launching is easy. Trout fishermen complain about catching 1 or none at all. Not worth they money to fish here yet. Maybe when water warm up n much clearer

      Tips: drop shot, spinnerbait, worms

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 11:00 - 3:00. All over the lake, picked one at each spot. 10-15 feet of water. Dark plastics. Ended with 7 boated, one came unbuttoned, and missed about 3. Biggest was 3.12 I was happy for February.
      City: Felton

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 51-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to get some time on the water in before all the fronts hit. Weather was not bad fog then overcast, did'nt help the water warm to much. Started off like last week with cranks and not much action, a couple of hits but no hookup. I noticed the the hits were coming in around 8ft of water. So I changed over to a suspending ripbait that was the change they wanted. It was a nice steady bite after that I cought 3 on one spot all the others were just one per area. Mostly SM with a few LM mixed in. Felt good to finally put together a reaction pattern this year. I only had 5 hours on the water had to leave at 1 with the bite getting better as the water warmed. All the fish were running 1.8-3lbs.9 fish total with the 5 biggest going 11 lbs.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: The SM have started to stage all of them came on the outside edges of srawning areas. The LM were holding to the weeds. You needed decent water clarity for the rip to work. The upper end was to dirty with the southwind blowing all the stained water up there. Had to stay mid way up the main body on east and west shores. This lake is set to take off soon.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What a difference a few days makes . Was out for a few hours on 2-17 and caught spots about every fifteen minutes just junk fishing. Fished the afternoon 2-19 with overcast thinking it would be on , WRONG , one two pound spot for three hours of time
      City: GB

      Tips: ???