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Friday, February 19th, 2010

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished tonight right before dark in my spot that i always go to...i looked into the tullies and saw them move a lot..so then i casted my 4inch chigger craw in and pulled out a 6+ pound fish.
      City: SF

      Tips: this was off the hook..everytime i come here i hope to atleast get a bite..and to catch a 6+ out of here is great. tight lines SEE PICTURE

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Thought I would try this hot lake (lake record caught last weekend). Fishes very much like oroville (steep rocky canyons). dropshot and splitshot only. Lost more than I landed. Landed 7 up to 3 lb and lost over 10. Most were lost within 5 sec of me setting the hook. A few times broke off but probably due to line rubbing rocks but most times the fish just works its way free from the hook. was using 6 in staight tail worms w/ 1/0 hook. Has always worked well in the past. One thing I noticed is that the fish was already swimming w/ the worm (no feel of the bite) and would set hook. In hindsight, I should have let it swim longer so that the worm is further in the mouth? Anyway, good day for my 1st time in years. scouted the river area and it is serene and beautiful.

      Tips: land the fish that bite !!!

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

      Report: yeah i have a boat but i use my kick boat out there...in the morning tules and when the sun comes out under the trees...the bite is great...are you just starting out bass fishing?im going back tomorrow
      City: watsonville

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: really any bait to flip.
      City: watsonville

      Tips: really any type of bait you can flip....blk/blue jig or zipper worm or any bait to immitate a crawdad...creature bait

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Late report

      Fished the Pro/Teen tournament at Russo's on Sunday. It was my first event of this kind and I had a blast fishing with 17 yr old Justin. Was his 3rd year here. Guess he's the vet & I'm the rookie. Anyway, launched out at 6 & hit the tulles at north end of Franks with topwater, buzzbait & poppers for an hr. without hits. Moving to the tulles going towards SJ channel .... still nothin. Then to Venice for some froggin. Did well there b4, but this time only 3 blowups but no hookups. Finally to some rip raps nearby and got several small LMB with senkos inside the weeds with a little current. Unfortunately not big enough to weigh-in. Motored down to Ward Island for more froggin, but again 3 or 4 blowups and couple of missed hooks. Down to the last couple of hours and had to change up. Put all our rods down and switched over to punching the mats. Knew a spot that always produced for me and showed Justin how to punch. He's a fast learner, within minutes he hooks up his first fish about a 2 lber. Unfortunately, he jerked it so hard outta the mat, that it flew over the boat and off the hook. Justin is a big kid (lineman for his high school football team) and took my instructions too literally. For the next hour, we caught maybe 5 or 6 more, mostly small guys again. But finally the last fish was a 3 lber. We didn't do well in the standings but he learned something new and was thrilled and that is all that matters!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Punch. Punch. Punch......especially after the sun hits the water.

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 47-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Finally back to collins after the tournament season is over and this lake very seldom disappoints the first point my friend jim aka (stove guy) hehe and I stop at is elmers point jim threw a hollow body swimbait bottom bouncing it and hooked up with a 5.19 spot we fished into the cove with no luck but as we got to the other side I got a bite on a jig and he caught a 2.13 spot on a wacky senco weighted we went to the east side to try the flats and we got a few more bites on the jig but they werent eating it headed to the first point up the river and finally hooked up with some spots near a brush pile and on a small flat area near a spawning cove then back out to elmers before I had to go to work (that sucks) jim missed one nice fish right at the boat on the hollow body then we took pics and I left.
      City: grass valley

      Tips: the bass are starting to move up with the weather being nice all our fish were pale but chunky caught all are fish between 18 and 10 feet of water on the outsides of coves nothing in the backs fished jigs, hollowbody swimmers and cranks.Oh yeah huds but no takers on those today fish slow in the morning then pick up the pace as the day gets warmer they started hitting the jig on the fall around eleven o'clock good luck and hope you catch some good ones

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      Water Temp: 49-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started out around 7AM throwing swim baits on points and landed a nice spot close to 6 lbs. and lost an equal fish on same. Switched to senco and landed 2 + lb. spot then two on jig.
      Beautiful day, nice tan and nice fish in 5-12 foot. Nice birthday for me!!
      City: Penn Valley

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

      Report: Was wonderin what kind of rigs did u get those fish on local? fishi there tommarow. just fishin for tips.
      City: elkhorn

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Pete Alexander is the main contact for shadow cliff back lakes closer, March 1st. Please contact him with your concerns 510-544-2342.
      City: Livermore

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      Water Temp: 54-58 APPROX.

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: GOT ON A COUPLE WENDSDAY FIGURE I WOULD STICK WITH THE SOME WHAT OF A PATTERN,STILL USED PLASTICS BUT NOT SENCOS- BEAVERS WITH PEGGED WEIGHT. DIDNT TAKE LONG TO HOOK UP N.E. SHORE AGAIN FIRST FISH 3.10 HAMMERED IT! 20 MIN. LATER WHACK FELT REALLY NICE BUT LOST IT 25 MIN. LATER FLIPPED IT IN SOME TULES AND ABOUT 4 TO 5 FEET AWAY FROM MY CAST TULES PARTED AND I KNEW A BASS WAS COMIN FOR MY BAIT 2 SEC. LATER IT CRUSHED IT 5.2 LBS NICE COLOR AND FAT GUT!
      City: SANTA ROSA

      Tips: THIS STORM MIGHT MESS THINGS? UP LOOK FOR STABLE SUNNY WEATHER THEY ARE A LOT MORE ACTIVE THEN COUPLE WEEKS AGO. CATCH AND RELEASE.IF NOT BUY UR FISH FROM THE MARKET!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 55-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We fished the narrows up into Wragg Canyon. The main body of water was up to 59. Inside Wraggs we found water as cold as 55. Wraggs had slightly stained water. The Narrows was clear especially by the dam. We were only able to scratch up a limit of small spots. 1 on a tube, 2 on a crank, and 2 on drop shot. Fish were 15-20 deep. As the above post stated, I was surprised more fish have not moved up yet...
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: None, hoping more fish move up soon.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started fishing 1pm.Light winds so we kept inside the coves.My son caught 3 bass on 3 different set ups. I caught 1 drop shotin a roboworm. The weather was nice and got close to 70 degrees,jet skis and ski boats already.Sharing this lake puts your patience to the test. Good luck and keep smiling.
      City: San Jose

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 50-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I fished late Tues afternoon with jigs and ripbaits with no success until just before dark with my first on a Blade Runner jig. I fished about 3 hrs after dark south of the narrows and was 4 for 7, three of them from 4 1/4 to just under 5 lbs. About 18 1/4 - 18 1/2 lb limit. One on a D&M piranha swim jig and the rest on jigs. Average depth was 20 feet - nothing shallow. I had a "learn the lake better" guide trip yesterday. We fish all over from Soda Bay south and found the fishing slow. Thankfully he did catch a few. We looked at the water in Konocti Bay and was amazed at the clarity of the water already - about 6 to 8 feet. Amazing! Upcoming tourney for him, so no more from me!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Every year in Feb it seems that I am fooled as are a lot of anglers when we get a warm spell in Feb and think the bite will bust open. But water temp rules and the sun penetration in Feb is still only 1/3 of what it is in summer. The warmth of the sun really doesn't change water temp much until mid-March, plus the warm afternoons are longer as the spring progresses. In spite of 72 degree air temp, it is still winter below the surface of a lake. I saw that Tues evening when the surface temp was up to 55 and 3 or 4 hrs later was down to 49-50! Moral - don't rush mother nature!!

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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: been getting an excelent jig bite thanks to mavrick jigs and ed at tackle it stick to dark colors
      City: potter valley

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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Great to see the lake back up! Only mannaged to pull seven off my area that i key on this time of year! Sun came up and seemed like the i could get them to react to the jerkbait in the AM but as the day progressed i pulled way off and used the graph to key in! Got a nice 4 on a jig on a three foot drop off but that was it! Im really curious to see how the Elites do here this Year especially with all the pressure this lake gets this time of year!
      City: Northern Cali

      Tips: Everyone know where the fish are in this lake and how to catch them! My tip is come mentally prepared for the task and hand and dance with the B**** you Brought! Dont forget the things you learned to get to where you are and be respecful to other fishermans water! Its a HUGE lake just move down the bank a hundred yards till they leave! Rip-um!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: If you haven't heard of what's going on, or have heard, but don't know much about the details, start with this link from Rob Belloni's Calfishing.com website... http://www.calfishing.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=11602&mesg_id=11639#11639 ...
      City: Fairfield

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      Water Temp: 54-57

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: GOT ON THE WATER AT ABOUT NOON STARTED WITH DROP SHOT AROUND DOCK AREA NOTHIN WENT INTO (CRAWDAD CANAL)SKIPPIN PLASTICS,FLIPPIN BRUSH & BLADES NOTHIN WENT OUT OF CANAL HEADIN NORTH SKIPPIN TREES NOTHIN HEADED N.E. SHORE STARTED FLIPPIN DARK SENCOS FELT A SUBTLE TICK SET HARD A 2.15 KEPT WORKIN DOWN AND WHACK 3.1 NOTHIN ELSE
      City: SANTA ROSA

      Tips: ONLY SHALLOW AND EVEN SHALLOWER WATER WORKED FOR ME(WARMER)

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Rolfy and I Fished,from Lil'Mandville to Sycamore Slough Water is starting to clear and is warming rapidly,felt nice to get bit for a change,we fished the submerged island tops and rock banks tossing black/blue 1/2 jigs got a bite or two there then move north to above Tower park where the water cleaner with the tide still moving around 1:00 pm. Flipped Current side banks
      a 4lb and 2. I know it's not much but compared to blanking last week it felt great!.
      Cranked a few dink stripers also
      City: Woodpile

      Tips: stayed with jig and crank all day .Just stick with your confindence baits.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 52-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water got up to 55 degrees today!
      City: lakeport

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished from 8-2 yesturday to find the bite wide open. started off the morning up north and caught a few fish on jigs/dart heads 1 on a crankbait and 1 on a wakebait biggest fish of the day a nice 4+ pound spot. then we went back out to the main body and caught a couple more fish dragging a dart head and 1 on a carolina rigged lizzard. caught 15 fish on the day and best 5 went over 14 pounds.
      City: roseville

      Tips: try working points into spawning areas right now, thats what worked for us.