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Thursday, February 25th, 2010

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

      Report: got to the lake at 6:00 fished til 12.fished rainbow 95% of the time. fished a brush pile near the launch ramp around 6:45 and picked up a 2lber on a jerkbait. nothing the rest of the day. tried dropshots, tubes, senkos, jigs, and small swimbaits. only fished the lake 4 times. tips for fishin the lake this time of year would be awsome also some smallmouth tips would be weel appreciated.. also i realesed my fish, also saw an oriental guy fishing near where i got my fish and he was usng night crawlers and he had one on a strnger, looked about 3lbs, whata shame:(
      City: elkhorn

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

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

      Report: Hello , Wayne lets try to keep this web site a place where people can come and get fishing info on the Delta Please use our forums to start a Funny conversation and you can joke all you want.. so please lets keep it real on this Report site...Please read the rules .

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 60-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My wife and I fished together in our Fellowship of Christian Anglers Society tournament. Started in Horseshoe throwing a crankbait and a spinnerbait trying to locate fish. Caught first keeper on the blades 1.5 lbs on a secondary point. Slowed down and made several more passes with a drop shoted watermelon red worm and picked up keepers 2&3. Moved to the island in Horseshoe and hooked up with a big fish on the drop shot, and after a stressful battle landed keeper 4- 5 1/2 lbs. continued around the island and picked up keeper 5 on a c-rigged lizard. Had my limit by 9:45. Cought a few more on the d.s., c-rig, and wacky rigged senko. but wasn't able to cull. My wife caught all hers on the d.s. but didn't get her fifth fish until 20 minutes before weigh-in. I ended up in first with just under 11 lbs. and my wife finished third. Heard that a little girl fishing in the Mike Van Guilder Sr. tournament caught an 11.75. Way to go!
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Go fish!

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

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      Water Temp: 47-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: To coin the Southwest commercial, Get Your Bags, It's On! What a beautiful morning and the lake was virtually empty but the bass were waiting in anticipation for whatever you wanted to feed them. Conditions were wonderful as the lake is about 12' from full pool and I was finally able to get to my "honey holes" back in Rock Creek. My first fish was a nice 3 pounder followed by a fiesty 5 lb largemouth. I took over 18 pounds of bass from Rock Creek in less than 2 hours, of course released. Headed to the main body and had a field day once more on tubes and Senkos. Running out of coffee around 12:30, I called it a day but chances are pretty good I'll be back tomorrow. This place is turned on so enjoy the bite while you can and before we get run over by power boats.
      City: Wheatland

      Tips: Looked down the throat of the first bass caught to determine what color to throw next but it proved that the tail of the shad sticking out was identical to my tube color. Always look to see what they are eating to match their meal. I worked reaction baits with no success but tubes and Senkos were the ticket. Toss near submerged shrubs and work it slowly and I had a light bullet weight on the Senko in watermelon and they ate it up and when they bit....you knew you just got hammered.

  • 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.