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Saturday, January 16th, 2010

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished one small area up South Fork for all fish which ranged to four and one half pounds, (all spots).Stayed within a fifty yard circle. Spots came up at various times, not all at once. I left at elen thirty. All fish were no deeper than 30 ft with most shallower than that.Natural Shad senkos, 3", rigged with small nail weight and wacky rigged.

      Tips: Deadsticking, hit on the fall or worked really slow was the only way I could get bites.

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

      Report: 3/16 darthead, Pro Worms morning dawn 4" leech shaken not dragged. Try sandy banks and banks with steep drops that flatten out in 20-25ft.

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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 3 fish all day 2 on crawdads 1 on oxblood worm tried everthing points ,rocks,sand depyh but nothin payed off ,beutifull day but cant get on the fish .... help
      City: oroville

Friday, January 15th, 2010

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 45-48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Help! We need 2011 on the date icon! Mike Sperbeck and I shook off holiday cobwebs and decided to get nice and cold at night on Clear Lake. Maybe the fishing would be hot!! Well, sorta - in a 15 minute period! We started about 10 pm - Mike throwing a brush hog and me using the trusty black/red D&M Piranha swim jig w/ 6" Yamamoto grub trailer. Within minutes I felt a pressure movement and set the hook. My first 7 pounder in awhile at Clear Lake found her way to the net. Wow, I wasn't sure there was any of those left in the south end. After regrouping, the next cast produce as much of a bite as one will get in 45 degree water. This time she was 6 lbs 13 oz. About 5 minutes, Mike's hog works some magic and he is into his first - and only - nice bass. She went 6 lbs 1 oz. I had one more good fish on which I lost. That was it folks - 4 bites, 3 in the boat for an ounce or two under 20 lbs. That is almost like the 'ol days (er, nights!!)
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The air temp was up to 65 degrees during the day and might have brought the nice ones up a little shallower. All our hits were about 15 to 25 feet deep. I saw deeper fish on my new Lowrance HDS-7 (WOW, what a unit!) but couldn't get then to go. Lake lever looks great - only about a foot and a half to full pool. Our fish were caught in 45 degree water. We found lots of 47 and 48 degree water - no bites!

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Franks Tract, Calm water, FOGGY,UNSAFE conditions.Through Money Minnows all day, did not pick up another rod. Caught 3 stripers to #4s. I fished openings,points, and backside current.talked to 2 other boats on the water, they said they had not even been bit since sun-up.

      Tips: I did not see birds working, so I fished what looked good. The Clear water is put the Bite on Hold. Hope the rain warms the water and puts a stain on it, then I will throw the Rattle Trap like Idid this time last year with Success. If you saw me out there yesterday,I was in the Blue Champion. You have my permission to fish anywhere I fish or Report. If you see me out there just wave, I release everything so there will be fish for my Grandchildren.
      OH YA, DRIVE SLOW IN FRANKS. THERE IS LOOSE FLOATING PEET, AND ABOUT 15 DUCK BLINDS.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: sounds like someone went and told. maybe try the opposite (if u ever decide to share again)... tell what works but don't tell them where. well i can understand if others were just catch n releasin like us but what they did was wrong. ruined it for others!!
      City: stockton

      Tips: if someone gives u a tip, consider it private unless they tell u ok to share. i've been given lots of tips and have kept the trust. ok, back to reports. hope someone posts something...is the crank bite still around?

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The trout plants seem to be showing up pretty regular, they planed 800 lbs at Coyote ramp today about 10:00. Seems the staff at the lake may be calling their friends who fish for trout as they are waiting for the truck when it shows up and fishing off the docks at the ramp that say no fishing on them, there is no enforcement either. The bite has been tough and the fish are deep as is typical for this time of year. Got on some with the carolina rig and had a good few hours. Pretty crowded at the Coyote docks, I took a look and headed for the other end of the lake. Dont forget a needle to fizz fish or a weight of 3-4 0z on some line to get them back deep this time of year.
      City: Oak View

      Tips: Carolina oxblood robo's

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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The trout plants seem to be showing up pretty regular, they planed 800 lbs at Coyote ramp today about 10:00. Seems the staff at the lake may be calling their friend who fish for trout as they are waiting for the truck when it shows up and fishing off the docks at the ramp that say no fishing on them, there is no enforcement either. The bite has been tough and the fish are deep as is typical for this time of year. Got on some with the carolina rig and had a good few hours. Pretty crowded at the Coyote docks, I took a look and headed for the other end of the lake. Dont forget a needle to fizz fish or a weight on a 3-4 0z line to get them back deep this time of year.
      City: Oak View

      Tips: Carolina oxblood robo's

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: yuba city bass busters had there third tourney of the season at oro sat. the winner had over 11 pounds and 2nd through 6th were over 10 lbs. multiple 8 and 9's. so all in all a good tourney. tight lips on the baits used i guess theres a wrl coming up.
      City: plumaslake

      Tips: i finished with 10.18 all my fish came on jigs tight to shore. if your interested in fishing our club e mail me.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished friday night 14th 2011 til sunday morning, didnt start friday til around 7pm, missed a couple bites with brush hog was a bit slow, bite picked up around 10:30, caught my biggest spot 7lb 2oz on my scale, then got 1 just under 3 and a 1.5, all on brush hogs and all within a 45min span, then bite slowed....next day picked up some smaller fish and sat night the bite was tough only got 1 fish in the boat, lost a couple...great weather and fun time.
      City: medford

      Tips: fish slow, got my fish on deep shores in 15-25ft but close to shore.

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

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

      Report: Why can't we stick to fishing reports on this site. I have talked to alot of guys that quit coming to this site because of all the B.S.Why cant we keep this a fishing report site...
      City: Red Bluff

      Tips: GROW UP

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: darthead and dropshot picked up 3 spots about 2lbs each. aaron's magic and morning dawn worked. rich springs, can u be a little more specific on the 4-5lb bass being caught?
      City: EDH

      Tips: patience and work around the bait balls.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tons of boats, managed 10 lbs, drop shotting in about 30 feet. Main body still slow, i went way up pit, found some schools with big balls of bait. a few on cranks/jigs, but drop shotting was way to go.
      City: Redding

      Tips: too many boats on lake. get away from them

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 48 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tried everything rip baits,jigs,fluke,crank,shaky head and the only thing that produced was a double drop shot 4" aarons magic appx. 20" off bottom in appx. 12' water.
      City: Penn Valley

      Tips: Fish deep docks

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      Water Temp: 52.3 to 53.8

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The bass are holding in 21 to 40 feet of water and jigs are still taking bass from 2 1/2 to 4 pounds. The cold weather has kept most anglers away from the lake. Bank anglers fishing for trout are also staying away. Bass are holding on and around rock structure and brush piles in deeper water also fish are holding on humps in depths of 30 feet or deeper. Green pumpkin,black,green crystal/blue,black flake jigs in 3/8 or 1/2 oz football head trailers 156 yamamoto 5" single tail grubs. This combo has been working here now going on 3 weeks now. Colder weather has slowed them some but you can still put some nice bass in the boat in several hour of fishing. Water is dingy/stained and still coming up but not to bad fish will stiil bite.
      City: madera

      Tips: Fish slow work the structure you target long cast let the bait settle crawl the bait slowly back to the boat by not losing contact with the bottom. Also vertical jigging here this time of the year is proved too be a very good method for catching the bigger bass that are being targeted. I do both and they work really well for me.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 48.9

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Lots of fog early and cool air temp. D.O. levels up river 11.1 and visibility 100%. Bites were very soft and slow presentations had to be made to get the fish. Main body D.O. was 10.8 with good visibility and bites were also the same. Senkos in natural shad took all fish today.
      City: sac

      Tips: Cool temps and high D.O. are still fishable. Just go slow and offer them something larger because feeding maybe every three days.

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

      Report: Fished club tourney Saturday. 18 of 22 teams weighed in limits and all were culling. Nearly all fish were 1-3 lbs with the exception of on that was 5.05 and another that was 7.56.

      All of our fish were caught dropshot in 20-25 ft during the overcast morning. Once the sun came out fish moved up to 15 ft and bit like crazy for an hour. Then they moved deeper 30-40 ft. Caught dropshot and spoon.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Fish submerged islands on the main lake and/or main lake points. Better bite comes when there is a little breeze. Green and silver were the colors that worked best for us.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: bite is slow, fish there to be caught on finesse tactics, just slow your presentation down. best fish in boat was 3.09, couple just under 2, rest 1 to 1 1/2. No reaction bite whatsoever. be prepared to fish plastics all day. two people in boat, caught and released about 20 total.
      City: redding

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out today for about 3 hours and had no takers. i tried roboworms on a shaky head, rip baits, crankbaits, and a jig. no bites. i talked to another guy out there and he sid he had no bites either.
      City: rohnert park

Friday, January 8th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished
      City: nonya

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