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Friday, January 8th, 2010

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

      Report: For the future for those who don't know. The middle ramp at Granite has been expanded to 6 lanes. This should help in the Spring and the Fall. Recently a lot of bass in the 4lb to 5lb
      range are being caught.
      City: Granite Bay Ca

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The date is off as 2011 wasnt an available choice.

      Got my first fish of the year while practicing some swimbait techniques. I actually lost my swimbait and switched to a black Strike King Pro Model jig with a #1 Uncle Josh pork frog trailer. Found the deepest water I could find on foot and let my jig fall at least 20 feet. By my fourth cast I hooked into a good 6 pounder!

      Lexington has always produced even as it recovers from the past couple years when there was virtually no water in it.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Fish slow with jigs and plastics

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: First time ever on Berryessa and really enjoyed the day compared to recents days on the Delta. Launched at Markley and fished primarily from the Dam north on the north side. I only got one but my buddy got 9 - all spotted bass. The boat was in 50' of water and fish were caught in about 40'. Most fish caught on drop shot and one on darter head. Also tried ripping, spoons and jigs with no bites.

      Tips: Hit boths sides of the points. Most fish were caught on a sexy shad roboworm which worked in the heavy fog (low light) and sunshine.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: started around 10:30, headed over near the dam where there e some trees, and fished a rattletrap, a few colored senkos, and different roboworms, all with no takers. then we moved down the lake, stopping every so often where there was a fair amount of trees, fishing the same lures and worms, because i had heard that they were working for some poeple. still with no takers.we made it just about to yorty creek, still without a single taker! tough day, but still better than work! fish seened to be holding around 40 feet
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: dont take tips from me!!!!! idk what to use, fishing is slow.

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Union Point, Victoria & around Coney. Couple of stripers followed but no hookups. Cloud cover so I was hopeful. Water was like glass. Fished ripbaits & big hammer swimtails.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: A friend and I dropped lines around 8am and we were hooking into fish all day long. We hit the jackpot when we found some kind of large cover ( might of been a large tree) in 50 feet of water, on an old roadbed. My first large-mouth of the year was a picture perfect 4lb+ large-mouth, with a belly full of shad. My rods are rigged with 8 lb line that kept getting broke off by either the power of the fish or the hard cover. Next time I'm taking some of my delta gear with me to horse some of these fish. Crank-baits, jigs, shakyheads and dropshots were all duds today. A simple 3 inch watermelon tube was the only producer. We worked upriver, the narrows and the China's.
      City: Rio Vista

      Tips: Give extra attention to large cover with bait fish over it. Have tubes in different colors, jigheads from 1/16 to 3/8 and stronger line for heavy cover.

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

      Report: I just wanted to inform everyone that there is only one ramp available to launch your boat now. The Granite Bay low ramp is the only one that is out of water to date. The Browns Raven launch ramp has just closed recently. Current water level is at 379 ft, down 87 feet. Good luck and be safe. Lake is 5mph and will remain that way until it reaches 400feet, that is if we get any more rain.
      City: EDH

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out on my tube hoping to get bit on the big baits, well no bites on any of the big swimmies, but had a fish on the 2.5 bbz shad that was taking out drag and then came unbottoned.

      dont know whatit was but it wasnt fighting like a trout or bass, just a slow steady pulling of my drag going diagonal to the shore.
      City: THA P

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bite was slow went north for 2 spots and 1 salmon then to main body for one nice spot.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Today we fished dart heads and dropshot.

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

      Report: Noticed everyone is fishing deep. Anyone trying shallow water near deep water (breaks)? the 12/29 report stated the water temp was 49-50 is this average for this time of year or a little high? Whiskey town was at 47 and I was able to get a 4lb largemouth in 4 ft. of water. I agree more people whould post here especially for those of us not near the lake.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: anlgers are more willing to share info when catch and release is practiced. Put em back so we can catch them again. Be safe and have fun.

Monday, January 4th, 2010

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

      Report: the tournament director said that to avoid the problems of the pro not signing you up correctly or decieving the non boater. to sign up by yourself. i know what everybody will say. more people on a waiting list with more deposits and memberships being wasted. not a good moral or ethical way to run an organazation that operates on the local fisherman's memberships in my opionon
      City: anderson

      Tips: its good advise ,dont give your money to anyone you dont know,and keep your money local. it will help your community.sign up early or dont fish .they will cut the fees in half again and there will be twice as many people on waiting list.lol. just my opinion for those who dont have alot of money.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: sign up with a local early dont let what is happening at shasta happen to all of you locals .these are the opinions and views of carl.
      City: anderson

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 48 -50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: launch g.b. at 11.30 met friend out in main lake a limit of 13-14 in. for him on dart head. quick bites on 1tons for me but manage to pull up 3 pound spot all 25 to 40 feet. saw 10 bass boats and no reports.
      City: carmichael

      Tips: never give up

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: sorry, not a report...just more thanx to seabass! will be sending my membership to chris b. soon. can't make any of the meetings (work nights), but just wanna learn more.
      City: folsom

      Tips: don't crowd others; if someone is nice enough to give you a tip, respect it. if they prefer not to, accept it. but when they do, appreciate it!

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: below 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Best winter fishing I've ever had on the Delta! Fished Vic from Union point to the new steel 8 am to 4 pm. Got a few schools ignited with jerkbaits outside the weedline. Caught maybe 20 keepers with the best 5 going around 18!! Now I can say I was Rippin' Lips! lol
      City: Sunnyvale

      Tips: Back up off the bank and when you get into a couple fish, work the area for more of the school.

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      Water Temp: 45 Deg

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Spent the day getting my boat ready on sat went out on Sunday launched out of Lauritzen Yacht Harbor In Antioch . first time I launched there was a nice place Bathrooms were nice plenty of parking etc . took wife and daughter out with me , I told them it was going to be cold, they did not believe me, anyhow they got cold . Got some minnows for the kid put bobber and minnow to see if she can catch some crappie my daughter is 10 yrs old . nothing on the crappies , I did hook up with some schoolie stripers in the tulies east of harbor with tiger stripe shad rap. Other than that got the boat out and ran it looking forward for the spring
      City: Elmira

      Tips: leave the wife and kid home when it is cold

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      Water Temp: 48 degrees

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Whiskey Slough at about 6:30 caught a 4.6 pound large mouth about 7:00 on a reaction bait on a out going tide....didn't catch any thing else all day.I'm new to this delta fishing so if anyone has any tips i would appreciate it thanks.
      City: Turlock,CA

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: NO temp gauge

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Nateroo stick with it, fish were I showed you look for what I told you about
      City: EDH

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      Water Temp: 47 - 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started out in front of Brown's Ravine on main body...saw lots of fish 40-50ft..wouldn't take anything (ds, darthead, jigs..zero). Went up So.Fork to hit points...more fish 50-60ft. No takers. Went back on main body and finally asked someone catching what was working. He showed us what was working for him. Big brother finally hooked a 2.5lb smallie. Still a zip day for me. Oh, news to us was to stay in 15ft no more than 20ft. Learned too late. Shux.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: None to give. But HUGE THANX to Tom...very cool of him to be open about what was working for him. He even tossed me his lure, which I had a bunch of! Tom, THANK YOU!! You're now sharing top spot with Chris B. My big bro and me appreciate cool/nice people!!

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough day, fished shallow, medium, deep; drop shot, split shot, spooned, crank bait, c-rig, tex-rig.
      Fished fast, med, slow and dead stick. Partner caught one fish about three pounds on a drop shot off of dam.
      Tough day, I got bit once and missed it.
      Water is cold, rising and stained...
      City: Desert Hot Springs

      Tips: If your gonna fish Perris, slow, slow, slow....