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Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the lake at 0800 and started on the south end. Caught two dinks on a drop shot near wood structure. Missed 2 on crank bait. Moved to Badger Cove were I caught 2 LM on drop shot. Largest was 2 lbs. Wind picked up and moved to Tarantula Cove with no luck. Over all, a good day on the water.

      Tips: Drop shot is working well. Water and weather conditions dictate color so try different colors. Reation bite was there but not strong.

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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 1-2#, 4-dinks. All caught on split-shot'd 4" black roboworms and 1 on a small Yoziri lipless crank (shad) and 1 on a Smithwick Ratl-n Rogue.

      How small were they? The rogue was bigger than the bass it caught.

      Windy early in the morning 8am the gradually died
      throughout the day.

      Tried without success: frogs, buzzbaits, cranks and jigs.
      City: Monterey

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 4pm- 7pm. Shad surface activity reduced from yesterday. Had lots of bites from smaller fish, but nothing got in the boat. another boater got two on a shad rap by trolling it.
      City: Atwater

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 72-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I had a great time with 2 clients today - one from Chicago. We fished for about 6 1/2 hrs - they got lost and were an hour late. We missed the early bite and fishing was slow by the time we got started. Another bluebird day with no clouds - but, a slight breeze. I was happy that the man from Chicago caught the first bass drop-shotting a Robo worm - since he had just found out that his city had lost their Olympic bid. I got a spoon fish and that was it for awhile. About noon, near Big Island - we found some bait and willing bass and the other client caught his first spoon bass. The 'sexy shad' Robo was a hit for my drop-shot client - he caught the biggest and the most - a smallie almost 3 lbs. Most bass were 25 to 45 feet. It was had to catch any bass mid-day in flat calm water. Chase the breezes! We wound up with 16-17 bass - 6 nice ones.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Keep looking for bait - it is still really scattered. The spoon bite will just get better as the water cools and the bait starts "balling" up. I threw jigs a little but no takers.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing is great, I went today caught 3 over 2.5 lbs. I received a pay stub on my windshield today for not paying launching fee. They can kiss my u know what for lauching fee. How can u charge for something that is so far off the beaten path, how do they justify even charging when there is no restroom, no paved access, no ramp. I aint paying a dime.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Launch at bridge bay from now on. That way the Shasta Lake Recreation doesnt get a dime.

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I really had a nice day Thurs with two great guys - and a chance to use the new ramp. Wow - very good! We started at first light - good thing - spots were on a tear! Client got an "over" spot on the first cast. I wish I could say more about the trip but they are tournament folks. Lots of bass with 5 good ones - about an 11 - 12 lb limit. Lost 2 big fish. The north wind had died, making for a beautiful day. Water color was very nice - little bite of a green tinge.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Can't say anything. Good luck to all!

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: lower

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started out swim baits and spooks. NO keepers as before, dart heads were the ticket.

      Tips: Weather ditates the bite, go smaller and slower fo bite, reaction perxcecentages decline .

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather change from hot to cold and windy has made the fish go down and suspend. a few shad boils tormented by small bass. Fished from 9am to noon. Jeff Miller caught 1, I caught 0.
      City: Atwater

      Tips: Don't tow your boat into a wall.
      Don't run your Troling motor straight at a dam.
      Nuf said.

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

      Report: caught 8 good ones...1 on a senko, 3 on crank bait, 3 on spinner bait, and 1 on chatter bait,
      average size 2-3 pounds....the biggest one was 6 and a half pounds which i caught with a chatter bait

      Tips: you dont need a boat to fish this lake..fishing from the docks is fine...crank baits and spinner baits seemed to work the best..but only shollow water crank baits

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Ask you for tips.You only fish from the shore.Thats the worst place to fish at pinto.Get a boat and a clue befor you post a report!!
      City: Santa Cruz

      Tips: figure it out yourself and keep fishin

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Late report-got in a 45 minute session off the dock at dusk on Tues 29th. Between 6:30-7:15 got 3 in about 3-6' feet of water, first two on a 7.5" Robotail neon grn pmkn texas style, last one on a Revenge craw clrd jig with a grn pmkn rage tail trailer. Didn't launch the boat so didn't have my scale, but all three nice fish around 4lbs + each. Threw a spook for awhile, no action. Bite switched off right at dark. The wind and the cooler nights have really helped with the ugly water. Wasn't expecting much, just screwing around and BAM! Glad I got a line wet!
      City: Clear Lake Park

      Tips: Long sweeps with both worms and jigs. Dragged 'em a couple/few feet, long pause, repeat. They'd take it after it stopped. In hindsight I would've used black/blue/dark colors 'cause of low visibility. Wasn't being too subtle, they needed movement to find the bait. Lot's of smelly jelly.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: where are all the fish caught? went yesterday caught 5 small ones and a 16 incher, all on green pumpkin brush hogs. been there a couple other times this month and caught a few from 14-18 inches but cant seem to have the success that other anglers are. maybe im not locating all the fish? any tips? or better lure/worm suggestions?
      City: fresno

      Tips: what color rip baits to use? and where at?

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 74.6

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: well lets see started cranking deep diving early nothing so went to dropshot caught a couple went back to cranking and caught one went to dart head caught one then drop shot a couple alot of small fish go deep for the big fish and cast to fish feeding on top
      City: Roseville

      Tips: watch for birds and fish on top crank through them alot of fish fish feeding on small fish be ready

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Was going to the delta but came here due to the heavy winds and light rain this morning.....went up north fork out of the wind and tried steep walls. Small fish bust'n bait along the shore lines every now and then, tried top water but no luck, started fishing rock piles 20>35ft. across from the launch, got 4# for the day, all good 2.0>3.0lbs "SPOTS", fat fish from the bait, shak'n worms, the weather kinda killed the hot bite but it will come back in a day or so..GL
      City: Citrus Heights

      Tips: today you would have to bring you own 10lb'rs, I couldn't find any.....

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 20 or so in the morning. Few on top. The rest came on rattle traps and spoons.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Keep your eyes open!

Monday, September 28th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Big Break Marina Saturday morning before the sun came up at 6 am. I was with two other anglers. Both were experienced bass fisherman but neither have targeted striped bass out on the California Delta. Just as the sun was coming up the tide turned and started rising. We exited the marina and immediately started seeing smaller sized stripers busting smelt on the surface. Throwing topwater lures by the boils, we each caught a few 3-7 pounders. Poppers, Vixens, and Lunker Punkers all were working. The tide was moving along pretty well, and so were the fish. We would get a double hook up and next thing you know, the school of fish was 200 yards away. The area we fished had a huge flat with a deeper little ditch running through the middle of it. During the early morning the fish were quite scattered because of the low light conditions. The water was super clear (5-6 ft), the light morning breeze dyed and the sun got higher in the sky, most of the fish pulled out to the deeper ditch. Before leaving that spot at 9am, we were already at 10 stripers and 3 largemouth. Our next stop was Sherman Island. The tide was middle incoming and the water was a little more stained (2-3 ft.). Because of the hot calm conditions, I stayed off the flats, and concentrated on the openings near the main channel. Areas with hard bottom and current were key. We caught another 8 schoolie size stripers on hair jigs and fish trap swimbaits. By noon the tide peaked and it was close to 100 degrees out. The outgoing tide was moving extremely slow, so we decided to switch gears and bring out the flipping rods for largemouth bass. Flipping Brush Hogs, Beavers, and Senkos, we each caught one two pounder flippin tules by Eddo

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

      Report: Got out early with the wind and threw my triple trout. Landed 2 10lbrs at rattlesnake bar. Went over to the dam and landed a 6lber on the same swimbait. Great day to be out fishing with this lovely overcast. Got bored of pulling in hawgs and tied on a roboworm. Slayed the little ones on my favorite under water island.

      Tips: Get out on these weather changes. Great anglers look for these stuff.

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

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

      Report: Hit the lake around 8:00am, headed south, hit my first spot, immediately caught two drop shot fish, the second was 2 lbs. Kept moving down the lake hitting various points along the way, managed to catch 9 fish, 3 in the 2 pound range, the rest around the 1 lb range. All my fish came on a drop shot in 15-20 feet on points. Drop shot was 6 inch straight tail robo worm in oxblood light red flake. Off the lake around 12:15, quick trip, but some weekends that is all you have time for.
      City: Hollister

      Tips: Get out there, the bite is pretty good right now.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 78-82

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Basin Bassmasters of Loomis did there tournament out of Markley Cove. 12 teams left the marina with the hopes of coming back in with a big bag, but only one team blanked. For most of them the north paned out with top water baits near the weed lines, some anglers were back in the covers. We found spoon-in in deeper water was ok but no keepers. Back in Rage cove drop shot in a cove we found our first keeper at 1:30 and within 30 minutes we had our limit. At the weigh in the best bag was 11.37 and second 10.71. Most on top water all day.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: In backs of coves in the main body

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water @ 7AM had good fish on top water in 3-10' early then several fish on drop shot in Putah creek,rattle trap,and rip bait. At 102 degrees not a bad day. Best 5 @ 11#. C'mon cool weather
      City: Penn Valley

      Tips: Will be glad to see jet ski's off the water. Mr. Hemphill you are my hero.