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Friday, September 25th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This was my first non-salmon fishing trip on the Delta. My friend and I left Ladds at 9am and we fished rip rap, and tules, piers and all manner of cover. most of our luck transpired at the main channel point at ladds with a lipless crankbait quickly netting us 3-4 small stripper. A nice start, but we failed to establish a pattern. we were on the rising tide and left shortly after high tide.
      City: Atwater

      Tips: who me?

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 74-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: on the water at 6 a.m. a 21# 5 fish limit by 6:30.
      The fish were tight to the shore, and roaming the bays. caught one about 6 on a chatterbait, and a bunch on a buzzbait. We got some on a beaver, and a few on crankbaits. The fishing went downhill when the sun hit the water... as expected for a 100 degree day. We were off the water by 10 and probably caught 15 fish, most of those early.
      City: auburn

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished friday evening through saturday night..alot of fish, my brother got the big fish of the trip, a 6lb spot caught at night on spinnerbait...night fishing was much more productive than daytime
      City: medford

      Tips: nights

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Not much of a report, more of an observation...most of the posts at Berryessa lately have talked about fish in 35-40 foot depths and no big fish shallow but I had a different observation today. While my wife rode her bike in preparation for the Berryessa triathlon Oct. 3rd I walked around Oak Shores and saw MANY fish from shore. There were plenty of young ones but lots of bass in the 2-3+ lb range easily seen cruising the shore line. The cool thing was that there were all 3 species of black bass and they were traveling in packs of 2 or more.

      I was only able to fish for 1/2 an hour since I had my 3 month old boy to tend to but I caught one small fish and had several bites that I couldn't convert (a screaming kid and a fishing rod in your arms makes setting the hook hard I found!)
      City: Napa

      Tips: Basically, don't let the reports stear you away from a day at your favorite water hole. You might find different conditions than what you read. Bob Button was flying his L-39 Albatross jet over the lake today too so there was a private airshow making the trip worth it as well. Just get out there. Don't be lured away by a few bad reports.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: took the float tube out last night. Started with spinners nothing, switched to cranks nothing, fished senkos nothing, drop shot nothing. Left a half hour after sunset with nothing not one strike. I did have fun casting though.....
      City: roseville

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WE FISH THIS LAKE ALOT,TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK.RECENTLY AFTER THE WATER HAS STABILIZED WE STARTED CATCHING BIGGER FISH.3 TO 4LBS,IN GOOD NUMBERS.BUT TODAY WE ENDED UP WITH A 12.5LBER,8 LBER,A COUPLE OF 5'S JUST A GREAT DAY ON EASTMAN.
      City: PLANADA

      Tips: ALL FISH WERE CAUGHT ON RIP BAITS LIKE LUCKY CRAFT SUSPENDED MODELS. WORK IT VERY SLOW

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 76-78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Shad busting up all day, almost everywhere. Several small bass taken on topwater, in-line spinners, and small shad imitating crankbaits.
      Never found anything bigger than a 1 lb.

      rumor has it bigger ones can be found deeper at the 35-40 ft range, but I never found them.
      City: Atwater

      Tips: have fun, practice your topwater lures.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had'nt been to Soulajule in probably two years, but I gave it a go today. Fished the west side of the dam for a half hour with nothing. Hiked over to the other side, and on my second cast nailed a 4 pounder on a jig. Nice fat fish. Fished for about an hour more, never got another bite.
      City: Santa Rosa

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I was up on Sunday getting schooled by a good friend Rick Tietz of Blade Runner Bait Company. He showed me that most if not all of the better fish are from 30 to 45 feet deep. We caught 20 fish from 2.5 to 3 pounds. Creek channels leading into any cove we fished showing bait and Bass 30 to 45 feet produced fish. It was all I could do to keep from putting on a topwater bait but almost all the fish we saw busting the surface were small. All of our fish came on Blade Runner spoons in Morning Dawn and Black and White 1 3/4 oz. We saw a lot of suspended fish and caught some of them just dropping the spoon down and looking at the graph as the spoon went down to the fish.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Good electronics are a must.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Was out on Saturday with 2 clients and caught about 15 stripers on Pencil poppers in the Big Break and Sherman lake. Started about 6:00am with the outgoing tide and left at Noon when it bottomed out. The biggest was only 4.5 pounds but the action was nonstop for the fist three hours of the tide. We had some nice fish bust on the baits but did not hook up. The wind was putting a small chop on the water which may have lead to fish missing the bait at times. Should be more fish moving into the system every day.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Never stop your topwater if you get a hit. Just keep it going and they will hit it all the way to the boat.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: tough bite for us.caught a couple in the am
      nothing after that fished all over.Fish seemed to have backed off.I did see alot of fish cruising the shallows but couldn't get them to commit suicide.
      baits: carolina rig brush hogs and senkos
      City: woodpile

Monday, September 21st, 2009

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      Water Temp: 75-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water Early and started off a point. Picked one up about 1.5lbs on the crank bait. I kept at it but no more takers. I moved around and kept using the crankbait and tried the brush hog. Not getting many bites. I moved to the dam and it was good for me. I got one on a senko and then I went back to the crank bait, switching between a couple different ones. I got a few more fish and moved on. Biggest was a 3lbr most around the 2lb class. Would have had a 9-11lb bag. I am still waiting to find a big fish here. I have been fishing here about once a week lately and I have been doing okay with the crank baits and some times with the plastics. The green slime is not as bad as it was last Wed when the entire lake was like pea soup. There were places a 6inch senko would not sink through the slime. A lot less On Monday but its still there.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Keep cranking and change the lure from time to time.

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: After having a little trouble with the people doing the mussel inspections, we finally got on the water at around 9am. I focused at my graph as we pulled up our first stop, and quickly realized how many bass were suspending chasing bait. During the first hour, we had non-stop action. We found a huge school of bass. On a 100 yard stretch of bank, from 20-50 feet of water my fishfinder was filled with balls of bait with bass slashing right through them. All parts of the water column were holding fish. Yamamoto Hula Jigs in green pumpkin were catching the better quality fish (2lbs). Drop shoting a prism shad colored Roboworm with an 1/8 ounce weight caught more fish, but they were a little smaller. We even picked up a few on a

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  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake early not hoping for a lot. Decided to fish topwater only and to hit as many spots as possible before 10a. Ended up with a lot of boils, but not a lot of boated fish. Made about 6 stops in 3 hrs and there were active fish on 3 of them. Hooked more than a few, but only boated a few. They were popping it, but not real hungry; probably either wrong baits or rythymn. Biggest fish felt like it was 3+, but it unbuttoned at the boat. (it was still dark and couldn't see squat) After about 9, it died. Loosened the drags at 11a.
      City: orinda

      Tips: Used a Vixen and a popper. Both got action with the larger vixen getting bigger fish, and the smaller popper getting more action. Blades and rip bait = 0. Some fish were in 2-3ft and I caught some over 30ft. If your graph is blank and there are no fish working the surface, it's time to move. Graphed suspended fish, but did not graph any fish on the bottom. Lotsa bait around.
      The parking lot was full and the ramp was busy @noon.

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 75-79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: HUGE NUMBERS, JUST NOT HUGE FISH. 50+ FISH FOR THREE GUYS(ONE GUY ONLY CAUGHT 3), MOST FISH CAUGHT ON ROBO WORMS FROM 10-40 FEET. EVERY SPOT WE HIT HELD FISH, MOSTLY FISHED BLUFF WALLS THAT HAD BOULDERS. FUN FISHING AT IT'S FINEST.
      City: LINCOLN

      Tips: MAIN LAKE POINTS AND BLUFF WALLS. IF YOU CAN'T CATCH THEM HERE GIVE UP FISHING!!!!!!!!

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

      Report: Fished Brannan Isle from 6:00AM - 1:00PM. Only caught one dink on a craw-colored crankbait in first 10 minutes, used soft plastics rest of the day with no luck, should have used crankbait or spinnerbait. Ended up catching a few small stripers on cut bait, just to feel something on my line...LOL!
      City: Pacifica

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of B&W, headed towards Frank's and ended up fishing a speed trap on the south side of the Tract on some rip-rap and boated 5 or so keeper largies to 2.5lbs. Ran up to sycamore and stuck 10 more on a laminate 6" senko to 3.5lbs.
      City: EG

      Tips: Good day considering I got to fish out of my buddies skeeter(Thanks Jon). Watch out for the boys fishin' the FLW their all over the place!!!!

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Great advice man! Also thanks for the tips on saturday. I just ordered some punch skirts. Can't wait for them to get here. For sure next month if you guys do have a small tournament again give me a call. Thanks for giving my boy and I some advice on Saturday. He ended up catching 2 small bass on the drop shot rig you showed us. Made his day. Thank you Sir!
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Don't be afraid to ask for help even if your out fishing. Anglers are awesome.

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a 11 boat tourny out there. Several guys came in with a 5 limit or less(2 or more). Most fish were produced on senco's . Guys punching mats came in @ 5 fish limits also. But they reported they worked extremly hard for the fish. Saw a lot of bass guys out there too. With the national guard out the pressure is definitley on! Look for mats they are ideal but not over fished. The pressure is on! National guard will be pounding mats so if you could resist these guys got a huge purse on the line, let's leave this to the pro's and figure out something else this coming weekend. Definitly a good weekend just to get out and watch these guys duke it out. Remember guys let's keep our distance. Bub tosh's paycheck skirts with the sweet beaver or any other plastic will work great. Good luck trying to find a Mat not already beaten. I'll focus on stripers this weekend and leave the bass to the pros.
      City: Elk grove

      Tips: Great time to start paying attention to the national hairdos tournament and see what these pro guys are doing. The winner gonna definitly have a trick up his sleeve. Keep your distance if you happen to be out.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: dropshottin 7 inch sencos is possible wacky rig them on a drop shot i've done this. I did it at clear lake and yes there was a pig caught on it, 5 lbs. it depends on the lake certain fish like big profile and certain fish like small profile. yes a 7 inch senco sinks hella fat you gotta keep it movin in a natural way.
      City: sac

      Tips: look more into the lake before you fish it. the more knowledge the better chances you have on putting a pattern together.