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Saturday, September 19th, 2009

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished for bass, Caught about 15 some to 3#. crank baits and cut tail worms to 20 ft. striper boils all over ,long lasting,caught 3 by accident to 6#.
      City: Felix

      Tips: Just fish ,throw whatever ,most boils river end in coves,fun day

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a great day on Lake Piru from the shoreline, but becareful they are letting out a ton of water and the shorelines are very soft and muddy.I started out with a buzzbait and got a 2 pounder right away and that was it. So I broke out a Ima Skimmer I got from the U.S.Open and it was on, I caught 10 bass on this bait until noon. My biggest bass was about 2.8 and I did see one angler get on on a white spinnerbait. So a good day from the shore. tight lines, Chief
      City: Camarillo

      Tips: With the water levels dropping target the grass lines.

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake early to try topwater.Lots of lil'ones.Nothing big to speak of.But that afternoon was a different story...pulled out my $1.88(secret crankbait)WOW>5 nice largemouth in 150 yards of bank in boat traffic.Goode times!!
      City: Hayward

      Tips: mud turned up by ski boats turned on crankbait

Friday, September 18th, 2009

  • Palo Pinto County
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      Water Temp: i dont even kno

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished off shore early morning til afternoon.. caught 1 in the morning..nothing too serious but the bite got better in the afternoon..caught 3.
      City: salinas

      Tips: just ask me if you really want tips...

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launch the boat at 6:15 just before sunrise at Big Break Marina. The tide was going down and we still had a good four hours until it bottomed out. We started on a weedy flat just outside the marina. I was throwing a Lunker Punker and David was using a popper. About 15 minutes into the day, David misses a good sized striper on the popper. Not more than a couple minutes later, I see a guy fly fishing about 100 ft. away from me miss an absolute monster. It looked like someone dropped a VW Bug in the water. David then catches a couple 2lb largemouth on the popper. We then move to the mouth of Little Big Break. I catch a 9lb striper on the Lunker Punker. Just as the tide starts pushing back in at around noon we move to the ship wreck and catch a half dozen schoolie stripers on Rattle Traps. They were all about 18 inches long. By about 12:30 the light breeze we had in the morning shut down, and the surface was now glassy calm. We tried fishing some of the weed beds out in the middle of Big Break, but had no luck. By 2:30 we were in the middle part of the incoming tide and it became quite hot out. We switched gears and decided to pull out the flipping rods and target largemouth bass. Punching Sweet Beavers and Paycheck Jigs, we catch 5 more bass fishing Iron House and Emerson slough
      City: San Bruno

      Tips: Please visit www.russnyders.com for more fishing reports, videos, and info on Northern California Guide Trips.
      <a href="http://www.russnyders.com/">Rus Snyders Guide Service</a>

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      Water Temp: 70-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My first Delta excursion, and I was successful to some extent, so hooray. Followed around my neighbor and his buddy, just getting a feel for the waters.

      Fished mainstem Moke and sloughs, top end of Franks a little bit of Whites and a bit of stuff in between. Lots of rats on spinnerbaits, probly half a dozen keepers, a 3.5 and a couple 2.5+. Keeprs pretty much evenly split between Spinnerbaits, Swim jig and Beaver.

      Hopefully the bite will pick up in a couple weeks if the bass start railing the shad (saw LOTS of those today!)
      City: Lincoln

      Tips: Spinnerbait for numbers and the lucky big fish. Plastics bite seems slow, and nothing on the frog.

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

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      Water Temp: Warm

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out around noon, just walking around lake. First fish was a fat little guy off the lifeguard dock (What I call the "U" dock) no bigger than 9 or 10 inches, but pretty chubby. Caught it on a texas rigged 7" MM Roboworm. Then long casted a chartreuse "tail-spinner" towards the rental boat "pilings" with a steady-fast retrieve and hooked a nice 2.5-3.5 pounder that kicked off the crappy treble hook about a foot from shore and swam off. I followed that with it's baby that was barely big enough to eat the bait. The guy next to me was fly fishing and pulling in crappie after crappie, starting the fly about 10 feet off the shore in the sun and working it back to the shade; he would get the bite shortly after the fly passed from sun to shade.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: First off, get on the water if you can... Otherwise look for structure with access to deepish water and that provides shade (docks, over hanging limbs/bushes, etc). Try to cast under it or just on the outside.

      PS: I have an 11 ft inflatable raft (with floor boards, and soon to have a trolling motor) and I am looking for new fishing partners. Send me an email and tell me a little bit about yourself if you want to go fishing sometime.

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: An unusual September storm just passed a couple days ago. We were faced with post frontal conditions, but it was still quite warm for being 8:30 in the morning. There was absolutely no wind and the water was quite clear. Our first stop was on a big weedy flat that had a nice ledge that broke off ito the main lake channel. A few bass were busting bait, but they would not hit any of the topwater baits we threw at them. I should have maybe scaled down the size of out lures. The baitfish the bass were chasing were relatively small. Throwing a Norman Deep Little N crankbait we catch a few 13 inchers. Moving north up the lake, we stop on another big flat which had some isolated rock piles. Fishing a jig we catch two more small ones. After being flat calm all day, the wind finally kicked up at around 1pm. We went back to the spot we started the morning and caught about 10 more bass in about half an hour. Most of the fish were suspended, so dropshoting a prism shad 6

      Tips: Please visit www.russnyders.com for more fishing reports, videos, and info on Northern California Guide Trips. <a href="http://www.russnyders.com/">Rus Snyders Guide Service</a>

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

      Report: dont give jim such a bad time,it may be as he says,I think he exagerates a little as most fishermen do except me of course.The fishing is pretty good right now and getting better.Me and my buddies have been cathing 12 to fifteen fish a day up to 3lbs in 20 to 40ft on plastics on main lake humps for the last three weeks,.Limits are running about 13 to 14lbs.If you had a seven and a five and three more fives you'd have 27 as jim stated. ha ha.
      City: c.hghts

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Everyone who reads these Folsom reports is laughing--unfortunately, at you. I understand you've been banned from WB before... it may be getting close to that time again.

      This isn't the right way to get attention.

      Tips: I know are a fair number of very good Folsom sticks who are not having days anywhere close to what you are reporting. Cut the BS, okay?

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: If you aren't targeting stripers on the Brentwood side, you are missing out! "Punkers" off the points are the ticket at sunrise. After sun up, "trout" basstrix on a spintrix head fished slowly on the bottom gets the thumbs up! 3 fish from 6-13 lbs. for the day. You don't need a boat, but make the hike...a long hike...well worth it!
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Punkers and swimbaits off points that have deep water on at least 1 side....

Monday, September 14th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: There was a bass tournament at B&W on Sunday n wondering how they do. They were fishing mostly at spot where I normally fish. So I wonder all over mokelumne river n san Juan river caught mostly dinks on spinner, buzzer,crankbait,n rattle trap, n popper . No taker on plastic. Bass tournament people most of been there b4 I did. Saw a lot of kids in back of the boat fishing n it remind me of my old man n the OLD DAYS but we didn't have boat back then. I didn't cut infront of anyone but others did but it's understandable. They had a tournament to win.
      City: elk grove

      Tips: flipping, punching mat, senko, swimbait with no takers. Caught all of my dinks n a few keeper on rock levee. Usually we catches fish around tully but no today.

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Have not seen a report here for Calero, so decided to check it out on my own. Made a visit to folks in San Jose, but on the way back spent a few hours walking bank at Calero. Hardly anyone there. Fished from 3-5:30pm and caught 5 fish. First one was a nice 3lb fish caught on a Yamamoto Hula Grub. Caught it less than 7 feet from bank. I got many hits close - like a foot or more from bank... thought they were panfish until i connected with one... a nice little 1-1/2lb fish. Switched out to a baby brush hog - caught 2 more. Went to a worm and caught a couple more. A few further out, but most fish literally 2-3 ft from shore in shallow water. Saw lots of baitfish and birds and fished those areas. Tried frogs in weeds, but no takers. Plastics the ticket. Can't wait to come back in the B-Boat for a full day of action.
      City: Pacific Grove

      Tips: Shallow. Plastics. I worked them faster than usual and that was the ticket. The cooler nights is turning this lake back on. In about 3-4 weeks, this place will be rocking with the full on fall bite.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of B&W to windy conditions and cloudy skies. Stayed mainly around the Tower Park area for 5 hours. Landed 16 fish to 3.5lbs with our best 5 going for 14lbs. We caught fish on just about every bank we hit. We were on a descent reaction bite, with a little topwater and plastics thrown in as well.
      City: Reno, NV

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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED MOSSDALE AT 6:30AM FISHED SOUTH CAUGHT 2 BLACKBASS ON THE DT-10 CRANKBAIT ALONG THE ROCKWALL FIRST 20 MINS. THEN TO MEXICAN SLOUGH LOTS OF BAIT AND CARP JUMPING.MISSED ONE ON A CHARTRUS SPINERBAIT.NOTHING IN THERE.MADE A RUN NORTH TO THE Y , WAS VERRRRY WINDY NO LUCK.CAME HOME AT NOON. WILL TRY AGAIN THIS WEEK
      City: manteca

      Tips: USED SENKOS CRANKBAITS SPINNERBAITS AND TOP WATER FROGGS ONLY LUCK WAS CRANKBAIT

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: thought it was about the time to put down the swimbait and start throwing my trout punker. started throwing it over points and secondary points. made mulitple throws to each point. im talking 40 times. i caught about 10 biggest goin 6. lots of 3s. should get better when the water gets a little cooler.
      City: san diego

      Tips: throw baits on points multiple times

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

      Report: Took a nice 7lb. 14 oz. in less than two feet of water on black revenge jig. The day was made even more special fishing with Dad and sister from Japan.Found the boats to be adequate and staff friendly.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: This lake has never been known for numbers of fish but it does put out a few nice ones from time to time. Be patient and slow down.

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Late report because of tourney Sat. 7 lb spot on swim bait and a 5lb spot on one ton. left at 9:00 a.m. because of weather.
      Swim bait,with treble tailer, money minnow.one tons, green pumkin, 2/0 Owner with modified creature.
      Last saturday had 27 pounds for a limit. kept it quiet because of tyhis weeks tourney.

      Tips: Always use a dropper hook on your swim baits even if other s say you don't have to.
      Big fish are still in the deep 40-60 foot drops, migrating up and down to feed.Reason being, dropping water levels and warm water temps.
      Early shallow, later deeper.

Friday, September 11th, 2009

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 74-78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at 7:30, hit the first spot and found a bunch a fish at 35', but couldn't get them to bite. Caught one on a spoon, but that was it.
      Spent time on the shore with my other and dog. It was very relaxing and nice to watch 11yr Sadie swimming, shaking and rolling in the dirt. Didn't spend a lot of time fishn, as this was the dog's day. Did see enough bait on top and periodic feeding fish to encourage a fishing trip next time. Called it a day @1pm, it was about a 100 degree and Sadie was tired. Only caught 2 keeps, and some dinks, but there were signs of life.....thanks mike

      Tips: Keeping moving around until you graph fish or see activity on top. In the areas I saw nothing, I got the same. When there was activity, usually we would get a boil or two or some small fish. East side had more activity than the west side.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got out on the water around 9ish this morning and had a great day. In the frist hour boated 5 keepers and it went up from there. Lost count by noon. When I got tried of throwing Sinkos would toss Kelly prop bait. Mostly caught dinks on the Kelly but was fun. Lost the largest largemouth that I had ever hooked around 3:30. Went back an hour later but was not there. Tied did not really matter because I caught fish on the incoming, dead still and out going today.
      Fished the main river San Juan around Disappointment.
      City: dixon