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Friday, August 21st, 2009

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

      Report: Sorry to use reports forum, just trying to get the word out...
      2 Day Tidal Challenge Tournament event Sept 12th-13th at Russos, Semi-pro/amatuer teams only.

      BBQ ,Raffle,Seminar with Randy Pringle all follow day one weigh ins.
      $150 entry $10 ins $20 options $20 BF

      Youth angler big fish awards and many cool prizes dont miss this event...

      go to www.rbbassfishing.net to get entry form

      Thanks See ya there RB
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Pre sign for early take off on day one!!!!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 83

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Richard, shore fishing at folsom can sometimes prove to be very tough at times. Because of all the boat traffic on this lake this time of year, the fish hold deep to structure and then about an hour before dark they surface and feed like crazy! Your best beat would be throw some kind of a senko VERY SLOW and really close to cover ex. tree's, rocks, or anykind of cover you can cast to from a pretty good distance away! In the morning or late late in the afternoon try a top water bait lucky craft sammy, zara spook, popper and try and find some active baitfish schools and your bound to hook-up!
      City: Folsom

      Tips: If all else fails.. Grab you a 12 pack of coors light and catch yourself a good BUZZ!!! lol works for me everytime!!!

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 72-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took out a couple of great guys today and enjoyed a nice day of fishing without all the summer boats and waves. Kept it simple today and used jigs and crank baits to get our bites. Points and rocky walls produced some nice bass on Paradise Tackle Jigs in the green/brown skirts and watermelon/black flake twin-tail trailers. Also plain hula grubs worked as well. On steep walls, Lucky Craft lipless crankbaits in the Chart/blue and the Char/Shad produced and also the Normans DD22 Sour Grape produced bass over the slot
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Fish during the week and avoid the weekend if you can.

  • Bayfield County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Rumor has it that there is not enough calcium in Ruth lake to support the mussel. It appears the H.B.M.W.D. wasted a lot of money and time be for they had all of the facts and test back. As for the boat inspections it sounds like somebody missed a livewell full of spots. I wonder who inspected old Spotchasers boat
      City: Eureka

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78 to 80

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Wife & I launched at 7:00 am from Red Bud. The algae bloom is still on - not at gross and a few weeks ago but very thick. Didn't catch our first fish until almost 8 :00 am them caught them pretty consistently until 1:00 pm. Then slowed down and got hot so we called it. Tried shad crank baits early with no takers, then went to drop shot, Senkos, and brush hogs. Caught 9 and wife caught 3. Best 5 - 18 lbs. Fish were fat and healthy. Most were shallow near tulles; we did get 4 off shore in 20+ feet.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The algae allowed us to fish closer but because the fish couldn

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: if your not fishing at night in the delta your missin out.. launched out at b&w at 830 pm and started fishing the rocky banks on the n mlkme river just above the georgiana slough and the first 10 cast landed 6 nice largemouth on a spinnerbait off the points.fished up the river and by the time i got to the the lil island up the river we landed 26 largemouth from 3.5 lbs up to the 11.02 toad we got on chatterbait. we ended the night about 2 in the morning with a striper frenzy below the hwy 12 bridge..
      City: sac

      Tips: just roll your spinnerbait slowly down the banks and when you get to the points work it good and youll be rewarded also a chatterbait on a flat will pay some dividends. also whats great at night no more anoyying skiers but dont forget you insect repellents good luck

Monday, August 17th, 2009

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The water has been shut off and the lake is holding at 13,000 arce feet for now. BIG BASS of the week was 10 pounds caught by richard meza of madera. Most bass fisherman are reporting bass being caught are from 1 to 2 pounds with and occasional 3 pounder being caught.Bass are being caught from depths of 8 to 25 feet of water. Jigs, senko's, brushogs, and crankbaits are all working here right now. FOR MORE INFO 559-689-3255
      City: madera ca

      Tips: For me ill stay with swimming a jig 1/4 oz bullet head jig /light watermelon skirt w/(208)yamamoto 5"single tail grub as my trailer.
      AREAS TO HIT
      Dam area ( crankbaits & jigs )
      Rock pile areas ( jigs,senko's,crankbaits )
      Brush piles areas ( jigs,brushogs,senko,s )
      Dropoffs ( jigs )
      Hump and flats ( jigs & crankbaits )

      Best time to hit the lake early morning or late afternoon til dark.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 82

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got out early decided to fish a jig allday caught 7 fish to 5 pounds.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: The bigger fish are deep 20-30 feet rock piles and flats were the key fish slow the fall bite should turn on soon

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      Water Temp: MARINA SHOW 68-

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was awesome...topwater popper bite in early morning across the marina in about 5 feet of water...fish are coming off of 5-10 feet breaks....look for 5-10 feet drops from the shallows...all dead sticking for 3 plus seconds...be patient...caught a total of 4 fish on poppers, biggest 7.5 pound blackie...couple more missed blow ups...Fish are grouped up...
      Once the sun comes up, drop shot shad type worms...we were catching fish on prizm shad and morning dawn 4.5 inch worms...
      City: Fremont

      Tips: slow down...fish are in fall mode already!!! fish are shallow...

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68 deg

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of B&W resort and what a mess Caught a few dinks . Heavy heavy fishing going on in the upper delta Bouldin was packed bass boats everywhere must of been a tourney going on. Launching ramp was full . Anyhow got my lines wet havent been out in a while . Been buisy working . Going to lapaz mexico for 7 days fishing for Tuna in sept Going to try to get back out before i go Hope fishing pressure backs off a little, Might have to go to some ol school spots
      City: Elmira

      Tips: none

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

      Report: Water levels here are way down. Came in about 6am and got nothing. I tried rubber worms and some crank baits. Beautiful day for fishin, saw them jumpin! Just not on my hook :(
      City: Hayward

      Tips: Are there any good places to fish in the Bay Area?

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got out early,went up north fork with a couple friends.Topwater was getting punished by dinks,but there was some big ones in between the babies.Fish are fat and healthy for sure.Reaction bite was good.Saw some other bassers catchin' some good fish right on other side of us.Was also on "Bikini Watch" wich was also good.Fishing is fun !!!
      City: Norcal

      Tips: Topwater,ripping,twitching..say no to wormin! LAF

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 77-81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished with five guys that were on a house boat for the three days of food and fun. I took them out to the main body on long banks with a Brown/purple spider jig in 12-20 ft. Most of the bass were sport and a few Largemouth. The bass were mostly in the slot but a few over. Also fished the Middle Fork on small rock banks with a slop and a drop shot with a leach in any color. Just shake and sit and wait for the bite. Early in the morning and most of the day, best bite before dark.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: bring plenty of leaches and jigs, the rocks eat them up.

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 74-79

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught some nice 3 lb. 17" spots fishing tubes in about 15-20 feet. Fish were just off bottom hanging under schools of baitfish. Their bellies were gorged. Hadn't fished this lake in 2-3 years. There are definately some better quality fish in here now.
      City: Reno

      Tips: Downsizing for this lake always seems to work better.

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

      Report: Don't go to the lake it's closed unitl further notice. I tried today but was turned away from the kiosk
      City: Lompoc

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I can give you a couple of leads on bluegill
      On Folsom (depending on the water level) In the south fork where the lake makes the left turn are two structures. One is the cove that is loaded with trees, also loaded with Bluegill. In the North fork, run up river past rattlesnake to where the creek comes in and fish the rockbeds on the northside of the lake. Enjoy the time with your son, you will treasure it.
      City: Sac

      Tips: USE live crickets on 4lb test with size 10-12 hooks. The trout are also in the area and you may catch the trout too.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tried Old Salmon Falls Bridge with a few little ones, then I moved to main body. Noticed suspending bass with bottom in twenty. Threw V3s in Ghost and that was the ticket. Nice bunch of fish.
      City: sac

      Tips: Watch out for the big numbers of boaters and skiers.

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 77-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: we caught more than a dozen fish in the early moring hours. Some on jigs, some on crankbaits, and some on a strike king red eye in shad colors. they kill that bait all year long.
      City: auburn

      Tips: We caught some deep but whenever we hit the 13 ft. depth the fish alarm would beep continuously.
      The big fish came next to the shoreline though.
      The fishing died at 10:00 a.m.

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      Water Temp: 75-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went from noon to 6:30. Boils started at 4pm. Never got close enough to cast. All boils were short. There were alot of boats on saturday.
      City: sonora

      Tips: none.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 76-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished for 6 days, best bite was 5-7 am and 5-10 pm. Fished just about everywhere in the Sacramento arm, water is low Antlers Marina has been moved down to Sugarloaf. Main lake points and coves with running springs fished the best, good topwater action on sammy and spooks in shadows. Drop shot and crankin worked best during the hot part of the day. Lots of bait fish and easy to graph, the bonus on crankin is an occasional brown or rainbow, landed 1 of each over 5 lbs and numerous smaller trout mostly in the evenings. Robo worms in smoke 4 inch strait tails worked best, but morning dawn and oxblood fooled numbers of spots. Best bass was a 3.2 lb smallie. Most of the bass were around 1 lb so nothing exciting size wise, numbers however were another thing. Bees are on a rampage and had numerous yellow jacket stings, do yourself a favor and bring something to treat them with because if you go out you will get stung. Only ramp open in Lakehead is the low water ramp about a mile north of Sugarloaf, its in good shape and a dock is in place they scraped out a parking area close by. The lake dropped about 8-9 ft over the 6 days, they're letting water out at a good clip, my guess is fall fishing will be real tough for most boaters with these low water conditions (I've seen more water in October) sherrifs are out all the time writing lots of tickets make sure all safety gear is in working order and that fire extinguisher and throw cushion better be close at hand and nothing blocking access to them.