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Sunday, August 9th, 2009

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished my second small tourney last night (Angler's Choice) from 6 to midnight with my friend Mike Sperbeck. We also fished Fri afternoon/night. Results were pretty much the same - about 16 1/2 lbs Fri and we were probably 5th in the tourney with 18.25 lbs. I did get 3rd big fish at 5.99 lbs! Don't they round those off to 6?!!!! No 9's like the previous tourney - I think there were 2 just over 6 lbs. Fri afternoon I got a 4 1/2 on the Piranha swim jig (white) and the 5.99 on a black/blue swim jig. We basically fished the whole lower lake arm except for Jago. Finally did see lots of Silversides, but they were rather small. Most of the really green algae has cleared some because of a few cooler nights and lots of wind Thurs. NOT SO at the Red Bud ramp. Yuk!!! I'll bet those tourney bass were thrilled to be released in that stuff!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: There are some areas that are holding quite a few bass, but they are pretty scattered. Finding the bait does help. White crankbaits, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, and swim jigs are working better now. Lots of bass holding at 20 feet, give or take a few. Jig bite seems to be a bit slower, but we did catch some on jigs. Brush hogs and Power Worms continue to work at night. A black spinnerbait might be the trick for a better quality night bass as we get into fall. Try to "tick" them through the weeds or slow-roll them around drop-offs.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake is down more than 100 ft from full and dropping about 4" per day the three days I was there. With all the cruisers and jet skis the water is muddied up and fishing is tough. Mud line develops as early as 10am when the skiers hit the lake. Found a few fish near steep banks using dark colored plastics. Everything is out of the water including the rock plies up at the north end.
      City: Walnut Creek

      Tips: Go to Shasta instead. Trinity is only at 45% of capacity and still falling.

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: launched outta ladds and after a ride over to king island then back to ladds to put the plug in the boat b4 we sank than back over to king island we got 27 fish dropshottin arrons magic and mmIII's nothing over 3 lbs. huzban got 3/12 on cranberry marble frog. off the water by 11 am ... wheres all the big fish?
      City: stockton

      Tips: frog fish cam in open water...never put down dropshot rod for the rest

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      Water Temp: 82

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: LAKE IS DOWN TREMENDOUSLY SINCE MY LAST TRIP. THANKS A LOT GREEDY SO CAL!!! IT WAS ALSO VERY MUDDY. SOME HIKERS TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A GUY ILLEGALLY POWER DREDGING FOR GOLD FURTHER UP THE BEAR ARM, GREAT. ANYWAY WE ARRIVED AT 2PM AND WE WERE OFF AT 7:30PM. THE FISHING WAS OK ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. MY WIFE CAUSGHT A NICE 2LB LARGE MOUTH, A 1LB SPOT AND A THREE POUND CATFISH,ALL CLOSE TO SHORE ON A WITCH'S T DARTER HEAD WORM ME JUST ONE 1LB SPOT ON A MM2 SHAKEYHEAD. ALL FISH CAUGHT IN THE SHADE IN THE BEAR ARM.
      City: W.SAC

      Tips: POINTS AND SHADE.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tossed plastics in 20-30ft off shore. Deadsticking was only presentation that worked.
      All were smallies over three pounds. left at 10:30.

      Tips: This is thr prelude to other species of bass to move up in quantities. It happens every August.
      Get to know your home lake and it's characteristics.

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      Water Temp: Term broken

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: tough fishing. smaller fish (.75 - 1.5 lbs) seemed to be schooled of points 15-20ft deep. bigger fish (one 5 lbs and two 3 lbs) came 3-10 feet off of structure close to deep water.

      Tips: stay cool and jump in the water

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Looking for striper reports, is it worth the trip? Are the boils holding??

      Thanks

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On the water late, launched at 1pm. Way too hot! A lot of bait fish in the water, but did not see many cruisers. Girlfriend, aka drop shot queen, get one solid keeper of a shad colored worm. I toss a Jackall ghost minnow SP rip bait. I get five LMB, biggest was 3lber, and one nice striper. Water is dropping, but still pretty high and clear. A few weeks back, the frog bite was outstanding!
      City: Sun City

      Tips: Find deeper weed lines and grass. Toss a suspending jerk bait in a bait fish pattern. If you find any good looking frog water, toss the black or brown frog. This place has really big bass!

Friday, August 7th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70deg

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took one last trip to the North Delta Sacramento River. I had a freind who had not Bass fished in a long time. We went up and started throwing crankbaits and before long we were into the Smallies. Small Crawfish cranks in orange /brown or Red worked fine. Caught fish rippin and on buzzbaits. Most fish were smaller this time around but we killed them until 1pm.

      This trip I caught,Largemouth,Smallmouth,SPotted,and StripedBass as well as a crappie all on crankbaits.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Fish the outgoing tide were trees are sparse on the bank with current and rip rap. 8 lb test small cranks in natural color craws.

      Right now the crawfish are dark redish brown on top with aqua blue on the sides and really red orange on the bottom.....match it!!!6-8ft diving.

      see ya at the 2 Day Tidal Challenge Sept 12th-13th at Russos!!!
      go to www.rbbassfishing.net for more info on this event.

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      Water Temp: 72-77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched outta Tower Park 6:00 am hit the wall straight across from the ramp, i started with a spook, mt brother was throwing a red with darker green back speedtrap and my buddy throwing a spinnerbait. I got nothin on the spook, my brother hit three keepers on his speedtrap and my buddy got nothin on his spinnerbait. So i tie on a red yozuri and hit some smaller fish, then right outside Tower Park i get a keeper. We move to sycamore my buddy lost one on a frog and missed another, i got nothin punchin and my brother got nothin crankin. We move to whites and get nothing. At the end of the day we move back to the wall and fish our way back to the ramp, i missed two on a buzzbait, even had a trailor hook, my buddy gets three blowups on the frog with no hookups. Fish dont seem to be very aggresive on the top water.
      City: modesto

      Tips: Tips?? just look at my report and take it as what not to do lol. Delta in the summer has got me STRUGGLIN!!!!!....a lil help??

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      Water Temp: Not Sure

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Boat was kept in the shop a little bit longer than I thought but still had the urge to fish. So I blew off the dust on the float tube. Got out there later than I hoped to but was greater by two nice 17 & 18 " fish right off the bat. Caught another 10 or so before getting sea sick from all the wake boarders coming down the channel. Threw worms all day TX rigged & Carolina rigged. Margarita Mutilators 4 1/2"
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Slow down, slow down, slow down. Get out early before the yahoos muddy the whole place up.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 76-78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started out at 4:30 and headed north tried drop shotin' nothing kept going north and fished rock walls and piles then at 7:00 off a rock wall caught 8 in about 15 min biggest was 3# most were 2#,spots and 1 smallie. All caught on DT-hula grub then. Then tried some top water plenty of blow ups but they were so small they couldnt hook themselves. I was not expecting things to go as well as they did considering how things are going out there but i had a great time. But still going to spend more time at the delta, but its nice to run out to folsom for a quikie after work.
      City: Elverta

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well, I said I'd take a break but just thought the slight weather change below 80s-90s might bring on a bite......NOT! Saw lots of fish anywhere from 7ft to 40ft. Lots at 25-35ft. Caught my best 6"er of the year! Oh, what a NICE HIT! And then the reality hit me that it was only 6inches. Gotta love Folsom Lake for bein' 5mins from my house....keeping me from going elsewhere!! Delta, here we come!!!
      City: folsom

      Tips: Sorry, anyone getting excited over a 6" bass is not qualified to give tips. 6 HUGE inches!!!!

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 76-80

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I took out a wonderful family for a half day Friday. As a guide the most important objective is to give your clients a great, fun and happy experience and with that, catch some fish. Well I had such a great time with this family as they were learning how to fish and how excited they all got for each other catching bass. I keeped it simple with shakey-head Robo worms and twin tail grubs jigs to get the bites for the family. We fished in the main body on the points and rocky walls and a little on the North Fork in mud lines. Lots of high fives and photos of fish and fishermen for jobs well done. It was a great day.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Bites came from 5-30 ft. The watermelon/red flake and watermrlon/black flake twin tail grub jig worked the best for the day.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: For some good topwater at Lake Piru. I caught 10 bass 4 on the Deps buzzbait, 4 on Senkos and 2 on Sammies. my best fish was on the buzzbait, about 4 pounds.
      City: Camarillo

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 80-82

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I have night fished Amador hundreds of times in the last 30 years and have seen all kinds of weather, but last night was different. I think the bass knew it too. Full moon night - for awhile. Soon the moon was dimmed by off and on clouds and later it became quite dark by thick clouds and the incoming cold front. Stiff breeze from the west lasted into the a.m. - very rare in the summer. There were lots of boats of course, but don't know if there was a lot of catchin'! We had a slow night - my client lost 2 and I lost 2 or 3 but landed 2 in the 2 1/4 - 2 1/2 lb range. Don't feel too bad for him - he has previously landed bass to 12 lbs at Amador! I did talk to some nice fellas before leaving and they did catch 2 small bass - and another "nice" bass - a 10 pounder!! That was a good 3 fish limit!!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Try again in September?! I think the weather slowed the bite for sure. My client was self-contained, bring several rods all rigged with good stuff. He got his hits on a Senko and a jig. I couldn't get bit on plastic worms and othe baits. All my bites were on the D&M Piranha swim jig, black/blue, with a Yamamoto grub trailer. Those bites were about 20 feet deep and before midnight. I lost the first 2 because I forgot the hook on the first swim jig was dull. My error! Those "chatter" type baits require a sharp hook.

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

      Report: Thought the fish would be shallow today, with the storm front moving in. Not so. They were even deeper, about 18 ft for me. Another guy told me he was getting them down at 30 ft with the shallowest at about 20 ft. Size small with best going about 1.5 lb.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Friday Aug 7 should be the first day after the storm front. Should be a poor bite. Good challenge and character building.

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What's up at Eastman? Is no one on this site hitting it anymore? Is water extremely low? I'm thinking of heading up in a couple weeks curious as to what's happening since i was here in June??

      Anyone?
      City: Pacific Grove

      Tips: Would love some

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72-77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched outta ladds headed for old river, we fished from the train bridge and worked our way to franks throwing bluegill and white/char spinner baits,blk/blu senco,and brn/purp jigs.We picked up two keeper fish the whole time in old river, then headed south down by woodward and picked up one more keeper, i picked up the frog and threw on some cheese down there and had a massive swirl and then one more blow up.From there we heade for whisky, missed one on a spinner bait and finally picked up a frog fish.
      City: modesto

      Tips: Today was a long hard grind covering alot of water but we are learning more areas covering this water.The bigger fish are in the heavy stuff, shoulda just went to punching but didnt want to put in the work, wasnt mentaly prepared for the patience it woulda took, just wanted to keep moving in hopes of running into some fish but it didnt happen.My plan has been to pick a bigger river and stay on it all day.Rabbi sup

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      Water Temp: 68=70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started out of B&W at 6am, windy than S!!!. Started with a spinner bait along the tules with rocks and heavy winds best fish went 3.0 + lbs. Flipped Green pumkin brush hogs did ok. Crankin speed traps ok. Stayed on the Mokelumne River until the winds layed down. Moved out onto the San Joaquin just inside of the big tule islands,flippin and crankin did ok. The tide was going out until noon then back in at 1 pm.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Stay with the tide, look for the morning top water with the frogs.