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Thursday, July 30th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched outta ladds 5:30 am,spent the whole day in middle river from the train bridge to connection.All fish but one came off the white/chart spinnerbait, the biggest on a 6"watermelon senco.
      City: modesto

      Tips: I havent thrown a spinnerbait in a longggg time but it felt pretty good covering water. We picked up our fish here and there just working our way up the river, we were pitching sencos, did some punching,nothing from punching, and throwing the spinnerbait.current and or wind seemed to be key.dom

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

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

      Report: Launched out of Honker Cut. Started fishing at 6am and caught 4 on top right off the bat in Disappointment. Started throwing sinkos and caught a couple more. My buddy threw a buzz the whole morning and nada. Decided to check out little Mandeville and found tons of grass that looked great for frogs. We tried but the wind forced us to quit. Did see a few bass working top water. Went to columbia and Scratched a few dinks. Ended near H and H and got 2 more. Off the water by 1:30
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Pretty good day, best 5 went 15 or so. No fat boys today but they'll be back. All the typical stuff worked, Sinkos, Frogs, poppers, Shad crank and Brush hog in bluegill.

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      Water Temp: 80+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED FROM 3-5:30 AND CAUGHT SEVEN SPOTS, LARGEST WEIGHING 4.25 LBS. AND YES WE DID WEIGH IT. ALL FISH CAUGHT WERE VERY FAT. ALL ON PLASTICS!
      City: LICNOLN

      Tips: COVER WATER AND FISH FAST

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: pissed off i feel your pain man
      City: p-town

Monday, July 27th, 2009

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

      Report: Hey kevo fishing at nite tips are almost the same tip u have giving me. Any plastic with paddle tail plus 1/2 or 3/4 ounce weight but plastic have to be dark in color(that u know already) n cast into or infront of weed bed. Let if fall n slow roll it n some will hit on slow roll. Other will hit n miss, if that happen just pause for a second or 2 then slow roll it again. My fishing partner got a hit on slow roll n i got one on a pause after it had miss me. Add Scent would be great. Oh don't waste your time on cloves, just hit points n u should find them.
      City: elk grove

      Tips: I hope this will return a favor from your last tips to me...thnks ..Fish on !!! Man i hope Rico don't read this report n start hating..haha

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went up for boiling stripers without any success. Saw three boils in the main lake area and none of them stayed up for more than 10/15 seconds. Never made a cast. Lot's of fish on the graph but they just didn't cooperate today.
      City: Lodi

      Tips: I think it might be a little early. I'll try again in mid August.

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Dropped my kayak into Middle River at the end of Vic on Cal Pack Rd. at 5:30pm. Picked up a keeper and a lot of missed bites punching a big texan double wide beaver through the weeds on the incoming side of low tide. Same thing above the barrier. Once the sun was low on the horizon I picked up the frog. Nothing on the white one, so I tried black and started getting blow-ups in the trough near rock banks and tules. Also in scattered weed and cheese pockets. landed a 3.5# frog fish from the outside weed line along a tule island point just after dark. The blow-ups continued just about everywhere there were weeds, rocks, or tules and current or a back eddy. Picked up a nice 4.5+ working the frog a lot slower...walk, walk, p-a-u-s-e, walk, walk, p-a-u-s-BOOM! Fell in the water near high tide just before midnight and decided to go home. Nice night!
      City: Sunnyvale

      Tips: Punching the weeds, be ready when the bait gets through the canopy and set the hook HARD! Slow the frog walk down, or try a walk and pause retrieve, giving them and easier target. Hey, I'm lookin' to get on some Smallmouth action, in numbers is a +. Can anybody point me in the right direction?

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: launched out of B&W around 5:45 then drove under and past the bridge to the right for about a mile.fished with chatterbaits with 5 inch grub tailers. i was on the back of the boat and my brother on the front. after my brothers 5th cast he caught a small keeper that mesured 12 and a 1/2 inches. he caught 3 more about the same size then snagged a blue gill. i changed to a color that looks more like a blue gill that is similar to the sexy shad color but with out the yellow stripe, in stead of white, which is what we were using. i got bit three times and missed them. after that i caught 4 small keepers. my brother caught 3 more keepers, one was the big fish of the day. a 4.4 on the scale. then another small keeper after that. so he caught a limit and then 2 more while i caught 4 keepers all before 9:00 a.m.

      Tips: a little faster than a slow roll

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started out of B&W at 5:30am headed south to franks threw buzz, spooks, and lunker punker nothing not even a blow up. started flippin the tules and pulled out one finally around 10:00 1# and then nothing. was getting ready to leave around 12:00 and decided to try one more spot flippin green watermelon brush hog and yamamoto baby craw caught about 20 in the next hour and half. Biggest 3-01.
      City: Elverta

      Tips: Big out going tide was key!

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      Water Temp: 76-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: look for any type of healthy green weeds. brown weeds equals not a lot of oxygen which equals not alot of bites. scattered cheese with buzzbaits in between the mats has been good.
      City: antioch

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On the water 6:45am; very peaceful; graphing lots of fish and baitballs at 20-25ft; also at 35-40ft. Went deeper because we couldn't put 'em on the hook. Tried dropshot, darthead, with Aaron's Magic, Morning Dawn, Hologram Shad, and Smoke Shadow Shad.....2 missed hits til last hour at 11:am...finally put a 1.11 smallie on a darthead/aaron's magic. Only one on the hook. Decided to call it a day. Will wait for drawdown, cooler weather, and 5mph limit to go out again. Guess I'll go shooting and get ready for some hunting.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Keep trying..find the right pattern/presentation, post it, and change my mind about waiting for the 5mph restriction! lol Hey Chris, I'll listen to you!! ChrisB is a standup guy and I'd accept his tips no question!!

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70s

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 3 LM. Not much of a pattern. 1 flipping, 1 on tulle near point and 1 on submerged veg. They seem to be spread out so cover a lot of water. Keep moving, I haven't caught 2 in the same general area.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: Looking for some. Anyone cares to share where the bass are in these dog days of summer? Not looking for a specifc spot (obviously) but the type of locations. Thanks in advance.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went fishing with my 4 yr.old Saturday prepared with Jackall Flick shake and topwater. Water still recovering from algae bloom, but better visibility. Fished shoreline across from marina on big island. Caught a four pounder and two smaller ones with watermelon candy and green pumpkin/red flake worm drop shot-wacky style in 4-8 ft. water.Fished weedline deeper side. Weather was warm and not too hot.Still lots of grass.My boy had a great time trying to reel in that 4 pounder!
      City: Oxnard

      Tips: Jackall flick shake worms/ drop shot around weed lines. Fished parallel to shoreline on main island. Great day for the confidence!

Friday, July 24th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Orwood again, Fished up towards Holland area. Stopped and asked a guy in a Champion how he was doing, Said he caught 3 fish in the last hour on Black Buzzbaits and missed a few on Frogs. He said he read about this area on Westernbass. I was glad to see he was catching the fish he read about. I started down around the old Boyscout island in Holland, No frog blow-ups but in #2 on Black Buzzbait in the weeds on the back of the point. Went and fished the Cheese matts around Rock Slough, the fish seem to blow through the matts but would not inhale the frog. I felt my hookset ratio was about as good as me batting against Randy Johnson pitching. I did not follow up with the Senko, maybe I might have stuck some of them. Fish seem to be by more open areas between the matts. I did manage a limit, but no Big fish. My best 5 bass wnt for only about #14-16#s most came on White Frogs, Because I could not find any real Buzzbait water in the Rock Slough Area.
      City: Delta Area

      Tips: Look for space between the matts, or throw your frog on the openings between the rock shore with some water on it, to openings in the matts. I got on the water at 4:00pm- 8:00pm

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78-81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Yes the water in the south end at Redbud was like Pea Soup, but Saturday morning they sprayed the water and most of it went away. The Basin Bassmaters did their two six hour all night tournament with most anglers coming in with limits and big bags. big fish was 5.25 on a DD22 FireTiger. My first 6 hours was great, crankin the DD14 at rock had limit within 30 minutes. The tournament started Friday night at 6 pm until midnight, then 1 am to 7 am. Most of the fish you will find are around 2.5 - 3.5 lbs. I started at the Golden Gate Bridge and before midnight I boated 30 bass, lost 10 more and two nice big cat fish. When the sun went down I tied on a Zoom 8" worm Black/Blue worm on a Texas rig. Some of the bass are in 12-17 ft of water but I have found most of the in 3-10 ft. Manly on points, Oxblood Worms, Beavers is the best day time color right now. Around docks, points and rocks. Just make sure you have good line and hook.
      The winning weight for the two 6 hour tournaments was 37 plus, I finished third with 29.50 lbs. The bass started bitting again at 4 am, died off around 1 am.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Crank-in, dark chatter baits with a dark blade, Norman DD14 and DD22, Oxblood color plastic.

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      Water Temp: 77-82

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Two trips to discuss - Tues night in the usual nasty wind and Thurs in the usual hot, calm sauna. I donate a trip every year to the fine Christian college in Rocklin - William Jessup University. Two great guys went with me - one who had a previous good trip with me at Oroville. Could history repeat? Yes! While the numbers wern't real good, he caught his personal best - a nice 5 lb 2 oz bass! His partner also caught a nice one about 3 1/2. Unfortunately, the partner lost several in a row because of the wind. While clients and I have been using brush hog and Kreature type baits lately, after some munchies at dark, they started casting them the black light for the first time. Great first-time experience in the dark of the moon! They loved it!! I then tried again to get bit on a 10" Power worm which has been a little off this summer. My first cast hit the water and line jumped within 10 seconds! nice 3 something pounder. I caught one more also on the worm. They caught the other 5 with the big one being a special thrill for me because it jumped but I didn't see it. When I netted her I had no idea she was that big. Nice surprise!! He had waited a long time for a 5 pounder! I'm not sure about our 5 best, but around 15 lbs. Thursday - yes, daylight, two more fun clients wanting to learn the lake better. So we ran around - and ran around! Didn't fish the whole time but did a lot of metering and discussing seasonal movements. Unfortunately, the fellow in the back of the boat - usually the "hot" seat, didn't catch one. He is an excellent trout fisherman I hear and kind of new to bass fishing. His day will come. I fished maybe half the trip, letting my "middle" guy run the boat. The bite really was slow until we hit the "last" spot - a dropoff near "honeymoon" cove. At 1 pm, we found 'em - sort of! He and I caught several there between 2 3/4 and 3 1/2 lbs. He also caught one that was deformed and starving - very sad. He is an excellent "stick" and I enjoyed watching him fish. He was using his big brush hog - black/red - the same one I use a lot at night. Again, we only caught 7, but our limit was 15 1/2 lbs - nice quality summer bass.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The bite seems to have slowed some - at least for some of us. This spring and summer - so far - just doesn't seem like the 'ol Clear Lake bass factory! I was encouraged to finally see some bait - silversides I think. Problem is - hard to see bait at night! Thursday we did some frog fishing in several areas without a sniff - though not after 1 pm. Most of our quality bass were only 10 to 18 feet deep. We did fish deeper but couldn't get a deep bite. Lots of carp on the meter for the first time - all depths. All our bass had 30 feet of water close by. I did notice that our bass were caught in the green, dingy water (day trip). There could be bait there that we don't see.

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: to cheap to pay at the booth, so i went to the dam and parked there and walked down to the water and fished 1 hr and nothing,seen couple of nice bass,cruiseing by.....
      City: los banos

      Tips: don't be lazy

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

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

      Report: fished empire & mildred for 5 bass to 8.8lbs! 4.5lb frog fish caught along the levee near white pumps at empire & 8lber on a rainbow trout colored senko in mildred in the submerged trees!
      City: napa

      Tips: black & red river 2 sea frog & wacky rigged 5" rainbow trout senko!

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

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      Water Temp: 85

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 7 to 20 feet of water almost any thing works right now. Bass in are boat up to 6pounds first fish of the day 4.14 on a jig and many more around that size. Fish the flats where they drop to deeper water thats where they are. The water is droping fast fish them while you still can.
      City: chico

      Tips: work the flats that still have tree cover for the best luck texas-rig top-water jig and crank all hookin fish

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

      Report: Never fished clear lake before,great trip. Hired guide Bob Myskey-good man. Boated 21 fish in 5hours, all drop-shot. Made me cry to be culling 3lb. fish. Wife even caught a handful, & she's not a fisher. Usually just reads her book.Want to go back again.
      City: Linden

      Tips: Wacky rigged Zoom worms & Baby Brush-hoggs,Watermelon Candy. Feel the pressure-Be slow.