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Sunday, July 26th, 2009

  • Solano County
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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.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took my daughter and her new boyfriend out about 5:30 in the evening and went up the south fork. It was hot and no breeze. The fishing was slow at the start but after the sun was off the water thing picked up. We had a couple on spinerbaits all under the slot but picked up about 8 on grubs and lost 5. 3 over the slot biggest just over 3lbs. all fish were in about 10' to 15'. Fished till dark. Lost somthing really big, had it on for about 60 to 70 seconds and it came unbuttoned. I have caught some nice fish out of Oroville but what ever it was that had to be the largest I have ever had hooked at Oroville.
      City: san jose

      Tips: Used dark blue and fire cracker grubs worked very slowly in 10' to 15' and blue spinner baits. Good luck

Monday, July 20th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out today and tried for some stripers in the morning. caught about 8 of them and missed probably 20 more. mostly off spooks but one miss on bubble pop. caught two keepers one barely keeper and one 4 pounder(both released) and the rest were almost keepers. then went to bass fishing and caught one off spook. a 9 pounder flipping a coonasty beaver and one dink off frog. off by 12 because of all the wakeboarders and waterski turkeys.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: there are still stripers in the delta just not as big but they are fun to catch. bass was slow today

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78-80 deg

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: This was my second trip to Clear Lake. What an amazing fishery. Some club members and I from Southern California came up here to catch these Clear Lake Bass built like line-backers. We fished it from 7/20 thru 7/24 from 5:30 AM to about 2:30 PM every day. Even though the algie is in full bloom and thick there were plenty of bass to catch. I had two techniches working for me. Throwing 7" Robo's in and around docks for the first couple of hours in the morning. Then later when the sun got higher I would pitch jigs in the tules and on the shady sides of docks. What I ended up with is 73 landed bass in the 2.5 to 4 lb range. I did land one of three giants that weighed 8.3 lbs, and missed about 25 bass from not setting hard enough when they would swim off with the jig. I lost one 6 to 7 pounder that the jig tore out of her mouth when she was a couple feet from the boat (at least I got the fight out of her). The one that broke my heart I never even saw. I pitched a jig up tight deep in the tules. As soon as it hit the water I felt that slight pressure and set hard. She charged out of the tules like a freight train leaving a wake and splash that was equal to a Labradore Retriever diving in. I fought her for about two seconds until she went for my trolling motor and knocked the jig right out of her mouth. I did throw the frog in grassy areas with no takers. I did catch two bass on Friday morning on Splash-Its. That was the extent of my top water action. I did notice a bunch of small shad up tight in areas where I was fishing. I can't wait until next year. Clear Lake is awesome!
      City: Canyon Lake

      Tips: Work 7" Black Grape and Oxblood Robo Worms texas rigged from shore to 18 feet early morning around docks. When the sun is higher casting shade under docks pitch jigs up tight to tules and docks. Use Black in the darkest stained water and Pumpkin in slightly visible water.

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: crank am,tight to shore,narrow dirty starts to clear past stork flats,johnson,clark and cachuma bay rocky areas with walls
      City: la canada

      Tips: chartreuse cranks stained area,drop shot peoples worms 4.5,sinko tight to shore ,most fish are 1.5 to 2lbs,smallie 1-1.5.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 73-75deg

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took a 2 day trip to the Pro Teen rally to support our youth and grow our sport. Andy the cooch does a great job with this event we need more people to help with todays kids and teens.
      I tried to locate fish not knowing what level of skill my teen would have that I draw. What I found was the high tide over the hydrilla type grass with current had a Buzz Bait bite but you have to work for it. Senkos and cranks got consistant bite for me on both days, frogs were slow for me but some had success. The most bites for people in the event came on senkos on barrin rock walls and sparse or isolated tule clumps with hydrilla grass on high tide. The big fish are being caught deep under the vegetation trash bombing if your looking for the 5 bite plan.


      good luck
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: current,top and bottom of tides

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: In the several years I've been fishing for bass, I can say I've learned alot and that these fish are not as easy to catch as I once thought. Many times slow fishing with plastics is the key, yet it gives me A.D.D. This last weekend was what I think fishing for bass is all about. TOP WATER ACTION. Started out at redbud and found fish along weed beds, mostly. On occation, bass would come up to hit the surface. After many past trips fishing with my fly rod and much dissiapointment, I decided to give it another try. Great Idea! I had so much fun out there watching bass explode on my frog patterns. Missed a bunch, but that didn't bother me a bit. My brother fished senko's and learned a few things himself. In 8 hours a fishing, 16 or so fish, all under 3 pounds.
      City: Fort Bragg

      Tips: It seems that many fish are hangn out along outside of weed beds. Just put something on and see if it works. The fish are hungy. Caught fish on Norman CB, Watermelon Candy Senko, Brush Hogs, Frogs.

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 84-88

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: we could do no wrong tonight. We fished about 4 hours and we lost count. we caught them on just about everything we threw. The water was hot in places and the fish were tight to shore where you wouldnt expect them.Some small fish came deep but the really huge hogs were in the last foot of water.
      Killer b"s, water dogs, and ramon's took alot but the homemade thingys kicked butt again.
      City: auburn

      Tips: All the fish we caught over 6 pounds came on reaction baits.
      Last week was tough, this week incredible.This lake is strange.