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Saturday, July 11th, 2009

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 75-78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: First lets start with water clarity I put 0-2 foot but it depends on where you were, at Red Bud launch ramp there is no visibility !! There is 2-3 inches of what my 5 year old son called turtle poop:) but if you go accross the lake you will find 2-4 foot of visibitily and than got down 100 yards and you are back to 6 inches of visibility !
      OK now the report, after my starter went out at the launch ramp with my boat & trailer in the turtle poop a nice guy pulled my out and I got someone to put a new starter in for $50.00 and I was back on the water, only 2 hrs lost !! but it all paid off when I hooked a 7.5 lb on my 2nd cast with my bluegill swim bait, OK its only a 4 incher but its still a swim bait :) After Javier & Tony in there nice Skeeter took the photo for me (posted in photo's) I went right back to where I got it and tossed the bluegill swimbait out again on the 2nd cast again wham!!! I hooked a fish that was even bigger than the 7.5, this fish pulled drag on my 8 foot powel rod that I had the drag tightened down almost as far as I could, this fish hit in 5 feet of water and went straight down to 20 feet and again pull drag for about 5-10 yards, the 7.5 lb fish did not pull drag so this was much bigger, "it" never came up and like a dork I started playing it, I have only been doing the swimbait thing for a little while and I know you are not supposed to play a fish with a 8 foot rod and 20 lb big game line, you are supposed to just hall him in, do not play him and I let the fish have a little slack and it came un buttoned, because this fish never came up I will say it was a 15 lb catfish, this makes me feel better :)Saturday was 13 total fish to 7.5 lbs (landed), 9 on swim bait, 2 fish on creature bait medium size watermellon candy (bubba shotting) and 2 fish on new worm Javier kicked down on a shakie head (can't say color, Promised Javier)
      On Sunday only fished 6 hrs but got 6 fish, 4 on the bluegill and 2 on drop shot but my son and I swam quite a bit, it was hot!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: #1 go to carwash that was accross the steet from Red Bud launch ramp to get turtle poop off boat and trailer $3.00
      #2 Slow roll the bluegill swimbait like a spinnerbait and hang on ! or any large crank bait will work in a dark color (very stained water)

      #3 Use your plastics but go dark.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished all night near wheeler bite was slow til about 330am. with only a few fish til then. tied on a brown and purple jig tossed it out then bam it was on. caught about 15 to 3lbs and decide to give it a break to reload with fish, so we moved 20 feet to some tullies put on the cut tail senko wacky and pegged with a nail.it just keep going more fish about every 3rd cast or so.had about 25 fish before my non boater caught one about 7am. he got three total til he finally said i quit at 730 am. so i moved back to point for last 15 mins and culled 2 more there. wish i couldve stayed but had to weigh in. most fish hit the jig so soft if you didnt pay close attention you lost. hard to do in heavy wind.
      City: plumaslake

      Tips: dont be afraid of the algea. when we could see what we were fishing in we were surprised. it was straight pea soup, no bs. didnt seem to bother fish only bothered me all my line is green now. good luck. and hang on to your wallet i found one full of $ and cards.sent it to him though. got my own money.

Friday, July 10th, 2009

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 82

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 15 or 16 boats folsom bass club. 14 lbs won. Big fish went 4+ lbs. We had only limit over 10 lbs.
      Ryan the ringer Stoddard and I had 14+ limit. Fished with lunker Larry tues nite and he turned me on to brush hogs. I was the last boat out so all the spots larry showed me were taken. I went up the river and fished a point with wind blowing on it all nite. We had 9 keepers. Fish were very deep coming up to eat. I had to pop every one. They bit in 10 to 15 feet off grass line.
      City: orangevale

      Tips: Turn your radio on to some good old country music and fish. It keeps the other die hards away and is very relaxing.

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

      Report: went out wit a bud and fished the back side of orwood (catfish ally)the frog bite is good really good so get out there early around 4:30 or 5 am and work that frog till noon. good luck guys

      Tips: make sure you got a senko at the ready just in case the bass blows up and miss the frog

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 77-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: well another clear lake trip has concluded,after spending an entire week staying in the keys parking our boat at our back door fishing anytime we wanted ,back to reality.we fished the entire week setting out to explore new areas,lake was as in other posts like pea soup, weeds ect. but for me the real deal is the windy afternoons that lake can get down right nasty in no time.caught several nice fish 1 large cat,but friday was unreal started early was catching fish on senkos and lipless cranks purple,red wind started comming up so we headed to one of our favorite spot near rattle snake island got up close to the tullies in what i called 6 inches of pea soup could hardly get any through the stuff my buddy johnny threw out his brush hog,bam 10pound 10 oz. beauty never would have thought any fish could live in that muck just goes to show you.of coarse john is still as high as a kite and we will never stop hearing about that fish but he has good reason to be.for the week we caught maybe 100 fish 1 to 10 pounds,1- 8 pound cat,can never get enough of clear lake you people that fish here often are very lucky,
      City: salinas

      Tips: we fished senko,brush hogs,cranks,morning bit was best for us although toad was caught 11am,fished a couple of late evening just a couple fish,early morning was the ticket for me keep up all the great posts they realy do help us part time fishermen

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tons of dead shad all over Coyote, which are now decomposing.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: myself an my cousin got on the water about 6pm and fished till 11pm we thew spiners baits an cranks an fulks in shade an craw colors..we cuaght alot of fishing but nothing big..i found big fish deep 25-40 ft but couldnt get them to hit anything..i did have 3 blow ups an a spook
      City: Atwater

      Tips: slow roll ur spiner baits an burn your carnks and work the fluks fast as well

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water around 6am and went straight into cottonwood, we caught alot of fish in the 3hrs that we were there.I was using a Rick Clun popper with rattles in it and pitching a fried watermelon smallie beaver around the laydowns.Our best 5 for about 14-15 pds with the biggest going 4pds.
      City: Denair

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Update from knowledgeable source at San Benito Water District indicates the environmental review and permitting processes will now take until the fall of 2010, so the dosing with potash won't happen until the winter of 2010 at the earliest. That could mean that re-opening the lake for recreational fishing may not happen until the summer of 2011. Fortunately, all agencies involved are still cooperating well together and all want the process of eradicating the mussels to be done quickly and efficiently, but thoroughly so there will be no possibility of later reinfestation of San Justo or contamination of downstream sites. Good news is that all agencies involved are working toward eventually re-opening the lake for recreational use.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: If you want to be on the mailing list for future announcements of public meetings related to San Justo Reservoir, send a letter to San Benito Water District, ATTN: Barbara Mauro, 30 Mansfield Road, Hollister, CA 95023 and ask to be put on their mailing list for matters related to San Justo Reservoir.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Rent a boat to catch a fish.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: Rent a boat.

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 78-82

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a very nice 6 hr guide trip last night - 7pm to 1 am. Evening bite was only fair but got better as the night set in. Bass were not hitting hard but did seem to be feeding some. I showe them plenty of good structure and hopefully they will do well in an upcoming tournament. They fished very well - getting most of the bites! We had over 20 hookups, landing 13 up to 7lbs 2 oz. Good limit a little over 19 lbs. Wish I could say more, but "zipped lip" is my policy when helping folks pre-fish. We did fish most of the lake.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: It is no secret that there are plenty of weeds, so plan for that. Because it was a cooler evening, the normal east breeze didn't blow much - gorgeous night!!!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68-72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I see there has not been many post lately so here is along one. :) One day it's good and another it's bad. Seems it's been this way all year. Guiding has been a struggle all year. I've found if you're fishing the rocks with some deep water you can catch fish on cranks and senkos also a 6" worms if you feel like finessing. Then open water flats with weeds I've been getting some crank fish, like little mandeville, franks and little franks and places like that throwing a Spped trap, rattle traps, Lucky Craft CB cranks and the new Daniki shallow runner in crawdad and green colos. Most of the fish I've been catching especailly the better ones have been in the current. "No current no fish" I've been getting quite a few fish on the small Revenge deep runner spinner bait I think it's called silver side 1/2oz slow rolling it along the rick banks. For top water I've been throwing a Secret lures chubby frog kind of a blue sparkle color (I think it looks like a dragon fly)not a ton of frog fish but one here and there. For the best chance of getitng a big bag is punching (fo it all day your bound to get five big bites) just look for hyican with some deep water underneith points are best. 1 1/2 oz weight, chigger craw or beaver (I don't thing color matters)
      City: Martinez

      Tips: It's tough so make every cast count and you'lkl cath more fish.

      Go fishing with a guide www.marklassagne.com

  • Leon County
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      Water Temp: 40F

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished for 3 hours and caught my limit of bass in 2 hours so i went for trout with rapala balsa baits and got 2 trout over 26 inches.
      City: Walnut Creek

      Tips: Fish very slow and fish under docks and structure.

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

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

      Report: The government's stupidity never ceases to amaze me. you have the fish and game trying to get a piece of the action by fining fishermen who weigh in more then 5 pounds of bass in a bag, you have the water districts trying to blame bass for the salmon and delta smelt decline, and the list goes on and on. I don't know what the deal is with these retards but why are they in control again?
      City: Discovery Bay

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

      Report: I am camping at Del Valle this week. I heard there is an Quaggula inspection. How does this work and what are the fees?

      Also, I have never fished Del Valle before for stripers and blacks. Can some one provide me some insight? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

      I also read they have a 10 mph limit. How do I determine this if my speedometer is broken? LOL...

      Nelson
      City: SF

  • Bayfield County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Ruth Lake is now doing boat inspections. Make sure your boat is clean, drained and dry. This is an actual physical inspection ,not to be confused with the so called inspection at Clear Lake. The fishing has been poor for me ,quality seems to be a little better the numbers seem to be way down. I caught an 11 inch fish saturday evening that looked a little different , after looking a little closer it was a spotted bass , what kind of a idiot would do that. Has anyone else caught any spots? This lake needs all the help it can get , and planting spots wont help .
      City: Eureka

      Tips: release the big ones.

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

      Report: Main Lake 13-15in. topwater real early,if they dont go right away go to dd crank,or carolina rigged floating rip-bait in a shad pattern seems to work best. clear earth tone plastics working too.shad or gray plastics too.Good Fishing To All.
      City: Redding

      Tips: if you go out about an hour earlier than you usually do,you can really take your time and just have fun.

Monday, July 6th, 2009

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Folsom draw down continues, the lake has been drawn down another 5 feet and now stands at 450ft. Still excellent water levels compared to last July. Where's all of our water going?
      City: EDH

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I wanted to go to Vaqueros (much more luck there) but it was too windy. Caught two bass in Arroyo back pond around 8 and 11am. One on a sunfish colored crank and the other on a night crawler. Seen about 4 nice ones swimming around, but they weren't hungry. Both were caught off the bank in one of the small coves.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: Go early. Watch out for all the dogs and snakes. Vaqueros is better.

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished middle and south delta for half day Sunday. Threw the shell cracker the whole time on extended tule points till my arm loosened up. Managed to land a couple 2's and a 3. And a five. Lost a 6+ at the boat ( my dog is trying to learn how to net). Then picked up the senco. Picked up another 5.4. And a few around 1-2# each. Off the water at noon.
      Loaded up the boat and broke a leaf spring after leaving rivers end. I want to say thanks to gene over there for loaning me the tools and parts to get back on the road! Awesome service.
      City: sanjose

      Tips: outside inside. Couldn't really get a pattern going.I know that I have to give em what they want. And put it where they are!