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Friday, July 3rd, 2009

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out again in my tube with my friend in his we caught over 10 bass today, 2 on a fly and the rest on a shallow diving bass colored crankbait. one was about 3 lbs, 2 were about 2 lbs, and 2 were about 1 1/2 lbs, the rest were small. we went from about 5:15 pm to 8:30 pm
      City: rohnert park

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the south end for eight hours this afternoon. Had at least fifty fish stop my crank-bait.Boated around thirty or so bucket mouth and a bunch of crappi.My arm is num!Big bass was around 4,lost a few giants.
      City: lower lake

      Tips: crank rock-piles and outside weedlines,run bigger and sharper hooks on your cranks

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: perfect

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: caught 7 spots no lmb...then switched to powerbait and caught 23in. rainbow.. kinda slow but not to bad..
      City: fremont

      Tips: seen alot of spots chasing small bluegills by the damn..didnt stay till evening but pretty sure the late bite would be best

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: bluegil are on the beds again, second time so far. caught numerous spots and smallies on the flats, ten to twenty feet with bottom presentation with plastics. No top water action for me or cranks, spinnerbaits, etc. colors didn't seem to matter, i switched around a few and all were good.
      City: sac

      Tips: suspenders like a FAST dropping bait, not a slow one. I.E. 1/4 oz darthead.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: i went out for my first time in a float tube and had decen luck. i caught 8 bass total, 7 of them were around 6 inches, and the other 2 were in the 2 lb range. i tried using a red senko with no bies, then swiched to a small shallow diving bass colored crankbait and started catching fish. i started from the boat launch and went north along the shore
      City: rohnert park

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: mid 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the South Mokelumne River by the San Joaquin River at 5:30A. In the first 15 minutes, I landed a 6 on a buzz bait and my fishing buddy, Gerald, caught a 4 on a Senko. The start of a great day? NO! We didn't catch another legal size bass for 5 hours. Got off the water at 2:00P. For the day, we landed 6 legal size bass(2,2,4,4,4,6) and a ton of little bass and stripers.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Threw a lot of stuff but not too successful. Had some great blowups on the buzz bait, but the fish missed the lure. Drink plenty of liquids on these hot days.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 75degrees

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I am sure that most of you already know this by looking at the Folsom Marina website but for those of you that do not know they are starting to draw down the lake now. Last week it was at record level pushing the 460 foot mark but in a week they have drawn down that level to the 455 foot mark. Droppig the water level at about a half a foot or so a day. Just FYI
      City: EDH

      Tips: Go out and enjoy the lake while the speed limit is still wide open. Soon it will be back to 5pmh.

Monday, June 29th, 2009

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

      Report: anyone have any tips on catching these koke salmon? Taken POP out trolling for salmon n wants to spend quailty time with the old man. Any tips be great...Thnks !!!
      City: elk grove

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Lakeport on Sat. started to throw frogs with no takers. Switched to a watermelon candy fluke(weight less) with a 3/0 ewg hook, and just started to kill em. In the 5 hours I threw it, I lost count after 40 fish. Mostly 3lbers, but got two 5's and a 6.5.A great day on the lake.
      City: Carson City

      Tips: Throw around weed lines or holes in the weeds. Let it sink between jerks, that is when it seems they wanted it most. Watch your line in between jerks, cause most of mine i didd'nt feel the strike.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: i went out with my friend on our float tubes and we caught about 30 small bass and 5 bass from 1-3 lbs. all caught on texas rigged robo worm.

      Tips: go out their and use a texas rigged robo worm by the lifgaurd boat dockand there are a few nice ones and alot of smaller ones.

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 77.8

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took a friend out for his first bass fishing trip and hooked up pretty good. He caught the big one of the day at 5+ and I lost the big one of the day, 8+ at the boat. Jigs and Beavers were the ticket for us under docks.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: SLOW

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started at 5:50 am with top water and only had 2 slap at it. After an hour of nothing Steve Melander of Berserk Baits switched to drop shot and had three with in 15 minutes.

      I finally switched over an hour later and we took turns catching a lot of smaller fish (good to see the population is thriving). Finally hooked several keepers from 9:00-11:00

      The big bass have gone deep and are not active
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Slow it down

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      Water Temp: ????

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: first time to this lake. Went there and did not know where to go. caught three fish. all off jigs. biggest was close to four pounds. fished for 4 hours. did not know where to go and there was a ton of shallow water. inches deep. if u find deep water you will catch fish
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: find deep water and throw bottom baits. nothing on spooks cranks or swimbaits

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: One HOTT day on the water for the Basin Bassmasters. Blast off was at 5:15am and by 5:55 I had my limit of five. Using frogs, spinner baits and speed trap along the rocky banks with tullies. The tide was coming in and high was at 9 am. When the current stops have lunch or move to your next spot, but stay in the moving waters and deep water close. Senkos picked up and with winning weight of 17.86 and only caught on Senkos. Put the frogs way in the back as far as your arm can put it and hang on. With this heat coming on the frog bite should get better.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Flip Senkos anywhere in a watermelon red flake, green pumkin and black/blue.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Yeah I know Dom but it sounds good lol.Actually im just fishing somebodies old water that is new to me but this has also gotten me to learn the Delta.Now when i launch i dont really have the fear of getting lost i used to, that fear really limited my fishing.I have done MUCH better on the Delta this year,Istarted fishing this year in March and up to this date i have caught way better quality and quanity fish than i have the last three years. Its been an awsome learning experience (including hiring Cooch for a day) and am looking forward to continuing my education out on the Delta.
      City: Modesto

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 76-80

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: How could back-to back Friday nights be so different? Last week - howling, dangerous cold winds, but a pretty good bite. Last night - flat, hot, smelly, and a slow bite. That's why I smile when clients ask me how the weather is going to be when they book a trip. I took a local for a half-night trip, showing him some good areas in the south end. Pretty good fisherman with a previous 11 lb CL bass to his credit! There were some willing bass, but the bite was slow as the evening bite often is during hot weather. He lost his first bass - on a buzzbait - and all the others he hooked. They looked good in the black light when they jumped and spit the hook! I think his hookset was ok - they just wouldn't stay on. This was his first time with a black light and he liked it! I tried several different surface and sub-surface baits but they were hard to work in the weeds and algae. However, the Blade Runner weedless Paddle Head worked very well with the Basstrix swimbait. It came thru the weeds just fine. The Piranha swim jig got lots of hits but most just wouldn't stay on. Very frustrating - hit after hit but they would not inhale. My client learned to work one pretty well and had a hit or two. I'm assuming the bite would have gotten better as morning approached. That is usually the pattern after hot, windless evenings.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I just had my 520 waxed and it seemed to help. I cleaned it pretty well after we pulled out with some stuff I bought from Bob Higgins and I washed it again when got home (3am!). She looked ok today. Boy, did that junk bring back memories of the late 80's!

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 75-77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the north shore east to conn valley towers. Thru top water, but did not get any hits. Tied on a weightless night crawler and started in the tullies. My partner caught a nice bass right off the bat and I caught two nice blue gill fairly quick. Fished for 3 more hours and we caught ten or more fish before calling it a Day.
      City: Napa

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

      Report: fished the south and north lakes. zilch. threw senkos and small swim bait from the piers. outside temp was in mid 80's. water clarity was split pea soup (color). On the north shore, fished by the ramp off the pier, again, zilch.
      City: South San Francisco

Friday, June 26th, 2009

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: nice

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: got skunked..nothing here..went after bass.not worth coming here.. boats are terrible so is the dock boys..very bad service..
      City: fremont

      Tips: go to a real lake that has more areas to fish than just around the marina

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 70-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water at 5pm started out by the dam threw everything nothing! Went to browns and caught a 5 pound on a jig in about 20 feet. Then for the last hour threw a spook and caught a 2 pounder and missed one also. Lots of boats racing around us made it hard to stay vertical. But still had a good time anyway.
      City: Elverta