Submit
Report

Northern California Lake Fishing Report

Limit:

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

  • Solano County
    • By

      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Dbt club held a half day turkey shoot out of whiskey slough marina on sat. Had a great time lots of fun!
      We caught fish on big baits on top, drop shot, senco, & frogs.
      With a couple members catching 6#+ fish.
      Awesome little event with all members sharing info &techniques no secrets here.
      City: San jose

      Tips: fish were on inside of weedline early on a falling tide for me. Green pumpkin senco rigged wacky!

  • Lake County
    • By

      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started about 3pm after the Semi pro Tourny.. Cant believe on 17lb to win.. Lake was real windy, Found some calm water by Cache creek Caught 8 in 2 hours. 3 to 5LB I wish I signed up for that tourny I would have won it..
      City: Citrus Heights

      Tips: Caught all bass on Persuader tandem willow White on White Spinnerbait, Fish were all around weeds. About 3 feet of water..

  • Shasta County
    • By

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: stayed on main body and caugh 13-15 inch bass,plastics and jigs,after 9:00am. caught 3 good fish with carolina rigged floating rip bait,and 2 good fish on topwater.i probably should have thrown a spinnerbait more but i just didn't pick it up.1 little crank fish.i had 10lbs and change. 469,
      City: Redding

      Tips: i am trying different parts of the lake each day i go out,not the greatist stratagy but seeing alot of water.
      good fishing to all

  • Shasta County
    • By

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Any recent info on Whiskeytown? I'm in the area for the summer, armed with a float tube, and any advice that would save me some kicking time would be much appreciated.
      City: Anderson

Friday, June 19th, 2009

  • Solano County
    • By

      Water Temp: 69-71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: launched out of lazy-m marina around 6am. Very slow day for us today most of our fish came on drop-shot,white frogs and crank baits.Our biggest around 4 pds.A gentlemen asked to borrow our scale to weigh a 9-14 toad caught on a chatter bait with a beaver trailer.

    • By

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished west Delta with no big fish but lots of fun. Three limits - 2 1/2 to 4 1/2. Fish came on Beaver,drop shot & senko's. Key seemed to be tight to the tullies.Comment to Rico-Basically your rigt about shareing spots on line. The purpose here is to share technics,whats working now,& how your working your water to get results. Giveing away the prime spots you have cultivated is not the deal ,unless someone feels generous enough to do so.
      City: lockford

      Tips: Fising tight has helped me this year. I mean real tight.

  • Lake County
    • By

      Water Temp: Can't remember

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Cache creek 6/18 for about 4hrs and nada, fished deeper water outside of Red Bud arm with my Brother, Sister-In-Law and my self, we got 9 fish to 4 lbs on 6/19, we did not start fishing until about 9:30 so we missed the morning bite and left by 6:00 so we missed the evening bite, the wind picked up and my 7 year old daughter gets very scared when we go over those big rollers, my 5 year old son loves it, he thinks its a roller coaster ride :) anyway had to get off the water before my daughter had a heart attach and tells Mom on me :)We got fish on drop shot Margareta Mutalator, Watermellon Senko's, and I got one on a bluegill swim bait on my new Powell 8 ft rod, I was happy to get one on the rod to see how it would feel, the fish was only 2.5 lbs but it felt pretty good even for a 2.5 fish :)Like others have stated, lots of algee in the Red Bud arm, my power trim went out on the 175 Merc so my Brother and I had to get in the water at Red Bud and pick up the motor manually, we than had to go to the car wash and do the Tommy Boy wash off of our selves and my Ranger, it was gross !! Went to a small lake that I will not say because it has tons of bluegill, my Daughter and Son had a ball catching one after the other, it was the best Fathersday I ever had watching that :)
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Don't worry about the algee, just stay off the Red Bud east side of the lake, the wind blows all the algee to the east side of the lake but the west side is fine, drop in and drive to the other side. Now a fishing tip, I got my smallest fish of 5 on the bluegill swim bait, I got my biggest fish of 4 lbs on a 4 inch worm, so go figure !!!
      Actually the answer is dead stick what ever you toss.

  • Merced County
    • By

      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wondering what the water levels are like, my grandmother just came up the pass and said the waters way down. She said it was damn near drained to the bottom. Is this true? Can somebody give me a ballpark as to how many stories (10 ft) it's down? A few months ago it looked about full maybe 3 stories low. Can somebody inform me? Been thinking about going out there, but the more concentrated the water, the more concentrated the baitfish = less bites.
      City: Hayward

      Tips: Thank you for any info

    • By

      Water Temp: Enough for bass

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: <a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/2lo3q79.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>
      Caught & Released. Gotta love those big bass chewin' on swimbaits. 6/19/09
      City: S.R.

      Tips: Go big or go home. Swimbaits.

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

  • Napa County
    • By

      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took POP out fishing for father's day fishing for bass, trout , and kokanee. Fish on the out side of POPE creek n saw smallie blowing up everywhere. Trip me out. Pop got first bit on popper. Then I threw crankbait n got a hit. Another bass swam beside the one that i hook up. Pop threw down a drop shot close to the fish i hook up and BAMMM !! Double hook up. Got pop hella happy. Threw crankbait out again n got another one. Saw another fish with it n pop did the same shit n got another double. It's a trip how spot n smallie mingle together like that. Most of the bass we caught was on crankbait,drop shot, poppers, and then spinnerbait(bluegills colors). We fish around 15-25 ft of water n mostly on points. It's true..Don't know where all the 3 plus lbs bass are at. Last Week we did better with couple 3 lbs n lost one close to 3lbs.
      City: elk grove

      Tips: I think Don be catching all these 3lbs plus bass n hide them on a clove or creek somewhere so his client be catching them.. I think it's time to hire Don again..haha.. Don <--- great guy

  • Lake County
    • By

      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took a trip out yesterday. They were prefishing for a tourny coming up. We worked the north end concentrating on outside weed beds. He landed 8 nice fish up to 3.50 pounds and I landed one 8.50 pound fish and 3 others up to 3 pounds.
      City: Sacramento

  • Sacramento County
    • By

      Water Temp: na

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Lots of suspending bass, bunched up on funnel areas. All three species up to around three pounds. No wind early, top water was good with watermelon flukes. Numerous limits, got tired and left at 10:00.
      City: sac

      Tips: Try suspending techniques and top water early.

  • Shasta County
    • By

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: catching alot of 13-14 inch fish.flukes and plastics imatating shad in the shade areas after the sun is up on the water,they seem to congragate till the sun is totally on the water,then they seem to go to deeper water.dont forget buzzbaits as it seems to get that reaction when they ball up.you will get a good fish once in a while doing this.
      City: Redding

      Tips: go to running water . at top of tributaries as that is where there is enough oxygen for the bait.

    • By

      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: It was pretty tough i went out on my float tube earlier and it was too windy so i decided to come back in and fish the shore then i caught 3 dinkers on a texas rigged robo worm allby the lifegaurd boat dock. oh yeah, what about topwater will that work out their?
      City: Sebastopol, CA

      Tips: use robo worm, senkos, and spinnerbaits.
      those all seemed to work

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

  • Solano County
    • By

      Water Temp: 70-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out today and caught 8 fish. 1 off crank. 1 off double wide beaver. 1 off wacky senko. 5 off frogs. maybe 20 more misses on the frog. not tellin where i went find your own water
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: high tide is key

  • Lake County
    • By

      Water Temp: 70 to 72

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: so gave it a try on wed morning got on the H20 at 5:30 am out of the Oaks area fished rattlesnake Island with no bites I usually pick up a few their like previous report bad algea bloom on the H2o thick as pea soup with the peas in it some areas . made a short move and picked up a 3 lb lg mouth on dropshot and a scrappy 2 lb smallmouth on rattle trap only 5 fish for the day on margarita mutilator senkos and the 1 on rattle trap then the wind picked up at 9:30 am and blew us off the lake in my small boat
      City: Carmichael

      Tips: find some clear H20

  • Yuba County
    • By

      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I took myself to Collins yesterday evening to see if anything was going on! Lots of people having lots of fun at the lake. I fished the river arm from 5 to 7 pm, catching three - biggest a 2 1/4 lb spot. Then I moved back to the main body - dodging wakeboard boats! I was ready to quit about 8:15 when some smaller spots went on a bite - landed 6 more. Most were 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 lbs - just a lot of fun. I caught all my fish on a chartreuse/white D&M Piranha swim jig. I tried several other topwater baits, swimbaits, Senkos, worms, and jigs. Nothing!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I imagine the early morning bite is better - before all the boating traffic. All my fish were 6 to 15 feet deep.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

  • Plumas County
    • By

      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tougher trip this year the fish had moved out from most of the spawn post area. DID HAVE FUN WITH POPPERS AT NITE . As to the prior gentleman I think ya ment amador not almanor
      City: moutain view

      Tips: bring a kid

  • Amador County
    • By

      Water Temp: 75+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water about 7:00 am. Started throwing a 5" white money minnow, weedless and missed 3 fish to 4 lbs. I finally got one that went about 3 lbs. I was burning it over the top of weeds and stopping it when it got to a hole. I took 3 more on a 1/4 oz brown jig with a Denny Brauer trailer. Those fish were in the 2lb class. I think Ill try some night fishing next time.
      City: Galt

      Tips: Try weedless swimbaits,over weeds. Keep the bait about an inch under, then let it drop a couple of feet, then repeat. Hold on tight and set the hook hard. These fish love to jump and will throw your hook. ALWAYS CATCH AND RELEASE

  • Napa County
    • By

      Water Temp: 70-2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I've tried my luck twice in the past few weeks and have mixed results. Usually this time of year it's pretty consistent, but this year the only consistency is inconsistency. Some top water, zero rip fish. Most fish have been on flukes and various plastics in 10-15ft. I will catch a few fish and think I might have pattern, but not. I try one bait and right away I get bit, but then I don't get another bite. Last week with the winds, I lucked out and got into a consistent blade bite for about 1.5 hours. It was over by Big Island and the fish were not big, but wind related fish are hot and it was fun. I will try again tomorrow and hopefully will find more playful fishes.
      City: orinda

      Tips: Been fishing the East side was not that much success. Maybe I'm too shallow, which is work with all the grass. Best I can say is to keep moving. Fish your favorite bait and you will get bit. You just have to find the fish that want to play. Haven't caught anything over 2lbs, so I give props to guys that are hanging 3+ fishes.