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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry I did not post this sooner. T had some trips last week and did great. We launch from Markley. I stopped in the some of the coves in the narrows for topwater first thing and have been doing well on Zarra Super Spooks along the weed edges. Some of the fish will follow the bait out over deep water before comitting. These have been bigger fish up to 4 pounds. I did get a 4.50 largemouth on a strike king wake bait. Then we move out to the main body and work grubs, Carolina rigged worms and drop-shot along the outside weed beds and humps and getting mostly largemouth up to 3 pounds. Some topwater fish also but not as many strikes. Most of the trips have been averaging 10 to 15 fish.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Fish are feeding heavy on shad minnows for the most part. Fish the grubs slow just enough to keep it out of the weeds.

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      Water Temp: 69-77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Left capell at 5:20am and headed to putah creek for some top water. I through spooks and got short strikes or boils behind the bait, switched to buzz baits with a trailer hook and still had short strikes. Found some steep rocky walls and tossed shallow running crank baits along the walls and picked up a couple large mouth. By 10:00am tied on the old drop shot and hooked up with a nice picture perfect 3lb large mouth. Left to go home and stopped at the old launching ramp at putah creek and tossed the drop shot, missed and good hit and on the next cast I caught a rainbow trout.
      City: Napa

      Tips: It was a tough bite today for me. I would like to hear from some other fisherman who can share some insight on there luck. This season so far is odd all over nor-cal. good luck

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: First stop was up the North fork into the 5 mph and up to where the cold water comes in. Pip-ed, cranked and drop shot and got nother (nothing). Head back down around 10:30 to Anderson Island, draged and drop shot. Six bites and one little ding.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: good luck, wait for the weather get warmer, top water should kick in.

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      Water Temp: 69-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught alot of fish, just nothing of any size. All dropshotting Robo plastics on 4 lb. test line on main body rock piles in 25-40 ft. of water. No reaction fish which should change for the better with alot hotter weather.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Beat the bank and beat yourself up.....get off shore and down deeper.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 1PM to 5PM today. It was a slow afternoon, and the fish only appeared to get active when the clouds came by for about a half hour or so while it cooled off a bit, then the lake became dead again when the sun reappeared. I caught one 2 lbs largemouth during this period, on a green/watermelon Texas-rigged lizard, halfway along the north side of the Island Pond.
      City: Livermore, CA

      Tips: I'm gonna try fishing a full day on Thu at the Arroyo Pond, see how the bite is really early and really late.

Monday, June 15th, 2009

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 68-71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: well went up on tuesday morning and fish the north near long tule point and luecerne and didnt get a bite!!! so we tried to mix it up and we looked for docks in deep water... well tht seemed to be a key part we fished til about 2 went to m&m campground to check in and went out round 3 til 730 we looked for more docks and found them near gooseneck we caught about 25 fish the biggest being 3.7lbs. the next day we fished on the west side of rattlesnake ang cuaght 20 to 25 fish then we decided we would throw frogs for some afternoon action we got 5 blowups and boated one but it was a 4.8lb largie nicest fish of the trip!!!
      City: castro valley

      Tips: we were using green pumpkin 5 inch worms wacky dropshoting and also 4 inch senkos wacky be careful wen tht wind is blowing!!!!

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Dad and I went out to get a big one. It didnt happen,lol. Tossed the Hud, Born again wake bait and some soft plastics. Had some GIANTS follow my bait to the boat. Had one BIG blow up on the born again but it didnt stick. Was able to get a few when I put down the bigger baits. Flick shake and a 6in swimbait was the trick. After seeing the Giants Ill go back. BTW dont forget to get that ice cream!
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Put down the fairy stick.

  • Siskiyou County
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      Water Temp: 68 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake was a little low, some of the willows were in the water and weed line was about 2 foot from the bank. We fished a tournament over the weekend and did pretty good saturday with 5 fish at almost 10 pounds fishing a plastic worm in the weeds. Sunday was alot harder with 2 fish for almost 5 pounds also using a worm. Nothing was caught by us in the willows. Weed line produced all of our fish. Our friend caught a 5.67 pound fish as we were talking to him and they ended up winning the tournament with over 22 pounds. Good job Brad and Jeremy!!!
      City: Napa

      Tips: Use plastic in the weed mats and fish slowwwwww.

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 63-67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Wind was blowing very hard so we stay along the wind blown banks with a spinner bait and speed traps. 10 Strippers (three keepers over 18") and 20 plus larggies from 1 1/2-5.0 lb. It was one of our best days if you can stay away from the Strippers. Best 5 bass bag 18-19 lbs.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Crank on the points in the main rivers.

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      Water Temp: 64 deg

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of B&W resort shot on over Owl Harbor wanted to get out of mokolumme river had no luck there last weekend .Took a friend from work He picked up a couple 2 lbers I boated a 3 lber fishing was tough again today got into some really nice looking areas with no takers me and partner coverd areas really well not missing a inch throwing senkos , blades , crankbaits, beavers and frog.fish seem to be a little slow , mouthing baits softly , left Owl Harbor went over to Webb tract fished north side with my partner boating one 2 lber. Picked up and went into Potatoe slough, my partner hooked into a nice fish was on for a moment but shook it off . close to terminous a total of 6 fish, and numerous strikes. was off the water at 1:00 pm total of 7 fishing hrs tough bite if you ask me..Was great to get out though....PS..The wind sucked $%& today. you Did good today Charlie. Pork Tamales were great for lunch .It will get better with warmer weather
      City: Elmira

      Tips: going to wait for this unstable weather to pass before I go out again. Might go to Lake Berryessa next weekend . Need warmer weather to warm up things

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the keys 6-12-09 in the afternoon nailed four fish 4-lb-3-lb and two 2-lb.6-13-09wind blowing to hard fished rattlesnake tryed everything big zero.6-14-09 early morning fished the docks west of rattlesnake caught eleven lost five all around two and a half to three lbs.Tons of alge.
      City: Redwood City Ca.

      Tips: Through black and silver 7"senkos wacky

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Indian Beach on Friday. Stayed on the south end throwing frogs and dropshot with baby brush hogs, only 3 fish in 8 hours. Called Ross England, he said the south was dead, and head north towards Lakeport, he also added to throw senkos. Started Saturday morning @ Lakeport throwing watermelon candy senkos, had a limit in 45 min. Biggest going 4#. Nothing bigger all day but alot of fish on the line! Had a blast out there on the water, THANKS ROSS for the tips!!!!
      City: Carson City

      Tips: Right now everyone is catching fish on either senkos, flukes, or frogs. All the action is up north NOT south!

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      Water Temp: 74-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Crystal Clear Water. Temperature absolutely perfect for active bass. Bite was wierd. Out of 3 days of fishing we had very few bites, very few fish. We were at least 90% in the bite to catch ratio. Lost a couple of nice ones in there too. We caught only on plastics - worms, double tail grubs, etc. Not as much as a bump on cranks, spinnerbaits or topwaters.
      Fish caught were in 18-23 ft of water with an occasional fish in shallow (10 ft or less). Lite bite too... they were not pounding it like they normally do at Eastman this time of year. TONS of fry on the lake... in fact, we keyed in on the only pattern we could muster up - the were feeding heavily on those fry. They would chase a school of fry to surface or bank... fry would be busting water, than a bass would roll on the school gorging away. We were able to throw to that sometimes and get a bite/fish.
      City: Pacific Grove

      Tips: Every fish we did manage to catch was spitting out tons of the said fry... clearly, they were after the easy gorge meal and not too into my cool collection of lures. In hindsight, I should have brought up a bucket of those gulp minnows to match the tiny hatch. Normally, I can always do real good here; this trip was strange. Temps were wierd too... full moon over the weekend... all could have played a factor... then again, maybe my gameplan sucked... most guys i talked to were getting similar action... 1 or 2 here and there.
      Lake sure was beautiful though - saw an eagle and saw a coyote Saturday morning at 5am cruising around launch ramp area.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: At dawn, we worked the South Fork with poppers, spinners, and crack baits. We worked down the coast along Dyke 8, and nothing. Before we came in, and to kill some time, we started working in the coves up the Granite Bay shoreline. Got 1 small bass on a Lucky Craft crankbait as we were about to come in, and literally on what was going to be my last cast of the day.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Lately, you just need to be very lucky.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 69-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sunday I took the Mrs. out for a fun day on the Lake. We started out a tad late but 10:30am was a great start. The Lake was beautiful and lots of activity. We went out of Lime Saddle and found fish on step walls of the West Branch, down the slot on ponints and walls, on the main body points and mud lines and on walls on the South Fork. We took Spots,Large Mouth and Smallies on a variety of gear. Drop shot with Robo Worm AYU, Dart head worm, Gitzit tubes, Rattle Traps, and Yamamoto Senko's in the natural shad.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: As the weather stablizes, the lake will start fishing better and better. Right now move to find the bait fish or find the bass that are feeding. Keep changing things to find out what they want.

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      Water Temp: 73-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Met my buddy Scott out at Oroville for our first try at the lake. On the water about 8, fished till about 5:30. Total we put 7 fish in the boat with five decent keepers (probably 8.5-9 lbs.) in the boat by 3:00.

      Started off up the North arm, about 45 minutes in picked up the first fish on a Izzy Rigged Flirt 4.95 - Dirty Sanchez in about 15 ft. Went almost 4 hours without another bite. Just a short way out the East arm, a non keeper. Ran to main body and found a nice pair of small coves with stained water, picked up four keepers on football jig - rootbeer/ green, izzy rig (same as above) and a brass/glass rig with a 4" pumpkin/orange MGM worm.

      Ran a short ways back up the North arm into another stained water stretch, saw lots of fish busting the smelt, but only coaxed up one non-keeper.

      Long day on the water, but all in all, a success for flying blind on a new lake.

      Might have been a club tourny out there, lots of bass boats running and gunning from spot to spot and guys checking livewells, wonder how they did?
      City: Lincoln

      Tips: Small worms and natural colors (What a surprise!)
      Work 'em slow.
      Still some pre-spawn females in 5-15 ft. Once those fish start moving again, things should turn back on.

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went back to this lake for more fun. I anticipated a good bite due to cloud cover. It did not happen. No fish on points, all fish caught in coves. My wife caught 5 Spots to my one. She caught hers dragging a grn pumkin lizard. I caught mine dragging a salt/pep leech. No reaction bite. Tried Spinner baits, Wake baits, and Cranks.
      City: W. Sac

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68-72 DEGREES..

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED AROUND GRASS ALL DAY...BRING OUT YOUR PUNCHING STICKS AT HIGH TIDE AND AT OUT GOING TIDE, THE BETTER FISH WERE RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE OUTTER WEED LINE...PUNCHED WITH DOUBLE WIDE BEAVER GREEN PUMPKIN/WAT. MELON AND THREW A CUSTOME MADE GREEN PUMPKIN WITH RED FLAKE CHATTER BAIT...2-4 FEET ONLY PEOPLE...FROG BITE SUCKED, GOT ONE BLOW UP, AND DIDN'T HOOK UP...BIGGER ACTIVE FISH ARE IN THE GRASS...LOOK FOR FISH FRY AND SLOW DOWN (KEY) AND THEN START FLIPPING, DEAD STICK WHEN FLIPPING...THEY WILL COME PICK IT UP...GOOD LUCK...GRASS, 2-4 FEET, IN FRONT OF RIP RAP/TULLIES...
      City: FREMONT

      Tips: TOP WATER HAS SLOWED...FISH ARE VERY TIGHT TO COVER...LOOK FOR CLUMPS OF THICK GRASS...TULLIES AND ROCKS ARE A BONUS....

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      Water Temp: mid 60s

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 4 fish by 10:30AM, clouds help. two over 3#s, largest was 4-10. Look for spopts with timber, tully and submerged vegetation. Flipped 4.5" swimbaits and swam them out to the boat. Also check out windy points with sparse tulies. Missed a couple on the frog bite but it was my first time trying the rage toad.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: Flipped the swimbait to the most shaded spot, let it fall to the bottom and swim them out slowly.
      Don't get stuck in one spot. Some of them look so good but no fish. Keep going.

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      Water Temp: 86

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: slow day on the delt. fished for about 6 hours and only caught 4 fish. lots of dinks bite and dont get the bait. lots of turkeys on the water so watch out. dont go out until the temp hits 100
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: lots of dinks biting. didnt even get a big bite. biggest was 2 and a half. frogs and cranksbaits