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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: lets lie

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: dont listen to this idiot. dropshotting a 7 inch senko. shut the hell up garb city man. u didnt catch anything
      City: tards

      Tips: dont listen to tards that say they caught a 4 lbr dropshotin 7 inch senkos

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out today and caught lots of nice fish in the narrows on rock wall..spooks in the morning (rainbow trout with feather on tail) and later in the day on custom painted tripletrouts...dropshotted a nice 4lbr in 45ft of water on a 7in senko watermelon red flake...

      Tips: good luck !!

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 67-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 4 days on houseboat trip. All fish from 0-20 feet. Most consistant bite for better fish was 15-20 feet. Easy 50-70 fish days on plastics. Got a few ripping, but most were on plastics. The Sacramento arm was the warmest 72-75. McCloud and main body 67-70. Majority of fish were 13-14 inches. Caught a few 2 1/2 to 3 lbs.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: NA

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Not a report - On 04-18-2009 I posted that 'Cooch" Cuccia would be speaking at our club meeting this month. Due to an illness in his family he will not be able to make this months meeting but promisses to make it in June.

      Hope all goes well Cooch!
      - Mike
      City: Santa Riosa

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 65 -70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tuesday, 5/12/09, my retired fishing buddy and I (also retired) started at about 9 am fishing the South end of the lake. Within a hour, we had 5 fish in the boat drop-shotting RoboWorms worms - MM and Prism Shad. We then crossed paths with another boat and exchanged information on how we were doing. He told us that he had caught many fish using a wacky-rigged Senko. Not only did he tell us what he was using but also offered to give us some of his Senkos and the wacky-style hooks he was using. We really appreciated his offer but it so happened that we had the Senkos and the hooks. So thanks again for your advice and for your generous offer. I immediately started fishing with Senkos which probably changed a good day fishing into a great day of fishing. We ended up with about 30 fish by early afternoon. Most were keepers but none greater than 2 lbs. Most were caught on rocky points with deep water nearby. I did miss many bites as I was probably using the wrong technique for setting the wacky hook. It seemed that I was having the best success with a horizontal sweeping set. I

      Tips: Don

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fry everywhere. Lots of bucks caught. You can catch them with whatever your favorite bait is. They are not partial. Mama's are still stressed and recovering. They may need another week. Water still low. 20%
      City: Madera

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 65-68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started the morning off with wind and water temp at 65 degrees. Wake baits and swim baits did not work today although the weather dictated otherwise. Fished North today had one reaction bite it was a spawned out LM on a tube. All other fish came off of their beds. Only had 4 fish today 3 LM and one spot. Total weigh probably near 11lbs. Broke my Dobyns swimbait rod again that makes 3 rods that have broke in the same location during a cast with a wakebait on. I don't think I am going to purchase another dobyns rod. Sorry Gary but they keep breaking!!
      City: EDH

      Tips: Hopefully the reaction bite will take off soon...

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished north again today caught a few bass on points and in trees.alot of fish up in the tops of trees no takers
      City: Roseville

      Tips: rip those lips

Monday, May 11th, 2009

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake at 7:30am. Started out at Cappell Cove and went to the northern end of the lake past Pope Bridge. Found a nice cove that was steep and rocky. There was a little wind blowing and was in 38 feet of water in the middle of the cove. Used Senkos with no weight and tossed them at the banks edge and twitched slowly. When it was about 5 feet off the bank, i let it sit there for a couple minutes then twitched it once and repeated this till it was by the boat. I ended up catching 6 bass, the largest being 2 lbs. My friend caught 4 and his largest was 3lbs. All the fish were 1.5 plus but one which was a dink. All in all it was a good day. By the way, it was pretty warm i believe close to 80.
      City: Napa

      Tips: Fish slowly, let worm sit and they will hook themselves!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fish in beaver slough incoming tide got 1 fish, hog slough on slack tide 1 fish, lost slough on slack tide but river seem over flow(10 ft higher in each sides)caught close to a dozen fish in a 1/4 mile strip. Nothing big 2lbs n under. Had a blast n fish from 9-2pm. Fish slow with worms n brush hog in front of weed lines, trees,n stumps. Fish are feeding mostly males. Great place to practice jigs n worms.
      City: elk grove

      Tips: u can pull up 2 or more fish in a pile of trees n stumps. Feel for the bit n watch ur line go sideway. Feels great to set hook on bass n watch them do dolphin dance...woohoo..fish on !!! Water is warmer n they are very aggressive n the bit are much harder not like cold times. OH.. get ur frogs ready to ..haha

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Just drove to the lake to check water level, it's full. The ramp I've been using the last month is covered with water. Only the upper launches available. May be three feet to go and it's full capacity. Every tree in the lake is fishable, I'll be there to fish tomorrow
      City: Granite Bay

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

      Report: Right on Ryan, see ya on the water

      Tips: Yummy, pray and hope I don't see you on the water.

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 68 deg some tim

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got a late start thanks to my wife and kid Launched out of Markley C. Was exspecting muddy shores and I was Right Caught, 4 spotted bass on robo worms creme color 1Largemouth on 4 inch black mister twister, and 4 smallies on crank bait . fished everywhere trying to get out of muddy shore . so ran to Island out in middle of lake by spanish flats fished east side getting out of wind looked really nice for small mouth picked up 4 smallies 1 to 2 lbers . had a good time water was crystal clear at island . Today I saw something . when i was cranking for smallies On one of my retrieves I noticed something dark behind my crank bait as it got closer to the boat I slowed retrieve thinking it was going to strike it . I then saw what looked like a pike or a it was about 2.5 ft long maybe a little longer it was really skinny with like a forked tail with a dark latteral line with a pointy head it was so fast it was hard to see I told my wife that i have never seen a fish like that ever on this lake . it reminded me of a barracuda, I know it is a salt water fish but it resembled the same look. any how Hope it was not a pike cause it would ruin the lake. had a good time fishing and got sunburned tight lines to all cya on the water. Going to delta next. PLASTICMAN1
      City: Elmira

      Tips: dispite all the boaters get out and get your lines wet keep it crank-in..

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Great Day weather wise on the lake. Figured with it being Mothers day, it may not be too terribly crowded. I was right; got there at 8:15, and i was the first boat in. I don't know all the names of the areas because i'm relatively new to fishing Calero. But, started in the 5mph area across from ramp and around that big point and fished back into that big cove on the left. I also had committed to using swimbaits and carolina rigs to work on my technique with those baits. When i say swimbaits, i'm not talking the 40$ versions, just the 10 dollar packs of the new Berkely swimbaits in baby bass looking pattern, 5". Also used 4" Money Minnow. Good choiced. About an hour in, i was checking the action of the bigger Berkely bait near the boat and watched it fall... BAM, big bass came up and smoked it right by the boat - i mean he was quick; flash of white, he had it. 3.7lbs. Hey Now! Got some other hits on the carolina rig, broke an old rod on a hookset and went back to the swimmer. When the wind was up, grabbed another nice one on a wind blown point. Fun lake, nice quality fish. Would love some more tips to increase the catch rate here.
      City: Pacific Grove

      Tips: Sunscreen. My knees are fried. Have a good attitude, jet-skiers are a bunch of rude ass wipes. Buzzing around an area i'm fishing getting within 15 yards of me and the boat creating his own waves to play with. I get it, i'm in open water, but with the whole lake at your disposal and me in a 50 yard stretch? C'mon!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of lads Stockton wind had not come up yet hoping for a frog bite to happen and it did.
      Wife and I Went to one of my spots I like about the fift or so cast she hit 10lb 8 ounces Black Bass on my white frog. Fourth best for me. Caught so other ones 2-3lb and some dinks that like frogs too
      City: Antelope ca

      Tips: Toss the frog any time you go out it could be your day like mine was.

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      Water Temp: 60s

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out today with jigs, swimbaits, and worms. caught 15 on jigs. biggest on jig went 6 pounds. had 2 hits on swimbaits landed one. went 4 And a half pounds. and 20 sumthing on robo worms

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: 65-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: dont bother with this lake.. i fish here all the time because i live 2 mins away..this lake is very inconsistant at times..ive had my good days here but not a lake you would want to gamble with..
      City: fremont

      Tips: for fishing smallies use a small tube in horse shoe lake. largemouth use plastic worms in rainbow lake. trout use kastmasters.. fishing with powerbait is to slow.. good luck cuz you will need it here..

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: Cool

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: A big bass broke my 4lb test line hitting my rooster tail. LOL... she was 30 inches long and 1 feet tall! Fat as a cow! She roam around alot near the ranger station coves. She ate one of my trout I catch on lure as I reel the trout inward.
      City: Concord

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      Water Temp: Cool

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The trouts are hitting on floated minnows and lures. Limited out 5 before 3pm. Good action with a 15 inch 2 pounder largest trout, look like a steelhead, the others are rainbows and salmon. Good mixture of trouts. Another guy catch 5 on floated minnows. Great action in the morning!
      City: Concord

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out again and caught 32 bass around 1 to 2 lbs on senkoes and drop shotting- my partner caught a 6lbs black bass at the big island on a lizard coroline rig. Awesome day but lots of dinkies-going to the delta next week--good luck everyone!!
      City: Benicia

      Tips: Hit the coves and the corner--go for the big island lots of fish there!!1