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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

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday 7am-12:30pm around Pope Canyon and Putah Creek bridges from shore. Caught 10 bass (all 3 species) on a fluke, darthead Robo worm, and Texas-rigged 3.5in Sweet Beaver. When I reached a weedy cove I decided to try a weightless Senko and proceeded to catch 5 more bass in rapid succession...maybe I should have been fishing the Senko the whole time?

      I also saw a large, long fish cruising the shore that was not a bass or a carp. It had a dorsal fin in the middle of it's back so it wasn't a pike (their dorsals are closer to the tail). It could have been a giant pike minnow (squawfish) or trout.
      City: Napa

      Tips: The fluke was most successful in shady areas and early before the sun was high and in off-colored water/mudlines. It also caught fish on the fluke in Pope Canyon where the current came right up against the rocky shore and had a giant bass follow but not strike (might be a good spot to come back with trout imitation swimbaits since there were trout jumping clean out of the water all over). In the clear calm water the Beaver, Roboworm, and Senko were the ticket.

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      Water Temp: 57-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well the fishing and the catching were both great. Thru crank baits off rocky walls and shelves(clear water) from 5:45am to 7:30 before swithing to robo's and big blade spinners in dirty water. I was a little worried with the full moon fri night,the bass would be on the slow side. I was wrong I caught six bass @ 3-4.5 lbs and 12 more of your run of the mill DINKS. All fish were in Wraggs canyon. back to the dock @ 10:15am.
      City: Napa

      Tips: With all the good times it ended very quikly returning to the Cappell boat ramp..one of two ramps left on the lake.. here I was at 10am and there were no less than 20 boat either waiting to launch or trying to leave. it was a mad house complete with fist fights,yelling and a new vocabulary lesson givin from a very nice girl. Its only May and there's people walking close to one mile to park there cars. it took me over 40 minutes to get out of there. Good luck

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

      Report: fished tule buster tourney 25 boats 1st place 1542 tough bite fished slow slacked water sencos

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 60-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Larry your report was great, as usual. We were out most of the day Saturday and the lake was busy with the FPT. We found some new docks for us that were holding fish in the north, caught 4 in 1/2 hour biggest was 4lbs all came on the docks using Senkos and Pepper Jigs. The rest of the day was hit or miss, a couple here a couple there all on docks or tules. The fish were all clones from 3-4 lbs with a couple of smaller fish. Everything was caught on Senkos and Pepper Jigs all day. Threw swimbaits, frogs looking for bigger fish that apparently were not there.
      City: Grass Valley

      Tips: If you wanna catch the 3-4 lbrs read above...If your looking for bigger fish talk to Larry!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Texas John! If my report was too wordy, I tried to make up for Bill's previous report, har!!

      Tips: Too many words, Lunker Larry!

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      Water Temp: 61-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What are the odds of two different clients on two different nights putting their brush hog in the same branch in the same tree - 20 feet above the water - on a full moon night???? We beat the odds in my boat - it did happen! In their defense - the branch was hard to see!!! The final two night total was 21 docks snagged, 14 walkways, 3 ropes, and 25 tulle berms!! I might have stretched this a bit, but got to have some fun! Their casting was fine - just a slight accuracy problem, har!!!! Seriously, their bass catching skills were pretty good and got better as the nights wore one. My 2 guys Thurs night did well - one catching a 3 1/2 on his first cast. This was their first trip to Clear Lake. They really missed a lot of fish but did land 7 to 4 1/2 lbs and 2 big CRAPPIE on full size brush hogs! Wow! We did run into a few quality bass - one of the guys lost a big one close to the boat and I did get a 6-3. Nice limit of 21 1/4 lbs. The bite got better after 1 A.M. and was still going when we left at 3 A.M. Fri night found me with a father and two grown sons who have struggled catching bass on previous visits to Clear Lake. Maybe because of fishing pressure during the day, the evening bite was very slow compared to the previous night. Right at dark the bite picked up but they missed most of the fish that bit. As the night went on, they got the hang of setting the hook and landed 8 - all quality bass except 1. One of the sons landed his first bass ever, a 4-7 and dad landed his PB - a 5 pounder even on the scale. They all caught fish with good quality! I fished some and was 0 for 6. Their limit was over 18 lbs. Unlike the previous night, the wind came up and for some reason the after midnight bite just died - totally!! Amazing.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: While we did catch some bass in the bright full moon, we were more successful on the many shadows the lower summer moon provides. We used dock shadows, tulle shadows, and rock wall shadows. Green pumpkin was the best color during the evening hours of light and black/red at night. I good two terrific hits on my D&M Piranha swim jig but lost both good fish. I looked at the hook, yes, too many rocks had worn the hook down. The #301 Senko got a lot of attention before dark. Junebug was the best worm color after dark. I tried a black/chartreuse Power worm after dark which is usually good about now, but no takers last night. Our biggest bass both nights were off the bank some. We fished from Buckingham to Wheeler Point.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: As of April 15th boats were allowed back on Coyote Lake and yes they are performing inspections. Make sure there is no water in your bilge or live wells. Inspection is very thorough.
      City: Morgan Hill

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished from 6am-12 noon
      weather hot with some wind

      outfished 5:1 by Jeff Miller. May he rest in peace.

      2- topwater
      2- jig and trailer
      2- wacky rigged soft plastics

      0 for spinnerbaits, ripbaits, dropshot, texas rigged senko's, crankbaits, buzzbaits.
      City: Atwater

      Tips: don't fish with somebody who will outfish you.