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Monday, May 4th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 60s

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: does anybody know what chad martin was using when he caught his 35 pound bag
      City: brentwood

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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: try some luck, that always work.........:)
      in the delta evvery cast can be a fat lady,
      or a pig.........:)
      City: S.S.F.

      Tips: have fun, it's not always about the fish!

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 61-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We waited till the rain subsided this am before we left house, got on water at noon. Fished south end again, only with the wind and cloudy skies went with jerkbaits right off, and used senkos as a folow up bait. We boated nine total, with one crappie to boot. All smallies, biggest going close to 3lbs. Had alot of fun today, plenty of action all afternoon, the fish are definately active right now.
      City: vacaville

      Tips: We targeted both outer points and inside coves. There is definately some fish still on beds, but alot of fish seem to be moving to a post spawn phase as well. The reaction bite was dependent of wind/wave action. most fish were 15 ft or less.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 64-67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the A/C Pro-Am this weekend. Great time in the rain. Drew a Rat daddy on Sunday. How bout a 7, 8, & 9 for 26 lb. sack. The Delta is awesome. A good way to learn is enter a pro-am. Vastly shortens the learning curve.
      City: Arizona

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 54-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the 20/30 derby with high hopes. The DFG has stopped stocking the lake with trout because of state cut backs. We fished in a med down pour of rain for 4 hours. Caught 1 bass on crawdad jig in ten feet of water. (4 lbs )Nothing special.
      City: Napa

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WHAT A GREAT LAKE TO FLOAT AROUND IN YOUR TUBE!! ME AND MY BUDDY CAUGHT 17 FISH TO 3.5 LBS. MOST FISH WERE CAUGHT WITH 6LB TEST ON SPINNING TACKLE. THE MALES ARE VERY ACTIVE SITTING INCHES OFF THE BANK. I WAS PLANNING ON THROWING THE SWIM BAIT BUT WE WERE HAVING SO MUCH FUN WITH THE SMALLER BAITS. THESE FISH ARE VERY STRONG AND HEALTHY.
      City: GALT

      Tips: MY BIGGER FISH CAME ON 6" SENKOS,WACKY STYLE.

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Overcast WX provided few boats and calm water. Fished 2:30PM to 6:30 for 9 bass. Caught fish on crank, jerk bait, and senko. All were shallow. Not pattern - overcast scattered the fish. Great top water conditions but the fish were not buying it. I tried all day and not a single nibble.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Fish shallow with your confidence bait.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 57-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Berryessa for the second weekend in a row. Last saturday the sun was out so me and my dad Sight fished bass on their beds, we didn't catch anything huge but what a blast! Today fishing was much more exciting! We started at around 12pm and caught a couple bass on curly grubs. The wind and rain calmed down around 5pm and that's when fishing turned on. I limited out in the same spot on drop shots, my dad limited out around the same spot on spinner baits. The small mouths are full post spawn! Caught 20 bass, the biggest bass 2lb, and 2lb 3oz, both on senkos.
      City: Pleasant Hill

      Tips: Find shallow coves, and fish the first drop off just outside the coves. Fish rocky flats for small mouths! Also saw lots of trout jumping so throw those swimbaits!

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

      Report: Just fish dude it will happen! 10-lbers can be caught anytime of the year not only during the spawn or post spawn
      City: Tracy

      Tips: fish, fish and then fish some more. if that don't work try another day and repeat.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: should i fish on the tully bank ,rocky bank, ded end slough, or isolated shallow area?
      City: sac

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Need some help finding 8+ lbs LMB. We been around disappointment slough, white slough, mildred, frank's tract n found 3+ lbs n under. Saw 5+ lbs in white slough where there's little current flow. Lots of fry around grass n wondering should i be flipping into the grass? I heard after they spawn it's take 7-10days b4 they start feeding again. I know each days goes by they oppertunity to catch a LMB of a life time is closing behind me. I'm trying to beat my record of 6.6lbs from April 09. It's tough when u don't know where to find the fat girl. Ur info n thought would be very appreciated. Good info n secrets are hard to come by.
      City: sacramento

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went up Saturday for tournament. There were 36 boats present. we ended up taking 5th. Most guys i talked to ran up river into woods. As for us we stayed on the main lake and caught our limit within 1 hour. Caught on keeper worms. Any color seemed to be working.
      City: Modesto

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 62-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: caught 2, 14 inch red eyed males off rock walls, using a wacky rigged 4 inch brown and purple senko.

      I fished from 2pm to 7pm. Initially fish were inactive, but when the light began to fail the action improved.

      weather was overcast with sprinkles, almost no wind, calm water.
      City: Atwater

      Tips: this is a tough time of year for me still. These fish seem to want weight less presentations...reaction baits are a waste of time. stick to jigs, weightless soft plastics etc.

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: caught 3 stripes a 30lbs , 12lbs , 18lbs..
      City: fremont

      Tips: use fluke with 3/4 oz jig head..fish bottom in 15-30ft deep..

Friday, May 1st, 2009

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 62-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Nice day in the rain, kept the people off the lake.. I got 12, partner got 3 for 15, largest 4.11lbs. No real pattern, caught on a number of different baits.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Lake is low, fish are not in there usual spots.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 59-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Some trips are really fun when something out-of-the ordinary happens!! Friday I guided a father-son team that I had taken before to Clear Lake. We started out of Markley about 7:15 am and fished several favorite area in the narrows. In spite of the ultra-clear water, the bite was pretty good since cloud cover moved in about 9 am. I had them using MMIII Robo worms while I tried other colors to see what was working. A green pumpkin Power worm - 4 and 7 inch were also good. We had about 20 in the boat with grandpa dad's nice largemouth the biggest. The fish were running a little bigger than normal, especially the spots. I asked permission before I did this report to reveal the age of "grandpa dad", which makes his son - ?! I got the feeling he wanted to learn how to drop-shot, and at 88 years of age - it's about time! I rigged him up with a 4" Power worm and over the side it went. Within 5 minutes the rod was bent double and up came a 15" spot. His smile said it all - "Old dogs can learn new tricks!!!!!!" In the next 20 minutes he caught 2 more 14-15" spots. Guess we should have been doing that earlier! We ended up a nice trip with 24 bass - several lm and sm - best 5 about 11 1/4 lbs. Lots of bites that were missed. Fun, fun, trip!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Sight fishing was not an option for much of the trip because of a very chilly breeze early. Early afternoon we could look around the bottom but did not see many shallow fish at all. Most of our fish were caught off points and walls at 10 to 20 feet. The weeds are going to be lots of fun this year. Yea, right! We did catch 1 or 2 on a #301 Senko but that bite was kind of slow. Shallow wood did hold a few bass. It is difficult to predict the major spawn this year since it will be stormy and cool this weekend. Sadly, the lake level is already starting to drop.

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

      Report: This is not a report so I apologize.

      Me and a buddy were leaving Friday afternoon to go to Clear Lake. Long story short I had all of my rod and reels blow out of the boat on 101 between Cloverdale and Hopland. They were in a bass pro carrying case and there were seven rod and reels in them if anybody has found some thing to that description please email me and I will be happy to reward anybody that will return them.

      Thank you.
      City: Cloverdale

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Bassn'it,

      I was the guy that pulled out the 10lb40z fish. Up til that fish we were having about the same kind of day as you. About 5-8 fish off points. out of curiosity where is Rattlesnake cover. I haven't heard of that spot, but I've probably fished it since Anderson is not that big. Thanks
      City: Felton

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 62-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had just got off work in the am so decided to hitch up the boat and go to Berryessa, got on the water around 9:45 and was going to try for some crappies but every place I went to nothing but bass, so in discuss I started to bass fish. I pulled out the crank'n rod with my go to crankbait and hammered fish after fish off of points. I was fishing a long shallow point that dropped off into 10-12 ft and got hammered by something big but didn't know how big cause it was pelling off line and going deep, I just kept the presure on till I could see my line start to rise and the big head comes out of the water and I scamble for the net, The fish dives a second time but to no avail it's over. Landed the bass and she weighed 10.0 lbs what a thrill. Never caught one that big on a little crankbait, but now I can say I have, This is my 11th bass at Berryessa 10 lbs to 13lbs on a roll and love this lake. Caught and Released
      City: Fairfield

      Tips: Was just fishing shallow point with some type of drop off, Crawdad pattern

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      Water Temp: 60-62

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Was tough out there today, windyyyyyy. Manged 5 largest about 3.5, nothing big. All fish caught shallow earlier in the day. One on swimbait, missed a few on swimbait as well. Slowed it down a little and started catching the ones that were missing it earlier.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Temp needs to stay steady for a few days without water being pumped out of these lakes for it to really turn on.It has been a pretty weak spring so far..