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Sunday, March 15th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: What's up with the government? How could they put a no limit fish on bass? That's insane.
      City: SF

      Tips: Anyways, they ain't biting nothing. I mean nothing. So I decided to fishing with minnows for STRIPERS!!! Caught a 10 lber. and a 8 lber. OTHER than that, no LM bass. Water needs to get clearer. Its too muddy, fish cant see.

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      Water Temp: 54-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished clear, colder water and caught one striper on a speed trap in open water. No bites in warmer, muddy water.
      City: Cameron Park

      Tips: Yesterday was very windy and I got a couple. Today, little wind and tough. Thought it would be good with storm coming in.

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      Water Temp: 52-53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 9a.m. till 5p.m.. The wind kept us off the main body so we concentrated on the coves. Didn't see any fish schooled up on the graph so we wen't with a "run and gun" approach throwing white and chartreuse chatterbaits from the edge of the shore out to 15'. Ended the day with 6 fish. Big fish about 4lbs. Tough day but should turn on with a warming trend.
      City: Rancho Cordova

      Tips: Worked the baits with a lift and drop then pause. The fish hit on the fall. I'm sure the weather shut down the bite.

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

      Report: Wow is this lake getting crowded....a ton of boats out patrolling the flats for spawners...We worked some of the non-traditional areas and found a bunch of fish on beds or in the staging area. Surprisingly we did our best damage working the points and coves with a crankbait. Had about 8 fish on cranks and maybe 5 or so from beds. Biggest was a 5lber which hit the Norman.
      City: Ventura

      Tips: Be respectful on the water....its a big lake and you don't need to stop within 25 ft of another boat....

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out today for 5 hours and i only caught 1 fish on a red eye shad in orange craw color by the rocks, it hit 3 or 4 feet from shore i was sitting on a rock and casting and i saw it hit it when i almost pulled my lure out of the water.. its good to see that they are moving into the shallows again.
      City: THA P

      Tips: should be happening soon.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: tough day at ilsanjo...
      hiked in and fished at/near the dam for about an hour and a half.
      tried senkos, and two jointed rapalas with no luck.
      decided to try shore drop shotting (not sure if it's still considered "drop shotting" if one is shore fishing) and caught one nice bass, about 1-2 lbs. threw a black and smoke 4" worm with no luck, then threw on a purple and white minnow pattern that was maybe 3" long. left it dead in the water and would just shake the slack in the line. the one i did catch was a VERY soft bite. let him have it for at least 20 seconds before setting the hook and just barely had him in the lower lip.
      nice fight on an UL rod and 4# test.
      a beautiful, misty day out there. no mountain lions though.. bummer.
      City: petaluma

      Tips: the lake is way up!
      lots of debris in the water and as a result lost three rigs drop shotting.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took a recon trip up here on Sunday, but still 20 feet needed to launch off of a ramp at the south end. I don't think it will make it this year without a bunch of rain. At this point it is cartops only. The Northend is way high and dry. Ramp at the North is probably 1/2 mile from water. Very very very disappointing.
      City: Woodland

  • Leon County
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Just got a bass setup and would love some tips on where on the lake to fish for these guys. Have senkos, spinner baits, buzz baits, and a rattletrap.

      I've also tried for trout 3 times in the late evening this month for trout and been skunked. Fished 2 rods, one with a pumped up night crawler on a sliding sinker 18" off the bottom, and the other throwing kastmasters, rapallas, and superdupers with no luck.

      Any tips appreciated for this beginning angler.
      City: Walnut Creek

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: My club was planning a tournament at this lake and a few members pre-fished the lake. While they were there they saw the Park Rangers getting on a club for not notifing them of the tournament. They asked what was going on and found out that there is a form u have to fill out and pay $50 to have a tournament there if u have 50 or less members. I've checked several web sites on New Hogan and not one has said anything about a fee to fish a tournament there. If anyone has heard anything about this or have seen a posting about this fee PLEASE let me know!!!!!!!!!!!!
      City: Rio Vista

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Today was a very slow day. I only caught one dinker. I couldn't see its bed, but i knew that it was on one. It was a male fish that was waiting for a female to come along. It is still the pre-spawn. I parked next to the damb and hiked in for about an hour before i tossed out my line. I pulled about fifteen ticks off of me, so for you panzy's i suggest that you don't fish nicasio. The fishing here should pick up soon once when the water temp increases about six degrease: DuckMan415 :(
      City: San Rafael

      Tips: Fish very slow. Watch your line to see if you have a fish cause you won't feel it. Use dark colors and big baits if you want to catch the big onezzz: DuckMan415 :(

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

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

      Report: went south first thing in the morning. then went north. water is down about 30 feet. all my favorite spots are 5 feet out of the water. water temp was 52 degrees. threw rattletraps. only 6 small ones. nothing over 2 lbs. we didn't fish deeper than 20 feet. pasted a few trollers. nothing big. wind picked up. off the water around 12:30pm.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: if i was in the mood to fish slow and deep, maybe could have gotten a good limit. naw. i'll wait until it warms up.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 54 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a great day on the delta. Caught lots of crank bait fish and a handful of swim bait fish on wind blown rip rap in the south. We had a little over 26 pounds for 5 fish to take the win in our club the Santa Clara Bass Busters tournament.
      City: cupertino

      Tips: Use cranks to find them. Follow up with your favorite swim bait.

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      Water Temp: 55-57

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished current slowly with BHS for 2 fish during low tide.
      City: Cameron Park

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 49.5-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The previous post had a typo it was supposed to read "24 anglers for 7 limts" not 2 anglers for 7 limits - doh!
      City: Santa Rosa

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      Water Temp: 49.5-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Redwood Empire Bass Club had it's Spring tournament on Clearlake Saturday. 2 anglers for 7 limts and a total of 62 fish caught. First place Jon Adams had 5 fish for 24.77lbs and 2nd big fish @ 6.5lbs, 2nd place Jerod Adams had 5 fish for 21.31lbs, Steve Adams had 5 fish for 17.92lbs and big fish 7.26lbs, 4th place Paul Facio had 5 fish for 15.92lbs. A lot of fish were caught on cranks and jigs and drop shot in the South end. The wind made it difficult to fish a lot of spots but still a lot of great fish brought to the scales.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: REBC's next tournament is at Lake Sonoma April 18th. Our next club meeting is on April 8th at 7PM at the Rohnert Park Community Center at the corner of Rohnert Park Expressway and Snyder Lane. If you want to get to be a better Bass'er and fish with some great guys whether boater or non-boater come to our next meeting and sign up for the April tournament. We wil have a guest speaker at this meeting and we have a raffle every month. For more info, check out our club web site at www.rebc.net

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 51'ish

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Jensen and I took a tip from Matt and hit collins today. Late start around 4pm. Jensen picked up 2 keepers on a rattlebait while I struggled w/the huddleston. I finally got bit, 2 times on one cast, which kept me throwing it. Matt shows up w/ two 7's and his personal best, an 11.8.........omg, I am so happy for him! He tells me where to go, so I went there. Stuck a 5+ spot which comes off...........rats. stick another that comes off. Jenson misses one.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Fishing a huddleston is a workout. I figure I had 4 bites in 4 hours...........It was frustrating as guys around us were catching way more than we were.

      Thanks Big ED for the helpful hints. Thanks for Matt also as he is somewhat computer illiterate.

      Maybe it will get even better!

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      Water Temp: 52-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: started out today at around nine o'clock again in the boat was my good friend will we decided last night that today was a hunt for big fish day so he only brought three swim bait rods but he only needed one the huddelston deluxe was the food for the day I started the day with a 6 pound spot near the dam then a 4 pound largie on the east side followed by a 5.5 pound largie on the east side then will picked up a 3.5 pound largie all were hud rof 5 and 12 in rainbow trout around 1:30 the bite died so I switched to a drop shot marg mut and picked up 4 small fish for will's mom at around 4:30 the hud bite started back up will stuck a 6 pound spot same place i got mine near dam then he strocked an 11 pounder after the hoopn and holarin i caught a 8.5 in same area on east side of the lake this concluded our day after pics and weights at the store they were all released to be caught again.
      City: grass valley

      Tips: HUDDELSTON DELUXE!!!!!!!!! 5 TO 8 FEET the fish are moving up to spawn and feed so go catchem chuck and wind it will work!!!!!!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 51-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished out of graite bay saturday. Fished the north fork the whole day for 1 small mouth on a hula grub and a couple missed strikes. caught our only fish 19ft deep first thing before the wind really picked up. threw hula grups, rip baits, cranks, senkos, spinner baits, shakey head.
      City: Reno, NV

      Tips: try something else...

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

      Report: CBL with our second tourney of the year. 14 boats fished and most of the fish came on drop shot, worms in craw patterns. Other limits came on senkos and carolinas. One team caught some on cranks. It seemed the bigger fish 3#s were caught and lost on the jig.(the ones that get away are always big, LOL) Most guys fished from Barrets to the south. Winning teams was 6# 15oz, big fish 1#14oz that should pick up next month. Our next tourney in at Los Banos May 16, interested? 988-5818
      City: turlock

      Tips: It was better a week ago. Fish it slow and be ready for it to unload next month. Alex, great to here you're fishin the Van Guilder Tourny. I have a couple you or anyone else can fish at McClure also in April/May

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sat. morning before the rain came, overcast, windy, and cold. My buddy and I each caught a 1.5 lber. Both were caught on shaky head and I had a purple and blue flake cenko. I caught mine on the banks of the tullys. Can't wait till it warms up these next few weeks.