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Friday, February 27th, 2009

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: up to 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water at 11. Partner and I caught 3 fish. One on a worm, prisim shad in about 25' and 2 on a drop-shot in 40'-42, on purple ghost. Last fish was a donkey, 13.80 lbs. I have become a believer of the drop-shot! We had two other bites, one on drop-shot and the other on a brush hog. All on points bites came on points. Just kept going in and out on points.
      City: Pleasant Hill

      Tips: Slow, so slow it is boring.

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      Water Temp: 50-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: stared at about 830 and got a few hits on black jig. nothing solid just little taps. i changed it upand went to a dropshot with a blue-ish grey colored dropshot worm. i got hit a few times but very faint and short. fish didnt hit a second time ....
      i swithched again to a jig this time i went to a brown jig without a trailer.. got a few hits but this time closer i time like 20 min. i put a smaller jig on "1/4 oz" and fished it with a blue trailer i finally got a fish about two lbs.
      this combo along with the sloooooooooow sloooooow fishing approach was working for me.the other guy on the boat caught 5 jig fish with this set up in about 2 hours
      City: fairfield

      Tips: brown jigs 1/4 oz with blue pigtails
      u have to fish slower than slow some fish barely hit the jig and some destroyed it
      set on anything that feals like a hit or a little tenseoion that seems to be following the mothion of the boat...

      remember just fish slower than youve ever fished and youll get em good luck

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: has anyone fished up around east san jaquin river around turning basin and around rough and ready island looking for a report on what water looks like , went to bass pro shop on sunday when i went onver I-5 noticed water was remarkable not as muddy as west delta going tomorrow will give report cya on the water. tight lines
      City: Elmira

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Kiko the sneako how can you fish lake castias and clear lake in the same day? Maybe you have been hitting the crack pipe to much? or your selling lures for spro? quit putting bullshit reports her and get a life and let the real fisherman make the reports
      City: sacramento

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49.8

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: TOUGH. 1 bite in 18' and missed it at ATM. Fished last couple hours of the day. Better a few weeks ago for me. I was able to fish same time frame with 2 bites in 11'/15' and 1 landed in my "go to winter spot."
      City: Cameron Park

      Tips: I saw a lot of boats driving around which told me they were not on a bite either. No one around me caught anything.

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      Water Temp: 55+

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well the rain helped out big time. The lake is as full as ever and its muddy!!! Decided to get out later this time around 10am. By 11am I had a 3lber, she fought big time and looked very healthy. These fish are in prespawn without doubt. I think with the temps going up this lake is in good condition. With more rain on the way, it can only get better. MARCH MADNESS!!!
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: You need to know where to find them. I found them and then didn't get a bite after. Catch and Release and use lipless crankbaits.

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: nothing really to talk about had a 2 hits in about 15-20 ft on river2sea cawfish fish seem to be short strikin or just not hardly intrested tryin again tomarrow hopefully better news
      City: fairfield

      Tips: see report 2marrow

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

      Report: Big ramp now open! still 5 mph but officalss say that it looks like Saturday for the lifting of the 5 mph speed limit.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 51-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 6am-130pm. Never caught a bass. I tried drop shotting, dart heads, in-line spinners, spinnerbaits, crankbaits. Cottonwood is full of carp. The dam area is full of debris from the rising water level. large branches and grass comprise a floating obstacle course. the rest of the lake is ok.
      City: Atwater

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

      Report: Has anyone got any news from here? This is usually a great time to start fishing Trinity. Has the rain and snow brought the water level up? Thanks for any news.
      City: Medford

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: depending on where you are the water is either stained or muddy. i just got out on the lake for the first time in about 9 months. had to get the Z6 in the water and run it. we had a tough time today with two bites. we carolina rigged tubes and drop shot. it has been a while since i fished and found it really hard to get back in the game and to figure out what to use and where to use it. i am lossed. i will be going back out on thursday so if anyone has any tips on anything please let me know. i know fishing is slow but i cant remember the last time i was skunked.
      City: dixon

      Tips: cant give any tips cause everything we used didnt work.

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: Red Hott

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Threw the Hudd and landed 8 5 pounders. Missed 2 15 pounders at the boat but oh well thats fishing.

      Tips: throw a swimbait and your guaranteed a bunch of big fish! Oh YEAHHHH! Of Course No pics Sorry.

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

      Report: From my calculations the lake is up 34 feet to the 700 foot level. So my question is how much higher would it have to get for us to use the paved ramp in the back at the dam? And another thought. As quick as the water is coming up its going to overrun the new ramp at Bidwell and with the road not paved it will be next year before anyone will use it. Hey I'm happy, we are getting the water. Good luck fishing out there, I'm headed to Shasta.
      City: Paradise

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 48.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Late report...got in a 1 1/12 hour break and snuck up to the narrows for a little fun. Two fish, one 2.13, nicer one 4.4. Little guy on a blk/blue rvng jig with blk/blue hula grub trailer, second bigger fish on shakey head with 6" black curly tail worm. Missed a couple of light bites. Both fish back to back around 9:30 AM in about 20-23' on rock ledges.
      City: Clear Lake Park

      Tips: Pressure bite, hard to feel the take. Just a little difference in line tension=set the hook!

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      Water Temp: 46-49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My least favorite days to guide are Mondays, especially following 2 weekend tournaments, and all-day rain. I got to do both yesterday!! I felt the second day of rain had slowed the bite a little, plus fishing pressure. Both fellows were fishing Clear Lake for the first time and again, one of the guys handled his CL initiation very well, landing his first bass that looked about 5 lbs but wasn't quite that heavy. He did an excellent job of fighting the fish - keeping the rod tip down. He was using his own jig with a Zoom trailer. He also landed a 2 1/2 and missed several. His partner missed 2 or 3 but didn't boat any. I tried some different jigs with not much success, boating only 1 close to 3 lbs. The idea of course was to show them how to approach the lake and cover some different types of structure. Besides - love that rain beating on my face!! Forgot my Fish Hedz!! We found most of our bites to be around the 12 to 20 foot range - all on submerged rock drop-offs.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: It is hard to evaluate the lake with conditions we faced yesterday. I felt the mid and south end of the lake saw the water temp drop a degree or so. I thought the warm rain would raise it. Maybe it did up north. I also tried some small Robo and Power worms - no bites! The jig rules - and probably some swimbaits too!!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water level is up 5 feet in one day. The lower ramp is now flush with lake level leaving two trucks with boat trailers wet. Two guys are in for a big surprise when they get off the water. We need a few more feet to launch from the next ramp
      City: Granite bay

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The lake is a puddle right now. It is going to take a lot of water before any ramp is usable.
      City: kelseyville

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Is the North ramp usable, does anyone know?
      City: Sacto

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

      Report: I will be fishing Whiskeytown for the first time this year in the end of April. I am just looking for any info on the lake. Forage, will the bass be spawning, pre-spawn..? ect.
      Thanks guys any info is helpful.

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 53N-54S

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: A very slow day. Fred and I launched at 10 and left by 1400. Fred caught three, I caught zip.
      There were 20+ trailers in the parking lot. Per Russ Snyder's recommendation caught 2 in the back of Packwood cove. 1 on a split shot MMIII, one on a cinnamon with purple flake Hula Grub. The third and larges 2# caught on a split shot MMIII against the west bank (rocks) south of the bridge.
      <p>Despite the rains the lake was very low @20' down. Left some nice spots high and dry. Put a couple of photos in the photo section/ "Other". <P>According the this article in the San Jose Mercury news <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_11381307"> http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_11381307</a> The lake is at 63%. They may never fill it again due to concerns that an earthquake might cause the dam to fail resulting in massive flooding ... duh!

      <P>img src="http://www.westernbass.com/forum/album_showpage.php?full=true&pic_id=569">
      <P>img src="http://www.westernbass.com/forum/album_showpage.php?full=true&pic_id=570">
      City: Monterey, CA