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Saturday, February 28th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: great day out on the water. fish are active. went out and through crankbaits and rattle traps and caught four right away. than switched to chatterbaits and caught a few. than cranked and caught a few more. caught 12 total with big fish of 3 pounds. could not find big fish but had an 8 pounder follow red and blak voodoo chatterbait
      City: b town

      Tips: the flipping bite is off and the reaction bite is on. keeep covering water

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 45-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got a day to fish solo Sat "Very Rare" main reason to get on the water was to tune up the 175 Merc, she's running "OK" Any to the report, finally started fishing about 10:45, I fished south of Red Bud real shallow 2-6 with rip bait stacey 90, 6" baitsmith and my favorite jig, with no takers, decided to drag a jig on the flats close by no takers so off to deaper clearer water with rocks, I finally got 3 fish on my LV 500 and 1 fish on a crank bait, I tried the jig & drop shot in the same area where I got the reaction fish with not even a touch, for me it was a reaction bite. Spoke to about 4 different guys pre-fishing for the Stren coming up, nice guys all of the ones I spoke to, some were not doing as well as me and some a little better.
      City: San Joser

      Tips: Some guys shared a little of what they were doing and some did not and you can understand that but like I stated above for me it was a reaction bite and I had to cover a ton of water for the 4 I did get.
      I did see a lot of guys fishing real shallow around Red Bud, I do not know if they were getting anything but there were about 4 guys in 2 feet of water fishing the bank. Good luck to all the guys fishing the Stren, it looks like rain rain rain, bring your rain gear at least you will stay dry when you spear one of those rollers!!!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 51-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: on the water with my wife at 2:00 to 5:00 .We caught a total of eleven fish, all 10' or less. ten on senkos and one on a chatterbait. Tried jigs but they were not hitting them. Two days ago they just hit jigs, go figure.All the fish were 1.5 to 2 lb clones,wife 7 me 4 , I quit.
      City: Granite Bay

      Tips: wacky with 6 lb fluoro dykertchaikovsky's

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 49-54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 20 fish, mostly shallow cranking. A few on cb's. One on a kong swimbait
      best 5 went #25
      City: auburn

      Tips: couldn't get bit on plastics or jigs

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 50(bagby) 55(mc

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 1130-400pm. Tried crankbaits, spinnerbaits, dartheads and wacky worm without luck. to be fair I was with my son and spent time practicing casting.

      100 percnet Bass was out enforce. Again, many of the tournements are allowing poor behavior on the water. I saw a guy going 30mph in the 5 mph zone inbetween the houseboats. I saw racing. I saw guys going full blast near the shore ruining the fishing in that area for a period of time.

      I wish there were rules or officials to control that "stuff".
      City: Atwater

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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 100% WRL, great tourney but fishing was tough overall. #7.56 was winning weight with 1.81 LM as Big Fish. Fished slow all day. Spent the morning in temperence and last half of day in Piney. Fished brown/purple jig and drop shot, no reaction bite.
      City: modesto

      Tips: Fish were either right on bank or in 25 feet. Good luck!

Friday, February 27th, 2009

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 54.3-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Was out on the water at about 11:00 am out of Cappell. Couldn't figure out why there were so many boats fishing the cove until I looked out at the main body, 3 to 4 foot winds waves. I thought I was out on the bay for a moment. Needless to say it was a rough ride to Putah where I did most of my fishing. Wound up with a tad over 20 fish using Robo-Worms and ring worms. Smoke and Oxblood where the colors. Water temp at 11:00 was 53.4 then after 3:00 pm it rose to 58. Wind died down so the ride in was smooth.
      City: Sacramento

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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