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Thursday, February 26th, 2009

  • 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

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished all day,7lb right off the bat. then nothing for hours.
      City: pv

      Tips: fish extremely slow

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 50.5

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather conditions made for a tough day. We fished the Franks area in exposed water with the wind beating on it, weather stations shows gusts to 25 and I'd believe it, 2-3' rollers all day long in the steady driving rain, body is really sore today. We fished up tight flipping heavier jigs that were green pumpkin in color. one 15" striper early on a red/purple yozuri. The tide finally turned and at 10:45a with no fish in the boat my partner looked back at me and questioned "never give up, right?" me:"right". 2 casts later he hit a 7, he hit the next fish too, was an 8.3 about an hour later and just like that we felt like we were back in it. continued to grind but only managed 2 rats late in the day with 30 minutes to go, we finished with 17 and change. needed that last rat for the win, but very happy with 3rd. Sharing game day info in the hopes that others will get back to this level of sharing here in the reports
      City: Sonora

      Tips: the usual - knowing how the tide affects your spots is important, jigs produce big fish, shallow flats with deeper water nearby, spinnerbaits work in choppy water produced in rain/wind even in the winter.

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 50-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched from Holland Tract at 1:30 and fished vs. watching ABA weighin. Caught 1st fish (small) within 1 hr and 2nd (4.5 lbs)within 2nd hour, both on baby brush hogs tight to cover. Thru light color chatter bait on flats - nothing. Switched to dark and started getting bit. Found fish on flats and in deeper water off weed lines. Finished with 6 fish total, biggest 6.25 lbs. Not bad for a few hours fishing.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Fish seem spread out, but at least their starting to feed.

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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished saturday for a few hours in the afternoon. Launched into coco, but finally found some good looking water in frank's. For the first couple hours I tried a jig, red craw crank, and a trick worm for only one take. Switched to a war eagle spinner bait and caught a 5 and 3 within 10 minutes. My dad caught 4 on a drop shot. Wind started to pick up, so we decided to head on in.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Fish are starting to chase.

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      Water Temp: below 50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out on saturday.flat calm water, caught the first fish on a crawdad revenge spinnerbait it was about 2.5 pounds. next fish was on a tomato craw 4s strike king crankbait it was about 2 pounds. after the release went down about 20 yards and hooked into about a 8+ pounder and pulled off the hook. switched to a xr50 because of the weeds and instantly got a 6 pounder in a pocket. missed a 4. caught a 2. missed a 5. caught a 2.5. then caught a 7 off the xr50. on a rock bank.

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      Water Temp: 50-53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished north franks with chatterbaits and crankbaits and got nothing. moved to south part of franks tract next to the wall and cought two keepers between 11pm and 12pm dropshotting on points of weed lines.

      Tips: roboworm margarita mutilator. 8 inch leader

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      Water Temp: 50 to 52.7

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My son and I started in White Sl.( 1 tip tap no hookup), moved to sounding board area , nothing. Ran to Franks tract ,son had 2 light hits on swimbait, again 0 hookups . Moved to Middle River ZIP . Last stop of the day fourteen mile sl.one hit on senko no hookup. Not a very good day ,did find where they are not. Next time we will find where they are( I hope). Jack Morris . Old half of team jackbass
      City: Valley Springs

      Tips: Move until you find fish. Don't know what else to say.

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      Water Temp: 50-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 3 LM on jerkbait (hard bait). They were related to the outside weedlines on Franks. 2 stripers in the Old River.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: At least some LM are shallow (5-10 feet). Cover lots of water. Concentrate on current - breaks in levees or berms. Share your findings here.