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Saturday, January 10th, 2009

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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had to go out and try this Sprung Leak one more time with the great weather. Got on the lake by 7am and forgot how cold it was, 32 outside.

      Threw everything I had at them and they just won't bite. I need to take my own advice, wait until more rain but until then this lake is dead.

      Wonder if the DFG will stock this lake now that they are not stocking others lakes??? It would really help this lake. Write the DFG if you care!!!
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Wait for rain. WE NEED RAIN!!!

Friday, January 9th, 2009

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: started at markley cove in the early am trolled minnows with one taker salmon nothing in size . waited for warm up and broke out bass rods fished the rest of the day in deep water 4 inch watermelon senko 4 inch twist tail jigs cranks with no takers even trailed a minnow right off bottom was a little windy but got nice in the afternoon had a nice relaxing day went home and bbqued and threw back some beers . going again next week got 2 weeks off cya on the water
      City: Elmira

      Tips: keep going out and fishing dont know what this weather is going to do to the bass

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

      Report: I came here for a couple of hours and caught my limit of trout near Indian cove on the old powerbait/nightcrawler combo. I was also tossin lures with no luck.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: I always use some kind of scent or attractant on my bait and my lures. It makes the difference between catchin 0-2 fish to catchin your limit. Good luck.

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished for a few hours before the storm rolled in, it was pretty windy on the main body. fishied up river for a few hours with jigs, shakey, crank baits, 1 taker 3.8 lbs, on rattle trap
      City: diamond springs

      Tips: dont have many didnt catch much

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out on the 7th,got out on the water about 8am. Started trolling for trout right from the marina. No takers! Switched to bass about 10am and ended up with 3 small fish to 2 lbs on a drop shot in about 25-30 ft of water. Slow but still caught a few. I need some big fish areas, if anyone knows any, feel free to expand!
      City: manteca

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out with high hopes of a killer bite but Cachuma screwed me again.
      City: Orcutt

      Tips: Lopez baby!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 42.5 deg

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: well went out today from B&w resort water in Mokelumne is around 42 deg, really cold threw senkos slowed the roll , threw some crankbaits slowed it down with no results fished really hard picked up and went to franks track threw swim baits till my arm was sore change over to my spinning rod with swim baits (easyier to throw) no takers water at franks was 43.5deg and stained fairly decent got cold and came home . fished most of the day with no results will have better luck next time did some recon for this spring
      City: Elmira

      Tips: good or bad day it was nice to get out and get lines wet

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

      Report: Slow day on the pond...Junk fished with everything til noon then started dragging worms in 20' on the ends of points in the main lake.Caught 3.3, 2.9 and one got away at the boat. drift with a light wind as slow as you can go and wait for the rod to load up.
      City: Loomis

      Tips: Bank anglers around the ramp are having a hayday..Saw over a dozen trout come out in the time it took me to load my boat.

Monday, January 5th, 2009

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

      Report: Has anyone been fishing...is the launch ramp still in the water? any info onwater temp, clarity, etc would be greatly appreciated.
      City: napa

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 47-51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started around 8am and fished for bass right off the bat. Very slow in the morning, so we found a point and pounded the trout up to 4 pounds on berkley power worms. Around 11:30 started to fish bass again and we caught 4 bass 2 on Jigs. Largemouth went 5.3 lbs and the spot went 2.3 lbs also pick up to smaller ones drop shotting in 25ft of water. The spot was caught right next to bank and the largemouth was caught in 22 ft of water.
      City: Antelope

      Tips: Fish the points and the coves very slowly. We fished one point that the largemouth come from for over and hour. Good Luck.

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      Water Temp: 43-45

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Did a little trout fishing the other day and noticed a bass boat on the water in this cold weather still. I stopped and asked how he was doing and he said he had one fish with several bites on a texas rigged plastic bait, looked like a crawfish pattern of some sort. Larry if your out there, I'm an avid delta rat but lakes are not my specialty. I see all kinds of trees and stickups where the bass may be hiding but I was wondering if you had any tips for me. I plan on heading to the lake Wednesday the 7th of January. I also noticed a coulple of islands now that the water levels are so low. Pretty cool to see where the bass are hiding when the water is at normal capacity. Any help for my first amador winter bass trip would be great! Thanks and happy new year to all!
      City: manteca

      Tips: The TV fishing shows have started their 09' season so if the fish aren't biting, stay warm and learn some tips from the real pro's!

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Spent 45 min on Saturday and pulled out a 5lb LMB on spinnerbait from the dam. Sunday wnt back to same spot and caught two nice 3lb LMB on texas rigged beaver. Never fished here before this weekend, but I plan to return soon.
      City: Fair Oaks

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This time of the year is cold, but using Jumbo Minnows from Limited-Out Bait& Tackle is the best bait. Hook it on a small cycle hook and a #4 split shot and just drag it over rock piles in the South end of the lake will get you 25 of the largest bass for the winter. Most of ours were 3-5 lbs. The Junior Bass Club and I stayed in the water all day just catching fish after fish. See Bob at Limited Out for these Great Minnows and have fun.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Drag very slow and stay on the rocks.

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      Water Temp: 48.9

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Blanked on my first trip of 2009. Only a couple of other boats on the lake and a float tuber. First few hours tried trolling big swimbaits parallel to the banks, nada. Then went to dropshot and jigs fishing deep 35-50 ft with same results. Graphed bait out in the middle of the lake.

      <p>Next weekend 10,11 Jan is the last time the Lake will be open to vessels until April.
      City: Monterey

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: More trout plants are coming and bass are on the move. Some nice bass are starting to show but not many anglers insterested in fishing the lake dont let low water stop you there are some nice jig fish been caught right now. 559- 689-3255

      Tips: Fish slow work and area well drop offs ledges around rock piles humps and flats next to deeper water fish will move in and off these areas from mid morning to late afternoon.

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 59.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished NW points area near Deep Cat...Station Canyon?... Sorry I forgot the location. Had an unexpected surprise this morning. Fished a crankbait uphill on a long point, very tight to the bank. The surprise part was I caught a 2 pnd. very fat Spotted bass on a crankbait I colored myself! The CB dove to about 10 feet and was actually a saltwater CB. I drudged the rocks and red clay when it hit. That was the only fish for today.Skies very foggy for about three hours then cleared.Metered alot of fish off points. Water temp is actually dropping
      City: Oxnard

      Tips: Crankbait points uphill bouncing off the bottom. These fish were 8-15 ft. Nice day.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went oout with my buddy brad, got on the water around 9:30 and fished until about 2pm...rain pissed on us all morning and i loved every minute of it. Began 100 yards off of the damn throwing football jigs and drop shotting...no takers...drifted the east bank one taker on swimbaits...1 lb maybe...threw the hook

      kept drifting the bank watching the scope and dragging jigs down the banks...4lb. spot ended the afternoon
      City: Foresthill

      Tips: small shad colored swimbaits and brown football jigs with beast trailers seemed to be the ticket


      my recommendation is to fish as slow as you can if not dead stick and keep the trolling motor down pointing the boat into the wind to slow your drift

      bring thick gloves btw...i learned that the hard way

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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the H20 around 10:30 and fished until 4 with a limit of Spots all on jigs in 15-22 feet. No guess work all solid thumps nothing huge but all were around 2.25 with one pushing 3.
      Nothing on cranks, jerks or swimbaits.
      City: Lincoln

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

      Report: anybody have any tips on catching the catfish here during the winter?
      City: El Sobrante

      Tips: anybody looking for a fishing partner for any kind of fishing, please let me know.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Good news they have a dock at the dam now. Boated to dry creek fishing a small swinbait caught 3 fish the biggest about 21/2 lbs. moved to big backbone fishing a brown jig got lots of fish. Nothing big.Went back to the swinbait catching some better fish even a good 3lber. It was wet and cold but a real good bit for the day. Well over 20 fish for a half day trip.
      City: REDDING