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Thursday, December 11th, 2008

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: shasta recreation has sent out the 2009 ramp pass letters, they put in a float at centimudi, its quite an affair,its 4ft wide about 15 ft long and if you tie up one boat thats the end of its usefulness. don't step on it unless you can jump from shore and land in the middle, it will drop you into the lake. 27 vehicles using the facility this am, three had passes, the others did not so no sense in paying for the use when nobody else does. we are getting ripped off, they could have put something in months ago, they sent their bills out and had to de something. do not buy a ramp pass for 2009, they willl not do what they are supposed to do. The forest service needs to find a vendor who will do what they are paid to do. watch out when you attempt to use the float at centimudi. you might end up swimming
      City: shasta lake city

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

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

      Report: Today was by far the best fishing trip I've ever had at Quarry Lakes. I don't know if it was the cold weather, the recent trout plant, or the upcoming full moon, or maybe a combination of all of them, but man THE TROUT BITE WAS HOT!!

      I caught 9 trout total and kept the 5 biggest. I had about 12 or 13 bites though, but some came off. I had one 3 pounder, 3 in the 2-2.5 lb range, and the rest were from 1.5-2 lbs. On top of that, I only fished for 2 hours (between 2-4pm). All of them came off of a combination of different spoons and one came off a kastmaster. I was also soaking some powerbait and a night crawler, but didn't get any hits off that. The guy next to me was bait fishing and he was getting a lot of hits too. I fished here last week too, and only had one bite in 3 hours (what a difference a week makes).

      Unfortunately I am going to have to withhold the location, as it is now my new favorite spot.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: For those of you who read these reports PLEASE POST A REPORT, even if you don't catch anything. Let us know what's working and what's not. Thank you, and good fishin'

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Kyle...I will bee to work out in the afternoon as I have to work early in the day. Spent a fortune on new "big" baits and found a few spots where the big fish seem to be stacked up. Call my cell and we can meet up.
      City: Antioch

Monday, December 8th, 2008

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Tom, I lost your cell number. I will meet up with you tomorrow for sure. Call me. Around what time are you gonna be there?
      City: brentwood

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 57.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Friday I went out by myself, filled up the tank, got minnows so I would be ready for Saturday morning. I fished for about three hours and only caught four bass. Two were caught on brass and glass by the boat docks as I threw into the empty slips and two were caught by structure. It was a tough bite. My fishing buddy wanted to go out for trout while I waited for him to come down I caught two trouts at the dock on the surface chasing minnows with a minus lure. The water was 57.5 degrees and there was a difinite chill in the air. We headed straight towards the narrows and we trolled from the boulders pass the ski school with not even one bite. I trolled a minus lure on one end and a repala that went down six to eight feet in a shad color on the other end with no luck. My buddy threw to shore a top water lure and no blow ups. The water was like glass not even a ripple but no fish breaking on the top. I met Barney and Ed and they were fishing with a minnow and a split shot on the bottom and they only caught one bass. I told them to follow me to my favorite cove and let's see if we can change your luck. There was a slight drift and they started at one end and came towards me. Their first fish that they picked up at the point was an 8 - 10 lb catfish. They did the drift again and caught a trout and a bass. Then they came to us where the markers were and I told them that was where the crappies were they saw them on their screen but they had to leave. They caught all their fish in the shadow and let me tell you if it was cool in the sun it was cold in the shadows but they said it was worth it and thanked me for bringing them there and showing them this new spot (see photo). I caught a 10 lb catfish on mackerel which is a great bait for cats. 'til next weekend..................................................good fishing!!!!
      www.fishingconnection.net If you have any stories you would like to share please email me at bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333.
      City: Napa

      Tips: water gin clear,signs of trout on top,bass must eat even with colder water.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished "The Hook" tournament. The fog was not bad. The bite was tough. We caught one keeper and lost a nice fish at the boat. I think the winning weight was 5 fish for 32 lbs. We slow rolled a 3/4 oz. spinnerbait for both fish. We threw Senkos, jigs, split-shot, and C-rig...Nothing.

      Tips: No tips. The water is clear in the central part of the Delta near Mildred.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WELL I STARTED OUT OF RED BUD AT DAWN,THE FISHING WAS SLOW ,THE DAY WAS WONDERFUL-TALK TO A FEW FISHERMAN ,SOME WERE FISHING FOR BIG CATS.THEY SAID THEY WERE HOOKING A FEW-DRIFTING -MANY DIFFERNT KINDS OF BAITS.AND ONLY ONE BITE ON A DROP SHOT.JUST A SINGLE TAP -MAYBE A BLUE GILL.LIMIT OUT TACKEL SAID THE FISHING WAS SLOW ON PLASTIC,S--.SO I GOT A DOZ MINNOWS.GUESS WHAT,AS SOON AS IT GOT TO THE BOTTOM WERE A GRAPHED SOME FISH ,4 + AND THEN A BIG FAT 3.ENDED UP CATCHING 8 TOTAL ALL OF THEM 3 POUND RANGE.THE NEXT MORNING,I HAD 4 MINNOWS LEFT,SO I WENT DOWN TO THE DOCK WERE I STAYED,AND ENDED UP HAVING TWO BRAKE ME OFF UNDER THE DOCK.MUCH BIGGER FISH -AND END THE MORN GETTING TWO OF THOSE 3# .ASK ME IF I HAD A GOOD TIME ..HELL YES
      City: REDDING

      Tips: MINNOWS

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from dawn till 10 both Saturday and Sunday. Fished for big fish using swimbaits 80 percent of my time. Not a tap. Switched to spoon on Sunday in the last half hour and caught one 3 pounder.Bait is suspended just out of sight depthwise in the backs of coves. Saw many slashing boils but could not connect. I used a lavender dd22 shad on both days without a bump,< I need Bryon's music :>) )Seriously tough but I did learn a new spoon trick...See tips below
      City: Ojai

      Tips: I metered around deep water from 80-45 feet until I found a layer of shad 10 feet thick sending my color meter into a yellow/red layer from 55 to 65 feet. I lowered my spoon to the bottom and procedid to molest the shad. Then I noticed on my meter that the rucuss I had created by scaring the shad had made some fish begin to stir that were evidently just under the shad.Caught one and missed two. Saw one swim down 10 feet on my meter and missed it when it bit. I was still trying to figure out what the slowly descending line from 45 to 65 was when whack...swing and a miss. Now I know what that line is ;>) In hindsite it seems that you can just hang the spoon and raise and lower it slowly just off ( within a foot ) the bottom and be extra ready for a quick bite outta no where while spoon'n in shad stew in 65 feet. This bit looked like it got stronger as the day passed but alas I had to go.

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

      Report: We had 4 poles in the water with a variety of baits and not so much as a bite. only saw 3 fish pulled out that day, and one was a dink.
      City: Fremont

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went prefishing Saturday for the REBC tournament next weekend and stuck 12 fish from 1' to 50'. Biggest was 3.5#. Bite was best 1st thing but caught enough fish all day to keep it interesting. The Redwood Empire Bass Club Turkey Shoot Team tournament is this Saturday, Dec. 13th. Get your entry form at Outdoor Pro Shop in Rohnert Park or Western Sport Shop @902 3rd Street in San Rafael or download them on line at http://www.rebc.net/ Click on "Current Events/News:" or come to the meeting this Wednesday night (7PM) at the Rohnert Park Community Center at the corner of Rohnert Park Expressway and Snyder Lane and sign up, buy some raffle tickets for the drawing or even join the club. This is an open tournament. You don't have to be a member to fish it. There will be a raffle after the meeting. Every entrant will also get a free raffle ticket at the tournament where there'll be another drawing.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Caught our fish up early then deep after the sun got on the water. Color was critical. Tried several "other" colors but they wouldn't eat it. If we put the "correct color" in their face they would eat it immediately. Wrong color and you'd swear there weren't any fish there.
      - go fish!

Friday, December 5th, 2008

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 44 Degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My partner and I boated 21 smallmouth. 14 from the front and 7 from the back of the boat.

      Tips: Fish deep and slow. 40 + feet

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Followed Rick Tietz advice and was finally able to spoon and dropshot quite a few fish. Thanks Tietz for the post! Found the fish in the Narrows in 50 ft of water suspended 10 ft off bottom. Dropshot worked best at 11am - 1pm. At 1pm 3/4 oz spoon bite picked up. At 2pm a light wind picked up, the sun was down a bit and a haze covered it (all causing the water to darken quite a bit), the 1 3/4oz Duh spoon bite was going!
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: If spooning not working, try using dropshot in the same manner just slower...

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

      Report: First time back here since June. I didn't do as well as last time, I only caught two trout that were about 1.5 lbs off of white power eggs and a night crawler. I fished from about 1pm to 5 on the first dock on the east shore. I was tossin kastmasters and different types of small crank baits and I couldn't get them to bite off any lures.
      City: Fremont

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sounds like somebody went to the lake and did some LICKING. Har. TOUGH TOUGH TOUGH bite. As Billy always says "THAT LAKE SUCKS". Har. D.B.COOPER
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: Tacklewarehouse will be getting in some large shipments of this licking cream called THE CREAM. We will be selling it in the parking lot at Sonoma before the Redwood Empire christmas tournament starts, that way you will not have to wait in line. Just apply this stuff LIBERALLY after you come off the water. The pain will go away after a few days.

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 53.9-54.7

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished about six hours today with lots of small fish, a pair of limits and a few small stripers. Fished central delta, water was very clean.
      City: Turlock

      Tips: Tough bite, water starting to get cold.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 55-56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: How many people across the country can complain that they only caught 3 1/2 to 4 pounders on a bass trip? Well, I'm complainin'!! Just kidding!!! I tried hard for a 20 lb limit but fell short by half a pound and couldn't even stick a big one. I fished myself out of Red Bud for 6 or 7 hours, checking out some areas. The bass seemed to be schooled a bit more - some area had nothing and others produced quite a few bass. I fished rock and ledges - didn't get any dock fish. Biggest was 4 lbs 6 oz and I did catch a few small 2 lbers. Several were 3 3/4 lbs - looked like clones. Cloud cover was good for awhile, cleared about 10 pm but didn't seem to slow the bite. 30 degrees when I left at midnight and no fog.
      City: Yuba city

      Tips: I used Yamamoto Kreature baits, brush hogs, and two of the 3 biggest took a ChatterBait about 20 feet deep. One would think the bass would start to nail baits now as the water cools, but not for me. It is still a subtle pickup in my boat. I lost more bass than usual for some reason last night - they didn't seem real committed. I wound up with 18 bass. Same depth worked for me, 10 to 25 feet.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught several good fish on Berserk jigs and topwater. Jig fish were from 5-25ft deep. Lost a 10+ on a hudd.

      Tips: More detailed report @ www.fishwrangler.net

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 9 - 3:30 today. Caught 3 fish, 2 dinks and one football about 2.5#. No bites on jigs or spoons. Caught all fish on finesse C-rig in deep, deep water 40'-45'. On dark color roboworms. Just 3 other boats on the lake. One angler said he caught 4 dropshotting in deep water as well. Bites came late morning to early afternoon, then shut down when North wind kicked up about 1:40
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Fish main lake deep points in 40'-45' using finesse worms in dark colors

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

      Report: For those of you that have kids from the ages of 11-18 that would like to join a Junior Bass Club. We have a meeting one the first Wednesday of each month at Sportsman's Warehouse in Rocklin on Lonetree Blvd. The kids belong to BASS and fish a monthly tournaments with some of the best anglers around. We just fished the Delta and now off to Camp Far West. One day back to Folsom Lake. You can call me @ 916-837-9474
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Hope it rains soon

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The lick fest is ON!!!
      City: Windsor

      Tips: Wait for storms or see Bobby for a tube of CREAM