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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 61-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started out thrownin huddies and ospreys for bass right where the trout were being stocked.. No takers.. went way up north on the steap walls and threw robo's for 13.. couple two pounds and a three but the rest just small.. Didnt even fish the main body because of the trout fisherman!!
      City: Citrus Heights

      Tips: try not to hook the trout fisherman.. haha They were on just about every shore accept in the far back arm...

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Did well out there tonight. RatLTraps all night. 9lb Strip, and seven Largies big went 5.11lb. Went home around 1am because of the sea lion. He was out there raising hell scarin` all the fish. Next time I'm going to bring me some fire crackers for his ass.

      Tips: Burn the hell out of the Traps, caught a boat load of schoolies on a slack tide. Low tide= LM in around 8-18 feet. Go in a different direction from if you see that lion out there because he will mess up things for you for hours.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I went to the Folsom Lake Marina webpage for current water level and the lake is now sitting at 368 feet which is only 8 feet from being 100 feet below full capicity. All Ramps are Currently closed and out of water. I guess only those willing to take risks of launching their boats from land will be able to fish the lake. On the positive side once we do get rain and are able to fish the lake it should be pretty good. Merry Christmas to everyone and the happiest of holidays.
      City: EDH

      Tips: Pray for rain---we really need water bad throughout all of California lakes.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 58.8

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 8 to 4 and managed 4 fish 4 about 9 to 10 pounds light line and 10 to 20 feet both sides of the lake. All i can say is dont give up.
      City: Sonoma

      Tips: Light line with as much weight as u need to feel bottom bite is almost undetectable.

Monday, December 1st, 2008

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: tried the hudd on most of the points on the lake and nothing yet, buut it will happen sooner or later. then started throwing dropshot and hooked into a nice fish, but it turned out to be a 5 lb 3 ounce carp but it was a preety good fight though
      City: THA P

      Tips: slow down your dropshot retrieve.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: this place blow fished all day for a big fat ZERO!!!!!!!! stick to the lakes!!!!!!!!!!!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey pat you were wondering what to throw at the boiling fish, try throwing flukes, swimbaits and ripbaits and try throwing zara spooks in white at them. I fish alot of striper fishing everywhere.Especially the delta, ocean beach in san francisco and the s.f. bay area.
      City: san mateo

      Tips: Also you should carry rattle traps and hair raisers(white or chartruse) with a worm tail as a traler in 1/2 and 3/4 oz.. Trailer should be white or chartruse in 6 in. long. The worm tail has a little curl at the end. GOOD LUCK!

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      Water Temp: 70ish

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: bite was good in the arroyo along the bank with a senko yesterday. all small ones though, nothin over 2 lbs. cuahgt 3 1 pounders nd 1 2 pounder in my tube.
      City: pleasanotn

      Tips: senkos are working well. slow retreavals.

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 65-66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Like Kelly, I found stingier conditions than the past weeks. Got on the water at 7am Saturday and headed through the fog patches to long valley area. Found 1 fish about 2lbs on the plastic 3rd cast. Hit several more spots on the west side for no more strikes. Metered alot of fish under bait at 40-50 feet some down around 80 feet. Got lazy about 10am and tied on a lavender shad DD-22, cranked up the stereo and started dragging them in 25-30 feet of water following the shore. Started catching fish almost instantly. Managed to nail 11 fish up to 3lbs every time I would cross over an exposed point. The crank would bounce the top of the point fillowed by a fish. Called it a day at about 1:30 with an even dozen.
      City: ElSegundo ca.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: you should go see bob at limit out bait and tackle and get the basstrix hollow body's they have great action. If there is wind look for good ambush points, retrieve fast enough so the tail is paddling nicely and work your spots thorough. Osprey's have been working well also but not for me this time. good luck, tight lines and happy holidays!
      City: clear lake oaks

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: the morning started slow with 2 fish coming on a fat free about 9 am... We picked up a couple stragglers throughout the day whenever a water skier would churn up the water, but it got good during the last hour and a half of daylight, fishing 15 ft. of water with dark jigs.
      We caught almost 20 fish, or we caught the same 3.5 pound fish over and over again. they were all clones. No reaction bite at all today.
      City: auburn

      Tips: The coontail grass, and other weeds seem to end when you hit about 12-14 of water. If you can follow that edge, the bass will come out of the grass and hammer your jig. the places that are deep and still close to shore are holding good fish.

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

      Report: My cousin and I Launched the boat at centimude boat ramp and noticed that the shad were balled up all around us so we ended up chasing them around throwing white spinner baits and super spooks and did great, Most fish were quality size and the people from the bank were also doing good for rainbows, silvers, and bass.... Nows the time to hit it so have fun and good luck.
      City: Shasta Lake

      Tips: I talked to a few guys on the bank taking frozen shad with a bobber about 4-5 ft and they were producing good fish also by throwng it into the balls of shad.

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 60-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I guided a great guy from Minnesota last night from about 4:30 pm to midnight. The bite started out pretty fair as he caught his first California bass shortly before dark. He continued to do well into early evening, hooking several more but just landing 2 of them up to 2 3/4 lbs. They are hard to get out of the trees. I had him using a 10" black Power worm most of the trip. I was trying a brush hog to no avail - didn't get a bite 'til later and finally landed a nice one before we quit. The high fog kept the air temp nice and the boat dry. We noticed about 8 pm that it was getting suddenly much colder - we looked up - and the fog was gone, nothing but cold stars!! The temp dropped quickly and my Ranger got so wet with heavy dew that we had to wipe seats down constantly. That absolutely messed the bite up as it always does. Heavy damp air is the kiss of death for night fishing and last night was no exception - except for my 2 last bites. We had a great time in spite of the slow action and were able to get the boat out without too much work.
      City: Yuba city

      Tips: I have fished Amador a few times in the last 35 years with the water this low but it struck me this time how steep the walls are - there is still 100 feet of water in places. Most of the bass will hangin' in and around the trees 'till the lake comes up, so plan accordingly! I found shad hugging the bottom in 40 to 50 feet of water and also found balls of them suspended in 10 to 25 feet of water. Water temp says it is October!

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out with fellow nutcase Wally and finally got into a great fall bite. The water is finally getting near the fifties which triggers the feeding frenzy. we cuaht over 100 fish with the best five spots going 15 pounds.Great time for a guide trip if ypou need any help catching fish with your electronics.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Stay with the bait. The hold over trout are just now showing in the bait and the big spots come with them.

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

      Report: lake still filling. water is still 250 yards from milkhouse island. another 250 yards till ramp usuable. lake didnt fill 2008 so dont expect much more in 2009 without some serious rains this winter/spring. pz4bass.

Friday, November 28th, 2008

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My good friend Lenn Jann invited me to go fishing today and I really needed to. We starting looking for shad schools in 40 - 75ft. and wasn't long before we found bait and massive numbers of fish. the 1-3/4oz. morning dawn Duh!! spoon seemed to be the best choice. We tried other spoons and drop-shotting but always went back to morning dawn. We caught and released way over 100 bass and also had a couple big catfish, a salmon and 2 kokanee.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Watch for birds diving in the creek channels bettween 40 to 70ft.,they can tell you where the bait fish are.

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

      Report: Fog, fog and more fog. Launched out of B & W into the peasoup . Visability was about 20ft until around noon so stayed around there. Jim was right on the one fish winning out club outing, except it was 15 inches and 1.92 lbs. My partner Mike M. cought it on a small jointed craw crankbait around 7am. Had a couple of bites after that but missed them except for 1 maybe 5 inch LM on a wee-wart. bait was almost bigger then this little bugger that thought he was king of the delta. Still can't believe we won the outing as it was the only fish weighted in even.
      City: Vallejo

      Tips: Never give up when the bites slow, you never know what will happen.

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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Wen tout in search of Stripers. Launched out of Ladds and began by throwing spooks. Landed one 2.5 LM and two other 14" LM on chrome black traps. Went bqack toward the port of Stockton and founs an area with a lot of diving birds. Caught three just keeper stripers on a swimbait. All in all it was very slow at least in this area of the Delta.
      City: Hanford

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of B&W first light, I fished all over the place, 2#er shook loose at the boat, landed several dinks, all came on drop shot (reaction innovations flirt worm, spring break), I fished a 7" watermelon senko, wacky, hoping for some bigger bites, I believe I got those bites but I dumped one before I could see it, and missed the others. Tried for stripers with spooks a lot of the day, no luck. @ the boat ramp coming in a club tournament was weighing in...ONE 13" FISH ONE IT!!! Holy crap!! Hope thins turn around soon.

      Tips: could'nt tell ya

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 58*

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got in a couple hours for Turkey day weekend. Fished along North Drive up to windflower for a couple of little guys on dead ringers, then shot over to Rattlesnake before dark as the wind picked up, and managed to pick up a few better fish (2.7, 3.2, 3.13) on southwest side of island in about 8-10ft of water. Stayed in the wind and chop and did better than behind the island where there was no wind. All three fish on cinnamon yami kreatures T-rigged on 3/0 ewg's, 1/4 oz weight, all right before dark. Also threw the swimbait for awhile on hwy. 20 side, but no action.
      City: Clear Lake Park

      Tips: Keep it tight. All bites on the drop or shortly thereafter. Wasn't casting right on the bank, but off about 10-15ft. Look for tule and rock combined, move around.