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Saturday, November 8th, 2008

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bank fishing... I got there at 8:00 am and didnt' get bit until after 10:00. By 12:30 I got 5 keepers, with the biggest going 4 lbs, on a c-rigged red Zipper worm.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Go to the points and cast out as far as possible and spool line off the reel as the rig sinks to make sure it gets out in the deeper water. All fish were caught in water deeper than 20'.

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

      Report: fished up toward meadows and snogdrass got about 20-25 fish on spinnerbaits texas rig craws jigs large variety of bait bit fish went about 3 a lot of 3 pounders mabye its a sign i dont know went up in lost missed a 8+ pounder just past the I-5 freeway bridge
      City: sacramento

      Tips: burn the spinnerbait fish the craws slow fish were holdin around wood the best and rockwalls

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      Water Temp: ????

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of B&W 6:30 am, straight to franks, wife picked up a nice 8# striper (see photos) on a Vixen baby bass spook with a special chartruese and white feather treble hook added on. Lots of slaps and blow ups, missed alot of hook ups, I was pretty sure they all were stripers. It got slow for a few hours, went back to bass fishing for a while and hooked up with a real nice 8.9#er (see photos) on a senko on one of the last casts of the day, made for a nice day on the delta.

      Tips: 7 inch watermelon senko on a 4/0 finnesse hook, 14# vanish, deep in the tules @ begining of outgoing. Striper was on a vixen, 50# braid, close to the submerged weedline (5 or 6 ft away from tules) @ start of incoming. Most of our fish came @ north part of franks. Good luck.

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Paradise. Cloudy, no wind and a bottomed tide. If you launch there on low tide, take your time as the ramp is slick. Fished outside weedlines on 10 foot ledges with purple/blue senko for a limit of clone 1 3/4lb bass. All pressure bites. Had a jig on standby but didn't throw it.
      City: Manteca

      Tips: All bites were pressure bites so watch your line. I had no gut hooked fish, all were released unharmed. The outside weedline structure on deep(er) ledges was key.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 54-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water is pretty clear still which is one of the reason I think the bite can be tough for some and that includes me and my brother:( We had no problem getting bites for 4 days but they were all dinks, got 5 keepers in 4 days but caught at least 25 fish each day, we had about 4.11 lbs on Sat and 2-3 lbs on Sun, I did not get one fish on anything but drop shotting, I cranked, ripped, jigged, swim bait (all sizes) Now back to the statement "for some people" there was a future pro tourney going on, first place had 23 lbs on Sat and 16 lbs on Sun, they tried everything and than down sized there crank baits to 2 inchers and that was the ticket, a reaction bite which I tried but I did not down size my crank bait:( Goes to show you there is "Almost" always a pattern to get them to go.
      City: San Joser

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well, Larry was right on the previous post. The fishing was better on Sat. Hit 35-40 bass up to 4'15. Total junk fishing day. Caught em on spooks, rip, jig and drop shot. The 4'15 was a beautiful l-mouth that inhaled the rip bait. Had a 2 pound spot on the spook and had a trout that was at least 10 pounds fly right over the top of the spook. That thing was huge! Wish it would have hooked up. Don't know what it is about those collins lake trout and topwater baits. It's the only lake I ever catch top water trout on bass tackle. Overall, the jig and d-shot ruled the day. The fish were deep and have never seemed to come up this fall.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: It drizzled on me a little Sat, but for the most it was a nice day. I was suprised the reaction bite wasn't a little better, but it was good enough to spank em on the jig and d-shot.

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      Water Temp: 62-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Missed a cloudy day by one day - fishing would have been better today (Sat - cloudy). I took a grandpa/grandson team today for a 6 hour trip and found fishing slow because of bright skies, calm wind, and high barometer. Bait balls were suspended and scattered. We spooned several and caught one or two on 4" Power worms. The big event was the 10 year old hooking and landing his first spoon bass - a nice spot at 1 3/4 lbs! He did that after 5 minutes of spoonin' on his own!! I thought the late afternoon bite would turn on, but it didn't. I tried some topwater to see if they could try that technique but only had one taker. Fall fishing is hit and miss and I guess we were in the middle with 7 bass total and several missed.
      City: Yuba city

      Tips: The staff at Collins Lake again has done an excellent job of maintaining their low water launch at the dam. No problem launching a 20 foot Ranger bass boat! And the walk up the hill to get your truck isn't as bad as other lakes!! I thought the jig bite might work but no takers. You just can't beat a Duh! spoon in the black shad color. I use the 1 3/4 oz size but a smaller one will work too.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught around 10 fish today all spots.boated 2 nice salmon around 2 to 3 pounds each.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Fish are chasing bait on top caught most of the fish on the drop.

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Up river to five mile an hour bouys, nice blacks. Cold front came in early, shut it down.
      City: Sac

      Tips: When cold front appears early in morning, go home and sit by fire.

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: my buddy Dan and I worked our fannies off all day just to get 6 fish in the boat.
      3 came on buzzbaits,a couple on cranks.
      most of those came as soon as the skies opened up and dumped on us at dusk.
      They have lowered the lake 2.5 feet and the weeds are right on top as a result.
      Alot of fish were striking about 2 feet away from the buzzbaits.

      Tips: we talked to a real nice gentleman that said he was getting them a little deeper on jigs and senkos.
      Maybe thats the ticket, cuz we werent doing very well doing what usually does us well.

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

      Report: yes I believe it was 70lb around bridge on a mud sucker. but was not certified. there are pics online.
      City: salinas

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: cold as hell

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: dingy on water early. trolled creek chubs for a grab-bag of holdover trout,spots,and an angry channel cat witch yealded mark's testes when i examined its stomachs contents.
      City: newark

      Tips: work this lake with caution.some wannabees fall victim to its mistique

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a club tournament today. TOUGH DAY. With a 4 fish limit rule, winner of 8 pound only. Fish are lock jaw, with only a small window of oppurtunity to catch fish through the day. I caught 2 fish only. Fished deep and shallow. Caught 1st fish about 9 AM, with brass/glass, green pumpkin/red flakes Zoom Brush Hog. Fish was caught in less that 10 feet of water, on wood. Second fish was on green pumpking jig with a green pumpkin/watermelon Yo Momma trailer. Same area. Drop shot was actually inactive!!! 1st place caught fish in the same areas with a ghost minnow LC Staysee...
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Fish slow, but cover as much water as you can. Fish are not deep yet are in 10-20 feet of water with wood...good luck and tight lines...

Friday, November 7th, 2008

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught fish (ie. Sm bass, Lg mouth bass, catfish and two hard heads) on shacky head, flick shake, zara spook, spoon and frog. We spent most of the day in the vineyards, but traveled around a lot looking for bait. Found some bait early off a point in 60 feet of water. We came back to it at the end of the day and used spoons for a few fish. We had to work hard for 11 keeper bass. Frog fish was caught near the weeds.
      City: millbrae

      Tips: Fish slow and shack the worm as soon as it hit the water. Fish want an active bait.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Look for balls of bait in the Narrows off points. Spoons fished down through the bait are doing good. Drop-Shot Robo worms in Arons Magic or Prizom Shad are also doing well. If you like reaction baits try the early bite on the flats with Zarra Spooks or Don Ivino splash-its. Most of the fish have been spots out of the Narrows.
      City: sacramento

      Tips: Move around and look for surface activity early. Then go deep.

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

      Report: Save the Delta!!! EM of California will hold a free work shop on remediation of waterways,ponds ect. Organic Biotechnology (EM) has cleaned water world wide(Seto Island Sea) and offering this new technology FREE . We can no longer sit back and see this Sacred River die.Like Prospect Island we can make a "CHANGE". Come Up to Napa Sunday Nov 9,2008 10:00am call for more info.510 708- 6975
      City: Napa

      Tips: The use of EM starts the food chain and supplies Effective Microorganims(EM)to plankton and other micoorganisms bringing in baitfish that our prayed on by peditory game fish we all know and love. Make you own hot spots and clean the river at the same time.

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

      Report: Save the Delta!!! EM of California will hold a free work shop on remediation of waterways,ponds ect. Organic Biotechnology (EM) has cleaned water world wide(Seto Island Sea) and offering this new technology FREE . We can no longer sit back and see this Sacred River die.Like Prospect Island we can make a "CHANGE". Come Up to Napa Sunday Nov 9,2008 10:00am call for more info.510 708- 6975

      Tips: The use of EM starts the food chain and supplies Effective Microorganims(EM)to plankton and other micoorganisms bringing in baitfish that our prayed on by peditory game fish we all know and love. Make you own hot spots and clean the river at the same time.
      City: Napa

      Tips: Save the Delta!!! EM of California will hold a free work shop on remediation of waterways,ponds ect. Organic Biotechnology (EM) has cleaned water world wide(Seto Island Sea) and offering this new technology FREE . We can no longer sit back and see this Sacred River die.Like Prospect Island we can make a "CHANGE". Come Up to Napa Sunday Nov 9,2008 10:00am call for more info.510 708- 6975

      Tips: The use of EM starts the food chain and supplies Effective Microorganims(EM)to plankton and other micoorganisms bringing in baitfish that our prayed on by peditory game fish we all know and love. Make you own hot spots and clean the river at the same time.

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

      Report: went to forebay after work and fished an hour and caught one striper 19" .......
      City: los banos

      Tips: top water

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went to forebay after work and fished an hour and caught one striper 19" .......
      City: los banos

      Tips: top water

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 59-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took off from paradise point! Went out to franks! Ken got some striper and a nice 5.6lb bass. I picked up Two striper> Fished aroud Franks. Then picked up one more striper. died off then when the sun started to set Ken picked up a bass I broke one off and Then had to get off water.
      City: Riverbank

      Tips: Delta is clear First time I have seen it so clear.

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