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Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Vierra's Resort at 1pm, fished until sunset. Caught about 12 bass all on crank baits and jerkbaits. We tried senkos and drop shots, the bite was really timid. A few small mouth mixed in as well. Nothing big, but a nice day to be out.
      City: Pleasant Hill

      Tips: crank the rock walls with shad and craw patterns.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 12:30 to 4:30 pm , after I put the rip bait down I did well, caught a few on hula grubs but did much better on drop shot swimbaits {small}. Got into a bunch of 2 to 3 pounders in one spot near Browns. Went to other spots and blanked.All spots , were fat and healthy and spitting up 3'' to 4'' bait fish that were silver with black backs.
      City: Granite Bay Ca.

      Tips: all were caught 10 to 15' deep with deep drop offs next to them.

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

      Report: Hey Diehard- the Vixen is more like a spook than a pop-r. It really let loose raining up here. Just when daylight savings time gives me my pre work daylight back- Mother Nature decides it's time to start filling up the lakes again. Oh yeah- another lure I like a lot as far as a chugger or pop-r type is a Chug Bug made by Storm lure company. Actually caught a few nice bass out of Sonoma on one and even caught a really mad spawning bluegill about 10" long one spring. Almost busted the lure in half on the strike! Enjoy that California weather- I miss bass fishing on Thanksgiving morning!
      City: yoncalla, oregon

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sporadic day. But then again, that is fall fishing sometimes. Fish are in all sorts of modes this time of year. It's kind of like what happens in early spring. Started the first half hour of the day on a great top water bite. Nailed a 6'10 on a custom wake bait and hit several more good fish on it as well a some on the spook. Then it shut down for a while. However, this is the delta and tides control the delta world. Picked up a fish here and there until the tide dropped in the afternoon. That's when we found the striper and a black bass that went 6 even. Best 5 went 18 1/2.

      Tips: No big secret, but for those who are new to the delta.. flats are pretty good right now. Bass and striper love chasing food on the flats. Cuts good as well. The tule bite was slow. All middle delta. Stayed within 5 miles of B&W.

      Guys, a favor to ask. Stop the bickering. I along with other delta vets go away from this site at times because we want to post helpful reports and read helpful reports. Nobody wants to read about who is a sissy or a mamas boy. Keep it to fishing please. BTW, does anyone know what tourney that was out of Russos Sat? Thanks

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out on saturday toughing the elements really slow missed a nice fish on a jig to start took half my trailer caught a couple dinks but towards the last about hour and a half of the day the spinnerbait bite really picked up caught about 10 fish off of one rockwall ended up with about 20 to 25 fish biggest was 3 14 right at sundown.
      City: sacramento

      Tips: burn the spinnerbait the bass dont really care thetll go up for it fish the jig really slow put pop it 1-4 fast times make a comfortable routine

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: Don't know

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, with this rain, twice as much water is going into the lake as the amout they are releasing. If we don;t capture every drop we can this lake will never come close to filling and we can't rely on getting more water after the first of the year. I can't see where any farmer, the delta or anyone else down stream would need water right now. Leave the outflow alone.
      City: Paradise

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

      Report: finally! went out to check 12 at 6 a.m. and we got 2 keepers, 18" and 22",left there at 8 a.m. and got to the rocks at forebay at hwy 33 and caught 2 keepers 24" and 26",good day.....
      City: los banos

      Tips: top water spooks......

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 59-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Rained like cats and dogs today, water temp between 59-62 degrees. few bites no fish caught.
      City: VINEBURG

Friday, October 31st, 2008

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

      Report: Was wondering if anybody has fished sanoma latley and if so what was the water temp and if you had any other info on bass fishing lake sanoma I would apriciate it very much I am going next week rain shine
      City: Eureka

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out early this morning around 6:50am. First cast and slammed a 4lber on a Triple Trout. 10-15 cast later slammed another one. 6lbs. Get out now!!!!!!! Love these $$$ swimbaits. But they work. Caught 3, 1-2lbers on a "Gene Larew Biffle-O Lizard Blk" split shotting. Left lake @ 1pm. GOING BACK!!!! jimmiejimmiejohnjohn
      City: Vacaville

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On water from 2:00-5:30pm. Cloudy, light winds, off-and-on rain. Nice weather change. Worked the Beals area again. Caught 3: two 2 lb spots at 15' and a 2.5 LM at 28' on dropoff coming off a shallow flat.

      Tips: Look for bait ball + fish patterns on graph, then drop your bait right there. The closer you hit the target, the better the bite. Light-colored plastics worked best for me. No swimbait or crank bites.

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

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

      Report: Went out yesterday after work for a few hours.First stop was no name reef. I was quickly greeted with some jackoff in a pontoone boat that thought I was on his ,"spot".He pulls up right next to me and gets ready to throw his ancor.I go,"why dont you just tie up to my boat" he goes "maby I will" I told him its a big lake there is pleanty of good water! He finally backed off and I stuck a keeper In front of em and bailed.Some guys have no respect.Anyway,I went over to Rocky point and threw my brush-hog up to the rocks and popped it out with good results.I had five or six nice keepers before dark.But after dark Is is when the fun began.I started throwin the swimbaits and stuck a fat five on my third cast.I stayed in the same stretch of water for the next Hour and a half and ended up stickin around twenty fish over two pounds,a few of em went 4lbs or so! Not bad for three hours of fishin!
      City: lower lake

      Tips: Go fishing at night.Thats the only time the fish really bite lately,also,make sure all your gear is secure if you leave your boat in the water over night.I got ripped a couple of months ago.They took my Loomis GLX with a Viento and my Lammi crankin stick with Curado.Thats like $700!

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      Water Temp: 63-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I had a wonderful trip last night - a client who brought along another client as a guest. Both could fish and made a great evening for the happy guide (except for all the rocks one of them caught)!! I can't remember in 30+ years a more beautiful night at Clear Lake in late Oct. We only needed jackets and the lake was a pane of glass - not a breath of wind. The night was dry too - very little dew on the seats. That always means better night fishing - at least in my boat. We started out of the Oaks at 5 pm and never boated a fish before dark - lake was dead! We planned to fish the new moon night and it did pay off! The "guest" went right to work after dark and boated the first - 3 3/4 lbs. The guest back seater landed 9 of their 14 in the boat but the middle guy settled for big fish at 6 lbs 2 oz. I caught 2 making our fish total at 16 and our 5 best a little over 24 lbs! We also had 2 bass between 5 1/4 and 5 1/2 lbs. It was a brush hog night - that is the bait they wanted. We fished from Windflower Point to Ferndale Marina. The best bite was from 8 pm to 11:30 pm. We missed about 7 or 8 - these guys landed most of their bites - good job! (except for the snagups, har)!!! Actually, catching the bottom a lot meant they were fishing correctly - fishing slowly and keeping their bait in touch with the bottom!
      City: Yuba city

      Tips: It is simply amazing that the water temp has basically remained steady for the last two weeks, mainly because of lack of the normal colder nights. This weekend should see a change and fresh rain should give the bass a shot in the arm! We caught fish from 2 feet down to 35 feet, so, what can I say - vary your approach. On steep banks they seemed to be shallow and on gentle dropping structure they seemed to be deep. Most of our quality bass were deeper however - 15-20 feet or more. Water has to get colder before large bass make a move to the shallows - at least generally speaking. At dusk we saw the bait sitting on the bottom at 30 feet. After dark we saw some on the surface but not as many as in previous trips. I tried some topwater and swimbaits at dusk to see if my clients should be doing that - not a sniff. No birds, no carp, no bait, no nothing before dark!! After dark we did see another bass boat with 15 black lights on the side - actually only three! No problem seeing the bank - he could have been the lighting for a Hollywood movie!

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

      Report: On the water at 2:00 pm, went to large cove past pt. west of Digger Bay. Started cranking with Rapala's had 8 fish to 1 1/2 lbs about 45 min. We even caught 2 fat trout in cove, about 6 more smallies & spots in next hr. Decided to troll lures back to marina and dam area. Released all bass but picked up another 7 trout to 3 lbs on Fat raps, shad raps and countdowns. The hot area was between dam to marina. Lures trolled behind boat about 100' ft. Bass were on pts 5 to 10 ft deep. Trout were a nice bonus for dinner.
      City: S.S.F.

      Tips: Blue chrome, silver countdowns first 8 bass, then we used crawdad and chartruse white fatraps and shad raps that caught 7 trout and another dozen bass. Trolled the lures from 30 to 150 ft areas, no down riggers just the lures. Action packed 4 hrs. Next day in rain bass chasing bait in coves, same lures about 14 bass t0 2 lbs and 5 trout to 4 lbs. bass plugging, trout slammed lures trolled and lost a big one . Fish took lure to deep water and popped the line.

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: thanks for the reports. when does the killer fall bass bite start ?
      City: sacramento

      Tips: go when its red hot

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On water 3-6pm off shore in Beal's Point area. Caught 3: 2, 2, and 1.5lb. Lots of bait balls in 12' to 30'. Had best bites in 15-20' just before sunset.
      City: Penryn, CA

      Tips: Look for bait balls near dropoffs to deeper water. Try drop-shotting 4" light-colored worms to match pond smelt they are feeding on right now (every fish I caught was feeding on them).

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 62-65

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well managed to get out on Tuesday the 28th...On the water at about 6:35 right at dark still and wanted to do some early topwater fishing but the wind was too strond and wouldnt allow me to. So instead i stayed right there and fished along the dam with reaction baits(something I;ve never done before) and it payed off nicely. i was throwing a 1/2 ounce white blade, and my partner was chuck a basstrix minnow swimbait. We fished about half the dam and came up with about 5 fish..3 on the blade and 2 on the swimbait, and one fish weighing 2.8 pounds. The wind died down on us from there, and let me tell ya...The lake is wide open right now! We then shot to a nice point on the main body and scoped more fish then i have seen in a long time. We went on to catch about12 fish off of it using jigs, shakey heads, and most came of the dropshot. You know with the water down the way it is, not only does it condense the fish, but more importantly it makes NEW structure and bank lines for these fish which are easy to key in on due to water level. We ended the day up the west arm beating the bank with shakey head worms using my personal favorite color on the lake which is morning dawn, and warmouth and probably caught another 20-25 fish easily..this lake is alot of fun right now, get aout there and make it happen before the water temp drops, and the fish begin to slow down! There VERY hungry right now.AND ACTIVE!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: This lake is fairly easy right now, most ALL of our fish were caught anywhere from 10-25 feet of water, the deeper fish came on dropshot. But we did have a few fish smack our tubes and Shakey heads very much up tight.(less then 5 feet) Anything platic and moved slow will pick fish up! The watre is a touch warmer on the main body which might have a little effect on the fishing.

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      Water Temp: 62-65

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well managed to get out on Tuesday the 28th...On the water at about 6:35 right at dark still and wanted to do some early topwater fishing but the wind was too strond and wouldnt allow me to. So instead i stayed right there and fished along the dam with reaction baits(something I;ve never done before) and it payed off nicely. i was throwing a 1/2 ounce white blade, and my partner was chuck a basstrix minnow swimbait. We fished about half the dam and came up with about 5 fish..3 on the blade and 2 on the swimbait, and one fish weighing 2.8 pounds. The wind died down on us from there, and let me tell ya...The lake is wide open right now! We then shot to a nice point on the main body and scoped more fish then i have seen in a long time. We went on to catch about12 fish off of it using jigs, shakey heads, and most came of the dropshot. You know with the water down the way it is, not only does it condense the fish, but more importantly it makes NEW structure and bank lines for these fish which are easy to key in on due to water level. We ended the day up the west arm beating the bank with shakey head worms using my personal favorite color on the lake which is morning dawn, and warmouth and probably caught another 20-25 fish easily..this lake is alot of fun right now, get aout there and make it happen before the water temp drops, and the fish begin to slow down! There VERY hungry right now.AND ACTIVE!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: This lake is fairly easy right now, most ALL of our fish were caught anywhere from 10-25 feet of water, the deeper fish came on dropshot. But we did have a few fish smack our tubes and Shakey heads very much up tight.(less then 5 feet) Anything platic and moved slow will pick fish up! The watre is a touch warmer on the main body which might have a little effect on the fishing.

Monday, October 27th, 2008

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

      Report: dingy on water early.tossed pilchard imitations with mild results. carp running in sloughs. used my secret formula dough which fooled the specimen above my fireplace. landed several hearty goldbacks for the dinnertable.
      City: newark

      Tips: cook carp.

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Boy the water sure is down I have never seen this lake this low stick ups all around the lake and the boat dock is out of the water so plan on getting a little wet and muddy to get in your boat. we got on the water at agout 10 am I caught my first fish on a frog patern pop R and 6 more drop shotting a margarita mutilator the biggest went 5 lbs we saw lots of big trout busting the water looked like they were chasing bait fish
      City: carmichael

      Tips: just to let everyone know that they raised their prices back up to 35 bucks for 2 people to fish from your boat a little pricey since their ramp is in such bad shape