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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy and I fished the pitt and found lots of runts. There was bait everywhere, especially at back of the creek. Little runts were chasing 3/4 in. baitfish everywhere. The water would turn into bubbles or foam from all the activity. It was a sight to see! If you want to use up some old plastics, head to the pitt. Use ultra light tackle and have some fun. Get rid of your old plastics.
      City: san mateo

      Tips: Try top water baits,small swim baits, grubs and jerk baits.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught Alot Of Fish But No Size,2.01 Best Fish I Thought With Front, Fish Would Be On It,Had Fun. The Jig Caught The Big Fish,And The Bigger Rats
      City: Redding

      Tips: staywith jigs or crawdad imatations and have something rigged for baitballs.

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: putin newhope motor wold not start fished up stream about 2 miles in mokelumne on electric took five on speed traps darn four strokes
      City: sacto

      Tips: get a two stroke

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      Water Temp: 70 to 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out to mildred island at 4 pm and we flipped around and frogged with nothing to show for it. then we went around some areas around mildred and flipped also nothing. after that we went out to a random slough and caught a dink on popper and missed to more. terrible day
      City: brentwood

      Tips: was cloudy for the first time in a while not sure if that had an affect on the fishing

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 75.6

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 6-days last week & caught 11 bass to 6.6lb
      all on jigs . Nothing else worked for me.
      City: woodland hills

      Tips: All of the fish came after 11 am to dark

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Couldn't scare up any fish on crankbaits or frogs, but slaughtered the bass on dropshot rigs in the last 1.5 hours of daylight. Lost count after about 12 bass. All pretty small with a few to 2 lbs. One BIG blow up on a "Lunker Punker" launched way off shore...might have been a striper...never hooked up. Anyway, back out again tmrrw unless Delta looks good in the morning.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Hey Kyle...did you end up moving? Gimme a shout if you want to hit the water.

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: this weekend is gonna rain... one of these day's I will catch something in this lake.. Hey If it's gonna happen, It might be here...
      City: san jose

      Tips: Blue Floater I tip my hat to you. I won't let anyone know what you use..cuz I know. One of your favorite spot's is off the island, hard to launch at this place.. probably close to home.. take care .. haven't dipp'd a line in over 3 month's ,,gotta reline... good luck to all of you!!!!!!

  • Fresno County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On the water about 5Pm last night. My Bro hit the 2sd cast with a 3.10lb spot. We fished until about 9:30 most fish came on a drop shot. It was hit and miss until sunset then the bite came alive. Top water netted a lot of fish most in the 6" to 14" with bigger ones mixed into the hits. Dans drop shot worked for him all evening having one break off 6lb test. Blades in Black/red with a Colorado blade slow netted some good ones. The jig and Texas worked good but not the numbers of the D/S. I had some good fish boated big fish on the blade 3.0 lbs. We both had good limits.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: They are feeding in the evening and the bite picks up at sunset and better at night.
      Purple death on the drop shot black blades and sweet beavers on Texas rigs are working as well.
      The main thing is slow just fast enough to feel the blade turning cast as close to the bank as you can. I lost 3 blades in the rocks but, that's where they wanted it.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 70-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 10pm to 6am. Caught about 30 fish with about 4 over. Not much size. Couldn't seem to get on any big fish but a lot of 14". Almost all fish were caught very shallow on worms and jigs. Tried numerous depths and areas but most our luck was shallow. No real small ones. All typical Oroville 13"-16" cookie cutters. Saw a huge mountain lion watching us from the hillside near Dark Canyon. Pretty cool. Beautiful night with great weather.
      City: Y.C.

      Tips: Launch at spillway is free right now but a little steep. Not much problem launching with 2 wheel drive but slipped the tires a little.

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

      Report: If you get by the Launch,you will find it kinda nice as you wont find a Zillion people out.I have Been Catching My fish On a Pit Craw jig with a brown trailer and I swim it off the bottom real slow.in the morning I have been catching fish on super spooks and crankbaits and alot of 1 to 1.5 fish on blades,if I see bait I throw a black shad jig or white shad in morning
      City: Redding

      Tips: forget about all the other things.. your right on the water..have a good Day

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

      Report: Tried to sneek in before the rainy weather hit the lake. Went with John and had a good time, great company and fishing instead of working. Only manager two fish, I got one on a spook, Dry Creek and John got a nice pond fish on a dropshot an hour later. Tried Yorty after that no takers. John earned some "Carma" points by giving a ride to 6 stranded boaters back to the ramp and we still only got 2 fish all day.

      Tips: Try catfishing? Dude in a Whaler had a 15# and shortly there after we heard hooting and hollering figured he got another .... saw him later at the ramp. He got what appears to have been about a 25 pounder to add to the 15 pounder. The cats looked like something off the noodling show on OLN.

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

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

      Report: Kept my mouth shut for a month because I promised the person I fished with I wouldn't say anything. The two of us ran into multiple limit style fishing with Hopkins spoons in 25 to 50 feet on mainlake points and drop offs. Smallmouth and largemouth. Did not get any love adjacent to the flats but the shear wall structure and the points were the ticket. This will likely only get better as the days get shorter and the shadows grow longer. Decent fish and from what I hear better than average. Keep at it as you go though areas with zip and then you'll pick off half a dozen in minutes. Chrome 3/4 oz. but then you knew that.
      City: Ojai

      Tips: In the morning I pitch the spoon at shear walls and step it back after 3 hours or so I move out and try to catch fish on points and the like while they are in transition along the edges of drop offs. Wind is your friend. If it gets bad than go back to your morning spots and start pitching like you did in the morning as better fish will move up to capitalize on the wave and bait action and it is easier to get them to react and for you to feel them. Good luck this winter.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Out first light, fished White's and Disapointment, Bite was slow, but the size was there, got all the fish in a 100 yds stretch at White's.Got a 3# early morning on a BDS 3 and some samller fish on 5 in. senko. Also a 3+# Striper on a LC Pointer 128. Later in the afternoon got a 5#10oz on a Speedtrap and several other small fish. Tried some topwater with no luck
      City: Folsom

      Tips: fish slow, if you find fish, stay in that area.

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

      Report: On the water at 1:00pm Monday afternoon. While launching my boat at the state park, the first thing I noticed was the unbelievable amount of bait. Baby crappies, bluegill, and bass were everywhere, and all no bigger than 3 inches. As we got on pad and left the harbor we can across many schools of silversides as well. Our first stop was Rattlesnake Island. Because of the storm that was coming in a couple days, the wind was blowing out of the south instead of the north. We caught fish on rock piles that were near flats. Reaction baits were definitely the way to go. The bass were schooled up and chasing bait. Ripbaits, crankbaits, and swimbaits, like the triple trout and lunker punker all produced fish. The largest went just under 5 pounds. After it got dark, the wind died, so we tried throwing poppers and buzzbaits, but only got short strikes. It wasn

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      Water Temp: 71-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I guided a father/son team last night at Clear Lake. They were great folks - but the lake was strange - including dead calm for the first time in many, many nights! The stars were out - but it was raining everywhere - all night!! Actually, the rain was coming from below the surface and the raindrops were about 2 inches long in the form of the Mississippi Silversides. It has been many years since I have heard the "rain" sound one hears at night when what seems like millions of them come to the surface. Amazing. Other than that, the lake was very quiet - no other usual night sounds (Herons, etc). There was, as James mentioned in the previous post, that dead carp smell - very strong at night!! Quiet nights usually mean slow fishing and last night was no exception. We had a nice limit over 15 lbs - our limit was 3 bass!!! Dad got his biggest bass ever at 5 lbs 6 oz on a green pumpkin 10' Power worm near Shag Rock. The married son (trip was a gift from dad) finally landed his first bite - about midnight - a nice bass an ounce or two under 4 lbs on a Rodstrainer jig. Before dark I landed a skinny 6 lb bass that looked like she had forgotten how to eat. I was showing them how to fish ledges by Anderson Island and my "paid teaching bass" bit!! I was using a Rodstrainer jig too - both bass hit brown/orange color. We missed several that probably were small bass - now showing up. They even bit off the jig trailers.
      City: Yuba city

      Tips: This has been a slow period for many anglers, not everyone I'm sure. I have noticed that really late summer weather can slow the bite - dying weeds, lack of oxygen, etc. Maybe this is the problem for the carp - I don't know. As I mentioned - we missed a lot of good bites - they just wouldn't inhale! I have heard that from others too. Rain Saturday could change things for the better. Let's hope!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hmm, I don't recall anyone weighing my bass since I C&R. I'm on a pontoon tube so I don't have a livewell either. Might have me mixed up with someone else. The "rumors" mentioned below are straight from the Inspectors themselves. I've asked several inspectors and all have replied the same thing.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We threw everything, swim bait, cranking, jigs, top water etc... nothing worked, then I threw my shaky head worm with a small 4" shad colored worm in about 15' of water and we got on a good bite. Caught about 15 fish in two hours.
      City: Merced

      Tips: Fish very slow off the points where you find rocks on the bottom.

Monday, September 29th, 2008

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      Water Temp: probably 74

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Haven't fish'd in a while guys.. really dont know what I know is that they haven't been hitting really anywhere.. Hey bluefloater I know you, well Ive met you on the lake's before.. I believe bluefloater's report's cuz Ive weighed his fish..
      City: san jose

      Tips: Bluefloter know's.. there is from what Ive seen no bullshit...Nothing is biting.. Hey guy's the shell fish is a serious threat ... Once it's in "WE and OUR FISH ARE ALL FUCKED...Do a search on the lake's back east,, look at what happen's.. Unbelieveable.. Take care and fish safe.. Zack

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On Friday I headed out of Steele Park and at the point across from Spanish Flat I noticed lots of
      bait action. I decided the time was right to try some top water lures. I threw a white and
      chartreuse chugger and on my third cast towards the rocky shoreline in about ten feet of water I
      got smacked by a 2+ pound bass. What a great feeling!!!!!! I love that top water bite. I continued
      to work the shoreline into the cove and I continued to land some nice size bass. The bass seem to
      be more aggressive to the crankbaits then to the worm that I have been dragging. Saturday I went
      out with Albert in the late afternoon. We have been fishing together off and on for the last couple of
      weekends and poor Albert was not having too much luck. Well he made up for it Saturday by catching
      a 3 pound crappie and I caught an 8.5 pound catfish and Albert was just fed up with me (he loves
      catfish) so I told him you can't give up. We stayed at the dock after dark and it paid off big time for
      Albert, he ended up landing a 16 pound 11 ounce CATFISH!!!!! (see photo) Needless to say he was
      beyond happy he had always wanted to catch at least a 10 pound fish (any fish!!!) so he was thrilled.
      Sunday I trolled for awhile with no luck. All in all it was a pretty good weekend and I am just over-
      joyed for Albert. Friday I had kept a couple of the bass and I had them in a cooler on ice in front
      of my cabin. During the night raccoons helped themselves to a fish feast and didn't leave any for me.
      To add insult to injury, they ate the fish on my golf cart and left scales all over the floor. I guess
      they needed the fish more than I did and I hope they enjoyed it.
      'til next week................................................good fishing!!!!!!!!
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      City: Napa

      Tips: open your eyes and feel what is right for that moment in time,bait, fish jumping,fish finder,wind,temp of water,water clearity,etc.to see photos email a request.

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

      Report: went all day. caught 12 stripers, 1-5 lbs. partner caught 6-7 stripers same size. All on LV500s, up near big break/sherman area.
      City: SR