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Saturday, September 6th, 2008

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Returned to Mclure to find the water level lower than I've ever seen it. I fished the Cottonwood creek area and caught Several Itty Bitty Florida Strain Bass. Fish abundant on the fish finder, but never hooked a legal catch. Fished from 1200- 400pm caught 10 very small bass.
      City: Atwater

      Tips: Fishing at night maybe more productive, but with the drastic change in water levels becareful.

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      Water Temp: 78 F

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bass fishing slow. Caught a few fish on Zoom Brush Hogs. Top water seems popuar in early morning as usual. After sun hits water, top water stops. Missed a few big fish on top water baits early. Over all, bass fishing isnt very good.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Reaction/Top water baits in the morning and fish 20-35ft when sun comes over the hills and on to water.

Friday, September 5th, 2008

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 77,,,,80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Weather wise lake Berryessa was still Hot, Hot, Hot. It was so hot that I elected
      to stay on the dock in the shade which was still Hot!!!! My buddy Albert came to
      join me on Saturday and we spent most of the day catching catfish and carp. Our
      largest catfish that day was 8.6 lbs on Albert's scale. The fish were busting all
      around us. Michelle and her husband came down to the dock to fish with us and she
      landed a first for me. She landed a large muskrat which we netted and within ten
      seconds it ate through the net completely and was gone. Sorry Albert we know that
      was your favorite net!!!! On Sunday I fished at the dock again (another hot day) and
      I was joined by Blake and her boyfriend. Her boyfriend said he would show her how to
      catch fish and when the score was three to nothing in Blake's favor she told him she
      would give him lessons. It was Blake's birthday which may account for her good luck
      that day. It was a slow weekend but still a lot of fun. 'til next week.....................
      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: Take pics while the water is low find under ground rock piles and structure

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: this is the best time to fish this lake.lower water level really makes the krankbait bite killer.we fished for three hours caught 25 everything was 4 to 9 lbs. best five for 35lbs.fish are stacked up on drops from 10 to 15 feet.heavy rock piles.
      City: planada

      Tips: no secrets in our boat.

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I fished till 1:30 in the morning and nailed three fives on consecutive cast. Then it slowed down. All in all I pulled out 15 fish in about 5 hours. Most came about 20 feet off shore on chatterbaits, but I pulled a couple off the rock piles on beavers in about 10 feet of water. This lake is going to break open in the next 2 weeks. the water is just so warm still.
      City: auburn

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived just before daylite and was the first Boat there.Weather was perfect with no wind at all.Fished the first hour or more around the the Ramp and two swim area's.Only had two blowup's on a Zara Spook.Then ran across and fished the Grass on the opposite side.Second cast picked up one about four pound's.Well I ended up catching four more one Six the rest about three pound's.Well that bite went away so I fished a Fluke for another hour but no bite's on it.Then it got hot so I broke out the Umbrella and cought five more on bait.Three were under 18" but two were about Seven.I ended up catching three more trolling a Rat-L-Trap but they were small.Pretty good day and all the larger fish were in great shape and fought real good.Only saw one boil just a fish here and there but they are Striper's.
      City: Salinas,Ca.

      Tips: Top Water early then Anchor and Bait fish.I was on the Forbay.

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the evening bite again 6:30 - 8:30. The boils were huge and wide in the middle of the lake. The bite was more aggressive and the fish responded better once the baitfish were pushed against the bank. Biggest went 11-lbs.
      City: tracy

      Tips: Keep fishing even after the boils are gone, the fish are still cruising and are still looking for a mouthful.

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

      Report: Ruth Lake is closed to all boats not from Humboldt or Trinity Counties until an invasive spieses plan can be implimented probably around the first of the year
      City: Eureka

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

      Report: TANKYOU FOR THE E-MAILS,BUT PLEASE I AM GETTING OVER 100 E-MAILS ON THE NEW JIG AND YESTERDAY I CAME HOME TO 157 E-MAILS I CANT GET BACK TO EVERYBODY SO PLEASE CALL PHILS PROPS..I MADE THIS JIG IN 1984 AND BROUGHT IT BACK INTO CIRCULATION IN 2005 AND GAVE A FEW TO VARIUOS PRO'S....I NEED TO MAKE JIGS NOT E-MAILS SO THANKYOU IN ADVANCE
      City: REDDING

      Tips: I GOT 3 CALLS FROM PEOPLE SAYING LOCALS WERE ALREADY TRYING TO MAKR "KNOCKOFFS" OR FAKE.. I PUT THEM ON THE MARKET FOR ALL PEOPLE TO CATCH MORE FISH SO DONT CALL ME BECAUSE ITS OK TO DUPLICATE ANYTHING I MAKE.......GOOD FISHING TO ALL

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70-72 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Cranked LK crankbaits in Dutch Slough, 4 doinks LB & 1 doink SB. Couple good slurps on frogs, but no hookup. Went to Sherman Lake at dusk and threw Lunker punker for Stripers-zero. Couple frogs hits there also, but none caught. Lots of misquitoes (?sp) at dusk.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: If you like catching fish, don't fish like me!

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished outgiong tide started at Decker Island, caught 2, 2lbers on white speed traps on the inside weed line. Moved to Franks area and got 1 4.1 on a watermelon senko 6". Broke off a very large bass who jumped afterwards and shook so hard we could hear the rattles from the rattle trap still stuck in his mouth. At the bottom of the tide we went to white blades and quickly caught 4 fish near a cut in the bank. Two 2's a 3 and one 8+ who I tried to lip cuz I forgot the net and managed to unhook blade instead of grabbing the lip. But we did get to see him...
      City: loomis

      Tips: Threw reaction baits most of the day except for 1 senko fish.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I had two good days at lake casitas with buzzbaits.first day on the shore and on a boat.I had two big blow- ups by the t dock and caught three in a row with a DEPS Buzzbait. On the boat had a few more blow-ups and caught a couple more bass. Nothing big,biggest maybe 4 pounds. The next day the water looked like it dropped a little. I started on the shore by the log boom in the back of the boat docks and nailed a good 7 pound bass. I moved down the bank by the thick stick-ups and banged out a 9 pounder on my own double buzz. I ran into a friend later that day and he told me the buzz bait bite had died off glad I did not run into him early in the morning.
      City: Camarillo

      Tips: I was using Deps Buzzbaits and my own double buzz. I also was using a 8 ft. rouge rods with braid and 20 pound maxima to pull them out of the grass. reel: shimano 300dsv. Most of the fish were by grass with stick-ups.The bites were by the grass with stick-ups.
      tight lines,
      chief

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had fish active in the early a.m. fishing special areas from days gone by. Did not have swimbaits then. What a differance now, quality was the word of the morning with average fish being various five pounders. Some bigger and some smaller. Using special swimbait of average size.

      Tips: Find the current in the main body with no ripple on the surface.

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

      Report: Fished the south lake from 4pm-to 5pm. Caught 1 LM on the dock casting right passed weeds. Had a vicious bite off my gravedigger crank. Had it for about 3-4 seconds till he shook it off.(same spot). Then fished right of the cement block and missed 1 off my jig. :( ... only fished for an hour cuz my son and wife was getting bored.
      City: saN FraNcisCO

      Tips: If you only have an hour to fish: *_*
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      Cranks, jigs or lures that mimic baitfish. slow presentation on jigs. HAVE FUN AS USUAL. oh yeah, Catch, PIC< and Release. WOOT

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

      Report: Went fishing Wed. night from midnight until 6 am. We started catching fish right away. Caught 19 fish between 2 guys with plenty of other missed fish. Action was fairly steady throughout the night. Caught our fish on jigs and texas rigged worms. Not much action on reaction lures. No size to speak of. Maybe 2 over. Had to leave at sun up so we missed out on some prime fishing time but overall a pretty good night.
      City: Y.C.

      Tips: The ramp is terrible right now. One lane dirt and rutted out pretty bad near the water. Damn near needed 4 wheel drive to get out.

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: This probably should be on the forum, but I'm not
      registered. What is up with Coyote? Nothing doing since since 6/28 my last trip out.

      Is it just summertime blahs? or are the guys who are catching em just not talking.

      Email me or post if you have any ideas.

      Thanks
      City: Monterey

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: a few cooler nights got the fish to respond to buzzbaits.
      My buddy Dan fooled a huge bass into taking his double blade buzzbait, but I think it was dan who got fooled because somewhere out in those waters that bass is still swimming around with a buzzbait piercing in his lips after he broke dan off.
      Chatterbaits got a few and big fish for the night (5#).
      A few really large fish were lost, but the fish weren't where we expected them to be.
      Dan got a few on a big spinnerbait.
      City: auburn

      Tips: The very best bites seem to be way late at night or way early in the morning.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Could'nt get enough angling in yesterday. Fished serious boils today at sunset into the dark my wife caught 3 - solid 10-lbers and other small stripers. She smoked me tonight. I don't mind being the net guy once in a while. Also caught today were many 12" spots dropshotting the rocky points 25-30 feet deep.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Have Fun at all times no matter what.

Monday, September 1st, 2008

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

      Report: Fished North end over the long weekend. Wasn't expecting much given all the negative reports but this is old stomping grounds for me. I wouldn't say it was wide open, but I landed 5 on Sat (7:30-10am), 11 on Sunday (7-10am and 11-1pm), and 6 on Monday (7-10am). Early morning fish came on clown rip bait (5) and zara spook (6). I missed another 4 on the spook. After top water died, I fished pig-n-jig 90% (8) and frog the remainder (3). My 11-year old landed the big fish for the trip - an 8.5 lb on a minnow! My largest was just under 6 but most of my fish were quality in the 3.5-4.5 range. O.k., so where did I get them (the most important question)? Weed lines. Go to the backs of coves and look for SOLID weed lines. Not sparatic ones, but long stretches were it looks like the edge of an underground forest. The fish are just stacked on the edge ambussing the baitfish that come along. I did get my frog fish casting into these weed beds but all my other fish were in front of it.
      City: Saratoga

      Tips: See above. Find solid weed lines that are in 6-10 feet of water. The best weed lines I found were over 100 yards from the shore!

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fishing was slow. i got there before the sun was up and stayed till about noon. 3 fish total one 4 pounder and two 2's all on a white spinner with a gold blade fished low and slow in about 5'-12' of water. try the three points withe the third being the most productive for me.
      City: Santa Rosa