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Friday, August 8th, 2008

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

      Report: Terrorizing the black bass on cheap skirted 1/2 0z jigs(blu/blk red/blk) with brush hog trailers around the docks and rocks at disco....Then a POP-R or Spook for at least an hour. At night, the waters boiling. Banks are producing 2, 3 lbs mostly on top.
      Jigs are producing hawgs as usual in between the banks and the weed line. Biggest was 6 lbs on the drop. Slammed it. Same results on the hidden ponds in my backyard.....but better fish.....Is this heaven?
      City: Discovery Bay

      Tips: I fish JIGS all year round.....They produce big fish and thats that. Flip em, let it sit, tension, count to ten at least if you can and SLAM, if not jig it soft, or not, then let it sit keep your tension count to 5 then again......Start over. Catch most on the cast, so if no hits on my second third jig, flippin 4 feet to the right or the left...so bam....Senkos can be so boring.....But produce. And crank baits too.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished friday afternoon and sat. morning. Did not do well. Friday managed a 5-12 and a 3-10 in the first few hours, but then the wind came up and couldn't fish where I hoped to. Sat. the wind was up from the get go and restricted where I could fish with my tin boat. I know the fish can be really stupid during the summer, but I think I was the only stupid one.
      I still like fishing there as its so different than most places.
      City: orinda

      Tips: Didn't get many bites, but where I did, it made sense,(humps and ledges) except there were only 1 or 2 bites in areas I normally do well. Fished the rattlesnake arm and the south end. Many banks had mucho weeds,grass or slime.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The lake sucks this year because the big bass decided to protest the Quagga Mussel Inspections this year. Hopefully the situation will be resolved so the bass walk off the picket line.
      City: Morgan Hill

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 65-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went on a night expedition with a buddy and the water was surprisingly warm and clear for being cold at night. We started out with nightcrawlers and ended up with 6 3-4lb catfish, a 5lb striper and a 15inch throwback striper. We also caught another 3lb cat on a live crawfish that was caught at the lake. The catfish bite right now is excellent and stripers can be had in the mornings and evenings near the dam.

      Please note that night fishing is illegal and you could end up with a trespassing charge.
      City: Livermore

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Kevin, You are correct that Pardee has the "official" state record smallie. However, I truly beleive that Trinity is the home of the state record Smallie, it just hasn't been caught yet.
      City: Weaverville

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: hey John Gray I was looking at your advertising and how it says the home of the california record small mouth. Well a guy Last year broke it on lake pardee which tipped the scales at 9.83 lbs. and was 24 1/2 inches long. just thought i would let you know.
      City: redding

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

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

      Report: janga where is that spot at?
      City: Gilroy

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 77*

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Thurs PM at dusk. Great Spook bite around Rattlesnake and Indian Gardens. Used large profile/super spooks in dark colors for 7 fish in 1st hour before dark, plus a few misses. Topwater Bite died after that. Switched to black/blue jigs with blk/bl hula trailers for 5 more till about 8:30, biggest 3lbs +-.
      City: Clear Lake Park

      Tips: Long pauses on the retrieve with spooks.

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

      Report: The fishing has been on and off this week .Outside temps going up and down have made it more of a chalange than normal.Monday, fished spooks for 10fish best five went 16lbs,Lm had bait cornerd in the backs of small bays.Tuse, the wind came in and spook bite had slowed to only four fish and the rest on blades.Got 11fish best five went 12lbs.Thurs, more wind cool night time temps only got one spook fish 4.3lb and went three hours without a bite so i gave up and got out the spinning rod and dropshoted to a limit of spotted bass out in 28ft, best five only 10lbs
      City: roseville

      Tips: Ask the person at the gate if any rangers are in the park.Look out for swimmers

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I had the previlage of taking a wonderful family out fishing Thursday. We started in the main body fishing points and coves. It was just a little late to throw top water lures so I had them start out with tubes. The clear sparkle gitzit was the best producer. Most of the bass had their mouths full of pond smelt. You could see the bass chasing the pond smelt all over the main body. We moved up into the slot area and continued to catch some nice bass. They had around twenty bass with 4 over the largest being 2.7 lbs. and a nice Florida Large Mouth. Good to see these bass showing up more. I thought they did pretty good for a half day and just learning how to fish. The following day, Friday I took a seasoned fisherman out for a half day and the results were about the same with 3 over and another nice Florida Large Mouth.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Tubes, senko's,spinner baits, drop shot all worked. Try the top water lures first thing before the Sun is up. Then start useing the other methods. The Spillway ramp did close this week leaving Bidwell the only ramp open. On the weekends go early to miss the congestion. One ramp,one lane, and one short dock can back up real fast.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 80 degrees

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished with a guy from oregon..launched at antlers ran down to large flat caught one on a crawdad fat free shad about 1.5 lbs then caught a 6.5 lb spot on a spinnerbait..wakeboard boats made it tuff to fish..
      City: redding

      Tips: fish slow

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 74-78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 23 fish day. Biggest 2.5 and most in the 1-2 range. Senkos and suspending cranks. Highlight of the day was catching 7 2#ers in a row, all hit on initial drop (senko). Suspending cranks over rocks worked well also.

      Tips: Find the schools they are there, even if only for a few minutes.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 79'

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wow, been a long time since I posted anything. Even though the lake is down over 100'. and the temp is way up. With the boat traffic and all. My most recent fishing trip was pretty good. My friend Bryce of MGM lures and I launched from the dam and fish the Backbone area till noon. we had approx.30 fish to 3 lbs. with several 2 lbrs. Top water sucked in the early going, but a darter head 5" senko produced all the fish. in 28-34 ft.
      Did I mention a new Bass club in Redding? It's called "Fishers of Men". It's a Christain based Sportsmans club. We meet the first wed. of every month at 6 pm. and fish the 2nd sat.
      For more info. call Jimmy Zanotelli at 530) 229-9096 or Gary Delbridge at 530) 524-8322. (www.thefishersofmen.net)
      City: Redding

Monday, August 4th, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: saved up cans for gas and fished for 5th time this year..... use to fish 5 times in 2 weeks in the old day (2005).Nice day no wind but couldnt put it together.Crankin and wormin .Lookin for boatless to show me new water in rio vista area. backseat always open for info exchange
      City: hempsted,ca

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 79-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the last 3 days and monday finally got into some GOOD quality. I fished topwater early but that only produced a few dinks ( 2-3lbs) swicthed over to the big worm and still couldnt find quality. Saw a ton of old bluegill beds so i figured the bass were on the blue gill fry. Tied on a Bill Norman DD22 in blue gill pattern and covered ALOT of water. I only caught 6 fish in the 4 hours i threw the crank but all were between 5-7lbs. If you want big fish at DVL and dont mind making a million casts.. mainlake points and a DD22 on 10lb will get you big fish.
      City: the ghetto

      Tips: bury the rod tip in the water to get the bait down. Fish are in the 20 - 25ft range.

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

      Report: lake dropping about a foot a day, bouy at bridge is out of water. Found fish holding between 30-40' dart heads and drop shot and a real tough bite.

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: SOUTH DELTA IS ON FIRE!!!WOW 30 POUNDS CRANKIN

      Tips: run the tides with the right baits and you will do well

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 73-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: TOUGH!!! Fished the north. threw big baits and top water for 3.5 hours and Nothin!!!! then got two 2.5lbrs on jigs and one a crankbait. fished til 2pm. went home a little dissapointed. LOTS of weeds makes for a dirty boat and trolling motor snags.
      City: Lakeport

      Tips: stay south. Last week I fished south and did considerably better.

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

      Report: Fished out of lime saddle in my kickboat. Got on the water at first light and started picking fish up on a spro popper.Switched over and started to finesse fish. Bite was hot and heavy for the first few hours.also threw an lv500 for some wicked reaction bites. Ended the day with 17 fish 5 largemouths, 7 over, and my best 5 goin low 14's. Best two fish were a 4.9 largemouth and a 2.7 spot.

      Tips: smoke/purple plastics and lv500 max in spring craw produced best fish

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Headed up to Amador for a night trip and found they had lowered the cost of getting in for a single boater from $24.00 to $17.00 a nice suprize. fished all night for 20+ bass to 6lbs. lite breeze warm water top water at dust , 10" power worms the rest of the time.
      Joe on Sashimi
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: fish the back of the coves hit the moss boil's