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Thursday, July 10th, 2008

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 77-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Decent day on the water, got a total of 28 in about 5hrs. Largest fish going about 3.5lbs, could not get the kicker bite today. 12 dropshot 5-15', all other on lipless, 1-8'.
      City: San jose

      Tips: It's open, fish and you will catch...

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started at 9am fished till like 12pm. The wind started to pick up about 11am. Very hard to control the trolling motor. Bite was good in the morning till about 10am.. Boated only 3 fish. biggest of them was 3.5lbs. Missed alot of bites!!! I guess fish does bite even with the crazy 20mph gust.. Mainly biting on deadly ringer. caught 1 on wacky senko. bites on jig, but, couldnt boat it.
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: The wind needs to stop and the system needs to kick in so that we can start fishing frogs!!

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: HAD TWO DECENT DAYS OF FISHING AT SONOMA - THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO POST AGAIN - 1ST DAY WAS SAT. BEFORE FATHERS DAY - TOOK DAD AND LIL BRO OUT - FISHED ACROSS FROM CHERRY CREEK I HIT 3 GOOD 5 POUNDERS RITE IN A ROW WITHIN AN HOUR AND A HALF ON A WACKY GREEN PUMPKIN W/ BLACK FLAKE SENKO THROWIN RIGHT UP AGAINST THE TREES - VERY SUBTLE BITE - REALLY JUST A CHANGE IN PRESSURE SO PAY ATTENTION - WE CAUGHT 8 MORE THAT DAY TO 2 POUNDS WITHIN A 200 YD AREA - EVERY FISH ON SAME SET UP - WORK THE AREAS REALLY SLOW AND REALLY THOROUGHLY - GO BACK 3-4 TIMES TO PLACES YOU THINK SHOULD HAVE ONE, THEY'RE THERE!!!! THIS LAKE IS FINNALLY PAYING OFF FOR ALL THE 0 FISH DAYS I'VE HAD HERE -

      FISHED ON THE 10TH - FIRST FISH 3.3 ON SAME GREEN PUMP WACKY - DAD CAUGHT 2 POUNDER ON CRANK AND LOST 3 MORE ON SAME - I MISSED 3 GOOD FISH ON WHITE/WILLOW TAIL SPINNER (TIME FOR A TRAILER HOOK!!!!) - CAUGHT 3 MORE ON SENKO TO 2 POUNDS - FISH SLOW WITH THE SENKO AND MEDIUM WITH THE CRANKS AND SPINNERS!! - SEE YA OUT THERE - PONTOON PIMPIN FOR LIFE!
      City: PETALUMA

      Tips: SUPER SLOW WACKY SENKOS AND CREATURES - GREEN PUMKIN IS KILLIN IT!!! - DEEP CRANKS - ALL FISH IN 10-25 FEET - ALL SKINNY AND HUNGRY!!!

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75-82

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at russo's ran to disco picked up 5 fish 2-3 pounds on slammers and senkos. Ran to widows got a few frog fish and a buzzbait fish, refueled with some cold drinks at rivers end. My partner got a 7# on a frog and we added 2 or 3 more frog fish, widows again senkos for a few more fish. Then we called it a day. not too bad about 19#s for best 5.
      City: Where the fish are

      Tips: throw topwater all day, and bring your senkos. blades and traps wouldnt be too day either, but there wasn't much wind. Shade is key.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 80-85

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: A friend of mine asked me to help him pre-fish for a tournament - and of course I did! We started about 4 pm out of the Oaks and quit about 1 am. Fishing was great with very few slow periods. We caught 60 bass at least and he got a pretty good one at 6 lbs 2 oz. We caught mostly 2 to 3 pounders like everyone else, but several in the 3 1/2 to 4 1/4 range. Our 5 best - about 22 lbs. Bass depths ranged from surface (frog bite) to about 20+ feet. We fished all three areas of the lake. The smoke cleared enough that we could see Lakeport at midnight from the narrows. Hot, hot, hot during the afternoon - be careful!!
      City: Yuba city

      Tips: I can't say anything about our baits and locations. As I do for all my clients and friends - if they are fishing an up-coming tourney - mums the word! Last night was one of the only nights I can remember where the bite was really good but the carp were silent. Didn't hear any roll - probably because of their post-spawn. I still think the bass overall look a little thin - hope the shad make a comeback! Water is the clearest I have ever seen in July - at least yesterday. A little floating algae but not much.

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey guys, sorry I haven't posted lately, the computer age has pretty much passed me by. The d*mn thing just won't cooperate. Anyway, the last Jason Fisher Tourney is this Sat the 12th. It's another "Take a Kid Fishing" event. It's a team format, but a 3rd team member is allowed if they're under 15. We'll have a little kids tourney after the weigh-in where the kids will be able to win a really nice Rod-Reel combo. So bring your kid(s) and let's have some fun. I'll be at the Trinity Center ramp @ 4 AM to take sign-ups ( only $40.00) and the Fisher family will be hosting a BBQ after. What more could you want. If you need more details, give me a call @ 530-623-4352.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: If you can't make it this weekend, just go ahead and take a kid fishing anyway.

Monday, July 7th, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished big break about and hour, tried senko, missed a couple of bites. Great nice day by the way. started at 930am. Still not getting any action. Switched to Blk Jig with a black tail grub. First cast hooked an 8 lber. Called it a day. almost ran out of gas. Does anyone know where to fill up gas near the big break marina? thanks
      City: SF

      Tips: Nice day with a small little breeze. Jig is the way to go!!

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      Water Temp: 81.5 - 85

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Headed out to do a boat/trollin motor ops check, and all was good thank goodness. Ofcourse brought a few rods I headed back towards the rock creek and fished the Island area instead since water levels are down a ways. I cranked a dink spot, hooked up with another one, but came unbuttoned before I could get it in the boat. Around 1125 it was really hot, so I moved up the river arm and drop shotted a gulp minnow for a 10" smallie, a new one for me? Then 1145 came around and could not keep the sweat out of my eyes, and called it a day.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The water is definitley a tad cooler in the river arm, and better clarity as well. Watch out for swimmers out in the middle of the boating channels almost ran over three of them, I ended up giving the a ride back to the dock from across the first main lake point diagnol to the left from the boat dock! They wanted to swim over and back just to see if they could do it, of the four only one made it back, the other three were almost victims of my prop. I shut it down about 60' away from them.

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough!!! Three trips in the last week. Only a couple of dinks drop shotting. Don't know what the secret is. I have tried about everything in the boat. Reports of good trout trolling 5-6 colors though.
      City: Santa Barbara

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Jason and I fished in Frank's trac's, first bass came on a vexen, then a Senko watermelon/red, black/blue, frog and a Greenpumkin brush hog. Fisherman's cut was good. Most the bass were 2-5 lbs on the rocky banks when tide was high. Tide was slow moving out, so we cranked a speed trap out side the weed line and around the clumps to find more. The boaters came out early so we went in around noon.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: top water was slow but senkos and brush hogs Texas style

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

      Report: Launched at Lucerne at sunrise and started throwing frogs at our first stop. I was pretty dissapointed in the topwater bite. The heavy boat traffic may have had something to do with it. Caught 2 small fish on the frog and had a good blowup on the Shellcracker that I missed. Spent the day fishing from Kono Tayee down to Nice stopping at different spots along the way. I wasn't expecting much action with all the boat traffic but had a really good day. Caught about 35 fish between 2 of us most coming on senkos sweet beavers and small swimbaits. Fished for about an hour in the morning shallow with limited success. Then we figured out the fish were sitting on the outside of isolated weed beds in 12 -15 feet of water. Thats where most our fish were caught. Caught a few quality fish but most in the 2 to 3 pound range. At about 1 in the afternoon the fish moved in shallow and we caught quite a few in 3 feet of water. Strange for how hot it was. Great day considering all the skiers and wakeboarders that were out.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Sunscreen!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Beautiful Day today and man the skiers thought so to went out about 7a fished till about 11:30a down in the oaks area just drop shotin a Keeper Junebug worm caught about a dozen fish in the 2lb to 3lb range. Even though it's Sunday the Boat traffic from the holiday weekend is still pretty heavy so the wife and I went on home and will go back about wed or thur after things have calmed down
      City: Kelseyville

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70 deg

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: took family out to join all them boaters . crazy , if you cant beat them join them , got a chance to break out rods did some fishing in potatoe slough noticed good condition at a pumping station decided to try it pulled out 15 fish I sat on it for two hrs deadsticking while the ol lady did some sun bathing all were2 to 3lb class with a 4 lb kicker fishing senko 5 inch real slow . what i thought was going to be a crazy day on the water turned out to be a good day of fishing going to put up picks . broke off a nice fish, when setting the hook make sure you dont accidently thumb the spool ..like i did
      City: elmira

      Tips: current and try some pumping stations they seem to stir up food for cray fish which starts the food chain

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went fishin the morning of the parade in clearlake..started at highlands park..nada i was throwin senkos,waveworms,mutilators,and more senkos,i decided to move behind these abandoned and broken down appts in the back of the bar formerlly known as the new reflections...it was a different story there :) 12 bass in less than 3 hours...biggest was 6 lbs :)..oh to the guy askin bout the weed beds.lol they are still here and thick in some places too ;)
      City: clearlake

      Tips: senkos,senkos,and more senkos.lol in watermellon and red shad colors...somethin that looks like a crawdad :) that will get ya bit here.

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: night an day since the last trip the bite was slow. a lot of boats on the water for the holiday weekend. we got a couple off the dam face on creature baits. moved to the picnic side no luck . went to the 5 mph side. got three small ones. hard pressed all day. ill be back thurs.
      City: merced

      Tips: fish slow and persistant. watch the heat will hurt you/

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the lake around 6pm frogged the mats and no luck. went with a drop shot with a Robo worm and dropped it next to cover. got 3 fish within 5 minutes next to the same tree. they were small 1+ pounders but its better than nothin.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: dont bring drunk friends. ha

Friday, July 4th, 2008

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took my wife fishing bet her $100.00 and a back massage that she could not catch a bass with a bluegill swim bait. She won 5 cast later. She caught another keeper on a wild eye swim bait. Caught my P.B. 7.14 LB on a dater head off a marked underwater island. Finished early due to engine water pump issue.
      City: W.Sac

      Tips: Berryessa is in beter shape water level wise than other area lakes. I hear Folsom will be reduced to 5mph by the end of the month.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Holiday boat traffic impacted fishing in a major way. The best bite was early morning from 6-8AM. Caught 22 bass. 12 were top water and 7 on drop shot. Caught 2 pigs way over 5 lbs each, 23" long. One exploded on my Pop R and the other on a Sara Spook in the river area off steep walls. The drop shot were taken in 4-20ft off rocky points using a 4" cut tail worm.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Top water early and late. Drop shot in the middle of the day. Take a nap during the hot part of the day. Good luck.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 70-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Its kind of a late report but oh well.I went out with a friend Friday. We hit the water at 545. It was windier then hell...2 footers....we started over at long tulie throwin senkos and Frogs...i picked up 1 nice little 2 and a half on the ol Froggie...we concentratd north....we fished just out off of state park throwing whacky rig 5" senkos...we had a pretty decent day...between 28 to 30 fish. Rite before we left i picked up our biggest one of the day...4 pounder...considering the wind and the skiers...and the heat...it turned out to be a pretty good day.
      City: Ukiah

      Tips: The fish are out in about 10-12 foot of water...throw whacky rig senkos....specifically 5 "....i tryed 6 inch got a few bites but the 5 is more productive...throw into pockets in weed beds...and hold on...they're not bitng hard so pay attention.Bring lots of fluid...sunscreen...and patience...cuz the skiers get annoying...have fun...tite lines!

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 77-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Decided to try Collins again due to the good bite we had there last week, not so lucky this time. Found fish, just not to many takers. Caught 0 fish in the morning on top water, it was an odd morning to say the least. Starting throwing soft plastic and crank baits and caught fish. The fish we caught ranged from 5-10 foot deep. Nothing over 2.5 lbs.
      City: Grass Valley

      Tips: Collins is busy with recreational boaters, this helps create some mud lines but not much else. Watch out for them, had 3 boats nearly colide right infront of us. We decided to call it a day at that point. Just BE SAFE and have fun.