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Saturday, May 10th, 2008

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched the boat at 7:00. Fished the southside of the lake with great fishing early on. Started off with a rat-l-trap(rainbow trout color) and fished it with a quick retrieve. Wind picked up at about 11 and i was off the lake by 12. Finished with a total of 6 fish with the biggest going 5.6
      City: Carmel Valley

      Tips: no luck with senkos, jigs, or spinnerbaits. lipless crainkbaits seemed like the trick.

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      Water Temp: 68-72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: water has really cleared up since last time i went. we had a great day. i got over twenty. my brother got a few less but hooked into a twenty plus pound cat that took a tru tungsten blugill swimbait. keep ur eyes out.
      City: merced

      Tips: trigger reaction bites. the fish are active, stick to your guns they are not that picky. if you need more info email me./

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

      Report: Cast for kids tournament out of granite bay put on by Folsom Bass Team. Very organized and lots of fun. I had 2 kids and a mom in my 21 foot Triton. I think there were over 20 boats in the event. Jeff our president and committed did a wonderful job. It was nice to see the kids smile as they reeled in 11 spots in 2 hours. I even got them to kiss the fish goodby.We got our boat pulled out by club members and went to a nice barbaque. The kids all got a rod and nice tackle box with various tackle inside. The dart headed fish we caught hit pirzm shad worms.
      I am looking forward to next years event and hope we get more people involved.
      City: orangevale

      Tips: The fish wouldn't eat live night crawles below a bobber???? So we dart headed them. 10 to 15 feet in the rocks. Take a kid fishing

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 113

      Tips: purple

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 65-69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started about 7:30AM fished the first cove to the left of Tuttletown launch, caught 1smallie,2 large. Went up by the dam nothing, so we went all the way up into Morman's creek and fished it all the way out caught the cycle. All in all we caught a dozen. Left around 1:00pm.
      City: La Grange

      Tips: green weiney, Lizzards, 1001p

Friday, May 9th, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Vacationed on the Delta May 9-16. Stayed at B&W. Had warm weather with a couple windy days. Fished most of the popular spots from Whites Disappointment Middle River Mandeville and areas south. Pretty good spinnerbait action most days with a few 3 lbers mixed in with the 1-3 lbers. Most fun was fishing a jig and DW Beaver rig in black/blue or junebug. Caught numerous 3-5 lbers and several 8,9 & 10 lbers. Cooch was right when he said the river was fishing like February and I know he fishes jigs a lot. I caught 10-15 quality fish each day. Lot of boats around with the Future Pro and Stren events but lots of room for everyone.
      City: Oak Park

      Tips: Had better jig action on rising tide. Caught some senko fish but they were smaller. Chart spinnerbaits, black/blue jigs dw beavers, senkos. One of the best fishing vacations to date for me. Have fun !! Dan Curtis

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      Water Temp: 66 to 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tried dock fishing for the first time in DB with my fishing buddy. GREAT morning bite. About 10 bass between 1 1/2 to 4 pounds. All on senkos. My buddy lost a big fish on a dock. Dont know how big it was. She couldn't even get him to the surface because it was so big! I also lost 2 good size fish. Around noon, the bite died. Tried fishing a channel with some flooded islands. Third cast, I hooked a MONSTER bass on a spinnerbait. Got her half way to the boat and she spit my bait. I was hurt. That bass would've weighed in at least 8 pounds or more. Overall GREAT day of fishing.
      City: El Sobrante

      Tips: Senkos all the way. If your bait isn't right on cover, you're not going to get bit.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 61-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: A fishing buddy of mine and I decided to check out the night bite last night. I was prepared for more wind, but what happened about 1 AM was a little scary. Heavy wind doesn't usually start in the middle of the night at Clear Lake - and so quickly! We got out of Konocti Bay as fast as we could and it was an adventure all the way back to the Oaks. I don't think I have ever loved my Range 520 better than last night! What a boat!! We were even mostly dry. As for the fishing, it was excellent except for the size. Again, most bass 2 1/2 to 3 1/4 lbs. I took Mike to a special spot of mine and he did land a 5 lb 7 oz bass for big fish. We did have several 4's and a decent limit of 21+ lbs. We both noticed the bass seemed to be schooled up more than usual. We had 2 double hookups - one about a second apart! Then no bites for awhile. We were very happy with 32 bass for the 7 hour trip but unhappy with how many we missed. Maybe that is a result of all the wind, I don't know. We lost as many as we landed, especially on the wacky-rigged senko, but no complaints. Great trip and a safe return!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Another interesting observation of last night was the position of the fish. Once the night bite started - about 11 PM, we would catch some bass in a foot or two of water while others were deeper than the daytime - about 15 to 20 feet. We had to work the whole water column. The brush hog was the top bait - with lots of Smelly Jelly! We targeted bass on rock walls, private launching ramps with deep edges (excellent areas in the spring), docks, tulles and rock flats.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 61 DEGREES

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: MY DAD AND I FISHED THURSDAY NIGHT TOURNMENT OUT OF LIME SADDLE AND WE WON IT WITH A 18.25 SPOTTED BASS AND IT WAS ALMOST 4 LBS. WE CAUGHT 25 BASS. WE CAUGHT THEM ON RUBBER WORMS.
      City: OROVILLE

      Tips: FISH MUD LINES AND USE DARK WORMS.

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      Water Temp: 62+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished South Fork. Hard to get out of the wind till later in the afternoon. Partner and I caught 15-20 fish, 3 over the slot.
      Senkos, tubes and the first Fluke fish of the year. Very agressive! Fluke fish up against the bank off and/or near tapered points. Senko and tubes mostly in 20ft.
      City: East Foothills Oroville

      Tips: Fish points and stump banks slowly. Sandy banks also held fish at mud line.
      Notice: Bidwell Ramp closed tomorrow (Saturday May 10th). Be safe, warm weather has arrived!!!

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

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

      Report: Half the fish were on beds the other half not. Caught around 20 with tubes and rips. All the big hens that we caught were not on beds.
      City: susanville

      Tips: Get up early so you dont have to deal with the wind

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Put in @ Markley around 3 o'clock; not many skiers on the lake and it was cooing down. Started off with a purple worm w/fire tail and the fish kept eating the tail off! I shortened the worm up a bit and that got'em. Saw some breaking fish next to the bank so I went to a rebel topwater and I never looked back...they were all over it. I caught 25 in 4 hours 75% of those were on topwater. The size range was from 1-2.5 lbs and every fish had been on a bed, dirty bellies and split tails. I had a blast! While worm fishing I did notice that the fish were gently moving my worm off the bed and not really inhaling it so look out for that soft bite...
      City: Vacaville

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 72-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Same experience as previous post!! Very slow bite. Windy and cloudy.
      Electroshock sampling occurring in Santa Cruz bay - not sure who is conducting it.
      City: Santa Barbara

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to DB to my buddy's dock with my son for a quick fish last night 1st cast with double wide beaver stuck 8 pounder - I let my son reel her in....only fished for 1 hour caught another one male 2 pounder. Was getting bit but had to go. Just a quick fish at the end of the day.
      City: Discovery Bay

      Tips: Teach kids to fish and reel them in to gain experience for our future to continue.

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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: oh yeah let it be known, retired from san ramon was with me i did not catch all thoes by my self, although we both got nine, i did get the largest of them all at 6lbs, but honestly his first cast he landed a nice 4lber....
      City: san ramon

      Tips: dont forget to mention your buddy in fishing report cause he my get butt hurt.....

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We launched out of Red Bud and started fishing the docks heading south with only one fish hitting a Sammy, but didn't eat the bait. We caught one on a Dirty Sanchez Sweet Beaver along a wall and then it shut down. We headed across to the island and fished the tules with no luck. We decided to go to the "Egg Rock" and spent a while throwing jigs with no luck. After a run through the cement blocks John hooked a nice 4 or 5 pounder who came off at the boat on a jig. We moved up to the big willow tree and John hooked another one on the jig and got it in the boat! We continued toward the north end of the lake stopping and putting 2 more in the boat on a drop shot. These fish came in 10 feet of water at the end of a dock with grass. Good day, with 9 in the boat, all solid fish.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Brown and purple.

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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Skunked! Fished 6 hours from 1330 to 1930. Fished just the south creek end. Here is what didn't work: green pumpkin senkos, brown/purple jig, top water Spook, and MMIII on a shakey head. Saw lots of carp.
      City: Monterey

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Yo Ben, wells, Shadow Cliff now its much worse than before but still able to find some good size fish. I lost a huge fish just about two weeks ago on the Jig that looks like double digit. Anyways, mainly I have fish across the side from the Arroyo Pond, its been producing some fish there under neath the trees. Jig i use natural color like watermelon or cinnamon. flip into the trees and let it sit there. Drop shot would work from the side where u start the tube..go toward right fish along the weed line. Senko works out good as well but you need to have patience to toss your senko.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: I am on the green tube caddis and asian guy. maybe i will see you around in the water. Good luck..keep posting some review

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

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

      Report: On the water at 8:00 am, fished pts. @ main lake
      north of Spanish Flats 6 fish to m 2 lbs, moved to Oaks had 8 fish, 5 keepers to 2 1/2, 11:30 moved to Big Island caught about 14 mostly 1-2 lbs, decent action coves, pts, look for weeds off banks, even better with wood & rocks. Best 5 of the day about 14-16 lbs.
      City: south san francisco

      Tips: Yamamoto creatures in Baby Bass (texas rigged with small bullet), Senko's wacky rigged, split shot caught fish on baby bass, watermelon blk & gold flake, rainbow trout pattern 5" on all, seem like they like the green color. Bite was good with the wind ripple on water.

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      Water Temp: 65-66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out to oak shores. The bite was tough as steel until the end of the day when I caught a 12# LM! caught him on a purple magnum sized zoom lizard, texas style with a 40/ and half ounce weight cant wait to get back out there
      City: peidmont

      Tips: dont give up!!!