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Saturday, April 26th, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: high 50's low

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Delta today for four hours early this morning. Fished the outgoing tide for 25+ large mouth. Most fish were in the 2-5 pound range with about 4 over 5 pounds. Largest was 7 1/2 pounds. Drop shotting and wacky rigged senkos (6")
      City: Antioch

      Tips: fish are holding to cover in 2-4 feet on high tide early in the morning.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 58-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ALL RIGHT I JUST READ THE LAST REPORT ,AND I FISHED THUR- FRI-AND SAT MORNING FISHED THE KEYS MOST OF THE TIME,AS I FOUND FISH THERE THAT I DIDNT FIND ANY WERE ELSE.DID NOT FISH OUT SIDE OF THEM VERY LONG.OK THIS IS NOT FOR THE BASS TOURNAMENT GUYS THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO CATCH THEM ANY WAY.!!!!.FIRST DAY- 11 BASS 5 CROPPIE.THE SEC DAY MORNING TILL NOON I CAUGHT 15 BASS AND 4 CROPPIE-THAT EVENING 5:30 TILL DARK =OVER 25 BASS AND 2 CROPPIE.THE EVENING BITE WAS OFF THE HOOK..!!!!OK--- NIGHT- CRAWLERS- FLY LINE,CLOSE TO SHORE,NO DEEPER THAN 5 FEET
      City: REDDING

      Tips: IF YOU ASK BOB AT IN AND OUT -HE'LL TELL U I BOUGHT 4 DOZEN.AND HAD 2 DOZEN TO START WITH. THE FISH WERE HITING IT ON THE FALL,AFTER IT HITS THE BOTTOM , CAST TO A NEW SPOT,I DID SEE ONE GUY CATCHING THEM ON SINKO-MOST OF THE BASS WERE 3-4 LB A FEW WERE OVER-A 5-1, 7-9-I KNOW IT CHANGES EVERY DAY.GOOD LUCK

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      Water Temp: 60-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water by 6:45, decent bit, there were 3 of us in the boat, caught 8 total. Best fish went maybe 3 lbs. All fish looked healthy and fat. No real definite pattern. Fish were in 3-6 ft of water typically relating to brush.
      City: Watsonville

      Tips: senkos

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      Water Temp: 65-71

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well I went out again this weekend after stating I wouldn't go back for a few weeks.....just love this lake! Not much has changed. The water has come up a foot or so from last weekend. Visibility is still poor. It has cleared a little bit in a few areas but over all cloudy. Water temps were great and you'd think the bite would be on but it wasn't. Got on the water around 9am and off by 3pm. Only had a few "dinks" on plastics and nothing on everything else I chucked at them. The anglers I chatted with all were having the same results. Reading the previous post from yesterday....maybe the late afternoon/early evening bite is better.
      City: Le Grand

      Tips: Wish I could give you something here.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing:Good
      Young and smallish spotted bass are on ALL main lake rocky points. Wasnt able to find anything bigger than 15" so maybe a slower soft plastic ((Senko)) presentation will provide better results. Trolling for trout also working out well on needlefish.
      City: Atwater

      Tips: Fishing was good , desipite a tournament going on. White spinner baits and a shad lipless crankbait worked well.

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

      Report: Fished Saturday during the heat of the day for 4 hours...Hot! High 80's! My first trip to Oroville since I've moved down here. Couldn't find a pattern that worked until we started fishing senkos in the trees. Hungrydog caught and released a 14+" crappie on a 5" june bug colored senko. I caught 5 spots 12-15" on senkos and 5" kalin grubs. Lost a 4-5 pounder at the boat.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Fish the shade around the trees if you can find them!

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well not to often do you use San Luis and calm in the same sentence but it was like glass.These condition's really hurt the reaction bite.I started below the windmill's and picked up three fish on a Jerkbait.Two were about 18" and one 26" about four pound's.Well I fished for about three more hour's and nothing but follow's but that's a good sign they are going to go off soon.Well I switched to throwing a Rat-L-Trap,silver,and picked up two more in Dinosaur Point area.Both were nice 28"fish.So then I trolled for awhile with the Rat-L-Trap from the Tunnel Island toward's the highway.I trolled for about 20 minute's.I was kind of daydreaming when I looked over and my pole was bent double.I thought I was snagged but I looked at the meter and was in 70' of water.I fought that fish for about 5 minute's and got one look at it before it came undone.BIG fish over 20 I would say.Well of course I trolled for another hour and never had a bite.
      City: Salinas

      Tips: Get there as early as you can the bite wont last long.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 60 - 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished the back of the boat Saturday. The day warmed up to about 75

      Tips: There are some really big fish to be caught that are either moving on to or off of beds. These fish are suspended in vertical laying trees.

Friday, April 25th, 2008

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 66-69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished this past Friday from 1pm to dark in the lower section of the Narrows. I wasn

      Tips: My patterns for spots were on the sides of the points - nothing

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

      Report: Lived in Ventura as a kid and went to Matilija Reservoir north of Ojai once on a camping trip back in the early 60's. Anyone know if it holds any decent bass or if it even gets fished much? Or is fishing even allowed there anymore?

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got 4 fish from the bank between the small and big dams. Spinner baits and texas-rigged worms.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: To the person who left the previous report (bmfd), would appreciate it if you kept your ignorant, racial slurs to yourself and stuck to fishing information.

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

      Report: Lived in Ventura as a kid and went to Matilija Reservoir north of Ojai once on a camping trip back in the early 60's. Anyone know if it holds any decent bass or if it even gets fished much? Or is fishing even allowed there anymore?
      City: Sacramento

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 59 - 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: on the water at 8:30. Started ripping on the face of Mormon Is. Dam. got 2 dinks one 3# and a 3.5 # salmon, all eat a L C staycee sp90 in ghost minnow.moved south and hit wind blown side of main points with a dartheaded 4 1/2 curly robo in aaron's magic, got 1 or 2 fish in every stop. Ended the day in front of the dam. caught several there on the same bait including a 3# 2 oz and a little smallie. Tried the hula grub for a while with no takers.
      total for the day 14# for the best five. 15 fish caught, most of em keepers.

      Total for the day
      City: Folsom

      Tips: move a lot, fish hitting the bank but scattered.
      Focus on points near both deep and shallow waters. Natural colors where best for me, water is realy clear.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Does anyone know how the water has come up at indian valley. Has anyone been to the North end. I was there in December and it was high and dry.
      Thanks,
      Bruce

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a fun tourney with the U.S. Forest Service over the weekend. We were the only team from So Ca. As usual, we went in blind, with the exception of info and baits from Phil's Prop; this is an exceptional shop with some very helpful people. As recommended, we threw tubes and worms in 5 -20- ft. for plenty of fish. One color tube worked so well we had to return after day 1 to re-load. A lot of fish were shallow, however, most were small and not keepers. Bigger fish came out of water from 20 - 40 feet on the dropshot and underspin. When we caught bigger fish shallow, it was on either a wacky jig or drop-shot senko. Overall though, the fish that made it to the scales came on the underspin; bigger fish, HOWEVER, not a lot of bites - you gotta keep chucking and winding for the reaction bite from the deeper females. After the 2 day tourney we placed 14th out of over 100 teams. We felt very fortunate for being out of the area and not knowing the lake.
      City: Castaic, CA

      Tips: Darthead tubes, worms and wacky rigged senkos in 5 - 20 feet. Don't be afraid to go deep for better fish - dropshot blue crawler robos or slow role the underspin in 20 - 50 ft.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 55-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the lake from 4-23 to 4-25. Temps were from 55 in the morning to 59 in the afternoon. Baits of choice were jigs, senkos and dropshot.
      Decided to explore the lake from top to bottom. On Wednesday it rained most of the day and we fished the southwest end of the lake. We found some fish in 5 to 15 feet but no size to speak of top fish was 2.5. Thursday fished the main body and found it to be more productive especially in the early morning, fish were more shallower for the first couple of hours of fishing plus the fish were more cooperative during slight wind spurts. The size of the fish on the main lake seemed about 1 to 2 pounds on average. On Friday we fished the upper lake around Yorty creek. Fishing was a little harder but the quality was a bit better. We only fished a half day but our 2 top fish were 2.5.
      City: South San Francisco

      Tips: Most of the fish are in a pre-spawn stage and are slowly moving up. The lake needs to have a good warmup period maybe that has just begun. Fish your baits slow. None of the fish caught showed any signs of bedding and most were pale.

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 61.2

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out and fished North today. Caught 15+ fish with the biggest going 6lbs. Caught the majority on a crawdad bait. Caught 5 topwater fish in a 45 minute span before dark. Catching a lot of 4+ lbers. with at least a big fish everytime out.
      City: Elk Grove

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished the high tide today in Franks tract. I threw a shiner pattern weed slinger in the north tules. 1st cast a 12 lb striper. I thought it was my personal best large mouth. Ended up with alot of 3-4 lb fish just throwing into the tules and swiming the bait slowly. This weekend should be good with the warmer temps.
      City: farmington

      Tips: Enjoying retired life! Be patient and throw deep into the tules. Hold on!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: No report, just want to thank those of you who include location in your reports. Not everyone does. Not specific "secrets" of course, but a general location. Of the "5 W's", we know the "who and why". We need the "what, when and where". OK, got that off my chest--carry on. :)
      City: Stockton

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 58-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Congrats on the monster spot - maybe 2nd biggest in Calif?! My client and I had a better than expected day today after the rain and cold front with north wind today. Since the lake is down some, I decided to try some offshore structure - and - there they were!! My client caught 7 and I caught 5 in about an hour up to 2 1/2 lbs - 8:30 to 9:30 am. He was using a MMIII Robo worm and I was using a Berkley green pumpkin Power worm. I spent the day showing him good areas to fish and we wound up with 2 largemouth and 21 spotted bass - the biggest spot at 3 1/2 lbs. So we were a little off the lake record, har!!!!! The good spot was the most shallow fish we caught. She was in the back of a cove on the west side about 4 or 5 feed deep. That one and most of our afternoon fish were caught on wacky rigged 5" Senkos in darker colors. Good trip!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: It is very hard to predict how the bite will be in the next month. The lake refuses to warm up much, but the bass are active. The east side is usually warmer in the spring, but not this year. Lake is about same temp all over. Most of our bass were about 15 to 20 feet deep, with a few more shallow in the afternoon.