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Saturday, April 12th, 2008

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fISHED THE LAKE ALL DAY AND CAUGHT SMALL MOUTH AT THE SOUTH END OF THE LAKE , FISH WERE AROUND 15 TO 20 INCHES. AND CAUGHT ON WORMS TEXAS RIG. CAUGHT A 22 INCH TROUT ON 10 INCH WORM. CAUGHT A 24 INC STRIPER ON A NITE CRAWLER. WEATHER WAS GREAT. STAY TUNED FOR MORE TRIPS TO LAKE DEL VALL JUST A GREAT DAY ON THE WATER.
      City: fremont c

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 59-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ONe of the best weather weekends in a long time around and the fishing was at it's best. Jason and I went out Saturday and Sunday morning before the Weekend boaters came out. Started at first sun light and found large rock in 5-20 ft.
      The split shot with a wacky worm got all our small fish, wippin got a few and top water had four blow ups. Got the Capt Jack's Jigs out and the fish got bigger and meaner. Tubes did very well.
      Look for the deeper water near submerged rocks (big and small gravel), sand with rock. Ues green-pumkin and Brown/Purple. No bits on Crankin.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: drive around the North Fork and South. The water is warming up and the fish will be on some beds soon, found a few beds but no fish.

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

      Report: I was there from 6:30 to 2:00. Not a damn bite. Can someone help me out here? I dont know how to fish this lake. Any tips? 925-848-6990
      City: El Sobrante

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      Water Temp: 63.3

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Main engine was out of commision, but the trolling motor was working fine so what the heck,
      went fishing. Went to the bank accross from the
      ramp starting at the dam corner and fished the
      entire bank (underneath the RC planes). Tried everything white buzz bait, jigs (Hemphill Special, black and blue), white chatter, drop shot MMIII, white and chartruese spinner with gold blades, watermelon and red flake senko, split-shot green 3x worm, C-rigged black lizard, June bug, Brush hogs. Nuthin!. Finally picked up a 1#r on a brown jig with a black trailer in the late afternoon. My worst trip to Los Banos.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: At the ramp spoke to someone who picked up 5 on senkos. Perhaps it would have been better had I been able to motor to the back of the lake and find clearer, warmer water.

      Very hot, bring lots of water.

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      Water Temp: warmer

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started where I left off from last week. Same patterns are working, slow and slower.Changed to the windy side of the lake. Hitting all stick-ups that are starting to grow above the water.
      City: Richmond

      Tips: I used all my senkos.They ate the green,black,purple ones.Biggest was a 6#er full of eggs.Threw her back. Landed 4 more males about 3#'s. I kept 2 for the grill,nice.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 60,s

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Fri. and Sat.half days. Fishing was O.K. Caught about 10 but spent a lot of time working a couple of big cruisers and fixing my 10 year olds backlashes. Really only fished for about 6 hrs. combined both days. Water was very clear. 10# or lighter flourocarbon would be recommended. Caught fish on darthead reapers and dropshot 4 inch robo,s. Son caught a beautiful 4 pound smallmouth. Found a bush in about 12 feet of water off a point in the main body that was holding 2 monsters that were waiting to spawn. I would guess them both to be between 10 and 12 pounds. They just weren't quite ready to move in. A few males had beds nearby but just a day or two away from these big females coming in.
      City: Orroville

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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Split Shot Plastic Worms All Day. Caught A Total Of 8, With 12lbs For Best 5. Trolled Back To Marina And Hooked 5 Trout. Lake Is Bust'in Out.
      City: Carmichael

      Tips: Crawdad Color Worked Best For Me.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hooked up with Steve my ABA partner from 2002 and strapped it on for Shasta with Vince Harris

      Tips: Don't make a bet with someone on reaction. Lucky for us they had nothin else after 7am. Males are on beds and short striking. Fish deeper for the staging females.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 57-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 4/11 and 4/12 on Sonoma. Took out Rus Snyders on 4/11 and experienced a fantastic bite on big fish in the morning fishing about 20' of water off a creek channel. We hooked multiple fish from 3-7lbs, but for whatever reason lost several of the larger ones right at the boat. Our best 5 WOULD have gone 25+lbs had we landed them all. The rest of the day was scratch fishing for mostly smaller fish w/ a couple decent ones. Took out Rick from Lake Mary, FL on 4/12. The water temp was up and my big fish school had disappeared. We poked around all day and landed about 15 fish to 3 1/2lbs. Just couldnt locate the quality bites we wanted. Most fish came out of 15-20', with only a few small fish shallow. We caught them on t-rigged and carolina rigged brush hogs, a couple on dropshotted senkos, and two ripping a Staysee.
      City: Novato

      Tips: The fish have yet to push up in force. The better fish seem to be just about ready, but still holding deeper. From what we saw and experienced, the majority of shallow fish are small males.

Friday, April 11th, 2008

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took two clients out on thursday and caught lots of fish( roughly 30). Most of the fish were caught on worms, but a few on swimbaits and sinkos. The Smallmouths were shallow ,with alot of them on beds. The Largemouths were from 10 to 35 feet deep.Fun time of the to fish.I got another trip booked for wednesday on this lake ,I love it.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70 deg

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Nothing to report today. I just got off from work and decided to run the Custom Valco Bass Boat "BASSBUSTER1" to back end of 14 Mile Slough to get away from the week end crazyness (it was an awesome main channel run though). With extreme low tide back there, high blue skies, and just a cuople hours of day light left I mainly was just "Chuckin' & winding" a spinner bait. I did try plastics and jigs too.

      My main reason for the post is to say "Thank you" to the two guys in the bass boat next to me I shared the water with. If they weren't there to power through the floating weed mats I may have been night fishing for a while.

      Once again thanks for your support today.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: When fishing in areas with alot of floating mats and is a little breezy look behind you once in awhile to be sure you are not getting block in. :-P

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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started out at first light in my cove perfect conditions slight breeze warm morning 56degrees
      caught first one on a rip bait then went to a grub. small fish in the cove went up to the dam and caught 2 3#ers back to back. yes, I weighed them both continued to fish the dam area flats and around bushes poppoin up in the water I caught fish from 5 ft to 20 ft all fat and healthy never did make it up river 25 fish by 12noon all on grubs and rip baits all fish were released top 5 10# 6 oz
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Fish are up and moving with the water temp creeping up and the water level full the conditions will only get better fish the morning get off by noon when the boaters and lice arrive
      use light tackle no need for the big stuff swim or bounce the baits off the bottom slow

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 58-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was slow. I think it was due to the big temp swing and the fishing pressure (WON & Chico Bass Club prefishing for their Tourys). With the water still being too cold down south, everyone and I mean everyone was up north. There was a 1 to 3 boats on every point/slough. Anyway, we battled it out and was able to get a few fish over our limit up to 4 lbs. Some boats did a little better than us and some boats got skunked. Maybe with the weather staying warm over the weekend the toury guys will do ok. We caught all fish in 4 ft or less. Caught 1/2 of the fish flippin senkos/creature during the day and other 1/2 on spinnerbait in the evening. We tried flippin /dropshotin docks with no luck. For us the fish willing to bite were on the bank. Man we need some stable warm weather!
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: At least 10 bass boats got broken into at the Konocti docks and another resort dock in the area. It was obvious the thieves knew the big toury was in this weekend. The thieves took everything but the boat! Rods, Tackle, Electronics, Spare props, etc. Don't trust your boat storage locks and bring everything inside your room when staying at Clear Lake! For the victim's of the heartless crime our thoughts go out to you. I know I have put countless hours into tuning/customize my baits (let alone the money to replace everything). You might want to check Craig's List. The losers might try to dump the stolen goods there.

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Big V and I both agreed fishing is not near what it was last year around this time. The weather was really nice but just not hot enough. The water temperature couldn't be seen due to fish finder malfunction. We mostly stayed in the south end but did adventure a little up north. We didn't see any baitfish, bluegill, or crappie. The only thing that we did see was a couple boils by some carp. We thew everything we could think of. Every boat except 2 we came across had the same problem, no fish. If they did catch something it was more like one or two and nothing worth bragging about. The wind did pick up quite a bit near the early afternoon and made the lake really ruff. We did have 2 bites all day though on plastic worm and drop shot. They are definitely not up yet. Is anybody catching any numbers or size at all? Swimbait fish? Seem like giving it a couple weeks and it should be ready. I think the pro's are suppose to have their big tourney next weekend. This will be an interesting tourney to see what kind of bags they are bringing in.
      City: Rosetown

      Tips: If you get a bite set the hook like it's your last cast. Keep your eyes open and keep posting.

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

      Report: Congrats on the pig, and thanks for putting her back to be caught again. I hope Collins is taking care of you now that you have the new lake record spot. Saw the pic on there site, boy that was one fat girl!!
      City: Grass Valley

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the beach area to the dam, from 9am to 5pm. very tough caught 2 fish.
      City: fresno

      Tips: work plastics in browns,and greens, very slow.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 6 fish for me. Went with the same friend but he was really low on line so he got skunked. Fish were deeper. Maybe due to the spawn being over? along with wamer temps? i am not sure. Was still fun though. Only plastics seemed to work. We did get a little tan though! haha Good Luck.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Plastics all the way. Senkos were working well.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I don't think any of you guys writing these reports realize how bad the tick problem is out there. Make sure to check yourself thoroughly and you will see what I mean. Just a heads up. I use to go out there all the time and catch some nice fish, but being covered with ticks just was not worth it. Good luck. D.B.COOPER
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: na

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: mid to high 50'

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: After a crappy day at Clear Lake yesterday, my friend Paul talked me into going to Sonoma. I

      Tips: <a href="http://www.russnyders.com/">Rus Snyders Guide Service</a>

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: hot

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 173 bass today. Just couldn't keep them off the hook. You need to come fish my, sorry "the" lake now.By the way the entry fee has gone up.
      City: Ione

      Tips: Bring cash