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Friday, April 11th, 2008

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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

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out around 11:00 Brannan Island lots of tournaments boats on the water what

      Tips: Find cleaner water and have fun.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I started out of Rio Vista for Stripers. I worked my way towards the Sac river. Threw a Weedslinger in an around the Schools. The best weather and day I have had. 12 Stripers to 14 lbs. I will be back in the morning. Awesome day
      City: folsom

      Tips: Look for the birds. Then throw in the area. Hold On!

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished hog slough . small fish at mouth, went in about half way and caught 4+,& 5+ back to back.windy and tough
      City: linda

      Tips: jigs

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: mid 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Clients: Phil & Ryan


      On the water at 7:30. Overnight temps were pretty low, 30

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

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      Water Temp: 52.5/58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: u can go any number of places to get inspected, DON'T print out the online form, they have new forms with carbon copies, the cloest place to get inspected off of Hwy 20 is limit out bait and tackle, in town on your left, they don't have any stickers yet, they will give you the yellow copy and mail the sticker to you unless Bob gets them in the next few days

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Fishing was good overall. Caught 10 total...Two very large (9+), four (4+), 2 (3+), 2(2+). Fishing last hour of incoming and the other side. Focused on the middle river learning new water that looked good. Caught (9) on jig and (1) on drop shot. Threw chatter, swimbait, and senko without any success. Fished deep rock walls with sparse tulles interspersed. All fish caught in 5-12 feet of water. Total of 12 bites.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Caught fish on 3/8 brwn/green combination jig and MMIII drop shot (7 inch). Key with the jig was slow presentation. A couple bites were ferocious but most were subtle pick ups with weight. Key seemed to be finding deep rock that had sparse grass in the 5-10 foot range. Not your typical Spring pattern but cooler weather and poor water clarity told me to think off the bank a bit and it worked. Best 5 was easily 27+ lbs. The two larger fish were both caught in 6-8 feet of water.

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: it has slowed down considerably. I caught 7 bass in 2 hours. mostly on c.b.'s.
      But I did get one about 5.5 on a home made thingy.
      City: auburn

      Tips: the algae blooms have hit the surface in some of the coves in the south with this warm spell, but the fish arent near them. They seem to be in the clearer water at the north end, roaming the flats.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 47-56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Today I wanted to cover a lot of water from the top of the West Branch to the top of the North Fork. The water temp there is about the same, both at about 47. The North Fork was accessable all the way to French Creek but was pretty swift. The West Branch was accsessable just past the narrow walls. We found bass on points going into coves , in the coves and deep outside the coves from 25-35ft. Some of the points had fish holding from 5-10ft. and down to 25-35ft. Ended the day with 40+ but with only 4 over. Most of the bites came on Gitzits tubes in the green pumpkin and clear sparkle and Paradise Tackle jigs with Yamamotto twin tail grubs in brown/purple and green/pumpkin colors. Did not find a reaction bite as a pattern as of yet.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: The fishing is only going to get better with the warmer weather coming this week.

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My son-n-law and I fished the Police, Fire and Corrections tournement this past week held on the 10th and 11th. 63 teams participated. The best showing ever for this tournement. I first want to again send out a HUGE THANK YOU! to Gene at the Hook in Oakley for the quick repair he did for us on the Minn Kota 101 on Wednesday. You saved our butts Gene. Tuesday afternoon on the way back to B&W we hit a cross wave in the main cannel and sheared the head off the trolling motor. We thought our week was done. But by 10am on Wednesday it was fixed and our week was saved. We were on some pretty good fish in prefish in the Track. At low tide the swimbait bit was ON! On Thursday, first day of the tourney, we started in the Track and by 8am we were culling. First fish,5+. Swimbait! The rest of the day, Senkos. 7" whacky. Until the tide bottomed out then the swimbait bit was back on. At the end of the first day we were in 9th with a little over 22lbs. On Friday we managed another 17+ good enough for a 6th place finish. First place was 58lbs. Thank you Russ Marta for a GREAT tournement. It was our pleasure to pitch in and help. We look forward to next year. Good Times for all. Tom
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Low Tide, throw the swimmer, untill then 7" senkos were the ticket for us either watermelon, blk/red flake or purple

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

      Report: Took a client out on friday and caught 11 bass, 9 Largemouth and two smallies. Caught 2 fish on a rip bait ,worked REAL slow and the rest of the fish on green wennies and brown worms. The fish are moving up to the beds. Have a guide trip booked for Berryessa this friday. Looking forward to this trip fishing should be great fishing. Rip lips , Mark
      City: Livermore

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 58 to 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: after being out of town for 10 days it was nice to come back to see my home lake on fire. Had a tough time with reaction baits early, switched to plastic after a hour and just killed them. Had 7 spots 3 to 3.5 lbs and one four pounder. All the fish were keepers and had about 30 total. Fished til 2:45. Broke off two decent fish that I never saw.
      City: Granite Bay Ca.

      Tips: 10 to 15 ft of water, make long casts as water is gin clear. Fish are every where , just keep bangin the banks and you will find them.