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Friday, April 4th, 2008

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: decided to hit up collins again, i dont know why. well probably cause i have a small boat and collns is easy to get around. got on water at 650, fished till noon, caught around 15 bass, larget 2 lbs, all on stacy 90 rip bait, shad and rainbow trout collor. tried throwing senkos wacky rigged in the areas we caught fish, tried some other plastic, no hits. hard on a boat this time of year with no dpeth finder. Decent day on the water as far as fishing gos, but let me tell you collins was a zooOOOO! never seen so many boat, ther literally must have been 75 boats on that lake, you couldnt go 100 yeards without having to maneuer around some desuchbags trolling lines for trout, only saw 3 or 4 trout caught all day. Collins lakes website that raves about their trout fishing is a joke and should be shut down.
      City: davis

      Tips: i know ill be staying away from collins on the weekends, waht a miserable feeling with all those boats around, saw more people than i do walking around the city. By the way, i know im not the only one fishing out there, post a report!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 53-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This was the second trip to my new "home" lake. I still have a lot to learn I did get three nice ones shaking a 4 inch MMII Roboworm in the North Fork.
      City: Georgetown

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: THE DATE BELOW WAS APRIL 4TH 2008
      City: FAIR OAKS

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 60 bass for my buddy randy and I in 9 hours.
      We got a few off the rock piles early on with senkos, and beavers then a few skipping docks.
      But at dusk we couldnt help but catch them on every cast for at least an hour, throwing c.b"s, and these ugly home made thingys.
      It cooled off for a few hours, and then around midnight they started killing anything that made a splash.The biggest was around 7, and we had an impacted buttload of 5's. Our best 5 went close to 30 pounds.
      City: auburn

      Tips: throw something with a hook in the wet part of the lake, and you will catch something.

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

      Report: To the 2 tubers out in the Impoundment today....any luck? I've been wondering if I should dust the tube off and head out there.

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

      Report: Began fishing about noon, fairly windy hard to find a spot calm enough to fish slow. Caught our first fish at 3:00 and ended up with 23. Few caught drop shotting the rest on straight tail finesse worms. Some three inch some 4.
      City: Chico

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Concentrated on the South Fork from 10am-5:00pm. Figured the South Fork warms up first in early Spring. Partner and I caught about 20 fish with 2 double hookups. 16 in the slot, 4 over. I am always amazed at the pulling power of those Spots! 5 fish limit would be around 8#. All fish came in 18'- 22' of water off points. The exposed trees looked great but not too productive for us. I imagine the spawn will really be on in the next week or two in all arms.
      The Lake is up about 50' since January. Only 150' to go!!!!
      City: Lake Oroville Ca.

      Tips: Majority of fish caught on tube baits and jigs. No reaction bite for us. If you find fish come back around and make another pass. They seem concentrated once you find them.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out today, fishing was slow. Super clear water. tried everything. worms, swim baits, cranks, jigs. Nothing worked. I only managed to catch 3 small ones on a senko. This lake is not quit ready yet.
      City: Folsom

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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Dad didn't get bit on plastics but Partner got 3 little one's on live crawfish. Dad talked to some people and they said fishing has been good the whole week but the storm front messed up fridays fishing going again on Monday, will check in after the trip. Hope others will write in also about thier trips...
      City: Oakdale

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught about 13 greenbacks and 2 nice smallies in the Warm Springs arm mostly on shaky heads in 5 to 15ft. Biggest was 5.2 about a 16 -17lb. limit. Good midday bite!
      City: Cotati

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      Water Temp: 52-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We fished the Warm Springs arm. We caught about 20 fish. No hot lure but a mix of splitshot 4 inch worms, blades, ripbaits, senkos, and swimbaits. We caught fish from the bank to 15 feet. Best five went mabey 12lbs
      City: South San Francisco

      Tips: Drag the splitshot on the points and through senkos into the cover. If the wind picks up they will eat the spinnerbait. The blade fish were better quality.

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      Water Temp: 57-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Dave-It was windy, but not too bad. About 20-25mph, off and on. Anyways, got three, and missed a lot of bites. Main lake around trees on weightless senko in dark colors, one on blue/blk jig in Yorty. All fish 5-10ft of water.
      City: San Anselmo

      Tips: Try and get back in the coves, out of wind. Keep the line tight.

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished this lake for the first time with my buddy from AMR, Gerald Thompson from 8A-5P. We cruised the lake in his boat, and we did very well. He drop-shotted a prism shad roboworm on the banks, and caught 20 bass with an average weight of 2# to my 12. I used primarily Senkos: Natural Shad, Smoke, Pearl with Gold/Black, Pearl with Blue FLake, and Smoke with Copper/Green/Purple flake. I lost a larger fish in the large cove on the eastern side of the lake. I switched over to Drop-Shotting later and caught one fish, but all Gerald was doing was throwing right on the bank, and SLOWLY moving the worm back. I was definitely inpressed with the action, since most was in 1-6' of water, and the temp was still only 60 Degrees!
      City: Merced, CA

      Tips: Gerald showed me the way...drop shot Prism Shad with a 3/8 round weight and circular hook 2/0...throw up on the edge..wiggle and wait. The south end under the bridge was good as well.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Blue daddy ranger, help me with tips,info,temps, depth. Dont want yours spots, just tips. Frequently you post toads on pictures, great job for you obvisouly you know your delta, so any advice would be apperciated, thanx. my e-mail is posted if you respond.
      City: Lathrop

      Tips: Dont have any but, John does.

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched off of 8 Mile road just out of Stocton and stayed within 5 miles of it for the morning. Started early and got nathan on top. Went down with spinners and swims and still didnt do to well. Finally worked a floating deep diving excaliber crank in shad and picked up a few. Dad got some on 4 inch worms splitshoting. Pretty poor for the Delta, Any suggestions would be appriciated for a newer ficherman
      City: Sactown

      Tips: Could use some.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 1 pm - sunset. Fishing was ok for me. Caught my limit of LM, and only one SM. Caught some of them on 4" dropshot warmouth in about 5'-10' of water when I first got there. Bite died down in the afternoon. I switched over to cranks in the evening and caught a few more. Smally was caught on the crank (and they would not touch a 4" worm?). Did try bit jerk bait for a little while hoping for a bigger fish with no luck. Fish were still where the below post found them.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: I see a lack of posts at Pardee, if you are one of those fishermen that check these fishing reports and don't post yourself, be a team player and post...

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 56-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Approaching cold front. Cool weather, 45 deg, at 7:30am. Lake is full, ramps all open. Water in good shape, not much debris and clarity is good. Easy to make out bottom in 6ft. Fished shallow, moving slowly along banks with worms on C rig or Drop Shot. 6 or 8 boats fishing Johnson and saw a few guys sitting on beds. Slow start, bite seemed to pick up after 10am.
      City: Santa Barbara

      Tips: April 22-23 is an Annual Trout Derby. There will be large crowds. Ramps will be congested with slow launch/retreive boaters. RV park fills up the Tue or Wed before the weekend.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: high 50s

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Cliff Croxall of Benicia, CA and I fished the April 2&3 weekdays to find a very tough bite. We only caught about 15 or so bass to 3 lbs in two full days of fishing. We fished the lake from south to north. We threw texas rigged sweet beavers and 6" senkos primarily at the bank. The fish that bit were very aggressive but far and few between. With the shallow bite pretty shakey, we tried our luck on the offshore stucture with jigs and carolina rigs, but no fish. The air temps were still in the 30s in the am and I think the fish were just not up yet. I bet in a couple of weeks with the full moon cycle due, it will go off. Just missed it this time around.
      The positives were that I got to GPS several offshore spots and stay at the Ferndale resort in soda bay.
      City: San Diego, CA

      Tips: wait for the full moon and warmer air temps

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      Water Temp: high 50s

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Cliff Croxall of Benicia, CA and I fished the April 2&3 weekdays to find a very tough bite. We only caught about 15 or so bass to 3 lbs in two full days of fishing. We fished the lake from south to north. We threw texas rigged sweet beavers and 6" senkos primarily at the bank. The fish that bit were very aggressive but far and few between. With the shallow bite pretty shakey, we tried our luck on the offshore stucture with jigs and carolina rigs, but no fish. The air temps were still in the 30s in the am and I think the fish were just not up yet. I bet in a couple of weeks with the full moon cycle due, it will go off. Just missed it this time around.
      The positives were that I got to GPS several offshore spots and stay at the Ferndale resort in soda bay.
      City: San Diego, CA

      Tips: wait for the full moon and warmer air temps

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      Water Temp: 52-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished south and North. 5 bites, 5 fish, 17lbs. biggest was 7lbs. My back seater got blanked and others boats were reporting only 2 or 3 fish per boat. Its definately not rolloin like last year at this time. I am sure somebody got a bunch but where?????
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: wait til the water warms up