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Sunday, March 16th, 2008

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

      Report: i think its the thc theory,whats that cat smoking? diddent fish today wanted to watch the FLW weighin. going tomorrow, probabley get blown off the water.

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

      Report: What crankbait were you throwing?

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out today and caught 3 caught 1 in the cove with a zellamander from yum. and the other 2 i caught at the dock with a robo worm in bold bluegill drop shotting. the wind was at least 30 mph the whole day.
      City: THA P

      Tips: ROBOWORMS

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 51-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The wind kicked up for the kids of Junior BASS Federation Nation for their first BASS Tournament. The club meets at Galaxie Marine the first Thursday of each month @ 5:30 just before the the Bass School starts @ 6:30pm with Damon Witt. Eight kids fished in four areas between Grante Bay and Beals Point. They had four volunteers with boats to take out the kids for four hours. Two kids got four bass, two with two and two with one bass. For a windy day and cold the kids did very good with jigs, spinner baits, drop shot and crankin.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: The ages for the kids are 11-18, see you @ Galaxie Marine.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: my brother and I decided to try Indian valley res. this weekend why in the hell would you go down a 8 mile dirt road from hell. and fish a muddy farging lake when you have clear lake right next door. and they acctually make you pay to fish their hell they should pay you. took one look at the lake and didnt see anything appeeling about it so we turned around and went to clear lake .
      City: carmichael

      Tips: dont waste your time unless you want to farge up your bass boat hell I didnt even want to take my john boat down that road .

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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On on lake about 8:00am, wind blowing way to hard to hold the boat in place so i pulled into the cove just left of the ramp and camped out. Threw blade shad/siver-gold bld, pointer ghost, senko bwn/blk-flk and nothing, finally set up in 14' of water with drop-shop 4"MM and got hammered by a three pound trout, dropped in back down and again hammered by a four pounder; fun but not the green monsters i was looking for. Switched to a Robo Arons Magic and got a LM about 2.5 and two more about 1.5 & 2.0 both in the middle of the creek channel on a dead stick drop-shot.
      City: Hilmar

      Tips: With the wind shut down fish should be aggressive and staging, hit points with rip baits and cranks. Grn/Pmkn Senkos and drop shot on points and middle or creek channels.
      Should be pre-spawn for the next week and then it should get good.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 3rd club tournament of year out of packers bay.won by j selby 15.85 lbs anchored by 9.86 largemouth. swimbait approx 8-10 ft pit river point up from jones valley. lots caught on darter head worm as well.
      City: klamath falls or

      Tips: swim bait bump on bottom slowly

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished for three hours on Sunday afternoon in the 5 to 20 foot range in Warm Springs Arm. Used drop shot, carolina rig, split shotted a worm, and jigs but no bite. Bass must be deeper than 20 feet.
      City: Novato

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 44

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The 1st of 5 Jason Fisher Memorial Vocational Scholarship Tournaments was held yesterday the 15th. Although the day started out a little nasty, the weather cleared and a warm calm day was enjoyed by all. 8 teams entered and 4 weighed fish. 1st place went to Dave Richards and Rob Milovic with 4 fish for 19.57 lbs. They also had LM lunker at 5.98. In 2nd place were Brian Taylor and Mike Bentley. They weighed 4 LM for 14.05 lbs. Not bad for the 1st time on the water this year. 3rd went to Terry Sexton and Tim Coyle with 4 smallies for 9.87 lbs. They had a 3.2 SM lunker as well. I want to thank those who made the effort to attend. We had teams from the coast, Redding, and Red Bluff. Hopefully the weather will be a little nicer for the next event which will be held April 5th.
      City: Trinity Center

      Tips: Trinity kept it's reputation as a trophy fishery alive as the average of the fish weighed was over 3.5 lbs.

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: COLD IN THE MORNING BUT TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT DAY, CAUGHT A LIMIT WITH MY PARTNER WHO CAUGHT THE MOST MAINLY ON CLEAR COLORED 4 INCH WORMS AND SMALL WHITE TUBE JIGS, SLOW BITE. HEARD OF DEEP RUNNING CRANK BAITS ON MAIN BODY CRAW COLORED WORKED AND WHITE SPINNER BAITS THROWN IN THE MORNING UP TO SUNNY AREAS NEAR THE SHORE WORKED AS WELL
      City: EL DORADO HILLS

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      Water Temp: 52-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the narrows. Grn/chrt senko fished traditional got the early bites, fished painfully slow. Later carolina rigged senkos and worms darks and greens.
      City: SAC

      Tips: Fish super slow, soft bites so, if it fills heavy set the hook. Mainly on the inside edges and middle mouths of coves 15 to 35 deep.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 57-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Five strikes on white spinnerbait with Colorado blades, Stanley Pro Jigs trailer. Boated a dink and one 2lbs 9 oz lost two others at the boat 2-3 lbs each, plus a lost dink. My first time to fish a spinner for bass in years, was pleased to get bit. Got a late start, should have been out earlier. They were all pretty shallow, got no takers for anything fished off dropoffs. Tried Chatterbaits and Rat-L-Traps as well with no hits. Tried the same thing again today on 3/16, only one hit but it was 2lbs 12oz. Wind was tough.
      City: East Bay

      Tips: They seem to be moving shallow, and hitting on the sunny side of the tules.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: you guys need to go to my space, if you want to chit chat im looking for information on fishing on the delta . tomorrow im going out and i will give a report on the fishing, to date c ya on the water tight lines
      City: Elmira Ca

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fish hungry,
      fish see food,
      fish eat food. That's my theory. Call me crazy.

      Tips: Don't buy Clunn's crappy BPS signature rods, they suck

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 47 - 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: like the posters below .... what a wild saturday at clear lake last weekend!!! had our small two day club tourney there. it was a team tournament and my partner "was" the team for most of saturday. with less than half an hour before weigh-in, i stick a 6.96. problem was ..... my hands were so cold i couldn't really get my fingers closed around the grip/handle to reel. my hands kept slipping off. i yelled at my partner to get that net over here ..... reeeeaall fast. i ended up sorta reeling and sorta pulling the fish in by walking towards the other end of the boat. luckily my partner was better with the net than i was at reeling.

      that fish helped us take second in our little tournament. also held up for big fish.

      -perry-
      City: Orinda

      Tips: keep your hands warm (somehow)

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Holder Ford. Had 20 lbs. Sat.
      But let me tell you about my day.
      Shot down south got to the narrows and my engine
      oil alarm came on. Went back to look in oil compartment to see my buddies wallet sitting there
      against the motor. Shoot your gonna need that
      i think. Handed him the wallet and of course
      forgot to top off the opti oil. So we idled towards
      Baratos to see if we could score some oil. Buddy
      hands me a Power bar and i crack my back molar
      on it. Buy a quart of oil off a fellow angler,
      thanks Dave, head to my spot. Wind is blowing
      and oil alarm wont turn off. Head back to lakeport
      and about a mile from Skylark i spin the hub on the prop. Dead in the water i call a buddy for a
      tow and kick the minnkota up to 90. Hail starts coming down and suddenly i feel some tingling on
      my head. Im wearing a beanie, a hoodie, and my
      100mph jacket. The tingling starts buzzing all around my hair, and im thinking the cell phone
      up against my ear is causing some kind of vibration. I turn the cell phone off and drop it
      on the deck. At this point my hair is snapping and
      popping and i think my hair is on fire. My buddy
      thinks im going crazy until i tell him to touch
      my head and it shocks his hand much to his amazement. Am i on fire? No im polarizing. So i drop down to the deck, my fingers are arching
      everytime i curl them and suddenly realize that
      no im not in the twilight zone, im about to take
      a bolt of lightening. Luckily tommy shows up
      with a rope and as the deck fills up with about
      an inch of pea size hail i make it to the weigh in
      with 2 minutes to spare.
      Hillside Honda fixes my hub thanks guys!
      Second day, buddy flies home and im amped though
      fishing solo, get to about Konocti when suddenly
      my engine cuts down to an idle and there goes
      my lower impeller pump.
      Cripple in to Konocti, call for a ride to
      Lakeport and call it a day.
      That was my Lakeford Tourney in a nutshell.
      Should pick up my boat tomorrow $500 and shes
      all better.
      City: Angwin

      Tips: Make sure your service is up to date.
      Always wear your kill switch, carry a tow rope,
      have #'s saved in your phone of fellow anglers,
      and when you feel your hair standing up in a storm
      take cover.
      Fishing advice? Schedule a guided trip from
      yours truly
      www.clearlakebassguide.com

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Me and ol' Headgear fished the Holder tourny this weekend and had a blast. We caught fish everywhere we went,most of them small.I was slow crawlin a brown tube and Headgear was workin a shaky head. Before sunday was over we did a 180 and shot straight across the lake to a place we never fished before and found bigger fish, still no bucket mouths, but got to cull a couple.


























































      eadgear
      City: Ft. Bragg

      Tips: You still gotta fish slow and try new water

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Put in a about 0900 at Oaks and went directly to the Keys. Slow; a few bites; caught a 2 pounder. Fought some choppy water over to the shallows on the back of rattlesnake. I was fishing up tight. Struggled to get two. Later found that the fish are still a bit deep. When I pulled off about 30 feet, I started getting hammered. I used a dropshot, wacky rigged senko. Pumpkin was the ticket. The bite was so good that the hail didn't stop us. My boat was carpeted white after it stopped! There were four to five boats nearby. It was hard to keep count!(of the fish, that is) Even though they were the 2 to 3 pound variety, the bite is on. The fish were still a bit red-lipped. Released several. The bite never stopped.
      City: Esparto

      Tips: Let the rod load up. Be patient. Waiting 30 seconds between bites shouldn't be that hard to handle. Also, if you see anglers fishing in heavy hail, you should probably join them!

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: water very discolored, well not according to the collins lake people the day before i went up but then again their reports never seem to be on point. All about making that dollar! Anyways, fished the entire east side of the lake with highest water temp. Caught two by 8:30, one on green senko, other on brown grub. Fish activity started to pick up by 9 with some coming out, few more bites and fish in the boat, then cold front moved in, and completely shut off the bite. Tried drop shoting after cold front, and had thrown rip bait (stacy-90) and spinner baits early with no takes.
      City: davis

      Tips: fish were in 8-17 feet of water. Fished very slowly, draggging on the bottom. Look for bite to get hot within next week and half with warmer temps, and better water clarity.

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      Water Temp: warmer

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the west side of the lake in wind and off and on rain. Had four good bites on a brush hog texas rigged. But the trout are still winning, I cought a 4 lb trout near the damn on a DT-10.
      City: martinez