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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 47-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Wednesday's trip was very encouraging. We found most of the feeding bass in 5-10ft. The morning bite was better then the afternoon. We landed 25 for the day but lost a lot and had around 12 over. The numbers are'nt huge but it shows the bass are fineally coming up and getting ready to spawn. This next full moon should provide more numbers and size. Fished the West Branch and the slot. Hits came on rattle trap,shad color, tubes in clear sparkle, green, motor oil and craw colors and jigs in gray/purple and brown/cinnamon
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Fished long stretches of bank to find a group of bass feeding and then another long stretch to find another group. No real pattern.

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: high 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Great day on the water. Not a whole lot of bites, but they were quality fish. My fishing buddy and I had a total of 8 bites for the day, but they produced 4 bass (2, 2.5, 3.5, and 5.5 lbs) and 3 stripers (6, 9, and 15 lbs). A 1/2 oz white chatterbait with a 4" yamamoto Kut Tail (color 922) accounted for the largest 3 bass and the smallest striper in a 100 yard stretch of Potato Slough. The remaining fish were caught on a 1/2 oz shad color Rat L Trap.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: We fished the chatterbait inside the weedline and were able to pull the fish out. The one bite that I didn't land appeared to be a decent fish too since it swam into the thickest part of the weeds and came unbuttoned. Stripers are hitting Rat L Traps so be prepared. Our last 3 trips have resulted in 9 keeper size stripers being caught.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey fishboy, nice largemouth from Mossdale! You say you traveled down river? Is that towards Tracy/ Stockton, or Merced River? I'm looking at the new housing tracts in Lathrop near Mossdale and was looking for some tips. Thanks and happy fishin!!!
      City: manteca

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

      Report: At first the Great Lakes were very concenred about the Zebra Mussels and now the fishing for Bass in the great lakes is better than it has ever been. There is no obvious way top kill off the Quagga short of draining the lake and starting over and then there is no guarntee that they would kill all of them. Lake Casitas has been a good source of revenue for the city of Ojai for many years and can continue to do so for eternity. It's time to learn to evolve and accept those things that cannot be changed. some intelligence needs to be applied and quit panicing over something so trivial. Bass fisherpeople contribute a great deal to our economy and should be appreciated not punished.
      City: Burlington

      Tips: Tight lines

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 50-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went to clear lake yesterday with my brother & son for mixed results. 20 fish but a small bag, maybe around 15 lbs??? Fished any notable point of interest in the North only. Hit just about everything from Lucerne to Rocky point to swim bait cove to Kelsy creek to State park to Horseshoe to Buckingham & more. Results My brother-13 fish - dropshot(7)Rip(2)swimbait(4 fish used a 6 inch swim bait but nothing over 3 lbs all choked the bait too, wierd??)My 12y old son - 2 drop shot, Me-5 only(I was pissed) 1 rip,4 dropshot to 3 lbs) I was surprised that the rip bait bit was freakin slow considering the water Temp. Talked to some anglers and guess we made a mistake by not going South. All swim bait bits were deeper, nothing shallow. Personally my day went like this- my arm was about to fall off from casting various swimbaits all day. I did miss my only one bit on a baitsmith then lost the lure mid air on the very next cast. 30 bucks down the drain, oh yeah, I also snapped a 200.00 rod in half somehow, had 15 out of the blue birds nest and lost one of my favorite rip baits on deep tule snag, there was more too. It was one of those days. Anyways just venting, I did managae to have a great time with my family so as long as your fishing have fun.
      City: eldoradohills

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Thanks Dave. Heading that way in two weeks. Sounds like its going to be good.

      Thanks Again for the info!!

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      Water Temp: Warmin' up

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 2-6pm with my new pontoon boat/trolling motor....kick ass fun. Made a few new aquaintances...good fun was had by all...everyone seemed to be getting into fish. Nice job, Bo, catching the big ones today. I only managed 3 bass between 2 and 4 lbs. and one nice trout on a crankbait. At least they are where they are supposed to be right now. One bass and the trout fell for a medium running crankbait and the others on a wacky rigged senko.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: fish the tullies....you'll see them rubbing against them as the make their way to the shore.

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      Water Temp: 60ish

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Made my annual spring trek to coyote. My brother and I fished three days and only scratched up 22 fish total. Big fish were 10.25, 9.25, 8.5, 7.75, 7.25, 6.25. Good but nothing compared to last spring when we got a 15.2, 10.4, 2 9s and 6 8s and alot of smaller fish. good fishing to all... Mike from Spokane WA

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 4 fish going 17 pounds. fish are still off their beds, and roaming in 6 to 10 feet on the flats. took a 6# on a homade thingy, and the rest on rat l traps
      City: auburn

      Tips: pump the traps. the two biggest fish came out of a foot of water

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: unsure

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Showed up at McCabe's point at about 4pm yesterday fishing off of bank with two buddys and immediately got hits from slotty-spottys and smaller spots on small worms fished slowly- basically dragged-on split shots and carolina rigged-color did not seem to matter but we used reds and pinks mostly. Hits came between 20ft out up about 5 ft out. Also got repeated hits from same fish with different worms. Obviously fish are finally coming up to stage on points but females did not appear to have many eggs yet. Fished into the trees but bite seemed to stop inside of coves and most bites on points or on depth changes of flats. Hopefully fat largemouths and bigger spots will show up later in moon cycle. Water way way down-need some rain to be more productive. Also caught a fat 3lb female largemouth in pond at wildlife area sunday that was about three quarters full of eggs- Afterbay anyone?
      City: Oroville

      Tips: Drag skinny worms slow at lake oroville for spots-If you catch a largemouth increase size of worm and hook for incoming females. Want bigger fish-try afterbay and ponds or get a guide and hit the delta. Good luck and remember to always practice catch and release to live to fight another day!

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 46-50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a tourney Sunday out of Jones Valley. Ran up the Pit arm and found some fish within the first 100yds of bank we stopped on. Caught a couple of runts under 12 and decided to move. Found a creek cove with steep banks and trees in about 30-40 ft. of water and started catching quality fish in the 15-16" range, one smallie that was almost 2lbs. We had a 7.5lb limit within the first 2hrs. Moved back out to the arm and fished a rocky bank that normally produces quality fish. My partner caught one 3.3lbs and another 2.9 there. Moved to another big fish spot and banged one more solid 2 pounder. Continued to fish until 3pm and caught some more typicall Shasta dinks. We ended up taking first with just under twelve lbs. and second and third place also had nice sacks with just under 11 and 10 lbs.. Third place had big fish with a 4lb+ Spot. Sveral other teams had a fish over 3lbs. Overall everyone seemed to have a great time and caught a fair amount of fish.

      Tips: Fish slow; bite is very light. Ther were a few rip fish caught, and a lot caught worming. We caught our fish on darter headed worms in 20-40ft. No real pattern to the location of fish. Saw alot of bait balls on the graph but no fish busting them on surface. A couple more weeks will be a great time to take out the kids to catch some nice Shasta bass.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 52 TO55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: THE MUD STILL HASNT SETTLED OUT YET. FISHING WAS BETTER LAST WEEK . I HAD 9 HITS AND LANDED 7.THIS WEEK THE FISH WERE IN THE SAME GENERAL AREAS BUT THERE SEEM TO BE LESS OF THEM.I HOOKED 4 AND LANDED 3 IN THE 2 TO 3 POUND RANGE. TRIED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING AND WACKY WORMED SENKOS DID THE TRICK.FISH TREES AND BRUSH PILES THE FISH ARE TIGHT TO COVER.NO OPEN BANK FISH YET. I THINK ITS STILL A COUPLE WEEKS AWAY.WE NEED SEVERAL DAYS OF 70 PLUS DEGREES.
      City: SANTA ROSA

      Tips: STICK TO SENKOS IN DARK COLORS AND USE SMELLY JELLY.

Monday, March 10th, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58.6

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: WENT FISHING AT 10:00AM AT MOSSDALE.PARTLY SUNNY WAS INCOMING TIDE.WENT DOWN RIVER USED DT-10,SPINNERS BAITS,JIGGS,SWEET BEAVERS,I LOST A STRIPER EARLY ON THE DT-10 .THEN LOST BLACK BASSON THE DT-10.IT WAS A SOFT BASS.CLOUDS CAME AND HOOKED A 8.08 LARGE MOUTH. 2MINS LATER A 4.00LARGEMOUTH .SUN CAME BACK AND NOTHING REST OF THE DAY LEFT WATER AT 2:30PM
      City: manteca

      Tips: KEEP TRYING THE FISH ARE OUT THEIR!!!!!

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: First trip of the year. Fished out of Tracy Oasis and pounded the north side of the Grantline Canel with chatterbaits and crankbaits Green and red in color. First fish of the year 3lb and I milked it,feeling every move she made we danced a little to long and she spit her crankbait back at me. Moved over to Widows and Cameron nails a 7lb plus on a red crankbait with EM Beads also red.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Dirty water, so water displacement is a must.H.I.C Technology(hydrodynamic Imaging capability)Rick Clunns theory of Quantum Physics.

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

      Report: 51 to 56 today
      City: kelseyville

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: What is the water temp?

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: aye wazup every one i havent been fishing for 2 weeks but can someone tell me watz up wit da bass now? r they spawning yet? what are spots you been catching them? what lures have been working?
      City: THA P

      Tips: get at me im going fishing this weekend give me tips

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 51-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Did a day trip launched 6:30 am fished rattle snake island with spinner baits, picked up couple small fish. fished live bait for about 1 hour not real good picked up a 4 and couple of 3 pounders. ran up to red bud and fished docks picked up a 9.3 and 6 smaller fish on senkos. 9.3 was on a bed and had already done her thing, she was empty.
      City: Lincoln

      Tips: flip way up under the docks in the shade.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out on Sunday from 7-12 noon. Had success right off the bat at first stop and had thoughts of a big day on Folsom. My buddy lost a huge fish on a drop shot, we never did see her but it must have been a huge spot by the way it worked him over, after a long battle it finally broke off the hook. It has been awhile since I have seen that on Folsom and that includes fish over 7lbs so it was a biggin. anyways, managed 6 fish total best five went 13 1/2 lbs with nice big healthy cold spots in the 2 1/2- 3 lb range. fished main body (52 deg) and tried many places but found the fish holding only on 1 location. Wanted to fish the South fork but it was at 47 degrees, wierd but must be cold from all of the snow melt???
      City: eldoradohills

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: It has slowed down considerably, A dozen fish all in all.
      The best five went 22 pounds, but broke one off at the motor that was close to nine.
      Beavers, and rat l traps. although a pig came on a spinnerbait. There are beds anywhere you can find flats
      City: auburn

      Tips: long cast