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Saturday, March 8th, 2008

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water about 8:45am and fished until 1:00pm. Caught 11 fish, all on 1/8 oz. dart head with a grub from 5 to 15 feet of water. all fish were between 12 to 15.75 inches. Nice fish for Anderson!! Rocky banks; some inside the coves, and some outside.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Keep your bait on the bottom. Drag it rather than hop it. Small movments.

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the lake at noon and the wind blew me off the lake 2hrs later with no fish to show for the misery. I hardly saw any fish in the finder and believe me I know where the fish are supposed to be on this particular lake. Fished from shallow to 25ft with drop shot and carolina rig and not a tap. The water needs to warm up before I will try it again.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Wait until the water hits 62 deg and then attack

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: Up to 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my two sons out for a short trip. This was my 3 year olds first bass fishing trip. He was able to put 4 keeper fish in the boat including a 3.5lb largie that he brought in all by himself. Yes I am a proud papa. All tegether we cought 15 fish 5 best going around 11 lbs.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: It was a little tougher than I thought it would be. Most of the fish were cought on worms and brushhogs along breaks off the spawning areas. I was able to pick up 3 on crankbaits no rip fish. Also dumped 3 swimbait fish still trying to figure these things out. The senko bite really took of at the end of the day as the fish did move up around 2.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: No fish, lots of wind.

      Tips: Beware of tickets. There was nobody at the pay booth to take money and the pay machine didn't work, but the ranger still gives out tickets.

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

      Report: Picked up a few 2-3's today jiggin with black and red skirts. Not bad, not good. I'm not an English major or anything and am used to typo's myself, but that previous post needs to go buy himself a bag of punctuation marks and sprinkle them on his post.
      City: West Sac

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      Water Temp: 54-56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: launched early out of whiskey,ran in to mildred and stayed all day,caught 14 all day best 5 going 18-19lbs biggest fish going 5lbs but lots of quality fish in the 3 to 4lbs range its starting to pick up out there with the water quality getting better hold on it should bust lose!!
      City: manteca

      Tips: just get out there, this place we all have in our back yards is going to get good realy fast

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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Solo today on the water at 8am first bite second cast near spillway on a Balck and Blue grub 3/8 oz jig head sudtle not to agressive bite 1.5# spot after that the wind came up and no other bites saw a few get bit later but not me Did not see any fish suspended after the wind came up I should of got on the water early I am sure the bite was good up to 8am the lake really got busy the dock was a mess with either new boaters or folks that forgot how to launch a boat

      water is warming up
      City: Roseville

      Tips: get the boat ready before you launch

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 50to57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out with greg on his new boat had alot of fun. had a mini tournament with pete & tony they got slapped with 22lbs they had maybe 12 lbs.tony did put on a dropshot clinic & pete did a good job of keeping tony on the fish.oh yeah greg did catch a 9 lbr on a black/blue jig everything else was on flukes.
      City: sac

      Tips: just go this place going to explode any day.

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      Water Temp: 51-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Most of the lake is clear, the Keys are muddy. Jason and I fished in the Keys first thing with a Capt Jack's Jigs in Watermelon/Red Flake, got a 5,3 and a nother 3 lbs. Moved out in the open water with all of the other boats (30 or more). Using a Swim bait and dragging a Jig got 2 more. So we went north and found some cold wind and not fish. Went back down behind Rattlesnake Island again and worked the Keys again hitting the trees and tules, got one more 5 lb Largie.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Stay out of the cold wind, the bass are moving up into 1-3 ft and stagging in 8-15 ft.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: pontoon boated from 930 to about 12ish, wind picked up, very difficult. dropshotted from boat dock south and nailed one about 3lbs within the first 100yds. tons and tons of short bites, either crappie/blugill or just straight aggressive bass. the one i caught, when i felt the bite, i let some slack and then set the hook, give it time to bite. pretty much all those bites all the way down til the south end but no more hookups.
      City: santa clara

      Tips: 20-30 feet off shore, cloudy but semi-warm day. not all the usual trees in the south end are in water, and when u first drive in, that parts not in water like it is usually. one i caught was a fatty, so either prespawn feeding or an early prespawner

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Not a good day at all. Threw my whole tacklebox and then some at the fish but couldn't get bit. On the water at 5:45am off at 12:00. Boats were moving all over the lake all day so i think i wasn't the only one with a bad day. Wind picked up and and no fish biting = Go Home and relax!
      City: San Jose/Monterey

      Tips: Wish i could tell ya.....typical coyote day....fish jumping all over the place and no fish committing to a lure...maybe 2 more weeks of sunny 70 ish days, might change some things.....i sure hope

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      Water Temp: 53 S (Dam) - 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished form 7 till 2. Main lake was chocolate, creek was green. Tried everything, black and blue jig, senkos, C-rig brushhogs, cranks, spinners, white frog. Trolled swimbaits from the dam to the creek along West bank. Graphed lots of fish suspending at 20' in 40' water. Had One solid hook-up in the creek on a Shakey Head - with a Kinami purple-brown cut-tail worm, but it broke me off. Wind came up strong around 11-2, whitecaps main lake. In summary: skunked.
      City: Monterey

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 51.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished FPT opener. Caught 7, Weighted 5 @ 10.02 lbs. Finished 25th. First time on lake ever. Fished Big Creek all day. Picked them up on Cranks, Jigs and Drop Shot. All shallow less than 6ft. Had a blast!
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: If you have a boat or not and you want to fish with a bunch a good guys and gals, contact Future Pro Tour @ futureprotour.net Fun group! Tight Lines!

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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing Saturday until mid afternoon. Caught a couple 4lbs on windy points. Wind was bad. Caught smaller fish in the morning and the bigger ones later in the afternoon. All jig fish in shallow water. 5'-15' deep.

      Tips: Both 4lbs were spawned out. Jigs on main points. fished submerged structure with only small fish being cuaght. find rocky main body points and hold on. Had a few bites on the old swimbait, but nothing would hang on.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Another slow day. Fished South fork on Saturday and got one 2.5 spot on a C-rigged senko. The wind picked up and we headed in about noon. Tried everything but I think these cold nights are not letting the water warm up to really activate the fish.
      City: Rocklin

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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out with big brudda...started main body/channel and mouth of north fork dropshotting diff depths...zip. went up north fork and jigged/dropshot points...zip. finally went to south fork first cove at mouth...brudda hooked 1 smallie, 1 largie ea about 2lbs. i got hit but couldn't set it. in all, tried chatterbaits, spinners, mega swimbaits (3"), jigs, shakeys/senko but dropshot brought the hits....just haven't figured true pattern out yet. yikes!
      City: folsom

      Tips: i'd rather not be responsible for givin' a bad tip. yikes again! if anyone has somethin's been workin' or tips for this time of year and condition, WE'RE INTERESTED and not ashamed to admit it!!

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: When't out between 3-7 today at Granite Bay. and not a single bite. Mostly jerked and drop shot around the points. I was out Thur and caught 5 fish, 3 smallies and 2 spots between 3-5 pounds. and caught 1 fri. All where caught about the same time. And on the bank.
      City: Citrus heights

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: upper 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: hiked up there with a couple of friends. On the way there, one of the two rods we had got the tip broken off because of a rock. But we fished with it anyway, along with the one i brought. We started off with a worm and spinnerbait. I lost my spinnerbait when i got it snagged so i figured thats it for using those. After losing it, and not catching anything, we moved to another spot across from us that had some deeper water closer to shore. One of my friends used a crankbait and i used a darter head with a Gulp minnow worm. On my second cast i had a hit and set the hook. When i landed it it was a pound or so. I had a light setup so it was a good fight! After that i gave my rod to a friend who wasnt fishing and he got one a little bigger within 10 minutes. After that we had to leave and head back even though it wasnt too late. This was my first time here and i enjoy the hike but i might bike up here next time so i can fish a little longer. I would like to use a float tube in this lake...that would be fun.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: The fish are in prespawn and around weeds, the water was low, i think they drained out some water to pull out tules. We passed some rangers who were doing that. Use a suspending jerkbait or a darter head, maybe a crankbait. The fish are becoming more active. Good Luck!

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

      Report: Just a quick question, I live close to LOP and am wondering what it takes to get out on the lake? I have a friend that lives out there but never really inquired as to what the rules where? Any help would be apprecitated. If you have anything just drop me an email.

      Thanks
      City: Grass Valley

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 44-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: As I thought would happen, the fishing got better as the week progresed. The water temps are rising slowly with 55 degrees the high in the South Fork, Main Body temps from 44-50, North Fork from 43-48. Saturdays Anglers Choice Tournament produced many 10lb, limits and the top weight was 11.6lbs. Most of the bass came from the slot, main body and the south parts of the lake. Drop shot with Robo Worms, Gitzits in green, clear sparkle, and motor oil, Paradise Tackle jigs in green, brown/purple and black/blue and dart head worms produced most of the bites. The reaction bite is still soft. Next weeks bite should get even better.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Bites came in 5-10 ft. down to 50ft. Points and walls leading into coves produced bites.