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Saturday, March 8th, 2008

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out saturday and sunday. Winds were pretty good on Sunday morning. Fished in 30 to 50 feet of water and caught 12 the first day and 10 on sunday. Best five went about 7 pounds. caught most fish on twin tail grubs and drop shot small worms. Caught a few on tubes. mostly in natural browns.
      City: Central Point

      Tips: fish slow and on points. Bait fish are being pushed to the west side of the lake due to the winds. Watch out for debris in the water. there is a ton of logs that can ruin your day.

Friday, March 7th, 2008

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 53.6

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Me and the son headed to this lake by default. Was running late but we wanted to hit the water so we talked about it and decided it was the one that would give us the most time on the water getting our lines wet. A few fishing dudes on the lake and a few skiers but not too bad. Man was the wind up today and had a bite to it. Trolling motor was cutting out on me so it was hard to hold over any spots. The fish finder spotted a ton of fish at 25 feet just hanging out talking to one another. Drop shotting for 90% of the time. The boy rigged carolina wormy but nothing going on. A few carp jumped as the sun set and the wind died down. We had about 45 minutes of time left so I decided to go with a 3/8 oz black spinner with willow leaf blades. I tossed it towards the shore working a shelf and BAM! 3 lbs ended up on my line. Brought it in as my fishing partner netted it. Remembered at that time I forgot the camera.. DOH! My son had to have one so he decided to throw a spinner but no luck as we ran out of time.

      We ran out of sun but I filled my life bucket with joy because I got to hang with my son and do something every father and son should have the opportunity to do.
      City: San Jose

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the tullies ajacent to deep water around franks and got 3 fish to 3 lbs. Black and blue jigs. Had to leave early with boat problems. I hear the blade bite is going off right now.
      City: Lodi

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      Water Temp: 55-56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Beautiful weather, great time to be on the water. I fished from 2 pm to Sunset on the east delta the last two days. Fished islands and steeper banks with rock/tulles. Quickly learned the islands were the place to be. Had best luck with spinner baits for numbers of fish up to 5#. A few fish caught on Delta Craw speed trap. Probably would have been able to catch more, but I prefer spinner baits when they are working. A few fish on swim bait to 6.5#. Overall had fun as the bite is turning on.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Where I found the warmer water, the fish were shallow.

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: flip bite was on today...fished from 2:30 til dark...sweet beaver worked better than it's older brother today...green pumpkin/christmas tree sweet beaver...4 foot of water and in the tules...8.19 pound was the biggen pulled in and lot's of other fish...
      City: Fremont

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Out of Brannon early AM Cant be too spacific , too many tournies you know. 6 fish for 16-18 # bag .First day on the delta this year.YEA BABY!
      City: Sac

      Tips: S.O.S. ------GOD I LOVE THIS PLACE

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out late morning and the water was calm. Was back in the west cove just after noon and acually some fish on the bank, had two good bites on a Brush Hog but no hook-ups.
      City: martinez

      Tips: The water is getting warmer and they are coming up, it won't be long.

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      Water Temp: idk

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: the water was calm but alot of ducks today...not many bites but it was still fun
      City: antioch

      Tips: swim bait

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out on the 2nd and roped fish all day. Started off with a 1/2 ou spinner bait and caught a 7 pounder slow rolling a point. Roped a few more and then I threw senkos against the damn and pulled out two 5's and three 6 pounders. I also fished 1/2 ounce jigs with a yamamoto twin tail and picked up some 3 pounders. Great day on the lake caught 27 total.
      City: Hemet

      Tips: did not catch anything on the swim bait and just one small one on a crank, through spinner baits in the morning

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      Water Temp: 55-57

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished with my brother mar 07& 08. on fri got a huge bass. four all day. on the 08 wind was blowin lots of debri in the water. one all day. rough fishin but its pickin up. supprised w all the boats on the lake noone postin.
      City: merc3d

      Tips: watch for debri , an the wind .

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I did not get out until 2 pm and we headed over to Beals Point in 10-25 ft. using darter head and drop shot finding O. So we moved to the main body point throught a swimbait off the rocks in 2-10 got a 5.14 largie, only stayed 2 hrs so went home.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: The bass are up0 spawning on the flats in 1-10 ft.

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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished mon-thurs good bite all over lake .Mon, went north and went looking for warm water found that it is 52 @ rattelsnake cought 6 up to 2 lbs on mud lined points with long taper, fish in 7-8 ft on speed trap and c-rig senco.Tuse, wanted to find bigger bite went north and started with big jerk bait and hud with no bite so c-riged for 3 1.5lbs fish just stop the bait and hold so if you feel any wait set the hook.Weds, just went out to catch a limit and went with c-rig with 3/4oz bulet,glass and gami ewg thin wire hook to 6in senco in green ,found fish up in 3-6ft and went 5 for 16lbs with a 5.12lb kicker.Thurs, had to see if my pattern from the day before would hold, and it did and got better best five went 17lbs and had a better avg.
      City: roseville

      Tips: when you find fish catch one or two and leave for an hour or so to let the spot rest.Allways more than one fish on a spot this time of year get three or four spots and run and gun.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 51 - 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: In the morning, my fishing partner and I started fishing up the Warm Springs arm. Water temp was 52

      Tips: It appears the fish are starting to stage in deep water and getting ready to move up to the shallower water as the temperature goes up. If the bite is tough, try downsizing.

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The Reaction bite is still slow but the fish are
      moving up
      City: TheWoodpile

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

      Report: Thanks for the 'heads-up' DK. I passed it along on my Group Email!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fish frank's for about 2 hours and no bites. Went and fish around Corrieia Rd for 4 hours and still nothing. I was throwing spinner bait, rattle trap,swimbait and speed trap......still nothing. Went to white slough and it was high tide peak and going out...caught first fish of the day...on white/red spinner bait...5 pounder. Caught an 4 pounder 10min later.....and that everything went crazy...I end up catching 13 bass ...and my buddy caught 11 bass....our biggest is 6lb 7oz. we caught six 5 pounder and three 6 pounder all ohters were 3 to 4 pounder. Bass were caught on white/red spinner bait and crawdad rattle trap. All bass were caught on out going tide and fish was caught on island only.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Never give up......it will pay off.

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

      Report: the fish were there...the water was clear, fish from
      1-15 foot water were seen...but they werent exactlyfeeding.
      as for the quagga, the meating was BS because it seemed that many of the board members had there mind made, before the meating...
      srry for all the anglers out there.
      City: ventura

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: join Redwood Empire Bass Club or Sonoma County Belly Boat Club and you will learn lots of things to catch those clear lake bass as well as waters you havent fished at before!
      City: petaluma

      Tips: try new things and gain confidence. no matter what you throw at clear lake. you cant go wrong. stick with one thing/day and you will catch something. then once you thrown different things all day, you could throw them using a pattern!

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

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

      Report: Notice of Public Hearing

      March 2008

      The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing on March 11, 2008 at the Betteravia Government Center in Santa Maria to consider a request from the Cachuma Operations and Maintenance Board (COMB) to temporarily close Lake Cachuma to private boats. The request is based upon the threat of Quagga Mussel (an invasive aquatic freshwater mussel) possibly being introduced into the lake via private boats. The hearing will be conducted as part of the regularly scheduled meeting which begins at 9am.and should be heard sometime during the morning agenda.

      Public may give testimony before the Board of Supervisors in person in Santa Maria, or by remote at the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room in Santa Barbara.

      The Betteravia Government Center Hearing Room is located at 511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria, Ca.

      The Santa Barbara Hearing Room is located in the County Administration Building, fourth floor at 105 East Anapamu Street in Santa Barbara.

      Tips: Everybody show up to this!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 53-54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out of russos today . windy 3 foot swells in front of russo . even tricky to get boat launched. not being too smart we went anyway . tried to fish inside tract .. too rough for us old guys. tried some places with a little protection . partner got a five off rocks with a speed trap . too windy and rough to fish SLOWLY .. gave up about 10:30 . we were at the south end behind the wall and to get to russos it was too rough for us to run the tract so five mile all the way back and with big swells we got WET .. I SAY WET !!! i heard that the afternoon it calmed down but my trolling motor batteries would be shot by then . had to either run at 80-89 percent or drift 30 miles per hour with the wind and current. one bass we did get was a football and full of eggs . so when weather permits things south really pick up ..
      City: sunnyvale