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Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 49+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rocks and tules with swimbaits, jigs, plastic and blades. No bites. Wind was so bad, I headed back to launch at 10:45AM but at last moment turned back and caught 12" and 14" from 11:10AM-11:30AM. Fished till 1:30PM and couldn't handle my boat being blown all around by all of the tornadoes.
      City: Cameron Park

      Tips: Wind was 20+ mph at 6:30AM and was as high as 35+ mph in the afternoon. Anchor didn't work and just pulled up 20 lbs of hydrilla and drifted where ever the wind wanted take me.

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Taking my own advise I went back out late afternoon Sunday and caught a 3.2 off the bank.Only 1 fish but it was a nice fish.

      Tips: Tried deep but the ones I'm catching are right there on the bank and they're eating it.

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 7-2 caught 12 on white and shade colored spinner baits and american shad lv 500.
      fish were all on points and scattered in the middle of the coves. spinner baits and rattle traps was about all we could use since we were taking on 3'-4' waves all day. overall not to bad of a day considering the wind.
      City: Lincoln

      Tips: try reactions baits the fish are starting to get agressive and move up.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 48-50+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The wife and I fished mid-lake to the north on Sunday. We caught 8 fish total with our best 5 coming in at just under 22lbs. All of our fish were taken fishing plastics fairly slowly on the bottom. We also caught one fish drop shotting.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: The fish are definitely moving up and becoming a lot more aggressive. Lake level is just about full.

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went back out after a horrible morning. I decided to go out on shore and try my evening luck. Well it paid off. Got my first bass of the year! It was a solid 3lb, with a gut. Not big, but I was super stoked. Also got a 7lb trout. All on my new fav. crank- Rapala DT shad.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Still was working slow, but I added some twitching.

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went up for a couple of hours Sunday morning. Wind was blowing. Caught 3 bass 4, 3, and 2 lbs. Caught them on homemade watermelon jig with a Zoom Speed Craw Watermelon/Red trailer. All three were in 5-10 feet of water, tight to cover.
      City: Fresno

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: wife and i went out, what a windy day but good bite started with a willow 3/4 oz spinner caught 2 then started throwing crankbaits o to 20 feet of water all spots today no largemouth went up north today fished wind blown banks also caught a couple nice fish in about 35 feet on dropshot went in about 11:30 wife was cold.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: steep banks today was the ticket color didnt matter just crank slow and fish slow

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: New boat no gra

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bite started slow. One in the first half hour. After that not one for two hours. Lots of swimbait bites but no takers. As the afternoon and sun got up things picked up. 17 in the boat with many missed bites. Best five going 7.2. First outing in the new boat and the first time on Oroville in about six months. Hope the bite picks up soon! I miss those 100 fish days!
      City: Sac

      Tips: Fish SLOW!!! Bite is super soft! Fish with your back against the sun. (warm side of the bank) Today Tubes were the trick. Best of all get out and enjoy this weather!

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 53.1 surface

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished on Sunday in the Warm Springs arm. Picked up one around 4lbs. Started back toward the island fishing points. Picked up 10 fish total one upwards of 5lbs. Best 5 for 18 lbs.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Fished slow using jigs and brush hogs with brass and glass.

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The chester side is still locked in with ice, but the from the dam to past big springs is all open. Slimer bite is good, salmon starting to show up here and there.
      City: susanville

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

      Report: Don't have a report, just bring someone new to bass fishing on my boat tomorrow. Will probably stay in the narrows as there's supposed to be wind. Any tips? I need advice badly. Have only been out once this year and no luck!
      City: Sacramento

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Come on guys if your not bringing 20+ pounds right now your fired.

      Tips: Get in there and beat em up now before the pros tear into them next week.
      4-5 foot deep tules, black and blue jigs.

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: First fish of the year came on a black/blue jig up tight to the rock bank.It was a keeper. The 2nd fish came hours later on the plastic. It was a 3.8 pound fish. A very fine fish indeed. I also talked to a couple guys. They also caught a couple to 3 pounds and I saw a guys get a 1 pounder on a crankbait. FINALLY! After 4 trips last month getting skunked,I got 2 and that is great!

      Tips: The fish are bitting so I advise going often now.

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

      Report: doc sounds like a good day, what were you using? Where were you fishing?

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started off slow and low and did not get much better, picked up first fish around 11 am around tule island on a crank bait, second fish came about 1 in state park, same crank bait. We missed a few on worms and had no other luck with anything, still a little slow, was probebly fishing to fast still.
      City: Grass Valley

      Tips: Water is still warming, will be better every day if this weather holds.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Kyle, my son and I will be there Sunday. Most likely by 6:00. It may be tough as this post front condition may make it tougher than normal, but I have a great spot that usually produces at sunrise on the west side. I'm thinking of tubing the lake but not sure yet. Let me know how you did today. I may hit the lake tonite if the wind dies down. I have caught a few monster stripers on BIG swimbaits at this time of year after dark.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Post front may make drop shotting or shakey heads the ticket just off shore. Jerkbaits with long pauses may kill 'em also if they decide to feed on the shad...I've been seeing a lot of shad dimpling the surface lately.

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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Very windy day and got worse as day went on. Caught a few 2 pounders on brown/purple and brown/melon jigs. A few bites were solid, but most were soft. Try 15 ft or deeper and lake has come up some, but water is still murky and watch out for debris.
      City: Fresno

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Short day. Fished from 11am to 2pm and had about 8 bites between my brother and I. I landed two, a decent 2-lb spot and another hard-fighting 3.5-lb smallie. Fished main body and south fork in 10-20 ft . Wind was horrible after 1pm!
      City: Folsom

      Tips: As usual, use those spinnerbaits on windblown points!

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished last wednesday from 7am to 2pm mostly in the main body a little in the north fork. I saw a lot of fish in the 20 foot range in main body flats. Only caught 7 fish but nice fats spots and 1 largemouth that went close to 4. All of my fish were caught in the flats in 19-22 feet of water and they were all on brown and purple jigs except 1 on a mm3 darthead.
      City: roseville

      Tips: fishing in the main body with jigs and dartheads has been working for me. once i find fish in certain depths they seem to be in that deep almost anywere in the main body.

  • Palo Pinto County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 8am to 11:30. Water was stained. No bites until the sun popped through which was about 10:30am. Had 2 semi hook ups near the Northern most island, which I lost both on the way to the boat. Then at the Southern most island I landed a chunky 5lber from the tully line on a jig.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: none, was my first trip there.