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Saturday, February 16th, 2008

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 47-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: As I read the previous post, I though to myself....did I already post a report? Almost an identical day. Fished main body including damn and peninsula with nothing in the well. Spent 10am-2pm on the water. One bite on a spinnerbait...could have been bottom/tree stump. Tried spinners, chatters, jerks, jigs, drop shots and swimbaits. Nada. Didn't meter much fish either which leads me to believe they are still hanging out in deeper water and waiting to move shallow. Water temp reached 51 at one point but no fish around.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: None here.

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished on Saturday for 3 1/2 hrs from 12:30-4:00. Nothing, it has been awhile since I said that one. Not one bit today. fished main body near Mormon island/dyke 8 area(48-50degree) and pennesula(51-52degree), fished everywhere from 2ft-30ft. hit humps, island tops, brush piles, points. I tried too hard to get a reaction bit with the jerk bait LC ghost and shad colors. Senko, Swimbait, crankbait a no go. Even tried dragging a 1/2oz jig around too. I did not try drop shot or dart head. Looks like you need to stick with the dart head and drop shot until it gets warmer. I did not mark that many fish at all. Tells me they are stacked up when you find them. Kinda scary.
      City: El Dorado hills

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bite was extra mushy...dead sticking for extended periods of time was the key...winning weight in our club was 6.36 pounds with only 3 fish total...drop shot with 3 inch amber green with blue/red flakes and just let it sit there...hope it picks up soon
      City: Fremont

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Slow day with 3 in the boat 1.5, 2.25, 6.1
      all fish on drop shot. tried jigs in different colors, swim baits, tubes. We tried many spots on the lake and up river but no takers. Went back where we started and picked up 3 fish in 40 minutes and then that was it. Same place I caught 3 fish last week. All fish cauth in 35-45 feet.
      City: Lincoln

      Tips: Keep your line wet...the bites will come.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 45-46.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished McCloud arm in vacinity of Hirz Bay. Water extremely cold, clearing with visibility of 3 to 8 feet. Bite very light and slow, no reaction bite, all fish on plastics. 12 keepers in boat, 2 fisherman.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Fish worms, senkos and light jigs very slooooowww!!

Friday, February 15th, 2008

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water at 7:30- started with a Huddie with no takers or follows. Tried dartheads and brass n' glass with no takers. All fish came on jigs- brown and purple 1/2-3/4 oz. Final count was 6 fish in the 2-3 lb. range.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Don't wake up early- first fish came at 10:00 and the next 5 came between 12:00 and 2:00. Work jigs parallel to shore slowly. All fish came out of the front of coves near creek channels about 15-25ft deep. It did not matter whether the bank was in the sun or shade.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 50-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: A better day of fishing today. Launched out of Markleys Cove and headed to narrows and started fishing rocky points and just followed the shore line and started cathing fish in 15-25 feet of water. We had come down the shore line to some fallen trees and cought our biggest fish (a 2-12 lmb long and skinny) with a texas rigged lizard in about 20 feet just dragging along the the lenght of the tree. Caught a total of 14 fish and missed about 8 others due to shirt bites steeling half the lure. Good day, a little breezy at times.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: We caught our fish using watermelon/red lizard, brush hogs, and brown jigs.

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

      Report: Plan to head out delta this Sunday. Any recommendation in the water? I heard jigs work out the best now. Hows the fishing now? its been good weather for two weeks and i would assume the bass should pick up now tho. Please share some information please. Where to try and what to use. Thanks. Just trying to have a good day in the water.

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

      Report: Windy when I left the S.f. valley but dead calm at the lake. Water is up and the main ramp is in use. Water was mid-50's and slightly stained. Started in the back of Chismahoo Creek and got 1 shallow bite on a Fatzee (2-1/2 in...brown wth black flake) on a darthead. Had 3 other bites all day, all on dropshot worms. Didn't get any fish in the boat. Talked to someone at the ramp who said the water temp dropped 3 degrees from 2 weeks ago. He didn't have any bites all day but a friend landed 2 from deep water. This was the day after a cold, hard north wind and things were definitely off.

      Tips: Be ready for tough boat inspections! I cleaned my boat thoroughly and barely made it. Clean everything including your hull. Fish deep and slow with green weenie and cinnamon brown/blue neon.

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: caught limit using drop shot near inlet. moved out to main body threw river to sea trout swim bait 4 bumps 2 takers 3.5 & 5+. other than that real slow
      City: sac

      Tips: throw swim bait!!!! its hit or miss

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 52-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Windy, Windy, windy....water was pretty rough..caught six total for the day..probably going for 5 pounds. Caught three throwing cinnamon/green flake yamamoto twin tail hula grubs on dart head...1 drop shotting with keeper pearl/blue 4" worm..one on a Lucky Craft rip bait... one on a Watermelon seed/red flake baby brush hog...all were caught five feet from the bank..but fish finder showing most 15-25 feet...saw piles of bait fish all along the old dam, what's left of ski cove, and along the old railroad posts half way to horseshoe...no luck though...everything caught was in the rocks...good news is the lake levels are rising with the old dam three feet showing, and ol' McClure starting to look almost normal again. Saw another Basser hook a 4 pounder on a green pumpkin tube, texas-rigged in Temperance. Forget going up river...water is still 6-8 feet deep a half mile past horseshoe...
      City: Merced

      Tips: I've read that crankin along the creek beds are getting fish..none for me. I still think crawdad colors are the way to go...hula grubs, brush hogs, and tubes...and once the old dam goes under...the fising should improve..plus keep drop shotting. Have patience..it will get better...

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 39-45

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lots of tournaments both club and pro this weekend. The bite on Sat. was really soft. A lot of the guys came in without full bags. Won Bass winner had around 9 1/2 lbs. Sundays bite was a lot better for some and not so good for others. The top weight for Sundays Anglers Chioce tournanment was 11.80. The Main Body produced more full bags and also the Middle Fork. The South Fork was still disapointing. Jigs, dart head worms and tubes did the best over all. A few on swim baits and a few on lipless crank baits. The Lake should turn on after the rain coming in this week. It should warm the water temp. up and also provide in-flow that we don't have right now.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Keep fishing slow

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: How's the water clarity in the back ponds? Please post some report. Anyone catch any good size bass yet? Please share some info.
      City: fremont

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: i agree tim. the bass fishing has been extremely bad. i always use to catch them on senkos near the shore at this time of year, but im hardly comming up with any fish lately.
      City: p town

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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: muddy dont bother fishing here
      City: santa rosa

      Tips: dont bother fishing here

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Thanks bassin homer. Tried the link, but nothing came up.

      Did report say if the lake has the lake come up at all?

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 49-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: One of those day you wonder why you event went....?? Five foot waves in the lake, wind was howling, expecting a nice day but....at least I was fishing.
      I got 8 bites and landed 5 fish all about 2-lbs each, all on a 3/4 oz brown jig with a brown grub (twin tail)and all in 25-30ft the bite was from 11:30 to 2 pm. "Last week the bite turned on at noon" I was pretty limited where i could fish, otherwise I believe I could have caught more fish.
      City: Martinez

      Tips: Off shore structure was good last week in the afternoon, points in the narrows mid morning. Most of the fish on Brn/brn jig and a few on a purple ghost dart head 1/4. Line size didn't matter I was using 15 lb on the jig and 6 lb on the dart head.

      New Bass Anglers Guide will be in stores the first week of March www.bassanglersguide.com

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 50.9

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The fishing conditions was tuff. the water was muddy brown everywhere i went. the only thing i think did not help me was trying to fish slow in the wind.

      i did manage the first fish for the year. one over 3 pounds. caught on a half ounce jig.
      City: san francisco

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49.1

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: well gate didnt open till almost 7:30 and after launching my boat someone in a ranger launched right into mine but bite was good caught some nice largemouth fish are moving shallow and reaction bite is starting look for warmer water
      City: Roseville

      Tips: to the guy in the ranger you dont need 30 feet of rope to get your boat in the water

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: bassin homer, have you taken another drive to the lake?

      Whats the latest?
      City: Sacto