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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Anyone fish the back pond lately? The weather have been steady, I would think the bass would start coming up to shore. Please post some report to keep this lake active. I am planning to head out this weekend with island and arroyo pond. I'll post some report
      City: fremont

      Tips: Please keep the report active here. And please catch and release the bass. Its getting less and less.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 48-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished today all day for 2 fish to 3 pounds or so. Tried going up warmsprings and thats were i did catch them but 10 hrs 2 fish 1 missed fish im not doing somthing right?
      I fished mostly jigs and zipper worms in purple and purple black. I tried a swimbait for a while figured if im not catching anything might as well not catch something BIG right?
      I fished last friday for about the same results then went and watched the ABA tourny and wow those guys can catchem got me inspired I will be out there tommorrow maybe i will learn something!!
      City: s.r.

      Tips: Please anyone??? TIPS?? P.M. me :-)

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 47 - 53 F

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Enjoyed a beautiful AM @ Capell Cove & caught nothing. Had one bite on spider jig & one maybe bite on dropshot. Water color looked great - nice stain & warming - but just couldn't get anything going.

      Tips: Should be good soon. Could meter fish, but couldn't get them to bite.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The last week has been very tough. Nothing on swimbaits or even jigs. I started fishing deeper and got a few on darterhead worms and some smaller fish on dropshot. With the weather the last week I figure it would be off the hook, not!
      City: Granite Bay

      Tips: for any chance of a bite, rock piles that drop into deep water.

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      Water Temp: 48+

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Press release from the State Weather Department of Water Conservation and Lake Level Control Research Data Committee: It hasn't rained in a week. It's feeding on snow melt and higher elevation lakes. It'll be a slow rise until we get more rain.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Go catch fish.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: It looks like they're holding the lake at 389 feet after it rose about a foot a day for the last 10days or so..I wonder if they're holding water in the above dams for Los Angeles Area?
      City: EDH

      Tips: Don't have any!!

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 51-53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough today. Fished 10:00am-3:15pm with one tap that didn't stick around to finish it's meal. Threw black/blue jigs, spooned and drop shotted on Dry Creek and Warm Springs sides. Graphed lots of fish throughout the water column, as well as plenty of bait. Fished S.L.O.W., and still no go. Talked to a couple guys who took one 1lber all day. Hope someone did good.
      City: San Anselmo

      Tips: Do the opposite of what I did, or do it somewhere else...most winters at Sonoma I find that the all around best bait is a jig n' pig fished super super slow, and I do mean pork, which I didn't use today.

Monday, February 11th, 2008

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My lake neighbor (Joe) and I launched his boat at the Narrows resort and started trolling with cripplures and Blue Fox spinners. I got a 13 inch trout 5 minutes after we started towards the north end on a cripplelure. We trolled back and forth while we enjoyed the beautiful day and ended the day with 5 trout between us. All carbon copies of the first. The temperture was in the high 60's, t-shirt and shorts all day :-)
      City: San Francisco

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

      Report: Spoke to the lake personnel and they said the ramp is on schedule for 28 Feb. Shud be nice IF the lake is open!!

      Meeting with Board of Supes is tentatively scheduled for the 4th of March.
      City: Santa Barbara

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: trolled the whole lake with flashers and rapala's and multicolored spoons. not one bite. very frustrating. went out to weeks ago and limited out in a couple of hours. the rains and water level have put a damper on the lake for the time being. However, some guy out there caught a 9 pounder on an orange rapala trolling on the surface. this thing was huge. some guys caught a couple on power bait on the eastern bay shore by the damn. good luck.
      City: Livermore

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      Water Temp: 50+

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took off Monday and it was well worth it!!! The lake is still very muddy but it has warmed up. I'm finally starting to see a lot of fish on the fishfinder. Most are sitting at the 8-10 ft depth.

      I fished the Northeastern part of the lake and didn't have one bite. I then trolled over to the stream entrance on the Southeast end of the lake. Some great cover for the bass since the lake level went up!!!! This area was unaccessible last summer.

      I threw a green tiger crankbait that runs around 6' deep. After tossing it about 12 times, I ran the plug right next to a sunken tree and that was the one!!! Finally a 4+ pound largemouth!!! I pulled her into the boat, took out the plug and then let her go for someone else to have the same excitement I had.

      This lake is starting to show some promise. I think once the lake clears up and the weather warms up, that this could be a fun lake. Only caution to people is that if you want to catch a lot of bass, this isn't the lake. I would suggest moving up to Lake Sonoma or Clear Lake. This is a really small lake but since its in my backyard I can't complain but you need a lot of patience.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: I find the bite best in the morning (7-10am). Change things up, try different lures. I feel the brighter colors work best unless your using Senkos, the darker colors seem to work best at this time. The smelly jelly always seems to help with the bite.

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 45-49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Dead Sea
      City: Cameron Park

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: COLD

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took the kids out for a early spring wakeboard trip. Beautiful day, sunny and almost no wind. Brought a couple rods and tried a few spots. Flat on east side in 15ft no takers on a bottom walker and none for my son on his drop shot. Tried a couple points as well with no luck. 30+ boats out of Capel. Those I talked to said it was tough. Water is clearer south than north and creeks cloudy. Should improve as water warms. Nice guy in a ranger said he managed a couple spots. Had fun with new toy, fishing camera, fun to look at what's really down there, grass everywhere, rocks, holes, etc.
      City: Pacifica

      Tips: Fishing out of a 23 foot Sanger is a challenge, looking forward to next time with the right boat!

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      Water Temp: 49-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Spent a gorgeous day on the lake with my Pops, unfortunately, the bite was tough as nails. Lauched out of Markley at about 7:45 and ran a short way in the narrows. Dad started the day off right with a fat 2# spot on his third cast with a green pumpkin Hula Grub on a 3/8 oz. head. The bite slowed from there so we made our way out to the main lake. About 10:00 I found a real nice channel swing that clipped a large flat immediately adjacent to a major point. The flat came out about 50 yards off the bank before dropping from ~ 12' to 35' of water. Of the 10 bites we had this day, 7 came from this channel drop. Dad missed 2 on the same Hula Grub, I caught 2 on a 1/8 oz. darthead with a 4.5" Prism Craw Roboworm, 2 more on a dropshot 6" Lavender Shad worm from Ultimate Baits, and I missed another shaking a 6" Oxblood w/ red flake Roboworm. All that action took place in about 45 minutes from an area approx. 20 X 20 yards square. After that, we just ran points and channel drops for 2 more fish, each on the darthead/Prism Craw combo. Tough, tough day, but the weather sure was pretty!
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Final tally was 7 keepers - 5 spots, 1 smallie and 1 smot (smallie/spot cross). Best five may have gone 8-9# (first spot and smallie were each ~ 2# fish; other fish up to 1.5#). We found one concentration of fish, other than that it was no more than one bite per stop. Also threw cranks, ripbait, spinnerbait and swimbait with no takers.

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      Water Temp: 52.4

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Beautiful day on the lake. Temp was in the mid 60's, light winds. Got kind of a late start due to some trailer light problems and hit the lake around 8am out of Capells. Got a nice 1 1/2 smallie on the 3rd cast on the west rockwall at the entrance to the narrows on a black and brown jig with a twin tailed grub for a trailer. Fish hit that bait hard. After that the bite completely died for us. Graphed tons of fish and bait balls all over the lake in 15 to 20 feet, but could not entice them to save out souls.
      City: Vallejo

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      Water Temp: 48-49.5

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Another rough day, got schooled by the back seater today, he caught one on 1/2 ounce blue and black jig first thing, and one ona 6" warmouth robo worm dropshotting later that afternoon. Needless to say he is a bank fisherman now. I fished a brown and purple 3/4 ounce jig all day.
      City: Lincoln

      Tips: need some blanked last two trips.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 41

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Great advise D.B. and thanks for the info. I did fish a black/blue 1 ton but I was using the rod. I will try your suggestions next time things get tough. Tight lines!
      City: Nice

      Tips: Fish with D.B. ;-)

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      Water Temp: 45-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished mid-lake today for 3 hours. Man it was beautiful out there. Unfortunately the fish were still hunkered down and tight lipped. We got bit 3 times and got one ice cold fish in the boat. We got bit on the drop and black and blue jig. The fish we landed was taken with the jig. Glad to see the lake level has risen nicely, just about a full pond. Couple more weeks of nice weather and this place should catch fire.
      City: Petaluma, CA

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      Water Temp: 41?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Kasezilla, it seems like there is a better bite in the south end of the lake right now from what I've heard. Jigs extremely slow in about 15 to 20 feet on rockpiles. Also the tube is deadly. The bites are coming later in the day. From your report I just read, it sounds like you're fishing way too fast and checking too many areas with too many baits. Just an opinion. Fish a jig all day and see what happens.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: Try a 3/4oz football(Skinny Bear) jig or a 1/2 oz weapon jig and use a yamamoto 5 inch grub as a trailer. Brown and orange barbwire skirt with the 180 color grub or black/blue skirt with the 214 color grub. Trim your skirt up to the hook. Fish extremely slow and finish your retrieve all the way back until under the boat. I get a lot of bites under the boat. Don't move your rod at all. Just use the reel to move your jig. Crawl it back on the bottom all the way. It's a tough way to fish, but it gets me bites when times are tough. Same thing for tubes. Black/blue and watermelon with red and purple flake.

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 40-43

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: started fishing around 11:30 today fished just about every depth i could think of with no takers until about 2:30 then in about 27 feet of water caught a nice 2.5lbs largemouth on a marg mutilator on a shakey head just draging very slowly then at about 3:15 caught a 3.5LBS spot on a hud in about 16 feet of water near the launch ramp since they just stocked on the 8th it seemed like the thing to try and it was at about 4:00 i caught a 5.0LBS spot on a hud near a flat on the west bank in 12 feet of water.
      City: grass valley

      Tips: when the going gets tough relax and enjoy the weather then throw what you have been wanting to try you may not build confidence but then again you just might. other than that i didnt figure to much out but had fun catching big fish on a bait i had'nt caught anything on until today.