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Thursday, January 24th, 2008

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

      Report: Come on Fish Head. Wake up from that dream.
      City: stockton

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started in disappointment at about 7:30, freazing with no action, tried jigs, plastics and even deep cranks. Made our way to mildred by noon, it was slow at first till we started locating fish off of some tule points on the outside edges with our graph. Picked up one right away with an LV 500 in mad craw pattern, three more on a drop shot rig using four inch robo. Stayed with that pattern til the bites ran out. Heading back to the ramp in the after noon was a different story, we located fish on simalar water using LV 500 and one ounce Voo-Doo baits. Unfortunately my buddy only had one voo-doo in 1 once and he proceeded to wear me out, catching seven all together to 4.5#. The better areas were wind hit points, we backed off and fished 5 to 10 feet. We hit one fish near 6# in whites on a six inch yamamoto sinko in grn pmp. Surprisingly a good day, alot better than previous trips, all in all we finished with our best five going 18 to 19 pounds. We'll try to duplicate that next week hopefully!
      City: modesto

      Tips: Find points facing the wind, look for cleaner water with atleast ten foot ledges, work your baits diagonally targetting ambush feeders. We had some active fish and we had some lazy ones too. Work a one ounce chatter bait/ voo-doo bait off the bottom

Monday, January 21st, 2008

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 46--47

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out of the hook at8:00-1 bite all day..But it was a 8 pounder..I thought i was going to get skunked...

      Tips: Fishing this time of year only makes you better come prime time.when it is slow keep your head in it..it will pay off

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      Water Temp: 46-47.7

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED FROM 7:30-11:00 AND THAT WAS TOO LONG OF A GAP WITH NO BITES.C-RIG,JIG,CRANK.WATER WAS FROM CLEAR TO CHOCOLATE MILK.RAIN OFF AND ON AND COLD OFF WATER BY 11:00.
      City: stockton

      Tips: WAIT TILL IT WARMS UP.AT LEAST STAY ON YOUR TROLLING MOTOR SAVE FUEL BECAUSE RIGHT NOW AT LEAST FOR ME THE GRASS IS NOT GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 1 bass about 5 lbs. off the boat ramp. Fish came on Rapala Flat DT in shad pattern. Bite was nothing more than dead weight that loaded on rod. Thought I ran into thick grass.

      Tips: No solid tips yet. I've been hammering this lake lately and only picking up trout. Based on the last 6 yrs. at this lake, we should see spawning activity in about 4-6 more weeks...then it's on. Last year my personal best was a 14.01....and I saw a couple of bigger females on deeper beds. Can't wait!

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

      Report: I've been fishing McClure for the past month and have had success using dropshot in shad patterns and brown 1/2 oz jigs with large trailers. Most success has been coming off of main lake points and drainages with steep drop offs. Have had some success with smaller swimbaits with no great size results but shows that the fish are lookin for bigger food sources.
      City: La Grange

      Tips: Hit drainages and main lake points with jigs and dropshots and follow points and drainages to deeper water, you'll eventually run into something.

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 50.2

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Dropshoted North end. Picked up one 13", one 14 1/2" and partner picked up one 16" fat one. All in 50' of water. Missed a few but all in all a good day.
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: It's cold, fish DEEP and SLOW! Tight Lines!

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I haven't been to the lake in three weeks and I was really excited to get
      on the water. I arrived at the lake late Thursday afternoon and went to
      uncover my boat. The water was stained and there was debris all over.
      Friday morning my friend Jim met me at the dock at 10 AM. Even after the
      rain we have had the lake is still eighteen feet down. We headed out to the
      main lake which was very choppy so we decided to find a sheltered spot. The
      fishing was pretty bad it seemed like whatever we tried was wrong and we tried
      just about everything. On the way back in we spotted fish on the fish finder
      and after letting Jim off I went back to the same spot and caught a few no
      size to speak of. Saturday I picked up Alex and Dan at Rancho Monticello at
      about 3:30 PM. I decided we would troll heading towards Big Island and within
      ten minutes Alex hit on a bass (his first ever) and landed it. He was using a
      Fire Tiger crankbait going down approx. 6 to 8 feet. Within minutes Dan landed
      another bass using a red and black Speed Trap. We were in about 20 feet of
      water which worked for Saturday. On Sunday I headed out myself (it stayed
      cold and windy all day) and started out at the launch ramp at Spanish Flat and
      worked my way towards Capell Cove. I decided to try drop shoting with live
      minnows using as my weight at the bottom a chartreuse tube bait which I filled
      the inside with Procure crawdad scent and that formula worked real well. After
      losing four set-ups in the rocks, I tried brass and glass with a 1/16 oz Lip
      Ripperz as my drop shot. I picked up two small fish on the Lip Ripperz and I
      got a 2 1/2+ lb bass on the brass and glass. My system for Sunday was slow
      and deep. I ended the day early because it was very overcast and sprinkling.
      "til next week...........................................good fishing!!!!!!!!!
      www.fishingconnection.net If you have any stories you would like to share
      please email me at bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333.
      City: Napa

      Tips: Try split shoting,,carolina rig,,drop shot like above with tube bait SLOW SLOW SLOWER

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: This Lake is heading Towards being closed because of a POSSIBILITY!!!


      If you can help with a show of support it would mean alot....I started a new job 10 days ago so I'm out but anyone who reads this report and can make it to the meeting It would be swell of you if you could make an appearance ....Will it make a difference in the out come of the meeting....My gut feeling is no and they are going to shoot themselves in the foot to prove it.




      Location: So. Cal
      Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:40 pm Re: Quagga Mussel

      Article in the Ventura County Star:

      The next board meeting is Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 4:30 pm. The location has yet to be determined. I will post here and it will be on the forum as soon as I find out It will be posted here. It is entirely possible that the board will be voting to close the lake at this meeting.
      City: Ojai

      Tips: Keep abreast of this subject by reading the forum page and being an involved member and not just someone who reads a report and takes what they can get. It's our resource and we need to keep it available....They are chipping away at our freedoms here gang....Make a difference! The Premiere bass lake in the U.S.

      Rip

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 42

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went fishing, found out there was a tournament going on, caught 5 fish weighed 25+ pounds, ran around other boats all day. If you didn't catch fish, sell your boat--you are not the next pro you thought you were. Give it up!!!
      City: St. Rose

      Tips: If you can't catch fish, stay home and sell your boat. Besides, it too cold anyway and the fish no it.

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      Water Temp: 44 to 47

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Aba on Sun 1/20/08. My partner and I threw everything at them with not a single bite. We went north, south, east and west. 35 boats and eleven came in with nothing. The winners had 24+lbs, unbelievable? I guess we will need to practice more.
      City: roseville

      Tips: I dont know what to do, any help you can e-mail.

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      Water Temp: 44-48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Dead Battery in boat, left timer on live well for 3 weeks:), blown lower unit seal, nice wad of mono around my prop, truck would not start, fuel injector proplem, did I go home, heck no I jimmy rigged everything and got on the water at 2:00 pm and fished until 8:00 pm on Saturday and got 2 fish to 3 lbs(I must be a superfisherman, read last report:)) anyway how you catch a fish when the bite is this slow/bad is reaction or dead stick, when I say dead stick I mean toss your offering out there and eat a sandwich or drink a cup of coffee and do not move your bait for 3-5 minutes, its like fishing with live bait. I got one 3 lber on a mini C-rig with a 6 inch wormouth robo worm wacky style and a 2 lber on a water melon candy weighless Senko wacky style both loaded with smelly jelly and again I had to wait 4-5 minutes and not move it at all. I did try ripping for 30 minutes and cranken for about 30 minutes but not a bite oh and I did try a swim bait for about 20 minutes also. Saturday was dead calm, at 8:00 at night I did not have to touch my trolling motor and did not move for 30 minutes, Saturday at the same spot you could have surfed the white caps/waves were so high, very scary, I turned around and head to the creek but only had a hour to fish before the game.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Tip #1 Plastics loaded with smelly jelly and dead stick it. Tip #2 Try to keep your offering off the bottom in there face but don't move it. Tip #3 wait unit water reaches 60 in Feb:)

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: ???????

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Same type of bite as last January, But way different way different water conditions.
      City: antelope

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      Water Temp: 49-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water is low, but launched in my 40' Diesel pusher no problem. Fish were quality, not quanity. Caught 3 largemouth cranking and a 6 pounder on a spinnerbait. No jig or worm fish.
      4 fish for 16 lbs.

      Tips: Reaction baits

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: tough bite but managed to find a pattern around noon caught 6 fish in the 1-2 lb found a creek full of timber and just rip them for about an hour and a half then the bite died out
      City: modesto

      Tips: 3/4 oz. hopkins smothie spoons

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 45-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished all day, surprised how many boats were out there. Caught 9 for the 2 of us. Couldnt find a pattern to save our lives. Caught some on drop shot, darterheads and cranks. Was not a certain color that was better than the other. Biggest two were around 2lbs. Beautiful day though!
      City: Kelseyville

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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Wow - all those boats on the lake today and no reports? Well, I'll give the first for '08 - such as it is! I guided two fellows today, showing them ways to catch cold winter bass. And this was the day to try - 28 to 32 degrees all the way from Yuba City to Berryessa They wanted to learn spooning and drop-shotting techniques. We learned them fine but the bass wern't impressed. Caught only one drop-shotting and none spooning. Water color might have been an issue. We started at 8:30 am out of Markely because I wanted them to fish most of the afternoon. That worked out fine - most of our fish were caught after 1 pm. We had a day of streaks - 0 for 10 bites, 10 for 10 bites, and one of the guys lost the last one - so, 10 bass for 21 bites. One of the fellows had the best day - 5 in the boat and most of the bites. He had the 2 biggest - a smallie and spot a little over 2 lbs each. And he was the guy in the middle of the boat! We fished all over the narrows, out to the mouth of the main body.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The jig bite really didn't get going for us which kind of surprised me. Finally I suggested that the guys split-shot some Robo worms and that was the trick. MMIII was the color the bass wanted. The worm bite happened on very steep walls with 50 or so feet of water nearby. Points wern't very productive yet.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 42

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I took a buddy, his wife, and 2 daughter's out of the Narrow's Resort on Sat. The lake was flat calm and it was very nice, weather wise. We tried trolling for trout for about an hour and didn't get a bite. So, we moved in closer to shore on the north end and got 2 trout, in about 30 feet of water. Both on small minnows.
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: Go slow <*)))>><<

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 48-50 ( Saw 50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Water was colder than a witches tit !! Hit up Disco Bay hitting mostly the NW corners of all the bays we hit ( saw 49-50 degree water in the NW corners ). Threw Drop-Shots, Jigs, Split-Shot Worms, Grubs, Swimbaits, Crankbaits, and Beavers for squat. Not even a tick. We fished from about 11:45am till 3:00-15, and fished as slow as we could and nothing. At one point we even soaked/dead-sticked our baits for 3-5 minutes at a time with light twitches to try to entice some knucklehead squeakers and they just weren't havin' it. We'll need a few more weeks before they start really warming up, in my opinion.
      City: Sunnyvale

      Tips: I have none, since we ate so much crow, feathers are coming out our butts still. LoL

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 57-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got there late about 10:30am. Hit up the area around Dead Horse and found 2 fish on a DD-22 and 1 on Texas rigged plastic around 20'-25' within an hour. Found 1 more about 2:00pm on the DD-22 at the East side of the island. All fish were 1.5-3 lbs nothing big -- tough bite.
      City: El Segundo