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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: i went today and it was way too windy. i will go tommorow i think too. i just got a trolling motor and fish finder too :)
      City: a

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: How can you say the lake is raising a foot a day when this is the level that it been for almost 2 mo.See below.
      I work at Folsom and thewre isnt any raise that as i can see.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Date / Time RES ELE STORAGE OUTFLOW INFLOW
      (PST) FEET AF CFS CFS
      01/02/2008 06:00 372.04 222151 138 699
      01/02/2008 07:00 372.06 222243 137 1257
      01/02/2008 08:00 372.08 222335 138 1258
      01/02/2008 09:00 372.09 222381 137 698
      01/02/2008 10:00 372.11 222474 264 1384
      01/02/2008 11:00 372.09 222381 1529 415
      01/02/2008 12:00 -- -- -- --
      01/02/2008 13:00 372.07 222289 1586 1030
      01/02/2008 14:00 372.05 222197 1632 518
      01/02/2008 15:00 -- -- -- --
      01/02/2008 16:00 372.02 222058 1626 512
      01/02/2008 17:00 --

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      Water Temp: 47-49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: the lake is coming up a foot a day, with more rain coming this week the lake should get more water.
      Some of my friends went out for the first day of 2008 and did ok with crankin, swimbaits, Jigs and worms.
      Stayed in the main body in 15-25 ft of water and draging slow. Some bass were found in the South and North fork.
      Jigs in Brown/Purple or Back/Purple with a double tail grub is the ticket.
      Check out my website captjacksfishingjigs.com
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: still look for bait,spoons and Jigs

Monday, December 31st, 2007

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We made it a point not to fish the Narrows today like we have the past 2 trips. We started at Big Islan throwing cranks jigs with no luck and the wind blowing. We decided to head to Spanish Flats to see how things would go there.......nada! The wind was blowing pretty good so we decided to try Sid's favorite cove......we think! We found a submerged tree on a steep point and drop shotted 4 fish very quickly......Thanks Sid!! When the wind decided to calm down we went on a hunt for the Vinyards to see what we could pick up....nada, and the wind started up again. We decided to head back to the ramp, but we stopped at a couple of points in the Narrows just to see if we could get things going there............nada! Better than working and a whole lot cheaper than taking my wife to the mall shopping!
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Morning Dawn and Basstrix Minnows seemed to be good for us. Thanks again Sid!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 41- 43

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the last day of 07, threw small baits , big baits, reaction baits, drop shot, all day long with no bites until I decided to work the bank on the way to the ramp, hooked into a 3 lber.
      the bite was undetectible- just weight and then a little tug. caught on a LV max 500 in a bone color,after all those casts the percentage was in my favor. the water temp in the river and the back of sloughs dosent differ much right now.
      City: Martinez

      Tips: Dress warm, mix up your baits, be versatil, make plenty of casts.

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      Water Temp: Cold ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I worked my winter piling pattern just going from dock to dock around marinas in back of coves. Using a 4" leech style plastic I did some Shak'n and flipping.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Down size your baits and work'm slow. With alot of afternoon sun on the back of coves I believe makes the 1 or 2 degree differnce. I graphed alot of bait fish as well.

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      Water Temp: 46-48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Wait to the ice melts before you put the boat into the water. Bass was slow, but some found the fish in 2-5 ft and some in 25-40 ft.
      Crankin, rippin and most of all Jigs in Brown/ Purple worked the best. The water is only muddy on the top 2-5 ft, then the water is clear under that. The bass will move up to get to the sun light near the banks.
      This time of the year even a drop shot and a split will work.
      check out my web site, captjacksfishingjigs.com
      I have 20 different colors
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: fish slow when using a Jig, crawl it like a crawdad in the winter time. Very slow, slow down your retrive on all your baits.

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      Water Temp: 46-48

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 4hrs 2 fish both on brown jigs, 1.5, and 4 lbs. both fish 20' deep. the lake has come up and ramp is in the water now.
      City: Lincoln

      Tips: Fish very slow and wait for the thump. watch out for logs floating in lake.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: na

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake is very low. Ramp is out of water and gate is locked. Need rain!
      City: Middletown

      Tips: Try orange powerbait from shore for trout.

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

      Report: Jones Valley ramp is open
      City: medford

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the markley cove and the narrows from 11:00 A.M to 4:00 P.M. Managed to catch (3) small ones very deep. Can't wait until spring!!!!
      City: W.sac

      Tips: Boring pattern. Deep and drag. The lake is low good time to eyeball structure. I noted several exposed island tops.

      Caught fish dropshotting worms and draging darter head with kreepy crawler and

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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: we went out today and got nothing but a salmon on a fire tiger little cleo spoon in capell cove by the timber. we threw rapala dt-16's and lucky craft d-20 and only got one bite but missed him. water was gin clear. we tried drop shotting robo's and kastmasters but still nothing. anybody know where the fish are? what should I use to catch them?

      Tips: I don't know much about the fishing right now. I need help.

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

      Report: That's the best,healthiest pair of 10 lbers i've ever lay eyes on . Who ever put that photo on the photo gallery is one lucky sucker.
      City: modesto

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 9am to 2pm to get schooled by my brother he caught 5 to my 3 on jigs, drop shot worms and C-rigged Senkos. Biggest was almost 2 pounds on drop shot. Missed several other bites on jig.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Fish SLOW!!!!! Jigs were brown/pumpkin and shad color plastics for drop shot and watermelon senkos

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished from noon to 4 fish in one 50yd stretch and nada everywhere else. Weather 47 degrees with not even a breeze. Breeze came up at 3:30 and temps dropped and it was time to go home and check out history with the Patriots. At least they were successful.
      City: orinda

      Tips: Caught one fish shallow on a crank and missed a shallow fish on a senko. The other fish came on splitting a brushog at 15'. Didn't mark any bait nor fish. Keep moving til you get bit than slow down.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: It was cold and overcast for most of the day, threw most of what was in the boat today and could get bit. I was fishing in my club buddy's boat and we were searching mostly deep water with just a few bites. Ran into other club friends, they were able to pick up a few decent fish in the weed line on jigs. The key seems to be hitting them on the nose.
      City: Walnut Creek

      Tips: Devil Mountain Bassmasters meets this Wednesday 7:00 at legends and heroes pub at the diablo Creek golf course in Concord. If you love bass fishing and want to have a group of friends that love fishing too. Devil mountain is the place to be. www.dmbass.com

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished for a few hours, nothing but trout chasing drop-shot worms to the surface when reeling in. Hit a rock pile with the prop on the way in. Lake is getting dangerously low and contrary to the previous post, is not gaining 1ft of water a day. Check http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryDaily?s=FOL for daily lake levels.

      Needless to say, we're done with Folsom until Spring runoff fills the puddle.
      City: Carmichael

      Tips: Don't launch at Folsom until water levels come up again.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: F-n-cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Those guys suck!
      City: St. Rose

      Tips: Don't fish, stay home. The water is too cold.

Friday, December 28th, 2007

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

      Report: David, I would get off the main river and look for some dead end sloughs,bays, or marina's. The water in these areas might be a degree or two warmer than the main river and are more likely to hold bait. Your lures are cool! The only thing that I would do differently is. Instead of a crankbait. I would slow-roll a spinnerbait or yo-yo a lipless crankbait to cover water.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Find baitfish!!!

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 57 (i think)

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit Casitas as usual looking for some fish. Started chucking the swimmy and had a couple followers. 1 had to be a pig, the thing must have gone a good 8-10 inches...about the same size as my bait...lol...

      Moved to the points and tossed the dropshot for 3 fish. Got two on back to back casts. Gave up after an hour of no bites. Started on the ice jig and pulled a crappie followed by a trout 30 minutes later. No bass.

      End of the day I catch one more on the carolina rig. 4 fish were all about 2 lbs
      City: Westlake

      Tips: Got all 4 fish in about 25 feet of water of minor points