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Monday, November 19th, 2007

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Here are some pics... James Smiley (www.jamessmileyfishing.com) <img src="/shared/photos/photos/resized/4968_resized.jpg">

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      City: Hemet

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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was slow overall. Mostly caught some average 2-3lb fish from the damn area on the east side of the lake on 5" outlaw tube baits w/ a 1/4oz weight.

      Green pumpkin w/ a red firetail has been working very well but no big fish today.
      City: Hemet

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The Redwood Empire Bass Club will be holding their annual "turkey shoot" open tournament on Dec. 15th at Lake Sonoma. The tournament is open to everyone. Club membership is not required. Sign up early to secure your blast-off position. This will be a team tournament, so get your partner and sign up today.

      Entry forms are available at the Outdoor Pro Shop in Rohnert Park or at our web site: www.REBC.net. For additional information, drop me an e-mail.
      City: Rohnert Park

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

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

      Report: Fished today and scratched out 6 fish with my best 5 coming in just over 13lbs. I was hoping to get a rip bite going but that bite never happened for me today. Took all my fish on the drop shot mainly fishing community holes around mid-lake. Lots of pressure all over the lake. Lake level is very low, haven't seen it this low in quite a few years.
      City: Petaluma, CA

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: low 50's i gu

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out in the thick FOG to throw some top waters just for fun and a small 1 1/2 pounder smashed my popper around 630 am stuck with spooks popper but no more fish. Met two guys that were throwin reaction baits and far as i know they didn't hook up when i was there ( hopfully after i left they did ) they were walton's pond frequent visitors so we chatted it up a bit. I was in such a hurry didn't get either of their names but nice to meet ya fellas hope to see ya again on the water !! - Lancer
      City: Fremont

      Tips: try slower baits ?? worms ?? i was just there to practice. Seemed like the water was rising a little bit but i'm not sure!

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: started out around 730 am warm and very foggy fished the rocky banks caught 5 biggest around 3 couple 2 or so the rest small keepers fished till 1145am deep plugs everything caught early as fog lifted we wormed and jigged very slow but still a great day on husto
      City: salinas

      Tips: slow slow down relax enjoy the great day on the lake

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished with the bass classics. 13+ lbs won it. 3 guys blanked but most guys caught limits. My non boateer Mark caughtt 14 keepers for 11.40 lbs. I had 10.40. The winner split shot all day. We used plastics all day. Jigs not as good but I did get a couple on the 3/8 terminator. Great mix of spots smallies and blacks. We caught small limits putah and bigger fish down south.
      City: orangevale

      Tips: Kind of a match the hatch pattern. Fish deep and fish slow. Enjoy the Best winter lake around. The big ramp at spanish flat is out of the water.Lake looks down about 30 feet. Water is very clear.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 57-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Been out mostly fishing for stripers swim bait bite is good 1/2 oz head with fish trap body,in pearl or white.It seems to me the bite has been best on incoming tide on the flats,any place i find the stringy grass beds not weed beds has been good for 2 months now,real simple cover water but fish kinda slower than usual and you will catch fish.Most are 15"to25" no real big ones this year but we caught over 40 the other day and been averaging 20-40 per trip.
      As for Bass it hasnt got cold yet so bigger bites have been hard for me too. This cold snap will move the fish deeper,think current it will have more consistant temps,think slow.You will need to fish either real slow or burn something and force them to strike.I have been on a good crankin bite in 8' of water on outer weedbeds.Must have weed beds but this will change with colder temps.As the weeds die off try deep bluff tules or rock walls where the weeds cut into the rocks.This time of year my bigger largemouth tend to come off rattle traps later in the day when it warms up a little bit.
      If all else fails fish it like a lake.Points,points,points.I have got on rock points this time of year and done well split shotting reapers no giants but bigger than 2lbs.
      City: elk grove

      Tips: Stripers flats with rattle traps and swim baits
      deep water with spoons 10-25ft.
      Bass you will have to work for the good ones right now,keep changin but fish slow.Near current.North to south sloughs.
      Rattle traps
      Rip baits
      Crankbaits
      Reapers,grubs,

      good luck...

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 59-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: After the "short" trip on Thurs night - I decided to take myself for a "full" night and see if the night fishing would hold up. Indeed it did - and I joined the 30-30 club. What is that you ask? I don't know - I just made it up since I caught over 30 bass (32) with a limit of over 30 lbs (30 lbs 9 oz). Sounds good to me! Fishing was really good, reminding me of the great night fishing of 1988-96. I started just before dark at Kono Tayee, hiding from the wind. Throwing brown/orange Weapon jigs w/#180 Yamamoto grubs, I got a 4 and 3-6 on the first 2 casts. "This is good" I said! After dark the bite slowed some but then picked right up. About 8 pm the wind let up and I moved around sampling other areas. I fished my jig on a subtle ledge between the narrows point and Shag Rock and got the big "thunk" - that bite you can only get in November!! I forget my big net, of course, but I managed to fit all 9 lbs 2 oz of her in my smaller net. A 5-6 followed that one and I was on my way to a good night. I thought the bite was dying about midnight so I figured I would check out the Konocti Resort area - north and south and the back of the bay, and lo and behold, the bite returned! Really, the best two hours I have had in a long time. I caught around 15 to 6 lbs 3 oz and lost another big one like I did the other night. This one almost made it to the boat! I was alternating between Power hogs and brush hogs - both worked. Lots of Smelly Jelly! The worm bite seemed slow to me. Since the moon had set, some hits were in 5 feet of water and some at 25 feet. Welcome to late fall!! I was targeting rock points, walls, and a few off-shore isolated rocks that I know. You know it is a good night when the wind chases you off the lake AFTER some great fishing!! Cooler weather ahead?
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I saw a bass boat or two returning to the dock as I launched, and I saw a boat crappie fishing at Kono and they left at dark. Never saw another boat for 8 hours in Clear Lake - a new record?!! Go figure - I saw a few on Thurs night! I am not into global warming yet, but the lake has the warmest surface temp I have ever seen this late in the year 59 to 61 - after midnight. Amazing. To provide a better report, I should have thrown a spinnerbait - which I had rigged, and a crankbait, which I had rigged! The jig and hog bite was just too good to leave - sorry! I wait all year for these solid "thunks" - I love 'em. I found it interesting that some docks held fish and I couldn't buy a bite on some. This time of year it is really a good idea to move around because, trust me, the bass are moving around too!

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I advise a lot of you guys to tube with a 3/8oz river2sea worm weight! Marinate some of those green pumpkin "YAMMIE" tubes in some baaaaass feast! Point the tip at the water and drag the tube "Lake Eerie" style!Go deep! ITS HIBERNATION TIME! Emulate a DAD trying to burrow itself. Dont forget the rattle! Watermelon/red flake also, good skill to you!
      City: Hawgville

      Tips: FISH LIKE YOU SEE A BULLY LOOKING AT YOUR BAIT! ACT REAL NATURAL! EASY DOES IT......THEN BANG!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I launched out of Granite Bay on 11-17-07 with no problem. You just neeed to follow the signs down to the ramp. The fishing was not bad. Caught them on reaction baits, dropshot, and spooning.
      City: Sacramento

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started cranking points w/ timber on main lake, no luck, quit after surrendering two favorite cranks to the branches. Moved up to Yorty and promptly broke one off that wrapped me up in yet another branch. Branches 3, me 0. Kept flipping black/blue jigs w/ hula grub trailers at the wood, and finally got two cookie cutter smallies about 1.5 each. Started throwing a king shad swimbait, and got popped by about a 3.5-4lb LM appx. 2-3 feet off the bank. Lit up some scattered schools of bait in about 20-30ft, tried deep cranks, nada. That was the day, 3 in the boat, and I'm guessing at the weight, as my digital scale wouldn't work.
      City: San Anselmo

      Tips: Reaction bite seems to be hit and miss, but better fish than plastics and jigs are producing. Mucho smelly jelly. Dark colored jigs in the muddy/stained stuff. Lotsa luck!

Friday, November 16th, 2007

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

      Report: My report of Nov 9 should be the 16th! OOPS! I need to get my calendar recalibrated

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 60-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Browns Revine which just happens to be the only ramp facility that is still in the water. Slight bress out of the NW decided to motor down the south fork at 5mph which is the posted speed limit for the entire lake. Water level down 80-90 feet and falling. It is sad to see folsom with such low water levels. Fishing has changed on the lake with current conditions and the fish are stacked up in 25-30 feet. Partner and I only fished for 4 hours with no bites. That's a first for me, usually I can at least get a few rats. About 10 boats on the water and all fishing the South Fork.
      City: EDH

      Tips: Get out and Fish if you can because I feel that this is going to be a very dry winter and the lake is difficult to fish at it's current water levels. So get out and re-learn the lake. Good luck-And keep posting..

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

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

      Report: I striper fishing has picked up very well in Discovery bay. Been hammering them on the Hair razor. good luck
      City: Discovery bay

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Shipwrecked on Clear Lake at 10 pm - no power except a small oar! I thought that sounded dramatic! Actually, I went with a friend who has a "new" '01 bass boat. After some great night fishing, his boat lost all battery power and we (I) paddled to Shag Rock. I had my cell phone - and with the help of Terry Knight of Lakeport, was able to get ahold of the sheriff who boated down from Nice and rescued us. He towed us to Brados Marina and jumped the batt and got us going! Thanks a million to the sheriff's dept and to Terry!!! My friend didn't have his medication with him so we needed to get back. To top everything off, the fishing was simply great after dark on brush hogs and 10" Power worms. We had 17 in the boat up to 7 1/4 lbs and I lost my first "hog" of the fall. In about 4 hours we were able to muster a limit of 24 1/4 lbs. Some were pretty shallow - maybe 8 to 10 feet.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: It used to be that one would never see another boat on Clear Lake in November. Not any more! I'll bet we saw 5 - one or two bass boats. Who could asked for better weather - it was not cold out there last night - very unusual. We didn't get to fish a lot of areas, just around Buckingham Point to Horseshoe Bay. We found the bass to be schooled a bit - we seemed to get more bites in some areas that others. Outer dock piling were holding some bass. Deep bass didn't seem to be as active, though I landed a 5 pounder in 25-30 feet of water.

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 10 fish all on breaks or drop offs 10 - 30ft. Brush hogs, drop shottin and a few jig fish. best 5 was only 12 lbs but at least I found them today.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: use your electronics.

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

      Report: Started today at 9:45 am with my daughter on fishermans row. Left at 2:00 pm with 4 trout. We were the only ones who really had luck.
      All were caught on chartruse power bait with glitter. I've been noticing i've been catching more males.
      City: Union City

      Tips: Smaller the ball of power bait the more attention its been getting. Barely cover the hook. I dont know if it really had a factor but it seemed to get bit more often.

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      Water Temp: 60's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Spring Lake after school around 3:00 and fished until 5:00. Too bad I cant drive yet or I would have gotten there quicker! Anyway, fished with a smoke black senko with purple and had no takers, then I switched to a purple senko with blue. Once again, no takers, so I moved to the launch ramp with the purple senko and only had one bite and of course I didnt set the hook well enough and it got away. Felt like 2 pounds max. Worm was rigged wacky, and i worked it SLOWLY (maybe too slow! lol). Might be going with a buddy on tues. any help would be great for this time of year for me.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: I think that the fish are closer to the middle of the lake. Using a jig or flashy purple worm in the weeds in the middle of the lake might get a big one. Anyone who has good experience on this lake advice would be greatly appreciated!

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: thanks steve!
      City: rb

      Tips: I will leave a report this weekend