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Sunday, November 11th, 2007

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started at first light. First cast, caight a nice trout on a medium crankbait! Weird! After that, no bites all day. My partner caught one small spot. Nothing to be proud of. Went home at 4 p.m.
      City: El Sobrante

      Tips: Find the fish. If you have any suggestions, please send me an email. Thanks. Good luck

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Rain was predicated for this past weekend and I was debating whether to go
      up to the lake or not. Decided to go up on Thursday evening which turned out
      to be a great decision. Friday I went out by myself for a few hours and landed
      eleven fish - two trout and nine bass and missed about six trout near the surface.
      Lots of birds and lots of bait. Saturday started off overcast and drizzly and you
      could smell rain in the air. I decided to stay close by the marina in case of a
      down pour. Albert and I headed towards my favorite cove. We fished a small
      section of rock no longer then about fifty feet where Albert caught his first
      3+ pound bass (see photos). Knowing there were fish there why leave. Then
      Albert landed another good size bass and he was jacked up!!!!! The drizzle got
      a little heavier but we weren't leaving. I had two roll overs on top-water with no
      success. I caught two in a row on a rattle trap type lure. On the second one I
      had a little problem. The fish engulfed the whole lure as I tried to grab the lip the
      fish caught me - the treble hook went into my thumb. I waited till Albert reeled in
      his third fish and asked him for some assistance. Luckily we were able to get the
      hook out without needing medical help. By now it was raining a lot heavier but you
      guessed it we were not going in. My next bass was caught on a R2S crawdad. It
      seemed the bass were hitting on anything we were throwing. We fished the whole
      day in the same area. Came in cold and wet but what a great fishing day!!!!!!
      Sunday I went right back to the same spot (natch). Came back to the marina
      having caught a total of twenty-nine bass. It ended up being a great fishing
      weekend. '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: Rain or shine berryessa rocks

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 59-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Good reaction bite today fishing the bends in middle river with my two sons.One boy cranked a Repala blk/gold shad was hookin many nice fish including 2 striper. My other youth threw a matzuo shade 4 to 6 feet to catch his joyful limit.Dad used his red- eye spinner bait and shad color swimbait purchased from Dave's Bass Shack to stir things up in the central delta best five 12 lb.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Tracy Oasis Marina and Unocal 76 on Grantline RD. and Tracy blvd have great deals on bass tackle.

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 50s

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I heard the ABA at DVL was tough for the majority.WOW! Soo much for swimbait skills,huh? Drop-shotters improvised huh? I wonder had some of those swimbaits been modified with a big TREBLE riding "shotgun" on the head, free slipped on the main line could some of those "muffs" been "BANGED"! *TWO SHANKS MUST BE BENT TOWARD THE IMBEDDED ONE!
      City: Sandusky

      Tips: ROLLING SWIMBAITS? USE BRAID WITH A FLUORO LEADER. COVER THE KNOT WITH A CURLY TAIL GRUB CENTERED ON (WITH "NO" HOOK!)GRUB COLOR RED/WHITE OR WATERMELON/PEPPER (EXPERIMENT)

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was steady for bass. the coves were
      producing a rainbow bite. they are following the
      spawning kokanees. the bass weren't there yet.

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 59-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: For a rainy afternoon the anglers from Basin Bassmasters still held a T.O.C. out of B&W marina. My partner Jason Rodiguez and started cranking just down from the marina next to the tulles and got out first two keepers. The cold front started coming in and the tide went slack.
      We moved into Frank's, crankin, pitchin, floppin. Got our next bass (keeper). back to our first sport near B&W and picked up two more keepers.Our big fish was 3.78 and total weight was 10.44 to win our TOC.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: good luck

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took a gamble and tried to fish, knowing a rain system was going to pass through. Can't say it was a total success, but we were able to land fish throughout the day. Tons of dinks (I thought dinks were only caught during summer time), but we were able to pull out a few decent sized fish as well. All of our "quality" sized fish came from senkos. That phrase "the quiet before the storm" was about as literal as you could get. slow tide movement, no wind, could cover, and just a calm serene feeling on the water. PERFECT topwater conditions....only if the fish knew that too. I threw a popper and got strikes, but I couldnt get the fish to commit. A lot of the strikes seemed like tail slaps. I got anxious on my first strike, which started with a big tail swirl behind the bait, then one pop later...a big ploosh...but no fish on the other end. I got way too excited and pulled the bait away from the fish, and ended up sticking my friend with the lure. Tops, Cranks, ripbaits, and blades only produced small fish for me. Found a good senko pattern where you would cast it tight to the tule brush, and just dead stick it. Fun day, even in the rain, best fish went 4-1/4.
      City: el cerrito

      Tips: Green pumpkin senkos either wacky or t-rig. water was calm enough for weightless presentation. Also had a decent shaky head pattern going too with a Zoom speed tail worm. While wacky wormin', use the "flick" technique as it falls to the bottom and just let it sit still once your line touches bottom. Watch your line just take off. too much fun!!!

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My first time on the Delta. After reading all of Cooch's articles on jig fishing and watching all his videos, had to give it a try. Made a two day trip of it, launched and camped at Russo's, Friday 9 Nov, wx was clear and sunny. Nothing on the jig. So thanks to the earlier report started throwing the chrome and blue RatLTrap. That was the ticket. Ended up with around 10, biggest going 3# for the day. Picked a few up in the East side of Frank's Tract and then all the rest in Taylor Slough. Saturday was another story. Cloudy and then rainy in the afternoon. Thought that was supposed to be good for fishing! Decided to explore some different areas. Tried Connection Slough and Holland Slough. Nothing on the trap and only caught a couple of dinks on the jig. (Brown WhaddaAJig with purple and black pork trailer ;) Watched the Christian Bass Anglers Club Tourny weigh in. They seemed to have no trouble. Winner had 18#'s +. Even got to meet both Cooch and Richard HookPoint Theil and thank them for all their postings. Great fun both days. Bass fisherman's heaven.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Don't go out without a map! Had to constantly keep checking it in that maze of sloughs and islands.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out with Jim and stunk it up. Cold front took temps 20 degrees below days before that. Tried a variety, swim bait, crank bait, spinner bait, chatter bait, t-rig, drop shot, senko. Jim got one that got off half way back, Fished docks, rocks, breaks, points 5-25 feet. Wind did kick up. Figured prople also need to hear the bad stuff instead of "we nailed em'" or best five 20+. Still better than workin!
      City: Pacifica

      Tips: Cold fronts push fish deeper. Use a guide if you can. Jim's buddy is a guide up there. He was on the water he same day we fished and took a 15 minute break to fish and got 4 hits including a 6 lb donkey. Guess we just don't know which swim bait to throw.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: the water level is drawn down about 20 + feet.
      so fish deep and drop shot all over the lake and catch bass all day... and even a 8 lb.trout will eat your drop shot worm, for some extra fun.
      City: RWC

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived 6:30 am, fished the North end of the Forebay and hooked three small stripers on pearl flukes. Fluke bite slowed after sunrise. Trolled blue and chrome rattle-traps at 3.8-4.0mph with the downrigger at 10-15 feet down the middle of the Forebay in front of the launch ramp. Landed 13 more small fish during the rest of the morning, none bigger than 3lbs, but a lot of fun for my first trip to the Forebay. Looking forward to going back soon.
      City: Fresno

Friday, November 9th, 2007

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Out at first light went with swimbaits first thing. One blowup on a Slammer good fish but he just missed. Went the next hour with out a bite changed over to a vixen no bites for the next 1/2 hour. Threw a spinnerbait and that was the change they wanted. The spinnerbait bite started out slow but as the water warmed it just got better. 30 plus fish from 1 1/2 -2 1/2lbs. Around 1PM noticed alot of fish moving very shallow. Decided it was time to throw the vixen again fish just not on the topwater one good one though a 5+ in aroung 3 foot of water. Watched the whole thing kind of cool. Off the water at 2 5 best at 14lbs.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: The shallow water bite is still there but the overall size is getting smaller than it was last month. It is still allot of fun with the spinnerbait on the main lake flats. I guess it is about time to bring out the crankbaits and jigs.

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      Water Temp: 64 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Didn't get started till 10:30 and headed for the narrows. Fished a couple of coves on points. Turned out to be a very slow day for me. Only caught 2 bass one 1.5 lbs the other 2 lbs 13oz.
      Tried dropshooting, but caught both fish dragging
      Robo worms.
      City: Esparto

      Tips: Wished I had some. Keep trying! Can't wait to
      get out there again!

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 60-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Water beautiful and clear except behind island. Lots of suspended matter down there. Wife and I hit Johnson on the humps inside. A couple of small fish. Best fish was steep wall in Santa Cruz near bouys with Senkos. Chalk cliffs were slow with a couple of dinks on a jig worm. Only fished about 3 hrs. 2 keepers and several dinks.
      City: Santa Barbara

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 63-66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Amazing - a Wednesday in November and bass boats everywhere - like a bug hatch! My client and I wondered what happened to working folks. The bite seemed to be tough since many were wandering around the lake - all hammering the same spots - with no one hooking a bass that we saw. There are some nice one being caught however, so - stick with it! Our plan was the start mid-morning and fish until dark - it worked! My client broke off the first two he hooked and I quickly retired that reel. It was fresh line - might have been a bad batch or frayed on rocks. We worked around the narrows and south lake. He landed 3 and I got 1 up until about 4 pm. The last hour and a half we caught 6 bass from 3 to 4 lbs and one catfish. We were fishing one of the rock ledges above the narrows. I had thought about Shag Rock before dark - 3 or 4 boats there until dark - incredible! We had a nice limit of slightly over 17 lbs - ok I guess. Thursday was very tough out of Red Bud, only 3 in the boat.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The #301 Yamamoto Kreature bait was our best producer. I did catch one on a shad colored Norman DD-14. Most of our bass were about 20 feet deep on steep breaks. We tried to stay offshore as much as we could since the bank is pounded all day long - for the last month? The pressure wasn't the only problem - very clear water with no wind.

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 62.2 - 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tried my luck again this weekend, didn't get skunked but then again only a couple were keepers and barely at that. All caught at the very begining of the river where the boom is. All in 5-10 feet in the big rocks, tried spoons but caught mostly stick fish. Used purple/brown jigs to catch mine, threw ones with red in them in the clear water by the dam end, but no takers, threw the hudd ROF 5 for a spell but again no takers, tried the deep BBZ for about an hour but no followers or takers, got caught up on rocks and brush though, got the BBZ back with out problems. Will try a different spot next time to the previous two outings...maybe jackrabbit flats or the cistern area near the dam.
      City: Lompoc

      Tips: Throw what ever they are biting on.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 60-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: just a note to all the striper fishermen, the dam at grantline canal was being dismantled today, as well as the one up by rivers end marina....found some good sized groups of em, but not alot of action.
      good luck all
      City: Tracy

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      Water Temp: 59-62

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: SET OUT THIS MORNING WITH A BUDDY FROM WORK WE DID PRETTY WELL ABOUT 18 FISH BETWEEN THE 2 OF US WE BOTH USED YUM DINGER GREEN PUMPKIN CHART SENKO HE RIGGED HIS SHAKEY STYLE I DID TEXAS RIG WACKEY STYLE. WE FISHED THE ENTIRE PERIMETER OF THE LAKE 15 FT OUT AND THREW TO THE BANK
      City: plumas lake

      Tips: LAKE VERY LOW BE CAREFUL I TRIED MULTIPLE TYPES OF BAITS LIKE SPINNER CRANK AND DROP SHOT ONLY CAUGHT FISH ON GREEN PUMPKIN KINAMI AND GRN PKN CHART YUM DINGER
      GOOD LUCK

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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: what a morning/day!!! Cloud cover and approaching storm must've kicked up the action. Opted for a shad (white/purple)1/2 crank-bait. Second cast nailed a decent 3.5 lb'er. after catching 2 more 2+ (didn't weigh) on crankbait switched to 6inch powerworm and really got at that school of fish. Got 4 more 2+. Switched to 1oz silver/blue lipless crank and nailed a 5 lb 10oz in about 10 feet of water in a narrow cove off the main lake. Bite slowed when sun came out, so left at 4.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: 7 keepers, countless dinks. All fish caught were in schools of similar size fish. Keep moving!

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I hate to say so but I got to go fishing again today and for the 3rd. time this week absolutely loaded the boat.I had 50 and my neighbor had 20.2 crankin. 1 spinnerbait fish. And yes once again good old faithful texas-rigged worm.Had four or five fish 14-15 and a half in. long.And the rest were about 11-13 in. They may not be the biggest but you sure can't complain.Beats not catching any.
      City: Redding