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Sunday, October 21st, 2007

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

      Report: launched out of jones valley. fairly windy.
      went up the pit arm. marked alot of fish. I wore my favorite steeler visor.
      while fishing with no hits, the fish all rose to the surface and commented on how nice my hat was.
      In-furiated, i said "bite me!!!..
      They did't......
      City: redding

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: SLOW.......a few fish were caught on large jigs in trees, but nothing consistent. Still can't get a reaction bite going, maybe as water cools things will get going. Spoke with a couple of other anglers who also had a slow day. Water color was better after all of the rain.
      City: S

      Tips: Wait for cooler water...

  • Shasta County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This lake is so clear you can see for the bottom in 20+ feet of water. Fished from 0700 to 1400, all over the lake. Just one small bass when trolling from one area to another. Basically no other fisherpersons on the lake but us. I guess we didn't get the memo....
      City: Redding

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 61 to 66 throug

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The water is way down and has a lot of bare tree tops sticking up. These places looked good for bass but no luck. We boated 5 small bass and 4 trout while fishing for bass. The trout went for white spinnerbaits in the tree tops and were caught first thing in the AM. Once the sun started hitting the water, the trout bite stopped for us. Some trollers were catching trout through the day. The bass bite didn't really happen but the ones we did catch were near steep rocky walls in shady areas on small minnow imitating baits on a drop shot.
      City: Citrus Heights

      Tips: beware of a snaggy bottom. I lost a lot of tackle.

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 67 ,VERY WINDY

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: REACTION BAITS AM,CRANKS,JERK BAITS,THEN GO TO POINTS AND FISH OUT IN DEEP WATER,ALSO RIVER LEDGE,SET IN 21 FEET AND THROW OUT AND BRING UP THE LEDGE,FISH ARE SETTING RIGHT AT BOTTOM OF LEDGE,ALL YOU WILL FEEL IS WEIGHT,IF YOU CAN FIND MOSS PADS OF THE BANK WORK FROGS AM.SOME 3LBERS BUT MOST WERE 12 TO 15OZ FISH,BUT WERE KEEPERS
      City: LA CANADA

      Tips: REACTION AM,THEN GO DEEEEEEEEP.JIGS 1/4OZ,YAMAMOTO,WATER MELLON-RED FLAKE.DARK RED CRANKS,JERK BAITS AM.THE FISH CAUGHT IN DEEP WATER YOU WILL NEED TO BLEED AIR BLADDERS OR WHEN YOU RELEASE THE FISH THEY WILL DIE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GO DOWN, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a mini tourney between friends. only 3 boats, but each boat had 3 people in it (too many people, not enough boats). So basically just 3 teams, best 5 win from a boat takes all. We were catching fish, but nothing worth bragging about. I did land a nice 6lber cranking false river. thought i had a nice pattern going until the current and wind combo had my boat all over the place. it was pretty tough holding on to areas to fish slowly. The other boats didnt catch much, and they even "cheated" by using live minnows. So it was a small victory for our team...
      City: el cerrito

      Tips: Fish are really fat in the belly, reaction bites are good when you find that one school. stuck with tullie berms that had quick access to deep water. caught almost all on cranks. Anything with chartreuse worked for me.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 63-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We started fishing by the dock had to put new bunks on the boat so i had my son start fishing and didnt catch anything. Then we went up the north fork and found tons of bait and my son caught one on a hula grub dragging it on the bottom. the color was brown. only one fish today my son skunked me but its ok.
      City: roseville

      Tips: fish slow and if theres bait there fish and paint your jig heads brown it resimbles a cradad better

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: low 60s

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Shasta Friday PM, Saturday AM and PM with my partners Rich and Steve. Got 8 fish in the boat both Friday and Sat am, and got 25+ in the boat on Sat pm. Reaction baits of all types were working. Best fish about 2.5 lbs. Most fish keepers. Had a good set of fishing.
      City: Redding

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

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

      Report: On the water a little late missed the morning bite. Did not seem to matter the bite was on untill around 1pm. Tried the topwater first 5 fish the first hour all 2-3.5lbs. Switched over to a spinnerbait and the Voo-Doo size was'nt that great but they were just slaming the bait to hard to put down. Over 20 fish on the spinnerbait and Voo-Doo all 1.5 -2.5lbs.5 best at 13lbs. Tried worming for a little nothing worth mentioning. If we could get some stable weather before the water cools too much this lake will take off.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Stayed with the reaction mostly all day the active fish are still vary scattered. They were very keyed in on shad so all baits used were shad colored. Topwater used was a Vixen on main lake grass a little deepwater close helped. The water was very clear in some areas and I could see that the fish were realy stuck to the grass no grass no bass, at least in the shalow water fished no deeper than 10 feet all day.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Here are some striper tips,
      I have read recent reports and this may help some of you.
      I DID FISH A WEEK AGO AND IT WAS GOOD ON INCOMING TIDE AND SLOW ON OUT GO,THERE WAS VERY LITTLE CURRENT OR TIDE FLO THAT DAY.
      City: elk grove

      Tips: Here are some things to think of.
      Stripers like current,if it's not moving find a better spot.
      Stripers like when current is blowing into a bank forcing food into the bank much like a big large mouth ,they can corral the bait easier this way.
      Try topwater in the A.M spooks and pencil popers will get bites.
      Do not set the hook untill your rod loads up!!!!!Some fish may swirl 2 or 3 times before crushing your bait.
      If you fish like this 20-25lb test or 65lb braid is best you need 3to4x strong hooks and better split rings to handle the very possible fall monster that may crush your bait.
      Top water is your best chance for a big one>>>>

      Now for some action rattle traps and small swim baits will work well right now.
      Fish 1to10ft of water.
      Use 10-15lb line.
      Fish bays Franks,Sherman,BIg Break,Mildred Island
      Fish Rivers and sloughs San juaqine,Mokulmne,Beaver,Hog,Potatoe slough.
      Parralell tule or rock banks.
      Throw in and around weed beds.
      colors:
      Rattle trap crome when sunny and water is clear.
      Chartruese or white when cloudy or muddy water.
      Swim baits shad colors or chartruese colors will work.

      Spooning will work too right now 1.5 oz perk minnow trout or chrome and black or blue.
      10-30ft.
      Use 15lb test.
      Spoons,Rattle Traps,Swim baits will catch more fish average 1-10lbs with a occasional big one.

      The big key is you must have bait if your not marking bait,leave and find some!!!!
      Look for Birds diving that tells you stripers are pushing the bait up to the surface.
      You may see stripers boil at this point throw a swim bait in there and hang on..

      Guys please think before blasting your boat full speed to feeding Stripers if you ease up on them we can all catch more fish instead of scattering the bait and having to wait for the bait to re ball up to begin hammering them again.
      THis is way frustrating last week a boat did this several times in one area where there was alot of fish, sure you catch one or two quick ones like this but ive caught 25-30 fish in a spot if the bait dosent get scatterd by our boats.
      Please ease up and respect other fishermen.

      They are gorging on shad think shad..

      If you are not a lure caster

      Fish in the bays with cut bait,
      Fish on sand bars or ledges.
      slider rig will cath a bunch.

      Troll with big rapalas.

      The biggest thing is please let go any fat plump female stripers as they are the future of this fantastic fall oppertunity.

      If you use bait use big hooks so you dont kill little fish that would tend to swallow the hook.

      hope this helps some of you..

      well time to sleep im off to the delta in the morning.

      Black Nitro if you see me ask and I will help you..

      good luck.

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

      Report: Fished the South end today and found a huge school of shad. They were along a stretch of protected shoreline for about a hundred yards of solid shad. (no they weren't silversides) I didn't find any bass though in this area. We did find a school of 3 & 4lbers and we caught 5 or 6 nice fish. We ended up catching around 20 for the day. We caught all the fish on watermelon/red brushhawgs and beavers.
      City: Winston

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I fished Collins for about 3 hours this morning. had to use the ramp at the dam - but it is in good shape. I caught 5 and lost 1, 3 were nice spots up to near 3 1/2 lbs (the big one was 40 feet deep). I caught 1 largemouth about 10 feet deep using a Rodstrainer jig. The other spot was about a pound. The 3/4 oz Duh! black shad spoon was working best. I caught them all in the main body near creek channels.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I have fished Collins for 32 years and have never seen so many schools of shad. The place is starting to look like Amador!! I saw fish on the meter down to 70 feet. I didn't try topwater, though I should have. I think the jig bite was get better as soon as the water gets into the low 60's. Unfortunately, the lake is still dropping - but lots of water still.

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

      Report: Got off work early today and hit the South Lake and Impoundment about 3:00pm. At the impoundment, threw a Rapala floating minnow (F5)on my ultralight Shimano V Rod and got one baby bass on my third cast. Fished the South side by the bridge with a gray/white 5" Sluggo for about 30 minutes - not a bite. I left at 4:10pm

      I'll hit the boat docks next time out - and stay longer. At least long enough to smoke a fat cigar.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: Keep at it. Fish slow.

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

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

      Report: Hey smoke, nice report.
      Wouldn't hurt for you to familiarize yourself with the forum rules...let me enlighten you.

      REPORT SUBMISSION RULES: Simply, let's keep it about fishing and reports of your day on the water. The reports area is not for arguments, advertising, or general discussions. It is for fishing reports. If you would like to have a discussion about something, please use our Fishing Forums.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: yeah big dog you sound like a real fan, just switch your colors to the red and gold

      Tips: you suck

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: yeah big dog you sound like a real fan, just switch your colors to the red and gold

      Tips: you suck

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

      Report: We fished the North end today and the Nice and Lucerne area. Caught around 30 fish but nothing over 3 1/4 lbs. Watermelon candy Maverick worms on a shakey head and Brushhawgs fished shallow and slow.
      City: Winston

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took the daughter out fishing so wasn't too serious today. Stuck with drop shotting, she does pretty well with that, she is only 5. We went all the way up the north fork and managed to catch 7 fish in about 4 hours. The biggest being 3 pounds. It turned out to be a beautiful day despite the rain in the morning.
      City: Rosevile

      Tips: No tips from me!! I only have confidence in a few areas and trying to broden my knowledge, just need to find some people to fish with during the week...

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: if your not using jigs here then your missing out number are on the down side but size is still there on bass to 4 pounds. brown/grn pumpkin in 3/8 oz arkie or 1/4 oz bullet head and 5" yamamoto single tail grubs ( 208 )watermelon red/black flake will do the trick here. hit the 15 to 25 foot range and there is plenty of structure to hit here bass are holding around rock piles dam area drop offs and channels.
      City: kerman ca

      Tips: slow up make contact the bas are there in these spots. This time of year i like to swim my jigs.

Monday, October 15th, 2007

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 67.6 sorry for

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Name: Fishing with Sid #1 Date: 2007-10-14
      Location: NAPA E-Mail: bestguide@hotmail.com
      Water Teamp: 77 plus Water Clarity: 2
      Report: After Friday's rainfall Saturday morning was sunny and the fishing was pretty good. While I was waiting for my wife to join me I fished in the back of my favorite cove and caught fourteen fish, three on topwater, two on minnows and nine on brass and glass with a purple laminated senko fishing the weed line in about three to five feet of water. You could see many four to eight inch bass in the grass along with sun fish and crappies. After I picked up my wife we headed out for the Ranch house. We trolled the shoreline all the way up to the vineyard in approximately fifteen to twenty feet of water with crankbait that went from one foot to ten feet down. We saw alot of bait activity. My friend Daryl also saw bait activity and he was by the ski school and he said they were bass chasing the minnows. He told me he had a good day fishing. He caught a number of bass and one trout. When we reached the vineyards I decided to fish in deeper water then usual thirteen to fifteen feet. The water temperature was 67.5 degrees and the water was slightly stained. I only fished brass and glass so the fish could hone in on the sound of the brass hitting the glass and it was productive with larger fish then I had hit early in the day. I am waiting for the surface bite to break open which should be very soon. It was not to bad of a weekend and should only be getting better and better. '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.

      Tips: Any week top water I hope will break wide open,,,THEN LET THE FUN BEGIN,,,traces are there.YOU guys and dolls make me proud when i read your emails that what i tought you are resulting in catching fish on your own.love to give advise by phone even to those that have not gone out with me before.




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      City: NAPA

      Tips: 67.6 sorry for previous error