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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 78.6

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out of browns was on the water about 7am threw alot of baits today but ended up dropshotting caught about 15 fish nothing over 2 pounds i did get a good hook up but came loose anyone else know any new tricks out there email me.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: look for balls of bait

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: No worries, the email I sent you Jim bounced back to me as well... Not sure what is preventing the message from going through but I'm not a computer guy.

      Anyways, Jim and O-Heim, throw some pointers out there for the quality fish. We seem to get our share of 1-2 pounders and the occasional 3 but have yet to lay into a 4+ on Folsom. How can we increase our chances of the big'ins?
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Please

Monday, September 10th, 2007

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: no summary... a few question's the truth.. Im sure nothing is going on.. still reservation's or no... see ya out there... I will catch one... guaranteed... !!!!!! NO BRAG JUST FACT>>> LOL...
      City: morgan hill

      Tips: watch out for the cheezball ranger that is bigger than his boat.. that guy, has a serious attitude.. as we all KNOWW>.....

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

      Report: Well done BIG TUNA.
      City: antelope

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey tuna man, give me an email about your comments, I can't send to you because I( have been bl0ocked by Cooche. I want to clarify something about your last report as it seems to be slanderous. By the way, the bite was great again today with an even better weight because i hit my premier target today. 27 pounds today on jigs.
      City: sac

      Tips: Judge not

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 67-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I took my father-in-law and brother-in-law out Monday. Both of them I have fished with since I was 12yrs old. We ended up with 60+ bass and 1 catfish. We had only 5 over, the biggest was 3.49lbs. We used a variety of baits. Dart head worm, tubes, top water, crank baits and blades. We fished mainly in the north end of the Lake. The morning bite was not as good as the early afternoon. Tubes and worms best in the morning and reaction baits in the late morning and early afternoon.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: With the Lake down about 150ft.,the bass are always moving. Keep moving, look for different areas to fish. Most of the bass came from 1ft. to 25ft.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Shasta Friday & Saturday morning last week. I fished the Sac arm above Sugar loaf from from 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM using shad colored Pop R, lucky craft Sammy, & a Sara Spook. Most of the spotted bass where 1 to 2 lbs with one 2# lb smallie. I caught about 40 fish in two days.
      City: Elk grove

      Tips: Stay in the shadows and cast yours lures as close as you can to the shoreline & rock walls. The fish are hitting after 1 to 2 tugs on the lure.

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Jim Scarlet, my last post was not intended to be slandersous towards your posts. I went back and read yours and realized that I used the same "bag size" weights in my tips that could have made it look like I was pointing a finger. That was more for everyone, including myself and fishing partner.

      We've realized that the fish weights we have assumed are off by a lot when "eye balling" them so we took a scale and realized the truth behind the weights and were humbled. I'll email this to you as well..... Tight lines.
      City: Rocklin

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: on the water around 8 am water is 136 feet low so there is lots of structure showing fished lots of coves with trees on the water for three hours boated 4 and lost three all were in the slot limit kind of a hard bite used watermellon seed baby brush hogs and crank baits red shad in color no bite on top water or spinners.all in all a good day not alot of fish but a fun time with a buddy.wanted to fish longer but to many ski boats and jet skiers on the lake
      City: mdesto c.a.

      Tips: fish structures like trees and the tires around barrets cove fish them with a texas riged brush hog and you will catch them fish close to the tires as possible fish main lake points and rocky areas fish slow and dont be afaraid to set the hook if your line goes tight there not hitting hard

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71-72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Super hot on the water with little breeze to aid both keeping cool and fishing. launched out of russo's at round 630, tried some top water action with only one boil. my buddy fishing out of the back, was cranking and caught one pretty quick. I switched up my presentation and went subsurface with an underspin/fluke combo. First cast, let it sink to the bottom and just slow rolled it. Had a fish on and it was a decent keeper, but it came off right as i was about to swing it into the boat. underpsin hard to fish in the delta, as it picks up all the weeds. The day started out well, but as the temp increase, the number of bites soon decreased. Headed out to whites slough and fished the islands and weedlines off banks. caugh some really chunky fish, so they are definitely eating well. These guys look like footballs. mid day sucked, nothing but dinks. afternoon bite turned on, as we cranked rip rap. unfortunately biggest fish only went 3.5 lbs.
      City: el cerrito

      Tips: Look for shady spots of weeds clumps. fish holding tight to the structure. find riprap on channels, and fish the outside weedlines. lots of bass killing baitfish, you can see their bellies filled to the max.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: After paying the outrageous fees, to the dam fsihing poppers and frogs. my buddy caught 2 spots withing 1 foot of the same cast. The dart fishing on the almost exposed humps. Picked up 4 more. Off the lake about 11 am. The ski'ers were stacked up at the ramp
      City: Sacramento

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      Water Temp: 75 to 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished morning till about 11:00 am. The lake is way down so some help getting your boat in the water is helpful since there is no dock. The fishing is great. Fish are schooled up big time and are chasing bait. We threw crank baits all morning and the style and color did not seem to matter. Some fish prefered a slow retreive while other fish wanted something faster or more eratic. The fish are suspended in the upper 10' of water near shore and off shore following bait. We covered alot of water to find schools and then sat on them and cought big numbers with best fish going 2 1/2 lbs. A friend of mine fished that same day until about 4:00 pm and cought them all day with cranks. Good luck and be careful in the low water.
      City: Lincoln, Ca

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 75-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, after hearing about all the "good" fishing reports (yea, right!) and after a week at the Columbia River, I headed for Clear Lake to see if my clients could catch a few. Thursday evening I fished an hour before dark - no bass. After dark I fished until 11 pm and landed 4 to 3 1/2 lbs and lost the "monster of the year" in Konocti Bay - using a black Power worm. Darn!!! Friday I met my clients at 6:15 am - one a pretty good fisherman and the other new to bass fishing. Not any more!! They both did very well I thought, using Robo worms and Power worms. In fact, by 10 am they had eight quality bass up to 4 lbs 1 oz and several over 3 lbs. I managed 2 dinks! The only disappointment was that the now "pro" newby lost the biggest of the day by Rattlesnake Island - maybe 5 lbs. Ugh! His partner and I then discussed "hooksets" - that only one was necessary - not a series of them, har! I think he was excited! He did get her to the boat however!! I believe they learned a lot about the lake and we did alright - 19 bass with a limit of 18 lbs and change! Today I knew that all the tournament boats would be present and they were. Find a rock to fish! Today was the first morning of "dew" on the boat - lots of it which meant "heavy moist air" which can slow the bite some. One doesn't usually see this in early Sept. Anyway, I met a nice out-of-state father/son team - exciting about seeing Clear Lake for the first time! I told them there was a "hatch" of bass boats today - they "emerged" after Labor Day!! Did the moist air affect the bite? They caught the first 4 bass - 2 each - and they were very small! We looked over the lake as best we could with the traffic - they might be fishing a future tournament. They were sold on the lake when dad landed what looked like a "holdover" bass from last year - a "FAT" 4 pounder. Dad was in the back seat and was the hot stick - he caught most of the quality bass out of the 14 we landed. Lots of "missed" bites today for whatever reason. We fished the same last spot by Rattlesnake that I had during the previous 2 trips. The bite has been pretty good for quality bass. Today - not a touch!!!!! Overall, I was very happy with the two trips - great folks and reasonabily good fishing.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: While my clients were fishing plastics - worms and Yamamoto Kreature baits, I threw a few reaction baits with no takes except for one frog blowup. I was just showing 'em how to fish a frog. Friday I was looking for a different color worm for one of the guys to use and I pulled out a "plum" colored 8" dead ringer worm. I said "try this". I haven't used that color for 2 years. Bingo - that is the color they wanted in the afternoon. Amazing!!! Today, black Power worms and black/blue Kreatures worked pretty good. We fished as many ledges and we could and that seemed to be the preferred structure, especially if it produced shadows under the water. That is important now that Clear Lake is "clear"!! Dock shadows were also good "structure".

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water first light my partner p/u's up a 2.5 - 3 pounder and I p/u a spook fish and my parnter had several short blow ups on a popper. That was about it for top water. For the rest of the day it was drop shot and lots of smaller fish but I did manage to get a 5.8 on a brown and purple jig. Other fis in the 2 pound range came on a small swim bait. A decent day but wished we could have manged more bigger fish. Labor day I p/u a 5.4 spot on a small swim bait. All in all a fun day.
      City: Lincoln

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched Saturday morning and headed to the main body to drop shot. Picked up three fish, 1-2 lbs, in the first 10 minutes. Headed up South Fork and fished rock walls and some more structure for a decent day. We got about a dozen really nice fish on board and farmed about another 6.

      The last turn up South Fork prior to Salmon Falls had bass chasing bait like crazy.... we got a few on chatter baits that threw up at the boat and had "friends" follow them up to the net. Definitely in frenzy mode at this point. It gets shallow up in this area so be carefull. One guy had a few trout and salmon hit a white rooster tail in this same area. Crazy day.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Here is a tip that is guaranteed to humble most of you, take a fish scale with you. You'll be amazed at how fast your so called "5 pounders" turn into "2 pounders" and your so called 21 pound bags turn into a 10 pound bag once it is actually weighed.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 12 good fisherman hit the lake friday afternoon looking for salmon,Cats and bass.
      Most of the time I was using a lipness crank bait, Kastmaster and drop shot.
      What are all those spots on the Bass? The fish smell and look sick. Went out saturday until 4pm, most of the time in the Middle Fork and down to the bridge. The better Bass were in the main body.
      I did get 10 or more on a Brown/Purple Jack's Jigs.
      Stay in 30 ft or deeper and as close to the bank. The morning bits came on a pop'r and a rip bait.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Look around, the lake is full of bait.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 73-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing for me was very slow. Spent a week up
      there and the bite was just off. Everyone I
      spoke to was struggling. Did manage some 2
      pound fish and had a few followers in the 5
      pound range but no takers. Water level continues
      to drop. Fairview ramp is way out of the water.
      Not sure what shut the bite down but would be
      interested to hear what "those in the know" think.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Do a rain dance so we can get the ramps wet next
      year.

Friday, September 7th, 2007

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launch ramp is still closed

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 72-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I had a good fisherman out today and we wanted to fish a lot of different water. We started in the West Branch with a good bite on just about every thing we threw at them. Went out to the main body and also the North Fork and back down to the main body and then back to the West Branch. We threw tubes, worms, blades, pop-r's, spooks, lipless crank baits and senkos. All produced hits and landed 61 with 6 over the biggest was 2.45lds.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Steep walls, mud lines, shade lines, points were the focus. Bass came from one foot to 35ft.

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Every Thursday evening Tracy Oasis Marina has a "Turkey Shoot"...starts at 4:00 over at 8:45. I've been fishing them for about 2 months now...What a Blast! Everyone catches fish and for the most part all on topwater and their BIG! Entry fee is only 40 bucks which includes the launch fee and big fish. Weekends used to be all I looked forward to but now it's "Will Thursday ever get here". If you have the time ya gotta do it!
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Thursday evening Tracy Oasis Marina