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Friday, August 31st, 2007

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

      Report: Went out today to launch boat and repair damaged trailer brackets. I can confirm that the entire lake is a 5 mph zone and will be like this until SPRING..Yepeee! Now lets go fishing!!!!Yepeee
      City: EDH

      Tips: Watch out for rocks

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71-76 NO WIND

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Had fun catching dinks all day(Franks)-Nothing decent to menation. Blistering hot with no wind at times. Still looking for some big bites...hasen't happened in the last couple trips.
      City: ANTELOPE

      Tips: Most fish caught on cranks and rip baits....once again nothing big.

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out this evening from around 5:30 till 7:30 i stuck six only two would of kept but one was around three pounds looked like she was spawning I was throwing a darter head with a yamamoto spider grubs in multi colors but every color i threw got bit started getting more bites around sunset had to go because ranger was lockin gates
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Drag dart heads slowly back to the bank

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 63-72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I had the opportunity to take a great grand father ,grandson and great grandson out Tuesday. With the full moon the night before I was not sure we would get bit in the morning. We started in the West Branch on points. We started late so the top water was not happening. We just threw tubes and senko's and the bass were every place we stopped. Took them down the main body and the same. With just four hours to fish, they boated 30 bass. Four over, the biggest at 16.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: We threw clear sparkle gitzits and pumpkkin senko's, targeting points and rocky walls, shade lines and shade side of rocks.

Monday, August 27th, 2007

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: When out of Paradise around 6pm and fished disappointment till sunset. Caught around 20blkbass on senkos and jigs. Largest was 11.3 lbs on a senko along the weededge.
      City: manteca

      Tips: Senkos in any color you have confidence in. Tried many colors and all of them caught fish.

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launch at Orwood Monday at first light. Ran to Franks on the high out going and found fish tight to tulies alot of wind and current. Only managed about 12 fish, several under 2# and only 2 that went 3-4#. Overall very poor day. Fish really seamed closed mouth for me.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: caught most on wacky senko and shaky heads

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 72-77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Out by 7:30 fished off shore structure from 15 to 30 feet deep around the peninsula. Caught about 35 fish spots and smallies, biggest one was a smallie for 2.5 lbs. Most of the smallies were around 2 lbs. as the spots were around 1.5 lbs.
      Every fish I caught came on a 1/4 oz football head jig wearing a DT Hula grub in cinamon w/ blue flakes. My thumb hurts! What a day!
      This is the first time I catch any smallies.
      Back home by 1:30.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Use the buoys as markers for structure, Parks and Recreation did a wonderfull job marking the spots for us...
      BTW. Not all the buoys are good spots...LOL

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 84-86

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: A fine day at CFW. Spent yesterday fishing the mid-day shift from about 10:00am-4:30pm. Always nice to fish a little more challenging time than morning or evening.
      Worked most of the oiunts on the main boady of the lake, focused specifically on the windblown rocky points with md banks nearby, so I could fish some dirty water. Fished a Red craw Bandit 300, all day. i had tied up some new jigs the night before and they didn't do me any good! Stayed a cast length out and tossed up to the bank. Most fish hit the bait in about 4-6 ft of water or maybe deeper after the bait moved off the bottom into open water near the boat. Put together a nice limit of ~1.5 lbrs, and had about 10 other fish, including a nice 2.5 lb channel catfish. Also had one fish on that "felt" bigger than the others, hooked it in the same area, it ran under the boat and shook loose, I never saw it, but I would guess 2.5+, but with the way CFW Spots fight, who knows.

      And If anyone wants unauthenticated fish stories, a guy fishing from a kayak said he lost 2 bass, "Monsters!" at the boat, he said probably 5 lbs, seems a little far fetched, only those fish know the truth!
      City: Lincoln

      Tips: Put away the sissy dropshot and the shakeyheads, pick up the cranks and chatterbaits for some fast moving reaction bites. The water is dirty (just the way I like it!)and the water temps are up, the sots are cruising the off-colored water for a quick bite. you don't have to fish deep.
      Water level continues to drop and hopefully they will pull the dock further into the water!

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished at Chabot for a couple ours or so and didn't catch a thing. Used powerbait and some pieces corn and not even a hit. Moved to a new spot and fished for about an hour with no results. Switched to worm and got a giant hit like 3 minutes later. Fish didn't stick, but the worm def. works better than power bait, try it.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Worms worms and worms.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well.....My pattern didnt hold up. I had been throwing a swim bait in 2 different colors and real getting at em for a few weeks including bunch a 4's and 5's, 2-7's a 9.5. Today fished the WRL with my 8 year old daughter. She got big fish of 2.5 and broke off a 5 at the boat with net in my hand. She was drop shottin a worm. I got one swimbait fish and one droppin.3 fish ..... 3 fish. All my spots still had fish but the water had cleared up so much you could see everything. And they could see me. Had 8lb fish follow me but not take it. FRUSTRATING. 20 - 25lbs the last 2 weeks and Today we couldnt get a limit. At least I had a great time hanging out fishing with my daughter Michaela. Thanks.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: ask the guys who won.....

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

      Report: fishing was very slow but put some big boys in the boat 6.7Lm and 5.8sm all on swimbaits early in the morning lots of fish in the 45 to 50 feet of water.
      City: cottonwood

      Tips: good luck and fish deep

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

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

      Report: Launched around 6:00 P.M. Only had two fish before the sun went down on a texas rig (no size). Bite picked up about an hour after the sun went down. Fished until midnight. Caught 10 fish after the sun went down (most in the 2 to 4 pound range). Had a big one break me off at the edge of the boat.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Texas rig a trick worm after the sun goes down. Don't be afraid to use 20 lb. line.

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

      Report: went out of B &W resort Had a reel good time Caught some really nice fish bigest went 5 lbs Found them in the tules with fast current and deep drop offs used senko and tubes 1/4 oz bullet lost couple of nice fish, hooks sets in larger fish came up short so went with other rod with heavy line and started landing some nice fish. all in all had a good time and find ing fish stacked up in some spots . 15 to 20 fish total was off the water at12;00
      City: Elmira Ca

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      Water Temp: 71-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Stockton Bass tourney, blasted off at safe light in search of our top water bite. Picked up the first five fish in about an hour and half if fishing. Two biggest fish came off frogs and splash its. The fish seemed to shut down fast and were VERY tight to the cover. You really had to get your frog back in the thick stuff. After about 9:30 the bite just seemed to vanish. We did not pick up another fish until 11:45 or so. Got on to a last minute frog pattern with about 15 mins left to fish. We culled three fish and had just enough weight to squeak out third place with 15lbs 10oz. I never thought that weight could have won us a check.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: You have to figure out how the fish want the frog, fast, slow, open water, mats ECT. Just try everything till you get one to blow it up.

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The Basin Bassmasters launched out of Ladd's at safe sun light and weight-in was at 1 pm. Five of nine teams came in with there limit. Most of the anglers stayed in the South end. Some bass were cought on buzz baits, frogs, brush hogs and also drop shot out side the weed lines on low tides. Big fish on a brush hog 7.69 and winning weight was 16.38 by two non-boaters that fished together. Cool morning and light winds changed the pattern for most of us.
      City: rocklin

      Tips: fish slow and out side the weed clumps

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Antiock area in protected grass spots. No fish over 4 but all sight fishing.Lots of fun.Senko's and Flutter CrawsA few fish you can actually make mad enough to strike but most you have to wait till there almost out of sight and then lead them a good chunk.
      City: Delta

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: launched early but couldn't find my rods(they got edited). Put my finger in the water to catch all my fish). They were all small (they got edited). edit, edit, edit, edit. NCBF get a life.
      City: editville

      Tips: Kiss butt and you won't get the edit treatment.

Friday, August 24th, 2007

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: high 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: If vaughn's email was a rebuttal to the previous guided trip trip, its understandable to me as a friend and I hired him many years ago and I never seen a guide worked so hard at catching fish for himself.There were also a few other things that made us decide we would never use him again.
      Anyways on to clear lake fishing. Fished for a couple of days and found it tough. Usually after a day, something start to makes sense, but couldn't figure anything out. Among the few numbers I boated a few of them looked to be post spawn. Big heads and little bodies. I know August seems way too late for that, but that would explain the tough bite. Talked to some others who caught bigger fish than I, but they also said there weren't many bites. Fished mostly the rattlesnake arm and enjoyed good weather. Ventured up to Lakeport and couldn't believed how far the weeds and mats extend out from shore. Limit Out tackle store said there was a good frog bite in the afternoon, but where do you start?
      City: orinda

      Tips: Wished I had some, but I don't. I'm hoping the fish will start feeding again, but right now they are not their usually aggressive selves.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 64-73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I took out a father and son team Friday and had another great day on beautiful Lake Oroville. We started out in the North Fork throwing pop-r's and flukes. The flukes did better this day as the bass seemed to be less aggresive as in the past few days. They boated about 6 before we moved on. I did hear though, that spooks did well an the main body early. We then moved futher up the North Fork throwing tubes and rattle traps. Both caught fish and over the slot. With the sun straight up we moved down to main body where the clear sparkle tube worked real well. By 2pm. they had boated around 35 bass with 8 over the slot, 2 over 16.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Top water, we targeted bass on the surface. The banks from 1 ft to 20 feet produced bass. Rocks, shade lines and mud lines all were key targets.

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 72-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Clr near dam, very stained at narrows. No smoke! No evidence of the fire. Conditions second ramp still in use but the third ramp is emerging and almost needed. Watch out for exposed new land near the water intake. Update! Money just came through for new launch ramp facility, construction this winter I hear. Found a couple of fish on rocks nr dam and a couple more in Cachuma. Using plastics on the walls.