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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70/75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED BACKENDS OF SLOUGHS IN SHERMAN LAKE USED SENKOS PLUS RATTLE TRAPS ANYWHERE I COULD FIND SIX /TEN FEET OF WATER ME AND MY PARTNER CAUGHT AND RELEASED BETWEEN 20/25 FISH UP TO FOUR PDS
      City: ANTIOCH

      Tips: FISH EDGES OF HYACIN AND WEEDS WITH THE DEEPER WATER GETTING THE EDGE WITH RATTLE TRAPS RED/CHROME AND RED PEPPER SENKOS

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: launched out of rivers end in south delta at 7:30am,picked up 1-2lb keepers on senkos and blades,started to throw crawdad speed trap on back end of islands around woodward and picked up a thug going 10-8 made my day!!

      Tips: look for any shade during mid day fish seem to be stacked there

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Taylor and Sandmound till noon. Drop shot with very big baits worked on larger fish. Got plenty and salted Little Franks.
      City: Ceres`

      Tips: All the releases around Russos makes a fish factory, go there for big fish and quantities.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 75-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out at 7am from Browns Ravine, lake is incredibly low!
      Decided to throw big baits for big agressive fish. It work, at about 8:30, around the mouth of NY creek, boated a 4# 5oz Spotted, the bait, a 7 inch roboworm on a darthead. Caught only one other fish about 1.5 pounds on a Chatterbait. Also saw a lot of fish under the old Bridge but could not make 'em bite. The water there was about 60 degrees...
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Fish close to the bank, really close!

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 75-79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The Redwood Empire Bass Club night tournament was held last Saturday from 6p.m to 12 p.m. It was a tough bite with only three teams(13 teams fished) catching limits. The winners: 1st. with 13.88lbs was the team of Paul Facio & Diane Warner with second big fish at 5.57lbs. caught by Paul,2nd. with 13.68lbs. was the team of Jerod Adams & Jim Cottom and 3rd. with 13.06lbs was the team of Steve Adams & Matt Ellingsworth with big fish of 5.82lbs. caught by Steve. It was windy to start and most of the bass were caught with shallow speedtraps, medium cranks and deep diving DD22's. After dark the fish were caught on brushhogs,jigs,worms and yes more crankbaits.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: The Redwood Empire Bass Club is welcoming new members to fish with us. Our next tournament is September 22nd at Clear Lake. You can sign up at our next meeting at 7p.m. on September 12th at the Rohnert Park Community Center on the corner of Rohnert Park Expressway and Snyder Lane. For more info log onto rebc.net or call me at 707.758.5762.

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Also forgot to mention our first trip last week to franks. Tough bite for us but did hook my biggest fish ever. She got me caught up in the tullies and came off. Probably close, if not bigger than 10, on drop shot.
      City: manteca

      Tips: Dont ever use 8lb test for delta drop shot!! bad mistake.

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      Water Temp: approx. 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Second time ever out of russos yesterday and the topwater bite is finally coming back due to the warmer days weve been having. Fished isoated clumps of grass in middle of franks with no success. Moved towards sandmound to punch some mats also with no success. Fished main channel rock walls and picked up a few dinks and a striper on rattle traps. Finally fished inside sandmound on deep tullies and flipped a couple decent fish. The shade moved in at about 700pm and started throwing the frog out of the wind. Caught one good one to about 4lbs that came unbuttoned. Threw it right back in the same hole and caught one just over 6. two minutes later, partner caught another over 4. That was it besides a couple of smaller fish on buzzbaits.
      City: manteca

      Tips: topwater is coming back!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Need to be a "G"? Are you G for Gay?

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 64-73

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I took an uncle and nephew team out Wed. It was the first time the 14 year old went bass fishing and being from New York City he was pretty excited to learn how to catch some bass. They caught several bass on top water first thing in the morning. We moved up the North Fork to fish the walls and banks throwing tubes,blades and crank bait. With 56 bass,9 over with 3 at 16 + and being 2pm it was time to head in.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: The useual pop-r's in shad colors, we focused on sight fishing for forageing bass. They also hooked some on flukes. On the banks we focused on shade lines and rocky walls, throwing willow leaf blade and shad color skirts. The crank bite was soft today but still added numbers to the day. The tube bite was the most produtive. Using craw, motor oil, and clear sparkle tubes.

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Everybody I talk to says the bite has slowed. And it has, but some bigger fish have been on for me. New PB, 25lb limit with a 7lb kicker that just spawned out. skinny. HUGE head and mouth. If she was healthy she would have been over 10. Got a couple 4's that should have been 3's, but they were full!! Lately makes up for all the days everybody else gets em and I get a bunch of minnows.

      Tips: Not til after the weekend tourneys.

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      Water Temp: HIGH 70'S LOW 8

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The lake is low and stained be very carefully as some shallow areas are not marked with bouys fishing is fair on junebug or black/blue bullet head jigs in 1/4 & 3/8 oz. Also senko's are working in watermelon red/black flake and junebug colors hooked wacky style. 559-689-3255
      City: Kerman ca

      Tips: Swimming a jig right now work well here in depths of 3 to 15 feet of water used with a 5" single tail grub (yamamoto)

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out for a couple hours after work from 6-8:15. Caught 6, dinks to 2.5 lbs on various lures, trap, small crank, split shot grub and a jig, all over the lake. Would just catch one in one post then had to move to another spot. All were pretty shallow, 8'-10'. Weather was warm and very windy.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Match the hatch on lure selection.

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      Water Temp: 75-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was good for topwater action. Started off working the tules with a frog, at first light. I would toss it up against the tules and work it back, I had a nice blow up 5+ pounder but missed her, to slow on the hookset. Once the light was out I threw a buzz bait and got a 4lbr, i went back to the frog and got a 2lbr over some chesse in the back. Came back to the tules and worked the opposite side, got a 3 1/2lbr on a sammy and then back to the buzz bait, a few 2lbrs and then I missed the motherlode. I had a blow up buzzbait I guess the fish went over 10lbs with no problem, but not sure i never had a real good look at her.She took it off a grass line and ran towards deep water and the boat I coul dnot catch up to her to get a solid hook set.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: /

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sure, I'm paying all that dough to fish there and not keep those rascals to feed my belly, sure. Fish will only die anyway soonber or later.
      City: davis

      Tips: Think of it as saving a trip to the store. Craws are all over the lake and are the bass'es mainstay in warmer months. Hope you can hear my tune.

Monday, August 20th, 2007

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished high tide with swimbait on clean bottoms and senkos around tules with current. @5 lbs and lost two big ones around Franks.
      City: Davis

      Tips: Use heavier line than fifteen.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught bout a 4lb large mouth the other night. It was a nice fish and put up a good fight!
      City: cv

      Tips: Use topwater bait when water is real calm. Try to throw 'em over tule lines!

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 63-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I took out a client Sunday that wanted to learn how to throw crank baits. I was a little concerned about the day because of the low pressure system that moved in. As it was he did get about 30 bass all bracket fish but the differnce was that the bass were mostly hitting the baits with their mouths closed. He got hit after hit with no fish. The good thing was he learned where the strike zone was and He had a great day. Monday I took out a husband and wife that wanted to learn how to fish Lake Oroville and have a little adventure. Todays bite was a lot better as the bass were eating the baits once again. Top water action this morning was great with pop-r's and flukes. They had 16 top water bass with the biggest at 16+ inches. With the Sun hitting the water we headed up the North Fork to throw senko's and tubes. They caught another 14 bass the biggest hitting 2.9 lbs., before it was time to go.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Every day is a diffent day on the water. With the lake dropping about 15 inches a day, its like fishing a new lake every day. Crank baits were lipless in shad colors and the senko's were the pumpkin with black flake and tube was the clear sparkle gitzit.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 72-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WELL I DID MY USUAL WEEK CAMPING ,USUALLY GO DOWN LAKE TO RUSTLER'S,BUT SINCE WATER WAS DOWN STAYED @ BLAK MOUNTAIN 5..BOAT RAN GREAT ALL WEEK TROLLING...GOT SOME CRAPPIE @ NIGHT ON MINNER'S..COULD NOT LAND @ CATFISH TO SAVE MY SOUL..THEY EITHER GOT HUNG UP COMING IN OR BROKE OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT...NO BASS,LOT'S OF SUNFISH ALL OVER THE LAKE ON WORM'S DROPSHOTING.HOWEVER DID GET SOME 3 TO 4 LB STEELHEAD'WAS CAREFUL NOT TO TAKE ANY HEN'S.AS IF U KNOW HOW TO TELL WE CAN GET THE POPULATION UP...GOT MY FISH PAST THE FIRST SET OFF BOUY'S UP FROM THE DAM..ALL @ 46 FT ON A SHAD-RAP...LAKE IS FULL OF SHAD RIGHT NOW SO BITE WAS TOUGH..ALL FISH TAKING TROLLING A LITTLE FASTER THAN USUAL..
      City: San Rafael

      Tips: when it's hot there deeper...be patient,& WATCH FOR STUMP'S....

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fog - Fog and more fog. Well, that's what it offered when the gate opened to the launch this morning. A heavy layer mixed with smoke filled the first 30 feet of the top water and conditions were really critical. I followed the edges to the right of the marina all the way towards the island then finding myself boat deep in some unexpected stickup's to the point I had to raise the motor to pull myself off the soals. Really a critical mistake on my part as I could have 'beached' myself. Fortunately, the 3-5mph speed kept me from getting stuck. So BE CAREFUL out there. The Zca smoke was lingering much of the day but the sun finally popped through about 9, giving way to clear skies less the smoke.

      Hit some walls by the cisturn with my new CLU 'yellow' eye top water and scored on the third cast, making me VERY happy about this new creation from Kelly Barefoot and CLU Lures. I was eager to try my Casitas Black Buster but wanted to wait for a better area like back in the river. Finally some clearing and I followed the outline of the island around to the reeds, seeing a distant light off a boat fishing the soals. We chatted for a bit and both boaters said the ride out was really a scary effort asd they too found the stick-ups and shallow water. Made it to the river and started tossing cranks. Two hits but dinks. Went to a lipless shad crank and scored a 12 incher alond the walls, tossed a jig with no takers nor on a drop which surprised me. Hit little Cachuma, Santa Cruz and Johnson with only minimal hits and called it a day at noon with the wind just coming up to speed and the sun coming in with some heat. Lake was pretty empty today considering. Think the fire has people spooked away.
      City: SM

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Disapointment and Turner Cut for A few hours. Found fish on the outside of weed lines up to 5+lbs. Black/Blue jigs and trailer and Drop shot Robo worm Peoples color.
      City: SAC

      Tips: This is A reports page if you want to jabber back in forth take it to the Forums page please.

      Thank you, Terry