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Friday, August 3rd, 2007

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

      Report: Got a late start launching at Russo's bout 8:30 w high water. Tossed a big worm around some docks and picked up two close to 4 each and two little guys. Then went out in search for a big swimbait fish that didn't happen. Saw lot's of 3-4lb followers but none would eat. For some unknown reason I reached for my spin rod w 10lb Seagaur and a drop shot Robo. Tossed back behind the sparse tules into the thick stuff, about 2 ft of water, and get a tick. I set, she feels alright, then my drag starts to zzzzzzing. I'm thinking I'm about to get worked over on this sissy rod by something probably not much more than 3 or 4 lbs... Then I get a look at her and she's a toad, wrapped up in tules, I give a little and she comes out on her own,,, lucky me,, she goes 8lbs8oz.. I poke around a little more and pick up a bunch of rats and another I guessed bout 3 3/4 on the drop shot. I don't want to keep her in the tank for too long so I head back to Russo's to get a flick and release her. I pull out on the minnkota and start tossin the Wake jr. around the docks,,, Kawoosh.. it's big and it's wrapped around a pilling.. Get her in the boat,, another 8lbs8oz even..a much longer fish w a big head just nothing in the middle to fill her out. No doubt a recent transplant. Toss the drop shot around the docks and get another 3 1/2... Head back out to the track looking for a big swimbait fish again and got just a few little ones,, shoulda stuck w the drop shot... Best five about 28lbs
      City: Tracy

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

      Report: Went camping at the State Park and had a great fishing trip. Fished out of an inflatable throwing top water frogs & Senkos...Zoom white toads & watermelon Senkos to be exact.Enjoy!
      City: Oakland

      Tips: Find structure/weeds near deep water. all my fish were caught in shallow water with access to deeper water near by.

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      Water Temp: 77-83

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The water was at it's best and the Bass was ready for the BASS Federation Nation Qualifying Tournament out of Konocti Vista. Two 6 hour tournaments for five fish on Thursday and one 6 hour on Saturday. The two days most of the bass were caught all over the lake on frogs, drop shot, senko and jigs (capt Jacks). The average weight for five fish was 16 lbs. A few anglers came in with 20 +. The 12 best are now the California BASS Federation State Team for 2008.
      Next year make sure you sign up for the tournament.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: fish around rocks with tules and steep drop offs near. also the docks are the best.

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

      Report: FOM night tournament was won by Jason Foax and Lee Banks with 10.21 lbs. Their fish came on worms and jigs. The Big fish was caught by Eldon Vieira and John Rabjohn it was 3.45 lbs. It was caught on a carolina rig.
      City: Redding

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake around 24 feet from full - dropping about 2 feet per week. Fishing very slow except for one quality fish.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Watch out for snakes trying to swim out and climb into your boat! Lodge closes 6 pm most nights so arrive early! Only a couple of lights were turned on in parking lot so park in south parking lot if you want your vehicle parked in the light - not too cool. Blades. Fish during daylight.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 74-79

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The Thusdday night tournament this week drew about 12 boats. Blast off was at 5:15pm and over at 8:45pm. The bite consisted of shacky head worms,Texas riged worms, crank baits, tubes, jigs, and top water. The winning bass was 17+ inches. Most of our bass came on crank baits with one bass near 3# spliting my spinner bait in half on an awesome leap air borne. The most exciting moments last night came from a point on the North Fork when we started throwing spooks. In a period of 10 to 15 minutes we hooked 6 bass and missed another 6 blow ups. The two largest being 16-1/4" spot and a 16" large mouth.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: We keyed on mud lines and rocky walls and points for top water. Most of the crank baits were shad colores and with chartreuse and the spooks were white and blue and shad color. The bite was shallow from 1ft. to 15ft. The top water bite was just inches from the bank to 15 feet out.

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

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

      Report: Gary Ritter Please get a hold of me. Need to talk to about the boat you bought a few years back

      Tips: email or call

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The results from Redwood Empire Bass Club tourny last Saturday night & Sunday morning( 2 weigh ins. One at 12p.m.(5 fish)and one at 8a.m.(5 fish) as follows. 1st Place with 54.11 lbs. was the team of Tim Schlander & Brandon Service with a 8lb. kicker. 2nd place with 51.06 lbs. was the team of Jerod Adams & Pat McGee with a 9.04lb. kicker(2nd big fish). 3rd place with 41.39 lbs. was the team of Steve Adams and Greg Fina with a 10.53lb. kicker(Big Fish). The bite was wide open and everything worked from jigs,top water, swimbaits, crankbaits,blades,10 inch worms, brushogs, shakey heads and drop shot.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Redwood Empire Bass Club is welcoming new members both boaters and non boaters to fish with us. Our next tournament is a night tournament on August 18th at Lake Sonoma from 6p.m. - 12p.m. Our next meeting will be August 8th at 7p.m. 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.

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      Water Temp: 82 to 84.4

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This lake is droping a foot a day on its way down to 11,000 acre feet. Bass are supending off of rock piles points and in trees and over brush piles. Alot of smallier bass right now are being caught 12 to 16 inch fish are all over the lake right now in 3 to 16 feet of water. The larger bass are still been caught but not in the numbers they were like a few weeks ago. Night fishing to beat the heat is the way to go now. Senkos, jigs, brushogs,spinnerbaits and crankbaits are all working right now.
      City: kerman ca

      Tips: Early morning or late evening after 4:00 pm the bite at both ends are fair still good bass to be caught. I would stick with a jig as you can cover alot of water and fish them very slow and swith from double tail grubs to a single tail 5" grub swimming these baits are deadly right now on any lake. 1/4 or 3/8 oz bullet head jig works very good any watermelon or pumpkin green greenflake works good right now.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out at 7, started on a rockpile at the mouth of the south fork, chartreuse/purple crankbait, second cast, a 2 1/2 # LM, moved up river to old bridge area and pulled a 3# spot from the bank to the right of Jacks Shack. Nothing form the bridge. Another 2# spot from the point where all the ruins are. I pulled a lot of fish out wind blown points and banks. All of em on a dartheaded 4 1/2" Robo Fatworm (Prizm Shad) Best five around 12 #. The whole south fork is a 5 mph zone!!! Awesome.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Use your electronics, off shore structure next to deep water, banks or points w/ drop offs, and as always Boulders. Also, look for cooler water 1/2 degree made all the diference for me. Don't forget the sunscreen.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had not been out since pre spawn. went for the afternoon bite up in the river. Small fish eating the hell out of the blade tight to the sticks. picked up a few on brown and purple jig and tennesee shad db3. Will look deeper and fish slow next week as the water continues to fall slowly each week.
      City: reseda

Monday, July 30th, 2007

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: After a succussful Clear Lake trip on Thurs/Fri, we tried our luck in the Frank's tract area on Sat/Sun (7/28,29). Caught about 15-20 fish each day in the am (only fished half days). They were mostly small (up to 4 lbs). Fished the top of the incoming and outgoing tides on tule islands and found fish taking our texas rigged sweet beavers, senkos,Ikas, and spinnerbaits. Also caught a few on droppshotted wacky senkos in the deeper 15' areas adjacent to the tule islands. Still learning the delta, but can see all of its potential that is talked about. The frog bite was not happening on the mats we fished? Anybody having any luck on frogs?
      City: San Diego, CA

      Tips: Ikas and senkos near the Sugar Barge wall. Sweet Beavers and dropshot near channel tule islands. Spinnerbaits midday windy areas near tules.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Clear Lake on a Thurs/Fri (7/26,27) with my guide and long term friend Cliff Croxall of Benecia, Ca. What a memorial two days! Started both early, full moon mornings off with an incredible topwater bite! Landed a 9-10 and 6-1 on a Zara Spook just before the break of dawn. The big girl exploded on the Spook like nothing I have ever seen before. Easily a 10 or 11 in the spring. The jig bite was the best pattern overall on structure in 20-26'. Fished mostly the south end of the lake. Also caught a few dropshotting and with the 6" Senko. Another highlight was catching a 4 lb cat on a spinnerbait!! Thanks Cliff!! Can't wait till next year!
      City: San Diego, CA

      Tips: spooks and sammy's best within the first hour before sunrise. 1/2 oz jigs w/ sweet beaver trailer best overall mid-day pattern in 20-26.'

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      Water Temp: 80+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the day after a Full moon and only 10 minnows at the most. Minnows are 2 lbers at Clear Lake. Then then next evening fished from 6 til midnight with my friend that used to work for a guide and we both only got 3 fish each. Dont know if the 4 days of full or near full moons filled there bellys. I saw Lots of food in the form of Shad and Fry. LOTS. Also saw the bottom in spots I have never seen before because the lake is low and the water is clear. Biggest went 2.5......lol....I know most guys dont post on here when they dont catch em at CL but....well I sucked it up the past few times

      Tips: Wait a week after the full moon.I think they have been eating alot lately.

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      Water Temp: 81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished from wed thru sat. wed and thurs, the bite was on fire . black and blue jig with junebug trailer was the ticket.. caught 35 from 2 to 6 lbs. friday, it slowed down for me. sat. i caught a few... thanks all for the exellent info.
      City: sacto

      Tips: go with the jig and fish it aggressively.
      have a blast at this most ultimate lake. ><}}}}'>

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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out for 1.5 hours after work. Caught 6 fish: 3 dinks, a couple of 2lbers and 1 long and skinny 3lber all on the same lure, 1/2 oz trap.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Work the EAST Bank.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 81-83F

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water around 5pm and fished until 9pm. Started upriver and Horsehoe area. Caught a few standard McClure Spots and 1 small Largemouth. Went back down the river and fished the canyon and Arnold Bay area. Caught a few more spots here and there. Around 8pm I started throwing a buzzbait for the heck of it and on the second cast I caught a slot-size spot. Two or three more casts later I hooked up and that fish worked me over. Finally landed it and I'm guessing it was 7-8 pounds. I've caught alot of 5s and 6s and this one was definitely bigger than those. The best part was it was a spotted bass. No more hits on the buzzbait after that. That fish would be hard to beat so we called it a day.
      City: Atwater

      Tips: Be patient, change it up. We did best on salt & pepper grubs on a darthead and then of course the buzz bait. The fish didn't move up to the bank until it got dark. Fish deep and slow when the sun is up. Look for steep rocky points w/ some shade on them.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 74-78+

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I picked up a father and two sons off their house boat today and wondering how the full moon would affect the bite for the day. As it was the morning top water bite was still strong. About 20+ blow-ups and about 10 hooked with 2 bass on one Pop-r. The top water lasted till about 8am. We then threw tubes on shade lines up the North Fork,and caught some nice bass. I wanted to show my clients the mud line bite so we headed for the main body to throw some lipless crank bait. The mud lines had just started to form so the bite was just starting. With a total of about 30 bass it was time to go in for the morning.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Top water in the morning, fish shade lines and mud lines.

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      Water Temp: warm ?75?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went froggin for about two hours, no bites. caught 1 small one on a senko. fishing was bad. Where are all the fish? any advice? are the fish east of the bridge now?
      City: pleasanton

      Tips: fish SLOW. fish aren't active.

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Some wind and some muddy water where the wind hit muddy banks. Fished deep (25-45ft) landed 60 fish with many in the 2 lb range. Must have caught 30 fish in one spot in 30 mintes (3 people on boat)
      City: Anderson

      Tips: It appeared on this hot sunny day - fish were holding up in deep holes where there is consistant shade.