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Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

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

      Report: Threw a Shellcracker Bluegill along the Tules all day. The bite seemed to get better as the sun came up. alot of 3-4 pound fish and a few in the 6-8 lb class. numerous blowups. Clear lake is unbelievable what a fishery! In two days of fishing I released around 70 fish on topwater.
      City: tracy

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 75-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out at 3:00PM, fished Cottonwood first and caught 4 fish in the 2.0 - 2.5 range within 15 minutes. Moved to Tempernace and caught several more in the same range. Moved to McClure Point and the action was the same. Fished from 3:00 - Dark, caught 20 plus fish, most in the 2 pound range. All fish were very active and hit reaction baits, crankbait, spinners, fast moving jigs (Brown & Black with red in the tail) etc... Many followed the spinners up to the boat.
      City: Atwater

      Tips: Blades at in the evening are hot, work the mud lines and rocky points, it was windy but good.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Anglers Attic annual nite series has a tournament on June 30. Blastoff 7pm at packers bay. Must sign up at Angler's Attic any time before the tournament. Entry fee will be $80 per team big fish included. Any questions call Chris @ Angler's Attic 530-245-0654 Tips:
      City: redding

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: we put in late at orwood, started fishing right away at discovery bay around the corner and pulled a few decent sized fish off of senkos and spinnerbaits. the wind was brutal let alone the other boats coming and going every couple minutes, but we managed to withstand it for a couple more fish. we tried froggin around bacon island and franks tract, but only one blow-up, nothing else. they didnt quite seem to want frogs yet. chartreuse senkos seemed to produce most of the fish along with a white spinnerbait. we spent the night at our 'secret spot' fishing for catfish throughout the night with clams and jumbo minnows. we caught at least 50 1-2lb catfish along with a 10lb bullhead at 430am. we also caught a 3lb bass earlier on a minnow as well. the morning bite produced some fish with a buzzbait and superspook, then by the time the tide brought the fish out of the tules we went back to senkos. i threw on a luckycraft chrome blue rattler and got a fish on the first cast. eventually the wind stopped us and we had not choice but to call it a trip. the bass weren't as big as i was hoping, but it was still good overall.
      City: Placerville

      Tips: Chartreuse senkos, chartreuse/white spinnerbaits, spooks, buzzbaits and brush hogs all worked well.
      The conditions aren't on the fisherman's side yet, but it should get a lot better within the next couple weeks. Try a spot you like and don't give up until your 100% sure.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out there in a little 1' foot alum boat targeting stripers bite is good just look for any drop when there is a drop from 15 to 30 feet or more it will be loaded with stripers the best bait i use was chovies me and my friend caught 2 with constant bites alot saw a boat throwin toward the rental boats from the launch ramp the caught bunches of stripers 10 inches on chicken liver we also had a trout pole out and caught like 10 trout but release them they were all like 2 pounds
      City: campbell

      Tips: stipers are doing good u just have to have pacients and find the right spot near the dam i think produce the most fish

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tried to fish an evening bite with my buddy "Mateo" Mallory and started around 5pm on Tuesday. The recreational usage of this lake on a weeknight is unbelievable. Tons of wakeboarders and sea doo's with no boating etiquette whatsoever coming within 50-75 feet of us trying to bass fish near the shore. If you are one of those guys reading this, go F yourself!

      Anyways, we fished many spots including the dam and a few coves with no luck. Tries brushogs, senko's, cranks, etc.... Nada for three hours.
      until we pulled in a cove just north of granite bay launch ramp near another small launch ramp on the opposit side of the lake heading up north fork with a tiny dock. Mateo hooked a small one (1 pound-ish) and lost it at the boat on a chartruse (sp?) spinnerbait. Then, the whopper of the lake came out to bite. I hooked into this beautiful small mouth on a pink/black mini-spinnerbait. Size/length= 3oz and about 6-7 inches in length. Probably born three months ago. Two casts later, hooked a kamikazee bluegil on the same spinner bait near the little launch ramp. This guy was no bigger than the actual bait I was throwing.

      All in all, this lake sucks for fishing. If it wasn't so convienent and around the corner, I'd never fish it again. But..... I am sure we'll be back on the water next week just to practice technique.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Take food with you because you sure as hell won't feed your family with a Folsom Lake catch.

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

      Report: Started fishing there again quite frequently for the elusive Lake Merced LMB. Been out on my folding boat on the north and impound lakes (with sonar/fish finder)and fished the north and south lake piers, morning to late evening til after sundown a few times. Impound lake looks like it should be primo LMB habitat. Saw a lot of large carp and a few gold fish there. Tried spinners, swim baits, cranks - diving/surface, worms, jigs, but nada, zip, nothing.
      City: san francisco

      Tips: Need some.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 73-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished middle fork. Stayed in the shade as best I could and fished the flat walls or big boulders. Fishing was tough with the hot temps. Didn't try topwater. Caught some senko fish but dartheads were the ticket. I kept the boat in 40-50 feet of water and caught fish in 15-25 feet. I would go 1 hour without a bite and then 6 fish in 10 casts. That was consistent all day. A lot of smaller bass were attacking my bait. Boated 25+ fish. Best 5 went 8-9 lbs.

      Tips: Dartheads were the ticket, color didn't matter. Not much action split shotting or with senkos. If you take a kid fishing, get some live minnows with a smaller hook and let them catch those smaller fish all day.

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

      Report: SORRY ABOUT THE THREE POSTS I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS SUBMITTED 3 TIMES. O WELL JUST ANOTHER MISTERY
      City: ANDERSON

Monday, June 25th, 2007

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

      Report: Fished the lake on Sunday, nothing spectacular caught one fish that probably was close to 10 on a spro. Funny thing I thew the bait out and literally 2 seconds after it hit the water the fish hit. I think I hit it on the head. Left around 1pm, saw a couple nice fish 5 lbers floating up dead
      City: ventura

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I had the opportunity to fish today with Gene Cardle, President of the Redwood Empire Bass Club. What a great day we had on the water,Gene showed me all the latest bass fishing techniques as well as give me full access to all of his lures.Gene caught 27 bass while i caught 18.If you want to learn to bass fish i recommend joining the REB. The best bass fishermen in Sonoma county have been past and current members of the REBC. You Can Call Gene at 510-772-9589.
      City: santa rosa

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Been out most evenings for the sunset bite since the Friday the 22nd and have caught 2 Bass each night the biggest being 4 lbs and the smallest about 1.5 lb most about 2 lbs. I have been using Texas rigged Green Pumpkin Senko casting to the rocky shoreline with a very slow retrieve. The bite seem to start very late (8:00pm) until dark. Its not much but better than sitting at home.
      City: El Dorado Hills

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

      Report: JASON,THE LAST I REMEMBER IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW TO USE CRICKETS ON SHASTA LAKE. MINNOWS YOU CAN USE BUT NOT CRICKETS. ON TRINTY LAKE , YOU CAN USE CRICKETS BUT NOT MINNOWS. UNLESS THEY CHANGED THE REGS THATS IT. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP I DONT THINK YOU NEED A FINE TO SCREW UP YOUR VACATION, LOL
      City: ANDERSON

      Tips: CHECK THE REGS ON ANY LAKE OR RIVER YOU FISH THEY CHANGE ALL THE TIME

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: JASON,THE LAST I REMEMBER IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW TO USE CRICKETS ON SHASTA LAKE. MINNOWS YOU CAN USE BUT NOT CRICKETS. ON TRINTY LAKE , YOU CAN USE CRICKETS BUT NOT MINNOWS. UNLESS THEY CHANGED THE REGS THATS IT. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP I DONT THINK YOU NEED A FINE TO SCREW UP YOUR VACATION, LOL
      City: ANDERSON

      Tips: CHECK THE REGS ON ANY LAKE OR RIVER YOU FISH THEY CHANGE ALL THE TIME

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: JASON, IF IM NOT MISTAKEN CRICKETS ARE AGAINST THE LAW TO USE ON SHASTA LAKE.YOU CAN USE MINNOWS ON SHASTA BUT NOT CRICKETS . ON TRINITY LAKE IS JUST THE OTHER AWAY AROUND YOU CAN USE CRICKETS BUT NOT MINNOWS. THE LAST I HEARD THAT WAS THE LAW UNLESS THEY CHANGED IT. JUST THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE YOU A HEADS UP , I DONT THINK YOU WANT A HEFTY FINE, LOL
      City: ANDERSON

      Tips: CHECK THE REGS ON WHAT EVER LAKE YOUR GOING TO FISH

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

      Report: Fished this weekend on south end of lake. Cold front screwed it up a little, but did manage to find a pretty decent bite on some of the rock piles. Highlight of the trip was a 4+ smallie on a green hula grub in about 10' of water. When it was a few feet from the boat, saw a giant sm trying to take the bait from it, easily a few lbs bigger.

      Tips: Best bite was in the middle of the day fishing jigs and hula grubs off the rockpiles in the mudline when the skiers had really churned up the water. Tight Lines.

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: warmmmmmmmmm

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: On Friday afternoon I took Peter and his three sons, Andrew (age 11), Stephen and Thomas (ages 7) no you are not seeing double they are twins to teach them how to catch fish. Peter told me they had been out numerous times but had never caught any fish. They had been out this morning for a few hours with no luck at all. Andrew was able to cast and retrieve which helped quite a bit. I teach most kids how to cast from the dock before we go out. Each child brought in his own fish when we went to my favorite cove. It took a little while for them to figure out what was a fish and what was grass but they got the hang of it. It turned out to be a very successful day as you can see by the photo. These boys will definitely turn out to be fishermen. Saturday I took Bob (#1 salesman for River2Sea) out for the day. We tested alot of River2Sea new products and they were all successful. We started out by the Ranch house and worked our way back to my favorite cove landing fish. When we got back to the dock, I had him bring in a couple of carp on very light tackle and he had a blast. We stayed out till dark and caught some bass in rocky areas that were feeding on crawdads. Sunday I fished by myself in my favorite cove. Top water didn't work for me, crawdads did ok but brass and glass with a 4/0 wide gap red hook with 6# Pline and a rootbeer senko was the secret weapon of the day. All and all it was a great fishing weekend. 'til next week.......................good fishing!!!!!!

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      City: NAPA

      Tips: FISH SLOW PLASTICS or VERY FAST REACTION BITE

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72/75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: WENT OUT OF BIG BREAK FISHED DUTCH SLOUGH AND THE BREAK CAUGHT EIGHT FISH BIGGEST 4PDS NEXT TO WEEDS AND 5/10 FT DROP ON CHROME RATTLE TRAP ALSO HOOKED 10PD STRIPER FOR SURPRISE OF THE DAY FISHED EARLY QUIT AT 11 AM
      City: ANTIOCH

      Tips: FISHED PLASTICS RECEIVED A FEW BITES NO QUESTION ABOUT USING RATTLE TRAPS ALSO NOTICED A LOT OF BOBBER MINNOW FISHERMAN ?????

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Rivers End Marina at 0600 and the wind was already howling. I have not fished the Delta in the last 90 days and the water has really warmed up. Headed up past Clifton forebay and pulled into a cut with houses. Started with a Spook and got 10 surface fish with the biggest over 5 lbs. At 8:30 decided as I was solo to head up to Discovery Bay and do some exploring. I have only been there once and then in a small area. Must have spent 2hrs just idling around and exploring. Did catch another 25 fish under and around the docks. The fish wanted only black curly tailed plastic worms teas rigged. some were at the back of the docks where there was shade and some were at the ends in 8 to 10 feet of water. The bigger fish ( 3-4lbs) were at the back of the docks shallow. Wind howled all day and made even fishing the docks in discovery bay hard to do. Then the Wakeboard boats made the run back dangerous. They really need to have a limit to wake size, and driver training required. All in all a good day. Pulled out at 4pm.
      City: brisbane

      Tips: Keep trying different colors, places, and lure types as the day progress's.

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      Water Temp: 72-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started out in Taylor Slough. Had a nice swimbait bite in the early morning throwing into Tule pockets. Couple of solid 4's and one real nice fish came unbuttoned. Partner was catching some nice fish on a spinnerbait with another solid 4. Reaction bite shut down for us around 8 A.M. Swithed to 8 inch platic snake and creature baits letting them drift inside the weedline near rocks. We caught about 10 more fish by 9:30 on the snakes. Set on one and thought I was snagged in the weeds but it started to move then jumped once and I yelled for my buddy to get the net. Real nice fish. Bite shut down about 10 for us. We moved toward Piper Slough and finished in Sandmound. Two more small fish for me but my parter pitched up under a shady dock and hooked into another real nice fish. The bite was so good in the morning we didn't take the time to pull the scale out. We guessed the best 5 to be about 23.
      City: Concord

      Tips: Basstrix Blue Back Herring swimbait on Sworming Hornet underspin got a lot of action in the early morning. White with red spinnerbait gold blades also did well. Caught the two largest fish on 8 inch snake. Fish seemed stacked up on points in 8-12' of water for us.