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Thursday, June 28th, 2007

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: warmer

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished deep docks in Taylor and some deep grass in sandmound with live crawdads. Probably around twenty four but I didn't weigh them. Had a good time.
      City: tracy

      Tips: Craws work great this time of year for the big ones, they is kinda picky.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with Jack Rosetti on Monday and what a great fishing day we had catching a total of 45 bass up to 5.8 lbs.(caught by Jack on a 5" wtm/rd/blk senko).Best five went 22 lbs.Also had success with frogs,drop shot and shakey head worms, but the 1/2 ounce brn/purp jig worked the best. We focused on offshore rockpiles and rock walls and found the bass stacked up. The best jig bite I have ever experienced. The summer bite is on. Take a kid fishing,and have fun.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: The Redwood Empire Bass Club next tournament is a night tourney at Clear Lake on July 28th(6p.m. -12p.m.) and July 29th (2a.m. - 8a.m.). With a full moon night everyone should catch lots of bass. We welcome new members both boaters and non boaters to fish with us. Our next meeting is July 11th at 7p.m. at the Rohnert Park Community Center at the corner of Rohnert Park Expressway and Snyder Lane. For more info log onto rebc.net or call me at 707-758-5762.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 76-79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The water is coming back up, Mike and I fished from 7am to 1pm. Using my new color jigs the "Green Pumkin with Green and Purple Flake" did real well with the 2-3 lbs spots and largies.
      If was windy and crankin across the rocky points.
      This new color and others are for you, just email me. Hope to put them in stores soon.
      Stay in 15-25 ft and in the morning stay in 5-10 ft.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Shake the jigs, worms and brush hogs.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Once again my buddy Dave and I made the trek up to my favorite float tubing lake. The water wasn't as low as we thought it was going to be. So I started off with the speed trap and it didn't take long before a little ilsanjo fish was on the line. Dave stayed in the open water using his small white blade and I flipped the tullies. At the end of the day I had only 23 fish and Dave had 44. All our fish ranged in the 1-1/2 pound range. My Bucksbag round tube worked great again and Dave had a back packing model of kick boat. This lake is one of the most beautiful places to hike into with a float tube.
      It sure would be nice if the small fish could be thinned out and maybe have some Florida strain bass stocked. For more information on float tubing go to www.scbbbc.com

      Rich
      City: Santa Rosa

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 72-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On Thursday afternoon I took out a father and his two sons. Since the large amount of water craft on the lake and the wind we headed up the North Fork. On one of the coves with a shade line they started catching bass with a drop shot system. We then went futher up the North Fork to fish the rocky walls. Throwing tubes and drop shot they all caught bass. As the evening came we used top water pop-r's. Several blow-ups and two nice bass were caught. 20+ with 4 over, the biggest was 17+
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Shade lines were key. Bass were about 25-30ft deep. Drop shot colors,AYU and Aarons majic, tube colors, clear sparkle and motor oil. Top water shad color pop-r's

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