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Saturday, June 9th, 2007

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Made the 3 hour trek for a houseboat trip. Staff here is really friendly and I had a great time. I'll definitely be back.

      The bass fishing on the other hand is annoying. I read the previous reports and thought, "How can there by no big fish in the entire lake?" Well, I caught almost 20 bass and nothing was over .75 lbs. To make matters worse, these bass are experts at ripping your worm off your hook. I must have gone through 3 bags of Senkos easily.

      Plenty of bites. I fished mainly off of points looking for drop offs. Did the same around the marina area near the docks and there were lots of bass there, all spotted bass.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Went initially with the weightless t-rigged senko. Color wasn't much of a factor, but I threw mostly dark colors. I kept hook setting and I would have half of my worm eaten to the edge of the hook. Switched to wacky rig and had better luck boating fish. IF I come back, I'd probaby drop shot roboworms. I think you'd get a better hook set ratio and they're cheaper than senkos!!! Good luck.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: SOLID BITE ALL DAY BEST FISH AT 4.5LBS FISHING SPARSE TULES AND DOCKS.DROPSHOTED SENKOS GOT THE
      NUMBERS BUT BUZZBAITS GOT QUALITY. I ALSO CAUGHT FISH WITH A RED/BLACK PATTERN.
      City: ISLETON

      Tips: ITS ALL ABOUT THE TIDE.

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the W.B.R.L tourniment out of Russo's Sat, Din't do all that great, weighted in 10.85 The winner had a 23 pound bag, that had a 9 plus kicker. Mostly fished Franks Track. Lot of boats. just about every poupular spot in Franks had 3 boats on it. I had 3 for 15 pounds on Friday for pre-fish and would have gone over 20. I think the fishing pressure but them off somewhat?
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: None offered. Just go out and have fun fishing.

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

      Report: at about 6:30 i caught a 3 1/2 pounder on a gary yammamoto kreature
      City: Ventura

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: First time up here and it was incredible. In the first 30 min. caught 6 fish all around 4lbs. After 1 hour my partner and I had caught 25 all of them around 4 with a 6.5 and a 5 thrown in . We fish the south end and I believe it was Jago Bay. Used Yum and Berkely lizards in watermelon red - flake and pumpkin and it was unbelievible.Finished the day with somewhere around 80-90 between us. 6.5 was the big girl. Should have been in the tournament lol
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: sunscreen and check your line for fraying due to rocks and having lots of fish on

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 69-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Haven't been on the lake in a few weeks but I found most of the fish that where on beds where not there anymore. Summer pattern seemed to be in full effect. My fish came on main lake structures in 15-25 feet of water. Drop shot and darthead Panic Minnow from Density-Tackle where the ticket. Landed over 15 fish today by myself which is pretty good for DVL from what I heard at the ramp. Nothing over 4.5lbs however...
      City: Inland Empire

      Tips: Fish slow...

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 70.4 - 74.2

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the north and west branches with good to very good sucess (48 fish with 11 over) as said in other reports from the south and middle branches, the fish were down around 20' to 35' and schooled up on points, between secondary points on mud banks. What differs in this report is that all the fish caught were on crawdad baits. The yamamoto creature baits and fish to sea craws seem to work the best while others I talked to wrer using robo's shad and aarons majic in the 6" size on 1/4 oz. dart heads. the largest fish brought to the boat was a whooping 2.73 lbs. caught by Larry Petersen whose day was cut short by jet skis and wake boarders on the west branch (they almost sunk his 14' alum.). The rangers and warrdens said they would have a "bigger" impact on the lake this year as compared to last, since I never saw either of these at all last year, I guess once would be concidered a "greater impact". All weekend anglers please beware of these "Pains in the Ass". As Mr. Petersen told all of us "they come right at you, get as close as they can and turn sharply to create a large wake for their enjoyment, not ours"
      All in all, it proved to be an enjoyable day despite the little punks and their toys.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: the "run and gun" approuch seem to work the best. Don't stay in one spot and "creap fish" look deep.
      Drop shot and dart head are a good bet, if you like the craws, beprepared to fish alot of water, with hook-ups about every 4 to 5 casts. Let it set between "pops" and check for heavey lines, not "bites"
      tight lines,
      B. Gibson
      Paradise Bass Assn.

Friday, June 8th, 2007

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started fishing about 8:30 am throwing poppers and crank baits with no takers at the 5 mph markers on the south end, my partner Forrest first cast with the drop shot and fish on! We got a few more there on the right sides just inside the 5 mph markers than went to mide lake on west side and zero fish than to east side with 2 little ones and than up north and got few on cranks and than to the dam and we got about 8 fish in 35 minutes on 4 inch oxblood flat minnow worms but again these were only 1/2 to 3/4 lb fish. We got about 15 to 18 fish but the biggest was only 1.8 lbs, had to leave at 4:00 to pick up the kids at school.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Drop shot with your hook about 2 feet from the weigh,it seems the fish are suspended right now, the worm I was using I won at the Future Pro tournament I fished in March so I don't know where to by them but I will find out, they are 3 1/2 inch to 4 inch and flat and I rigged them side ways. My buddy said they were oxblood but they looked like smoke to me with black flake but I am color blind:)

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Pretty steady. Fish on Senkos along rock. Still not seeing fish on the cliffs though. Windy early today. Fog/low clouds gone by 8:30. Visibility generally good; clear at dam, less in coves. I get most fish by just running bank and tossing senko; fish 10-20 feet.
      City: Santa Barbara

      Tips: Still lots of room for RV/camping as of today. Not much longer and the crowds arrive.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Thirty years on Clear Lake and I have never seen a continuing bass bite such as the one everbody is reporting on. Last trip, two boats, six anglers---210 bass to 7lbs. in 1 1/2 days on anything you wanted to throw. Top water--Riccos,
      Crankin'--Lucky Craft LV500 Shad, Senko's--Cinnamon with black and purple flake. Incredible. Where are the shad? Maybe this is why the bass are so hungry--no forage.
      City: Novato

      Tips: North or south does not matter. Hang out in 8 to 12 feet of water, edge of weeds, etc. and you will catch fish.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 71-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: So, what would two young men want to do the day after thay graduated from Chico High School. Learn to bass fish with me, of course! Let's get adulthood started off right!! We started at 1 pm (they had to sleep in after parties!) and fished until about 9 pm. One of them had done some bass fishing and the other was totally new to the sport. Of course - HE caught the biggest at the end of the trip - a spot just under 18 inches! He had another at 16 inches and his friend also had two "overs"! We both helped the "newby" and he finally got the hang of "no bite - just pressure" and really caught mostly quality spots. We caught a few on topwater but they were small. The continuing cool weather and dropping water found the bass quite deep, mostly 15 to 30 feet. There was very little animal, bird, and fish activity. I was surprised we did as well as we did with an even 40 bass in the boat. We did see a mountain lion at the treeline in the middle fork where we spent the whole time. The guys had a great time and are now pretty competent bass fishermen which should go nicely with their new diplomas!! I loved hearing "I got another one" over and over!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Robo worms were the tools of the day! Morning Dawn was the early choice and held on all day. They fished the 4" size. Prizm Shad was good during the afternoon and MMIII added to the fun. Other colors wern't so good. I tried drop-shotting the Basstrix Flashtrix minnow and it worked well also, especially in the late afternoon. I had both guys try dropshotting and one of them hooked a nice one. We found the fish sort of bunched up - several in one area and then nothing in others. We moved around quit a lot. Our limit was between 9 and 10 lbs - the last near 18 incher was pushing 2 1/2 lbs.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 70 ish

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished all day caught around 40 fish on hulla grubs and worms bigest of the day was 3 pounds fish where very active bite was on all day... fished up the pit
      City: redding

      Tips: was using smoke hulla grub and baby bass and for worms a brown with green tail and reb with brown strip down belly goo luck

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: nothing to report.. slow......all though I read Rob's report.. very interesting...
      City: morgan hill

      Tips: throw everything at them..my question is ..If your in a boat. ya launch... which way do ya go..If some one has an answer please let me know...Thank/s fish safe, catch and release..

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out from 4 pm to 8 pm with a friend who does'nt fish much. I gave him a wacky senko and I did the same. Good bite we had 15 fish with most of them largemouth. Most fish were 1.5 to 2 lbs. My friend did get a 4.5 l.m. and then a 4 lb smally , his personal best.We only caught one fish off the bank, the rest came off shallow rocky offshore stuff, ten feet seemed to be the zone. I tried weedless senkos in the trees and never got bit.
      City: Granite Bay

      Tips: shad and baby bass 5'' senkos on 6 lb test with a open hook

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: we caugth 30 fish today using gits-it, senkos and top water near shallow and deep rocky points and islands. Fish were biting good then the wind stopped and the bite also for a bit.
      City: San Bruno

      Tips: fish slow with worms. and the fish hit the top water baits move fast or slow.

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water about 6am fished Sandmound nothing but dinks in the am poppers and spooks no luck...moved down near disco bay and found lots of dinks on DT Grubs..301 nothing near tullies but riprap I nailed them.....went back to sand mound in the afternoon flipped a grub inside a weed line and hooked into one that topped my biggest fish ever (10.4)fought her for about 2 min my girlfriend got the net and right when we got her to the side of the boat....the fish scared her she dropped the net...the fish turned and pop....I'll never use florocarbon ever again...what a way to spend my 48th b day....arrrrrrrgh
      City: Oakland

      Tips: don't use anything less that 16lb test in the delta. The fish are in really shallow water 1-3 ft.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What an amazing day today!! When I guide someone from out of state, I always want things perfect! I met my client from Oregon at 6 am at the Clearlake Oaks and was looking forward to showing him the wonders of Clear Lake for the first time! The lake had other ideas as the wind was howling and the cold front was moving in! I realized after observing the water that we were going to Lakeport. Bob Higgins of Limit Out Tackle told me everyone else had made that move. So we started there at 7:30 am and the Oregonian had the nerve to catch a bass on the first cast!! Then I knew the day was totally ruined! Not so this day! We worked our way up north from Lakeport fishing nooks and crannies - docks, rocks, tules, and whatever structure we could find. He was using the 8" green pumpkin Dead Ringer and I was using the 7 1/2" RoboTail worm in green neon pumpkin. We were targeting larger bass with the big worms. We caught quality after quality bass - mostly all over 3 lbs. I think we had 8 between 4 and 5 lbs. I actually got broken off with 14 lb test also - couldn't believe it. I was also determined to catch a chug bug topwater bass in spite of the weather and I did - about 10 am. That was one of our smaller bass at 2 1/4 lbs We did some sight fishing which was no easy task, but my client did coax a 4-2 and a 4 3/4 to take a white/chartreuse Robo Sourpuss - nice sight bait!! I highly recommend it! He worked on the bigger one for awhile and when she bit the first time - he got her - sweet! Hard to do in the wind. As we were getting near the end of the trip, I suggest he try the watermelon/red flake Dead Ringer he had - since it was getting brighter out and he needed a change! GOOD DECISION!! As we fishing one of the metal walls up north, I heard him grunt. I turned around and looked in the water and almost freaked!!!! He said she might be "6" and I though "16"!!!! After a tense moment or two in the wind, I netted a beauty - a spawned out 8 lb 11 oz toad. He told me later his goal was an "8". So he overshot his goal a bit - big deal! His previous biggest in Oregon was 5 1/2. I was proud of our limit - between 26 1/2 and 27 lbs - in very tough conditions! We wound up with 31 bass total. We were really trying for quality, not numbers.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I mentioned the RoboTail worm made by Roboworm. I really put it to the test and it held up very well! I caught 10 or 12 bass on the original worm I used - and these were quality bass!! They are soft but seem very strong. I tried the red crawler color also but only caught one bass on it. Green pumpkin really has been the color of choice for me this year at Clear Lake. It seems to work every trip no matter what type of bait I or my clients are throwing. Other than the sight fish, most of our bass were in the 6 to 10 foot range. It is not easy for me to fish that shallow all day - but I managed! My biggest was the 5 pounder on the Robo worm. I threw my
      Weapon jig the last few minutes and did hook a nice bass but lost it. Lots of weeds up north but my client was very good at finding holes in the weeds and pitchin' his worm in the holes and stickin' bass. One or two Senko bass (#301) but worms were the "meal of the day"! The bass were very aggressive from our start time - 7:30 am to about 11 am. As the clouds move out and the cold wind increased, the bite really slowed for us. If you would have told me that my client would have stuck a bass that size in those post-front conditions and at 2 pm, I wouldn't have believed it unless I saw it. Well, I saw it!!!!!

Monday, June 4th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: No fish caught on reaction baits.Only fish caught fell to Senko's around the bridge area. Tried wakebait after dark with no luck.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Green Pumpkin Senko's fished slow was the ticket taday!!!

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

      Report: Decided to sneak a few hours in the morning. Started with a swimbait for nothing. Didnt see even a follower. Changed tactics and was using the Casitas usual of oxblood rf and put 3 in the boat before bailing
      City: Ventura

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Friday and Sunday got on the lake at first light. Top water is not hitting so good yet but spinners in blues slow just about 1 foot deep will hook a few. Most fish came in about 1 to 10 feet of water. 7" watermelon works great on dropshot or texas rigged. I lot of fish came on crank baits again close to the banks or on the rock piles. Friday we had about 40 fish with few in the 4 to 6 pound range. Sunday was not as good about 25 fish and only 2 in the 5 pound range. I think the fish knew it was the weekend with a lot more boats on the lake. Laugh!
      Have a great day fishing and be safe.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Fish the rocks they seem to like the heat. Shad cranks are working great.