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Sunday, June 10th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 77 to 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This week of bass fishing has proved to be good on top water lead by big rico's they were the top baits for bass in the 6 to 10 pound range. Bass are suspended over shallow rock piles off points and off the tops of shallow water humps. Several 6 7 and 8 pounds bass were reported this week and also one 10 pound bass was reported also. There were also some good bass in the 4 to 5 pounds range caught on drop shot and jigs also. Bass are in 8 to 30 feet of water alot of bass are suspended because there drawing down the lake at a study pace. 559-689-3255 Bite here been good all day moving to drop shot or jigs by mid morning.
      City: kerman ca

      Tips: Hit shallow areas points rock piles shallow under water humps lake is dropping and the bass a chasing.Top water early morning or late evening. Drop shot & jigs by mid morning into the afternoon. Bank angler watch for snakes.

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      Water Temp: probably 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: they closed it my freind's...one person,, got stuck... I'm sorry one JACKASS got his shit stuck.. Now the freaking rowwer's {do they own the lake}.what they want..call I will
      City: los gatos

      Tips: this is my tip .. any of you "I agree that the electric only is the best" Hey , we have to listen to noise all day long, Siren's, Leaf blower
      s . {the most aggravating on a Sunday} open the lake call vasona and let them know.. that your not the cheezball that got stuck

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took a friend who has never fished before. We caught 4 fish to one pound all on brush hogs. Fish caught around sunset. Last quarter moon. Lake about 9 feet below full. Lots of weeds now but very little frog scum.
      City: Folom

      Tips: Avoid tournament days/nights at this little lake. If you go back a year or more to read reports, you can go this website http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.html to see what moon phase it was. Subtract 8 hours from the GMT time zone times to get PST times.

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 8. Largest was the first taken at 2# 10oz.
      (C-rigged watermelon BBH) Found fish at the back end of mid lake coves all < 15'. Had success with C-rigged Baby Brush Hogs in watermelon, and Wacky Rigged 5" senkos: black and watermelon. (First time trying that method). Picked up two using a half oz. white spinner with twin silver willow blades. No takers on jerk or crank baits.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Requires a reservation. http://www.gooutsideandplay.org/reservations/text/textreservations.asp?park_id=1
      plus and additional $6 res fee beyond the usual $12 for boat and parking.

      I had success at the back end of coves with plastics. Tried to follow T2's recommendation but
      couldn't get bit off of points or main lake mud lines.

      Getting hot out there 90+, be sure to bring lots of water.

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

      Report: Relatively new to the lake. Fished from shore sat- missed two on plastics (like I said, sort of new to the lake).

      Sid- Got any pointers on how to land carp? (If you wish to let go of some of your secrets).....

  • 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.