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Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey fish4fun, if Almanors' smallie fishery was in immenent danger of going down the tubes due to heavy bed fishing pressure, DFG would section off major spawning areas in the lake and make those areas off limits during the spawn. But they have not done that and believe me- their biologists monitor that lake, its second to only Trinity in terms of quality and Almanor has a compairable population of 2-3lb fish. I dont know why you decided to complain about the issue this year? Anyone who actually fishes Almanor on a weekly basis knows that for the heart of the spawn this year, many of the excellent areas on the lake have been nearly unfishable due to 15mph+ winds which tend to murk up the water and make some nice size whitecaps, too bad for us- "all for the $$$" tourney guys who just like to go out and compete against our local friends. Just so you know, a first place finish and big fish check now days will scarcely cover the fuel cost to go out and fish for the day. So if your gonna fish you might as well fish one of the Mtn./Westwood Bass Club or Honeylake Bass Clubs' tourneys and win back some of your gas $$$.
      City: Susanville

      Tips: Start early and pray for a calm day! Dont forget your glasses.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 74-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: After guiding Pardee, I napped a little and fished Amador from 7 pm to midnight. The same cool delta breeze was hummin' on the lake so I wasn't too excited about the possibilities. I tried worm and jigs with no luck and finally went to the Chug Bug about 8 pm. I got a nice 2 1/2 pounder and felt I could go home happy. I tried some other points on the Mountain Spring side and we pleasantly surprised - I had a topwater bite goin'! Landed 4 more from 2 1/4 to near 3 lbs on the bug and they were eating it! I missed two good ones - right at dark! I decided with that action I would try the after-dark bite. It wasn't great, but with my trusty 10" blue/fleck Power worm, I got three more - 3-3, 3-8, and 4-2, and missed 2 or 3 others. Soon I noticed heavy dew on the side or my Ranger and said it was time to go. Heavy wet air always kills the nite bite! But it was better than I thought it would be! A very pleasant 22 hr day!!!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: This is a great time of the year for topwater at Amador! They sometimes will hit all day because of a lot of week growth. We may ever get a frog bite of the weather warms enough. Rip Ratl/traps right thru the weeds. The Berkley Power worms work day and night. Maybe bite a little off the 10" worms for daytime fishing. Green pumpkin and red shad are great colors!

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I walked the shore for a little while before making a cast and saw that there are still a good number of fish on beds. I enticed one small male to bite on a chartreuse senko and got two more on a junebug senko. Two of the fish were accompanied by other fish that followed them all the way to the shore as I reeled them in- a pretty cool thing to see. While I was coaxing the small male into biting, my wacky rigged senko got hung up on a branch and instead of pulling hard to free the lure I just shook it until the fish pulled it off the branch for me... thanks for the help. Overall, not a bad day for a small amount of fishing.

      Tips: I've caught some on rattle traps other days, but today they wanted it slow.

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

      Report: caught another one today 1.5 lb small but it just adds another one to my list.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: reel in slow

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

      Report: Wed went out down south hoping to get on the swimbait bite again. The mood of the fish definately changed for me. Got a few 2-3 lbrs and could tell they weren't eating it right. Boated a 4 and she was barely hooked. Started seeing a lot of followers and rolls that missed. I dropped two 5's and another decent one about 4. I watched a 5-6lbr come up and bump the bait with it's nose but didn't try to eat it. This was getting frustrating. Finally stuck what I thought was a toad, huge boil, the drag even slipped a little. Turned out to be a 5 with the bait stuck on the back of its head. Being the swimbait rookie that I am, I failed to make the right adjustments. Finished the day tossing a swim toad in shallow grass at low tide and got a bunch of 1-2lbrs. Best five about 15lbs. Thurs went to the Break and started w the swimbait again. The fish were eating it beter but no bigguns, 2-3lbrs. About noon I'd had enough. Saw some cheese and picked up my frog rod, bam, bam, bam, they were on it, and eating it real good. More 2-3lbrs and one decent one that weighed 4.15. Gotta love froggin the mats! Got a few sight fishing w a drop shot but I couldn't get the big females to play. Saw a sweet looking mat on the back side of a dock and tossed the frog over the walkway. A few hops and Kawoosh, it was like a giant toilet flushed. In one I motion I set, bounced her completely over the dock and in the boat. Thanks to 50lb braid and a 797 magnum grass rod..She went 6lb12oz.. I bounce stripers all day long but she may be biggest largy I've bounced yet. Best five about 20lbs.
      City: Tracy

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Late afternoon visit, fished main body points, humps, riprap. *inch woodchopper*. Bites were suttle, vicious, and some were just regular.
      City: sac

      Tips: Rip the bait like a rip bait, pausing after a few rips. After cast, let it sit a bit, then just move it very slowly by little twitches and pause it , afterwards rip the hell out of it. Very productive on the deeper trees.

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      Water Temp: 6?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Out early, launched at Rattlesnake, fished top water on the bank to the left of ramp, lots of short strikes, finally got one (my first TW fish) about 1.5 #, missed a bunch more during the next hour.got some fish on darts and drpshoting here and there, wind blown banks and points seemed to work best. I spent a lot of time casting a white swiming senko at trees with deep water near by, well, it paid off, a healthy 3+ # out of some brush that fought a lot bigger than it was. Great day on the water, ended up with about 10 for about 9# on the best 5.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Go Out have fun, and remember, skiers pay their fees too (although they drive us crazy)

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 66-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I guided a guy and gal yesterday, helping them to learn more about bass techniques and more about Pardee. His photo is on the photo page with his first Pardee bass - a 4 lb 1 oz smallie on a Yamamoto topwater lure! I'm glad he got that early because the rest of the day was very slow. We caught 3 small largemouth and missed a few others. We did see two big female largemouth on nests with no males around. Weird! We probably could have gotten one of them to bite but it would have taken too long. My clients got to see what the lake has to offer! The weather pattern was strange - usually a cold front moves in during the afternoon, but yesterday it moved in about 9 am and really shut down the bite. Lots of wind.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We could have probably done better in the morning but they were a little late and needed a lot of casting instruction and help with working lures. But a 4 lb smallie makes the day - especially on topwater!! Small Robo worms got some bites for us but nothing else would. I threw jigs a lot to try to get a good fish to bite. Didn't happen.

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: a fishermans dream, blow ups all day never left markleys cove i slaughtered them in the delta sun ,went out to lake and boom bigest was 6 .3 oz on top water . went threw a bag of worms total of 40 fish , at least .. lots of dinks but early am produced some big large mouth on top water Bill Dance Edition. big fish barfed up a dead bird in live well there were feathers all over in my well.. nice !! any how going to delta next to smoke um .tight lines later plastic man
      City: Elmira Ca

      Tips: wind really sucked ........ went really light 4 inch purple plastic wit 1/8 once bullet most caught on top water tough fishing in the wind find cover

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 66.1

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I decided to spend my birthday with my neighbor John, fishing..........even though I wuold have rather been working a 10 hour shift at work! We started out at 5:30am in Rattlesnake arm and caught fish near 4 walls for about 2 hours. The "Hemphill Special" was on fire as we proceeded to move to the main point by the windmill and continue what we had already started. We fished the lower end of the lake until 11:30am with about 35 fish in the boat and the wind starting up so we headed home. We met another angler at the ramp who stated he had the same great day we had with over 40 in the boat! We also met "Big George" and his partner who gave us a leech that was also very productive.....Thanks George!
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Slow and tight to cover! Tight lines!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: This is not a report, I'm looking for some good anglers for next years California state team and challange the other 10 state. The qualifing tournament is at Clear Lake Aug 3 & 4 2007 and the top 12 will make the team up for 2008.

      Call me @ 916-837-9474 or email me.. Jack
      City: Rocklin

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      Water Temp: 65+

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: when I wasnt getting bit on the plastics I was throwing swimbaits and jigs and a crank here and there. Only one fish on a jig and about 3 bites on the swimbait. Lost one when she got tangled in some tules them jumped. see ya. Usually my swimbait gets hit all day long.
      City: Petaluma

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

      Report: I have not fished California for three weeks. I've been off to Lake Powell with the California Federation Nation State Team. We need better anglers for next years team. The qualifiering tournament is at Clear Lake Aug. 3 & 4, 2007 for next years team. I know we have some great anglers around here. The other states kick our asses, so lets get down and return the faver to them.
      Thanks Capt Jack
      City: Rocklin

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Me and little bro decided to come back for more after a kicka*% trip here about three weeks earlier. $20.00. is the fee to fish! but well worth it if you know what your doing. We saw maybe three boats the whole day. I caught 15 bass on various techs. Threw a BG trick worm shaky head, PB&J Senko, dropshot, and spinnerbait. My biggest fish came on the spinnerbait about 4 1/2#s. I had one fish bite my senko as I was reeling in two feet from the boat. WOW!
      City: Escalon

      Tips: Lake doesnt have a whole lot of structure if you fish just right of the dam theres some tullies and trees that produced.

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

      Report: Hey Brent,
      Have you been catching fish up here recently?
      City: San Jose

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 68 to 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry this report is so late jus't busy..Anyway camped @ rustler's for 5 day's from 15th to 21st.Ten yr berth holder, plus been fishing my whole life..Anyway all fish caught were trout #5 RAPALA..BROKEN BACK no weight about 40 ft behind boat.Lot's of smallie's early in a.m.dropshotting back in yorty creek between 5 to 15ft deep..Got some big cat's late @ NIGHT OFF CAMPSITE.why do they alway's hit the littelist rod..12 & 13 lb's..No crappie even though we brought up minnow's from petaluma sport & dive as dry creek general store's minnow's are midget's..LOT'S OF PREGNANT BLUEGILL'S BIG ONE'S ON HALF WORM BY THE ISLAND...Trolled got one trout about 8ft on a Apex. Lake need's another couple week's to settle down..water is about 15 to 20 ft down...watch out for stump's...tight line's...
      City: san rafael,ca

      Tips: WATCH OUT FOR STUMP'S...& KID'S WITH FAST BOAT'S

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went at about 5:30 me and my buddy caught 5 fish in about an hour 3 2pounders 1tiny one and a 10.4 lunker all on plastics accept one booo yah spinner
      City: morgan hill

      Tips: fish the points

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went at about 5:30 me and my buddy caught 5 fish in about an hour 3 2pounders 1tiny one and a 10.4 lunker all on plastics accept one booo yah spinner
      City: morgan hill

      Tips: fish the points

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went at about 5:30 me and my buddy caught 5 fish in about an hour 3 2pounders 1tiny one and a 10.4 lunker all on plastics accept one booo yah spinner
      City: morgan hill

      Tips: fish the points

Monday, May 14th, 2007

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

      Report: I caught nothing this day but guy fishing next to me caught 4lb'r on a soft 6" bass imitation. I took your picture but i dont rem your email adress to send it to you maj4@pacbell.net or something. Email me for pic.
      City: Campbell