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Saturday, May 5th, 2007

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 59 ish

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: caught many fish
      4-15" spots on night crawlers
      a couple spots on Yamamoto watermelon black flake at 15" & 16"
      and a 21" carp on a night crawler

      getting better at using Yamamoto

      Tips: be very patient with Yamamoto worms and subtle, fish weightless for a natural slow fall also don

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water at 8am. Weather was sunny, light breeze. No bites on senkos, lizards, or spinners. Gail force winds hit the lake at about 11am. Took about an hour to troll/row back to the dock. Maybe the rains the day before affected the bite. Saw bank fishermen landing trout. Bass were on lockdown.
      City: Union City

      Tips: Do your boat/trailer maintanance during the off season, not the morning of the fishing trip. Should have been on the water at 6am. Not sure if it would of helped, but you never know.

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: John's getting really good at finding the productive pattern...did it again today and boated seven nice bass. He found the fish had moved off the banks and were out in 12 to 15 feet depths, vulnerable to slow-moving craw imitations fished uphill. I made way too many casts with the buzzbait and only brought in one 2 lb'er to the boat on the blades. Tried several other presentations without success, but none was the pattern John had found.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Try different types of banks (rock, mud, tules, etc), different depths, different retrieve directions (uphill, downhill, parallel to the breaks, etc) and different retrieve speeds until you find what's working. San Justo's bass are getting a lot of pressure these days and are seeing lots of lures...it's a challenge to get past their becoming conditioned to the common presentations. Experiment...experiment...experiment.

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: 55\60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished with brandon sun up to 930. one for 3# NEAR 33 bridge. then blown off. moved to dino fished til 100 then blown off. no fish.
      City: hollister

      Tips: go on 5/6/07. it will be calm.

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

      Report: On Saturday the Sonora Bass Anglers launched out of South Shore at 5:35 am. 19 teams competed. There were seven limits caught, nobody blanked. The fishing was tough to say the least for most of us. Fourth place was just over 10 pounds for 7 fish. 3rd place had over 15 lbs, they were throwing lipless crankbaits on the main lake. 2nd place with 21 lbs, caught them on Senkos across from the launch ramp. The winners, with over 22 lbs (6 fish), caught them on Senkos in Black Creek, among a few other places. Congratulations to Larry and Mike Freeman, a father/son team, for an impressive win.
      City: Sonora, CA

      Tips: At times the wind was 20 mph. Fishing was very tough. You had to get your fish early before all the wind and wakeboarders ruined the lake. There was a wakeboard tournament the same day. No bedfish were caught or seen. Saw lots of giants just cruising around. Senkos seemed to be the most popular bait of the day. Good Luck.

Friday, May 4th, 2007

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

      Report: Just like greedy sports agents in football, etc., the amount of tourney circuits have ruined this sport. You cannot possibly tell me that bed fishing in crystal clear water during the heart of the spawn is good for "our" fishery. Thanks for pulling 20-30 bed fish off of the stumps, sticking your 5 best in your livewell, and driving them to your weigh-in hours later. I am sure that is great for "our" fishery!
      City: LAKE ALMANOR, CA

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

      Report: Hey Big Daddy Blue Ranger Can you email me the water depth that you were fishing in? I don't want your areas or lures used just the water depth and type of cover. Thanks in advance!
      City: EDH

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

      Report: HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN SEEING ANY CARP OUT THIER LATLY. AND IF YOU HAVE WHAT TIME OF DAY AND WHER. LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING A TRIP TO CL MEMORIAL DAY WITH A BRAND NEW BOW FISHING RIG ANY TIPS WOULD BE HELPFUL THANK YOU.
      City: ROCKLIN

      Tips: WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey beauty, was that you wearing spandex shorts and sporting a fanny pack at the dam today?

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Where is the report ya beauty!

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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Dropped my Ranger 335v in and proceeded to get troll the whole lake around and get nothing. Had one follow up on a swim bait around the big Island. Threw jigs, drop shot, senko, swimbait and no luck.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: Listen to the last gut, not impressed.

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tournents are part of the sport dont hate on it buddy. Almanor has had tournements there for years guess what its still a great fishery. Its not us you have to worry about its the weekend nobodys that keep everything they catch so maybe you should direct your attention some where else!
      City: Susanville

      Tips: Anyone interested I can post a scedule of all the tournys this year

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Yes I am A MONG MORONS WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS OK TO EAT FISH OR TO ASK A QUESTION!

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Wow, Jim post a report saying he isn't going to give turnament guys info unless they start posting reports and all of a sudden a generic report is posted Hmmmm!

      Anyway went out today very windy but the bite was decent. Caught most fish on senkos in about 10 - 15 feet. Also a decent bite on plastics. There are still fish bedding.
      City: sm

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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the First Lincoln Fire tournament WHat a great day to fish the Bite was on several fish in the 12-20 ft some in more shallow Fished all over some small the biggest going for 4lbs by the Dam
      and a bigger one in the north fork Thanks again Lincoln Fire dept for a great day on the water
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Role it over the bottom stay some what slow set the hook

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out around 4:30 and caught an nice 4 pounder walking out the dam and on the other side hooked two more one pounders. all came on spinner baits.
      City: Morgan Hill

      Tips: I think any thing will work on these post-spawn bass.

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

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

      Report: Thanks for posting the tourney info here guy! Why don't you take you and your locusts to someother lake? Why come and ruin our fishery by promoting a tourney during the heart of the spawn? Stay Away!!!
      City: NORTHEAST CA

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 62-67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Water color from clear to stained, temps vary across the lake depending on clarity. No matter since they bit everything today. Shallow to deep, cranks, plastics... not a great bite just basically junk fishing all over. Ended the day with 3' waves. 25 or 26 fish, 5 best weighing about 14#.
      City: Vandenberg

      Tips: Go fishing. You'll catch more at Cachuma than at your computer:)

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

      Report: Headed out late wed morn and decided on throwing the big bait all day. Stuck five over three and a 4 at my first stop. The fish were very agressive and looked like post spawners. Moved around and continued sticking decent fish in all the likely areas. As the tide fell the fish got bigger. I started runnin and gunnin all over the south snd south central delta concentrating on deep (6-12ft)grass beds near spawning flats. By far the best bite I've ever been on. 25-30 fish mostly 3's and 4's all eating on top or while waking just below the surface. Best fish went 4.3, 5.13, 7.2, 7.3, and 9.8 for 33lbs 13oz...WOW! and these were the spawned out weights, the head on the 9 was simply ginormous,, probably would have been over 12 a week earlier... Sat fished the AC as an AM w big expectations. cloud cover, light rain and wind, my pro wanted to throw a spook and I already knew I only needed one bait. This was going to be an all out slug fest and we were in it to win it. Well, we ran his and my best water and it was a very humbeling day. I got fish but not nearly the size I expected. Weighed in just under 15 and the top ten weights were all over 25lbs. Ouch! My day 2 pro had a decent bag, sitting just out of the money, and told me to come prepared for finesse stuff, 10lb line a spinning rod. As much as I hate doing it, I started sissy fishing on day two and even put the first three rats in the boat. After a while my pro decides plan A isn't paying off and we make a move... more sissy fishing, but it looks like good swimbait water. OK just a couple casts... I stick three in a row. Hmmmm.. the little swimbait demon is calling me again. Make another move and it turns out he's fishing the same spot where I stuck good swimbait fish a few weeks ago. I'm starting to get exited as the water continues to fall and conditions are looking right. Then the unthinkable, may backup bait, to my backup, in my favorite color is forced into temporary retirment pending at home repairs. But I have the same bait in another color which I've never used....fearing change, I tie on the new color and as we make our first pass down a bank I watch a toad roll on it. "Get the net, she's an 8" I yell as I set the hook,, in the net she goes and high fives.. Back to work I go and stick a 4 1/2, then a 3,, nice. Turns out most struggled and we weigh about 21 lbs. My pro's in the money and I've got big AM fish w an 8.66,,, Not! The next AM beats me by .05 lbs and takes the money.
      City: Tracy

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished around Orwood Tract on the high tide. Threw a Shellcracker near weedy areas. Caught 9 bass before the tide dropped and the weed were to exposed. Biggest around 6lbs the rest of the fish would go 3-4lbs.
      City: Fairfield

      Tips: wake the surface early. stay near any cover around the riprap especially weeds.