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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Out on Tuesday 24th 6am till 1pm lots of bed fish had a small limit in a few hours and then... there she was, a big girl, up shallow. Hooked her on the first presentation. Only problem, it was on the drop/shot rod. She was off quick. Re-grouped and gave her a jig. From about 15' away she charged and ate it. It was the longest 15 minutes of my life. She weighed 9lbs1oz on my scale so I took her to the North shore and weighed her in,(9lb even) did the picture thing, and took her back to her spot. Thursday out at 12:45 till 4:00 Hooked 8 landed 6 big fish 3.5 best 5, 13.06.
      City: Ione

      Tips: The fish are up. I saw beds from 2' to 12' deep. Look for shallow humps with cobble and little scrub brush. The beds are in the brush. Try brown jigs, Swim them and shake them change it up. I caught fish on the jig a shakey head worm (brown) and senkos. Get a good map and go find a flat and work every spot with brush. Good luck.

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

      Report: Hammer,
      I dont remember the post, but if so I apoligize to you. I dont expect everyone to give up everything. I know what its like to spend countless hours on my home lakes. Just looking for some good starting technices to get started.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hammer,
      I dont remember the post, but if so I apoligize to you. I dont expect everyone to give up everything. I know what its like to spend countless hours on my home lakes. Just looking for some good starting technices to get started.

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

      Report: BMF -- what baits were you throwing?

      Thanks.

      -perry-
      City: Orinda

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: They are drawing the water down again... Water is clear,, not to much luck allthough I did hook in to some planter trout..took them out.. go to tip's
      City: livermore

      Tips: The freaking rower's go between myself and the bank...My question to you all.. we are 20 to 50 feet from the bank..."BIG LAKE' WIDE , Why the "Hell" do you go between myself and the bank..and a "Rower will ask "Catch anything" My response is Fk no... Yell at them.. and then start throwing a crank bait , they cross your line.. Yell hey your gonna get hooked ... Sorry I thought about trying it . but Yelling is the best way.. Oh buy an air horn.. let em know catch and release my freind's... Zack

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

      Report: Guys we dont need to fight amongst ourselves, there are enough people wanting to stop our sport fishing...Keeping a bass or two (above or below slot limit) every so often is not a sin..practice catch and release most of the time..empoundments can only hold so many fish of certain sizes...lighten up a little...my two cents....Pappy
      City: OROVILLE

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: ???????????????

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ..
      City: ?????????????????

      Tips: Swimbaits, rippin, jigs, creature baits and senkos. If you make it in the next couple weeks sight fishing will be awesome. If you can sneak on'em throw ANYTHING wieghtless in the vicinity and they'll suck it in. Have fun, hold on to that swimbait rod tight and catch and release!

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Get your shakey head out(3/16th) and a Zoom trick worm(watermelon candy) or Zoom lizard(watermelon candy) and you will catch fish. You can see them swimming around shallow guarding fry , pairing up and there are some deeper fish I'm sure to be caught. Some are spooky and some are agressive. Flat calm,sunny, warm day. Not my cup of tea. I heard there are some osprey fish being caught and I know if you get ther early enough you can catch topwater fish(spooks, buzzbaits). Saw some nice fish sitting on top of the water in tree branches. SENKO? You guys can have it, I'm heading to the night mode.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: I told my son to try and fish for the fish that you can't see and you will catch the better fish. He'll figure it out. BACK OFF! I never understand why people want to get up on top of fish. Extremely boring. Takes too long. Catch them quicker backing off. You already know they are up there. All this took place in Cherry Creek. Can't stand the spawn. I don't want the fish to move up shallow. Be careful what you wish for. It's got weightless flukes and trick worms written all over it.

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

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      Water Temp: dont know

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: i was interested in what the fishing was like out there right about now. never been so im curious. i really wanted to fish for some crappie, never really tried before so i wanted to. just wondering if water high enough ect.
      City: Chico

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hank-SW Delta has had bed fish since the last full moon. Water warms faster over there. Different forum though. Got on the lake today for my first solo boat trip to the lake. After loosing godzilla smallmouth the other day, I wanted to target smallies. Fished rip baits at the drops of rocky flats about 10 ft deep. That was pretty cool and my confidence was soaring. If it werent for Hurricane Cachuma, my score would have been better. Caught 4-5 mini keepers and one that I was really happy with about 3 lbs. Not a toad but you know when you just feel good about a fish. fished various drop shot offerings adjacent to these flats with little success in 15-25 feet. did the same on steeper banks with little success. Seemed pretty tough but I dont have the experience here yet to know if this was normal
      City: Goleta

      Tips: Dont go up-lake in Gale Wind.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 59-62

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Had the day off and had to head to the water by myself. Could not find another to share the day with at the last min. (wife@work, Boys@school, (2)Buddies have twins and everyone@Work) Drop the boys off at school and got to Lazy M around 9:00. By 9:30 boated 6 fish on a buzzbait. Tried mr ribbit with no takers. Took off to try different water. With the wind to my back, I pitch a chatterbait and kept hitting fish from 5"-15". Lot of fun. Took off to another area and threw a popper and hit a bunch of fish, untill my arm got sore popping so much. Went back to the Chatterbait and hit a bunch more untill one hit and real pulled back hard. Got it to the boat and she became my personal best. 8.2 lb baby. Off the water at 1:45. I hit 25+ fish on Chatterbait, Popper, and a buzzbait. What a fun day, beats going to work....
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Watch your tides.... Try a Chatterbait (Walton's Pond sell 1/2oz w/ a 5/0 hook & weedgaurd (blanks), U pick the color skirt) Also throw the topwater (spook, popper, buzz and Mr. Ribbit

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 62/65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: CAUGHT FISH 15/20 FT ON SENKO/LIZARDS TRIED TOP WATER NO TAKERS ALL THOUGH WIND BLOWING DID SOME SIGHT FISHING DID NOT SEE ANT FISH ON THE BEDS MAYBE THIS LAST FRONT MOVED THEM TO DEEPER WATER LARGEST FISH WENT 4PDS ON RED PEPPER COLORED LIZARD CAUGHT SIX FISH TOTAL
      City: ANTIOCH

      Tips: 15/20 FT DEPTH SEEMED TO WORK THE BEST FOR ME ON ROCK

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

      Report: N2FSHIN
      Do you remember what I said in that post. Well, that's what you did and you did well. You can't rely on other people to catch fish, especially if you are spending a few days on a lake. Just go figure it out like you did. You shouldn't complain that people weren't readily willing to give up their information that they spend hours on the water to get!
      City: Lower Lake

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      Water Temp: 58-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I had the privledge of guiding a husband/wife on their 34th anniversary today - yes today - on a Monday! I can't remember the last time I guided Clear Lake on a Monday - and a post-front day to boot! They are local and wanted to learn more ways to approach the bass fishery - new techniques, areas, etc! I think we accomplished a lot and even caught a bunch of bass - 22 to be exact! They caught most of them. We had a good morning bite, a DEAD midday, and a decent 2 to 3:30 pm bite including hubby's bass - biggest of the day at about 5 lbs. She even caught one over 4. We had a nice limit of 21+ lbs. We stayed in the Rattlesnake arm.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I hate to disappoint my future client - two posts down - but as is my policy before big tournaments - I usually don't say much so as to be fair to everyone. I'll make it up to him in May! We did notice the bass seemed to be bunched up in certain areas and were deeper than normal - which should not be a surprise considering the lastest weather. That is likely to change very quickly! Good luck to all the anglers and I hope you don't pass out when you see your boat gas bill!!!

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      Water Temp: 57-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, I would also like to thank all the big dogs on the help I got when I asked for some tips for the first timer to Clear Lake. I got NONE. What are you guys worried about??? I showed up with no info Wed 4-18 Pm and launched at 6:30am on 4-19 it was overcast and not much wind but cool. We started throwing white flukes around Reeves Point and loaded up on fish to 5lbs mostly pre spawn females with a few bucks in the mix. Then we went down to the State Park area also catching Fluke fish by the numbers. We also caught alot of fish with gold and white 3/8 spinner baits with gold willows and Lucky Craft 350 in american shad. No need to list all the days we fished because it was the same for us all week. Did not matter if it was overcast, rain or wind. The areas we fished are as follows. Anderson Island ( all the way around it) Weekend Island, Konocti Bay, Berger Bay and Leubow Point. All our fish came off tules and brush. We thru up tigh and the bite would vary from the first crank of the reel to right at the boat. During those days of fishing our best was 9.80 and a zillion fish in the 3 to 5lb class. Thanks for NOT giving info because we probably would not have done as well as we did.

      Tips: On a lake Like Clear Lake in the spring dont even bother asking for help. We probably fished during the worst time (weather) and did awsome!! I could only imagine what it would be like without the cold front that came thru.

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      Water Temp: mid 60's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My dad and I went out on my day off and had a great day fishing mainly for trout. We rented a boat and were on the water at 8:00 am. Within 10 minutes, we caught a 22 inch salmon trolling a kastmaster. Rest of the day was very productive with 3 trout caught and 4 bass. All trout were caught on kastmasters. 3 bass were also caught on kastmasters, and the 4th was caught on a night crawler. Bass were 13-16 inches. Threw 3 bass back, kept 1. Keeper bass was 16 inches and 2.5 pounds. We mainly fished the upper east shore but tried the sunken oak cove and surprisingly caught nothing there, I think we fished it wrong. Trout weighed 2.1,2.6, and 2.8lbs. Salmon weighed 3.4 lbs. Great lake, Big fish, very little fishing pressure, and a lot of different gamefish species.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Kastmasters catch big trout and big Bass! Cant say how the bass bite on plastic worms or spinner baits, never caught any on them. Upper eastern shore is good. Try the Sunken OAk cove too, it provides sum of the only tree cover in the entire lake, Bass have gotta be hiding in there.

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

      Report: Cleatus, the fish that you caught, were there any damage on their fins? I caught a bunch of males there last week and they were in good shape. Let me know. Thanks.
      City: modesto

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

      Report: Fished a CDFG tournament this past weekend. I Sucked! I can catch a bunch in the 13" to 15" range, but I can't seem to catch any big ones. What do I need to do? Am I fishing the wrong places or do I need to use larger lures? Any help for me out there?
      City: Montague

      Tips: On Friday it was sunny and warm we caught them in the willows, They devoured Senkos! In the rain on Saturday, we caught them off steep rocky faces on rootbeer colored Kalin 3" grubs. On Sunday, it was cold and breezy, then sunny. We caught then on submerged points. I caught fish on 4" & 6" Senkos in several dark colors. Caught the biggest on a purple Senko spring lizard.

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: We headed back over to Anderson on Sunday and we had minimal luck. What a difference a storm can make.

      The pre-frontal bite on Saturday was awesome while Sunday proved to be a very tough fishing day. We were throwing carolina rigged brush hogs, crank baits, swimbaits, and jigs. We did manage to pull about 6 fish into the boat but they all were very very small. We did mark some fish but couldn't get them to take anything.

      I'm waiting for the weather to warm up a bit to get some bigger action.
      City: San Jose

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ????

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: No report lost e-mail John Chow .I lost your e-mail please try agin.I'am not good on this thing so be pasient with me every body.THANKS
      City: N.Highlands

      Tips: Good fishing every body