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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished san pablo with my son on 4/3. i got skunked but he caught 6, including his personal best a 7lb 9oz LM. he nailed it on a huddleston. it was really cool because the water was clear enough that we both saw her just inhale the bait!
      City: Orinda

      Tips: 3 fish on dropshots, 2 on senkos and the toad on a hudd.

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

      Report: THANKS THOMAS FOR THE INFORMATION. I like to launch at Bailey cove and if the water level is too low then I can't

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

      Report: Redwood Empire Bass Clubs next meeting is April 11th at 7p.m. at the Rohnert Park Community Center on the corner of Rohnert Park Expressway and Snyder Lane. Our guest speaker will be Jimmy Reese who was voted the top bass angler in California last year.Our next tournament is at Clear Lake on April 14th and I'm sure Jimmy will be sharing with us some of his winning techniques.We welcome new members both boaters and non boaters to fish with us. Log onto rebc.net for more info or call me at 707-758-5762.
      City: Santa Rosa

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: got there at 615pm caught 2 2lbers one on white spinner and 4"smokegray/ charcoal swimbait by lakefork tackle co. tried topwater.. nada
      City: san jose/morgan hill

      Tips: be patient

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 64-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Full moon, afternoon 10 mph north wind, periodic thin cloud layer. Fished from 4:30 pm - 12:30 am. No bites until sun started setting. Then, quickly picked up 5 fish all dinks except one nice 3 pounder and all on Senkos. Bite died at dark, lasted 1 hour at most. One hour after dark had another 45 minute period when I got bites and picked up 2 more fish one a dink the other a 2 pounder and both caught on Senkos. Bite died for good around 9:30 pm. Most fish 10 feet or less. No other baits worked for me. Wind died at night time with periodic 4 mph winds periodically starting and stopping. Pretty cool afternoon and night - may have affected bite. Only one or two other boats on water after dark.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Senkos, gentle sloping banks, stickup green plant areas, deadstick, shallow north pocket coves with wood and weed/plant stickups, rocky bottom, coves/pockets not too far from main body. South side of lake didn't produce (but neither did north until sunset so maybe south side ok).

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Caught 20+ bass on dropshot and shaky head with Robo worms. Caught one 5, one 4 and many 2's all in 10 feet of water or less. Saw a few beds but not many. With the clear water I did see alot of large bass roaming from deep to shallow water.
      City: Ranch Cordova

      Tips: Used the Picasso shaky head my last two times out. Try it. You'll like it.

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: another Solid day at anderson by far my best day for big fish ever at anderson between me and my uncle we got 22 total biggest was 7.2lb 5.0lb done that at calero and coyote but never at anderson always get the numbers at anderson but never the size got them all drop shoting robos lots of 2-3 pounders my big ones came from carolina rigging 7inch green yum lizard and a 3 inch purple lizard 97 cents at walmart worked the woodchopers area and ur first right from the launch love my local lakes its a shame use to love uvas and chesbro
      City: MORGAN HILL

      Tips: wiggle wiggle drag slowly BAM they cant resist it if ur doin it right it almost dont matter what color ur throwing deadly 4 drop shoting seems like when i do that they hit it so much harder good luck 2 my year round bass anglers. and to the phonies who are bass anglers 3 months out of the year go fish PARKWAY.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58-60?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I headed out to Frank's tract yesterday with a couple of my buddies but ended up getting sidetracked at ski beach. Stayed there for a few hours until we realized it was already 4. Headed back fished the boat docks around Holland's tract and also the boat docks around the Sugar barge. Hooked into a couple small ones nothing really big. Saw a couple of fishing hanging out in the stalls where the light was penetrating. Saw a few bedfish also none of them were very big though.
      City: Oakley

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Frank's Tract on Friday. No fish or bites. Used spinner baits, jigs, and Senkos. Don't know what's going on? Weather was nice. Any suggestions? Thanks.
      City: SACRAMENTO

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: can anyone also give me any information on what the bass are doing right now..where they are and what are they doing? sitting on nests or out by structure? and best ways to catch them.. thanks
      City: lafayette

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: overall good day spinnerbaits produced some nice fish out of submerged brush all together 30+ fish biggest fish 7lbs6oz.on a yamasenko they are moving to the shallows
      City: Twain Harte

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: none on dropshot dad.
      City: Orinda

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 57-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I fished the north end on 3-30-07, the bite was consistant on sinkos and drop shotting grubs, but I saw something I have never seen before. On the north end of the lake I drifted over about 50 or 60 bass ranging from 1lb. to gigantic !!!I threw every thing I could think of but nothing worked....has anyone seen this before and what do you think they were doing, so many in one spot in about 8ft. of clear water. I did not think bass spawned with this many numbers....
      City: martinez

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      Water Temp: ?????

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED FROM SHORE WITH MADDY, HOOKED BED BASS THREE OR FOUR TIMES TO NO AVAIL. LOTS OF FUN. TAKE A KID FISHING BMFD
      City: mountain view

      Tips: ITS MATING SEASON LOOK FOR BEDS GREAT FISHERY

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 60-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished S. Fork Mokulemne from Tower Pk up to Beaver Sl. Water temp. held steady or dropped a bit from week before last. Wind was up and made things tough. Fish are still mostly holding back off shallows after last week's weather, although a few are starting to come up tight and shallow. Picked up 11.2# (personal best!)last week on Senko before rain hit Monday - Quick pic, then let her go to add to gene pool.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Dk Senkos 6"...or Aaron's Magic 5-inch on drop (4 - 6'). Work isolated tules with hard bottom near deep water.

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      Water Temp: 60-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: spent weekend ... delta beat up by the big boys nice weather sat sun windier. Russo' is a class act .
      City: reno0

      Tips: throw red or red/brown yorzuri type rattle baits aound franks or sherman, also white (red eye optional) swim baits 4-5 inch; swimming senko with 1/8 in front.ayu and shad mission also good ; go smaller 4-6 inch. drop shot wacky reddish senkos 12 to 18 inches above. a lot of gunk on bottom jigs get buried use jig on harder bottoms.... nothing on top or frog or blades.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: i went out with my grandpa on sunday, i was throwing a jig and he was throwing a brush hog, i wasnt getting any bites but he was getting few.do u have any tips on what color jig and how to work it to get more bites....thanks in advance
      City: lafayette

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 62-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Really had to work hard. Not as fast as the last few weeks, but none the less, as fun as always. Fished my normal dropshot/ carolina/ texas rigs and all produced, but nothing over three lbs's. The lake has a huge algae bloom in effect. Got five in the boat between 7am to 11am. Dropshot 4" and Texas Rigged 6" worms in and around rocky and reed/ stick-up areas. Carolina rigged 6" around sunken island. Threw the swimbait for a while first thing and had many followers but two at over ten a piece followed right to the boat and skirted away fast after seeing me. Really exciting.
      City: Camarillo

      Tips: I fished from 5 to 20 feet and got them anywhere in between. Biggest one in about 10-15 feet. Algae really threw me for a loop and not sure if it was that or the recent heavy pressure and crowds slowing things up a bit. Maybe it was the full moon in combo with April fools day. Good Luck!!!!

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      Water Temp: 62 to 65.4

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This past week and weekend there hasnt been much of a change here bass shallow and are pretty easy to catch. Jigs,brush hawgs,senko's,lizards,live bait minnows or crawdads and even red worms are taking bass. Alot of 3 to 4 pounds bass shallow now big bass over the weekend was 11 pounds traffic was fair but still lots of room to fish. Weather going to hit low 80s by next weekend. 1-559-689-3255
      City: kerman ca

      Tips: BASS ARE SHALLOW AND THIS PAST STORM DIDNT SLOW THEM DOWN THERE HITTING PRETTY MUCH WHAT EVER YOU THROW AT THEM. 3 TO 10 FEET FOR A GOOD AVERAGE 3 TO 4 POUND BASS IS COMMON RIGHT NOW HERE.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: mid 50s

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished north fork coves and protected rocky structure near points. Caught 5 fish in 4 hours, missed at least 5 bits, probably dinks. One large mouth, 3 spots, and one small mouth. Fished about 10 feet deep on bottom with drop shot robo worms (oxblood red fleck), split shot worms, and carolina rigged lizards (clear pumpkin with black fleck).
      City: Carmichael

      Tips: Fish very slow, use light line or fluorocarbon, and because water is so clear, stay back and try not to spook fish with the boat. Cast ahead or to side of the boat, don't just drag 'em. It should be getting better real soon.