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Sunday, April 1st, 2007

  • 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.

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      Water Temp: warming

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: From the readings, there was a tournament that came and went at Folsom Lake. Does anyone know the results or at least the winning weight? Thanks
      City: sacramento

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      Water Temp: 57.8

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We fished the same pattern we have over the past 3 weeks with no bites. We moved to flats and caught 3 fish on home poured worms and one on a brown and orange jig.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Fish slow!

  • Mendocino County
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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched with Dad again about 7:00 AM. We landed 6 fish in the first 2 hours, 1.5 - 2 lbs and one big boy at 8.0 lbs. Should have just gone home then. Landed 2 more in the next 4 hours but what can I complain about? Great day!
      City: Hidden Valley Lake

      Tips: Water is still cool. Nothing would hit by crank bait. Still fishing slow on the bottom.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: clear, flat, tons of fish but no activity!!!

      well i have been fishing oroville for a few years with my family, we have a nice fishing boat but it might come as a shock to some that, that alone will not make you a good fishermen. we have tons of time and patience however we lack the ability to land the amount of fish you people claim to catch...WE COULD USE SOME TIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE
      tell me any ideas of where to try or WHAT TO TRY!!!! we mostly fish muddier bottomed coves during early after noon to evening. so far we usually only get bites on night crawlers.
      fish finder shows tons of fish around 4-6 feet of water but none want to bite...are we cursed??? can anyone change our bad luck???

      NOW on to an exciting short story. last week I was on oroville and we were getting nothing for 7 hours but kept trying. im sitting back relaxing and all of a sudden my pole jerked out of the pole holder and into the water. i freak and jump across the boat to see if i could get it and by the time i got there it was more than 2 feet in the water...needless to say i lost a pretty expensive pole and most likely the biggest fish of my life...if you find a fish with a pole attached its mine....would appreciate getting it back =]

      well any help would be greatly appreciated im going to go by some lures some of you said work and will get bak to you...
      thanks all
      someday I hope to be landing that many fish in a day. at this rate were lucky to catch one in an entire day so I know were doing something seriously wrong. email me if you can!!!
      City: Chico

      Tips: HELP MEEEEE catch fish!!! got nice boat, plenty of poles and bait nothings working!. last time i was out i tried nearly every lure in my tackle box (years accumulated). recently bought fish finder, its great cuz now we can see all the fish that don

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      Water Temp: 58 to 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started in the Middle Fork. Caught and released 20+ fish on Pro Worm Leeches. Moved to the South Fork and caught and released another 20+ fish on North banks. Same technique. Biggest fish went 3 lbs. 5 fish total went 10.5 lbs.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 59-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: wentfishing for 6 hours my dad caught 12smallies but i caught 1. ill admit fishing sucked. i think the bass are post spawn.
      City: vallysprings

      Tips: if you can throw a twintail grug or a jig.in a couple weeks fishing should get good. if you want to catch alot of bass, fish the coves by the launch ramp

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: rented boat for all day i caught three bass two on dropshot w/ roboworm 2.5 &3.0 caught a4.0 on berkely gulp shakyhead worm in green pumpkin in 4ft. of water.dropshot in about 12-15ft of water. my buddy caught 1 for 4.5lbs with a orangebrown finesse jig w/out trailer in 2ft of water right on bank.got real windy by 1pm too windy for the little boat we rented and the dead batteries we drained running round the whole lake barely made it back to dock. great lake with nice big healthy bass.lost one fish on crawdad rapala d10 crankbait.
      City: santa clara

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished on Sunday, no dock in yet (what a bunch of BS)we can put a man on the moon but cannot install one stinking dock. So that's how my day starts. There were 8 boats in the parking lot, 7 in the ball park (what a zoo). Ended up catching 2 smallies, and loosing one 4+ lb. largemouth. Ripbait, senko, swimbait. The fish seem to shut down when the wind quits.. I hate this lake sometimes, it will make you a hero one minut and just crush you the next.
      City: Local

      Tips: Fishing sucked and I hope you like it crowded.

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the south behind the bridge.
      The water has cooled off a couple of degrees.
      Couldn't establish a pattern. Only caught 5
      all dinks. One on a 6" watermelon senko, 2 on
      Carolina rigged pumpkin seed brushhog. One on
      a 4" blue and gold flake senko, one on a shake head
      with a Margaurita Mutilator. One fisherman said
      he picked up three throwing a spinner bait in the
      stick ups. Wind came up real strong by 2.
      City: Monterey

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 60ish

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well last week I banged almost 50 fish!!! Saturday I nailed 0!! My girlfirend got 1 on a Senko and I missed two bites on a Beaver. What a difference a week makes!!! Talked to lots of boats on the water and they were all giving the thumbs down, only heard of 2 other fish caught. The wind kicked up around 3 and we called it a day. Better luck next time I guess!
      City: Oakland

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      Water Temp: 56 deg

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out Sat Morning Weather Change.... fish disapeared cought only one dink and lost a couple on plastics . i beat the water to a froth worked real hard for a bite in deep water.Launched at 6:15 am at b and w resort . weather is unstable right now it was windy to, tide was low left at 10: am . going to stay hard at it tight lines to all..
      City: vacavile/ Elmira

      Tips: Got to wait for good conditions I do best on the flood to fish over moss beds

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I hit the water with a new Devil Mountain member in his champion. With a early start, we were able to work the wall in franks before the tournamet blasted off, but only managed to pick up one 2 lb fish on a drop shot. With boats coming in from the tournament coming out of Russos, we hit several more spots in franks, picking up a fish here and there on beavers. but the bite was tough. Went into sandmound looking for bedding fish and still didn't find any in the area that we were fishing. With the wind coming up we moved to taylor and threw a frog durring the mid day with no takers. finishing the day in Dutch, I put the beaver back to work, pulling a 3 pounder and an 8 pound momma to cap off the day.

      Interestingly, while the 8 pounder was in a spawning mode, she wasn't full yet and I think we are in for a great April.
      City: Walnut Creek

      Tips: Over the last few months the devil mountain bassmasters has been inviting new members to join the club, some are deeply experienced and others are self taught. They have all the right equiptment and skills, but lack a network of friends to help them grow as anglers. If you find yourself to be one of those people, find yourself a club and grow your skills fast.

      Yesterday, I was throwing a beaver and catching fish. My partner was throwing a beaver and not getting bit. This being the first time we fished together, I didn't want to tell him what to do, but I did offer him the color (sprayed grass) that worked for me. Still no luck for him. At the end of the day, we talked about it again. He was throwing 20 lb test, 3/8 lead with a bead and a 4/0 hook. I throw it on 15 lb flouro, 3/16 titanium, no bead and a 3/0 hook.

      But remember, presentation is everything...

      Tornado Dave
      Devil mountain bassmasters
      www.dmbass.com

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 57-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Gold Coast Tourney today -- 16 boats out for what looks to be a great day of fishing. Reports have that fish may have stopped moving up as possibly, the weeks weather pattern disrupted some movements. -

      Partner and I hit our 1st spot where we landed that nice 9-8 a few weeks before. Lots of traffic but we managed to hold our location. Slow spot today and were not seeing activity we liked. Sun has produced a cover of algae stopping the sun from going deeper which has probably shut off the bed fish. Captured one keeper sand headed out. Hit spot two and I landed a equal keeper making two in the box. Fished several other spots and partner and I both hit on number two making a 4 in the box but nothing for that elusive 5th keeper. Finally pulled in a full box then went looking for cull fish. With only 4 minutes left for the day, I yanked out a 4.21 to cull the light weight and we headed in. 12-02 on 5 wasn't much to brag about. Winners in with 16.33 on 5 and big fish went 6.55. We ended up 5th but still, a hard day for Casitas.
      City: Santa Maria

      Tips: `Go slow! Most all the fish we had were on Senkos weightless. Some other tourney guys were hitting big weights on live craws. Saw several blade lures hung on underwater stickups so use caution around close bank areas as with the water down, there are a lot more exposed brances to capture your bait!

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: on the water around 7 out of Clear Lake Oaks fished mainly jigs, Senkos and shakey heads. Jigs were brown with the Senko and Shakey head being in Green pumpkin. Fished along Hwy 20 from across from state park mainly, some at State Park, Windflower and hwy 20 going back to Clear Lake Oaks. 40+ bass with most between 3 and 4 pounds biggest 4.52 with best 5 around 21 pounds.
      City: Lincoln

      Tips: I worked all baits very slow.

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      Water Temp: 57-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Friday and Saturday in North end. On Friday, great bite with bass to 4 lbs. near shore in the tullies. I couldn't get the fish under the docks to bite. Fish were visible, shallow and hitting plastics: jigs, brush hogs, shakey head rig, lizards, etc. On Saturday, things changed. All my bass (2 to 3.5 lbs) were in 8 to 12 feet deep and hitting only lizards and shakey head rig with MM worm. Didn't see one shallow fish on Saturday - probably from the pressure of the third day of the four day the Bassmasters Tournament.
      City: Novato

      Tips: When you find one fish, stay awhile before moving.

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

      Report: I keep forgetting to let everyone know that, there has been alot of cars broken into that have been parked on the bidwell boat ramp as well as Loafer Creek parking lot. Several police reports have been filed. I would suggest to, keep all your glove box open as well as any compartmets in your cars. this may prevent the people doing this to walk away without breaking any windows knowing there is nothing to steal.
      City: Woodland

      Tips: Keep your compartments open so that the people doing this can see that, there is nothing to steal.

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

      Report: Terri, you can find the levels here: http://cdec2.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryFx?SHA

      Currently it's about 19 feet below full. Tight lines!
      City: SF