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Saturday, March 24th, 2007

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

      Report: I was on the water by 7:30 and headed up north from clear lake oaks. I like fishing jigs sbut i started with jerk baits with only on follower and tried several other reaction type batis but no takers so I went with the jig and even that was tough until I figured them out then it was lights out. Boated well over 40 fish for the day and towards the end of the day I started throwing a lucky craft LVR red craw and in about 100 yard streach p/u a dozen or in about 45 minutes.
      City: Lincoln

      Tips: jig real slow and dead stick it for about 30 seconds or so then drag a foot or so and shake a few times and then dead stick it again for at least 30-40 seconds. Feel the tick wait a couple real up any slack feel the load set the hook! Crank at moderate speed!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out on saturday and had a decent day on the water. Started about 1 p.m and finished at 7:30 p.m. Caught 20 or so fish on a variety of baits. The reaction thing really wasn't happening. All of the fish came on spot-removers tipped with a 6" ZOOM green pumpkin "swamp crawler", a 5" grn. pumpkin senko, flipping a little ZOOM crawdad bait, and also had my some of my biggest takers on a fluke. Everytime I pulled up to a dock there were schools of bass chillin' just under the surface. I didn't think that this would make them vulnerable to be caught, but I was wrong. As soon as I saw the fish,(numerous 3-1/2 to double digit!!) I would back off and pitch senkos and flukes under the docks. The fish were literally wolf packing the bait!! I had one over 7 fallow the senko back and actually eat the bait right at the boat, only problem was, I didn't get a hook in him. All of the young ladies out in the nice weather in their bikinis led to a little distraction LOL!! All in all I had a pretty good day and caught quality fish. I don't think I had a fish that was under 3 lbs.!! Go fishing, it is fairly good. Don't hesitate to pitch slow falling baits to the bass you visually locate under the docks. They will eat them!! Just don't get to close or you'll spook em'!! Saw a ton of boys rollin' in for the elite series on sunday. I met Takahiro Omori, Ben Matsubu, and Mark Tyler at North Shore Sentry Market where I work!! It was awesome!!! Anyways see y'all on the lake. I'm sure somebody will be on the lake to see all the big boys fishin for $200,000!! There will be some big fish caught!!!
      City: Upper Lake

      Tips: In low light conditions when you can't see bass under the docks,(i.e early morn. or evening) throw jigs and worms on the pea gravel in between the docks. The fish are picking the bait up very lightly but, If you can get onj em' you'll be happy. Go catch em'!!! The water is beautiful! I haven't seen the water in Clear Lake like this in a while. CRYSTAL CLEAR!!!

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      Water Temp: 58-67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit Clear Lake yesterday hoping to experience some of the hot fishing everyone has been reporting. As luck would have it, we did ok, but no real crazy action. When the wind was calm we managed fish on shakey head rigs in and around dock pilings both up north and down in the Konocti arm. When the wind picked up, even just a little, we got them on any number of jerk baits. There was also a good crank bait bite going in between these conditions, but you had to get the crank down to the bottom.

      My buddy missed three fish in a row on the crank. The last one was at least 4lbs. He couldn't get a good set. After a lot of reluctance on his part, I loaned him my Megabass fiberglass cranking rod and he didn't miss another one the rest of the day including a nice 4lber ot make up for the one he lost.

      Dinks aside, we had maybe 15 or 16 fish in the 3-4lb range.
      City: San Mate

      Tips: plastics when it's calm, reaction baits when the wind picks up a little.

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Report from Saturday. Worked a little harder than expected for 12 spots. Nothing over 2lbs. Dartheading robos in various colors. Only found fish between 5mph mark and bridge. Better bite with afternoon breeze. Flats and rock both held fish. On at 9:00 off at 2:00...
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Go to Oroville.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a club tourney on Sat and had a great time with my boater Jay. Terriable day on the lake 1 smallie on a crankbait. Thanks to the gentleman who gave up the cove to us, very polite. Wish we could have had more but it was fun.
      City: Plumas Lake

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      Water Temp: 59.6

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished at dawn and put 4 in the boat by 1:30pm. 2 fish came on brown jigs, one on a home poured worm and one on a tube that we were given by another angler a couple weeks ago when we took his picture with a nice 7.3 bass.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Fish slow on main lake points with wind blowing onto it!

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      Water Temp: 58 early

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started at dawn on island by ramp, tossed jigs, six inch swimbaits, top water swimmer, no contact. Got light moved to main point, repeated, one bite on jig, missed it. Moved to spawning cove off pennisula where I've taken some big fish, threw big spook for onbe half hour. I stayed out of tomorrows tourney prefishing way, many boats shot pass me, I hope they did good. Later in the mornining (still not getting fish) I drove up river to a flat point with a break and took a 2.75 spot and a 1.5 smallie. Moved off it quickly and went to NY outside to a spot, no takers. Skiers, and other craft seemed to be everywhere and did not keep away from the 200 ft zone on shore nor did they keep away from me. I left, I guess that's why I always fished Pardeee and the Delta this time of the year.
      City: sac

      Tips: Respect tournament anglers who are prefishing and especially give them leadway at tournament time. With a weather system coming in, I would like to be there, but I'll sit at home and catch up on my "honey-dos".

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 60's?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: been to ilsanjo twice in the past two weeks, once at sundown, the other this past saturday. nothing. threw a smalls 'blades, shallow-jointed rapala crankbaits, senkos. not a bump.
      not sure what's going on. still a good hike up there, though.
      City: petaluma

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 59-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Spent the weekend with the in-laws and got in on some great fishing. Started the weekend out right with the first fish going 6-14 on a x-rap (ghost minnow). Continued to catch 20 to 25 fish on the weekend, fished Saturday AM & PM and Sunday PM for a total of maybe 8 hours. Caught fish on everything from Robo worms, Senkos, Chatter baits, Rip Baits, jigs, and swimbaits. Had a blast catching a ton of 3 lbers. Had a really nice one get off right at the side of my yak that was well over 7 lbs. All I saw was a huge mouth as it surfaced beside me and spit my swimbait back at me.
      City: Rocklin, CA

      Tips: Work senkos around the docks to catch a ton of fish. If you

  • Mendocino County
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      Water Temp: 60-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out and fished a club tournament saturday. i wasn;t expecting the bite to be red hot but i hoped we would get some fish but i was wrong. At least we didn't. There were 8 teams everyone but us got a limit. We started out at long point my partner got one on a speed trap then we fished two rock i lost two there on a blade.Then we went to cropy and watched three guys in a 12 foot aluminum pull out about a 15 pound limit we couldn't get touched there so then we went to the dam could'nt get bit there either. I threw everything i could think of but didn't get touched until about ten minutes before weigh in i threw my drop shot up in about 1 foot of water on the dam and after two seconds there went my line i set up fought er for about 1 minute had her at the boat it was at least five and a half but the hook would'nt stay in her mouth so that was that we took last with 3 fish for 4.82 pounds.
      City: Ukiah

      Tips: STAY HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took 4 kids fishing today and we had 14 fish. Kids biggest fish went a little over 4 lbs on brush hogs and senkos. On my second to last cast I stuck a 10.4 lbs donkey on a swim bait.
      City: novato

      Tips: Clearest water in15 years. Can see beds and that is rare. Fish natural colors and slow down

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: That a boy! I'm so proud of you! Dont it feel great watching them swim away! You just went up like three levels in my book brother. Keep it up!

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The dense algae or pollen bloom that had covered the lake yesterday had disappeared by this morning. Lots of boats on the lake again today, both trout trollers and bass anglers. Popoular places get filled up fast, so fishing options are reduced.
      John got two nice bass today, a 2-10 and a 2-6, both on the T-rigged craw plastic. I landed three today, two 4-8's and a 2, all taken on a white buzzbait. We usually don't even throw a buzzbait unless there is a good ripple on the water. Today I tried one off a muddy bank when the area was glass smooth, and that's when one of the 4-8's took it. The other two came off rocky banks when the wind was blowing pretty good.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Try buzzbaits near shore or soft plastics in the 6 - 8 foot range.

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: A little late reporting but the last post just wanted something.Well got there at daylight not much wind,yet.Well started out with top water fished about an hour nothing.Switched to jerkbait and picked up 3 all 24" about four pound's.Then the fog came in on top of the pass about 9:00 am and if anyone know's this lake it also bring's in the 40 mph wind's well it did.

      Had to switch tactic's and started throwing Rat-L-Trap and picked up four more all the same 24" fish.Well i couldnt stand the wind anymore so i was off the water by 11:00am.Thought i would run over to LBC where i have been hammering the Bass but it was just to windy.
      City: Salinas

      Tips: This was my first trip over there this year i usually wait until the middle or end of April but i am going again this Saturday calling for clear sky's in Salinas so the wind will not be a factor.

      Jerkbait's and Trap's and Fluke's on point's now later on when the lake start's dropping fish the large flat's with same lure's good luck.

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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tubed the back lake with my bro and had a great day. Slow in the morning, but picked up in the afternoon. Caught all bass on senkos, pumpkin colors, whacky with weedless hook. My bro bagged a couple nice 3 lbers, my largest was about 2.5 Cast to the bank close to structure and wait 30 sec...they'll hit it.
      City: E-ville

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 60-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Friday, 23 Mar...picked up 8 LMs to 3.5 lbs using blue and silver rapala x-rap rip bait. Covered a lot of water both north and south from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Water level is up about two feet and stained compared to last week. Aside: One of the two trumpeter swans that hung out in past years at south end beyond the bridge is missing. The remaining swan is now paired and hanging out with a goose. What's up with that?
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: Vary retrieve with rip baits...pausing for five seconds or longer can bring strikes.

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The willows are in water and the BIG girls are on fire! But don't expect to catch a whole lot of fish. P.S. crappie are a waste of time with so many bass in this lake.
      City: local

      Tips: fish sloooow nomatter what bait you throw. Wick Cheese and a Bobber will catch plenty of squaw fish if the bass won't bite.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished Disco bay 10:00 till 1:00 Two dinks! one on shad rap on docks one on shad rap on riprap.One hit on worm but came unbuttoned......good luck

      Tips: Im missing something,Inever do well in disco bay?

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Water was very clear. Fish were suspended. No bites shallow. Caught about 10 once I found that they would hit crankbaits deep over deep structure. Didn't see any other bassers doing well.
      City: Roseville

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

      Report: My buddy and I fished Friday morning and afternoon in the Rattlesnake arm around docks and Jago Bay points. Caugh 15+ fish to 5 lb 12 oz, best five went 22 lb 9 oz including 3 fives and 2 3+s. Swim baits and River2Sea deep jerk bait caught the better fish. Carolina rig lizards and drop shot Robo worms also produced well but smaller fish.
      City: Clearlake

      Tips: Bounce swim baits on the bottom. Get suspending jerk bait down quick, fish it slow, short jerks with lots of long pauses and a few ticks now and then, and hold on. Don't give up on jerk or swim bait near the boat. Several fish hit jerk right next to the boat when paused and ticked.