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Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out to scout around. water level has risen about 1ft from last storm. found temps around 60 on northern rocky shorelines. lots of fish showing at 45ft and above. seemed the active fish were in 14-28ft. had good success with dark colored baits. 4-6 inch zipper worms in grape,black, and junebug. 1 fish on a small cordell rattle spot, 2 on chugbug very late in the afternoon, and 6 on the worms. all fish were fairly small, had one at 3.3lbs. oddly enough out of my 9 fish, only one of them was a spot. been a while since i've seen that! lots of running water around the lake,and the shorelines are a little cloudy, but overall water pretty clear.
      City: modesto

      Tips: watch your temps-look for the rocky shorelines for the warmth.dark colored baits with large profile.

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

      Report: Prior to this last storm it took over 23lbs. to win an ABA team tournament. Redwood Empire Bass Club next tournament is here on March 17th and I know some big fish will be caught.We welcome new members both boaters and non boaters to fish with us. The next meeting is March 14th at 7.p.m. at the Rohnert Park Community Center on the corner of Rohnert Park Expressway and Snyder Lane. Our guest speaker will be Ross England who will be showing us his winning swim bait techniques. He holds the Clear Lake record for a 5 fish limit of over 41lbs. Log onto rebc.net or call me at 707-758-5762 for more info.
      City: Santa Rosa

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from around 1:30pm to about 5pm only 1 small trout. Caught suprisingly on a strike king 6-8 feet diving crank bait. Lake is real low still. Weather was perfect though!
      City: Palo Alto

      Tips: With beer at least you can catch a buzz..

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 49.8 to 52.3

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished shallow most of the day around franks track near tully islands only one 4.13oz bass for my efforts. Tried cranking the tully island with current and pick-up a few small ones. It is almost that time of year.
      City: san bruno

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

      Report: holy crap, i swear this lmb could have gone over 15 , i was on my buddys boat just fishin with small dads.crawlin em around over points, split shot rig. expecting small fish on a 2 and half inch dads, i was fishin 6 pound test. sucks would have been peorsonal best
      City: ventura

      Tips: caught 8 other fish between 3 and 5 pounds. good day. i saaw one shallow fish, anyone else see any spawners

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a 60lb Channel Catfish at Buckhorn today. Caught it on a whole hotdog.
      City: Compton

      Tips: Find big channels rike moi.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a 60lb Channel Catfish at Buckhorn today. Caught it on a whole hotdog.
      City: Compton

      Tips: Find big bass rike moi.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Did a late afternoon-night trip Thurs at Clear Lake with again, post front conditions - icy cold wind and clear skies. We actually caught some - eight to be exact. We used jigs before dark and brush hogs after dark. I tried a jig but they wouldn't take it. Unfortunately, we lost two big bass but did manage a near 16 1/2 lb limit with 4 1/4 the biggest. Very difficult to fish in the high wind. Some of the bites were aggressive, which surprised me after the lake temp had dropped another 3 or 4 degrees.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Hard to find a real pattern except the jig bites was good before dark. The black/red brush hog attracted some good bites after dark. Lots of smelly jelly! We didn't rip or crank. We fished about 7 hours, mostly on the west side of the Clear Lake arm, trying to stay out of the freezing wind.

  • Leon County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: hit the lake around 1:30 with my son. he caught about 6 or 7. i got 4 or 5. nothing of any size - mostly dinks - 2 at 1+ lb and 1 at 2+ lb.
      City: Orinda

      Tips: dropshots in the trees. nothing from the the tules and no swimbait fish.

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

      Report: If you are in the right areas fishing is exceptional right now. You can power fish or finesse finesse fish, bring out your bag of tricks. Great time to learn new techniques. This time of year Casitas gets pounded every weekend while this place remains quiet. socalbassfishing.com
      City: Simi Valley

      Tips: Dirty water is warmer...

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

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

      Report: When do the crappie start hitting in the delta?Can anyone suggest a spot in the central delta?.....Thanks ..Jim
      City: Antioch

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Big Daddy...what tourn. did you fish in?

      Tips: GREAT REPORT-SORRY ABOUT YOUR HOG...ITS STILL SWIMMING OUT THERE!!!!!

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The best thing about my fishing day was that the skiff was half off the usual price. This is my 2nd skunk at Chabot, without a bite. I doubt I'll ever fish here again. I fished swimbaits, 10" worms, blades, and pitched a jig.
      City: S.F.

      Tips: Charge it 'cause I know there's big fish here - just be prepared to get a fat zero.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 47-49

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished yesterday and was surprised at my results. I talked to a friend of mine that fished a small ABA and caught several 9+ on 5" River2sea swimbaits in practice. I figured, hell must be luck, then I tried it. I didn't catch a 9 but caught several fish in the 31/2 to 5/12 lb range (23lbs. for 5 or so (NOT BAD) It is really wierd because here it has snowed for like two days and the air temp. has been like 34-44 deg. These fish sure as hell can't read a calender, even though it is now March and SWIMBAIT season. I just couldn't figure it out. I couldn't catch fish on rips, LV's, blades, anything!! But there is something about slow rolling that river2sea off the bottom that draws em' in. If anybody can think of why these fish would be so rejective towards other reaction baits and NOT swimbaits, please post something. I cannot figure out this enomoly. The water and weather conditions are sure as hell not prime swimbait conditions. I see all of you guys post these reports saying that you're catching them on LV's, blades, and rips, and for some reason i cover a lot of water with these baits and don't catch S#%T!! I fun fished a little a couple weeks ago after we had that warm storm and did decent, but it was all dropshot/darthead fish NO REACTION BITES!!! Maybe somebody can clue me in on what I am doing wrong
      Much Appreciated!
      City: Upper Lake

      Tips: Try the swimbait thing and see what you think!! Slow roll it maintaining bottom contact and don't let that sunuvagun pull the rod out of your hands!! HAVE FUN!!

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

      Report: Tom- Yes i did see the 15.48#. What a fish.. I do beleave it's now the lake record.
      City: Woodland

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

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

      Report: POST INFO ABOUT ANY SPAWNERS
      City: ventura

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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water at 11:00 and first 4 casts yielded 2 fat females. First fish 6 lbs and then 7.5 lbs. Both fish came from the rocks near the dam on American Shad pattern lucky craft pointer. These fish are thinkin' spawn but the new cold streak is confusing them. Tried my other "favorites" like senkos and drop shot but these fish wanted shad pattern cranks.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Fish the wind blown banks. The fish seemed to be staged about 10' off the rocks looking for bait fish.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Ryan, Grab my phone # off my web site and give me a call. For the rest of you guys the report for Trinity is snow!!!!!! We had over a foot so far this week starting Sun. I called off the 1st Jason Fisher Tourney Sat. because of treacherous road conditions. The next one will be Mar 10. I love this lake and it really sucks when I can't get on it when it's at its' very best. I'll let you know when the lake is launchable again.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: At least we don't have to chop holes to fish.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Mr. Gray, I am thinking of taking a trip to Trinity where I have a cabin. Never fished the lake before. I am wondering what kind of "spoon" you mean for smallies. I am not familiar with that kind of technique?
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Thanks for any advice you can give me.

Monday, February 26th, 2007

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

      Report: since i am in midle school i cant go 60 miles to fish. so post some info about fish coming up to spawn
      City: ventura