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Thursday, February 15th, 2007

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: iritating

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 3/4 to 1 oz rattle trap,(with giant hooks) should do the trick. (any color)
      City: sac

      Tips: throw it past her head and RIPPPPPPPPPP!

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: on the water at 7:00am,fished the area to the right of the dam,threw dd22 and nailed a 3.5 black......about 1hr later in the same areaI drop shotted a green weenie and caught a 2.1 black.....spent the rest of the day dart headin sabertail bugs and limited out...
      City: rocklin

      Tips: saw alot of people draggin hula grubs on a 1 ton with red tails, they seemed to be catchin fish..

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: low to mid 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out about 8 AM, fished til'about 5PM. Did pretty good towards the south end of the lake on reaction baits. Rippin', blades, and also LV's caught mostly small shad feeders, big fish went 5-9. Caught some on jigs as well.
      City: Upper Lake

      Tips: Start out in the early morning with a slow presentation then work towards your reaction baits as the water temp warms. Good Luck!!

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

      Report: So, hows the Merced bite doing?
      City: SB

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 50-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out and tried to find the big ones. Fishing was tough, water is still very cold. tried to locate them using jerk bait, crank, slow rolling spinnerbait, nothing. So I slowed downed and tried drop shot and jig off deep points. Did mark some in the 20-30 ft range. Tried both light(morning dawn) & dark(brown) worms because water was so clear. Found some awesome dropoffs but was bewildered to see no fish holding on them. Finally came across a point in the creek arm and smelled that fish smell in the air. Instantly hooked one on the deep crank bait but turned out to be a big ol' trout about 20" or so. Horrible fight then spazed out once I landed it. Dang thang bleed all over the place like a stuck pig. Geez, I don't know whats worse, a skunked day or a bass fisherman catching a trout on a bass plug?!? Have fun, wait till the water warms up to try this place because it is dead slow
      City: Sac

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 46-48

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake is really muddy right now. After rains it has probably come up 5-6ft...Got skunked today...used everything from a drop shot to shad rip bait...last trip was 2-4-07 caught some nice ones on blue and black jig with pork trailer..
      City: Corning

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 52-53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Guide trip up north, should have known it would be too muddy for the smallies. But we tried anyway "none" However we did venture into a couple of marina at the end of steamboat and caught a few largemouth. 2 on a wht/green radar 10, 1 on a chrome speed trap and one on a persuader spinnerbait. the fish were 1.5 to 2. lbs
      City: Martinez

      Tips: Hidden harbor was the best one all the way in the back. Some guy tried to run me out saying it was a private marina. I informed that was impossible (verified w/the sheriff later that day) The guy was slinging the f word around, then frustrated he told his wife and she came down and started throwing rocks. Wak O..! I told her she was whacked out. Hidden Harbor right at the mouth of Steamboat and the main river just up from Rio Vista. Stop in and say hi! :-) I will post a pic of the Wak O

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 56-59 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got out at about 6:30am and headed straight for the west side of the island. Had two within the first 45 minutes on the dropshot. Both close to three lbs, caught in about 32' of water. 4 1/2" brown flat tail with blue stripe. Water was very clear and beautiful. Fished points and rocky bluffs real slow. Had one more strike but missed. Started to throw the Swimbait at about 8:30 and gave it a good three hours or so without any takers or followers. Should have stayed with the worm. After lunch the wind came up hard. Went with a Carolina rig with a bright purple 10" worm with flat tail and 3/4oz of lead. Hit on the first cast for a beautiful 5 lb'r. She came out of about 25' of water and jumped about 5 times like a Marlin. The wind chased me off about 2pm. Probably would have done better if I fished the worm all day but still had a great time. Good Luck!!!!
      City: Camarillo

      Tips: Water was nice and clear and I took some time to scout around the shallow areas before lunch time. I saw plenty of good sized bass hanging around in the 2-6' area but none wanting to bite. It was real exciting to see a few up from the deep. Shallow bite comming soon??

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

      Report: Excuse Me? Why was my report about catching a Striper at Clear lake deleted?!?!?! I spent alot of time on writing that report and was very exicted. All I wanted to do was share my once in a life time expierience. You moderators are snobs, do you think I was making this up? Clear Lake is a BIG Lake and it is not too unbelievable folks. Wierd things have been caught out of Clear Lake before. I find this very disrecpectful. I caught a Striper at Clear Lake, face it!
      City: Nice

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry Huddleston and MS Slammer works good for me on this lake spinner and Senko from timr to time.
      City: San Francisco

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out about 2:30 in the afternoon got a hit on a brush hog right after i started but missed the fish. then i picked up my swimbait and pulled a nice 4lb 2oz fish right off the shore, one more tap on the swimbait but no take.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: patience! you wont catch a lot of fish but the ones that you get will be decent.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the afternoon into evening bite. It was pretty windy on the lake with the wind really coming out of the north, started to settle down around 5:00. Was throwing the swimbait and got a chunky 3 1/2lb. Went to a couple of points to throw the dropshot as the sun was getting ready to set and caught 3 fish on 5 casts all were 1 1/2 to 3lbs. Went to one last point before calling it a day and as we were pulling up saw a bass chasing a trout. Out goes my swimbait and on the second cast I nail a good one. He went 7.9 on my digital. A great way to finish off the day.
      City: ventura

      Tips: If dropshotting fish it slow, the fish are starting to move up shallower. A few fish starting to take interest in the big baits.

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

      Report: Started fishing way up river and worked my way out. Bite slow on brown jigs with grub trailers. Got bit on banks in holes in the rocks out of the faster water. Some bites on slow cranks. Browns and craws work best. Had 2 fish early on pink spinners. 1 20in. striper on slow retrive with a shad crank. The water is way down even in the center of the river{thank God I have a steel boat}. Down on the main lake same deal with most bites off the banks 5" to 15" of water.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Fish slow. The bites real slow and very light so watch your line as you will not feel the bite as much as see your line move. Watch out for rocks up river.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 45-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I made my first scouting trip today and hoped for some sun since the latest front was clearing out. No luck - cold fog in the morning - glimpses of sun and then heavy cloud cover all day. Not good for a Feb bite. I tried lots of plastics, jigs, and spoons with only two bites. I did as much looking as I did fishing since the lake is down about 20 feet. Finally, about 4 pm in the river arm, while dragging a morning dawn 4" Robo worm, my line got heavy followed by a big jerk as she bucked her head. My line got very heavy and within 5 seconds I lost her. Wow! The sun cam out about 5 pm so I decided to try one or two more spots in the main body. I threw a jig to one of the submerged islands and got nailed in about 20 feet of water. A nice smallie at 4 lbs 2 oz was a beautiful sight in my net (photo on photo page). I wish she was over 5 but still, a great end to a tough day. She hit a 3/8 oz brown/orange Rodstrainer jig with a double tail #180 Yamamoto 5" grub. My drive home was definately more enjoyable thanks to her!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I think I have said this before but when the bite is tough or I am fishing for smallies, rather than go to a 4 in grub trailer, I still use a 5" grub but I bite some of the grub body off. This way I still get the good tail action in a more compact bait. If the water is very clear, I will use a double tail. Most of the time I use a single tail. The big one I lost was in 30 feet of water and the the other bites were deep also. Incoming water at the end of the narrows was 44-46 degrees. I guess fishing was generally slow for everyone since I didn't see many folks after 3 pm. One bass boat landed 2 trout and another one did have 4 bass by dark. I've heard about rain dances and we need rain - but the next time I go to Pardee I may do a sun dance!!

Monday, February 12th, 2007

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: probably 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: hey we need rain, fill the reservoir's up or else we are all gonna have a great time at a pay lake... LOL....!!!
      City: tracy

      Tips: You've all heard of the lake... "Bass Lake" yes or no ? It's some where here in California.. But where"? Let me know.. Zack

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 44 to 46

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: CAUGHT
      City: Willits

      Tips: CAUGHT

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49.8

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived on the water around 9am water had come up a few feet the rock pile off the GB launch is almost gone Water was like glass sun was out great day to fish still real slow saw some on the finder but no takers Lots of wood in the water some big pieces good day to get out but no fish
      City: Rosevile

      Tips: just like everyone else fish slow I used a drop shot , Also swan a whit grub thanks

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      Water Temp: 48 on surface

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Wow, what a no bite. Finally got one at 11;30 ON A JIG IN 35 FEET, MAIN BODY HUMP. I asked two other bassmen and they didn't get a bite.
      City: sac

      Tips: There was a lot of bait, fish etc, layered at 40-50 feet. The mud line in the South moved all the way down past Deep Ravine. There is debri so if you intend to go, watch out. I don't know how to catch bass after a storm like that during this time of year. Any suggestions. (realistic ones)

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: My dad, my bro, and i went to this lake at about 2. Fished for about three hours and caught only two fish altogether. I had been at Quarry eariler but we decided to go to this lake instead. The fish were 2.05, and 1.43 pounds. My dad caught the bigger one while i caught the smaller one. Very windy and cold, with a little bit of rain.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Don't cast far, bring pole holders, and bring a waterproof jacket. Nightcrawlers, power eggs, marshmellows, and powerbait. Chairs

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  • Palo Pinto County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got 5 dinks in back tules on r-traps and 1 5# fish by the ramp on ms slammer 7"
      City: santa cruz

      Tips: they are planting trout about every other week