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Saturday, January 27th, 2007

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 44-49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I and Dennie Howard fishied the Basin Bassmasters tournament or or Granite Bay. We started out on the North Fork in the Rock Garden out on the bouys in 25 ft. Dennie was draging why I cranked with a orange/brown Norman. We watched two other fisherman catch five fish within the frist our. We moved away to another rock pile with samll rock so the sun will warm them up faster. We worked a rocky flat with himps in 10-30ft finding our first five keepers. we called one and then moved upto Rattlesnake on the steep banks, water was 39-41 degs. Headed back down to the main body just out across from Granite Bay in more small rocks calling another fish before weigh-in. Our winning weight was 9.8 and the only boat to come in with a limit.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Use leaches #266 & #261 with a split shot on 6 or 8 lb line. Fish it slow and or dead stick it.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: out on west side again, fishin durin the rain a bit. small bite fishin rather shallow off steep rocky beach and went about 20 25 feet and caught one of my nicest in the lake so far. 3.2lb lmb
      City: s.c. mnts

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished for a couple of hours at South Lake pier and bank next to the bridge and impoundment. Took 2 rods 7'0 spinning rigged Carolina Style w brass and glass and 4" blue/black creature bait. 6'6" casting rod w/ 3/8 oz rattle jig and 3"YUM catapiller trailer. Water is very cold and we are in a weird weather pattern with showers all day. 2 hours and skunked - again! Go figure...

      Can't wait for springtime.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: Fish real slow...

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bass hard to come by. 1 fish on c-rig morning dawn in 20 ft. wORKED THOSE SWIMBAITS hard. Whacked the trout though!

      Tips: Kastmaster in silver blue for mucho trout.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Mentos, Thanks for the advice, il be sure to try that. Have any idea where the bass are hanging out in the back right now? aren't they deep in the middle, or near weeds like you were saying? I have also has sucess with robo worms in the spring along the shore of the tube launch. Caught 7 fish in 2 hours.
      City: p town

Friday, January 26th, 2007

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing at Berryessa continues to be one of the best winter bites around. Good numbers and good quality are available fishing points. Worms and jigs fished slowly are getting some nice fish...no reaction bite for me but that's ok. Natural colors are working great.
      City: Fairfield

      Tips: Get out when you can!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 47-48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a jig and a drop shot for 9 in the boat and at least the same amount of missed bites. Drop shot bites were very soft/mushy and the jig bites were crushing. Fished rock walls with isolated wood down to 8-10 feet. Mostly 2-3 lbrs (no dinks) with one big dog close to 8. Best 5 about 17 1/2 lbs.
      City: Tracy

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from daybreak until 2:30 in the pouring rain. Had a good time trying to figure out the fish on a different lake than my home waters. I did okay. Nothing to shout about. Somebody came up to another boat around 8 this morning hoot'n and hollering and all I heard across the water was 5???? fish? weight? whatever.... There had been a trout plant on Friday and I resisted the urge to throw a trout bait even though it should have produced in the rain and overcast sky. I just wasn't in the mood to huck the big stuff so I went about trying to find why the fish on my meter wouldn't eat. I did get fish on this day and to me it was a pattern in a pattern. It seemed as though the fish were just inside the small cuts of the coves IF there was wood on the inside. I used a 1 0z. jig the entire day and had 4 fish from 6 pounds to 2...I had three dinks on the day. My most productive range was 30-35 feet on this day. Spider grubs in grape and Cinnammon black flake worked well. the better fish came on the grape with a brown football jig head. I wasted a half an hour just after first light when out of the corner of my eye I clearly saw the swirl from a fish. I tossed my Matt Lure bluegill for a while thinking it was going to payoff bigtime on the type of bank I was fishing ( sloped with rocks ) however when I again saw the swirl I noted the underbelly of the fish and it was a carp. I went back to my original game plan and stuck with ledges for the day. No trophies but I like to fish by myself in the rain so It was all good.
      City: Santa Barbara

      Tips: The swimbait bite should be in full swing for us AFTER this next full moon is my prediction. To the anglers who enjoyed less than stellar results I can only give this tip. SLOW DOWN. I saw folks fishing faster than I do in August!!!!Take your time and let your fish answer the question as to what's going on. No fish? Get out a worm rod and you'll find something going on out in 25+ water.... Beating the banks in January has seldom been the ticket in my experience

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: ???????????????

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey CrankinKC. What club do you fish with? I fish out of a kickboat with the scbbbc. Im set up with a livewell and all that good stuff and Im looking for more tournament opportunities, if I could fish with your club out of my boat or as a co-angler let me know. Thanks.
      City: Ukiah

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: .

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: i totally agree with you. This lake has trash everywhere including the horseshoe lake. People have got to pick up their trash like extra line and snack bags. So while your there, throw your line out and while your drowning a worm, walk around and pick up some garbage. thanks and lets keep this lake clean.
      City: .

      Tips: Chabot is pretty trashed too and i think its worse than quary so if yoiu go there, clean up.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Alman,

      I've fished the back lakes numerous times, though usually in a tube not from the shore. I have the most success either drop shotting a roboworm normally or wacky with about 12"-18" between the bait and weight. Weightless senkos work during the summer as well. The KEY is to fish the edges of the weed walls. I've found that the bass are many times just hanging out at the bottom of the edges of the weed walls.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Good luck.

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Beautiful day on the water. No wind, a little cold in the am but very warm after sun came up. Caught 10 fish mix bag. Mostly on drop shot, 2 on a jig brown and purple, 2 on a crankbait (LV500) and one on a Carolina rig with a lime green lizard. Like Mark said we caught our fish between 30 and 45 feet of water in the am and caught fish later between 25 and 8 feet of water as water warmed up. Clear worms on the drop shot with 1/2 oz sinker. Good luck out there.
      City: San Bruno

      Tips: Move around when you mark 4 or more fish drop down on top of them and you should get a bite within 5 mins. If not move.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Please call your park office for that info and only post fishing reports on this site (thank you). I fished the dam area near the west side and some humps and depressions there and caught four fish. One was a smallmouth about a pound and one half and three spotted bass a little smaller. I was using a carolina rig with a light weight tungsten slip sinker with a red glass bead attaching a baby bass reaper for the bait.
      City: Sac

      Tips: There are a lot of smallmouth and sometimes some big largemouth in the area.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished pitt river arm..drop shot small shad imitation..and dart head robo worm in 40+ ft.
      caught limit with biggest only 2lbs..first trip in 3 months with brother from Texas..had a great time and weather was perfect.
      City: Marysville

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Nice that the wind laid down today. We caught 20 bass 2.5 was the best. Mostly Largemouth this morning the fish were in 35-45ft then moved up to about 25 as the day went on. Got 7 drop on drop shot, 6 on split shot and the rest on a pumpkin jig. All the drop shot and split shot fish were caught on a Sniper Bolt either brown or whit
      http://www.sniperlures.com/sniperstyles.html
      City: Martinez

      Tips: We didn't fish very slowly and every new spot if there were fish they bit right away. The better bite was in the main lake on the east shoreline.
      Best tip: submit a report share the knowledge don't be afraid!

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 43-48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My wife and i went for a weekend gettaway and didnt expect much fishing. saw a few schools on deep structure. threw markers out fished jigs & dropshots right on there face. repeated this in several areas with no results. we beat bank structure for a hour. still nothing.I dont use live bait or troll but decided to troll because I wanted to get my wife a fish 10 Minites into trolling my wife got a snag.I walked to the back of the boat and felt the rod fish on no snag she grabed the pole and reeled a sweet 19 inch eagle lakes trout got it on ashad rap shad color Ended up finessing 3 more in shallow water on shakey heads made bad bassin into good fun trouting
      City: Guerneville

      Tips: have fun dont be afraid to change gameplan

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 55-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water first thing in the morning. Got a 5lb on swimbait. Was dragging it real slow up a point and he inhaled it. Committed to throwing the swimbait the rest of the morning, and did not get any more bites or followers. Have heard there has been a good jig bite and worm bite but couldnt get myself to pull those rods out of the locker. Beautiful day on the water, too good.
      City: Ventura

      Tips: Looked like lots of people fish structure on some of the flats in fairly deep water. Im sure you can get some fishing worms and jigs.

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out first thing at opening and had three the first hour. Drop shotting from 20 to 50 feet. Two were about 2lbs one really fat 5lb'r. I was fishing real, real slow. Held boat in 50-60 feet of water and made long casts toward rocky bluffs at the main island. Did not get another fish until about 10:30. Another 2lb'r. From 10:30 to 11:30 or so I had three more all about the same size until about 12:30 I got a fat sow about six lbs. Fish were all deep and all on drop shotted 4" flat tail hand pours oxblood with a reddish flake. Last three fish were on the same beat up worm. Seven total fish, beautiful weather, calm water until I went home about 1pm.
      City: Camarillo

      Tips: Deep and slow. I dont know what everybody else was doing but I fished deep & slow. Seemed to be a good pattern. Made long casts toward shore around the island with some casts taking up to 5 plus minutes to get back in the boat. Found 57 degree water on west side of the island and had better success but 55 degree most everywhere else. Good Luck!!!!

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Anyone have any tips for this lake? Fished it a couple times and only caught one in my last two trips. Hot spots, baits, depth, please give me some tips, still fishing from shore please!
      thanks
      City: fremont

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

      Report: can anyone tell me if rattlesnake bar launch is open??...Thanks
      City: loomis