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Friday, November 10th, 2006

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

      Report: Fished down south looking to establish some kind of LM pattern.... tough for me to stay focused when the linesides are in....Got bit everywhere I went on just about everything I threw,, but no size. Buzzbait, spinnerbait, chatterbait, rat-l-trap, speed trap, DD14, jigs and senko's.. Got em tight to the bank, outside weed lines,deep ledges ,in the current, out of the current, high water, low water.... a few 2.5's and one 3 with bunches of rats.. Maybe 12 pounds for best five. I know the bigguns are out there, I saw the weights last weekend, just not for me..
      Still pretty good water clarity and the dams will be up till about the 20th..
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Catch more stripers!

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Big Break at 7am, Ran into a fog bank on the river. Slowly made my way up into Dutch Slough, We were going to go for stripers, and had some luck on scoolie sized ones from 18-24 inches. when the tide went slack the stripers stopped biting.
      I saw some comotion off of a tule point and fired a swimbait over there. Much to my delight it was whacked by a bass, after that we were bass fishing. We got maybee 15 bass, nothing big, but alot of fun.
      City: Suisun City

      Tips: look for tules with deep water right next to them, look at the current and pitch your baits in all the protected pockets.
      rememeber a fat bass is lazy, she don't want to fight the current......

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started off early with jigs at Shag rock with one going 2.8 lbs. Moved to another spot by Anderson Island and began to throw the delta colored Voo-Doo with the first big fish of the day going 4.63 on the Cull-M-Right scale. We stayed around Anderson Island for the remaining time of our trip catching and releasing about 12 fish. Best 5 went around 13 pounds. We threw the LV 500 and the Voo-Doo all day but the Voo-Doo seemed to be what they wanted.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Try the Voo-Doo in white or orange. Seems to me that the Voo-Doo lure seems to get the more aggresive fish which is what we were looking for.

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      Water Temp: 59-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had the day off so the wife and I spent the morning crappie fishing at our secret spot called Shag rock. She caught the most with 16 and I caught 15. Sizes ranged from 1lb to just over 3lbs (she also caught the largest). All fish were released.

      We then targeted bass in the afternoon which started off nicely with a fat 4lber just engufing my LV 500 while the bait was being dragged along the bottom like a jig. We ended up with 7 bass (not counting the dinks we caught crappie fishing) with the best 5 coming in at right around 11lbs.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: Crappie - chartreuse and red/white 1/16 oz jigs. Let the jigs sink then work them in slowly using different retrieves.

      Bass - LV 500 and drop shot. Experiment with your bait selections and technique. These fish seem to like things that are VERY different.

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: It has been awhile since I have had to fight a cold north wind w/bluebird skies, but there was no way out on Thurs. Two clients and I worked hard for 9 bass - however - one of theirs was well over 5 lbs, caught on a small brush hog. Our limit weight was fair with several in the 2 to 2 1/2 lb range. Some dinks always bite too in a cold front. I showed them several places that should produce bass for them in the future during better weather. Dark colored worms worked ok - cranks didn't with a cold front.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: In-coming storms should definately help the bite and cool off the water. 62-63 degree water a week or so into November is rare. I was going to do some night fishing after dinner but figured it would be a bust - it was going to be VERY cold. Went home to my warm house!!

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 60-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water level dropping, be careful going through the narrows. There is an unmarked hazard right in the middle, you can see the rocks starting to show. GO SLOW. Lake wants to turnover, did manage to get a limit 2-4 lbs. on jigs 25 ft. fished slow. 1/4-3/8 dark colors. Hopefully it will get better after this rain. Good Luck.
      City: Fremont

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The deep bite for small fish is still wide open. I caught 40+ fish from 25-35 ft. deep. The morning yielded a few nice top water fish, but after that, could only get bites in the 30 ft. range on the drop shot. I wanted to throw more reaction baits, but all the boats psyched me out. It was very crowded with the Holiday. It made it hard to fish fast down the bank in most areas. I had plenty of action, but mostly very small fish. Where are all those 2-3 lb fish we cath in the early spring? You would think that fishing deep would yield a little more quality. I have caught a few 3 lb fish in deep water in the past 5 weeks, but not many. Take Mark's advice and find some quiet areas that are not seeing the pressure some of the more popular areas are seeing. Water is still very warm. We need more cold nights to get the fish moving. If you are catching better quality than I am, please let me know. All those little fish are starting to frustrate me. Don't get me wrong, still having fun out there. Still a great bite to keep the kids happy.
      City: Clovis

      Tips: Try drop shotting larger baits or probe the deeper water with a jig to entice a larger bite. When not so crowded, stick with the reaction baits until the sun gets up. Monitor the water temp to guage when the turn over might occur.

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      Water Temp: 62 to 64.7

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Friday and saturday may be the best two day this week for jig and swimbait fish if this storm turn out to bring a good amount of rain. Bass are still in the 25 to 40 foot depth but the storm will bring some fish shallow. Humps flats and points are all holding good bass right now. you can also dropshot these fish in deeper water around the dam area. KEY fish areas with less traffic. I pick areas where nobody was fishing in the 5 mph area and also on the main body of the lake and we caught bass up to 4 pounds.Most of are fish were on the flats. 559 689-3255
      City: kerman ca.

      Tips: Any questions E MAIL me at markinman51@aol.com

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: Clear, cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the north delta in my favorite slough. Maybe due to cold ass day, the fish turned off. No Bass caught. No Strippers caught. Did catch 2 nice crappies on a DT-10 Rapala in bluegill patern. Also snagged a little Catfish in belly. Then comes the whopper. Buddy hooks to what thought to be a huge stripper, surfaced to become an ugly, stinky 20lb CARP. CARP was accidentally snagged in the bottom bass of tail fin while trolling swim bait. Since 1 guy said to report even the lowest ugliest CARP, I thought I might share my carp story as it was the only highlight of the day's trip.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: I look at it this way. Carps produce babies that feed our more sought after fishes, Bass and Strippers. I have heard stories of people shooting carp with shotguns. I have seen people toss carp onto banks to kill them. WHY? Carps do not share the same food source as bass or Stripers so there is no competition. Carps clean the bottoms of the waterways and is a vital part of the systems food chain. Give them some respect. Nicely throw them back in the water next time you catch one so it continues to help clean and supply our fishery.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I love reading the striper reports here and look forward to seeing them. Looking at the history, folks have been posting striper reports on this site for years. Why stop now? Keep em coming. It's all good! Thanks.
      City: Santa Clara

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Claer Lake for a few days last week. Don't get to fish for big fish very often,so it was a pleasure meeting some of them. Thursday bite was good to awesome on jigs. Boated fish to five pounds with none under two. Don't know how many, maybe 20. Friday bite got better with slightly fewer fish but bigger, palyed with crappie a while. Big fish that day was 8 followed by a 6-2 and 5 or 6 in the 4-5 pound class. Saturday went into rattle snake and lost one 3.5 on a senko and caught several short fish. Sunday had to leave but not without hammering somemore 2-4 pounders on jigs. Where or what did they catch the 13.31 pounder on? What a fatty. Caught fish from one end of the lake to the other.

      Tips: Jigs on rock. 4-10 feet of water.

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I fished Collins twice this week - Tuesday afternoon from 3 pm to 5:20 pm produced 3 largemouth - the first a powerful 13 incher! The last 2 were better - 4 lbs 3 oz and 5 lbs 2 oz! I lost a good one too. They were caught on a brown\orange Rodstrainer jig in about 18 to 20 feet of water. A friend and I went Thurs for about 5 hours and caught 7 bass - all spots. The biggest was near 3 lbs and two were over 2. Spooning a Duh! spoon in about 30-40 feet of water produced the biggest fish. A 1 3/4 oz morning dawn spoon did the trick. Missed a few also. The drop-shot bite was fair for smaller bass and only one caught on a jig. It was a nice cloudy day early and thought the bite would be better. When the sun came out around noon, the bite died!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I am hoping incoming rain will help the bite. Water is still very clear. Bass are still really scattered. Most bass are 20 to 50 feet right now.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: nothing happening went today got skunked
      City: sacramento

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Anyone fish it lately? Any trout stocking going on yet? I would really like to throw big swimbaits when the trout get planted, but even the Mercury News stopped listing Coyote in it's fishing reports it's been so slow. I was going to camp a few days before Thanksgiving and really fish it hard, but if reports are so bad...
      City: SJ

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

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

      Report: sorry for not putting down my location on the last entry we were on lake oroville thanks!
      City: oroville ca

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished for a few hours in the morning. Started out throwing cranks and blades with no takers. Switched to dropshot and ended up with 3 smallish fish. They were all in water 22-26 ft. deep.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: It has been tough out here. Fish are in typical deep water fall pattern. Dropshot or vertical spooning seem to be the best bets.

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

      Report: STRIPERS ARE BASS & LARGE MOUTH ARE SUN FISH SO KEEP ON SENDING IN THE STRIPER REPORTS THEY ARE GREAT FUN TO CATCH FORGET ABOUT WHAT BASS101 HAS TO SAY KEEP THEM TIGHT STRIPERS OR LARGE MOUTH BOTH ARE A GREAT FIGHT STICK UM
      City: SAN AMTEO

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      Water Temp: 50?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tom Erickson and I have been on the Delta for the last two days trying to find some big bass. The tide is slow and so are the fish. Most of our fish came on cranking the main rivers and some on Senkos, brush hogs.
      City: rocklin

      Tips: Keeping fishing and good luck.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The stripper fishing has been good to great. Live bait is working well. Also the famous Hair Razor has been dominating the stripper bite.
      City: Discovery BAy

      Tips: Dont give up

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I agree, keep up then striper reports. BassFan101, stick to fishing Parkway Lake. You don't have a clue. Oh, and if ya'll want to post stripper reports, I've been wanting to know how them girls are doing at Centerfold's! It's been a while.
      Tight lines!
      City: Bethel Island