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Saturday, October 21st, 2006

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 65-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Did a touney there on Saturday and man it was tough. Winning weight was 7lbs and I came w/ no fish. No wind, blue bird skies and ultra clear water. Just my luck!
      City: Bay Area

      Tips: Don't go Pedro right now. Weight till Spring for pre spawn....

  • Siskiyou County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: started with spinner bait, no luck then went to crank bait caught 8 in six hours not bad but not great. wind was howling out of east and the best spots were where the wind was blowing the hardest.
      calm water 0 fish
      City: central point

      Tips: speed trap on wind blown banks

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Just another ho-hum 60+ fish day on Oroville. Damn I love this lake when you need a fix and just want to go out and get bit. My buddy and I actually had a pretty slow morning starting up the middle fork. No reaction bite and only had 4 fish on a jig and d-shot by 9:30. Then we headed to the main body and the fishing really picked up. We were looking for bait, but didn't graph any. However, we did find a good number of fish in 28-36 feet of water hugging the bottom. The were hitting the jig pretty well, but really wanted the d-shop. Usually, just letting the motion of the boat do all the work is the ticket for us d-shotting on Oroville, but on this day you has to shake the worm pretty good. We wound up with a 10 pound 2 ounce limit and had one pushing 3 pounds that would have put us over 11 just pop off at the boat. Oh well, will take a 10 pound limit and a ton of fish anytime on Oroville. Beautiful weather, tasty cocktails and great fishing. Can't think of a better way to spend a late October day.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Electronics! Find the fish and you will get bit this time of year. They are not lethargic and will jump on your bait if you get it around them. Was pretty weird though. The bait fish we graphed were all pretty much in 70ft of water or deeper, but all of the spots we caught in 28-36 ft. were loaded with bait. Either the bait was real tight to the bottom and we could graph them or the spots were eating deep and then coming up to shallow water. Don't know exactly. Guess it doesn't matter too much as long as the are biting.

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished North Fork. Best 2 fish plus a few others on white chartreuse spinnerbait. Other keepers on craw 6" worm on darthead (very steep rock banks) fished slowly. Dropshot fish on Morning Dawn were all in slot. Crankbaits in orange craw worked early. .

      Tips: Bluebird skys, shade maybe a factor on bigger fish

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      Water Temp: 65.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On the lake by 8am and decided to throw jigs. If they didn't want jigs, then I wouldn't have to take them off the hook. I Used half ounce Bass Patrol all brown on one rod and 3/8 oz brown/purple on the other with Yamamoto 221 double tail grub. Lake very windy, that was a good thing. Caught fish on every stop but nothing big. There was a tournament and based on my fish it probably took over 10lbs to win. Wish I had some of these fish last week at the Anglers Choice TOC at Shasta. I might have made expenses.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: With the wind there may have been a reaction bite early. I had no luck with a blade and briefly threw a worm with no luck. Use something you have confidence in just fish. Its beautiful out there. Most bites came either on a point or just inside. Caught some fish in the back of Dark Canyon. The heavier jig worked best.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: While fishing a club tourny From Packers Bay on Sat A friend noticed a White Van crusing the parking lot of packers and stoped by my camper and proceeded to take my 2 gal. gas can from under my camper, our neighbor was in thier camper and yell at him to stop but he left with my gas. She was able to get the license # and we reported it to the police. .. The plate was California - 7N92360 White Van With rack on top Please be on the lookout for this thief maybee we can find this person and put a stop to his criome spree. before he gets something important. Bob Plue, Rogue Valley Bassmasters Pres.
      City: Central Point, Oregon

Friday, October 20th, 2006

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: low 60's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Paradise and fished Disappointment and Columbia Cut. Cranked 3/4 oz shad colored Rat L Traps for most of the day. Caught 2 keeper size stripers (18-20 inches) and 8 keeper size bass (2 of them about 3-3.5 lbs). Striper action was early morning -- lost several keeper size and boated about 10 undersize stripers.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Fish the points of the tule islands. Bass on the outside edge of weedlines in about 5-7 ft of water so we cranked our Rat L Traps parallel to the weedline.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 66-67

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I had trips on Monday and Tuesday which is rare for me - I never try to guide on a Monday at Clear Lake! It really was more of a boat show both days - boats going every-which-way at 60-70 MPH. And then those fellows just idling around - "what do we do now?"! The gas companies are smiling for sure!!! Monday was a surprise - my client started out right away with a 4 1/4 pounder - a sigh of relief for me! Now I can enjoy the day! Usually our first good fish has come a little later in the morning. I got a 4-1 and we both got 3 1/2's - about 16+ lbs for the 5 biggest. The next day was the only day we couldn't boat a quality bass - 3 something was the biggest, though we caught several. Lots of running around learning spots - don't fish all the time during these type of trips.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Sorry, no details on this report. The pressure seems to have really spread the fish around - one here, one there. I agree with the previous post - my preference would be to fish the late afternoon 'til dark - but tournaments don't work that way. I'm looking forward to seeing who figures out the puzzle Thurs and Fri. Good luck to all!!!!

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

      Report: The day started with my cranking battery having a dead cell, and not getting on the water till about 9a.m., and then I broke the gator mount on my trolling motor, but you know... It was still a gorgeous day on the water, and we caught fish. not like last week, but we probably had a 13 pound limit, which was cool, considering it was a short day, and we tricked most of them on top waters. All in all who could gripe? It was fishing, and not working!
      City: desert hot springs

      Tips: get a delorean that can go back in time, and travel back to last friday.... you'll kill em!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 60s

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started out at the bridge south fork, jacks shack, one 4ponder. Left and worked my way out to the main body. Caught five more 4pounders (clones) and ended up with a six pounder .I quit at one o'clock.
      City: sacramento

      Tips: The rivers hole the majority of fish at the present time of the year. Forget about thew main body. Sure there are some fish there but you may find that the majority are up river. Forget about plastics, jigs, spoons, cranks, top water etcv. They just want one thing. Good fishing jimbo.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Friday evening white buzzbait 15 bass around 2 lbs. missed about the same amount. Saturday only a couple in the early morning. Not one worm fish. That evening only one on a buzzbait but it was a 4 lbser.
      City: Hanford

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      Water Temp: low 60's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the island with John. Caught 15 fish on rattle traps, crankbaits, spooks, Senko's etc. Most the fish in the 1 to 3 lbs range. Last fish of the day was a 6.2 lbs fatty.
      City: novato

      Tips: I threw a lot of top water and swim baits, but you can catch a lot of fish if you stuck with crankin and plastics.

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 62-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: After several trips this last week, I found most of the fish in the current on tulle islands and points, the best bait has been on a Luhr Jensen Radar 13 white/blue back. It

      Tips: My tip is submit a report give everyone a little info even if your per fishing for an event. www.ezbass.com

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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: lots of two to three pound fish in potato slough fishing jigs black w/root beer trailer.
      City: clovis

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Okay

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Whites and Little Potato today. Couldn't get any topwater fish but the jig bite was great. Caught lots of small fish and three decent fish over 3 pounds. Two of the 3 pounders came on a brown jig with a Yamamoto trailer (blue). The other one came on a black and red jig. Also, several more smaller keepers came on both jigs. It didn't seem like they favored either color but they ALL came on the outside of weedlines with moderate current nearby. There was almost no bite during the bottom of the tide. We also missed lots of fish that bit the jig but wouldn't hold on. When we gave the fish a little time to "play" with the bait, then our catch rate improved. All of our better fish came after we made this adjustment.
      City: Fair Oaks

      Tips: Our better fish hit like small fish. They just pecked at the bait a couple times before picking it up and swimming off. When you feel the "pecking" don't assume its a small fish. Give them some slack line and check for weight before setting.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I'd also be interested in any Delta bank fishing spots, so please post any suggestions. Thanks!!
      City: Antioch

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED THE DAM ALL DAY AND FOUND FISH ON CHATTERBAITS IN BROWN COLOR. USED RED & WHITE PLUGS FOR TOP WATER AND LAND MANY FISH THAT AVERAGED 2.5LBS. THE BIGGEST FISH WAS 6.3LBS. I FISHED FAST ALL DAY AND ENDED UP WITH A FIVE FISH LIMIT OF 22.4LBS ON THE CUL-EM- RITE.
      City: SELMA

      Tips: FISH FAST AND FISH HARD GOOD LUCK

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 68-69 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The water was crystal clear. Visibility to 15 feet! I fished the western corner of the dam at 25-35 feet and caught 12 fish largemouth 2-4 lbs. No dinks. I caught them on a pro Worm brown/red flake/chartreuse pattern. (crawdad). I jigged the worm on the concrete shelf from 15 feet to the strike range and them Wham!..each time I caught a 14-18" bass. I fished from 0630 and by 0700 I had caught 12 Black Bass 2-4 lbs. After 0800 I fished every point down the lake taking 1-2 fish 1.5 to 3 lbs on either craw pattern for baby brush hogs at 20-30 feet. I never used any topwater or blades. I just pulled up to a point and dropped a carolina rigged plastic (craw/shad or watermelon baby brush hog) on the edge of darkwater and started working it behind the boat. I got this idea from an old timer who pulled up to dock two days ago with a five fish limit of 16 pounds! He told me the bass were deep, and he was right! The lake is pre turnover, so the fish are hanging 20-30 feet at this point. I caught a few bass on smoke and chartreuse as well. I have never caught so many quality fish in one day (total 30 bass >2 lbs..biggest 4lbs)..hope this bodes well for fall bassin' at Mcclure.
      City: Merced

      Tips: Craw pattern and Shad pattern off of points 20-30'..catch 1-2 then move on. The best fishing so far has been from 0630-1000 and 5:00PM to dark. After the water cools off, I think the fishing should be off the hook!

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

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

      Report: FISHED NORTHERN DELTA AND FOUND A GOOD BITE. FISH WERE VERY ACTIVE IN THE AM THEN SLOWED PRETTY QUICKLY AS THE DAY WENT ON. FISHED RICO'S AND C RIGED BRUSH HOGS AND CAME UP WITH A GOOD LIMIT THAT AVERAGED 18LB FOR 5 FISH. HAD A COUPLE OF GOOD FISH ON WITH THE C-RIG BRUSH HOGS.

      Tips: BE PATIENT. BE PATIENT AND SLOW DOWN. IF YOU C-RIG REEL IN THE FISH QUICKLY. I LOST 3 FISH THAT WOULD HAVE PUT MY LIMIT OVER 23LBS BECAUSE I LET THEM FIGHT TOO LONG AND GET STUCK IN THE MATS