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Sunday, August 13th, 2006

  • Benton County
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      Water Temp: no idea

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to this lake for the first time.

      Had one on plastics and my friend had one on spinner bait. Both fish around 3-4 pounds.

      Overall with this heat looks like there is no fish in this lake although there is gotta be some.

      Hey, Eric, the only one fishing this lake:), I walked all the way from the marina to the far right side of the lake and did not see much structure at all.

      It is deep somewhere and not too deep. But in general it is a flat not too steep surface steadily going down.
      No particular place where I could think of fish staging.
      Any tips on the spots?
      Where whould the fish be this hot time of year.
      I threw some lures pretty far and pretty deep with no takes:(
      Planning to go there again.
      Any tips appreciated.
      City: Cupertino

      Tips: No tips. First trip to the lake. Lots of people fishing for trout. Very beautiful place.
      Good luck to everyone

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

      Report: Went out to try and find "the bite" again. I'm no tourney angler, but did see a ton today. These guys and there spinnin rods, and tube baits. I tried the huddleston for no fish, switched to a soft tool. There were eating again. caught 2 fish at 6lbs, and then went to work with a mattlures real trout. caught another limit right around 18 this time.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Throw the big stuff, seriously.


      new to california, and loving it already.

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

      Report: Fished yesterday for the first time since my last report. Sure was good to get out. The lake is at the level that I know best. Many years this is about as high as it gets and I've spent a lot of time fishing this level. I've located several rockpiles on the north end and several pieces of structure on the main lake that always hold fish at this level. They were there yesterday. I had a 15 lb limit of smallies on the gitzit by 6:20. Improved the limit with a 5 lb black about 9:00 and upped it to 19+ a few minutes later with my second 4 lb smallie. Off the water by 9:45. Pretty exceptional day for me for August. Sure glad I made it out.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: The gitzit was the hot ticket early. After the sun got on the water, the Pro Gold worm worked best. I guess they liked the flash that gold line puts out. After another week with my nose to the grindstone I should be on the lake a little more.

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69 to 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Veira's around 6 AM and went to a spot that was real hot last week for smallmouths. We got into them again on crankbaits. We got 28 with the biggest going just shy of 3#'s. About half the fish would not be keepers, but boy do they fight. We were off the water by 11:00 AM. Great Day!!
      City: Suisun

      Tips: Fish down side of current breaks on rocky banks that have shade over-hangs by trees.

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

      Report: Went fishing with my son Danny. Launched at Redbud and pretty much all over the lake. Danny caught the best fish of the day on his new Persuader E-chip spinnerbait, went about four pounds. Got good bites on the DD-22 white and chartreuse, roughly 10 or more fish, until it exploded on a rock. Also fished the Yamamoto kreature bait in watermelon red and got a lotta bites out of it also. Finished off the day cranking a white bomber back in Rodman and caught three fish to 3 pounds.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Keep your line in the water and fish your confidence baits and you'll do well. The btie is still strong at Clear Lake and the fish are hot.

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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well my buddy and I went out on Saturday around 3pm until 8:30pm and had some really good fishing. My buddy caught an +8 lb (couldn't weigh it because the batteries were dead on the scale) and i caught a 4 lb and a 5 lb. Together we caught around 26 fish between 1 pound to 3 pounds, besides the bigger fish. The top water bite picked up at dusk and that is when we started catching the smaller fish. We fished the 5 mph zone earlier in the afternoon and caught the bigger fish there then went to the dam area. Didn't catch anything until we saw fish breaking the surface and the hunt was on. We used top water, Team Diawa's, jigs, Senko's and grubs. The bigger fish hit the jigs. Great day on the water!

      Tips: Ready Mark's tips they work.

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

      Report: Caught my first shast 20lb limit. Wow good fishing. I thought this was supposed to be a light line place, but nope. Threw huddlestons, and dd22's for 22.18 limit, no big fish just solid fish.

      Tips: If you want to catch big, fish big.

Friday, August 11th, 2006

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Woke up a little late and didn't get to Frank's Tract till about 6 am. There were boats on every island and bassy looking rock banks. I got in line with the rest of boats and did circles around the islands and played follow the leader on the banks for 22 bass with the best five going a whomping 8 lbs. I threw cranks, plastics, and top water throughout the day.
      City: Sacramento, CA

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      Water Temp: 69-70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Lauched 5:30 am and headed to the ever popular Frank's Track. I caught 37 bass to 4 pounds with the best 5 going 16 pounds flipping and pitching plastics all day.
      City: Sacramento, CA

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 75-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Just a little nite fishing with Dennis Howard from 5pm to 9pm. Fished the South Fork in New York Cove using worms on split shot. At near dark we switched to small spooks and even small Norman crankbait. We mainly stayed on points and banks with deep water near. We went home with releacing about 10 bass from 1/2 lb to 4.0 pounds. Not a bad summer nite.
      City: rocklin

      Tips: Work'em slow and small around rocks.

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHING WAS REALLY TOUGH. ONLY MANAGED ABOUT A DOZEN KEEPERS. ALL REALLY FAT.
      LOOKED OVER THE SIDE AND THERE ARE CLOUDS OF SOMETHING SWIMMING AROUND OUT THERE, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FAT QUARTER. DOESNT LOOK LIKE ANYTHING I'VE SEEN BEFORE, BUT THERE MILLIONS OF THEM ALL OVER.
      City: san ramon

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78-83

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my 8 year old daughter over friday with all the guys prefishing for the 100% thing on Sat. Couldnt crank a fish near loubow, but stuck just a couple on a jig. I had her dropshotting, but she only got bit once and lost it. I only managed 7 fish in 3.5 hours. Shag rock had 2 boats on it so I hit henderson and only got one on a spiderjig. Found some docks where my daughter wanted to swim up to the beach below a house. I fished 3 docks while she swam and caught 5 nice ones to 3.2. Got her into the boat and caught 4 more with one a 3.9. These were caught on a 6" blue ghost darthead. Ran back toward redubd and hit a couple of posts and cranked a 2 lb and then a 12" crappie. 17 bass and a crappie for the day. I did have a guy pull in 25 yards ahead of me on a rocky point and start fishing right at me.............I thought, WTF, I thought about coming unglued but I knew I'd hear the "I'm prefishing BS" so I decided to just be cordial as I had my kid in the boat.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The real good jig bite I experienced in july is rapidly diminishing as is the crankbait bite. They are probably still biting them, but just not in the areas I like to fish. I did see some guys worming real shallow in the shade of deep rocks and they set the hook about 10 times. They only landed one, but it looked to be a 5 lb fish.

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: nothing on the lake, tried here and the ponds next to it, anyone have any suggestions to catch bass here, i tried everything man, just couldnt get em
      City: sj

      Tips: saw a lot of bass crusing

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 78-81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 5:30 pm till 1:15 am. Only 3 fish and they were well under 2 pounds. 2 caught before dark and one after dark. Caught fish on topwater, jig, and worm. Very slow. I saw one very dedicated angler pull in a fish about 10 pounds around 8:15 pm so someone had a good day.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Fish deep and slow. Tournament there this coming Saturday so the lake was crowded with pre-fishermen.

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tired of Coyote, so I went to this lake for the first time. Much better IMO. Alot bigger, so the wakeboarders and skiers don't bother you so much. I launched and headed south, since I saw a bridge on the map. Threw a crank for a bit but only hauled water. Got under the bridge and got 3 dinks on a dropshot. Probably could have stayed there all day and got small ones but decided to move on. Went all the way back in the South End and picked up about 10 more on shaky head worms and dropshots. Only one keeper though.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Smaller fish that Coyote but better numbers. Caught all my fish on 3-7" inch roboworms both dropshotted and on shaky heads.

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Water very stained all over the lake. Temp has dropped down from 80-81 to 75-77. Fish scarce today. Tried topwater stick baits, jig worm on walls, flats, worms around coves and out to 25 feet. A few small mouth on hump nr water intake but nothing any size.
      City: Santa Barbara

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

      Report: Caught around 15 fish early this morning. Used a spook for the topwater bite and got nothing but dinks. Fished a brush hog and got a few bigger fish incuding a five pounder, but still, nothing to bragg about. I popped my braid on something big while fishing the pockets. That's the way it goes. Off the water by 11:30.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Fish early, when using braid, check knots and line often! Tight lines!

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 80.5

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: We arrived on tues. morning at about 9 am launching out of konocti vista. Started out fishing tules up north picking up a few on blades. We decided to go south and try to find a good reaction bite. I noticed alot of birds near henderson going crazy on shad, as we pulled up on a point we saw alot of fish busting the surface as well. We threw everything from flukes to ripbaits for the next three hours on one point hitting close to forty good fish up to 3.5#. We then decided to head toward red bud where we could pick up on a similar pattern. With fewer fish being caught we tried to cover alot of water with cranks and voo-doo baits. We landed a 10.7# at about 4:30. She was in twenty feet of water on a rocky ledge, she took a 3/8 oz white voo-doo bait; same as my wife's 9.1# a week earlier. I think that this bait is a good producer when the shad are schooling and the fish are attacking them. The next couple of days were pretty hot but the bite was so good it was worth it. My wife went home and my buddy Brian took her spot. He was equally excited from the results of the reaction bite getting good numbers on cranks. After a while we decided to try out our luck with jigs on the docks near Hwy 20 getting good results with a junebug pattern. We wrapped up the trip on Thursday with the same pattern, we agreed not to dropshot this trip but I think if we had we would have got some really high numbers doing so. Overall our best 5 were 26.6#.
      City: Placerville

      Tips: Follow the bait even if it means going offshore a little ways, cranks were working really well but dropshot would probably work just as good. Stay with white shad patterns and junebug plastics. In the heat of the day the bite was the most productive.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: unk

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Full moon, set 0800. NE wind early then slicked off at thermal change.Fished top water for a few strikes, not as vicious as earlier in the week. Moved up north fork to main channel drop off, caught good fish to five pounds(black) on purple i/4 oz dart heads, Aaron's. Left at 10:00 a.m. Brown's Ravine was still locked till at least quarter past six so I launched at dike eight.
      Bite seems to be different each day, change uo try something new, good luck.
      City: Sacto

      Tips: Chance to experiment

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      Water Temp: 75-81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Just add water and Folsom Lake has it. Move around until you find the fish. Go shallow, deep , around the trees, points and big and small rocks. Most of the bass I found were small but fun for this time of the year. I went out at three until 7:30pm and got 12 or so and missed just as meny. small worms, lizards with a split shot. good luck
      City: rocklin

      Tips: fish all over the lake