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Monday, July 3rd, 2006

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      Water Temp: 79-82

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Quency and I started out at 6:30am when the gate opened at the North Shore. Light winds for the first two hours. So we headed into the Quarter Mile Cove area with a small spook, buzz bait and a popper, no takers. spinners did ok and lizards. We next moved to the Bear Creek before the lake lice came out. Hitting the rockey points on the way up, finding some small bass in 1-2 lb range. After going back into the canyon and finding the colder water (65 degs) we found the larger bass around the rocks in 10 to 25 ft. My JK jig in brown/orange with #180 grub, had 5 bits and three 2.0 to 3.0 pounder largies. Very slow morning so we went back down to the main body and stayed in 25-35 ft looking with our light gear picking up a few more bass in 1 1/2 to 2.0 lbs.
      City: rocklin

      Tips: Fish slow and small.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78-83

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I took my 14 year old nephew and 8 year old daughter over for a day. We cranked 6 bass and 6 catfish in an hour and a half or so. I saw a seawall I'd caught a big one off of several years past and picked up a dart head worm and caught a 5.0 first cast. The next dock I caught 2 more on a blue ghost 6" worm. I sampled the jig bite and absolutley had a blast. Fished from wheeler south and caught fish everywhere we stopped except the boat works. The concrete boat house area was on fire as I had a 4.0, 4.5, and a 4.7 in the last 45 minutes along with about 5 others. From 7am till 3pm, we had 50 bass and the 6 catfish. The next day, my neighbor caught 30 himself doing similar things.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: DD22 and a 3/8 oz rodstrainer jig in 5/15 feet of water did the trick.

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: well i left to go to my friends house by redbud he has a little cottage that i spend the night at, we fished a little off his dock to just get the feel for the bite this particular day. the bite was very soft i was using kastmasters on a bobber but i got all red bobbers i paint that is the ticket. then we went out after getting the feeling for the bite. my friend has a nice bay liner that we converted into a bass boat with a conversion kit. i no a hump right across from red bud we started at i was using rattle baits slow off the bottom and got three on the back side of the hump my friend got on about 8.5 with a hula popper painted orage with white tail the we went to the docks and through the flying lure it works really good if you just reel it fast on the top we got about 11 more had 5 fish 24 pounds
      City: concord

      Tips: get orange hula poppers and troll them in the middle by the hump, also get white and black flying lures and reel them in on the top of the water fast as you can for a great bite

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 12 bass in total (1 smallie) and three trout. The trout were accidentally caught while fishing for bass. They were good ones three, seven and eight pounds! Drop shotting or dart head 4: Robo Worms in Aaron's magic color.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: Find the bait balls. Bait was schooling in pockets at around 20 feet deep. Small worms to match size of minnows. Topwater action early with poppers around tules.

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

      Report: My friend and I made our anual hike up to my favorite float tubing lake. We got on the water around 7am and had the lake to ourselves. We slayed fish all day. We caught them on spinnerbaits in white/chartruce and chrone speed traps, drop shootiong and flipping.
      I caught 34 fish with the largest being around 3 pounds. My buddy Dave caught 35 fish. We had the lake to our selves all day. We saw two float tubers coming up as we where leaving. We fished until 2pm. If you haven't hiked up to Sanj, then you must try it. Strap your float tube ontop a backpack and enjoy the walk. Leave early in the morning and take a lunch and get ready for a great time on the water.
      Also please visit our float tube club web page at www.scbbbc.com

      Rich
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Keep all your gear simple and be sure to bring a flipping stick and a drop-shoot rod.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took My little brother bass fishing in the back pond (arroyo) We caught 4 all on plastic worms! I was wondering how the catfish bite was, I noticed they planted 750lbs of cat! Is anybody catching them? Keep us posted here people!

      Tips: Catch and release all bass! Pickup your trash! I sick of seeing beer bottles and empty worms buckets.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water at 4:00 pm to fish the end of the day until midnight. Started out pretty slow as expected. Caught 1 on a white spinnerbait and a 2nd on a brushhog. The bite finally kicked in as the sun set. Had 3 blow ups on a frog and lost another on a buzzbait. Finally landed a 2-9 on a senko next to a tree. The senko continued to work until after it was totally dark. Saw some buddies who mentioned they landed a 5 lb'er on a buzzbait.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: buzzbaits around trees early or late. Senko in dark colors also around trees. If your looking for the frog bite, look around the weeds in Cherry Creek and throw to the shore then pull into the water.

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      Water Temp: i dont have a t

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: well i got to the marina about 3 am and started the long hike to the hot spot in cherry creek. i slow walked along the bank while i held the rod over the water with a slasher popper on and cought 3 catfish but they will only hit the popper when you slow crawl it. about 9 am i reached my destination and started to do what i do best which is catch the bucket mouth bass. i through on my #1 bait a 1/0 hook with a night crawler cut in half weightless and started wacking them i cought about 11 bass and the biggest was only about 9 pounds i had 5 fish on my call em rite weighing about 29 pounds.
      City: rohnert park

      Tips: get fresh crawlers the best spot is the lagoon in sebastapol bring a shovel and dig 2 feet down and 6 feet from the oak tree on the left.

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ME AND A BUDDY FISHED FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE MORNING OUT OF OUR PONTOON BOATS. I ONLY CAUGHT ONE ON THE WEST BACK NEAR THE DAM 1 POUNDER. HE FISHED ACROSS FROM THE RAMP AND CAUGHT THREE (BIGGEST 1.5 LBS.)CRANKING THE FLATS CLOSE TO THE DROP OFFS.
      City: GILROY

      Tips: FISH SHAD COLORED CRANK BAITS EARLY THEN SLOW DOWN AND FISH BRUSH HOGS LATER IN THE DAY WHEN IT WARMS UP. GOOD FISHING.

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

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

      Report: Thanks to everybody who posts Clear Lake reports.........I had friends up for the long July 4th weekend, so fishing time was short and everybody I took was pretty new to it all. Sunday I took 2 guys out leaving about 8:30 am. We tried drop shotting some deep rocks on the Clearlake end, but it was a little windy out on the open water and holding the boat in a spot then instructing wasn't working out.........I picked up after no bites and moved to the first cove in Konocti Bay. No wind issues, and calm water. We fished in front of the pumphouse in the cove below the steep vineyard out just a little 20 feet maybe.........We drop shotted again with 4 inch Margarita Mutilators and in 1 1/2 hours we all caught fish. I switched up to a Norman Shad deep diver crank bait and got the biggest, close to 4, the others were under 1 to 2 1/2. We got a few bluegill and even a catfish. It was shallow there, but even in the summer it was holding fish.........So a quick trip with some friends was fun, we headed back to pick up everybody else, and the fish and ski boat became family friendly and we went to have lunch at Konocti.........Monday I took my wife out, she also doesn't fish much, but maybe now will. I wanted to go to a favorite spot near Redbud but there was a guy on it with 2 dogs in the boat just pounding the fish with a drop shot rig. I fished a little away from him, but no luck. So I moved to the same spot as above and we caught a few fish each, she missed 2 and boated 2 I got about 4. We spent an hour there and headed back........Tuesday I went out alone to fish, but the wind was up pretty good. I wanted to jig the rocks before Konocti Bay and a few other places, but was blown off every point I wanted to try. Short day no fish.........Clearlake (the city) had a great 4th weekend. Some of the resorts were full and there was a good fireworks show and a carnival midway. My friends were impressed by the friendly laid back attitude by everyone and will be back.
      City: Clearlake/Oakland

      Tips: Make sure your wife catches a fish.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Blue Gill were extremely excited about the night crawlers our children were using. They all caught their limits and were ready to fish for bass.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: The fishing doesn't get any better than the coves of Woods Creek Arm at Moccasin Point, Lake Don Pedro.

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      Water Temp: 80-85

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: caught about 15 fish manly all bluegill and sunfish. my friend dalton caught a nice 3/4 of a pound bluegill saw some nice 2-4lb. bass, and many small bass about 4-12inch range and had some hits on senkos and caught a small bass on a night crawler.
      City: vallysprings

      Tips: we used senkos,spinner baits,night crawlers,and red worms to catch fish

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 84

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished here for the first time this year..Started with topwater..Buzzbaits got lots of attention..Lots of small fish in the nine to eleven inch range..Did catch about 12 keepers to 3 1/2 pounds.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Work buzzbaits over weeds that are off shore and there is visible dragon fly activity..T-rigged worms at ten foot brakes..Also yabbies on rocks..

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 83

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Markley Cove from 5 am till 10 am. Threw everything at them. Got a big strike on a drop shotted purple worm, but the fish ripped it right off the hook. Boaters showed up at 9 am, speeding and making noise as usual. I fished dropoffs from 20 to 30 feet and got skunked. Where are you guys catching them? I am baffled right now because I was at the right depth with supposedly the right baits, but the fishing was slow. Any recommnedations would be helpful. Sid, if you read this, can you help me out please?
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Get on and off before the knuckle heads show up. It seems that the bass are going to be deep.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water at Wimpey's Marina just at 6am. Headed down to Beaver Slough using frogs, spooks, buzz baits and spinners. Got our first three on a chartruse/white spinner. Then the senkos came out in black/red flake. With a out going tide we worked fast up in the rocks and tules find most of out fish in 2-3 lbs. The tide was a slow mover, but as it came back in we found the points with rocks our best place to be. Worked the weed mats, but no takers.
      City: rocklin

      Tips: Dog Days of Summer is here, fish slower and deeper.

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: SPLASHED THE NEW KLAMATH BASS BOAT AT SUNSET MARINA 5:30 AM, HEADED FOR SAND MOUND SLOUGH, TURNED UP THE FIRST SLOUGH INTO THE ILANDS, TOSSED A TOP WATER POPPER INTO THE WEEDS, AND ONLY SAW A SWIRL IN THE WATER, LURE DISAPPEARS DOWN, NO SPALSH, SET THE HOOK AND LANDED A 7.2 LBER, NEXT 2 CASTS, 2 5LBERS, BEST WEIGHT FOR ME TO DATE, HAD 17 FISH LANDED TOP WATER BY 7"30, FISHED WITH PLASTICS TIGHT TO THE LEVY WALL ROCKS NEAR FRANKS AND NAILED 5 MORE 2 LBERS BY 10:00, GREAT DAY ON THE WATER, NOT TOO HOT, SLIGHT BREEZE, WATER CALM UNTILL THE SKIERS CAME OUT AGAIN**, ROBO WORMS AND POPPERS WERE THE TICKET, OFF THE WATER BY 11, WAITING FOR NEXT WEEK END TO DO IT AGAIN, KEEP TIGHT LINES SEE YA ALL* FISH ON*
      City: PITTSBURG

      Tips: POPPERS AND BUZZ BAITS REAL EARLY A/M SUN RISE TIME, TIGHT TO THE OCKS AND IN WEED POCKETS, HAVE FUN**

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      Water Temp: 86

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: got out @ 530am w/our tubes. top h2o bite was on black buzz bait,outside weedline few 2#rs. stick bait in weed pockets, one 4#er,few dinks. noticed that the green moss disapeard(were i nailed an 8#er last sat. w/ the heat late evening on a frog)frog bite still gr8 butt in open pocket behind weeds tight next to bullrush(cattails)lo & behold another 8#er WOW!continued to nail bass 2 to 3#ers tight in pockets.
      City: salida

      Tips: bet everthing on black/retie frog ever so often when using mono(weeds)/look both ways be4 crossing/ braided line is mobeddah bhradda!/early 2 bed early 2 rise... damn catches the bigguns/ wipe from front to back!

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: float tubed the eucalyptus trees near road and caught 2 in the 1.5 range. got in at 615 got out at 915. Drop shot is the ticket. Holding close to the weeds. Lots of bites, only two takers. all in all a good 3 hours. GETS WINDY!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: try wacky rig senko slims....

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went fly fishing with my brother-in-law at the main lake. The water was like glass with a very little breeze. we decided to start at the second dock my brother-in-law caught a 6 pound bass on the first cast I caught 35 fish just walking up and down the shore line with my fly rod.
      City: livermore

      Tips: they were biting on senco's and popers.

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      Water Temp: 68?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got on the water at 8 am, in my kick boat. Started in the back and caught two small fish, about a pound, pound and a half on a hard suspending jerk bait. continued towards the main boat ramp with no action. Tried spinner baits, drop shotting and flipping, with no action.
      City: Palo Alto

      Tips: get there early and stay in the back near the bushes. there seems to be a window of like 30 min where the fish are feeding, and being agressive.