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Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

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

      Report: haven't been out on this lake this year...was wondering if anyone has been out lately..thank you...wOrm

Monday, June 12th, 2006

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a good day on Horny Toads if I could get the fish in the boat. I had 15 fish on and lost most between hook set and boat. I checked the hooks, they were sharp but the fish would come unbuttoned. I thought I was not letting them eat it enought so I would just let is set there after they hit it but they would not swim off with it. I will try again. HAR

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished for a couple of hours out of disco bay. Started fishing flats with topwater bait.Four fish landed first stop, missed a few too. Bite came as soon as bait hit water or within a foot. Stopped a couple more times same patern same results, but nothin' real big.

      Tips: Keep movin' to find active fish then stay on 'em . Work the weed outside in and make long casts for more fish.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey, For anyone that wants to talk fishing write me an email. I have a few hot spots around the bay area to catch fish and just want to talk fishing with some anglers. I'm just trying to catch more fish and become a better angler myself. Don't write me back unless you catch and release, no bass killers please. christian_cavanaugh@umit.maine.edu I'm just trying to get more talk on the website.

      Tight Lines
      City: Mill Valley

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey, For anyone that wants to talk fishing write me an email. I have a few hot spots around the bay area to catch fish and just want to talk fishing with some anglers. I'm just trying to catch more fish and become a better angler myself. Don't write me back unless you catch and release, no bass killers please. christian_cavanaugh@umit.maine.edu

      Tight Lines
      City: Mill Valley

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

      Report: I have just received a call from an SPI representative who told me, and I fully beleive him, that SPI in no way sanctioned or helped organize the Hook em and Cook em that took place at Preacher Meadow on the 3rd. Apparently this has been a yearly occourance for quite a number of years, and has been informally called the SPI tourney. Originally it was a tourney with proper permits and care was taken to release fish alive. Somehow it became what we witnessed on the third. It was organized by a former SPI employee and a few present employees were present, although none from this immediate area. I'm releived that I finally got this call, and to find that SPI was not involved. I will however continue to condem what happened in the hope that they will not come back another year.
      City: Weaverville

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: John,

      Im coming up to Trinity for some fun fishing, any areas you recommend to catch some smallies??
      City: Castaic

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 74.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: LAKE BERRYESSA REPORT WEEK ENDING JUNE 11

      In the same cove that I enjoy fishing, Albert Brown, Jr. age 61 caught these two catfish one 7.5 pounds and the other 6 pounds. He used night crawlers dipped in night crawler flavored hotdog oil. He caught them in four feet of water from shore around two in the afternoon. The water was clear that afternoon and you could see the fish swimming. Late Saturday I fished the same cove till about 9:00 PM and caught a variety of fish. My most exciting moment was when my little rod with a minnow caught a crappie and my large rod with a plastic worm caught a bass at the same time so now decisions, decisions which one do you work first!!!! I managed to land them both. The bass weighed about 2.5 pounds and the crappie was almost a pound. Sunday I felt like staying at the dock and doing some work on my boat. That didn't last long as my neighbours asked me for some fishing lessons. We fished from the dock and ended up with a nice bass caught by a young lady who had never fished before. Beginners luck strikes again!!!!
      Then we decided to try for carp since they were abundant all around the dock. They now know how to catch carp. I ended up catching seven carp, three squaw fish, two baby catfish and a bunch of crappie just from the dock. Fishing should be great for Father's Day this coming Sunday so hope to see all you Dads on the water. 'til next week...............................good fishing!!!!!
      www.fishingconnection.net If you have any fishing stories to share please email me at
      bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333.

      WATER TEMP 74.2
      CLEARITY 4-6 feet
      City: NAPA

      Tips: try hard any place you think theres fish

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

      Report: I fished with my neighbor on sunday out of Fanks tract, we caught few 3lbers-4lbers, lost one in the tules about 7lber. ran to Mildred picked few there too. had great day, best five fishes about 18lbs. have fun out there.
      City: El cerrito,ca

      Tips: dip your bait deep in the mossy weeds and tules. be patient. just wait....

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

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

      Report: myself and a buddy of mined headed to the putah creek area in the morning with mixed results. I got some hits and pulled in a couple on top and with a tube jig but had a hard time putting a pattern together. my buddy found some fish chasing bait and was able to put together a limit using tube jigs. the bait slowed down as the morning wore on and was really slow after that

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

      Report: First thanks to Larry for posting reports. - I'm not a pro. WON winner 1 fish away from 50 lbs for 2 days! Krikey! I was on the lake both days as well doing some 1/2 days of fishing and sightseeing. - Sat - We got a few on north end near county park on drop shot and a couple just above Ferndale Resort, the first 200 yards or so along the rocks and bushes. I got one a white/white spinnerbait. Then not many more. - Sun - We were on the south end around Brown's Landing and Indian Island about 4 fish in 4 hours. Caught the fish on drop shot between 88 rock and the first house below it. - I definitely stayed in a bad place and used a non productive rig too long. (My biggest fishing fault is not moving more and changing up styles.) - Will be back up the 23rd to go at it again. - Larry The Cable Guy was funny.
      City: Oakland/Clearlake

      Tips: note to self: move

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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I had fun doing a "teach the lake" trip Saturday with my Catfish "Guru" client - the fellow from Colorado who landed a potiential lake record catfish last year about this time on a night trip with me. The monster was well over 30 bs. We tried to do some "catching" also as we metered lots of offshore structure. He was amazed!! We learned the Rattlesnake arm and some of the southern upper lake. The morning bite was best - our first five were the biggest - about 16 1/2 lbs. Dropshotting and splitshotting worked well, especially in rocky areas and dock pilings about 10 feet deep. Cranking did not work - Senkos caught a few. The lake is finally showing its wonderful green tinge which will bode well for summer fishing. Dark colors worked well for us, especially black grape and green pumpkin. We caught a dozen bass or so - the smallest about 1 1/2 lbs. We have a night trip coming up in a day or two, but I am worried about the very cool nights and wind we are experiencing lately.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I was excited that night when a potiential client (I couldn't work him in last year) called me about 10 pm Sat night - asking advice on handling a monster bass he caught at sunset on a crankbait. He figured she weighed (spawned out!) about 13 lbs. I saw the photo (you may too, soon) and figured her to be at least 12+!! She was nearly 27 inches with an 18 inch girth. Those bass are rare these days at Clear Lake. She was released after photos. I think some the the larger females that spawned earlier in the year should be putting on the feed bag anytime now. This gal could have been the start. The tournament this past weekend was interesting from what I heard - good weights Sat and some big fish - weather change - less weight on Sun. Anybody for some steady warm weather for at least 4 or 5 days????

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Float tubed beneath the helicopter pad from 10:30 - 4:00. Only caught one nice one. A four pounder that must have been cruising the shoreline and ran into my hook. The rest were all about 1-2 lbs. Lots of croppie and blue gill.

      Tips: I caught the 4lber on a drop shot rig using a 4" watermelon senko. Also hooked a bigger fish on the same set-up, but he broke me off on a submerged tree. Almost grabbed him by hand though.

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

      Report: Well...fished a couple of the usual places on Saturday. Impoundment and South Lake. Zoom baby brush hog on 7'0" spinning rod, Rapala #7 sinking minnow Countdown in gold and black color, Rapala #9 floating minnow in silver. Tossed a perch colored Booyah spinner bait/brass tandem willow leaf blades with the baitcaster. Had one bang on the sinking crankbait. That was it. All the millions and zillions of little fry seem to have moved out. (Can still see some of them flick the top of the water when the baits and occasional fish move through). Did see a cruiser, but didn't get it.

      Cold and windy, overcast, foggy - not a very nice day, unfortunately. Some sun would have helped.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: Talked with Carl at the Lake for a bit. Folks have been catching - just be patient and throw everything you have at them. If you have a float tube or small boat - your chances might improve considerably

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Cal and I head out of Lime Saddle again this AM. Looked for some topwater bites in and close tothe docks...had some short strikes but nothing on hook. The headed out to the North Fork some some real fun. Landed the first fish o' the day on a Chartruse Spinner (my first ever) and then landed one on a Jig (again my first ever). Cal started landing some on a crank bait. Cal landed a nice 3+l.bs LM on a Chartuse CB. Worked our way down the bank and decided 20 fish was our limit today then we would head home. I hooked up 2 noce ones on a rattle trap but both got off before the boat (that in NOT suppose to happen on a rattle trap but they did). A few miles later ran into some tourney guys and headed up the fork. Found a nice cove with fresh water but no bites. Headed up another finger and found some cooler water and started the finesse worms and caught one on my first cast. We proceed up the fork and landed our daily goal. All 20 fish in the boat with 25+ on but not landed. Total limit fish: 7 with a total weight of about 16lbs. Quanity not so good but the keepers meant something.
      City: Plumas Lake

      Tips: The lake is overflowing at the edges (never seen it so full in over 9 years of fishing for June). Fish off the band with a Med-Deep Crank or Worm in the same area of depth and hold on tight. PS This will be Cal and I's last time out this summer as he is headed to catch Osama, Bro I'll miss ya and stay safe, see ya on the backside.

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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: All those bass that Prunedale Bob caught last Wednesday still had soremouth today. John caught three bass (must not have been amongst the 87), but I got skunked...not even a bite.
      We counted 14 boats on the water today and very few people were having any luck...Bob stuck so many there were few left that didn't have soremouth.
      Hopefully, by next weekend, all those bass will be ready to bite again.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Avoid the lake for a few days after Prunedale Bob sticks so many bass.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: hot

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Guys, if there was ever a time to band together it is now. Assuming this is all true (coming from John, I have the fullest confidence in the accuracy of the information). Let me be the first to suggest that we stage our own "Tournament" on the day they plan Shock and Awe next year. Seriously, this has to stop. Yes, it is "leagal" to keep the accepted limit of bass. And yes, we all deep hook one once in a while and hope it will survive as we watch it swim away. Most of us think of that fish days later and hope it made it. But encouraging a large group of people to bring in the biggest limit they can, all at the same time, on the same day, in the middle of the spawn? And all the fish are killed? Come on now. That is just plain wrong. Let's keep up the chatter on this and put our heads together so this doesn't happen again. Maybe the management at SPI needs a lesson on the subject of how a bass tournament is run. Rule #1: DON'T KILL THE FISH!!! They say you pick your battles, This is one I'm willing to fight. This goes way beyond a couple of guys keeping a few trophy smallies. This is a planned, large scale slaughter of spawning large and smallmouth bass at Trinity Lake. That's all there is to it. Let's do something to protect the most beautiful place to fish in the entire state.
      City: Eureka

      Tips: If anyone at SPI could be reached, I would be curious of their opinion on this. Maybe they just don't realize what they're doing is wrong. It could be as simple as that. My opinion: No matter what, those fish must be saved if they plan on doing this again next year.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: New to Uvas. I fished the center of the face of the damn 3-5PM. Saw some bass running around in the rip rap. Tried a red/white, and green/white strike king spinner.. nothing. Switched up to a carlina rigged pumpkin senko...nothing. Tried unweighted watermelon senko....nothing.


      Came back later and sent on the bank near the big turn out before the parking lot. Used livers with sliding weight on one pole and anchove with slider for kitties. Nothing.
      City: SJ

      Tips: I have none. please share.

Friday, June 9th, 2006

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 57-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Yes, the water temps are correct - but this report is over a 10 day period!! I was up at the lake with my wife for about 8 of 10 days for some relaxation, fun fishing, and two guided trips. The first trip was for about 5 hours with a husband and wife and one of their dads. We fished the east side and caught 15 smallies, mostly 1 1/2 to 2 lbs 11 oz! Guess who caught the biggest - that's right - the lady!! I had her split-shotting a 4" green pumpkin Berkley Power worm. We saw a few smaller bass on beds but didn't really try for them. The other fellow I guided Thurs caught 4 bass, but nothing over 13 inches and I only got bass to 2 lbs - about 6 or 7. It was the beginning of a cold front. This last Tues and Wed evenings - when there was some warm weather - the evening fishing was really good for quality - fishing alone I caught 5 or 6 smallies from 2 1/2 to 3 lbs 2 oz - all post spawners except one. Lots of 2 to 2 1/2's also - fishing the south side of the peninsula. Unfortunately, lots of unsteady weather and south wind most of the days I was there. Rick Tietz came up and fished with me on Tuesday and we did well (about 25) medium size fish - some sight fish. After he left - in the evening - the fish got bigger, har!!!! I found the evenings to be better than the mornings overall.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The first week I saw many bass boats during the week (very few the second week) - I guess preparing for what I was told were 5 tournaments on June 3. I have no idea if that's true, but I have never seen anything like what I saw on that Sat morning - six bass boats fishing 2 adjoining points. Wow, now that's pressure!! If there are 100+ bass boats with full livewells releasing, at the dam ramp, tournament caught bass over a period or a month or so, is it time to think about a release boat - or asking anglers to take some and release them in some other areas? Maybe that's being done - I have been told it's not. One angler told me that after a tournament, an Almanor smallie can swim to the other end of the lake - the next day - where she was caught and return to her bed. That is one fast bass!! Anyway, I hope the new young anglers have the respect for a possible fragile fishery that some of us who have fished the lake for decades do. I just hope bass tournament folks will regulate themselves as this sport grows before a higher authority steps in to do it for them. Anybody remember Trinity Lake in the mid-70's? In fairness, many of those bass were killed for mounts. Gee, I wonder how many emails I will get now!!! Seriously, I just want future generations to be able to enjoy a wonderful fishery (trout included) with absolute killer scenery! On a positive note, I did catch a lot of normal early summer 8 to 12 inch smallies - a healthy sign! Good luck everyone!!!

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 76-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with a friend from 5 pm till 2:30 am. Jig bite was on in afternoon. After dark, soft plastics and jigs worked. Lots of smaller fish (20+) and a few decent fish with the larget going 5-5 on a jig.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Better fish were out in deeper water. Bring warm clothing - it still gets cold at night.