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Saturday, June 17th, 2006

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 68-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Basin Bassmasters out of Loomis filled the lake with boats for a tourament, 6 hours. Going to be a very hot day, so get your limit early. Working the trees in the main body finding big bass with spinner baits, jigs and worms. Some fish were found on the points in 15-30 ft shaking JK jigs. The fish will move into the trees a the sum hits the water. Island tops in deep water 20-40 ft. Winning weight was 14.0 lbs with a 5.80 big fish.
      City: rocklin

      Tips: trees near deep water are the best.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started fishing around channel point pitching and casting a black/brown/pumpkin jig with big texan sweet beaver,but no bites.Moved to the right of the pier and started casting in front of reeds and caught 10-13lb bass.
      City: Antioch, CA

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      Water Temp: 83

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: A lot of weird moss in the lake! Looks like fine hair and makes fishing tough. My buddy and I fished from 5:30am to around 2:30 pm with only 10 bass in the boat. A couple nice ones 3-4 lbs, but the rest were dinks. The water condition made fishing difficult. Our rods and reels had the moss all over them making casting hard. The moss got in my buddies boat motor and clogged it up. We left earlier than we wanted because we didn't want to overheat the motor. We heard that this moss comes every year! That stinks.
      City: Exeter

      Tips: We used Lizards to catch the dinks and worms to catch the larger fish. They seem to like fluorescent yellow tails.

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

      Report: I would have to agree with Bobby about the Lake Lice at Folsom. Some of them (please note that I say some) have absolutly no respect for anyone else on the lake. Many a time I have been fishing in a 5 mile zone only to have a yahoo in a ski boat go flying through with his music blasting not aware that he has almost thrown me from my boat. He probably didn't even know that I was there. There are a ton of great people that use Folsom and respect everyone there......there is always a few that ruin it for everyone!
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Take a kid fishing......he'll probably fish better than your tournament partner! Sorry......could not resist it!

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      Water Temp: 70+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Dude at least I give my name...I won't take up to much space here because the other fishermen don't need to hear this(this will be my last posting).I was making for a fun story line a funny posting, C'mon dude I know that this is a state park in the middle of three large cities and that it is open to anybody..And, by the way, I am not overweight in the slightest. My body fat is around 14% and I keep in shape..I too have kids that I take fishing with me and it makes it difficult to survive let alone fish a small point when skiers are flying by you at top speeds in the 5 mile zone may I have you..The story line was all in fun and I do apologize to anyone that may have been affended by my comments...Tight lines and take your kids to a safe place to fish.
      City: EDH

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

      Report: Was out of town all week and haven't been to the Lake. Saturday, went fishing from 4:45 to 6:30pm. Weather was very nice, mid sixties with slight breeze. Fished the impoundment and south lake. Baby fry that disappeared a week back have reappeared, larger, but not as abundant. Seem to be a number of carp fry. Although, many of the fish schools have a distinctive green coloring (bass). Tossed a spinnerbait, Rapala floating minnow and drop shot rigged roboworm...got completely skunked. Had a great time trying and smoked a pretty good Nicaraguan 898 Diadema.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: I did see 1 small bass in shallow water, but the fish are not in the numbers that they were at this time last year. The fish are probably holding out in deeper water, since the spawn may be done with. The water levels are a lot higher than last year as well.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the launch again, same result as couple of weeks ago, no basses seen around the coves and docks. So, I decided to fish for trout, no bites whatsoever, but guys around the bank are catching catfishes like crazy. There was one guy catching his limit of catfishes ranging from 3-5 pounds each on his stringer. The guys used scent on their baits and caught a few carps too. The crappie bite is on all around the docks, 20 feet out and 2 feet deep with mini jigs, caught a good size lunker crappie on a green mini jig. I used mainly spinner bait the rest of the day and caught a 2 pound male bass, it bit on a white spinnerbait. I threw him back, there are tons of baby basses around the docks and coves. Probaly the only basses hitting are males, no mama hawgs sighted whatsoever. All in all, the catfish and crappie bites are HOT. Bring out you rigs for catfish and panfish, and limit out!
      City: Concord

      Tips: The bites are on 10 am till sunset for catfishes, the crappies come out and feed after 5pm, good palm size crappies caught everywhere around the launch. Wax worms and jigs for crappies, stink bait and scent for catfishes!

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

      Report: Went up to the East fork and Flipped Sweet Beavers in the Brush... Caught several Largemouth over 5 pounds and had a 6.5... Also 3.2 pound smallie... Awesome day with over 20 pounds... The big girls are in the outside brush piles...

      Thanks Trinity Lake!
      City: Castaic

      Tips: Flip the deeper brush piles

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: tullock is a great lake for smallies,in the begging of may i stuck a couple three pounders and dozens of smaller fish. fishing should still be good throughout the summer in the morning and evening, when the boat pressure is down. dont know to much about the trout fishing but i tried trolling in the beggining of june and got skunked.
      City: riverbank

      Tips: for smallies i used a top water popper and a small bleeding bait spinnerbait. later in the morning which is when i caught the bigger fish i used a shallow diving trout pattern crankbait. this time of year i get the best results with light tackle and clear 8 pound test line, it also make the fishing more enjoyable with lite tackle. good luck

Friday, June 16th, 2006

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

      Report: Trolled the western shoreline from 7 am to about 10:30 am. Caught 3 keeper Kokanee using pink needlefish behind a dodger at a depth of about 30-35 feet. Switched over to bass fishing at about 11:00 and worked the eastern shoreline, spending most of our time in willow creek cove. Boated, and released, 10 or so spotted bass, all 1 to 2 pounds. T-rigged worms and drop shotting were working for us. Bites ocurred off steep drop-offs. I went out the next day and fished from shore in Dark Day Cove. Caught 3 spotted bass and missed 2 more in about 3 hours fishing plastic worms on a lightweight T-rig. Spots are all over the place, but where are the largemouth?
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Got more bass bites on the smaller baits. They bit nothing but worms, but ocassionally, they would nip at a small tube. The lake is loaded with spotted bass. You can catch big numbers of small spots working points and ledges. I saw bigger fish (maybe 4 pounds plus) cruising in schools just below the surface in Willow Creek, but they were spooky and didn't like anything we had to offer. Based on the spotted bass we were catching, I'm guessing the larger fish we saw were likely smallmouth.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: this lake stump's me.. hit or miss...AC has it right..normally I do well ..all dinks...lot's of big fckn carp jumping.. well that's Chesbro..
      City: morgan hill

      Tips: the tip..there is none lately..the weather pattern and all of the water being drawn off, I think, and I know they are hanging in 10 to 15...off a drop... ya need to be in 35 ft. there not hanging in the shallows... dropshotting is worthless.. in the wind... you will get the dinks ..most of you count them..I dont...a dink is less than 1.8 pds

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Last week clients had a good topwater bite going for most of the outgoing tide, then switch to flippin worms into weed pockets and tule clumps. This week saw the topwater bite fade with the small fronts and wind that have moved in and out. The spinnerbait bite took its place and went strong through the outgoing tide.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Give the fish what they want. Don't be afraid to change.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: perfect for wak

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: "Conituned to fish the North side because the South is loaded with watre Rats, you name it they have it. Jet skis, Ski boats pulling skiers, pulling tubes, pulling thinga-ma-bob's, and wanta-be ski boats just pulling anybody brave enough to hold on for their lives. Back to the fishing.."

      Bobby - Why must you refer to others that use Folsom State Park as water rats? You are giving myself, and other that are bass fisherman a bad name by doing so. How would you feel if somebody refered to you as some overweight fat tourney guy that when faced with bass vs. family chooses bass.
      City: Folsom, CA

      Tips: C'mpn Bobby...It's summertime at Folsom Lake. What did you expect? Find a lake that has designated 5 mph zones and fish them during this time of year.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 73-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In at Limesaddle at 7:00 and out at 3:00pm.Fished the shade and mudlines in Outhouse Cove and Dark Canyon with a clown pointer 100,Shad colored spinnerbait and Spotspanker 6" worm. Good reaction bite all day, used the worm each time the wind and boats stopped. 34 fish in the boat with two overs and a few rats,most were slots. Boat traffic keeps the shallow bite going if you have the patience to deal with it.
      City: Willows

  • Bayfield County
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      Water Temp: 60-65 - 82 outs

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a great time fishing this beautiful lake for the first time! My buddy Mike and I caught 25+ fish for the day! Tossed the float tubes in about 6:30 down at the shallow end and within 10 minutes Mike had three 1+ pounders landed - but I recovered with my first fish about 15 minutes later at 5+lbs! The rest of the day I got a 3+ and several 1-2 lbers!I won the "big fish" and "most fish" battle between us! Busted out the fly rod for some great panfish action too!
      City: Santa Rosa -&- McKinleyville

      Tips: First fished 6" Senko - Black w/Blue Flake for the 5+lber. Switched to purple/brown Roboworm no weight - fished super slow lotsa fish -tons of bites. But the best "quantity" color was by far the brown Roboworm weightless and slow fished - They loved the slow fall and usually hit on the way down or right after the first twitch! Watch your line too - had alot the just picked it up and started to cruise - pay attention!

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71 Degrees Sunn

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My good friend Dan Gee took me out in his new 16# Lund. Dan caught a limit before I even got a hit. I just told him that he could catch all the small bass and I would catch the big one. Dan caught 12 bass from 1# to 3#s. And I caught an 8#
      2oz on a weightless 5in. watermelon senko at the crest of the 9am high tide.
      City: Frank's Tract area

      Tips: Be patient and cast spinnerbaits and senkos between the weed beds as often as possible.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 68-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I began the official summer night fishing season with my "catfish king" client from Colorado last night. He is vitising "sunny California" - right? We started at 7 pm with post-front conditions after earlier rain, stiff cold wind though not horrible, fog forming after midnight - and this is all a week before the longest day of the year! I was determined to see him go home happy after a tough week of family boating and cold weather. We caught three before dark in the Rattlesnake arn on worms. I had fun doing what I used to do a lot - "called the fish"! I told him where to cast and said he would catch one - he did! I did it again later at night - what a hoot!! About 11 pm thing began to happen where the wind would let us fish and starting getting bass from Buckingham Point to and including Konocti Bay. He had the hot bait - an 8" dark green/chartreuse tail Yamamoto grub. The bass wanted that!!! He caught a 5 lb 6 oz, two 4 1/4's for starters on that bait. My biggest on a Berkley 10" Power worm was only about 4-2. We did wind up with 19 bass with a "just under" 22 lb limit. He lost the last 3 or 4 and then discovered a dull hook! This trip broke my rule that you can't do well on a damp, moist night when the boat is all wet. Maybe it's ok in the summer months! His trip home will hopefully be a little more pleasant!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The weather will warm up quickly now and may be stable for a week or so. Wouldn't that be amazing! Maybe the topwater/frog bite will take off!!

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, today was my first real day of fishing back at Contra Loma after two years. It was a good day over all. Found out that I still know the loma bass pretty good after two years...caught 8 fish in total during about 4 hours of fishing. Fished from around noon until 4 or so. Fished on the back side of the lake. I figured if I caught fish on beds 3 years ago in June at Contra Loma I could still do it...so that's what I did. I actually only caught two bass that I sight-fished off of beds, but I was fishing as though I was fishing for spawning bass. Caught all but one bass flippin' around a yammamoto hula grub (208). All bass were in the 1-3lb range. Mostly decent 2.5#ers. Sight-fished one 2lber off of a bed with the hula grub. Then the highlight of the day was when I spotted a HAWG on a bed. I saw her and figured she was probably a good 8 or 9 lber (it's been a while since I've been any real big bass), so I flipped my hula grub at her...and she went for that right away, but only pulled the tails off. Put on another hula grub, and same thing. Then she wouldn't hit it again. Tried a senko, and she would only grab it by the tail and carry it away with no hook in her mouth. Then that's when I decided...all right, time to pull out the top gun...pulled out the same bait that I caught my previous lake record on a few years ago...and after a few pitches she gobbled it right up! When she jumped and started shaking her head that's when I realized that she was a bit bigger than the 8 or 9lbs I figured she was. Well, long story short...got her weighed in at 11.6lbs. That's my new personal best. Not bad for my first trip back to the loma in a couple of years...
      City: Antioch

      Tips: I think most of the fish are post-spawn right now, but I wanted to target any late spawners and see if I couldn't luck out with a hawg. Well, sure enough I did. From what I remember, I've usually been able to catch a few big late spawners up until the very end of June. Pitch a hula grub around tules and you'll catch fish.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: first time on the lake this year...a beautiful day with the winds calmer than usual, so i couldn't blame the weather..couldn't figure out what was going on with mr. bass. hooked 6 of them, boated 4 with 2 dinks. saw bigger fish in the shallow weeds, but they didn't want to play. biggest fish of the day was a 4# catfish that ate my crank..sporadically graphed bait, but only a couple of fish...dunno, maybe it was a post spawn/full moon thing...

      Tips: based on today, i can't really offer any solid advice. if you go out and its tough like today, maybe fishing steep walls and deeper would be better...

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 70-71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of the Marina on the Folsom side because it's the only ramp that has docks above water. Water level very high, Browns Revine boat dock is under water which it more difficult to launch when you're the lone ranger. Proceeded to the South arm first cove fished for 2 hours no fish. Marked a lot of bait but fish just not active. Moved across to the North side and landed a 3lb spot on a 194 Senko(my fishingg buddy hates it when I use numbers instead of colors) but it makes for a more interesting story. Conituned to fish the North side because the South is loaded with watre Rats, you name it they have it. Jet skis, Ski boats pulling skiers, pulling tubes, pulling thinga-ma-bob's, and wanta-be ski boats just pulling anybody brave enough to hold on for their lives. Back to the fishing..Proceeded up the North arm near the Pennsula(can't see it because it to is under water)Fished some rocky secondary points using a dart head with an Iovino Peanut Butter and Jelly 6in worm when the line goes dead pull. I thought I was snagged--but no after 20 minutes of fighting this fish that won't surface, I finally win the battle when i bring her to the surface and it's a 15lb Catfish..I'm thinking instant release but she's got the damn hook in her. I pull her in weigh her and release the beast for future anglers(you're all welcome). Winds started howling out of the North at @10 -15 miles an hour(weather only said 7- But they're never wrong?)and it felt like I was on the Fricking Delta. I love my home body of water but the wind can drive you off in a hurry. Off the water by 2pm..Better luck next time--Yeh, I have said that before! Tight lines and watch out for water RATS!
      City: EDH

      Tips: Catch and release all Catfish!