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Saturday, June 3rd, 2006

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

      Report: LAUNCED OUT OF ANTIOCH CITY RAMP AND HEADED FOR SHERMAN ISLAND, GOT 2 ON THE CHATTER BAIT 13-14INCHERS, MADE A LITTLE JAUNT OVER TO BIG BREAK. NOTHING FOR THE FIRST HOUR HEADED INTO THE MARINA AND FOUND'EM. BEST FIVE WENT JUST OVER 20LB (20.23LB). PITCH THOSE SENKO'S IN THE WEEDS AND WATCH FOR THE SUBTLE BITE AND HANG ON. WE DROPED A FISH THAT WAS WELL IN THE 2DIGITS AT THE BOAT, COULDN'T BELIVE IT. CAUGHT ALL FISH BETWEEN 2PM AND 4 PM, ALL IN ALL GREAT DAY! BIG BREAK IS ON FIRE!!! BURN BABY BURN, IGOT THE DISCO FEVER BABY!
      City: MARTINIEZ

      Tips: SENKOS IN ANY THING DARK. BLACK AND RED WAS THE TICKET.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spent all week fishing Clearlake,from monday till saterday june 3rd. fihsing tues was tough wendsday same cought eaght to ten fish tuesday bigest going around 31/2, all fish had big belley's,and verry strong, thursday much better day bigest arond six pound's great lake cant wait to get back out.
      City: Turlock

      Tips: zoom plastick's worked fof me in grass.

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake about 7AM looking for a topwater bite. Shad were boiling near the shore. Tried a Vixen and a Splash-It but no takers. Got a dink on a spinnerbait later on. Bass weren't cooperating at all, so I went to the dam to see what was going on. Caught a crappie on a Stacey 90 jerkbait...go figure. Caught a bluegill on a tailspinner...here we go. Tied on a rooster tail and caught 6 trout in about an hour. Threw an Eagle Speckled Trout swimbait for another hour but no takers.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Watch out for the jet skiers and don't forget the sunscreen. An anchor wouldn't hurt either.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out late. Started around noon. Caught several on rip baits and spinner baits. Caught 1 on a jig and 1 on a drop shot. All the spots I caught were spawned. Caught 1 large mouth that still had eggs.
      City: Sacramento

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 72-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We caught our fish on dropshots, the new huddlebug and TnT jigs. Caught some also on brushogs and blade fish. Majority of the fish were in the 2-3lb range. Took my wife and 2 1/2 yr. old boy out. Off of the water by noon.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Topwater and blades in the morning. Guiding on McClure, Eastman, Don Pedro and some others (209) 604-8222

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

      Report: Fished the South Lake and bank at the Impoundment for 2 hrs. this afternoon. Tossed a chartreuse spinnerbait and wack rigged 4" blue Fat Senko. There are bass cruisin' around. Two of them followed my plastic in close to the shallow flats near the bank, then bolted off. I met 2 brothers - Tim and Howard. They launched a couple of tubes. It was the perfect day for them. I wonder how they did? No fish for me today, but had a good time in the sun, smoked 2 terrific cigars (Dominican Partagas Perfecto and a Nicaraguan Perdomo Exclusivo Eminencia).
      City: Daly City

      Tips: Keep on pluggin'...With the amount of fry in the water, there is going to be a lot of competition for your lure offerings...

  • Fresno County
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      Water Temp: 70-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Fpt today. Me and partner just scratched out a limit. It was very tough for most. There are fish taking zara spooks in squaw cove first thing in the morning on the left hand side where ever there is a point w/rocks and on the long flats. Caught other fish on rip baits. When boat traffic picks up head up river. There were lots of fish past the 5 mph buoys taking darter head worms 4" curly tail robos in shad and warmouth colors. Drop shots and senkos were working for some also. Fish in river were anywhere from 2 feet to 25 feet. Its really hit and miss. Thursday fish were all over. Today there were hard to find. Good luck
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Main lake early. UP river later to avoid boat traffic. Reaction early then finesse later in the day.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The off-the-hook topwater bite that was present during the week slowed down alot. fish had moved out to 14-18'. green pumpkin or MM3's were the color for plastics, and jigs in some combo of brown, orange, green pumpkin and/or cinnimon seemed to produce. we used precision jigs w/arkie heads and brown skirts paired with yamamoto twin tail grubs in green pumpki/black flake (297 i think...). jig bite was abit frustrating with either soft pickups or the fish dropping it quick. we were never able to figure out what the required hookset was. switched up to senkos in the afternoon. wind started to blow whitecaps onto the main lake body around 11am, so we headed for the coves. lots of dinks, biggest was just under 3lbs. fun day with full sun up high
      City: Sonora

      Tips: find the rockpiles in 16' and get ready to rip 'em

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished for thunders saturday, with little luck. I would like to fish the back ponds for bass. which pond do you guys fish? Is it the one closest to the exit, with the concrete crossing bridge? Because I never see bass in there or anybody fishing!! I would like to bring my young brother, and we practice Catch and release!!!
      City: Fremont

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went back to the lake again and found the fishing to still be pretty good even though I got a late start. The main reason I went however, was to check out the reports that I had been getting about a little informal tournament that was going on. Sure enough, SPI employees were having their annual Hook em and Cook em tourney. It seems that teams are weighing in ten fish limits then getting out the filet knives. Now I could be wrong about some of this, but the participants I spoke to were with the understanding that they were to bring their ten fish limits to Preacher Meadow Campground, which the Forest Service provided to them, to be weighed. I'm going to find out a lot more and when I do I'll post it immediately. I'm particularly interested in how many Blacks are weighed with chewed up tails as they are now in full blown spawning mode. The 2 fish limit, which was instituted to protect the spawn, has got to be extended on this lake, as I have caught spawning Blacks well after the 4th of July for the past several years. I can only hope that either my information is wrong, or, that the fishing really sucked for these guys today. Don't get me wrong, I grew up being a consumptive angler and I have nothing against eating a 2lb fish or 2 once in a while. But somehow we need to educate folks better about the fact that the reason Trinity Lake is such an incredible fishery is that 98% of the fish that are caught here die of natural causes, not by getting stabbed by a filet knife.
      City: W

      Tips: SPI is a neighbor of mine, and for the 16 yrs I've been here, they've been good neighbors. It doesn't seem possible that it is a sanctioned event supported by the company. That I'm going to try and find out about also. If any of you know any of the participants of this event, maybe you could help educate them a little. I came home early because my choice of educational tool would probably have resulted in my being arrested.

Friday, June 2nd, 2006

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 75-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the points and abroad until about 2:30AM last night. Scoring a fish here and there with many of the bites coming short and subtle. Lots of rats, a couple of 1-2 lbers. Largest fish for me was about 3 and 1/4. Tried different areas of the lake, including the points off Mountain Springs, Rock Creek, Doney Bay and Jackson Creek. Fish were pretty much anywhere there was a bit of rock.
      City: Sacramento, CA

      Tips: Used everything from Lipless Cranks, Senkos, Jigs and Baby Brush Hogs. Biggest fish came on a jig in about 10ft of water. Bites on Jigs/Worms were so subtle. Dont waste time waiting for the fish to tug - set the hook right away!

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the back of Cappell Cove. The bite was real slow. That section of the lake is about 12 feet deep maximum. I got a few dinks, but I think that the fish have moved out into the 15 to 20 foot range. It was a hot day with bluebird skies and I think they were probably hanging tight to deeper structure. You may have a shot in Cappell Cove in the very early morning, but I'm not going back in there until the catfish start rolling in mid summer.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: With the weather and water temp climbing, the bass are going to move deeper. I'll be jigging and cranking 6 to 8 foot deep shelfs near steep dropoffs. If it's cool enough in the morning, I'll give topwater a try, but I suspect that the topwater bite won't last long when the sun comes up. Green and purple shade senkos get bit at this lake.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68-70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 1pm launched out of hollands tract with my buddy sean. fished the tulles opposite from the docks with no luck. the wind was just killing us. couldn't get boat position. i had to fight with the trolling motor on full power and was still getting blown around. so we decided to find somewhere with calmer winds. lucky we did! between the two of us we must of caught over 15 fish, biggest one was a 7.75 that i caught next to some tulles. my personal best so far. i was so happy i missed sean's hi five. turned what was going to be a ok day to a great day.
      City: el sobrante

      Tips: all fish caught on rattel traps

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      Water Temp: 68-69 degrees

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launed out of Russo's at sunrise and went to favorite spots on Franks Tract.My fishing buddy's 1st cast nailed a 3lb stripper that just straightened the wires on his spinnerbait and took forever to bend back into shape..The Gail force winds where extremely difficult to fish in..We then caught several small fish around tules with blades. Tried finding areas out of the wind which was impossible to do so off the water around 12:30pm.
      I love the Delta but the wind really messes up the day.The perdicted wind for the day was 10-20 but it felt more like 40mph Gail winds..
      City: EDH

      Tips: Don't fish when it's windy you will only regret it later..

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of paridise. Fished around king island and white slough. little mike nailed a 7lber on a rip bait first thing . As the wind increased the bite decreased. Beavers flipped as the boat roared by the tullies worked. Saw a fish or two on beds? Rattle traps nailed a couple of small keepers in the wind. No spinner bait bite?
      City: orangevale

      Tips: Tough fishing in a gail. Big fish need slow presentation. Still the delta is a neat place.Should have checked the weather forcast for wind conditions.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished off Brown's Landing tucked in from the wind a little. Worked from 88 rock to the 3rd house. Drop shot with a 18 inch leader, got 12 in 2 hours.

      whee big fun

      Bluegill everywhere, bring the kids.

      A full day of dual sport riding with friends and vintage midgets at Lakeport Speedway tomorrow.

      Is this a fun place or what?!
      City: Oakland/Clearlake

      Tips: wear sunscreen

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      Water Temp: Warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Yesterday caught 7.6 lb female...spawned out. She fell for a lucky craft lipless bait in Chartruse Shad pattern. Beleive the theories about fishing the wind blown banks...it's all true. Today, caught 8 fish out of the same hole...same bait and same theory. All 1-3.5 lbs.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Anything shad pattern and target the windy banks...shad are following the algae...bass are right behind 'em. Also, baby Bass pattern cranks should work as I snagged Bass frye about 1/4" in lenght...3 times. Bass have definately reached "post spawn" mode...in fact, no bed fish anywhere. GOOD FISHIN' !

  • Siskiyou County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lots of smaller fish in the shallow stuff (12-14")4 fish over 2lb for the day. Brown grass jig for the best bite. Water still very high and visability is still low.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 71-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished till 11:30AM. Most fish to 4 lbs were caught on Normans "deep little N" crankbaits. (In baby bass color). A few smaller fish were caught using Rico

      Tips: Cranking grasslines on main and secondary points were most productive for me.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 60's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took to young men (15&17)out for a day that had never fished before, caught 3 fish each in about 30 min. let them keep the largest 2 for home. Anyway they had the time of their lives. Spots seemed to hit on pretty much whatever got tossed at them.
      City: Cottonwood

      Tips: Fish are about 10 -20' off the banks and sitting on the egde of the coves. Have a ball !!