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Monday, May 29th, 2006

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      Water Temp: 65-69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Not bad timing for a holiday weekend. Monday morning was a good time to hit the water at CFW when everbody was still sleeping in with a hang over. The water was warm in the rock creek, no top water bite, crankin or spinner bite. Good lizard, brush hog on a texas rig or a jig in brown or brown/purple. Flipping the bushes or trees and retreving it slow was the ticket. 25-30 fish from 1 to 3 lbs until noon when the lake lice came out for there fun time. A nice sunny morning on the water
      City: rocklin

      Tips: Green pumkin or watermelon colors

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 64-67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We fished the edge of tules by state park. We had our best success on 6" ox blood worms fished slow. Fish were just weight, no hard hits. We also had some luck on a white spinner bait.
      City: MIDDLETOWN

      Tips: fish slow right at tule line or back in tules. ox blood seemed to work best followed by mm III.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: at the boat launch i caught 1 dink off of drop shot. near the the 1st dock i caught another dink on dropshot. With confidence in my dropshot, at the pool i pulled in a nice 1-2 pound bass and another dink. With 4 fish total i was pretty happy.
      City: antioch, ca

      Tips: worm color was pink with charchreuse tail and purple with charchreuse tail.

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

      Report: Went tubing with my girlfriend at 7:00am. Started off drop shotting across from the launch ramp and caught a couple of 1lb-ers. My girlfriend was nailing them with night crawlers so I swallowed my pride and went with the worms. Very fun day catching about 5 fish each in the 1.5-3.0 lb range. Quit at about noon. Lost a pretty big one on my trout rig, when it practially jumped into the float tube and snapped the line over my other rods.
      City: San Jose

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

      Report: Cruisin' Bass at Lake Merced today...one about 3 lb the other around 1 lb. The small one followed my Gitzit minnow bait almost to the bank, but did not strike. The bigger fish was just swimming around. Bustin' the fry in boils as it moved through the deeper water adjacent to the shallows.

      Yakked with Petey Pete about his Delta fishing trip and his pic (posted in the photo secton). My son came down and threw a Blade Dancer with me for a while - but no fish today.
      City: Daly City, CA

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: in the 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a total of 8 Smallmouth...most averaged 1-1 1/2lb. Fish #6 was the biggest...It was about a 2 1/2lb smallie. Fought really nice...Great action
      City: Fremont

      Tips: PLEASE CATCH AND RELEASE THE BASS

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Memorial Day - should have known better...
      The most boat traffic I've ever seen on this lake.
      The picnic area was filled with folks having a great time, obviously the boat ramp\cove area was very noisy.

      Lots of anglers on the shore - lots in boats. Not a lot of fish caught. I think they had everything including the kitchen sink dropped on their heads.

      Go to the lake about 10:30 (too late)
      High skies, warm weather, tried a small 4-8 diving swim bait, hula grubs, carolina rigged a mister twister 4" fry (I love the action of this bait) it just wiggles and flitters about, and the ribs produce little air bubbles if you twitch it. However no takers or maybe I didn't feel the pickup.

      Worked the island, trees, laydowns, rockwalls, even drifted across to the dam. Nothing, Nothing, Nothing.

      I love this lake but it has been tough on me the last couple of weeks. Should have tried a drop shot or maybe a shakey head.. (shakey, shakey)
      City: San Jose

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 67-69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Meet a Young Couple at 7AM at Markley. The ski crown was just about getting ready to commit their souls to the lake when we lauched an left for the first spot. First spot the young lady hooked a nice spot (Long and slim). Within a short time I watched 10 ski boats come around the corner. Where out of here!!!!..
      Headed straight North and fished above the silver barn in my favorite spot "Northeast Corner" sat out around 100 yrds in 18-23ft and and had them Drop-shot a Robo Prism Shad in the grass clumps. By 4PM they had caught approx 35 fish within a 150yd stretch, deepist probably 27. By the way, the young lady out fished in number and size her other half. "I didn't say that". We left their to watch the ZOO. Wow, total mud out on the banks in the narrows. Took a guy into Berryessa Marina. His Patoon style boats battery died. Had a ton of elderly folks and kids on board. Pulled out quick and hooked and booked home.

      Rich Thiel www.calbassguide.com
      City: Rio Vista

      Tips: Drop-shot and try Topwater in the morning. will be up there again during the week when the Zoo leaves.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough fishing in the west delta today. The banks got pounded hard this weekend, and all the boat traffic didn't help. Few on spinnerbaits and a few soft hits (little fish) on assorted plastics.
      City: San Bruno

      Tips: Let it settle back down after this holiday rush. Good luck.

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

      Report: Fished in the wind and cold this evening at dusk for 1 hour. Flipping the tules at bridge on South Lake. Had a bite on 6" brown/chartreuse tail Power Worm (rigged on a 3/3 oz round jighead) that took the tail off. Checked my reports from last year. The fish were showing up about this time. The bad weather we had in March and April may have put them off a few weeks, but they should be around soon.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: Patience, patience... and dress warm.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Made the mistake of going fishing on Memorial Day weekend because I hadnt been fishing in a week. Bass in the morning were chasing shad and busting the surface everywhere in the first cove I was in. Over a hundred crappie caught but no extra large ones, still kept a limit. Bass slowed down in the afternoon when boat traffic picked up. Fished topwater and dropshot in the morning and switched to drop-shot robos and spinnerbait later. Largest fish was a 4lb spot on drop shot at 20ft.
      City: manteca

      Tips: Avoid the crowd, fish during the week. Bass on topwater/dropshot ealry and dropshot/spinner later on. Crappie on panfish tubes and dropshot.
      Cant really say exactly where fish are located because the bass were from shore related to cover out to about 60 yards in the open water busting shad.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Great day for numbers. Caught 50+ fish on any lure we wanted, but the biggest only went 2 1/4. The jig bite was awesome. Fish were primarily in 10 to 20 feet. Just dragged them around. Not the most exciting way to fish, but effective. Blade bite was OK once the mudlines formed. Beautiful day. Houseboats were out and the sights were nice.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Just drag your favorite bait. The reaction bite should get better with the warmer temps.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 60*

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Pardee... w. Family.. Lots of Blue Gills.. 4 Bass... 2 Keepers...
      fished Blue Flaked Grubs...
      City: Stockton

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Whoever said he caught the 2 big ones in the preserve area, i believe you. I went out there in my float tube and saw some lunkers cruisin. I think they are still spawning and can be caught.
      City: San Leandro

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WINDY - WINDY - WINDY -

      Thats what I hear from three guys that did the Gold Coast Bass Tourney so I am sorta happy that I had to work today, missing out on the havoc of dead trolling motor batteries trying to keep the unit in place for more than a minute. Lots of wind and no place to hide.

      Lots of fish caught but most were dinks. Keepers were in the 2-3 pound range and my co-worker ended up 3rd on a spot I told him about. The boys from Tackle Warehouse in SLO town grabbed the big kitty for the day.
      City: Santa Maria

      Tips: Blades were working as were watermelon blk/red flake softies.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished top water early and only 2 applied. Missed a couple lazy ones. Went to dam and cranked a couple. Jumped around a lot hitting spot we have caught fish in the past. Bite was off due to the cold wind. Ended up with small limits. Mike D dropped a 3lber or was I to slow to the net? Bite will pick up with the warmer weather. Tell Joe M to wave when he idles by next time.
      City: orangevale

      Tips: Lake is full fish are off the beds. Lake is full of crazy people Memorial Day weekend. Sheriff is writing tickets like crazy. Did anyone slow down?Jet skiers are in the narrows? Go on weekdays.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the lake at 7:30 and blown off at 10:30. Caught 2 spawned out 1 lb males off a 4" green weenie drop shotting off a ledge in 20' of water by the dam. There was no reaction bite (popper, blades, jerkbait). It was a brisk morning at 48 when I arrived and a cool 62 when I left the lake. It was WINDY all morning.
      City: San Jose

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took out 2 guy's on Saterday. Started at 5:45 before the zoo showed up. Had a big fish on a topwater first off, but came loose. Rip bite was fair. Most fish were taken on grubs with 1/8oz. darthead and Carolina riged Magic worms in the North Fork.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Keep that rod down when you get a good fish on a Topwater bait.

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

      Report: Out from 10:30am to 4:00pm. South and North lakes and impoundment. It was windy - again and primarily threw a Bass Assassinator spinnerbait and flipped YUM Wooly Hawg or Berkeley 6" plastic worm cinnamon brown w/ black flecks and chartreuse curly tail into tules till about 3:00pm. Ran into a couple of bassers tossing spinnerbaits. A day in the sun and wind, with nary a bite, bump or hit. Went back to impoundment around 3:00pm and tossed a jointed crankbait, Excalibut Spittin' Image top water, wacky rigged Senko for an hour- to no avail.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: I'm gonna wait for conditions to settle down a bit - go back out tonight (5/28)at a little before dusk...the bass are out there...I can just feel it.

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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Shallow or deep...take your pick. There was a good buzz-bait bite beginning late in the morning for me...got seven small bass on three different buzz-baits beginning about 11:00 a.m., mostly on rock banks. Meanwhile, John caught seven nicer bass drop-shotting in 25 feet out side the deep weedbeds. A couple of trout fisherman caught nice bass while trolling for trout over the main lake basin...must be some suspended bass out there recuperating from the spawn.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Try buzz-baits early, then drop-shot until late in the morning when the buzz-baits might work again. Lake level was dropping again, about a foot in the last week. If that continues, the fish will probably move off the banks and go deeper.