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Saturday, May 20th, 2006

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the back end of the lake. Lots of structure. Friend caught a dinker off some brush near the bank off plastic worm. Other than that, lots of carp, all on the surface, can smell them, can hear them kissing the surface.
      City: Morgan Hill

      Tips: Get the x-bow out, good carp fishing here. Lots of 10+pounders all over the place

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 65-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: launched at lime sattle at 5:30 and went to dark cannon. the water temp was to warm. went 5 miles up the norht fork in search for 68 degree water. caught 103 between the 2 of us.olny 1 on a crank. the rest we caught on tequilla sunrise, june bug or oxblood blue worms.the majority of the fish were caught on the bank.the best five went 12 pounds
      City: live oak

      Tips: find the cold water and fish close to the bank.

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

      Report: Caught five bass in the 11/2 to 2 pound range within an hour.. beautiful overcast day
      City: Fremont

      Tips: fish reactive baits to get there attention

  • Bayfield County
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      Water Temp: cool

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We wanted to get a whole day of fishing in, but didn't actually start fishing until 9:30am. First trip to Ruth this year. We stuck over 80 fish in about 6hrs. We had one solid 6lb on my 3rd cast he hit 2 times before I stuck him. I had to change plastics. Also about ten in the 2 1/2 to 3lb category. approx 17lb bag limit.
      Not a bad day for Ruth Lake. Gotta love it practice catch and release.
      City: Fortuna

      Tips: When pulling up to the spot you want to fish, don't give up after catching a couple fish. The bigger fish would come after we landed the smaller more aggressive fish. Good Luck

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 67-71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lots of bass everywhere. Took them on ripbaits, dartheads,senkos,worms, and brush hogs. Fish were from the bank out to 15' of water. We caught them on all sorts of structure, but the bigger bass came from cover like trees and stumps. Big rainbows were killing 6" senkos in the marina as well. The bass were about 60/40 largemouth and smallies. Largest was 3 pounds. No crappie as of yet, but hundreds of juvie redear could be seen. Fun day.
      City: Sant Rosa

      Tips: Take a kid fishin. NOW IS THE TIME.
      Anyone been catfishing lately?

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The water was VERY clear, I saw some very large bass straight across from the launch ramp, off the point by the trees. I threw everything i had, senkos, spinners, some trout looking thing, topwater. I couldnt get them to bite. I didnt have any night crawlers, I was thinking crawdads but i didnt have any. I think next time ill bring some crawdads and fish with them live. Any suggestions?
      City: sunnyvale

Friday, May 19th, 2006

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

      Report: My cousin and I went out early Friday morning. It was very windy and we were getting blown off of our spots. We fished points and coves on the main lake from 0600 to 1100. We caught a total of 24 fish. We caught spots, smallmouth, and largemouth on jerkbaits, spooks, and dropshotting minnow imitations. Most were keepers in the 1.5 to 2 pound range. Trolling motor quit at 1100 and the wind was getting worse so we called it a day.
      City: Citrus Heights, CA

      Tips: Have a dropshot rig ready for the fish that follow hooked fish to the boat.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 3 of us fished Disappointment and Whites. Launched at 5:30A and off the water at 12:30P. Caught 14 keeper size bass (best 5: 14 lbs - largest 3.5 lbs) and a bunch of small ones. It was windy out there. Only thing that caught fish were white spinnerbaits.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Tried a lot of stuff (buzz baits, frogs, Rat L Traps, senkos, and a variety of different colored spinnerbaits), but no takers on them. White spinnerbaits were either 3/8 or 1/2 oz.

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

      Report: Fished Friday from 6-3. Caught over 70 fish.
      Moslty on plastics. All up the middle fork. 2-20'
      big fish 3 1/2lbs. best 5 13lbs.
      caught 10 early morning on crank.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: they are hitting just about anything. dark worms/grubs are killing them.

      HAVE FUN

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 73-77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WINDY DAY, BUT MANAGED TO GET SIX+ LIMITS. MOST OF THE CATCH WAS ON CRANKS WITH ONLY 5 ON THE 'OL TEXAS RIG. I FOUND A COUPLE OF AREAS WERE THE XMAS TREES WERE DEPOSITED. THANKS FOR THE GREAT STRUCTURE!! MOST FISH WERE LMB WITH A FEW FEISTY SMALLIES THROWN IN. NO SPOTS.
      City: WINTERS

      Tips: GET OFF YOUR BUTT AND GO FISHIN'. WATCH YOUR ELECTRONICS AND LOOK FOR STRUCTURE. PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69*

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Paradise Point... Eight Mile Rd
      Fishing Disappointment for 2 Hrs in the Evening..
      6 fish in the Boat... Lost 4 on the way to the Boat...missed 4 hits... Bass range 8" to 1 1/2"
      Small Dinks Only No Big'uns...

      Fished Rock Walls and Tules... Tide was coming up and was a late high tide.. so couldn't stay out that late...

      Fished Chartrouse Spinner Bait with Brass Blades...
      City: Stockton

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: dunno

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Just want to let out of town folks know that today at least there's a 5 MPH speed limit on entire lake.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: 5 mph speed limit on entire lake. Call state recreation area for status before you spend big bucks on gas driving to Folsom Lake.

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got 7 bass to 2.5 #'s. No 6-9#'ers for me. Fished all over the lake from 3:00 to 7:45. Anywhere there is cover which is everywhere right now. Buddy got 3. Saw lots of big schools in open water (trout?) on the finder.
      City: Ben Lomond

      Tips: Texas style worms.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: ???gettin warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tried for crappie again and found around a hundred again but did not catch any quality crappie so I did not keep any. Bass caught all day and are all along the shoreline. Fished panfish tubes, drop shot roboworms, and zara pups for most of the day. Topwater is fun but the larger fish did not cooperate with me but I'm sure others are having luck with catching them. Also fished spinnerbait and a frog with some results. Largest bass was about 3lbs, in the end it was a fun day on the lake again.
      City: manteca

      Tips: Take kids and friends who have never fished on this lake because they are gaurenteed to have fun catching a lot of fish. Some of the fish seem to move deeper to around 15ft in the afternoon but still bite zara pups or spooks while some are still along the shore.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 75.6

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a little Thursday nite tourney put on by Paradise Sporting Goods, 1 fish, winner take all. Fished the West Branch throwing jigs and stik baits (senkos) made by Alluring Baits out of Lubbock, Texas. Caught a fish on almost every cast but nothing over 15". Better fish made be had up in the forks but didn't have time to go there. Would be a great time to take a kid fishing. Still lots of debris and the skiers are out. Good luck to you 100%ers and future pros this weekend. Still takes a 14lb bag to win
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Try everything for a chance at better fish.

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 75'

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 11 bass, all on Baby Brush Hogs. Largest 8 lbs. Most were in the 3 lb. range. 7 were caught in the south-end of the lake and the other 4 were in north-end. All were caughtin around 7 ft. of water.
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: Tight Lines!

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

      Report: Went out after work today. Threw a purple power worm on the launch ramp got a bite and then nothing. Moved to the first set on tules on the north lake throwing a spinner and caught the weirdest thing ever. A CLAM!! Hooked it right between the two shell halfs. Of course released it. He! He!
      City: ssf

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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: You know the story. If I tell I will have to kill you. Fish my spot and caught 8 keepers on a senko. Smallest was 3#er,largest was 6#er. Only person fishing for bass, others killing crappies and carp.
      City: richmond

      Tips: Stay in muddy areas. Throw everything. No patterns yet.Catch and release full of eggs. Think of future .

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Rick Tietz and I made another trip to Pardee to have some fun and probably see the last of the spawn. Many bass have left the shallows now and are crusing around offshore structure. We still saw some on beds and caught a few. Rick's best for the trip was a 4-2 smallie and my best was a 3-13 smallie. He was dropshotting his Basstrix Bait-Fry in the chartreuse/blue color and I was using a white jig or a Berkley 4" Power worm. We fished mostly in the south end and a little in the river arm. We threw swimbaits a lot and had three hits but no fish. Many of the quality smallies were spawning in 10 feet of water and floating pollen on the water and breezes made sight fishing difficult after noon. Rick also caught some on his (Blade Runner) Swim Spin with a Basstrix 4" minnow attached. I was pleased that my two biggest smallies (3-8, 3-11) were not caught sight fishing - just split-shotting a Berkley worm. We ended our day at 4 pm with 3 small bass and 15 from 1 3/4 to 4 lbs 2 oz - best five about 18 lbs. No big largemouththis trip! The next trip should bring on the post-spawn pattern.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I don't have many tips because things are changing rapidly as we go into post-spawn. The topwater bite - if it hasn't already - should turn on real soon. I expect the water to clear even more in the coming weeks. Most of the driftwood is now high and dry - thank goodness!! One of the bigger smallies spit up a nice size crawdad, so, don't forget to try a jig.

  • Siskiyou County
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      Water Temp: 72-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with a friend and his son on Wednesday. Beautiful day. Early morning top water bite was good fishing a pop-r. When the sun hit the lake went to sinkos. Great day 60+ fish all cookie cutters in the 1-2-1/2# range. Shastina is a great fishery.

      fish-on
      City: Medford,Or