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Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 60*

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Paradise on Eight Mile.. Got 4 in the Boat lost 4 at the boat.. for about 2 Hrs of fishing. Chartruse / White Spinner Baits were the happening bait of the day..
      City: Stockton

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught Ten,Best 5 15lb's beavers worked for me today. Tried also buzzbait And Frog couple of blow up's that's it.Went to disco bay for my last 1/2 hour and picked up the drop shot rod ,and hooked a Female going between 8 or 9lb's my personal biggest so far.
      City: Disco Bay

      Tips: Beavers ,purple worm drop shot. Rocky points with submerged weeds.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well the bass fishing is still great with strikes all along the banks. If you fish more than 15 feet out from the waters edge you miss them all since they are hanging right along the shore lines. In 5 hours of fishing I landed more than 40 fish today using senko worms in watermelon color fished fast along the bottom. Bounce them right from shore and you will be sure to get them. The water is very clear and the fish are still waiting to see the water warm up to get on the beds. This is the best bass fishing I have seen on melones in 8 years so get out there and enjoy it while it lasts.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: not tested

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Out with a couple buddies and on the water around 6:30am. not sure where we launched at since I'm not familiar with the lake. coves with weeds produced largemouth. rocky banks produced a boatload of spots. 1 or 2 smallmouth caught. close to 90 fish caught for the day with a ton of shakers and even more fish missed. big fishes weren't big... 2 1/2 lber largemouths. off the water at 4pm
      City: East Bay

      Tips: shad color cranks produced most of our fish with plactics coming in at a close 2nd. cast to the shore and fish to the boat because some of the more vicious strikes were right at the boat. lost a couple of cranks to fish... check your line often!

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: tubed the back pond today. I would say that i did great today. caught one 5.5lb, 4 around 3lb, and 4-5 fish in 1-2lb range. Fishing was great today.
      All fish released with 5lb picture coming pretty soon.
      goodluck
      City: fremont

      Tips: catch and release

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was hot caught close to 75 fish with the help of two rookies and my self. We cranked them all on slightly wend blown rocky banks. No big fish just lots of fun
      City: Red Bluff

      Tips: fish shallow, along the rock with steep banks, most fish were caught within 5 feet of the bank.

  • Siskiyou County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing up here is extemely hot right now, if you can make the trip up here it is unbelieveable right now. i caught over 50 fish today with the biggest going just about 7 lbs . what an awesome day. I threw blades in the morning and the big one came off a swimmin jig at about 9:30 threw senkos the rest of the day. my partner ryan caught several off of a floating lizard also.
      City: weed,ca

      Tips: caught most fish in about 2-5 feet. watch out for underground obstacles.

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing up here is extemely hot right now, if you can make the trip up here it is unbelieveable right now. i caught over 50 fish today with the biggest going just about 7 lbs . what an awesome day. I threw blades in the morning and the big one came off a swimmin jig at about 9:30 threw senkos the rest of the day. my partner ryan caught several off of a floating lizard also.
      City: weed,ca

      Tips: caught most fish in about 2-5 feet. watch out for underground obstacles.

Monday, May 8th, 2006

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

      Report: Thanks for the info Ted! Hope the rumor of the two 7#'s is false. Although I have heard that trout fisherman have been picking up some large smallmouth while trolling the east side. I hope they are not making it on to someones dinning room table.
      City: Folsom, CA

      Tips: Please practice catch and release.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I heard that the lake is covered with driftwood. Anyone know if the lake is restricted to 5mph. How's the fishing? Got a trip planned in a few weeks.
      City: Folsom

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

      Report: Caught 7 bass on robo worms and trick worms in a couple hours. Fished the south end of the lake.
      City: Morgan Hill

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 66 .7

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: It was another glorious weekend at Lake Berryessa and the bass fishing was goooood!!!! I made arrangements with Jason Fulton the Rep for "Accurate Reels" to take him out for the weekend. His catch for the weekend was 67 bass and 1 trout and 2 crappies. Saturday morning we set out with a game plan to work our way to the wineyards. We started at the Ranch house and worked our way east. All day we caught 1 to 3 pound bass as we worked the shoreline towards the wineyards. At the wineyards we fished shallow water two feet or less working rubber worms through the grass piles. We could have stayed longer but decided to try big island for larger fish. The first spot we went to we couldn't really fish because the wind had picked up. So we went to the inside of big island where it was sheltered and fished grubs through the grass and did fairly well but still in the 1 to 3 pound range. When it got brisk we called it a night. The following morning we headed out to the back of Capell Cove with the intention of fishing it all the way back to Steele Park. What is nice about this cove it that it has alot of bushes and trees which is the structure that bass love. It turned out to be an amazing day. Jason must have hit a bass every twenty feet, he was really on the bite. He caught more bass then I did (which I'm sure he won't let me forget anytime soon) but I still wound up with 54 bass and also the largest one of the two days (3 1/2 pounds). Apparently some females are still bedding from what we could see but we also saw some frys which indicates that some have already spawned. The water temperature late Sunday afternoon was 66.7 degrees and the clarity of the water in some locations were 4 to 5 feet. Book your guided trips early. 'til next week..................good fishing!!!!!! www.fishingconnection.net e-mail me any fishing stories you would like to share to bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333.
      City: Napa

      Tips: This week they liked it plastic

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished with two new bass fisherman and had a day to remember many fish over 5lbs and good #s also soft plastics worked best also top water good
      City: el cerrito

      Tips: get the most up to date fishing stories at bay tackle and gear 510 235-2032 see you their

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      Water Temp: 65.9

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 24 fish top 5 for 17lbs, frogs in the morning, senkos and cranks in the afternoon, 2 to 10 ft of water, weed lines, tulies, moss pads. colors: watermelon red & green senkos, white frogs, red cranks.. Good luck!
      City: Vacavillw

      Tips: stay slow and cover water doing so, you won't feel the senko bite, trust the weight.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 66-70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: My fishing partner and myself spent the last 4 days with 2 boats fishing hard. Ended up with 40 fish, best one was 4.6 caught by my wife. The only fish I could find were small males (1-2 lbers). Caught them in shallow water pitching brush hogs in the holes of cattails. Some also fell to senko's and white spinnerbait. Best location was the island straight out from redbud. I stayed in the disease keys, you talk about nasty. What kills channel cats? Every where you look dead stuff floating. I spent alot of time in the keys and caught more fish out of redbud in 2 hours than I did around the keys. Water in the keys was 70 with a visability of about 6". I did catch a bluegill the size of my steering wheel on a 3/8 oz. spinnerbait.

      Tips: If you don't know the lake get a guide.

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      Water Temp: 63 to 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The lake is at 142,000 arce feet now and is stable. Bass are up to 4 pounds here with a few to 7 pounds. Senko's in watermelon ( 208 ) red/black flake are working on bass in 3 to 5 feet of water in the 5 mph area. Baby brushogs in watermelon or watermelon red/black flake also are working well the smallier bass are in the 3 to 5 foot range the bigger bass in 2 to 4 pound range are in the 6 to 12 foot range my bigger bass were in 8 to 10 feet off of points. Jig fish were slower. traffic is heavy on the weekends.Areas to fish are 5mp area and spillway areas are both good right now. 559-689-3255 park.
      City: kerman ca.

      Tips: Wacky style on senko's Texas rig baby brushogs Jigs in brown&purple or crawdad colors work also. any questions. markinman50@aol.com

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 60-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I just got back from a week of Lake Shasta. We fished the Pitt arm mostly. The bite was great, we caught fish all day on just about anything we threw. The shad were boiling up in some coves amd we used pearl flukes on top and killed...The biggest fish was a 3.5lb. smallmouth on 6lb.test, it was a ball. The conditions are perfect.. have fun, JR.
      City: Martinez

      Tips: Stay on the wind blown side for way more fish!

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

      Report: This is not a fishing report. It's a cheating report. A buddy of mine called a few minutes ago to ask about the fishing on Trinity. During the conversation he related to me that while fishing with his son on the 22nd of April ( the day before my tournament, and the Shasta Cascade club) his son got hung up next to a willow. When they went in to retrieve his lure they found a 4.5 lb smallie securely anchored to the willow with a trout stringer. I guess from now on when someone brings a good fish to the scales we'll have to look real hard to see if there is any stringer damage. This fish was hooked through both gills with a green trout stringer about 6 feet long, sound familiar? I sure would like to catch this low-life. Do we have to have a lie-dector for $40.00 entry fee tournies? If someone would like his stringer back, give me a call.
      City: Weaverville

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the from 4:30pm-8pm on Saturday. Launched at Capell. Caught 15, a mix of smallies and largemouth. No spots. Fished main lake points and coves with running water outside of Capell. Later fished rocky points in Pope Creek. Fish to 3 pounds, nothing big.
      Next morning fished rocky points in Capell for some nice spots and smallies. Nothing big, only up to 2.5lbs, which seemed to be the story for the trip. Fished some coves with running water for largemouth to 4 lbs., with most around 1.5-2lbs. Lots of dinks. Ran to Putah creek and fished rocks in the late morning/early afternoon for some smallies, one to 2.5lbs and a some spots. About 20 fish from 7am-1pm. Not fantastic but well worth the trip, had a lot of fun.
      City: Davis

      Tips: Late evening bite was better than the morning bite. Fish were around 5-8 feet. Better fish below down to 15 feet. Used 4 inch blue fleck turtle back worms for most of the fish. No reaction bite to speak of.
      GET IN 5MPH OR QUITE COVES TO AVOID SKI IDIOTS, BRING SOME EAR PLUGS BECAUSE THESE SKI BOATS ARE LOUD AND ANNOYING. HEAT=SKIERS=ANGRY FISHERMEN

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started at 8AM and caught 7 bass all 1lb and under off of a point using a 3" basstrix minnow on a drop-shot rig (1.5 feet off the weight on 6lb flourocarbon). Ended the trip at 11AM.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Check out the basstrix line of soft plastics. They are the sickest soft plastics on the market.