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Thursday, April 27th, 2006

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 54 - 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went fishing with my partner today. Got on the water around 9:30 AM. My partner boated the first fish about 10 minutes into fishing on a Senko. From then on the bite was wide open. My partner threw his Senko and I threw reaction bait all day. In all best five fish went about 16 LBS. The bite is on FIRE right now guys if you get a chance get out there before all the pleasure boaters began to flood the lake.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Stay back from the bank a good distance and make long cast's. Fish main body structure.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 60-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Just got back from a 4 day trip. Seven of us total and we caught approx 500 bass. The biggest was 4.5 lbs. Most fish were caught on senko's. Clear with red and black flake, green with red and green flakes, and amber red flake. Few were caught on spinner baits, including the 4.5. No debri, water was warmer in different parts of the lake. Lots were keepers and lots were 14.5 inches! Wish I could go back today!!!
      City: Rough and Ready

      Tips: I would use senko's and spinnerbaits in white. Find the rocks either in coves or on the main body.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 58-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a lot of bass today.Fishing was best in the AM when the sun was blocked by fog. Couple of 4lbers and a whole bunch of smaller ones, little over 50 fish. Also caught a 5lb brown trout swimming with the bass and saw many other very large trout. Few crappie today. Fish were anywhere from 0 down to 30 feet .
      Some coves the bass are starting to bed and in others they are cruzing around or schooling the shad.
      City: manteca

      Tips: Drop shot robo/magics in prism shad and greenies. Rip bait worked in the morning. Tried chrt panfish tubes but not as many bites today.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took my wife fishing. She loves to throw grubs and did she haave a great time. We caught over 50 nice bass. Started off with the steak special at the blueberry twist. Great way to start the day with a full belly. Hit the middle and south fork.Fished points and rocky banks. Could have ripped but wanted the wife to do her thing. We would have caught more but ran out of the good grubs. They had a lot of blue and red sparkley stuff in them. Fisherman's had them in one of there tubs. Not a brand name but you could catch 10 fish on each one. Lake is beautiful with all the water in it.
      City: orangevale

      Tips: Bite is wide open. Bring lots of dart heads and grubs. Fish till your thumbs bleed and the stop.

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water still a bit cloudy.
      Saw a few 8-10 bass on patrol, then a few more guarding nests, somewhat standoffish, I got a few to strike at a black and red flake baby brushhog. Got one biteon a spinner bait that I was working too fast.

      Saw a bass that was over 17" long and close to 12-15lbs, massive with a 2lb male? as an escort, followed the spinner I was hoping to land a hawg, biut no luck. I'm thinking the next few weeks water will be warmer, agression will be up big spawn should come in 2 weeks or so, there are lots of bass fry from a early spawn.

      Please dont litter out ther, pick up your line and cross cut it, birds dont do well with 15lb mono.
      City: Walnut Creek

      Tips: Try to educate those who are keeping hte bass a 12 inch bass is aproximately 2 years old, the future of this fishery is endangered every time more fish are kept. LIM the bridge troll is fishing 5 days a week and taking 5 Plus fish, Collete at the Kiosk told me rangers caught him after he cleaned over 15 bass. Guys he is keeping dinks to 3-5lber fish. I'm thinking boycot the arroyos, we pay $4 to fiush where they dont stock S***, why?

      Been goign to the delta, trickier but the fish are quality.

      CATCH AND RELEASE! Buy fish at Costco!

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: N?A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went fishing there today between three of us we caught around 20 fish. Jigs,spinnerbaits,drop shot,speed traps and senkos. Big fish of the day was a 6.9 female looked like it was spawned out. Most fish were caught shallow on trees.
      City: windsor

      Tips: A lot of shad jumping around. Try and snag them and fish them on the bottom.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: If you havent heard already, this lake is on fire right now, big ones are being caught,and i think it hasen't been posted because people dont want more people to go over there. so if you can get a chance and go over there. Throw topwater, swimbaits, and senkos
      City: Anderson

      Tips: Make the trip over there ASAP

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 62-66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had one client today and one awsome time on the water. I headed North this morning in helping define patterns and how the fish relate to certain banks this time of year. I showed in how to meter breaks and in how important it is NOT to overlook them, creek channels even if their small.
      We found the fish in 2ft to 5ft on the eastside. We caught 20 fish, with 15 keepers to 2+ lbs. Mixed bag of Smallies and Largemouth, few small spots. We caught them with senkos. Slow slow slow. After I explained, where the fish migrate from, we headed to the center of the Westside, rockpiles, we caught them there too but a tad deeper, mixed bag here too of smallies and largemouth, 1 spot. Caught them with a tip-up jig head using the new Roboworm Sour puss. From here I head to the south side of big island and found largemouth shallow, we caught approximately 10 more 5-7ft related to clumps of grass. Biggiest about 2 1/2lbs. I showed him a long extended point and in how to fish it with swimbaits. Low and behold I hook a 8+, she does a missile shot and comes flying out of the water with the swimbait in her mouth and spits it out at me. She wasn't very nice, most of been the wrong flavor. She caught me with my rod tip to high and I couldn't swing on her. Accomplishment: I made a believer with the client about swimbaits on Berryessa and in the approach to points. We ended the day laugh'in about that fish. She Won that one. Rich Thiel GS (707)374-1446
      City: Rio Vista

      Tips: Don't overlook bear'in banks, Fish between the willows and the bank and be ready to SWING.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 66'

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Partner and I picked up 3 5Lbs., 1 3lbs. & 1 at 2.5lbs. All caught on X-Raps and in a 2 hour window. Nothing all day until 3pm.
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: Wind was the key!

      Tight Lines!

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught three all split shotting, a couple of two pounders and a dink (two shallow and one right under the boat at 13 feet). Fishing main lake island tops. Saw a lot of fish cruising shallow and they were skittish but didn't actually see anything that looked like beds and the ones I caught had tails in good shape. Tried some of the deeper breaks, but no luck there.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Fish haven't seen weather this good or water this clear for a while. Try to stay out deeper and work to the shallow, if they see you its over (for now any way).

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      Water Temp: 58-70 ya 70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: killin em on the chatter bait
      City: lincoln

      Tips: get 1

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      Water Temp: 57 to 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bed fish are starting to show and senko's and dart head grubs are the baits too use here. watermelon or crawdad colors are working best for baas to 4 pounds. there was a small tourny there saturday that produced four bass of 6.22 7.07 8.08 and 9.45 some nice fish also there was another 8 pounder on a spinnerbait earlier in the week. water level is high and with warmer weather on the way top water should break loose here any time flakes are a good choice to throw as the weather starts to warm. raffic is lite during the week and heavier on the weekends watch for snake if your bank fishing.
      City: kerman ca.

      Tips: Any questions markinman50@aol.com Lake # 559 689-3255

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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Found another bed with a 5lb female and 2lb male but couldn't get them to bite. Still to early I guess. Any of you guys on the tubes havin any luck? Soon i'll be off the shore and on the water.
      City: Mather

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 64 Degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived on the lake at 0600. Spanked them on a Chartreuse Spinnerbait with a silver blade. Caught 12 fish in the first 90 minutes, with most fish between 2-3 lbs. All fish hit the Spinnerbait withn 6 feet of the bank...awesome!!! Fished along the western wall of Ski Cove. After 0800, switched to a smoke/chartreuse Bass Addict worm/Texas rigged and fished all the way around ski cove and caught another 10 bass over the next 2 hours. Most were spots, and fat. I didn't leave Ski cove until 1000!...Also fished cottonwood creek, and caught 3 more on a white/silver spinnerbait, 3 more on topwater, and a few more sized on lizards and smoke and cotton candy Bass Addict worms, the avg weight of all the bass were 2-3 lbs...my friend Anthony Tonachion told me about these types of days in the past, and it happened today!!!
      City: Merced, CA

      Tips: Seemed like the best fishing happened at sun up..and shad patterns were the best...smoke and chartreuse, smoke and cotton candy, chartreuse Spinnerbaits...go to A-1 Bait and pick up some of the hand poured Bass Addict in shad patterns...Anthony swears by them and so do I...

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught all kinds of small bass today. Biggest was almost 3lbs. Caught between 30-40 all day. Used 6in worms texas rigged and caught 1 on a spinnerbait. Had a very good time. It is good time to go fishing.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Fishing is hot have a good time.

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 55-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: LAUNCHED OUT OF MARKLEY AND HAD A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN FIRST THING IN THE MORN. ONLY SAW FIVE BOATS IN THE NARROWS WITH NO SKI HOMOS. SIX LIMITS. MIX OF SMALLIES AND LMB. ALL ON CRANKS AND SHALLOW.
      City: WINTERS

      Tips: RUN AND GUN.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went with Mayday to do some fun fishing, since we're hearing about all the 20lb sacks comoing out of the delta. took tuesday off to do it. only found about a 15# sack.
      started in franks along with 20 other boats. that place is getting hammered hard every day. We figured it would be less pressured on a midweek day - we were wrong. caught a couple, then move on to avoid crowds.
      went to other sloughs around franks, and found the tides dropping. caught a bunch of keeper fish in weeds and on the backside of weeds, occasionally a nice fish.
      went to disco and found a few in the there as well.
      Overall, the fishing was very spotty with the bites coming in bunches. it seems that they were gathering up to spawn.
      City: belmont

      Tips: jigs and jig-like lures worked for us. they seemed to want compact lures in blue/brown (aka Aaron's Magic). Also caught a few trap fish, mostly within two cranks of the handles on casts close to shore.

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sloooowwww you can doit!Go big with helix or with yamy's it work's.Oh how about frogs to hog's? Whats wrong ya'll, we ain't fishing for 7 figures just fun ,even if its money git a grip ya'll enjoy.
      City: Ogden

      Tips: frogs chugs 8"worms drive that sixfow cadi luv and big fishes

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished franks today caught several fish biggest was 10-3. Man what a awesome fishery the delta is!!!
      City: Medford

      Tips: crawfish

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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Looks like everybody is tight lipped lately!
      I took Tim out today after hearing all the big weights that are coming in, he wanted to locate better quality fish. We started in Franks along with 20 other boats, we got a few near the wall and the tulles around there, no good ones. Then with the high tide we fished some islands close by an got one close to 4 and a few close to 3 and Tim lost a giant. All one Speed Traps. Then we went to Quimby fished around the islands and caught 5 or 6 fish to 2.5lbs. The bite seem to die just about low tide we waited about and hour and then went to find some better fish shallow closer to the main river, fishing rock, weeds and sparse tulles with spinnerbaits, we started catching fish and got about 10 pretty fast up to almost 4lbs then when the water was up pretty high we landed one about 6 and one over 7 both on blades fishing next to the tulles over submerged weeds. We did get a few fish though out the day on a Blk/Blu Helix the biggest on the Helix was 3lbs. Not a lot of fish but good quality seem almost like a 20+ bag is common now, WOW
      City: Martinez

      Tips: Even though we couldn't see the fish most of them were spawning. If you are catching males (males were squirting clear liquid) then most of the fish were small but when you get in to the females it was a different story.