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Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 8 LM up to 3 lbs. Got 3 on spinnerbait shallow on wood and 5 on Carolina Rig brush hog in 12 ft on points. Nothing on cranks, drop shot, jerk bait or TX rigged 4" worm flipped to wood. Biggest fish were on spinnerbait. All fish slammed it. Missed two big fish flipping senko shallow on wood - they broke me off.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Try shallow on wood or brush with reaction baits and deeper with soft plastics on points. The lake is at full pool and water is stained. They are letting water out in huge quantities. The lake is still pretty unstable for the fish to settle into a predictable pattern.

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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: At it again this AM. Found another cove just off of where we were yesterday. Prospects seemed good. Threw my reaction bait...DONG...2+lbs large mouth. Calvin hoked and landed a bass some minutes later (congrats) on a spinner. Cal landed 4 more 1.5-2lb bass and I ended up with a total of 2 for the day. Off the lake by 130.
      City: Plumas Lake

      Tips: Didnt seem to matter what we were throwing today (jigs, reaction, spinners) fish were gobling them up. See ya on the lake

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished FPT on Saturday with poor results as compared to the weeks leading up to the tournament.Started off around Konocti where I landed A 11.2 last weekend and only had two bites on jerk bait then we moved down south a little until around 10.00 AM then we had A 2 hour window when the fish would bite landed about 25 to 30 fish but no size. Only ended up with 11.86lbs.
      City: sac

      Tips: Caught most fish around Gooseneck area on greenpumpkin baby brush hoggs and jerk bait.

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My partner and I fished the Future Pro Tour this Saturday and it was tough. We tried everything with no luck. Around 12:30 the rain started and so did the fish. We wacked fish for 3 hours, unfortunatly not big ones! Texas rigged worms and drop shot worms were the ticket for us. We culled 2 fish and caught several under 13, but it was a good day considering the weather and I was not working! We had a small limit of about 10 pounds, not bad for the conditions. The pre fishing was a total different story the day before! Reaction was the ticket and we caught several on a carolina rig as well.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Keep an open mind....change when it is necessary. We had a solid game plan based on several days of pre fishing and the game plan had to change when the fish were not biting!

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      Water Temp: 57-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Future Pro today. As Charlie Brown would say Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg...... Ripped,Darterheaded,Wack rigged Senco's,Drop shotted, even threw a swim bait. The fish god must have been pissed at me....I got one bite all day cranking a Norman 14 in craw that got a 3.72 Largemouth ...Hey points is points. Carp were everywhere also lots of dying shad floating on the surface. The fish I saw at the weigh in were really fat.
      City: Oakland

      Tips: If it's legal bring a bow and arrow for the carp...Cause the bass i was going after had a serious case of lock jaw. I think I'll take up something a little less challenging like Golf.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 58-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: tubed float a small section only. from sunup to sundown. am bite was great. nailed lots on top h2o stick bait. later(late am)-on super flukes&worms, i threw any color- 6" purple ring worm, red w/silver coloring crawdad plastic, green cuttail,even (what i hate to throw)stinko, i noticed @ every cove that had kicked to the big spots were in tight under the wood debris. i also nailed a 6#8oz cat on a drop shot strip of chicken
      City: salida

      Tips: liver as the heart for a weight. back coves did me good. butt thats w/ a tube float. DON'T FORGET YOUR KICK FINS..... I DID! BOY MY LEGS KILL ME. THANK GOD FOR BENGAY!

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 56-66, yet it's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: YES - THIS IS A NEW REPORT! Had to get your attention since no one else posts! After a bad day at Clear Lake, I decided to drown my sorrows at Pardee. I had hoped the cloudy weather would help. Wow, the lake looked like it had been trashed. Still some floating wood but not much. Lots of trash pockets! I fished awhile with no results and met another nice fellow from the Stockton club and we chatted for almost an hour. After that I fished awhile and then took a nap in the warm sun. About 3 pm I went to work and preceeded to catch 17 largemouth, mostly on brown/orange Rodstrainer jigs. I had a 4 pounder, one just under 4, and most of the rest were under 2 1/2 lbs - even three 11-12 inchers. About 7:30 pm an amazing thing happened - something I haden't for awhile - I actually caught a smallmouth, almost 2 lbs. A 17 to 1 ratio. I had one more event left - fishing some coves near the ramp I got a good hit - set - and the line took off fast. Smallie I thought - no - a 5 lb 2 oz largemouth that thought she was a smallie. A nice limit close to 18 lbs for the day! And saw a few less bass boats that at Clear Lake.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: There are a few bass spawning now but it is kind of hard to see the beds. There were several other baits that I was going to use, but the jig seemed to be doing the job. I got nothing on crankbaits or worms. Most of the fish I caught were in brush or far up a creek channel, most of which were warmer than the main body. Warmer water was up the creek arm.

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Didn't know there were crappie in this lake but to my surprise I caught a two punder.
      City: Marina

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry forgot to state that I fished in the back pond
      City: pleasanton

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished for about 4 hours on saturday eveing. I got in the water about 4:00pm with my float tube but didnt catch a bass until about 7:00. I then caught 2 within 15 minutes of eachother. They only weighed about a pound and a half. I used a 4 inch berkley power worm black with a green tail. Has anybody had any luck in the island pond.
      City: pleasanton

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

      Report: Fished the lower pit arm for 4 hours for 20 fish.best 2.5#.All came on 4-6in blue ghost worms in 5-15' off points and coves.had some blowups on topwater early but nothing stuck.
      City: Redding

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: i have a tourny up at shasta on april 22 so ya have any idea on why to go and what to use i never fished shasta before and cant make it up to prefish it. can someone help me. i have a pretty good idea its gunna be a blade crankin reaction bait but has anyone had a good worm bite going on like dart heads split shots or drop shot big going. and where are the fish up the creeks or in th main lake. if you can help email me at flipthatjig@yahoo.com
      thanks
      City: elk grove

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 58-61

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Kicked the crap out of 'em. Fished 7:30 to 2:30 caught 50 fish lost count and caught an easy 20 more. All 2.5lb to 4lb.
      City: Concord

      Tips: BLACK SPINNERBAITS. Black/red flake brush-hogs. Three exteremly stupid fish on a chartruse w/ blk,green,copper flake senko. Big bass on wood. My dad 4lb 6oz on log on spin. I lost about a 5-7 lb on b-hog.

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Great day on the water. Better than the last 5 weeks or so. Caught 6 and lost 2 biggest being 5 lbs. My buddy lost two.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Brown jigs with blue trailers just off the flats

Friday, April 21st, 2006

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

      Report: me and a friend fished to day by the bridge where there are all these trees in the water...it was good my friend was throwing a black and blue jig caught one while swimming it and caught another one i was throwing a white spinner bait got two on two consecutive casts then went over by woodchoppers and caught one on the spinner bait...total of 5 fish great day. there were tons of shad probably about a thousand maybe less all schooling.
      City: Morgan Hill

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 59-61

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished outside markley cove from 730 am till 1030 pm. caught over 150 fish all over 15 inches big fish went 8-11. all fish were in 8 to 15 feet of water caught on mm3 robo wormsand senkos.great day on the lake.
      City: vacaville CA

      Tips: fish slow.

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      Water Temp: 57 to 60 depend

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: These past few warm days have started to turn the bass on. I started out in markely cove for a couple 1 1/2 to 2 lb fish on a popper. From 7 AM until noon, we took 22 fish between 1 1/2 to 2 3/4 lbs on cranks and dragging brushogs around big island. From noon until 2 PM, when we stopped, we only caught one squeeker and one about a pound in the narrows. It looks like the fishing will only get better and get back to those 30 & 40 fish days in the spring at Berryessa.
      City: Suisun

      Tips: Fished the points coming out of the spawning flats. Fished seemed to be holding in 5-ft of water until the sun came out.

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

      Report: This is for SidH.


      Calero seems to be on the move right now but I would recommend an early morning run since the weather is finally warming up and more boaters will be on the water.

      There was a recent trout plant at Campbell Perc Ponds. I caught an eight and ten pounder a couple of weeks ago on a white spinner and trout pattern soft plastic jerk bait. Lot's of pressure at this place. Don't waist too much time in one spot.

      I'm from L.A. too. Enjoy it up here. It's nice.

      Good Luck,

      Creeker
      City: Campbell

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      Water Temp: 55-65

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Calvin and I got on the lake around 230-300 this afternon and went exploring. Fished a semi-submerged "finger". Cal had a few hits on a jig. I fished a reaction bait and landed a smaller LM keeper (1.5-2 lbs) while retriving my tree'd crankbait. We then moved to a grassy shoreline and found some spawing FrenchFish (Carp). Got a nice Cat on my crankbait then landed another small LM (1lb or less) on my reatction bait. Cal hooked a small LM but got off before he boated it.
      City: Plumas Lake

      Tips: All and all a good day. Chartrouse (bad spelling) worked well with Bass just out from the shore where the FrenchFish were spawing. Good Fishing and see ya on the lake.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out 5am-7-pm 25 fish biggest 8.7 several 3's
      4's and 2 5's.strike king jigs denny brauer pink/purple strokin it in 5-10 ft. 1 sight fish
      City: sac

      Tips: stroke your jig! It pays off.