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Saturday, April 15th, 2006

  • Palo Pinto County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: haven't been out lately but thought i'd post something since there is no reports this year. heard of a couple double digit fish so far this year and trout planting have been going on. hit and miss good days, pinto always seems to turn on the nastier the weather gets.

      Tips: spinnerbaits, jigs, beavers

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Oh, Yeah!!! John smoked'em today! He caught 16 bass ranging from 4+ to l+, mostly 2 1/2 lbs. He used a Brush Hog he modifies in water from 4 to 8 feet deep along mostly the rocky banks. He gets near shore and casts parallel to the bank. He had another 15 hits he missed, and lost two at the boat. He REALLY had the pattern for today, skunked his Dad BIG TIME! I managed only one 2 1/2 lb bass on a Speed Trap crankbait, in Delta Craw finish within a few feet of a rocky point. I tried to repeat his pattern along a lot of muiddy bank areas but could not duplicate his success. Even another extensive rocky bank on the north shore did not produce for me with the basically same presentation John was using, even with the same scent. Today was John's day to be "in the Zone."
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Fish the rocky banks, in the 4 to 8 foot depth range, and use dark crawfish imitations.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: What are thunder trout?

Friday, April 14th, 2006

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

      Report: The day started out somewhat frightening for my buddy (bassin b) and I. We had to drop the boat in at Markely Cove Resort instead of the free Capell launch are because of flooding. I

      Tips: Don

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey guys. I am new to this lake, we are planning to go out tomorrow. Any suggestion of what to use? ANd which spots to try? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

      thanks.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: good luck Fishing. Delta closed, that's why we are going there.

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

      Report: Sweet, I'm good to go now. Crawdad's do what they do...ok, i'm with you. Alot of debris, floating and under, is what you can't see...this helps a lot. Watch out for the other person, that just bought a jet ski...oh man the tip's don't stop. Thanks zack!!!
      City: Fremont

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: Wet

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: We launched 2 kayaks from Russo's after getting conflicting answers about kayak vs closure. We killed running no more than 1.5 miles from put in. I yakked at least 25 fish with the best five going maybe 20#'s. Spinnerbaits both white and chartruese were the ticket, fishing inside out. I may be out there again tomorrow.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: Hard to fail when you have NO COMPETITION!

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Just FYI: Delta is still closed until Tuesday noon
      here is the site you can visit to confirm
      http://www.dbw.ca.gov/PressRoom/2006/060414Delta.asp thank you,
      City: San Francisco

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 56-59 with very

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We started our morning heading for the Delta and hoping to have fun with some pre-spawn bass. That was not to be because of the Delta closure imposed by regulatory agencies. What to do next...so we decided to head for Lake Camanche. We did not have our lake fishing gear with us but we managed to have great time catching & releasing 20+ bass averaging 1-2 pounds. All our fish were caught by split-shoting 4.5" worms on structure with deep water access. There were plenty of trout trollers and they all seem to be doing well.
      City: S.F.

      Tips: 4.5 worms in pumpkin seed with chart. tail. Good luck.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 59-61

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: late start at 2pm (mostlyly breaking in new lower unit). South was still heavily stained to muddy. Windy day. fished shallows and bluff walls with jigs, spinnerbaits, dropshot and swimbaits. only caught one small dink on a power ringworm or all things. stayed till 7pm.
      More than a few folks completely ignored the speed limit and were up on pad - one idiot even had the nerve to go blasting by the marina on full pad. I stayed under 12mph all day.
      City: belmont

      Tips: water temp dropped thru the day, maybe the cold north wind blowing had something to do with the bite as well.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out today in my tiny 10 foot boat. Launched at Granite Bay and fished up the shoreline heading north. Fish were staging and caught them on literally every point I came across. All fish came on dartheads, talked to another boat throwing blades that said the reaction fish were hitting. It was my second time out at Folsom so I just stayed small to build some confidence. Great day on the water, 20 fish caught at the end of the day.
      City: Roseville

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      Water Temp: 56-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from about 1000-1400. Caught five biggest right at 4lbs, smallest 1.5lbs. Had about 10lbs in all. Caught a couple on a crankbait and 3 on a jig. 2 largemouth and 3 spots. Seems like the fish are staging and ready to move up. Most of my fish came off or rocks.
      City: Lincoln

      Tips: Fish seemed to be holding around 8-10 feet on points leading up to flats. Good luck.

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished all over the lake today & no matter where we were we just couldn't catch a fish over 3 lbs. Must have caught 25 fish in the 2-3 lb. range. Guess it's a bunch of bucks up hunting for females. All of our fish came on spinnerbaits on the side of any point. Was beautiful weather though.
      City: Cameron Park

      Tips: White w\ copper blades

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

      Report: Started off throwing a carolina rig. Not a bite. Talked to a local who once had the trout and bass record at the same time a real bad ass. Looked like ISH MONROE,
      and he told me to move near the damn. Ended up sticking a nice fish, on a carolina rigged turtleback worm about 4lbs. Only fish for the day.
      City: Webb Tract

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 50 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished the lake friday, i caught 25+ bass and 2 really nice catfish. one weighed 7 lbs the other close to 8 lbs. about a quarter of the bass we caught we used live crawdads and minnows.
      the rest with caught using flukes,dropshoting a green weenie. The bass we caught averaged 2-3 lbs the largest weighing 4 lbs.
      we caught the catfish believe it or not on live crawdads.
      City: Turlock

      Tips: i heard from some fisherman that the crappie bite is hot right now in buckley cove at night using live minnows. so if your willing to withstand the cold go for it, you should do well.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Tried to take advantage of the break in the weather, but if its not rain, its 20 mph winds. Found a nice Cove (Thanks for the tip Zane), that was somewhat protected from the wind. Threw rattletraps, speedtraps, soft plastics, spinnerbaits. Pumpkin seed baby brush hog was the winner today- landed a 5+lb catfish on it-felt like a largemouth the way it ran. My buddy hooked a decent largemouth on a light green storm lure on the windy side.
      City: San Rafael

      Tips: Present nice and slow. Have not tried the brass and glass yet. Does it make that much of a difference?

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 51-58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I took my 8 year old daughter up to chase some bass as she had been asking me all week. Picked her up some minners and minicrawlers and had a blast. We found several large creeks in the south fork that were loaded. For a half an hour, every cast either got a fish, or lost a minnow. I jerked a pointer mostly and had a 2.75 and 3 other overs. dartheads got bites and fish, but I caught better quality fishing faster. I figure she caught a dozen and I managed about 20. I think this is a sign of things to come.
      City: Yuba city

      Tips: I found 58 degree water in several washes, but the fish were not active in those places. Keep moving around.

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I've been fishing the O'Neil forebay the last couple a weeks(when it hasn't been raining)Water is highest I've seen in quite a long time and more rain is coming. Two weeks ago after trolling for two unproductive hours I threw in a zara spook and for two hours the bite was fast and furious. Needless to say I took home 2 nice 20,22 inch stripers but what suprized me was the 6lb and 4lb black bass that also hit the spooks. I would say top water bite is on. Going out tomorrow if it doesn't rain and am expecting to slay them.
      City: los banos

      Tips: Find the right spot, be patient.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I know that thunder trout are supposed to be planted sometime soon, keep us posted if anybody catches them.
      City: fremont

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Better luck today, Fished Yorty by foot, first cast with a spinbait landed me a 4.5er. Switched to drop shot rig and hooked 3 more, all smaller fish. All within 1 1/2 hours. Tried a bunch of different colors all fish caught were on primarily white baits.
      City: Cloverdale

      Tips: Fish super slow!