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Thursday, April 6th, 2006

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Everything down at the Island end is muddy. Didn't see a lot of big debris though. Back of coves with inflow also muddy. Seems to be lots of fish in Jackrabbit on the flats; only dropshotted with 7 yr old and he got 3!! Fish on screen in Little Cachuma but no biters.
      City: Santa Barbara

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ....

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: FIESHON-AWESOME DAY ON THE WATER!!!! WERE YOU FISHING FRANKS????? OR......
      City: ANTELOPE

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 60-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I treated myself to two days (and part of the nights) of guiding myself and doing some exploring of new areas. I don't need to say how good the bite was - you all know. I though the size of the female bass overall was smaller this week - that is what I was hearing and seeing until I talked to a guy today who caught a 12 pounder on a small swimbait. I fished from north of Lakeport to a mile into Cache Creek at the south end. Speaking of the creek, an amazing thing happened there today. I saw a fellow fishing a rip bait at 1 pm and saw him catch a nice one. I did think that was sort of strange, but I got out my 128 Pointer, hitch pattern, and started throwing. After catching one or two small ones, I threw it out near the middle of the creek, made one of two rips, and had the rod nearly jerked out of my hand. The bass jumped quickly and I said "10"!! Believe me, I took my time as she was 25 yards away. What was she doing out there? I did lose a big one in heavy cover. About five minutes later I netted her, just 8 lbs of her. Well, it was hard to judge at 25 yards!!! She had bent one of the hooks out a bit. Landed her at 2 pm - my biggest rip fish to date. What a surprise!!! My best five for the two days was 31 1/2 lbs, not great but ok. The large brush hog (green pumpkin) bite was amazing during the day and equally as good at night (black/red flake).
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Hard to give any tips because, as has been mentioned, nearly everything works. The last 2 hours of light Wed and Thurs were simply awesome - not so much the number of bites but the average size - nearly nothing under 3 lbs!! This is a good time to experiment with different baits or colors. If it doesn't work now - it never will!!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my buddy Mike out to the lake and tried showing him a new way to catch big fish. He turned out to be a quick learner. Went into a shallow cove and watched the bass chasing trout or bait. Mike caught a 4lb beauty in about 30 minutes. I had 2 later in the day. We weren't looking for spawners or bank runners. Fished the main lake all morning. Had softball practice so we left at 1 pm. I'm afraid he is hooked on big fish fishing.
      City: orangevale

      Tips: Have fun slow down. Fish are in 15 foot wanting to move up. None of our fish had any damage to there fins or tails. They were fat and in grreat shape. Beautiful spots.

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Duck Hunt, Launch out of Cappell Cove (it's free). Recent reports have shown that bass are being caught in pope creek, putah creek and off the small island. The weather has been weird, so the depth varies. At Berryessa, green and purple senkos drop-shotted always works and during the spawn, craw and shad colored cranks in the gravel flats nail the big ones.
      City: Vacaville

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I have heard that 1000 christmas trees were sunk in the lake recently. Does anyone know where that is?
      City: Vacaville

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: launched at new hope 6am. went up river, first cast using a swimbait caught a 25# stripper. 2 more casts after hit another 10#er. continue up river using swimbait hit another 20#er. got out of water by noon. what a day for swimbait best 3 fish 45lbs. another great day at delta. HAR!!!
      City: sacramento

      Tips: find patern and dont give up

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: For the most part yes...
      City: Cameron Park

      Tips: Find what's working & duplicate it...

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Finally we had a good day on the Delta, it's been a while. Launched out of B&W at first light. The fish ate everything that we threw at them. Ended the day w\ 22.50lbs for our best 5. Had a 7lb 8oz - 5lb 11oz - 4lb 4oz - 2lb 6oz - 2lb 6oz.
      City: Cameron Park

      Tips: Find a pattern & stick to it.

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Another solid bite on the Delta total weight today 33lbs. Big fish was 9-lbs, 7-lbs, 6-lbs-9oz, 6-lbs, 5-lbs also include were several3's and 4's. The fish were very aggressive threw blades,small swimbaits. all fish wer located next to deep water tules with shallow water close by. Gotta love the Delta it always produces. Success to all

      Tips: Have Fun

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

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

      Report: THE ONLY THING AT ARBUCKLE FLATS IS A CAMP GROUND THAT I KNOW OF. YOU CAN ONLY GET THERE IN A BOAT. JONES VALLEY RAMP IS YOUR BEST BET FOR THE PIT
      City: ANDERSON

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I apologize for the late report. Redwood Empire Bass Clubs March 25th tournament was won by Jerod Adams with 16.62 lbs. with Bob Mador 2nd with 14.95lbs. and Steve Adams 3rd. with 12.36lbs. with big fish of 6.76lbs. With the wind and rain only (3) five fish limits were weighed in. The fish were caught cranking,blades and drop shot worms and jigs. Big fish was caught on a brush hog in the warm springs arm.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Redwood Empire Bass Club would like to invite new members both boaters and non boaters to attend our next meeting on April 12th at 7p.m. at the Rohnert Park community center at the corner of Rohnert Park Expressway and Snyder Lane. Our guest speaker will be Wayne Hinrichs a pro bass fisherman who with his partner Mark Maddock weighed in a 5 fish limit for 37.67lbs. at Berryessa in February. Aside from sharing his tips about Berryessa he will also share with us how his partner weighed in 23lbs.on the final day to win the FLW at Shasta. Our next tournament will be at Lake Shasta on April 22nd and 23rd. Log onto rebc.net or call me at 707-758-5762.Thanks.

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

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

      Report: NEED TO BOOK A TRIP WITH LARRY!!!!!!!
      City: antelope

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: NEED TO BOOK A TRIP WITH LARRY!!!!!!!
      City: antelope

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

      Report: Shaun -- Tried to offer my reply but your email addy didn't work -- Too long...
      City: Santa maria

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Scott - Thanks for the Folsom Lake update as we all are looking forward to the FOLSOM BASS LEAGUE tourney. I just hope those "2 nice fat spots you kept for dinner" don't come back to haunt you.
      City: FOLSOM,CA

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

      Report: Cooch, take an english literature class, please

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: water looked like Nestlies Quick.Caught one big LMB slow rolling a black spinnerbait in one of the brushy coves. It was the palest bass I have ever seen. Nothing on plastics or crankers.
      City: Sausalito

      Tips: Slow presentations. Maybe try some scent. Bring tick repelent.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I will be heading to shasta for my first time,(just got a boat) Looking at the map I think I will put in at Jones Valley Ramp, I read online that there is a ramp at Arbuckle Flats, can you drive to this right now, if so how? Im hopin Pit Arm will produce, according to previous reports it should, any help would be greatly appreciated,
      City: Medford

      Tips: Help

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: After seeing Rick and Larry's reports I decided it was time to hit my old stomping grounds. On the water about 5:00PM I started off working the point across the marina with a brown/orange Duh Jig and 4" Yamamoto Trailer in 180 (Salute Mr. Hemphill). Nothing happening so I moved across the lake and worked the points and cove above the spillway. Nothing doing so I switched to a Baby Brush Hog in Black and hit my first fish @ 1.3 in about 4 feet of water. Continued past the spillway and hit 4 more small bass with the Brush Hog. Rain started falling but the Bass still wanted to hit - unfortunately there were all small. The rain started to fall and they were still hitting - small fish however. Just before dark I hit my last one @ 2.4. The rain and wind kicked up hard so I decided to call it a night.
      City: Sacramento, CA

      Tips: I worked the jig hard but couldnt buy a bite. All my fish were caught on the Brush Hog in 3-10 feet of water, except for the last fish which hit in about 15 feet of water. I'm sick of this weather. Hopefully we get at LEAST 3-4 days of nice, warm weather and Amador will be on fire.