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Monday, April 3rd, 2006

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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.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 53.7

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What a beautiful day. Hardly anyone out, no rain and plenty of fish. Fished the points and caught SMB up to 2.5lbs. Drop shot and Senko - watermelon and white. Top 5 went 10.10lbs Smaller fish (Spots) inside coves and along brush. Went back out to main lake and narrows to catch bigger fish off of points. Bite was very light. Larger fish in 20+ feet
      City: South SF

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 54-56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: lauch out of Ladd stockton, fished two hours around there, got nothing, the water clarity is too dirty and cold. we ran all the way to disco, found cleaner water, we caught lots of fishes there, nothing big, all two ponders, one 4 pounder. overall had very good time.
      City: el cerrito

      Tips: more fish in the tullies, use spinners and plastics etc.

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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished Delta for first time this past sat.-sun. caught only one fish sat. (7lb.1oz.my biggest bass yet!!!)on wacky senco. caught alott of fish sun. all under 2lbs. on wacky senko's and ratl-traps....special thanks to the guys who helped me through this website with e-mails and phone calls.thanks Dave and phil cant wait to come back and learn more......
      City: Medford,Or

      Tips: Take someone fishing

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      Water Temp: 50-55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: LAUNCHED AT B&M AT DAYBREAK-NO FOG TODAY. WATER WAY HIGH. DID THE FRANKS THING AGAIN WITH THE SAME RESULTS AS LAST WEEK-NA,DA.ONLY ACTION i SAW IN FRANKS WAS A SEAL TOSSING AROUND ABOUT A 10LB.STRIPER WITH THE GULLS SWARMIMG ON THE BODY PARTS THAT WERE BEING TORN FROM ITS BODY. NOT GOOD TO SEE. FOUND A small POCKET OF STRIPERS THAT MY PARTNER AND i NAILED ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO DINKS( UP TO 3.5-4LBS.) on 5 inch white swimbaits jigged in about 9 feet of water by OLLIE's HOUSE.WATER IN MAIN RIVERS AROUND 50-51. 55 IN FRANKS TRACT.AS ALWAYS, GOD TO BE ON THE WATER-BY WAY OVERDUE TO FIND SOME SOLID ACTION.
      City: antelope

      Tips: Wait 2 to 3 weeks till things settle down to make it worth your while- I'LL STILL GO WHENEVER i can-because you never Know.......

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Celebrated birthday with a day on the water with Capt Mike. Started a little slow and picked up as the wind did during the day. Small fish at first with "gooduns" later in the day. Finished up with somewhere around 30 keepers. Bite was good everywhere we tried. One blade fish in the am and all the rest on what else? the "tube" of course.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Color didn't seem to matter, fish in 5-10 feet with a few deeper. Look for banks with some rocks.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ok well I thought yesterday was my best day this spring, well I was wrong. Fished april 2nd. Hooked and fought 12 swimbait fish. Lost my 5 big ones of coarse, i Lost one bigger than yesterdays fish, no shit 15 or 16. Anyway I boated 7 fish, all 8 # to 10 1/2 " smaller limit than yesterday only 43 pounds. But I swear I lost my biggest limit to date 60 to 65 pounds for 5. All 5 fish I lost were over ten. I feel like a boob for loosing those fish but they are hot right now, They never fight this hard. oh well. look at my web site for pics.
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      City: Agoura Hills

      Tips: chuck and wind all day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished north end of lake found fish on spinnerbaits and Texas rigged lizards around docks.
      City: Sac

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      Water Temp: 53 to 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bass fishing was hit and miss over the weekend here.Theres a few swimbait fish being caught nothing over 7 pounds and senko's are still picking up bass too 4 pounds colors are watermelon red/black flake ( 208 ) wacky worm style with nail weight works best to fish in 8 too 15 feet of water. right now i would be hiting the long points with deeper water on both sides and also the backs of coves as the water warms faster as it shallows up brush piles will start holding fish as they get ready to spawn they well find the first available cover for protection. You can bet there going to be some more action on swimbaits as it starts to warm up in the next weeks ahead.
      City: kerman ca.

      Tips: Topwater going to play a part here in the comming weeks as well as the senko bite sweet beavers are starting to work also. Get ready for more action because it going to start heating up with the water levae as high as it is. GOOD LUCK KEEP A TIGHT LINE.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out with wife between storms. Big John says fish 10 to 2 and I did. Around 12 I nailed a fat 5 1/2 pounder on a Castic swim bait. My wife nailed a fat smallie. Fair amount of wood and dabrie. Left at 2 and had lunch. Shimano swim bait rod 5 to 8 inch model works great. Fished Main lake.
      City: orangevale

      Tips: Fish Slow

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      Water Temp: 50-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I was out for a few hours this AM to check the status of the wood & debris issue that has plagued Folsom all year. I ripped a couple of fat spots that went home for dinner and found alot of places that had bait & fish stacked up real good. Didn't have my dropshot or darthead rods onboard to try, but I'm sure that there was a decent worm bite as well.

      I am pleased to report that the main body and about 1/3 the way up both arms is clear from any major debris problems. The pieces that are on the main body are large, BUT easily seen from long distances and very easy to avoid (like dodging jetskiers). The south fork is mostly clear until just above New York where there is a minor pile swirling around in the temperture break in the gooseneck area. The north fork has alot of scattered debris from Eddie Murphy up thru Anderson Is., but for the most part it is large pieces that are easy to avoid. Amazingly, there is no noticeable debris on the Penninsula, which is great because there won't be any to get back into the lake should the level rise.

      I fully expect the State parks to lift the speed limit sometime this week as they had park maintance crews out today cleaning the wood from all of the Granite Bay ramps. I noticed a little drop in the lake level that appeared to strand alot of the debris on the bank, hopefully they will pull about 5-10 ft. out of the lake and get it all up there. The incoming storm should blow what remains on the main body on the bank.

      The FOLSOM BASS LEAGUE tournament scheduled for next Sunday, April 9th will go on as scheduled. Like I said, I fully expect the speed limit to be lifted sometime this week and from what I heard from the Honorbound tournament yesterday, the fish are biting really good. I hope to see everyone out for the FOLSOM BASS LEAGUE'S last regular season event next Sunday. it promises to be a great tournament with alot great anglers competing.

      For all of the up-to-date information about the FOLSOM BASS LEAGUE, go to www.folsombassleague.com . Our site has all of the up-to-date tournament information, informative articles written by some of Califonia's top pro's and links to alot of information about the sport of bass fishing. I look forward to seeing everyone out there next Sunday.
      City: Roseville

  • Benton County
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      Water Temp: 51-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fishing was a little below ok level and it was really slow. Water levels were way up. Bass are still in the pre-spawn, they're staging close to shore. Haven't seen any beds.
      City: zyante

      Tips: skip-cast senko's under overhanging cover fish it really slow. Had a good bite on black/blue spinnerbait with colorado blades. Get back to deer flats. If you want trout their aggresive caught one on a bleeding rattle trap or get nightcrawlers. good luck

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: COLD

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: WHO SAYS FISH DONT BITE IN THE RAIN?MAN WHAT A DAY...WAS OUT SINC 6:15 TILL ABOUT 11.INVESTED IN A PLONTOON BOAT AND I WAS OUT PUTIING IT TO THE TEST.....CAUGHT THREE FISH IN THE SOUTH LAKE IN THE END CLOSESES TO OCEAN BEACH...BIGGEST WAS ABOUT 3.5....AND ALL ON MY SPINNER....TRIED JIGGIN WITH A YABBIE AND EVEN TRIED DROP SHOTTING....BUT NONE OF THOSE WORKED...MAN IT WAS FUN...LOOKS LIKE I'MMA SAY BYE BYE BANK FISHING FOR AWHILE....WELL ATLEAST TILL I GET ME A TROLLING MOTER BECAUSE PADDLEING WITH THOSE DARN STICKS WASNT FUN...MET A LOCAL BASS GUY BY THE NAME OF JAMES..HE SAID HE COUGHT ONE FRIDAY ABOUT 5.5 POUNDS ON A SENKO AND WAS OUT TRYING TO CHECK HIS CHANCES AGAIN ...MADE HIM A BELIEVER THAT SPINNERS DO WORK HERE...THEN IT THE SKY STARTED TO BURP AND GROWL ENOUGH FOR ME TO CALL IT A DAY CANT WAIT TO BE OUT ANOTHER DAY
      City: SAN FRANCISCO

      Tips: NEVERRRR GIVEEEE UPPPP LIKE IKE

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 54 to 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished up in the river with my grandson caught lots of fish, grandson even caught ten, whever water was coming in fish were there. they would hit the brushhog before it hit bottom. Grandson even caught ten on a redish brown grub
      City: Modesto

      Tips: fish were very very fat so they r ready to spawn, looks like it will be in this crazy wheather

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      Water Temp: 54 to 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went up into the riverand fished all the run offs, caught over fifty fish. Even my 4 year old granson caught ten, fish ranging from 1 lb to 4 lb.I used brushhogs , grandson used grubs, fish would hit them before they hit bottom, all were very very fat so ready to spawn.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: looks like they going to spawn in this crazy wheather we r having, winter dont wont to go away.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took a couple of buddies out and fished all day. John had big fish of the day, 8.7 on a brush hog and a couple of 3+.
      My big fish was a 5.7 and Lens was a 4.4.
      City: novato

      Tips: Fished soft plastics real slow on brass and glass.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished all around the damn and bouy line early Sun. No catches in usual spots. However, surprised to find significant #'s of bass and crappie all along shoreline of northern tip of Reasoner Cove. Pulled in 9 fish, all in 2-3lb range; and one fat mama over 6 lbs...
      City: Piru

      Tips: Hitting hard on white crappie jigs and chartruesse grubs...

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 50-54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Sence Larrys report the big storm came through and the water turned muddy and the fish went ?. Tom Ericson and I started out early with dark color jigs, our first bit came at noon. I'm not sure what to do in that muudy water. By the end of the day we baged 3 fish and our biggest was 4 lbs. Wait for the lake to clear up.
      City: rocklin