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Monday, March 20th, 2006

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Any stillwater flyfisherman out there who have fished Contra Loma for bass or trout? Any input on fishing this lake with flies or for other methods for trout would be appreciated. I know this is a Bass webpage but I live 5 minutes from this lake, have a small boat, and would like to get my young kids into some fish.
      City: Antioch

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      Water Temp: 53 to 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well another weekend of good bass fishing at the lake. There are some nice bass to 4 pounds being takin on jigs in lite pumpkin green with ( 208 ) yamamoto single tail grubs watermelon red/black flake. Also baby brushhogs are good right now in 8 to 15 feet of water senko's are starting to pick up also.TRAFFIC is heavy on the weekend and the lake is up high and there alot of good areas to fish now and will get better as the bass are starting to move and stay up in shollower water top water really is going to take off soon.
      City: kerman ca.

      Tips: Carloina rig baby brushogs or lizards 18 inch leader works very well now fish in 8 to 15 feet of water around rock piles and flats or long points with deep water on either side hold bass to 4 pounds.Jigs in 1/4 to 3/8 oz work real good right now. Ill be at hensley as its starting to really pick up there now so ill give this lake a rest for now. Good luck here any questions e mail me at markinman50@aol.com

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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What a day fish with my dad and got a total of 74 fish 2 of them where 4lbs smallmouth rest where all about 1.5 to 2.5 class. and 5 nice trout an th grubs two of the trout were 22in. the bit was all day in about 20 to 35ft. of water anthing work in any coller we where useing hullagrubs and crawdads. One of the funses days on the water my dad and i hade ever hade.
      City: Woodland

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

      Report: Mike the Ultrabite Black Bass scent works great, I caught alot of big bass with it.
      City: s.f.

      Tips: they work real well with the Standing Yabbie made by River 2 the Sea.

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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished South Lake today for 1 hour. Stayed with a black and blue jig and pumpkin green curly tail grub trailer. Flipped the tules around bank and off of the DPW pier. No luck today. I did try out a bass scent called Ultrabite Black Bass. It smells like decaying shellfish. If you have ever ate steamed whole crab and thrown away the shells, afterwards your garbage smelled like holy hell...well you get the idea. It is made in the U.K. I really have no idea if the stuff works, I'll keep using it when I jig fish and I'll report on my success, or lack thererof.
      City: Daly City

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      Water Temp: hot

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I caught the world record squaw fish usin a bobber and maggot behind a 15" senko, good eats
      City: city

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Just a short update on whats going on this time of year. We have had snow all month 3FT of new snow the past couple weeks. The lake level is up pretty high already,with alot of run off to come also. right now the only launch open is at the dam. Just a reminder that we are still working on the large mouth recovery project. So please pratice catch and release this sping and let them spawn. there is lots of smalies out there that can pull your sting.
      City: chester

      Tips: If your planning a trip in the next few weeks you might want to bring along some long johns.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished calero on sunday and got a couple fish on the rock walls with crankbaits. then started throwing rattletraps on the flats and got housed fought the fish for about five minutes got her right to the boat and she shook the hook off. she was around 8#s. very disapointing!!! also got bite throwing brass and glass s-20 worm with light line.
      City: femont

      Tips: fish are starting to move shallow. the big girl was right next to shore. reaction bite is on its way up. have fun

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: We fish George's turkey shoot on sunday. Ran south and hit a few spots here and there, with no luck. Threw blades, cranks and senkos. Kept running south when the wind started blowing. Tried a dropshot, Hit our first fish. Threw a senko, hit our second fish. Just kept moving. Had a limit by 11:00, Them picked up the crank and now we are movin. Cranked rock banks and culled out the smaller fish. Ended the day with 11.40 Thanks George, it was a fun day.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Stay out of the wind and keep the line wet....

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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I had turkey shoot out of Lundberg sunday. It was beautiful day , wind picks up later, I caught most of fishes in the morning, can't find any spinner bait fish in the tule, switch to plastics, lots of fishes. nothing big, all 2lber and 3lbers,lost few bigger fishes, overall had great time, we took 2nd place, 10.55lb, 1st place kevin and dave with 11.40lbs, 3rd place ken&Gene 9.40lb. have good time on water, we will do this again soon. thanks
      City: el cerrito, ca

      Tips: fish slow with zoom trick worms, berkeley worm.

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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to CFW and tried fishin this morning, my buddy Rich and I caught some local chatter that the Bass were doing decent around some of the coves on Chart. Tubes. It was a really nice morning...so, armed with a great bit of fishing advice we gave it a heck of a shot!! But the wind picked up and it got a bit nasty, so off the lake we went at about 0930. It was rather chilly out there ta boot. The water temp wasn't too bad saw alot of 50-51 degree areas, but on the south/south east side the temps varied from 48-46. We'll get'm next time!
      City: Plumas Lake

      Tips: None really to offer sorry Yall...

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: UNKN

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Heard that fish have moved in and were on bed. Warmer weather this weekend should prove a better bite. Water was clear and fish were seen in the 8-20' foot range.
      City: Santa Maria, CA

      Tips: Swims were working for some. Creme or Blk/Red jigs at 20' were semi productive. Oxblood Robo's were still bringing in smaller weights but still good keepers

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 48-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished out of Red Bud. Almost no wind all day. The bass bite was a bit slow, all on worms. Went to Shagg Rock and Henderson Point, but nothing there. Couldn't find a reaction bite all day. Caught 16 fish up to a little over 3 pounds for the largest.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Fish are still sluggish, but some warmer weather around the corner to get them moving (I hope).

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: hitting the lake today, hope to see someone out there that we can fish with
      City: Antioch

      Tips: fish hard

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Float tube. Nailed a 4+ pounder flipping big senkos into trees in the south end. Only bite all day. Fish didn't hit a Huddleston swimbait or jig/trailer. Water level is high and there is an abundance of cover to flip. Another float tuber reported a handful of 3 and 4 pounders, with his friend nailing two 8 pounders. However, I didn't see the fish, so who knows.
      City: Belmont, CA

      Tips: Senkos into cover always seems to work at some point in time, esp. when fish are staging for the spawn. Look for shade/cover combo.

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      Water Temp: 50-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Me and my girlfriend went out today got there about 130pm and fished till 6pm...i boated 10 fish smallest was 1.50 and the biggest was 7.02..windy for the frist 2 hours then i died down...all my fish came on sinko`s water gree w/red,green and prl flake..my last few trips i used jerk baits and lizz worked the best...good luck keep a tight line an catch and release...see on the water
      City: Atwater Ca

      Tips: fish the sinko`s slow and hold on cuz the big one`s are moiving up....

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 53 to 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught over 30 fish Sunday in the river area.1lb up to 3lb nothing very big, we had to fish super slow and down size .Brushhogs and robo worms seemed to be the ticket, also caught a few crappie on the brushhogs
      City: Modesto

      Tips: when u think ur fishing slow enough slow down even more, come on warm wheather

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished North Lake along bank from West End Tules to long pier. Arrived at 12:00pm and left at around 3:30pm. Flipped the tules with a black/smoke colored 4" Senko and drop shot a 4" Roboworm along the back and sides of the pier. Got one light bite on the Senko and that was it.

      A beautiful day at the Lake. Met a fellow San Franciscan and basser named Norman Mackenzie. His son is Scott Mackenzie (who currently fishes on the Stren Tournament circuit). He stopped and chatted with me for a while on the pier. We both have wonderful experiences of the Lake and fishing with our kids there. He has probably forgotten more about bass fishing at Lake merced than I will ever know. Believe me - he hasn't forgotten a thing! He is a fine gentleman and I hope to see him out there again, soon.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: Should be some fine fishing here, in just a little bit. Work the baits real slow and be patient...the water is going to warm up, soon.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 2:30 to 6:00 and had 3 bites. They were all solid fish, #5.15, 5.96 and 4.77.
      Visibilty is about 2 inches.
      City: novato

      Tips: Fished real slow with dark brush hogs and double wide beavers on brass and glass.

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

      Report: I have never fished Oroville and I live in Chico...Can anyone help me select the best crankbaits to use?
      City: cHICO