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Sunday, March 19th, 2006

  • 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

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 49-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the lake with my Son-in-Law around 11:00AM headed for Squaw Creek, caught 40+ spots and smallies, on live minnows in 20 to 30 feet off steep rock walls and rockie points in 3 hours. The largest was only about a 1 1/2 lbs, but they are strong and lots of fun to catch on light tackle. If you set the hook early on them you hook them in the mouth, catch and release is still easy. I used to tournament fish, but now just like to catch them for fun. Lake Shasta is fantastic! Good luck to all!
      City: Redding

      Tips: Stay on steep rock walls near deeper water and rock points on the main lake. They are fat and ready to strike, have fun.

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 53-56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED OUT OF PUTAH CREEK RESORT.. STATRTED UP PUTAH CREEK .. REALLY MUDDY AND LOTS Of DEBRIS.. caught several fish but biggest a 3.5 smallie.. all fish caught drop shotting or wacky worming a cut tail . must have some red.. no reaction bite
      City: SUNNYVALE

      Tips: by the time we weighed in at 3:30 it was really nasty and hard to get boats on trailer. thought i was at clear lake.. we had one boat swamped and really had a group effort to get it out of water .. it took 11.25 to win our tourney .. be careful on water . and oh yea once again to all you @#$ 5 mile an hour speed limit up putah creek !!!!!!!

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 57 - 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The bite got tougher out here since last week. There are bed fish but the past cold storm we had kind of messed things up. We still managed to catch around 15 each day. Texas rig 7 inch Oxblood Light Roboworms in 20-30 feet. There are bed fish up but they are small.
      City: Fullerton

      Tips: Anglers Choice tourney was won today out there with 42 lbs for 5 fish. Guys are getting them on swimbaits right now. It's hit and miss though.

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

      Report: I caught a few while fishing zipper worms.
      City: sacramento

      Tips: zipper worms are doing really good right now.

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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Collins all day Saturday all for not! My fishin buddy Todd and I threw crankbaits, spinners, grubs, topwaters(early AM), banjo minnows, pitched jigs, well you get the hint. We threw it all and left with nothing. The main lake was still murky, back in some of the coves the clairity of the water was around 4.5 feet down. But the Bass just had lock jaw. Better luck next time I guess.
      City: Plumas Lake

      Tips: The warmest water we saw on the fish finder was 50 back in a few of the coves. But else where any where from 45-48 degrees is what your looking at. It is supposed to rain all this week, so I imagine the first week of April may show some signs of the water warming & clearing up a little.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Tubed out today from 2pm to 5pm. Used jigs, dropshot, spinner, texas rig creature and etc. The result is terrible; I didn't get a single bite at all. Fish the tullies, and the dam. I am wondering if its me doing something wrong or its just that its still slow? O wellz, i guess at least i tried today.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Good Luck Fishing

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 48/50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Loomis Basin Bass club fished folsom today. We had 5 limits out of 11 boats. One team blanked. We weighed 38 fish alive. My Big fish was a beauty at 9.34 lbs. Heavy boat was 31.80 for 5 keepers. Second place was a real nice limit of 24.38 lbs. There big fish was a 6.44 lb spot. My non boater had a 6.80 spot to go with my 9.34. We were culling 4 pounders. Is that insane or what? Best day ever on any lake for me and I've fish for bass over 25 years.We caught over 20 keepers. Had nice limit by 9 a.m. and culled every one by 12:30. From 12:30 to 2:00 it was insane. William and I were high fiveing each other after every toad. My thums are wasted.Fish main lake all day.
      City: orangevale

      Tips: The fish are moving up shallow. Fish the windy side of the lake. Fish slow and cover lots of flat points. I didn't find many on the steeper banks.The dead sea is ALIVE.

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      Water Temp: 47.5-51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Spent from about 0830-1230 on the lake. Started out in New York Creek got nothing. Went to some trees in the main lake and caught one spot about 2.5 lbs on a crankbait. Started getting windy about that time.
      City: Lincoln

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, got a chance to fish with my dad (Mike Ashton)at the Lake today. Fished some of the south lake piers with no luck. Did get a couple of hits on the boat docks, dad was using a 4inch smoked black senko and I was using 1/2 oz blue and black jig w/ a berkley power tube as a trailer. Water is still pretty cold. Once the weather warms up we should all have more luck...Happy Fishing!
      City: South San Francisco

      Tips: Fish SLOWLY...

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: A few bass were caught 5 to 45 feet deep. Mostly spots, all bass caught on dropshot. Also 1 trout on a wht grub, after trying to troll with no luck. Calm at first but wind kicked up and weather turned sour.
      City: manteca

      Tips: Use light line. Friend tried to use 10# but no takers until he switched to 6#. Robo/magic worms and wht grub.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 42-47

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished S. Fork, water clear to muddy 42 in am to 46 in pm. Feeder creeks were not warmer. Quite a few slot fish and a few overs on tubes & jigs. One early on crank. Water down 50 & stable. hard to find bait, and fish not relating.

      Tips: tubes & jigs

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Please somebody make a post for this lake i need info cause im going up there to fish next week and i'd like to know current patterns and depth of fish as well as quality thanks - bo

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 49.8

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took a run up to sugarloaf. Caught several nice bass. Home early for baseball practice. Minnows and rubber worms.
      City: Cottonwood

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      Water Temp: 49.8

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took a run up to sugarloaf. Caught several nice bass. Home early for baseball practice. Minnows and rubber worms.
      City: Cottonwood

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 52-58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Real slow in the morning, bite picks up in the afternoon. Put your bait on the bottom. This part really isn't about fishing. People are getting real disrespectful about the no wake zones. People are haulin #@! when they know they're not supposed to be. You know who you are SLOW DOWN IN THE NO-WAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!
      City: Forestville

      Tips: Soak your bait let it sit on the bottom for atleast a 60 seconds. Don't even move it. We got 3 fish all day on brush hogs watermelon color.

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      Water Temp: 52-58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Real slow in the morning, bite picks up in the afternoon. Put your bait on the bottom. This part really isn't about fishing. People are getting real disrespectful about the no wake zones. People are haulin #@! when they know they're not supposed to be. You know who you are SLOW DOWN IN THE NO-WAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!
      City: Forestville

      Tips: Soak your bait let it sit on the bottom for atleast a 60 seconds. Don't even move it. We got 3 fish all day on brush hogs watermelon color.