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Saturday, March 4th, 2006

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Tim,
      Right now is tough, but with a warming trend over due, It will pick up. These fish are in a pre spawn mode(try the 2 points on either side of the cove opposite the boat ramp). You'll know when they are warmed up as the will literally have their noses pressed against the shore.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: When the water does warm, I do best with either a green senko or drop shotting a yamamoto green worm which I dye the tail black. I got one bass last year 11.4 lbs this way. Idid pick up 2 decent fish the other day on a swim bait and a buzz bait but it was tough. I will most likely be out again tomarrow....good luck.

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 10:00am to 12:30pm Worked a 4 inch Senko (black w/ blue flake). Fished the John Muir Pier dock and impoundment. Got a hit...that was it. Once again, I was yacking with a basser named Sal, not paying attention...Weather has to stabilize and the Lake needs to warm a little. The water is really high and should be a good spring for bass fishing here.
      City: Daly City

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: thanks zane. I will give it a try soon. Too bad about no float tubes.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 45-48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Put in at Lime Saddle and fished the north fork. Fished from 9am to 4pm and caught over 30 bass. 5 best were over 10 lbs. We caught them on tubes and senkos. Mostly up against the banks on rock walls. The warmer the water , the more it produced.
      City: Magalia

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: 52 degree

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: i was throwing plastics before the storm... fishin for bass... darn trout like plastic worms. i could feel this tap tap tap... set the hook and catch a 13 inch trout. but i did catch a 15" & a 13" smallmouth. man they were fat. they look like they were goin to burst.

      hey john... that's ur problem... there are no spotted bass in quarry lakes. hehehe... j/k
      City: Fremont

      Tips: timing is the key. the water has to drop 20ft and it has to warm up. like most deep water lakes, the bass hang out on the ledges and come up to feed on the flats. right now the bass are on the third drop-off... too far to cast to... u need a boat with a depth finder. u can see a lot of suspended fish in 30 to 60ft. tough fishing right now.

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake earlier this time about 6:30 started at the back of dinosour cove picked up five fish in the first half hour all decent fish 3-6lbs.Then ran down toward's portiguez cove and fished my butt off for 4 more the same size.Some on rat-l-trap and some on jerkbait.
      City: SALINAS

      Tips: Need the lake to start dropping to get some water movement to put a little color in the water.Once the sun get's a little higher it get's real tuff this water is so clear i swear you can see 30' deep.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The water is still REALLY MUDDY. TUbed most of the area today with a buddy, didn't get a single bite at ALL!!!! we tried everything, seems like its too cold and too muddy to fish. I guess at least gotta be another month or so to clear up the lake. wellz.
      City: fremont

      Tips: good luck guys.!!. They are out there.!!.

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52/53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sacramento Bass Wranglers tournament on Sat 02-28. Caught 15 or so keepers, mainly on cranks. Best 5 weighed 10.66. Curtis kicked bass with his "BABY" bass. What a toad. Fun club, looking for new members. Check us out.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Crank slow in 8-12 feet on grassy flats and points.

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

      Report: I ran into fish4fun and saw him stick a nice one on the banjo. I wipped out my Roland Martin approved helicopter lure and went to town. I had one blow up and hooked about a 6 pounder. Then I put on my Watson's Rat, and threw it in the thick stuff and caught a real nice catfish. Awsome day. See you on the water fish4fun
      City: Walnut creek

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I hammered fish all day today with the banjo minnow. My partner caught'em with the walking worm. He ran out of walking worm hooks so he was forced to use the flying lure. He was not as succesfull with that bait.
      City: p.hill, ca

      Tips: Keep plenty of walking worm hooks in your tackle box. you never know when your going to get on to a good walking worm bite.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Joe the fish are biting. It is all about whether or not you have a clue what you are doing. Get out there and try. I could tell where and what they are biting on but next you would probably ask me to catch the fish for you.
      City: Lafayette

      Tips: DON"T BE A LAZY PUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 48.6 F

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the lake by 8:30 AM, with rain and snow heavy at times. Caught 25 fish between myself and my partner. Fish were 30-40 feet on average and seemed located on the creek channels and main body points. Fish were caught on Aarons Magic and Purple robo worms with a shot of crawdaddy scent. Drop Shot fished later with shad imitations for a few more fish. The wind picked up with 2-3 foot swells and headed back to the ramp.
      City: Red Bluff

      Tips: Fish slow with long pauses on the retrieve. The storms front seems to have pushed the fish back down, but they ar still biting.

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

      Report: Redwood Empire Bass Club next meeting will be this Wednesday March 8th at 7p.m. at the Rohnert Park Community Center at the corner of Rohnert Expressway and Snyder. Our guest speaker will be Tony Giorgi who has been a professional bass guide on Lake Sonoma for twelve years. The next tournament will be at Lake Sonoma on March 25th. We welcome new members both boaters and non boaters to fish with us. Log onto rebc.net or call me at 707.758.5762 for more info.
      City: Santa Rosa

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

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      Water Temp: 53 to 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: There a new storm friday coming and its going to be a good one so i might bring the calirty of the water down even more than last saturday traffic is heavy on the weekends. brushogs and jigs and also senko's and get the blades out soon these fish are gettin close to stayin up as long as the lake dosent drop to fast. Ill be at pine flat this weekend but my fishing partner will be at the lake saturday so ill get a good report from him hope you all do well sat or sunday south shore and humps and flats on south side should hold good fish.
      City: kerman ca.

      Tips: jigs,brushogs.senko's are all good choice's now. Any questions e mail at markinman50@aol.com

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: No float tubs. Fish should start moving shallow with the next round of good weather. Great lake in the spring, lots of fish in the
      2 -5lbs range.
      City: novato

      Tips: Fish dark colors and slow.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The lake record was broken twice, the 18 pounder is the new unofficial record...
      City: oakland

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 51.8 to 54.5

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: $20 launch at Spanish Flats. One crnkbait fish on the first cast around the small islands. No other reaction bites. 4 others caught on drop shot missed 5 other hits. Fish are a little slugish and are short striking. Nice day wind picked up in the afternoon.
      City: San Bruno

      Tips: fish slow maybe use a trap hook in the back of the worm for the short strikers.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49 to 51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out at 2:30 to 5:30 water is around 6 feet higher than last Saturday.Went up north and found very muddy water before Anderson Island,also a lot of floating wood.The main body is stained but very fishable.We caught four total in windy conditions
      City: Granite Bay

      Tips: I caught 0 and my partner caught 3 on blades and 1 on a jig.Throw blades on the bank and slow retrieve back to the boat.

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished north lake near the entrance at the tules and the fishing dock at the end.threw out white spinnerbait and carolina rigged roboworm. no taps, bites, or bumps.
      City: sf

      Tips: wait for the weather to clear and warm up

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

  • Amador County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: the fish are 15-35 feet down.jigs lizards rubber worms crawdads and brush hogs are working good
      City: sacramento