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Saturday, January 28th, 2006

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

      Report: Weather was cloudy and windy just about all day. Started fishing at 8:00 and left at 2:30. Caught 5 bass, all keepers, biggest was about 2.5 pounds. All fish were caught in small coves within the larger lake coves in 0-10ft of water. All fish were caught on 3.5 inch green pumpkin tube with 3/16th ounce weight. Tried rip baits and cranks along main lake rocky shores and points but couldn't get bit. Fish slow and good luck.
      City: Marina

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 46-49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Client for today canceled and I decided ta venture out in the storm alone. Rare the ole Coochster gits ta go out and just play fish by his self. Fish wer biten real good today with 14 keepers to 7 lb 9 oz topping the scale for the biggest. Had three other fish over 6.5 pounds as well. All the fish today came off rocky, grass banks with wood in about 6-8 foot. Two of the 6 pounders were right on the bank in about 3 foot and KERTHUNKED that jig as it was falling. I also caught three really nice 3-4 pound fish slow rolling a White Tandem Colorado/Willow blade, with a Chartruese Yamamoto grub. No crankbait or zipper fish today. Purty excellent day considerin I only fished from 10:00a-2:0pm.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Be happy and excited when ya git up in the morning and the weather is bad. SUre fire sign fishin on the river is gonna be good right nw versus them blue bird days. Still have to fish slow and methodical. Stay off the bank and fish yer baits all the way to the boat. With the exception of three shallow fish today, all my fish are still coming 15-20 feet off the banks.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49.8

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Granite Bay at about 7am, my fishing partner caught a 3.5lb spot at our first stop on a crankbait. I caught a 2lb spot about 3 hrs later on a crankbait. Pulled out of the water about 12:30 Wind was blowing pretty good/ rained a little. We really expected more....
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Still a mystery.....

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 51.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Mother Lode Bass Anglers launched 14 anglers on 7 boats from South Barretts ramp on a drizzly Saturday morning for our first event of the year. Water temp held fairly steady during the day, highest we saw was 52.3 and lowest was 50.9. During the week the weather soothsayers looked into their crystal balls and anxiously wrung their hands while forecasting "big weather" but it was not to be, the day ended fairly nice with steady cloud cover thruout the day and some light winds (0-5), barometric pressure was ~30.93. Rain tapered off by 8:30. Rain gear was off by 9:30am.

      While past reports of deeper bass holding in 30-45' seemed to be confirmed on the finder as we motored around, we caught most in 5-15' while casting to the bank and pulling it back. Limits were caught on green pumpkin colored jigs, green pumpkin spider grubs, clear bottomed/purple topped black flake drop shot worms. Black/blue jig was unproductive. I had more bites in the warmer water. Coves, humps, and western banks were the better producing areas. Lots of activity in the first hour, we thought that we'd be culling by 9 but then it really slowed down and you had to work for hits, I put 6 in the boat during the day with my last keeper at 3:30, my boater put 10 in. Eventual winner had a limit by 9am and put over 20 fish in the boat during the day on deadsticking a green pumpkin senko.


      Fish caught: Almost all spots and hybrids with 2-3 smaller largemouths in the mix. Big fish was 3.7 and the winning bag came in at 13.5, 2nd had 11.4, 3rd came in 10.75, 4th with 10.25.
      City: Sonora, CA

      Tips: winter color patterns, once you find them stay on them till they turn off, we had good success higher up and closer to the shore than we'd expected. no one reported any sort of reaction bite

Friday, January 27th, 2006

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      Water Temp: 43-45

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 7-3 caught 2 small bass, one on dart head with 4 1/2 MM curly tail, and one on spot remover with a 6 in aaron martins. Both fish in about 20' water on banks with deep water close by. my second time on this lake seems to be slow right now.
      City: Lincoln

      Tips: fish slow, and wait for pressure on rod tip.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished swim baits shallow largest around 10lbs. submitted photo in photo section.
      City: Ripon

      Tips: largest fish hit right after I had taken the bottom hook off. on ROF12 Hud.

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out saturday a storm came threw the fish seem to be deep around 45-60ft for me.darter heading and split-shot crawdad colors.looks like eveyone is trying to throw swimbaits seen atleast 5 boats throwing them.good luck fish slow.
      City: fresno

      Tips: fish slow had a limit about 8.52

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I will be at the lake on 1/28/06 at 9am Also my bass jigs are at tacklebox 1 in madera ca. 673-6611 road 26. varity of colors from 1/4 to 1/2 oz.
      City: kerman

      Tips: waters very clear so pumpkin green or watermelon colors should be good also black and blue is also a good color now there.

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Two different trips on the bank and three fish for a total of 5 hours of fishing. All the fish were from 2.4-3.0 pounds. One on a junebug brushhog texas rigged, and two on jigs with brown and purple mix. One fish was staging off of some wood right on the bank and I pitched to the point of the wood and it hit after a few shakes. saw some guys float tube and they were catching a few. No pressure on this lake right now sow get there and spend a few hours up the bank, you'll catch one.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Find a spot on the shore and make multiple cast to structure or places you think will hold bass(steep walls, gradual sloping mud banks with a point near by) Use crawfish imitators and even give a go with a crankbait. Float tubin=stay in the middle of the lake and cas t towards shore and bring it all the way out. Slow, if they aren't hittn'slow, don't be scared to speed it up. good luck. come back to this lake in the spring and try with rat-l-traps, if it's anything like chesbro, you'll get em'.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 56 -58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Through Swimbaits the first half of the day with no follows, started drop shotting aarons magic reapers on wind blown points and boated some nice fish. A couple of 3's and 4 or 5 fish between 2 and 2 1/2LBs.
      City: Gardena

      Tips: Fish were good on the island where you can find rock points with fewer stickups. Fish Slow. Good Luck.

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: probably 52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: thanks tim for the report..I'm guessing on temp .. boat isn't quite ready yet.. Cant wait to get out there and do it again..Havent fished anything at all, this year allthough trying to get ready for "LOL' the big bite. I know where it is .. been studying all kind's of stuff..take care, and hope to see ya on the lake..
      City: morgan hill

      Tips: tip of the year,,, at Anderson... Calero, Coyote.. watch out for jet skier's, wake boarder's, and especially those who decide that this is my spot..give way my freind's..fast doesnt alway's work..

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 50.6 to 51.2

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fish with Tony today and caught 15 bass (spots and small mouth) from 730am to 130pm used deep diving crankbaits mostly, drop shot for three fish and biggest came on a brown 3/8 oz jig with brown twin twister tail. Most fish came in the south end of the lake in coves and on points from 10 feet deep to 30 feet of water. East end and around Berryessa Marina was slow for us. Water temp was 50.6 to 51.2 degrees.
      City: san bruno

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      Water Temp: 47-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Jim Malm and I fished in the narrows for the first few hour off points in 15 to 20 ft of water. Cranking, rippen and jigin, water was @ 48 degs. Moved north were the water was 52 deg on the west side. Still most of the fish came in 15 - 20 ft slow dragging a watermelon red flake or a brown/purple JK jig with a grub. Most of the fish were spots and some smallies from 1.0 - 3 lbs.
      City: rocklin

      Tips: first crank the points then jig or split shot slow.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Decided to try the wadleigh arm reeds early. After about 15 Min. of throwing a 6" castaic rainbow swimbait I was slammed and landed a 12# 3 my largest by a mile. That was the only bass of the day-------but what a day. She is back in the lake for one of you guys.
      City: oak park

      Tips: slooooow retrieve

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Same thing as friday for me. Not much on reaction, 1 on a blade and it was the smallest fish of the day. Caught 10 others on dartheads with shad pattern worms. These worm fish were all in 5-15 feet and hitting pretty aggresively. I fished the north end on flatter banks with little or no rocks. The bites were all spread out pretty evenly throughout the day, so just keep shakin'.

      Tips: I was throwing a curly tailed worm in a shad color, but i dipped the tip orange. Who knows if it heiped, but it certainly didn't hurt anything.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 47/49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tried to go up north fork but the debree pile is all the way to the slot junction. Lots of logs, the debree went from shore to shore so we went back to the slot area.
      The wind came up around nine and the fish stacked in 15' of water off shallow points. The bite was hot and heavy till the wind stopped. We used jigs and drop shotted.
      We crank fished in the morning for an hour, very slow then the hot bite for two hours, then our bite stopped. Off the water by 1:30.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Fish slow, our bites were very soft had quite a few flip the hook.

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 48-49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Flipped jig&pig in discovery bay. Boated 4 fish all day 3.5 - 4.2. Not bad fish but slow bite. Tried rip baits, blades, and texas beavers, but caught all fish on the jig. Beautiful day on the delta.
      City: brentwood

      Tips: Jig in crawdad colors did it today for me.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 47-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Yes the fishing is hard but some can get a bite or two. I went out in the afternoon for three hours and my first bite was in the South Fork just outside of New York Cove. not a keeper. Used up one tank of fuel in the search of some bass.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: I spoke to some bass fisherman and it seems that drop shot was the set up to use.

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      Water Temp: 49-52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: First time out to actually fish with my FBL partner Greg Hernandez. Caught 2 on shallow main lake points on cranks in Chartruese and "hot mustard". Only got bit on points with a good wind blowing on them. When the lake slicked off, the fish disappeared. Only caught the 2, but felt we had a solid pattern to work from if the wind would have cooperated.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Crank and throw alot of reaction baits. Muddy water is keeping these fish shallow and it is beginning to warm with these beautiful days we have been having.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: WENT OUT SATURDAY TO ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER. STARTED OUT ON THE PENNINSULA ACROSS FROM BROWNS. TOSSED WHITE SPINNER BAIT WITH NO TAKERS. SWITCHED OVER TO MY GOOD OLD STAND BY (NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF YEAR) A CAROLINA RIGGED ROBO WORM IN OXBLOOD W/ RED FLAKE. MANAGED (3) SPOTS TO 2.5 LBS. THEY WERE FAT AND PULLED HARD LIKE 4 & 5 POUNDERS, NOT THAT I WOULD KNOW. THEY CAME IN 10 TO 16 FOOT OF WATER OFF GRADUAL DROP OFFS.
      City: SAC.

      Tips: STICK WITH IT. WINTER FISHING AT FOLSOM CAN BE VERY GOOD AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE STAINED WATER CONDITIONS WE ARE ENJOYING.