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Saturday, November 26th, 2005

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I HAVE BEEN FISHING THE GUAD FOR A LONG TIME ITS A NICE LITTLE LAKE.BUT ITS TO BAD LOW LIFES DUMP THERE GARBAGE AND OTHER JUNK ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IN THE WATER. NOW SEE ALL THE CRAP THAT WAS BELOW THE HIGH WATER LINE SINCE THE WATER LEVEL DROPPED.OLD CARS,LAWNMOWER.COMPUTER MONITOR ECT.BUT THIS PLACE HAS GOOD SIZE FISH.LAST MONTH I FISHED ONE DAY FOR 2 HRS. HAD 3 BITES AND 3 FISH 4LB13OZ 4LBS10OZ 3LBS13OZ CAROLINA RIG ROBO WORM OXBLOOD 6IN.SPADE TALE.GOOD LUCK
      City: SAN JOSE

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish the South fork, until 2pm. drop shot and dart head. Raibow worms, #99 produce most of the bass, with the largest 2.3 lbs. total 27 bass. anywhere from 5ft. to 30ft.
      City: Cottonwood

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

      Report: Very slow started at daylight with top water not a swirl.Wind started blowing about 25mph so i stayed at dino point.Finally picked up five fish on jerkbait all in tree's way in the back of the cove's.One nice thing two were 3lb black bass.Well i think that's it for me until spring to damn cold over there in that big valley never warm's up all day.About the only real good thing about Salinas is the weather.
      City: SALINAS

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Shata during the Thansgiving holidays, Thuirsday through Sunday. The weather has changed significantly from two weeks ago. Thursday found most activity in 35 feet. Friday the temps dropped and rain. There was a rather brief, shallow water reaction bite but then found the bait and fish moved out to 45-50 feet. I only fished the Sac arm area. Caught most fish drop shottin 4" Aaron's Magic, Robo Worm. Also got a few on 20 foot flats on brown/orange jigs. In total got about 70 fish. Most were small keepers. Largest 2.5 lbs.
      City: Sam Ramon

      Tips: As usual, if you are on the water at first light throw reaction baits on long casts. Then, move out and find the bait. Fish drop shot or dart heads. If you like throwin jigs, you can get some quality fish on the flats.

Friday, November 25th, 2005

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Walked the shoreline between the rain showers. Used a Carolina-rigged lizard off the points and caught 2 bass. One was about a pound and the other was probably 3lbs. They were both deep and on the bottom. The water is getting cold and the fishing is getting tough.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Fish the points and rocky shorelines slowly with soft plastics.

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Can't believe I went fishing in a rain storm but I had not been in a month and needed a bass fix. Cold front was moving through as I got on the water at 1130AM. With the wind rain and overcast I started with crank bait. Nothing. Tried shaking a tex rig worm and carolina rig - nothing. Switched to drop shot Robo worm and picked up 7 fish under 2lbs. Pattern was rocky shore on points in 25ft. Bite lasted a couple of hours until the wind shifted to out of the north and the temp dropped and the bite shut down. It was cold and miserable and possibly not worth the pain. There were only a few other boats out. Talked to an Anderson regular who only got 2 fish which made me feel better about not putting more fish in the boat.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Don't fish during a passing cold front. If you do go dress warm and fish soft plastics in deeper water along rocky shoreline.

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

      Report: This message is for the last post from Bill.
      I am taking the wife out tommorrow striper fishing, I would like to hopefully help her catch some fish. If you could help what areas were productive for you? Incoming or outgoing tide? I appreciate any help I can get.
      I have not had much success the last two times I took her out.

      Thanks,
      Pineapple
      City: Tracy

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of B&W on friday in the rain...thought we would be in for a great day of striper fishing...NOT!!! Fished from the bridge down to Potato, into False river, near Russo's, in Taylor and Sandmound...not one striper all day. I couldn't believe it...where are they? I did manage a few blacks on speed traps in open water.
      City: Fairfield

      Tips: Help plz!!!!

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      Water Temp: 55 degs

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out at Wimpy's on Friday in the rain with big Capt Mike and Quency Malone looking for black bass and stripers. Crankin, Swim baits, Rattle Traps did not help. Found some small black bass with Senkos when the tide was coming back in. The sun came out and the fish went in. Three hours in the water and it was time for lunch at Wimpy's great cheeseburgers. Sunday might be a good day and try again.
      City: rocklin

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: Not sure

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Back in November '04, By The Rock Spot at other end opposite to the launch ramp... I caught a 2-3 lb female big mouth with a cheap assassinator bait.

      Tips: If your usual/favorite techniques don't work... try using a bit of everything you have. Who knows what you'll catch..

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      Water Temp: 00 to00

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: sorry but the first report should be for hensley bass form 1 1/2 to 2 pounds should be in the henesly lake report sorry folks
      City: kerman ca.

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      Water Temp: 55 to 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fishing here for bass from 1 1/2 to 2 pound bass is fair to good brown jig in 3/8oz with twin tail watermelon grub trailer works well also watermelon baby brush hogs work well on brass and glass reaction baits work early for shallow fish but most fish are in 15 to 30 feet of water. rock piles and drop offs are your best bets. also long points fishing bothdeep sides of the points hold nice fish. trout plants are coming here soon too check for campground sites.
      City: kerman ca

      Tips: slow your lures down keep in contact with bottom at all times they like a bait that you can swim and keep in the strike zone.

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      Water Temp: 55to 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: large minnows jigs and swimbaits are the top three baits being used here. fish are in shallower water in early morning mid morning going to 15 to 18 feet and by afternoon 25 to 40 feet. working swimbaits over humps and near shallow dropoffs work well some swimbait fish go to 8 pounds. live minnows arond the dam and off the third ramp on east side are picking up bass to 5 pounds. brown jigs with twintail watermelon grubs are working on bass too 3 pounds traffic is light during the weekdays a few more boats on the weekend call ahead for campground sites. trout plants are coming soon.
      City: kerman ca.

      Tips: fishing rock piles creek channels and dropoffs are all good places for nice bass

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 60-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished last Friday in the rain for about 4 hours. We got on the lake a little late, around 8:00am. We caught 1 crankbait fish just under 3lbs, 1 jig fish and 5 on a wacky rigged worm. 7 fish total, best 5 went 9-1/2lbs. I threw that crankbait for a long time and ended up with 1 good fish and one lost fish to show for it.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: All the worm fish were right on the bottom and you had to fish really slow barely moving it. I expected a lot more reaction fish with the weather but it just wasn't there.

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught three fish on the normal baits in deep water off the best underwater point in the lake. wind was blowing hard. was at the lake for 2hrs caught all fish in about 5 minutes.
      City: penngrove

      Tips: slow and know what they are eating. the lake is low so look at structure to fish in the spring.

Thursday, November 24th, 2005

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

      Report: The Christmas tree habitat program brought to you by BBAC and Waltons Pond will need volunteers to help dump 1000 trees in Del Valle on January 7 2006. For more info please call Jon Walton at 510-352-3932 Mon-Fri 11-7 Sat 6-4
      City: Castro Valley

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Floated back into cove drop shotting & using a jig with no success. They must have gone out for dinner!
      City: Santa Clara

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 61-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Partly cloudy and warm. Took a couple of hours to run up. 2 nice dropshot fish. Both off ledges in 20-25 ft. Increasing clouds in advance of weather change but lots of fish on screen. Trout guys are having to go deep 5-6 colors. Lots of folks catching blue gill and red ear. Red ear are in 30-35 ft and biting meal worms. The campground is full! Quite a few boats out but not that many after bass.
      City: Santa Barbara

      Tips: Happy Thanksgiving!!

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

      Report: To Tom: I agree with you my friend. I also look for credible tips to determine where I will go fishing next. Like yourself, I can only get out about once a month or so. Just ignore these idiots who want to argue on this site.
      City: San Jose

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I made a trip again to Collins today, hoping to catch another big fish! It didn't happen but the quality was excellent. In fact, my 5 fish limit was over 13 lbs! Biggest was a 3-10 largemouth near the dam, and a spot just under 3 lbs. I used Rodstrainer jigs all day. Unfortunately, the sun was bright and NO wind. Conditions were very tough. I fished steep walls with shadows and off-shore rockpiles. It was just one here and one there. But nothing under 2 lbs! Average depth of the fish I caught was 25 feet. Fun trip!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Some rain and slight runoff will greatly help Collins. Cloudy days will also be good. Jigs and brush hogs are good choices of baits.