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Monday, November 7th, 2005

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 59-61.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 11-7-2005 Was a day I will never forget on Folsom Lake. I started fishing the deep water out in front of the launch ramp's at Granite Bay. I Started draging a 1-ton jig with a Yamamoto Hula grub in 30-50' of water. For me the jig bite was a bust aswell as the drop-shot bite. I found some suspended fish in 30' of water, they where holding right in the middle at 15', So I sent down an all white senko on a 3/0 wide-gap & did the old dead stick, after about 30-45 seconds I gave it that little twitch & bingo 2.5 spot I hooked a few more using this method before these fish moved-closer in towards the shore. I started fishing the shallow shoreline with a crank-bait, when I hit the mother load. This shoreline was loaded with some very large bass. My biggest was 6.2 lb. with the smallest just under 3 lbs. they where all Large Mouth which was hard to belive , When in the next 45 mins I caught 8 TOADS, Best 4 fish went a little over 21lbs. all caught in 2-10' of water on a crank bait. Photo of 6.2 I posted in the photo section,Typo erro wrong date. WHAT AN AFTERNOON !!! MJB

      Tips: 60 DEGREE water temp. on Folsom for me has always been good for throwing a Crank Bait. Start deep & if nothing happens move towards the shoreline & pay attention to the birds they are the best fish finders on the market

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

      Report: To the fishermen who help set me straight regarding steelhead being legal in sonoma thanks. I actually spoke with a sherrif who radio'd fish/game to get it once and for all. Again. thanks, no funny cigs.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Always ask fish and game when in doubt.

Sunday, November 6th, 2005

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 62-64

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Pre storm conditions, partly cloudy. Variable winds, no afternoon gusts. Lazy day throwing a drop shot with wife for 3 hours. A couple of small fish but nothing great. Lots of Red Ear being caught but overall about small hand size. Trout starting to come up shallower, wife caught 15" on drop shot plastic worm in 12 ft.
      City: Santa Barbara

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

      Report: lost rod & reel at 25' crucial & curado
      if found email for reward.
      thank you
      City: fremont

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 61-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Quency And I got to Wimpy's about noon with sun and clouds. It is a out going tide so we headed to Beaver Slough to find two dozen boaters out fishing for Salmon and Stripers. We turned into Beaver using Senkos and Brush hogs in Green Pumkin around rocks, under trees and standing trees. Got a 5 , 4 , and a 3 lber and the rest were small, all within three hours.
      City: rocklin

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The 16.8 was caught by a very close friend of mine who fishes the lake alot. His name is Gary Wratten .There are photos posted a the lake and at Fisermen's Wearhouse.THIS IS NO HOAX.The fish was measured ,weighed , photoed and yes released.Great job Gary!
      City: redwood city

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 63-66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Want a challenge? Give this lake a try this week. It's as tough as I've ever seen it. All the bait seems to be spread out all over the middle of the lake with fish and dux feeding heavily. No jig bite, no crank bite, no worm bite, no blade bite, no spoon bite and unless this storm commin' in on Tuesday is a good one it aint gonna change soon. Did mansge 2 keepers but I worked for them.
      City: Le Grand

      Tips: Go to the Delta!

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

      Report: Fished for 2 hrs. in South Lake. Water levels are down quite a bit from this past spring and summer. Stuck a large bass on a slow rolled chartreuse spinner bait in about 3-4 feet of water. Caught a small 1 lb fish on a 4 inch purple senko in the tules in about a foot of water.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: as usual - fish 'em slow

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: If you are looking for Jerry's reports just go back a few pages and get his email. He is still making his great reports and will add you to his private list.
      City: Klamath Falls

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

      Report: Morning mist. Conditions were not good. However, caught 1-14" Bass. Nothing the rest of the day. Caught trolling a rooster tail.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Don't fish in the rain.

Saturday, November 5th, 2005

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: na

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I basically got my ass kicked!!! My friends were gettin'em shallow while I worked deep water. I said o.k. let's go shallow and sure enogh they were there...problem was they were so finicky (tap, tap, tap...and nothing).
      City: san jose

      Tips: Go shallow, but use finesse baits. Drop-shot, Carolina-rigged straight tail worms, and light-weight jigs.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took mike deans new 619 out on maiden voyage. Fished north delta. third cast caught my dollar fish 2+lbs on rip bait. Mike makes a cast same spot he nails a smaller one. See strippers going nuts he catches a 10 or 12 pounder.His ranger is really nice to fish out of. Very stable and well laid out. Don't know why more multi fishing boats aren't sold out here. We ended up with 20 bass mostly small, 25 strippers 3 to 12 lbs.Bring your insect repellent for when the wind dies down.Those skeeters are huge.
      City: orangevale

      Tips: Blacks are everywhere. Rip, blades top water swim baits, crank baits all worked. Outgoing tide was by far better. I gotta flip more when tide is all the way up.Strippers go nuts on the change of the tide. Look for bait and birds. Don't go running over your fish with trolling motor or big motor.When they are feeding try spooks and woodchoppers. They are so much fun.P.S. put bigger hooks on them.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 61-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Devil Mt. Bassmasters held our November club tournament at Camanche with a 4 boat turnout. Conditions were post frontal with clear skies and clear water. Rained the two days before our evernt and this shut the fish down some. Lake was calm most fo the day with very little wind. Water was 61 at launch and warmed to 63 in the afternoon. Two anglers managed limits over 8 lbs. Big fish was 3.13lbs largemouth. Fish were somewhat active in the morning with big fish caught on a top water first thing in the morning. As the sun came up, the reaction bite died and the fish dropped deeper. Plastics and jigs ruled the day accounting for the majority of the fish. Drop shotting worked too but seemed to produce smaller fish. Winning weights were a mixed bag of large and spotted bass coming in about 20-30 feet of water on football jigs and plastics fished slowly. Bite was less than a mush bite, the jig would just stop falling and there would be weight on the line, no movement you just had to feel the weight and set the hook.
      City: Walnut Creek

      Tips: Most productive colors were brown and green pumpkin. Fish came on worms, hula grubs, creature baits and beavers. Fish deeper and slow down. Steep banks seemed to concentrate the fish. Still on a late summer pattern, lake as not turned over.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Yes the lake is droping, but the fish are still there, still look for bait fish in the main body on rockey humps in 20-40 ft of water. Small 3 " curley tail worms work good. Quency got our first two bass on a leach with a split shot in the rocks at the dam. Moving near Beals Point in 30-35 ft of water drop shoting got one more keeper. The afternoon ended to soon, good luck in Sunday's tourament.
      City: rocklin

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: First time out on Folsom fished humps and points from 11:30A to 4:30P without a bite. Did have a blow-up from something that busted the surface by the back of the boat while I was quickly reeling in my dropshot to move. Whatever it was it made a lot of noise. Still a couple of skiers and PWCs out.
      City: Elk Grove

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the riprap over at dyke 8 at 6:30 this mornin and stuck a 4 lb & 3.5 lb spot on a rattelin rip bait i won at a raffle at galaxie marine.. both fish came within 10 minutes....about an hour later across from dyke 8 i got a 2 lb'r on a darthead baby brush hog...after 8:00 never got another bite...but all in all a pretty good day.....
      City: Lincoln

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      Water Temp: Chilly

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: It is indeed getting cold. Tubed Arroyo from about 10 till 2 with two friends of mine. Bites were pretty scarce. I got a dink and got another bite fishing cover and throwing a dropshot. My buddy caught one 2 lber on a watermelon senko and lost another.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: Dress warm. It's getting chilly for sure.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 40 +

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: trout fishing.. is great around the docks.. 1 to 3 pounders + . limit almost every day.. keep in mind . new and full moon. phases.. small silver or silver and blue castmaster's 1/2th to 1/4 th oz ... depending on the size of the shad they are chaseing.. keep in mind the hazzards of fishing around docks and marina's//// anchors/ cables/ misc. //// jiging works best about 0 - 30 ft.. watch the shad.. enough hints .... you cant have all my secrets..........
      City: redding ca.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Was out @ o-dark thirty.........ran up by Silverthorn caught a few keepers crankin.......moved up the Macloud fish som red rocky stuff got a couple of real nice smllies fishin deep......went up to D-rock fished points coves points coves and caught a lot of good fish..just hit while they were up..
      City: Reddin

      Tips: enjoy the low boat traffic......

Friday, November 4th, 2005

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

      Report: Lanched and it was pretty cold and i decided to try my luck in the weeds in santa cruz bay was suprised to see that the water level has dropped a good six feet since april. i started out with a buzzbait but no takers. i switch to that new lure from storm that resembles a shad. i had a blast with about 13 .8-2 pound bass in a one hour span.i headed to harveys cove and worked a white yum dinger around in the bushed and caught a huge blue gill weighing about 2-3 pounds. saw lots of minnows still wondering if anyone hasan explanation? Also i saw a huge red eared slider about twelve inches long swim by. i have fished cachuma for many years and have never seen a turtle. ui alsosaw alot of crawfish. some 3-4 inches in length. caught two 2.5 pounders in the shallow branches in the cove farthest north west. water is starting to cool and i am waiting for the big fish. kelly and Garett good to see you guys getting along. i have noticed many angry anglers on the lake lately. So have even yelled at me for casting in their spot when i was about three foot ball fields away and behind them. Well good to see some nice anglers. And to everyone i will see you on the water.
      City: Santa Maria