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Saturday, October 29th, 2005

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Black bass are still biting, I was the extra boater in a tourament out of Russo's. 15 clubs, 5 of the top boaters and non-boaters from each club had a day to see who was the best of the West. The day started out with a light rain and a lots of clouds with light winds. After blast off I found some water running out of Frank's tracks with tules and rocks. No body was around so I used a speed trap in sliver/blue getting four nice bass with one keeper. spinners did ok, Rattle Traps ok. As the tide moved out so did I, cranking and draging. As the tide started back in I looked for fast moving water around eddies, points with rocks. texas rigging a brush hog was the way to go for me, finding 30 plus bass and 10 keeper my best was 10.25 lbs. Not near my best, but a fun day in the Delta. I left at 2:30 before the tourament boaters came in.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: find moving waters, tules and rocks. Around docks, pipes and inside pockets.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: DAY AFTER LITTLE STORM EQUALS BLUEBIRD SKY.sO i SLOWED DOWN AND SPLIT SHOT BRUSH HOGS FOR A SLOW 6 KEEPER DAY ABOUT 9LBS. NOT BAD BUT NOT LIKE THE DELTA.
      City: ORANGEVALE

      Tips: SPLIT SHOT OR CAROLINA RIGS 22 FEET DEEP TODAY. aQUA View showed lots of fish but not many biters. 8 lb test with 6 lb floro carbvon leader.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 0630 on the water - the air was in the 50's - Went straight to airstrip end and nothing - there were a few bass on top but no alot of action - stayed there til 10 - 3 small fish drop shotting - No wind - and cold - about 11 - the sun came out so we tried alot of differnet spots - nothing but dinks - Stoped at one last spot around 12 - and did we find where the big boys hangout - Within a 100ft strip of bank - we saw 3 fish over 12lbs, 2 fish around 8lbs and 3 more that were close to 5lbs - we fished it hard with swimbaits - had a couple turn and follow - but nothing - THe wind came up hard around 2:30 off the water by 3. Few fish - all were dinks -
      City: Oakview

      Tips: Hard day fishing

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished on saturday afternoon. cranking most of the day, scraped up a dink on the rat l trap. Switched over to the heavy stuff, started throwing a 8in swim bait - landed a beautiful 10.5lber within the first 15 minutes, nothing else the rest of the day.
      City: san jose

      Tips: big baits = big fish
      catch and release

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

      Report: Started out tough, tough, tough! I was finally able to find some biters dropshotting. I got a limit, fish between 2-1/2 and 3-1/2 pounds. Work hard, stick to the 30 foot depth range, and you'll get some to bite.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing hasn't been good the last couple of times out. There were a few undersized dinks caught using live crawlers. Tried cranks, spiners, and topwater with no success.
      To sum it all up, I can tell you from experiance that this is a good place to catch lots of tics, and great for sprain ankles. I don't know why anyone would waste there time here. I'm not sure why I even come back to this place! But, if you enjoy brousing through a dumping ground,enjoy hiking through cow shit, and looking at garbage, then this is the place to be. There's no shortage of pigs here. Tell a friend!!
      City: Bolinis

      Tips: Not recommended...It wont be long before this place gets closed off to the public..

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Anyone know what the water levels are on the lake right now? High, Low? Are they draining it?

      Thanks!
      City: Gilroy

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I just got a call from fw and they now have heard of the fish, although still no photo. Congrats to whoever caught it if it is legit. The previous (very unofficial) record was 16.1 pounds, so this would be the new lake record!

      Tips: Waiting to see the photo.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I guided a good fisherman new to the Oroville area on what now is his "home" lake - beautiful Lake Oroville! WOW, what a shock. The last time I guided there - on a Friday - I had to park 5 rows away from the ramp 'cause of an upcoming tournament. Yesterday, I was the ONLY rig in the lot. Yes - it rained all day. Wimps, all of you, har!! It rained on my brand new Ranger 520 - got the carpet all wet - imagine that! Actually, there was one rig parked at the end of the ramp when we came in. And yes - we didn't see a boat all day!!! The fishing was reasonably good too. We caught 21 bass total - one spot at 16 1/2 inches (2 lbs 7 oz), one at 15 1/4, and one at 14 and 99/100's, har! All of our spots were 13 inches or over and were caught from 30 to 55 feet. Split-shotting seemed to be the ticket for the day. I drop-shotted a lot, but that didn't see to work. I did it 'til I caught one!!! Topwater, reaction, nothing else worked. No jig fish either. We used Camanche Jack worms in purple ghost color and Yamamoto Kut Tails in a salt and pepper color. We spent a lot of time looking and metering all over the north fork, so we didn't fish the whole time. I think he will like his new lake since he caught 12 of our bass and one of the "over 15's!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We found bass in weird places - kind of near the sides of slowly tapering points. Walls did produce some fish and points did produce some. But somewhere between the outer part of a wall (main body) to the first point heading into a cove seemed to hold a lot of fish - if that makes any sense. Almost seemed they were moving in and out of the mouths of coves. Whatever they were doing, they were eating pond smelt. I know - they were all over the side of my new boat!!!!

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 61-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The bite is slow right now but you can catch fish if you slow down and use the right bait. Caught 12 on tuesday and 11 on thursday. Majority of the fish were caught on 3.5 inch green pumpkin tubes on 1/8th ounce wieght between 0-15 feet. Caught a few on flukes but couldn't get bit on topwater or cranks. Fish rocky ares with weeds and you should be able to get a few. Bite gets better in the afternoon as the water warms the wind pick up a little. Good Luck
      City: Salinas

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      Water Temp: probably 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: great job to the person who did actually catch that hog.. 16 pounder.. wow It had to be a couple of feet around and then some on the length...don/t know what the lake record is that's good shit...Congratulation's to the person who hooked and I hope realeased it..Measure it take photo's... and have something made...that fish.. is probably 7 or 8... smart dude..
      City: morgan hill

      Tips: Again.. congrats.. to the person who hooked it... Hopefully ya got picture's....fish safe and let all the jet skier's and water skier's please respect our territory... 50 feet from the bank..and a 100 foot cast... with big hook's..to clean out a nest... if ya get my gist... good luck fish safe..b

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I just called the ranger office and they're predicting that the ramp will be closed Thursday night.

      I also talked to the guys at fisherman's warehouse and no one there has heard of the 16 pounder. Sounds like a hoax to me so far.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FYI: I'm pleased to say the 16 pounder was released unharmed back into the lake.

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      Water Temp: 68 iin the am.f

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: reading the report's.. a 16 that's really great.. Hopefully. it was released after it was measured..that dude was a grand pa..who ever caught " the ellusive one" and then let it go.. I tip MY HAT TO YOU....good job even landing something like that... congratulation's and I hope that it is back in the lake.. without fish like that we wouldn't have a good strain....
      City: morgan hill

      Tips: I think this is the last weekend for Coyote to be open for boating...If your fishing this lake. this weekend.. and happen to see a Santa Clara Park's and Rec vehicle.. Thank them for .. a great job...Be it Maintanence, Ranger, what ever... thank those hard working people for making it possible for you and myself to enjoy the time that we use these facilitie's ... If you disagree Please Let me know... thank's

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      Water Temp: 65-68

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the lake today from 7 to 12 and caught our best fish using blades,crankbaits, and 10 inch worms. Best action was in 5-12 ft. of water along the western rocky shores. Best five went 19.6 The lake has gone down a lot since last week. The weeds are gone, and the campgrounds are almost completey gone.
      City: Salinas

      Tips: 1/2oz fatfree shad in firetiger,1/2oz revenge blade in shad, and power worm in red shad. Have fun out there

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I went to Pardee with a good friend of mine to look over the lake - starting about 10:30 am, try some fall fishing, and show off my new Ranger 520 w/Evinrude 225 E-TEC. Wow, what a combo! I found out after I arrived that the lake had dropped about 5 feet or so in the last week after being steady all summer. Needless to say, the fish were all deep and large bass were not interested in eating anything we presented. The weather hurt us also - cloud cover cleared and north wind came up - stopped - and then south wind again as another front moved in. In spite of those excuses, we did catch 22 bass from 5 inches to a 2 lb smallie. We did fish pretty hard, but did a lot of looking around and metering. I am learning the ropes with my new Lowrance X-26 with GPS. We spotted some nice school of big fish in very deep water, but try as we did, they would not bite. Lots of action made the day enjoyable and the bite did pick up just before we had to go in at dark.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Reaction baits did not work at all. I did catch a keeper largemouth on a Rodstrainer jig. Split-shotting and drop-shotting worked well when we found fish on the meter. The upper river arm didn't produce at all, but main body and lower river arm had lots of fish and we caught a bunch of 'em. Fished some excellent off-shore structure, but didn't get many bites in those areas. Walls with shadows produced well. Until '06, good luck at the other lakes with those winter bass!!!

Monday, October 24th, 2005

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out in the tube and nailed some LM on a dropshot in about 20 ft. Nothing big but it was'nt bad for a couple hrs during the week. They planted the sh%* out of the trout, that bite should turn on soon.
      City: S.L.

      Tips: Find the rocks and find the bass. Small baits slow should work.

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Subject : Fishing with Sid

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      Fishing at Lake Berryessa was grrrrreat this past weekend!!! The weather was perfect, the water was calm and clear and the fish were co-operating. My wife and I went to the vineyards on Friday and wormed for bass in shallow water we had a very successful time. Saturday we decided to troll for awhile towards the ranch house. We hit two large salmon and a couple of trout on the surface then my wife landed a 6+ lb bass. (see photos) Saturday evening I took out Kevin and Steve to show them how to catch bass trolling. In twenty minutes they caught four bass so we headed back in before it got to dark. Sunday morning I met them and we went out for an early bite. Once again trolling was successful. Fish are breaking all over the lake. Sunday early afternoon I took my wife out and we caught a few bass and salmon then my wife got a huge hit and landed what we first thought was a catfish but turned out to be a monster squawfish also known as sacramento pike. This weighed in at 12 lbs and she used 6 lb P-line and it gave her quite a fight. At least there is one less squawfish in the lake now. Whenever you catch a squawfish you should destroy it and leave it on shore for the birds or take it home just never put it back in the water because it is a predator and feeds on the other fish. All in all this was a perfect fishing weekend.............'til next week........good fishing!!!! www.fishingconnection.net
      If you want to email me with any fishing stories.... bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333
      City: Napa

      Tips: Lake Berryessa is a 365 day Lake all you need is where and what to use.

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      Water Temp: 66 - 67 F

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Berryessa on Sunday afternoon. No action for 1st 2 hours. Finally found shallower area with weeds & caught 8 fish on reaction baits. But, they were all small. Caught bluegill on darterhead. Saw fish busting shad but no action or spook or ripbait. Talked to some guys who said they caught a lot of fish in early AM on soft plastics on main lake points.

      Tips: For fun fishing, go someplace else. This lake is tough in the fall!

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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 5th cast of the day, hooked a 13+ striper on a rattletrap. First striper I have ever caught at that lake. Should have stopped there. The rest of the day, mostly small bass, largest 2 lbs, and not at lot of them. All caught on a dropshot in Aaron's Magic.
      City: Sacramento, CA

      Tips: Lake is low, low low. Don't need much gas.