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Monday, October 10th, 2005

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I got caught with the rentals being closed too!
      Fished the bank in the narrows for 2 smallies and 3 largemouth. Biggest was 3.5 pounds.
      Senkos on ledges and rocky dropoffs in about 14 feet of water. Saw a bunch of shad being busted out in the middle. Time for the shadraps and spinners if you have a boat!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Bring your own boat. Jig bite is still on but the fish are chasing shad so reaction bite is starting. Bass are moving out from stucture. Find bait, you've found fish.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Really pissed off. My boat is not in yet so I went on Monday to rent a boat at del valle. After driving half an hour and paying my fees, my buddy and I pulled up to the boat rental marina to find it CLOSED. NEW HOURS MON-FRIDAY CLOSED OPEN SAT AND SUNDAY ONLY. Can't believe it. Took off a day from work. got up at dark oclock and CLOSED. What the heck is going on!!!!!
      City: san ramon

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 66-69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Ryan Mckinley and I went out late in the afternoon. I have not seen the lake for a month or more, it sure has droped. Dropping is good for me my rockey points and steep drop offs are up now. Using drop shot and finding big balls of moving ball our first bass was a 2.5 lb spot in the main part of the lake with rocks in 45 ft of water.
      Ryan was using a carolina rig with a leach in 20-30 ft of water getting his first spot just in front of the "Rock Garden" area.
      Just outside in deeper water I found balls of bait with large arches under, drop shot got me a 1.5 , 2.0 and a 3.0 lb.
      gets dark early so out of the water by 6:30.
      City: rocklin

      Tips: fish slow and look for the moving bait balls

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

      Report: Trent, how did you and your partner do in the Anglers Attic Tourney for children??

      Syd
      City: Redding

Sunday, October 9th, 2005

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 64-66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Great day on the lake, water was clear and the bass were biting. Fished the south & north end. No luck on the north side, caught 20 plus on the south end, again the majority were in the 1-2 lb. range with two going 3.6 and 4.2 on a 7 inch senkos out of the trees at the very south end.
      City: Morgan Hill

      Tips: Most success from the south rocky banks, try out the submerged trees down south.

  • Leon County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started out the day fishing some laydowns by the dam. Second cast got a nice 3 pounder. around noon switched to fishing docks, and got 7 more in the one- two pound range.
      City: cv

      Tips: Caught everything on a 4 1/2 inch finnese worm
      t-rigged brass and glass in natural colors.

Saturday, October 8th, 2005

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Windy and clear but the fish were biting all day. Caught 25 LM mostly in the 1-2 lbs range but did get a 3.8 which was big for this lake. The pattern was mud lines in 20-25 ft of water. Caught fish on spinner bait early. Later it was drop shot robo, TX rigged Robo, and a carolina rigged brush hog. Saw some schooled up bass busting shad on top.
      Hey foat tube Steve how did you do?
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Find the mud lines and fish the edges with soft plastics in 20-25 ft of water along steep drop rocky shore line. Good luck.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Future Pro Tour with my cousin Bob we stayed around boat docks in Franks Track all day for 10 LBS. finished 33 place. Threw Senkos and Robo worms.
      City: Sac

      Tips: To see results and next years schedule futureprotour.net

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      Water Temp: 62-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went fishin in the south near Riversend. Things were slow. Caught 2 keepers in 4 hours. My fishin was not good and my manners were worse.I waked a basser and sort of fished his water.Sorry. Partner did no better as dinks were the order after a few strikes on the topwater without boating em.

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

      Report: Fishing was hit or miss today. the only thing i caught was a little 9 inch bass on a nightcrawler. i saw a few guys come in with some 5lb trout and someone came in who had realesed 6 keeper bass.
      City: Hemet

      Tips: for bass use small shad imatation baits. you can also use deep diving crankbaits. all you need to do is find a good point and you found good fish.

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

      Report: hit the water at 6:15am, fished northfork up to rattlesnake boat ramp...caught 3 dinks (spots) and 2 real nice spots 2 lbs each...Fish were caught on dropshot 6 in purple robo worm,wacky rigged pearl white & chartrusse senko & a little bagleys balsa crank bait...fished trees and underwater flats..
      City: lincoln

      Tips: 6:15 was about 30 min to early, still dark...

Friday, October 7th, 2005

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This is just a warning for those who are interested. I've noticed that a capt. sid has been using the posting as a way to advertise his guide service. When you click on his website, he claims he has caught a few bass over 10lbs. He also has a picture of a 11.20 bass from berryessa. If you look carefully at this picture, you will notice the fish is dead, real dead. Look at the bulging eye and tail fins and it looks like a fish that we have all seen floating somewhere. If i was a betting man, i might say that it was a fish that someone else caught. Maybe this someone was fishn alone one day and caught the biggest bass of his life and sought out someone to take a pic of him and this fish. He finds someone at the dock who takes his picture, but also wants some pics of the fish and himself with his camera. Being excited as well as foolish, the fisherman says okay. The fisherman realizes he has made a mistake when the stranger mishandles the fish and feels bad when his intent was to release the fish alive. The fisherman then returns the fish to the livewell to release it where it was caught. A month later the fisherman runs into the stranger at a fishing show advertising his guide service with a picture(the same one on his website)of this 11.20 bass. Well, that's the story and its as true as me telling you that the stranger was sid I'm that foolish fisherman that helped kill that 11.20 bass.
      City: orinda

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went on adventure trip with Fishin Instructor Randy Pringle to Cabo San Lucas Baha Mexico. We and I mean we (Took turns fighting as no harness just you and rod against fish) caught a 400lbs Black Marlin. Very rare down there and it was a Catch and Release fish.
      City: Oakland

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Good luck to all of the Future Pro anglers! It's going to be A fun day on the water.

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      City: Sac

      Tips: Bring A BIG stick and swing hard!

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 67ish

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I needed a day on my favorite lake, so I braved clearlake knowing that 188 ACTOC boats would be there in addition to the guys prefishing for the BASS event. I fished what I call my barometer dock to see if the fish were biting. No bites off the dock........hmmmmmm. Fished from 9-11 am and not a bite cranking, jigs, dropshot,. Wheeler yielded me a nice catfish on a dropshot and a10" bass. My buddy and I fished hard till 4:30 and never boated another fish, much less had a bite. Some days your the windshield, some days your the bug!
      City: Yuba city

      Tips: I always try to learn something every day I'm on the water. Today, I saw a guy get a decent fish on a dropshot. I saw another spinnerbait a 3 lb fish, I saw a guy sitting in 30 feet of water off Glenhaven fishing the TOC by himself. He was, I believe carolina rigging something in 30' and catch one about 1.5lbs.(by the way, you were very rude, and I hope your motor broke and you never got to weigh your fish!). I had a hard time bringing myself to write this report. I knew that just because we sucked this day that limits over 20lbs would be weighed on this day. I just couldn't believe that at least a few fish wouldn't eat my stuff.

Thursday, October 6th, 2005

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 70 - 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We had a nice warm day with a light breeze on the water. I fished from noon until sundown. Caught a few nice spots and a lot of dinks (either spots or small mouth). Had most luck with 3" thin drop shot baits during the day and 4"-6" drop shot baits in the evening. Most of the bait in the lake is 1" to 3" long right now. I could not get a good rip, crank, spinnerbait, topwater bite going. The bait was 10-30 feet deep during the day and came to the top late in the evening. The best bite seemed to be around 1:30 PM in 20-30 feet of water. More bait was in the cooler 70 degrees coves, the main lake was from 72-74.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: find the coldest water = more bait = more fish

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: i have been fishing coyote once a week for the last 6 weeks.
      been launching at about 1 oclock

      been hooking a big fish every time i go out.
      10lb11oz,6lb 8oz, 5lb 3oz
      they seem to be scattered
      one day hitting a jig with a blue trail but lately a pumpkin trail
      big ones seem to be on rocks ,smaaler ones on dead wood
      i can catch the 2 to 3 lbs on the same spot but rarely two big fish at the same location
      fall is coming and i notice the jig bite coming on stronger
      to bad the launch ramp closes within 3 weeks
      i know there is big bass to be caught in nov and im bummed the ramp is closing down
      caught some bass on shad colored crank and like colored blade
      lots of bites on drop but there small now
      it seems to me the best bite is between 430 and 500 oclock in the evening then it shuts down or maybe a change of color is needed

      let me know how yall are doing its great to see posts on coyote and even if it onl;y for a couple more weeks
      City: san jose

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: i have been fishing coyote once a week for the last 6 weeks.
      been launching at about 1 oclock

      been hooking a big fish every time i go out.
      10lb11oz,6lb 8oz, 5lb 3oz
      they seem to be scattered
      one day hitting a jig with a blue trail but lately a pumpkin trail
      big ones seem to be on rocks ,smaaler ones on dead wood
      i can catch the 2 to 3 lbs on the same spot but rarely two big fish at the same location
      fall is coming and i notice the jig bite coming on stronger
      to bad the launch ramp closes within 3 weeks
      i know there is big bass to be caught in nov and im bummed the ramp is closing down
      caught some bass on shad colored crank and like colored blade
      lots of bites on drop but there small now
      it seems to me the best bite is between 430 and 500 oclock in the evening then it shuts down or maybe a change of color is needed

      let me know how yall are doing its great to see posts on coyote and even if it onl;y for a couple more weeks
      City: san jose

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

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

      Report: Zack, how the hell do you know drop-shotting doesnt work if you've never done it?

      Figure it out!
      City: Morgan HIll

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took my son fishing and caught 5 LM bass at Alder Point and behind the Island. My son was using nightcrawlers and I had success with Norman purple/white crankbait and silver fluke.
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Fish are on the move so try swim baits or floating baits.