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Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 68-69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The light winds have kicked up making the water a little stained. In the water at1 pm with Jim Malm and I fished up the North Fork just past Andersen Island finding some large balls of bait and a few spots, small bass and two blue gill drop shot. Moved around for the next fourth five minutes finding nothing. Out at 3 pm.
      City: rocklin

      Tips: Keep your fish finders on and look for bait with bass in 25-45 ft.

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got there about 2:30. Started out fishing the weedline with a beaver and rattle traps and caught 8 bass from 1.5-4lbs. plus a few missed bites.Once the sun got low stripers started busting all over the lake.I started throwing a spook into them and it was on!! I caught a fish on nearly every cast until it was damn near dark.Awesome afternoon and evening on the O'neill.Just try to catch and release! I know they're good to eat but this fishery has enough people keeping every legal fish they can get there hand's on.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Spook's for the stripe's on top.Beaver's and rattletrap's for the bass.

Monday, October 10th, 2005

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 67-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 5:30 pm till 1:00 am, was unable to stay later. Fish were gorging themselves on shad like crazy but were tough to catch. We caught 2 on topwater and one or two on crankbaits. After dark bite was again S-L-O-W with only a few fish on black/chartreuse plastics and senkos. Probably caught 7 fish with biggest going 1.5 pounds - pretty impressive for a fall bite, huh? Had a good time anyway. Moon was at first quarter (half moon), winds were fairly strong for about 2/3 of the time and the air temp was pretty warm - warmer than last 2 trips.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: If you know how to catch the (smaller) bass going crazy on shad in the evening, then you'll do okay. I guess we should have tried spooning.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Subject : Fishing with Sid

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      The past few days have been very productive. On Thursday and Friday I went fishing with Jesse O. Thursday the water was like glass not a ripple in sight except for the fish boiling in the narrows. Jesse caught a 3+ lbs salmon and some nice bass trolling. Saturday I went out with Juan Z. It was a colder day and the water had changed considerably. The bass went deeper but he still managed to catch a couple of nice fish. Early Sunday my wife, me and Steve E. headed out for the vineyards where I had seen a large amount of bass swimming in one to two feet of water on Thursday. Steve was very successful drop shoting. My wife used brass and glass with a senco and I used a weightless senco and all of us were catching fish. When the wind came up we started to troll in about 25 feet of water through large balls of bait from the vineyards to the ranch house with huge success. We only stopped when we saw the fish boiling over the bait and threw crank baits into the boils with good results. The water temperature started out at 69 degrees and in some areas went up to 71 degrees. All in all it was a great few days of fishing and should only continue to get better and better.............'til next week good fishing!!!!!!!! www.fishingconnection.net 650-583-3333
      City: Napa

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

      Report: Zack has been posting nonsense for a long time on these south bay lakes. I am going to chalk it up to the point that something must be severly wrong with him. He has yet to make any sense at all. How's Anderson? Zack asks...Go look on the message board, but please do not post anything you will only make people mad. Zack is there anything that we can do to make you stop posting? Please stop.
      City: Morgan Hill

      Tips: Pretend like you never saw his post and just move on... I know it's hard, just move on.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 62-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished disappointment Slough, windy boated 20 dinks 5 keeps #12.5
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Dropshot and crankbaits outside weed line

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 62to67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: the bite has slowed considerably. fished sunday and monday. lot of boats out both days ,all prefishing for bassmaster.only 13fish sunday but some good fish.best 5 were 25lbs 5ozs 2.3,2.9,4.6,5.3 and a kicker 11lb even. monday 14 fish total best 5 were 24lbs1oz. 2.12,3.2,4.11,5.11 and 6.11. we have a tournament in two weeks (a.b.a) , hope we can do this when it counts.
      City: oakland

      Tips: see photos

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      Water Temp: around 70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit Coyote after class from around 8 to 12, fished Ospreys and Baby E's. Caught 2 fish, 3.5 and 5.7 off rock points. Baby E caught both fish.
      City: Salinas

      Tips: Osprey was in the Dark Rainbow color and the Baby E was in the Millenium III pattern. Try and find clearer water

  • 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