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Saturday, September 17th, 2005

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I guided a father-son team, new to bass fishing, on Sat. I agree with the previous report - fishing was surprisingly slow - I think we landed only 9 or 10 bass. One surprise was a near 4 lb largemouth that took a Senko in about 5 feet of water near a bush in the narrows. She was pretty skinny - not a good sign. Fishing is tough anyway on a weekend. My clients caught their bass split-shotting purple ghost worms and I caught a few drop-shotting a shad colored Yamamoto 4" Kut Tail worm. I think the lake had a north wind on Friday and that could have made the fishing a little tough.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I would like to thank another polite "bass boat captain" that came within 50-60 feet of our boat doing at least 65 mph. That guy set bass fishing back about 50 years in the eyes of the father in my boat. That seems to happen a lot at Berryessa - maybe just to me? I see bass boats breaking 5 mph speed limits all the time - it seems only at Berryessa. I hope we can clean up our act before it is too late!

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in same tournament as Capt Jack. I started off on main lake points throwing super spook. Caught first 3 keepers first hour. Fished cracks in north fork and bridges rest of day. Ended up with 10 over 13 inchs. Was fishing for big bite all day . Jigs big worms and top water. Big bite never came but had a great time catching and releasing with culmright.
      City: orangevale

      Tips: Fish seem to still be in summer pattern. I didn't catch 2 fish in the same spot. Top water and deep crank baits in shad pattern worked. Dart head worms off steep walls. Lots of bait and small bass in 40 foot of water use electronics.We would drop shot and find out they were little and move on. Never found big bite.

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      Water Temp: 69-73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Some water was clear and some had mud lines. Fished our club Tourament Basin Bass Masters from Loomis. Out at safe sun light and back in at 3:00pm. Most of our fish were 12 inches or less , dragging worms, lizards, leaches, cranking and dropshoted. Our one and only can dropshot at the bridge in 55 ft with a morning dawn. The winners were spinner bait and cranking in the windy points. Yes stay deep and slow.
      City: rocklin

      Tips: drop shot and crankin.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 72 - 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: SHASTA CASCADE BASS ANGLERS SEPTEMBER NIGHT TOURNAMENT TOP 5.WINNER JEEP S.FISHED THE SAC.ARM WITH JIGS AND PLASTIC FOR 13.23 LBS. AND BIG BASS - 5.56 LBS. 2ND PLACE JOE A.FISHED SQUAW AND MAIN BODY WITH BLADES AND PLASTIC FOR 12.22 LBS. 2ND BIG BASS 5.25 LBS. 3RD PLACE PHIL M. FISHED UP THE PIT WITH GRUBS FOR 11.88 LBS. 4TH PLACE MIKE K. FISHED UP THE PIT WITH CRANKS TO CATCH 11.40 LBS. 5TH PLACE CLYDE O. JONES VALLEY AREA WITH A BLADE TO CATCH 9.93 LBS 3RD BIG BASS 4.75 LBS.
      City: REDDING

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      Water Temp: 72 -74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Elk Grove Bass Tournament on Saturday. We caught 25 or more fish all about 12 inches. Almost all of our fish came drop shotting 4" worms in 30 feet of water in the trees. We did find some fish with Hula grubs on rocky points. We ended up with only 4 fish to weigh in for 4th place. Robin and Joe took 1st place with 5 fish and big fish! Way to go!
      ElkGroveBass.Com
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Work the areas where you find wood cover near main lake points. 30 to 40 foot depths is where we found most of our fish. Go see the guy's at Phil's, they are a great help and really enjoy what they do!

Friday, September 16th, 2005

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: launched out of capells @6:30a and was the only one there, i guess that was a sign..air temp was a very cool 52 with a cooler breeze..sun came out around 11, as it finally warmed up..fished til 3 with 11 fish total, including 3 dinky-dinks and 1 bluegill..the rest were bass of the 12-14" variety. fished about 8 different spots with 2 of them holding fish that were relating to bait. could only entice a few to bite in each spot, even tho' i know there were many below. keeper fish were on plastics in the 15-20ft depth. the smaller fish hit jerk and crank. only saw one other bass boat and he said it was a zero day for him...we both blamed the full moon.
      City: orinda

      Tips: this definitely is a time to use your graph..fish will be plenty in some areas and other areas will = zero..didn't fish the main body, as it was too cold in the a.m.(i know, i'm a wuss) and when it got warmer, a strong southernly came out with the sun..but i think the cooler nights have prompted some of the fish to come up shallower than normal for this time of the year. hope this helps...good fishn

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

      Report: Hey guys check out this link:
      https://www.rokbass.com

      It is literally an untapped bass fishing country. YIIPPEEE!!!!!! Now I need to buy some gear to cover my 2 year tour here. What clued me in to investigate further was a fish market I walked by in Daegu. I saw live bass swimming around in a tank. Boy, did I get really excited. I found out there is a B.A.S.S. Federation Club right here at Camp Walker. I guess I'm not going to go nuts now waiting to go fishing again. When I'm able to I will send fishing reports soon. Cya for now.

      DeltaBassBuster
      City: Currently, South Korea

      Tips: Pray for a miracle. Mine came true. :-)

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I have been going out alot lately....The fish are all over right now...starting to get active almost all day! I went out @ 6:15am caught fish on the first cash...{small} We fished jigs/ lizards...senkos.. the lizards seem to work all day a 12-20ft. Better fish are being caught..we went on monday and caught 40+ w/ only about 10 over a pound...On fri we caught 45+ and there was 15+ over a pound...so it's gettin better... I lost a big fish @ about 7:30 5+?? white seem to work best for me!! Partner lost 1 @ 10:30 that broke off 12lb spider wire.....
      City: Fresno

      Tips: keep it simple...find the big schools and stay on them....fish the steep droop offs!! the big fish are near by the schools too!!! good luck tight lines!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 69-71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the windy Future Pro Tournament on Sat with my partner and caught 5 keepers to bring to the weigh in. Had a little over 7 lbs with the winner bringing in a little over 11 lbs. We dropshotted on the main body most of the day in 30-45ft. I believe the winner dropshotted, dragged jigs, and ripped in creek channels. Had a great day all in all.
      City: Sac

      Tips: Dropshot with shad colored roboworms or proworms in the main body and drag brown/purple jigs.

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 73-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 5:30 pm till 12:30 am. Left early because bite was S-L-O-W from 8 pm till midnight. Got a 3, a 2.5 and a 2 with the 3 coming on a crankbait a half hour before sunset. Other fish were on senkos. Would have had one more fish (size unknown) when line broke on hookset. 3 Days before full moon. Kind of cold, kind of breezy.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Fishing is better during the day than night - especially pre-dawn and sunset.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: water temp has dropped...clarity is good..to good. Lake level's have dropped, a foot to that and another.. Hey JD..
      City: cupertino

      Tips: Hey JD ,, is there still a jet ski issue there.. let me know.. tip . of the day.. deep diver, crank bait.. not "red"...shad colored...bait fish are hanging 10 to 12...throw big and come through ...It work's ...

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      Water Temp: about 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 11to 1 and caught 2 fish cranking weed lines in 8-10 ft. of water and 3 dropshotting rocky points in 15-20 ft of water. Nohting over 3 lbs
      City: Salinas

      Tips: Used speed traps and purple preadtor worms

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Stained on most of the lake, found some fish at the dam on the rocks in 20-40 ft with light line on split shot and drop shot small worms or a leach. Found some 2.0 pounders in coves with rocks and trees near. Movered deep into 30-40 ft with a 1/2 oz JK jig in brown/brown on the main body off points. Jim Ryan was cranking a small black/silver rapala and picked up a nice smallie. Good Luck Future Pro on Saturday.
      City: rocklin

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Found decent Jig bite on Penninsula and Dike 8 Area-. Up to 3lbs. Main body seems to be holding a decent amount of quality fish in 30-40 feet.
      City: Granite Bay

      Tips: Go deep early and often

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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hope this helps someone looking for a last minute clue before the Future Pro Tour at Folsom. Fished Sept. 6,8,9,13 and 15 found most fish in 30-40 feet water but some up on the likely rockpiles. Even dropshotted a trout same spot I landed a 3.5-4 lb. spot. All the fish looked real healthy and well-fed as evidenced by their full conformation and wagasakis and threadfin all over the graph and my deck. The fish were mostly caught on drophot rigged worms on light test, but dartheaded worms caught fish, too. Even had a few misses on spook and buzz, early. Stick to the main lake for most consistent success, but I haven't been fishing the five mph zones so I can't advise.
      City: Citrus Heights

      Tips: Let drophot worm fall on slack line. I'd give a color but all colors seemed to work. Light line. Move if you don't get bit quickly and don't graph bait. The spots I caught fish like fire last week had bait and fish but the bait moved this week and so did the fish so move frequently to a new likely area. Get after it early too, early last week when we had the thick marine layer, wind and the fish bit through the day, however the dead calm, bluebird days were best early and hit the skids, bigtime.

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

      Report: On the water @ 5:00 am up the Pit past Arbuckle fished steep heavy rock caught some good fish on pig and jig......A few spinnerbait fish came late all in all a good day off at 3:45
      City: Reddin

Wednesday, September 14th, 2005

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Another "teach the lake" trip today (Wed) with beautiful weather conditions and dead calm or slight chop water conditions. The only problem was that the bass slept in today, but woke up about 8:30 am with a 3 1/4 and 5.0 in the boat. Good start! They both ate a 10" red shad Berkley Power Worm. My client started catching bass too, but they were all in nursery school!! His did start getting bigger ones and he worked up to almost 3 pounds. I'm sure he is saving the "pig" for an upcoming tournament! I havn't been having clients throw frogs much in the south end because of the lack of weeds. I missed one last week on a little lone weed patch I found, so I tried my green Snag Proof frog again on the patch. Nothing happened, but I kept working it out 'cause it was fun. I turned my head for a moment and suddenly felt a big tug. I heard and saw nothing (it takes guts to admit that)! I did work pretty hard landing her and she weighted in at 5 lbs 3 oz. That was fun! I showed him some different spots - explaining what was good about them. After a long run to a new area - as luck would have it, he starting sticking fish on the first cast with Kreature baits and jigs. By the way, that was good guiding - not luck, har!!! We ended the day a little after 3 pm with 27 bass and a nice 18 1/2 lb limit! I wish I could say more about the trip, but he is entitled to some "inside info" for his upcoming tournament.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The "green" lake is now the "brown" lake as some or most of the algae is dying - at least down south. One may need to move around more to locate bass because of increased pressure and changing water conditions. I am still amazed at how high the lake is for mid-Sept. There may be more fish in shallow cover this fall than normal. Remember, the bigger bass still will seek shallows that are near some deep water.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: After reading all the bad reports I had to give it a shot. Thursday on the lake about 4:45 am. Water about 76 and overcast skies. Had 3 fish about 2lbs before first light. Then they hit on buzz bates and top water poppers. At sun up -spinners and rattle traps. Fished until about 2pm. Boated about 25+ fish, most in the 2 to 4 pound size. Six I weighed and measured at 5 to 7 lbs. No Bull. just a lucky day. Saturday not so good - clear skies. Good hits early in the day, died off about 9am or so. About 15 fish - 1/2 to 4 pounders. Sunday good fishing early, 15 fish on crank baits and rattle traps.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Top water deep in the coves 3 feet of water early in the day. Medium to deep runners in the open water work good. If you're into plastic, purple Texas rigged worms work great. Crawdads do good,too.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 70-71

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: slooowwww, it will be interesting to see how the future pro guys do on Saturday.a five fish limit of any size may just win. Did it all today with one 10 incher to show for my efforts! Good luck guys! You definelty will earn your money this weekend!!! Going to clear lake for the weekend..let you know how things go......
      City: antelope

      Tips: Pray!

Tuesday, September 13th, 2005

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished up North today around Paradise Point Marina and had a pretty good day. Only threw top water. Started off with a prop bait in a fire tiger and did pretty well with it putting about 6 or so in the boat. Right at dark I tied on a white buzzer and got worked over to the tune of about 6 blow ups. Lost one in the weeds about 6-7 lbs. and missed a few more fish but did manage to get a nice 4 lb fish in the boat. Guess I'll blame it on not fishing a buzz bait for a while. They seemed to want it moving just fast enough to stay on top. Most hookups came on rock banks with tules, behind the weedline closest to the bank. On the water about 5pm off by 8:30
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Topwater is still hot. I have done well lately on prop baits in open water.