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Saturday, August 20th, 2005

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: Didn't Check

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sat and Sun (20th/21st) with my daughter and son-in-law who were visiting from SoCal. Caught 20+ fish each day in the tules between State Park and Lakeport. Best five went approx 17lbs with no fish over 5lbs...just couldn't find a big one. Relatively new to bass angling, my daughter her husband had a blast with the consistent all-day bite. They didn't want to leave and can't wait to come back. As other fathers already know, seeing your child limit out two days in a row in their first attempt at bass fishing is PRICELESS!
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: Any green T-rigged baby brush hog worked well for us. We fished tule outer edges most of the day.

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      Water Temp: 80-83

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The Redwood Empire Bass Club held their annual all-nighter tournament Saturday night with limits all around on both days. The first day weigh in was led with 18+ pounds for 5 fish. The 2nd day we saw a nice 21+ pound sack. My partner and I took first place with a 2-day total of 36 lbs bringing in 17-lbs on day 1 and 19-lbs on day 2. Most of our fish were caught with crankbaits during the daylight hours and brush hogs after dark. Texas rig, brass & glass, the hogs with only an 1/8 oz weight to avoid getting snagged in the rocks. For more information on the club and tournament results check out our web site at www.rebc.net (results should be posted later this week)
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: Our key areas were around rocks and along drop offs with deep water close by. Not much luck in the grassy areas or along tullys. The water was not very clear so you want to choose crankbaits in chart. or crawdad colors. You'll need to make sure the crankbait is hitting the bottom or at least the top of the grasses. After dark go shallow. Our 3 largest fish (6.1, 5.4, 4.7) all came in 8' or less and several 2-3 lb'ers in only 2-3' of water along concrete walls.

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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: may go out on my tube in a couple weeks.
      City: antioch

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: We fished the boat ramp and the dam without any luck. I threw a bobby's perfect frog in wild bullfrog in the back of the cove and got a blow up but I missed him. We threw out a dropshot with a bold bluegill roboworm, got a 10-11" and we lost a decent sized one. That was it for the day.
      City: antioch

      Tips: Throw dropshots and frogs.

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      Water Temp: 78-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out sat-night was a bit surprised not run into boat traffic. I knew right then it was going to be tough. Sure enough it felt more like october.Lot's of wind from all direction's on top of having some electrical trouble made for a short night. Had lot's of short strke's just no hook up's. Water coming down still make's it just a bit tougher. Nothing like last year at this time.
      City: TURLOCK

      Tips: I need some !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 77-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: In a word ... BRUTAL. I was out with a friend and a Guide on Friday for 6 hours ... so three of us. I landed the catch of the day with a 6 inch monster Smallie. I went back out Saturday AM (because I like pain and agony) for 5 hours. 1 LM at 1.75 lbs. Drop Shotting. Over both days I fished the main body and the N. Fork. Lice all over on Sat. - none before noon on Friday.

      We tried topwater early (Spooks and Poppers) - two blow ups. Tried ripping, some cranking, but most of the time was spent drop shottind dartner heading, and split shotting shad and other natural colors, Greens, browns, pinks, etc ...

      The bite is just extremely tough right not at Folsom.
      City: Auburn, CA

      Tips: Pay for the gas and drive to Clear Lake ... best quote I have heard on that lake right now is "You can catch 'em on an old shoe, especially if it is in June Bug!"

      Seriously, on Folsom ... EARLY and fish very, very slow at about 20 to 30 feet. Avoid the weekend for at least a few more weeks.

Friday, August 19th, 2005

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: nothing hitting.. right now..slow bite.. if ya get one... guaranteed.. foul hooked and or line hook.. correct me if I"m wrong..just on the outside and or on the underside".. Hell these fish are sitting there... suspended.. and no matter what ya throw...your lucky to get a big bite...slow bite...
      City: livermore,ca

      Tips: I dont have any tip's .. other than wait untill september.. I have every thing that anyone can throw..Hey Bill Dance.. get off your private pond and really learn how to fish.. with J ski's, wake board's , and alot of mayhem.. If you disagree. post it... Nothing against the pro's.. but.. do they know? Yea or NO? that's the question of the week .. to All of you and to myself..

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: mid 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 3 of us fished Hog and Sycamore sloughs. On the water at 6:30. Had 3 limits of bass and 3 stripers by 9:30A. Best 5 only weighed around 11+ lbs. Off the water by noon. For the day, caught over 20 keeper size bass and a lot of small ones.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Most of the bass caught on white or char/white spinnerbaits (including 2 of the stripers). Since it was high tide in the morning, fished over the weeds and the fish were there even though it was a full moon the night before.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 3 LM Bass 2.5,3 & 5 lbs. between 7 am and 10 am then nothing. The first two on spinner bait then the 5 lb. on dropshot.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: Spinner baits and plastics seem to work best for me.

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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the island pond in the morning of 8/19 (6::00 am). My buddy and I had a lot of success throwing top water lures (Pop-R, Hula Popper, and Zara Spook). We caught 3 1 lbs and a 3 lb. Neither of us had much success throwing Senkos, a 6 ft. diving crank, or spinners. Got a bite aroudn the island around 10 am, but nothing very exciting.
      City: San Ramon

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

      Report: SORRY ABOUT SPELLING ANDERSON , MY BIG FINGERS GOT IN THE ROAD AGAIN LOL
      City: ANDERSON

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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: LAUNCHED AT JONES VALLEY AROUND 6PM. NOT A LOT OF BOATS OUT,ONLY TWO RIGS IN THE UPPER PARKING AREA. LOWER PARKING HAD SOME PARKING.LONG SHALLOW POINT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RAMP GOING OUT IS STARTING TO SHOW SO CAUTION IS ADVISED COMING BACK TO THE RAMP AT NIGHT.WE WENT ON THE LOWER PIT. WAITED FOR THE MOON TO ARRIVE AND IT WAS RIGHT ON CUE,WHAT A SIGHT.STARTED CRANKING ROCK WALLS AND CAUGHT A COUPLE OF SMALL ONES THEN A SPOT SLAMED MY CRANK BAIT AND THE FUN BEGAN. IT DID SOME MOON DANCEING FOR US BEFORE MY WIFE GINGER (( THE BLOND )) NETTED IT. IT WASENT A REAL BIG SPOT FOR SHASTA LAKE BUT 4 1/2LBS IS NOT TO BAD.A COUPLE OF CASTS LATER A 2LBER DECIDED TO JOIN IN ON THE FUN.WE WORK OUR WAY BACK TO THE RAMP. AND LOADED AND HEADED HOME AT 1AM. CAUGHT THE FISH BUMPING ROCKS RIGHT ON THE BANK TO 10 TO 15 FT OF WATER.WAS USING A MEDIUM RUNNING POES FIRE TIGER COLORED BAIT.
      City: ANSERSON

      Tips: CRANKING ROCK WALLS AND POINTS SHOULD WORK WELL.

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 80s

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Reguarding Rick and his earlier post. Rick, I was on Amador the same night. Left at 2:30 with only one other boat on the water, must have been you! Only got 4 fish that night, but the biggest went almost 6. All on Black Power Worms. No top water bite for us. I threw a buzz bait for over an hour.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Black Berkley Power worms. 7" and 10". Fish um down the rocks. Stop when you feel grass

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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished full moon from about 6 pm till 3 am. Lake down about 8 feet and seems to be dropping about one foot per week. Daytime air temp was 10 degrees cooler than previous day and I think this affected the bite. I was hoping the cooler weather and wind would cool the water off enough for a frog and topwater bite. No frog bite but there was a topwater bite on with my friend catching most of these fish with a fluke cast to boils. I got one fish on a chug bug. Otherwise, fishing was pretty slow - many small (tiny) fish with only about 3 to 5 decent fish with my friend getting the biggest at 3.5 pounds about 9 pm I think on a Senko. We found fish both very shallow down to 20 feet but not very deep although we tried to 40 feet. We left around 3 am because we had gone for several hours with only one 12" fish and it was pretty cold for summer. Fishing should pick up with more stable weather. We threw crankbaits, topwater, jigs, worms, senkos, and spinnerbaits.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Move around to find the topwater areas - Rock Creek had some boils that reminded me of the stripers at New Hogan. Fish didn't really want to eat anything at night, not even senkos. We got some small fish bites on big baits but the fish couldn't get the hook and wouldn't eat the smaller baits which they could have gotten in their mouth. The next full moon is September and may offer a decent early fall bite.

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

      Report: Went out in the evnening after work. It was pretty slow. Hooked up on one nice smallmouth and a couple bluegills before it got dark. Tried for cats after that, but no luck.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: ????

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bassinator, I fished the ski lake on the left side of monterrey last fall, and caught one fish about 5 inches long. But i heard there r some 2+ pounders in there.
      City: San Jose

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish on, you have to get there UNREAL.
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: SPINNER BAIT IN THE AM, WORMS THE REST OF THE DAY. GO GET THEM

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      Water Temp: 78-82

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started off at daylight a shotgun blast west of the sulfur bank throwing a new buzzbait that I used to use on the Arkansas river. The blade hits the head on each revolution. 5 minutes into dawn, a nice 4 lb fish clobbers it for my first BB fish on this lake. No more takers, so I picked up the yellow headed blackbird frog and flung it for 3 casts before a 6.5 inhaled it in some sparce tulies. Things are getting good. Several missed blowups and then I stick a 2.5 and a 4.3. All this by 7 am? Missed another 2.5 off rattlesnake, before the jig started calling me. I tried a yamamoto tube T-rigged for 10 minutes or so and never got touched. First cast off the northernmost point off rattlesnake, I stick a 3 on the jig. Caught 3 more before leaving for glenhaven where I stuck a fish about every 50 yards or so. I passed 2 very unfriendly guys in a boston whaler and picked up another 6.5 on the boathouse they just fished. Dam, I love to do that! It was just breezy enough that I was able to wear a long sleeve shirt all day. Further into the narrows, I caught3 more near a deep rocky point (?!), but no real size. Henderson point was stingy and I never got touched. Wasted an hour there. Finished up by Konocti from 1-3 when the wind came up and the jig bite went by the wayside. No worries, picked up the dropshot and only found a 10 yard stretch where I caught 8 more from 15-22 ft. Then All I could get were pecks and the fish never took it. Figure I had 23 lbs for my best 5.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: rodstrainer 3/8 oz jig mostly. Any 6" worm dropshotted.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 77-79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In @ 8:30, wind from the south creating 3 to 4 foot swells. Nothing outside of the Granite ramp as the wind made holding there tough. Ran to the overlook and fished from there to the corner of the buoy line in the corner. One smallie about 1.5 lbs. on my darthead. Moved aroound some more with no results. Back to the trees near the swim area @ Granite to catch 3 keepers on a dropshot around the trees. Had another 13" fish spit up a partially digested 4" baby bass. Canabalism is high this year with the very good spawn that took place. Baby bass patterns will be good this fall for ripbaits & cranks. For now, stay deeper (25+ ft.) with dropshots & dartheads, find the bait and the fish will be close.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: As usual, dartheads & dropshots worked when all else failed.

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      Water Temp: 77-84

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out at Natomas 6:30am..I should have read Scott's report and fished deep. Nothing shallow,everything is deep 30+ feet. Found lots of schooling fish on electronics at that depth but no takers on what I had to offer.Fished the Dam,South and North forks with only one small fish to account for. Lots of wind and boats on the south side which made fishing difficult. I recommend not to fish until Fall that way there will be a whole lot less traffic to eal with.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Locate schools of bass with electronics and then try to figure out what they want because I coundn't! Tight lines and stay safe water is dropping.