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Saturday, August 6th, 2005

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71-73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Devil Mountain Bassmasters held our monthly club tournament at the Delta this Saturday. This happened to be the last team tournament this year. Each team limited, although the bite was on the tough side. Winning weight was 14+ with a 4.14 lb big fish. All fish released alive an kickin'. Weights were within 4 lbs from first to last place. Most guys found a limited top water bite in the early morning and plastics for the remainder of the day. Several teams culled fish trough the day but only managed to upgrade a few lbs. No frog fish were found. The bigger fish are still elusive. The wind kept temps bearable as the temps went over 100 degrees in Brentwood. Post tournament weight-in was highlited by fresh smoked tuna and sashimi from Cabo courtesy of Mr. Riggs from his recent trip to Mexico and a grab bag of tackle for the winners including a custom softsided Ranger tackle bag and matching towel donated by Big Joe and assorted tackle from other club members. If you are looking for a good time bass fishing, we are a small club of good friends. Our club meets monthly in Dublin and our objective is to enjoy bass fishing at the various lakes/delta in Northern Californa and to learn a thing or two to improve our skills. The club tournaments are intended to be FUN above all else with an element of competition. Come join us if you are interested in bass fishing in a fun a laid back environment.
      City: Dublin

      Tips: Top water in the early morning then look for shaded pockets in the weeds near deep water and current. Most of our fish came on sweet beavers, senkos and brush hogs. Bite seemed better in areas with clearer water.

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      Water Temp: 73-79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out a B&W at 6am with Dennie Howard. Buzz bait first thing just below the Marina, two blow ups one 2 lb largie. Fished all over using senkos, spinners and even split shot with lizards and worms. Most of the time we were looking for moving water going in or out of a levee. Look for deep pockets with moving water around rocks and or stumps. Black/purple is still the best colors in Senkos and Jigs. White spinners and buzzbaits.
      City: rocklin

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 82

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: TODAY. C & C MARINE HOSTED RANGER BOAT OWNERS TOURNAMENT......BLAST OFF 7 A.M. WE EXPECT WINNING WEIGHT TO BE ONLY IN THE TEENS MAYBE 15 TO 18LBS FOR 7 FISH. AVERAGE HAS BEEN 2 TO 3 LB

      (119 BOATS LAUNCHED OUT OF FLEMING THIS AM) WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW THE OUT COME!
      City: LA GRANGE

      Tips: SHALLOW CRANK EARLY AND TOP WATER

      DEEP WORMS AND JIGS AS THE DAY GOES ON

      CLEAR TRANSPARRENT COLORS SEEM BEST

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: Low 80's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished here several times in the past two weeks and it has been very good with the frog and buzz bait bite. The morning bite has been some what good with spooks, buzzbaits, and frogs. but in the afternoon when it gets nice and hot, look for good shade where the water is 2-5 degrees cooler and start walking the frog and hold on.
      City: Cloverdale

      Tips: Black Frogs in Sumo, Chartruse Frogs and Sammy's in shad and bait fish colors. Also don't be afraid to throw 10 inch worms weight less over the mats for huge blow ups. look for shade and a slight degree in water change and they will be there. Walk the frog slow.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water was green with an iron colored algae on the surface. I had 9 fish on one point about two miles walk down one side. wormin was good and so were crankbaits. fished 6-noon.
      City: penngrove

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: you want to fish the left side in the summer and in the late fallbut in the winter to about april fish the right side back by the satellite station in the flats and the drop offs their are some good size bass and some big cat fish as well in their you just need to find them best hrs are 6am-11am and then from 530pm or so to dark.
      City: petaluma

      Tips: worms / sinkos / jigs most fish or 2 to 3bls my biggest 6 but their are a lot of fish .

Friday, August 5th, 2005

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: SUNSET RIP FISH AWSOME OTHERWISE SLOW DURING DAY
      City: MOUNTAIN VIEW

      Tips: LUCKY CRAFT POINTERS

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

      Report: was wondering were u are catching all the bluegill
      City: Santa maria

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished evening starting at 2 pm. Tide was out and northern sloughs were shallow. Caught 4 bass on outer openings to sloughs. End outgoing good for about 30 minutes and then dead. Headed down to meet incoming water.. As evening progressed bite improved. Around 7pm buzz bait kicked butt. Lots of action.Mike and I caught 20 bass.All small.
      City: orangevale

      Tips: Check out tide. Hit it early or late. Middle of day temp was 104. No fun. Bring lots of water.Seinkos and worms best.Crank if no slime around. Buzz early and late. No spinnerbait fish but there wasn't any breeze.Fish current anywhere you find it.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: NA

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Pete from San Rafael - To keep the hook perpidicular to the line is easy. I tie a pallomar knot leaving whatever extra length to put the weight on as the "tag" end. After the knot has been tied, hold the hook, point side up and put the "tag" back down through the eye of the hook. Snug it all up. Then put on the weight. This keeps the hook pointed up on the line. Is this what you were looking for?
      City: Santa Rosa

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from Thurs to Sat. in my 12ft tin can (what can I say, Im a broke college student) just south of the state park on the rockwalls. Hit the water every morning at 0600 and threw crawdad type crankbaits and mini bombers in shad color. Once the sun started picking up I continued fishing the rockwalls and weedlines on texas and wacky rigged powerworms, senkos and those good looking creature baits. The colors that were working were pumkin-seed, dark browns and motor oils. Tried drop shotting, but It was my first time and was kind of lost. Landed about 15 fish each morning! Actually, if anyone can post something about drop shotting, and how to keep the damn hook perpendicular to the line I would appreciate it.
      City: San Rafael

      Tips: Motoroil colored plastics

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      Water Temp: 81-83

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The bite was so good 2 weeks ago, I decided I just had to play hooky from work and go again. I took a buddy of mine who had yet to experience Clear Lake at it's very best. Needless to say, he wasn't disappointed. Began throwing cranks and blades on deeper breaks down south, and immediately my buddy sticks a 5+ on a Rat-L-Trap. We managed several more fish on the crank/blade pattern, but nothing else over 2.5lbs. and with less consistency than 2 weeks ago. About 12:30 we headed for a deeper break in the Honeymoon Cove area, and after 20 minutes of fruitlessly casting the cranks and blades, I decided it was time for a change. I could clearly see bass relating to the shad schools moving up and down on the break, so I began dropshotting a 6" oxblood/red flake Roboworm in about 14-20'. The first 4 drops produced two 4's, a 5 and one more in the 2.5lb. class. My buddy then got in on the action and stuck another 5 and several more in the 2-3lb. class. The last hour of fishing produced ~20 bass and a helluva lot of fun! Our best 5 fish limit was easily in the 23-24lb. range.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Cranks (DD22 in Lavender Shad and Parrot colors, Rat-L-Trap in Bleeding Shad) and blades (1oz. Blade Runner Tackle in chartreuse/white) fished on deeper breaks down south and in the narrows produced ~15 bass between 1.5 and 5lbs. Dropshot fish were all caught from one break down south, and the key was fishing a bend in the break. Just monitor the movement of shad on the breaks, and fish depth ranges accordingly.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 82

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: CATFISH; NIGHTCRAWLERS AND CHICKEN LIVERSTS IN THE EVENING. BIG RANGER TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND SATURDAY 08-06-05 !! GUEST HOST IS DENNY BRAUER. HOSTED BY C & C MARINE; MODESTO; CHET HAMMONS. SHOULD BE A ZOO AT FLEMING LAUNCH RAMP. 7 A.M. TO 1 P.M. WEIGH IN AT FLEMING PARKING LOT BLEACHERS. AWARDS AND RAFFLE PRIZES AT THE BLEACHERS AND A BARBACUE ALSO.
      City: LA GRANGE

      Tips: FOR BASS: SPINNER BAITS IN FLAT CLEAR WATER FAST. CLEAR & SILVER. CLEAR YAMAMOTO AND KALIN'S GRUBS ON STEEP ROCKY BANKS ALSO SOME FLUKES WILL PRODUCE ZOOM SUPER FLUKES WE FIND ARE BEST; SILVER RAINBOW COLOR. SALMON SEEM TO BE DOWN AT 60 TO 100FT OR MORE. GOOD LUCK IS OUR SUGGESTIONS.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 84 Degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well i made it up to the lake on Friday Morning, and it was well worth it let me tell you. I started up in the South Fork early but soon decided to make the move. First cast new location 17 incher went about 2.3 pounds two more cast and a 16.5 incher 2.0 pounds we got 13-15 bass all on two baits. good Luck
      City: Yuba

      Tips: Fish Slow and deep concentrate on 18 feet to 30 feet of water on the wind blown points.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 78-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished early 5am before the sun appeared and until around 9ish. The heat from the sun was intense. Top water action was hot Look for feeder streams and fish the edges. Later in the day Texas rigged MF38 worked well and dropshot with oxblood roboworm
      City: McKinleyville

      Tips: Fish from bank out to about 30 feet and go slow

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: River fishing great for small fish. 5 keepers in 6 hrs of fishing. But alot of small fish in all types maybe 30-40 fish in all. Biggest a 2 1/2 lbs. Boy scout cove no keepers but fish are there.
      City: Ceres

      Tips: Dark colors with a flash of bright color on the tips of worms. Got bites on pop-r's also, fish them slow.

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: First boat on the water (8AM!). Threw a jerkbait for most of the time along the main lake points. Ended up with 6 on the jerkbait and 2 more on a Carolina-rigged brush hog. Nothing over 1.5lbs. Off the water at 11:00.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Use your favorite summer patters...reaction bite or go deep and slow down.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey guys,

      Everyone setup is different. It all depends on how comfortable you are with your setup. As long as you stay in the 7' to 8'1/2" range with rods your fine. I use a 8'1/2" lamaglass swimbait rod with a reel that is a 5:1 gear ratio because it gives the swimbait better action with the slower retrieve. I also add a 15lbs to 17lbs yozuri hybrid monofilament line to my arsenal.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Make sure you use mono and not braid because braid don't stretch and when a big bass tries to inhale a swimbait with braided line, it struggles to get it in its mouth. Trust me, use mono instead.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Dog,

      You've got the right area once you reach the top of the levy you are looking down on one of three ponds back there. The one you are looking at is not the island pond. Go down the hill to the left and you will pass the second and smallest pond. Keep going along the road staying close to the levy and you will come up on the island pond. BTW, I don't think you are allowed to fish the island itself as it is a nesting area for some endangered bird. Lots of good water in both big ponds. Have fun and stick a BIG dog!
      City: Santa Cruz

      Tips: I usually fish cover (trees, tules, etc) with a senko or lizard. I like the 7" senko in green pumpkin/black flake.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Ok this is a question for those with experiance. I see the reports about the island pond and wanted to know whare it is. Is it the area that you have to park all the way back by the launch ramp and has the dirt road that goes up over the hill and all the way back on the small pond side or is the whole area called the island ponds ????
      City: San Leandro