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Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

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

      Report: hit the water at 8am stayed out for about an hour and a half. pulled in six fish between 1-3 pounds ... not too bad of a day. had to move up to a 2 1/2 foot leader before i could get anything. aarons magic roboworm minnows worked the best.
      City: san jose

      Tips: dropshotting still outfishes any other presentation at this lake.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: haha. Sorry man I went to del valle. Maybe some other time. I just read your post today.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Sugar Barge at 6:30am waited for a friend and off we went at 7am. Fished an opening to franks tract and caught 5 bass to two lbs. on magic craw sweet beavers and crawfish crank baits. Wind was already blowing 10 to 15mph and got tried so looked for protected areas around the tract. Shook off a couple more small ones. Went back to Sugar to p/u friend and stayed in Piper Sl. to keep out of wind. Picked up one on a white buzz bait about 2.25#. Tried some other openings and got fish on craw crankbaits no more fish on plastics. Went over to holland cut using cranks and spinnerbaits and pick up 8 more to 2#. Ended the day frog fishing but got no blow-ups. Off water at 2:30pm. Water temp started at 69.2 and ended at 72.4, sunny and windy.
      City: san bruno

      Tips: we pulled off bank with spinnerbaits and crankbaits to start catching fish again.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: coolwarm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 8 largmouth. All caught on beavers and lizards. Missed a few also. Piched the beavers and lizards around fallin trees. Only caught 1 near the tules. All the fish were between 2-3 pounds.
      City: Morgan Hill

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bite stiffened up a bit as the bait is really scattered. Finding fish here and there, but they are usually fat & healthy from all of the food available right now. Sticking to the darthead & dropshot on main body areas. I've been moving around quite a bit so I really haven't settled into one area and worked it hard. Waiting for a solid spook bite to get going.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Patience right now is the key, lots of fish to catch, but for size has been the issue. 3# is about the top for me lately. Stick to it and the fish will come.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: bought a new tr 21x to catch bass and latley all I'm finding are big catfish. Caught a 15+ blue catfish on 6lb spin outfit. AWSOME FIGHT. Good thing I have 109 lb motor guide to keep up with it or it would have spooled me.Bass fishing was poor with only 4 bass on a week day.I also caught a 6 lb channel cat sunday same dart head worm? Wish I could figure out how to catch black bass this big.I did catch one nice 4lb er on split shot rig rather shallow early.
      City: orangevale

      Tips: Tough lake for me right now. Only fishing because of upcoming club tournament. Nice clean lake for weekends. Very clean and clear. Stay far away from structure make long cast. Down size tackle? It amazes me how big a fish you can catch on 6lb.maxima line.Iusing the green color line on the catfish if that help bass fishermen? Get them early and bring a nice big lunch for slow afternoons.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Redwood Empire Bass Club had a tournament last Saturday June 11th and the results are as follows.1st.place with 20.05lbs(6.7lb big fish)was the team of Tage Wert & Brandon Service. 2nd. place with 15.02lbs.(7.08lb. big fish) was the team of Mark Urrizola & Rick Camilleri. 3rd. place with 14.41lbs.(5.08 big fish) was the team of David Boettger & John Hatfield. 4th place with 11.52lbs.(4.75lb. big fish)was myself and Craig Stewart.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: With windy conditions most of the day all of the above winners caught there fish throwing crankbaits(speed traps & DD14 red crawdad),spinnerbaits(white and white/chartreuse),buzzbaits,and top water(Zara Spooks).Most of the fish were caught shallow(10 ft. or less) around wood and grass in the creek arms and around rocks on main lake points.

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 8:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. Consistent bite on spinner baits all over the lake. There wasn't enough time to hit all the good spots. Biggest fish was a 3.1 smallmouth. Several largemouth taken also.
      City: modesto

      Tips: Main lake producing numerous smallies. Coves and Black Creek producing large mouth. Avoid the boat traffic if you can and fish at night.

Monday, June 13th, 2005

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: float tubed a small lake next to almaden lost a 3 pound fish then jumped into almaden and was dragging a worm out in the middle of the lake and caught a small one. I was out there a couple of weeks ago with minnows and caught 3 all oner 3 pounds
      City: sj

      Tips: eather use live bate or throw worms

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

      Report: MasterBassinator, i am willing to put your kick ass senko to the test ... i will be at the lake tomorrow morning (wednesday 6-14-05) between 7-10 with my trusty dropshot minnow setup. if your up for the challenge i will be float tubin and wearing an Acer hat. hope to see you tomorrow!!
      City: san jose

      Tips: this should be fun MasterBassinator

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 67to70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: started the day at big break. hoped it would be like yesterday. ron gets a fish on his second cast with a spook, buts thats all we get in the break. headed to franks. fished a few new spots with not much luck. went to some of our go to spots and start catching some. by noon the best fish was a 3lb11oz, not bad but not like yesterday. with the tide just starting to move again i thought we'd try one last spot , we started getting a few small keepers an than bang , i hook a good one. she jumps than makes a run for the weeds than under the boat than i finally get her. what a nice fish 10lbs 2ozs. that was my 9th fish for the day, my brother was'nt doing so well, he only had 5 so i thought we'd hit the spot where i stuck a 5 westerday. we worked down the bank, and just as i said ,(we didn't any from here down) he swings his rod and it doubles over . he says, it's a good one ! it makes a jump , an we both go (oh my god) she comes straight to the boat and lip her. after high fives we weigh her , what pig! 10lb15oz !!! we've never caught two 10's on the same day , this a first. what a great day 15 fish total. best 5, well i only weighed three 3.11,10.2,10.15. well somewhere between 28 to 30lbs
      City: oakland

      Tips: spooks ,brushogs ,sweetbeavers. see photos

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      Water Temp: 72-75ish

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the south shore from the tube and managed a few dinks off the point by the launch, kicked down farther and managed a few keeper spots in the trees on black senkos. ended up at the houseboat still fishing senkos when i decided to fish it on top by the trees and bushes, sure enough fish on! biggest spot to date at Camp Far west for me in 8yrs of hard fishing. got a few more after but it got dark fast and i still had to walk back. 22 fish caught and released today.

      Tips: fish the trees and points they are there.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out all day on monday. worked by the channel point dock using drop shot. Got no takers over there but got a decent one by a weed patch near by. It was close to 3lbs. continued to work the shore with no bites until i got to the island. Got another one casting uned a tree. I worked farther down the island and casted by some cover. I got a bite and set it, and it felt like a real nice one. I pulled it up and it turned out to be a catfish i hooked in the back. I did't get any more the rest of the day.
      City: oakley

      Tips: work the shores.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Still able to darthead & dropshot small limits pretty easy on the main body. Pattern of rocks & trees is still holding as the bass are hanging around huge balls of fry. Caught fish when the rocks, trees & fry were all in the same place. Birds (grebes) have moved in now and started feeding on the fry, pushing them deep into the trees making presenting the worm harder. Spook bite hasn't really got going yet, but expect it to come unglued here pretty soon.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Still finnessing them with the darthead and dropshot. Heard of an early crank bite, but that hasn't worked for me.

  • Butte County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What is a good color of yamamoto spider jig for this lake in late september early october for DAY fishing? Also crankbait colors?
      City: hayward

      Tips: sorry for posting on here but the forum and chat rooms where not working

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Does anyone know anything about catfishing in lake sonoma. Any information wll help like favorite spots, what creeks, types of bait. if you have any information please email me. Thanks in advance.
      City: windsor

      Tips: N/A

Sunday, June 12th, 2005

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

      Report: went fishing for 3 hrs and tried ever thing and the only thing i hade success on was a crank bait
      City: sj

      Tips: the one fish i cought was at the boat dock it always seems that you can always catch a fish or two there

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68to72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished aginst my brother today. i fished with scott mckenzie my brother fished with al suen . scott an i caught 18 fish total best 5 were 22lb6oz my brothers best 5 was 14+. great day !! see photos
      City: oakland

      Tips: sweet beavers,brushogs,flukes,johnson silver minnow and frogs

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

      Report: Sat 6/11 not a bite with senkos hooked texas. Witnessed a 4 lber pulled out right in front of my dock with a drop shot rig. Sunday, based on the recommendation of the guys at outdoor pro shop threw a senko rigged wacky and 3 fish on 5 casts right off my dock. 4-2 was the largest. This was in the south end.
      City: San Ramon

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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well tried almost everything with no luck not even a bite till about 9:30A then decided to go to the old stand by My spinning outfit with 8lb tournament Green line Split shotting a 4" Keeper Junebug fat mini worm Green flake and a chartruse tail. That did it for them caught about 10 fish in the next couple hrs 12inches to 3lbs. I guess when it get tough just gotta go back to basics
      City: Kelseyville

      Tips: Small baits seem to be the trick today but as always at Clearlake that could change anytime.