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Friday, May 27th, 2005

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 68-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went up just before the mad-dog weekend and the fishn was very good..20-30 fish, nothing big, but plenty of fiesty 1-2# fish with the smallies being very acrobatic. caught fish with different ways although topwater was the least productive.i caught fish splitshotting at 20' in rocky areas and caught fish on senkos and rattletraps in the shallow flats on the east and westside...fished a couple of island tops when the wind was up and they were productive also..anyway i hope this info helps a little bit.
      City: orinda

      Tips: i'm not sure how long the fish will stay shallow before the summer heat puts them down, but its pretty good now. some of the areas i fished didn't hold fish, but if active fish are around it shouldn't take long for you to find them....

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

      Report: Greg,

      Take your own advice. Let's keep this about fishing.

      CBass
      City: Sunnyvale

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: BIG BOY, we are both correct.

      Tight lines!
      City: san jose

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished White's Slough from the bank, this time for 3 hours, started an hour earlier than yesterday and had 4 bites that first hour, one small keeper, all on Texas Rigged Kut Tail. Was thinking it was going to be better than yesterday, should have knocked on wood as I didn't get another bite until 9 AM on a Senko and missed it.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Still getting bites from weedlines and edges of pockets. Got two bites today from the floating "lillies" and saw other activity under the lillies pushing them up and even some tail slapping. Try throwing a One Ton Rig, I'll have some in my pocket next time.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The water has cleared a bunch since last weeks storms and the weather has been beautiful surface temps 66 early am to 70+ by afternoon sight fishing has been fantastic lots of fish are and have moved up. lots of fry from the earlier spawners. Still catching some pre spawn fish but not as many post spawn fish yet. Chartruse seems to be the color of the week. Been taking the kids out with some jumbo minnows and they are having a ball watching them catch a bunch of fish is better than catching them myself. Bob over at Limit Out tackel seems to have the best minnows. Had some fun with frogs yesterday caught several with my old bubble gum pink strike king frog. So good bite right now but as you know that can change over nite so get on while the gettin is good.
      City: Kelseyville

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 68-70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started out at first light to a slow bite, first fish at 7:30 in Miners Ravine on a wacky senko, tried top water for one hour with no success.Went to the main body at 10:00 to fish the tree's with senkos was getting a few 2 pounders. Was ready to leave when I saw a submerged tree in about 12 feet of water that looked to good to pass up. First cast a whoppin 12 lb 13 oz largie, came out of the water jumping five times,what a kick.The fish bent my owner 3-0 hook pretty good.As soon as I lipped the fish the hook came out.
      Only ended up with 5 fish, but for sure the best fishing day of the year.
      City: Granite Bay

      Tips: Senkos in the tree's weightless

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out to shadow cliffs,started fishing about 3oclock fished till about 8oclock caught 7 bass 1 six pounder, 2 5's, 2 3's, and 2 bass about 2 pounds.most fish came out of the smaller pond.only caught 2 out of island pond.biggest fish caught on a watermelon red flake senko,5 pounders caught on a red and black jig with a red and black trailer.caught the 3 pounders on a white fluke.caught the 2's on a rainbow trout senko.pretty good day for sizable fish.didn't catch the numbers i usualy catch,but i'll take five and six pounders any day out there.
      City: newark ca

      Tips: snkos and jigs seem to produce the bigger fish.fish slow,watch your line because the fish were picking up the lure and swimming away with it.set the hook hard,and hold on tight.

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

      Report: Hey Booger Boy--Where can I get some of these worms? Email me and we'll talk....Thanks in advance.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Booger Boy--Where can I get some of these worms? Email me and we'll talk....Thanks in advance.

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished White's Slough from the bank for a couple of hours this morning. Three fish, only one keeper, all on a Senko. Tried spinnerbait, rattletrap, and even the frog for little. Very cool breeze. Surprised not to see more boats in the area given the big tournament and the very dirty water throughout the majority of the system. White's was definitely cleaner than most of the Delta we covered during our Sunday club tournament.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: All three fish close to shore during high tide and on weed edges. Didn't get any bites slipping the Senko between laydown tules.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: hey bass are there fish there? I heard there are pond's behind all of the main pond... I checked it out doesnt look promising...Any cover ..I heard they plant thunder trout there.. ..not interested in those...help me out here..thank's Zack
      City: morgan hill

      Tips: I don't have any... never fished a quarry...rumor has it that they are letting float tube's out there..Keep the trout.. and let the bass go..

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

      Report: on the lake at 8:30am Jones Valley went to the mouth of Squaw Creek, lots of debri. caught another 50+ combination of the new worms and did rip small fish. Bill I have to get more worms Ive got three left. When are you to Shasta? I will send you email and I can meet you at the lake to get you some. Lot's of boat traffic moved on to main body by Silverthorn bite still the same caught some 2pndrs worms are the bomb. caught 75+ by 4:30
      City: Reddin

      Tips: WATCH OUT......speeders towing boats on DryCreek Road out to Jones Valley....someone is going to get killed.

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 74-77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I had a wonderful day on the water. I started fishing at 2 PM. It was sunny, warm, and calm! I saw three Osprey and three baby deer. To top things off, I caught fish too. The fish were feeding at 3 PM and the frenzy lasted about 1/2 hour with just about a fish every other cast. Things slowed down a little bit and picked up again once the sun started going down. I played around with cranks and topwater, but dropshotting 4" Roboworms was my main stay. I caught a nice mix of spots and smallies.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: I did the best on rocky points dropshotting 5 - 15 deep.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out to test out the motor on the new fishing boat. I cruised the lake for about an hour in the evening. Went back to the launch ramp at closing time and there was a long line of people waiting to get off the lake. I knew it was going to be another 20 min. before I was next in line so I zig zagged around testing my turning abillity for a couple of minutes and then beached the aluminum on the shore. There was still a long line of people waiting to get off the lake. I was immiediately approached by the ranger who gave me and three other people tickets. Apparently after 7:45 your boat must be in the no wake zone, waiting in line or else you get reamed! Typical BAY AREA B.S. I have fished that place my whole life, and I don't feel like ever going back, because you can't even fart around in an aluminum fishing boat with out getting hassled by Ranger D*ck.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Go to a lake that's not patrolled by Nazi's

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Browser, take your own advice. Periods come at the end of sentences.
      City: SAN JOSE

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      Water Temp: 70+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I stopped by Calero for about 30 mins before the park closed and wanted to throw spinnerbaits initially. Way too many weeds and I had to go with a weightless 6" senko. Worked the shallows left of the parking lot and landed a 1.5lber.

      Earlier this weekend I got a 4-4.5lber near the middle of the large cove. Also on a weightless senko. My friend also landed a similar sized one with a texas rig 6" powerworm.
      City: san jose

      Tips: Orange/watermelon colors. If you are fishing during the day, look for muddy waters or shade.

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      Water Temp: -

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wow!
      There are so many grammatical and typographical errors in these posts I suggest your time be spent attending school rather than fishing.
      City: san jose

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 70+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I arrived a little after sunset. The fish were real shallow. It was a hot day so they're coming up to feed as the day cools down. I was catching them as close as 2-3 feet away from shore. A black/chartruese spinnerbait with large colorado blade was the trick. I worked all the close by shallows and landed 7 dinks about 1 lbs each. All on the same lure. I had one on a weightless senko but it spit me out.
      City: san jose

      Tips: Don't stop working your lure. The fish will come up very shallow to chase it. Warm waters made the fish much more active and fast retrieves were working well.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 63-66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I got to do something I havn't done in awhile - back to back night trips Mon and Tues. Weather was good on Mon evening and amazing on Tues evening. We ran up to the north end at 8 pm Tues and the lake was like a pancake - barely a ripple. Don't see that much this time of year!! The first trip reminded me why I love guiding! I introduced Clear Lake to a new angler and soon he caught his first CL bass - 10 inches! I told him he could probably do better than that!! We moved to the docks south of Buckingham so we could fish shadows. I normally don't guide on Mondays because of the weekend tournament crush - but took a chance this time. I had him fishing a Sweet Beaver in dirty Sanchez color and heard a grunt and a yell about 8:10 pm. After telling him loudly to quite pumping his rod and keep the pressure on - I netted a pre-spawn 7 lb 2 oz bass for him. Talk about excited! Ever heard a grown man babble?! I think he spoke broken English for the next 2 hours!! He just got into bass fishing a few years ago and his biggest had been 5 something lbs. She was in about 4 feet of water near one of the many walls in that area - but off the wall a few feet. We had 5 before dark and then fished for about 4 hours in Konocti Bay and some other areas with NO fish! I couldn't believe it. We returned to the same spot where the big one was caught and within a minute, he sticks a 4-1 and a 2 1/4 on a black/red brush hog. I finally get a 2-10 - my only fish of the night. He wound up with a 17 lb limit and with my earlier 3-2 factored in, we had a 19 1/4 lb five fish limit. That was the "slowest" good limit night I can remember. He was still excited as he left with poloroid photo in his hand!! We caught 9 bass total. I had heard that the bite had taken a dive in the past week, but hoped we could have a great night Tues and maybe match the weekend tournament weight for two days (nights!). After a slow start in the south end, we went north to entice more bass that might have moved up. Obviously, we can't see our night fish and have to fish areas that should hold pre-spawn bass. I suggested chartreuse Senkos and that worked, along with the beavers. Pre-spawn bass hate chartreuse! After dark, about 11 pm, the fish came alive. We pitched brush hogs, worms, Senkos, and I used a "double wide" junebug beaver for the first time. Yes - it produced the two biggest bass as a big bait should - a 4 1/2 and a 4-14. I quit fishing after that. Clients had two other 4's and lots of 2-s and 3's - 15 bass total. We did get our 20 lb 3 oz limit for a two night total of 39 lbs 7 oz. I was happy with that even though we didn't make 40. One of the clients had cast over a cable with his line and, of course, hooked a 6+ and, of course, it broke his line. I lost a big one too that mowed down weeds like a lawnmower, but I couldn't catch up with her to get a really good hook set. A beautiful evening with beautiful bass and great clients!!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I think the warm weather has certainly caused new bass to move up. Should be good this weekend. We fished several good areas around Lakeport with good spawning bottoms and some protection. I'm glad the tournament folks saved up some!! We did not try the drop-shot dock thing for post-spawn bass. That may be very good soon.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: That bass you lost i also lost. I was going for trout that day and did really good. But when i caught a small one i saw i tpanicking all of a sudded and started trying to come on shore. that bass you must of lost was going at it. it tried to eat it. over half the trout was in its mouth and i was reeling in the bass also, that was a good fight. after like a minute i brought it up to shore and my brother tried to net it, but it turned its head and the trout popped out. That happened about three other times also that day.
      City: Oakley