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Saturday, May 14th, 2005

  • Fresno County
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      Water Temp: 69 to 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took the daughter up for a hot afternoon of fishing. Arrived aroung noon, fisned until 3:30.
      Caught several small spots. All fish caught on 4"
      sinkos and 4" t-rigged worms. All fish was from bank to 20 ft. Fished main lake all afternoon.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Alot of fish to take a kid fishing. Color of plastics didn't matter. Early morning bite would be better for qualiy fish.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 5/13-5/14. Caught fish from 3'-15' deep, tight to structure. Most fish were dinks, with one 4-1/2lber on a red flake 4" grub. Did well on topwater first thing in the morning.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Don't hesitate to try different techniques, we caught them on plastics, rip-baits, spinnerbaits, and topwater.

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

      Report: Hey Bill,

      I was one of those zoo people so, stay off the name calling. This site is for fishing reports only, NOT a site where people like you can complain.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Keep your personal business in the circus. THANX

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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished late saturday Bidwell area fish larger no hens wacky fished magic worm in shad color with small nail in head released some 20 pluss fish parking lot a ZOO pepole parked where they please brought boats a nd parked them in no parking areas and left them turn around area.high speed on the lake in slow zones WHERES OUR OVER PAID RANGERS????
      City: Chico

      Tips: STAY HOME ON WEEK ENDS OR MOUNT A CANON ON THE FRONT NOT THE ELECTRIC MOTOR other wise fishin was great fish slow give the fish time to see the target

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      Water Temp: 68-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Second time at this place...can't seem to break the largemouth code. Fished midday using mostly plastics with tiny success. Managed just one dink on a drop shot (California Rig?) I've read enough to know that getting a bite at SP can be tough but quality fish are definitely there. Thus, I will return...hopefully armed with new tips from you.
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: I'm asking...please share a few nuggets pertinent to SP. Big thanks!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished the island pond,lotsa tubes out there this weekend. caught 6 keepers including one that went over 5 lbs.
      City: P-TOWN

      Tips: yamamoto anything...

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

      Report: fishing with a jim from montgomery creek and tim from halfmoon bay,on the 12th launched at bridge bay @0515 and ran to ski island where we picked up several spots and 1 smallie on topwater, decided to go up the sac. stopping at several points and coves, catching fish at each stop, wound up on the bridge at charlie creek where they were stacked up caught a few before i made a mistake and lost my balance and fell off the boat so close to the bridge i struck my right wrist on the concrete bridge and broke my wrist.
      I waslucky enough to be with two experienced anglers who took charge and got me and my boat to the dock at bb, tim stayed with the boat and jim rushed me to the hospital, thanks jim and tim
      and those of you who have already e-mailed me.
      City: Redding

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Flaot tubed down right shoreline for a little ways this morning. used a drop shot, texas rigged worm and a couple of crankbaits with no success. quite a few people fishing off the dam and surrounding area for trout, saw a few caught. the bass must be down at the creek end of the lake to spawn.
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: the water is CLEAR! wind picks up before noon.

Friday, May 13th, 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 3 hours after work, tough to do during low tide given all the weeds on the levee side I was walking and since the frog didn't get any attention. Found one area where the weeds broke up and caught a long (20+ inches) skinny 5 lber on a Senko. Bottom of tail was red. Now for the IRONY, my best fish of 2005 came walking the bank and not from my boat that's been unlaunchable the last 2 weeks due to a broken trailer. Also tried a spinnerbait in the few areas that were open enough.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: When fishing for largemouth from the bank remember high tide gives you a lot more fishable water and even though the amount of fishable water during low tide is limited and requires stout tackle when its really weedy, there's still good fish to be had.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 64-66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Not fearing the "Friday the 13th" curse, I ventured out to find some fish for my son and I for the Golden State tournament. Idling out of Granite I had no idea where I wanted to go, but made the decision to fish water I had rarely ever fished. First spot I stopped at I caught a couple of small fish on a darthead w/ a 4.5 in. Robo. Then I got popped real hard but the fish dropped it. Shoke it a couple a times and got popped again. Setting the hook hard made this fish mad as I expected it to be a small fish by the hard bite it gave me. After doing a little break dancing on the deck of my Ranger to keep up with this fish, a beautiful 6 lb. 13 oz. Folsom Spotted Bass came on board. Big, fat and full of eggs, I believe she was a bed fish on a bed in 12-14 ft. of water and she went back in after some pictures. Caught probably another 20 fish or so, but nothing of the quality of that beast.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: I've been dartheading all year and saw no reason to change now. The Golden State tournament should be off the hook.

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

      Report: Fished rainbow from 2-5 pm nothing not even a bite
      City: Union City

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

      Report: In @ Antlers 5:45 am blades 1st small ones rip no go wormed a nice spot 3+ on Grnwny on darter some others not as big moved southjust before goose crank was workin workin workin a lot of nice fish on ffshad crank crank crank alot of fish 1:00 alot of boats everywhre lota traffic wentback up past RVland and marina rip some on swclown end of day 3:45
      City: Redding

      Tips: careful boats+debri and rattlers are out on shore remote..some real IDOTS on the water shouldn't be drivin a boat.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: i heard about this lake from this website and it sounded pretty good. So i grabbed a map and figured out where it was and drove out to it. I started walking around 9 am didn't get back to my car until it was almost dark. It was the most walking to the little amount of fish i have ever done. I must have walked 10 miles around the rocky steep bank and ended up getting poison oak and about 10 ticks. The total for the day was 1 stupid little 1 pound bass. I would have to say it is worst fishing i have ever done. I don't suggest wasting your time, you are better off sitting in a corner twiddleing your thumbs.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: stay home

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Water is very clear. Friday did some shore fishing and had 1 GREAT size 9lb bass. Sunday 5/15 went out shore again and had 3 1.5-3 lbs from 7-11 am.
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: Rapalas.. any type has worked for me, but jointed worked best.

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: You Guys are right- Way to expensive to enjoy it enough to fish there- I would not recommend this lake until they drop the price- I paid $17.00 (Me Only) for just one day of fishing off the shore-
      I have been "skunked" to many times at this lake to admit-
      City: Stockton

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy and i got on the water at 8:40am and he landed a small one almost immediately on a 4" black senko. I caught one about the same size 20 mins. later dropshotting with an Aarons magic robo. Soon after that I caught about a 2.5 pounder with same technique. We couldn't catch a cold after that though! I threw swimbaits, spinners, cranks, buzzbaits, basically the box. Fish are a lot deeper than you might imagine for this time of year. We were off he water by noon. Very slow day today.
      City: Willow Glen

      Tips: Fish off points in 10-17 feet of water, I saw no fish on the banks at all. If you are short on patience then don't bother, go to the beach instead! We asked others how they did and it was much of the same, with all catches(or lack there of) coming on plastics.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Why are they letting so much water out of Calero. It has gone down 8-10 feet in a week.
      What gives??????

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Chabot's bass spawning season appears to be over. Majority of the bass seem to be in the tullies or near structures. My fish finder didn't find any bass at my usual fishing hole which is Alder Point and the island. Instead, I had dozens of bites in Bass Cove and boated 3 LM with the largest around 2 lbs. I was on the water at 6:30am and started throwing PopR's and MS Slammer hoping for some topwater action but no takers. Then I tried shad crankbaits and rainbow jerkbaits and still no success. Now it's around 8am and the sun is hitting the water, I started targeting the tullies with roboworms in Bass Cove, and bang, one after another swallowed it as if they haven't eaten for days.
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Dropshot with 4" purple or pumpkin roboworms in about 8 ft of water just outside the tullies in Bass Cove.

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      Water Temp: 60-65 or so

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from about 3pm til 7pm in my tube. Hooked and lost one that was 3-4 lbs, landed another from the same spot about 1.5 lbs. Water was noticably cooler than last week when I was there on Sat. No other bites anywhere else. Fished the south end in the trees. Fish all took a wacky rigged senko flipped under the tree branches.
      City: Seaside

      Tips: You tell me, although the wacky rigged senko idea was from a guy I talked to a few weeks ago, after I saw him land about a 6 lber on it.

Wednesday, May 11th, 2005

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished wed. morning for three hours and only caught three bass, (1.5 lb range) using spinnerbaits in the willows. Heavy winds made fishing tough. Lake level is maxed out.
      City: Chico

      Tips: Still learning the lake. Any suggestions welcomed.