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Friday, April 15th, 2005

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Larry P. fished on 4-11and4-13. carol got a 3 and a 6 on 4-11 caught about 25 fish no crappie. 4-13 was to windy got blown out right after I found the fish, got a 4 and about 10 fish then could not take the 20mph wind any longer and said hell with it. call me if you want to go while I'm on vac. 4-24 to 4-30. weather gets warm place will be hottttt!
      City: red bluff

      Tips: what ever you use keep it moving so they don't loose contact with the vibration, I fished 1 foot visability water and caught good fish.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 54-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Dropped in with a buddy out of Paradise Friday and boated over 35 fish topped out with w/ 7 and 6lber. 8-9 quality fish w/ top five over 25lbs. Fishing will get even better post next full moon.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Senko bite consistent in the trough as well as a blade bite in the island cuts when the wind kicks up - Gotta love the outgoing tide!

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      Water Temp: high 50's to hi

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Didn't get started until 8:00A. No bites for the first 3 hrs and the wind started to blow. It took a lot of hard work, but the 3 of us ended the day with 10 keeper size bass (best 5: 18 lbs) and 1 striper (6 lbs). Loss several large bass in the weeds and a large striper that went under the boat.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Move around -- we fished Frank's Tract, Potato Slough, Beaver Slough, Hog Slough, and Sycamore Slough. Fish were tight to cover. Caught them on spinnerbait, rat l traps, and plastics. Water temp in some of the dead end sloughs were in the high 60's.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 53-57

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I took my son Niko to Fished a Club Tourn. sat. and sun. Sat. we a strugle day for us, because I have not been back to this lake in over 2 yrs. Our first fish in the boat was a 14" crappie. tried everything (blades, rip, crank, swimbait) nothing. Switched to a 6" texas worm and started to get bumps. Niko drop-shot and started picking up my bumps.( No size) I switched to a black/blue tube and our first keeper 4#. 15+ fish with 1 keeper on sat. Sun. we had high winds and rollers. Did not run far, stayed in calm bays. 10 fish best 5 for 10.85 giving us 3rd place. Great job Niko!!! Club big fish for Sat. 9.75 and sun. 8.50
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Water is still cool. Go slow.....

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey, Scott, i lost your email address or i would have emailed you directly. Email me if you get a chance. I fished chabot alot last year and have some interesting things to tell you. Thanks for the congrats, the fish was awesome at Contra Loma, you have to come with me some time. Have you seen the pix in Walton's pond yet? I talked to a cousin of yours- a girl at chabot marina, i told her to say hi, to you. Take care Scott. Greg
      City: hayward

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

      Report: 3 hours on water. 4 fish on cranks and brushhogs.
      2 dinks; 1 keeper; 1 toad of 9 pounds on a crank. Primary lake points and leeward side of secondary points.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: think red craw colors. all my fish in last 2 weeks have been on red/black combo of colors.

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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Here are the stats of the day:

      Fished from 12pm to 4:30. Caught the two 8lbers on a purple senko w/purple flake, the 3.5lb a pumpkin senko w/flake, the 2.2lb on a drop shot robo worm, and all of the 2lb and below on a black senko w/red flake.

      Weight/qty
      8.2lb: 1
      8.0lb: 1
      3.5lb: 1
      2.2lb: 1
      1.5lb to 2.0lb: 4

      For a total of aprx 27lbs.

      One of the best bass days I've ever had!
      City: pleasanton

      Tips: Catch and release!

Thursday, April 14th, 2005

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

      Report: Hey i got a club tourney at clear lake this sunday if anyone could email me a few tips on whats going on out their it would be greatly appreiciated.
      City: sacramento

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      Water Temp: 58 to 62+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: this weekend may be a good one for shallow bass senko's in 4 & 5 inch watermelon/red& black flake hooked wacky style.also brushogs in watermelom or pumpkin peper w/char tail works also carolina rig the hogs in 4 to 12 feet of water. ripbaits in rainbow trut pattern work in the early morning. in mid morninrto early afternoon jigs in 1/4 to 3/8 oz brown w/twin or single tail yamamoto grubs in smoke w/purple & black flake works well in 6 to 15 of water. theres a nice 3 lbs ave going here right now.
      City: kerman

      Tips: when fishing senko's pitch shallow and count down to about 5or6 and if you dont see or fill a bite reel up and cast again there will be fish up shallow and will eat that baitso be ready when they hit.i like useing a 6ft6in spinning rodspooled with 8lbs maxina green line. it is a blast too catch these fish on light line

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 57 to 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught over 200 in a three day period. Caught them on just about everything except topwater. Surface temp is rising about 1 degree a day. should be perfect this weekend. Caught them on every structure you can think of. You got to love Oroville! I think this weekend it should be top notch. It should be 100 fish a day this weekend. Wish I was there still!

      Tips: Carolina rigged 4 inch worms - any color will work. Caught a number of spinnerbait fish.

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out to rainbow lake today. caught few on dropshotting rigs. the lake is still slow, and the water level is way to high to fish around there.
      City: fremont

      Tips: fish slow, and find deeper areas. most fish are done spawning already.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: the shadow cliff king is a stupid piece of shit
      City: p town

      Tips: just stay at home

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: mid 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: the fat bass are in!!!!! i nailed a 12 lb spotted bass on a senco in about 15 ft of water. i must of hit the mother load of fish. i caught 5 fish off this point that were all over 5 lbs. the water was clear enough to find these fish hangin off there beds. this has to have been the biggest spot i have ever got. my previous was 7 lbs. the fish are hangin off the flats. transitional areas like points before large open coves. fish are hangin in water from around 20 to 5 ft. they seem to be staying out in the open areas in the morning than moving into the shallows as the water warms in the afternoon. this looks to be a great year. these are the biggest bass i have seen in years.

      Tips: to get bedding female use the largest worm or leach you can find. or something big in a rainbow trout color. it may take 50 casts on the same fish but patience will pay off if you can find these guys. some fish are moving into the back coves but i don't think you need to waste your time just yet. fish the southwest or west faceing coves. the fish are really enjoying the sun right now. fish shallow 25-0 ft. for small bass fish the back coves. for big bass fish the flats. find areas of loose small boulders and rocks. these fish are not sticking to too much structure right now. fish the areas were you would never think bass would be hangin out. because they are there...........

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      Water Temp: mid 60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: got skunked again............ fish very hard for 6 hours using baby brush hogs,flukes,and norie bugs.......
      City: sacramento

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I brought a friend out and wanted to put him on some fish so we threw darter head grubs.The previous evening I had caught ten spots doing the same thing in the North fork in two and a half hours.We were skunked for two hours up North when we headed South.That was the right move,we ended up with 15 fish the last couple of hours of daylight.Had one 3 lb. spot that was our best fish.
      City: Granite Bay

      Tips: Darter head grubs and lizards, and split shot lizards.Talked to a guy who did well on blades.All our fish were in coves.

Tuesday, April 12th, 2005

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went fishen at old almaden and caught a 10 pound + bass under the bridge and got a lot of other hits
      City: SAN JOSE

      Tips: wish i could tell you what i was usen but its my little secreat

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I'll tell you - I'm sick of wind! Another cold, windy day at Berryessa - at least it was dry! I guided a father-son team who had not done much bass fishing. Though conditions wern't very good, they did catch several split-shotting morning dawn, green pumpkin, and purple 4 1/2 worms. I caught some too and together we put 19 in the boat. The quality was better than last weeks rainy day - smallies to 2 1/2 lbs and spots to 2-11. A good limit of a little over 11 pounds was a pleasant surprise. We did land 2 largemouth. We caught our bass in the narrows and Wragg Canyon from 10 to 25 feet and in shadows that we could find. The son was reading a Pepsi can about 15-18 feet deep. Be prepared for clear water in the south end.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We could have moved to the main lake, but I felt these folks would have more success in the narrows with a little less wind. Very few bites - just pressure. Hard to believe it is mid April and the water temp hasn't reached 60 degrees in the narrows. It is probably a little warmer up north. Things could be pretty exciting at Berryessa if we ever got about 4 warm days in a row. Hope I'm there!!

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey jOe and DG, You're sure right about Black Butte. My father in law and I used to go there every once in a while and usually did okay. We'd take the old Fisher 16' aluminum and hit every spot we thought would have some biting bass. I've posted several reports over the past 4 years and the big draw for us was the lack of crowds. We have had pretty good luck trolling crankbaits for bass as well as the despised but fairly abundant squawfish. Chartruese is the best color for us whether it's spinnerbaits or cranks. Just let out a ton of line- 10-12 lb. test and tie on a crank that runs 10 to 16' deep. Then hit the rocky shorelines and try to stay in 14-18' of water. It's amazing how something seems to grab the bait darn near every time it tags the bottom. Sometimes you get a 7" smally- the very next pass a 23" squawfish. My best fish from there was a 3lb.,7oz. largemouth that fell for a brown pig and jig on a windy June morning. My pa in laws was a nice size catfish that hit a white spinnerbait 2' from shore at the crack of dawn on a cool summer morning. You're also right about that picnic area- you can catch some nice ones there especially this time of year and you just need a good rod and reel so you can cast way out there. If you do go in a boat though- watch out for the wind. We've made some pretty wet trips out of Stony Creek late in the afternoon and runing back to the ramp. Good luck and you have my permission to catch 'em all now that I'm living up here in the middle of Oregon.
      City: yoncalla, oregon

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

      Report: Went out Tuesday on a guided trip with Bobby Barrack. Started the morning with top water for strippers: two boated (8lb/4lbs). Then off for LMB. Caught them on spinners and worms but it was blowing and fishing conditions tough but we were catching them. We had over 25lbs (8+, 7+, 7...) for top 4 when at the end of the day, Bobby told me to toss into a openning I couldn't see with the wave chop. He was my point man and adjusted my cast. I let the worm drop and bingo, a 5+ on. Top 5 fish was over 30lbs. What a trip.

      Tips: Can't say where he took me but book him and he'll show you.

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      Water Temp: 57-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started on a cold (38 degrees)and windy morning in Rock Creek. Tried rip baits and blades with no takers. Caught some small fish on tubes and senkos but it was slow. We went to the River and it was very dirty with no takers. Finally about 11am we started on windy points and gave up after 35 fish. It seemed once the water temp went up a couple degrees they moved up and got very active. Great day with great company! We love that place
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Follow the wind! with tubes, senko's and jigs.