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Sunday, April 3rd, 2005

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: While waiting for my partner who forgot about day light savings time, I hooked a 1 pound smallie in the cove at Folsom Point launch ramp on a white and blue spinnerbait. The only other fish was a 2+ spot on a green Senko in the New York Creek Cove in about 10 feet of water.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Small baits worked from the shoreline out to deeper water seemed to get the most attention early. Sides of the coves in the early morning and then the creek channel in the afternoon seemed to be where the fish were holding.

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

      Report: Out at the Lake for 2 hours - no bass. I did get a good look at some very large carp, koi and goldfish in the shallows at the bridge on the South Lake. Dozens of them. Rolling around, laying eggs, running in packs...These might be putting the bass off of the bite. Reminded me of Clear Lake in June.
      City: Daly City, CA

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

      Report: To Shannon coming up 4/30/05. Just ask the guy who took you Striper fishing a few years ago & you will do alright. Don't believe every thing you read in these reports. If the weather is good fishing will be good. Last year at that time smallies were on beds in flats. Some times they are on banks waiting to be ripped. Put alot of gas in the boat, enjoy the beauty of the lake, Alps & wild life, they are worth the trip. Pray for good weather. See you & your father in law in a few weeks
      City: sacramento

Saturday, April 2nd, 2005

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bass were on the shore handling their business. I 6 bed fish in the two hours I was there. I caught 4 on a rattle trap all at 2.2, 2.5, 3.4 and 3.2 those were the males. The other two were females and they were caught on 4.25 sweet beavers. They weighed in at 5.9 and 7.12. What a great day.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Just piss off the male, catch him, put him somewhere else and wait for the female to move in then, take her out.

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was good. Caught 4 carolina brush hog fish early off a point in 15 ft. Moved to a grass line and picked up 5 rip bait fish. Switched to spinner bait and caught 6 all on wood. Biggest was 3lbs on the spinner bait.

      Now for the most unusual thing that I have ever experienced in years of fishing. I had seen a snake in the middle of a cove I was fishing that swam away when I cast my spinner bait across its back. After fishing the cove I went to the back of my Bass Tracker to check to see if I needed the bilge pump. When I reached for my back hatch I saw movement about 10" from my hand. It was a damn rattlesnake, ready to strike. It had crawled in my boat and wrapped around the base of my Merc. I yelled at two guys in a Ranger that I had a rattlesnake in my boat. They thought I was crazy until I trolled over next to them. They freaked. I wanted their help in case I got snake bit. I used my long pole aft running light to uncoil this 4ft beast and send him swimming to shore. First rattler I had ever seen in water. I think he was attacted to my warm engine because he did not want to leave.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: When they quit hitting a lure don't hesitate to switch. The fish were agressive and wanted a reaction bait once the water warmed and the wind picked up. Also, if you see a snake in the water don't take your eye off him until you know he is well clear of your boat. If they have an arrow shaped head (poisionous) and rattles on the tail give it some extra room.

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Good numbers day. Couldn't start the motor and had some length electrical problem so could only use trolling motor, in fact couldn't get the motor back up and had to drive home w/ it 6 inches from ground (not fun). Fished for about 3 hrs with finder and bilge going in and out but managed 10+, biggest going 2+ (had to only fish about 300 yards of shore). Got two rip fish and the rest dropshotting. Wish we could have hit more water.
      City: San Carlos

      Tips: If you want to put some fish in the boat, throw the dropshot. Move to a litte deeper water to get a bit more size. Rip fish are there but would have liked to throw the jig more than I did but hard to get strategic when you can't move around. Good day though.

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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished Burris creek 2-5 ft. Lots of fish but nothing ove 2#s.All largemouth on blades, few senko fish, one jig fish.Nothing in willows in stoney creek. Two bites off rip rap of dam.
      City: red bluff

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 60F

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey,
      My friend and I fished from 8 to 1pm and caught 8 fish between us. The largest went about 2.5lbs, but most were small. We fished from 3 to 10 feet of water.

      Good luck
      Mark M

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

      Report: Went out on Sat. for first time on the delta expecting good numbers. In 10 hrs. on white's only caught 4 fish. Buddies caught a striper a piece. I boated a 8.3 large mouth and my friend got a 5.3 large mouth. No other fish all day. All LM and one striper came off of senkos and one striper came off of a lucky craft rip bait.
      City: san jose

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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: As expected, the bite was slow with the cold front approaching. We only had 7 hits and 4 fish boated. 11 inches, 12 inches, 2 and 5 pounds. 1 fish hit the jig, the others came on senkos. Fished Potato and White's Sloughs.

      Tips: Cooch fished the same day and did well. Does that mean he exaggerated and is not being realistic??? No, I think he just knows how to catch fish on the delta. That could be the case with the Lee Brothers. Keep them reports coming. I'll keep posting my lousy reports to keep it balanced ... HAR!

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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a guide trip on the River on Saturday, the bite was slow with two lil keepers on a Zipper at 7:00am. Then got a couple of big girls ta come up and take a Spook along a deep rock wall. Caught a few more fish pitchin Jigs before we went and found some 9L Senko fish in a Marina. Then headed ta Disco looking for more staging fish. Noticed a lot of lil fish 5-10" right on the bank in the trough sunnin' themselves. Started putting a Robo dropshot in MMIII into the grass and catch a couple of two pounders, figured the better fish had ta be somewhere close and began pitchin a 9 series Senko to the docks, Surprise, surprise, 6 pounder, 5 pounder, Client loose a donkey, then gets a 3.90. We then moved out to a deep rock wall and cranked a couple of 3 pounders on the red Bomber and got two more on a brown jig. All in all, slow bite but a very good day over all.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Fish are still transitioning, but starting to move up. Saw a few small bucks on Beds in the Big Break Marina at the end of the day on the low tide. River is still very stained in many areas. We had to really work hard for our bites, and constantly try different techniques. Amazingly, we caught em on Topwater, cranks, 9 & 9L Senkos, T-rigged Zippers, a dropshot and jigs. Gonna bust lose any time now!

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well the weather is warming up a bit and once again I find myself itching to do a little carp shooting. I was hoping that a few of you bass fisherman out there would have some ideas for me about where to go, when the spawn starts, and are there any carp cruising around lately? I appreciate any info you have. Thank you and good luck with the bass.
      City: oroville

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I took my brother and son out. We got on the lake about 8:30 out of the north ramp. We went east of the ramp and fished crank baits and tubes. I landed 2 1.5lbs off the crank and that was it. We also went by the dam and up by the river inlet nothing
      City: Davis

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished on 3/31 and 4/1 in and around Rodman Slough. The bass definitely seem to be relating more to the main lake. I did everything wrong, using big lures in midday, going to ultralight during low light. It didn't work, but this is how we prove things to ourselves. I saw several guys doing things right and catching some good bass, so I found out by observation what's working now.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: The bass are definitely much more active when the sun is shining or in the evening. They appear to be holding very close to or in emergent tules, in the warmest pockets and holes, most probably in the late prespawn stage. They don't appear to be chasing shad in open water off the points much. Lures larger than the shad (4"-6" lures) work much better than good shad imitations. With more unsettled weather expected, I'd expect the bass to stay tight to the tules.

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water at 10am, water warmed up nicely around noon. We had the most action on the banks closest to the damn, drop shotting wacky senkos and white picasso spinnerbaits. Lake levels are very high and the water is still pretty muddy. Local tackle shop told me they will start draining steadily here pretty soon.
      City: Los Gatos

      Tips: Bite was very slow until the water warmed up.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: caught 6 fish that were over 3 lbs with one over 5. off seconary points in 10-15 feet of water. most on worms and split shotting. anyone else having any luck at pedro?
      City: modesto

      Tips: fish slow, all pressure bites

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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: caught 6 fish that were over 3 lbs with one over 5. off seconary points in 10-15 feet of water. most on worms and split shotting. anyone else having any luck at pedro?
      City: modesto

      Tips: fish slow, all pressure bites

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      Water Temp: 58-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lots of boats had already gone back behind the 5mph buoys so I headed to the east shoreline near the keep out buoys and fished pretty much to the ramp on the east side. I fished from before 7 to 11:30 and had about 10 bites. Boated 7 fish for the day. Best 5 went about 12lbs. I had one around 4lbs and one around 3lbs. Most bites came on pearl flukes. I also had one on a pointer and one a spinner bait. Got most bites very close to shore. Curious how others did. Talked to two other fishermen and they stuggled to catch fish. The bite should really bust loose soon. Keep your eye on Eastman through April. The lake is full and lots of cover in the water. The water has a coffee color to it, so visability was an issue. I like to watch the fluke fall, but you couldn't watch is for long before it dissappeared.
      City: Clovis

      Tips: I had to really slow down my fluke presentation to get bit. Let it fall a little longer than usual, especially on the initial cast. Got a lot of my bites before I even moved it the first time. Monitor the weather the next couple of weeks. The bite should get really good soon.

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

      Report: Started at 7:30 AM at Old Salmon Falls on South Fork. Sonar showed fish but no interest in Senko, nor white/chartreuse spinner bait, nor bleeding watermelon tube. Found a couple small but scrappy one-lbers (a redeye and a largemouth) in the back of a creek cove around a fallen tree with a Fat A Rap crawdad crankbait.
      Looking forward to the warmer water coming.
      City: Folsom, CA

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      Water Temp: 52-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water moing fast through Folsom right now, not going up or down. Quency and I found all our bass back in the coves were the water was warmer in 7-10 ft of water around big rocks and trees. split shot a small lizard and texas rig a large green pumkin lizard in around the trees and rocks. Finding only small fish, but the 2 lb plus fish were around the base of the down trees over in the rock garden. Light winds kept us off the main body.
      City: rocklin

      Tips: work down the banks into the cove with rock and brush