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Friday, April 1st, 2005

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: It's tough out there. I fished it hard and only had a couple smaller males. The water's very clear and the fish just aren't very aggressive. As for the previous reports of limits of 2-4 lb-ers on blades and buzzbaits...? ...which lake are you fishing? I haven't seen any evidence of a blade or buzzbait(!) bite up there at all lately, nor has anyone else recently. Hmm. You outta fish the tournies - 15 lbs. is getting a payback big time right now. But then you have to really bring in those fish you're catching and not just talk about it...
      City: Santa Barbara

      Tips: Try split-shotting a little deeper.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: saw a lot of beds...unoccupied think the 1st wave of fish are spawned out. 2 weeks ago caught numerous 5lb fish full of eggs.

      this day nothin over 2lb (maybe 12 total fish). the fish i did see on or near beds were small males not interested in any of the plastics i threw....but when i let it sit for 15+ seconds, they might swin off w/ it...tough day, tried deep but no takers

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a couple nice bluegills at the north end...each weight about 3/4lb and then no more bites so we moved to the dam area and still caught nothing. All in all it was not a good day. Will definately try again later though.
      City: Sacrameto

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: < 60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my kids fishing in the morning from 8:45 to 11:30. No bites. Threw poppers, cranks, grubs and jigs with no takers. The fish were jumping all over the lake in the morning. The lake is full. I have never seen this lake this full in over 5 years.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Don't have any tips. Do you?

  • Leon County
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      Water Temp: 50-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went trolling got a couple of trout. went for bass along weedlines saw a bunch but only one hit.
      City: cv

      Tips: Throw a brown and orange jig with a shortened skirt up along the tullies. If the bas wants it they will bite it for sure.

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      Water Temp: low 60's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well I thought the DFG was going to dump some trout this week, but I saw no signs that they did. I saw two people fishing and each had nothing. Also the cormorants were not hunting like they would be if there were trout for the taking. Tried drop-shotting for bass, but had no bites. The launch ramp has an anchor problem right now, so if you are planning on bringing your boat, you may want to reconsider until they fix it.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: When the DFG stocks trout try throwing a small silver and orange kastmaster, last year I was catching both bass and trout on the same lure. It was awesome!

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

      Report: Mr Unknown, I have been fishing this lake for 15 years. I have been a "Local" for the last 7. I have never seen the display of racism you are describing here. If you had a personal conflict with someone I'm sure there's two sides to the story. Putting everyone in this group of "Locals" is just plain wrong.
      Hope you get it worked out.
      City: Local

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

      Report: What is the water level Mr. Gray?
      City: Arcata

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 51 degrees 8 fe

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The bite hasnt slowed down! The bite has gotten better! Went to Berryessa yesterday and managed 11 bass and 4 bluegill. HUGE bluegill and bass. Biggest bluegill was exactly 1 pound and biggest bass was 3 1/2 pounds. Fished Spanish Flat Resort and caught tons. All of my bass were over 2 pounds. Just look in the shallows and see all the bass swimming around. The bass fishing was awesome!
      City: San Bruno

      Tips: Put alot of action to your bait. The bass are picky move your bait constantly.

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      Water Temp: 57-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What happened??? I have done fair to well out there the last three weeks. It slowed down during the rains, but no fewer than 8 total until today. The weather 'seemed' perfect and the water was warming. We threw everything we had at them, and only managed one 2# LM on a purple TR worm.

      We tried brush hogs, tubes, and a variety of worm colors....jerk baits, spinnerbaits, black/blue jibs, brown/orange jigs....no luck. We had 2 or 3 takes on the worms, and that's it. Very, very frustrating. We talked to a few boats that were doing about the same. A couple of guys hooked up on a few trolling caroline rigged worms.

      I'm at a loss....we saw one fish on a bed, but nothing else. No followers, nothing. I don't think the spawn has really started, but I don't get much credit for my thoughts anyway!! Maybe it was an afternoon bite? We quit at 1 PM...
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Don't fish anywhere near me....I'm bad luck.

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

      Report: Hit the lake around 3:00 and stayed until SS. Caught seven, five keepers, 3.4lbs largest. Used a texas rigged 7" power worm(red shad) in shallow water(2-4 feet)from ramp to small dam.
      City: San Jose

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 57-59

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Not a bad day following the last little storm front. A lot of bucks but the best three of the day were 4.7, 3.7 & 3.2 finished the day with the best 5 at about 15 lbs. The fish are still scattered and hit a variety of different baits.
      City: Cameron Park

      Tips: Throw what ever you are confident in and you'll find fish.

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Worked the lake this past week for some small fish. It's been cold and windy the past few days. All fish where caught on plastics and released to fight another day. Lake looks great though.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: Work it slow....

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got a late start, didn't hit the water till 10. Launched at markley cove, the parking lot was pretty full for a thurs. Caught 10 fish, all were caught split-shotting. Only caught 5 fish at 5 oclock. In the next hour caught the next five. I started using a smoke colored senko at that time. Biggest fish was close to 4, had i right at 3. Lost one on a bush, and had one fish jump and throw the hook. I was fishing parallel to the bank in about 10-15 feet of water. That last hour made my day.
      City: sacramento

      Tips: Fish real slow, the bite was so light. You almost had to anticipate or sense it.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Where the heck is the Black Butte reports? Where are the Bass and Crappie? Anyone gettin em up there?
      City: San Bruno

      Tips: heres a tip, Post a report

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished all day with beautiful weather, improved clarity and no fish to speak of. One smallmouth caught in Johnson Bay. Worked the island, narrows, jackrabbit and johnson. Reaction baits and worms. Spoke with other anglers who shared basically the same story.
      City: Santa Ynez

      Tips: Kneel down and pray for a couple of weeks of stable weather and increasing water temp.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: high 50's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, fished my usuall(Taylor,Sandmound) areas yesterday. Lots of little fish out there. It never ceases to amaze me when a 6" bass inhales a double wide. Biggest was only a little over 3lb, 20 fish all day. Nice day on the water although it was much muddier than last week.
      City: Walnut Creek

      Tips: Time on the water.

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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: White caps in Franks and Mildred. What a windy day!! Went to Mildred and caught 1- 2lb on Senko and lost 3 more before we were blown away. Moved to Sandmound and caught 1-4lb in the weed openings. Picked up a few more around the docks, all around 2lbs. No biggies but the fishing was tough.

      Tips: Senkos and Zippers were the only things that worked today, flip and pitched very tight to weedlines.

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

      Report: After reading all these reports, i felt like that i should post a report here. I went to Del Valle on 3/30/05 with my buddy, we did good in the early moring. we fish from 7am to 1pm, total we caught 10 bass total. Most of the fish are good quality, i caught 2 small mouth from 14 inch to 16inch, and 3 large mouth that's easy 3lb+. my buddy caught all 5 large mouth that's all easy 3+. most fish are caught early in the morning.
      Good luck Fishing
      City: Fremont

      Tips: We use senkos and lucky craft staysee. work along the covers, and tully.
      Good luck fishing

  • Fresno County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started fishing at 1:30 pm in the squaw cove area. No traffic on a weekday and less pressure. Younger brother caught a small spot there. Headed over the Winchells cove area and caught one with a purple robo worm and brother lost one. Headed over to Fine Gold by 3:00pm, caught 8 fish off of jigs, robo worms and tubes. Two fish were 3#'s. One was caught off of a chartreuse plastic beattle and the other off of a blue jig with yamamoto creature trailer. Little brother caught about eight small fish off of blue/shad colored keeper worms. Headed out to back river toward squaw leap and caught two good size 1.5#'s out that way with jigs to end the day. Fish were caught in between 25 to 30 foot of water.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Drop worms or jigs in about 25 to 30 feet of water and let it drag in the later day. Look for rocky areas to shoot.