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Thursday, March 24th, 2005

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I got out today at about 12. I went straight to the island to see if I could get that good drop shot bite that Jamond wrote about. Well in the first 10 minutes I caught two dinks on an Oxblood Swirl Reaction Innovations Flirt worm. Then a few minutes later I get bit and when I set the hook the fish is actually stripping drag. So I was thinking "Yes finally a keeper". So after a couple short runs I got it in and it was a fat female about 5.5lbs. I didn't have a scale so I just estimated the weight. Then the wind really started picking up and I caught 2 more dinks. I switched to an Oxblood Smallie Beaver on a football head jig and caught another dink. I started throwing a Lucky Craft Combat CB later on and was diggin the bottom with it and got bit. So I set the hook and it seems like another nice one. Unfortunately, it wasn't a bass. It was a 2lb catfish. I didn't get anything after that and left at about 5:15.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Like Jamond said, drop shot off the island with a purple worm.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 57 surface

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started @ 12;30 and took two fish...fished Rodgers creek arm. Thru the box and could'nt score. Cruised the bank with swim baits, fished senkos slowly...nothing. Maybe changing wheather has put fish off the bite?

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

      Report: Roamer,

      We don't use sites like hitsunlimited.com, despite the fact that we'd have a high ranking on it, because we've seen time and again that they don't have any validity to the numbers they keep. It's also why we don't particpate in a number of other hit tracking sites and sites that pay you per purchase, they simply don't work well. Sites like that use the traffic from sites like ours to bolster their own traffic numbers and little more.
      City: Oakley

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Anthony,
      a small population of steelhead and salmon do come up that creek to spawn up a ways, lthough not every year. That is the reason that there are fish ladders behind the water district bldg. I believe there is a 0 limit so release them unharmed
      Thanks for the report on the lake.
      City: san jose

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 62 Degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out again at Whiskey fished the slough arm, tide was outgoing threw zoom flukes and topwater with no success. Wind was picking up with rain decided to go over to Mildred area by this time the wind was howling. Started working tule lines with revenge blades white on white my freind was using a bluegill patterned revenge blade. I busted some small buck males and my friend then busts a 5lber then a 10lber. A few casts down I bust an 8lb fish the rest of the day we caught several 5lbers and 4lbers biggest 5 went 33lbs. What an awesome day with 40mph winds. Thank you, Lord Jesus! for a successful trip. Success to all.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Keep casting till your arms want to fall off!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Outstanding. Ok, we used minnows, but we found bass in 7-9 to 20-25 feet. Caught and released at least 30 bass up to 3 pounds. A mix of both males and females. Something though (striper or a channel cat) grabbed the minnow and stripped about 50 feet of line out before it snapped.

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      Water Temp: Warm

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I've been going out for the last couple months now only using drop shot with a six inch purple worm. I've caught a ton of bass. The biggest one was over seven pounds. Iv'e been cathcing them by the lagoon, a ton on the island, and some big ones on the east shore by the dam.Right now is a great time for bass and it seems that everybody is catching them off the purple worm.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Drop Shot

  • Mendocino County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: just wondering if anybody has fished lake mendocino lately. What are the bass bitting if their is any their, and were are they bitting. Does anybody have a clue were I can also catch crappie and on what
      City: santa rosa

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from Meridian for several hours...tried swim baits, jigs and top water, but no luck. The rain and wind has really stained the water as of the 23rd.
      City: Yuba City

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fishing good on sac arm topwater and brown rips hot. how come this site is not listed on top 500 websites at hitsunlimited.com is this domain????
      City: red bluff

      Tips: check domain on mainframe is this legit site?

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005

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

      Report: Took out the float tube at 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM and did well. Split shot plumb 4" worm in the south end, Baby Wedge. Water is up and warming nicely, still muddy. Caught 14, most in the 1 - 3 lb range with 2 in the 5lb range. Wind and rain made it difficult to detect the bite, switched to blade in 10' depth after 11:00 AM. 8 on worm 6 on blade.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Once you find their pattern, work em slow with plastics. CATCH, CARE, AND RELEASE.

Monday, March 21st, 2005

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished franks in the morning on old river had a couple of blow ups on a spook. Moved over to piper and got 5 on senkos and chart spinner. Moved to middle river and got 5 more on brush hogs and rattletraps. My partner landed a minnow on a buzz bait. All in all not to bad fish ranged from 3.5# to 1.5# considering the front moving in fast.
      City: stockton

      Tips: Fish the outside weed beds at low tide with a drop shot. SLOW

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough days. Fished Mon-thurs for a total of 3 fish. No reaction bites at all. All the fish came on Senkos and Jigs - fished slowwwwww. Dad lost a 5+ lb trout which ate a senko in the river arm. Rising water with white caps was the main culprit for the poor fishing. Water is now flowing over spillway so things should stabilize with a few days of good weather.
      City: Fair Oaks

      Tips: Give it a few days then come up and rip some lips.

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      Water Temp: 60-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got there about 2:30. The bass have been on fire so far. Using a drop shot I've caught about 50 bass in three days> Yesterday was the kicker I caught a 7lb trout. As it got later the fishing just all of a sudden went on a tear. The first yielded a 3lb. Followed three consecutive fish 3.25,4.12,5.56. The island was pretty hot for few days. Giving me about twenty fish one day, with most the fish being about 1-3 lbs, with biggest going about 5.5lbs. A few 4lbers mixed in. Today I went there for about an hour at 2:00,with the wind and rain howling, the second cast to a was a 6lber. That ended up being the only fish because I was soaked and the wind was blowing too hard. Most of the bigger fish were females with huge stomachs. Alot of 1-2.5lb males though. The water is prety warm most of the fish came between 6-12 ft of the bank. The water level is rising now. Look for a change in the bottom or a point. I've been using Reaction Innovations drop shot worm in Main Vein. Any darker color will work fine. Purple and dark brown have been the best.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Pay attention to where you caught the fish. The fish have been stacked. I caught five fish on five cast the fifth being a 5.5lber. Thats on two different days.

Sunday, March 20th, 2005

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

      Report: There was rain on and off all day, and the fishing was on and off all day, but overall it was a great day. 2 of us brought in 12 keeper sized fish, lost a few and caught a few small ones. Most fish came out of 12-16 feet of water, but some came shallower, even right off the bank. Jigs were working best. Contact with the bottom was key and the bite was usually pretty subtle. They weren't too picky about color. We had the best luck in coves and off the shoulders/points on either side of the coves. We fished mostly in the norther part of the lake towards Putah creek. The water gets pretty dark as you get closer to the creek so we backed out of that. My favorite banks weren't producing much.

      Tips: Throw a jig up and shore and work it down to 15 or 20 feet of water. Keep contact with the bottom and set the hook on anything that feels funny since the bites are subtle.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58/59

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Water chilled 3 degrees and so did the bite. Smaller fish this week but still got a couple good ones launching from the M this morning. Rained real good at times but the bite was a bit slower fro me this weekend...

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 4 NICE 2-1/2 LB. SPINNERBAIT FISH,AND 2 VERY NICE
      4+ LB. FLIPPIN FISH, GETTING READY TO DO THERE BUSINESS. IN THE BACK OF THE NORTH END COVES.
      City: PALO ALTO

      Tips: IT POORED DOWN RAIN ON US ALL DAY LONG, THE LAKE IS FULL AND IN GOOD SHAPE. IF WE GET A WEEK OF GOOD WEATHER, HANG ON, THE SENKO BITE WILL BE OFF THE HOOK.

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WE HIT THE LAKE AT 8:00 AM IN THE MORNING STARTED ON THE THIRD RAM AND PARKING LOT ON EAST SIDE OF THE LAKE I WAS USEING A 1/4OZ BROWN/LITE PUMPKIN GREEN BULLET HEAD JIG WITH A SMALL TWIN TAIL (YAMAMOTO)GRUB IN WATERMELON FISHING IN 15 FEET OF WATER MY FRIEND AND I CAUGHT 24 BASS FROM 8:30 am till 2:15 in the afternoon big fish was a 5 3/4 lbs bass caught by my friend dewayne lucceski of madera.
      City: live in kerman ca.

      Tips: weather is sill up and down so fish slow from 4 to 20 feet rock plies humps and long points will hold fish right now keep in contact at all times swim your jigs your brushhogs also some blade action but the jig is byfar the best bait this time of year cover alot of water. good luck markinman1@aol.com

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      Water Temp: 56-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WENT OUT SUNDAY ON A WET WINDY MORNING.KIND OF SLOW AT FIRST. BUT IT PICKED UP AS THE DAY WARMED-UP AND THE CLOUD'S MOVED AWAY.TRIED THE ENTIRE LAKE THIS TIME TRYING TO DODGE THE RAIN AND BOY IT PAYED OFF. I HOOKED INTO FISH EVERYWERE. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.IT WAS A VERY SOFT SPONGY BITE IT WAS HARD TO DETECT STRIKE'S.NOT LIKE THE WEEK BEFORE WHEN THEY WERE REALLY SLAMMING IT.THE RANGER TOLD ME IT'S GETTING HIT PRETTY HARD ALL WEEK . HE SAID 3 FISH OVER 7#'S THIS WEEK LONE.SO THEIR GETTING THINNED OUT QUICKLY.NOT TO MENTION THE AMOUNT OF TOURNAMENT'S AND THE AMOUNT OF BOAT'S . LAST WEEK I THOUGHT I WAS AT PEDRO IT 'S GETTING HAMMERED.WHEN YOU HAVE 5-7 BOAT'S FISHING A QUARTER MILE OF BANK IT'S BADDDDDDDDDD!
      City: TURLOCK

      Tips: FISH WISELY {BOAT ETIQUE} HAS SLIPPED THE MIND'S OF MANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took a couple younger guys out to Folsom for some fun fishing who had been having a tough time finding fish, Boy talk about windy and I speared a good one in the Ranger. Maggie , my dog went from the front deck to the back one riding a wave.The water is up over my last visit and colder probably due to the snow melt. I stayed in the North arm for about 3 hours and left when the hail and lighting started.
      City: Carmichael

      Tips: No reaction fish on rips, blades or cranks which surprised me with all the wind, and the drop in pressure. If you could get boat control a good fish or two could be picked up on each secondary point going back into a cove. Watermelon baby hog or yamamoto lizard on a C-rig with a 18-24 inch leader. Nasty weather and thank goodness for my fish hedz.