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Wednesday, January 12th, 2005

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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey, Toadhunter, no, I don't know (but it can't be soon enough!!!) It will be open three days this weekend, for the MLK holiday on Monday.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: You could call Todd at Big Red Concessionaires, who runs the marina, and he can tell you (831) 638-3300.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Roger,

      Do you know when Justo will open up their normal hours of Wednesday thru Sunday?.....nice 9lber Sunday!

      TH
      City: salinas

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 48.4-50.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got in at Sugarloaf at 0745, air temp a nasty 28 degrees but no wind, lake down to 80.36 ft and first boat in, dropped the trolling motor and moved up towards Tsasdi trying top water and rip baits with no takers, find some fish across from Tsasdi and get one on a 1/2 oz with a #66 hdi in 35 ft. Go back in again and get stuck and bust off. Sitting on top of a bunch of decent fish so I picked up the other rod with a 1/2 oz and a #22 and back in I go and get bit right off the bat. Fish this same bait the rest of the day for a total of 9 more but not much size, the best went 1.75 but managed 3 more out of the same spot in the am. Things went flat for me after I ran down below the gooseneck and I missed a few but none in the boat until 1130 when I caught five more on and around a submerged rock pile, another guy was working another rockpile just 50 yards away and got a few small ones also. Started warming up a bit around 1230 and i stuck it out till 130pm and called it quits. Best five only went 8.12. Another typical day for me, and a typical cold water bite, all pulldowns or rubber band bites.
      City: Redding

      Tips: I may not have the number of that MGM HDI right but it is brown with gold flake #22?

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sonoma for the first time today with my brother from out of state. Started late, around 8:00am, in Yorty Creek with a canoe. Brother caught one in the trees early with a white spinnerbait. Fished until about 1:30pm with no other takers. Threw jigs, worms, crankbaits & spinners.
      City: Vallejo

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

      Report: does anyone fish this lake?
      City: redding

Tuesday, January 11th, 2005

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52.7-53.6

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Berryessa with a buddy from my Bass Club (Devil Mountain Bassmasters of Walnut Creek) after a few days of stable clear weather. Managed to find fish right away. The were stacked up at the bottom of a drop and hanging around a couple of submerged bushes. We put about 8-9 fish in the boat with only 2 dinks. The rest were healthy and very strong spots. Decided to look for other places and started hitting small points and the backs of small coves. We picked up several more fish here and there (spots and smallies). They were either on a point in 20-25 feet or in the backs of coves that had deep water close by. Most of our fish came on plastics although we managed to crank a nice fish on a deep diving Poes crankbait. Had 1 hit on a jerkbait but the fish seem lethargic and wanted a slower presentation. Ended the day with over 25 keeper fish, our best 5 was over 10lbs. Great time to be on Berryessa.
      City: Walnut Creek

      Tips: Fish wind blown points in deeper water. Throw plastics in brown or purple. Our fish were in 20-25 feet in the morning and seemed to move up a little as the day progressed. Later in the day fish seemed to be in the 15 ft range. Water is stained but not real bad.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: water muddy, very low,all boat ramps closed
      City: orland

      Tips: clean up boat ,can't fish

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

      Report: Bennit, I don't dispute the fact that there are probably Sturgeon in Clear Lake considering how old the lake is, and that you could have caught one (on much heavyier tackle). What is kind of funny though, is that the hills in the background of the picture are brown, and there's not a cloud to be seen (kinda like SUMMER!). There is a lot of embelishing (bending the truth) that goes on around here and only YOU know if you caught it, so Get Over It!!
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: P.S. Was that you on the recent Lake Sonoma report about.. Guess What!!??

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out at 4 pm for a very short trip.I was out Christmas eve and accidently kicked my favorite spinning rod overboard, a Loomis GLX spinning rod in 30 feet of water at the peninsula.
      The lake has dropped that much, so I went to the spot that was close and beached the boat.I walked in the mud about 100 yards and bingo it was in the sand 2 feet from shore. Best trip this year.
      City: Granite Bay

      Tips: The launch at Granite Bay has a sign posted 5 mph for the whole lake, a ranger watched from shore for violators.The lake is very muddy about 3'' of visability. Did not fish

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 55ish

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 100% sunday. 79 boats and 68 limits. We had 11.14 lbs for 32nd place. 17 places in the 11 lb range. Caught our fish on jigs like about 80% of the fishermen. We were deadsticking them in about 5' of water. Fish were also caught on the drop shot, I hear, but not by us. Course I will fish anything in place of the drop shot. Tried reaction baits but couldn't get bit. T-rig worms also worked for us from the bank out to 45'. Fish the bait super slow with a little pop every 15 sec, or so.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Fish 100% Teams.

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

      Report: The Redding Bassers are having a "Turkey Shoot"this Sunday Jan. 15. Signups will be at Packers Bay beginning at 4 a.m. $80.00 entry per team paying back 80% and paying 1 place per 5 entries. $20 optional big fish side pot paying top 3 big fish, 1 winner per team. 5 fish limit, 13" minimum on Wil-E-Go board at 45 degree angle. Blast off at first safe light, no pre-fish cut off. Blast off in order of sign up. Weigh in on Packers Bay dock at time to be announced depending on number of teams entered.

Monday, January 10th, 2005

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 40

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The water level at lake cachuma has risen 20-30 feet in the last 2-3 weeks. Just since friday they got 2 feet of rain. for the next few weeks i would tell everyone not to go but after that bass will be shallower and they will be right off of the drops.
      City: Santa Maria

      Tips: If you are planning a fishing trip reschedule for 2-3 weeks later because the water will be muddy, cold and the fishing will really stink.thanks for reading my report and tight lines to everyone in a few weeks at cachuma.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Yes that was me bon .
      City: disco Bay

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

      Report: Redwood Empire Bass Club is pleased to announce that Jimmy Reese recent winner of the Anglers Choice Pro Division TOC at Clear Lake will be our guest speaker tomorrow night at 7.p.m. at the Rohnert Park Community Center at the corner of Rohnert Park Expressway and Snyder Lane.
      Our next tournament is this Saturday at Clear Lake and we welcome new members both boaters and non boaters to join us.
      City: Santa Rosa

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Redwood Empire Bass Club is pleased to announce that Jimmy Reese recent winner of the Anglers Choice Pro Division at Clear Lake will be our guest speaker tomorrow night at 7p.m. at the Rohnert Park Community Center. It is located at the corner of Rohnert Park Expressway and Snyder Lane.
      Our next tournament is this Saturday at Clear Lake and we are welcoming new members both boaters and non boaters to join us.
      City: Santa Rosa

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      Water Temp: x

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: hey bennit nice report for sonoma lake. what r u trying to prove. u make yourself look like an idiot!!! this is not what this site is for.
      City: x

      Tips: dont be like this guy. Stay honest

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: HEY SCOTT HAPPY NEW YEAR HAVE NOT HEARD FROM YOU IN A WHILE.ANYWAY'S I,VE BEEN REMODELING THE LOVESHACK. WICH REALLY SUCK'S CAN'T GO ANYWHERE OR DO ANYTHING.I HAVE NOT GONE OUT IN A LONG TIME HOW ABOUT YOU? I HAVE SEEN SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE PICTURE'S FROM (RON SANCHEZ) THIS CAT HAS IT DOWN .THAT BE A GUY TO TALK TOO. HE HAS AN AWESOME COLLECTION OF PICTUERS ON THIS WEB SITE SCROLL DOWN THE LIST ITS VERY NICE.LET ME KNOW NEXT TIME YOU GO OUT.IM READY TO GO.I ALSO HEARD THAT IT HAD COME UP BUT NOT MUCH.LATER!!!!!!!!!!
      City: TURLOCK

      Tips: KEEP FISHING NO MATTER WHAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 50-51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started at day break,DIDN'T hook my first fish until 12:30 on a rocky point in the south fork.Continuted to hook 7 spots in 4 hours up to 3.5 pounds working the same point. Worked the same area because it was the only place I found willing fish.
      City: antelope

      Tips: Caught all fish on a watermelon senko in about 23-35 feet-worked verrrrrry slowly! Fun stuff!

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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Cold morning, no fog or winds for a nice day on the water. Joe Miller and I went out at safe sun light from Granite Bay. Our first stop was a Island top in the main body, o fish. Drove in the north fork to a rocky point and Joe found a 2 lb smallie with a brown/purple 1/2 oz JK jig.
      I switched over to a drop shot with a 3" minnow and found they like it. We got five keepers and headed home at 1:pm.
      City: rocklin

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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Elk Grove Bass is starting the 2005 season at Folsom this coming Saturday, small club atmosphere looking for some new members. We fish a variety of lakes and you qualify for our Jackpot Round by attendance not by being the "Big Stick". Club is not for full time pros....thanks for NCBF for their forum
      City: Carmichael

      Tips: E-mail me if anyone is interested, we are a team type club with husband/wife, father/son, friends or whoever can make up a team, lots of fun....thanks again NCBF...check out our new site..http://elkgrovebass.com/