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Wednesday, January 5th, 2005

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

      Report: redding bassers turkey shoot has been rescheduled
      for this next saturday jan. 15th. it will be going out of packers bay. weather is suppose to be good and roads should be clear by then, there will new flyers at phils by monday.
      City: anderson

      Tips: hope everyone can join us.

Tuesday, January 4th, 2005

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 54-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Made it up to the lake yesterday via Suisun Valley road and 121. Still very muddy and lot's of one-way traffic (boat and truck got covered in mud!)...the road has slid out in 3 different places on 121. The road coming from Winters was wide open and mostly clean until you near Markley Cove. Fishing was great..double up on very first cast. Fish seemed to be stacked up once you found them. Try main lake points and do nothing banks. Caught about 25 total with the largest about 3lbs.
      jigs, c-rigs and drop shot all worked.
      City: Fairfield

      Tips: fish lot's of areas and stop and work over an area once you catch one!

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 58-30

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Lot of small stuff floating around but not the real big stuff. Vis poor with sawdust size red chips in most coves. Water is up and all ramps are open. Metered most fish at 35 ft. Not much action though.
      City: Santa Barbara

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: cold....BRRRRRR

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: took the day off Friday (2/4) and went fishing with my brother. Got to Calero at 8:45-9 am. Got one bass weighin' around a pound. That was the only fish caught between my brother and I. Left Calero at 11 am to eat pizza =)
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Water is higher so I'm waiting for the weather to heat up just a lil' bit. Then I'll be throwing everything in my tackle box :P

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my boys over to Orwood to launch this morning and signs were posted that the Delta was CLOSED UNTIL JANUARY 5. I have never seen that before. Didn't know you could close a shipping lane. Any one know if it was just Orwood or other launch ramps too?
      City: bethel island

Monday, January 3rd, 2005

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      Water Temp: 40-50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: the lake was very high from the rain, very muddy and hard to walk. to cold for a tube unless ur really dedicated. We only had one fish on and the line was frayed so it snapped. it felt like a nice 3-4 pounder. It basiclly sucked, cant wait for Spring Season. We trouted for the rest of the day no luck.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Fish hard. Wait until sunny days. or mid feb

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      Water Temp: any

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I wish us all luck on our swimbait fishing next being that a lot of us are going to be throwing tose baits for the first time. I was always scepticle about using those horse baits but I'm a freaking believer. SLAMMERS, HUDDS, NEWBORN BABIES!! WHat ever it takes, i'm getting my 10 plus this year whether it be here or at that secret lake in the almaden valley????!!!!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: HUCK EM' ALL DAY, ALL YEAR, AND YOU"LL GET ONE!! Good luck for 2006 bassturds!

Sunday, January 2nd, 2005

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: i did it again the hensley report is on here again it the first report with stained water and cooler temps sorry again guys
      City: kerman ca

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      Water Temp: 54 to 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well a new year and the bass are still on a good bite. And jigs are still the hot bait to throw pumpkin green 3/8 oz football head & a yamamoto single tail watermelon grub with red/black flake works very well. The bass are still in the 2 to 4 pound range and are still holding on base of rock piles and are still in fairly shallow water the rain has pounded the lake but that hasnt shut the bite down. A friend and i had 22 bass to 3 pounds most coming out of 8 to 15 feet of water. Key areas are 5mph area east bank from dam area to east ramp. swim your bait but make contact with the bottom at all times. Dont let the rain stop you at this lake clear sky are ahead and fishing should get even better.
      City: kerman ca.

      Tips: Slow is better contact swimming the bait rock piles and dropoffs/rock hold most of the bass

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

      Report: Thanks for the report Mike! Keep them coming!
      City: San Bruno

Saturday, January 1st, 2005

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 54-57

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: My friend John and I had a hard time getting to the lake, lots of mudslides on the road. We got there kind of late around 9:30 and the boat was covered with mud from the drive up. Lot's of timber floating by the dock and made getting the boat back on the trailor a little tough. Winds around 30 to 40 mph and heavy rain. Found some fish in the narrows in about 30 feet of water. Three around 1 1/2 pounds, one around 3 pound and one running about 6 pounds. John caught them all on a 3/8 brown/orange jig with a crawdad trailor. Oh I got skunked.
      City: Millbrae

      Tips: Work the jigs slow, find one fish keep fishing you might catch more there. Wait till weather gets better took hours getting all the mud out of the boat.

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      Water Temp: air temp:48

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: What water clarity?!? it was like fishing in chocolate milk except for being swirled around by 60mph winds and getting soaked by the horizontal rain...i only saw one other guy fishing. i was goin to take my pontoon boat out that i just got but it was too windy so i shore fished by the dam after waiting an hour for the wind to slow with no chance of that happening...third cast of fishing a yamamato 7" dark green worm really really really slow on the bottom caught me a 2lber and that was it for me because the winds picked up and, like in forest gump, it seemed to be raining upwards...
      City: santa clara

      Tips: SLOW!!!!!! and with dark colors to show thru the chocolate milk...if you cant do that, dont go until the rain stops! but honestly, im waiting til March to go back so i can try my new swimbait rod/reel combo!
      -Fish on!

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      Water Temp: 51 to53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing here is a little tougher the water clarity is stained and the bass are depper than over at eastman. Jigs here work well as fish are still on the long points and still in the cuts off drop offs fish are 1 to 2 pound range and are falling to brown and purple w/brown pork & brown w/watermelon single tail yamamoto grub as a trailer. there are some fish holding around the base of rock piles. The river area is muddy main body is stained also there letting water out but lake is stable. Again dont shy away from this lake when it rains. Fish slow work and area before moving to your next spot patience is very important here this time of year at this lake.
      City: kerman ca.

      Tips: Long points dropoffs cuts base of rock piles are your best bt here slow slow slow is the key to putting some nice bass in the boat.

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 0700-1330 hr., dozens of small one pound and smaller fish from the no fish area South to the dam. Moved to the North end about 1100 hr., found quality fish at the base of isolated bouders/rock piles, dropshot/crank. Jigs and creature bates were NOT the ticket today, dropshotting was all they seemed to want. However, once the wind blew lipless cranks with a lot of flash produced 2-4 pound fish. Oddly enough the majority of the lager fish came right off the bank from under the rocks. We probably caught 25-30 fish with 8-10 in the 2-4 pound range. The lake is coming up and is in good shape for this time of the year with a substantial amount of logs and debris in the water so be careful. Dropshot worm was a Reactions Innovations 4" Oxblood and Watermelon Red Flake. Crank - Lucky Craft American Shad slowwwww rolled. What a way to spend New Years Day.
      City: Turlock

      Tips: When the wind blows and puts a little chop on the water throw the crank!!!

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: 60's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the southwest shore of south lake from my pontoon midday last Sunday. Caught nothing in 3 hours while listening to the Giants lose another one on my radio.

      Anyway, almost hooked up on the senko by the southern fishing pier, but I lost it.

      I wonder if the City would let me plant some bass in this lake. It sure could use it.
      City: san francisco

      Tips: Catch, Photograph and Release!

  • Fresno County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Can't remember what the temperature was but it had to have been 60 or below. Fished a tournament here with my partner and ended up with close to 20 fish today. Only weighed in at 6.16 lbs. Most fish came off on drop shotted plastic 4 inch worms. No jig fish today. All fish that were caught today were in the 1 lb range but the winner of this tournament here had 13.94 lbs to win it. It was a rainy afternoon as well but the fish were on.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Fish slow. Work the river channels and rocky structures from below. Fish are deeper this time of the year.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 52.3

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Happy New Year. We have color in the water now, and the lake is up in spite of all the water they are dumping. My first fish came on a rock pile that had been visible the week before and was now submerged. Two and a half pound largemouth. Not a bad way to start the day. Did catch a lot of fish but none as good as the first one. The bite seemed to come in deeper water and I think we fished a little faster only because of the wind. Then it got ugly and we left at 1 P.M.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Best bite came on muddier banks and in deeper water, but if you don't mind the crappy weather you can still catch some nice fish.

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      Water Temp: 92

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: U guys needa update ur shit. why have it if u havenot been there. fuckin posers.

      Tips: dont eat yellow snow

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 5 lbs and 4 lbs bass caught on shallow diver crank bait and rattle trap...caught at orange blossom pond
      City: modesto

      Tips: use shallow diver crank baitsand rattle traps use one that looks like a shad

Friday, December 31st, 2004

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: A frind and I saw a break in the weather here and dicided to try clear lake, we were in the water about 1115 and fished the north bank along hwy 20. We started getting bite as soon as we started, some of the smaler ones were not holding on very long and we missed a lot of them. The larger fish were biting real light but held on long enough to catch them. Yhe smaler ones were 11-13 in. ,the larger fish were 2-4#. most of the fish were in 2-8 ft. of water taken on baby brush hogs in sour grape and watermelon, took a couple drop shoting under docks.Good day for this time of year some rain and a little rain, beats staying at home watching the tube, good luck and good fishing
      City: orland