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Saturday, November 6th, 2004

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 61 to 63 Surfac

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My partner and I fished the first ABA team tournament of 2005 at Perris yesterday. This was my first time fishing this lake. We were 27th out, and went directly to the north side of the island This area must hold fish as there were 10 boaters on this spot as we pulled up. We began to throw worms with no room to work our bait effectively. We did graph a few fish on this spot, and they were all tight lipped. No one was getting bit at this location for the hour we spent there. We proceeded to head to an area by the damn that was full of other boaters. This spot looked to be holding active fish, as a few boats were actually catching some keepers. They were all on the same worm pattern, split shotting very very slowly in a very precise spot. We fished around the outside of all the other boats in the hope of catching some fish that were moving up on this spot or moving out to deeper water. No luck! We then headed to the East Side of the lake when it opened up at 1:00 pm. There was a spot my partner recalled holding fish in the past and it looked to be wide open with no boats on it. We were keeping a close eye on the graph when there it was! Holding allot of fish. We threw out our marker buoy and started to catch active fish. We weeded threw some dinks on this spot but it also produced two keepers to weigh in for points. It was a tough day with no solid pattern and very unstable weather, high pressure with blue skies. At the weigh in, 1st place finisher managed to stick a fat 10+ Lbs kicker along with four other fish to lock up a win. Total winning weight was 18+Lbs, then the field dropped down to 12 Lbs and decreased gradually from there down. We placed 22nd. I look forward to taking on this highly pressured lake. If any other angler's read my post, please try to post your trip the next time you go out to this lake. I could use all the help I can get.

      Thanks, Chris...
      City: Corona, Ca.

      Tips: Don't sit on an unproductive spot for too long. The saying 90% of the fish are in 10% of water held true on this trip to Perris.

Friday, November 5th, 2004

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 63 Degrees acro

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Stopped to pay for boat launch and was told that the lake had turned over. By george it most certaintly did turn over becuase the trout were in @ 2feet of H2O. I got a late start and missed the early morning top water bite. Fished a pumpkin/Blk jig with a silver/silver grub trailer and caught 6 Bass in the weeds all 2-3 pounders. There were alot of trout fishermen with lots of boat traffic. Like D.L. stated it was difficult to say the least to manover through the traffic. It was a great day weather wise.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Dark colors and make sure to down size this time of year.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 15 bass today. Many nice fish in the 2 to 3 pound range. Caught the larger fish on a popper early. Drop shotted the rest of the day. Worked the weed lines and points.
      City: Rancho Cordova

      Tips: Water is low. One side of the ramp is open. Have to work around the trout fisherman. Will be a zoo on weekends.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 53-56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tom Rhodes and I left Paridise Point at 6am, low tide and started down Disappointment on the outside of the weed lines. Tom got a 17" striper on a white/white spinner(his first striper) and my first bass was on a crank bait. In comming tide by 7am was slow, moving about 4 ft. Moving down just passed Hocker Cut finding balls of bait fish we cranked up four more (small largies). I worked inside the weed lines and not finding much or than 6-10 smallies. Tom got his first plastic worm bass, senko. The day was sunny and in the high 60's and very light winds. We ended up with 10 bass with two keepers.
      City: rocklin

      Tips: Work out side the weed lines, cranking and spinner baits.

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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a mixed bag today. Launched out of Paradise Point and fished Disappointment. 3 of us caught 7 bass (largest - 2lbs) and 3 stripers (3, 4, and 5 lbs). Went up to the Beaver, Hog, and Sycamore sloughs area and caught 3 salmon (8, 10, and 12 lbs).

      Most of the fish caught on 1/2 oz shad colored Rat L Trap.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Rat L Traps. Upgraded Owner 4x size 4 hooks and heavier split rings so that they can handle the salmon and striper without hook or split ring getting straightened. Use the stop and go method when retrieving Rat L Traps.

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 58-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I fished with my buddy Rick Tietz on Tues for about 6 hours. We started about 11:30 am, trying everything. We caught some nice spots up to 2 1/4 pounds using small worms. We caught several dropshotting and using spoons. It was fun finding suspended fish at about 25 feet - dropping the spoon to them at that depth - and watching the X-19 show us fish chasing the spoon! I used half-ounce brown/orange Rodstrainer jigs with my favorite #180 Yamamoto single tail grubs. After one or two jig fish, I got a good bite and I knew fall was here! She was a spotted bass that hit the scales at 5 lbs 2 oz. She was about 20 feet deep, near a ledge. Shortly after I missed another big fish - had her for a second. Darn!! We wound up with only 11 spots and 2 largemouth, though we missed several. The water was dead calm and made the fishing a little tough until later in the afternoon. I went by myself for a few hours Thurs morning, but the wind nearly blew me off the lake, and that is saying something for Collins when it is low!! I did catch 8 bass in a few hours with the biggest being a 2 3/4 lb largemouth - on the jig! I think fishing would have been good, but there was no place to get out of the wind.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I tried reaction baits both days, but other than spoons, not much worked. No topwater. Lots of bait this year, so drop-shotting and spooning was quite good. The jig bite is now underway.

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

      Report: The tour did hammer the water this weekend, but the fish are still on bait, you just have to find the right bait. My partner and I worked many different pods to find the right bait. Even went through some salmon, fun but a waste of time in a tournament. Spooning and drop shotting caught all of our fish, in depths from 16' to 55'. A team weighed in an 8lb'er caught in the back of a cove on the first cast of the day- white spinnerbait. I talked to a few other teams that had topwater bites going as well. I heard of 2 fish over 10lbs coming on friday during the prefish. We have a great fishery right here in folsom. Just ask the Future Pro Tour fisherman.
      City: rescue

      Tips: Drop shot 4 inch plasic's and spoon on active fish. 16-55 feet deep.

Thursday, November 4th, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 53 (air temp

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had a pretty good day. Fishing by myself caught 11 fish., 8 spots, 2 smallies, 1 largemouth. Best 5 would go for around 10 lbs (largemouth went about 2.5 lbs).Fished from Skiers Cove & South in narrows. Fished Robo curly tail (hologram shad) on split shot and drop shot, Robo worm (Warmouth)on darter head. All fish came between 20 & 40'Better fish came shallow and on the darter head.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Be patient, fish at half the speed you like to fish at. If you don't get bit drag a split shot and small curly tail worm.

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004

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      Water Temp: Cool

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Bass action is slowing down a lot with the cooler weather. I dont have a tube so i cant reach where the bass have gone. Any tips on where and what to catch them off of.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Small bass are still feeding on baitfish, so at least there is some action.

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Its been some tough fishing lately with fall upon us, but worked the lake for about hour and managed 3 bass in the small to medium range. I worked a drop shotted 4" plastic. All fish were released to fight another.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: Work it slow. Crank it slow.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took out 2 clients today down at Discovery Bay. We caught a total of 10 fish. Lost 6 and broke off one. Fish ran from 8 to 17lbs. Caught all fish on live bait. Did not try any artificials.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Fish are on the move. If you don`t find them in one spot keep moving and you will run into them. Don`t wait for them to come to you.
      Good luck

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: First boat on the water at 7:30. We ended up with 12 bass and a couple of random crappie. Bass were mostly on large plastics Carolina rigged. Only one on the dropshot. Biggest was just under 4lbs. Nice day on the water.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Water temp is dropping...have to slow way down.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I went fishing saturday for trout but almost no action all day, on green and rainbow powerbait. My friend got a 3lb trout near the swimming pool area of green powerbait and he lost about a 5-7lb there.
      City: oakley

      Tips: cast out far with rainbow or green powerbait,and so far this here there have been 1-8 pounders being brought in

Monday, November 1st, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 62-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well, I ran up to Berryessa with a client with the intent of doing a lot of searching (being the water is know starting to turn over)

      We launched out of Markley Cove and thus ran to Wraggs Canyon. Started on point's, Client Drop-shottin and I throwing a brown/208TwinTailGrub 1/2oz jig. Point 1, nothin, Point 2, one hit at 35ft Jig. P3-4-5-6- All produced one fish on Drop-shottin around 20-25ft (Side's). Thing'in to myself OBoy the lake's on probably up North. Started to head North hitting the corner to the main lake, WOW, what's this 5-6ft roller's from the North,(Wragg's was dead calm, is the reason I left). Made it to Big Island and fished some outside point's, Noth'in. Went inside and fished a Small island and caught a 2 1/2lb smallmouth on a jig. fished all the way around it and caught noth'in. That's it we're out of here, down south we went and went between Little P and Portugue's Canyon and went up to this point and proceeded to put 6 fish in the boat in a matter of 30min. 1 on a jig and the rest on a Robo Arron's majic and a ???? worm. Tried the dam area Nothin. 5PM Quit.

      Rich Thiel.

      Caught probably a dozen fish inwhich 6 were keeper's.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Fish looooooong extended point's. There's more fish on them than the short buttercut one's. Everyone of our fish came deep and off of medium shale. No big rock fish at all. If your look'in for jig fish, their there, You may have to cut down your skirt some, but I feel that you can get 5 quality fish by doing this over any drop-shot fish.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Holland at 7am. Spent the morning fishing around the Middle River, and a little time in Old River. Caught about a dozen, biggest went 4.7. Best luck w/ a gold/gold dble willow white/chart blade. Had a few bite a brown/purple jig around pipes in Connection Slough. Also caught a few small ones on a watermelon-red senko. Water was surprisingly clear in Old River. Tried dropshotting several tule islands that had produced in the past, but no luck.
      City: Newark

      Tips: Pretty good blade bite around shallow tules.
      Jigs on rocky structure.

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      Water Temp: chilly

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished for an hour after work from the shore, off the far end of the damn same as friday. Caught four bass off a small rainbow spinner, fish went from a pound to just under three pounds.
      City: Salinas

      Tips: Anything that looks like a minnow along the damn has been working.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: go on a sunny d

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: who says winter bass fishing suxs? NOT ME...
      it was a pretty good day. all my fish were caught on hardbaits. i tried them all suspending baits, shallow diving baits, ones with rattles and some with none.
      got into two two bass nice size, one trout, a sqaw fish on a crank bait, and missed another.
      well the one i missed was pretty good. felt like a someone tied my line to a 5 gallon jug and just dropped it, my line ripped a little and then i came unbuttoned. my heart broke down.
      all in all i can say i was glad to go.

      o yea........

      SOME JERK WAS WATCHING ME FISH, I DIDN'T MIND, BUT THEN WHEN I HHOKED UP INTO A FISH I DECIDED TO LET IT GO. IT WAS ABOUT 3 LBS (LARGEMOUTH),A BY STANDER TOLD ME NEXT TIME I RELEASE A FISH I SHOULD OFFER IT BEFORE I RELEASE IT. I WAS SHOCKED...
      I TOLD HIM I RELEASE BASS IF I FEEL LIKE IT. SOMEDAY I WANT MY CHILDERN TO BEABLE TO CATCH BASS LIKE THIS.
      next to him was a stringer of trout, about 8 or 9. i hate bank fisherman sometimes.....
      City: san francisco

      Tips: try, stay confidence, and when u loose your cool, stop and say a prayer, ask God why things are like this, maybe he'll answer you. he answered me!!!

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Stayed at Sugar Loaf Resort from Nov1-5th.had a great time..Nice cabins, good launch ramp close and a slip to park when you come in for lunch..couldn't ask for more.

      Fishing was fair to good with the best fishing coming with the tuesday front. 15-20 keepers a day with lots of short fish in 35-50' near channel bends. Stayed in the Sac arm all week. Best fish went 3.5 on a popper in the am out in front of Sugar Loaf.

      2-5 topwater blowups every morning and were the better fish with most going 2+.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Majority of my fish came on jigs and drop shot and topwater fish early. #208 hula for jigs and robo plastics for DS. Rico for topwater

Sunday, October 31st, 2004

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Gill, I saw you at the lodge when I was ordering lunch, but you were busy chatting with the ladies and didnt want to interrupt.
      City: Sacramento, CA

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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Here's another report from your fellow bankie from Sacramento. Started off fishing the Carson Arm by the campsites and scored 2 fish right away at 1# and 2# at one of the coves. Moved to the deeper points east of the spillway and scored 2 fish in a row 1# and 1.5#. Next three casts felt a good nip and set the hook on a submerged stick up. Next three casts hooked another fish, and a he was a fighter at 2#. After that, it went dead on the three points I was covering (plus trout fisherman were starting to move through, So I decided to hit the Lodge for a Largemouth (Cheeseburger & Fries) with a large Iced Tea. After I got done with lunch, hit the points west of the spillway, getting hits and misses. I lost one fish getting tangled in submerged stick-ups probably about 2.5# by the looks of him. As was starting to get bored with little to no hits (it was fairly windy too), I felt a tick and my rod tip lunged. Set the hook on an awesome kicker at almost 5lbs. Grabbed him, put water in the cooler and ran to the Lodge to show the ladies. I always forget the name of the lady that does the fishing reports up there. Anyways after showing everyone at the Lodge, I took a stroll down to the water

      Tips: I used the same patter from my last two trips. Baby Brush Hog in Pumpkin and Black. Also used a Black Cyberflexx Flippin' Tube from Terminator for a few of those fish. Drop-off's and points 5-15 feet deep were key. A lot of the stick-ups that have been gone for the past couple of years are starting to show themselves, and the bass are hiding in them. Each time I set the hook on good bites, I'd either end up getting snagged on the initial hook set, or getting snagged while fighting the fish.