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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched about 6:20 am today, headed to the west fork and glad I did. Wide open bite till I stopped fishing at 10:30 am. No big fish, but plenty of action tossing worm. Managed to catch 34 fish, largest fish a 14 1/2" spot, with most running 12-13". Quite a few LM mixed in, guessing about 6-7 LM this morning, largest 14". Some dinks spots and LM under 12", 5-6 is my guess. Fished deep, 30 foot to 40 foot. Fished steep rocky banks only, no point fishing today. When driving across the Dam on my way out, noticed something swimming in the middle of the dam area, thought it was a person at first, then it dived, never coming up. Huge fish whatever it was!!

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Report: Got on the water today around 10:30 and the bite was good until around 2:30. Swimming jigs along grass and tule clumps seemed to work okay. Pitching jigs and letting them fall to the base of targets really hasn't been working for me. I caught several nice fish off a 6" hollow body swimbait rigged on a weedless jig head. The water is pretty clear and there is a lot of bait in the water so in order to get bites off the swimbait I had to work it fast and violent. Its a reaction bit and they take it deep. Biggest fish today was pushing 5lbs. The evening bite was not there so I am going to try and get out earlier next time.

      Tips: There are a lot of 12" schoolie stripers out there right now so if you have kids it would be a good time to take em. I caught a bunch off a 1/2 oz team daiwa vibe in the ghost/olive color. The biggest problem with catching these small stripers is removing them from the hook. BE CAREFUL.

  • Amador County
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      Report: From Lake Camanche

      Alert: Due to a large release of water from Pardee & a lower release from Camanche the water level has risen. Please note that south shore low water courtesy ramp #2 has now been reopened while ramp #3 has been closed. No change at north shore.

Sunday, September 20th, 2015

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Big Break on Saturday, out at first-light fishing for some striped bass. At 7:45 the bait fish were popping and the water started to boil at the entrance to Dutch and caught about 7-8 fish on chrome/black rattle trap. Largest was about 20 inches, but most about 12 inches. Rolled into Emerson and caught about 15 LMB ranging in size from dink to 2 pounds, fishing with wacky Trick worm. Off the water by noon before the temperature hit 90 degrees.

      Tips: When the birds start hunting get ready to pick-up your trolling motor and gun it to the first sign of popping bait fish.

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      Water Temp: 72-76

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out again on Sunday @ about 7:30 with all intentions on refining my punching skills so just started right from the ramp of oasis (figuring on the fresh release of the tournament fish) to no avail. Haf a little current tossed the swim jig out and picked up two 2lbers so i figured I'd troll around and find em with that then flip the grass around them. More dinks. Figured I had too much weight for flipping the grass clumps so started pitching a white jig hit an outside bend with overhanging bamboo with a clump of grass and my line was under the boat in a hurry, set and a nice 3.75. Tried to duplicate that but couldn't. Went out to the main channel to flip the grass and mats picked up 2 3lbers on the outsider grass but again couldn't put it together. Lots of boats can't wait for the rain

      Tips: None. Just read my previous report and it seems like the big one's are sticking real close and in that deeper water only to come up briefly, from there who knows.

Saturday, September 19th, 2015

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69-76

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Man the bite is so much different on the weekends with the traffic. Had a Saturday tourney, it was a tough day mostly 1.5lbers with one going 4.36. The good one came off a swim jig on a grass flat next to a drop, others off a lipless and swim senco. Worked slopoing points, inside bends, and grass points at all different depths, nothing really going except dinks.

      Tips: None really except get away from the boat traffic

Friday, September 18th, 2015

  • Lake County
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      Report: Well as you can image we have had one hell of a week up here at the lake with the fire and all. Let me first start off by saying our thoughts & prayers go out to the poor families which lost everything in this devastating tragedy. A special thanks going out to all the fire fighters for once again putting it all on the line to fight the blaze.

      On the fishing scene, the Lake continues to fish good with the mid-lake and southern arms accounting for most of the action. Water temps seem to be slowly dropping down a bit to the low to mid 70's. The water clarity has improved slightly as well. The north end of the lake is starting to show signs of life with a few fisherman doing well fishing LV500's with a yo -yo retrieve off the bottom. The jig & crankbait bite is still going strong on the rock piles and deep water areas. There is also a decent swimbait bite starting up on the 6" trash fish or 4.8" & 5.8" Keitech with a moderate retrieve close to the bottom. We have also been selling quite a few 5" & 6" Senkos and plastic worms as well. We finally got our first shipment of jumbo minnows in and some of the local old-timers have been roping them pretty good using the sliding bobber technique.

      The lake is just on the leading edge of the fall transition. We are starting to see the silverside minnows showing up and we also believe there is a very healthy population of threadfin shad this year. It won't be much longer and the cooling water temps will push the bait fish to the shore & we will begin to see the bass start to school up & put the feed bag on.

      In closing, I want everyone to know that all roads leading to the lake remain open except for highway 29 from Middletown to Lower Lake. Also the prevailing winds have switched back to out of the west so there is absolutely no smoke to contend with out there on the lake. I also wanted to take a moment to applaud Kent Brown for having to make the difficult decision to cancel this year's Triton owner's tournament due to the circumstances. The hotels & motels are pretty much full with the fire fighting personnel & evacuee's, so Kent made the right choice. As we get closer to full containment of the fire, things will hopefully get back to normal real soon. We will see all you Triton owner's guy's and gal's next year for sure. This awesome lake and the giant bass that swim in it aren't going anywhere, anytime soon.

      Tight Lines, Troy Bellah (Clear Lake Outdoors)

Thursday, September 17th, 2015

  • Solano County
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      Report: Delta Report…. East County Fishing rolls as Salmon Stripers surge
      Hook series this weekend

      Dan’s Delta Outdoors Striper Series starts 26th September

      Isleton
      Cooler temps and a sprinkle of rain have more Salmon Anglers are seeing success, a few fishing finally started getting an occasional report of success from Salmon searching anglers. Water temperatures have dropped with the cooler evenings. Many anglers to the west are seeing more salmon daily… getting close. . Silvertron’s are the best bet for those who want to try. Smallies are getting more attention now as 2 to 4 pound fish show more often now… Jigs and flukes are getting them!

      Walnut Grove
      Cooler temps have Salmon are increasing in numbers Silvertrons and K-14 getting mentioned Bank anglers Pile worms and cut baits prevail. Catfish action is getting the most praise, Few Stripes are in the area as anglers recover still around as temperatures return more seasonable in the Walnut Grove area as the trolling bite is OK mostly small fish. Best area has been Courtland to Walnut grove. Red Eye Shad and small shad patterned plastics are the top choices here as well. Small swimbaits are scoring Largemoth and Smallmouth in the Meadows.

      Discovery Bay
      Hot muggy conditions had revitalized the frog for bass anglers. Stay near main river current with Crankbaits Strike King XD 6 and 2.5 square bills. Bobby D’s Swim Jigs and Spinner baits getting mentioned often. Jig bite on points is also good, the all new TNT Booby Trap is a great replica of Delta Craws come by and check them out ! Top water stripes are showing in the deep water side. Topwater scoring striped bass on the main river topwater look for birds.

      West Delta
      WOW! More Anglers in search of stripers are finding solid numbers of keeper stripers from both boat and bank. Most of the nice stripers coming soaking Shad. Antioch Pier scored stripers to 33 inches this week. Shad is top offering.The West as in Honker Bay to the Broad Slough plug casting is getting fish when wind cooperates. A few more Salmon success stories have come on the incoming tide with Mepp’s Flying C’s in Pittsburgh and Humphries areas . Bass Bite stays solid in the Break and surrounding cuts. Cranking and spinnerbaits is starting to improve daily.

      Provided by Dan’s Delta Outdoors, 1625 Main St Oakley CA 925/234-4694 Follow us on Facebook

  • Shasta County
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      Report: From Shasta Lake
      Good morning Shasta Lake!

      It actually feels like fall! Here on the lake it seems like Fall lasts about 3 hours on a Tuesday in October wink emoticon

      Right now it is 52 degrees, and it has been steadily sprinkling all day grin emoticon Last night we had a great show from Mother Nature...lightning and thunder! Although we are supposed to warm back up to the mid 90's by the weekend, we are certainly enjoying this beautiful weather...RAIN!

      Lake Level Report (09/16/2015 at 9 AM)
      Lake Elevation: 937.78' (129.22' below full pool)
      Lake Elevation (2014): 904.87' (162.13' below full pool)
      Storage: 1,682,894 af
      Storage (2014): 1,227,167 af
      Outflow: 5,102 cfs
      Inflow: 1,100 cfs
      Precipitation (24 hr @ dam): 0.00"
      Precipitation (Season @ dam): 50.38"
      Precipitation (2014 Season @ dam): 31.00"

Wednesday, September 16th, 2015

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got the evinrude fixed and took it out for some test runs at mossdale, and she ran great. As soon as I launched stripers started busting so I caught as many as I could without starting the motor, on top of course. Moved on and found some bass on shallow chunk rock with current mostly small. Worked that for awhile then saw some birds working on inside bends so moved over there working out a little deeper and started picking up fish in the 3lb class.

      Tips: If there not hooking up well try down sizing with a similar bait

Tuesday, September 15th, 2015

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Evinrude still down so took the trusty 16 ft nitro out, windy as all hell. No top water, put my buddy on with a spinner and i as well and got after it. Nothin big but fun. Out for about 4 hrs in the afternoon and boated about 20 between the two.

      Tips: Most hit it on a pause as it fluttered in about 5 to 6 ft of water.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: Low 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was great this weekend with the light winds which kicked the spotted bass & small mouth into gear. They are biting well all along the pit arm on soft plastics. The crank bait bite seems to be attracting larger fish. The catfish bite was slow and steady overnight while using chicken liver and night crawlers, the largest caught was near the 4 pound range. The bite was slow on the Mccloud due to all the water activity going on but overall a great caught weekend out on Shasta Lake as usual.

      Tips: Darker shades of plastics are working well

Monday, September 14th, 2015

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      Report: Provided by Phils Props
      Salmon fishing on the Lower Sacramento river got off to a slow start this year. Reports from the Corning area are that more fish are starting to show up in that section of the river which means we are not far off of seeing them in better numbers from Red Bluff up to the Barge hole. Back trolling flatfish and back bouncing roe have been paying off with dime bright fish.

  • Shasta County
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      Report: From Lake Shasta
      Good morning Shasta Lake fans!

      We are getting a wonderful break from the triple digit heat that we experienced last week. Currently we are sitting at 67 degrees and 91% humidity. The best part is we are getting rain! OK...more like a light sprinkle wink emoticon However this damp weather is supposed to hang around the area for the next several days. There is also the possibility of lightning and thunder! If anything, I hope that this weather is helping against some of the fires in the north state.


      The lake level status is continuing to look great! Considering that the BOR predictions at the end of August had the lake at 129' below and we are still above that half way through September...I would say that puts us in a definite positive! Also, we are over 32.5' higher than where we were last year. That brings us to capacity. At 37% we have the highest current capacity of any other man made lake in CA at the moment.

      Let's just hope that El Nino is coming and relieve the entire state from the dire drought conditions we are currently in!

      In the meantime, it is great weather to grab your boat and a fishing pole! wink emoticon

      Hope you all have a wonderful week! grin emoticon

      Lake Level Report (09/14/2015 at 11 AM)
      Lake Elevation: 938.60' (128.40' below full pool)
      Lake Elevation (2014): 906.02' (160.98' below full pool)
      Storage: 1,695,536 af
      Storage (2014): 1,241,464 af
      Outflow: 5,801 cfs
      Inflow: 1,814 cfs
      Precipitation (24 hr @ dam): 0.00"
      Precipitation (Season @ dam): 50.29"
      Precipitation (2014 Season @ dam): 31.00"

Sunday, September 13th, 2015

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74-77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Top water frog action! On the water late about 11:30am. Bite was slow but the big girls came out to play. First bite slow walk the frog paused at an isolated tule clump bam a 4 lber. Then saw a nice grass point with good current flowing into it frog hits the water an owl swoops down grabs the frog it flys off, I get the frog back make same cast, BOOM 7lber with about 120 ft of line out. Day goes by catching 2 more 3's a couple dinks on sqare bill craw pattern, pick that frog back up and see the same situation as before throw out walk walk pause and holy $#!t estimated 13lb 28in on a tape engulfs it puts on a show out of the water,get her to yhe boat put my hand in her mouth and pull her in. Heart pumping crazy my buddy jumping up and down, wow personal best.

      Tips: Slow those top waters down with good pauses, and don't just throw shallow get iy out there in open water with the current.

Wednesday, September 9th, 2015

  • Amador County
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      Report: FREE NIGHT OF CAMPING…TERRIFIC PRIZES…FREE LUNCH…AND MORE!

      Saturday September 19, 2015 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Camanche South Shore, Middle Bar, or the Mokelumne River Day Use Area

      Join other volunteers for a fun and productive day of cleaning up the banks of the Mokelumne River and Camanche Reservoir in the Sierra foothills. While you help restore the natural beauty of the Sierra you will also be on a treasure hunt for great prizes donated by Mokelumne River Outfitters, The California Parks Company and the Camanche Recreation Company . Camanche Recreation Company will also sponsor a BBQ lunch for all participating volunteers, followed by the prize giveaway for the treasure hunt! To register go to this link https://docs.google.com/…/1Bf7bGE54CbfTxQ6yiZ2t_Uw…/viewform For more information Lakecamancheresort.com

Tuesday, September 8th, 2015

  • Solano County
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      Report: Spent Tuesday on the water with Brian P. fishing jigs, we didn't catch a whole bunch of fish, but the ones we did were all tournament quality! Brian stuck his personal best at 7lb 1oz round 9:15am, 30 minutes later he tops that with a 7lb 4oz fatty! Awesome day of fishin fer deep summer bass here on the Delta!

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 78-79

      Report: *****Oroville Afterbay****

      Thought I give the afterbay a try with higher water levels, up to 135.5, the highest since I have been watching the water levels. For thos that don't know, you can check water levels by going to http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/quer ... an=24hours . I was completely amazed at how much of a change 2.5 feet of water makes, a completley different place when the water gets higher. I launched about 6 an, and tossed worms till about 9:30 am, leaving when the holiday crowd began to get too busy. Slower day for me, only got 8 LM, all fish at 12-13 inches, no larger ones today for me.

  • Shasta County
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      Report: From Shasta Lake
      Good morning Shasta Lake!

      What an AWESOME weekend! The energy of everybody on the lake was great! The weather was perfect and we were busy!!! Of course we were...becasue we've ‪#‎GotWater‬! Comparative to last year we have more that 458,000 acre feet more water and over 32' higher!

      It is bittersweet transitioning from thousands of people on the lake yesterday to the quite, calm, serene lake today. We love the excitement of meeting families from all around the world, but it is wonderful to take in the beauty and how quite it is right now. The water is not as turbulent, and the water becomes very clear! I will do my best to get some pictures for you wink emoticon

      It does look like we are going to swing back into the high summer temperatures for this week...in the triple digits. Currently it is 95 degrees with a slight breeze. Looking forward to what could possibly be the last triple digit week on the lake this year!

      Lake Level Report (09/08/2015 at 9 AM)
      Lake Elevation: 941.19' (125.81' below full pool)
      Lake Elevation (2014): 908.82' (158.18' below full pool)
      Storage: 1,735,754 af
      Storage (2014): 1,276,773 af
      Outflow: 5,600 cfs
      Inflow: 2,184 cfs
      Precipitation (24 hr @ dam): 0.00"
      Precipitation (Season @ dam): 50.29"
      Precipitation (2014 Season @ dam): 31.00"

Monday, September 7th, 2015

  • Amador County
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      Report: From Lake Camanche

      Lake Conditions 9/7/15

      Water temperature at the south shore ramp is approximately 82 degrees. The inflow from Pardee Lake is 11 c.s.f. as of 9/4/15 and the outflow from Lake Camanche is 200 c.s.f. Spill level is currently 64.2′ with approximately 3,000 surface acres of water.

      NOTICE: South Shore single lane courtesy ramp has been reopened.

      Both North Shore courtesy ramps are currently open.