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Sunday, October 31st, 2004

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Jim Ryan and I started out with some of the bass fisherman from Basin Bass Master at Bishop Slough in the early morning. Windy and cold, not the best day to be on the water. We fished Disapointment for most of the morning finding some small bass and stripers. The winds picked up as we were in Hocker Cut. We were cranking a orange/red/black rattle trap, black/blue flake senko worms, white/white spinner baits and some red/black also. We also used long black worms. High tide was at 9am and out going was at 10am, so work the tules at each end in the curents.
      City: rocklin

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Decided to give my local lake a break and fish SP. The extra hour from the day light savings felt good and I almost didn't get out in time. But nontheless fished till about 1:30pm and ended up with four decent trout in the 2-4lb range no DFG size trout. Fish were caught in the shallows(4' to 8')on green(Chartreus)power bait spiked with garlic scent and 2LB-4LB main line and leader.
      Didn't really notice until I was leaving that they are giving out warning notices when you buy your permit on what amount of certain species you can eat out of the lakes and still be ok health wise, I didn't know that was an issue. Anyways I must say that the staff that run the concessions are top notch on the customer service department and are a great group and made my last day to fish SP a very pleasant one till the re-opener in February.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: What can I say when fishing for trout. The right place and right time and right presentation will decide if get any fish. Example, the guy fishing just to the right me about 6 yards down shore while I was fishing got the black and white(skunked) and I ended up with four. Go figure! but theres been times when I was the guy on the right scratching my head trying to figure out what was going on with the eminent smell of black & white upon me. Right place and right time and right presentation at that time.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launch at packers bay, it's one lane now.
      On the water at 6:15 up the sac to shasta marnia area.First fish was at 7:00 on a green worm it was a dink.Up to the antlers area started to spoon with 1/2oz hopkins spoon. Bingo on fish caugh 8 fish in a hour in one spot nothing big just keepers.Moved to goose neck area started worming again little luck only two fish both dinks.Started spooning again 3 more fish just keepers.A fair day a the lake caugh about 15 fish.An oregon bass club was weighting in top weight was 8/12lbs for sunday.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Fish were holding in about 35ft of water.
      Bite was slow had to park on top of fish to get a bite.

Saturday, October 30th, 2004

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: hey jcab,,,try using a crank bait...there is no pattern...crank through an area.. you will get bit...bait fish run.. 10 to 12.. in ball's..run a crank that will dive to 7.. tight wiglle..when you find they dink's...I dont know if your in a boat or not.. let me know
      City: san jose

      Tips: jcab post again and give me your email address,, then we can talk... oh by the way right across from the launch ramp...very good c rig withpumpkin seed brushog's... the big one's..drift with the wind....thank's mike

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Pretty tough day for me and my brother as usual. The fish seem to bite best when I'm fishin' alone. We worked very hard for about 20 fish and they were all barely keeper size. We could not find a solid pattern because some came shallow and some came deep on reaction and finnese presentations. I'm confused. Oh well, better than getting skunked I guess. Honestly, we had lots of fun just being out there.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Snags are abundant here so bring lots of gear. As far as lures and technique they all work. Plastics on the bottom is always a sure thing.

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

      Report: Good fishing was found in the Oaks area. Fished from 1 pm till about 7pm. Caught around 30 fish all were about 1-2lb class. Fished slow. Most fish caught on drop shot rigs. Notable catches were caught sunday morning. About a dozen caught over 2 lbs.
      City: Bay Area

      Tips: Anything purple or brown. Big baits catch bigger fish.

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

      Report: Good news is that I caught 11 fish. Bad news (for a bass fisherman) only 1 LM, and 1 stiper. The other 9 were trout (1 was near 4lbs). What can I say. They just couldn't stay away from my rapala. For bass I tried carolina rig, brass n glass worm, drop shot, and gub. The only lm was taken on drop shot and the stiper (3.8lbs) went for a c-rig brush hog on the fall. Tough day for bass fishing. Great day for trout. Caught all 9 fish in less than 30 min.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Didn't figure the bass out. The trout were in shallow water schooled up. Some looked like torpedos - big trout! If the bass have lock jaw don't go home empty handed. Something out there is hungry.

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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the lake at 7:30am. Caught 2lb largemouth at 1st main point across from launch ramp on a Mega Charlie in trout pattern. Then caught a nice 1.5 lb rainbow trout on Rapala Rattletrap in chartreuse and pink. For some reason, trout kept hitting this crank but I was unable to land anymore. Water was clear enough to actually see the fish hit and follow the lure on retrieve back to boat. In total, caught that bass, trout and got maybe 5-6 more hits all on crankbait. Left at 1pm. I tried worming with hula grubs, senkos, berkley worms. No luck.
      City: Soledad, CA

Friday, October 29th, 2004

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58-59

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took a friend out fishing on my bass boat because he has always wanted to go out and fish from one. Let me tell you, although it was his first time out on a bass boat this kid new the 8 mile tract pretty darn good and also knew how to fish it.Maybe it wasn't his first time out on a bass boat? He did pretty good for himself by almost landing a 20 to 25 lb. stripper on 8lb test line. He lost it because he didn't set the hook. The rest of the day he threw chartruse/red spinnerbait at the brush and caugth 3 three pound bass. Yes, he did out fish me! I'm just glad he had a great time. He taught me a few things! Tight lines everyone.
      City: eldorado hills, Ca

      Tips: The fishing has cooled down a bit but I suspect that things will pick up again especially if you are into strippers. Only thing that worked for us were spinnerbaits and only in chartruse/red.Tried lipless and worms but not many takers.

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      Water Temp: cold?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Slow but we got bass. launch ramp is now closed! Thats good news to us float tubers! We started late on the north end. I got 2 around 2,lbs. Chad and Kyle both got nice 3,1/2 pounders. Chad got the most bass on a trout lure from the shore! kyle got his on a jig from the tube. I got mine on senkos and a grub.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Black jigs, white grubs? They both worked! Just go try. Its nice and quiet with no boats. But it is "VERY" muddy on the shore.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I had a good day today. Had two clients, one from S.Korea. Between them, they had a mission. The biggiest, and the most LOL. Well, I give them both a Drop-shott'in rig and started near the dam on the right/side, the pattern that I had found on the previous trip still held. I position the boat and let them have at it. By 10 O'clock the score was 5 fish for Tony and 3 fish for smitty. With Smitty having the biggiest. This is with only one sweep down this bank of 250yrd's. Tried other spot's closer to the dam and either they caught a fish or missed a hit. All the while I was throwing different bait rig's Noth'in. At the end of the day 2:30 (They decided they had enough fun). Final toll. Tony 7-8, Smitty 6, Guide Zip, NANA. Out of 13-14fish caught, about 8 were over 1.5 with the biggeriest about 2.5 caught by smitty. Take care and good luck/ Rich Thiel's Guiding Service 925-292-5024
      City: Livermore,

      Tips: Position you boat over 30-35ft of water while Drop-shottin a Robo worm in Grape/Brown/Blue streek. You should get hit around 20ft. Pattern to look for is Large rock/Mud. Toward's the dam area their is a bank that has just large gravel on it and this is know holding some good fish. It should get better as we near winter and the water temp drop's.

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      Water Temp: N\A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: HEY :SCOTT DON'T BE AFRAID OF GOING OUT THERE JUST BE REAL CAREFUL. DON'T EXPECT TO SET ANY SPEED RECORD'S EITHER. TAKE YOUR TIME IT'S WELL WORTH IT.FROM THE LAUNCH RAMP ON DAY USE SIDE TO THE DAM IT'S PRETTY PREDICTABLE.BUT TOWARDS THE BACK IN THE TREE'S AND ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE IN FRONT OF THE OTHER RAMP THAT WHOLE SHORELINE IS REAL TRICKY.BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND THE TECHNICALLITIES YOU'LL BE REWARDED WITH DAY'S OF THE WHOLE LAKE TO YOURSELF THIS TIME OF YEAR.HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE AROUND TURKEY SEASON. GOOD LUCK AND KEEP FISHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      City: TURLOCK

      Tips: CLEAN YOUR RIG ASAP\WATER IS PEASOUP GREEN HELL IT'S MORE LIKE GUACAMOLE AND IT SINK'S SPECIALLY BY THE DAM. KEEP THAT BOAT SHINNY!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      Water Temp: N\A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: HEY :SCOTT DON'T BE AFRAID OF GOING OUT THERE JUST BE REAL CAREFUL. DON'T EXPECT TO SET ANY SPEED RECORD'S EITHER. TAKE YOUR TIME IT'S WELL WORTH IT.FROM THE LAUNCH RAMP ON DAY USE SIDE TO THE DAM IT'S PRETTY PREDICTABLE.BUT TOWARDS THE BACK IN THE TREE'S AND ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE IN FRONT OF THE OTHER RAMP THAT WHOLE SHORELINE IS REAL TRICKY.BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND THE TECHNICALLITIES YOU'LL BE REWARDED WITH DAY'S OF THE WHOLE LAKE TO YOURSELF THIS TIME OF YEAR.HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE AROUND TURKEY SEASON.GOOD LUCK AND KEEP FISHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
      City: TURLOCK

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: caught a four a three and a 2.5 dropshotting shad color baits in 18-30'
      City: ros.

      Tips: fish rockpiles and watch your graph for fish relating to the bottom. be patient and move slow.

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: 63*

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: trolled up 4 small, smallmouth and 1small trout very slow to day
      City: fremont

      Tips: keep changing lures, colors,depths till you reach the majic conbo
      go fishing and injoy the outing i did.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 63.3-63.8

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: over to the coastal redwoods yesterday with the family and inot the Lady Bird Johnson Grove and numerous stops to gawk at stuff, out this morning to the Dam for the Shasta Dam tour and home by 11AM and headed for Jones Valley at noon. Got in at 1245, lake down to 100.5 ft and no wind. Go into the lower Pit on same area as the last time and can't find any fish, move to a second spot down near squaw creek and finally boat one 12 inch fish on a hoo-dun-it in color #29/ 3/4 oz . Sister and brother in law ain't getting bit even though we are finding fish. Move around all over the lower pit and find fish and very little bait. Can't get nothing to go. Started throwing worms around 330PM and finally get one on my Rainbow Worms #99 but lose it. Judy and Phil still ain't had a bite and we keep at it till 630 PM and that was the end of that. Air temp going in was 60,. coming out 71 and only 2 outfits on the beach. A bit depressing when you are trying to put the family on fish.
      City: Redding

      Tips: I think the full moon bit me in the behind again not to mention the late start.

Thursday, October 28th, 2004

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 58-63

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well we spent 3 days pounding different areas of the lake (mostly North) and allthough the numbers werent there the quality was excellent with one around 6.5 and another @ 5 and several around 3. We caught some dinks but the majority were the healthier,fatter fish. I was lucky enough to enjoy the company of good frineds and family,a new boat,beautiful Clear Lake Bass and the nicest weather you could ask for in October.Those of you that were nice enough to email me with tips and suggestions Thanks and I will return the favor whenever I can. Tight Lines!!!
      City: Chowchilla

      Tips: Dont give up....one day we fished from 8am to 4pm without a fish then boom we found a pattern and fish-we probably had 17+ with our best 5 in the next 2 hrs!

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught around 8-9 LM bass using dropshot on/near flats with close drop offs nearby and my buddies managed 6 largest going around 2 1/2, rest were 1 1/2 and smaller. I started throwing a jerkbait near rockwalls which produced 3 smallies to my surprise. Never thought they had them here. Even more surprising was th 8.5lb rainbow I caught on the lucky craft pointer. Go figure. Smallies came mid morning from 10-11am. LM all day.
      City: EastBay

      Tips: Look for the Adobe clay type of banks with some runoffs and throw at where the murky meets the clear water. Dropshotted this way as we let the rental drift. I couldn't tell you how I managed the smallies except off sharp steep rocks in deep water worked straight back from bank.

Wednesday, October 27th, 2004

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

      Report: Stripped Bass and SALMON are biting on Grant Line canal. A 17# salmon was caught today and fisherman limited out on bass. This is not the first salmon that has been caught this season. The bite is right and will not last heavy for long.
      City: Tracy

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I'm not sure of your age or the sum total of your life experience (no disrespect) but as I've gotten a little older I've found that the "best" time is any time, all of the time, every time. As I get older and take care of my responsibilities (work, bills, and such) more than I fish I notice that I look up at the sky every day and wonder how the fish are biting...but I digress; it should warm up a little this week so they should be in a frenzy before the winter.
      City: p-town

      Tips: If the water is like choclate milk look for the fish to be shallow, take a couple of spinner baits, flashy rattletraps,(maybe your jig, but make it flashy) and the like. If you use soft plastics slow it down a little. Also, I personally dig the pig-n-jig combo but on this water I have had the most success in the early-spring through the end of the spawn. after that I put it away or wait till I'm somewhere else but here, but that's me. I'm sure there are people out there that swear by them like I do soft plastics.................(hint***spider grub, texas rigged, 1\8-1\4 oz. weight)