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Thursday, October 7th, 2004

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 56-57.2

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Another sunny day on Folsom Lake, the day after the Future Pro TOC Tourament. The fish seam to be hiding after 60 boats (120 fisherman) pounded the lake for there last tourament of the year. We moved around the lake looking for our balls of bait fish, finding some in the main body on flats near deeper waters. A good spot is just left of the dam in the large cove in 15-35 ft of water. Most of the bait fish have moved out and so have the bass. Start looking more at points and soon in the coves at the bass move. The lake has droped again, the rain has helped. The split shot and drop shot still works well with a Pro Worm #266s leach.
      City: rocklin

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: launched at dinasour point ran accross to the dam
      to fish around the rocks.started about 7:00 with
      jerkbait(my favorite for this)started catching fish right off the start.like the other reports yoy can catch all the stripers you want right now.most fish between 18"-24".did get one 7.6 and
      one 8.9.that is what my boga grip scale said.and
      i also caught two largemoth bass just about fell out of the boat about 2lb each.real good looking fish to.well when i went back to pull out i thought why not try this cove before i left plenty of fish there also.just fishing the banks like i was bass fishing.alot more fun than bait fishing by far.
      City: salinas

      Tips: stay away from the real flat area's you need a little depth.

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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The Big lake Fished the 7th and 8th for about 5 to 6 hours each day. Water was glass for the most part till about 3pm. Started the days about 9 to 10am fished cranks and spooks, strike pro popper no luck first three hours.
      Then Started Graffing fish 30 to 40 foot both days. So I thought I would try it with a Drop Shot rig. First day used plastics missed a bunch and caught 4 keepers and a few smaller(salt&pepper)worked best. I am not one for bait fishing but I thought I would try fresh dead shad on the drop shot rig day two. We caught 20+ fish 9 of those were keepers. Two keepers on dubble Hook Up! Fun Day. I will try some more plastics on this and let ya know. oh and not a one was gut hooked.
      Good Luck!
      Be Safe! Don.
      City: Dos Palos

      Tips: 3 to 4' off the bottom with plastics or bait on Drop shot rig. keep watching some top water starting

Wednesday, October 6th, 2004

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

      Report: does this resivior have any rentals? canoes? boats? thanks
      City: the bay

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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 2nd am ish, 7.6 lbs on plastics @ northeast end of lake along rock side, ished till 1pm with light winds and several fish over 2-3 lbs. tons of small fish to tear up plastics and sm tubes.
      City: Capitola/Soquel

      Tips: Deep and slow, no type of reaction bite, stay along hard edges 10 feet or more

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 71-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well...hadn't been to Folsom for a month and a half and saw some new islands last night. Continues to go down. Looked like it was down another 2-3 feet. As for fishing, tried throwing trusty shad-raps in the South Fork with no luck. Then tried blades with no luck. A couple of nibbles on the crank, but that's it. Graphed tons o fish!
      City: Fair Oaks

      Tips: Looks like others are catchin in other areas then the South Fork with things other than cranks and blades. Try something else. Tight Lines!

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      Water Temp: 67-70 deg

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well the water has not droped at all in the past week and the temp is the same, so the fishing should be better. Jim Ryan and I started out near the Dam on humps with large rocks and drop offs into 40 ft + only find small spots. Todays air temp got upto 84 deg and no winds. Using a jig we found spots in 20 ft again on rocks near Beals Point side of the Dam. Graphed alot of fish in 20 - 40 ft all afternoon unit 6pm. worked the rock garden area around 4:30pm and found fishing jumping in shollow water, so I started using a buzz bait, no bites, cranking none, droping shotting none. "slow afternoon on Folsom"
      City: rocklin

      Tips: work jigs and small worms slow in 20-40 ft, try any colors and sizes.

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Good bite here for my clients today on largemouth exclusively. The better fish were all in grass pockets and we caught them on spooks and shallow drop shots. All fish in eight feet or less.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: DONT LEAVE THE GRASS..Spots and smallies are under the bait off humps.But not the quality of the largies.

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      Water Temp: 69-72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Purpose of trip to check out striper situation - didn't see any striper activity but other boaters observed some boils but could not get any hook-ups. Shifted to black bass and, after 2 and one half hours of no bites put ten mixed specie in the boat. All on split-shot 4" worms - nothing on surface, cranks, blades or jigs.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Try smoke or browns w/ red flakes or 3 and 4" Senkos in pumpkin or watermelon. R

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I have not fished here for sometime, however, my wife and I were walking the bank on 10/02 and I did talk to some kick-boat guys that fished Rainbow Lake. They caught all there fish off of the flats and old gravel mining roads, all on the drop-shot(shad-type patterns). All dinks.
      I did tubed Quarry Lake last spring a few times, same types of loactions (old roads etc.) except in this lake they have smallies!!! A lot of fun on light tackle.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Get off the bank and into the water. Boat, kick-boat or tube what ever you got. Way worth it!!

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

      Report: fished with nephew he makes lures he brought the darts and some competators one from ariz. and one from missouri, his lure did better no-doubt but he brought out his new version which needs no trailer at all, i can't say it was better than his new drop/dart but it is better than the competators 13 fish to others 3 i think the one without the trailer is more versatile in putting endless things on it but his new stle shore beats putting worms on the rig allday
      City: redding

      Tips: thanks kid

Tuesday, October 5th, 2004

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Juan-I am just curious if your reporting these poachers to the rangers or calling the game warden on them?
      City: Chowchilla

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

      Report: There is good catfish caught there we caught 9 pound catfish and a 4 pound trout with powerbait for the catfish we used anchovies and chicken liver the bass we caught where to small so i dont know about them. the first catfish we caught was the first teen minutes we got there good luck.
      City: merced

      Tips: use for catfish anchovies and/or chiken liver for trout use powerbait the green or orange and also use salmon eggs for them. FISH WITH PACIENT.

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: not tested

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Norcalfisher E-mail me so I can set up a schedule I'll bet lake merced will probably holds some record breaking bass. There's a lot of fishing spot I saw when I was cruising on it a few days ago. Thanks
      City: San Francisco

Monday, October 4th, 2004

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Sugar Barge at 4:30 PM. Windy conditions and high tide...Saw only other truck in the parking lot leaving for the day and he said the bite was tough. Spent all my time in Franks throwing topwater. Initially, the bite was sporadic with most activity in the 1.5-2.5lb range...with one 6+ striper thrown in for fun. Around 6:00 the tide started moving out and the bite was on. The bigger fish were in the 5+ range with most in the 3-4 category. Hooked and released a dozen in this range and missed that many. Had one fish bounce my bait three feet in the air and when it landed another inhaled it...AWESOME to see. FOLKS...the topwater bite is off the hook and lasts the entire day. The last three times on the water, one AM, one mid-day and one evening have all produced good size and numbers.
      City: brentwood

      Tips: Topwater is the ticket for me from now until December 1st or so depending on the water. Work bait fast and hold on because the bites are vicious. I prefer the bottom of the low tide, but am finding a decent bite in areas with defined edges that drop into 6-10 feet of water at the higher tides. My personal bait preference is a white no nothing prop bait that simply catches fish. Stay safe. TG.

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

      Report: Fishing was outstanding. Hooked up with some real nice fish in Jago bay. Saturday was a pain cause of the Anglers choice TOC. Boats were everywhere. It was unreal. Dropshotting,jigs and buzzbaits were all we used. I stuck an 8 on sun night off a buzzbait. Fished a hundred yard stretch and caught an 8, a 6, two 3lbers in fifteen minutes. Every fish off the buzzbait were right off of peoples boat launches. Fishing this weekend was unreal.

      Tips: Morning and evening find peoples boat launches and throw buzz baits over them. Good luck.

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the lake after work on Friday for just about an hour. Well, about on the fifth cast I nailed a 5 lber on a small plastic in the same area that my partner caught his 6lber. There are some big fish cruising around and if you happen to be in the right spot and know what your doing, BINGO. Hey, Darius I'm looking to tube Merced but don't have a tube partner. Let me know.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: Fish it slow and crank it slow.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water is still very warm. Caught a 2 pounder on a spinnerbait at 9 am. 9:45 tossed a buzz bait over a sumberged tree and missed a 2-3 pounder (should've had a trailer hook). Water was calm until 11am and it got choppy as it usually does around noon. Kept reeling in dinks all day. Went to the very north end of the lake where it's all cat tails and weeds in about 2-3 feet of water. Had to pull up the trolling motor and paddle my way through in a couple of spots. I saw 2 4-5 pounders cruising around in there but was unable to catch any of em. Decided to stay until dark and trolled around the marine docks. Hooked into a 5 pounder(at least)from under one of the docks on a crankbait. Darn thing tossed my lure and got away! Going back in two days.
      City: Ventura

      Tips: Bring a lunch.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 68 to 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: In at Jones Valley at 8:00am. Ran up the Pit a bit and tried some plastics with no takers. Went up a bit farther and found alot of surface action. Tried a couple of spoons and started hooking small spots. Tied on a surface shad type lure and had a ball. The biggest probably went 1.4 with a bunch of dinks. Moved on past Arbuckle and went back to the plastics. Tried a new color, Blue Smoke in the Hoo Dun It and caught 3 more. Nothing to write home about, 1.5 was the biggest. It was a fairly slow day. We need a weather change for the fishing to perk up, maybe next week.
      City: Cottonwood

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      Water Temp: 70.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In at Jones Valley at 0650, air temp 63, lake hovering around the 100 ft mark for past 4 days. Ran up the pit a bit and found a ton fo bait and fish above Susanville Canyon, got 2 on a surface bait and watched clouds of very small shad being chased by a bunch of 1.5 spots. Couldn't get anything on other surface or rip baits or my MGM stuff except one on a 4 inch #127 worm. I could just not get anything to go in the 65.6 degree water, went up further where you can see the current and the area was devoid of bait and fish at 57.9 degrees. The turnover is going great guns and is now down near the bottom of Susanville, ran back downstream and came across the MGM folks with a bunch of fish in the boat. The wife had 6 and the old man claimed 10 but you know how some of these guys can lie. Most of theirs were 1.5 lb fish and some dinks. Went on back down and got out at 1315 hours with the air temp at 86. Kinda the pits of a day for me, did see a huge flock of Turkeys just south of Stein Creek, after stein creek the current picks up noticeably.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Just don't do what I was doing. Need that new moon and some weather.