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Monday, September 15th, 2014

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 78-82

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: Sunny and warm
      Lake Level: The lake is 866 ft. above sea level and 212 ft. from full. A large portion of the lake is still well over 200' deep.\Best Depths: 15-45'
      The bass fishing has been a bit tough. Early morning and late evening is the best time to catch quality fish. Many fish are suspended due to falling water. Jigs and shakeyheads have been working well and dropshotting a shad pattern worm will help boat a f
      Big Bass: 15-45'09/06/2014 - largemouth - 12lb 5oz
      Yes, a couple spots over 6-pounds and one huge largemouth caught by angler Jeremy Pitts during the FLW College Event
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      Tips: Not a lot of fishing pressure due to limited launching facilities. Launching is still very doable. There might be a period of time where there is not a courtesy dock but, there are no plans of closing the launches.

Sunday, September 14th, 2014

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: Avg 78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: Sunny/ Hot
      Lake Level: Just below Rumsey 0\Best Depths: 0-14
      The fishing has been tough to say the least. Carolina rigs, jigs, and small swimbaits have been best for me. The water is just too warm for the fish to go into a fall pattern this week. We need a cold low pressure to come in and flip the switch on them. H
      Events: Lots of tournaments coming thru the next 6 weeks. Just about every fish off and a Rayovac FLW tourny as well. This lake will be packed but as always its Clearlake and theres plenty of fish to go around.
      Guide Information: Bigbaitbailey@gmail.com\Name & Number: Paul Bailey\Pricing Specials/Open Dates: Email for pricing and dates.

      Tips: Use the graph and try to find cooler water! Seems like they like to feed right before dark then right at sun up then they disappear for day.

Friday, September 12th, 2014

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched B&W 6:30am; started crankin' and buzzbaitin along the top of the Moke...managed about a dozen dinks and almost keepers, both black and stripers. Water seemed too calm and motionless. Decided to head to H&H area at Little Connection...but never made it...once we got through Tower Park Marina and outside the 5mph boundary, we started chuckin' senkos between the rock wall and weedline. Started picking up 12"-14"ers. Then about a half mile around the corner, bam...nothin' but 2 and 3lbers..... picked up about a dozen 2lbers and four 3lbers with about a dozen solid 1 lbers and very few but still a few almost keepers and dinks. During this time, my buddy continued to try and get a keeper on a crank but anything sizeable just weren't havin' any of it. Every time he went back to senko (watermln/red flk btw), he picked up a solid keeper. Good senko day, I coulda brought just 1 rod instead of my usual 6-7. next time it’s 2 rods on the deck and maybe 4 in the locker... hahahaha. oh, and it was nice without the heavy traffic on the water... one cigarette boat, 2 skiers, and maybe a handful of bassers. lucky day that way too!
      City: folsom

      Tips: I'll always say I'm not qualified to give any tips, but whenever/wherever we threw cranks and didn't get anything, we went back and worked over again with senkos and picked up fish. So for whatever reason I'll likely never figure out, they weren't hittin' cranks like they were our previous 2 or 3x out. When reaction doesn't work, I always keep a senko rig handy...watermln/red flk or black neon (blk/red flk) in 5". Oh, both wacky with o-ring and t-rig worked but majority I went t-rig weightless on a Trokar 3/0...hooked top of the mouth center almost every time....cept the big 3.12 and he basically swallowed it but we got it out and sent him on his way. good senko day! oh sorry, already said that!

Wednesday, September 10th, 2014

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: Forgot to look!

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had my best ever fishing day today, not quantity, but for size and total weight. I got 17 spotted bass along with 4 cat fish. 2 spotted bass at 18", one 17", one 16", one 15", with all others 13 to 14 1/2". Enough weight to win most fishing tournaments on this lake. Best part, I only fished till 10 am. Lost a couple that felt big, but never saw them to know for sure how big. Cats were 6 pounds, 4 pounds, 2 at 2 pounds. Fished only one 40 foot section of the lake till 10 am and then called it a day. All fish 20 to 30 feet down.
      City: Magalia

      Tips: If you find fish, stick in the spot and give it a good work over. Generally, one fish has buddies waiting to be caught. Slow down and give a location a chance to produce fish. I see so many working a bank like it's on fire, SLOW it down, you'll catch more.

Sunday, September 7th, 2014

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 73 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: (see video here: http://youtu.be/xCnKI4Q8-fU)

      Launched out of Russo's at 6:30. Windy as hell. Got a bunch of blow ups on buzz frog and toad but no takers and not big blowups. Started catching stripers on jerkbait then LMB on Gunfish, jerkbait, and chatterbait. Also broke my year long punching drought (thanks Robert Matsuura and Jonah at Hi's). 11 keepers in the boat to 2lbs. 7ozs. (not mine!). Decent quality fish - best 5 was probably in the 13lb. range. Also caught two keeper stripers + 30-40 more dinks and shakers. Fun day with non-stop action!
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: We fished points and spots where the current was deflecting into the rip rap. Worked all day. 99% of the bites came on shad patterned baits some I'm guessing there's a shad bite on.

Saturday, September 6th, 2014

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: up to 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Labor Day weekend was great I went out mid day and stayed out till dusk each day. My aim was to find areas where the top water bite would be successful and I was able to catch some nice bass that way. It took time but it was worth it. One of my favorite new top water lures is called a "Whopper Popper" by River2Sea and I use the trout pattern which was very effective. Enough about me on Sunday I took out Kevin and his son Nick we headed towards the Narrows and our first fish was about six inches long. With all the boat traffic in the area I decided to look for a calmer spot and headed to the east side where the stumps are. We fished three ways, Carolina rig, brass and glass with a worm and senko worm weightless. We started in 25 feet of water and adjusted till we reached 4 feet. We repeated this pattern several times and did well. As we worked our way back towards home Nick caught his largest fish of the day which weighed in a little over four pounds. Next we had a double hook-up as father and son reeled in to see who had the biggest catch! Dad won his bass weighed in close to 5 pounds and Nick's was 3.5 pounds. Good job guys!!! We were heading in for the day and Kevin was trolling using a red and black crankbait and he yells to me that he's stuck. The boat was moving and his line was moving with the boat so I told him to keep reeling you've got a fish and most likely a good size bass. Nick got the net and was standing by after about what seemed like forever Kevin got the fish to the boat and Nick netted it. It barely fit in the net. It turned out to be a 12.5 pound catfish!!!! Great way to end the day(see photos)!!! 'til next week..............................good fishing!!!!
      www.fishingconnection.net If you have any questions or have any stories you would like to share or are interested in booking a fishing trip please email me bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333.
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: Fishing with Sid says water is low be carefull if you don't know the water go SLOW so you don't damage the boat.

Thursday, September 4th, 2014

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 78-83

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Congrats to the staff for making the launch conditions better. It is one lane, but clean and straight - for now! My buddy Mike Sperbeck and I fished the lake yesterday from 4 pm 'til 10:30 pm, and found the water to be of good color and clean. I was testing my new surgically repaired prop - the surgeon being Gary Peeler. Looks new again! We fished all over the lake and found some willing topwater fish. My problem from Berryessa was transferred to Amador - can't land a topwater fish!! Lost 3 more - fair sized too. Bite was dead and Mike had only one hit on our trip - BUT she went 8 1/4 lbs - on a swimbait - about 9:30 pm. I fished worms, jigs, and D&M swim jigs without a hit. So - was one fish in the boat worth the trip - you bet!!

      Tips: Follow the bait isn't a good tip for Aamdor - bait is everywhere! I did spoon a little and lost one at the surface. As you probably know - the submerged trees are showing everywhere - be careful. The bite should improve week by week, especially before the trout crowd arrives. Bait is everywhere from surface to 50 feet and a few bass are starting to chase bait to the surface.

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished portions of Hog Slough and the South Mokelumne River. Plenty of willing bass but not much size. The largest went 3 lbs. but there were several in the 1 ½ to 2 ½ lb. range. Used several baits including soft plastics, cranks, frogs, and spinnerbaits. By far, the most productive lure was a chartreuse/white spinnerbait. Square billed cranks (both homemade and commercial) were next, with red outscoring white by a few fish.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Mid-week after Labor Day proved to be a good time to go – I think I was the only boat in Hog Slough!

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

      Report: Launched about 6 am and off the water at 11 am. Much better day today then last trip. 19 fish total,1 16", 1 15", most of the rest 12-14
      ", with a few dinks under 10". Also got 2 catfish, 1 at 5 pounds, 1 at 4 pounds. Looked like total of 6 boats on the water. I caught a spotted bass for the second time today. Nice fish, but noticed a second line coming out of his mouth, got my hook out and then the second one and saw it was a rig I use, not many other do, so retried the hook and bobber stopper for my Carolina rig to use again. So yes, they are caught more then once by the same fisherman.!!!
      City: Magalia

      Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know and lets go catch some fish. Email me at Jewelweaver@earthlink.net No boat, then lets take my small 14ft Klamath and catch fish. Small, no room, but it catches fish!!!

Sunday, August 31st, 2014

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The day started out slow but progressively picked up ... Fish were from 60 feet to 1 foot deep ...mainly spinner baits , drop shot and darter head ..caught fish all day with best 5 going for about 18 pounds
      City: sacramento

      Tips: Work the mud lines

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74.5

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished out of Russo's on Sunday. Out at 7AM, High tide at 9:45. Fished the Tules right outside Sugar Barge and had one hit on a frog. Shot over to the North Side and no takers. Hit the RIP RAP caught two stripers close to keeper size. Shot over to Mildred fishing with flappin'hog and wacky senko in and outside the weed line. No takers. Lots of wake boats out of control. Back to the North Side of Franks to fish the rip rap and caught another 8 schoolie stripers (caught on a stay-see rip) and one 2 pound large mouth on a rattle-trap (blue and chrome)during close to low tide. Off the water around 3PM.
      City: Orinda

      Tips: Big Boats throw Big Wakes. When the bite is on focus on safety first.Get off the platform, turn into the wake and hold on.

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      Water Temp: 74 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: (Video here: http://youtu.be/__L7I4khgIs)
      I was lucky enough to get the kitchen pass to go fishing twice in one weekend! Launched out of Russo's at 7. Briefly fished a couple breaks and picked up some shakers. Hit the rip rap with very little luck. Tide went slack so we ran out False River and picked up a striper on a chatter bait. Went back to Franks and hit some tule islands. Started getting more shakers when one shook a treble hook a 1/4" into my thumb. Yowch. Ran back to Russo's where Chuck showed me how to "pop" it out with some braid tied around the bend. Really handy trick. Didn't feel a thing. Thanks Chuck!

      Headed back out and picked up 4 more keepers to the east of Franks and on a break at Mandeville. Called it a day with thumb showing no signs of infection! 15+ fish for me, 20-25 for the boat. Nothing bigger than two and a half pounds though.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Ok *this* time I got a tip: There's a reason they're called shakers. Just grab the shank of your treble hook and let them shake off. Really. It's not worth it. ;-)

Friday, August 29th, 2014

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched late out of Russo's at 9AM. Immediately hooked up on shaker stripers at the breaks, ~10 in the first hour. Top water black bass on east/west rip rap just north of Franks. Punched submergent grass around tule islands for quite a while with no action. Switched to jerkbait and caught a bunch more. 30-40 fish in the boat but again only a handful of keepers to 3lbs. 3ozs. Video here: http://youtu.be/wYY8MzPi_kw
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Never bet on a 3 legged horse. ;-)

Thursday, August 28th, 2014

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 78-83

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I finally got the "Spoonmeister" Rick Tietz out of the Blade Runner Lures shop and onto a lake. And a break from his new love - Stripers!! We hit Berryessa about 11 am and fished most of the lake in the next 8 hours. Anytime someone fishes with Rick, using his spoons, side by side, they will see him put on a spooning clinic! Luckily, I have seen many of his clinics!! The spoon bite all over the lake was fairly good and is picking up each day. Find the shad and you have probably found the bass! Smallies were on the menu yesterday and we (mostly him!) caught 30+ and 2 spots and 1 largemouth. These smallies were averaging 2 1/2 to near 4 lbs. I lost a smallie at the surface that might have gone 5 lbs. We had to always look at the meter to find the position of the bass. Sometimes they would school about 10 to 15 feet off the bottom. It is possible to spoon BELOW the bass. Remember - they can't see down if they are suspended. They will be at the level of most of the bait. We tried topwater as the shadows formed and I am now 0 for 2. Lost another good topwater bass - the only hit we had. Could not get a Senko bite.

      Tips: I did have a few bites drop-shotting a Robo worm. No jig bites! The magic depth for the spoon bite seemed to be about 30 to 35 feet on mostly off-shore bait schools. Lots of bait and bass on way-offshore flats. Steep drop-offs aren't always necessary when spoon fishing, Shad will position on large flats, moving up and down depending on weather conditions. Pick a cloudy day and the bite will almost always be on fire!

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 4 hours today, just did ok. Tried all new areas fishing for a change. Ended up with only 8 fish total. 2 fish from one location, 6 fish from the other location. Biggest a 15" spot, all other spots right at 14", lost the big one at the boat just before I could net it. Looked to be about a 16" or so. Also got one 13" large mouth. All fish I got were deeper, 25-30 foot range. No bites at all after 10:30 am, so gave it up and called it a day.
      City: Magalia

      Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know, lets go catch fish. No boat, then we can take my small 14ft Klamath, rough ride, no room, but it catches fish. Email me at Jewelweaver@earthlink.net

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

      Report: Started fishing about 12 and fished until dusk. Caught 9 on a jig, and then hit a dry spell as the day reached it's hottest. The top water evening bite on this lake was amazing as I would have multiple blowups on the same cast. I ended up with 18 fish for the day with my best five going for 18 pounds.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: This lake is catch and release only, so there are a ton of 3.5-4.5 pound fish, larger baits will get their attention. The lake is down about 8 feet, and there is DEEP mud near the launch, I got my truck stuck, and I saw one other guy get stuck as well.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 75-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished small side during morning hours prior to work. Threw spinnerbait shallow along long points and trees. Caught 10 fish, biggest about 3 lbs. When the fog cleared, the bite pretty much shut down. A few boats in the parking lot but I was the only boat fishing the small side.
      City: Windsor

      Tips: Reaction baits in the morning.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Out at B and W marina for the first time with my buddy Tom to fish Sycamore. Got in around 8:15 with an outgoing tide. Caught a nice 1.5 LB on a frog at a point, then another 1.5 LB using a weighted creature bait thrown outside the water plants. Tom caught another two using his infamous purple worm. Low tide was significant and on the way back saw some exposed timber (sunken orchard kind of reminded me of Mildred Island wood). Had some strikes outside the center island tules in some of the open holes between the floating weeds. For the day had 4 in the boat, missed around 4-5.
      City: Orinda

      Tips: When fishing uncharted territory on high tide out, make sure to take it slow back-in on low tide, you never know what's under there.

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We launched out of Russo's at 6am and fished north east of franks track. Top water bite was very good, we were catching both largemouth and stripers. We fished mostly front sides of tule islands
      throwing poppers and whoppers. There is bait fish everywhere being pushed into the tules. when the striper would blow up behind us we would turn and cast into swirl and hook up. We had a lot of fun. Off the water by 11am. Boated 15, nothing over 3 1/2lbs.

      Tips: Get out early... share the knowledge

Sunday, August 24th, 2014

  • Mariposa County
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      Report: by Roscoe » Sun Aug 24, 2014 7:59 pm

      Today I went to ladds from 5:30-12, caught 20 non keepers but catching fish constantly. Got home around 1:30 and went up to Pedro. The lake is down but still a good lake to go fish still. Caught 5 , only 2 keepers but overall the lake is still very fishable. Now heading in I've seen something that I never thought I would see. There was a ski boat up on a steep rock roughly 10' stuck up on the rocks. The guys were injured but were getting medical attention when we came across them. And remember with this drought out fishing spots are getting used by skiers and jet skiers so pay attention fellow anglers and good luck.