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Thursday, June 19th, 2014

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the north fork this morning, tossing worms. Lost count of fish at 27, yet fished another 2 hours. Guessing 35-40 fish total. I'll count better next trip. Managed a couple nice ones, one 15" and 3 14 1/2" with the rest ranging from 10-14", most about 13". Most fish in 15-25 feet of water, didn't try fishing deeper. Bite darn near died after 10:30 am, so do your fishing early. My best guess, Lime Saddle will close in about 30 days due to dropping water. It's down to where it begins the turn so another 20 feet or so and it's out of concrete ramp.
      City: Magalia

Saturday, June 14th, 2014

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

      Report: Well I haven't posted a report in a couple of years, figured I'd give it a shot. Fished amador today from 5:30-3:00with a couple of buddies, caught around 30 fish to 3.5 lbs. Tried some top water early for one 2 pounder. Decided to slow down, so started throwing a nail weighted senko and started ripping into them. A lot if the fish were really yellow with red mouths so i figured they have been feeding heavily on craw dads. Decided to switch it up so put on a 12 inch ribbon tail and started roping em, caught a few 3+ punders. Ended the day with some jig fish and some crank fish. Hadn't bee out there in a bit, Great Lake.

Friday, June 13th, 2014

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched B&W and started at top of the Moke. Pretty breezy and then wind picked up. First sets of tules and rockwall was slow, but managed a few barely keepers. Moved to next sets of tules and rock wall throwing 1/4 oz rat-l-traps in red craw and baby bass and managed a few more 1-lbers. Assumed maybe slow due to full moon prev night??? Wind subsided a bit so moved up to Sycamore and switched to watermelon/red flk senkos, throwing to tule or rockwall bases and working out to weedline. Managed a limit and a couple of 1-2lbers. Ran into a fan boat spraying the vegetation. Anyone know what they were spraying and why? Anyway, headed back toward the slough entrance since we didn't know what/where they had already sprayed. Caught a couple more barely keepers just outside of the slough so worked our way back to Moke. The keepers that hit my senko were aggressive, grabbing it and yanking hard on the fall. Never had that happen on a senko before.
      City: folsom

      Tips: When throwing the lipless 1/4 oz, threw to base of tules and across grass/weed tops...snapping hard our of the grass. Hits weren't necessarily just after the snap but maybe 7-8ft later. For senkos, nothing between the rockwall and weedline. Threw to top outer edge and snapped one time to make it look like it popped out of the weed top and settled on the outside edge. got bit hard on the fall and sometimes on the first pop off the bottom.

Thursday, June 12th, 2014

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

      Report: Went out today with James and had a blast catching spots. Lost count, best guess 35-45 fish for us, stopped fishing at 11 am. Most small, with a couple in the 14 1/2" and one right about 15" range on a green 3" wacky senko. Most fish 10-14" or so, didn't actually measure them today, no ruler. Lots of fish less then 10", those tiny dinks that mess with you during the summer. Hooked a small fish, about 8" and on the way up a Big spot (3LB?)was chasing it, turned away when it saw the boat. Great day James, thanks.
      City: Magalia

Wednesday, June 11th, 2014

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78-86

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This is a fun report to do, but VERY general - because of the important tournament starting today. I hope it will be a good tournament! Why I guide day trips during heat spells is beyond me - but - that's part of the job! Where is the famous Clear Lake wind when you need it!!!! Water was absolutely flat most of the time. Anyway, the bite was slow most of Mon and Tues - but there was some excitement! The great news came yesterday when my Monday client called (Tues) and told me he landed his personal best yesterday - 6 lbs 10 oz - about 4 pm. He caught her on the first rockpile I showed him on Monday. He also caught a 3 1/2 pounder with me - first fish at the first place we stopped! Yesterday I took another client - new to the lake - preparing him for his week at the lake. Bite was simply dead for us, but I thought the teaching was good - LOL! For some reason, I decided to throw a jig again - to see if I could prolong winter!! A nice bass thot so and we netted a 5+ pounder! Then my client lands the token catfish - 8 to 10 lbs, then finally his first CL bass - about 2 lbs. I continued to show him lots of good areas to fish in the coming days. At 1:30 pm - temp pushing 100 degrees - I showed him a popular tournament tourist stop, and we started to fish. I picked up my jig rod with the 10# test Berkely flexline that I had NOT retied after the 5 lber and made a few casts while explaining to him the area we were fishing - along with a few "big bass" stories. Wasn't paying much attention to my jig until something weird was going on. The "rock" was moving, but didn't bite. I set the hook - in case - and the rock really moved! Soon I got a glimpse of the rock - oh my!! I fought the rock for awhile - then handed the rod to the client. "Let's get her" I said. Fun netting your own fish - and it wasn't easy! Again - had to use both hands to get her in - all 9+ pounds of her! After quick photos - we got her back in the water and off she went! I still can't believe that happened. As I told both of my clients - "You just NEVER know" - at Clear Lake!!

      Tips: I won't bore you with anything more. Wonderful clients experiencing a "HOT" bite - and we're not talking fishing action!!

Monday, June 9th, 2014

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 69-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wife and I fished Almanor for 2 evenings. First evening the water was calm. Tons a bait in 12 feet of water. Was able to catch them on Craw and Minnow Cranks at first. Once sun down catching fish almost every cast, but most small fish with a 1 to 1. 5 lbers mixed in on jerk bait (don’t ask me why they switched preference). The last 20 minutes of the daylight there was a small Hex Hatch (large yellow May Flies). Fish started to rise. We were able to catch a few on yellow colored topwater baits. I caught a smallie going 3 lbs on the topwater. Shortly after all went dead.

      Next evening, had a pretty good wind. Used dropshot 1 hour before sun down. 4” minnow colored roboworms worked. Found a good school around bait 10’ deep. We caught 2.0, 2.0, 2.3, 2.8, and a 3 lber. What fun! Sun went down and switched to cranks. Caught a couple more 1 lbers. No hatch. Nothing on Topwater.

      Tips: Launched out of Almanor Campground Launch Ramp. Still no dock after 1 year. Sign says work on the ramp would start today (June 10th). I was down there in the morning at 10 am and no one around. Hopefully they start on it soon and get it in.

      Found bait most placed stopped, but not fish. Keep moving until you find the right location with bait and fish.

Sunday, June 8th, 2014

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 75-81

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Best trip of the year, a 8.3 and a 10.2 on the cull em rite. Afternoon, one on a jig and one on top. Ranger took a picture of the 8 and I had to do a selfie on the big girl. Last Sunday I lost another big un at the Boat on a swim bait, could not and did not have the net out.

      Tips: Water is drooping every time I go, Ranger said Only Glory Hole launch will be open soon. Fish are adjacent to deep water, 50 Feet plus with a kick of the tail, and suspended on a "Ledge " or hard structure in 10-15 feet. Use the Shade, it is your friend in the afternoons.

Saturday, June 7th, 2014

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 78-82

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: No 22 1/2 lb limit yesterday - but a good limit for a good client and myself. We caught about 13-14 bass total with a 14+ lb limit. This was his first visit to Amador, telling me he was hoping to at least catch a 5 pounder. He basically answered his wish with a nice bass a hair under 5 lbs! Such good guiding - LOL! He caught most of the bass - several in the 2 1/2 to 3 lb range. I had a few great opportunities too. Broke off the first BIG bass I hooked and missed another big one right after dark. The action slowed after midnight and we quit about 1:30 am. No shad showing on the surface and zero topwater bite at dusk.

      Tips: He bought some baits there after we had some good sandwiches! One of them was a black spinnerbait which served him well. Most of his quality bass including the big one were caught on that bait. He fished it very well! The 10" Power worm bite has started - if I could just land them! He did well with them also - black/blue was a good color for us. I even caught one on a jig - just for fun! Most bass were in the 10 to 25 foot range. Only one rude boater this time - cut right in front of us - on plane - as we were heading towards the bank. Oh well.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 75-76.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out today in what was going to be record heat for this time of the year with the mercury hitting triple digits. Fished the Middle arm from 6am to 12:30pm with a lot of bites. Caught over 50 fish but all fish small. Largest fish for me today was 1.7lbs. All fish caught on plastic worms in about 10 feet. Nothing came deep for me today.

      Tips: Nothing big but it was a blast fishing. Now is a great time to take a kid fishing and get them hooked on fishing. Good Luck. All bites came on brown worms.

Friday, June 6th, 2014

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 73-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water about 6:30 do to the long line at the gate! Had a little morning fog and it was as nice a day as you could get.
      Started off throwing buzz baits, spooks, flukes and jigs but all was slow. Finally started pitching a drop shot(Arons majic/6") in fifteen feet and they started eatin; first one was 4+, 2+, 3+....Moved on down toward the flume and started throwing a 1/2oz NuTech jig in brown/black with a Yamamoto green punking two inch craw and it was on.
      Had twenty over the next couple hours with biggest being about 6lbs. Best five for about 24lbs.

      Tips: Keep moving and pitching the jig to tuly edges and rock points. Slow constant drag seemed to work the best. They will be in the shade of the tulys or in the weeds which there is a ton of. Seemed to be stacked up when we found them!

Thursday, June 5th, 2014

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

      Report: Fished today in the north fork till about 10:30 am, stopped due to heat!! Smaller fish today for some reason, managed 38 fish, with one 16" on a senko last thing, 1 15" and 2 other 14 1/2", one 14" smallie, with the rest 10-14". Darn near all banks still holding fish, with points and coves holding many fish. Found one area with extra clear water and full of spawning beds, and fish on the beds, guessing 6-8 beds in 6-8 foot of water. Cool seeing all those moon like craters with fish in the middle. Left those fish alone. Small 3" green senkos the best bait today.
      City: Magalia

      Tips: Find bait, or suspended fish and you will catch fish. Small baits best right now, me, no larger the 4.5" or smaller is the trick right now. Fish in 5 feet to 30 feet right now, most in 10-20 feet.

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Disappointment Slough and fished several locations that have been productive in the past. Tried senkos, deep and shallow cranks, spinnerbaits and frogs. Managed a few fish but the action was very slow. Saw a few large cruisers in the shallows but they weren’t interested. The one bright spot was a 5 pounder caught on a frog. I don’t often fish frogs so this one was interesting for me. It wasn’t the typical blow up but the bass just came up underneath and sucked the frog down. It just disappeared so I set the hook and it was off to the races. That made my day. Saw lots of fry in the water, mostly real small but some a bit bigger.
      City: Stockton

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 72-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught fish cranking medium deep runners late in the day or early in the morning. Switched over to drop shottin robo worms when sun coming up. Wife and I caught mostly 8"-13" with a few going 14"-15". Could not get the 6" worms to work. It was all 4".

      Tips: Find the bait, find the fish. Coves/Points where we found a ton of bait was best for us.

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      Water Temp: Didn't look

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Great trip today for Dana and I. We fished the north fork, stopped fishing at 10:30 am, getting hot. We managed a total of 58 fish, mixed bag of spots, catfish, blue gill, small mouth. Largest spot at 16 1/2", a couple at 15" with the rest of the spots 10-14 1/2". One catfish at a couple pounds, a couple 3/4 pound sun fish (blue gill) nice big fat size, like a plate. Guessing 12 plus small mouth, from 6" to the largest at 13" Tossed worms, just a couple wacky Senko fish.
      City: Magalia

      Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner?? let me know and lets go catch some spots. Email me at Jewelweaver@earthlink.net and lets do some fishing. No boat, then lets take my little 14 ft Klamath out and get some fish.

Monday, June 2nd, 2014

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 77 water is cl

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather: clear warm 90s
      Lake Level: 1.82 above rumsey but dropping\Best Depths: 1ft -30ft
      topwater bite has improved
      senkos, jigs, chatterbaits all are good
      Events: WON Bass open 6/11-6/13
      Guide Information: clearlake outdoors\Name & Number: 707-262-5852

      Tips: fished aba on sunday caught our fish on buzzbaits, chatterbaits and flipping had 21.98
      mcgeochs won with over 27

Sunday, June 1st, 2014

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I spent most of Memorial Day weekend fishing with friends. On Saturday I took Bob and his lovely wife Kitty out and we had a wonderful time (see photo of Kitty and her largest fish). On Sunday I took out Bryan and his son Jordan who was very excited to catch some fish. We started off in the Narrows and almost immediately Jordan had a bite he reeled it in and his Dad netted it. Unfortunately it was not a keeper size and try to explain to Jordan who thought that it was huge that we had to throw it back because it was too small. We went through this a few more times before he landed a really nice bass which was 14.5 inches and he measured it himself to make sure he was so happy. Before lunch he and his dad caught seven keeper bass (see photos). During lunch I snorkeled in the cove where my son was bbqing and I noticed that in each patch of grass there were hundreds of fry (baby bass) using it as shelter. After lunch Jordan wanted to take Megan out to show her how to catch bass. Once again he was very successful (see photos). This past Saturday (May 31st) I took Albert and Ron out for a few hours. We went towards the dam and we started catching fish. The most exciting part of the day was when Albert was using the Zara Spook which is a top water lure and at three different points he had large bass roll over on the lure. We put some Procure Scent on the lure and this time this 3.5 pound bass held on to it as Albert reeled it in and Ron did a good job of netting it. As we were heading in on the west side Albert got whacked hard on a silver and blue Speed Trap covered with scent and landed a 3 pound trout (see photos). 'til next week....................good fishing!!!!!!!

      www.fishingconnection.net If you have any questions or stories you would like to share or are interested in booking a trip please email me at bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333.
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: Pray for fellow fisherman Frank from the highlands at lake Berryessa had a major stroke you all know him as the fisherman that walks the shore line.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Sid,
      This is Matt wanted to see if you or someone you know wants a boat. My cousin bought it from an auction and left it at my house and never came to get it. It's a Los Vegas boat with a even rude VRO. If your interested let me know and I can give you more information. (650) 219-3120
      City: San Francisco

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: don't know

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Stockton port 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm
      City: oakdale

      Tips: Bass fishing launched under I-5 in the port of Stockton around 4:00 pm fished all the way to stanislaus river and a mile that way tell dark me and my partner caught around 8 bass each the later it got the more the bass turned on gary yamamoto sinko worked the best at the beginning of are day tell the end pumpkin baby bass and my favorite color sorry Forgot the name of the color. ..lol my partner did good with a bullet head working the bottom I couldn't seem to do any good wacky but as the day went on it turned to wacky and did a little better the later it got did pretty good on white spinner baits and frogs all the bass were only in the 2 pound range it seemed like 2 hours before dark you couldn't do wrong with what ever you used got a nice bluegill he had to be at least a pound and a half also the tide was coming in are in tire time it seemed about halfway on a rival and all most high tide when we left around 10 pm hope this helps good luck

Saturday, May 31st, 2014

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took the family out for a few hours of late Saturday afternoon wake avoidance. We fished the North Fork and picked up 12 spots and a silver-sided thing (hmmm, a fish that isn't green? ;-) ) among the three of us, with my young son getting both the biggest (about 2 1/4 lbs) and the smallest (a real bruiser that went about 4 inches). Most were in the 1-1.5 lb. range. All fish came on shad color drop shots and dart-headed smoke w/silver flake single tail grubs in about 5-15 feet of water.
      City: Foresthill

Friday, May 30th, 2014

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 68-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had a great 5 hr trip with a grandpa - grand daughter team this morning. That combo was a first for me! Her husband couldn't make the trip. She started off with 2 very nice spotted bass - combined weight almost 6 1/2 lbs!! Grandpa only landed one - but a beautiful spotted bass at 3 3/4 lbs - wow! She caught several largemouth up to near 4 lbs, of course, all spawned out. Just before we quit, I made a few casts with a morning dawn Robo worm. The bite had really slowed after 12 pm. I just got nailed on the Robo - about 15 feet deep - and she netted a 5 1/4 lb largemouth for me after quite a battle. One never knows how these things happen!

      Tips: Grandpa is 80+ years old - we should all hope that we can cast like him at that age! He was amazing. She was casting well also. After some casting tips from me, she was REALLY casting well - fun to watch. We just stayed in the narrows because of the shorter time limit. We found bass on off-shore ledges, steep points, and off-shore flats. The average size was even better than a guide trip I had last year at this time. Our 5 best were pushing 18 lbs. The best bite was on 6" Robo worms. One nice largemouth on a Senko and one on a jig. I tried some topwater but it really was too late by the time we got going. I was hoping they would be able to get some surface action, but hey - one does what the bass want - and they wanted worms! Most bites were about 20 feet and the water visability is about 5 to 8 feet. Great people - great trip!!