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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014

  • 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!!

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

      Report: Fished for a few hours in the north fork today, left for the docks about 10:30 am. Nice calm day, so when the wind calmed down, tossed senkos and put my Texas rig away. I'm guessing half my fish were on senkos. Managed 21 fish with only 2 at 15", the rest 14 1/2 down to 10". Many more small fish today for some reason. I have been seeing lots of fish fry nearly every place I go.
      City: Magalia

      Tips: If you find fish, then work that area for a while before moving on. Sometimes 3-5 fish can be taken before they really get spooked.

Thursday, May 29th, 2014

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 72-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Tuttletown and went South. No topwater bite to speak of that morning. I was there about a week and a half prior to this trip and there was a decent topwater bite happening but the water was clearer that trip.
      Anyways the fishing has slowed but there is still fish to be caught. They will hit a drop shot but there is manzanita brush everywhere and you will get hung up a lot. I caught about 10-12 fish with a few coming on a drop shot and the rest coming off a jig. I threw the jig mostly since I wasn't getting hung up nearly as much. I also threw crankbaits occasionally without any success. Biggest fish I stuck was about 3.5 lb black off a jig. I was catching fish from 2-20 feet deep.
      Decent fishing but you have to work for them a little.

Tuesday, May 27th, 2014

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

      Report: I did a short trip today, off the water at 10:30 am. First I was amazed at how stained the water was from the holiday boat traffic, dirty like it had rained a good one. Tossed roboworms and got 23 fish total. Another catfish at 6 pounds. I'm guessing they must be in spawn or something, the last 3 trips got a catfish. 1 16" spot, 1 15" spot, one 14 1/2" small mouth with nice bronze like color. Smallest fish a 6" small mouth who thought he was 16". Most fish in 10-25 feet of water, with a couple down at 30 feet.
      City: Magalia

      Tips: Anyone with a boat looking for a fish partner, let me know and lets gets some spotted bass. Email me at Jewelweaver@earthlink.net and lets catch fish. No boat, then lets take my 14 foot Klamath.

Sunday, May 25th, 2014

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We launched out of B&W at about 5:30 and the wind was already up. We started in the Moke and had a couple swirls at a buzzbait, but no takers. My dad did hook up with small striper. We moved down to old river and found some fish on the main channel that we were able to catch with green pumpkin weightless texas-rigged senkos on the inside of the tules and punching the outside weed lines. We moved further south again with limited success, but the tide was moving out and then slack low tide while we were out. We called it a day around noon.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Weightless texas rigged senkos and punching were the most productive techniques for us, but the closer we got to low tide the tougher the bite became.

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I have not been to this lake in 14 years, and boy what a shock. Camped for Memorial day weekend and I did not drag my Bass Boat into this hole this time. The water is sooo low. We drove miles on what I used to fish on the lower end , in my Jeep. Took Kyacks this trip. Bass were post spawn and tough the carp were on the bank in droves.

      Tips: No shade, Not alot of people and compared to the past 14 yrs ago this time of year which was 100 fish days. Bass were slow, so we resorted to doing some "bass tackle testing" snagging carp, catch and release of course , what did not break us off. Tip, Do not use a GLoomis 844 GLX for this, took it home in two pieces, but what a blast. Great exercise, fellowship and the Bald Eagles are still there.

Saturday, May 24th, 2014

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 68-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Great day fishing wth wife. Warm day with just enough breeze to keep it pleasant. Hardly any boat traffic until about noon. Started fishing about 7:30 and put in a 12 hour day. 85 fish for me with my biggest Spot ever weighing in at 7 pounds. What a beautiful example of a healthy, Bullards Spot. Took me over ten minutes to land her and my legs were shaking when we got her in. Special thanks to my wife with the Boga Grips. She did well herself catching 23 with her biggest spot ever weighing in at a little over 3 pounds.
      City: Reno

      Tips: As always, watching the line was key to picking up the fish as most of he time the bite is so lite with Spots. I was fishing wacky 4" senko style baits. #9 O-ring #2 Owner mosquito hook, with a #7 split shot. 7 pounder was caught around noon in about 12 feet of water. In the evening fish were so shallow they were almost on shore.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched 615am at B&W and decided to try something different than we usually start (Moke) so we turned right and headed to SJR / Frank's Tract. Wind was whippin' pretty good on the open river so once we got to a rock wall (sorry, I'm not good with all the names of the rivermarks) just northeast of Frank's, we just drifted with the wind throwing lipless cranks in red craw. picked up many shaker stripers and a few almost keeper bass. decided to make our way to Little Connection/H&H for a bio break. Then went through Tower and back to our fav - Moke tules/rockwalls. There we hit more shakers and one nice 24" striper and some 1-2lber bass... mainly on lipless cranks but a few on wacky senkos in watermelon/red flk. Wind calmed down so we moved to Sycamore. There the bite was good for senkos while my buddy continued hookin up with small cranks...I mean small... like small rapalas used for trout. he also caught about 5 using a small curly tailed roboworm in shad pattern (he likes downsizing and using light tackle) Decided to work the crankin' again and we were getting bit as we ran them over weed beds...you could see 2-3 come out of the weedbed to chase the crank and one would take it. none were very big, maybe 1-2lbs max. stayed the rest of the day there til around 2pm and called it a day. high numbers of hits but nothing real big.... but just big fun.
      City: folsom

      Tips: ran our cranks diagonal and throwing straight to the tule edges, usually getting hit within 2-3 cranks or else as it strafed the tops of the weeds. some hits right at the boat, both striper and blacks. threw my wacky senko right at the tules and as I dragged over weeds, would either hit or just load up. not sure if we're even close to the right pattern for this time but seemed to work for us...mainly because we like crankin' and when that don't work, we throw senkos or downsizing to small curl tail roboworms.
      Worked for us this time around.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 66-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I think I was reminded of what post-spawn is about - at least on Wed. I took 2 fellows out - showing them how to fish the lake and - unfortunately - how slow the bite can be. What a difference in 4 days - big weed growth and ugly looking water - big algae bloom. Not sure if that shut the bite down - but something did! Two smaller bass only, 1 1/2 and 2 1/4 pounders, caught on Yamamoto Flappin' hogs. They wanted to start at 7:30 am, earlier might have been better.

      Tips: Things will be up and down for the next week or two. Post spawn bite should get going about the first or second week of June. Should be a weedy summer.

Friday, May 23rd, 2014

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water by 7. Tough bite as always. Caught one LMB on Sammy (bluegill pattern). Caught my first smallmouth ever on a bluegill patterned jerkbait. Through everything else in the boat at em but no luck (chatter bait, rattle bait, shallow cranks, even drop shot). Video here:
      http://youtu.be/lFrGQozVqBE
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: I've always headed north from the ramp but caught the smallie on the west shore *south* of the ramp. Lot of tules and laydowns. Will explore further next time.

Thursday, May 22nd, 2014

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I launched out of B&W at about 5:30 and headed to Little Mandeville Island. I picked up 1 but that went a little over 3#, but it seems that the action there has died out. I moved further south and keyed on sparse tules in about 5-10 feet of water with open water behind them and picked up another that was a little under 4#. The action was slow until the tide turned at 2:00 and started heading back out. Once the current started moving out the bite turned on quick and the frog was lights out. I caught 4 fish in 6 hours on the incoming tide and I caught 4 fish in 2 hours on the outgoing tide. The frog bite was in open water near weed mats and tules, but no action on top of the mats. All-in-all it was a great day with 11 fish and many more opportunities missed. My best 5 went about 14 lbs.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: The fish seemed to be shut down (or at least I couldn't locate them) during the incoming tide. I keyed on sparse tules that were near deeper water during that time with some good quality bites on a weightless texas-rigged senko, but there were just not many of them. The frog bite seemed to be from male fry guarders and they were very aggressive on the outgoing tide.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: forgot to look

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Lime saddle and went strait to north fork to fish. Slower day, ended up with 18 spots, 2 16", 2 15", 1 14 1/2" with the rest 10-14". Fish not where they used to be, so moved on to other locations. Fish are a tad deeper, 15-25 feet for most. Roboworms in dark colors worked well today, brown shades my favorite. Not a single bite after 10am, fished till 10:30 and then gave up and called it a day. Besides it was getting HOT on the water.
      City: Magalia

Wednesday, May 21st, 2014

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught several nice largemouths in the Delta east of the SJ River. The largest was 4 lbs. Tried a variety of baits but the only ones working consistently for me were senkos and spinnerbaits. I didn't launch until about 8:30 and the action was very good until about noon, which was high tide. The wind started getting a little stonger then and the action really cooled down after that.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: The senkos needed to be watermelon with red flakes. I tried several other colors without much success.