Fishing Report

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Saturday, December 29th, 2001

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: LOW TO MID 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Was hoping to still get in ishing beore cold ront hit but cold ront was pretty much in ull orce on this saturday.Very little ishing pressure about 30 boats and even less on shore.Pretty much ished swim baits all day casting and slow trolling with only one hit on the tail end o the eagle swim bait (these swim baits look damn good in the water and i have no ties to this company).Talked to quite a ew boats on the water and very slow and tough day but heard the day beore was a very exceptional day with quite a ew lunkers and the lake record which i could not conirm was true.It seemed like 80% OF boats were throwing swim baits on this day.
      City: ONTARIO CA.

      Tips: Try a little something obeat like trolling swimbeats with leadcore or a downrigger in 25 to 40 eet o water across points and around island and east end o lake.Or ish Murphy style and double anchor and ish dads or worms or jigs very slow o o points or on the rockpiles.

  • California
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      Water Temp: NOT SURE

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had to be one the best trout ishing trips in a long time. Three o us in the boat and on the water about 7AM. Slight og and clearing later in the morning, then rain, just pulled the boat out beore it hit. Lucky. Started with inlated nightcrawlers and we hooked into three or our right o the bat. Then we started using power bait (chartruese, yellow, and rainbow) all worked well.From 7am to around 11:30am we had a total o about 34 rainbows with about 25 missed. Ended up keeking 10 between us. We were just driting on the bottom. Remember it is a ive ish limit. I you release them make sure they are good to go back and swim away.Good luck
      City: SAN MATEO

      Tips: be ready or wind or rain don't want to get caught with out the right gear

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: broke

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Dropped in about 12:30 Jones Valley. Headed up the Pit throwin a cricket colored 4" curly tail grub. Slow until late aternoon bout 4pm sunk into a ew keepers on the bite then relled in a 5 pounder on my last cast, measured 19". Ended up 9.5lb limit over 4 hrs and a ew dinks.
      City: Shasta Lake

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Has anyone ished sonoma with live bait? Whats the best live bait or the area? Which tackle shops in the area sell live bait? Thanks in advance.
      City: petaluma

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom about 6:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. We were the only boat on the lake! I wonder why? Started at main arm up by no ski bouys on the south shoreline. some ish busting the surace. couple o hits on top water one on a crank bait. could not hook up though! small ish? Decided to troll or steelhead, hooked one bucketmouth at 14 eet and one 2lb smallie at about the same dept. We were trolling needleish. We did not see any ish busting shad until we took the boat out at the public ramp to go home! Figures!
      City: Windsor

      Tips: Bite should be turning on anytime soon! Maybe. look or Steelies and Bass chasing shad. Topwaters, small Rapala's ect. should work!

Friday, December 28th, 2001

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This report will certainly be better than the last one, especially i I had not lost a huge bass yesterday 'cause I didn't check the tip o my jig hook ater snagging on a rock. It was good to be back at Clear Lake ater three weeks amd more postponed trips because o the weather and lousy ishing than I can remember. I had a really nice client and a skillul isheerman, but green in the sport o winter bass ishing. We used jig 90% o the time, trying or big bites. He missed a bass near Rattlesnake Island and later had a good bass pick up his jig without him knowing it and swim towards him. He inally set the hook but it was too late. I think I igured out a good pattern when I stuck a big ish around 8:30 AM. She was ar o the edge o a rockpile - a good winter pattern. She was beautiul and ull o ight, and really nailed my Rodstrainer jig. She weighed in at 8 lbs 2 oz. Daytime Rules! We ished several other areas south o the narrows without a bite. Finally, in the cove near Sea Breeze, a 4-13 took my Weapon jig with #180 Yamamoto single tail grub. The next bass I owe to my client! I was teaching him about bass stu all day and was explaining something to him while I kept working my jig urther and urther out into deep water - not paying much attention to it. When it went THUNK - I payed attention! That one was 7 lbs 1 oz! So, 6 bites - 3 in the boat or around 20 lbs, and one lost monster! I was really pleased to see how excited my client was to see his irst really big bass - I wish he had caught one, but he sat how it was done and his day will come!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Just ished jig very slowly in rocky dropos.

Thursday, December 27th, 2001

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Could you guys take this debate over to the orum and keep this section to BASS reports. Thank you.
      City: Rio Vista

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FELLAS FELLAS,YES THIS MAY BE A "BASS SITE" BUT ARENT WE ALL FISHERMAN.LAKE AMADOR HOLDS MORE THAN JUST BASS IN ITS WATERS AND IF IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT A NICE 5LB TROUT HITS YOUR JIG OR LURE WHY NOT REPORT ON THAT.THIS SITE IS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY AVENUE THAT IVE FOUND ON THE GREAT FISHING AT AMADOR,SINCE THEY DONT HAVE A SITE OF THEIR OWN THIS VEHICLE HELPS THOSE OF US THAT DONT LIVE THAT CLOSE TO THE LAKE FIND OUT ABOUT ALL FISHING IN THE LAKE.I MYSELF AM AN AVID CRAPPIE FISHERMAN,BUT I'VE TAKEN 4-7LB BASS OUT THERE ON MY CRAPPIE JIGS.......BOTTOM LINE IS IF ITS A TROUT REPORT STOP READING IT AND MOVE ON FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ONLY WANT TO READ ABOUT BASS.FROM ONE FISHERMAN TO THE OTHERSJUST FISHHAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR AND I'LL BE THE BIG GUY ON THE DOCKS
      City: ANTIOCH

      Tips: FOR ANYONE FISHING THE DOCK AS I DO,TRY JIGS IN A VARIETY OF COLORS,MOST FISH TROUT AND CRAPPIE MAINLY HIT THE WHITE ONE BUT IVE SWITCHED UP COLORS AND CAUGHT MANY MORE THAN JUST ON WHITE...... AND THE BASS LOVE LITTLE JIGS WHEN ITS COLD THEY DONT HAVE TO EXERT A LOT OF ENERGY TO HIT IT.

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got out Thursday or a ew hours. Up the Sac. arm a ew coves. Fishing at 0800. No boats in sight. Water cold and totally calm. Got hit 8 times, 5 in the boat, spots and smallies. Best ish a beautiul smallie to 2.5, that's a good ish or me. Jumped a ew times, they still have energy. Same ol' baits, spinnerbait, deep wee-r and shad-rap. Got the "schnide" o my new reel. Another good day. Hope to get out over the New Year's Weekend a ew times beore '02 hits.
      City: Redding

Wednesday, December 26th, 2001

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Trout is ok to catch, when the big hogs aren't. Mr. Bassman, a 5 lbs. trout can't shake a stick to a 5 lbs. BASS. A Amador hog will snap a trout pole like Bin Laden's neck once our Special Ops get him. Don't get me wrong. I like trout ishing, when I'm up in the streams o the Sierras, but pound or pound, give a kid a 10 lbs Bass to battle and he'll probably not go back to mushy powerbait ever again.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Catch and release BASS so they can eat more trout and get nice and at.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: All o you olks out there that are talking about the report I posted on 12-11,I'm simply stating that I come to ncb to keep up on the bass ishing. I understand that this time o year is trout time or Amador but why not start a trout ishing site{or is there one already?}Perhaps my comment on a REAL sport was a bit extreme, but I didn't realize it was going to rule so many eathers and Craig you were right I didn't have anything to do that day, so in closing I want to apoligize or the real sport comment.I do a little trout ishing rom time to time, but I would never post the results on this web site.I'll keep my eye out or the green boat and you keep your eye out or the man with the ull livewell.
      City: carson city

      Tips: Good luck with Northern Caliornia Trout Fishing;maybe it will be a sucess.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 46-48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched @ 7:00am, ished whiskey slough area. tough, tough bite. through jigs, senkos, hula grubs. stuck 2 ish, one around 3LBS, the other around 2.5LBS. Cold weather, with the ront moving in ish are in the lock jaw winter mode. Fish real slow, and throw into to the same spot over and over i you have conidence in that spot. COLOR OF THE yamamoto Hula grug was Green with Black lake (291?) HAPPY HOLIDAYS
      City: CONCORD

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went ishing up the squaw creek,it was slow but hooked 5 ish about 2 lbs on a spinner bait that was yellow and a pink worm and a brown worm.had to ish every thing slow and i also had several hits but missed them.well it was un to be out o the snow and ice or a change.
      City: klamath alls,ore

Tuesday, December 25th, 2001

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: IM GUESSING I WILL HAVE A BLAST TAKING MY DAUGHTER TROUT FISHING TO A BASS LAKE AND JUST THOUGHT I WOULD PUT IT ON THIS BASS WEBSITE...FOR MISTER BASS ONLY RELAX HAVE FUN AND TAKE A KID FISHING OH AND NUMBERS FOR KIDS IS BETTER THAN SIZE SO I SUGGEST TROUT FISHING OR CRAPPIE OR EVEN BLUEGILL MAYBE A LAKE LIKE AMADOR WOULD BE A GOOD LAKE TO GO TO...AND FOR ALL YOU GUYS WHO TROUT FISH AT A BASS LAKE KEEP UP THE REPORTS AND TAKE A KID FISHING THEY WILL NEVER FORGET IT
      City: SACRAMENTO

      Tips: FISHING IS FISHING...25 5LB. TROUT IS BETTER THAN 2 4LB. BASS ANYDAY SO ALWAYS BRING LIGHT GEAR TO AMADOR... CASTMASTER 1/16 IN SILVER

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WISHING ALL MY FELLOW ANGLERS AND FAMILIES OF A MERRY CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS
      City: earth usa

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

      Report: WISHING ALL MY FELLOW ANGLERS AND FAMILIES OF MERRY CHRISTMAS
      City: earth usa

Monday, December 24th, 2001

  • Los Angeles County, California
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out to the lake around 9:00 a.m. let at 4:00 p.m. I've been trying to catch one o a pod o big bass (8-12lbs I'd guess)that seem to stage at the same spot every year in December. They are really skittish in about 5 eet o water with close access to deep water. Haven't igured it out yet. I've used live bait, all artiicials, light line, small hook, slowwwwwwwwww presentation, and keeping out o sight. I have had them VERY interested but not take it YET. I am beginning to question my bass ishing skills, or lack thereo. I will catch one this year and I'll keep you posted.
      City: Los Angeles

      Tips: Fish slowwwwww.

  • Yuba County, California
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I made three short trips to Collins in the past week - each trip about 4 hours, starting about 8:30 AM. I ound the ishing to be quite good, and the quality o the spotted bass was excellent! I had a riend with me on two o the trips and one solo trip. I believe we had 23 in the boat total or the three trips, and my best limit was 18 1/4 lbs - all spots, including 4-9 and 5-0 lb spots, caught about 8 minutes apart!! I caught a 4-8 spot on the previous trip, and the last trip produced a 4 lb largemouth and a 3-1 spot. Can't get those at Oroville! All were caught on Rodstrainer jigs with Yamamoto grub trailers - two or three dierent colors. We were ishing around the islands and in the river arm. Did not ish the east side. Most o the bass were 10 to 22 eet deep and seemed to be moving up at the lake illed. It may be muddy now, since the rain will not stop. We tried crankbaits with no success.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Just ish jig slowly, but swim them over the really bad rocks!

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Looks like I'm the only one reporting. I'm not the only one catching. Some o my boys are on the ish out here. Last week a buddy had over 19lbs in tournament and he still lost. Good bite? I sipped coee and dragged about 8 lbs let handed. My partner was trying and caught 14lbs. Should have picked up my jig. Lake level is rising close to a oot a day- it's at 388 t. Saved you slackers rom having to click on the link to the eds or this inormation.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Find structure and bait and you ind ish.

  • Tulare County, California
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      Water Temp: 46.7

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to lake at 12:00, ished tell 3 w/ no bites. Started getting Small spots in the cove right beore greasy creek,in about 30 t o water.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: all on dropshot