Fishing Report

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Saturday, March 24th, 2001

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: We launched out of Orwood and started in Rock Slough just to the north. Small ones took a red speedtrap but nothing special. We found other active fish on the flats just east of Turner Cut. The bit was slow. Finally we gave up on all that cranked stuff and went to split shotting and Senkos in the back of Cruiser Haven. Fish were stacked up back there in the shallow weeds. Slow fishing with a weenie or a Senko worked. We fished Senkos for the first time and didn't really know what to do but the fish helped us learn.
      City: Belmont

      Tips: It seems strange to say go way slow with water temp in the mid 60's but thats what it took.

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      Water Temp: 62-68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy and I launched at Tiki at around 6:30. We ran to Mildred and had the first fish in the boat by 8:00. We moved around more than we normally do today and caught fish at every stop. We ended up with eight fish. Most of the fish were taken on Senkos. Fishing them very slow to a complete dead stick. The wind picked up horribly at around 4:00 so we pulled out. Caught my personal best fish to date a 5-1/2 lb, 22-1/2 inch TOAD. Gotta love Senkos. Fish were up shallow saw the starting of some beds.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: SENKOS what else? Fish them as slow as you can allow yourself to fish them.

  • Los Angeles County, California
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: O. K. , here we go or the bank guys or today. I agree with Castaic Dave as well, the overall action was slow and short lived today. 6:45am to 10:00am. 1 ish on a live nightcrawler and 1 small guy on a small plastic. O.K. bite rom 7:00am to 8:00am and then the bite just dropped o completely! The pressure had been dropping until 9:30am but it made no dierence either way ater 8:00am.
      City: Los Angeles

      Tips: Once again, light line, move it along slow, until we get around 62 degrees then you might be able to speed it up ater then. Right now the best tip is...., put the keys in the ignition and try. Now's the time you could hook a monster! Good Luck!

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: na

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Finally made it out to Calero with my brother. I didn't go out at all last year. Yep, pretty SAD :-(Anyways, got there late about 9am. My brother was let on his own or an hour and a hal. His irst time ishing there so he was paying his dues trying to igure out what they were biting and where.We talked to a couple o people and it seemed plastic worms were working or them and spinnerbaits weren't.We walked the shore or a couple o hours until 11am.We each got bit once. A small one on a black iretail worm or him and a nice one just under 5 or me on a brown jigand plastic trailer. I orgot the camera. Oh well, there's always next time :-)
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Many thanks to you all who practice catch and release.I hope to tangle with some o those you've put back and I will always do the same or others to enjoy.Plastics and jigs. I I had more time, would have tried spinnerbaits and crankbaits a bit more.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Since no one else has posted since my last report, I will add a ootnote. While I am loving my new ull-time day guiding job, I don't think I will give up my night guiding job either. I think I just won't sleep!! I guided two un Canadian ellows rom 5:30pm to 1:30am on a surprisingly mild evening. It started o a bit weird as we missed several on the south side o Konocti Bay, but did manage to land 3 beore dark. Their goal was to each land a bass over 5 pounds, since those are rare in Canada. These guys were pumped as I landed a 5 1/2 on a Weapon jig about 9:30. The very next cast changed his lie orever as one o them nearly doubled his goal, landed a 9 lb 9 oz pig. This bass was gorgeous, with a big pot-belly to boot! I wish every reader o this report could have been on the boat to share this guys excitement!! He took measurements or a iberglass mount. The brush hog and Power hog continue to be outstanding night baits. Ater that, we ished them the rest o the trip, catching several quality bass. Near the end o the trip, the other guy is getting concerned about not getting his 5, so I took them into the back o the marina at Buckingham. Again - I caught a 5, and on the next cast, the other guy catches his dream ish, a 5 lb 9 oz mini-toad. On our way in, we stopped at the place where the irst guy got the 9, and he hooked another big ish - at least 6 or 7 lbs, but he lost it. He tried to horse it - too much adrenalin I guess!! We landed about hal o our bites, 10 bass total, the ive biggest at 30 lbs 3 oz - my third consecutive 30 lb guided limit - what a week!! Today I took out two guys or a 6 hour intro to bass ishing trip. We ished the west side o the Rattlesnake arm, and they actually caught 3, about 2 lbs each on #221 Senkos. One o them lost a pretty big ish. I caught a ew up to 4 1/2 lbs. We quit just as the rain started!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We still ound ish in the tules today under heavy cloud cover, but not nearly as many as there were on the sunny days. Monday night I ound ish in the tules, but last night we couldn't raise a ish in the tules, only in rock. Go igure!

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      Water Temp: 57-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, the term "rags to riches" really applied to me the past three days at Clear Lake. I ished the north end or about 6 hours with riends on Tues, and ound conditions horrid, with only one 3 lb bass caught. Folks were blaming it on simply too much ishing pressure, and the thunderstorm activitity (no sun) didn't help. I had guided the night beore with six ish in the boat up to 7 pounds, so I didn't eel too bad. BUT, Wed and Thurs made my early retirement rom teaching seem like a wonderul decision. I guided two great guys or 2 days, or some o the best spring ishing I have ever experienced at Clear Lake. We had 30 1/4 and 31 lb 5 ish limits - 16 bass each day - and one client got an 8 (Rodstrainer jig) on Wed, and his buddy got an 8 3/4 (Senko) on Thurs. And I was in total shock when I landed my irst-ever Clear Lake smallmouth - 3 3/4 lbs. One o the clients landed two more - a 3 and 3-2. Three smallmouth in an hour - unbelieveable!!!! They all took a Rodstrainer jig, and were all against rock walls in the Rattlesnake arm. All o our bass were caught in 2 to 8 eet o water - the warm sun was what the doctor ordered or these bass - the bite started about 11:30 am, and lasted till about 4 pm. We were targeting the irst cruising bass I had seen this year and shallow tules that had algae around them. It was interesting that the male bass were in the tules (sun) but the bigger emales were under docks (shade). Other that one bass caught on a chartreuse hula grub, all our bass were caught on brown/orange Rodstrainer jigs with #180 grubs, and the majority on dark colored 5" Senkos - #221, 222, 194, etc. We ished mostly in the Rattlesnake arm (Island and west shore), the Buckingham area, and a little in Konocti Bay. One client threw spinnerbaits a lot - no takers. These trips were this guides dream!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We only elt a ew bites - watch your line like a hawk! I saw bass take my baits and elt nothing! Try to judge how long it takes or the Senko to hit bottom, leave it or 2 seconds, and then lit slowly - trying to eel the dierence between being caught on a tule and a bass! The pressure will increase i a bass has it. The weather is going to change a ew hours ater I write this, so the ish will move back o the shore. Fish shallow i the sun is out, and deeper i it is cloudy. Reaction bite should get better i we have a storm this weekend.

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 60-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom daybreak too 3pm.Caught app.20 bass,most were rom 13in too 15 1/2 in....All ish came on tubes & worms rom 2 to 20 t deep.Has one boil on a top water bait..We isher Horse shoe & river area.Most o the ish came o wood,in 2 t o water by sharp drop os.
      City: Riv.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: started o going south rom barrett cove. ound ish on big rock areas. rip clown rouge. went to river area just past ramen bay. had excellent results on same. 11:00ish splitshot blue witchs tit or a ew more. air temp was in the mid 80s
      City: livermore

      Tips: clown rouge seemed to work best letting it come almost to surace beore next rip.{long pause}

  • San Luis Obispo County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went down to Nacimiento to see i the white bass were running yet. Got a ew, but it was slow. Decided to ish or spots and the action was good. Used cranks near rocks and did pretty well. Ended up boating about 15. Also got a couple on a zoom super luke. The lake is near ull and the hills are green. Tight lines,Rocky
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Crank around rocks......

  • California
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      Water Temp: 63 degress

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: the bite is on and there are a great quantity o quality bass here. held a club tourney there and caught some nice hawgs. all the nice size ish are moving about into the coves.caught my limit by 8:30 in the morning using weightless oxblood worms and making long casts into clear shallow waters. very eective beore the sun hits the water. cast into all pockets o the coves and you'll have success.
      City: aptos

      Tips: when the sun comes up,use tube baits and hula grubs and senkos

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

      Report: Got to lake around 3:00. Fished in the Gloryhole recreation area. Went down the hill rom where I parked and started ishing. About 10 minnutes rom when I got to the water I started getting bites. Caught one a ew minnutes later. It was about 3lbs. Another ten minutes I caught one. It was about 20 yards rom where I caught the irst. He weighed 2 lbs. The ish were biting and got several more hits but couldn't get em. Around 4:45 caght another one he was a nice 2 lb 13 inch bass. Let ater that. All the bass I caght were emales and already had eggs. Good luck.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: The bass are already moving into the shallows to spawn. I caught all 3 on brush hogs. So use Brush hogs in pumpkin or rootbeer and salt and pepper. I also caught them all on the bottom.

  • Los Angeles County, California
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Action is slow. Sight ishing a must. Was ishing the point rom 8:0am to 1:30pm. No luck. One guy ishing nightcrawler caught one. Maybe 2 lbs. The Bass is not interested in anything. Best way to ish right now would be to see a bass 2 to 3 eet o water and try to make it bite. I used pepper grubs, purple worm, split shotting. No luck. Even guys using live bait was not getting any hits. I think the bass in this lake has become very smart rom all the ishing pressures. I will try a di lake next time.
      City: Lakewood

      Tips: This lake is very strange. Too much ups and downs

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey guys don't give up on puddingstone. I ish there everyday, and yes it slowed up because o the pre-spawn but i can tell you it's still producing a lot o ish. On the 22nd I ended the day with 7 ish. I talked to a guy, vincent, he already landed 9 ish. people were mostly sight-ishing that day. But 23rd i landed a 6.5lb at about 5:30pm. It was a emale that seemed to have no mate. yesterday i also landed a 5lb. emale on the east shore around 5:30pm. and a 1.5lb male. so there still other ish out there that aren't spawning. so in all it's been doing rather well.
      City: diamond bar

      Tips: or this crummy pre-spawn, i've been using a homemade ry and lat tail that i make. they're mostly a rootbeer-green color and realy ugly and rigid. so it really hasn't matter what bait you use. but rather the color, action, and eel. i've been texas rigging it, and sometimes ddrop shotting. giving a 3-2-3 rythim. try to ind the most consistent color and shape. try not to waste time changing plastics.good luck, tight lines...

  • California
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      Water Temp: Cool

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I was ishing with a blk/blue jig or a wyle with not even a strike. I decided to pick up my other stick that had a ins ish on a 1/4oz jig head. First cast I caught one right below the boat. Managed to get a total o ive ish but not much size, one about 2lbs. I will be back this weekend in the rain again. I like this lake better in the rain " Keeps the ools o"......I also managed to catch a couple nice trout to. Remember all you so called bass ishermen in your ancy bass boats CATCH AND RELEASE!!!!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Fish rom 15' to 20'.Slow shakin on the bottom with smaller than avarage lures.

  • Washington
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      Water Temp: 52.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I got to the lake at 6a.m. on sat. I ished everything and only saw two ish caught.One contestant in ront o me got a 3 lb. bass on a jig and pig.I inally cauht one on a jig and plasticcraw at 10a.m.About 2 lbs.THATS IT!!!!! Good luck this year
      City: castlrock,wa

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 53-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a good day ishing as a non-boater member o Bay Area Hawg Hunters in our monthly tournament. Ater starting out with spinner bait and a jig and getting no hits I switched to a 4" S&P, twin tail grub which I drop shotted in 18-23'. Got good action immediately; hooked 8, landed 6. Most were about 13-14" and the largest was 16". All were taken on the aorementioned grub.Unlike others out that day, my action turned o when the rain started and I spent a slow, unproductive, soggy three hours throwing everything in the box. Still a good day.
      City: Walnut Creek

      Tips: Due to the numerous submerged trees in this lake I drop shot a weedless hooked worm rather than the nose hooked one recommended or this technique and it doesn't seem to make a dierence in the take but gives you more in-the-water exposure and less time spent retying.

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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This was the irst time I ished this lake in about a year.Boy, what a treat! I ished the short side or a couple o hours to no avail so I headed to the ar end o the other side near thumb camp. As soon as the rain started so did the bite. First ish was 4.5 on a white spinnerbait. second was 2 on a zipper worm. Third was 1.5 on a brush hog. The rest were all on a 6" pumpkinseed curl tail worm ranging between 1.5 and 4lbs. or a total o 8 in the boat and a ew missed hook sets in just over two hours. I must give proper credit or the curl tail to a very nice isherman and his wie who reported catching 30+ ish on just that one bait. All in all, THE best day I've had ishing in a long time.P.S. any one want to buy a house in clear lake!?!?!!
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: The pumpkinseed curl tail seemed to be the trick. look or shallow water near cover. I hope you have as much un as I did.

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      Water Temp: 53-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: American Bass Anglers Club Launched 6 boats rom the public ramp.My non boat and I headed or the dam irst o only to catch 11 inch ish. We decided to run up to yorty creek,we ished a point where we caught 5 small bucks, we ished the back o coves in that area I caught two ish just over thirteen inches, he had another but it shook o his crankbait right at the boat, another boat that said theyish the lake on a regular basis said the small bucks wereon the beds and that the ish in this lake spawn earlierthan most highland reservoirs, I backed o the shallows to deeper water and tried or bigger emales to no avail.Most o the ish we caught came on craw colored crankbaitsand rootbeer senkos with green lake.Four limits o ish were weighed in and they all looked like clones, just at the 1 1/2 pound size, two o the limits were caught on white and chartruese small spinnerbaits
      City: Martinez

      Tips: The weather changed and a ront moved in sat. pushing alloto ish out o the shallows, when the weather improves andwarms up again use those polaroids and look or them on beds.The bigger emales might show up. Oh yeah I also caught a couple o ish jerking a clown rouge o points.Good LuckP.P.

Friday, March 23rd, 2001

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: na

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished from 12 to 5, got four fish, nothing of any size. fishing here usually better at this time. got fish on blue black jig, 6-15 feet of water.
      City: Los ALtos

      Tips: the fish are there just got to hit them on the right day

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      Water Temp: na

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished from 12 to 5, got four fish, nothing of any size. fishing here usually better at this time. got fish on blue black jig, 6-15 feet of water.
      City: Los ALtos

      Tips: the fish are there just got to hit them on the right day