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Sunday, May 20th, 2012

  • California
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: waters warm, fish are active and aggressively feeding. off the beds and hungry they are. go out and catch some fatties

      Tips: work thick cover

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 69.5 to 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Download all as zip




      It was another perfect weekend at the lake. Saturday morning I headed out with Albert and Peter for what I hoped would be a productive day of fishing. The first stop we made was in one of my favorite spots near the narrows but we had no bites at all. I tried another spot further into the narrows and it paid off big time. Peter's first catch was a double hookup on the same lure. It surprised us all. Two nice bass. We fished the area for a little while and Peter landed another bass. We had discussed going to the vineyards and decided to head that way now. We trolled along the shoreline in about 15 feet of water and picked up a few trout and bass along the way no size to speak of. We reached the vineyards and my favorite spot and started out in around 6 feet of water throwing plastic worms and drifting into shallower water between 2.5 and 3 feet. When I hit my marker I went from 2.5 feet to 30 feet in a straight line very slowly with my automatic pilot on. All of us used "Procure" scent on our bait and it seemed to be doing a good job. I told Peter to reel in his line and he asked me why and I said you have a fish and sure enough he had a nice bass. I did the same drift again and this time Albert thought he was stuck but realized he had a big fish. I was sure he had a 14 pound or bigger bass Peter thought he was stuck in a log but Albert said a log doesn't wiggle. After at least fifteen minutes of fighting this fish on eight pound test line he proved me and Peter both wrong he landed a 16 pound catfish on a senko worm with "Procure" crawdad scent (see photo). He was thrilled with a smile from ear to ear. Good job Albert!!! 'til next week.......................good fishing!!!!
      www.fishingconnection.net If you have any questions or would like to share any fishing stories please email me at bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333.
      City: Napa

      Tips: use scents

  • Yuba County, California
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took wifey to the Bar. Started out with reaction lures. Foul hooked a 1 pounder on a Rip Bait. Could not find the big ones. We fished the dam and the water falls. We eneded up downsizing to Grubs. We caught 7 between the two of us. Nothing over a pound and a half. Nice day all in all we traveled far up the river arm. We went so far that my temp gauge read as low as 54 degrees!! e considered trout fishing naaaaah.
      City: W. Sac

      Tips: Met an angler with a $60,000 Ranger Boat and House boat at the docks. He stated that the big Hens are nesting in the Main Lake at 15 to 20 feet deep. He caught some on Senkos.

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished BBT tourney. Fish were on main lake points and shallow. We caught most on shad plastics. Other teams caught on a variety of techniques.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 73.9 to 75.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Friday night fishing it was outstanding again bass form 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 pounds in depths of 4 to 21 feet. It was windy early but layed down after dark. We fished from 6:30pm til 12:30am the early bite til it got dark was big rico's and pro pop r's the top water bite even in the wind was good.But the best bite was form 8:30 til 12:30 1/4oz bullet head jigs (eastman special)/yamamoto 4" twin tail grubs trailers And 1/4oz bullet head jigs/baby brushogs ( junebug ) we end up with 48 bass.
      City: madera ca

      Tips: Points Long flats Isolated rock piles Isolated brush piles all were holding bass

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 64-71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Another 100-fish day per client. This is the time to get out on Lake Oroville and have some fun. Almost all of the lake is fishing great. The guys I had out yesterday were pretty excited about the action. It was non stop!! Tubes, senkos and blades all worked well but almost anything would work.
      City: Paradise

Friday, May 18th, 2012

  • Plumas County, California
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      Water Temp: 61-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I fished this beautiful lake from Tues evening to Thurs evening - early and late in the day. My long-time fishing buddy Rick Tietz, founder and owner of Blade Runner Tackle, fished with me all day on Wed. We really had a terrific day, lake was flat until 3 pm and we mostly sight-fished 65+ smallies up to 3 lbs 2 oz. No monsters. I mostly used morning dawn/chartreuse tail 6" Robo worms, and we both used the 2 3/4" Basstrix Flashtrix minnow with a drop-shot rig. That was really the top bait. We fished most of the east shore on the south end of the lake. Tues evening I fished Big Cove on to the west and caught 10 from 2 1/4 to 3 lbs 5 oz, and some smaller ones. Most were caught on morning dawn Robo worms and a few on green pumpkin Berkley Havoc Baits. Those fish were all caught on or around the private boat docks. Thursday was very cloudy and windy but improved about 6 pm. I again fished the east shore and caught about 14-15 smallies up to near 3 lbs, but most were 1 1/2 to 2 lbs. Most all bass during the 3 days were spawning or had spawned.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I found a lot of smallies hitting crankbaits just before dark on the 2 warmer evenings - not Thursday evening. Most of those fish were smaller. Most of the fish caught during the 3 days were on shallow flats near shore or on flats a little off-shore. Not much action on walls.

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

      Report: took a good friend of mine out from Diamond Springs. It was one of those great days on the Delta. Several 4lb fish all day. The top water bite was on for a couple of hours throwing my favorite twitch bait a floating rapala. A long forgotten lure but still in my opinion catches Monster fish!
      Afternoon time switched over to plastics. My friend caught his PB a 7lb beauty.
      left him at the boat ramp around 3:30.
      call the wife to come out for the evening bite. Took some time to relax at the marina until the evening. Evening bite was on my wife nailed her PB an 11lb beauty 26"long 19.5" girth quite a beauty. All fish were caught on wacky rigged senkos the fish were eating that bait up.
      Packed up for the evening. Another fine day on World Class Water right here in my back yard.
      City: tracy

      Tips: Fish and have fun you will have good days and tough days that have you scratchin your head wonderin where the heck have all the fish gone.
      That's the Delta. Absolutely Perfect!

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: took a good friend of mine out from Diamond Springs. It was one of those great days on the Delta. Several 4lb fish all day. The top water bite was on for a couple of hours throwing my favorite twitch bait a floating rapala. A long forgotten lure but still in my opinion catches Monster fish!
      Afternoon time switched over to plastics. My friend caught his PB a 7lb beauty.
      left him at the boat ramp around 3:30.
      call the wife to come out for the evening bite. Took some time to relax at the marina until the evening. Evening bite was on my wife nailed her PB an 11lb beauty 26"long 19.5" girth quite a beauty. All fish were caught on wacky rigged senkos the fish were eating that bait up.
      Packed up for the evening. Another fine day on World Class Water right here in my back yard.
      City: tracy

      Tips: Fish and have fun you will have good days and tough days that have you scratchin your head wonderin where the heck have all the fish gone.
      That's the Delta. Absolutely Perfect!

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      Water Temp: 66 - 69 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUDSTER1" out of Ladd's today about 8:30 a.m. and was off the water by 12 noon. With the crazy wind I decided to "camp it out" in the sailboat club. Cuaght 8 bass today with best 5 going about 15 lbs and big fish was 4.5lbs. Using wacky rigged senkos and zoom tricks worms I found the bass holding tight to the shady areas of the docks (in weed pockets preferred). Pitched the senkos and trick worms into open holes of weed pockets(darker the pocket the better). Set my trolling motor as shallow as I can and speed was set to high the whole time to cut through all the weeds going from dock to dock. The 4.5 pounder came on my spinning rod with the trick worm and 8 lb test flouracarbon line, almost lost her in the thick weeds, and she hadn't spawned yet.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Get out of the wind the best you can and fish protected areas. Wish I had the cameras today, would have been a cool video shoot.

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 72 - 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Friday, 5/18/12 was a beautiful day with air temperature in the high 70s and water temperature in Cherry Creek, where we fished all day, was 72 - 74°. At times, there was little to no wind. We caught a good quantity of fish with my buddy and I each catching at least 25 fish. The fish weren’t large, with only one greater than 3 lbs and few between 2 and 3 lbs. Most were in the 1 lb to 2 lb range and perhaps 10 dinks. The fish were caught mostly casting drop-shot rigged 6-inch Roboworms and wacky-rigged 4-inch Senkos also drop-shot style. Multiple colors were used but we had most success on colors that were red or purple like MM. Only Baby Bass colored Senko were used. We also caught a couple of fish on a small 4-inch swim bait and a Bass Assassin. I did try casting top water baits to stumps with the hope that some big female was below guarding her fry but had no success. Most fish were caught in 5 to 10 ft of water around entrances to cuts and along drop-offs on flats. As it got later in the day where there were shadows on the water, the fish were moving shallower. No fish were caught way back in cuts. During the day, we saw only a couple of fish still on beds. We also saw two large clouds (schools) of fry around stumps. Last year about this time, there were many more schools of fry. Hopefully the spawn is better than what I have seen so far. There were also multiple balls of what I assume are shad. These “shad” were from two to three inches long and were schooled in balls as large as 6 ft across. If anybody knows what these small fish are, please let us know.
      City: Pinole

      Tips: If you are on the lake early in the morning or late in the evening, campers had told us that the top water bait is very good.

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Picked up one fish early in the morning on top water with a bone colored spook (couple more swirls but no hook ups). Than started pitching a senko (watermalon with black and red flake, 6in) to tule pockets - not a lot of bites but all good ones (best was a nice 5.75lbs). When the wind got to strong for the senko, I started throwing a white spinnerbait. They were eating it pretty good right before the tide bottom out. After that the bite stopped and I hadded back in.
      City: W Sacramento

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went fishing with guide Richard pounds what a great time been going to cl for years first time with bass guide showed us the most awesome time we carried it over to our own bass boat thank u thank u Richard me and my friends have never cought that many big fish in our lives u r a. Master nick Scott Robert
      City: Grants pass

      Tips: Call Richard pounds and learn clear lake from a seasoned pror

  • California
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Nice day on the lake. Was hoping to nail some nice largemouth but could only manage 8 spots in about 4 hours fishing. Started at about 7am and fished till around 11am. Seems the bite is better closer to the dam. Very, very clear water. Probably around 15 ft. Biggest was about a 2 pounder, nothing larger. Still a fun day tho.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Used jigs and senkos. Probably a better jig bite. Didn't try reaction baits too much but will next time.

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

  • California
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Nice day on the lake. Only stayed on water for about 5 hours as the recreation boaters took over. However, I ended up with about 7 nice keepers anchored by a 5 pounder on a fat free shad crankbait in shallow water. Not a bad day
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Good reaction bite. Bass are still shallow. Lots of smaller bass but a few bigger bass available. Vertical cast along the shore and focus on points as well.

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, did a 6a.m. to 6p.m. trip, with little results to show for my efforts. Fished the north fork. My first first fish came at 11:30 a.m.!Ouch! I was working hard at it too! It was a two and a half pound spot fly lineing a Senko in some trees. That fish ended up being the biggest of the day.Caught another spot on a spinnerbait, only about two pounds. My big surprize was the afternoon crankbait bite. Picked up another 6 spots under 2 pounds ea. Threw top water between 5-6, and picked up another spot. All in all an o.k. day, but I really thought it would be better. Size was a little disapointing. Might head back out on Thrusday.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: If u r cranking, crank fast! I caught my first one on accident. When I thought I was done with the cast,I doubled my retrieve and it slammed the bait right next to the boat. So I went with the fast retrieve, and boom! I got some results....see you on the water!

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing is very good right now. We caught about 15 bass (most short) in about 3 hours tuesday evening.
      Dropshotted watermelon red baby brush hogs fooled most of the fish with several small mouth taking shallow crankbaits.
      Big fish of the trip was a 6.3 caught in about 10 feet of water near 40 minutes before dark on the drop shot rig.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: stay a little deeper. work through areas quickly. stop and fish thoroughly when you get bit.
      No evidence of any surface activity but it felt like the top water action could start anytime now.

Monday, May 14th, 2012

  • Plumas County, California
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      Water Temp: 61 to 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We got on the water at 8am, water temp was 61. We headed for the Gould Swamp area and started searching for stumps...when we found the stumps we found the bass. We also found males making beds in the gravel beds. We caught 10 smallmouth between 2 and 4lbs all males...Fished till 11am, water temp was 63 and the winds picked up with thunder storm moving in. Could see 8 to 10 feet depending on the area.
      City: Quincy

      Tips: Fish the shallows near Chester, look for beds in 4 to 10' of water. Caught most the fish drop shotting a Prizm Shad Roboworm and a camo cut tail on a 1/4oz darter head....
      The next 6 weeks are going to be a sight fisherman's dream....don't miss it!

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

      Report: The bass fishing here is outstanding on bass to 4 pounds 30 to 40 bass in 5 hours of fishing is fairly easy here. Jigs Senko's Baby brushogs Crankbaits Ripbaits & Spinnerbaits all are working here now Bass are in 8 to 20 feet of water.

      pumpkin green/black green crystal jigs
      watermelon red/black flake senko's brushog
      junebug senko's brushogs
      black/blue jigs
      bluegill jigs
      char/white spinnerbaits
      tenn shad ripbaits
      fried green tomato crankbaits

      If you are within 100 miles it will be well worth the drive to fish
      City: madera ca

      Tips: Fish flats and long points with deep water on both sides. the second and third ramps on east side of the lake. Large flats parking lots bass are holding on both. Im fishing with 1/8 oz & 1/4 oz finesse jigs and 4"twin tail yamamoto grub trailers Spinning outfits loaded with 6 or 8 pound maxima line.

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 76.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Unbelievable fishing this past weekend and my wife was a fish magnet. On Friday I went out for a few hours with Kevin. The lake was calm what a difference from last weekend. We saw boils in the water and threw our lines into it with great success. The trout were all over the lake in deep water as well as shallow and seemed to be biting anything we threw out. We ended up with full limits (see photos). On Saturday I fished with my pal Albert. We got an early start and fished the west side of the lake by the buoys. I threw a top water lure twenty or thirty times with no luck. We were able to see the fish but they just wouldn't bite. We decided to try our luck at trout in deeper water after talking to three other boats. I tied on an ivory PK lure and Albert cast it out letting it sink to about forty feet and we started trolling and within minutes he hooked a trout. Albert wanted to use the downrigger so I set it up just as my son called to tell us lunch was ready and where his boat was. We set off to meet up with my son, his wife and my wife. When we got to their spot they told me how the fish were chasing the bait and rolling on the surface all over the area and that they were catching trout and bass left and right especially my wife. No sooner would she reel one in and start to let her line out and she'd have another strike. They all came in with limits. On Sunday (Mother's Day) my wife had a great day again and topped it off by landing a largemouth bass that had to weigh at least 9 pounds. She was thrilled as you can tell from the photos. 'til next weekend...............................................................................................good fishing!!!!
      www.fishingconnection.net If you have any questions or any stories you would like to share please email me at bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333.
      City: Napa

      Tips: any lure that runs true caught fish my wife likes norman lures and i prefer p k lures my new real that i have been playing with runs smooth its called the wave spin dh3000z email me will send you pictures