Fishing Report

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Monday, December 26th, 2011

  • California
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      Water Temp: 53.1 to 55.9

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: There is a solid bite on bass to 3 1/2 pounds areas to fish off the face of the dam in 35 to 50 feet of water. Also the east second and third ramps are holding bass on isloated rock piles in 20 to 40 feet. Swimming area rock eddy from 18 to 45 feet of water and in the 5mph area bass are holding in and around brush piles and isolated rocks and near dropoffs in 25 to 40 feet of water. Vertical jigging with a dead stick pause is working best. Johnny C's California Resevoir Lures jigs colors 925 and 1050 paired with yamamoto 5" twin tail grub trailers in colors 208 & 301 work well. Jigs in 1/4oz. & 3/8oz. Arkie head jigs & 3/8oz. & 1/2 oz. Football head jigs are working the best. Drop shot pro gold 6" red flake worms and baby brushogs also are working but the better fish are coming on jigs. Mid morning bite is good afternoon bite is better & traffic is light. Water is clear
      City: madera ca.

      Tips: Find good targets to hit & get on top of them and vertically jig the baits with a dead stick pause the bite will be solid when you pick the lure up.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 52.0 to 54.9

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The bass here are being caught on jigs baby brushogs and on drop shot rigs. Alot of bass are between 12 and 15 inches there have been a few reports very few going to 3 pounds. Bass are holding in 20 to 40 feet of water dam area, long points deeper water on both side of the points also dropoffs and channels are all holding bass. Jigs in 1/4 oz Bullet head or 3/8oz. arkie or football head in green pumpkin/black green crystal & yamamoto 5" single or twin tail grubs in 208 color for trailers on the jigs. Traffic is light afternoon bite is better
      City: madera ca.

      Tips: Fish slow bite is much lighter than the eastman bite
      long points face of the dam river channela and dropoffs with deeper water near by stay in 20 to 40 feet of water

Sunday, December 25th, 2011

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey yall, joe daddy here with another fishing story. So I wake my step dad up with a call at 9:00am christmas day ('merry christmas let's go fishin'). All we been hearing is how's there's tons of coho planters being caught not to mention my buddys 21"er. So even i got to check this out. We get fishing at saddle dam at about 11:00. I got my bass pole and mt trout pole. Walking down the hill I tell my stepdad I came here to catch bass not trout. So I go on my way working the bank with my pink worm. About two coves over I get a good strike that surprizes me. Coho bass I don't know. In that cove I'm seeing the dead christmas trees and a flat leading to them next to deeper water. So I'm like alright since that's the only cover around. I cast into those trees and get snagged up for a second. Then my worm breaks loose into a downward free fall then BAM 16 1/2" largie looked like 2 pounder. Took picture threw it back. Also caught a planter after that, kicker fish. My stepdad would not be denied. Went back later got a coho on his foul reel. HO HO HO
      City: palermo

      Tips: Go get your own christmas instead of someone giving it to you.

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

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

      Report: More of an FYI than a report.....a 17 lb striper...yes striper was recently pulled out of here

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

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

      Report: Cold blue bird day. Threw Senko's, Jigs, brushogs, and top water in the morning to no avail. Started cranking a KVD squarebill in the rocks on the east side of the lake and that was the ticket! Caught a 6 and then a 4 on the next cast. Everyone I talked to was either dropshotting dragging jigs catching smaller fish.
      City: Planada

Monday, December 19th, 2011

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 45-48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: LONG day on the water (730 to 530) launched from ladds @ 730 in the fog but to my surprise lil to no fog once you passed ski beach. Once we located the schools i threw in the bama rig rigged with flukes and nailed em. the rest of the day tossed l.c. pointers in white for mixed bags of bass and stripers. final total for the day was around 18 stripers and around 6 bass for the two of us, lots of running and gunning.
      City: stockton

      Tips: current breaks are the key areas. if you could find a break on the back side of a point, they were there.

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      Water Temp: 44 - 46 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Luanched the Custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" around 8:30 a.m and was off the water by 12 noon. Due to the early morning foggy conditions I decided to just work around the mouth of Ladd's Marina cove and deep side of the docks. Drop shotting a south korean minnow imitation plastic was the way for me today. No jig bites or rip bites. I also tried going out on the main channel just a little ways to check out a near by drop off and scan for any striper activity. The fog just got thicker for awhile so went back into the cove. By the time the sun came out there was not enough time left to make a run any where. The bite started around 10:30 a.m., wish I could have stayed out longer.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Water temps are in the 40's so down size and slow it down.

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: Low to mid 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The bass fishing still continues to be hit and miss. The most productive tactics have been fishing slow with soft plastics. Dropshotting and Dartheading 6" worms in Mojave Oxblood and Nail weighted 4" & 5" Senkos in Green Pumpkin, Cinnamon w/ Black flake, Natural Shad and Baby Bass. Lots of keeper size fish are being caught and a few occasional 3 pounders. Those throwing Jerkbaits and White spinnerbaits with white double willow blades on windy banks have had some success covering lots of water and finding active fish is key.
      City: Shasta Lake

Friday, December 16th, 2011

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: hit the lake with a buddy hoping to spoon up some bass but it did not prove as effective as i would have liked. we fished in the river most of the day and found only 4 keepers throughout the day on channel swing banks. we put a 3.5, 2 1/4, 2 1/2 and last but not least a random but welcomed 10.4 largemouth near pleasure cove. fish were taken on jigs and darter heads with the exception of the big girl she ate the jigging spoon in almost 50 feet of water in the only significant balls of bait we saw for the day.
      City: san lorenzo

      Tips: dont give up we struggled most of the day and ended up with some nice fish. as for locations i cant say i am any closer to figuring out these fish as they were so random throughout the day. if anyone else has an idea of where to hunt down schools of bass right now i would be game to hear about it. merry christmas

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

      Report: Sorry I messed up - Brent Ehrler is his real name!!!
      City: Yuba City

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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy Mike and I did another short night trip last night - long drive for 4 hrs of fishing. It was time well spent as we landed 8 with our 5 best a shade over 20 lbs - but the biggest only 5 1/4 lbs. I lost 2 big 'uns, but that's life. It was the first truly cold night - cold and damp! Jigs, Brush hogs and Power worms were to best baits. We stayed in the south end - to cold to travel far. Could not get the bigger, deep bass to bite much and the 2 bigs I lost came off half-way in, probably meaning they didn't suck the bait in much. Bites were 12 to 20 feet deep.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I was able to meet and chat with Brett Ehlers at the ramp as we were launching. Very nice gentleman!! He seemed interested in the night fishing at Clear Lake but I'm sure he will stick to his "day" job!!!

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 56-57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I did an 8 hr guide trip with a father-son pair that were new to bass fishing. They had fished Amador for trout before but wanted to learn about bass fishing. We started about 2 pm and fished until 10 pm - so they could sample night fishing. The nice folks who run the lake are pleased with a nice increase in trout anglers this fall. When I drove over the dam on my arrival - I could hardly see the water thru the maze of boats. After dark - we were it!! The son did have 5 or 6 hit and landed a bass before dark and one after dark - about 1 3/4 and 2 lbs. I caught a small one and dad missed 2. Bite was very slow and the weather didn't help. Clear skies and heavy dew always makes the night bite tough. The promised clouds and warmer air did arrive - unfortunately - about the time we quit. Had that happened at sunset, I think we would have done better.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Yamamoto Kreature baits and Berkley Chigger Craws got most of our bites. Active bass were about 15-25 feet.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 48 to 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Striped fishing is on fire old river to middle river the San jaquin rippin lucky crafts non stop if there is a striped near it it will crush it biggest 39" with tons of shakers nick only caught one shaker the rest keepers nick caught the most fish 26 landed and released just by nick and snagged one sore head salmon up the sj a mile or two Donnie 12 dono 17
      City: Stckton

      Tips: keep rippin til you can't rip has to be down 6 to 8 feet

  • Mendocino County, California
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      Water Temp: 51 - 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Most of the bass are in deep water right. they will pretty much stay there all winter.. Although, the smallmouth bass will still be some-what active. Teresa and I fished our hometown lake today and for a 3 hour effort we did okay. 4 bass total. 2 smallies, 1 largemouth and one striper. There is NOBODY on the lake right now ! What a blessing to have the lake all to ourselves. The lake level is still looking pretty good, especially for this time on the year. If you need a break from Clear Lake, give it a try. You'll like it !
      City: Ukiah, CA.

      Tips: Drop-shottin' is your best bet. Purple 4 - 5" worm SLOW... ALSO take a few casts here and there with the "cALABAMA" rig. I have picked some bass running it by some cover in about 12 -20 ft. of water. Have fun and, remember to keep it reel ! Don 4reelfishin.com

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: Low to Mid 50's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The bass fishing continues to be hit and miss due to the recent weather patterns. The most productive tactics have been Dropshotting, Dartheaded worms in Mojave Oxblood and Nail weighted Senkos in Green Pumpkin, Cinnamon w/ Black flake, Natural Shad and Baby Bass. Lots of keeper size fish are being caught and a few occasional 3 pounders. Those throwing Jerkbaits on windy banks have had some success.
      City: Shasta Lake

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Leo, what part of the lake did you spoon up those trout and salmon? I'm heading up to the lake tis wednesday and maybe thursday if I'm not too tired. I would really appreciate it if you could tell me. I havn't had much success lately. Are you fishing the putah creek, poke creek, south end of the lake? Where?
      City: san mateo

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Has anyoneone been been trout fishing? Any follows or signs of trout. I've been very curious about the trout fishing at this lake. Wonder if its worth the drive up there to fish for them.
      City: san mateo

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

      Report: Has anyone been fishing for trout lately. Any signs of trout. Berryessa was hot few weeks ago and just wondering how trout fishing at sonoma would be like.
      City: san mateo

Monday, December 12th, 2011

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spooned up limits of Kings and Trout. Kings and Trout averaged a nice size at 15"-19". Fish were from 15-35 feet.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: 3/4 oz Blade Runner (Duh)spoons are the only spoons you need.

      Still a lot of bait, so don't stay long in a spot you marking bait if you ain't catching. Keep moving until you find fish feeding on the bait.

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

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

      Report: Two of us fished the 7th and the 11th for trout. We limited out both days in less than 3hrs . Minnows under floats did the trick. Tried for bass using cranks and top water on the same points we were fishing for trout and picked up a few smallmouth each day up to 2.5 lbs. Very cold both days as the sun came up.
      City: Napa