Fishing Report

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Sunday, December 11th, 2011

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This past Saturday I took out Chuck and his grandsons Rowan and Kahlil. It was a very cold morning approximately 22 degrees before the sun rose and there was a mist on the water when I launched. I decided to go to my two favorite spots first. We went to Willy's ski school and I had them troll using a silver and blue crankbait and a chartreuse crankbait which worked great last week for easy limits and did nothing this time. Went to my second spot with the same results. The water was like a mirror with no sign of fish activity. Decided to try the Narrows and seeing no trout action I changed our plans to trying for bass. I told Chuck to let me know if he could feel bottom as we trolled along the shoreline. He was using a light rod with six pound test line and he yelled to me that he thought he was stuck but I told him to keep reeling in and sure enough he had a fish as he brought it to the boat the boys helped him net it. He landed a nice five pound largemouth bass!!! So we turned the boat around and did the same drift again and yes the kids landed a three pound bass. We would have continued this same pattern but another bass boat came along and wanted to try that point so I told the kids we would try another spot and headed for the ranch house which was a good move because the kids landed another bass weighing in at 2+ pounds. Before our next bass was caught we were able to land three nice trout. Next I headed towards the Vineyards where I showed the kids how to worm but we had no luck landing any fish. It was a successful day of fishing and I was heading back and decided to try Willy's Ski School one more time and good that we did because we picked up one more nice bass (see photos). 'til next week............................................................................good fishing!!!!
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      City: napa

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 45-46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched from Ladd's at 8:00 AM fished main river, fourteen mile slough and disapointment slough...the bite was slow in the morning with only 3 fish by 11:00 am; biggest fish went 3 lbs and lost a bigger fish at the boat. Tried spinnerbait, jerk bait, jigs and drop shot. Was off the water at 1:00 PM.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Most bites came on when bait was sitting still...caught one on a jerk bait and brought the rest in on a drop shot with senko wacky rigged. Pretty much dead stick the drop shot they hit the bait when I did nothing but let it sit and let the current move the bait.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bass Busters of Yuba City had a tourny at CFW and everyone did quite well. I believe everyone except 2 caught limits and 11lb won it. Tried cranking and ripping in the morning with no luck. Sun was up and started to throw a jig and the bite got really good. Other members did really well w/ drop shots but I didnt even try it since I was getting bit on jigs. I fished points in 35ft of water. Sometimes they hit it hard and you got to really set the hook and other times you just lifted your rod tip and one was on. I had a blast! Cant wait to fish it again in January. If interested in fishing our club please email. We are looking for new members.
      City: Plumas Lake

      Tips: Have net ready and dont horse them in too quick. Lost 2 at the boat like that. Also retie when you know you been in the rocks a few times. I knew my line wss frayed a tiny bit and I kept at it cuz I didnt want to miss anything. Got a great bite, set the hook, fought it for about 10 seconds and then slack. 10lb line broke on what felt like was going to be my biggest fish of the day. I will retie next time no question!

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 53-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Not too bad of a Day today! Not a bunch of fish, But Good quality and Fat Fish! You've got to find the bait! Seen quite a few boats fishing the bank and have No idea how they did, But we did'nt catch One fish on bank area's! You've got to look deep for the Bigger fish!
      City: Orangevale

      Tips: We found a lot of baitballs but we caught all of our fish on Vertical bait! Looks like smoke stacks! Spoons, drop shot, tripple rigged flooks whith 1/8th oz darter heads!
      Good luck tournament guys tomorrow.

Friday, December 9th, 2011

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: No more green slime!! Bite still a bit tuff though. On the water at 9am, fished until 3pm. Found no swimbait, top water or reaction bite. Caught 12 bass total, best five around 14 pounds. All on DS finesse worms with light line.
      City: Menifee

      Tips: Fish deep and slow, but keeping checking the shallows for those big girls that sun themselves in the rocks. Then toss the Flickshake or Senko with long casts to catch those bigger spooky bass...

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 55?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Keith. Sonoma is alway tough this time of year for whatever reason. Letting water out(affects them). Crystal clear water. Lots of food in the lake. You can still catch em, but there's not going to be a lot of big ones caught right now. The big ones will start showing up in January with some rain. For now just pull out a dropshot with a Margarita Mutilator(roboworm 6 inch) and fish between 25 and 45ft in the trees and you will do ok. When you drop down, it doesn't take em long to bite, but don't move it around a whole lot. Just let it sit with the occasional shake. The old saying: you find one, there's more with him.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: Prob use 10/12lb fluoro with the trees. You go lower, you will be sorry. 3/8th oz weight. Robo fathead 6inch. Keep moving til you get bit.

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Mike Sperbeck and I decided to see if the night bite was holding up and found that it was - sort of! Not as good as the last trip and nights much colder now. Brrr!! As in a previous trip - lots of bites from bass that just didn't want to hold on. We put in about 4 1/2 hrs, from 6 to 10:30 pm and landed around 20 with a few dinks showing up again. We did have a nice limit of 24+ pounds - biggest only 6 lbs. Several 4's and 5's. Not a monster to be lost this trip!! A few were quite shallow, but most on breaklines at 1o to 20 foot depth.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Typical bulky baits worked - new Yamamoto 5" Flappin' Hogs, brush hogs, and D&M Piranha swim jigs. No hits this trip on worms. Best bite was early before the moon got too high. Spotty after that! We fished mostly in the south end.

Monday, December 5th, 2011

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: don't remember

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Dropshot and darthead senkos boated only 3 spots at 20-25 ft off points. Couldn't figure out any other pattern. Agonizing to have to fish slow with very little movement but that was the only way we got bit.
      For the fisherman coming from San Mateo, Folsom is a tough lake, whether it's bass or trout. Trout fisherman do ok if/when there's a plant. Other than that, hit and miss....and miss is usually the report. As for bass, this is a love/hate lake for bass fishing. One thing I've heard many times from those who come as far as you or farther.... "I could have saved time, gas, and frustration by just going to (you fill it in). If you're lookin' to drive to a lake to catch trout, you'd be better off at Camanche.
      City: folsom

      Tips: S-L-O-W ... let your boat movement and drift move your bait...nothing else intentionally. 15-25ft.

Sunday, December 4th, 2011

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Been waiting for some new reports for a while and finally decided I can't complain if I don't contribute. :-) Fished from noon till 4:30 on Sunday and caught 3 nice fat spots (1.5, 2 and 3.5 lbs) -- nothing to brag about, but a decent day for me given that I've only been on the lake a handful of times. Two on drop shots, one on dart head; Baby Bass Roboworms and Purple Weenie Crosstail Shad; rocky points in the main lake and south fork; 20-30 feet. Others at the dock reported similar results except one guy who said he got 6 or 7 in less than 2 hours way back in the south arm.
      City: Foresthill

      Tips: Beware the sand bar at the end of the peninsula :-)

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

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

      Report: annual crab feed Yerba buena Angling club saturday 12/3 No-HOST COCKTAILS 6PM DINNER 730PM DINNER 207 SKYLINE BLVD & HERBST ROAD behind San Francisco ZOO DONATION $40.00 raffle items,,, Fishing trips sold to the highest bider ,,, SALAD,, GARLIC BREAD,, PASTA ,,CRAB,,DESERT CALL SID FOR A SEAT 650-583-3333
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: FIRST 300 PEOPLE THAT CALL LOTS OF FUN,AND MEET FRIENDS.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: low 50's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: We didn't get to fish because we had boat problems and got stranded in the mud outside of Lido Bay. Just wanted to say thanks to the bass angler Greg who towed us back to Orrwood. Cheers & happy holidays!!

      We did go back the next day and targeted stripers but got skunked. Fished areas around Disco and Old River. Continued the bad outings drawing a blank last week in Little Franks.
      City: Martinez

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Christian Bass League started the year with an open event. 24 teams fished and we had several father/son teams show up. The bite was on first thing in the morning and then was slow the rest of the day. The top finishing teams all threw dropshot, tubes or finesse worms. Join us next month at New Melones on Jan 14. Call David for details. 209-988-5818 or e-mail me request schedule.
      City: Turlock

      Tips: The fish were from up the river to Cottonwood. Find your favorite spot and work it good. Never give-up, my son caught most of our limit.

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: 60.8

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I only caught one fish today (very tough bite) the one I did catch was worth the pain! Check this 27.6" bad boy out. If I can figure out how to attach a picture I will???
      City: Winchester

      Tips: Mornign Dawn on a drop shot; casted right up against a rocky ledge & worked it towards the boat. About 10 to 15' out, he hit! The fight was on (5 lb test). Fun, fun!

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

      Report: Does anyone know the limit on trout on this lake? Also the limit on salmon and minumum size. How many trouts and salmons are allowed a day?
      City: san mateo

      Tips: I've been fishing oroville for many years and always wondered what the limit on these fish were. Once in a while I'll catch a salmon by accident and wondered if I should keep it. I always wodered if I should fish for salmon or trout. Just weren't sure of limit on salmon. I think the limit on trout is five. Wish I knew about the salmon.

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: There is a jig & Reaction Innovation Doublewide Beaver bite of rocky structure in 15 - 20' of water. Also slow rolling 5" swimbaits on a Spintrix head produced some fish. Was fishing the south; Jago to Konocti. The bite wasn't hot but we picked up 8 - 10 a day going 2 - 5.9 lbs with a few dinks thrown in.
      City: Kelseyville

      Tips: Slow presentation & the bite is very subtle! That rock you thought you ticked might be a bite!

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      Water Temp: 52-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Mike Sperbeck must love his new Ranger 520! He called and said "we're going to Clear Lake again." So I said - "whatever!!" Like it was a hard decision!!! Anyway, we started fishing just before dark on one of our favorite rockpiles and he put his energy to good use - sticking a 7 lb 9 oz bass and a 7-3 (first two of the trip) as darkness fell. He was using brush hogs. Mike did have the good vibes about going since the weather was fantastic for late Nov and the bass were pretty big! In fact, when we left after the 6 hr trip, we had boated a 35 lb limit and 18 bass total. Again - no more dinks - only one 2 lber and 2 around 3 /12 - everything else 4 1/2 up. Mike did let me catch the biggest, 7 lbs 14 oz, but I only caught 7 of the 18. I caught the big girl on my D&M Piranha swim jig in about 30 feet of water. Most fish wern't that deep - average about 12 to 25 feet. I must say this was not a red hot bite. After dark it was one here - one there - working hard with different baits on different structure. Compared to my last guide trip, at least last night they would eat the bait rather than play with it! The final blessing - no fog during the trip!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We used a variety of baits, mostly bulky plastics. The exception was my 5 1/2 lber that I caught using the same red shad 10" Power worm that my client used to fool his 8-2 on my previous trip. Brush hogs, the new Yamamoto 5" Flappin Hogs, jigs, and Piranha swim jigs were our most effective baits. Mike is even leaning how to use the swim jig - it takes talent at night, har!!! Everywhere we fished had deep water access and some type of rock structure.

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

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ 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 and Nail weighted Senkos in shad imitating colors and green pumpkin. Lots of keeper size fish are being caught, The big ones haven't shown up yet.
      City: Shasta Lake

Sunday, November 27th, 2011

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

      Report: I did not go to the lake this past weekend but my son and his wife did. He told me the weather was nice but crisp and the water was colder than last weekend. He went out on Friday with his wife Sarah and my friends Albert and John expecting to have limits for everyone in no time but it was not to be. John caught the most trout which was two and Albert landed a small bass that was not a keeper. On Saturday Henry, Sarah and their buddy Bill set out for what they hoped would be a more productive day of fishing. Henry decided to head towards the Dam and they started catching trout almost immediately. Bill caught the most fish with Sarah right behind him and Henry landing a couple while steering the boat they totaled out the day with eleven trout and one bass with Bill catching the most fish. Albert informed me that he limited out on trout on Saturday too (see photo). Some of my readers have asked me where to buy minnows on a continuous basis and I recommend Sweeny's in Napa but if anyone knows a place closer to the lake please let me know. 'til next week.................................good fishing!!!!!
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      City: Napa

      Tips: any questions happy to help you out,fishing related.

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Thanks Sid for answering my questions. I've been having lots of action on trout plugging for them as well as trolling. Catching a few keeper bass as well. No real size though except for one hybrid bass that went just over 4 lbs. I caught most of my trout in the south end. I was wondering how the trout action is by the bridges? Last time I fished the poke bridge area there was lots of shad and birds. That was 3 weeks ago.
      City: san mateo

  • California
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 7 on a square bill crank across the Damn. One good bite on a deep water hump.
      City: madera