Fishing Report

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Thursday, October 20th, 2011

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

      Report: Got 8 bites Thur. and landed 6. Biggest was 4#, then 3# and some littler guys. All except one caught on a number of different colored plastic worms from 3-15 feet deep. Caught one on a deep diving crankbait on a point. Blanked fishing on Fri. for giants with huge baits early. Tried all types of baits later playing catch up but to no takers.

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish for the past two days. Caught lot of fish. Both days had about 20lb+ bag. All fish caught deep on soft plastics. We caught nothing in the shallow, guess the cold night push the fish down deeper.
      City: Napa

      Tips: Fish slow and watch your line.

Monday, October 17th, 2011

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 64 - 68 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Luanched the custom valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's today about 8:00 a.m. and was off the water by 1:30 p.m. A tuogh 5 fish limit today even though I caught 12 bass (DINK DAY!!) using white spinnerbaits, sweet beavers & flippen tubes, but spent most of my time expiramenting with the California Swim Jig. I could not find the Dirty Jig locally so I bought a Renegade 1/2 oz swim jig and some Robo Easy Shads, it was a cool setup. Got several tail strikes with it, but no hook ups (in time I will eventually). Wish I didn't have to work tonight the bite seemed to get better as the day got warmer (afternoon bite!!).
      City: Stockton

      Tips: It was a reaction bite basically until the sun was high enough, the the flippen/punch bite was just starting to take off when it was time to go home. The swim jig bites came off of a medium speed retrieve in around 10 feet of water.

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

      Report: Went out again because the weather was so nice. Tried flipping the Garry Yamamoto Hula Grub on a brown football head jig. Flipped real close to the shore near bamboo. Had a few decent fish all taking the bait on the drop. At last light I hooked a nice 5 to 6 pounder that jumped right in front of me but threw the hook. We all know that feling when we see the fish that we lose. Perfect evening to get out though.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: Flip as close to shore in the most impossible openings. Only fish I've caught have been hugging the shore in deep cover.

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I had heard a few good reports on spooning, so Lenn Jann talked me into giving it a try. We caught some nice fish in 20 to 50ft. around main body points useing 3/4 - 1-3/4oz. morning dawn and chrome/green Duh spoons. I saw several boats fishing the bank in the same areas so there must be some shallow fish as well. Also noticed a lot of trout and small bass busting shad over deep water.
      City: Sacramento

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched New Hope and started at our midway point island just between Hog and Sycamore sloughs...started out crankin' but no hits so decided to work the tule and weedline edges and picked up a couple on junebug senko. Then moved up the Mokulemne to just around the corner from B&W; still no hits crankin' and this is usually where we they hit our speed traps and kvd 2.5s in red craw and sexy shad. ZIP on the cranks so went back to senkos and picked up a mixed limit of keepers and dinks..biggest going 2-14. Coulda said 3 but the scale didn't lie and 3 ain't braggin' rights by no means but I still get excited at 2+..hahaha. Anyway, after working some more tule strips and another mixed bag of barely keepers and dinks all on senko, decided to head back to port and stopped at Hog. Went in and noticed swirls and splashing and thought it was stripers, so we threw out some 1/2oz Cordell spots .... wow, double hookup with chinooks. Had to release at the boat while in the water to stay legal but sure was fun til we saw they could've cost us some hefty fines! I almost cut my $3. lure off having so much trouble releasing it but finally got it unhooked.
      City: folsom

      Tips: Senkos seemed to be the ticket this day; change up often enough when something isn't working after a few locations.
      Know and keep regs handy; when we first hooked up with the salmon, we weren't sure and so we released them on a hunch; we were real relieved when we checked the regs and saw salmon closed. Then when we got back to New Hope, we found out there were a couple fines handed down at $600 ea for possession in that area. (even if they were caught on Sac river. If in doubt, don't take it out!

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      Water Temp: 63.5 to 64.8

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Ladds at day break and fished until 12:15 pm...we fished Fourteen Mile Slough and caught 15+ fish all on shad colored crankbaits. On the north side of the slough we worked the rock walls and I caught a 4.5 lb large mouth and then my son caught a 6 lb about five casts later. All in all a nice day on the water and got to spend time with my son, can't beat that.
      City: Sacramento

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

      Report: Hello today i land big bass 7 1/2 pounds ! the big fish was caught on plastic worms shad color...us
      City: Oxnard

      Tips: i catch bass on topwater buzz baits,swimbaits,sping lures, dropshot,

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

      Report: Its my first time at this lake with little info to go on I got on the water and explore! Started on lower part of lake at 3pm fishing crankbait hook into some dinks here and there nothing big. Jumped to up river with nothing on top water or cranking! Middle of lake the boils started happening I had on a 95 ghost threadfin shad and only one hook up and lost it under the boat. Shad are very small I should of tried smaller bait 3in or they wouldn't hit the lure! No striper but still a good day or learning!
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Smaller bait light line and be patience on motoring over to boils or you will scare them back under!

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished here middle of last month and this Oct date. Last month, the bite was tough. Fish could be as deep as 70 feet, some found a few topwater fish, but not that much. 2 day event was won with 15 lb.

      this weekend, the topwater bite was marginally better. You gotta move around to find the fish and the bait, which were still relatively deep. Probably because it is still warm for October with high around low mid 80's this past week and sunny skies.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Cover water and find the bait/fish. drop shot worked best for me. topwater not too good, yet.

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

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

      Report: Went out to see if the fall topwater bite had started. It is but with all this warm weather it is taking its time getting started. First thing they were on the topwater hard cought around 10 fish in the first 2 hours most in the 2-3lb range the dinks seem to be going away. I did not put the topwater down the whole time I was out it slowed down quite a bit after the sun was out but the quality was still there including one going 7lbs.Solid day overall but not the way it normally is this time of year and all the alge is not helping.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: They are off the points and cover but the key is still the shad no shad in the area no active fish.

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      Water Temp: 71.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had not been fishing for a couple of weeks due to having some repair work on my boat. Took it out this past Saturday and it felt great to be back on the lake. My buddy Albert went out with me. We first went to the back of Monticello Ski School to have our lunch and put out two rods for catfish. A few minutes later the rod bent in half and it was a hit and run the fish took half the bait and hit the road. Our aim was to fish for bass so I decided to go to one of my favorite coves on the east side. Once we got there I discovered that my trolling motor was not running properly again so we anchored in 4.5 feet of water and started fishing with top water lures. We had a couple of roll overs but no fish. Then I tried the fluke and had a few bites but no size to them. The water was clear and Albert said to me that he could see some nice size bass and he decided to change to a castmaster and I suggested he throw it over the weeds which he did and as he was reeling through and over the weeds he caught a nice size fish. We continued that pattern for a little while longer and with each cast we landed another fish. None of the fish were keepers but they were up to ten inches. I told Albert that I thought changing to a bigger rattle trap lure might work to catch bigger fish and sure enough his next hit was larger. We decided to troll our way back in on the west side in the shade. It paid off big time every bass we caught was up to 3 lbs and we landed a few nice size trout. We used a silver and blue speed trap lure that dove six to eight feet and we were in fifteen feet of water. The only reason we called it a day was that it was getting dark so we headed in. 'til next week..........................good fishing!!!!!
      www.fishingconnection.net If you have any questions or would like to share some stories please email me at
      bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333. My fishing club is having it's annual crab feed on Saturday, December 3rd if you are interested in attending please get in touch with me for more information.
      City: Napa

      Tips: enjoy the lake while weather permits,,call for tips,

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 68 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Lauched @ holland marina, first fish was a keeper (barely) on a green pumpkin senko, all day I caught 30-40 fish, all dinks I think three fish might have gone 12 ", pulled two of the keepers from a ledge in 12' of water outside of cruiser haven wake board and ski boats could care less about the 5mph zone there. All fish came on the wacky rig, no reation for me. Fished high to outgoing tide
      good luck and be safe.
      City: Martinez

  • California
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      Water Temp: 72 to 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Good numbers of 1 1/2 to 3 pound bass vertical jigging or drop shot worked the best jigs in 1/4oz. or 3/8 oz. green pumpkin/black green crystal and drop shot in pro gold All bass were holding on structure in 18 to 32 feet of water. One of my friends was fishing out of his boat in the same area we were fishing he drop shot 5 fish in a row his two biggest were 4 1/2 and 5 1/2 pounds we sat in one spot and between 2 boats we land 20 bass we fished from 6am till 12:15 pm and the fish were still biting well at noon. The bigger fish came out 25 to 32 feet. Lake is stable no release of water and water is clear water surface temp was 72 degrees. 20 PLUS BOATS ON THE WATER. more info call 559-869-3255
      City: madera ca.

      Tips: vertical jigging or drop shot fishing work the best
      bigger bass were in 25 to 32 feet of water. fish slow fish are starting to school.

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

      Report: went up the west branch fished mostly points and rock piles. fish were schooled up caught multiple fish each time i found them. started with crank baits couple smaller fish,noticed that they were spitting up little biat fish so switched to a minnow colored roboworm with little weight.bight was on after that. caught a couple of keeper size largies with a lot of fight in them the rest were slot size spots.had a lot of action all day.
      City: paradise

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

      Report: SHADOW CLIFFS BACK LAKES RE-OPENED!!!!
      I was walking my dog yesterday at the back lakes and saw signs with fishing the regulations! They took out the old signs that said no fishing. Saw a few bank fisherman so I figured I'd run home and grab my tube. Weather was around 80 degrees and water was warm. Flipped a senko around for 6 fish. Biggest was close to 3 pounds. Made my day to see that place re-opened.
      City: Pleasanton

  • Coos County, Oregon
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This lake is horrible in the late summer early fall due to the shortage of water and the thickness of dead weeds. This lake has two main places to catch any quality fish and they get hammered all the time. I only managed to get to small 2#'s for the whole day. When the rains start and the lake begins to fill again, there will be lots of fish in the back arms again esp. Coleman, Templeton and Big Creek.

Friday, October 14th, 2011

  • Plumas County, California
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 10 trout largest 7lb 2oz on spoons and small minnow jerk baits. Fish were on the west side near the dam.
      City: Pollock Pine

      Tips: Call ahead for stock report.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a great bite. The fish were really active and gave great fights when hooked. The day before was a a bright, hot, sunny day without an ounce of wind and no moving water. It was the clearest water I've ever seen on the delta. That day I happened to stumble upon a weed bed that was loaded with bass. The water was too clear though. So the next day my buddy and I headed to that weed bed. Similar conditions but there was cloud cover. We were in between tides and the water was rising. I threw 6" black n blue senkos and it was game on. Caught 16 in two hours. All keepers with the smallest weighing 1.10 and biggest went 3lbs. They had a lot of fight in em. I swear I was reeling in 5 pounders. Unfortunately my buddy only hooked into 2 fish. He didn't have proper tackle and was dealing with a set up that hadn't been used in 15 years. We had a blast though and the both of us caught a fish each on our first casts of the day. Gotta love that
      City: Oakley

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      Water Temp: 60 - 65 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Luanched the custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's about 9:00 a.m. and was off the water at 5:30 p.m.(I was late for my own birthday dinner with the family). I started out towards Big Al's, but when I saw the dredger was working in the area I decided to turn around and head for 14 Mile Slough and also fished Disappointment Slough. Confirming Burkes report there was a good spinnerbait bite( first 5 fish limit of the day). With the bright sunny day today the flip/punchen' bite was on in the hyicinth and other floating weed mats (second 5 fish limit). I was all out of my sweet beavers so I used Strike King flippen tubes and the bass were smoking them. My third 5 fish limit today came off of a black/brown jig probing the outside edge of the weed line during the bottom out low tide. My last 5 fish limit came from a crome/blue Rat-L-Trap which I alternated back and forth with the spinnerbait as search patterns. Big fish today was 5.5 lbs. punchin' the flippen tube (2 tone Black/red with red flake).
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Use a search pattern then rework the area with a slower pattern. The larger fish today preffered to be buried up underneath the thick floating mats. I enjoyed catching my first 5 fish limit on the 8 ft. Xheavy action Okuma Swimbait rod which is going to work out being a good puchin rod too.