Fishing Report

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Sunday, June 5th, 2011

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 62-66

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: left Rivers End after the first rain of the day. Boated a 3#er out of the gate in the weeds on a b/b jig.continued to fish weeds with jig with little sucsess. The rain busted loose for about an hour. We almost called it quits. got back after it an they were busten on top. My buddy put on a frog only to watch them bust on it and fling it into the air. I put on a rage toad wtrmln red got a blow up and misssed, slowed it down and was nailn em about every 20 minutes for the rest of the evening
      City: tracy

      Tips: fish slow be safe

  • Trinity County, California
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      Water Temp: mid 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Thought I would try and repeat the day before and maybe get a big one. Fished the south end and on the water by 5:30am. The weather was horrible, no rain, and the sun came out early. Fished all new spots with the baby spook with no luck. Went back to two spots I fished the day before and had two nice fish explode on it but not take it. I did end up catching on 3lb small mouth. Off the water at 9:30am.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: go when its raining!

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 64-66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Can't believe I'm saying this, but I was able to complete 2 guide trips before the winter, err, summer storm hit! Weather went from post-front to clear on Thurs and clear to pre-front on Friday. Wow!! Fishing was excellent both days with a father-son team catching most of our 35+ bass on Thurs - including 5 over the slot and dad's near 19 inch spot! Most of their bass were caught on 6" Robo worms in green craw and junebug colors. Friday was new experience for me as I guided 2 sets of father-son pairs (all adults), and the fishing techniques were new for me also. They came from all over the country for a fishing reunion - with nightcrawlers!!! That's right! I had nightcrawlers wiggling all over my new carpet on my new Z521!! Actually, that's not true -they were very careful and it was a hoot for me to watch! One of the dads had a 40 year old fly rod break on a big spotted bass as he was dragging the crawler. We saw the fish - she was big. After 30 years of guiding I thought I had seen it all - this was a new territory for me. I did make 2 casts with a Robo PLASTIC worm and caught a nice spot - so as not to defame the reputation of my Ranger, har!! "LUNKERS LOVE NIGHTCRAWLERS" was a famous book that I got to see first-hand. They finally ran out of their 15(?) boxes of crawlers about the time to go home. They caught around 50 or so bass with 3 "overs". I spend the day amazed and getting to know my new 101 Minn Kota Fortrex which moved us around very well.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I was most concerned about the number of fish that might be harmed by using live bait. I was amazed that the guys were very quick on the hookset and only gut hooked about 5 of the bass. And the hook that remained in their gullet was a very small one. I fished the middle fork both days - finding fish very shallow and active about 10 am to 1 pm. When the sun came out, everything died. Fri morning it was clear and the bite was pretty good but seemed to slow after 11 am when it clouded up. Weird. Most bass were on points and clay/rock gentle slope banks. Thurday I had the guys fishing willows too - with good results. Watch for wood, but I found the lake to be amazingly clear of debris.

  • Trinity County, California
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      Water Temp: mid 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the south end. on the water by 6am. Fished a baby spook till 3pm. Caught 9 small mouth and 1 large mouth. 6 in the 2-3lb range. Lost 4 respectable fish and had several other hits. Had a couple big fish explode on the bait but they were not taking it. Was a lot of fun. Rained the entire day and the bite basically stopped at 11:00am. I think I caught one fish and had two hits after 11:00am.
      City: Weaverville

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Excellent day of fishing.Launched out of a little northern delta ramp.Caught 13 bass in 3 hours. I know there's some sceptics that will read this but most will believe.Pouring rain with 20mph winds. Best 5 went 17lbs with a six pounder.Everything was caught with red crankbaits,square and standard bill.Riprap with any wood in 4-10'was the key pattern.I had two other good days two weeks prior with a simular pattern.The best action was outgoing tides.I'm sharing my report because I have been able to figure out a pattern prior to fishing through all of the previously posted reports.Thanks
      City: galt

      Tips: eat tuna not bass

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 59-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished South Fork. Caught most of our fish near rock in less then 20 feet of water on spinnerbaits. Tried plastics but spinnerbait with chartreuse and white or blue and white coloring worked best. Didnt have much success in the willows. Caught around 30 for the day. My brother caught about a 2.5 lb red eye bass.
      City: sacramento

      Tips: Fish wind blown points and coves. try to find some larger rocks in the coves and have some fun!

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: 63f

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: It was slow in the morning but picked up with the wind. On a sexy shad robo worm I got my lake best of 9lb-8oz.My 85 yr.old fishing partner did a great job with the net.
      City: San Jose

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 61-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished yorty creek area. Jigs,brushogs and lipless crankbaits. Saw several fish still guarding beds but most fish in 5-10 feet around wood.
      City: Novato

      Tips: Try everything.

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: Low 60's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The lake is just under 2' from full pool. The bite has been pretty decent despite the recent storms that we have been getting. Bass are still being caught mainly on soft plastics such as weightless wacky rigged Senkos, tubes and 6" straight tail worms on 1/8 to 3/16 oz. dartheads fished from the shoreline out to around the 20' mark. The water in the Squaw and Pit arms of the lake has been running a little dirtier than the Sac and the McLoud. Bass are still in all stages of the spawn. Look for staging fish waiting to move up around 20' deep off of steeper drop off's, Spawning fish on long flats from the shoreline out to 15' and post spawners around the willows.
      City: Shasta Lake

      Tips: If you are planning on heading out give us a call at 1-800-462-3917 or 530-275-4939 for the latest info on how the lake is fishing.

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

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

      Report: Met an elderly Chinese man named Tom who told me he has caught hundreds of LM bass at this lake over the years. He told me the secret to catching them and gave me one of his special lures. I went back the next week and caught a 2 lber off the boat house dock.

      Tips: They're in there so keep trying. Please catch and release.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished lake pillsbury from the 29th thru the 31st. the first night i fished from shore with my gf and caught one 1 pounder on a white rooster tail, and a small sunfish. the next day my buudy showed up with the boat and we went out for a couple hours. the wind dam near pushed us off the water at 130. we were out for about 2 hours, and only graphed about ten fish. we could not find them. the didnt seem to be shallow, or deep. the next day me and the gf went out to the same spot i got the small fish the pouring rain, i got a 3.5-4 pounder on a 3 inch fluke, and that was it. not too productive, we couldnt seem to locate fish. didnt even get to kill any squaw fish
      City: ro po

      Tips: im not really sure, find the fish i guess, then go from there. good luck

Monday, May 30th, 2011

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

      Report: All these weird weather patterns are causing real tough bite. I fished mainly Kelsey creek and other nearby sloughs due to the high winds and wave action. I tried a variety of plastics, but in the end a green pumpkin senko seemed to be the ticket. I caught three bass, ranging from 4 to 6 pounds. Target tules with weed growth in front, and don't fish too close to the cover, the fish seemed to be real finicky.
      City: Corte Madera

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: 67-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Just a quick report on DVL. I got out on the lake from 9:45 - 4:30. I caught 6 fish, 5 keepers and 1 short. All the fish came drop shotting pink worms on the south side of the lake from 5-25 feet. The senko bite that I had expected did not materialize.

      For a complete report with pictures please visit my website at
      www.SchneiderFishing.com
      City: Hemet

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: First two hours had solid top water bite on popper and white spook. All fish on main lake points and had to let bait sit before they would commit. Then it was C-Rig and drop shot for the rest of the morning with most fish in the 15-20 range.
      City: Modesto

  • Trinity County, California
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      Water Temp: mid 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to the north end as all the weeken warriors were leaving after the holiday weekend. Got to the ramp about 1:00pm and the wind was howllin. Decided to give it a try but was blown off the lake 45 minutes later. Fished the ball park (wind blown bank) with no luck. Called it a day.
      City: Weaverville

Sunday, May 29th, 2011

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took the boy up the 29th and 30th. Sunday the weather was beautiful with light winds. Lake is prolly 6ft from full pool. Stayed in Potters and North Fork all day catching 1/8oz darthead/4" worm fish all day. Color didn't matter. Most fish were caught in the 10-15ft range. We caught around 30 fish (lost count)with nearly half in the slot and 2 over. Overall weight was around 13lbs.

      Monday was alot windier. Caught 4 keeper spook fish early in Nork Fork. After sun came up, moved to Middle Fork and finished the day in South Fork. Had to switch to 1/4oz darthead due to the wind. Again, color didn't matter. Numbers went down a bit but quality stayed up. Had around 14lbs with two 3 lber's. Don't pass up the most outboard bridge pilings. Good fish holding there.

      Overall it was a great trip with my son. We had a blast catching fish after fish. The smile on his face after each fish he caught will be forever etched in my brain. Priceless!
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Spent most time in North Fork. 1/8oz darthead with 4" worm in your favorite color shallow should work.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: the fishing here sucks looks soo good though so i keep going back hopin it will break lost a big fish on a swimbait early in the year a few 5 lb spots but nothing consistant anyone on here been to pablo? lets get some reports goin
      City: richmond

      Tips: stay persistant

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

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took my daughter out on the south end. Sunny, warm and a lot of people on the water due to the holiday weekend. only caught three small small mouth crankin and rippin. We caught several nice trout on the crank baits. Slow day.
      City: weaverville

Saturday, May 28th, 2011

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of ladds @ 630 fished the back of ski beach caught 2 dinks off of chartruese and white persueder spinners and ran to white slough and caught a nice 4.5 pounder with a black and yellow spro popping frog. But the wind kicked up way to.much and decided to call it an early day.
      City: stockton

      Tips: Watch out for drunk boaters this weekend.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 2 dinks, one on a shakey head, the other on a crank, both up shallow.
      City: Monterey