Fishing Report

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Sunday, April 24th, 2011

  • Josephine County, Oregon
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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught around 20 fish most were small did catch a very nice 8.50lb near dam.
      City: Central Point

      Tips: all fish caught on small baby bass crank bait in 6-8 feet of water

Saturday, April 23rd, 2011

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 68-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I spent the day prefishing for an upcoming guide trip. The wind was blowing 20+ mph most of the day but the fishing remained quite good. The key was flipping tullie pockets near deep water. The fish were up shallow in the gaps between tullie clumps, most likely on beds but hidden by the murky water. I ended the day with 26 lbs for the best 5 fish. They were caught on senkos, creature baits, and one swimbait fish. Colors were green pumpkin and black/blue.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Keep moving until you find clearer water. The fish are shallow and active. Don't give up until you find fish that are willing to feed. Also, don't be afraid to throw topwater. The wind held it back today but the bites are there.

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      Water Temp: 59-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of big break at 9:00am started out throwing topwater to no takers till about 11:30am and bite turned on throwing horny toads watermelon red flake color 8-9 bites connected on four of them they dont seem to really be crushing it just yet but repeated casts to fish seem to aggravate them into biting we were throwing the frogs into the swiss cheese grass around the marinawhen bite slowed down we switched to flipping the new pit boss creature baits california color and picked off a couple of two pounders great day on the water never went farther than a two miles from the marina ended up with a 15lb limit no giants but loads of fun

      Tips: if fish swirl on the frog stick with it fish is most likely catchable pitch creatures with light weight for slow fall i threw them on 1/8 oz. weights, dad pitched them weightless plenty of bed fish around fish slow and you will see them tightlines

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      Water Temp: 63 - 67 degrees

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Today I decided to run my custom valco "BASSBUSTER1" south to Whiskey Slough, but ended up going just as far as Tiki Lagoon. The weekend boating traffic did not help the water conditions at all, but made it murkier to fish. No reaction bite, no jig bite, but did manage a few fish using a carolina rig with black red flake zoom trick worms.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Today I reinforced why I prefer to fish the week days only. It's nice to have a night job.

  • Merced, California
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      Water Temp: 66 - 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: caught and released well over 100 fish in the 3 - 4 lb range. caught em on everything. what a blast. these fish are really lookin good. there bodies are catchin up with there heads and there color was awesome. the 1.5 and 2.5 really killed em.
      City: Hilmar

      Tips: throw what you like to use and be ready at all times.

  • Leon County, California
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      Water Temp: 61-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: K so I see some other guys rippin out here and thought I'd get this lafayette report going again. Fishing was alright we ran all over and took a while to actually find some fish. Threw everything including a little top water and swimbaits (hudds & 3:16) but only got em on drop-shot and wacky senkos. Fish are closer to the tules and on the bottom. There are some post-spawn fish hangin around the surface but the majority of the bass are still pre-spawn. Looked everywhere for beds but only found 1 that looked pretty old. This bite should spark up pretty soon. Anyone who fishes here knows it can be a grind but the reward can be awesome! Best 5 only went about 10.
      City: aranzbabak@yahoo.com

      Tips: Anyone reading this and fishes lafayette (which can be a very high-quality fishery if you know what you're doing) please post about your success and failure. We gotta get this report going again so we can help each other. Going back out on Sat and hope to see some other guys out here. Remember this is pretty small lake that gets a load of pressure when you think about how small it is so remember, as always, please practice catch and release.

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Friday and Saturday. Weather was perfect. Partner and I caught around 15 fish each day hitting the Middle and South forks. As much as I tried topwater I was only able to coax one blowup. Hoefully once the lake and weather stablize ripping and topwater will turn on. Lake does look great!!!! Tons of active eagles!!!
      City: Oroville

      Tips: Most of our fish caught on Senkos and tube baits.
      Most main points produced a fish or two. The spots look like they are ready to burst! Biggest fish went around 2.8#.
      Watch out for logs and trees floating around open water.

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 57-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished about 8 hours. Cool, rainy weather most of day. Smaller green tubes produced around 7 fish for me in the 12-14 inch range. I switched to Senko (style) rigged wacky with o-ring and caught 3 pounder on first cast. 2 casts later I lost a trophy at the boat. 8-9 pound range...wow. Heart pounding now. Caught about 15 more off this rig in about 15-25 feet of water. Am guessing with stabilized weather the bite will really be on.
      City: Reno

      Tips: Greens/Earthtones worked best. Wacky rigging with o-ring, #4 Owner mosquito hook, and small splitshot. Very light bite, watch your line.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished silverthorn on sat. Minnows were a no go. Switched to baby bass senkos and the fight was on! 6 fish in an hour all were 2 pounds or bigger. Find submerged trees or bushes and throw up against them. Fish r taking it on the fall.
      City: Redding

      Tips: FIsh r full of eggs and ready to spawn. Let the good times begin!

  • Coos County, Oregon
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      Water Temp: low 50's?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Cottage Grove on Friday and Saturday before work. Didn't get a bite Friday but on Saturday I got my first bass of 2011. Got it along the west shore by some rocks with a crawdad colored crankbait. It bit pretty close to shore and didn't feel like that big of a fish- maybe a 3-3 1/2 pounder. Once I was sure it was hooked good I lifted it out and man did she have a fat belly. Put her on the scale and she was 1 ounce shy of 5 pounds. Now that's the way to start the year. The bass was only 20 1/2" long but 19" in girth. Worked that spot over good before moving on and didn't get any bites. The lake looks good the water is 1/2 way up the dock and I like the water color right now. Can't wait to get the boat out soon.
      City: yoncalla

      Tips: I'm gonna try to use more crankbaits this spring- I looked through my records and almost every year I get a few nice fat bass on them and I like tossing them and rooting around the bottom whether it's rock, weed or wood. And thanks for the Tenmile report Gunz- we'll be there in about 3 weeks so we hope you're right about it turning on in 2 weeks! Sorry you didn't catch any hogs- keep at it!

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      Water Temp: 53.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Tenmile on Friday, 4/23/11. Clear and 55-60 degree air temp. Water temp 53.5. Lake depth 11.5 ft. Bass are still deep. Went to 8 favorite spots that produce every year and did not see any bass on or near beds. Fished deeper 6-12 feet off docs and submerged logs, no fish. Bait fish and small bass were not to be seen. Lake has dropped 6 inches in the last two days and warmed up to 54+. Looks like another week or two until the action starts.
      City: Eugene

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

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

      Report: First I have heard of Stripers in Berryessa. They have not been planted and I don't see how they could make it in on their own. My suggestion would be not to release them if you manage to catch one. If the striper population grows then bass fishing will suffer. Just look at New Hogan.

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      Water Temp: 62-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I hate to back up a guy with the username Myboatsfaster, but I have caught a striper in Berryessa also. They must be sneaking in from somewhere. If someone knows how I'd like to know.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 65.5 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My friend Dan Gee and I caught our limits of largemouths in waters off the Mokelumne River.
      Dan's biggest went 10 lbs 7oz and 6 lbs 13oz. My
      biggest went 9 lbs 11oz. All fish were caught on 912 Senkos.
      City: Sacramento, CA

      Tips: Fish slow near deep water.

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      Water Temp: 61 - 64 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Ran up to the upper end of 14 Mile Sluogh today near the Paradise Point Bridge in my custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1". First started out with my usual checking to see if there was a reaction bite first. It ended up being a finesse bite for me Mojo Shotting a 7" Berkley hand poured worm straight tail Oxblood/Blu/red flake. Biggest bass today went 5 pounds. She felt real good on my medium action spinning rod with 8 lb. flouracarbon line.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Keep looking for the clearer water. With the higher than normal high tides the shallow weedy sides of banks were holding fish from 5 to 10 feet, just work your presentations slow.

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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Potato, Little Potato, White and Honker Cut, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Used Shad Speed Trap, Bl/B jig, Green Weenies and white Spinnerbait. No bites on anything but the green weenies (with red and green fleck). Caught 20 fish total for the day, all in shallow water near deeper water. All males up to 3#. Bite was soft and slow. Overcast all day with wind to 8 8MPH. Most fish were bloody. Caught a 1# with a fresh crawdad in it's mouth.

      Tips: DON'T bother launching out of Terminous. Use BW or Ladds.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Worked All day on friday got to Lex around 5 pm picked up 2 on the first spot best 2.5# then went to a second spot to catch 6 more. Best there 2 ish. All on white spinner bait, ten feet from shore between submerged bushes. Cast and 20 count ten reel peacefully with few stop starts. Funest day of fishin I ever had and still made days wage.
      City: santa cruz

      Tips: Just put your time in fishin.Oh and fishin alone aint so bad!

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

      Report: Fished for about 4 hours on Good Friday. Had the most luck on green and brown soft plastics, fished slow. Caught 5 total, all in the 2-3 lb range.
      City: Lakehead, CA

      Tips: Fish slow! Most of the fish hit on the drop, and it was a very soft bite. The females we caught were getting pretty fat in the belly and looked like they were close to spawning. Should be a good fishing this summer.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Any body fishing up the pit, close to arbuckel flat? Just wandering if the fish have moved up in numbers from the secondary points yet?Whats the water temp?Thanks
      Si
      City: lakeview ore.

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 60plus

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Good day on Yorty.Caught lots of fish. No smallies this week.Tried spinnerbaits.propbaits.shad raps.with no takers...Yum Dingers and garlic did the trick........bare banks and on stumps.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Presure bite and watch your line.