Fishing Report

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Friday, April 22nd, 2011

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

      Report: On vacation in Windsor and haven't fished here in 20 years. I didn't get there till 12:30 and to my suprise, I caught 4 fish in an hour off the bank near the boat launch. 2 smallies were 3 lbs. and two smaller ones. I splitshot night crawlers and tried plastic worms. This is a great smallmouth lake and I cant wait to fish here in a boat.

      Tips: Walking the bank was very dangerous. I would fish this lake by boat. $3.00 to launch a boat here(that's great).

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

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

      Report: I've seen and caught strippers on berry, but never stripers. Next time post, which i doubt i'll see, a picture of said striper. please include some sort of backround like markly...or a stripper.

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      Water Temp: 63-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wow, what a great day at the lake! Got the day off so decided to head out to Berryessa. The custom Ranger is still in the shop, so I still had to fish from the sidelines. I didn't have as much luck as I have the last few times; probably only pulled in 10-12 all day. They really seemed to be chasing crankbaits today. I don't mean to sound crazy, but I am catching striper in Berryessa. Don't ask me how they got there, but they are there. Maybe birds transplanted them. Anyway the lake was beautiful today. Spawn is around the corner.

      Tips: crankin', rattlin', clackin'

  • California
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      Water Temp: 40's to 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished primarily for Largemouth Bass and Trout second. Fished early mornings on the 21st, and 22nd at the rock point/launch ramp near the Standfield Cutoff.Caught 1- 5 pound FAT bass, and 2 smaller 2 to 3- pounders on a KVD 2.5 cranker. Also caught a 12 inch trout on the cranker same area. Got hits on Drop Shot Senko and Robo in the same area ,but had to leave. Bass and Trout jumping all over
      City: Oxnard

      Tips: I fished the North facing sunlit rocks and bumped that crank into what ever. Also fished the eddy's coming around the rock point with the Senko and got hits.Felt Great fishing unknown water and catching my favorite fish. Big Bear is a awesome lake!

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 63-64

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished South Windy all day water is still off color.Only managed small limit all Flippin tules on deep water
      City: Woodpile

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Delta/Stockton

      Bass**** Stripers** Sturgeon***

      Sturgeon action remains hot in the deep water in the Carquinez Straits near the Green Buoy, Eckley Pier and Dillon Point. The high winds have limited boating activity in the main Sacramento River in the Pittsburg area with gusts to 30 mph over the weekend. James Nguyen of Dockside Bait in Pittsburg said the striper bite was on its way up before the winds started to howl. The waters of the San Joaquin River are still high but clearing rapidly. Scattered schools of stripers are moving quickly through the system. The best striper fishing is found either in the Pittsburg area or in the north Delta above Rio Vista. Alan Fong of the Fisherman's Warehouse in Sacramento reported outstanding largemouth bass fishing in the Delta with "perfect water conditions." Randy Pringle, the Fishing Instructor, has been using reaction baits such as the Pure Poison or Timber Tiger DC8 in black/orange, as the fish have moved off the banks with the cool morning temperatures. He expected the large females to move up on the coming full moon. The 10-inch Berkley Power Worm is effective on the outside edges with a slow presentation, and there is a top water bite starting in the back coves with the IMA Big Stik in the flats for the occasional largemouth in the 4- to 7-pound range. Fresh shad is still very limited for bait soakers.

      Call: Randy Pringle (209) 543-6260; Stan Koenigsberger/Quetzal Adventures (925) 570-5303, Mark Wilson Sport Fishing (916) 682-1630; Intimidator Sport Fishing (916) 806-3030; Jolly Jay's Guide Service (209) 478-6645

      Read more: http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/04/20/2357891_p4/fishing-report-week-of-april-20.html#ixzz1KAwDL4Q3
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Fresno Bee fish report

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of G-Bay windy and white caps. Fished coves and flats for four hours pulled in 2, 2.5- 3 pounders.Lots of play just couldnt get anymore fish to commit for a little fun. All fish came on spinnerbaits.
      City: ROSEVILLE

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

      Report: Went out to yorty today with my dad to test out are new kyaks and do some fishin. We started on the side across from the beach wher i hooked a nice 2 lb small mouth on a texas senco ,and then we headed to the back of the yorty inlet about an hour later I hooked a 6 lb 4oz LM on a 1/2 oz bass colored painted blade spinnerbait . I caught one more LM that went 2 1/2 lbs on texas ending the day with three fish and fightin the wind back to the launch.
      City: Healdsburg

      Tips: The fish are there but your line has to be in the water to catch a fish keep castin give em every thing you got.

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 57-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Brannan Island SP and worked all the areas between that and Mokulemne by B&W; real spotty and hardly any action. Lipless and speed traps produced a few barely keepers to about 1.5lbs but nothing bigger. Senkos and jig/trailer combos picked up 3 more. Hard fishing all day and I don't know about the "perfect conditions" reported below.
      City: sac

      Tips: Our report is nothing like the previous...not sure if it's a plug to get people's blood pumping but check out all the previous reports and the one before this seems like an ad for local stores and guides.

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: 63f

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started fishing across from the boat ramp and picked up 2. Went around to the island which is still under water and got another 3. The fishing was good all day all over the lake. When my son and I left we had a total of 14 bass, 3 crappie caught on bass tackle ( 1 crappie was over 13 inches)and a carp.

      Tips: The hot bait was a brown tube.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 56-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my son and dad out for a day on CFW. Had a pretty good day considering I had to re-tie and and get snags about 50 times. Found fish near submerged willows, brush and secondary points. Boated two 3#'s and the rest below. Lost two donkeys near the boat. Both were largies im guessing a 7# and 5#. Both were on green pumpkin brush hogs pitched in at isolated willows. The rest were caught with senkos.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Fish submerged willows in coves and inlets just before the bear river arm. Have fun and be safe.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 54-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: With the water level up and the surface temp rising there will be more shallow fish biting and more spawners everyday.

      The fishing this last week has been great but the catching on some days slow, Its like one day they bite great and then the next I have to work hard to get a limit.

      We are catching fish up to 5 1/2 pounds and even a few small keeper size fish. Using plastics, jigs, swim baits and minnows.
      City: Clear Lake

      Tips: Tips, if you find a school of pre spawn fish and they dont bite try returning to them a few timed during the day.
      My best luck catching the pre spawn fish has been in 23 to 14 ft of water.

      Have Fun ! ............ steveperkinsfishing.com

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from Barret south. Many LM up to 4 lb, but non less than 2.5 lb. Difficulty finding spots over 2 lbs. Majority of fish caught on Senkos, down 10 - 15 Ft.
      City: San Jose

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bass bite is on fish are moved to the back of coves and creek inlets caught fish from 15 feet up to the shoreline 25 fish day sincos natural colors
      City: redding

Monday, April 18th, 2011

  • San Bernardino County, California
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      Water Temp: cool

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Super clear water, still pretty cool. While the trout were active, the Bass were real lazy. Along nearly every bank I walked along I could spot at least one very good sized bass lingering in one spot. I hooked into a very nice 4 lb smallie along the south side of Cleghorn Cove using a 3/4 trout colored spoon. At parking lot 2 near the marina if you walk south along the swim beach back into a small hole, there is some floating debris. I drew out several largemouth from back there under logs with Senkos. in the center of hole it is deeper than it looks and they seem to be spotting their beds, but they are not real active
      City: Delta, PA

      Tips: Senkos for now, the water is real clear so keep them natural. Baby Bass, Salamander and trout colored is my recomendation. before 8 am on the banks and after 4pm in the coves. between 6pm and 9pm if you can get on some docks, Pig N Jig.

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 58-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We had a great spring like day for our seventh and last Berryessa Pro Team Tournament of the year, the air temperature was 70 degrees and the water temperature was 63-70 degrees with 10’-12’ visibility. After two months of constant pressure and after a tournament on Saturday, the teams all caught limits with double digit weights. Thanks to the 14 teams for coming to Markley Cove for the April 17, 2011 Tournament, our smallest turnout for the year. Hopefully we’ll have a better turnout next year with Berryessa kicking out some great sacks this year. Blast-Off was dry and warm, and at the weigh-ins there was a little wind that kicked up, all-in-all a beautiful spring day. The lake was hammered the day before, but most teams weighed in solid bags; with the top teams each weighing in a big bed fish for 20# plus bags. The top teams managed to find some nice largemouth that moved up, fishing spawning areas throughout the main lake from 0’- 20’. The majority of the teams had a good day, bringing in a lot of nice largemouth, a couple of spotted bass, and very few nice smallies. Some fish were caught on jigs, senkos, and swim baits in the main body. Teams reported fish being caught in 0-25 feet of water, with the fish starting to move up for the full moon spawn. I want to thank our sponsors: Centennial Batteries, Guns Fishing & Stuff, Alan Fong, Dobyns Rods, Tomat’s Restaurant, Oroville Outdoors, Don Sebastiani Winery, Kazoku Teriyaki & More, Markley Cove, and Winters True Value Hardware for supporting the 2010-2011 Berryessa Pro Team Trail! With a giant bag of 20.92# and a 8.04# kicker First Place went to ‘The Repeat Anglers of the Year’ Chris Franks (Petaluma) and Stephen Seals(Windsor), Jack & Colton Jeha took Second place honors weighing another giant sack of 20.80# with the big fish of the tournament weighing 10.07#. Third Place went to Dave Raper (Vacaville) and Anthony Piccardo (Sacramento) weighing a solid 16.72# bag. Again Thanks to all the teams for fishing the Berryessa Pro Team Circuit and another great tournament on Lake Berryessa! Tell another team to come join us on Berryessa and I’ll see you all again next year. Any questions email me at dukekalani@yahoo.com or call me at (530)795-2659. New schedule should start in October 2011 and I’ll keep everyone posted! Thanks for a great year to ALL the teams that fished!

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      Water Temp: 62-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Nice day on the lake for a Tourney. I must have pushed my custom Ranger a little to hard on Saturday while I was pre-fishing because I couldn't get her off the trailer on Sunday. Me and my partner were forced to fish from the shore.
      Which was probably for the best since I was forced to work the evening shift at Wal-Mart and had to be off the lake by 3 anyway. Anyhow, the bite was pretty good from the shore out near Spanish Flat, I caught 4 within the first 45 minutes on an all chrome with a chrome bill crankbait (I call it my ice bait). Then I switched to a hand poured purple and green craw and landed a 7 lb pig. All the fish were really fat and healthy, the pre-spawn feeding must be in full swing. Before I left for the day I threw out some life craws and pulled in a pretty nice striper and a few crappie which will make a nice dinner. I thought that was a good stopping point and headed off to work.

      Tips: Never give up. If one method doesn't work try something else. Mix up the presentation. Don't be afraid to throw a color the fish aren't used to.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough day.. got 2 small ones. Missed a giant LMB on a frog at Mildred.
      City: Brentwood/Werner area

  • Calaveras County, California
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      Water Temp: 62-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Caught 8 fish all over 2 lbs with the largest approximately 5.5 lbs on Swim Baits and LC Rip Baits.
      All fish were in 2ft or less of water. Bite was not wide open, but steady through the day.

      Tips: Fish slow and on the bank. Cuts and points with rocks.

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out at 5:30 and fished the dam and caught 10 small mouth. drove into yordy creek and cought 13 small mouth and a couple large mouth. had a 23 limit in and 1.5 hours.
      City: rosa

      Tips: use a see through blue and a see through orange