Fishing Report

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Sunday, April 17th, 2011

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my son to yorty creek around 10am. We caught 3 fish in about 2 hours yet saw around 10 others caught. Being it was the weekend it was pretty packed out there, biggest fish we caught went about 4lbs.
      City: Geyserville

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

  • Yuba County, California
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      Water Temp: 52-52 main lake

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 22lbs for 5. Broke my spot record three times over today in a club tourney. Two 5s and a solid brace of 3-4s. Fishing was slow, only got a dozen bites today, but the best four went 18lbs together.
      City: Santa Cruz

      Tips: Extended, flooded points and island tops. Not wind = no reaction bite. Got most on a darterhead, and one of the 5s ate a slow rolled blade when the wind came up around 2. 20-40 feet deep for the bigguns

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This report is about a week late.
      I launched my custom built 15' Gregor "Bass Assassin" at that free ramp off Diablo near downtown Stockton. I loaded up my gear and my "old lady" in the "Bass Assassin" and headed out. The "old lady" has been on a diet so the "Bass Assassin" was able to maintain it's 25 mph top end speed. I made a long run and there was quite a bit of boat traffic and the "Bass Assassin" took a small wave over the back of the transom when I slowed down to get over a yacht roller. I got the ol' "Bass Assassin" mopped out and proceeded to my first spot. The tide was low and the place was screwed up. Caught one small bass off a senko and missed another off a jig. Got out of there a couple hours later and headed back to the port downtown because the "old lady" wanted to go to the Asparagus Festival. I battled the wind and waves from those big offshore boats and finally made it back in my trusty "Bass Assassin".
      I dropped her off and dropshotted a few more bass downtown. Nothing big but it was some action.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: I think it has been tough out there but some guys are getting them. Hit it as often as possible because its gonna turn on soon.

  • California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing flats and rocks was the trick for 25 plus fish day. Most 1lb or so. Two 3lb spotties, and a mix of largemouth and smallies too. fished 8:00-2:00 nonstop bites, action. All fish on plastics. Did'nt change up cause it never shut down!
      City: Loomis

      Tips: Carolina rig lizards, grubs, roboworms. Wacky rigged senko's= GOOD TIME!!

  • Ventura County, California
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: tight to the brush,best bet,inside pockets,7in ox blood red flake (robo)sweet beaver watermellon purple texas rigged,sinkos either drop shot,texas rigged or fly line,light pressure bite on the worms.
      City: la canada

      Tips: texas sweet beaver,drop shot 7in robo ox blood light red flake,sinkos drop shot,texas or fly lined,brush

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a nice bass on a wacky rigged smoke senko. Had some other good strikes as well. Saw some very large fish; one chased my Huddleston into shore. Creatures did nothing. Same for flukes. Best fishing was two hours before dusk. Also fished surface lures and no takers.
      City: danville

      Tips: I had to reel super slow with the wacky rig. Fish and good hits came right after a strong twitch. I fished the Huddleston too fast and paid for it.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 54.6 / 58.9

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: There are a good number of bass in the 2 to 2 1/2 pound range.bass are shallow 1/8oz finesse jigs 4" twin tail grub trailers. Baby brushogs & senko's are working. Traffic is light after easter weekend call for info lake my be close for repair work on rock slide & wall 559-689-3255.
      City: madera ca.

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 63-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Comming off good sucess at Don Pedro, came to a screeching halt at Mcclure. LMB and SMB dont bed like spots, and as a result I didnt really see any beds today. Fished with the family, to get tuned up for the Mike Van Guilder Sr. Tournament. Wife caught her first bass. And I was able to boat a couple as well all in the Temperance area.
      City: Atwater

  • Fresno County, California
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Nice day at Millerton today. Great weather, lots of 14-16 inch spotted bass willing to bite all over the lake. Only fished the points on the main lake and probably managed 30 spots in about 4 hours fishing.

      Today we used jigs as our main bait and small 4 inch texas rigged Keeper worms as our secondary bait. Both baits worked supurbly. Again, this is a great lake to take a kid fishing.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Jigs, texas rigged plastics and senkos working good right now.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bite was tough today, overcast then the sun came out around noon, thought it would bring fish to the shallows but couldn't find them. we stuck 5 big squaw fish, ahh, finally went back to pogi piont and stuck a nice 4 lb large mouth on a junebug lizard texas style on edge of weeds. that was it for the day. Water was very cold, had a few good bites on a swimbait but did not hook them. Bite should be better in a few weeks. Water temp got up to 59 degrees at end of day.
      City: Ukiah

      Tips: Go BIG OR GO HOME!

  • California
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: First time back here with son, John, in several years. Lake is at over 100% capacity, making it like a new lake from when we fished it before. Lush green hillsides and full pool make it one of prettiest lakes in California. Fished Picnic Bay without success before moving to White Oak Flat. Tried deeper off-shore areas of the flat looking for pre-spawners and then moved in to fish just outside the mudline along the shore of White Oak Flat. Nailed a nice 5 lb 6 oz. bass on a black Swimming Senko...great fight on a light casting outfit with two classic jumps that got the adrenaline rushing. John caught three smaller bass, one on a T-rigged worm and two on a shad-colored crankbait. Enjoyed the use of one of Don Lopez's aluminum fishing boats, especially because the outboard motor started easily every time and the boat was clean and dry. Don is a hoot to deal with and made our day very pleasant. We'll be returning to Santa Margarita and exploring other areas of the lake on which we've made lots of great fishing memories.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Be patient in finding spots to fish when there are four club tournaments being held there as was the case on this Saturday. Because it was fairly windy most of the day (12 - 16 mph), we found it useful to have a heavy anchor that could keep us stationary while fishing the windward shores (which also seemed to reduce the competition from the tourney anglers).

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 57-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was tough today. I had one bass while drop shotting in coves with floating wood. A couple more using a crawdad crank bait on rocky banks next to wood but not in or on top of it. I did not see any beded fish.
      City: Napa

      Tips: The water level seems to have drop a good 3 feet in a week, although there is water flowing in. The h2o temp needs to rise. I was at Berryessa two weeks ago and the h20 temp 59-62 and Conn Dam last week with h20 61-63. Those fish are scouting out beds and cruising the shallows.

  • Coos County, Oregon
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      Water Temp: 50-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: caught 17 bass on april 16th and then caught 11 bass on april 17th great day on the lake biggest bass was about 6.5 pounds smallest bass was about 2 pounds pretty average day on cottage grove reservoir can't say what i was using because that's the secret lure . ha
      City: cottage grove

      Tips: would like to tell secret lure but cannot due to promises to people but use abu garcia revo line of reels they are legit ! booraa

Friday, April 15th, 2011

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

      Report: There are no stripers in Berryessa

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 56-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This report is a bit tardy but conditions haven't changed too much, so hopefully it still helps. Fished the Delta all day with a bubby on the 10th and 15th. All fish hit on 4" and 5" Senkos in shad and craw colors. No takers on cranks or spinners.

      10th: Launched out of Tower Park and found clear water in Little potato and White's slough, as well as Honker Cut. Caught a 2lb-12oz in Little Potato, a 7lb-1oz and 2lb-4oz in White's, and two 2 pounders in Honker Cut. Fish were in weeds in 2 - 6 feet of clear water a few feet outside of the tullies.

      15th: Launched out of Sugar Barge and went south to Sand Mound slough for 2 fish, and then north to Piper slough for three more - all around 1.5 to 2.5 lbs - and all in 2 to 10 feet of water tight to cover. We found a number of males guarding beds around Frank’s Tract that weren’t interested in any lures.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: I’m doing better spending lots of time in areas where I find clear water, rather than spending that time searching out more clear areas.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: A group of use fished from friday to Sunday and the trees is where they were hiding. Friday was the best day we ever had on that lake. White spinner bait or a white chatter bait. We had 2 1/2 to 4.0 lbers all day, just in the afternoon 20 plus bass. At one time we had seven bass with in 30 minutes. Saturday was tougher but the darter head did give us 25 plus not as big.Sunday the winds came in 10 MPH plus but on the long banks with threes i boated 10 bass over 3 lbs with in two hours. So get out there and get a boat full of bass then release them so we can come back.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Main body and rock creek. have fun.

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 53-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Must be a toournament this weekend, bass boats everywhere. Fish seem to be on beds and the tourney guys will pull them off and take 'em away. Not good for our lake. Afternoon bite was good but everywhere you went there were 4 boats in the spot. Thought Friday would be a quiet day but not so.
      City: Rancho

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tuff bite on Friday.No rain or wind dead calm.Two green and one brown .Five inch dingers and one on a seven inch dinger.Presure bite.Feel weight and set the hook.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Good luck...................

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 57-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Luanched the custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's at 9 a.m. and was off the water by 12 noon to get some sleep for work tonight.

      With just a 3 hour window I headed for 14 Mile Slough. 6 bass today (all guarding males up to 2 lbs.) using crawdad speed traps and white spinnerbaits along the riprap. Inside LVW Marina I used a carolina rig with Zoom trick worms.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Look for the warmer water, main channel was 57. LVW was 60 by 11a.m. I feel like I missed a good afternoon bite today as the water temp was warming up.

  • Alameda County, California
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got a couple bass, best technique was a wacky rigged smoke senko. Fish were small. This lake needs structure.
      City: danville

      Tips: Reel very slow.