Fishing Report

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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went up the mccloud this time. caught 8 none bigger than 2 lbs.
      City: Redding

      Tips: brown jig still

  • Coos County, Oregon
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      Water Temp: gettin' there

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I'm usually not one to listen to gossip or rumors but has anyone else heard anything at all about a 12.3 lb. bass that someone caught at get this- Creswell Pond! I would find it absolutely hilarious if it was true. I refer to that place as the "Dead Sea". Fished it a handful of times with nothing to show for it. Woundn't it be right on if the new Oregon state record came from another highly unlikely place like that! If it's true I may give up fishing Cottage Grove Lake and concentrate on getting my kayak into every pond within 20 miles of my house!
      City: yoncalla

      Tips: Don't wait until the start of the bass season to decide to put power disc brakes/rebuild the suspension on your '56 Chevy. I should have started ordering parts the day after Christmas!!! Go and let us know how you do. See you out there soon.

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

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

      Report: I work here in the office at Markley Cove Resort and we have receive numerous calls asking about the launch fee. After being given the correct amount (see Tips), a lot of callers tell us they saw it was $30 on your website & couldn't believe it!! It would be so great if you could update this. Thanks very much and happy fishing!
      City: Winters

      Tips: Markley Cove Resort Launch Fees:
      Off-Peak Season $15
      Peak Season $20

  • Benton County, California
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished deep off main points for most of the day used Jigs,and soft plastics. No bites in 4+ hours
      in the deepest part of the lake. Fished structure on main body with some brush hogs and speed craws.
      Vegetation is mostly dead and if there are fish here, I couldn't find them. I love the scenery here but can't get over the inactivity. I caught a couple of bluegill on a worm rig and a trout.
      Don't waste your time here.
      City: Santa Cruz

      Tips: Go somewhere else. Caught bass here before but that was a few years back. The bucket brigade probably took them home.

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Someone please post a meaningful report.. went out and couldn't get bit to save a life! Cranks, jigs, beavers, dropshot, flukes, lunker punker...nothing!
      City: Sac

      Tips: If I caught, I'd offer it up, but nothing worked!

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Someone please post a meaningful report.. went out and couldn't get bit to save a life! Cranks, jigs, beavers, dropshot, flukes, lunker punker...nothing!
      City: Sac

      Tips: If I caught, I'd offer it up, but nothing worked!

  • Benton County, California
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      Water Temp: 45?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out for opening day because we heard this place has some bass. Pretty sunny with scattered clouds. We rented a boat with a electric motor. We fished deep and shallow. We through everything from drop shots and deep diving crankbait to jigs, senkos, and flipped beavers. Not a bite, we didn't see any fish or forage. All the tules were dead. I haven't seen a fish here in years...I think the lake is dead.
      City: Felton

      Tips: Stick to the Santa Clara Valley lakes...they have fish!

Monday, February 28th, 2011

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Jack - You can obtain current water temperatures (and much more information)on a website operated by the Department of Water Resources. Here is a link to the information at Little Potatoe Slough: http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryF?LPS

      IDs for many other locations in the Delta can be found at this this link: http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/mapper?level=2&map=17&quad=14

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

      Report: We all know the fate of the bass in this lake. The real mystery is what the hell happens to all the trout planted. The birds take some. The fish and fisherman take less. I think most of the trout swim str8 to hell.
      City: drawbridge

      Tips: Fish here long and fish here often. Expect to get skunked. Only then are you a quarry lake guru.

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 49-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Saturday the 26th myself, and two other anglers, Nick and Steve, got to the Lake Sonoma at around 7am. We had post-frontal conditions, with partly cloudy skies and a light north wind. The water temp was 52 degrees with 2-4 foot clarity. Our first stop was a big flat with a few scattered rock piles, in the Warm Springs Arm. The bite was on, and in the first 20 minutes of the day we landed 7 bass, a mix of large-mouth and small-mouth. We fished 3/8 oz. jigs and Dry Creek Tubes fished in 15-25 feet of water. The key was to find those larger rock piles, and make sure to drag the bait as slow as possible. We put a few of the bass in the livewell, for pictures at the end of the day, and a couple crawdads got spit up. They were light brown with bright orange claws. We matched our jigs and tubes accordingly and worked our way through the narrows, stopping to fish any of the points that had rock. We picked up a few more small-mouth bass, all around 2lbs. From 10am-2pm, the bite got tough for us, we didn’t catch any bass, but Nick caught a nice 4lb steelhead on a crankbait. We then made a move towards back of the Warm Springs Arm. We found a couple rock piles that were stacked with fish. All were large-mouth bass, with the largest one going just over 4 pounds. By the end of the day we had caught a total of 20 bass. Monday the 28th was quite a different day. A cold storm had just arrived as we pulled up to launch the boat. There was a south wind and a heavy mist, which created a drizzle type rain that never let up all day. Right away I noticed the water temp had dropped a few degrees to 49. Ron and I fished all the areas through the narrows, where we’d been catching some nice small-mouth on Saturday, but only managed a couple tiny largemouth. It seemed many of the bass were suspended of the bottom. We worked reaction baits (spinnerbaits, ripbaits, and crankbaits), but had no luck. We went towards the back of Warm Springs to fish the rock piles that were productive on Saturday, and caught two more large-mouth on jigs, both were about a pound and a half. I dropped Ron off at the ramp at around noon and my friends, Hank and Chris, met me at the ramp. We fished around the narrows for a while but couldn’t buy a bite. For some reason this weather front really shut off the small-mouth. We then bounced around to a few new points in the Warm Springs Arm that I haven’t fished lately. All the spots were secondary points with rock. Using jigs and spinnerbaits (3/4 oz. white skirt/white blades), we caught a few more large-mouth. They weren’t as schooled up like they were before, we would hook one fish every half hour or so. By the end of the day we caught 12 large-mouth up to 3 pounds, and no small-mouth.
      City: San Bruno

      Tips: Please visit www.russnyders.com for more fishing reports, videos, and info on Northern California Guide Trips.

      <a href="http://www.russnyders.com/">Rus Snyders Guide Service</a>

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

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

      Report: Drove to the lake this morning to find that both ramps (Emerald Bay and Dark Day) are closed due to snow and ice.

      Tips: Call the Emerald Bay Marina before you go to make sure the ramps are open!

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 49-52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I did not take the custom Valco "BASSBUSTER1" out this afternoon since I was "on call" for my family. As nice as the day appeared to be this afternoon while I was walking the banks around Ladd's Marina and the Sail Boat club across the street. The jig bite was still going good, largest bass cuaght/released this afternoon went 6 lbs. using a brown jig w/punkinseed & chartruese power craw trailer. With the second month of 2011 almost gone I'm almost out of jig supplies as well. The water clarity still needs to improve from the last storm, but spring is coming soon. :-)
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Must keep looking for clearer/warmer water, sprint time is around the corner.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Would any of you be so kind as to pass along some water temps?
      City: Lodi

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

  • Coos County, Oregon
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      Water Temp: water level ris

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: the bass season is about to start. hoping for three to five days of sun so i can hit up my secret water level spot , usually land 4-15 bass every early year. bass master classic is just killing me to watch. but thats how it goes.
      City: cottage grove

      Tips: stay calm cuz fishing with this cold weather is a waste. even if you catch one remember you will always catch your share when the weather warms. small worm in the face makes em bite if you know what your doing. ha.

      biggest fish = 8.8 pounds on white spinnerbait of all lures !

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      Water Temp: too cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Just put the rod and reel away and learn to go into hibernation november- most of march. Sometimes we'll warm up enough to start catching a few during spring break. That is my starting point. Don't waste your time before then. I've only had one occasion where I hooked up in Feb. They were monster females though!
      City: Salem

      Tips: Play golf. Try to keep your mind off fishing. Don't watch fishing on T.V.

Friday, February 25th, 2011

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

      Report: Lake opens on april 14th to all boaters....Coyote Bait and Tackle is holding a small tournament the week before at Anderson on day one and Coyote on day two in early april. Top 20 are given the opportunity to fish yote one week earlier than the actual public opening on april 14. Ill be there hoping to get a chance to get some pigs before everyone else gets at em
      City: San Jose

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well for you Grown Men that Like to Tease and Make assumptions, I personally seen Jim's Bag and took a Picture of his fish with His camera..Now at that time He didn't have an 8 pound fish, But He did have 5 fish that would have went around 18-20 pounds just from looking! He had 3 spots that were 5Lbs easy, a small mouth that had to be 3-4lbs and a dink..He said he caught them on a swimbait and Honestly I have no idea how he caught them, but he did have 5 nice fish!!
      City: Sac

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: That's wat happen when u fish behind Jim...lol

      Tips: Fish in front of Jim

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 50?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got a chance to go out and saw Jim at the ramp. He said he caught 25 pounds in the morning with an eight pound kicker.

      My partner and I blanked again. Hold off on Folsom for now. Its still cold and really fluctuating which can turn the fish totally off.
      City: Mactown

      Tips: None. Didnt even get a bite.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 48-52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: on lake before sun up, fished from trimmer and up river. reaction bite early with some lm's very shallow. after bite died down plastics worked for fish in 25ft (had to search for them with electonics. stayed till wind picked up and bite slowed. 15 total, not much size but most biting fish were active.
      City: clovis

      Tips: a decent amount of driftwood is in the water and was tough to see when wind was blowing.