Fishing Report
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
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Camp Far West Lake
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Water Temp: 47
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Fished club tournament today. The fishing was tough, my partner and I only caught 7 fish all day the best five going 8.65lbs. The winning team had 14.70 with a nice 4.30lb spotted bass.
There was another club out also and I believe their winning weight was 12lbs. It was a strugle for most. Jigs worked best for us off of points and islands in 6-12 feet of water. football head jigs with yamamotto hula grubs in green or brown.Tips: Fish slow. Dock talk was all about jigs, drop-shot and senko's. a few anglers picked a couple up on crankbaits.
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Clear Lake
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Water Temp: 47* to 49*
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Took my nephew and started at 7am. Fished a couple of spots with success. Caught 16 between the 2 of us. 4-4lbs, 3-5lbs, 2-6lbs and an 8.5, the rest were 2s and 3s lbs. They didn't take any artificials. All were caught with Jumbo Minnows.
City: sacramentoTips: All were caught in the 20' to 25' depth. Fish slow.
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Don Pedro Lake
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Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Nobody reports, so I guess I'll give it a whirl. Went from 1 to 530 pm. Caught spots, largies, and a smallmouth. Most fish were ~1.5 lbs. One 4.2 largemouth and the smallie was 2.6. Fish were scattered. Caught spots in less than 5 ft to largemouths in 50 ft. Most fish came on senkos, a couple on a brown/purple proguide jig (I think Johnny c's jigs..not sure tho). Fished mostly channels in big creek and graveyard. 15 fish total.
Tips: The fish that I graphed deep were very catchable.
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Quarry Lakes
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Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: fished horseshoe from pathway between horseshoe and rainbow from 12:00-2:30 p.m. with different powerbaits for trout & not even a bite. last 30 minutes threw out a 10ft diver bright white bass lure and caught a 5-6 Trout. really want to find the bass bite out there, should be presawn now. i'll be out there.... fished rainbow today top water torpedos and pop'rs nothing. lead headed bright white jig= nothing. green senko= nothing. Feb.5 2011. no bites at all. casting into the wind= not the business... wind kicked up a 10" wake by 3:30. looking forward to big bass action soon with the coming warm weather. let me kno if any bass luck changes accure.
City: NilesTips: dont come bringing bait for one type of fish... bite is shot in the dark. ALWAYS bring a full tack box. from powerbaits and plastic worms for trout ( even crankbaits and kastmasters) but to keep one style up all day. if the trout arent biting typical baits get UP and start walking the banks throwing lures. Murky waters= use bright / white for bass use loud and bright and slow!!!! hope the warm weather brings a better bit for everyone. oh p.s. the 20-30 people every weekend on "fisherman row" arent fisherman... really wanna catch fish? find a better spot rather than lining up 30 deep / 2poles per person/ 2 baits per pole. u look silly. ( catching no fish.)
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Friday, January 28th, 2011
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Bullards Bar Lake
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Water Temp: 40-50
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: fished all day, points, coves, shallow, deep. You name it we fish it. No takers. Although we did see fish in the 20-40ft range, can not tell what type they were but it was frustrating to see them and not catch them.
City: Sacramento
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Clear Lake
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Water Temp: 47-51
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: I guided two good anglers last night with weather conditions very nice and fishing only sorta nice. I know one of my clients would do well since his last name is January!! And do well he did as he put all three of our bass in the boat - 3 lbs 8 oz, 4-3, and a nice 5-7! He caught them all on his own Rodstrainer jigs that he brought. The other client missed his one hit and I had two hit a D&M swim jig but they never inhaled it. I really was disappointed in the bite since it wasn't too cold until midnight and not too damp with dew. In spite of warmer surface temps since I was there last, the bass were deeper. All of our hits were on rocky points.
City: Yuba CityTips: One will have to move around to find willing bass. When you do catch them - they are in good shape!
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Shasta Lake
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Water Temp: 49.2-52.4
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: fished fri and sat. friday was tough but managed 10 between 2 people. sat was lock jaw day cold front had them scattered managed only 4 between 2 people. water was really clear probably 15 to 20 ft vis. fish were any where from 15ft to 40ft.
City: CaliforniaTips: hula grubs were the ticket for us did catch a few on grubs and one on a darterhead, chunky rock banks that were steep and points but had to be chunky rock. fished main body and sac arm .. good luck see ya on the water (:
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Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
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Tulloch Lake
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Water Temp: 52
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Fished the outer creek arms and main lake points this afternoon for moderate success. 5 bass and 5 trout on plastics and jigs. 1 smallie and 4 largies. Also caught 5 rainbows on the dart head 4" worms.
City: SonoraTips: Lake is low so fish the primary breaklines in 20 feet off main lake points.
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Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
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California Delta
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Water Temp: 52
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Try this knot. I call it a Collin's knot. For any size line to any size line, but especially good for flourocarbon or mono to braid. For right handed person: Double about 4 to 6 inches of braid in your right hand. In left hand, hold the tag end of the mono or fluro, pointing towards your right hand. Twirl the doubled braid 7 times around the mono or fluro from right to left, starting at a point 3 inches from the tag end. Now, without letting go of the braid, take the tag end of mono/fluro and run it through the little loop formed at the end of the braid while pinching the mono/fluro to form a hard tight 180 degree in the fluro/mono. With the right hand, pull on the braid standing line and tag end simultaneously, while with the left hand, pull the standing fluro/mono against the braid slowly while providing spit or chapstick for lubrication. Maintain the 180 degree bend by pinching the bend point when drawing the knot tight. I have used this knot sucessfully on largemouths to 180 yellowfin tuna without fail. This may seem like and albright knot, but is not. Actually I was trying to tie an albright when a customers salmon got tangled in the prop and I had to cut the line and resplice. I have been using this "wrong albright" for over 20 years, and never broken it on a fish.
City: Half Moon Bay, CATips: With some practice, this knot can be tied blindfolded. Simple, easy to tie, very strong.
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Monday, January 24th, 2011
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California Delta
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Water Temp: 51
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Launched out of Rivers End at 6:45 am. So foggy on the water. Only 100 feet visability until 8:30. No Stripers busting on top, found one about 5 Lbs on a white spinner bait. Then started hunting Blacks. Got two early wacky rigged Sinko in 8 feet of water. One 5 lbs, and the other 3.5 lbs by 9am. Then not a bite until 1pm. Then I got a 8.3 lber on a purple finese worm out of a weed bed. A few minutes later got a 4 lber on a wacky senko. went another hour and got 2.5 lber on the finese worm. That was it for the day. Five bites,but over 23 lbs. Where are these fish on tournament days ? The difference is I was the only Bass Boat out there.
City: San FranciscoTips: Work them slow. Fish seem to be holding in 8 ft outside the weed lines.
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Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Google or Youtube the Tony Pena Knot. It takes some time to master but well worth it. If tied properly it forms a cone shape that goes through the line guides better than any other. Again if tied properly it gives you over 100 percent line breaking strength. Test it for yourself, tie some 17lb floro to 50lb braid with a two foot leader and a flippin hook, put the hook on your traier hitch and set the hook like you would if you just got bit, the knot to your hook will break before the Tony Pena.
City: ByronTips: Take your time and tie it right!
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Spring Lake
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Water Temp: ??
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: No bites. Tried 5" swimbait, wacky rigged senko green, jig brown purple. Fished north and south islands and spillway inlet.
City: Santa Rosa
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Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
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Berryessa Lake
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Water Temp: 51
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Try this knot. I call it a Collin's knot. For any size line to any size line, but especially good for flourocarbon or mono to braid. For right handed person: Double about 4 to 6 inches of braid in your right hand. In left hand, hold the tag end of the mono or fluro, pointing towards your right hand. Twirl the doubled braid 7 times around the mono or fluro from right to left, starting at a point 3 inches from the tag end. Now, without letting go of the braid, take the tag end of mono/fluro and run it through the little loop formed at the end of the braid while pinching the mono/fluro to form a hard tight 180 degree in the fluro/mono. With the right hand, pull on the braid standing line and tag end simultaneously, while with the left hand, pull the standing fluro/mono against the braid slowly while providing spit or chapstick for lubrication. Maintain the 180 degree bend by pinching the bend point when drawing the knot tight. I have used this knot sucessfully on largemouths to 180 yellowfin tuna without fail. This may seem like and albright knot, but is not. Actually I was trying to tie an albright when a customers salmon got tangled in the prop and I had to cut the line and resplice. I have been using this "wrong albright" for over 20 years, and never broken it on a fish.
City: Half Moon Bay, CATips: try this knot.
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Water Temp: 48
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Well it didn't start out like I planned...Launched out of Markley Cove at 8:00 was planning to head to Putah Creek to start fishing, about the time I got to Pope Creek started to have motor problems. Not sure if I got bad fuel or something else is going on; engine started to sputter then had no power and finally couldn't keep it running. After almost two hours limped back to Markley Cove via the trolling motor. Hope everybody else had a better day; I must say it was a nice day even though I didn't get to fish.
City: Elk Grove
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Los Vaqueros Lake
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Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: My son managed a 4 lb. bass on a dropshot rig. He was fishing a limited edition "shad" pattern Roboworm from Outdoor Pro Shop. I landed a 15 lb. Striper on a Huddleston.
City: AntiochTips: To get into bass, we found fish very near the bank but where it dropped off quickly into deeper water. The shallow flats which surround this lake aren't producing yet...for bass! The stripers will move shallow if there is a chop on the water. We watched the stripers busting trout in shallow water in the middle of the day. Big swimbaits are working, but you must commit to throwing them quite a while.
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Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
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Lake of the Pines
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Water Temp: 47
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: We fished from noon till 5 and didn't get any fish in the boat till the last 10 minutes... at dusk. Those 2 we picked up in 2 feet of water on the windblown side of the lake on c.b.'s
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Pine Flat Lake
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Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Fished from 10am to 4pm. It wasn't hard finding fish, but quality was a problem. My partner and I caught them on the dropshot and shaky-head. Fish were found from 25-50ft, although the fish are starting to transition as we caught a few in the 10ft range. Our best 5 were about 10lbs. Didn't fish the main lake, everything was caught by trimmer and by the windy gap area. Total fish between me and my partner was 20+.
Tips: Fish slow and deep. Todays choice of color was purple, as that was the color that the bass seemed to like more, although everyday varies.
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Spring Lake
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Water Temp: 49
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Decided to take in the nice weather...too bad, nothing. No bites, didn't even graph many fish. The ones I found were on the bottom.
This lake needs to warm up to around 60 and then it should get better.
Nice to get out again. Saw some belly boaters but they didn't seem to be having much luck either.
City: Santa RosaTips: Lake is full as full can be, which is good but need to wait until the temp rises.
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Friday, January 21st, 2011
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California Delta
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Water Temp: na
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Double uni knot has never failed me. i've used it to join fluoro/braid, fluoro/mono, braid/braid, braid/mono, whatever/whatever.... and many combos have been different lb test. I normally make 6-7 twists on each side.
City: folsomTips: i'm inconsistent on super gluing the knot; mainly on the braid tag just to stop fraying. but never broke off or came undone even if it wasn't super glued.
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Clear Lake
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Water Temp: 45-52
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Fished the South end of the lake, Magic Worms, Crank Bait, Drop Shots, Spinners, nightcrawlers, anchovies again just about everything in the old tackle box again. Fished the west side of the lake opposite of the county launch in Clearlake with no success. But the weather was nice and it was good to see some other people out enjoying the day, fished in 30-38 feet of water with the fish showing around 12-18 feet depth again no fish caught. I will attempt again tomorrow! Weather looks good for awhile! Get out and toss a line in! See you out in the lake! Fonzie
City: ClearlakeTips: Could use some Tips myself!
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